Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 270

Before the Europa League final on June 6, the world-renowned UEFA Champions League final was staged at Wembley Stadium in London on May 1.

Guardiola has stayed in England since he came to Sunderland last time. In addition to exchanging tactical experience with Bielsa, he is preparing for this final.The Barcelona team trained for nearly a week near London, and then went to Wembley Stadium to face their opponents - Manchester United, which has the home court advantage.

In this final, Barcelona relied on the goals of Pedro, Messi and Villa to defeat Manchester United.Manchester United only saved some face with Rooney's kick, but they still failed to win the Champions League at home.

Anton stayed at his Sunderland home when the Champions League final was held-his home became empty: the Sunderland coaching staff who had been busy preparing for the game here before was gone, and Ibrahimovic and Eriksen were two And no longer appear in front of Anton.

The Sunderland team has already rushed to Dublin a day ago to prepare for the upcoming Europa League final at the Dublin Stadium.

Even the cat food and water basins of the little black cat Larry are gone - Ibrahimovic has been very troublesome to arrange pet consignment, and tried every means to bring Larry to Dublin.

After all, Larry is the mascot of Sunderland. All the players believe that as long as Larry appears in the game, Sunderland will win.Club owner Short even said that although he is allergic to cat fur, this time he intends to hold Larry in his arms from start to finish for the sake of the team.

The whole team of Sunderland will watch this big match between Barcelona and Manchester United in their hotel in Dublin.And Anton stayed at home alone to watch.

After Barcelona's victory, it was natural to celebrate wildly.But the old Liverpool player "Little Horse" Mascherano in the Barcelona team yelled something to the camera, which also made Anton fall into contemplation.

Mascherano was sold to Barcelona by the "buzzer" when Liverpool was in deep financial crisis last summer. When he left, many Liverpool fans were very sad.

So at this time Mascherano held the big ear cup and shouted to the camera: "I dedicate this championship to Barcelona and also to Liverpool fans... I know that many fans were very sad when I left the team last year. This trophy, I hope they can be happy..."

Anton looked at this live video, and couldn't help laughing out loud at first. Liverpool and Manchester United are sworn enemies. Manchester United lost the Champions League final and lost the championship. Naturally, the mood of Liverpool fans will not be too bad.

However, Brother Xiao Ma’s confession made Anton inevitably sigh with emotion—what kind of sport is football that can make a person develop such deep emotions and establish such a strong loyalty to a team and a group of fans? Unchanged in this life?

Anton sighed with emotion, the Skype call box on the computer began to flicker, and Professor Friedrich sent a call request from London.

"Anton, I checked Bernard's physical condition as you said, and my suggestion is that we need to act immediately." The professor's tone was full of worry.

"What?" Anton couldn't help being nervous.

"I can't say, I just feel that Bernard's brain waves are becoming more and more unstable-I think this state may not be able to last for too long..."

Bernard's consciousness had been separated from his body for too long.

"Anton, have you found evidence to support your inference?"

Anton nodded: "I think I have found the combination sequence of 'triggering conditions', but the specific program text has not yet been located. It will take about two or three days to complete this work."

Anton originally thought that Bernard set up a "trigger condition" in "Life in the Green", and if any party in the "Challenge of the Champions League" completes the challenge, Bernard's consciousness will return to the original body-but some things happened The problem is that it is not Bernard's own consciousness that returns to the ontology in the end, but the "agent consciousness" written by Bernard to help him complete the work.

This may be that the "agent consciousness" tampered with Bernard's code, or it may be that Bernard did it unintentionally, which is a bug.

After this "trigger condition" failed, Anton quickly discovered that Bernard had left a "backhand" for himself, and this backhand was the "image body". If he could win the Champions League, then the "trigger condition" could also be met.

Moreover, Anton found evidence in the cobweb-like logic chain, which confirmed his guess. Anton's team, the "image ontology" was not Bernard's favorite Liverpool, but Sunderland, which he himself coached.

The question then boils down to: If Sunderland can win the Champions League, it will be able to "trigger" Bernard's return.

Professor Friedrich sighed and said to Anton: "It seems that the biggest problem is actually time."

Bernard's consciousness is becoming more and more unstable, but Sunderland is still far away from the Champions League.

As the league champions this year, they will qualify for the Champions League group stage next season.After the group battles, they will enter the knockout rounds and pass the test level by level. If luck is always on their side, it is not impossible for Sunderland to win the Champions League like Barcelona-but it will take at least a year.

In addition, Sunderland has traveled all the way in the European arena this season. They are also trembling and walking on thin ice. If they are not careful, they will lose their qualifications for promotion.In the next year, Anton is absolutely not sure, saying that their team will definitely win the Champions League.

"Professor, according to your estimation, how long can Bernard last?" Anton asked.

"Three to five months." Professor Friedrich said with a worried expression on his face. "If he can't be awakened before then, I'm worried... Maybe we will really lose Bernard."

Three to five months is not even enough for them to finish the real Champions League group stage.

Anton pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.Professor Friedrich looked at him, not sure what kind of decision Anton would make.

At this time, the computer screen in his room was still broadcasting live images of Wembley Stadium-Barcelona players were still celebrating with great excitement, celebrating their success on the top of Europe.Anton remained silent, turned his face away, and stared at the computer screen in a daze.

Suddenly he turned around and said to the professor, "I have figured out a way!"

"The winner of the Europa League is also the champion of Europe."

The professor understood it all at once, and became excited: "You mean, if Sunderland wins the Europa League..."

"The premise is that I can find Bernard's underlying text on this matter first, and modify the 'triggering conditions'..."

The professor heard that the idea was sound, but suddenly he had another idea: "If you can make independent changes to the code written by Bernard, can you just change a trigger condition arbitrarily? It doesn't have to be changed to win the championship. Well……"

The duel between Sunderland and Porto will be a tough battle, and even Anton can't guarantee that Sunderland will win the championship.

"No, it won't work," Anton shook his head and explained to the professor, "I haven't found the program script written by Bernard yet, I don't know how he wrote this 'trigger condition', but what I know is, The whole "Green Life" has its overall logic. This logic must be related to football. We can't change it into something completely unrelated, such as "the cat drinks water today"... Such changes will cause the entire simulator to The logic of that collapsed - if that were the case, I think we really lost Bernard."

The professor stuck out his tongue, knowing that he had come up with a bad idea.

"I don't know if it's going to work - I'm assuming right now that I just need to change Bernard's trigger condition from 'Champions League winner' to 'Europa League winner'. But in fact, until I see the code with my own eyes. , I can determine whether this condition can be changed.”

After Anton finished speaking, he clapped his hands lightly and made up his mind: "But now this is the only way."

He turned to look at the notebook: "Professor, London is up to you!"

For the next two days and two nights, Anton entered that sleepless working state again.With no one to disturb him, naturally no one came to urge Anton to rest and eat on time...

But he had long forgotten about his fatigue and hunger: only when he plunged into "Life in the Green Field" did he realize how exquisitely designed this simulation game is.

Anton had a premonition early in the morning: he is familiar with Bernard's habits, and Bernard likes to choose a middle position between extreme accuracy and extreme generalization, so according to Anton's judgment, Bernard is likely to write When the "triggering condition" was written, "European Champions" was directly written, and it did not refer to whether it was the Champions League or the Europa League.

If so, he doesn't have to make any changes, thus avoiding any risk of breaking the underlying structure.

But this is a matter of life and death, not guesswork.Anton had to see it with his own eyes to be sure.

So, two days later, Anton came down from the second floor for the first time.While going downstairs, he called Professor Friedrich.

When the phone was connected, Anton saw a note on the table in his living room, which was left by Mrs. Mason, which said: "Dear Anton, you didn't touch the dinner I left for you yesterday. I had to take it away again—here are fresh sandwiches, and there is still milk in the refrigerator, please take care of yourself!" Finally signed today's date.

— Mrs. Mason was so sweet.

Anton thought to himself, and stuffed the sandwich into a travel bag.

At this time, the phone was connected, and the professor's voice sounded: "Anton, is there any result?"

Anton casually agreed: "Sure enough, as I expected - the trigger condition written by Bernard is that Sunderland won the 'European Championship', and I don't need to change anything. My friend, we can see it tonight. It's the end. I'm leaving Sunderland now for Dublin."

As he spoke, he put on a coat.

Professor Friedrich shouted from the other end in surprise: "Anton, you are leaving from Sunderland for Dublin now? It's more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and it's only about four hours before the start of the game!"

In four hours, the Europa League final will begin.And Anton is still in Sunderland now.

Anton raised the corners of his mouth and said to the professor, "But you also know that I have always had a good habit—I always have my passport in my coat."