Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 254

The night of May 5 was a sleepless night for many Sunderlanders.Countless Sunderland families who stood in front of the TV finally waited for the victory after 5 minutes of hard work.

On this warm night, many people were so excited that they couldn't sleep, so they simply opened their doors and took to the streets.More and more Sunderland citizens gathered on the street, and finally formed a team, and everyone came to the Stadium of Light together.

I don't know who brought out the fireworks that are only used during the New Year and set them off on the bridge near the Stadium of Light. After being lit, more than a dozen fireworks roared into the sky, illuminating the otherwise quiet stadium brightly. .

The chants of the Sunderland fans followed:

"From here to there, from coast to coast,

You can always hear our roar;

The echo of the roar It resounds across the land;

echo our name Sunderland;

Sunderland never dies,

Our flag will always fly..."

At the same time, more than [-] Sunderland fans who traveled to Portugal were also in the Braga City Stadium, unwilling to leave for a long time.

The victories achieved through hard work are more memorable to them for a lifetime than those games won naturally.

After the game, the entire Sunderland team specially lined up in front of the stands of Sunderland fans to applaud and thank these fans for their support during the team's most difficult time today.

Many fans cried red noses. They never thought that the team could get to where it is today, but when it really got to this point, they all hoped that the team could take another step forward. Dare to aspire to the location - the top of Europe!

I don't know who spoke loudly in the stands and sang Queen's "We Are the Champions".

"We are champions my friends, we will fight till the end..."

Immediately, all Sunderland fans sang together towards the team in the field.Gradually, the Sunderland players on the field also sang together - now that they have come to this point, there is no reason why they should not do their best for the ultimate goal.

The Braga fans in the field were still immersed in depression at this time, but they recovered somewhat from the sadness of the loss.

"They are all opponents... Sunderland's final victory is better than Porto's victory!" Some fans suddenly had this idea.

"Also... Sunderland is at least a respectable opponent."

But in Portugal, the vast majority is another voice - Porto deserved to win the championship.

Originally, the Portuguese nationals pointed to Braga's ability to enter the final, making this Europa League final a Portuguese civil war, so that regardless of the championship, the Portuguese team won the championship, but now this hope has come to naught.

"Don't forget, our Porto was the champion of the Champions League in 2004! Now for a small team that has never reached the final of the European war, it is easy to win the championship."

"Shhh, it's better not to mention this past incident, otherwise we won't be at the point of competing with others for the Europa League—" Someone also reminded that Porto should keep a low profile appropriately.

Indeed, 2004 was very brilliant for Porto. Under the leadership of the "Madman" Mourinho, the team won the Champions League and the Portuguese Super League. The team was involved in a scandal involving bribery of referees in 4.Porto was deprived of the qualification to participate in the UEFA Champions League that year, and the team suffered a lot of vitality. It was not until 2008, when the young coach Villas-Boas took office, that the team gradually recovered.

Now Porto has defeated their opponent Villarreal with a total score of 7 to 4 and advanced to the final. The head coaches of both sides in the final are "young coaches" who have fought all the way from the group stage to the semi-finals; " The showdown between the young coaches immediately became a highlight of the UEFA Europa League final.

In contrast, the match between Barcelona and Manchester United in the Champions League final, because the coaches of both sides are "old acquaintances", does not seem to have so much to watch.

That night, a Portuguese TV station interviewed Boas and asked him his views on the semi-final of the penalty shoot-out "next door" and his outlook on the final.

Boas's comments on the game were very pertinent: "Sunderland persisted until the end in an unfavorable situation. Ibrahimovic contributed a best equalizer goal, and the subsequent penalty shootout Here, Anton sent the goalkeeper a penalty, even for me, it was a surprise move. I am very glad that my team did not face Sunderland a round earlier."

Portuguese reporter visiting Boas: Such a high evaluation!

But Boas changed the subject: "But even so, the champion is still Porto."

"Our research on Sunderland started last year when they were still in the Championship and now I think my team has every chance of winning the final in Dublin."

The Portuguese reporter nodded quickly, thinking that this is not good to continue asking. Anyway, the head coaches like to speak harshly before the game, so he just listened to what he said.At this time, the reporter brought up another rumor: "I heard that Chelsea Club is in contact with you?"

Boas immediately turned his head: "I'm sorry, this topic, forgive me, I won't have any response until the season is over."

The rumors mentioned by Portuguese reporters are related to the rumors of Chelsea coach Ancelotti's "dismissal".

There have always been rumors in England that Chelsea boss Abramovich is not satisfied with Ancelotti's performance this season.

According to Chelsea's "insiders", if Ancelotti's team loses another game in the league, Abramovich will lose patience and announce that Ancelotti will leave get out of class.Regarding the successor, Abramovich tends to choose one of the "young marshals" who have achieved outstanding results in the European war.

The "young marshal" who has achieved outstanding results in the European war is obviously impossible to be Sir Alex Ferguson and Guardiola who entered the Champions League final. Abramovich has obviously made up his mind and wants to be between Boas and Anton Choose one.

Regarding Boas’s response, the media knew it well: if you don’t deny it, you don’t deny it. Boas looks like he’s up for sale. He wants to wait until he leads the team to win the Europa League before negotiating further with Chelsea. possible.

For Boas, Chelsea is the "blessed land" for his "senior brother" Mourinho to become a world-class coach. The owner of Chelsea offered him an olive branch. It is impossible for Boas not to be moved, but it is useless to talk about it now. , It is reasonable to prepare well for the next game.That's why he asked the reporter now: Don't ask me such questions before the finals. Asking more questions will shake the morale of the army.

The Portuguese media sensibly shut up and left the work to their counterparts in England.

The attention of the English media is still stuck on whether Ancelotti will dismiss get out of class.Now the English industry believes that Chelsea should not hastily fire Ancelotti. After all, the changes brought about by this master tactician are obvious to all. cons.

It has not been two years since Carlo Ancelotti entered the Blues, and the Chelsea he led, after experiencing some twists and turns this season, is still "theoretically" possible to win the championship-the Blues are now far from the top of the list Sunderland is 8 points away, but only 2 points away from Manchester United who just lost to Arsenal.

If Chelsea can defeat Manchester United in the next round of the league, they will be able to overtake Manchester United and turn to compete with Sunderland for the championship. This will have a great impact on the championship situation throughout the season.

It is conceivable that Ancelotti is under considerable pressure.

英超联赛的第35轮被安排在5月7日的这个周末进行。按照赛程安排，曼联与切尔西的比赛在5月7日举行，而桑德兰客场对博尔顿的比赛则将在5月8日进行。

Anton's team had fought hard for 120 minutes in the previous Europa League semi-final and needed a break.Anton was secretly grateful for the FA's schedule, which at least gave his team an extra day of delay.Even so, Anton still gave more than half of the main players a holiday, allowing them to only conduct a small amount of recovery training to maintain their state. He arranged a large-scale rotation for the Bolton game, basically handing over the game to Sander Blue two team to complete.

On May 5th, Anton did not arrange training tasks for the team, but only invited them to watch the ball in Guangming Academy.

When Manchester United's Hernandez scored a goal in the 36th second of the game, Anton saw his friend Ancelotti holding his head in his hands in disappointment on the sidelines.United got off to a fantastic start - it was clear that the goal shattered Ancelotti's pre-match arrangements and allowed United to take control of the situation with ease.

Anton was worried for his friend, knowing that if Chelsea lost this game, then Ancelotti would lose his coaching position.Football is a sport full of uncertainties. It is too hasty and harsh to entrust the fate of a coach or a team to the result of a game.

Before the end of the first half of this game, Manchester United was already leading 2-0 at home.In the second half, Chelsea got a goal back by the "Magic Lamp" Lampard, but it was really impossible to restore the fate of defeat.

Manchester United won the game 2-1 to close the gap with Sunderland to three points, while Chelsea are still eight points away from the top of the table.

So far, Chelsea has basically lost all hope of winning the title, and Sunderland's only opponent is Manchester United.

Shortly after the game, Chelsea held a press conference, announcing that Ancelotti would step down and leave the team at the end of the season, and the successor was undecided.

Anton looked at the word "burst" in the TV news, and thought to himself that although the world had expected this incident, Chelsea really didn't need to be in such a hurry to announce it to the world so soon-it was really a shame for Ancelotti. Sprinkle salt on the wound.

He thought for a while, organized his words, and sent a text message to Ancelotti. He didn't expect Ancelotti to reply immediately, but it didn't take long for Ancelotti to call back:

"Anton, my friend, thank you for coming to comfort me!" Ancelotti's voice was full of relief, "But now I feel relaxed and happy in my heart, and the pressure on my body is finally gone, yes, la!"

Anton paused, holding up the phone, not knowing what to say: but thinking about it, it seems that this is indeed the case.

He coughed twice, intending to say something more, but Ancelotti's cheerful voice sounded from the other end of the microphone again: "By the way, Anton, I discovered two more private restaurants in London that serve Italian food." , I haven’t had time to go, after the season is over, you remember to come to London, I will take you to explore the store.”

Anton: ...This is indeed Carlo's true face.