Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 247

After listening to Russell talking about a lot of impressions from watching Braga's game video, Anton was puzzled: "You mean, Braga's luck is particularly good?"

Russell swallowed a mouthful of spittle, nodded, and felt that it was fine for Anton to sum it up in this way.

Anton thought about it again, and said: "Actually, you want to say that the Braga team is very average. It seems that there are no special highlights, and relatively speaking, there are no special shortcomings!"

Russell froze, then nodded, indeed.

"...In addition, you should also want to say that Braga's ability to seize opportunities is particularly good. He can often seize those fleeting opportunities, and after leading, he will defend rigorously and not leave any opportunities for the opponent. "

的确,布拉加在此前的小组赛和淘汰赛中,很少像桑德兰和波尔图那样,出现4个球以上的大比分。之前他们对利物浦，主客两回合加起来是以1比0赢的,而对基辅达纳摩,布拉加是1比1打平,以客场进球优先的原则赢的。

Russell stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and said after a while, "Anton, you also watched Braga's game, right?"

Anton nodded: "I've seen it a bit."

Russell immediately felt comfortable, otherwise he would be blown away by Anton again.

"This kind of team is very difficult to play." Anton said in a deep voice. He will not be blindly optimistic, thinking that his team is better than a "big club" like Liverpool. "Now things can only be done step by step. Let’s talk about winning the home game.”

On April 4, Sunderland faced Braga from afar at the Stadium of Light.

The game was broadcast by Sky Sports.Sky Sports' "Mouth" Richard Keys is responsible for explaining the game.

Richard Keith is now without the blessing of his friend Andy Gray, and he is extremely depressed to explain alone.Sky Sports once provided Keith with other partners, but Keith turned them down on the grounds that they were "not compatible".

So on this day, only Richard Keith sat in the live broadcast room, staring at the live video.

The director made a reminder in the earphones, and Keith woke up suddenly, and said loudly: "Oh, who did we see!"

The broadcast screen cut out the auditorium of the Stadium of Light, and the figure of the Russian rich man Abramovich appeared in the auditorium.

"This is Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea, let's guess why he came to the Stadium of Light to watch the game!"

If Andy Gray had been there in the past, he would have helped Keith continue to shake off the burden, but now Keith can only ask himself and answer: "He didn't come to the Stadium of Light to inspect the head coach, did he?"

Previously in the Champions League, Chelsea met Manchester United in the semi-finals, lost to Manchester United in this "Premier League Civil War" and were eliminated.So far, Chelsea's ambition to compete in the Champions League has once again failed.

Since then, there have been rumors that Chelsea's boss is very dissatisfied with coach Ancelotti. After all, for two consecutive years, Chelsea have stopped in the quarter-finals and quarter-finals of the Champions League, unable to go further, and even the semi-finals.

English football is speculating that Abramovich may dismiss Ancelotti at an "appropriate" time, and next season he may hire a coach who has achieved good results in the European arena to replace Ancelotti's current position.

"It's no wonder that Abramovich did not enter the VIP box at the Stadium of Light, but chose to sit in the ordinary stands," Richard Keith commented, "If he came to Sunderland for this purpose, he would go to the box to occupy a seat. Think Sunderland boss Short is going to take a big broom and sweep Abramovich out."

Keith gave a very accurate evaluation of Short's state of mind. Short, who was sitting in the box at the moment, heard Sky Sports' commentary, and he was really concerned. He really wanted his assistant to find a broom.

"Maybe Sky Sports can invite Carlo Ancelotti to be a guest commentator next season and comment with me." Keith complained into the microphone again, full of loneliness.

"Oh no, what—" Keith almost bounced off his seat as soon as he finished speaking.

"What did I see? An away goal in Braga?"

"Let's see if there's a problem with the goal - no problem, it's a good goal..."

Richard Keith was a little lost at the moment.His position is definitely on the side of Sunderland, after all, it is England's own club.

But how did Sunderland let the opponent score first?And it was an extremely valuable away goal.Is it going to repeat the good show against Dynamo Kiev, winning the game on away goals?

"It's been a dream start for Braga. The team's defense is solid, the style of play is relatively elegant, the players are well measured, and they rarely commit fouls in key positions... It is difficult to break through their defense with set-pieces. , Sunderland is going to be very difficult now!"

Anton would agree with Richard Keys if he could hear him: Sunderland was indeed in trouble.

Braga's goal just now was not very subtle, but it was a goal: taking advantage of the chaos in the penalty area and the goalkeeper's sight being obscured, a small player from Braga suddenly inserted from the back row, and at the same time His teammate took the ball from the right side of the penalty area, and the little man shook his head and headed the ball towards the goal.

Pickford originally judged correctly and was expected to save the ball.But when his whole body was in the air, the ball hit Sunderland defender Godin, changed direction, and bounced towards the top of the goal.

Pickford scooped and scooped in the air, wishing his hand had grown another five inches - but when he hit the ground, the ball flew into the goal too.

Anton frowned on the coach's bench beside him: It's not luck for Braga, the ball that can be thrown changes direction, so good luck; but it's all luck for Braga, the goal just now The little guy in front of him bounced so well, the height he jumped after the run-up almost caught up with Ibrahimovic.

The key point is that the offensive player just now was not the number one attacker in the Braga team at all. When he got a chance, he resolutely headed the goal and scored a goal.

It seems that Anton's evaluation of Braga before the game was not bad at all-average strength and good at grasping opportunities.

Anton's team has gnawed on a hard bone.

Sunderland got off to a bad start, but it was a fantastic start for Braga, and then the team can defend comfortably.

However, Braga did not blindly defend the bus. Their defense line was very open, and they assumed a posture ready to counterattack at any time, so that Sunderland's offensive players had to worry about the defense line behind them.But once the counterattack fails, the Braga players can immediately shrink back and shrink tightly.

For example, when Sunderland met Braga, it was like a black cat strayed into the seafood market and found a live sea urchin. While salivating, he had to be wary of being stabbed in the mouth by the other party at all times. prick.

"The problem in the first half was that Sunderland had nowhere to talk!" Richard Keys of Sky Sports put it succinctly by the end of the first half.

No one expected that facing the little-known Portuguese "dark horse", the "dark horse" of the Premier League felt a little helpless at home.

Sitting in the Stadium of Light, Sunderland boss Short was so remorseful that he just wanted to slap his own mouth—just because he once prayed to God after learning that Chelsea boss Abramovich was coming to the scene: "God, as long as Abramovich doesn't let An Take Dong away, I can accept if I don't win this game..."

Until now, Short is still in a daze: God usually doesn't work very well, why is it so...

In the locker room, Anton and the coaching staff were quickly giving feedback to the players on the field.

Russell is very depressed. He has read all the data and confirmed that the performance of Sunderland players is not worse than before-at least from the data point of view.But the result of the game was that Sunderland fell behind 0-1 at home.

Does this Braga really have a "good luck" aura?

"What a simple thing!" Ibrahimovic held his head high, his face full of disdain, "In the second half, we will attack and rush forward, brothers follow brother..."

An assistant coach reminded: "Zlatan, you had four offensive fouls in the first half, so the second half is still..."

Ibrahimovic pursed his mouth, remembering that the referee on duty always looked at him with warning eyes, and it seemed that he might be given a red and yellow card at any time. He originally wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth and held back.

A forced attack done by fouls would be disgraceful even if it scored a goal, wouldn't it?

"Okay, everyone has got their data feedback - I take comfort in the fact that after a bad start, all the players on the field played as they should. Regarding this, the score does not reflect anything. Data don't lie."

"But I want to remind everyone that this game will be very difficult. I ask everyone on the court to stay focused and patient. As long as you have not been replaced, please fight until the last minute."

Anton spoke very seriously.All the players in the locker room realized the seriousness and listened quietly to Anton's next words.

Unexpectedly, there is no more text: "That's all, everyone check your physical condition, and report to the coaching staff in time if you have any questions."

Everyone stared at Anton.

Russell also turned his head, looked at this guy, expecting him to announce a few names, and then said: "So-and-so, stay!" Isn't it always done like this before!

So Anton looked at Russell, and said two names with some helplessness: "Valdy stays for a while, Colbeck stays for a while. The others are going to return to the field."

When Vardy heard his name, he felt a little unbelievable, even opened his mouth slightly, and stretched out his right hand to touch the back of his head.

In this season, Vardy has been playing a role of "diligence can make up for weakness" in the team. Among all forwards, his physical condition is far behind Ibrahimovic, his characteristics are not as good as Crouch, and his talent is not as good as Roy. Si, even the footwork is not as good as that of Junior Brother Sha.He has always believed that the coaching staff let him continue to start because he has been running conscientiously.

Unexpectedly, Anton actually asked him to stop talking at this moment, not only that, but also brought along his former "good" partner Colbeck by the way.