Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 240

After Ibrahimovic was replaced, the opponent Eindhoven's defense immediately stabilized.

Eindhoven's head coach Roten gestured to his players to stabilize the defense before trying to counterattack.After all, they are only two goals behind. If they can get back an away goal, there is still a lot to do when they return to their home court in the second round.

Seeing this scene, Ibrahimovic, who was sitting on the bench beside the field, couldn't help being angry again. He crossed his arms, leaned back on the chair, put on the hood of his training uniform, and wrapped a scarf around two , Blocking his entire face—Ibrahimovic, who scored two goals in the game, dressed himself as a mummy at the moment.

He doesn't watch, listen, or think about his teammates' games.

At this time, the Sunderland fans sitting behind the bench couldn't bear it anymore, and everyone sang "Song of Zlatan" in unison.The intention of the fans is very simple: they don't want to see a player like Ibrahimovic and the coaching staff have discord, especially at this stage of the season, which is a critical moment.

Singing "Song of Zlatan" is entirely because the fans hope to "coax" Ibrahimovic in this way.

Unexpectedly, the fans stopped singing after singing once - Anton turned his head at this time, shook his hand to the fans in the stands, and gently pressed his right index finger to his lips.Although the fans didn't understand what it meant, they all followed Anton's instructions.

"Mummy" Ibrahimovic was still wearing a scarf, motionless on the bench, seemingly indifferent to the fans' singing just now.

But this person was actually itching in his heart, thinking to himself: Why don't you sing, why don't you sing?Could it be that something has changed on the pitch? Could it be that the opponent stopped Sunderland and is still organizing a counterattack!

With a move of his hands, he really wanted to take off the scarf wrapped around his neck and see what was going on with the team.But when he thinks that he is still angry with Anton now, once he takes off the scarf, Anton will inevitably look down on him.This guy endured and endured. He wanted to let go of the arms he held several times, but he endured it again.

I don't know how long it took, but Ibrahimovic himself "suffocated" himself, and the water vapor from his mouth was on the scarf, covering his face with wetness, making people uncomfortable.But Ibrahimovic refused to take off the scarf just because of this anger.

When Ibrahimovic was young, he only felt a "boom" behind him, and then the ground shook. It seemed that the rows of Sunderland fans behind him all jumped up and stomped their feet desperately.Although his ears were covered twice by the scarf, he could still hear the deafening cheers at this moment.

What are you waiting for - the team has scored!

Ibrahimovic raised his right hand and took off the scarf in front of him. Sure enough, the score on the scoreboard had changed to 3-0.Looking at the field again, the Sunderland players hugged each other excitedly earlier, but now they are slowly spreading apart.Before leaving their teammates, everyone reached into the crowd and stroked Royce's hair.

The announcer at the Stadium of Light also pronounced the name "Marco Reus" with great pride.

Royce himself seemed very excited. After high-fiving with captain Garner, he stretched out his arms and waved towards Ibrahimovic on the bench. Then he looked up at the stands of the Stadium of Light with a little apprehension, as if he was looking for someone. .

The solid defense that PSV is proud of, at first it couldn't prevent the attack of the powerful center Ibrahimovic, and now it can't defend Royce either.

Ibrahimovic, who was blindfolded, naturally didn't know. Just when he was angry just now, Anton called Royce to the sidelines and quickly explained the situation face-to-face.

Royce was taken aback for a while, but Anton encouraged him, and Royce nodded.Immediately after Anton said something, Royce was surprised, and even raised his head, trying to find something in the stands.

Anton told him: Loew, the head coach of the German national team, is sitting in the stands at this time.

"In this team, you are one of the players with the most potential. Marco, believe in yourself and prove it to others." After Anton finished briefly, he pushed Royce back to the court.

He asked Reus to play the No. 9 position, which is the position Ibrahimovic played before he left the field.

Now that the team lacks Ibrahimovic, a powerful center, Anton simply adjusted the formation and asked Royce to play this position instead.

It's not that Royce has played this position in practice games before, but this is the first time in an official game, or even in the Europa League knockout round.Moreover, Loew, the head coach of his own national team, is sitting in the stands at the moment and doesn't know where he is.

Royce took a deep breath, gestured to several teammates, and told them his new position—he had always believed in Anton, and since Anton made him believe in himself, he didn't want to waste the opportunity to try it out.

Anton stood on the sidelines and watched Royce and his teammates quickly adjust their formation and attack again in the face of PSV's tenacious defense.

In Anton's eyes, Royce is a very good frontcourt player. He runs fast and has a good footwork rhythm; Hold the ball firmly.

In addition, Royce has a very good overall view, can also have a "God's perspective" on the court, and is extremely selfless, sparing no effort to help his teammates create opportunities.

That's why Royce currently ranks first in the Premier League's "assist king" list.

Anton believes that this young man has infinite potential, and it is not surprising that he will become a "captain" who can carry the whole team in the future.

But one thing is, Royce has been playing the winger position since he came to Sunderland, and he has never tried the No. 9 position in an official game.

This is related to his slightly thin body and injuries.When he first arrived in Sunderland, Royce, Vardy, and Crouch were the three thinnest in the Sunderland team. Royce only looked slightly better than "Gao Guy" Crouch Just a little bit.

But during the first half of his season in Sunderland, not only has he become physically stronger, but he has also improved a lot in his ability to fight against others-the "scientific confrontation" taught by Anton, a diligent player like Royce Never forget.

Anton firmly believed that Reus would be able to play the No. 9 position. Now that Ibrahimovic is off the field, Sunderland needs a sharp center forward who can tear apart the opponent's defense, and the coach of the German national team is also watching from the stands. Anton simply pushed Yisi adjusted the formation and asked him to play the No. 9 position.

In this position, Royce not only needs to be able to take the ball and rush forward, but also distribute the ball to Shaqiri and Vardy on the two sides like Ibrahimovic gave him the ball.

Sure enough, as Anton expected, Royce did not hesitate to distribute the ball to others. He made an extremely accurate pass from the front of the penalty area to Vardy on the right.

Vardy reciprocated, pushed his arch, made an inverted triangle pass, and the ball returned to Royce's feet.

"The ball went in—"

An extremely exquisite world wave, PSV Eindhoven's goalkeeper leaped to pounce, the ball brushed past the goalkeeper's fingertips, and hung directly into the net from the upper right corner of the goal.

No Sunderland fan was willing to spare their throats. Their cheers directly made Ibrahimovic, who was suffocating, lift off the scarf covering his face.

Ibrahimovic regretted it very much. If he knew that his younger brother Royce was going to score a goal, he would not be blindfolded. To be honest, in the Sunderland team, Royce is the one he looks up to the most.Now that Royce scored a goal, Ibrahimovic felt a burst of excitement from the bottom of his heart, even happier than scoring a goal himself.

What is it without a hat-trick?Isn't it the same for Royce's goal now?Besides, his hamstrings were indeed uncomfortable, and it was actually not a big problem for Anton to hold him down from the field.

When the game continued, Ibrahimovic re-observed Royce's ball path and found a little shadow of himself.

"Oh my god, Marco has already evolved to version 2.0!" Ibrahimovic sat on the bench holding his knees, even leaning forward slightly.He sat in the last row of the stands, but has been staring at Sunderland's midfield.

The team doctor next to Ibrahimovic couldn't hold back his laughter.

But the fact is indeed the case. Judging from Royce's performance, he has indeed broken through the original level, and has reached a new level.The key point is that it only took Anton a few words to change from version 1.0 to version 2.0.

At this time Anton turned back to look at Ibrahimovic as if nothing had happened.Ibrahimovic hurriedly made an angry look, but Anton wasn't looking at him at all. Anton glanced at the team doctor beside him.Taking advantage of Ibrahimovic's inattention, the team doctor secretly made an "OK" gesture.

It turned out that this was Anton's order early in the morning. The team doctor should check the physical condition of the big center in time after Ibrahimovic is off the field.

Sunderland's players on the field did not notice these movements on the sidelines.

It was the first time that Royce played the center forward position in an official game. He was a little nervous at first, but after scoring a goal, he became more and more relaxed.With the support of his teammates on both wings, Royce is like a fish in water on the field, can pass and shoot, and is no longer afraid of confrontation and collision with the opponent's defense line, as if Anton has opened up a new world for him.

"Again!" Thunderous applause and cheers erupted again in the Stadium of Light.

"Marco, Marco, Marco!" The fans shouted Royce's name rhythmically, and Royce also opened his arms and slid and knelt quickly towards the stand where the diehard Sunderland fans were.

Meanwhile, Sunderland's bench was full of commotion.

It turned out that Ibrahimovic saw Royce also scored the second goal, stood up with his arms raised, and then directly flipped off from the back row of the bench and rushed to Anton.

He probably originally wanted to pull Anton to celebrate Royce together, but he stopped abruptly when he rushed to Anton's side, remembering that he was still angry with Anton just now, and blamed the head coach for putting him down so early. replace.

"This... Anton, boss, you should have said it earlier!" At this point, Ibrahimovic had to find a way for himself, "You are arranging for Marco to adapt to the new position, you should have said it earlier, In fact, there is no need to replace me, just swap positions between me and Marco..."

Ibrahimovic laughed and said, putting his arm on Anton's shoulder with extra affection.

Anton looked back, and found that the fans in the stands behind him were all stunned looking at their "reconciliation of generals and prime ministers"—how did they reconcile so suddenly?

Only the team doctor who had been by Ibrahimovic's side before was pale with fright: Ibrahimovic's somersault just now was more excessive than the barb earlier, which scared the Sunderland team doctor out of a cold sweat.