Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 229

Stadium of Light.

Before the start of the game, the fans finally got the news: Sunderland's main central defender, Uruguayan Godin appeared in the starting lineup.

When Godin's name was announced by the broadcast in the stadium, all the Sunderland fans stood up, and there was warm applause in the stadium.Some fans whistled: "Godin is finally back!"

Godin led a small ball boy, and followed the Sunderland team out of the player channel.Hearing the thunderous applause, he also gratefully stretched out his hands and waved to the fans in the stands.At this time, his injury was almost healed, and the stitches on the wound on his arm had already been removed, but just to be on the safe side, the team doctor still wrapped a circle of gauze on his arm before playing.At this time, the gauze was faintly exposed from under Godin's long-sleeved jersey.

While the Sunderland fans stood up and applauded, there was also sparse applause from the seats where the Paris fans were seated separately.

These fans from Paris were not interested in Godin's injury at all, because it was none of their business.

But Godin was injured in Paris after all, and the police also issued a special notice for this.Even if the fans don't want to admit it, it has something to do with the city of Paris. It is impossible for Paris fans to have a clear conscience.But now that the other party has recovered from his injury and can play, this matter can finally be turned into a minor matter.

The only thing that is affected is the confidence of the Paris fans in this game: after all, Godin, who has returned from injury, is Sunderland's main central defender, and Paris Saint-Germain is playing the second leg away from home this time. The only thing they can do is to win the game— —As long as it is a tie, they are out.

"By the way, Godin is really good at defense?"

"That's necessary. Didn't you see that in the last round, he couldn't play due to injury, and the other players were so angry?"

"It doesn't seem to be true. I heard that the main central defender who looked fierce last time and kept pressing forward is stronger than Godin."

Parisian fans are suddenly worried about their team - can they really win this time?

It is customary to have a short ceremony before the start of the game. After the ceremony, the players of each team run to their positions and prepare for the game.At the same time, the captains of the two teams will draw lots and exchange team flags under the auspices of the referee.

Sunderland's players looked very calm, and the "anger" that could be seen at any time in the last game is no longer seen.

Anton once warned them: You can be angry for a while, but you can't stay awake for a long time.Sunderland's goal in this game is not only to win and ensure promotion, but also to continue to stick to some of the styles they explored in the previous game.

When the youth game started, various official broadcast agencies in the Stadium of Light filmed and broadcast the entire game.

But what is noticeable is that there are always three or four photojournalists carrying photographic equipment around the head coach Anton, and they point the camera at him together-only shoot him, never involve others.

"Did anyone see it just now? When Anton came out of the player tunnel, these reporters were following him."

Some Sunderland fans whispered curiously.

"Yes, yes, this posture is different from usual. Could it be that our head coach has been investigated again?"

This conjecture was like a thunderbolt. Sunderland fans were bitten by snakes once and afraid of well ropes for ten years.For a while, they couldn't care less about watching the game on the court, and all turned their heads to stare at Anton who was directing the game on the sidelines.

Soon the major broadcast organizations also discovered this, and frequently cut the screen to Anton, but cared less about the offensive and defensive situations of both sides on the court.This continued until Anton raised his hands high on the sidelines and threw a punch in the air.At this time, the fans woke up like a dream, and cheered in unison: "We scored a goal!" Many of them just looked at the people and forgot to watch the game. They didn't even realize the team scored until then .

Paris Saint-Germain got off to a fantastic start in the first round, and this time Sunderland responded with a blunt response.In the 4th minute of the opening, the home team scored a goal from Royce.This ball was also lost by the opponent's player in the backcourt. Eriksson made a wonderful pass to Royce who suddenly appeared behind the opponent's defender. Royce made it overnight and scored the first goal.

While the home fans were pleasantly surprised, they also discovered that the reporters who pointed their cameras at Anton on the sidelines were probably not some investigative party:

Their camera vests and cameras are printed with incomprehensible Logos, neither the FA nor UEFA.But several photographers all have an oriental face.The fans remembered: Isn't Anton also half-Chinese?Are these photographers actually his "citizens"?

Indeed, these photographers came to Sunderland to photograph Anton's daily life.

It started on Monday four days ago.That day, Anton took Ibrahimovic and Eriksson to leave home early in the morning as usual, preparing to go to Guangming Academy for work and training.Just outside the Mayswood intersection, a car saw Anton driving out and followed.

Anton and his players have long been used to this kind of thing. As early as when Messi lived on Methwood Road for 6 months, there were many media waiting outside his house all night, ready to follow up and interview.

Later, the Messwood Road community took measures to restrict outsiders from entering the community, so there were many vehicles and fans waiting outside the intersection of Messwood Road. When Anton came out, he followed them all the way until Guangming College. Come up and ask for an autograph when you park—it's all done.

However, this time the script was a little different. When Anton took Ibrahimovic and Eriksson out of the car, a familiar voice greeted Anton: "Mr. Lin!"

Anton: From Xiaolin to Brother Lin, now he is... Teacher Lin?

Eriksson also knew the visitor, and greeted him warmly in Chinese: "Teacher Jiang!"

It was Jiang Yueming who came, and when he heard Eriksson call him Mr. Jiang in pure Chinese pronunciation, the young man blushed with excitement.

Anton was a little surprised and embarrassed.He wasn't particularly used to this kind of thing. He came directly to the door without making an appointment in advance.

Jiang Yueming obviously knew this. He looked embarrassed and said to Anton: "I'm really sorry, we just came up with this topic suddenly. The leader was not satisfied with anything before, until he came up with this, the leader immediately agreed. Yes, and asked us to complete everything from source material to editing to production within two weeks, and to produce a whole episode of the album. I really have no choice, so I came here with the cheek to ask you for help."

It turned out that the topic that Jiang Yueming and the others wanted to do this time turned out to be Anton's daily life.

Mr. Mendes has a dedicated team that is taking care of Anton's personal public image in China, the hometown of Lin's father.It is precisely because of this team that more and more Chinese young people have begun to hear that they have such a compatriot who is leading a young team in a foreign land to fight hard on the green field.

It is precisely for this reason that Jiang Yueming and the others chose this topic this time.

There are countless young people in China who are interested in Anton. Some of them dream of becoming famous in the green field, some aspire to become a professional coach, and some dream of landing in the Premier League... Except for them, even if it is just Fans who are obsessed with Anton's appearance and demeanor also want to get more first-hand information about Anton from this remote island country.

Jiang Yueming originally made a lot of different topic selections, including about Anton's tactical thinking, and the progress of the Sunderland team this season. Taking into account the interest of various audiences in Anton himself.

In the end, Xiao Jiang really had no choice but to say "Anton's daily life" casually.As a result, the leader immediately nodded and said yes, saying that this can be seen from the small, and a series of contents such as the development of overseas professional football, the evolution of tactical thinking, the status of employees, etc. are reflected in Anton's daily life.So the topic was decided, and the time was very tight. Although Jiang Yueming felt very embarrassed, he still came to Sunderland and stayed at the intersection of Mayswood Road.

After Anton heard about it, his first reaction was: this timing is inappropriate.He has been very busy lately, busy preparing for their upcoming second-leg tie with Paris Saint-Germain, which will see their team host Liverpool in the league the following weekend.

But he didn't want to reject Jiang Yueming directly, because he originally planned to find Jiang Yueming and talk about an important matter.It so happened that this person came to the door automatically, and he especially hoped that Jiang Yueming could wait until after the match against Liverpool this Sunday, so that he could have a long talk with him.

As a result, Jiang Yueming shook his hands and said: "No, no, you don't have to do anything during the filming process, just pretend that we don't exist!"

Anton: ...doesn't exist?

Jiang Yueming patted his chest and assured Anton that it would not have any impact on Anton's daily life.After all, it is just a group of professional photographers taking daily follow-up photos of Anton at close and long distances, occasionally involving daily work partners and some content in the competition.In other words, as long as Anton maintains his daily state, nothing else matters, and the filming crew can handle it by themselves.

Anton thought for a while and asked, "Are you going to film everything in my daily life?"

Is it necessary to film his daily work and training, meetings and games, breakfast, lunch, dinner...feeding the cat?

"Yes, yes, yes!" Jiang Yueming said, that's the case, and he promised that it would never affect the normal operation of the club and Anton's daily work.

"We also hope that your team can kill the Quartet and play triumphant songs. Isn't that right, Mr. Lin?"

Anton was very speechless about being called "Mr. Lin".

Unexpectedly, Mr. Mendez called at this time.This person made a special trip to tell Anton about the results of their Eastern team's work—that is, to support Anton in accepting Jiang Yueming's invitation to participate in their daily follow-up shoots.

"The other party has guaranteed that it will never affect your daily work and games, and will present your complete and true image to the audience in China. This will not only benefit you, but also have a very positive impact on Sunderland. , don't you want Sunderland to have more fans from the East?"

Mendes seemed to know where Anton's weakness was, and he convinced Anton as soon as he opened his mouth.

——All for the sake of Sunderland.

That's why there was a scene, a few photographers who followed Anton in the field, and a false alarm with the fans in the field.

Anton himself has no special feeling for this kind of follow-up. It seems that he has long been used to the feeling of being the focus of the camera.

When all the cameras were aimed at him, Anton still immersed himself in thinking about the on-site tactical arrangement, making gestures from time to time to ask the players on the field to make some fine-tuning.