Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 223

After the match with Arsenal, Sunderland immediately focused on the upcoming quarter-finals of the Europa League. On March 3th, they are about to cross the English Channel and go to Paris to face the leader of Ligue 10, Paris Saint-Germain.

In the past, the Sunderland team could start directly from the port and spend a day sailing across the English Channel.Now they only need to take a bus to London, pass through the Channel Tunnel, and drive there directly, and they can even go back and forth on the same day.

This is an evening game, as usual, the club booked accommodation in Paris that night, planning to rest in Paris for one night after the game, and then return to Sunderland.

Paris Saint-Germain's home court is in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, not far from the city center.When the Sunderland bus drove through the English-French Channel Tunnel, the players on the bus were happily talking about whether Anton could be a little more tolerant and let them sit on the bus before returning to Sunderland the next day Take a circle in the city of Paris so that they can enjoy the scenery of the city of Paris.

Anton smiled and said nothing: This Sunderland bus has the logo and name of the football club printed on the outside, and it seems too ostentatious to wander around Paris like this?

Soon the bus passed through the undersea tunnel, and headed from Calais along the highway to the Parc des Princes on the outskirts of Paris.

Since Anton disagreed, the Sunderland players gradually gave up on this plan.Most of them put on headphones, listen to music and take a rest. Only Pickford is still whispering in Anton's ear, saying that they have never had any chance to travel at public expense, and this time they just hope to take a look at Paris under the sun just fine.

Anton never let go.At this time, the car was approaching downtown Paris, got off the highway, and stopped at a traffic light at an intersection.

Suddenly, there was a shock on the body of the bus, and with a "bang", the rear window of the Sunderland bus was completely shattered.

All the Sunderland players "woke up" in fright, and turned their heads to look out the window in unison.

There were two or three "dong" and "dong" sounds, and a few palm-sized stones were thrown towards the window of the Sunderland bus.On the side of the road outside the car window, there were a few casually dressed young people, and it was these people who were throwing stones at Sunderland's bus.Others threw it and yelled something in French.Anton heard "Go away, gringo".

Probably the first stone thrown was the largest and most powerful, and the window of the car that was hit by the impact was instantly shattered.The rest of the stones were smashed on the window, only a thumping sound was heard, and the car window was lucky not to be broken again.

Anton yelled at the driver at this moment: "Drive quickly, get out of here first!"

At this time, the green light has flashed, but the driver has not yet reacted.Hearing Anton's voice, the driver hurriedly started, the body of the bus rushed forward, and then began to run forward along the road.

So the windshield at the rear of the car was also attacked-fortunately, the stones thrown were too weak to break the window.

"Everyone, check yourselves and those around you, and tell me, is anyone hurt!" Anton said loudly.

The wind was blowing in from the bus, and what Anton was saying could hardly be heard at the rear of the bus.Russell, who was sitting in the last row, unbuckled his seat belt, leaned on the seat and came to the front of the car where Anton was, and shouted at Anton loudly: "Godin hurt his arm."

Anton also saw that there was a long wound on Godin's arm, dripping with blood, which looked like it had been scratched by broken glass.

Anton's face was extremely ugly, he paused and said to Russell: "First call the police and ask the Paris police to protect our bus immediately. Then contact the British consulate and ask them to come forward to negotiate with the French police. We will not go to the stadium, we will go to the hospital first."

Russell responded and immediately went to make a call.

The away team participating in the Europa League was attacked in Paris, which is not a small matter.Not long after Russell called the police, sirens sounded harshly on the street.Immediately afterwards, some police officers rode motorcycles to the sides of Sunderland's bus to escort Sunderland.

After another 2 minutes of driving, two police cars arrived, guarding Sunderland's bus one behind the other.The Sunderland bus, which lacked a window, drove forward in such a "flashy" way under the escort of police cars and motorcycles.

After this incident, all the Sunderland players turned pale and looked at each other, mostly frightened.

The driver asked Anton loudly: "Looking at the direction the police car is leading, it should be going directly to the stadium. Are we still following?"

At this time, Russell also asked Anton with his mobile phone: "The French police also suggested that we go to the stadium first. How about it?"

The Uruguayan Godin has a humorous personality. He shook his head at Anton at this moment and said: "Boss, it's okay. I just got a cut. The wound is not deep. The team doctor can handle it. There is no need for stitches...you guys You can put a dozen Band-Aids on me, so you can paste them one by one."

Everyone imagined it out of thin air, Godin's arm was neatly pasted with a long row of band-aids... This image is a bit beautiful.Originally worried about Godin's teammates, they all felt a little more relaxed at this moment.

But Anton kept his face sullen and said, "If we go to the opponent's court, will the safety still not be guaranteed?"

He said to Russell: "Ask the police to take us directly to the hospital. At the same time, thoroughly investigate the attack on the bus just now to find out whether it was an act against Sunderland. In addition, he made a request to the Parc des Princes to improve the security standards of the stadium. Make sure that no projectiles, fireworks, sharp objects are brought into the field - if we can't keep the team safe, we're going to strike."

When Russell heard the word "strike", he trembled nervously, but then he thought: this is an away game, and it is also on the opponent's land. If this game cannot be held as scheduled, UEFA will at most arrange another date. Supplementary matches will not disqualify Sunderland.

Anton has always been cautious, and he is not fully sure that he will not put players in danger. Russell decided to listen to him, so he yelled at the phone.

Finally, the French police backed down, and the leading car in front turned on the turn signal, and drove Sunderland's bus to the hospital.

In the hospital, Godin's wound was treated, but the Band-Aid didn't help, and it took a few stitches in the end.The French emergency doctor reminded Sunderland in English with a strong accent: Godin has a certain degree of blood loss, and try not to play if he can't play later in the game.

Russell stared straight at it: My good fellow, the non-combat attrition has already occurred before the game even started.

Martin, the CEO of Sunderland Club, came to Paris on the "Eurostar" earlier. Hearing the news, he rushed to the hospital and found Anton. He was relieved to hear that only Godin was slightly injured. .

Anton asked Martin to take full control of the communication with Saint Paris-Germain and UEFA, but Martin knew that it was Anton himself who made the final decision, and would come to inform him of the latest progress almost every 5 minutes.

"The Paris police have found the young people who smashed the car based on the intersection monitoring, and are stepping up their inquiries."

"The Parc des Princes agreed to increase security and security checks on entry, but asked Sunderland to arrive as soon as possible. They want the game to start on time."

Anton thought for a while and said, "Martin, please reply to the other party. We will not go to the stadium until the police have concluded that Sunderland is not in danger."

Martin looked at his watch, knowing that the game might inevitably be postponed.

About half an hour later, the police sent a message saying that they had completed the interrogation of those young people. They believed that those young people had launched an indiscriminate attack blindly targeting buses with foreign license plates.Even the Paris City Hall also called Martin, hoping that Sunderland could "forget" this little unpleasantness and rush to the Parc des Princes as soon as possible, where tens of thousands of passionate fans in Paris are waiting for them.

Martin asked Anton hesitantly, "Are we... listening to them?"

Anton thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Go, tell our people, take everything and get on the bus."

As he walked, he analyzed to Martin: "We haven't played against Paris Saint-Germain for many years, so it's not like the grievances between the clubs make the fans go crazy and make trouble. It's not like chasing Sunderland. Come. So as long as the opponent agrees to strengthen the security check, I think our safety during the game should be guaranteed.”

"On the contrary, I think Paris has a relatively large shortcoming in terms of security. I can agree to go to the stadium immediately for the game, but I also hope that I can be escorted by the Paris police and leave tonight and go directly back to Sunderland."

Martin didn't expect Anton to have such a plan. After thinking about it, he felt that it made sense: how good would it be if the police sent the team directly back to England?Without further ado, I went directly to contact the Paris police and unsubscribe from the hotel.

Anton returned to the bus with the whole team and the entire coaching staff.

Russell asked Anton: "Should I borrow a bus from Greater Paris?" Now Sunderland's bus is pitifully parked in the parking lot of the hospital, a piece of window glass is broken, and the broken glass shards are scattered in the compartment .

"No, just take this bus to the stadium. First, let everyone see why we were late, lest someone accuse us of causing trouble; second, it also makes the players feel a little bit hostile. Godin can't play today. For what."

According to Anton's habit, even if Godin can hold on to the field, he will not let Godin play.

This is equivalent to losing a general in the defense line out of thin air.

Although this has nothing to do with the Paris Saint-Germain football club, Anton still inevitably vented his anger-didn't this cause his players to be injured because he came to Paris to play?

So Anton intends to let the team go all out to attack-the principle of "away goal advantage", didn't Paris Saint-Germain rely on this to advance in the last game?So this round, let them taste the goals from the visiting team.

Godin's emergency hospital was not far from the Parc des Princes, and the media waiting outside the stadium finally waited for the Sunderland bus to arrive.The bus looked fine, not like the attack reported by the police before.The players and staff on the bus also looked calm.

But when the team bus went around a circle and stopped in front of the media, all the reporters were shocked, and the photographers raised their cameras one after another, and started shooting:

One window glass on the bus was completely broken, like a black hole suddenly appeared in the car body, and there were still countless broken glass stubbles on the edge of the window, shining and shining under the light.