Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 218

English football is busy predicting Sunderland's prospects in the Europa League, but Sunderland doesn't care about it at all.They had just returned from the warm Lisbon to Sunderland where the snow had melted, and they immediately started preparing for the Everton game in 3 days.

Everton's nickname "toffee" originated from the fact that there was a shop selling toffee opposite their home stadium, Goodison Park.Every time there is a game at the stadium, the store will arrange for the clerk to distribute free taffy to the players and fans present.Over time, "Toffees" became Everton's nickname.

Everton's home stadium, Goodison Park, is a tough nut to crack in the Premier League.It is difficult for many strong teams, including Liverpool next door, to get benefits here. If they can take away 1 point, they will be lucky to get out of the game.

Everton played relatively smoothly this season, ranking 8th at the halfway mark. In January, Everton achieved an unbeaten record of three wins and one tie, advancing one place in the standings. Everton's coach David Moyes was also named the best coach of the Premier League in January.

Moyes, who is in his early 40s, was considered to be the most promising "young coach" in the Premier League before Anton turned out to be born; Not to mention, "handsome" is not necessarily handsome enough. In the eyes of many fans who insist on "face is justice", Moyes has long been reduced to an "uncle" figure.

Moyes himself has never publicly expressed any evaluation of Anton, but he will not let go of this opportunity to directly confront Anton.But against such an opponent, neither Anton nor Sunderland dared to take it lightly.

The match was held in the evening, and Sunderland had arranged accommodation near Goodison Park in advance, intending to rest for one night before going back after the match.

About an hour before the start of the game, the visiting team arrived at the stadium by bus.Immediately afterwards, Anton got a message: "What? [-] tickets in Goodison Park were bought by Liverpool fans?"

Flanagan, Sunderland's young full-back, is scratching his head in front of Anton at the moment.

Flanagan is the eldest son of the richest family in Merseyside. He played football in Sunderland and finally came to Liverpool as a guest. Will the Flanagan family show off?So the richest man waved his hand and bought 36000 tickets. It should be noted that Goodison Park is not as big as the Stadium of Light and can only accommodate about [-] people.

In addition, just like Flanagan himself, the Fu family are all Liverpool fans, so all the free tickets are also given to Liverpool fans.

"Don't worry, even Liverpool fans will support us!" Flanagan carefully explained to Anton with a strong Liverpool accent.

This is for sure, after all, it is impossible for Liverpool fans to turn to support the sworn enemy.

But Anton was a little depressed: This may not be a good thing for the visiting team.The influx of a large number of fans of the deadly enemy may provoke a rebound from the home team. It is foreseeable that there will be fierce fighting and physical confrontation during the game-this is what Anton did not expect at the beginning: Sunderland, they are just a "passerby". Armor" ah.

Facing Flanagan, Anton didn't have much to say, so he first asked whether the Fo family had notified Goodison Park and the Liverpool police of the matter, and after learning that the prior arrangements had been made, he could only Encourage the rich second-generation young players: perform well on the court, don't be nervous...

In the game against Everton, Anton arranged for Royce to rest: he did not intend to let any young players in the team be "full-timers", especially when the team was still fighting on two lines.Although Ibrahimovic started, Anton did not intend to let him play the whole game.

As a result, Sunderland's offensive power has been greatly reduced.

In this game, Everton's players really did what Anton had expected. They were absolutely unwilling to lose their position in front of the fans of their arch-enemy.

But what really made Sunderland feel embarrassed was not these, but their bad luck today.

Ibrahimovic started with two center posts, and then Vardy had two must-go shots, which were bravely saved by the Everton goalkeeper.After this game, there were all kinds of door frames and posts, sliding the door, or rubbing the door frame at a distance of 10 centimeters, and going out of the door.

There is nothing wrong with the performance of the unborn players. The only problem may be that the goddess of luck stood opposite them this time.

At the end of the game, Sunderland really didn't score a single goal—but they didn't lose either. No matter how fierce Everton's offensive was, it was resolved one by one by the experienced Sunderland defense.On the right side of the road, Flanagan was particularly active. He advanced and returned to defense in a timely manner, passed the ball accurately, and lived up to the unanimous applause from the "family relations" who watched the game from the sidelines.

The offensive and defensive transition in this game was super fast and the confrontation was fierce. From the perspective of Everton and Liverpool fans: it was like a Merseyside derby.

But the final 0-0 score did not directly reflect the intensity of the game.After this draw, Manchester United and Sunderland were evenly divided, and the goal difference between the two teams was also the same. In the end, Sunderland barely surpassed Manchester United in the total number of goals scored by relying on a few big wins at the beginning of the league. At the top of the Premier League standings.

After the game, Anton routinely accepted interviews and attended the press conference.Then he took the slightly frustrated Sunderland team back to the hotel.

Immediately, Anton received a text message from Moyes, inviting him to go downstairs and have a beer in the bar downstairs of the hotel.

Anton:?

He has no deep friendship with Moyes, but only met once at the coaching forum in the Scottish town of Largs.At that time, Moyes also had an own goal. He originally wanted to mock Mourinho, who had no professional player background, but "accidentally injured" Anton.

Anton didn't like this man.

After this game, the football critics of various newspapers tomorrow morning will report that Everton successfully "blocked" Sunderland and became Manchester United's "good Premier League opponent".At the end of the game, Moyes was also clearly satisfied with the draw with the top team.

So Moyes himself came to swagger at him? ——Anton thought for a while, and replied "Come right away", then went downstairs, and saw that Moyes was already waiting at the bar.

There was a glass of beer in front of Moyes, and he had already drunk half of it. He stretched out his hand to hold the beer glass, and turned it vigorously on the table, and the white beer foam in the glass was also swaying.

"Let's relax after the game, let's not talk about the game." Moyes saw Anton, shook hands with him warmly, and ordered a drink for Anton attentively, "Actually, I have been looking for you since Largs came back. I have never had a chance to drink this glass of wine."

When he spoke, Moyes had a heart-wrenching expression: "It wasn't until a while ago, because of my younger brother, that I figured out some things...Since 'Life in the Green' is about to be tested publicly, I think this Maybe I can use it to ask you directly."

At this time, the bartender brought Anton's beer, Moyes stopped talking, and when the bartender left, he lowered his voice and asked Anton: "I wanted to ask you when I was in Largs, but you actually didn't accept the system's job. Player training, right?"

He asked tactfully, but Anton answered directly: "Yes, I never learned how to play football."

"But the good kick you played in Largs is simply more talented than professional players... So I want to ask you, did you learn this skill from "Life in the Green Field"?"

Anton couldn't help but stretched out his hand and pushed his glasses, and looked at the other party intently: I didn't expect that Moyes would still remember this after half a year.

Moyes was stared at by him, scratched his head in embarrassment, and said: "Please forgive me, I really don't mean anything else, I just think... In this way, it may help more people to quickly enter the field of football. What about one line?"

Seeing that he had fully explained his intentions, Anton shook his head and said, "No way..."

He himself has never played football, but has a very good athletic talent.Like Ibrahimovic, he has practiced taekwondo for many years, and he can use the strength of his waist and legs with ease.If it is someone else, even if you can learn those passing and shooting skills in the green life, it will take a long time to practice in reality to reach the corresponding level of competition.

In other words, if there is a very mature football player who logs into "Green Life" and practices for three months in the "novice" stage, this player is likely to be able to successfully transform into a football player; but an ordinary person without foundation cannot do it. arrive.

Moyes did not let go of Anton: "I really don't mean to offend, even if 'Green Life' can help your players improve their football skills, the Football Association will not care, this thing is not a doping, the Football Association It's not included in the ban either..."

The more he said the more outrageous, Anton frowned more and more as he listened: Now the players who have trial accounts in "Green Life" are all famous superstars in world football. Is it possible that this guy wants to follow "Glasses" Do you want to cause some scandals in football again?

"No, no, don't get me wrong!" Moyes shook his hands nervously, "I've always been thinking, this magical football simulation management game developed by my brother must have some effect, and what effect does it have on reality? Ordinary people, or players, have a great effect..."

Anton saw that he did not have any malicious intentions, but that he was not very good at speaking, so he ignored his offensive words, and instead followed Moyes' thinking:

Can "Life in the Green" replace the training of football players?

The answer is definitely not—whether it is in "Life in the Green Field" or in reality, football players need to spend a lot of time training. In terms of the time cost, the two are exactly the same, but "Life in the Green Field" cannot Straightforward to football players exercising their bodies.

But "Life in the Green" has an advantage: playing in a simulator can protect players from injury, which cannot be done in reality.

Unexpectedly, Anton stood up suddenly when he thought of this, and said excitedly to Moyes: "Mr. Moyes, thank you very much, but I have to leave immediately. I have an urgent matter to verify."

Moyes looked bewildered and watched Anton leave: ... What happened?

Unexpectedly, Anton turned back suddenly, as if he couldn't hold back his joy, he said to Moyes again: "Thank you for the beer!"

The author has something to say: The new Premier League season begins tonight.

The summer window ended last night, and Arsenal fans should be the happiest this summer window.