Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 210

After nightfall in Sunderland, the northeast wind blows.

The LED lights on the roof of the Stadium of Light radiate bright lights, illuminating the entire stadium.In the beam of light, one can clearly see the dense and fine water droplets falling down, eloquently, one after another.

The rain is not too small, but it is not so heavy that the game needs to be postponed.

Sunderland vs. Benfica, a two-day postponed match, started on time in cold wind and drizzle.

Because of the rain, the green field that had been completely cleaned earlier looked a little slippery.At the beginning of the game, the players on both sides played more conservatively, not seeking merit, but seeking no fault.

The head coaches of both sides were standing on the sidelines. Jesús wrapped himself in a down jacket, wore a hat, and put his hands in his pockets, trembling.

Anton was in the command area next to Jesús, as usual, relaxed and confident.The drizzle hit his slightly curly short curly hair, it didn't seem to have any effect on him——

Today, however, he doesn't wear the wide-rimmed glasses he wears every day.

On the other hand, in the coaching staff sitting behind Anton, there was a man who looked like a Benfica fan, and the glasses were on the bridge of this guy's nose.

The Benfica fan was clearly flattered as he sat between two members of the coaching staff, looking rather cramped.I saw him sitting upright, reaching out to lift his glasses on the bridge of his nose from time to time, trying to put them on straighter.

Not long after the start of the game, the drizzle wet the glasses on the bridge of his nose. The Benfica fan quickly took the glasses cloth handed by assistant coach Russell beside him, and carefully wiped off the water droplets on the glasses.

Russell saw that this guy seemed to be sitting so close to the court for the first time, and he was willing to tell him how to command on the spot beside the court. It's just that Russell's Northeast-style English, how much the Portuguese can understand, he can't control up.

As time went on, both sides won some opportunities, but they failed to grasp them.

One of the most thrilling times was when Pickford made a save - this time it was definitely not a buttery hand; seeing the opponent stretch his foot to make a follow-up shot, the young goalkeeper risked being trampled and struggled forward, finally It is to hold the ball firmly before the opponent touches it.

In the cold weather, the backs of the Sunderland fans were sweating; the Benfica fans were all holding their heads in regret-what a pity, what a great opportunity!

Although this is Sunderland's home court and the home team is more familiar with the field, the rainy weather has affected both sides. The field is wet and slippery, and the game ball is wet and heavy, which not only increases the difficulty of the goalkeeper's saves. Difficulty also increases technical difficulty and physical burden for all players.

Everyone played with a frowning face, except for Ibrahimovic.

Ibrahimovic is obviously very familiar with this kind of weather conditions and played quite freely in the wind and rain.

In addition, Ibrahimovic also has a group of fans. Every time Ibrahimovic gets the ball, there will be a group of fans cheering hard on the sidelines, and some people whistle loudly.

These fans are the opponents who had a snowball fight with Ibrahimovic when they cleared the snow at the Stadium of Light earlier. After the snowball fight, the fans who were already fans of Ibrahimovic were promoted to "Ibuki". blow.

Bisheng Ibrahimovic is the most "crazy", the more enthusiastic the fans, the more he wants to perform.For a while, as long as Ibrahimovic got the ball in front of the Benfica penalty area, Benfica's goal was in danger.

Jesús nervously yelled at his players: "Don't let the big man get the ball, don't let the big man get the ball!" He was afraid that the players would not hear him, so he took off the cap of the down jacket, took it off for two seconds, and the ball was off. It was too cold to bear, so I quickly put it on again.

Lengbuding Ibrahimovic passed by Jesus' command area, and said coldly: "It's called Zlatan!"

Jesus: ...

He had to change his words when directing the players: Don't let Zlatan take the ball?

Soon the first half was coming to an end, and neither side had scored any goals.But when the rain gradually stopped, Jesús breathed a sigh of relief, took off the hood on his head, and thought: Finally, a normal game can be played.

But behind him, the Sunderland fans looked up to the sky.The sky above the Stadium of Light was extraordinarily bright reflected by the lights of the stadium, and the thick clouds were so low that it was even reflected a light orange.

In the halftime lounge, the Benfica players hurried back to the locker room to keep warm.But the opposing goalkeeper was stopped by Godin and Pickford.Pickford said that Godin helped him translate into Spanish, and it turned out that he told the opponent's goalkeeper to move more and be careful of losing temperature.The goalkeeper of Benfica is Portuguese. He can roughly understand Godin's Spanish and nodded to show that he understood.

Here, Anton also had a brief conversation with Jesús. The main idea is the same. He is reminding the other party that the weather is cold, and the players coming off the bench must be warmed up before making substitutions, otherwise they will be very easy to get injured.

In addition to reminding the other players and the head coach of Sunderland, Mills, the venue director, also took a team of staff to check whether there was water on the pitch during the intermission.The game balls are also all sent to be wiped and dried.

The Benfica fans who put on Anton's glasses were accompanied by Sunderland's staff and stayed on the coach's bench.

At this time, he received a call from his companion: "Brother, we found a projection screen in the rest area, and the projection seems to be the scene in front of you."

The Benfica fans raised their heads suddenly, thinking that this is what Anton demonstrated at his hearing?

Immediately there was shouting on the other end of the phone: "Move!"

"He must have raised his head!" The injured friends shouted together.

"Turn your head again, start from the left side of the court, look around and see if we can see it too." Someone yelled on the phone.

The Benfica fan responded, and turned his head. Starting from the left side of the field, he looked around slowly, and cheers came from the other end of the phone: "Really, that's true..."

"It turns out that these glasses are really used for this!"

Russell, who was sitting next to him, stretched out his right hand and slapped the Benfica fan hard on the shoulder, saying, "Brother, please reply this time! The glasses are only for this purpose, and it has nothing to do with how Anton directs the game."

The fan thought about it quite quickly, and immediately said: "After that, if I buy a pair of glasses like this, my brothers can watch the game with me? Isn't it enough for ten of us to buy one ticket?"

Russell was shocked by his "scrupulous calculations". He stared at the other party for a long time before choking out a sentence: "Do you know how many tickets you can buy with a full set of equipment like this?... You want to save a few For a few dollars, it’s better to sit at home and watch TV! There are also slow motion and commentary from various angles.”

The other party was immediately choked back: If it weren't for Bernard's special situation, Anton would not have needed to use this method to transmit the image.

He suddenly felt as if he could understand Anton.

"Yes, sorry, we seemed to have misunderstood you before." The fans turned to Russell and apologized cautiously.

Unexpectedly, Russell broke the guy's shoulders and told the fan to turn around. His words were not polite at all: "Look at the stadium, look at the stands, you can look anywhere, just don't look at my old face anymore, when the time comes The pot is still big, scaring those people in the rest area!"

Benfica fans: ...

"Hmph, don't really think that Anton is afraid of you guys!" Russell still kept nagging beside this man, "I wouldn't want to wear glasses if it was me in this horrible weather today, so Anton Only then will you be able to wear it for him!"

The fan was completely out of temper by Russell, and kept nodding.

After a while, his cell phone rang again, and this time it was a text message from his brothers: "Don't nod your head, dude, don't shake your head...we're all dizzy here."

In a blink of an eye, the intermission ended, and the two sides changed sides to fight again.At this time, the fans of Benfica only felt a slight coolness on their cheeks, and looked up at the sky one after another.

The rain had stopped for a while, but the wind was still blowing.There were one or two small snowdrops mixed in the wind, and then they became flakes of snowflakes.

"It's snowing!" The weather forecast was right.

The snow wasn't too heavy at first, the referee checked the field and decided to continue the game.

The players followed the instructions of the coaching staff of both sides, and tried to keep moving as much as possible while on the court to maintain their body temperature.At the same time, the players who may be replaced have already put on their training vests and are running back and forth on the sidelines to warm up.

The fans on the sidelines were so cold that they all stood up and stomped their feet in the stands trying to warm up.

As the game progressed, gradually, the turf on the field began to turn slightly white.The speed of the ball rolling on the green grass is obviously much faster, it is simply "slipping".The same goes for players.

The Sunderland coaching staff is very familiar with this situation and knows that it is the "initial stage" when the snow falls on the field.At this stage, because the ground temperature is still hot, the snowflakes melt after snowfall, making the site extremely slippery.

Soon Sunderland ushered in an excellent opportunity: the Benfica defender didn't grasp his strength when he fell down, and was dressed a little too big. He was intercepted by Royce in the frontcourt and sent out to Yi cloth.

The ball was passed very accurately, and Ibrahimovic stopped comfortably, facing the opponent's goal, and made a feint.

His feint was so realistic that the opposing goalkeeper and a defender blocking Ibrahimovic all rushed out and lost their center of gravity.Benfica's goal was immediately wide open to Ibrahimovic.

And Ibrahimovic is the kind of person who can't forgive others.

At this time, he made a move that shocked all the fans in the audience-Ibrahimovic turned around, looked at Royce who ran over to meet him, stretched out his hands, pointed at the opponent, and at the same time left his foot The bow is pushed at will.

This guy didn't watch the ball at all, and just shot at his feet.

This is a blind kick!

It is said that Yigao people are bold, and only Ibrahimovic dares to play like this.

The fans of both sides in the stands were all stupid: because of Ibrahimovic, they are so crazy, so confident, so confident that they are almost inflated.

But he had reason to be confident and mad - because the next moment, cheers and applause erupted from the stands, and the ball fell steadily into Benfica's net.Even if Ibrahimovic kicked blindly, he also scored.