Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 209

After the snow stopped, the Stadium of Light was in full swing.

In addition to the staff cleaning the turf in the center of the field, there are also people cleaning the auditorium without a roof, sweeping the snow off the seats, and then wiping the seats.

These are basically organized by fan groups. There are men and women, old and young, sweeping snow in the stands.

Mother Qiao raised her head and gave Ibrahimovic a blank look: "Zlatan, don't you need to go with everyone?"

Ibrahimovic is now wearing earmuffs and gloves, his whole body is warm, and he is drinking ginger tea contentedly. Hearing Qiao's mother's question now, he intends to pretend to be stupid and point to himself: "Me?"

He was full of desire to find an excuse, his hands hurt and his feet hurt--the game will start in a few hours, why are you sweating so early?

But before he opened his mouth, Qiao's mother smiled and said: "It's okay if you don't go, anyway, there are enough people now, you can help me pour ginger tea here, it's the same!"

Ibrahimovic: ...

He has always claimed to belong to Ferrari, so now he can only help pour ginger tea?

Qiao's mother didn't know what he was thinking at all, and stretched out her hand to direct: "Help me go to the player's tunnel, and get those thermos - there are a lot, you need to make two more trips..."

Ibrahimovic is a cannibal who has a soft mouth and a soft hand, and immediately shook his arms. When he came back, he had three pots in one hand, and brought all the thermos pots prepared by Qiao's mother in one go.

Qiao's mother looked at Ibrahimovic in surprise, then gave him three pots and a stack of paper cups, and said, "As tall as you are, you can reach the stands with your hand, come, go and pour ginger for the fans association in the stands." Tea to go."

Ibrahimovic turned to look at the stands and found that he was indeed the only one who could reach the stands.Ibrahimovic did not resist what "only he" could do, so he shook his arms again, carrying three thermoses, and went to the stands.

The fans were overjoyed to see Ibrahimovic coming to give them ginger tea in person. One by one, they lined up to take the teacups from him, and they didn't forget to say: "Zlatan, what an honor."

Appreciated by others, Ibrahimovic grinned loudly: "Come one by one, and you can refill after drinking!"

"Zlatan, look at the snow here, compared with your hometown, it shouldn't compare!"

Ibrahimovic's hometown is Malmo, Sweden, and he himself also made his debut in Malmo Football Club.Malmö is located at the junction of the Baltic Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, with a temperate marine season, similar to that of Sunderland.But when Ibrahimovic heard the fans asking this question, he put a tiger on his face and described it exaggeratedly: "What's the point? Do you call this snowing here? It looks like putting a layer of icing on a biscuit to me."

"Wow!" Sunderland fans were all amazed.

"It's snowing heavily, and the inside and outside of the stadium are all white. If you kick a football into the stadium, you won't be able to find where it is..." Hearing this nonsense, all the fans gasped. .

"...At this time, the team wearing white jerseys is particularly advantageous-because it is a protective color? Have you ever seen an arctic fox? Yes, it is that color..."

All the fans were stunned when they heard the nonsense.

But Big Ibrahimovic talked for a long time, and finally returned to seriousness, sighed and said: "Speaking of which, your place is really similar to my hometown. In Malmö, when it snows, players and fans come together. Go to sweep the snow, and don’t forget to have a snowball fight when sweeping the snow. It takes three to four hours to sweep the snow, because everyone only cares about forming a team to fight the snowball fight, and can play more than a dozen rounds in one go..."

In the distance, Mother Qiao stood beside Anton, and the two of them were watching Ibrahimovic chatting with the fans in the distance.

Qiao's mother turned to Anton and said, "It seems that you are quite right."

Today's weather is too cold, Anton also wore a pair of fluffy earmuffs, and now he took off one side, turned his head to listen to Joe's mother, and then nodded with a smile: "I have heard an old saying, 'Cows don't drink water I don’t know about others, but Zlatan, a “stubborn bull”, will definitely fail. The harder we press his head, the more he will refuse to submit. It’s better to let him slowly develop a sense of belonging .”

Mother Qiao thought about it, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt the image of the water-drinking cow, and she couldn't help but said to Anton, "I can't see, at your age, you are quite capable of managing personnel affairs."

Anton looked at Ibrahimovic who was having a lively conversation with the fans in the distance, sighed and said: "The only thing I hope now is that this 'slow' process can be faster."

Not long after, I saw that Ibrahimovic had a snowball fight with the fans who were sweeping the snow. Ibrahimovic asked for a long time, but none of the fans dared to hit him with snowballs.Ibrahimovic became very playful, and immediately put all the thermos under the wall, grabbed seven or eight snowballs, put them all in his arms, raised his head and aimed at the fans in the stands, and threw them one by one. fall.

Seeing that Ibrahimovic moved his hands first, the fans finally realized that this is really childlike Dasheng, so they also snowballed in cooperation.They occupied a favorable terrain and were condescending. A series of snowballs whizzed towards them, hitting Ibrahimovic and fleeing with his head in his arms.

Seeing Ibrahimovic retreating in embarrassment, other Sunderland players stepped forward to respond, picking up a few snowballs and trying to launch a counterattack in the stands.Pickford ran over, seemingly kindly persuading Ibrahimovic to put on the hood of his down jacket.As a result, as soon as Ibrahimovic put on the hood, the snow that had been hidden in the hood beforehand fell into his neck in an instant.

Da Fengxian immediately stood up with his teeth and claws flailing, grabbing a lot of snow in his hands, and wanted to arrest Pickford for questioning.The young goalkeeper had already fled away with a smile, and asked a few companions to resist Ibrahimovic's "anger".Not long after, I saw snowballs flying on the field, and everyone was already fighting in chaos.

"That's right!" Qiao's mother sighed when she saw this, "But Anton, don't worry! All children are like this. They become brothers after playing together."

Anton looked at the big "child" slightly older than himself in the distance, nodded solemnly and said, "I hope so!"

After the snow stopped in the afternoon, the weather forecast reported early that there would be snowfall in the evening. It is still unknown whether it will affect the competition.

The whole Benfica team came to Sunderland with trepidation.Along with the team, there were [-] Benfica fans shivering from the cold.

These Benfica fans brought a special "gift" for Sunderland - a pair of framed glasses, to be precise, a giant balloon in the shape of glasses, which was specially designed to mock Anton's "Glassgate" incident .

These Benfica fans brought the uninflated balloons all the way to Sunderland. They originally wanted to find a hydrogen station, blow up the balloons, bring them into the stadium and release them at the right time.But who in Sunderland is willing to help them do this?Mostly citing security concerns as an excuse, the request of the Benfica fans was rejected.

Benfica fans immediately decided to bring this balloon into the Stadium of Light, and then you take a sip, and I take a sip, and blow up the balloon-they can hold the "glasses" in the audience, and they will achieve their goal, which is enough to ridicule Anton is gone.

These fans arrived at the Stadium of Light about two hours before the start of the game: the sky outside the stadium was already dark, but the Stadium of Light was brightly lit, like a bright light in the dark night.

Benfica fans came near the stadium and first saw the miner's lamp outside the Stadium of Light-the "wick" of the miner's lamp is actually a torch, which is now burning.Many Benfica fans hurriedly put their hands up, and then sighed that it was comfortable: it would be nice to be able to enjoy the fire for a while, even if only for a short while.

Hundreds of other fans flocked to the souvenir shop: there, the fans turned into sour lemons - Sunderland has Messi? !Even if it was only for six months, Sunderland had already owned it!

In addition, what attracts Benfica fans is the "Green Life" experience area launched by Starway's game company, and each fan can experience it for 5 minutes.In addition to the game experience of "Green Life", another staff member held a pair of glasses and invited everyone to experience what Anton had demonstrated at the FA hearing earlier: data transmission and virtual reality technology.

Most of the Benfica fans thought they were upright, and they said "no go, no go", but when they saw this opportunity, they all obediently lined up the team.

Once a fan reaches the end of the line, the staff will hand him a pair of "accessors" and ask him to sit on a chair and put on the accessor.At the same time, the staff will tell the fan that he will randomly walk past a certain section of the souvenir shop, pick up a certain souvenir, say a word, put it down, and come back.

The trajectories of the staff, the souvenirs they pick up, and what they say will be perceived by the fans connected to the virtual reality. If the fans don’t want to believe it, they can check the video footage taken in the souvenir shop after removing the access device.

Those Benfica fans who have embraced the "skepticism" have nothing to say after personal experience.Of course, there are also some people who argue arbitrarily, thinking that the pair of glasses Anton himself is wearing must be different from the one in front of him, and it is not necessarily true that he installed some other equipment secretly.

The staff was not angry when they heard this, but asked the Benfica fans to nominate a representative, saying that Anton would invite him to the sidelines to watch the game, and that he would be required to "replace" Anton to wear the glasses throughout the process.

The staff also said: Considering the experience of watching the game at that time, I hope that the fans can recommend a "hyperopic eye" to watch the game. It would be better if the degree can be similar to that of Anton.

Benfica fans: Really? !

The souvenir shop at the Stadium of Light does not occupy a large area. After opening two experience areas, it cannot accommodate too many fans.Many Benfica fans waited in line outside the door. Fans who completed the experience or bought souvenirs could not stay in the store and had to return to the cold outside.

After nightfall the wind rises, the north wind howls,

"Everyone, if you have a valid ticket, get in early! It's warm in the stadium. The Sunderland Fans Association has prepared some warm-up drinks for everyone, and you can enjoy them for free. I hope you don't dislike us, Sunderland. If you hate it, you should also hate this horrible weather in England!"

The staff have dragged the whole of England into the water with no integrity.

so good? ——The dubious Benfica fans set off to enter the field one after another.

The heating in the Stadium of Light was sufficient, and the Benfica fans quickly felt their limbs relax, and then smelled a wine smell mixed with cinnamon and fruit aromas.

There is mulled wine here!

The Sunderland Fans Association spent a lot of money this time, bringing several barrels of mulled wine prepared in advance into the waiting area of ​​the stadium, and slowly heating them with an induction cooker here.The stadium rest area was immediately filled with this warm smell.

These mulled wines have been diluted a lot, and there is not much alcohol left after heating, just to borrow the taste.The Sunderland fans wearing the "black cat" headgear did not forget to ask the Benfica fans for their understanding: "I'm sorry! I know that you have always served beer over there. Our weather...you understand!"

Benfica fans warm up their bodies first, then warm up their hearts. There is nothing to choose at the moment. When everyone has mulled wine in their hands, they chat with Sunderland fans enthusiastically—anyway, the distance It's too early to kick off.

It didn't take long for the two sides to "break the ice". A Sunderland fan brought an accordion and a tambourine into the field, and simply played cheerful music in the waiting area. The fans didn't care whether they were compatriots or opponents, and the shallow alcohol came up. , Crowds of fans simply formed a long queue and danced in the waiting area.

Because of this, none of the fans felt cold before the game started.

But when they left the waiting area, left the indoor heating for a while, and walked to the stands of the stadium, the fans felt that something was wrong.As soon as they went out, no matter which fans it was, they all tightly clutched their collars and scolded unceremoniously in their own languages: "What the hell weather!"

The north wind outside hangs very tightly, and there are water spots mixed in the wind—it is actually raining.I just don't know if the rain will turn into snow.

Benfica has chosen a very good day.

But for their own team, no matter how cold it is, the fans have to grit their teeth and hold on.

It's just a pity for the "glasses" balloon that was prepared early in the morning and blown up after it was ready to be brought in.Really "persistent" Benfica fans blew up that balloon.The size of the balloon was huge, and several fans held it up together, ready to take it to the stands. Who knew that they had just walked out of the outdoors, and they were already blinded by a gust of wind, and they couldn't even walk with the balloon in their arms.

"Please enter the stadium in order, do not stay in the aisle, do not block the aisle." The broadcast of the Stadium of Light repeatedly reminded in two languages-all stadiums in England have strengthened security measures after the "Hillsborough tragedy". , to eliminate all risks.

The Benfica fans holding the "glasses" were urged by the people behind them, and several people walked a little hurriedly, with inconsistent steps. A gust of evil wind blew over, and the "glasses" balloon was blown away immediately.

A few fans were frustrated for a while: It's hard to blow it up!

Unexpectedly, half a minute later, a kind-hearted person picked it up for them. The fans who sent it back didn't realize that it was a "glasses", let alone that the balloon was specially used to mock Anton and handed it to the Benfica fans. At the same time, he asked: "Is this the logo of your club?"

Several Benfica fans looked at each other and finally made a decision: "Brothers, let's deflate this balloon!"

"Yeah, don't bother! Don't we have a brother to 'experience' Anton's glasses?"

They did recommend a fan who happened to have some hyperopia and followed the staff to the locker room. It is said that this fan will sit on the sidelines and "observe" the entire game wearing Anton's glasses.

"What if what that Sunderland manager said is true?"

"Then our balloon order is for nothing!"

"It's okay. I'll take it back to Lisbon. I know the owner of an optical shop. I sold this balloon to him as a second-hand item."

"..."

As the fans entered the field, players from both sides braved the wind and rain to enter the field to warm up.

The Benfica players are probably scolding God while warming up.

Most of the Sunderland players looked calm - poor they are used to such bad weather.

With a height of 1 meters, Ibrahimovic stands out among all the players.While warming up, he showed a little disdain, as if to say: This is not even icing...is it molasses?

Sunderland goalkeeper Pickford squatted on the sidelines to observe the direction of the corner flag for a while, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief: It was not because the wind in the field was not strong, but because the wind did not have a fixed wind direction, and it was chaotic in all directions. Blow - that's fair to both parties.

Once he was sure of this, he strode to the goal to get ready.In this kind of weather, the goalkeeper who has been guarding the penalty area is the most vulnerable person on the field to be attacked by the cold. If he is not careful, he will lose his temperature-this is the experience he learned from the Icelander Halldosson.Pickford also thought about reminding the Benfica goalkeeper later, otherwise it would be bad if the returning man was really injured.

Not long after the players warmed up, the coaching staff of both sides entered the field.

In this weather, Anton was still wearing a thick wool coat, but he wore a red and white Sunderland scarf around his neck.He also wore a pair of fluffy earmuffs on his head, pressing down his short black curly hair, looking very playful.

For Benfica, Jesús played in the long down that he bought temporarily.As soon as he stepped out of the player channel, Jesús, like his colleagues, hurriedly pulled the zipper of the down jacket.

However, the zipper of the brand-new long down jacket was not so easy to tame. Jesus pulled it for a long time, but he still couldn't pull it up.Jesús gave up at one point and wrapped himself tightly with the down jacket as a double-breasted coat. After a while, he was numb from the cold wind, so he had to lower his head and try again. Finally, with the help of the assistant coach, he finally managed to It's to zip it up.

Jesús breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he would not be frozen to death in England tonight.But when he saw Anton's fluffy earmuffs, Jesús immediately felt so cold, thinking that the northern people had experience after all.

Unexpectedly, before the game, Anton took off his pair of earmuffs and handed them to the coaching staff for help. Then he took off the pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose and handed them to a man wearing a Benfica scarf. fans——

Jesús was dumbfounded: What happened?

The author has something to say: In the article, the game against Arsenal is in March, so there is no chance to write about Professor Wenger’s down jacket zipper, so let the Benfica coach pull it on his behalf.