Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 177

"Goal scored!"

"Messi scored again!"

In the live broadcast room of Sky Sports, two celebrities high-fived each other.

"Wait, I seem to hear what you just said..." Andy Gray suddenly pointed to his partner's nose.

Only then did Richard Keith remember that not long before this goal, he seemed to have published the "Sunderland Pill Theory" in public.

Keith stuck out his tongue, thinking that this one really has the attribute of "poison | milk", and from now on, he can't talk nonsense anymore.

"You talkative guy, you will die if you don't say a few words!" He turned off the microphone and yelled at his partner.

Andy Gray also turned off the microphone, flattened his mouth and looked disgusted: "Dude, have you ever seen a commentator who said 'death'?"

Richard Keys shook his head helplessly, turned on the microphone again, turned to the live broadcast, and said: "Now there is applause in the Old Trafford stadium, for the two players who just scored together. Beautiful - I don't know if I should say assists and shots, or shots and follow-ups..."

"Sunderland are now 2-1 up."

"Messi is the biggest contributor to Sunderland. I don't know if Guardiola, who is sitting in the stands, is satisfied with his lover."

On Old Trafford soil, Sunderland once again took the lead.

This is all thanks to Messi, a player like Messi looks peaceful, but his competitive spirit is always there.

Around the 85th minute of the game, the score between the two sides remained at 1-2.So Anton decided to replace Messi and let him enjoy the applause and thanks of the fans.

Messi's performance in the Premier League has come to an end. In the "Theatre of Dreams", two beautiful goals created by him will be presented to fans all over the world at the end.

At this moment, even Manchester United fans mostly stood up and applauded their opponents.

The few Sunderland fans in the stadium sang "The Song of Messi" loudly at this time:

Thank you, thank you for your sudden appearance, and thank you for your company.Our only regret is that the time we can accompany is too short...

Messi himself also high-fived each other with several nearby teammates, then raised his hands, applauded, and expressed his gratitude.After high-fiving his teammates who came off the bench, he returned to the bench.

When Messi went off, Sir Alex Ferguson kept his eyes on Anton.

But when Anton looked at him, Ferguson immediately turned his face away, that expression: there seemed to be a little bit of disgust.

Anton smiled wryly and thought: How could I forget?

He was in Lagos in the early years. In his first class, Sir Alex Ferguson emphasized to future coaches like them: the last 10 minutes of the game (including stoppage time) is actually the most dangerous time period:

The lagging team is eager to equalize or overtake, and will choose to press heavily at the last moment;

The physical fitness of the players has also passed the critical point at this time, and they tend to bottom out in a short period of time;

Referees are human beings, and they also get tired. In the last 10 minutes, they may not be able to fully concentrate on enforcing the law.

...and other reasons, don't easily replace the core players just because the final moment of the game is approaching.

Especially Sunderland is a very dangerous score now, they are only one goal away from Manchester United.

But Anton has his own reasons: In addition to giving Messi a chance to bid farewell to the Premier League, he estimates that the little man's physical output today is already at the limit.The weather in England is cold and wet, and it can't be compared with Barcelona.

If Messi is injured because of playing too long, and it is under the nose of Gua Shuai... I guess Gua Shuai will have Anton's heart after eating it, and he will steam it and braise it before eating, using all [-] cooking methods.

So Anton still made such a decision-to replace Messi.

He took a lot of risks: if Manchester United can equalize the score at the last moment, or even overtake, then Anton is bound to become the object of criticism and satire by the media.

But as the saying goes, what to be afraid of.

"Brother Chic" Berbatov has not sweated a few drops and his hair has not been messed up since the game.His running is almost "turtle speed" in the Manchester United team. It is hard to imagine that such a lazy forward scored 5 goals in a row in Manchester United's previous game against Blackburn.

Sunderland's players marked him almost the entire game, and they all felt that they had figured out all his ways.

Unexpectedly, Berbataba's position began to retreat, and Manchester United moved Rooney's position forward. Rooney attracted most of the firepower in the frontcourt, and the Sunderland players gradually ignored the slow-moving Beckham in the backcourt. bar.

Just when the time had just entered stoppage time and the fourth official was busy raising his cards, Rooney got the ball with his back to the goal in the penalty area.

He didn't turn around and shoot, but returned the ball lightly to Berbataba who was hiding outside the penalty area.

Berbatov didn't even stop the ball, and raised his foot to shoot a volley with an extremely tricky angle.It was too late when the Sunderland players wanted to step forward to block.All they could do was look back and watch the ball fly straight into Sunderland's net.

There was nothing Pickford could do.

The audience at Old Trafford was jubilant: This is a perfect tie, the game has entered injury time, and Manchester United equalized the score at this time.

If the game ends in a tie, the two teams will continue to rank first and second in the standings with a difference of one point.If the two teams continue to win like this in their respective schedules, the result of this game may determine the championship situation throughout the season.

In the live broadcast room, Richard Keith breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Finally, I can say that Sunderland made a careless move and replaced Messi too early, which resulted in a deadlock..."

If Anton hadn't replaced Messi so early, the superstar could still play a great role in restraining him on the court.Manchester United will not attack so unscrupulously.

Keith also took a special look at it: "5 minutes of stoppage time, there are less than 4 minutes left at this time."

Less than 4 minutes, it is difficult for Sunderland to make a difference.

Manchester United should be the same!

Unexpectedly, Sunderland kicked off the ball and lost the ball within less than 10 seconds of possession.The Manchester United player made a steal in midfield, made a through pass, and the ball reached Rooney's feet.

Manchester United is not satisfied with a perfect tie at all, until this time they are still instigated a counterattack, and they will not give up until they get 3 points.

The ball was passed very well, and Rooney unloaded it comfortably. In front of him was a flat Sunderland half: when Manchester United stepped forward to steal just now, Sunderland's defenders chose to create offside tactics together.Rooney was behind the last of Sunderland's defenders when he got the ball.

Then the whistle sounded.

Rooney looked up, only to find that the linesman had already raised the flag.

He was puzzled, spread his hands, and looked at the line judge holding the flag—Miss Sean Macy.After getting a positive penalty, Rooney raised his foot angrily and kicked the ball directly out of bounds.

Many people think the same as Rooney: Offside is judged by the position of the player when passing the ball, not the position where the player gets the ball. Does this beautiful lineman even understand this?

The flag in Marcie's hand was still held firmly, showing that she was very confident in the penalty.

The live broadcast room was also in chaos at the moment, and Andy Gray yelled: "Quick, quick—" urging the director to call out the video.

When the slow motion was called out, the commentator in the live broadcast room realized that because of the angle, it was difficult to judge whether Rooney was in an offside position at the moment when the Manchester United player passed the ball.

At this time, Andy Gray pressed the microphone and complained to his partner: "Can you believe it? A woman will be the lineman? They don't know what offside is!"

Richard Keith didn't have time to agree with him, but looked at the live broadcast and suddenly shouted: "Look!"

It was too late and then too fast, Pickford already had a big foot and drove the ball from the goal line.

Earlier, Rooney kicked the ball out of bounds. Pickford was clever and found a game ball from the ball boy behind the goal, put it on the goal line and kicked it.At this moment, Rooney is still staying near the midfield, trying to reason with the referee Webber, and there are several Manchester United players around him to help——

But seeing the ball flying overhead, no one dared to neglect any longer. The Manchester United players rushed back to defend in front of their own penalty area.The referee Weber was also running back quickly with them.

At this time, the stoppage time has reached the last minute.

This attack will be Sunderland's last.If it doesn't work this time, Webber should blow the final whistle when the Manchester United goalkeeper takes the goal kick again.

Pickford's big foot was high and floating, and the first point was snatched by the little Shaqiri.Manchester United captain Evra failed to win the "top fight" with him, but Shaqiri also failed to unload the ball. He headed the ball high and headed towards the goal.

The second time was reached by Vardy, and the third time was Eriksson...

Sunderland's last attack seemed to be an alley-oop.Manchester United's players are all back in place at this moment, just waiting for the ball to hit the ground.

Royce jumped up to compete for the top and was about the fifth person to hit the ball. He looked very thin, but he was not at a disadvantage against the Manchester United defender.

It's just that instead of heading the ball towards Manchester United's goal, he pushed the ball out of the penalty area——

What's going on here?Could it be that the young man's hairstyle was messed up, and he headed the ball in the opposite direction on a whim?

The Manchester United penalty area was full of people, and at this moment they turned their heads to look outside the penalty area.

Just hearing a "bang", the ball was like a cannonball, blasting from outside the penalty area to the goal, with great force and unstoppable force.

There were too many people in the penalty area, and the goalkeeper Van der Sar's sight was blocked. At this time, he was caught off guard, and the ball had already entered the net just after making a save.

At this time, not only the Sunderland fans in the stadium cheered loudly, but the entire Sunderland bench and coaching staff jumped up from the seats on the sidelines: If Webber hadn't blown the final whistle, they would have all rushed into the arena.

Messi was even more excited, hugging and shaking hands with his teammates, celebrating their final victory in this game.

He must be very happy that Sunderland has a successor: even without him on the field, Sunderland can maintain the rhythm on the field.

But who made the last shot?

Behind the crowd, stood a young man with a tough temperament. At this moment, his face was flushed, his fists were clenched, and he stood straight at the front of the restricted area. Looking at the red stands in front of him, he seemed to be saying silently:

"Dream Theater", please remember my name, I am someone who never had the chance to stand here.