Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 145

As Anton expected, the game against West Ham at Upton Park was extremely difficult.Relying on the advantage of the home field, West Ham's offensive was very fierce. Sunderland was almost pressed in their own half, and occasionally found a few counterattack opportunities, which were resolved by the opponent's tenacious defense.

In the second half, Anton replaced the three main players of Henderson, Royce and Messi at one time, and the scene changed somewhat.But West Ham is a tough team, running hard but moving a lot.Skilled players suffered a lot against them away.

桑德兰坚持了整整90分钟，勉力将比分维持在0比0。可惜的是西汉姆联在伤停补时阶段进了一球,绝杀桑德兰,昂首挺进联赛杯的第四轮。桑德兰则本赛季首尝败绩，第一次以0比1输掉了比赛。

After the game, Anton congratulated the opponent's coach Grant in a friendly way: "Congratulations on your promotion. I hope you will have good luck in the league."

When Grant heard Anton's words, he immediately frowned.His team only won one game in the first seven rounds of the league, and lost all the first four rounds. Now that they have finally advanced to the League Cup, they can take a breather, but Anton brought up this issue again—it really hurts people's hearts.

But West Ham United fans are really happy.After the whole game, the atmosphere of the fans of both sides was very friendly. The away fans and the home fans often interacted and sang to each other with great interest.

The home team's lore goal at the final moment made the atmosphere of the audience reach its peak, and countless soap bubbles were blown down from the stands, all over the stadium.The bubbles reflect the lights on the roof of the stadium, which are colorful and crystal clear, and it is indeed as beautiful as a dream.

But the Sunderland players were not in the mood to appreciate the view.For the first time this season, they got a taste of what it's like to be a loser.

In all games this season, they have not been behind, but after falling behind, Sunderland cheered up.Only this time, after falling behind, they didn't even have a chance to rise up, and watched the referee blow the final whistle.

The mood of the players after the game was very low.Anton casually babbled a few words in the mixed interview area, and immediately went back to the locker room to watch them.He and Russell looked at each other: Sure enough, the "idol burden" could not be unloaded!

It seems that losing a game in the League Cup can indeed make the players sober.

As the saying goes, there are no underdogs in the Premier League.Even if it's a relegation team, you can have a good drink if you meet them.

This is especially true in cup games, where one minute of negligence can ruin an entire front.

It is indeed time for Sunderland to put their minds right and face up to the difficulties they may encounter this season.

It happened that Messi and several other players were drawn to participate in the drug test.Anton waited for them for a while.After Messi came back, Anton, together with Russell, gave the players an ideological education class.

When the players cheered up one by one, Anton looked at his watch, it was already late.Although winter time has not yet been adjusted, the sky in London is already completely dark at this time.It was time to go back to the hotel where they were staying.

"Strange, Mr. Thompson hasn't called me yet." Anton took out his phone and muttered.

The next second, the bell rang, and Russell pouted next to Anton: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be there." He finally said this Chinese proverb fluently.

"What?" Anton looked surprised after answering the phone, "A flat tire?"

They took a large bus with 88 seats to Upton Park, how could it be so easy to blow a tire?

"Or are several tires flat?" Anton repeated, looking intently at the door of the visiting team's locker room.

The team stayed here for a long time. At this moment, not only the staff of the Football Association in charge of drug testing have left, but even the staff of the stadium have left--I also told them to keep the door when they leave.

Now the locker room door is empty, no one is there.

"Mr. Thompson, listen to me," Anton suddenly raised his voice.Most of the players were taken aback when they heard that, and the locker room immediately fell silent.

"Go back to the car now, lock the doors and windows, and don't open the door if anyone knocks on it. Wait for my call."

As soon as Anton hung up the phone, he turned around and told Russell: "Call the police, our bus has been attacked."

Mr Thompson enjoyed a chance to watch the game live away from home.

He used to watch games on the team bus, watching the telecast on a tiny TV screen.Some Championship games last season were not televised, so he would listen to the radio.

He has a season ticket at Sunderland, so he understands the difference between attending a game in person and watching it live on TV.This time it was a rare gift from the head coach, and the location for watching the game was very good. Mr. Thompson watched the whole game with great interest. , Thompson knew it well, maybe it would be better for the team...

Mr. Thompson returned to the bus.Having been a driver for more than ten years, he knew there was something wrong with the tires of the bus without starting the car.

The car park outside Upton Park was dark and quiet, and Mr Thompson grabbed a flashlight and got out of the car to check.He was thinking in his heart, if it was a flat tire, he might be able to think of a way, and there was a jack in the car, but he might not be able to change such a big tire by himself, and he needed someone to help him hold the flashlight...

But the situation under the car surprised him very much. Not only one tire, but five or six tires were all broken.

Thompson immediately called Anton to report the incident.In this way, the team must find another way to leave Upton Stadium.

"Mr. Thompson, listen to me. You should get back to the car immediately, lock the doors and windows, and don't open the door if anyone knocks on it. Wait for my call." Anton's voice came from the phone, like It was like shouting in his ear.

Thompson was so startled that the flashlight was almost thrown.He also realized something unusual, so he hurried back to the car, and locked the door as Anton said.The bus was originally fully enclosed, without large windows that could be opened.The same is true for the car door. If it is not operated by the driver, several entrances in the body cannot be opened.

Thompson had just returned to the car, locked the door, and suddenly heard a loud "bang" from the car.Then someone yelled loudly: "People in the car get off!"

Thompson was terrified, and when he was about to look down, suddenly, a baseball bat appeared in front of his eyes and hit the car window in front of Thompson.

The windshield of the bus uses a special material that can withstand the impact of hundreds of kilograms.Therefore, the baseball bat failed to break the glass of the front window at all.But at the same time, there were ping-pong bangs from all over the body of the bus, and blows like raindrops fell on the body of the bus.Someone else was kicking the car door vigorously, as if trying to kick the car door open.

Mr. Thompson was instantly stunned: If Anton hadn't reminded him, he was still under the car at this time, or he had already got in the car but the door was still open-then he would have become a piece of meat on the chopping board.

Before he could wake up, he heard another loud bang, and the windshield in front of him was hit hard again.This time the car window was no longer intact, but a small crack appeared, like a spider web, which seemed to be able to spread at any time.

People outside the car cheered.

The body of this bus is very high, and the windows on the sides and the rear of the bus are beyond the reach of ordinary people.The thugs beat the car body around with sticks, but they could only hit the iron body in vain.They couldn't kick open the car door either.But now that the windshield at the front of the car was expected to be smashed, the thugs jumped for joy and all gathered towards the front of the car.

Thompson was stunned and froze for a few seconds before realizing that the phone in his pocket was vibrating.Trembling, he pressed the answer button: "..."

"Listen to me, Mr. Thompson, take your mobile phone, don't hang it up, and go to the driver's seat."

Anton's voice was both warm and powerful. When Thompson heard it, he couldn't help himself and walked towards the driver's seat.

"Please turn off the lights first," the person on the phone said, and Thompson suddenly realized, and turned off all the lights in the car.In this way, outsiders cannot see his actions clearly.Thompson beat his head, why didn't he think of it earlier?

"Also, please hold your phone up, don't hang up on me, and start counting. When you reach ten, open the back door of the car. Please start, one, two..."

There was a magical power in this voice, and Thompson couldn't help counting down: "...three, four..."

"Bang, bang..." The people outside the car continued to smash the windshield.It’s not a baseball bat anymore, they’ve replaced it with a steel pipe they found somewhere, and they’re using that thing to attack the windshield with all their might. The original crack in the glass has now expanded to four or five times the size of the previous one.

The attacks around the compartment gradually stopped, and seeing that a gap was expected to open in the windshield, all the attacks gathered there.

"...five, six..."

Thompson's voice trembled, and he couldn't hear any sound in his ears. Anton didn't give him any further instructions. If he counted to ten and opened the back door of the car, could he really be saved?

"...seven, eight..."

When counting to "nine", Thompson suddenly heard a movement. The thugs outside seemed to have noticed something and began to move in the direction of the rear door of the car.

"Ten!" Thompson yelled out the number, holding his phone in his right hand.At this moment, he seemed to give his life to Anton, the head coach he trusted so much.Thompson stretched out his left hand, and the back door of the car suddenly opened.

Suddenly, the world inside the car and the outside of the car opened up a channel.Thompson could hear the noise outside the car window clearly at this moment, a familiar voice shouted, followed by the sound of objects hitting the gun repeatedly rapidly.

"Close the door!" The familiar voice sounded from the car door.Thompson flicked the button reflexively, and the door closed again.

The ferocious yelling and cursing were immediately blocked outside the car.Thompson looked back nervously: there was a ladder at the back door for getting on and off the car, and the light in the car was very dark. Anton's figure emerged from the ladder step by step and appeared in front of Thompson.

In his hand he was also carrying a full-seat, which seemed to have just been dismantled from Upton Park.

The author has something to say: Thompson: Coach Xiansen, remember that it is wrong to damage public property.

Anton: ...