Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 141

The Stadium of Light is not far from the northeast coast. Usually when there is no wind, you will feel the sea breeze. Once there is a strong wind... it is slightly better inside the stadium. Outside the stadium or on Rock Beach, the wind can make people even stand unsteady.

But I don't know if Anton's weather forecast was wrong. That night, there was no wind in the Sunderland area, but a heavy fog fell instead.Until ten o'clock in the morning of the next day, the dense fog had not dissipated.

The Sunderland players who were training at the Guangming Academy played the game of "guess where the ball is" on the training ground - this is not training, it is obviously a game of finding the ball.

The most tragic thing is Pickford: At one point, the fog was so thick that the visibility was only a few meters, and a football flew out of the fog for him to save: Oh my god, it’s so exciting, it’s even worse than saving a penalty Stimulate.

After making trouble for a long time, this kind of training doesn't make much sense.Anton and Russell simply called everyone back indoors and held a "pre-battle" tactical analysis class.Let's use our brains and talk together, and by the way - wait for the wind to come.

Hummels turned his head and looked out the window. He grew up so big, and he had never seen such a thick fog that covered the sky and the sun in the British Isles.Hummels stared at a pale and bleak sun and asked: "Coach, is it really going to be windy?"

Before Anton could speak, Eriksson and several young players suddenly looked at each other and smiled.Eriksson borrowed a hair tie from Messi and tied it on his forehead, then closed his eyes and muttered, even knowing how to pinch his right thumb and middle finger together, then opened his eyes and said solemnly: " At three o'clock in the afternoon, there must be an east wind."

He learned so much, Anton helplessly stretched out his hand to rub the center of his brow.

These bastards are obsessed with Chinese film and television dramas recently, and they have finished "Journey to the West". Recently, they are supplementing "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and they are supplementing the old TV series of the Three Kingdoms with subtitles. Eriksson's current appearance is obviously In imitating the scene of Zhuge Liang borrowing the east wind in the TV series——

Hummels and Royce, who have never seen the Three Kingdoms, are completely stupid at the moment.

Without such leather?Anton thought.

The weather forecast clearly announced that the wind will start to blow around 12 o'clock, why do you need to borrow the east wind?

"Today is a 'gale battle', are you ready?" Anton asked.Playing football on a windy day has a great impact on the players on the field.Sunderland made verbal arrangements one by one in advance. At this time, Anton reminded again, and all the players replied: "Ready."

"Especially you!" Anton pointed to Pickford, "Especially in the headwind half, you must be more careful."

Pickford nodded hurriedly.Since he was substituted in public against the "young man" last time, this young man has finally learned his lesson, no matter how hard he plays, he will not dare to neglect him.

Time passed quickly, and by 12:[-] noon, the sun had changed from a pale and dim lump in the fog to a dazzlingly bright one that made it hard to look directly at.When boarding the bus, some players stretched out their hands and tried it out, saying, "It seems that there is no wind!"

Russell made a "cut" from behind: "The fog clears so quickly, is there still no wind?"

The assistant coach suddenly looked like a young man who was still too young.

When the bus drove to the Stadium of Light, the players all felt the power of the wind when they got off the bus, and they all rushed to the locker room.In the past, there were always fans here waiting to see their idol get off the bus, but today there were very few people here, and the few who came were also wrapped in windproof jackets and tightly pulled at the neckline. Beckoning, afraid to speak, for fear that if you open your mouth, you will be filled with rumors.

Anton stopped them: "Go and get an autograph! All you can wait here today are true love!"

Therefore, these few fans who are waiting here against the wind are blessed.

The start of the game was delayed for about 10 minutes because a water pipe burst in Manchester United's dressing room and staged a "flooded seven armies".The Manchester United coaching staff and the team had to temporarily change the locker room.

By the time the race started, the wind had already subsided.When the captains of the two sides chose sides, there was no wind at all, and the corner flags were all hung obediently to the opposite side, as if unwilling to provide the slightest hint.

It is a pity that Manchester United captain Evra guessed the coin correctly.He is not as familiar with the local wind direction as Ghana, so he can only choose the side with relatively favorable light.

Sunderland's coaching staff sighed silently together: luck is really not good enough, Sunderland will play against the wind at halftime first.Now they can only pray that the wind will continue to blow for two hours, so that both sides will play half-court with the wind, and no one will owe anyone even.

Manchester United's current lineup is basically the opponent's main lineup, except for Rooney's absence due to injury.Therefore, the main offensive lineup of Manchester United is "Brother Chic" Berbatov, "Little Pea" Hernandez and Portuguese star Nani.

Anton has studied this lineup very thoroughly - even he has specifically studied the "with Luo" version and the "without Luo" version.Now Sunderland will naturally not be afraid of Manchester United in front of them.But Anton was still a little worried, he really didn't know how the flickering wind would affect the game.

Sunderland kicked off the ball, smashed a few kicks, and smashed into his backcourt.Under the pressure of several Manchester United forwards, the Sunderland defender prepared to pass the ball back to his goalkeeper Pickford, and Pickford kicked out to find his midfield teammates.

According to Pickford's character, a kick with a big kick will never be ambiguous, and that's exactly how he did it-but today is different from the past. Pickford's kick seems to be full of strength, but the trajectory of the ball But it floated upwards. The ball that was originally thought to be passed to the frontcourt, after it was driven out, everyone thought it could only be passed to the midfield at most.

But seeing the ball fly higher and higher.

The rumors of hunting in the Stadium of Light are loud.

The audience was dumbfounded - they watched the ball draw an arc, and the trajectory turned towards Sunderland's goal.

"This wind... the demon wind!"

"Goalkeeper run!"

"Oh my God, no!"

The ball seemed to be controlled by a magical hand, and it flew straight into the Sunderland goal.The fans were all dumbfounded——

Ever seen such a thing?The goalkeeper made a big kick, and then the ball went into his own gate?Who will believe it!

Pickford never dreamed that this kind of thing would happen. Seeing the ball fly back, he instinctively wanted to step forward to save it.No matter how bad the wind is today, it is not difficult for a goalkeeper of his level to make saves.

But just when the goalkeeper was about to catch the ball with his hands, he suddenly realized: he kicked the ball by himself, and the ball didn't even touch the ground.According to the rules of the football game, the goalkeeper cannot touch the ball with his hands again after the ball leaves his hands and before it touches the second player.

Thinking of this, Pickford temporarily changed his action at the critical moment and changed it to a header. The ball narrowly passed Sunderland's goal frame and flew out of the baseline.

There was a burst of exclamation in the Stadium of Light-most of the fans were scared into a cold sweat by Pickford.

Pickford gave the opponent a corner kick.

To be precise, this gust of wind forced Pickford to give the opponent a corner kick.

If Pickford hadn't made a header to clear the siege, Manchester United would have scored an "own goal".

If Pickford picks the ball with his hands, he will get an "indirect free kick in the penalty area" for "violation". Although it is not very common, Sunderland's goal is also in jeopardy.

Now it seems that corner kicks are the best solution.

Here Anton has already stretched out his thumb and clicked a big "Like" in the direction of Pickford.The little goalkeeper who was bullied by "Feng" was terribly wronged, but at this moment he suddenly became energetic: the coach is praising him!

Regardless of whether Anton praised him for his concentration or handling it properly, this must have been enough to cheer Pickford up for the entire game.He immediately greeted his team-mates, and everyone jumped into action, organized to defend United's corner.

It was Manchester United captain Evra who took the corner kick.Obviously, before taking the corner kick, Evra judged the direction of the wind and immediately increased his strength. With a "bang", the ball flew out.

But at the moment Evra touched the ball, the corner flag that had been hunting and sounding suddenly fell down without a sound-the wind suddenly disappeared!

As a result, the ball was high and floating, passing over the heads of every Manchester United player in turn, and every player who jumped up to compete for the top was wasted.Evra's free throw was originally calculated according to the wind speed, but when the wind suddenly stopped, he thought the ball was too powerful.

Today's wind - it's just "playing with you"!

The reporters who watched the game from the sidelines remembered the "October" curse that Anton mentioned yesterday, and felt that thanks to the head coach's reminder, they all added windproof equipment today.

But the players on the field didn't have any measures to protect against the wind. They could only look at the corner flags, feel the wind speed, and kick carefully.Playing football has become a waste of brains. Before the ball is sent out, another layer of calculation is added. A good football game has almost become a quick calculation game. Need to observe from time to time...

Manchester United: Although we played with a tailwind, we were not at all easy!

The Sunderland player said: Fortunately, we have prepared well. Everyone has been at the beach all year round and is used to it... But today the wind is strong, sometimes fast and sometimes slow... There is no pattern at all, it is indeed very demonic!

Eriksson: Is it because the head coach took advantage of Dongfeng's operation to be irregular?

If Anton could hear his heart, he would definitely give him a chestnut on his head and a whole week of "nutritious meals".

However, the game was still going on. Because of the tailwind, Manchester United played the ball very effortlessly, and the entire formation was pressed very high.Sunderland was very passive, and most of the time was pressed by all the players in their own half, even Messi was no exception.

The headband that Messi used to tie his hair was borrowed by Eriksson earlier and has never been returned, so whenever the wind blows, Messi’s slightly long hair will dance around. Blocking the line of sight makes Messi look embarrassed.

Messi: ——God of Eros, please quickly return my image.

Eriksson: You have to ask Fengshen about this!

The author has something to say: Explain the indirect free kick in the penalty area:

Most free kicks in the penalty area are for goalkeeper violations.For example, the goalkeeper catches the return pass from his teammate with his hands, and the goalkeeper directly catches the throw-in with his hands.

An indirect free kick in the penalty area requires the penalty kicker to touch the ball at least twice, otherwise it is considered invalid.This kind of free kick defender can also stand on the human wall - if you see a dense row of human walls standing on the goal line, congratulations, you have seen indirect free kicks in the penalty area. In recent years, there are very few such balls.

In addition, because of the wind, the goalkeeper kicked his own goal in history. If you are interested, you can watch the collection of own goals in "World Soccer". There are goalkeepers so pitiful.