Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 121

Qiao's mother's experience on this day can be regarded as quite legendary.At that time, she got off the bus and went directly to the fan entrance to meet her husband, and then the couple entered the stadium to watch the game together.

But the scene of her getting off the car was seen by many Sunderland fans, so before the start of the game, Qiao's mother was still accused by some "stubborn" fans, accusing her of risking the world's disgrace and running to rub the team. bus.

At this time, many girls among Sunderland fans quit: Why are women not allowed to get on the team bus, why is it said that women will bring bad luck to the team, where did this nonsense come from?

The female fans also have their husbands and boyfriends around them. These fans are caught in the middle, some are pitifully afraid to say anything, and some simply stand up to defend their female relatives.

This directly led to the fact that the Sunderland fans split into several groups before the game, and everyone even forgot to sing.It wasn't until the game started that the Sunderland fans came back to their senses——

"Oh, how come Messi scored so quickly!"

Just in the 5th minute of the game, the joy of scoring made the Sunderland fans merge into a whole again in an instant. Everyone jumped up and cheered with their arms raised.What "taboo" and what "bad luck" are all forgotten. What can be more important than the team's victory?

By the time the second goal was scored, some Sunderland fans had already come forward to shake hands with Joe's mother and apologize to her.The vast majority of fans are sincere and kind-hearted people. If they make a mistake, they are right to apologize to the person involved.

The score was 3-0 at halftime, so Mama Joe and Mr. Romm received several mugs of beer, and even a few delicious hot dogs, which were bought by the fans who had spoken badly before, and apologized to Mama Joe.

By the time the game was all over, Mother Qiao had become Sunderland's "lucky star". Many fans sang and danced around her to celebrate this big victory.Many fans even proposed that Joe's mother should simply "go out" with the team in every away game, so wouldn't Sunderland immediately become the "away king" of the Premier League.

Qiao's mother kept a straight face and said, "This is a game won by the team based on their strength. With or without me, they would have won. Have you seen how hard Anton and the others work?"

All the fans present said: This is the truth!

Qiao's mother turned to smile: "So... don't talk about good luck and bad luck next time, watch the ball with your wives and girlfriends, share your preferences, this will bring good things to your relationship transport!"

Immediately there was a fan interface at the bottom: "It's no problem. With the current Sunderland team, my wife is more active than me in watching the game!" There are several handsome guys like Anton, whether it is a real fan or a real fan, everyone is watching. Why not keep your eyes on the side of the game?

The fans area suddenly burst into laughter.

After the game, the next day is Monday.Mother Qiao went to work as usual. As soon as she arrived at the gate of Guangming College, a bouquet of flowers was delivered to her——

"Dear lady, the weather is fine today, may I take you to Rock Beach for a drive after you get off work?"

It was none other than Sunderland's driver Thompson who sent this bouquet of flowers.He let go of his word earlier that he would take Mother Qiao to the east coast for a drive, but today he actually came to fulfill his promise.

The bouquet was very beautifully tied, and it seemed that Thompson's apology was very sincere.

At this time, several first-team players walked by the entrance of Guangming Academy, and someone immediately greeted Thompson: "Mr. Thompson, yesterday's robot dance was really good!"

When the players returned to the bus yesterday, they found that the usually serious driver was playing nostalgic pop music on the car stereo, and he was dancing the robot dance that was popular in England at the end of the last century -- a sudden 6 Compared to 0, it really made the honest driver very happy.

Thompson blushed, but still in front of so many players, he bowed deeply to Joe's mother and said, "Please let me have the honor to take you for a drive on Rock Beach."

The first team knew what was going on. When the players heard about it, they all clamored and urged Mother Qiao to agree.

At this time, Mother Qiao was holding a bouquet of flowers, smiling, and her eyes were rolling, as if she suddenly looked younger by more than ten years.She said to Thompson, "Yes yes, do you mind if I take Mr. Romm with me?"

In Guangming Academy, Anton is already preparing for the next match against the young Berners. The screens in front of him are full of the opponent's information and statistics.An employee of the public relations department is briefing Anton on the public opinion. CEO Martin happened to be free, so he also came over to listen together.

It's only the fourth round of the league, and all the media is already focusing on the battle for the top spot.And Sunderland's merciless 6-0 game really made the front pages of the newspapers.

The results of this round of Chelsea are relatively inferior. This time Chelsea was a guest at the home court of the "Hammers" West Ham United and won 3-1.So far, Petr Cech's "not bad golden body" of "zero seals" has finally been broken.Sunderland narrowed the gap of 4 goal difference, and the two teams continued to chase after each other at the top of the standings.

Manchester United got a draw, 3-3 in the away game against "Toffee" Everton, and the gap between the two teams widened. On the contrary, Arsenal led by Professor Arsene Wenger, after the draw in the first game, After winning three games in a row, they caught up again.

But as Martin outlines, “the results are not the most important, the topics and controversies are the most important”.

Anton described Sunderland’s motivation for playing the game in detail at the post-match press conference yesterday: It is considered a “taboo” for the club’s loyal veteran female employees to take the team bus. To break this taboo and prove to the world that these are nonsense.

Media reporter: ...It turns out that Wigan Athletic is so wronged!

But one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and many fans and club staff immediately complained: They have also heard that, even for decades, they have been "following" this taboo-the team's bus does not allow women to ride , otherwise it will be considered unlucky.

This suddenly caused an uproar: no matter whether it is football or politics in England, no one expected that there are still people sticking to this "rule" until now.

Someone on Twitter made this a topic, calling it "Whether women can get on the men's football bus", which sparked countless discussions.Many people clearly pointed out that this is a kind of prejudice, but some stubborn and hypocritical insisted that this is a kind of "taboo". Since it has existed for so many years, it has proved its rationality.

But everyone on social media is not stupid. This "rationality" was immediately slapped in the face by Sunderland's 6-0 yesterday.The opponent was immediately powerless to parry, and left the battlefield in despair.

"No matter what, the team's approach yesterday was finally 'politically correct'." Martin breathed a sigh of relief.When this incident happened yesterday, Sunderland was obviously the one who benefited, and the number of followers increased a lot, and many of the followers came from female users.

Anton raised his eyebrows at Martin, his eyes behind the glasses narrowed slightly: "Is it just political correctness?"

Martin waved his hands quickly: "Of course not only, the team is 100% correct, correct in all aspects!" Recalling that after watching the game yesterday, even his wife who doesn't usually watch the game praised Sunderland, Martin finally realized that their team had further won over another gender group.

——In addition to being handsome, he is also very caring!

"By the way, Liverpool seems to have been scolded miserably again - although they didn't lose, it seems like they lost." Martin bypassed the "topic floor" and raised another issue.

In the fourth round, Liverpool drew 0-0 with Birmingham City.In this game, Liverpool's goalkeeper Reina was named the best player on the field, because he fought hard alone and saved several of the opponent's must-go goals-then the question comes, what are the other players doing?Why did the midfielder, who used to have absolute dominance, go again? Isn't the opponent's goalkeeper not threatened at all?

At this time, the public opinion briefing had been finished, and everyone was sitting in Anton's office just chatting.But Anton thought about it and asked, "What did Hodgson say?"

"What else can I say? I'm disappointed with the players' performance and fighting spirit—" Martin said casually.

"What?" Anton was surprised, and turned to look at Martin.

For a team like Liverpool, it is impossible for players to have no fighting spirit on the field. They will not stop running even if they fight until the last minute.This is the impact of the "iron and blood" tradition on players.

Since Anton entered Sunderland, he has always been protective of his players.If you play well, it is because the players performed well. If you lose, it is the coaching staff who are responsible.And Hodgson's approach was very different from what Anton was used to, so Anton was surprised.

Martin spread his hands: "The old man's temper has been like this for so many years, and he is used to throwing the blame away. I didn't expect that after taking over Liverpool, the fans would not buy it."

Of course, the fans don't buy it, and Liverpool is a traditional giant after all, and there have been many "celebrities". Once the team loses, many celebrities will jump out and comment.Hodgson's self-deceiving "throwing the pot" statement was "ruthlessly" pierced by these celebrities.

Anton clasped his hands and pinched his knuckles.

At this moment, the phone rang, and Anton was notified that there was a visitor waiting for him in the reception room of Guangming College.Anton glanced at the schedule hastily, and asked, "Did the other party not make an appointment?"

The other end of the phone answered, saying that there was no appointment, and it was a temporary idea, but I thought Anton would not refuse to see him.

Martin stood up with Anton, and the righteous CEO said to Anton, "I'll go and see with you. If you don't want to spend more time, just give me a wink, and I'll help you pass it off!"

Anton said no, but the good Martin followed.The two came to the door of the reception room together, Martin stopped in his tracks, and suddenly grabbed Anton's arm: "The person who came to see you... is this?"

No wonder Anton wouldn't refuse.

I saw Sir Kenny Dalglish sitting upright in the reception room. He looked a few years older than when Anton saw him last time.

The "king" of Liverpool sat alone, with his back straight, looking lonely and stubborn.