Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 119

In the "Green Life" simulator, Anton did not mess up Liverpool's record like Hodgson did.

He took very "effective" measures to guard Liverpool:

The first thing is naturally the "reverse Guardiola" operation, buying Javier Mascherano back from Barcelona;

The second is the return of Messi. After the national team match day, Messi has also returned to England in "Life in the Green";

The third is another "magic operation" by Anton. He registered a player for himself in "Green Life", and the "FA" simulated by the simulator has been audited for about a week. , and finally passed Anton's application - I don't know if there is Player E's help and accommodation behind this.

Mascherano's return helped Liverpool stabilize the midfield, Messi's arrival increased the team's attack power, and Anton—Anton put himself on the bench, directing the game while serving as a bench player, When something goes wrong, he will come off the bench.

Sometimes Anton feels that he is quite amazing-this is still a "true" super substitute, perfectly executing the head coach's intentions!

No matter how weird Anton's arrangement of being both the head coach and the substitute player is, his measures have effectively restored Liverpool's decline.After four rounds of competition, Liverpool has two wins and two draws, and their points in the league are still at the top.

And Anton also figured out some rules for novice players to team up and compete:

First of all, once the league starts, the time progress in "Green Life" will be faster than the real timeline.Sunderland has just finished two rounds, and Liverpool has already started to play the fourth round in the game.Visually, according to this speed, when Messi was in Sunderland, Anton and he could complete the entire schedule of the first season. A Champions League qualification should be no problem.

In addition, except for the players who successfully formed a team, the other players all play their own games.Except for the referee, for the time being, no other players will participate in Anton's schedule through "random missions".Therefore, Anton only needs to call Messi twice a week to log in to "Green Life".

Once Anton saw the code name of "Player K" flashing on the player list after the game was over and before logging out of the emulator.Later, every time he paid attention, he saw player K online again and again.

He has an intuition that player K must be silently watching his process of coaching Liverpool - in reality, the situation of Liverpool must make "King" Dalglish very anxious. Player K can only watch the young man in the virtual time and space. Juniors, witness them slowly dragging their beloved team out of the quagmire.

I don't know if this can bring some comfort to the "King".

In the third round of the Premier League, Anton's team played at home against Manchester City, which had just beaten Liverpool. Anton and his boys also beat Manchester City mercilessly, and also won 3-0.

Messi did not start this game, but came off the bench in the No.80 minute. He took a few steps like a big health care player and helped the team score the third goal.In addition, Vardy scored twice and won the cheers and applause of the fans on the Stadium of Light.

Pickford held back his energy and continued to maintain his record of zero seals in the game. He blocked Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez for multiple shots in a row, making the opponent doubt his life.

Manchester City's head coach, Roberto Mancini, is also an Italian. He has always been well-dressed and personable. He always likes to wear a Manchester City blue and white scarf during games.But in this game, Mancini was so angry that he didn't say a word, and he left the court directly. It seemed that he had made a grudge with Anton, a junior.

Anton: ...I didn't do anything?

Ancelotti: Old man Anton, in fact, there are very few people with such a good temper as me!

Ancelotti's team is also continuing to win and win. This round of Chelsea won the opponent Stoke City 2-0.There is a frenzied chase in the league standings. The two winning teams continue to lead, and Sunderland can narrow the gap on goal difference by 1 goal.

The start of the new league season has stunned everyone. The newly promoted team is chasing after the defending champion?

Seeing this momentum in Sunderland, many people began to recall what Anton had said after the Community Shield: "Have you heard of the Kaiserslautern miracle?"

Isn't the miracle of Kaiserslautern just the story of a newly promoted horse from the second-tier league running wildly, counterattacking, and then winning the championship?Looking at it now, why is it impossible for this miracle to be staged in England?

Lord Ferguson chewing gum: I haven't spoken yet.

Manchester United led by Ferguson returned to the Theater of Dreams, and also cleanly defeated the "Hammer Gang" West Ham United 3-0.In the standings, the Red Devils followed closely by 2 points, biting the top two teams.

The fans are all excited: Be good!This year's league looks great!

Others are busy judging the past three rounds and calculating the winning percentage of each team in this year's Premier League. Anton's team is already preparing for the fourth round away game against Wigan Athletic. Against a team that was "slaughtered" by Chelsea?

Anton's team must be ready for battle, because after this game, on September 9, the team will face their first European opponent at home: Bern Youngsters, at home to Arsenal on September 16, September 9 An away game against Liverpool, fly to Denmark to face Odense on September 19, and welcome Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United at home on October 9——

This is Sunderland's first "devil schedule" of the season.

The city of Wigan belongs to the Greater Manchester area, on the west coast of England, opposite to Sunderland on the east coast.The game was held at five in the afternoon, and the Sunderland bus was ready to stop shortly after noon.The players have already boarded the bus. Most of them are relaxed, some plan to take a nap on the bus, and some are listening to music with headphones.

Soon everyone arrived and the bus was ready to leave.Anton answered a phone call, and then said to the driver: "Wait a minute, I'll pick up someone and go with me."

The driver's surname is Thompson, in his 50s, has served the Sunderland club for some years, and is also a Sunderland fan.He sat in the driver's seat, wearing sunglasses, did not say anything, and waited as promised.

After a while, Mother Qiao arrived panting, and was about to get into the car in three steps at a time. She said as she got into the car, "Thank you, Anton..."

It turned out that Mr. Romm was working in Manchester these two days, and the husband and wife agreed to go to Wigan to watch the football.Unfortunately, Joe's mother's car broke down and was sent to be repaired.Qiao's mother called Anton just now, and wanted to ask the team bus to take her for a ride.Anton agreed without saying a word.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the driver Thompson suddenly turned his head and stretched out his hand, making a gesture to stop Qiao's mother: "No! You can't get in the car!"

Mother Qiao's left foot was still hanging in the air, her face was full of astonishment, she didn't know why the driver stopped her - it was obviously not overloaded!

"Don't you guys know this taboo?" Thompson took off his sunglasses, and faced Anton and Joe's mother seriously, "The team bus cannot carry women. Women will bring bad luck to the team. It will come soon. This game...will lose!"

Thompson struggled to finish his words, staring at Mother Qiao with sharp eyes.His eyes were very fierce, and even a seasoned professional woman like Mother Qiao was taken a step back by his stare.

"Mr. Thompson, please listen to me. Mother Qiao is a staff member of the club..." Anton smoothed things over.

"No, she's a woman..." Thompson exclaimed.

This sound alarmed all the players on the bus, and they all turned their eyes around together.Pickford recognized the driver, stepped forward and tried to help: "Uncle Thompson..."

"You can't let a woman get in the car, or the team will have bad luck!" Thompson was so stubborn that he turned the key and turned off the engine, which meant that if Mom Qiao got in the car, he would not drive the car.

The players behind were dumbfounded: Oh my god...it's the 21st century, why is there such a taboo?

Anton suddenly called out the names of several foreign players: "Messi, Godin, Eriksson, Garner, Hyypia, Royce... tell me, do you have this kind of taboo there?"

Messi shook his head cleverly, and everyone followed him.

Hypia pondered and said: "It seems that there used to be...but that was 100 years ago. At that time, everyone probably drove an ox cart to participate in the competition?" Isn't that really an old almanac that is older than the old almanac?

The young players on the bus laughed together.

But the driver Thompson blushed and stared at Anton: "Mr. Coach, if you don't believe me, you can ask the drivers of other clubs in England. We all know this taboo. I am... I am also doing this for the good of the team... ..." He is a loyal fan, and those deep-rooted prejudices cannot be easily persuaded by these young people in front of him.

Anton raised his watch to check the time, and immediately said: "What if I take full responsibility for this matter?" He didn't want to leave a loyal employee of the club like Mom Qiao just because of an unwarranted "taboo". It hurts.

Mr. Thompson also protested: "I...Mr. Coach, I also have the responsibility to inform you of this taboo!" His voice has turned into a pleading: "I have absolutely no intention of offending Mrs. Roman, even if I drive the car myself next time. It’s okay to take her for a ride on the east coast, but today, now...not!"

Both sides froze there, neither wanting to give in.

The players felt a little nervous and stared at Anton

Anton thought for a while, and suddenly let out a soft breath, with a smile on his face.When the players saw it, they felt relieved: Well, their head coach has a solution.

Sure enough, Anton spoke again: "Mr. Thompson, I think you know the nickname of the team is 'Black Cat'?"

Thompson nodded blankly, not knowing what this had to do with the "dispute" in front of him.

"Black cats have always been a symbol of bad luck in England. If you see a black cat, you will encounter bad luck. Everyone has heard of this taboo!"

The English players on the bus nodded together, but the players who experienced last season all remembered the scene of being "saved" by the black cat last season.

"But our football team got that nickname - it's because in Sunderland all the taboos are the opposite of taboos in England. Other teams might not allow female staff on the bus, but here, Joe Mom getting in the car will only bring us good luck."

Thompson was completely dumbfounded—has he been wrong all these years?

The players smothered their laughter from behind.

But Anton hadn't finished "fooling", he pretended to sigh annoyedly, and said: "This is also what the club CEO Martin Bain told me secretly, and asked me not to leak it. Mr. Thompson, I can believe you ?"

Thompson quickly turned around, reached out and twisted the car key to start the bus: "Yes, yes! Sir, please trust me [-]%!"

The author has something to say: Anton: Master Thompson is too simple, it's useless to fool around!