Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 116

Qiao Lu made a mistake as soon as he opened his mouth, and by the time he realized it, he had made an irreparable mistake.The choreographer and assistants behind him suppressed their laughter.Even Anton couldn't help smiling.

Qiao Lu really regretted it, he shouldn't have been distracted by peeking at the idol, so he hurried back to make amends: "An... Coach Anton, I'm sorry, we discussed it during the group meeting, if we do an exclusive interview with you, Can the headline be called 'Coach Anton is not Coach Anxi', after all, Coach Anxi is a household name with us..."

With such an impression in his mind, Qiao Lu got distracted and called the wrong one.

Messi and Eriksson watched in confusion from behind, not knowing what the tall photographer in front of him said, which actually made Anton laugh, but his face turned red.

But Anton's temper is very good. At this time, he raised his glasses half-jokingly, and said, "There are still some things in common. After all, they all wear glasses."

Anton and Anxi both wear glasses, but one is a fat Buddha with white hair, and the other is a handsome guy with short black curly hair. They are by no means the same.

But Qiao Lu's eyes lit up, and the kid stretched out his hand to shake Anton's hand: "So you've seen it too..."

——Now we have a common language!

Anton nodded: "I've also watched Captain Tsubasa!" These competitive animations have influenced a generation.

Hearing the words "Captain Football", Qiao Lu became even more excited, and took out a camera bag from the camera bag on his back to show Anton.The cartoon head of Tsubasa Ozora is printed on the lens bag.Messi saw it behind Anton, said "huh", pointed at Da Kong Yi and said, "I saw it too!"

Said Messi stepped forward and shook hands with Qiao Lu warmly: "I also like Dakongyi very much!" ①

Qiao Lu, on the other hand, was completely stunned and didn't come back to his senses for a long time - just because of an old anime, he could make his idol take the initiative to shake hands with him.How is this different from being in a dream?

From then on, the photographer was immersed in happiness and felt that the trip to Sunderland was worthwhile.

Anton hurriedly greeted the group of people to Guangming College, and asked as he walked, "Have you finally found a place to live?"

"Thank you, Anton!" Jiang Yueming expressed his sincere gratitude to Anton when this topic was mentioned, "The agency you recommended is too reliable. We found a short-term rental house, and the landlord is very nice and a good fit. our hearts."

Recently, the Sunderland Hotel was full of rooms. When Jiang Yueming and the others came over, they couldn't find a suitable place to live. They already planned to live in Newcastle.

It just so happened that the Sunderland club recently organized an event with the fans forum, inviting fans to free up unused rooms to entertain fans who came to Sunderland to watch the game, and at the same time charge part of the rent.The Sunderland Chamber of Commerce approved the event and the City of Sunderland has applied for a tax break for the event.

In other words, Sunderland fans can earn part of the rental income by short-term renting out idle houses, and at the same time, it will also allow Sunderland City to have more adequate reception capacity to entertain fans who come here from all directions.

The lead real estate agent was Roy Schiller who helped Anton find a house.The dude has been training Sunderland's "landlords" to help them provide attentive service to their tenants and enhance security.Anton called him and asked him to help the China Reporting Team find a convenient short-term rental apartment, and Roy immediately went to do it.

Looking at it now, the result is very satisfactory.

A group of people arrived at Anton's office, Eriksson and Messi rushed to training.Only Anton and a backbone of the club's public relations department were left to discuss the interview.

Originally, according to Jiang Yueming's vision, the reporting team wanted to visit Anton and look forward to the entire season from the perspective of the newly promoted Sunderland.In addition, because Messi is in Sunderland, they also want to take some shots of Messi's daily training, so that domestic audience friends can see what the star's training and life are like.

Anton sat opposite Jiang Yueming, thought for a while and said, "I would suggest you to conduct a detailed interview with Sunderland's youth training. As far as I know, Sunderland's youth training is a very good sample."

England's youth training has truly achieved football starting from a baby.The children participating in the youth training receive education while playing football. Among them, some who are truly talented stay and become professional players, while others will continue their studies and enter the society, although football is still an inaccessible part of their lives.

"You can observe the children's daily training and schoolwork, and I can also arrange for you to interview several first-team players from Sunderland's youth training. I hope you can get some inspiration from them." Anton said.

Jiang Yueming and the director looked at each other and nodded.Everyone has heard that "Football should start from the baby", but after so many years of professionalization of Chinese football, how to start football from the baby is still unclear to everyone.

Sunderland can only be regarded as an ordinary club in the UK, not a giant with tens of millions of capital injections, but the more such a sample, it may be more meaningful to China.

The reporting team immediately agreed to Anton's suggestion.Jiang Yueming added: "Anton, there is one more thing - the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon! "World Soccer" has a special program before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and wants to shoot a video of your club players and you greeting the Chinese fans ,You can see it?"

Is it difficult? —Anton immediately nodded in agreement.

He was so happy that Jiang Yueming quickly took out the mooncakes he had prepared in advance, and said happily: "A little thought from our reporting team is for the club and all the players. It is mainly stuffed with egg yolk and lotus seed paste, and some are Fruit flavor. In order to make a good impression on everyone, I didn't prepare Wurener's..."

"Is there a calorie meter and a list of ingredients?" Anton glanced at it, "There are all of them. That's a good feeling. Everyone will be able to taste mooncakes from the East when we go back to lunch."

As a result, at noon, each player's plate had a quarter of a mooncake with egg yolk and lotus paste, which is a rare dessert.

"Mother Qiao, this dessert is delicious, can I ask for more!"

Joyce, the chief nutritionist, shook his head: "NoNo, these calories and fat are just right, and eating one more piece will exceed the standard. With this appetite, are you still thinking about my nutritious meal?"

Now several thin players such as Royce and Vardy have completed the first "muscle gain" stage, and their diet has returned to normal, just like other teammates.Hearing Mama Qiao's words, they said: Nutritious meals...thank you anyway.

Because of the shooting task, the first-team members who ate mooncakes all began to learn the pronunciation of the Chinese word "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival".Anton recorded a voice and sent it to the players uniformly, asking them to practice whenever they had nothing to do.The players rarely encountered such an opportunity to "learn a foreign language". They took advantage of lunch time to practice one by one, and all of them practiced very "happy"——

"囧吹 is about to fall!" Throughout the noon, Anton's ears kept echoing such blessings.

The players were seriously studying the native language of the head coach, while Anton checked the calendar, checked the date of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and found that it was not a game day.Anton wondered if he could talk to Qiao's mother that day, make dumplings in the cafeteria or something...

Just as he was thinking about it, Anton suddenly realized that he is now like his father, no matter what traditional Chinese festivals he celebrates, he always misses eating a few mouthfuls of dumplings—making every festival like a "dumpling festival" .

Jiang Yueming didn't know what Anton was thinking at all, so he chatted with Anton while having lunch:

"Brother Lin, I might really ask some tough questions this time. You can just read the answers, if you really don't want to answer them, we've prepared enough questions anyway."

Anton thought to himself: Looking ahead to the season, the most acute question is probably the team's expected ranking.

Now the outside media have already made a lot of noise about the phrase "the miracle of Kaiserslautern", and the Chinese reporting team is certainly not exempt.In fact, Anton's original intention was not to say that Sunderland's goal this season was to win the league championship. The media actually misinterpreted his meaning, but making up for it after the fact would make him and the team feel guilty.

Therefore, during the official visit, facing Jiang Yueming's question, Anton only said that he would do his best to win.

Jiang Yueming nodded in understanding, and then asked Anton, who is Sunderland's biggest opponent this season.

"Race!"

Anton didn't even have to think about it, he answered firmly.

From the fifth to the seventh round of the league, they played Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United in a row, with the Europa League group stage in between, followed by the "Tyne Derby". After Christmas, everyone else is on vacation comfortably However, Premier League players have to play the "devil schedule" from Christmas to New Year in the cold weather. Players are too prone to injuries.

Anton was very dissatisfied with this, and immediately vomited eloquently.

The more Jiang Yueming listened to the other side, the more he was fascinated: It turns out that this head coach of Chinese-Italian mixed race is so eloquent, and he can also quote various idioms and proverbs proficiently, which shows that he has a good understanding of Chinese culture.

"So... what preparations have you made for this 'opponent' to avoid the impact of the tight schedule?" The person who asked the question thought for a while, and then followed up.

"In the new season, we face four fronts, the league, the Europa League, the League Cup and the FA Cup. Among these four fronts, I will make a choice according to the specific situation of the team. If necessary, we will give up one or two fronts. "

Anton spoke in Chinese.

Russell, the assistant coach, must have been surprised to hear this.After all, just a few months ago, Anton was the one who insisted that he could have it both ways.

But with the promotion of the team, the situation of the Black Cats has changed.Anton is very clear that they are not a club that can pursue the fourth-tier "go hand in hand", blindly pursuing "both things" sooner or later "all four will be empty".For the sake of the players' health and status, Anton is ready to give up one or two fronts.

"Then, Messi..." Jiang Yueming suddenly remembered this guy.

Sunderland already has Messi, shouldn't it mean that they can kill the Quartet at any time?

He had forgotten that Messi's lease was only half a season.

The FA Cup schedule did not start until the past year.

"My friend, Messi is definitely a good player. It is because he is good that I think that good steel must be used wisely." Anton smiled and responded to Jiang Yueming-how should Messi be used? Already completely sure.

The author has something to say: ①The Argentine who watched Captain Tsubasa is Aguero, and he is a big fan of Tsubasa Oozora.During the Japan World Cup group match last year, Japanese fans put up a huge poster with a bust of Tsubasa Ozora in the stands.At that time, Aguero mentioned in an interview that his childhood idol was Ozora Tsubasa.