Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 108

Jiang Yueming is one of the members of the China Reporting Team that Anton met at the "European Coaching Forum" in Lagos. This "Little Jiang" always called Anton "Xiao Lin", but then he saw Anton's shocking kick of "falling down". From then on, Anton was called "Brother Lin".

This time, hearing that Sunderland has signed a contract with Messi, Jiang Yueming is afraid that he will stick to the title of "Brother Lin" to the end, even though he may actually be a little older than Anton.

Anton heard this greeting, looked back, and saw Jiang Yueming was sitting in the watching area behind the coach's bench with an excited face, waving to him vigorously.

The companions around Jiang Yueming are also Chinese, but Anton has never met him in Lagos. I don't know if it is Jiang Yueming's other colleagues or friends.The young man was staring at the field expectantly, ignoring the greetings of Jiang Yueming and An Dong beside him.

In today's Community Shield match, the participating parties are Chelsea and Sunderland. Chelsea is the "Blue Army" and Sunderland is the "Red and White".But the young man next to Jiang Yueming was wearing "red and blue"—to be exact, Barcelona's No. 10 jersey.

Anton glanced at the auditorium, and found that there were actually quite a few "red and blue" in the field. Apart from the fans of the two teams and the Flanagan family, some of the people who came here to watch the game were Messi's friends in England. Fans of people - finally waited until this day, without going to Spain, you can comfortably enjoy the stadium with Messi playing.

Jiang Yueming waved to Anton for a while, and made gestures again and again, expressing that he wanted to contact Anton after the game.Anton nodded lightly in agreement.At this time, the young man beside Jiang Yueming turned his head and saw Anton——

He and Jiang Yueming were equally as surprised when they first heard that Anton was a coach, their mouths were so wide open that they could eat a whole pie.

For a head coach who coaches the Premier League, especially with a superstar like Messi under his command, Anton's face looks too young, causing Jiang Yueming's friend's eyeballs to almost fall out of shock.

At this moment, the players came out of the player tunnel and lined up on the field.Anton didn't have a chance to greet the "folks" again, so he turned around immediately and looked at his players.Wembley Stadium echoed with the voice of the announcer calling out the names, and the squad rosters of the two teams were scrolled at the bottom of the stadium screen.

Messi is not on the starting list.

On the contrary, the young "rich second generation" Flanagan started.The 5000 people in the stadium stood up together and applauded the young man along with the "Song of Flanagan" sung by the Sunderland fans.

Flanagan blushed to the base of his neck.Anton looked at his embarrassment, and guessed that the young man probably wanted to find a hole in the ground to go down.

It seems that the "rich generation" and the "rich second generation" always think differently.Anton nodded to Flanagan, indicating that he would have to get used to this kind of life slowly in the future.Flanagan blushed and blushed a little, and finally got a little more normal.

After a while, once the list of Sunderland's substitute players was read out, the whole stadium seemed to "boom", and then applause sounded - the audience was applauding Messi, welcoming him to England.In addition, there are countless Messi fans waiting to witness his demeanor with their own eyes.

But... Why didn't Messi start?

Although the starting lineup was announced before the game, some fans didn't know that their idol was "pressed" on the bench until then.

Surprised not only the fans, the rights to broadcast the Community Shield Cup were obtained by Sky Sports.In the live broadcast room, the two commentators of Sky Sports, Andy Gray and Richard Keys, are also guessing why Messi did not start——

"Just returned to the club from the national team, and the physical condition is not good enough?" Andy Gray guessed.

"Or Anton didn't think about how to use him?" Richard Keith asked back.

This assumption seemed relatively easy to establish, Keith and Gray nodded together after speaking.

"Actually, what's so difficult about it?" Gray said with a smile, "Everyone in Sunderland will try to find Messi as soon as they get the ball?"

Keith immediately rolled his eyes at his partner: "You think Sunderland is the England national team!"

The England national team likes to do this kind of thing the most. In the past, when Owen was in good form, everyone tried to find Owen. Later, Rooney emerged, and everyone tried to find Rooney.

Andy Gray gave his partner a thumbs up: "I give full marks to this wave of 'self-hacking'."

Regardless of what others think, Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti, who is also standing on the sidelines at the moment, is a little relieved when he sees that Messi has not started.

Chelsea did not have any particularly important signings in this summer window, which made Ancelotti feel a little uncertain.In addition, although he led the team to win the league championship last season, but lost the "double" in the FA Cup loss to Sunderland, and the Champions League also stopped at the top [-]. The club management has begun to express dissatisfaction vaguely. Ty puts the pressure on.

And in the entire stadium, Ancelotti is probably the person who understands Anton best: as a coach, and the team's superstar, how to quickly integrate the "superstar" with the team in such a short period of time? , Establishing an effective tactical system is a difficult task for any head coach.And Anton is so young, it took only a few years to really take over the position of football coach...

But seeing that Messi did not appear on the opponent's starting list, Ancelotti was a little relieved, and at the same time secretly worried about Anton: this kid is really too courageous.

It would be fine if Sunderland could win the game, but if Sunderland didn't win and lost the championship, Anton's decision after the game would definitely be sprayed into a sieve by the media and Messi fans.

This is some kind of "reaction" of having a "superstar" in the team.

Ancelotti has been a coach for many years, and he is a little worried: Anton is "a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers", what if he is recruited?

But if Anton passed the test smoothly, wouldn't that mean his Chelsea...

Ancelotti quickly turned his thoughts away, and secretly thanked his little friend Anton for being "benevolent" and not taking the lead in using the "plug-in". To be honest, he was quite moved thinking about it.

The game is too much to think about. With the whistle of the referee, the 2010-11 Community Shield game started.

Sunderland kicks off.

At the beginning of the game, Sunderland put up a formation close to 433.Goalkeeper Pickford.The experienced Finn Hyypia started, with Godin, Hummels and the rich second generation guarding the defense together. In the middle were captain Garner, team deputy Henderson and little smart Eriksson. It is "Swiss Messi" Shaqiri, Vardy and Reus.

Facing such a Sunderland team, the opposite Chelsea players were somewhat surprised—after all, they did a lot of training against Messi before the game... No, it was not entirely against Messi, it was against Sunderland players. Look for Messi after the ball.

They made so many preparations, but the opponent didn't even let Messi play-Sunderland's lineup on the field became a "surprise".

After the kick-off, the ball quickly arrived at the feet of Eriksson, the "card dealer" in Sunderland's frontcourt.Eriksson has an excellent vision. He only glanced at it, and the ball has been sent out. This kick sent the ball from the right side near the center circle to Shaqiri's feet on the left side of the front field.

Shaqiri unloaded the ball cleanly and beautifully. Looking at the oncoming Chelsea defenders, Shaqiri did not start quickly, but stopped the ball gently.

The Chelsea defender was about to step forward to intercept, but Shaqiri suddenly started at this time.He took the ball and passed the defender in an instant.The Chelsea defender turned around and chased back, but it was a bit late, and was bullied by Shaqiri to the front of the penalty area, and shot with his foot up.Goalkeeper Petr Cech was very focused. Although Shaqiri made a tricky shot, Petr Cech still held the ball firmly in his arms.

Although Shaqiri's kick was safe and sound, it still made Chelsea's defense tense.

Cech yelled to keep his teammates on their toes.Chelsea captain Terry also clapped his hands vigorously, reminding his teammates to cheer up: Although the opponent does not have Messi, they also drew with their own team in the FA Cup and fought until the penalty shootout.There are no underdogs in the Premier League. Although Sunderland is a newly promoted team, after a summer of reinforcement and training, the technical level of the players in the team has improved to some extent.

You can't underestimate the opponents just because Messi didn't play.

Especially the little man who just finished shooting, he is about the same height as Messi, with good footwork and fast speed. Just now, the unloading, stop and go, suddenly made Chelsea's back position dizzy-although he and Messi's pace The method is not exactly the same, but the "essence" of this technology seems to be a bit like Messi.

The alarm sounded in the hearts of Chelsea players:

The other party is really cunning, not Messi, but first throws a "Swiss Messi" to test the waters.

Shaqiri shot on target in the frontcourt attack this time, but failed to score. The young man was a little annoyed, he let out a "hey", and quickly retreated.Cech over there has already kicked the ball across the half with a big kick. As Anelka's attack was successfully intercepted by Hyypia, the two sides began an offensive and defensive tug-of-war.

In addition to the fact that Junior Brother Sha has recently trained with Messi for a while and has a better understanding of Messi's "rhythm" control, another new player in the Sunderland team also shines at Wembley Stadium— —Royce, who Anton signed ahead of time during the winter window,

After "Dealer" Eriksson received a pass from Henderson, he made a straight pass and gave the ball to Royce, who was diagonally in front of him on the right.

Eriksson's kick was thrust out, and the Sunderland fans in Wembley Stadium immediately yelled together.Eriksson made an excellent pass, and Royce's movement was just right, and Chelsea's left-back had missed him.

At this time, not long after Royce passed the middle circle, there was a large open greenery in front of him, leading directly to the opponent's goal.

This young man from Germany once again staged "riding alone for thousands of miles" in front of tens of thousands of people, passing the half court at high speed with the ball.In the blink of an eye of the audience, Royce had already singled out Terry one-on-one.He hooked his toes lightly, and the ball seemed to be spiritual, changing its direction slightly. Royce almost got rid of Terry and faced the goalkeeper Cech directly——

In desperation, Terry resorted to the "pull pull" Dafa, stretched out his hand and pulled Royce down, and received a yellow card.

The place where Terry fouled was about half a yard from the front of the penalty area. It was almost a penalty, but it was not well placed for a free kick, too close.The Chelsea fans who came to watch the game were all covered in cold sweat, clapping their hearts and calling it a fluke.

Several Sunderland players who are good at free kicks, Eriksson, Shaqiri, and Royce gathered together, head to head, and discussed for a while.

At this time, in the live broadcast room of Sky Sports, Andy Gray and Richard Keith, the two famous mouthpieces, saw Royce's close-ups kept playing on the broadcast.The young man was really handsome and handsome. Gray stared at him dumbfounded. His bad friend and good partner Richard Keith slapped him viciously: "What are you thinking?"

This Andy Gray woke up like a dream. During the live broadcast, it was really impolite to stare at him like this.So the "famous mouth" quickly explained:

"I was just thinking, this young man... with this hairstyle, it is estimated that it will become a big hit in England soon!"

The author has something to say: I watched both UEFA Europa League games last night. Congratulations to Mr. Luo for winning the second national team championship and the UEFA Europa League Golden Boot.The Dutch team feels that the frontcourt is still a little weak. It would be great if the "three sticks" were still there.

In addition, in the penalty shootout between England and Switzerland, Pickford's performance was also very cute, he took penalties and pounced. I felt that when I watched the penalty shootout, I was wearing the smile of my old mother-this pure Sunderland Produced by the youth training, the young goalkeeper who was once ridiculed by pantyhose for having too short hands has grown a lot.