champion professor

Chapter 98 Football Night

Today, in China, every football fan who is watching the TV has turned on the same channel, the sports channel, quietly waiting for the program to start.

After a long commercial, the TV started playing a sea of ​​red and white!This is a gathering of countless fans in the stadium, followed by a young man who gave a speech in English and raised two trophies at the end of the speech.

The fans in front of the TV naturally know that this is after Arsenal won the double crown.Back home, Highbury Stadium, held a celebration meeting.At that time, the sports channel also deliberately broadcast the event live, and the whole process was explained in Chinese.

The young man is naturally the pride of the Chinese people today. Shao Bo, who has lived in the UK for many years and is now a European champion coach, shows the Chinese style to the world.

Although it is an edited picture, it is now replayed, and the fans in front of the TV can still feel the passion emanating from the scene!
Immediately afterwards, the TV broadcast some small tidbits from the filming of the program group.Including the initial interview with Shao Bo by "Sports Weekly", Shao Bo casually joked with the staff, played with the players on the training ground, and even Arsenal's dressing room appeared in the camera!
You must know that the team's locker room has always been a sacred and untouchable restricted area. This is the secret core area for the team's pre-match arrangements and technical tactics.

In addition, the vast majority of team coaches and players do not want to reveal the secrets and privacy of the team in order to take into account the image.

Although many media wanted to pry into the "secrets" in the Arsenal dressing room, Shao Bo only allowed the film crew to shoot for a short period of time.And at that time, everything was packed properly, and there were no players staying at all.

In fact, Shao Bo didn't care too much about this, because for commercial development in later generations, many big-name clubs allow ordinary fans to buy tickets to watch on non-match days. What else can't be filmed?

It's just that Shao Bo followed the trend of this era in order to take care of the players and some staff who still held the old tradition. The shooting of "Sports Weekly" is considered an exception.

Chinese fans are lucky, they saw the Arsenal dressing room on TV for the first time.You know, many European fans have no chance to see it.

Although it is only a few titles, the fans are already very satisfied.

Immediately afterwards, the TV began to show Arsenal's wonderful shots over the past year.Whether it's Ian Wright's magical long-range shot or Bergkamp's clever push after several people in a row, every goal can make the audience in front of the TV excited.

However, with this joy, it is impossible to avoid sorrow.

Dixon Lee's miscalculation, Shawcross wounded by bloody malice.Every scene is not something that Arsenal fans who have watched the game want to look back on, and the audience who saw this clip for the first time couldn't help being angry because of it.

Seeing Shao Bo angrily grab the collar of the opponent's head coach, the people who were drinking and watching the show couldn't help calling out "true man"!
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In a few minutes, the program team made a brief review of what happened at Arsenal this year.Next, passionate music sounded.

"Red and white shooter, magical coach." Eight large Chinese characters were played on the TV screen.The audience knows that today's true master is finally ushered in!
"The fans' weekly festival - "Football Night" begins."

"My audience friends at the scene, audience friends in front of the TV, good evening everyone. Welcome to the latest episode of "Football Night" program this week. I am the host Yu Yan. Welcome to our "Football Night" Special program - red and white shooter, amazing coach."

"The theme of today's show, you can see the jerseys worn by our audience friends. Come, let us ask, why do most of the audience wear red jerseys and white sleeves?"

The camera turned to the auditorium, and I saw that most of the spectators at the scene chose to wear red and white Arsenal home jerseys.Of course, there were a few who wanted to attract attention and deliberately chose the yellow away jersey.

Randomly choosing a small audience sitting in the front row, Yu Yan handed over the microphone.

"Little sister, why are you wearing such a jersey today? Do you know what this jersey you are wearing represents?"

"I know", the little girl replied childishly, "It's Arsenal".

"What is Arsenal?"

"Arsenal is a football club, and Shao Bo is there! I also know that Shao Bo will come later." The child answered innocently, making the audience burst into laughter.

Yu Yan smiled helplessly. After reading the on-site Q&A, there is no way to continue, so let's get to the point.

"Everyone in the audience knows that the origin of modern football is in the United Kingdom. The origin recognized by FIFA is in China. Today, a special bond connects the country where ancient football originated and the origin of modern football. lands come together.”

After a pause, Yu Yan continued.

"Next, let's give a round of applause to the man who connects football between the two countries. Our special guest this week - Shao Bo! Welcome!"

Following the applause, the camera pointed the lens at the backstage exit, and Shao Bo walked out quickly.After shaking hands with Yu Yan, Shao Bo faced the camera, smiled and waved to the audience at the scene, and to audiences all over the country.

After a simple make-up by the makeup artist, Shao Bo's originally slightly ordinary appearance turned out to be a bit handsome.Showing his white teeth, he smiled at the camera, fascinated by a few nympho female fans.

"Hello, Shao Bo." Yu Yan secretly rolled his eyes when shaking hands with Shao Bo.

It's not that simple to make a show.As the host of the program, Yu Yan has met Shao Bo many times, although Shao Bo is not willing to waste his time on a TV program.

But this is a good opportunity to promote his own image and the image of the club. After adjusting his mentality, Shao Bo devoted himself to the production of this program.He was not idle during the break time, and when he saw something he didn't understand in the operation of the TV station, he would take the initiative to ask questions, and his professionalism even made Yu Yan ashamed.

In fact, Shao Bo is also curious about the production of this kind of TV program.If you really let him continue, Shao Bo will have to run back to the UK in less than two weeks.

After exchanging pleasantries, the two sat on the small sofa that had been prepared.Shao Bo noticed that on the coffee table in the middle of the sofa, besides tea, there were two books.They are "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and "Fever", but both are in English.

"First of all, I would like to congratulate Shao Bo. In the past season, Arsenal won the Premier League championship and the UEFA Cup double championship. Shao Bo has achieved excellent results in his first season of coaching."

"Thank you. However, this also has something to do with Arsenal being a very successful club. Otherwise, I would be a poor woman."

"We know that every well-known football coach wants to be truly successful, step by step, from the assistant coach to the youth team coach and so on. But how did you, Shao Bo, reach the head of Arsenal in one step? What about the position of the coach? I believe that many audience friends are very curious about this question."

"Well, it was..."

"Oh, so it was, and it surprised us a lot."

"Actually, many clubs in Europe do this when they select coaches."

Shao Bo answered this question with ease, in fact, these questions.The program team had been in good spirits with him a long time ago, and there was an answer in mind for every question.

"Well, then Shao Bo. We all want to know, when did you come into contact with football when you grew up in the UK?"

"Well, I have forgotten when I was. But it should be that since I can remember, football has never left my side."

After thinking about it, Shao Bo continued.

"Well, the UK is indeed a football country. There, every school has a football team and there are several games every week. I think that's how my interest in football was slowly developed."

"Oh, I heard your home is not far from Arsenal's home ground, Highbury?"

"Yes, if you walk, you can actually walk to Highbury in about 10 minutes, so I have been an Arsenal fan since I was a child."

"So when you received the employment invitation from Arsenal, you took it without hesitation?"

"Actually, I was quite hesitant. You know, I originally wanted to join the Arsenal club as a player. Yes, I really wanted to be a professional player when I was young. But then I was brushed off when I was selected for the junior team. After that, I was thinking, if there is no other way, what should I do to get into Arsenal?"

"Then you went to study and got the football coach certificate?" Although the questions were discussed, Yu Yan still had to pretend to be surprised at this time.

"Yes, I didn't think about anything else at the time. I just thought that if the players couldn't do it, then I could only be a coach. After all, it is only these two positions that can decide the game."

"So do you want to become a coach or want to participate in the game? Then let's go back to the original question, why did you hesitate when you received an invitation from your favorite club?"

"Uh... Actually, I just got my coaching certificate at that time, and I didn't have a formal coaching experience. The club sent me an invitation letter at that time, and I was actually surprised. I was hesitant at the time because I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to do it well. Take the results to the relegation zone. But fortunately, the results this year have been pretty good."

Shao Bo smiled, rather self-deprecating.

(End of this chapter)