Born to be a coach [soccer]

That's right, what Anton thought of was "Life in the Greenery".

Before accepting the account of "Player A", he had a detailed communication with the game company behind "Green Life" - the settings of so many NPCs in the game are all based on real player data.In addition to players from well-known clubs from the first team to the youth academy, the data in the game even includes many amateur teams and amateur players.

That is to say, in "Green Life", whether it is a coach player or a player player, they can start playing with an amateur team and continue to play until the professional team wins the championship at the end, realizing a "grassroots" counterattack.

So what about the quality of the basic data supporting these NPCs?

Anton had done some random tests.Several of his opponents when he coached the amateur team in Denmark were actually recorded in "Green Life", and Anton also called up a few players he had an impression of. These NPCs not only have technical characteristics, but also their appearance. exactly the same.

For this reason, he asked the game company to verify the source of the data. At that time, the game company replied that they have many amateur scouts around the world, and they are also a group of volunteers, constantly collecting player information all over the world, and remotely uploading the game company's server. After the company processes the data, it maintains the "green life".

After Anton had an idea, he held a video conference call with the representative of the game company in the United States, and asked the other party if he could export the data in the game and use it in the real world by himself.As a result, the other party replied: "Mr. Lin, we are happy to authorize you to use these basic data, provided that you do not disclose the source of the data to a third party. In addition, we also very much hope that you can give us feedback on the accuracy of the data. The company's legal department A power of attorney will be provided to you shortly."

After the data usage permission issue was resolved, Anton immediately began to export the data from the server.These data are all raw data, but Anton is very familiar with the structure of these data, so he can organize them easily.The next day, in the conference room of Guangming Academy, Martin and the coaching staff saw this scene:

"Everyone, these are a few young players with great potential that I have discovered through sorting out the collected data. I think we can consider signings in the winter window among them."

Anton clicked the remote control of the projector, and a live player immediately appeared in front of the coaching staff—in fact, the three-dimensional stereogram was made too realistic, and the projection was about the same height as a real person—this effect almost scared everyone in the conference room jumped.

But this method is simple and intuitive, and the basic data of the players are listed beside the three-dimensional map.In addition to the basic information, Anton also called up the game screens of these potential signings and played them for the coaching staff to watch.

"This one is a Swiss player named Xherdan Shaqiri, born in 91, and now playing for the Basel youth team."

"It's a small man!" Russell yelled immediately when he saw the data.Shaqiri's height is only 1 meters, which makes it easy for the club to skip this person directly when signing.

"He is not tall, but he is very fast, with balanced left and right feet, excellent dribbling breakthrough, and outstanding long-range shooting ability." Anton selected several groups of Shaqiri to play in the youth team. " I think what we want to choose is not a columnar high center, so his height is not a shortcoming."

The coaching staff quickly discussed and nodded together.Russell had always had some complaints about Shaqiri's height, but he was alone in the coaching staff, and no one listened to him, so he had to forget it.

"This is a young man who has just entered the Bundesliga, named Marco Reus." Anton switched to the next potential signing.When the image of the player himself appeared in front of the coaching staff, a group of big men sitting in the conference room exclaimed at the same time: How can there be such a good-looking boy?

"This is really...a pure 'little fresh meat'!" Martin exclaimed, "Introducing him to Sunderland will definitely set the whole area of ​​Sunderland on fire!"

Martin, the CEO who is responsible for the team's operations, is full of commercial value, jerseys, advertisements with star portraits, and the screams of young female fans.

"You can't just look at his face, you have to look at how he kicks." Russell, who considers himself an "old bacon", crossed his arms and interjected leisurely from the side.

Anton smiled, didn't say anything, and let Royce's game video speak directly.

"Yes, you can have this!" Russell saw the video of Royce's game and immediately regained his spirits, "The ball control skills are very good, the dribbling is also good, this speed... tsk tsk tsk! He is a very good midfielder candidate."

The assistant coach Russell, who was not moved by his appearance, was really moved by the strength of the young people in the projection.

"But Royce's signing is more difficult than Shaqiri." Anton said, "He is now playing for Borussia Monchengladbach, a relegation team in the Bundesliga. And we are still in the British Championship."

Martin scratched his head.

"However," Anton changed the subject, "Now Royce is not the core of Borussia, and there is still hope for signings. But if we wait another season or two, it will be difficult to introduce Royce."

"And there will be more money to be paid," Martin immediately made up his mind when he thought of the young man's "money career", "I'll figure it out!"

Anton also nodded, "I think, if necessary, the coaching staff and management should consider flying to Germany to meet Royce and his family, and do everything possible to invite him to join."

Martin, who has always been budget-conscious, nodded generously in agreement at this moment.The entire coaching staff is gearing up and is ready to go to Germany to meet the future appearance of the team.

"There is another candidate, I propose, and everyone may be surprised," Anton said first, "But I ask you to observe his technical characteristics first, see if he is suitable for Sunderland, and then consider his resume. background."

Then a young boy appeared in the projection. He was not too tall, and his figure was very thin, but he looked solid. "His name is Jamie Vardy," Anton said. "He just turned 23."

When Martin saw Vardy's appearance, he concluded: "He has a household registration book!"

The FA has restrictions on the number of foreign players. As the club's CEO, Martin obviously welcomes players with a "hukou book".

"Yes, he's British, he was born in Sheffield, he was trained in Sheffield Wednesday's youth academy until he was 16."

"Vardy?" Russell and the rest of the coaching staff tried to remember, but no one could remember the name. "You can see Anton, where does he work?"

Anton smiled and said, "Iron Man at Stockbridge Park."

The name really didn't stir up much splash, and the entire coaching staff was thinking hard about what kind of team this was.

Martin, who checked the team name directly on the Internet with his mobile phone, was taken aback: "Amateur team?"

Immediately, in the meeting room, the glasses of the coaching staff were shattered all over the floor.They are a team in England's second tier league, but Anton is interested in an amateur team player?

In England, there are thousands of professional players at all levels. Who would think of going to the amateur team to pan for gold?

"Yes, he is a part-time player, and he is still working, working in a company that produces prosthetics." Anton has obviously checked Vardy's background, "He had previously gone to Crewe Alexander Football Club for trial training. , but Crewe only agreed to sign a short-term contract with him, Vardy did not agree."

Crewe Alexander Football Club is a League Two team, which is the team in England's fourth tier league.Vardy's rejection of Crewe's short-term contract is enough to prove that he still has a dream of becoming a professional player in his heart.

"Let's take a look at his performance in Iron Man!" Anton immediately played the game video.The quality of the footage was poor and shaky, and it looked like it was shot with a handheld home video camera.

"This..." Russell looked more and more fascinated, "He is very talented, why did Xie Wednesday terminate his contract early?"

"I think he's too thin." Anton answered concisely.Everyone thought: This reason is really... simple and rude!

Russell patted his thigh: "I think it's okay... But," he changed his mind, "this video may not be enough to explain anything. I suggest that we watch a Iron Man game first, and then invite him Come to the trial training, after a comprehensive assessment of his ability, let's talk about whether to sign or not."

Amateur team games are not broadcast, the coaching staff can only drive to watch.

Anton didn't mention that he had already watched Vardy's simulated game in "Life in the Green". At this time, he nodded and said: "Okay! After the home game against Crystal Palace on the 27th, the Iron Man will have a game on the evening of the 28th. The coaching staff Just going to watch."

The entire coaching staff agreed.But Russell still raised his eyebrows, looked at Anton, and muttered in a low voice: "The amateur team has found out, Anton, I have never convinced anyone in Sunderland, this time I really convinced you."

The information compiled by Anton is indeed good, detailed and convincing. Although they are all unknown young players, they just make people feel hopeful: the future can be expected.

Martin and the entire coaching staff stared at Russell. "If I remember correctly, Russell, this is the first time you have persuaded someone publicly!" Martin joked.

Russell kept his mouth stiff: "I take this back!...I haven't seen the real person yet, so I don't know what's going on!"

The others laughed together.

"However, it is getting closer and closer to January 1st," Anton reminded, "After the winter window, we can only transfer out but not in, not to mention that we still have two important games to play in the next few days. So everyone will be very hard. But in order for us to have a good result in the next schedule, I hope that everyone will work harder and survive this most critical period."

"Lin Guan" concluded powerfully at the end.

The author has something to say: The setting of the "Green Life" simulator is somewhat similar to that of "Football Manager". The data source of "Football Manager" also includes many "volunteers" from all over the world, providing information on some unknown players to the game developers.Sometimes you hear "Football Manager" players say "monsters" and "little monsters", most of which refer to young players who have great potential but whose fame and strength have not yet matched.

Anton: I also want to buy a bunch of "little demons"!

Sorry, the title of the book was suddenly changed yesterday.The original title is actually adapted from "The Miracle of Kaiserslautern", but "The Miracle of Kaiser" is a story many years ago.Later, I studied it with the editor and wanted to change the name related to the identity of the protagonist.The author sincerely apologizes for any inconvenience caused to everyone.

As for why the name was changed, the most important reason is actually:

Author Jun: Anton, you are already a person who is born to be a coach, you should be able to think up the plot yourself!

Anton: ...? !