Born to be a coach [soccer]

Anton was taken out of the "76ers" bar by Baggio, and a neon sign appeared in front of him, with two tall numbers on it: "Three Three".

Anton was taken aback: From the birth in 1976 to the birth in 1933, this Mr. Baggio...has a strong sense of age.

Unexpectedly, Baggio asked him: "Have you heard of the 'Three Musketeers of the Netherlands'?"

Of course Anton had heard of it.

The "Three Musketeers of the Netherlands", the three contemporary football superstars in the Netherlands: Van Basten, Gullit and Rijkaard. The "Dynasty of Milan".

He understood: it turns out that the three in the name of the bar refers to the Dutch "three" swordsmen.

What about the other "three"?Could it be the "Dutch Three Sticks".

The "Netherlands Three Stickers" is a product of fans' memes. The three are Robben, Sneijder and Van Persie, respectively named "Iron Stickers", "Electric Stickers", and "Wooden Stickers". "Famous.

Anton thought about it, and felt that the ages of the three seemed to be a bit wrong; Baggio said from the side: "Have you heard of the German 'Troika'?"

Anton's eyes lit up: Of course he had heard of it.

The "troika" of Germany back then was Klinsmann, Matthaus and Bremer. These three once made the German national team invincible and once made Inter Milan the roost in football.

Anton was even more impressed with Klinsmann: After all, this man once came to the Premier League to "help the poor with technology" and was the first foreign star to conquer the Premier League.

It turns out that the "Three Three" bar is named after the combination of the Dutch Three Musketeers and the German Troika.

Roberto Baggio was a contemporary of them.Obviously, this one enjoys the atmosphere of this era more.

And Anton felt very curious. To him, these stars were just familiar names in childhood, but he had never really come into contact with them.

So, Anton was a little bit cramped in this bar.But Baggio seemed very comfortable and at ease, and he even helped introduce Anton to those former superstars one by one.

After introducing them one by one, the superstars chatted with each other again. They have their own circles. After all, Anton is an outsider.

At this time, the door of the bar opened again, and Ronaldo came over.

As soon as he saw Anton, he rushed over and said, "I've been looking for you for a long time, and I'm afraid I might leave you somewhere."

Ronaldo knows Anton's drinking capacity and wine quality, and he is afraid that he will be broken again without anyone noticing.

Anton also felt very grateful that he cared about him so much.

Unexpectedly, Ronaldo just turned his face at this time, caught a glimpse of someone who was coming in from the door, and was immediately stunned.

"Anton, I'm not dreaming!"

Anton looked around, and quickly found the mark specially made by Bernard to distinguish the virtual world from the real world, and nodded: "Yes, you are dreaming now!"

Ronaldo: ...

The person who came in from the door of the "Three Three" bar was not tall, but he looked extraordinarily strong.His eyes were sharp, and he slowly looked around the bar. When he saw Anton and Ronaldo, he nodded towards him from afar.

Anton could feel that the partners around him were very nervous, because Ronaldo hesitated for a while: "I...I can actually see, Diego Maradona!"

Yes, this is the football superstar, football king, Maradona who was admired by the world and worshiped by all people.

"Among all the players I have seen them play, I think only Maradona is the most perfect. On the court, he does everything very well." Ronaldo has completely forgotten Anton, muttering say.

But Anton still had time to look around, thinking: ... No wonder there are no Englishmen in this bar.

The England team, which was once scored by Maradona with the "Hand of God", should never want to welcome the Argentine star.

This "Maradona" is indeed a competent NPC, always remembering to interact with players.After he went to the bar to ask for a cup of his favorite drink, he came to Anton and Ronaldo again.

"My friends—" Lao Ma warmly hugged Ronaldo and Anton. Ronaldo himself is a superstar, but now he also has an expression on his face that he has caught up with the stars.

After Maradona greeted the two, he took a sip of the drink in his hand, shook his head and said: "The drinks in this bar are getting less and less tasteful-my young friends, I still invite you to go to my latest bar." Favorite place!"

Ronaldo responded immediately, and Anton turned back to find Roberto Baggio who brought him here.Baggio had already chatted with Van Basten, and when he saw that Maradona was taking Anton away, he gently raised his hand to say goodbye to Anton.

Anton greeted Baggio, and then he left with confidence.He and Ronaldo were taken by Maradona, who was taking them both to a tavern familiarly.

This pub is so old that there is no signboard, only an oak barrel used to hold wine is placed outside the door-this is different from all the bars that Anton and Ronaldo have visited, this is an "unnamed" pub .

Even the glass on the door of the tavern looked old and fuzzy. Through the glass door, Anton could vaguely see the warm lights inside. There were many figures coming and going in the tavern, and the long-tune singing of flamenco came from the tavern. come out.

The old horse knocked on the door, and someone inside opened the door and opened his arms towards Maradona: "Diego—"

The person who opened the door was already old, with a simple face and dark complexion, and a pair of neat white teeth were exposed when he grinned.

Anton and Ronaldo were shocked at the same time this time: they all knew the people who opened the door for them in person.This person's name is familiar to everyone, this is a real football king - he is the "ball king" Pele who once won the World Cup three times and helped Brazil keep the Remet Cup permanently.

Clearly, Pele is no stranger to football juniors.After embracing Maradona, Pele stretched out his hand to Anton and Ronaldo, and said friendly: "Anton, Cristiano, welcome, welcome to the 'No Name' tavern! Are you willing to come and see our group of old men? It really makes us happy."

Anton and Ronaldo stepped into this "unnamed" tavern, but it felt like they had stepped into a football hall of fame.

Everyone in this tavern is a name recorded in history.In addition to Pele, Anton quickly saw the "emperor" of German football, Beckenbauer, holding a draft of beer in his hand, sitting and talking with a serious face - the opposite of him was also a German , looks like it should be Gerd Müller.

In addition to these two Germans, there is also an old man with a handsome expression, who is half leaning on the bar counter, holding a lollipop in his hand, talking to the bartender in the tavern, and laughter comes from that direction from time to time. Come.Anton recognized that it was the double star of Ajax and Barcelona, ​​the godfather of Barcelona, ​​Cruyff who had just passed away a while ago.

Besides, Anton could barely recognize Stefano, Puskas and others.

This is a tavern where the living and heroic souls reunite in one place. The atmosphere in the tavern is relaxed, and they are very friendly to "latecomers" like Anton and the others.

At this time, Anton heard Ronaldo calling him from behind: "Anton, look who is this?"

Anton turned his head and saw that Ronaldo had already sat down at a small square table.Sitting next to him was a strong man with a square face, a wide face, dark skin, and wearing glasses—this was the legendary Portuguese superstar, Eusebio.

Anton suddenly remembered that he had seen this statue outside the Stadium of Light in Lisbon.

"I've been waiting for you juniors here for a long time." Seeing Ronaldo, Eusebio stretched out his arms and punched Ronaldo. The two said in unison: "All for Portugal!"

When seeing Anton, Eusebio shook hands with him, smiled and said, "Everything is for the light!"

The famous man who has passed away actually knows the agreement between Sunderland, the club that Anton used to manage, and Benfica.

……

When leaving the Football Hall of Fame, Anton thought: Bernard is right, this dungeon is indeed for leisure and relaxation and to realize dreams.

He and Ronaldo, two real players, walked on the empty street outside the "nameless" tavern. Ronaldo said with a little joy: "Anton, before the 'nameless' tavern, what other facilities can we visit?"

Before Anton could answer, Ronaldo said to himself: "After all, the development of modern football is only a few hundred years old. We have witnessed the green heroes of various eras after World War II. Moving forward... is there still room to explore in this dungeon?"

Anton didn't answer directly, he was thinking in his heart: You don't know Bernard's urination.

Sure enough, they walked into a set of University dormitories in Cambridge - ten students and a teacher in this dormitory are working together to draft a "rule" - "Cambridge Rules", which is the world's first written form football rules.

Anton heard a student say happily: "Since it is dormitory against dormitory, let's play 11 against 11 in the future!"

Ronaldo suddenly realized: "It turns out that 11-a-side football was born in this way."

They have seen the birth of modern football. Is this dungeon over?

Anton said confidently, "Not yet!"

He quickly found a marked door in the Great Library of Cambridge—Anton asked Ronaldo to follow him, and opened the door carefully.

The light outside the door was bright, and Anton's familiar language came to his ears, but when he listened carefully, he couldn't understand it very well.

But when Anton and Ronaldo opened the door: what they saw was the bustling market in China hundreds of years ago.In the market, someone is throwing a ball made of leather into the air, playing "white fight" - this white fight is a non-confrontational footwork demonstration, known as "one hundred thousand kicks, hundreds of thousands of tricks", That is, the player uses the head, shoulders, back, chest, knees, legs, feet, etc. to form a whole set of tricks and movements so that the ball will never fall.

"This is ancient Chinese football, also called 'Cuju'! Looking at the clothes of the people here, it should be from the Song Dynasty, that is, from the 10th to the 12th century AD." Pseudo-historian Anton explained to Ronaldo.

"Football is so old?" Ronaldo couldn't hide his surprise, "Is it possible to go further?"

"There should be more. It is said that this sport named Cuju already appeared in the Warring States Period BC. But my brother Bernard may not necessarily write the copy further...Why, there is more?"

They actually found another door in Bianliang City.

This time even Anton found it hard to believe.

It turns out that this is really the case: in the heart of every person, in the heart of every generation, there is their own "golden age".

After Anton completed this exploration and took off the login device and returned to reality, he really felt happy physically and mentally, full of energy.It is expected that Ronaldo, who has gone through this journey through time and space with him just now, is the same.

Sure enough, just as Anton went offline, Ronaldo's message had already arrived.

"Turning around, I feel more and more that it's time to create our own 'golden age' in this reality."

Anton couldn't help opening his arms, almost wanting to shout.

He was thinking in his heart: why not?