Born to be a coach [soccer]

"Excuse me, do you have a common social media account? Facebook or Twitter." Anton received such a message.

Ronaldo rarely asks about other people's social media accounts.He already knew Anton's identity and the club he coached. If he wanted to contact Anton, he could always get in touch.

Ronaldo asked about this, just as a friend who played games together and wanted to pay more attention to Anton's status, not just the simple and crude numbers and winning percentages in the official media.He even has no intention of getting news from the English media, because he himself has experienced the years in the Red Devils and knows how those tabloids will arrange and make things out of nothing in order to attract attention.

After he sent the question, he waited for a while, and at this time the various ability points assigned by the system and the comprehensive experience points assigned by Anton had already been received. When Ronaldo was watching his upgrade progress, Anton replied to the message.

"no!"

This is... what kind of reaction?

Ronaldo was a little confused, so far he has never seen anyone in the world answer his question like this.

But after waiting for a while, the instant dialog box shook again, and this time Anton sent it: "I'll create an account later."

This reply is quite normal. C Luo breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Anton is really different - he is already the head coach of a large club at such a young age. Ronaldo couldn't help but think of Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Alex's way of managing the club is completely paternalistic.These players, one crop after another, are all children grown up under the watchful eye of Ferguson.

But that black-haired young man, what method will he use to manage those rebellious players in his hands, and even many players in the team are about his age.

However, this Anton is quite interesting, even worried that the virtual and the real will be confused. Ronaldo thinks, he never worries, Ronaldo has always been very clear about what his goal is, what he wants, even in the Vanity Fair where the money is lavish, he has never wavered...

"There is a competition task tomorrow, I will go offline first. It is a pleasure to complete this competition task with you today. Goodbye!" The instant dialog box shook again.

Ronaldo also responded with a "goodbye!".Immediately, Anton's letter "A" on the player list turns gray.Anton is offline.

It was only then that Ronaldo remembered: Anton, after registering a social media account, I don’t know if he will follow me, and after I follow him, I don’t know if I will notify myself to follow him——

This is really a scrupulous guy who only knows what to say! Cristiano Ronaldo thought, it's really maddening... fell!

Sunderland's schedule in February is still tight. On the 5th, they played against the Welsh team Cardiff City at home. New aids Eriksson and Shaqiri Qiqi made efforts. Garner and Henderson also scored goals. The team won A 5:1 victory.The fans said: Goals are cool for a while... What's the next sentence?

On the 9th, the team was a guest at Derby County, which was Anton's first opponent after taking over Sunderland. The opponent was sharpening their swords because of the loss of the previous game and was preparing to counterattack. In the end, the two teams each scored a goal. 1:1 handshake and peace.This is their first draw in the league since Anton took office.

So far, the team has accumulated 29 points in 34 rounds, ranking among the middle reaches of the British Championship.But because of this draw, the point gap with the top team has widened, and the goal of promotion seems to be a little farther away for them-mainly because they dug too much and too deep in the first half of the season , It is very difficult to catch up now.

In addition to the goal of promotion, the team has another front, that is the FA Cup: on February 2, the fifth round of the FA Cup will be knocked out.This time Sunderland's luck was very good, once again they won the home game, and once again they drew the Premier League team as their opponent.They will play at home against London side Tottenham Hotspur on February 14.

In the previous fourth round of the FA Cup, Tottenham had already killed Leeds United, the big black horse that overturned Manchester United at Old Trafford, and it was regarded as revenge for Manchester United.There are a total of [-] teams in the fifth round, and there are not many non-Premier League teams, and Sunderland is one of them.

For the Sunderland team, this game has another very important meaning. On February 2th, in addition to being Valentine's Day, it was Eriksson's birthday.This kid is about to turn 14.After this game, everyone will get together to celebrate Eriksson's birthday.

Eriksson joined Sunderland for more than a month and has won the unanimous love of the team and fans.Firstly, he has good skills and solid basic skills; secondly, Eriksson is humble and always quiet; thirdly, it is because this young man's big eyes and baby face look so cute.

It is said that a female fan specially prepared a heart-shaped balloon for this game and planned to release it in the stadium.But whether this can be allowed by "venue director" Peter Mills is another matter.

As for Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland fans are familiar with it.Their "former" main striker, Darren Vincent, was transferred from Tottenham.In addition, there is also a back in the team Horton, who was loaned to Sunderland from Tottenham.Because the two teams have an avoidance agreement, Horton cannot play this time.

The current head coach of Tottenham, Harry Redknapp, is a legendary coach in England, nicknamed "Old Ray". Most commentators predict that Tottenham will enter the top four of the Premier League this season and win the Champions League qualification.

On this day, the team set off from Guangming Academy and drove south to the Guangming Stadium.When the bus arrived, there were already many fans gathered outside the Stadium of Light. They came to cheer for Sunderland.

Anton took a look on the bus, just in time to see the Mason family of four, and his father, Roger, also saw Anton sitting in the car, and waved excitedly to say hello.At this time, Mrs. Mason was bringing a son and a daughter, and like many other fans, gathered in front of a statue outside the Stadium of Light.Mrs. Mason picked up her younger son, John, and made him reach for the shoe of the bronze statue.

Anton recognized that it was the statue of Bob Stock, the famous head coach in the history of Sunderland.He is the one who led Sunderland to victory over Leeds United in 1973 and won the FA Cup.

Standing outside the Stadium of Light, Stoke is galloping forward with outstretched arms in a gesture of celebration.

"Everyone in England is superstitious, only Sunderland is superstitious in a different way." Assistant coach Russell sitting next to Anton saw Anton looking out the car window, "The fans like to touch Bob's shoes , thinking that the more people touched Bob's shoes, the luckier the team would be."

"There are also black cats..." Russell shrugged while talking, maybe this person is not interested in such wonderful creatures as black cats, "Only in Sunderland, every household likes black cats."

Speaking of black cats, Anton remembered that his new "resident" black cat Larry hadn't appeared since this morning. "Shouxing Gong" Eriksson once searched in Anton's half of the house, but he couldn't find it.I don't know if he has been a guest at another house in Maswood.

But Anton can't care so much now.Earlier, the team made targeted arrangements for Tottenham's tactics. Now what the team needs to do is to implement the tactics on the court; what he needs to do as the head coach is to command on the spot, stabilize morale, and adapt to changing situations.

It was a clear weekend in February, the sun rarely showed its face, and Sunderland, which is located by the sea, was very windy, and the flags on the sidelines were blown and rattled.Such a strong wind has somewhat affected the game.

But what has a greater impact on the game is often the scale of the referee's penalty.

At the start of the game, two players in Tottenham's formation immediately shined.One is Jermaine Defoe, Tottenham's main striker.Defoe starts extremely fast and can often go straight behind the line of defense, making it hard to guard against.At the beginning of the game, Tottenham formed two single-handed opportunities. Fortunately, Halldosson concentrated and saved one single-handed shot, and the other single-handed shot was saved by the goal frame of the Stadium of Light-the fans cheered in unison In one breath, I secretly thanked Bob for his blessing in my heart, fortunately I touched his shoes today.

Another sharp attacking player in Tottenham's formation is a left-back.The left back named Gareth Bale is very young, a rookie who was just promoted from the bench by the old Ray.He has great speed, excellent ball handling and passing skills.In front of Bell, Sunderland's right is like an empty corridor, and he can easily break through all the way until near Sunderland's penalty area.

Anton stood on the sidelines and gestured.Captain Garner understood and commanded on the field.Bell and Defoe immediately became the focus of Sunderland's man-marking.

The purpose of dealing with Bell is that before he starts, Sunderland's frontcourt players immediately step forward to press, preventing him from picking up his speed.For Defoe's running without the ball, Sunderland's defense is one-on-one. At the same time, defensive midfielders such as Henderson and Garner interfere with the Tottenham midfielders who touch the ball to prevent Defoe Just eat the pie in comfort.

That's it, Sunderland withstood the visiting team's high pressure in the opening 10 minutes and regained their rhythm.

In the 27th minute of the game, the little Shaqiri received a wonderful pass from his teammate Eriksson and scored into the penalty area. The ball was thrown by the opponent's goalkeeper and just bounced to the feet of Eriksson, who was hitting at high speed.Eriksson didn't stop the ball, just raised his foot and tipped lightly——

GOAL!

The ball is in!

Anton calmly waved his fist in the command area, while Russell behind him jumped up and shouted: "Smart!"

— as if Eriksson's cleverness was invisible to others.

The Stadium of Light suddenly became a sea of ​​joy.At this time, there was a group of fans in the stands, and a banner with the words "Happy Birthday, Eriksson!" was displayed.The blond boy was so excited that he rushed to the stands to express his thanks, which even caused the female fans to scream again and again.

At this moment, Anton turned his head and glanced at Lao Lei who was standing beside him.

Lao Lei has a knee injury and rarely stands on the sidelines.At this time, Lao Lei came to the sidelines, folded his arms, and his face was neither sad nor happy, as if this goal was just one of the countless goals he had seen in his player and coaching career, and there was nothing special to celebrate. Don't worry about that either.

He just took advantage of the very short time before the kick-off, called Tottenham's field captain Mike Dawson, said a few words, patted him on the shoulder, and let Dawson return to the field.

For some unknown reason, Anton suddenly had some bad premonitions in his heart—the opponent was Lao Lei, who had experienced countless battles, and Lao Lei always gave people a feeling:

The hole has been dug, let's jump!

The author has something to say: as soon as he saw Bell's name, Taibaijinxing's call seemed to ring in his ears: Great Sage, Great Sage!

In addition, today we will continue the home team's character building activity. Those who leave a message under this chapter will receive a red envelope from the author. Thank you for your support!