Born to be a coach [soccer]

It may be because most of Sunderland's players are young. From Eriksson to Vardy at the end, every player played decisively and cleanly, without tricks or fake moves, and rushed to ten. The two-yard point is a "bang" kick, and every ball is powerful.

Even with Cech's experience, he can only sigh: Young people's penalty kicks are not easy to save!

In the fifth round, Vardy kicked a penalty kick, and with the sound of "cha", the ball hit the net.Unfortunately, Cech judged the wrong direction, and it was too late to change when he made a diving save.Until his body fell near the goal line, Cech was still looking back at the ball that went into the net——

Shouts of cheers sounded all around, and the Sunderland fans who were the first to react had already started to celebrate wildly, and some of them couldn't believe their eyes, they just stayed in the auditorium, not knowing how to react.

At this time, Vardy has already rushed to the back of the goal, opened his arms, and accepted the congratulations of the fans like a tsunami.

Then caught up and hugged with Vardy, it was the goalkeeper Halldosson who had been waiting on the sidelines.The penalty he saved now looks like a piece of gold, bringing victory to the entire team.

Behind him, other players waiting in the middle circle have loosened their tightly knit hands.Like Vardy, they all opened their arms at the same time and ran towards the goal together-ten people running side by side, ten people opened their mouths and shouted loudly, this side is very spectacular.

Immediately after, Sunderland's coaching staff rushed into the field. The irascible old man Russell kept yelling that he dared not look at it, but after Vardy scored with the ball, he was the first to rush out with both fists. .All members of the coaching staff and everyone on the bench followed Russell and rushed out to the green -- except Anton.

Anton was very calm, so calm that after Vardy scored, he just raised his hand to support the glasses on the bridge of his nose.

With just one lift of his glasses, Anton was completely empty.Everyone has rushed onto the green field, leaving only their coach, who shook hands with the opposing coach Carlo Ancelotti in the past.

"Congratulations, Anton!" Ancelotti's face was full of annoyance, but what he said was not against his will.

Chelsea are only a little short of this season's double, only a penalty away.It's really a pity, if Vardy doesn't score the last goal, Chelsea will play "Warcraft" Drogba in the fifth round.

If it weren't for the opponent's players and the goalkeeper to perform at a super level together, the result of the penalty shootout might not be as it is now, and it is fixed at 5 to 3.

So Ancelotti felt regretful from the bottom of his heart.

But Anton is also Ancelotti's little friend. Seeing that the young man has achieved such an achievement in the first season of leading the team, Ancelotti can't help being happy for his friend.

"Thank you, Carlo!" Anton opened his arms and hugged Ancelotti.

"Your goalkeeper is really good!" Ancelotti whispered to Anton, "Are you afraid that Chelsea will buy it back in the summer window?"

Anton let out a "ha" laugh, shook his head, and said, "I'm not afraid, Danchao's Landers Club is trembling at the moment."

Ancelotti was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that Halldosson was a forward loaned by Sunderland from Denmark, and the lease was only six months.

"Cech is a very good goalkeeper. If we hadn't done our homework in advance and the goddess of luck was on our side, it would be hard to say how the outcome would be..."

Anton only mentioned it briefly, and Ancelotti suddenly realized: No wonder he saw that Sunderland's goalkeeper judged the right direction every time.Originally thought that this goalkeeper was very talented or lucky, but in the end it was the result of preparation in advance!

Anton continued to smile: "... As you know, I don't fight unprepared battles."

Ancelotti was a little bit at a loss, but after thinking about it, it was true. The efforts made by the other party in advance were rewarded at this moment.However, if the two sides change places and let Anton collect the data of the penalty kicks of these young players under him, I am afraid that they will return empty-handed and return without success.

"Anyway," Ancelotti still has the courage, "you did a good job in the game. It's just that you will play in the Europa League next year. Your players are generally young and have no experience in multi-line combat. , you have to continue to strengthen the team this summer..." the Italian reminded his friend ramblingly.

Anton: ... Europa League?Hey, I really forgot about this.

Regarding the qualifications for participating in the Europa League, UEFA stipulates that if the FA Cup champion is not in the top five of the national league, he will automatically be eligible to participate in the Europa League group stage.If the FA Cup winner ranks among the top five, this qualification will be replaced by the sixth in the league.The same goes for the League Cup winners.

Therefore, the fifth to seventh in the English Premier League have the possibility of participating in the Europa League, but as long as other teams win the FA Cup or the League Cup, the seventh or even sixth will be squeezed out.

So, the one who was squeezed out by Sunderland this time was——

Anton thought about it for a while, and finally remembered that it should be Aston Villa.

Originally, Aston Villa and Liverpool were close in points, but in the last two rounds of Liverpool striker Torres returned from injury, which saved the season's decline slightly, allowing Liverpool to surpass Villa in the final battle. At the last moment, they won the No. .6.

As a result, Sunderland won the FA Cup and directly squeezed Aston Villa's chances of participating in the Europa League qualifiers.

I don't know what the former Zhengyin striker Vincent in their team, who later moved to Aston Villa, would think at this moment.

"Thank you for the reminder..." After Anton and Ancelotti exchanged a few words, the Sunderland coaching staff rushed back from the pitch.The goalkeeper coach Nick Abraham came over and called Anton. He needed to hurry up and shake hands with the players on both sides, especially the referee on duty, otherwise he would be rude.

"We have entered the Europa League group stage!" Anton casually reminded while following Nick on the field.

Obviously, the entire coaching staff, like Anton, hadn't thought about the "consequences" after winning the FA Cup before. They were busy preparing for the game nervously.Nick was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood, turned around and ran away, shouting loudly as he ran: "We are going to play the Europa League! We are going to the European competition!"

No matter what happens after that, even if they don't get promoted, Sunderland will definitely be able to play in the Europa League next season and show their face in European football.

The news quickly spread to Sunderland's entire coaching staff and even the entire team through Nick's mouth.When the Sunderland players came to the stands to thank the fans, captain Garner took the lead in shouting:

"—Hello, Europa!"

The fans in the stands were confused: Our name is not Europa!

After a while, fans who are familiar with the rules of the European game explained clearly to the people around them-in fact, they couldn't fully explain it clearly, and could only say the result: Sunderland will play in the Europa League next season.

The fans feel full of confidence at this moment, and they can only rejoice when they think about the next season's journey, as if their beloved team has come to the European arena, and even touched the Bertoni Cup with their own hands.Like Garner, like all the Sunderland players, they shouted in unison:

"Hello, Europa!"

——European competition, here we come!

——We are Sunderland full of determination.

Compared with Sunderland, who was celebrating recklessly, Chelsea's players looked lonely.

Cech misjudged the wrong direction at the last point and watched Vardy's penalty kick into the net.After he fell on the goal line, he sat there and did not stand up for a long time.

Captain John Terry and team deputy Frank Lampard came to shake hands with Sunderland players one by one and exchange jerseys.However, there were also many players who sat on the turf in disappointment. After a long time, they slowly stood up and returned to the player tunnel, waiting for the upcoming awards ceremony.

As the Premier League champion, he can only get a runner-up medal in the FA Cup final.For Chelsea, this award ceremony is really tasteless.

In this game, the French star Anelka, who did not make any contribution and only scored a penalty kick at the end, slowly turned back along with other teammates at this time.Anton had paid attention to him before, and now he is also paying attention to his actions.

In the penalty shootout narrowly defeated opponents, Anelka did not look so frustrated like other teammates.He still had no expression on his face, just walked back with his head down.At the door of the player tunnel, he ran into his teammate Malouda who had been blocked from kicking a penalty kick. When Malouda saw Anelka's eyes, he was startled and shrank obediently behind his teammates without saying a word. , together with Anelka, went back to the locker room in silence.

All of this also fell into Anton's eyes.After playing the entire game, Anton has a general understanding of the character of Anelka, who is aloof, restrained and depressed.He doesn't care much about what others think of him, and he doesn't care how his teammates get along with him-but he has absolute confidence in his skills, so he can't emotionally accept the loss caused by his own "mistakes".

He will be a person who has high demands on his teammates and coaches.

Seeing Anelka like this, for some reason, Anton thought of a sentence: If you don't explode in silence, you will perish in silence.

But Anton still didn't understand, what was Bernard's mysterious mission?

Anelka is already a famous star who has won a lot of championships. Could there be other deviations in his life path?

The FA Cup awards ceremony will soon follow.Together with the FA officials, Prince William presented medals and trophies to the players of Chelsea and Sunderland in the order of "runner-up-champion".

People could clearly see in the TV broadcast that Anelka shook hands with the prince after William took the runner-up medal for him.But once he left the podium, the French star secretly removed the medal from his neck, held it in his hand, and never put it on again.

But no one cared about the performance of the runner-up. What attracted the attention was the moment when the champion team took over the trophy.Anton followed his players up the steps of Wembley Stadium.During this journey, countless fans from Sunderland, as well as fans who have just become "Anton fans", shouted his name and reached out to give him a high five.

Anton did it one by one, and was stopped countless times on the way to ask for his autograph.But Anton came to the rostrum in time despite the urging of the staff.

Prince William shook his hand and congratulated his team.

Just when Anton wanted to be polite, William suddenly changed his subject: "Mr. Coach, your team has pushed my Villa out of the European competition!"

Anton was taken aback for a moment, and then he remembered that Prince William is a die-hard Aston Villa fan.

So Sunderland won the FA Cup and Villa were indirectly unlucky?

Seeing that Anton frowned slightly, William immediately laughed and sent his blessings: "So, next season, you must not let me down!"

The author has something to say: Prince William is indeed a die-hard Aston Villa fan.It is said that each of the little princes and princesses in his family has small Vera fan uniforms, which must be very cute.

PS. Tonight is the final battle of the Premier League this season. This is a record-setting season. The top two teams have scored more than 90 points. If any team in the past reaches this score, it should win the championship in advance. up.This is the most intense Premier League championship in recent years, and we are witnessing great history.

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