Born to be a coach [soccer]

When Vardy scored the final penalty, a young Marco Reus couldn't help jumping up from the TV, throwing up his arms and letting out a cheer.

Beside him, father Hans looked at his son lovingly: This kid hasn't joined the opposing team yet, why does he seem to have developed a sense of belonging?

Soon the broadcast screen was cut to the coach of the winning team. This young man was extremely elegant. With short curly hair, there seems to be an irresistible force, which breaks the hearts of those who see it-what a handsome head coach!

Hans thought to himself: Fortunately, there is this head coach, otherwise his Marco this season...

When the FA Cup game was held, the Bundesliga schedule was all over.Marco's Borussia Mönchengladbach successfully completed the task of relegation in the penultimate round of the season, and this season came like this without any risk.

In the second half of the season, Marco once considered playing with injuries to help the team avoid relegation.Fortunately, Hans passed the news to the opposing coach Anton. Anton came to Borussia overnight, not only brought a famous doctor to examine Marko, but also successfully persuaded Marko to fully trust his teammates, and finally stopped him. It made Marco's plan to play closed battle.

At the end of the season, not only Borussia was relegated successfully, but even Marco's injury has almost recovered.

"Dad, they're awesome!" young Royce said to his father, staring intently at the TV.

With the weak against the strong, the paper strength of the two teams in this final is not at the same level at all.Both Marco and Hans knew this very well.But in such a match, Sunderland still dragged Chelsea into a penalty shootout and finally won the game.

"But Dad, what do you think... can I join that team in the end?" Royce said suddenly after a while.

The agreement he signed at the beginning was conditional. Only when Sunderland played in the Premier League next season could Royce join.Sunderland have defied all expectations at the moment, winning the FA Cup, but they are yet to rise to the top - one short of a play-off final win.

Hans looked at his son and thought: Is Marco worried about not being able to be part of that team?

"Football is round after all. They not only played overtime, but also took penalty kicks. The other opponent in the playoffs should be watching TV comfortably!" It sounds like Royce is really doing it for Sander. Lan was worried.

"Yeah, on the football field, anything can happen..."

Hans followed his son's words, but found that the more he said, the more wrong he said, so he quickly changed his words, "But your future teammates will definitely work harder for this."

Royce seemed to be really worried about this, staring at the TV and resting his chin.Even the final Sunderland team boarded the Wembley ladder and lifted the trophy, which did not make Royce's mood significantly better.

But when Hans answered the phone the next day, everything changed.

"Dad, the head coach invited me to watch the match at Wembley Stadium?" Royce couldn't believe it.

"Yes, you are also invited to watch the game in the VIP box reserved by the club." Hans added happily.

Royce was stunned for a long time and didn't come back to his senses: Wembley Stadium, VIP boxes, watching the game in person? ...

He had never thought of this before!Now he is just a young man who signed a "conditional transfer" contract with the club. After all, he is not a part of the club yet!

"There is another piece of news," Hans said with a smile on his face, "Anton wants me to tell you that his club has qualified for the Europa League next season, starting from the group stage. So he hopes you can Accompany the team to gain knowledge and experience in the European arena.”

Qualified for the Europa League?

Royce was really taken aback.Borussia where he is located has not yet qualified for the Europa League. Instead, Sunderland directly entered the group stage without even having to play in the previous qualifying rounds.

However, the final of the play-offs has not yet been played. Anton is already so sure that he will definitely win the game and sign himself into his team?

The young Royce tilted his head and thought for a while: There is such a confident head coach in the world... Very good, I like it!

The young Reus in Germany received an invitation to go to London to watch the upcoming promotion play-off final.Here in England, the city of Sunderland has already been boiled. From the afternoon of the 15th, in this industrial city on the northeastern coast, people from the very old to the children of a few years old, almost day and night celebrate.

In 1973, the last time they won the FA Cup was in 1973. It has been 37 years.Even the babies born that year have become slightly "greasy" middle-aged people, and the young people who waved the team flag and scarves and paraded in the streets to celebrate have already had their hair climbed to their temples——

As an "elevator" between the Premier League and the British Championship, Sunderland has been ups and downs for many years. It seems that the past glory has faded with the years and has faded from the memory of the younger generation; When they were most hesitant and desperate, they finally waited for a young coach to come to the Stadium of Light. This is simply the reappearance of Bob Stock and the rebirth of Brian Clough...

No, no, what is this nonsense?Their head coach's name is Anton, Anton!

The fans who once blocked the club's top management and the "airborne" head coach outside the Stadium of Light now have something to talk about proudly:

"It's not me bragging. When I saw our head coach outside the Stadium of Light, I thought he had an extraordinary appearance and a strange skeleton. He must be the one who can bring the 'black cat' out of the predicament!"

"...Then who forced him to promise himself that he will be dismissed if he doesn't keep his grade?" There are also righteous people who can't stand this kind of "brainless bragging".

"He proposed it on his own initiative! We didn't say anything... Tsk tsk tsk, you see, Anton had already shown absolute confidence at that time. Let me tell you, the first time I saw him , I feel that he is born to be a head coach..."

"Brainless Blowing" took a detour and was able to continue smoothly.

After all, Sunderland fans still remember one thing: Ruben Smith, the editor-in-chief of the sports page of the Post, seemed to have promised them that if Sunderland won the FA Cup, or If the promotion is successful, the "Daily Mail" has to do a full-page "Sunderland Special" to sing the praises of this club.

But at this time, Sunderland fans shouted to the "Daily Mail" together: "Mr. Smith, the agreed 'Face Slap Special', please hold on, hold for another two days..."

"Why do you want to ask? Of course it is - we haven't finished slapping the face, please wait a little longer, and bring the right cheek by the way!"

The meaning of Sunderland fans: The two conditions of betting with Ruben at the beginning, Sunderland has already completed one, won the FA Cup, and the other is promotion, and there is only the last play-off game left .Now that the "Post" has been slapped in the face, it should be "slapped" to the end, and after the play-offs are over, let's publish this special issue together!

There was no response from the "Post", which seemed to acquiesce to the request of the Sunderland fans.

But after the fans celebrated wildly, they remembered their team: Huh?In other words, the game is over, what about their team?Why haven't you come back to Sunderland yet?

Not only the fans of Sunderland, but also the media in England are a little confused: Where is the Sunderland team?Hurrying to Sunderland, the reporters who were looking for clues near the Stadium of Light and Guangming Academy were also in vain: Why did this team seem to disappear out of thin air?

They're supposed to be interviewing so often at Sunderland, the players go to the training base every day and are lined up with photographers and stop to sign autographs for enthusiastic fans and have to wait quite a while to get through the crowd and into them training ground...

What about people?Where did the whole team go?

The Sunderland football team seemed to have disappeared from under the noses of the reporters.

Sunderland is in the northeast of England, but as soon as the FA Cup final was over and the awards ceremony was completed, Anton asked all the players to pack their bags and board the club bus together.The bus did not head northeast.

Anton directly let the bus go south, heading for Brighton, a picturesque seaside resort south of London—it's just that in mid-May, England has not yet entered the beach season, and there are no tourists on the beach of the resort yet.The Sunderland team and the entire coaching staff stayed in a seaside hotel where business was light.

Most of Sunderland's players and coaching staff were tired when they boarded the bus. After sleeping in the bus and waking up, they found that they had not returned to Sunderland at all, but came to a strange place.

Assistant coach Russell was the first to express his approval of Anton's arrangement, especially pleased that Anton did not bring the team management.Boss Short and CEO Martin have all gone back to the small northeast town of Sunderland.

"What media, public relations, let them deal with it!" Russell is very grateful that the team can practice quietly for a few days, "It's just that this is the seaside, and the big guys can't play 'beach football', right? !"

Anton has already made arrangements: "There is a League One team here, Brighton, you should have heard of Russell."

"The team had a little bit of financial trouble last year because they built a new stadium. An investment fund I know gave them a hand and got a small stake in it. Now Brighton have agreed to lend us their stadium for training. ..."

Russell suddenly admired Anton again: Brother, be steady! ... everything was arranged before coming.

"... also promised to keep the team secret! By the time the media finds us, we should basically go back to London and prepare to play against Blackpool."

Sunderland's visit this time was completely confidential. The players did not know about it beforehand, and only one or two members of the coaching staff knew about it.Coupled with the help of the hotel and the training base, no one in this world would have thought that Sunderland, who had just won the FA Cup, would secretly be training at a resort on the southeast beach at this moment.

"And the last game of the season! If we don't play well in the last game, all our hard work for the whole season will be for nothing! When you look back at this memory later, you will regret it because you didn't do your best. Sorry!"

Anton stood on Brighton's pitch, looking serious, but calmly said to his players: "So, my request to you is very simple - forget about the results you have already achieved, and focus all your attention on It's the last game of the season!"

"Only in this way, you will have a, your own, a complete season!"

The author has something to say: I almost experienced a roller coaster-like plot last night. Our army advanced the ball. In League One) also advanced the ball, which once caused our army's instant points to rise to the top of the list.However, Manchester City was too stable, and completed the overtake in about 2 minutes...

So although they won the game cleanly and beautifully, they still became the strongest runner-up in history with a high score of 97 points. In addition, the team produced two golden boots and a golden glove-this is already a very memorable season .

Thank you very much for helping the author build character, I love you (づ￣3￣)づ

This season is not over yet, the journey is still going on, the next time to save character is Children's Day on June 6st, see you before the Champions League final!