Born to be a coach [soccer]

Anton said that as long as the referee has not blown the final whistle, it means that the victory has not yet been achieved.Garner saw the head coach signal, and saw the captain of Derby County running back with the ball to prepare for a quick kick-off. He quickly greeted the excited players and quickly retreated.

This time Garner was a lot tougher. Whenever a team member dragged his feet, his voice immediately became louder, and he scolded unceremoniously, and his team members immediately moved faster.

At the same time, Anton also helped out.The fourth official on the sidelines held up a substitution card. Sunderland replaced the striker Darren Vincent, who scored twice, with defensive midfielder Alan Horton. All the fans in the Stadium of Light stood up for a while. , applaud Vincent.

Clough was angry again: "It's boring to delay so much!"

Anton smiled and didn't say a word, but directly acquiesced.Clough suddenly felt a mouthful of old blood in his throat, and couldn't say anything—his team was unfortunately a victim of Sunderland's coaching change: Generally, a team coaching change will usher in a short "honeymoon period" , The mental outlook of the team will indeed change, and the performance will also have a short-term improvement.But how long this "honeymoon period" will last is hard to say.So Clough watched the disciples launch wave after wave of attacks towards Sunderland's goal, and muttered sourly: "Can you keep winning with this?"

But not long after, the referee blew the final whistle.The score was fixed at 3:1, and Sunderland won at home.

No matter how sour Clough was, Sunderland still withstood the indiscriminate bombing of Derby County at the last moment and tried to keep the goal.Goalkeeper Gordon did not get a few chances to save, and most of the threatening balls were "blocked" by his teammates. However, judging from the direction and hand shape of Gordon's several saves, without his teammates, this game I am afraid that Sunderland will repeat the same mistakes in the game, and it will be another disaster.

After this game, Anton has roughly counted the signings of the winter window: Regardless of other things, major surgery must be performed on the goalkeeper position.

But at this time, he no longer allowed him to think too much. The Stadium of Light won its first victory in nine months. The enthusiasm of the fans erupted like a volcano. They no longer said anything, but chose the simplest way to express their excitement.All the fans present clapped their hands in unison, and after three shots, they shouted, "Sunderland".The whole stadium resounded with the sound of "Boom, Boom, Sunderland, Boom, Boom, Sunderland".

Anton led all the players and club staff to the field to express his gratitude to the fans at home.The fans in the stand behind the coach's bench were the most excited, shouting Anton's name all the time.Anton waved at them, thanking them for keeping their promises and not booing the team at the critical moment, but dutifully being the team's "No. 12".Anton greeted from afar, and the fans in the stands over there suddenly shouted together: "Anton, we love you!"

The love of the fans is very simple.In fact, no matter whether the team is good or bad, the fans love it, but the love is deeply responsible. If the team cannot play with the energy it deserves, the fans will be extremely disappointed, but as long as they play the ball The team's due strength, the fans will not hesitate to praise you, and will praise you without reservation.

In the post-match press conference, Anton was concise and only briefly answered two or three questions raised by the reporters.A reporter asked Anton that after the first goal in the first half, Sunderland immediately shrank the formation slightly. As the head coach, is this approach too conservative.

Anton just shook his head with a smile, and replied: "There is a saying in ancient Chinese books, which is called 'one piece, one relaxation, the way of civil and military'. This is a way to control the rhythm of the game on the court, and it has nothing to do with whether it is conservative. I think, No opponent will underestimate Mr. Clough's team's counterattack after conceding a goal!" He also praised his opponent in passing.

The reporters memorized, and they didn't forget to check on the Internet what the "Chinese wisdom" quoted by Anton meant.

Although Clough has been bitter about Anton before, this is his home field after all, and the other party has shown enough respect, so Clough finally chose to exchange blows with Anton's business.Clough congratulated the Stadium of Light on their return to light and felt they deserved a win.Anton sincerely wishes Derby County's next FA Cup match goes well.

"Go, everyone, pack your things and go back to Guangming Academy!" Anton greeted everyone.

"Boss," someone remembered at this time, "it doesn't mean that if you win the ball..."

If you win the ball, you will have the golden arches. This is what Anton himself promised yesterday!The team members still remember this.

Anton and Russell looked at each other, smiled wryly "hehe", and greeted them: "Clean up quickly, you will know when you go back!"

He originally planned to fulfill his promise, but immediately after the flag was set yesterday, he and Russell were found by the chief chef and nutritionist Joyce Rohm of the training base.

Joyce is a woman in her 50s and a native of Sunderland. She has worked in the club for many years. Not to mention her exquisite cooking skills, she also obtained a doctorate in nutrition. Her strength and achievements are obvious to all.Most of the players were old enough to be her son, so they simply called her "Mother Joe".Yesterday she heard about Anton's promise, and immediately went to Anton: "The head coach..."

Anton looked at this woman who was about the same age as his mother, and thought: something bad is going to happen.When he was a child, he sneaked out to steal a hamburger, and his mother would have such an angry face.

He quickly smoothed things over: "Please call me Anton!"

Joyce's tense face relaxed a little: "Anton, I understand that you want to motivate the players. But, do you think I can't make those McDonald's foods?"

Anton laughed: He thought that Joyce would take back the flag he set up from the standpoint of a nutritionist, but he didn't expect this one to come to challenge.

So, when the players returned to the Stadium of Light, someone immediately said in surprise: "Smell!...from the cafeteria!"

Anton shrugged: "Mother Qiao's death order, you understand!"

Several players immediately cast "contemptuous" glances at Anton: none of the previous head coaches could disobey the order of "Mother Joe".This newcomer, Anton, seemed to have a lot of backbone, but unexpectedly, he also succumbed to Qiao's mother's "pretentious power", and couldn't even keep the flag he set up.

But they walked into the cafeteria and said "wow" in unison.The smell of chips from the air fryer fills the air; a beef patty sizzles on the grill.Mother Qiao stood in front of the grill, flipping the beef patties lightly.The assistant next to him was stacking bread, beef, bacon, cheese, lettuce and pickles one by one, and the players were drooling—this is the "Big Mac" baked on open fire.

What's more, on the table in front of them, there was a pile of takeaway cartons with the McDonald's logo on them.Every time a "Big Mac" is made and a portion of French fries is fried, they are all served in McDonald's takeaway boxes and placed on the dining table where the players eat every day.This is simply "immersive", and it tastes absolutely "McDonald's".

"Where did this come from?" Even Anton didn't know anything about these takeaway boxes.

"The manager of the closest McDonald's restaurant was a Sunderland fan. He understood as soon as I called. I made the food, the packaging was delivered by McDonald's, but Anton paid for the ingredients, so the meal still counts. Anton please!" Joyce said.The meal actually came from three parties, so it counts—the Golden Arches collaboration?

"All beef patties are medium rare, please tell me in advance if you want medium rare!" Joyce has this ability, making fast food like a big dish.The first-team players have already got a copy and started to feast on it.

"Mother Qiao, what you do is absolutely comparable to McDonald's! Why didn't you say that you would do this?" Henderson took a big bite of the "Big Mac", feeling infinitely emotional.

Joyce said with a straight face: "But you haven't won before! Of course you are not in the mood!"

It turned out that it was because of this that the players immediately surrounded Joyce, "Mother Qiao, will you be able to eat these as long as you win?"

Joyce's tense face never let go: "Who would have thought that you guys are eating in the cafeteria while thinking about takeaways all day long? Well, I promise you, as long as Anton nods, I will make this for you."

The players immediately let go of Joyce and turned to besiege Anton: "Coach, the next game is the FA Cup! Let's play well in the FA Cup too, right?"

Anton didn't know whether to laugh or cry, thinking that this trick would not work if he kept doing this all the time.So he put on a straight face: "How can it be so simple? Wait until the end of the season when you are promoted!"

——Promoted to the Premier League?

The player had french fries dipped in tomato sauce in his hand, and forgot for a while, letting the red tomato sauce on the french fries slowly flow down to his hands along the french fries.

The author has something to say: ① Insert a digression. In real history, Derby County drew the notorious London team Millwall for its football hooliganism in the next game. The two teams played two home and away games. Two 1 to 1, the final penalty shootout, Derby County defeated Millwall 5:3 and won this fierce battle.To a certain extent, luck is... not bad.Thank you Koi Forest.

In addition, the author's daily update flag will not be reversed. Five completed articles have never been reversed.