Born to be a coach [soccer]

An Dong told Jiang Yueming, Jiang Yueming heard it, and couldn't help but sat in a corner of the conference center and laughed silly.

The environment was already noisy, and no one noticed Xiao Jiang's laughter.Only a few Chinese colleagues who were sitting close to each other heard it, and turned their heads to look at the two of them curiously.

Xiao Jiang grinned from the corner of his mouth to the root of his chin, and said to Anton: "I'm convinced, I'm convinced by you!"

"Unexpectedly, you watch a lot of old Chinese movies! Didn't you really grow up in China?"

Anton smiled: "Watching old movies with Dad, you should have this kind of experience too!"

Xiao Jiang nodded, put down all his worries, stood up happily, and said, "I know! I'll just go and explain it to them!"

The next day, the reporters gathered at the Lagos Convention Center all knew that there is a very important "famous saying" in China: "It is clearly agreed to be three years, three years after three years, three years after three years... Almost ten years, boss!"

If a Chinese tells you the concept of "three years", he is probably citing this "allusion".So the Chinese celebrity in the video said that Ronaldo will be popular for at least three years, which means that Ronaldo will be popular for at least ten years.

This explanation spread rapidly on the Internet, and soon people also intercepted the short movie clip of "three years later and three years" and put it together with the previous one to show that the two parts should be eaten together and only watch part of it. , I am afraid that it will misinterpret the ancient and implicit essence of oriental culture.

This prophecy spread so fast and widely that soon even Ronaldo himself knew about it, and sent a private message to Anton asking: "Is this really the explanation?"

Anton expressed his affirmation: "It is indeed the case. I have heard the words 'three years later and three years' when I was very young."

Ronaldo: ...So that's true!

Anton: "Cristiano, you can be popular for a few years, the one who knows best is not others, but yourself!"

Ronaldo: Yes!

Anton: "Ten years later, I plan to witness you win the championship. Do you dare to take a gamble?"

Ronaldo: "Just bet, bet, what's not to dare?"

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From then on, the Chinese reporting team admired Anton so much that Jiang Yueming came all day long to ask Anton for a draft: "Believe me, Xiaolin, you will definitely become a 'famous mouth' in China in the future."

Anton thought to himself: ... "Famous talker" to fight the fire?

"Xiao Lin, why don't you start a blog or Weibo in China!" Xiao Jiang suggested sincerely.

This can also be included——Anton thought to himself, and Mendes' team will take care of it later.Mendez's business has agencies and staff in China, and he has always known this.

But he didn't come to Lagos for the media - the core of the European Coaches Forum is naturally to meet those all-powerful coaches.

Anton does not have too many acquaintances here, and Chelsea coach Ancelotti is one of them.Seeing Anton, Ancelotti came up to greet him enthusiastically, and was willing to be Anton's guide, introducing him to the football bigwigs present.

Ancelotti is very popular in football and doesn't make many enemies. With his leadership, Anton quickly matched those famous names with the real people in front of him on the forum.

Some of the head coaches of the Premier League teams, he has known or seen before, such as Sir Alex Ferguson, and Lao Lei.

Although Anton has never met other famous coaches such as "Professor" Wenger, but when he saw a real person and talked, Anton did have a feeling of "a long-time friendship".

"Anton, we will play against your team in the new season!" Wenger stared into Anton's eyes and shook his hand with a smile.

"Whenever you have the opportunity to come to London, you can consider coming to my place and have a look." The professor leaned closer to Anton, said these words, and then straightened his back.

After Arsene Wenger moved to the Emirates Stadium in 2006, it was burdened with heavy debt pressure.Therefore, the professor is like Anton most of the time, obsessed with scratching cards, relying on discovering new players to improve the team's strength level, and sometimes even has to make the decision to "sell the captain".

As he sent an invitation to Anton just now, Anton understood it as: the professor has some players who cannot integrate into Arsenal's tactical system, and he is close to leaving the team in the summer.Wenger is obviously signaling: If there is a suitable one, just take it away!Don't forget to leave the transfer fee!

This is exactly what he thought, and he nodded immediately.

At this time, Sir Alex Ferguson appeared at the end of the hall, looking for someone.His eyes swept towards Anton, and when he met Anton, he nodded slightly.But the lord immediately saw the professor next to Anton, the lord pouted, turned around and left immediately.

Sir Sir and the professor seem to be completely unwilling to communicate with each other face to face.

But if you think about it, Ferguson and the professor have been fighting against each other for so many years, if there is no fire|drug|flavor between the two, it is impossible.

But Anton had to find a chance to meet the Sir.Not only because Ferguson had changed his homework in Lagos and taught him tactics, but also because of Henderson.

After Ferguson personally came to Sunderland, until now, he has not made a formal offer to Sunderland.This made Anton feel a little abnormal. After all, Ferguson has a very accurate vision of people. It is said that he can see at a glance whether a player has a future in the future.

Even if Sir Alex bypassed Anton and the professor, Anton still had to find a way to meet him, it was necessary.

After exchanging a few words with Wenger, the two broke up. Anton looked around the venue, but he couldn't find Sir Alex again.

But he was found by someone else——

"Hello—" a hand stretched out in front of Anton, "I think I know who you are, Mr. Anton, hello!"

Anton smiled: "And me, of course I know who you are, Mr. Jose Mourinho, it's a pleasure to meet you in Lagos."

For Mourinho, recognizing Anton in the crowd is as simple as finding the youngest coach in a room full of famous tags.

For Anton, Mourinho, the "special one", just needs to stand in the room, and he can naturally be distinguished from others in terms of temperament.What's more, Mourinho is one of the most exposed coaches in recent years. Anyone who has anything to do with football or read the news should remember his face.

But at least in Lagos, Mourinho did not show his "madman" side.In front of juniors like Anton, Mourinho seemed funny and talkative, and he said witty words, "I watched a lot of games you commanded, and the one that impressed me the most was the time when the little black cat played. In England they might not call it 'good luck', but in Portugal the black cat is our best friend..."

Anton smiled and chatted with him, like an old friend he hasn't seen for many years.But the two have a lot to talk about - firstly, neither of them has a prominent career as a professional player, and both worked in a lot of other jobs before becoming coaches; secondly, both of them are very smart people , can speak many languages, and also know how to match their preferences when communicating.

As for the third point, Anton only thought of it when he separated from Mourinho: Mendes.They are now clients of Mendes, who apparently greeted Mourinho before he came to Lagos.That's why Mourinho made a special trip to express his goodwill to him.

Besides, Anton and Mourinho are not in the league of the same country right now. There is no need for Mourinho to make enemies for himself. Wouldn't it be good to have one more friend?

"Anton, I'm sorry that I need to leave for a while. I originally wanted to introduce a friend to you. He is very similar to you. But now I can't find anyone else... I will introduce you again when I have a chance!" The proud Mu Rinho was busy with affairs, bid farewell to Anton, and left in a hurry.

After saying goodbye to Mourinho, the agenda of the coaching forum began again.Anton still failed to find a chance to find Sir Ferguson, so he had to turn his attention back to the topic of the forum.

This afternoon there was a link between the coaches and the FA and UEFA.In this session, the Football Association and coach representatives discussed the issue of "goal line referee" for a long time.During the World Cup, the injustice of Lampard's "ghost goal" was repeatedly brought up by the coaches.In the end, the Football Association stated that they would listen carefully to the opinions of the coaches and try to take measures at the start of next season.

Next is the boring tactical exchange time for coaches from various countries.

Every coach has his own ideas about tactics, and there are not many things that can really be put on the table, and they are very dry and hard, and taste like chewing wax.

Anton was so bored that he was about to yawn, but he knew that others had long expected a young coach like him: he came to Lagos to learn from others and to learn.Anton had no choice but to lower his head, stretch out his pen, and scratch on the paper, pretending that he was taking notes seriously.

Unexpectedly, the moment he lowered his head, Anton suddenly saw Sir Ferguson looking at him in the distance.The eyes of the two collided, and Sir Alex got up and went out first.Anton understood, and after a while, he closed the notebook in his hand, apologized to the people around him, and slipped out in the direction where the lord was going.

It was really clean outside.Ferguson chewed his gum while waiting for Anton.

"My lord, I happen to have something to ask you for advice..." Anton said.

"Is it about that young player under your command?" Sure enough, Ferguson already knew Anton's intentions.

"I would like to ask whether Sunderland will receive Manchester United's offer for him." Anton asked bluntly.As the past few days passed, he already had an answer in his heart.

"Three!" Ferguson replied with a strong Scottish accent.

"Anton, regarding this player, I will give you three strategies." Ferguson said.

"The best strategy is to sell him decisively this summer when his worth is just right, sell him outright to other clubs in exchange for transfer funds of more than 1000 million pounds, and find suitable replacement players in the market. Manchester United can cooperate with the simultaneous offer, and the buyer will Couldn't be happier to have bought him."

Ferguson said that Manchester United can help raise the price.

But after hearing this best policy, Anton already felt his heart sinking.

——Sure enough, there is a problem.

Regarding Henderson, Ferguson really saw the problem, and he proposed to sell Henderson at a high price-obviously this is the most beneficial strategy for the club, but it is not for the player himself.

"The middle strategy is for Sunderland to keep him next season, put him on the bench, slowly change his style of play, adjust his position on the field, and minimize the possibility of his injury."

It turned out to be an injury! ——Anton thought to himself, but how did Sir Alex see this?

"The worst strategy is to use this young player like this season. In my opinion, he can't last 20 rounds in the Premier League. Anton, it's not that I don't want to see this young man. If I don't like him, I won't run to you personally. I went to meet this young man on the territory of my family... Sigh, this is really a pity..."

Sir Ferguson said, shaking his head: "Anton, I guess you'd never choose the best course of action, would you?"