Born to be a coach [soccer]

Anton was driving alone on a mountain road.

On both sides of the road are the rolling hills of the Scottish Highlands.The scenery of the highlands has always been known as "wild". The rolling hills are covered with low green grass and moss. Occasionally, patches of purple wildflowers can be seen on the mountain walls, which adds a bit of magnificence to the place.

The road in front of me extends infinitely in this magnificence, seemingly leading to eternity.

It has been 24 hours since the end of the European Coaching Forum.But Anton hadn't left Scotland yet.

The bell rang and a call came in.Anton didn't answer, and the call went straight to voicemail.

"Brother Lin, I showed the director a video of your goal. The director scolded me for being so stupid that I could miss someone like you... Woohoo! Brother Lin, it's okay, when you return to England, I must come The club you are in is going to interview you..."

Jiang Yueming's voice on the other end of the phone was both excited and regretful. It was the feeling that he had missed a hundred million by accident.

Anyway, Anton has changed from "Little Lin" to "Brother Lin" in Jiang Yueming's mouth.

Anton kicked a ball that was considered to be a "barb" during his visit to the youth training camp on the last day of the forum.At that time, most of the people on the scene were coaches. They should have seen this kind of ball a lot, but the shocking kick still made many people's jaws drop... such as Everton's coach David Moyes.

Anton still remembers that after he scored that goal, the Portuguese man Boas, who was in charge of directing the game, froze there, unable to speak for about ten seconds, his eyes and face were full of shock—but very Soon Boas regained his composure, stretched out his hands, and applauded gracefully, as if encouraging the players under his command who scored just now.But Anton is indeed a "temporary" player under his command.

When Anton left the field, Mourinho stayed by his side, endlessly persuading Anton to register himself as a player as soon as possible.Mourinho said that in case of a wave of injuries and no one is available, Anton can play by himself.Play football by yourself and direct yourself. There were such coaches in the 80s and [-]s.

However, if there is another coach like this in the 21st century, it is estimated that all the global traffic will belong to Anton.

—Mr. Jorge Mendez, you should be very happy to hear about this!

In addition, Mourinho is also very enthusiastic about introducing his former disciple, the Swedish Ibrahimovic who is now playing for Barcelona, ​​​​to Anton, saying that the two of them play football very similarly, and they must have a good talk. Come.

It is said that Ibrahimovic has been practicing Taekwondo all year round, and like Anton, he is a black belt in Taekwondo.Anton knew that Mourinho's judgment made sense.

Until now, Anton still remembers very clearly the moment when he "barbs" - it seems that there is an electric current flowing through the whole body, and every inch of muscle bursts out with unprecedented energy...

He is very sure: this unprecedented "barb" kick is definitely not just a whirlwind kick in Taekwondo.Although the direction and angle of this kick and the force of the waist and abdomen continued the way he exerted force when he practiced Taekwondo, there was definitely a bonus when kicking that kick.

——Bonus from "Green Life".

Anton was driving on a road with no end in sight.

His heart was very quiet, as quiet as the deserted highland wasteland in front of him.

Thinking about it carefully, "Green Life" really brought him many "surprises" - when he first discovered that the "technology package" could be extended to reality, Anton was worried that he would confuse reality with virtual reality.

But now he has nothing to fear.

As long as it is related to "green life", he is willing to try, and he is willing to embrace the changes that result from it.Anton really wanted to say something to his younger brother who didn't know where his "body" was: Bernard, no matter what you are exploring, please let it go, I will try it for you!

In the past few months, he has gone through a lot: making friends, acquiring skills, upgrading to elementary level, witnessing missions, canceling missions, waiting for new missions... There are still too many unsolved mysteries in this simulator Waiting for him to explore.

For example, the place he is driving to now is a villa on the outskirts of the Scottish Highland city of Inverness.When the owner of the villa invited Anton, he stated on the invitation letter, "To Player A", and signed it - "Player K".

The invitations were sent to the convention center in Lagos by Scottish post, old-school postal vans, delicate envelopes with seal seals.

After seeing Player K's invitation, Anton immediately found an opportunity to log in to "Green Life", checked the basic situation of Player K, and found that he is the only high-level player among all the current accounts.

In addition, Anton also found out that Player K is the player who registered the second earliest, second only to the game developer, Player B.In other words, after the younger brother Bernard developed the game, this was the first registered player invited.

Torres also mentioned it twice, this player K seems to be a highly respected figure.

Anton couldn't figure it out anyway, so he followed the invitation in the letter and drove there. Anyway, he should know when he saw it.

According to the guidance of the car navigation, he first went to Inverness.At the gas station there, Anton unexpectedly met an acquaintance.

"Mr. Fernando Torres? Didn't expect you to come here for vacation?" Anton greeted the champion team who had just won the World Cup.

Torres was hooking a trailer carrying two single-person kayaks to the back of his car. When he saw Anton, the Spanish golden boy was overjoyed. He hurried forward, patted Anton on the shoulder, and asked, "How do you Are you here?"

Anton pointed at Torres's kayak and smiled, "That's what I want to ask too. Do you really want to paddle in Loch Ness... to find the lake monster?"

Inverness is famous for its Loch Ness on the city side, and rumors of a lake monster there.So Anton made fun of Torres with this.

Rowing in such cold and rainy weather should be quite a challenge for Torres, who comes from a warm country.

Torres smiled wryly: "I just heard that it is possible... so I tried it, but it seems to be completely different from the beaches in Spain. Anton, you came here to see that...that gentleman?" ?”

Anton felt that Torres seemed to know something, nodded and said, "Player K invited me."

Torres said "Oh", nodded, and said: "Wait for me, I will tow these two boats away, and then go with you. The gentleman's residence is remote, and you may not be able to find it with navigation alone." .I'll take you with me."

Anton expressed his gratitude, and at the same time his curiosity reached its peak——

An expert outsider who lives in seclusion in the depths of the Scottish Highlands, a heavyweight whom Bernard trusts and admires, Torres is familiar with him... and the other party has long known that he is Player A.

Anton has never had any clues, but fortunately, he will see him soon.

As Torres said, Anton walked according to the navigation for a while. As he walked, there was no road on the navigation, but there was still an asphalt road that only allowed one car to pass.The surrounding scenery has not changed at all, it is always an endless wasteland.

Torres explained that it was driving into private land.Anton thought to himself: Could it be that the person he went to meet with is an emperor?Player K... Could it be Player King?

Go forward about a mile or so.At the end of the road, a little greenery finally appeared, and a small sandstone-colored building was hidden in the greenery.Anton originally thought that he would see an old castle, but who knew that when he saw it, it was just a single-family villa with a very ordinary appearance, not too big, but the surrounding walls were built with sandstone, and flower beds were circled one after another. , all kinds of roses bloomed just right in the flower garden, and a lady in her 50s was concentrating on cultivating flowers and plants.

Hearing the sound of the motor, the lady straightened up and looked this way.Torres jumped out of the car and waved warmly to the lady: "Good afternoon, Marina. Your garden is so beautiful!"

The lady smiled immediately and said, "The guest is here! No wonder he was waiting in the living room early in the morning. Fernando, you are familiar with this place, so please lead the way. I want to finish trimming this area before it rains."

Anton closed the car door, looked up at the sky, and sure enough, there was a dark cloud far away in the sky, but it didn't seem to have any intention of drifting over.

"Anton, come, this way!"

"Fernando...I want to know, Player K..." Anton wanted to find out the real identity of the other party before meeting him.

Unexpectedly, Torres had already run to the steps of the house, reached out and knocked on the door knocker, and then pushed open the door.Seeing that Anton missed him, he turned around and waved at Anton: "Come on! He must be very happy to see you."

Anton hurried forward, and it would be impolite to delay or ask.He quickly followed Torres into the house and into the living room on the first floor of the house.

There is a large bay window in the French style in the living room.The sunlight was just right, and through the window glass, it was sprinkled on the person in front of the window, illuminating his light brown hair.The man originally turned his back to Anton, but when he heard the footsteps of the guests, he turned his back and looked in Anton's direction.

The foreground is dark and the background is bright, which makes this person's face somewhat obscure, and Anton can't guess the identity of the other person at all.But fortunately, this player K did not deliberately embarrass him, but reported his name as soon as he came up.

"Hello, Anton, I'm Kenny Dalglish." There was a hint of domineering in his voice.

Kenny Dalglish...Player K!

At this moment, the mystery in Anton's heart was solved.

It turned out that this was Sir Kenny Dalglish, one of the greatest players and coaches in the history of Liverpool Football Club, the emperor of Anfield and the king of Liverpool.

No wonder Bernard was the first to invite player K to register an account and participate in the closed beta of "Green Life".Bernard is not only the most loyal supporter of Liverpool football team, but he is also a fan of Sir Dalglish.

"Nice to meet you, Sir!" Anton stepped forward to shake hands with Dalglish.

"Mr. Dalglish, I brought people here successfully." Torres waved at Dalglish.Anton said in his heart: ...So it was not a chance encounter, this one is the leader!

"At noon, Marina made us a caramelized apricot flip tart. It's in the kitchen, and there's tea...Fernando, good boy, please help me!"

Although Scotland's national dish "haggis" is not well received, every family here seems to have their own dessert - caramelized apricot flip tart, which sounds so tempting!

Torres heard it, smiled and said "Happy to oblige," and left the living room.Only Sir Dalglish and Anton were left in front of the tall bay window.

"Anton, I invite you to come here for an interview. There is only one purpose. I want to ask you, how long is your coaching contract with Sunderland? How much is the liquidated damages?"

When Dalglish met Anton, he cut straight to the point without a word of nonsense.

Anton reached out and raised the glasses on the bridge of his nose, knowing what Player K's "invitation" was.

Sunderland's "turnaround against the wind" last season pushed all the players under his command into the spotlight.As soon as the summer window opened, he had already received countless offers for players.

But none of these offers were about Anton himself.

As Player K made an invitation, Anton thought that maybe he would receive his first offer soon.

The author has something to say: Dalglish's "sirship" was awarded in 2018, but Dalglish was awarded the honor before 2010, which is a private setting that does not match the reality.