Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 273

The game is not over yet, and the fans in the stands reacted differently.

Most of the Porto fans were stunned, unable to believe that their team had lost.

The few Benfica fans have raised the banner of the home team and mocked the "mortal enemy".

Some Porto fans glared at them: What good is it to gloat?Have you not won the European Championship for so many years?

Benfica fans don't care: We have a century-old curse here anyway, you don't have a "curse", how can you not win the championship?

Beside this pair of friends, all the Sunderland fans were giggling.

In the recent period, they have experienced great sorrow and great joy, experienced belief and doubt, and witnessed the "impossible" become reality-gradually, they can accept the most bizarre and unbelievable things.

The game is not over yet, the score board clearly shows 2 to 0, and in the hands of the fourth official, the stoppage time sign has been raised: 3 minutes of stoppage time, Porto has no way to recover, and Sunderland is infinitely far away from the European championship near……

Even if you can't believe it, you can really see and hear it at this moment, and Sunderland fans can't believe it.

In the VIP box at the Dublin Stadium, Sunderland Football Club CEO Martin Bain got up and hugged the owner Short.

In front of Martin's seat, a cat basket was specially placed.In the previous 80-minute game, Martin watched the whole game with the cat in his arms. He didn't accidentally throw the cat out because of excitement until he scored the second goal.

After Martin threw away the cat, he regretted it: Larry was placed here by Ibrahimovic, and if he broke it, Ibrahimovic would have to settle with him.

However, Larry seemed to be sleepy, and returned to the cat basket by himself, wagging his tail, and fell asleep peacefully in it.

By this time, Sunderland had already secured the victory. The boss, Short, stepped forward to hug Martin, touched the cat hair on Martin's body, and immediately "sneezed" and started to sneeze.

Martin: "Ellis, I'm so sorry..."

Short waved his hand: "No, Sneeze, it's okay... Even if it takes 1 sneezes, I'm willing to Sneeze..."

In this VIP box, in addition to UEFA officials, Chelsea's boss Abramovich is also sitting.At this time, Abu also came over politely and shook hands with Short to congratulate him.Short had always been wary of Abramovich, knowing that he came here to watch the game just to inspect Anton and Boas and choose one of the two young coaches to poach.

But at this time, seeing the team winning the championship, Short immediately put all his wariness behind him, and enthusiastically accepted the congratulations from the other party.

Short: "Ah Choo... Please forgive me, I, I'm so happy..."

Abu is a guy who has nothing to say. Seeing Xiao Te's appearance floating in the sky, he couldn't help pouring cold water:

"I'm so sorry—"

"This game fully proved Anton's strength, and also proved that he is the one with both strength and luck among the two young coaches, but he unexpectedly retired, and he will quit football at the end of the season... It's a pity ah!"

Short sneezing, at the same time: ... huh?Is there such a thing?

He hadn't received any confirmation letter from Anton that he would leave Sunderland.Originally, he was worried all the time, but in this game, Short saw Anton play with his own eyes and directed the game.

Short's heart had already been put down, but now it was suspended again by Abu's words.

Abramovich didn't talk too much, and ran away after teasing, leaving Short alone in front of the box, staring at Sunderland's coaching bench in a daze.

At this time, the game time has reached the 93rd minute, and the referee may blow the whistle to end the game at any time.

The score is still 2 to 0.

Porto has lost all fighting spirit, and their "last attack" has turned into a mutual kick in the frontcourt.

On Sunderland's coaching bench, assistant coach Nick Abraham, who was sitting in the back row, stood up, leaned forward to shake hands with Anton in the front row, and celebrated in advance that they won another championship this season, and this championship is very important. It was beyond imagination.

Just as Anton and Nick shook hands, the referee's whistle finally sounded, and the game ended—the "promoted horses" of the English Premier League this season once again performed miracles, and this time, they reached the top of Europe.

The moment the whistle sounded, Anton and Russell jumped up from the coaching bench at the same time.Russell felt that there was something in his throat that he had to vomit, and he blurted out a roar of cheers: This time, winning the final is so refreshing, so refreshing!

The "acting" head coach with five big and three thick heads rushed towards the field, wanting to hug and celebrate with his "little bastards" one by one, when he heard Anton urging in his ear: "Go, You Sunderland manager..."

Russell stumbled, and a thought flashed in his mind: Obviously you are the one!

But he didn't think too much about this idea. Urged by Anton, the assistant coach really took his short steps and ran directly to the green field, seeing each other and hugging each other, until the Sunderland players on the field gathered more and more. More and more, they lifted Russell up together and threw them high into the air.

At this time, Anton was talking to Boas on the sidelines.

When the whistle blew at the end of the game, Boas staggered his long legs like he was drunk, shook hands with the referees and UEFA officials politely, and then saw An East--

Anton was obviously delighted, and there seemed to be some anxiety and uncertainty in this joy.He didn't rush into the field like other members of the coaching staff. He stood alone on the sidelines, looking a little lonely.

Boas greeted him with a big laugh, not allowing Anton to refuse, he directly held his hand and didn't let him go.

"What? Regret your decision? Are you thinking of what words to use to take back your original promise and plan to stay?"

Anton turned to stare at him, with no sadness or joy on his face, on the contrary, he looked at Boas very seriously, as if he wanted to see what the other party really thought.

"...So you are now entangled and hesitant, should you choose to stay in this place of fame, or accept the invitation of the sponsor, sit on more resources, and step onto a bigger stage... Maybe you at this moment The word 'loyalty' comes to mind, but in this era, what is loyalty? Before money and reputation, loyalty is always the last one..."

Shame and anger, yes!Shame and anger—for Boas, these two words can best describe his state at the moment: he turned out to be a loser.

One wrong move and the whole game is lost - Boas once had a keen premonition that he would definitely win this game in the game that was carefully prepared.But that fatal mistake in less than a minute at the beginning...

Villas-Boas lost more than one game.

At this moment, he expected that Abramovich would pay more attention to Anton. Who said that football is a result-oriented sport.And Anton will definitely follow the trend and choose to leave Sunderland and join the Blue Bridge, so what about his ideals?He wants to take advantage of the Europa League champions to become Chelsea coach like his senior brother Mourinho, and achieve the ideal of a generation of great achievements, so what should he do?

"You're wrong," Anton was slightly taller than Boas, and at this moment, looking down at Boas' eyes, he could actually put pressure on him.

"Maybe now is the best time for me to leave Sunderland - but I have no intention of joining Chelsea. I have communicated with Abramovich very clearly. So I think after the game, Abramovich will still negotiate with your agent, Negotiate your coaching of Chelsea..."

Anton's voice was so steady that Boas, who seemed drunk, gradually sobered up after hearing the words.He couldn't believe it.

"I have more important things than chasing fame and fortune." Anton knew that Boas didn't believe it, so he raised the corners of his mouth and put on an expression of whether you believe it or not, "Speaking of which, at this time, I should have been with my family ..."

Boas: ...Family?He really couldn't believe it.In other words, shouldn't football coaches regard football as the whole of life?

When Boas ignored the individual differences in the group of football coaches, Anton raised the corner of his mouth and smiled: "What I said has never changed. After this game, I will leave football for a while to concentrate on personal affairs. , I will not accept invitations from any club..."

Having said that, he looked back at the whole Sunderland team celebrating wildly behind him, "I think now should be a good time to let go."

Now Sunderland has established a system, stable personnel, excellent youth training, and the acting coach can get the love and support of the whole team.Anton believes that he can let go as much as he wants, entrusting Sunderland to Russell and more people who love Sunderland.

At this time, Boas really couldn't turn the corner: "Are you stupid?"

Anton: ...

Why are you so rude?

Boas really thought he was a fool. The Portuguese said excitedly: "Listen!" and put his arm around Anton's neck, although Anton's height made him somewhat frustrated. , but Boas still hooked Anton like this, and leaned into Anton's ear to talk.

From an outsider's point of view, Boas and Anton are really good friends. The team just had a contest for the championship, but now the two coaches are whispering without any grievances.

But who could have imagined that Boas’s words were full of doubts: “Think about it, what kind of era is this? How long do you think you will be away? Three to five years? After three to five years, wait until you When you are about to come back, you may be delayed by some "more important things". Three years or five years were delayed by you into ten or eight years... When you come back to the public again, see who else will remember you! "

This is what he couldn't understand about Anton the most. If he took another step, he might reach the pinnacle of his life, but Anton chose to back down?

"Didn't you realize that this world is no longer the world we were born in. The consequence of the information explosion is that people's focus of attention is shifting rapidly, and the public's memory is as short as a fish. You Seeing so many once infinitely brilliant football stars fall quickly in a short period of time, they quickly became famous and were quickly forgotten by the world... Do you really think that you are the 'special one'?"

Boas couldn't help but use the classic quotes of his brother Mourinho.

On this piece of greenery, this is the best of times and the worst of times.Countless geniuses descended into the mortal world, countless new stars were created, and at the same time, countless dazzling stars withered instantly and were submerged in the long river of time.

If Anton chooses to turn around at this time, he is actively choosing to let the times forget.

This is exactly what Boas can't understand at all.

Unexpectedly, Anton smiled indifferently when he heard Boas' question.He gently shook off Boas' arm, then shrugged, and said seemingly casually:

"They won't forget me, probably because I have a 'miracle.'"

Boas was dumbfounded, this was an answer he hadn't foreseen at all.

Indeed, Anton and Boas are different. The championship won by Porto is just an honor written in Boas' personal resume.And what Anton has is a miracle that he led all Sunderlanders to create——

The miracle of light, the "impossible" mission for a newly promoted horse to win the championship, Sunderland turned around after completing it, went one step further, and climbed to the top of Europe.

This miracle has long been remembered by the world—but even if the memory of the whole world is only seven seconds, there will still be such a group of people who will firmly remember it when they grow old, and accurately remember any details related to it.

Most of them were already full of children and grandchildren by then. Maybe they would hold the youngest grandchild on their lap and point to the photos to reminisce about the past.At this time, they will say: "Look, this is the most legendary thing that my grandfather experienced back then. Before this, no one could believe it. A newly promoted horse that was almost relegated last season was not optimistic at the beginning... But we It just did it."

"Speaking of this 'Miracle of Light', one cannot fail to mention one person. Speaking of which, when he first came to Sunderland, his grandfather even went to the Stadium of Light to question him face to face—but who knew he could lead the team so well? ..."

"Oh, by the way, baby, don't forget that the name of the man who led us to create miracles is Anton."

"..."

In the world of football, remembering means having faith.

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