Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 269

Leaving Upton Park in a hurry, Anton thought to himself: Sure enough, life is facing endless challenges.

He just finished what may be the last "locker room lecture", and he received a text message - Porto's coach Villas-Boas came to London and asked him to meet.

Of course, Anton can not be seen; but the two teams are about to face each other, and the opposing coach is visiting. If there is any news related to the team and the final, Anton does not want to miss it for nothing. He immediately responds decisively and leaves the Sunderland team to act alone. .

In other words, it seems that it started with him, and the trend of coaches meeting privately before the game has intensified.

The place where Boas asked him to meet was in a cafe in Little London, which happened to be the place where Anton brought two Portuguese brothers to meet Ruben Smith, editor-in-chief of The Post, last time.

A small cafe with a classical style, although it looks warm in winter, under the sunshine in early summer, this kind of classical style looks a bit old, in short, Boas’s expression looks very disgusting-but the problem Yes, this location was decided by Boas himself.

"I heard from Jorge that his people used to help you get rid of annoying reporters here?"

When Anton arrived, Boas asked.The young Portuguese coach has a grandmother from the UK, so he admires the British way of life very much. Before Anton's arrival, he ordered a cup of afternoon tea with a scone, cream and jam.

Anton was still in the Italian habit, and only ordered a small cup of espresso, plus a glass of water—this was a posture that he didn't want to talk to Boas.

Boas called Mendes "Jorge" as soon as he opened his mouth. Although Mendes has never had any airs in front of his clients, but he deliberately uses this kind of intimate name in front of others. It seems that Boas is Showing off his close relationship with Mendes.

What's more, what happened in this small cafe was not from Mendez's people to help Anton. Anton just borrowed two of them, and Anton took care of the rest.It wasn't any "hate" reporter who got it done, and now Ruben Smith, the editor-in-chief of the "Daily Mail", has actually become Anton's invisible ally.

But here, Anton nodded casually, let Boas believe whatever he wants to believe.

Sure enough, Boas was proud, raised the corners of his mouth, and seemed to think that Anton was a friend worth making.But the problem is, when Anton watched the game with Villas-Boas at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, Boas also had this expression-but didn't he still look like that later?

"By the way, congratulations to your team for winning the Premier League. It must be very surprising for a newly promoted team to win the championship!" Boas raised the fine white porcelain teacup in his hand to Anton.

"Congratulations to each other as well!" Anton also raised the small espresso cup in his hand to the other party, then raised his neck and drank the liquid inside, as if toasting.

He is also congratulating Boas's Porto on winning the Portuguese Super League championship, but he doesn't have as many words as Boas-what is "very surprising"?

Boas probably also knew that the result of his meeting with him should be "not speculative and half a sentence", so he stopped circling around and said: "Anton, I came to London this time to persuade you, I hope you can Directing the match 10 days later, I don't want to fight against a fat man I don't know, it will make me feel that it's impossible to win..."

He already seems very sure that he will win the Europa League final in Dublin.

Anton frowned slightly, raised his head to stare at Boas, and then relaxed his brows. He interrupted the other party unceremoniously, and said with a soft smile: "I think you came to London to see Abu! "

Boas's face turned red immediately, and returned to normal after a while. He turned his eyes away from Anton, feeling a little unconvinced: He obviously came to persuade Anton, so he came to visit Abu by the way.

Abramovich fired the team's tactical master Ancelotti before, and instead looked for a young coach who is young and aggressive and has made achievements in the European arena-the only options are naturally Boas and Anton.

Of course, this depends on the final record of the Europa League - what makes Boas more worried is that Anton's team has just won the title of Premier League champion.This championship is incomparable with the weight of his Portuguese Super League champion coach.

If Anton did not lead the team to participate in the Europa League final, and after losing to Porto, he blamed the fat man named Blake for the loss, wouldn't Villas-Boas lose in the competition for Chelsea's coaching position? advantage?

Since Anton can guess the reason why Boas came to London, how can he not understand his little thoughts?So he raised his wrist to look at his watch and said, "I'm sorry, I have another appointment. Please forgive me for not being able to entertain and accompany you when you come to London."

Boas thought to himself: That's fine, otherwise I will go to see the Russian oligarchs later, and I can't invite you to go with me.

Anton continued: "If you see Abu, please say hello to him for me..."

Boas: I don't!

"...And with a word, after the end of this season, I think I will take a break from football and leave for a while. My friend Carlo Ancelotti recommended me to him as the coach of the Blue Bridge before. Unfortunately, but it is totally impossible to accept this position."

Boas widened his eyes: he couldn't understand.

For Boas, football coaching is the career direction he chose when he was a teenager, so when Anton mentioned that he would temporarily suspend his career, he felt completely incomprehensible: Anton's starting point is so high, The development trend is so good, why did you choose to leave halfway?

"Then...then how long will you be away?" Boas asked.

Anton said: "The minimum period is three to five months, and the maximum period is three to five years! Unfortunately, this period is not up to me to decide."

Boas no longer concealed his surprise, and stared at Anton for a long time, as if staring at a monster: If Anton returned to this football in three to five years, what would Sunderland be like at that time? Will anyone remember Anton?Now Anton seems to have a smooth path in English football, but he himself gave up and refused to leave. Is this man...a sage or a fool?

Anton didn't care about the surprise in Boas' eyes: since Torres brought him Player K's words, he has completely figured it out.

"Mr. Boas, I sincerely wish you all the best in the days to come."

——Know what is most important to you, and then spare no effort to fight for it.

He ignored Boas and left the cafe straight away.

Boas stared sullenly at the afternoon tea in front of him: he was desperately striving for things that others didn't care much about, so the originally rich tea now looked boring.

But no matter what, Boas believes that he will win the Europa League matchup.

As a football coach taught by a "famous teacher", he knows the importance of "knowing yourself and the enemy". Therefore, Boas has studied the tactical characteristics of everyone in the Sunderland team. Can imagine how those players will behave.

Anton did have someone to meet. He came out of Upton Park Stadium in East London, came to Little London to meet Boas, and then went south to Bernard's residence in South Kensington.

Before entering Bernard's "sick" room, Anton heard a clear and soft voice in the room.He stopped immediately.

"Bernard, before coming to London this time, several students from the Sorbonne University came to me specifically and asked me to tell them that they are fans of your game. They also participated in the public beta of 'Life in the Green', and they all said that they can only use ' Breathtaking' to describe it...they all hope that you can wake up as soon as possible, because they still have a lot of suggestions and ideas, and want to communicate with you face to face..."

"Brother, I think that the communication between people ultimately boils down to face-to-face daily interactions, especially since we are a family..."

"Bernard, I miss you too, miss you as before, when I turned away, put a room full of balloons in my room..."

It was Anton and Bernard's little sister Chloe who was talking in the room.She had just finished a semester of homework and came to London to visit her relatives while she was on vacation.

"You don't know, the elder brother is so busy with himself because of your affairs. I heard my parents talking about him a few days ago, saying that he never closed his eyes for three days and three nights because of your affairs... Bernard , Anton cared most about you before, if you can wake up, his burden should be much lighter, right?"

"Bernard, I'm going to think, I'm talking to my own brother now, but can he hear me?"

Chloe leaned closer to Bernard, looking at her brother who seemed to be asleep.Bernard seemed to be sleeping peacefully, breathing evenly, and sometimes even his eyelashes trembled slightly—who would have guessed that all his bodily functions needed external assistance to maintain at this moment?

At this moment, Chloe felt the floor shake. Anton pushed the door in, put his hand on Chloe's shoulder lightly, and said with a smile, "He can hear it!"

Chloe turned around in surprise: "Really?"

Anton nodded and said in his heart: at least when he was present, the youngest sister's smile and wish Bernard would definitely be able to see it—through his glasses.

When Chloe saw Anton coming over, she felt a burst of joy, but she immediately realized that the joy was temporary.Anton was in a hurry, and he must have rushed back to Sunderland.

"Anton..." Facing her elder brother, Chloe wanted to say a thousand words, but in the end she only asked, "Brother, do you have to rush back?"

Anton nodded: "It must, after all, there are already some eyebrows."

Recently, his main battlefield has been in Sunderland. In addition to the club and neighbors taking good care of him, the most important thing is that the European server of "Green Life" is in Sunderland. He is "close to the water", so it is more convenient for him to work.

"Bernard, please wait patiently for another two days. I think I'm already very close to the 'trigger condition' you set, but I still have some questions that haven't been resolved..." Anton turned to Bernard.

Bernard was still lying on the couch as high as Mount Tai, motionless, as if he hadn't heard Anton's words at all.

Even Chloe felt a little lost now, but she was very sensible and didn't want to make her brother worry more. She didn't mention anything at the moment, but got up and sent Anton out. Of course, she didn't forget to tell Anton to take care of her health such as.

——Just as Chloe sent Anton out the door, unusual fluctuations suddenly appeared on the brain wave monitor beside Bernard's sick bed.