Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 250

When preparing for the second round match against Braga, Anton has been thinking about the "teaching" of Boas to him.

"Let's practice penalty kicks!" Boas circled Anton on social media at the time, and said this without thinking.Anton also couldn't tell whether he said it casually or really knew Braga very well.

Only when the two teams continue to fight 1-1 in the second round will they face a penalty shootout, and there will be a 30-minute overtime before that.For Sunderland's offensive power, the probability of this situation is not great-so that most members of the coaching staff feel that Boas is just talking casually.

But it was so "difficult" to play Braga at home, and Anton felt that it had to be guarded against.Therefore, Sunderland specially practiced penalty kicks when preparing for the game.

Originally, everyone in Sunderland thought that the penalty points were just "just in case". Who knew that they really encountered big trouble in Braga, which once affected Sunderland's prospects for promotion.

This trouble is related to Sunderland's captain Garner, and also affected Ibrahimovic's short temper.

This trouble happened in the 29th minute of the game, when Sunderland won a corner kick in the attack.

In Portugal, Braga can only be regarded as a medium-sized football club. Their home stadium Braga City Stadium can only accommodate 3 people to watch the game.But Braga fans are very loyal to their team. Following the 1-1 draw with Sunderland in the first round, Braga fans firmly believe that the home team will definitely beat the visiting Sunderland in the second round, advance to the Europa League final, and Stand on the podium of the European champions.

Braga City Stadium has another feature: the stadium is small, and the stands are very close to the stadium.Sometimes it feels like those fans can reach players from the stands to the sidelines with just a hand.

So Sunderland struggled to put up with the noise close at hand from the start of the game.Nearly 3 fans have been shouting from the beginning of the game, even affecting the performance of Sunderland players to a certain extent.

This corner kick attack was no exception. Eriksson took the corner kick amidst the noise of countless fans, and the corner kick landed at the front point.Sunderland's captain Garner turned and bowed his head.The Braga players raised their feet to clear the siege, and hit twice. The spikes of the Braga defender kicked Garner's forehead, leaving a bloody hole.

"Raise your foot too high!" A Sunderland player saw that this was a dangerous move in the penalty area, and immediately reached out for a penalty.But when he turned his head and saw that Garner's forehead was bleeding profusely and he was also sitting dizzy on the turf, they all froze in fright.

"Quick! Team doctor!"

Sunderland's team doctor heard Anton's call and immediately took the first aid kit and rushed into the field.At this time, the referee blew his whistle to signal the Sunderland team doctor to deal with Garner's injury quickly.

Anton saw it from a distance, and felt lucky in his heart: Fortunately, Garner's wound barely missed the temple on his forehead, otherwise he would be in serious trouble.

After the team doctor had just stopped the bleeding for Garner, the referee on duty immediately ordered the Sunderland team doctor to take Garner to the sidelines for treatment so as not to affect the game.

Garner was immediately taken to the sidelines. In addition to bandaging him, the team doctor also doubted whether Garner was affected by the concussion, and kept talking to Garner.But in such a noisy field, how can Garner hear what the team doctor said?Garner stared straight at the ground, just looking into the field.

Seeing the scene in front of them, some Braga fans on the sidelines thought that Ghana leaned over to the top and was kicked because of himself.At this moment, when they saw the referee ordered Garner and the Sunderland team doctor to move to the back of the goal, they uttered strange screams and boos, and some spectators sitting in the front row even tried to interfere with the Sunderland team doctor to bandage Garner Well, after Garner moved a few times, Ibrahimovic stopped doing it-the big Ibrahimovic who had stretched out his hand for a penalty kick turned around and rushed to the side of the court.

"Jordan," Anton yelled from the sidelines, "stop Zlatan!"

He called Sunderland deputy Henderson. Now that the captain is injured, Henderson naturally shoulders the responsibility of maintaining order on the field.

As soon as Henderson turned around, he just saw Ibrahimovic rushing to the stands, and yelled angrily at the menacing fans in the stands: Cursed back!It's a pity that not many Portuguese fans can understand the Swedish slang in his mouth.

But facing a tall and burly player like Ibrahimovic, he clenched his fists and roared at his side. The fans on the sidelines of Braga were frightened for a moment, and most of them shrank back.There are also those who want to be provocative, leaning forward from the stands and showing off their might to Ibrahimovic, which means: Come on, come up if you have the ability.

This is not a problem for Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic raised his leg and climbed over the fence on the sidelines without any effort. Fortunately, Henderson arrived in time and hugged him tightly from behind. In the arena.

There are more exasperating things on the field.

Eriksson negotiated with the referee again on behalf of the Sunderland players: He reiterated that the ball just now was a foul by the opponent, and Sunderland deserved a penalty.Unexpectedly, the referee from Hungary clearly told Sunderland: He did not see Braga's foul action earlier.

Eriksson and the others were all pissed off: Isn't the result of this foul in front of our eyes? For a man as tall as Garner, he got kicked in the forehead. Could it be that he lay on the ground and let Someone kicked it?

This made matters worse, and completely ignited Ibrahimovic's temper. Taking advantage of Henderson's distraction, Ibrahimovic strode up to the referee on duty, and his voice was the same as when he shouted to the stands just now.

The Hungarian referee didn't look at Ibrahimovic at all - awarding a penalty for an unseen action seemed impossible to the referee.But for the sake of Sunderland's captain's blood splattered on the green, the referee did not blame Ibrahimovic for provoking the fans of the home team in the stands just now, and he can temporarily ignore his blaming for being noisy.

But Ibrahimovic was not finished yet. He took a big step and yelled something to the referee on duty. Use disrespectful words to express dissatisfaction with the penalty.Insulting the referee in public will be punished no matter where it is placed.

The Hungarian referee walked away, and Ibrahimovic chased him from behind.

This time Anton didn't need to say anything, Henderson immediately stepped forward to hug Ibrahimovic, and dragged him back hard.Eriksson hurried forward to block the referee's sight, and said some insignificant words back and forth like a wheel in his mouth, as if to distract the referee's attention.

When the referee reached out to take out the small notebook from his pocket, Eriksson was even more nervous. He quietly stretched out his hand and gently pressed the hand of the Hungarian referee back, promising and apologizing in his mouth——boy This is frightening, because Eriksson knows that Ibrahimovic has a yellow card on his back, and if he receives another yellow card, even if Sunderland advances, Ibrahimovic may not be able to participate in the final due to the accumulation of yellow cards①.

Seeing that Eriksson was so nervous, the Hungarian referee softened his heart and finally didn't continue to take out cards-but the referee's side was coaxed, but Ibrahimovic's side was not yet coaxed.The big man was trying hard to get rid of Henderson at the moment, and then continued to rush to the referee. Once "God" got angry, he couldn't hold back at all.

Royce, who has always been the most speculative with Ibrahimovic in the team, has also rushed up at this time. Henderson dragged Ibrahimovic from behind, and Royce stopped him from the front, trying to reason with him: "Zlatan, we all know You are for the captain, but for the team, please calm down."

Ibrahimovic wrinkled his nose, stared at Royce, stretched his arms and pushed him away: "Marco, I'm not for others, I can't swallow this breath."

Henderson continued to try to hug Ibrahimovic from behind, Ibrahimovic ignored him, just rushed forward, dragging Henderson forward, Henderson stuck his feet on the turf, and was dragged by Ibrahimovic abruptly Take two steps, leaving two marks on the turf.

The Braga fans saw that their opponents were now causing internal strife, and continued to make noise in the stands, adding fuel to the flames.In this vicious cycle, Ibrahimovic, who was already irritated, became even more furious.

Unexpectedly, at this time, someone rushed into the field and stopped in front of Ibrahimovic.Ibrahimovic saw who was coming, and finally stopped.

Sunderland's captain, Garner, had a thick gauze wrapped around his head, and blood was still faintly visible in the gauze.At this moment, the captain stretched out his arms to block Ibrahimovic: "Zlatan, we need you..."

Ibrahimovic was shocked by the scene in front of him, he really stopped, opened his mouth but was unable to speak.

"We will definitely make it to the finals, Zlatan, we will also need you on the court..." Garner was half ordering and half pleading, and Ibrahimovic couldn't help but listen to his words...

At this time, the referee blew his whistle to signal the game to continue: Garner was moved off the field for treatment earlier, but now that the treatment is over, the injured player returns to the field, and the game resumes naturally.

But seeing the anxious look of the team doctor on the sidelines: They have finished treating Garner somewhere, and Garner will rush into the field not because of Zlatan...

Seeing Garner's pale face, Royce stepped forward to ask worriedly.Garner pointed forward, indicating that everyone should return to the defense as soon as possible, because the goalkeeper of Braga had already thrown the ball, and the opponent was quickly attacking Sunderland's half.

Royce had no choice but to leave Garner behind, and rushed to his own half, returning to defense.

At this time, Ibrahimovic suddenly raised his head to the sky and let out a tiger roar, leaving Garner behind, followed Royce, sprinted with all his strength, and returned to his own half to help defend—in sports games, this kind of behavior of actively returning to defense and helping teammates in the backcourt is very harmful to Ibrahimovic. It is quite rare.

Behind Ibrahimovic, Garner, who was left behind, took a few unsteady steps, and finally failed again and sat down on the ground.

Pickford quickly reached out to signal to the fourth official on the sidelines, asking for the game to be stopped.

But it was too late, the Braga city stadium erupted into shouts that resounded through the sky, Braga was sitting at home, and took advantage of this opportunity to score a goal.

"This is taking advantage of others!" Sunderland's grumpy assistant coach Russell jumped up from the coach's bench and yelled at the fourth official in protest.

Anton didn't say anything: the opponent scored the goal during normal game time after the referee resumed the game. Even if a Sunderland player was injured in Braga's backcourt, the goal would still be valid.

At this moment, he folded his arms and paced back and forth in the command area on the sidelines. When he occasionally raised his head, he only stared at Ibrahimovic.

The author has something to say: ①Tell me casually:

Before 2014, yellow cards in the semi-finals of the Champions League and Europa League would be accumulated and carried to the final.As a result, many players were unable to participate in the final due to yellow cards in the semi-finals.

In my impression, in 2012, Alaba, Ivan and others failed to participate in the final. Alonso was absent for 14 years.Probably because of the absence of these big names, the principle of accumulating yellow cards is resentful. Finally, UEFA changed the rules in July 2014. The principle of accumulating yellow cards is only calculated until the end of the quarter-finals. Players who receive yellow cards in the semi-finals are not Will miss the final again due to the cumulative principle.