Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 227

After returning to Sunderland safely, as Anton expected, all the players of the team were investigated in detail by UEFA.

Pickford, in particular, was asked carefully about his interaction with the Paris fans on the field: whether there was any verbal communication, especially before and after the fireworks were thrown down.

Pickford: Come on, why don't you try it yourself, do the goalkeepers have the time to do this on the field.

Anton was also very speechless about this: Can UEFA get the answer to these questions just by watching the video?But this is UEFA's procedural justice, and he can't control it.

One thing is certain, the direction where the fireworks were thrown was exactly where Anton saw the fans who entered the field early before the game started.

But when the Sunderland team got together and watched the replay of the Paris game by themselves, it was very interesting.

Hummels finally saw the super exaggerated "not retreating" expression on his face, and he was so embarrassed that he covered his face in public amidst the good-natured laughter of the whole team.

But the point of view of the coaching staff is completely different:

Russell was very excited. He laid out the formation of that day's game on the tactical board, then added a magnet representing Godin, and said loudly facing the tactical board: "Look, can we create a new type of playing style like this?" law?"

If Godin is supplemented, Sunderland's defense will definitely be much more stable than in the game, and they will not concede 4 goals at a time.

Anton smiled, moved the two magnets representing Hummels and Godin, and said, "Look again? Isn't this the most convenient total attack and total defense style used by the Dutch in the 70s?" ?”

Russell was immediately discouraged.

"Although this is not the first of its kind, I think we can indeed study on this basis how to maximize the versatility of players. In the future, our player defenders may play forwards, and Zhengyin center may go to both sides. road……"

Pickford was overjoyed and asked Anton: "Coach, in this case, can I play as a striker?"

Anton looked at him with a smile: "Practice your shooting first!"

The entire conference room laughed out loud, and even the air became cheerful.

Recently, Pickford is practicing penalty kicks. Compared with his penalty kick shooting skills and his penalty kick skills, he is really far behind and cannot be seen.

Sometimes when encountering very weird penalty shootouts, the goalkeeper will inevitably have to take a penalty kick in a series of more than ten rounds.Pickford's chance to take a penalty kick may be once in a lifetime but it is inevitable, so he had to practice.

Speaking of this, Anton suddenly remembered something, pursed his lips and fell into deep thought, and said no more.

Russell was poured a basin of cold water by Anton earlier, and now he is sitting sullenly in the conference room without speaking.How did he know: Anton happened to think of the old man he saw at the Parc des Princes: the square face, wearing glasses, focused and fierce eyes, always scribbling and drawing on the drawing book...

Looking back now, Anton thinks that this person may be the player M in "Green Life", the teacher and life idol of Barcelona coach Guardiola, the genius coach known as the "madman", the Argentine Bielsa.Afterwards, Anton searched for his photos on the Internet and found that he was very similar to the person he saw in the Parc des Princes.

Isn't total attack and total defense the ultimate goal that Bielsa pursued back then?

So Bielsa watches his game so seriously?

Anton recalled the "critical" look that Bielsa gave him at the end of the game, and couldn't help but smiled wryly, thinking that being criticized by this talented lunatic coach may be something that many coaches can't meet but can't ask for. .

Soon UEFA's investigation results came out: Paris Saint-Germain Club did not fulfill its obligation to properly manage fans and maintain order in the stadium, and caused fireworks to fall from the stands, interfering with the visiting team Sunderland's game, affecting fairness of the game.For this reason, they fined the Paris Saint-Germain club 3 euros; at the same time, they limited the 5000 second-leg tickets originally allocated to Paris Saint-Germain fans to 2000.

As soon as the news came out, Russell stared at the figure of 3 euros, calculated the exchange rate in his heart, and then cut it: This is only 3 euros, which is far from the amount of the mortgage he owes. drizzle.

Anton had no choice but to comfort Russell: "Financial sanctions are only symbolic, and [-] euros is a relatively severe amount of punishment for each team. This means a warning, if Paris Saint-Germain fans continue to cause trouble and the club cannot properly manage Otherwise, they are likely to be further sanctioned and even disqualified from participating in European competitions."

Banned from participating in European competitions, this punishment is not unprecedented in history, but it has been experienced by all clubs in England.

At the same time, Paris Saint-Germain also received news of the penalty.

Because the number of fans entering the stadium will be limited, Sunderland had to start assisting some of the opponent's fans to process refunds.In this process, the two sides will inevitably start small friction.However, the refund needs to be reviewed, and the money will not arrive until two days after the review is passed.

Unexpectedly, soon there was a scolding battle between fans of the two teams on social media.

The reason for this was a "provocative post" that ignited the anger of Paris fans: In this post, the poster alleged that Sunderland poured dirty water on Paris.

The "poster" quoted a police announcement from the Paris police, who claimed that the attack on the Sunderland team bus was related to fans.Based on this, the poster in turn accused Sunderland of unilaterally pinning the charge on Paris, and deliberately delayed the start of the game, which made the Paris fans angry.The throwing of fireworks was also caused by the first provocation by Sunderland fans.

This is obviously fabricated out of nothing, splashing dirty water and slandering, but writing it in offensive words has indeed ignited the emotions of some Paris fans: I thought I had done something wrong, but halfway through I found out that it was someone else who made the mistake first.This emotion seems to have found an outlet.

Sunderland fans certainly disagree. They feel that their team has no grievances with Paris.

However, under the guidance of some provocative replies, they made some comments on the security and city appearance of Paris. The Parisian fans who expressed apology and sympathy could not hold back their emotions.The two sides immediately formed a vigorous scolding war.

Martin, the CEO of Sunderland, came to Anton for this, and worriedly told Anton about the current situation.

The second-leg rematch between the two teams is scheduled for a week later, and there is not much time left.Martin is very worried that the 2000 fans of the other side will make trouble when they come to Sunderland, and they will conflict with the Sunderland fans.So he came to seek Anton's opinion to see if he should apply to UEFA to further limit the number of fans in Paris who came to watch the game, or simply ban Paris fans from entering the stadium.

Anton thought for a while, then went to browse the situation of the two parties who were scolding each other on social media, and then asked Martin a question: "Did they diss each other in English?"

Martin nodded yes.

Anton thought for a while and said, "Don't take this matter too seriously."

Martin: Isn't that serious?When it was heard that the team bus had been attacked, Sunderland was terrified from top to bottom.

"In a few days, this matter will subside by itself!" Anton seemed very confident.

Martin was dubious, but nodded in agreement.The two sides agreed that if the grievances between the fans of both sides could not be quelled the day before the game, then they would immediately apply to UEFA.

There is a disadvantage of Sunderland's application: In this way, UEFA may also limit the number of Sunderland fans watching the game. In extreme cases, there may be no fans on both sides to watch the game, and the two teams will play directly— —But no one wants to play this kind of game. Without the support of the fans, where will the motivation of the players come from?

But soon things turned around: the original "provocative post" that had long been forgotten by people was dug up again.And the poster's previous remarks were dug up by the third foot-people found out that he was not a fan of Paris Saint-Germain at all.

It turned out that just two years ago, the poster had expressed support for the Ligue [-] team Marseille on the Internet wearing other vests.

Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille are the most powerful teams in Ligue [-]. The match between them is called the French national derby. Paris Saint-Germain fans are naturally Marseille fans as their old enemies.

At this time, the Paris fans suddenly realized: Hey, is this person an "anti-loyalist"?

Although the poster covered up all kinds of traces, and carefully covered up the situation of his old vest.But there are always some clues that can be found: the same pictures, matching travel trajectories, similar tone and style of painting... It is these tiny clues that make people put another Marseille "fan" under a vest and now filled with righteous indignation as Paris Saint-Day The Paris "die-hards" whom Herman spoke of were connected.

In addition to the first person who put up the post, it was a group of Sunderland fans who caught this "anti-faking loyalty".

They created a hashtag on social media called "Don't bully people in the Northeast who don't understand French".Although the English proficiency of the French may generally be better than that of the British, with the help of powerful technical tools, British netizens can also be Sherlock Holmes online, follow the clues, and find out the truth.

But the Paris fans regretted it at this time: How could they be fooled so easily?Easily provoked by the "rival" and have trouble with a team that has never had any grievances?

Not to mention how the Paris fans plan to clean up this mess, Martin admired Anton: "How did you figure out that this matter will definitely settle down?"

Anton smiled and said, "It's very simple? Are you okay to browse social media in other languages?"

Martin speaks German very well. He imagined himself checking Twitter or Facebook in German, and shook his head, "I can't receive pushes in these languages ​​either?!"

Anton nodded: "That's the reason. Fans' small complaints rarely cross language and enter the vision of another fan group. This phenomenon means that someone must be deliberately provoking trouble."