Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 203

The current chairman of the FA, Craig Morley, is a rather old-fashioned and conservative man.

He was extremely disapproving of broadcasting this "hearing" directly to the outside world. He thought it was interfering in the internal affairs of the Football Association.

Helplessly, a "big man" inside the Football Association believes that since Anton has applied, the hearing may as well be open to the public, otherwise how can the black box operation convince the public.In addition, although the Football Association has made the "hearing" public, the ruling process is still an internal process of the Football Association and has nothing to do with the outside world.Molly finally agreed to Anton's request.

But Molly secretly felt that Anton's gains outweighed his losses. After all, that "big man" was biased towards Anton, but because the hearing was broadcast live to the public, this person could not attend and speak for Anton on the spot.

But who knew that the hearing was coming to an end, but Anton suddenly raised his point: he did carry these devices, but these devices are not equivalent to "prohibited" devices.

The two of them started to talk about words instead. Anton asked Molly what kind of equipment is considered a prohibited equipment. Molly thought: Don't you even know this?

"Communication equipment!"

In the past, there were also head coaches who brought communication equipment into the stadium, especially after the popularization of mobile communication tools, they sometimes put their mobile phones in their pockets and went directly to the field to direct.But who will call on the spot?The head coach doesn't have that much effort on the field-if this is the case, most people don't report it, officials don't investigate it, no one cares about this kind of thing, and it just goes by.

But Anton put such a high-end technological product on the bridge of his nose to direct the competition under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Once someone pokes this matter to the Football Association, can the Football Association not pursue it?Can we not be punished?

No matter how moving the reasons behind him are, as long as it is in the name of fairness and justice, it is enough for Anton to stop here and end badly.

But at this time, Anton happened to ask: "What is communication equipment?"

Molly was able to be the chairman because he had a certain amount of stuff in his stomach-he was very familiar with all the regulations of the Football Association, not to mention the new addition of communication equipment in recent years.Therefore, Morley clearly remembers that according to the supplementary definition of the Football Association's regulations, equipment used to transmit and exchange video and audio information in real time is recognized as communication equipment.

The key lies in the word "exchange".

Molly didn't understand until now that Anton really thought he was not "prohibited".Anton spent so much time before, demonstrating and inviting people to experience, just to prove this point:

——His pair of glasses, whether it is for video or audio, is all one-way transmission, no exchange, no exchange, no exchange!

Just one word difference completely reversed the direction of this hearing.

The scene of the hearing was silent for at least 5 seconds, and no one said a word.

All members of the investigation committee looked at each other in blank dismay at this moment, and finally realized that they had indeed learned from no one.

According to the FA's own definition, a device that does not "exchange" information, such as a device with only one-way output, cannot be regarded as a "communication" device.

It turned out that Anton didn't "surrender" at all. He didn't take the initiative to confess the facts. He actually dug a big hole and waited for the FA to jump into it.

It makes sense to think about it this way. If the portable device Anton wears can only transmit information, but cannot receive information, then Anton is nothing more than a humanoid signal transmitter, which is no different from a video recorder on the field. What rule did he break?

Put yourself in the shoes and imagine that Anton's genius younger brother is sick in bed, and the only way he can perceive the outside world is through the "virtual reality technology" and the pair of "glasses" on his brother's nose, to feel the fierce competition and experience coaching. Soccer fun.

What other people in the world have the right to deprive their brothers of this love and affection?

Molly stretched out his hand and scratched his head: It's difficult.

The main problem before him now is: the FA made this matter too much earlier, asked people to leave on the spot, and prohibited directing the game.After making such a big battle, if you want to let it go gently, it will really hurt the face of the FA.

At this time, Anton asked loudly: "Everyone, do you have any questions?"

So far, Anton has fully grasped the rhythm of this "hearing", everything is under his control.Morley and his colleagues all looked like actors playing alongside Anton.

"I have a question—" Clark's colleague Holt raised his hand and asked Anton, "Excuse me, can I also experience the feeling of the access device?"

Anton, of course, has no objection.Holt immediately got up happily.Others looked at each other and smiled.

This is great. It seems that the members of the investigation committee have long put Anton's "violation" controversy behind them, and now they are all scrambling to experience this new thing.Morley watched from the sidelines, annoyed and funny. Since the FA was established in the second half of the 19th century, it has not served the head coach so "wholeheartedly".

Seeing that today's hearing has completely turned into Anton's performance, Molly thought depressedly: Isn't Anton afraid that the Football Association will change the rules and secretly remove the word exchange?You know, although Anton can explain and demonstrate, the final decision is still in the hands of the FA.

At this moment, the mobile phone in Molly's pocket vibrated.Chairman Mr. Xi turned his head to look around, and saw that the camera positions were not facing him, so he secretly took out his mobile phone, flipped through it, and saw that it was a text message from a "big shot".

"Let's accept it when it's good, otherwise the FA will be ridiculed by the crowd as an unkind bureaucracy."

Molly was a little anxious, and hurried back: "Is this really okay?"

"There's nothing wrong with it. Anyway, there are still a few days before the verdict will be announced. Just take advantage of this time to prepare a safe wording."

Although Mo Li is the chairman of the Football Association, the real chairman of the "investigation committee" is this "big man" who has not shown up.

"By the way, say hello to Anton for me. I also want to experience the 'connector' he mentioned sometime. This must be the 'virtual reality' game device developed together with Xingwei. I’ve heard about it a long time ago, and I’ve been waiting for a long time for it to be released.”

Molly had no choice but to cough and announce loudly: "Dear Mr. Lin, we have fully understood your point of view. In the next stage, the members of the investigation committee will continue to investigate the device you submitted. carry out testing……"

As he said that, he felt that he was quite shameless. Obviously everyone wanted to experience novelty, but he said it was a "test" in a sanctimonious manner.

Hearing the chairman say the same thing, most of the other Football Association officials were excited and ready to experience it for a while.And this hearing has basically been completed.

"I declare that the hearing is now over, and the Association will announce the findings of the investigation on the so-called 'prohibited equipment' no later than the 12th." Molly looked at the live TV media, indicating that they could stop the broadcast.

When the live broadcast was completely suspended and the media basically withdrew, the cautious Mr. Morley found Anton, whispered the "big shot" request, and asked, "How do you arrange it?"

Anton spread his hands with a smile, and said, "You have to tell me who the other party is anyway, and how to contact me!"

Molly looked at Anton in surprise: "Aren't you his friend? Didn't he contact you before?"

He always thought that the "big man" had an old relationship with Anton, otherwise he wouldn't have spoken for Anton again and again.

Molly expressed doubts about this, and asked again: "His surname is Windsor, Mountbatten Windsor...Are you sure you don't know him?"

Mountbatten Windsor is the surname of the British royal family.

No wonder this person didn't show up today and didn't directly participate in this live televised hearing.There is another set of procedures for royal family members to appear in public, which is not so easy.

When Anton heard about it, he knew it already.It turned out that the leader behind this "investigation" turned out to be Prince William.He remembered this side at the FA Cup awards ceremony.At that time, William also complained that Anton led Sunderland to squeeze out Aston Villa's European qualifications-because William was a die-hard fan of Villa.

But now it seems that William is still quite helpful.

At this time, Anton nodded and said, "Understood, I think the developer of the product will get in touch with the prince's office soon."

Only then was Molly satisfied and let Anton go.

During the conversation with Anton, he roughly guessed the reason behind William's attitude: for the European war, for England.

If Anton and Sunderland are indeed judged "prohibited" by the Football Association of England and accept punishment, it will directly affect the clubs in England that compete in the European competition.In the early years, because of the "Heysel tragedy", England's football team was once banned from participating in the Champions League.

When the matter was first revealed earlier, the FA did not realize the seriousness of the matter at all, and did not react until UEFA negotiated with them.However, the matter has been completely exposed and there is no way to end it.

Even if there is a report by the "Post" afterwards, it cannot save the "legitimacy" of Sunderland's continued participation.

But who would have thought that Anton would have a way to prove that he did not "violate the prohibition". According to Prince William, if this is the case, then he should simply push the boat along and return Anton's "innocence", announcing that he did not violate the regulations.In this way, everyone is happy, and UEFA can handle it.

It is so, it must be so!

So, Mr. Morley happily prepared to study the "official articles" that needed to be published before the 12th.

One thing he didn't expect was that William... was actually the eldest son in the family, and he also had a younger brother.

Shortly after the hearing ended, the TV investigation agency announced the ratings of the hearing at different times.

The audience for this hearing was originally focused on Sunderland fans, Anton fans and other people interested in this "story".The ratings were not particularly high when the hearing first started.

When Anton started to introduce and demonstrate the functions of glasses and access equipment, the ratings began to increase significantly.Several well-known geek and game forums around the world began to quickly reprint the content of the hearing with pictures and texts.When Clark began to experience the access device in person, these forums exploded, and game fans showed up one after another, and began to discuss the prospect of this technology in games.

At the same time, many of Bernard's former game fans were moved to tears: Bernard...with such a brother to accompany, I hope you will not be too lonely.Please wake up quickly and return to this warm world.

……

This wave of heat spread rapidly, and when Anton argued with Chairman Morley at the hearing and completely killed the charges against him with only one word of ambiguity, the heat of the matter rose to the extreme.

"Hahahaha, I knew it was absolutely impossible for Anton to let others have the opportunity to criticize him."

"It's not an exchange, it's not an exchange...I'm really convinced, how can Anton be so cunning? ——here 'cunning' is a 120% compliment!"

"I have to admit that I was very skeptical about this matter at the beginning, but today I saw that the head coach's attitude is very frank, he is completely aboveboard, and he has nothing to say to others. Now I finally believe that, There is no longer any reason for the FA to punish Anton and his team."

"Suddenly feel that the two teams that were eliminated by Sunderland in the Europa League group stage before are so pitiful, because they are really weak..."

So far, all doubts about Anton's coaching ability and "prohibition" have disappeared. Even if there are still people who want to jump out at this time to criticize, or want to use the word "fairness", no one will believe it.

The stars who had stood up to support Anton in the past have all received their rewards at this time.Anton's fans replied one by one: "Cristiano, thank you for your trust and support for Anton...Fortunately, our Anton did not let you down." - They left a message under Ronaldo's dynamic.

Some fans also urged the FA: "Don't be silly! Hurry up and announce the results of the investigation directly, and let Anton go back to coach his club! I don't care about procedural justice, I just want to see wonderful games."

You know, the date the FA is scheduled to announce the results of the investigation is the 12th, and that day happens to be the match between Sunderland and Tottenham Hotspur.

All fans who care about the two teams still remember it until the last time the two teams faced each other at White Hart Lane into a crazy goal battle.

"Anton has already made it so clear that what should be brought out will be brought out. Can the Football Association do a good job and let Anton go back to coach! This is also the most critical moment for Sunderland!"

After the home game against Tottenham Hotspur on the 12th, Sunderland will play the Europa League knockout match against Benfica on the 15th.Now that Anton has clarified all the facts, why didn't the FA announce the results of the investigation earlier and let Anton go back to Sunderland to prepare for the game?

However, the FA is not in this style. Since it announced the result on the 12th, it will definitely wait until the 12th.

Even Chairman Molly is still studying a follow-up regulation: Although Anton's previous behavior is not "prohibited", but in order to "prevent problems before they happen" and "treat all teams and coaches equally", the Football Association I plan to advise Anton not to wear this pair of glasses when directing games in the future.

Anyway, Anton can command the game even without glasses: Aston Villa have had personal experience of this.

If it's for Bernard's sake, then Anton should wear this pair of glasses with someone else. You can consider letting the assistant coach wear them!

……

Unexpectedly, when Anton met with the media for the first time after the hearing, he "killed" this possibility.

At that time, some media asked Anton: "Mr. Coach, after going through this turmoil, will you still wear these glasses in the future?"

Lin's "official" answer was very official as usual: "Of course it depends on the final ruling of the Football Association..."

Media: According to the current trend, will the Football Association still make a ruling against you?

"...If the football president decides that it was not prohibited before, then I will continue to wear it in the future." He shrugged by the way, "Excuse me, is there any reason for me not to wear it?"

Just such a question and answer immediately bankrupted the "conspiracy" of the Football Association.They haven't violated the rules before, so why stop them in the future?

The FA and go away from the headache.

Naturally, the media cannot worry about the FA, just keep staring at Anton.A reporter asked: "The device you showed at the press conference today, you also said that although your glasses are unique, the 'connector' will be used more and more in games. Excuse me, game fans Can you see this kind of game product in the market soon?"

Anton nodded: "Yes, I do have good news to announce to game fans."

"To be exact, this news makes me feel complicated and have mixed feelings." Anton paused for a while before saying, "The last game 'Green Life' developed by Bernard before 'illness', already has a module After passing the closed beta, players will be invited to the public beta soon, and will be released to the market after the public beta. The game development company just announced the test and release schedule this morning..."

The game development company under Starway has now made a decision to push the fully mature modules of "Green Life" to the market, and let "virtual reality technology" try the water first in the field of competitive sports simulation.

This means that the "novice player" stage that Anton and other players have experienced, including training and customizing the game, will soon be available to ordinary players.

In other words, Bernard's painstaking effort, the "Green Life" simulator will be available soon and will be sought after by countless game fans and football fans.

This was both comforting and disturbing to Anton.

The consolation is naturally because Bernard has been away from the market for several years, but the market has never forgotten Bernard.The launch of "Green Life" this time can be said to be Bernard's return in another way, returning to the game fans who love him.

And Anton is uneasy because Bernard has always been a perfectionist. Although the upcoming part itself is perfect, Bernard may not be willing to break the entire game into parts and release part by part.

Bernard must hope to wait until the development of the modules belonging to full-level players is completed before conducting commercial operations.

But the remaining development teams desperately need to bring the game to market in order to survive.So Anton has no reason to prevent the team from making a decision.

It's just that there is still a little time before the "public beta" is officially released. Anton did the math and found that he could complete his first full season in Sunderland before the "deadline" came, and he also hoped to complete the simulation. Maybe before that, he is expected to discover Bernard's secret and wake up Bernard?

"By the way, you just asked about the 'access device'. In order to cooperate with this public test, the game company will release a thousand such devices on the market..."

Before he finished speaking, the eyes of the reporter who had been holding the microphone high were already excited: "Is this true? Mr. Coach. Is there any hope for ordinary people like me to buy this kind of equipment?"

Anton nodded: "It's just that the number may be a little small, and the supply is expected to exceed demand, so the game company has decided to take part in the lottery. From now on, hurry up and sign up for the public beta. Participate in the lottery, and hope to get a game 'accessor'... ..."

Before Anton could finish his sentence, a large group of reporters crowded in front of him, several of them ran away on the spot.

Others called their relatives and friends one after another: "Hurry up and register on the official website of Xingwei, maybe you can win an 'injector'?"

Anton: ...

In short, regardless of whether Anton was intentional or unintentional, his performance at the hearing made an excellent publicity for the launch of "Green Life".

The whole world has a great interest in the application of virtual reality technology in games. 1000 access points cannot meet the needs of game fans. "The Chosen One" represents thousands of people around the world who are the first to try this exciting game just to think about it.

After the live broadcast called "the hearing", which was actually a "press conference", Anton became the big winner of this incident. The investigation did not bring him any negative impact-except that he could not coach Sander for the time being. outside of orchid.

Anton must remain in London until the FA final decision is made.

In the past few days, the paparazzi have locked Anton's residence, and every day when Anton goes out, a large group of tails follow behind him.

But he always looks very relaxed, hanging around second-hand bookstores, record stores, cafes in London all day long... All these seem to remind: Although Anton is a football coach in identity, he is also a literary youth.

This time coincided with the release of Adele's entire album "21". Since Anton was in London, he naturally went to join him and got a vinyl record autographed by Adele for his sister Chloe. The MV of the title song had an exchange with Adele's queen producer.

At the same time, the Sunderland team has been waiting hard.

Russell grinds his teeth very hard every day: he has indeed recovered his original "Roaring Emperor" command style, but this time against Tottenham, Anton did not make any tactical arrangements.It all depends on the entire coaching staff to carefully design the tactics themselves, and there is no way to send them to Anton for confirmation.

So Russell was annoyed every day when he saw the news about Anton playing around, and now he really wanted some magic to catch Anton back from London.

The opponent this time is none other than Lao Lei who likes to dig holes for others.So Russell especially wanted to find Anton, and yelled in his ear:

"Brother Dei, when will you be back?"

"Brothers, this time the on-the-spot command must be correct, Lao Lei, the old Lei who played 5 to 5 with you last time!"

"I haven't dealt with it... I can't do it!"