Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 198

The head coach is not allowed to carry "prohibited" communication equipment when directing the game. At the beginning, it was just a "conventional" rule. With the development of communication technology and tools, there are regulations that fall on paper.

"Have you seen any head coach call while directing the game?" Some fans popularized the origin of this rule to the public online.

People who eat melons: ... Yes!

But the game on the court is so intense and exciting, the head coach needs to observe the situation on the court and make tactical adjustments all the time. Who has the spare time to use a mobile phone?

"But just imagine, if the head coach wears glasses and transmits real-time images, and then there is a team of think tanks behind him, constantly analyzing the specific results of the game, and then instructing him on the spot. Wouldn't it be harmful to other teams Unfair with other coaches?"

This kind of speculation, although it would be outrageous in practice, but it does not affect the imagination of those who do good deeds——

"That's right, no wonder Anton is already among the world's top coaches at such a young age."

Someone immediately questioned Anton's age: "For such a young 'young coach', who knows what kind of people are behind him, maybe ten or eight experienced professional coaches?"

"Maybe it's not a team, maybe it's a large computer, artificial intelligence!"

"It also makes sense, but have you ever thought about it? To do this, Anton doesn't need to use any 'glasses' at all. He only needs to let the team behind him watch the TV broadcast, and then secretly wear a pair of headphones. Why is it so troublesome?" Some fans retorted and dismissed all these "skepticism".

"This one……"

Skeptics were left speechless.

Immediately, some "rule theory" people stood up, and their claim was: no matter what the circumstances, Anton had no reason to violate the FA regulations.

"We can accept that Anton did this for the sake of his family."

"Although this matter is excusable, football games are competitive games after all. The Premier League and the British Championship involve so many teams and so many games. Fairness is the first principle. If Anton's actions violate the regulations, then no matter what he has For whatever reason, both Anton and Sunderland should be punished."

Over time, this view has gradually gained a firm foothold.After all, Sunderland has many opponents. Most of these clubs expressed their attitude when asked about this matter: I hope the FA will investigate thoroughly and deal with this matter in time to ensure the fairness of the Premier League and the English Championship.Of course, if Anton did not violate the rules, Sunderland should also be given fairness.

Regarding this matter, many famous coaches in England have publicly commented.

Arsenal coach "Professor" Wenger said straightly: "Arsenal's home game against Sunderland will be held in March. I personally very much hope that Anton can solve all compliance issues before that and have a good relationship with Arsenal in March." Play a game. To be honest, I don't think a pair of 'glasses' can affect the coach's command. I think the interpretation of this matter from the outside world is a bit too much."

Chelsea coach Ancelotti is a friend of Anton, and Anton was taken away by the FA for investigation at his Chelsea home court.

"I don't know what to say...I have confidence in Anton's character, and I believe that even if he violated the rules, it is justifiable. His intention is definitely not to use these tools to take advantage of the game." Ancelotti Sighed and said the truth: "I was convinced in the few games I lost to him before."

Liverpool's caretaker coach Dalglish said: "You must have never seen Anton coaching games without glasses... You have never seen Anton playing games in person, naturally you don't know his level. .I'm pretty sure that what you're guessing now is 'nonsense', I think you should stop wasting your time."

Among all the famous coaches, Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United is the most "severe" to Anton. If it wasn’t leaked to the media, how would the Football Association know about it?… So I hope the Football Association will conduct a thorough investigation on this matter, let Anton learn a good lesson, and let him know that he cherishes life and stays away from the media…”

All media:...

Anton's "glasses" scandal quickly spread from England to the European continent.

UEFA is also involved: after all, Sunderland has finished the group stage of the Europa League and will participate in the knockout stage in a few days.

The "glasses" incident in England continued to ferment. First, two clubs, Getafe and Odense, who were eliminated in the same group, raised objections to the results of Group H and asked the group to replay; The Portuguese team Benfica, which is in the knockout round, proposed that it will not play against Sunderland until Sunderland resolves Anton's "prohibition" dispute.

These two requirements made UEFA extremely depressed: firstly, a rematch is impossible, no matter what; secondly, who knows how long the FA will be able to make a ruling on Sunderland?Don't you have to play the knockout rounds before that?

For UEFA, how to solve Sunderland's "hot potato" has become the most difficult issue.

When UEFA was also indecisive and didn't know how to deal with it, Porto coach Villas-Boas publicly stated that he was very "disappointed" with Anton.

"The duel with Anton that I am looking forward to is a game based on fairness and justice. I am very disappointed to hear that Anton is involved in a 'scandal' in England. I hope that Anton can get rid of this matter as soon as possible. Otherwise, I will have to consider whether the challenge agreed earlier should be fulfilled.”

"Aha!" Not long after Boas issued this "statement", Ronaldo also expressed his position.

"What I heard before is that Boas and Anton have become good friends!" Ronaldo said on his social media, "I wonder how this 'instrument for a friend' has become It's like 'putting knives in your friend's ribs'."

Ronaldo is insinuating that Boas always has one thing on the surface and one thing on the other. He was originally friendly on the surface but secretly challenged Anton. Rejecting the challenge is completely an attitude of adding insult to injury.

Boas and Anton are the "only two" young marshals in football.Affected by this incident, Anton will naturally turn his attention to Boas.But he jumped out like this to "get rid of it" and stepped on Anton by the way, which was really not very authentic.

Shortly thereafter, Ronaldo and Kaka were interviewed after La Liga, and "Capeiro" was asked this question at the same time.

"Excuse me, do you believe Anton is innocent?"

Ronaldo and Kaka looked at each other, and they said in unison: "Believe it unconditionally."

Ronaldo added: "I knew about Bernard a long time ago, and I also know Anton's difficulties. If the FA needs circumstantial evidence, I am willing to fly to London once to testify for Anton."

Kaka also nodded: "Although I have known about this matter for not too long, I want to say that the pressure on the parties is far greater than that of us bystanders. And the truth of this matter is far greater than It's more complicated than you can imagine..."

Ronaldo coughed, and Kaka stopped talking.But the two expressed their attitude unanimously: they will stand on Anton's side, please support Anton.

Soon Messi also issued a statement: he has unconditional support and trust for Anton, and he believes that Anton will not harm the fairness of football games under any circumstances.

Messi also hinted somewhat in his statement: the "truth" of the matter is far more complicated than the world can imagine.

It's just that the media only focused on reporting on England's progress, intentionally or unintentionally ignoring what Kaka and Messi said.

In the end, after communicating with the FA, UEFA decided to request the FA to complete the ruling on the incident before the start of the Europa League knockout round.This means that the FA must complete the ruling on Anton's "prohibition" by February 2 at the latest.

Soon the FA announced the work schedule: The FA will hold a hearing on February 2 to hear Anton's defense on the matter.The FA's ruling will be made by February 8 at the latest.

In addition, the FA proposed that before the final ruling, Anton must stay in London and cannot return to Sunderland.During this period, he could not personally direct Sunderland's game.

This means that Anton will definitely not be able to command Sunderland's home game against Chelsea on February 2, and against Tottenham Hotspur on February 5, before the FA's ruling, Anton will Cannot direct the game.As for whether Anton can still command Sunderland's games in the future, whether Sunderland is still in the Premier League, and whether they will be relegated to the English Championship... all this depends on the ruling of the FA.

Sunderland have protested the FA's decision.

Not surprisingly, the FA dismissed Sunderland's protest.

Russell became a "caretaker" manager during Anton's absence, and neither he nor Sunderland had other options.

However, Anton's own social media account was still asleep, and there was no movement from the beginning to the end-Anton seemed to have evaporated from the world.

Just as the whole incident was raging, Anton completely disappeared from public view.According to Sunderland’s official tweet privately: Since leaving Stamford Bridge that day, Anton has never returned to Sunderland, nor has he contacted the club.

It's like, the protagonist of the story escaped behind the scenes when he disagreed with each other, watching the world's hot debates calmly, and the rumors from all directions, either praise or criticize, there are bricks and flowers.

Anton seems to have stayed out of it for a long time, everything has nothing to do with him, and he doesn't care much.

"Fire Marshal" Russell was already worried.

The last time the team was at Stamford Bridge, they lost to Chelsea 0-3 and lost cleanly.This made Russell very suspicious of his on-the-spot command ability-they are all tactics arranged in advance by the coaching staff. In Anton's hands, they can kill the Quartet, but in his hands, they are shattered.

Russell has always felt that he has the strength to take the position of head coach, but now he knows that it is so difficult to be a successful head coach.

The troublesome thing is that he had just lost the game, and four days later, the opponent he was about to face turned out to be the same Chelsea.

Russell became anxious and dialed Anton's number with his mobile phone.

——Can be connected, but no one answered.

At the same time, Eriksson passed Russell on the mobile phone, nodding and repeating: "...Okay, go and start the computer in the 'war room', and buy a dozen canned cats for Larry, okay, I know Yes, boss!"

The author has something to say: Tomorrow will be the third watch with a total of [-] words, all at twelve noon.