Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 179

After Anton yelled at the reporter who spoke carelessly in the mixed reporter area, no one dared to link Sunderland with the "commentary gate" incident.

The development of public opinion after the event was very subtle-because Andy Gray "came out of his mouth" and uttered the "truth" in his heart, which resulted in public outrage.However, the FA was so angry that it immediately called out all the videos from all angles at the time of the game and replayed them frame by frame in front of the public.

All the elders who "know" what offside is has nothing to say about this penalty result.

This is not a miscalculation at all.

Sean Macy responded to all doubts with strength.

So public opinion quickly turned back to Sky Sports, focusing on Andy Gray, who "talked about it".After the FA came forward, Sky Sports was under pressure and fired Andy Gray's squid-just because of this sentence.

At Sunderland's pre-match press conference on the 28th, another reporter asked Anton about his impressions of the matter.

Anton thought for a while and said, "To be honest, I don't think Sky Sports' approach is useful—"

The media got excited all of a sudden: Could it be that Anton felt that Andy Gray was not unlucky enough, and wanted to make trouble again?

Or is this one sympathetic to Andy Gray?

The reporters were excited, listening intently, waiting to see if this would be a "release gate" for a press conference.

Anton cleared his throat and continued: "Let's think about our goal first: we want to use football as a sport to promote the concept of fairness and equality. receive equal treatment and respect."

"Mr. Gray seems to have committed public outrage this time, but when he said this, he didn't seem to be planning to repeat it in advance. He deliberately said this passage. He was just talking about the stereotype that took root in his heart. This can only be It proves that a lot of work done by football in the past ten years has not been able to reverse the deep-rooted concepts in the public mind."

"What's wrong with a person speaking out his inherent cognition?" Anton asked.

"I think: Up to now, many of you here may still think from the bottom of your heart that Mr. Gray's only mistake was that he failed to turn off his headset at that time!" There was a little sarcasm in his voice, and Anton looked around. The scene of a press conference in a circle.

Someone started to nod at the bottom. Seeing that the people next to him were looking at him, they quickly waved their hands and explained: "It's not me, it's someone around me who really thinks so."

This is true.

"That's why I said that what Sky Sports did was just to deal with criticism from the outside world, and it didn't help to achieve the goal."

"Mr. Gray does have experience and talent in sports commentary. I believe he will find a new job soon. After starting the new job, he may regularly check whether the switch of the headset can be used normally... But what we need is to let Gray People like Mr. realize from the bottom of their hearts that women can also participate in the modern football industry."

"Sunderland have put in a lot of effort at this point. We are one of the few clubs in England with a girls' football academy. Over the past year we have also tried to recruit more of the female staff join the club. Some very important positions in the club are filled by women...”

While Anton was talking, he thought of Qiao's mother.After Qiao's mother heard about the "interpretation gate" incident, she immediately remembered the last "bus" incident, and came to find Anton and chatted with him once, which is why Anton was present at the press conference this time. speech on the

It is true that the inherent concepts in people's minds are not so easy to reverse-but something must be done to push things in a good direction.

Criticizing Andy Gray is useless. Once this matter turns into a carnival of public opinion, it loses its original critical meaning.

"If you are interested and willing to learn more about the efforts made by Sunderland Club in the field of gender equality, you can contact the club's public relations department at any time. Here I also sincerely hope that you can also move towards the 'right' for things. Develop in the direction and do some of your own efforts.”

As soon as he finished speaking, after a while, someone applauded at the press conference.

"Well said!"

Anton nodded with a smile.But the topic was diverted immediately, and he was asked about his preparations for Canary Norwich.Afterwards, Anton didn't know how many media were "really" willing to report the "actual things" that Sunderland did as he said.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, British Prime Minister Cameron specifically mentioned Sunderland in his New Year's speech.

He singled out the football club's efforts to promote gender equality. "After knowing every little thing this club does, I feel like I've been completely fancied." Prime Minister Cameron said very approachable.

Although it is only a short sentence, although it is only a small example in Cameron's speech, it is enough to make Sunderland famous.

Sunderland owner Short chose to stay at home on New Year's Day to spend the New Year with his family.

He fell into extreme excitement after listening to the Prime Minister's New Year's speech, realizing that the Prime Minister's speech was an excellent public relations for the club.

So, within 10 minutes, Short called Anton more than [-] times, but Anton never answered.Short called the CEO Martin instead, and listened to the busy tone for more than ten minutes before he heard Martin's voice—besides, there was a huge noise as the background sound.

Short finally realized something.He heard Martin speak lightly on the other side, as if he was disgusted by an incompetent club owner: "I said Ellis, don't tell me you're not watching the game. The team is playing right now!"

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Going back to December 12th, Sunderland played against "Canary" Norwich at home that day.

The club is a bit regretful. This game should have become Messi's official "farewell game" in Sunderland.In this way, he can accept the cheers and blessings of the home fans.

However, Anton and Guardiola reached an agreement in advance, and the game against Manchester United on the 26th became Messi's "farewell battle" in the Premier League: Guardiola is mainly worried that Messi is not used to the season without a winter break, and physical fatigue may It will affect his performance in La Liga and the Champions League.

So Messi did not start the game on the 28th, but sat on the bench to watch his teammates play.

This game was also important: Anton had told the team beforehand that it would be the first game they played "completely" without Messi this season.In the past, the team also let Messi rotate, but at that time everyone felt a little psychologically dependent: We have Messi.

This game is to let these players tell this superstar teammate in front of Messi: Please rest assured, we can play this football well without you.

So, in the 87th minute of the game, Sunderland had made the score 5-0.Norwich had no power to fight back against the top team. The goalkeeper scored 5 goals in a game, wanted to cry but had no tears, and his confidence collapsed.

At this time, Sunderland fans saw Messi warming up on the sidelines, ready to play.

This was an unexpected surprise. All the fans thought that Messi would not play in this game before the game.

The entire Stadium of Light began to boil, and the 5 people in the audience shouted Messi's name in unison and began to sing for him.

Anton watched Messi trot onto the field from behind, this guy was still unhurried, still walking leisurely...

But when he thought that this guy would go directly to Newcastle Airport after the game and take a flight back to Barcelona, ​​Anton felt really uncomfortable.Messi left fond memories for him and for the whole city, and even if they leave, they will always remember it.

In the team history exhibition hall, Messi's No. 19 jersey will be kept forever;

In the souvenir shop, the Messi section will always be there, even if Messi returns to Barcelona, ​​his Barcelona jersey will also be sold here;

On Mayswood Road, Anton intends to use the "war room" used to "combat" with Macy as his permanent work (game) room.

As for the room where Messi lives, Anton is considering whether he will not lend it to other players for a temporary stay in the future, and just stay there...

That's when the whistle blew.

With the end of this game, Messi's "loan" career in Sunderland officially ended.

The entire Sunderland team, whether it was the players on the field or the substitutes off the field, all rushed up at this moment. Everyone hugged Messi, lifted him up, threw him into the air, caught him, and threw him again. , catch it again...

After Messi managed to "get out of trouble" from the crowd, his first reaction was to look for Anton.

Anton and Russell also walked into the field with the entire coaching staff: After the game, they secured the top spot in the standings. At this time, we should really thank the fans for their support during the half-time.

Messi finally found Anton, but was stopped by Russell.

The irritable old brother Russell was so sad that he almost cried this time, and embraced Messi with open arms: "Son, if you can stay for a few more days?"

What he said was so affectionate that Messi was also moved, so Messi replied: "Thank you, Mama Luo..."

Russell: ...?

Turning around, Messi has already gone to Anton.Russell saw from the side that neither of them had any "sorrows about parting". Messi found Anton, not as if saying goodbye, but as if discussing some important matter.

In the end, the two stretched out their fists to each other, and their fists touched, as if they had reached an agreement.Before returning to the locker room, Messi still said to Anton: "Anton, you must be on time, be on time!"

Russell asked curiously, "What needs to be on time?"

Anton shook his head, smiled and said nothing.

What Messi had just agreed with Anton was that as soon as he returned to Barcelona, ​​the two would immediately play a remote match in "Life in the Green" - because the timeline in the simulator had reached the end of the season, and they were going to play the end of the season. Armageddon.

Anton was a little worried for Guardiola. It seemed that Messi, a young classmate, would still be addicted to games even if he returned to Barcelona.

The author has something to say: I finally meet you again, today I will broadcast ten more chapters at once, and there will be no chapters that will be updated at [-] pm.Tomorrow is also ten more.

In addition, due to some well-known reasons, I probably won’t revise the article after the recent update. I will catch bugs before posting, but some bugs will grow very pleasing to the eye and cannot be caught. Please forgive me for the time being. one time.

I don't want to say more, but I hope everyone enjoys reading the article.