Born to be a coach [soccer]

On January 2010, 1, Guangming College was in full swing.The two new aids introduced by Anton have already departed from Copenhagen Airport and arrived at Newcastle Airport.Boss Ellis Short attached great importance to this signing, and even drove himself, and together with CEO Martin, went to Newcastle Airport to pick him up.

After arriving at Guangming Academy, Martin hurriedly arranged for the two new recruits to undergo physical examinations, and prepared various signing and registration documents. At the same time, he had to deal with the ubiquitous media, so he was in a hurry.Others, such as assistant coach Russell and youth training coach Paul, simply left the training of the team to the physical coach and rushed to Martin to watch.

Only the boss, Short, went to Anton secretly: "Anton, Anton...you, you are not mistaken, are you? These two, one named Eriksson and the other named Haldosson?"

Anton nodded: "That's right!"

Short's face was hard to describe: "Erickson was a kid, that Halldosson, when he met me, he introduced himself as...he was a director!"

The club's owner said he had been spooked on New Year's Eve.

Anton almost laughed out loud when he heard the words: "Hannes is such a person, full of 'literary' temperament... However, Mr. Short, I assure you that I have seriously discussed this signing with him, and he It is confirmed that at this stage he will definitely put his career as a professional player first. To him, being a director should be regarded as a 'job since childhood'."

Hannes Halldosson is the target goalkeeper of Anton's signings this time.He is an Icelander and is currently playing for Dan Chaolanders Club.This time Anton loaned him from Landers for six months without a buyout clause.This means that in the next six months, Anton will need to find an excellent goalkeeper for the team to replace the "firefighter" Halldosson.

As for the "director", before becoming a professional player, Halldosson did shoot short films for a period of time. He himself really likes the work of "director", but he also loves football.Had the opportunity to be a professional player, especially in the Premier League, Halldosson still came to Sunderland.

Compared with the literary young man Halldosson, another new aid, Christian Eriksson, is much simpler.He moved to Sunderland from Odense Football Club, where he originally played, for a transfer fee of 200 million pounds.However, compared to the 25-year-old, "mature and steady" Halldosson, Eriksson is only 18 years old. To be precise, he will be 18 years old in more than a month. In Short's view, he is still a child .

"It costs 18 million pounds at the age of 200!" Short was speechless.He usually doesn't ask about the club's operations, and all matters are left to the head coach and CEO to decide. Only when the team encounters an urgent financial crisis and needs an emergency capital injection, Short will specifically ask about it.

Unexpectedly, he went to pick up a new player on a whim, so Boss Short paid attention to the team's signings: 18 years old, 200 million... so expensive!The team's budget... not much!

"Mr. Short, you also know that the only disadvantage of good things is that they are expensive!" Anton smiled mildly, "Besides, I have tried my best to persuade the Odense club to let Chris transfer, and finally the Danish It was only when the Football Association came forward that he talked to his old club."

"Danish Football Association?" Boss Short felt that he was being fooled by Anton.He seems to remember that Anton used to lead the Danchao team, no wonder he poached people from Danchao.

"Yes, they hope that their country's outstanding players can exercise well in the most competitive league, so they justified the Odense club's release."

"Oh! That's an excellent player!" Short heard that Eriksson could not have been bought for 200 million originally, and finally heaved a sigh of relief, feeling much more comfortable in his heart-it's the same for businessmen.

"Mr. Short, please rest assured that this is only the first step in our signings this winter window."

Hearing what Anton said, Short felt that Anton was still thinking about his pocketbook, but he also hoped that Anton could really use the signings to bring the team back to life.There is really no one in the world who has the contradictions of being a boss like him.

At this moment, Short recalled the recommender who had recommended Anton to take over as the head coach, he gritted his teeth and said, "Anton, I am 120% satisfied with the work of you and the club staff, please follow your own Let's continue the rhythm, don't pay attention to me as a layman."

Both Halldosson and Eriksson had successfully passed their medical examinations, and while documents were being prepared, they both emerged from the examination room to meet their future colleagues.These two people, one is Icelandic and the other is Danish, neither of them speak English. In Henderson's words, they speak standard English "without any accent", and there is no obstacle in communication.

Eriksson is young and cute. He has a baby face, short blond hair and a pair of big gray-blue eyes. He is not tall among football players, but he looks dexterous.I don't know who threw a football to Eriksson, he hooked it with his foot at will, and stopped the ball on his foot.This move was very beautiful, and many young players in the team came forward to chat with him.

Halldosson is tall, with long hands and feet, but he has a completely different personality compared to Eriksson.When everyone was buzzing in the hall to greet each other, he took out a book from his bag and found a quiet corner to read it.

The other Sunderland players were a little dumbfounded when they saw it: Can you...don't work so hard?

Soon the documents for both of them were ready.Halldosson is on a six-month loan agreement, while Eriksson signed a three-year contract with the team.The two signed the agreement, took the jerseys given to them by Martin, and took photos with owner Short, head coach Anton and others.

The public relations department of the club over there immediately issued an official release to satisfy the "hungry" media and appease the impatient fans.Halldosson and Eriksson immediately joined the team's joint training.Now it seems that Eriksson's chances of starting the game on January 1 are not too great, but Halldosson obviously shoulders a heavy responsibility and is likely to make an emergency appearance in that game.

At this time, the team's original main goalkeeper Craig Gordon found Anton.

"Boss, can I have a chat with you?" Gordon drooped his head, not daring to look at Anton.The first thing the team did to sign up for the winter window was to quickly rent a goalkeeper. Gordon understood what the intention was without thinking about it.

"Exactly, I also want to talk to you." Anton brought Gordon into his office, "What to drink, coffee or tea, I happen to have Keemun black tea from China here, would you like to try some? "

Gordon nodded blankly. He instinctively felt that after the head coach was polite, he would "seek to see you" and officially announce that his position as the main goalkeeper is not guaranteed.

"Actually, I was a little surprised to see your performance." Anton made tea, and pushed a plate of finger biscuits just baked in the cafeteria to Gordon. "Eat some, it tastes like cocoa."

Gordon tasted a biscuit and couldn't eat it at all: In the last game against Derby County, his performance on the field should be surprisingly poor!

"Given your age and seniority, you shouldn't perform like that on the field. Did you have a phalanx injury before and didn't wait until you fully recovered, so you forced yourself to play on the field." Anton asked seriously.

Gordon opened his eyes wide: "Coach, how did you know?" He then lowered his head and murmured, "Yes, a year ago, when I had just recovered from a broken finger bone, the doctor clearly said that I would go through Normal training and games can only be resumed after corrective training. But the team was in a bad situation at that time, and another goalkeeper in the team left the team at this time. The head coach at the time did not choose to sign, but said that since the main goalkeeper had recovered from injury Well, then you should go up..."

Anton said with a cold face, "It's inconvenient for me to comment on the former head coach, but this approach is irresponsible to the team."

Gordon also sighed extremely, but Anton turned to look at him unexpectedly, "You too, this kind of behavior is irresponsible to yourself."

Why not? Since then, Gordon seems to have fallen into a strange circle, and the ball that he could catch before cannot be caught.Gradually he also lost confidence, he couldn't judge the timing of the attack, he couldn't stand properly, and he couldn't even drive his big feet... In short, his whole body was not right.

"I guess your finger injury hasn't fully healed, at least it hasn't been properly corrected, which caused problems with your hand shape when you made a save." Anton said his judgment seriously.

Gordon lowered his head: "Is this... hopeless?" He smiled self-deprecatingly, and he knew it would be the result.

"Of course not!" Anton opened his notebook, took out a business card from it, and handed it to Gordon, "This is a doctor I met in London, who specializes in sports injuries and recovery. Go and call him Go ahead! I think your situation may require re-physiotherapy or even re-operation. But for the sake of your career, please don't be afraid to take this little pain."

"Coach..." Gordon didn't know what to say for a moment.

"The agreement you signed with the club includes medical insurance, which is enough to cover your treatment expenses this time. We will re-evaluate when you return from recovery. Although the position of the main goalkeeper may not necessarily be waiting for you at that time, I think Say—" Anton's expression was very serious at this time.

"Please don't jump to conclusions about life easily. Even if you can't continue to be the main goalkeeper, you still have a chance to shine on the field. Even if you can't be a goalkeeper, you still have many choices. You can be a goalkeeper coach and use your experience to guide Other people who love football, cultivate them; you can also consider doing sports rehabilitation work to help people who have the same experience as you. Craig, I want you to know that people will never look down on you because of this, but you Take responsibility for yourself first!"

The author has something to say: Speaking of Eriksson, the god of love, yesterday just made up a European Cup qualifier the night before yesterday. Switzerland played against Denmark. Switzerland led Denmark 83-3 until the 0rd minute. In the end, Denmark Three goals in a row made it 3:3 (why the script sounds so familiar).

The goalkeeper originally wanted to write about Schmeichel Jr., but after thinking about it, now that England's national team is produced by Sunderland's youth training, I decided to write about Sunderland's local young players.Before that, pull the director out of the scene.During the World Cup, many people said that Halldosson was a part-time player and a full-time director.Actually no, he has been a professional player for a long time, but he has been a director, and he may continue to be a director after he retires.