Born to be a coach [soccer]

Russell showed off his signings when he called Anton.

"Anton, we have already bought out the youth player Manchester United loaned to us last season. It is definitely a good piece of material." Russell's rough voice yelled in Anton's ear, and Anton had to move the receiver slightly away. some.

"The young player on loan from Manchester United?" Anton counted Sunderland's current lineup in his mind, "Did you say Danny Welbeck?"

Russell replied cheerfully on the other end of the phone: "Who said otherwise?"

Anton was silent for a while, and finally asked back: "Is that the small forward who always kicks and kicks in front of the goal, played full attendance in the first few games of this season but failed to score a single goal?"

Russell was not happy: "Although our Danny didn't score a goal, he had two assists; besides, although he spits out cakes, there are very few times in the team to feed him cakes. Unlike you Sterling, Sterling The cakes that Trin spit out may be able to catch up with the cakes that our team made for forwards all season long!"

Anton: "...how can you be so exaggerated?!"

Russell: "I'm exaggerating because you said about our Danny first!"

Anton thought to himself, this is really not speculative, so he snorted softly and hung up the phone. Before he hung up, he vaguely heard Russell's "ha".

Anton put down the receiver and had to smile helplessly, thinking: Could it be that the "happiness" of the players seems to have gradually spread to the coach.He and Russell are... Lin Sansui and Luo Sansui?

But having said that, although these representatives of "happy" football are full of slots, the coaches still think that they are talents that can be cultivated, so they carefully guide and train them patiently, hoping that they will show their power one day. Continue to do this "happy" and not score.

In the 2013-14 season, Anton began to realize that Sterling was not the only one who needed to worry about him.

Balotelli, who used to "think about life" in front of Anton's team, actually moved from Milan to Liverpool and joined Anton's command.

Anton didn't know it beforehand, and when he learned about it, he had already signed it.

When Anton found the transfer director and asked why he signed Balotelli, the transfer director said triumphantly: "It's cheap!"

Anton was very speechless, thinking that the transfer director should not stay in Liverpool for long.

Balotelli left Manchester City that year mainly because of disciplinary issues; and Milan was willing to put "Bashen" back on the transfer market at such a cheap price. If Anton guessed correctly, it should be for similar reasons.

But no matter what, Balotelli has already signed a transfer, and he can still be regarded as half of Anton's fellow.Anton had to take care of him a little bit more, and figured out another way to see how to activate this striker whose talent was absolutely different from ordinary people.

Before Balotelli came to Liverpool, he was criticized by the media in Italy, accusing him of not being able to sing the Italian national anthem.For this reason, some Italian media reporters even came to England to find out whether Balotelli would sing the Italian national anthem.

The English journalists are also good people. When they heard of such interesting stories, they came to the door together with the Italian reporters.

It's a pity that these reporters met Anton.When the reporters found Balotelli, the guy happened to be with Anton.

Anton not only knows how to sing the Italian national anthem, but can also play it. He casually dials out the tune of the national anthem on the guitar. Even if Balotelli is tone-deaf, reading the lyrics by light sounds like it is the case.

Balotelli's first crisis after arriving in Liverpool was so smoothly resolved.

When Balotelli joined Liverpool, he specially prepared gifts for each teammate, posing as if he wanted to integrate into the team.For this reason, the Liverpool players readily accepted it. Everyone thought: Although this guy was a "bad boy" before, but the bad boy will always turn his back on the good. As a teammate, everyone should accept him well.

However, whether it is Anton or Liverpool players, everyone underestimated Balotelli's energy.

A few days after arriving in Liverpool, Balotelli caused a small "bathroom fire" because he set off fireworks in his rented apartment.In addition to attracting a large number of fire trucks, the landlord was furious and threatened to sue the guy for "arson".

Anton couldn't be "happy" at this time - Balotelli is different from Sterling, Sterling has no disciplinary problems, the only shortcoming is that sometimes he can't eat cakes from his teammates; Balotelli Except for occasionally thinking about life, he generally doesn't spit out cakes on the court, and he can score goals that surprise everyone.But he faces serious disciplinary issues both on and off the field.

On the field, Balotelli will get a ruby ​​card; off the field, Balotelli may face lawsuits.

Anton: It seems that I really have a long way to go.

After the "Fireworks Incident", Anton knew that it was never that simple, so he drove to Balotelli's apartment by himself.There, he coaxed and coaxed Balotelli to hand over all the various fireworks that were hidden in various places.Most of these fireworks are actually used for professional performances.

Fortunately, the landlord did not follow! ——Anton can imagine that if the landlord sees this with his own eyes, he will only be more frustrated than Bashen, and he may also worry that Balotelli will fly the roof of his house into the sky one day.

Balotelli was very frustrated and depressed when he handed over these fireworks.Anton didn't care, and directly dragged away the fireworks that were full of trunks.A day later, Anton drove to pick up Balotelli again: "Come on, Mario, I'll take you to a place."

Balotelli didn't know Anton's intentions, but because the other party played the national anthem for him, he followed Anton ignorantly.

Liverpool is a seaport city. There are many piers and small fishing ports in the city. There are many small boat houses moored on the shore, and there is a wide water surface in the middle.

"Boss—" Balotelli had no idea what Anton had brought him here for.

"You'll find out later!" Anton parked the car, pulled out two folding chairs from the trunk, opened them separately, invited Balotelli to sit down, and sat beside him.

After a while, more and more people gathered by the pier.When everyone comes here, most of them look at the water surface in the distance of the fishing port.There seemed to be a small floating island there. The floating island was pitch black, and I don't know what was put there.

Balotelli looked at it, and gradually noticed some interest, staring at the floating island intently, motionless.

At this time, someone grabbed the microphone and announced loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this fireworks show!"

There was applause all around, and Balotelli also stretched out his two paws, clapping his hands.

Immediately there was music playing, and a small boat approached the floating island, operated by professional staff, and the fireworks were lit.The setting off of these fireworks has been arranged in advance, and they are set off with the rhythm of the music. The fireworks fluctuate up and down, colorful and beautiful.

Balotelli was fascinated, and he could hear the exclamation of the audience around him.The young man looked at it and finally smiled with the corners of his mouth raised, showing a mouthful of white teeth - Anton realized that Balotelli was smiling when he saw the white teeth in the dark.

There were not many fireworks, so the fireworks show lasted only a few minutes.After the fireworks show ended, the voice in the microphone sounded again, and someone said loudly into the microphone: "Everyone, this firework show is a gift from Mario Balotelli, the new aid of Liverpool Football Club."

Hearing this sentence, Balotelli groaned, rolled over from his folding chair, and sat down on the ground.

"In addition, he specifically reminded everyone that setting off fireworks has a certain risk factor, and it is not recommended to set off alone. It is better to let professionals set off on the water like this, and invite everyone to enjoy it together!"

The audience around the water watching the fireworks heard and applauded together.

Balotelli could not be seen in the dim light by the water, but Balotelli got up from the ground, scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, and waved his hands in all directions—as if the audience could see him.

After the fireworks show, Anton drove Balotelli back.

The car stopped outside Balotelli's house. Just as Bashen was about to get out of the car, Anton suddenly said to Balotelli, "Mario..."

Bashen shook his head, sat back in the car again, and listened to Anton with his innocent eyes open.

Anton opened his mouth and said, "Mario, actually, I want to say that when you were in Manchester City, you accompanied your little fans to find the principal, spent time visiting disabled children, and helping homeless people... We all know that."

Balotelli doesn't know what discipline is when he is undisciplined, but he can be especially righteous when he is righteous.Back then, there was a Balotelli fan in Manchester who was bullied by his classmates. When Balotelli heard about it, he immediately took his fan to the school to find the principal...

Hearing what Anton said, Bashen still seemed to be ignorant.

"So you won't set off fireworks at home again?" Anton asked.He sincerely hoped that after such an incident, Bashen would realize that he could still do something that would be of guiding significance to the public.

However, others will never understand Bashen's world. After Anton finished speaking, Balotelli shook his head, said goodbye to Anton, and went home by himself.

Anton let out a long sigh and drove to leave.

Disciplining Bashen seems to be much more difficult than he imagined.

But at this moment, Balotelli stood at the door of his house, suddenly spoke, and shouted to Anton in Italian: "Boss, I understand."

I get it all... In the future, when you're not sure what you can or can't do, just ask you.

Balotelli's eyes seem to say so.

Anton wasn't sure if he understood correctly, but with Balotelli's look in his eyes, he felt a lot more relieved.

Back at home, Anton turned on his computer and logged on to his "Coach Forum".This is a super small-scale forum with only Ancelotti, Benitez, Guardiola and him as members.

Later, because Zidane became Ancelotti's assistant coach, Ancelotti also brought Zidane in.

In this small forum, everyone can speak freely without any scruples.

Then Anton happened to talk about Balotelli.

So everyone came together to comfort Anton: "Anton is indeed more sad, there are both Sterling and Balotelli!"

Anton: ...

Everyone, see that this is not a way to comfort people. Under Zidane's reminder, Ancelotti quickly said: "Anton, you have to think about it, I... I have Benzema under my hand!"

All coaches: Oh!

Benitez, who is currently coaching Naples, said calmly: "Everyone, I have the Uruguayan striker Cavani! He will always score the most difficult goals and spit out the most impossible cakes... I hope you can understand me a little bit Mood."

All coaches: ...Understood!

Finally Guardiola said: "I used to have Messi, now I have Lewandowski!"

Coaches: ...how did this person get in, beat him out quickly.

Guardiola: "Don't, although these two scored more goals, they also had as many opportunities to spit out cakes! According to their abilities, they should be able to eat cakes. It's really painful to watch them spit out one by one... But they're the ones who make us all so happy, don't they?"

Everyone: ...It seems that there is a little truth in it.

After that, Anton also felt that he was more and more like these senior coaches getting closer, suffering and being happy on the way of coaching, leading his players who uphold the spirit of "happiness" all the way.

After all, Liverpool legend Shankly once said similar words: Let people enjoy the joy of football!