Born to be a coach [soccer]

On March 3, Sunderland was a guest at Aston Villa, competing with this Premier League team for a semi-final seat in the FA Cup this season.The quarter-finals will be divided into home and away games, but once the team enters the semi-finals, Sunderland will have the opportunity to go to Wembley Stadium to play.

Because the head coach and the assistant coach had a dispute about the lineup before the game, when the starting list came out a few hours before the game, many people noticed that Vardy was placed on the bench-this shows that Anton gave in.

Indeed, Anton and Russell studied the opponent's lineup in the Premier League this season, and finally decided to let Nubel start and Vardy came off the bench.

Before boarding the bus to Aston Villa, Russell also specially found Vardy, patted the young man on the shoulder, and said: "That day was really for the tactical arrangement of the entire team, not for you!" That day Russell and Anton had a big quarrel over the use of Vardy. Many players in the club heard it with their own ears, including Vardy himself.

Vardy nodded hurriedly: "I understand!"

What can he say about the unanimous decision made by the head coach and assistant coach?However, Russell's attitude at the time sounded the alarm for him. The game waited for no one, and he had to find his form quickly, otherwise he would really be sent to the reserve team.

Russell admired his attitude: "My boy, you really look a bit 'not to be surprised'." This is the "Chinese wisdom" he just learned from Anton.

Vardy was confused when he heard this: ... What is this?

The team's bus drove all the way to Villa Park, and most of the Sunderland fans had arrived in Birmingham a few hours earlier, waiting to enter.When Anton's team arrived, the pre-match preparations were ready, and when players from both sides had entered the field to warm up, in the fan area of ​​the visiting team, Sunderland fans very suddenly unfurled a banner:

"Should football and love be influenced by money?"

Villa player Darren Vincent, who was warming up on the field, caught a glimpse, and his face was hot.Although the Sunderland fans did not name them, they obviously came for themselves.

When the winter window opened in January, Aston Villa begged for Vincent at a high price, and Vincent also asked for it himself. Only then did Sunderland's management broker the deal.But this broke the hearts of the fans - because before Aston Villa's second offer, Vincent kept saying that he would always fight for Sunderland, but when he was about to die, he kept his word and made a transfer. Signed the contract and switched to Villa.

Can Sunderland fans feel at ease?

Coincidentally, Sunderland, as a Championship team, also broke into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup against Aston Villa.Sunderland's fans were proud on the one hand, but couldn't swallow this breath on the other.So this time, I specially put up a banner to demonstrate to Vincent, the "predecessor"—is the sweet talk you said back then really nothing in front of the high weekly salary?

Vincent spat at the visiting team's fan area, thinking: Football and love?Thank you... Who doesn't count on the salary to maintain the family's livelihood and pay off the mortgage?Please don't talk about feelings with Lao Tzu when you can talk about money.

To be honest, Vincent didn't expect to play against his old club so soon.Sunderland has encountered strong teams such as Liverpool and Tottenham one after another in the FA Cup. No one could have imagined that they would go so far.At the beginning, he was triumphant and felt that he had played in the Premier League, while his former friends were still playing in the English Championship bitterly.When we met today, Vincent was really in a daze. Facing the opponent's midfielder, he always had the urge to pass back.

The referee blew the whistle and the game started. Vincent really made a mistake and passed the ball to Henderson.Henderson was stunned for a moment before "smiling" the gift from Vincent, and dribbled the ball directly to the midfield.

There was laughter in the stands of the visiting fans and boos from the stands of the home fans.Villa fans also feel uncomfortable: Vincent, please, I bought you at a high price, not for you to be an internal response.

Next, Villa's players really didn't dare to pass the ball to Vincent, for fear that the striker would play the role of the opponent's defender on the field.

On the other hand, Sunderland, although without a leading shooter like Vincent, the performance of other players is impressive and remarkable.Now Sunderland has a lot more layers and changes in the frontcourt, and the attack point is not as single as before. Shaqiri and Eriksson are both characters who can penetrate and shoot. Nubel’s side handles the ball in a relatively opposite way. Single, or the bottom pass, the middle player plugs in to grab the point, but it also causes a lot of trouble for the opponent.

Although the first half was tied 0:0, it is obvious that although Villa has the home court advantage, they did not take advantage of it on the field.Sunderland's offense was obviously more organized, but because of Villa's tight defense, Sunderland hadn't had a particularly good chance to score in the entire first half.

During the first half, assistant coach Russell was paying attention to the situation on the field while quietly observing Vardy sitting on the bench.

Because of Russell's insistence, Vardy was abruptly dragged from the starting list to the bench, but he didn't see any complaints.Throughout the first half, Vardy stared closely at the game on the field, thoughtful.

Russell always thought that Vardy was a player who just came up from an amateur team like the Iron Man. To him, watching the game was "seeing the world" and "watching the excitement". "Are.I saw him frowning tightly, thinking seriously, and occasionally seeing a long pass flying across the half court, he would show a look of sudden understanding, as if the movement of the players on the field gave him inspiration and answered the questions in his heart .

This is a player who is watching the game with his head—Russell thought to himself, although he is still a little tender, but he suddenly began to believe what Anton said: This kid will find his form one day.

During the intermission, Anton did not make too many tactical arrangements, but only asked the players to continue to implement the tactics implemented in the first half.In addition, Anton was also concerned about Nubel's injury. The right winger suffered a foul from the opponent's left back in the 38th minute of the first half. Later, he would occasionally hop on one foot when running, and his posture was a little bit weird.

"I don't allow my people to play games with injuries. If you feel that you can't persist, please signal to me, and I will replace immediately!" Anton said very seriously.

So far, the story of the former main goalkeeper Gordon has spread throughout the club, and Anton's "famous saying" that "if you are not responsible for yourself, you are not responsible for the team" has also spread throughout the team.Nubel nodded quickly at this time, indicating that he would not hold on.

In a blink of an eye, the intermission passed and the second half began.

In the Villa formation, Vincent's running was obviously much more active, and he also cooperated with his teammates.It seemed that Villa's manager, Martin O'Neill, was giving instructions to his players at half-time, which finally led to a close cooperation between Vincent and his team-mates.Sunderland's goal was tight immediately.

Soon, Vincent found an excellent opportunity, raised his foot and rushed to the goal to blast the ball.Goalkeeper Halldosson reacted in time, relaxed his ape arms, caught the ball with both hands, then landed firmly on the ground, and quickly sent the ball out.

Sunderland's current goal is behind the visiting team's fan area. Many Black Cat fans jumped up at this time, stretched out their arms, and shouted to Vincent in pain and anger: "Darren—"

Vincent quickly turned around and pretended to return to defense.In fact, he couldn't take it a little bit, and couldn't stand the voices of Sunderland fans:

——Obviously I did nothing wrong, but there is always a place in my heart, so uncomfortable.Has all the admiration and love I received in the past turned into blame and questioning?

——Is it true that there are feelings on the field, football and love, are they really beyond the control of money?

At 70 minutes, there was a dead ball.Nubel raised his hand to signal to the coaching staff at this time, Anton quickly told the fourth official that he was going to make a substitution, and he changed two of them as soon as he changed. He turned Kaulbeck and Vardy into friends The friends changed it together.

Vardy has been warming up for a while, but while he is warming up, he is still thinking about something in a daze.Just a moment before going on the field, Anton came over suddenly, took a heavy shot behind Vardy's back, and said, "Did you forget everything?"

Vardy was caught off guard, as if he was taken aback by Anton, and nodded hurriedly at this time: No matter what he was thinking before, he has almost been scared and forgotten.

Just as Vardy and Colbeck were on the field, Martin O'Neill also requested a substitution at the same time, using a substitute striker to replace Vincent.When Vincent was off the field, Sunderland fans booed from the sidelines, but the Villa fans didn't react very much-they were not very familiar with the new striker.

When Vincent was off the field for a while, Sunderland's defensive pressure was slightly reduced, and their style of play became simpler and clearer.Henderson, Eriksson, Colbeck and others all made long passes forward to find Vardy as soon as they got the ball.

As for Vardy, he just ran on the court - because of Anton's slap just now, his mind went blank, and he couldn't remember the classic running positions of famous forwards he had seen before. With the ball in the backcourt, his only reaction is to run forward.

As he ran, he gradually forgot about himself. Without himself, he was just a gust of wind. He knew where it landed, and the ball would naturally land on his toes...

So when Vardy stopped the ball and faced the goalkeeper, all Villa defenders were left behind by him.

Single sword, this is a single sword——

All the Sunderland fans jumped up, they seemed to see hope, hope leading to Wembley.And Vardy just lifted his foot under the attention of everyone, and blasted the ball straight into Villa's net.

The author has something to say: ①I suddenly saw a familiar name when typing, Martin O'Neill, this buddy became the head coach of Sunderland after finishing coaching Villa, and his results are not bad, acceptable.

In addition, the fans put up slogans against "Golden Dollar Football", which the author saw with his own eyes: when they went to the Stadium of Light to watch the game, Sunderland fans were like this. They put up slogans "Football should not be controlled by money" to protest the players Leaving the team due to a sky-high acquisition -- but now, that situation seems... inevitable.

There is a character saving event today, I saw the relatives here come in and leave a message, the author has wrapped a lot of red envelopes!