Born to be a coach [soccer]

Anton finally understood Henderson's worry and almost didn't laugh.

"Why do you worry about this?"

The young man stretched out his hand and scratched his head: yes, why worry about this?

"Is it influenced by media reports?" Anton knew it was so.

As soon as Sir Alex Ferguson came to Sunderland, he was hyped by the media.In the eyes of many outsiders, Henderson's move to Manchester United next season is already a certainty.What the Sunderland club thinks, what the players think, it doesn't matter at all-after all, Ferguson's golden signboard is there, and the person Ferguson is looking for... Ferguson finally fell in love with a young player who has just been promoted to the British Championship , Players dare not go?How dare the club say not to sell?

Henderson said nothing, but nodded.

In these days, he was under no less pressure.Two days ago, headlines such as "Manchester United are infinitely close to signing Henderson" have been published in the local newspapers.His neighbors looked at him in a weird way, and his family members began to disagree. Some people supported him to stay in Sunderland, while others hoped that he could cast his shadow on a bigger stage.

— After all, it was Manchester United!

There were times when Henderson felt that his heart was not so firm.The relationship with the club for more than ten years is not something that can be let go. Henderson feels that as long as the club needs him, he will definitely stay.

But what if the club let him go?

Then he will leave?Put on the Red Devils jersey and stand in the theater of dreams to receive the applause of thousands of fans?Isn't that every young player's dream...is he going to get there one day?

Anton stood opposite, watching the change of expression on the young man's face, turned around, and looked around his backyard: "Hey, last time I saw that a fence here was broken? Well, maybe it's age. It’s too big, I forgot.”

Anton shook his head and turned around, "Come on, let's go back, we can't let guests help us barbecue."

Henderson: ...Oh!

"You should wear the No. 10 jersey next season!" Anton suddenly said before leaving the backyard.

No. 10 jersey... Henderson jerked awake.The No. 10 of the Sunderland team has always been the core of the team, which means that the head coach has never thought of selling himself, but has already made arrangements to incorporate himself into the team's system.

The young man is like a dream, he is not yet 20 years old, he has become the core of a team, and it is in this land where he was born and raised——

At this moment, there seemed to be singing in his ears, and Henderson was stunned for a while, and saw Anton waiting for him in the distance, and immediately strode after him.

Sir Alex Ferguson, the Red Devils, the Theater of Dreams... All of these, with Anton's words, all the magic power faded away, pale and distant, and were quickly left behind by the young man.

Russell is very appreciative of the "barbecue" prepared by Anton in Chinese style. He has hinted to his wife many times: Steal the teacher, steal the teacher!This is the legendary magic barbecue from the East.

Seeing Anton come out at this time, Henderson behind him was completely relieved, Russell knew what happened, and leaned over to Anton and asked in a low voice: "It's all done?"

Anton quietly asked Russell: "When did Sir Ferguson come?"

Russell snapped his fingers: "Five days ago!"

Anton asked: "The team has not received an offer from Manchester United?"

Russell was taken aback: Didn't we communicate earlier that Henderson will be one of the team's core lineup next season, and he won't sell it for any money?

Anton shook his head lightly: "It's not for sale, it's just that five days have passed and I haven't received an offer. I don't think it's right."

Russell was having a good time eating barbecue, as long as Anton didn't want to sell Henderson, everything was fine.He said: "Most of the club's staff are on vacation recently, and there may be some delays in work. Wait until tomorrow, you and I will be with Martin again tomorrow, and go to the office to confirm."

Anton nodded immediately: "Okay! In addition, I want to finalize the position and candidates of signings with you."

"No problem—" Russell just replied, and his mouth was immediately blocked by delicious food.Beside, Mrs. Black gave her husband a stern look, then turned to Anton, and smiled enthusiastically at her "idol" brother.

Anton also smiled, and took over the grilling work from Mrs. Black. At the same time, he also turned his head to look at the players.

Henderson's mood is obviously much better now, and he also has an appetite. After joining his teammates, he is busy starting to fill his stomach.

Several young people in the team were talking loudly at the moment. When Anton listened carefully, a group of people were arguing about how the "dual virtues" coexisted in the England national team.

Among these young players, some like Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, and some like Chelsea "Magic Lamp" Lampard. Somehow they talked about their performance in this World Cup, and they all feel that their "Germany" is better.They quarreled and quarreled.

At this time, Anton came to the table with a large plate of grilled meat skewers, and immediately succeeded in shutting them up.While chewing on the skewers, Colbeck did not forget to ask Anton: "Boss, tell me, Gerrard or Lampard, who is better to play?"

"It's very simple." Anton took a few bamboo sticks and gestured casually. "Remove a striker and add another midfielder. Let them play three midfielders. The newly added midfielder chooses a controlling midfielder." , the position is dragged back a bit, staring at the back of the two, the double virtues can coexist, and England can score more goals."

Anton said it lightly, and all the players blinked at him-God, this is a problem that has plagued England for many years!As long as Gerrard and Lampard start the England team at the same time, they will definitely not perform well in international competitions.

But as long as Anton said, that's all right?

"Did you patronize drinking beer while watching the World Cup?" Anton couldn't help frowning when he saw the players' reactions. Before he went to South Africa, he explained that the players watched the game for tactical analysis and training, but It seems that these boys didn't listen to his explanation? "Don't blame me for not reminding you when you turn in your homework!"

Several players had a bitter face.

"Okay, you don't have to think about your homework while you're eating! If you want to make up, you'll start doing it during the day tomorrow!" Anton could only comfort him in turn, lest the good party atmosphere be ruined by his words.

Suddenly the atmosphere became lively again, the conversation box opened up, and the players began to chat about this World Cup, all kinds of gossip, jokes, peripherals, the French team, the Uruguayans, the uncrowned king Netherlands... Finally, they chatted and chatted. An "unjust case" encountered in the quarter-finals.

In that game, England played against its "old enemy" Germany. After the opponent advanced by two goals, England regained one point.At that time, Lampard tried to equalize the score with a long shot.The ball bounced inside the crossbar, hit the ground, and bounced out of the goal.

At that time, the England team was already celebrating to equalize the score, but the goal was still not counted as a valid goal by the referee.

After the game was played back, the ball had clearly crossed the goal line as a whole, and it should be counted as a goal.But at this time, England had already lost 1 to 4 and was eliminated from the game.As long as the people of England mention this World Cup, they will definitely complain about it.Several young players were no exception, accusing the referee of being ineffective-if they had equalized the game in one go, the final result might not have been like that.

It's a pity that there is no "if" in football games.

"Don't just complain, you should try your best to find a solution." Anton persuaded.He tried to change the way of thinking of his team members to find problems-propose solutions-solve problems, plus always look forward.

Discussing these now seems a bit "after the fact", but it is also a good thing to inspire players and change their mindset.

At this time, the red-haired boy Calbeck who had been eating all the time raised his head and said, "As long as there is one of Hawkeye or the goal line referee, the referee doesn't have to worry anymore, and the fans have nothing to say."

After he finished speaking, he added: "Of course it would be better to have both. The goal line referee can also help look at corner kicks and so on."

After Colback finished speaking, Anton nodded and said, "Do you all agree?"

The others also felt that what the red-haired teammate said made sense and nodded.Some people also suddenly realized that this Colbeck is not too gregarious, but he has a quick mind and his ideas seem to suit the coach's wishes.

"If you all think this way, I may have the opportunity to meet people from FIFA and UEFA next week. After meeting them, I will give them your 'collective opinions'."

"really?"

"Boss, you are going to meet those old men!"

Young people speak out loud, and the officials of FIFA are all "old men" in their mouths.

Colback was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that his coach hoped that he could integrate into the "collective" more, so he regarded his proposal as everyone's opinion.But everyone has no objection to this, and it is purely natural to accept it, which shows that I have long been a part of everyone.The red-haired boy breathed a sigh of relief, and even his facial expression relaxed a lot.

"Yes!" Anton said, "I will go to a coaching forum next week. It is said that the organizers have invited officials from the British Football Association and UEFA. We must listen to them when we complain."

"It's so powerful!" The young people cheered and clapped their hands together, startling Martin and Russell who were sitting in the distance.

"Without your efforts last season, I would never have received the invitation." Anton expressed his gratitude to his fans, "So, if you have anything to say to the 'old men', just say it Bar!"

Anton received the invitation, and the upcoming forum is the "European Coaching Forum" this year.The forum is organized once a year, and the venue rotates among the countries of the European continent.The main purpose of the forum is to provide opportunities for coaches from various countries to communicate with each other, and to feed back some key opinions of football to the officials of the Football Association and Football Federation.

This year, it was Scotland's turn to host the forum, and the forum was arranged to be held in the Scottish town of Lagos.Anton still has a fresh memory there. He took the most important football tactics lessons in his life there, and met several football "predecessors" by chance.

But this time he revisited his old place, his identity was different.In the past, the young man who had no coaching experience and used big data calculations was considered "on paper", this time he has brought an FA Cup trophy and returned as a Premier League coach.

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