Born to be a coach [soccer]

Chapter 170

Entering December, Sunderland beat the "Hammers" West Ham United 12-1 at home, reported their "revenge" for their loss to them in the League Cup last time, and continued to maintain their leading position in the standings.

But the Black Cats then lost the chain in the away game against Fulham in the 17th round and lost to their opponents with a score of 1 to 2, ending their unbeaten record in the league this season.

——The Premier League is such a league.

This is what "the Premier League has no underdogs".It is obviously a team that is far weaker on paper. With the help of home court advantage or unusual performance, it upsets the giants and strong teams. This kind of thing happens repeatedly.This is why the Premier League is particularly good-no script, no one knows what will happen in the next moment, and no one can accurately predict the champion of the season.

But this kind of "upset" happened to Sunderland, which still made the Sunderland people a little unacceptable.The fans urgently needed to find an excuse and a reason for the loss-they quickly found one: before the game against Fulham, Anton carried out a large-scale rotation of the starting lineup, and the usual main striker was only Shaqiri on the field ; In the "Northeast Dialect" group, Hummels finally took a rest.

So Sunderland was overtaken and lost by the opponent when they advanced by one goal.

Anton's starting lineup was widely criticized after the game.He was accused of "lack of experience in the Premier League", was too "casual" for weak teams, and was too "sloppy" for large-scale rotations.

Anton said after the game that Sunderland's coaching staff will take full responsibility for the outcome of the game-steadily put the blame on their backs.At the same time, he also hopes that the fans will not put too much pressure on the team. After all, the schedule has not passed halfway, and there is still a long way to go. The players are under a lot of pressure, so let all doubts be directed at the coaching staff. .

The losing team was under pressure, while Fulham, which won the top of the standings, was rejoicing. Even their "former" head coach Hodgson came out to speak out, saying that Anton "too" underestimated the enemy and regarded Fulham too much. weak.

After all, Fulham is the team that defeated Juventus in the Europa League last season.

"If every 'promoted horse' is proud of winning a few games and thinks they can win the league championship, then I'm sorry, I think the Premier League may be fixed on these 17 teams in the future." Hodgson mocked Sander Lan this "promoted", and predicted that they will "show their true colors" in the second half of the season and roll back to their proper position.

Although Sunderland's fans were critical of the home team's performance this time, they couldn't protect their shortcomings.When Mr. Huo said this, they all jumped out and asked: "What about your team? Please take a good look, where is your team ranked in the standings!"

Hodgson is still very proud: "My team has escaped the relegation zone!"

After their worst start to September and October, Liverpool are slowly recovering in the league.After winning Chelsea 2-0, the ranking once rose to 8th.But Liverpool under Hodgson has no stability at all, and has maintained a win-win-lose-win record.In the past round, Liverpool lost 1 to 3 to the "Magpies" Newcastle United.Liverpool's points are just ranked 10th.

Liverpool fans were completely speechless about their coach's remarks: Is this what the Red Army is pursuing for a century-old giant?

Compared with Huo Taigong, who likes to talk, Sir Alex Ferguson is the real master of "making a fortune in silence".As of this round, Manchester United still maintains an unbeaten record, only because of a little more draws, the points will be slightly behind Sunderland.Once Sunderland lost, Manchester United became the only team to remain unbeaten in the league this season.

In the last round of the league, Ferguson led Manchester United to win the "violent book" with a score of 7 to 1. "Brother Chic" Berbatov staged "five sons" and scored five goals alone.Manchester United also worked hard to brush up the goal difference data.In this round of the league, Ferguson led the team to defeat the "old enemy" at home, Professor Wenger.As a result, the points between Sunderland and Manchester United ebb and flow, the two teams are only one point behind, and Manchester United's goal difference has been tied with Sunderland.

Compared with these top teams, the defending champion Chelsea has fallen into a vicious circle of consecutive victories.

Since the "unexpected first" loss to Sunderland at home last time, Chelsea have lost to the relegation team Birmingham City in succession.Next, the Blues drew three games in a row, as if they lost all fighting spirit after being beaten up by the "black cat".

Laymen know that Ancelotti was scared by Anton, a "little fellow", but everyone in the circle knows that Chelsea has suffered a large-scale "injury wave". Several generals such as Pad, Benayoun and Essien have naturally had difficult results.

Anton's large-scale rotation in this round was largely made after seeing Chelsea's "tragedy" and avoiding following in the opponent's footsteps.

The news that Chelsea will spend a lot of money in the winter window has finally flowed out-it seems that Abramovich is determined to rely on buying people to strengthen the team.

After losing to Fulham, Sunderland ushered in the last game of the Europa League group stage.In this game, Anton's team sat at home and comfortably eliminated Odense.Messi scored another hat-trick to help the team win.

At this time, another voice came out: Sunderland can't do without Messi.

This analysis seems plausible.

Messi is the player who has scored the most goals in the Sunderland team this season and has made the greatest contribution to the team.When Messi was on the court, Sunderland's "goal rate" was much higher than when he was not on the court.

So many people began to prepare to see Sunderland's joke: You are going to lose Messi in the second half of the season, let's see what you do!

This sentiment soon affected the Sunderland club as well.

On the second day after the game against Odense, the boss Short came to Anton mysteriously.

"Dear head coach, I know you are a man of great powers - can you think of a way to keep Messi from leaving?" Short looked expectant, with longing in his eyes.

Anton sat across from him, feeling that the boss would reach out to his face at any time, wipe it vigorously, and then asked: "Magic lamp, can you fulfill my wish-keep Messi?"

"Should we invite Messi here and ask him if there is any way to keep him from leaving?" Anton asked back.

So, Messi was invited to the office of the boss Short.The star looked at the two in front of him with an awkward yet polite smile, and finally - shook his head.

Anton understands Messi, and Barcelona means a lot to him.For Messi, this trip to Sunderland is like going on a study tour, allowing himself to see different worlds and meet new friends.

But Messi's career will inevitably be at the Nou Camp.

"I, during this period of time here, am very happy, very happy--" Messi said very sincerely.Sitting across from him, the boss Short had an expression on his face that was about to cry.

Anton was also quite moved by Short's side.

Messi is not a leader player, at least not yet.In terms of encouraging and motivating other players on the field, Messi is not as good as Garner or Henderson.This is related to his personality. Messi has a relatively gentle personality among football players, and he is always smiling.

But in the past few months, he has fully integrated into the team and is the most trusted core of everyone-every time Sunderland reaches a stalemate and faces a crisis, Messi can lead everyone to a breakthrough with his talent and skills. road.

This also explains why everyone in the Sunderland club is a fan of Messi; and there are a lot of bottomless "Mei blows" everywhere.

Why is Messi's lease only for six months? ——This is the fact that everyone in the club is very depressed.

But everyone knows very well that in the past year, the Champions League knockout round is coming.Messi will inevitably return to Barcelona and continue to chase his championship dream.Participating in the Champions League should be the most important reason for Messi to return.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Short's personal assistant knocked on the door and sent over the compiled daily football news summary.Short originally didn't intend to take a closer look in front of Messi and Anton, but he glanced casually, and his eyes suddenly widened.

Immediately after, Short turned his face and stared at Anton's face, showing an expression of disbelief, and even tugged on the cuff of his shirt with his hand, as if he really planned to stretch out his arm at any time to wipe Anton's face— —

Messi looked at him dumbfounded.

Should he protect his head coach and not be "bullied" by the boss?

Anton also glanced at the briefing, quickly tapped the table with his fingers, and said, "Boss, please see clearly, UEFA's reform of the qualifications for UEFA Champions League players is just a proposal and has not yet been passed!"

It's definitely not that he has supernatural powers and can easily realize his wishes - it's just a proposal!

proposal?

Now even Messi was nervous, and leaned his head over to stare at the briefing.

The proposal mentioned in the briefing seems to be tailor-made for a case like Messi: any player who has signed up for the Europa League or the Champions League, if he transfers to another club after the winter window, must not represent " New" clubs compete in the knockout stages of the Europa League and Champions League.This restriction also applies to loan players.

In other words: Messi has represented Sunderland in the Europa League group stage.

So he can't continue to represent Barcelona in the Champions League knockout round?

If this is the case, then Messi really doesn't need to go back to Barcelona, ​​and he can only watch his teammates play when he goes back-it is better to stay in Sunderland and help Sunderland win the Europa League championship.

Thinking of this, the boss Xiao Te couldn't help but dance, and he didn't forget to keep staring at Anton: "The magic lamp, the magic lamp... No, Anton, you are the most powerful, you should find a way to make UEFA Hurry up and pass this proposal!"