long live football

Team coaching has never been an easy job. For Manchester United coach Ferguson, he has suffered even more in the past six months.

First, at the beginning of the year, he had a cold war with his former lover Beckham for half a year. In the summer, the opponent resolutely went to Real Madrid, which caused a major earthquake in English football; A star who is popular enough; the team's main defender Ferdinand missed the urine test carelessly, Ferguson killed countless brain cells before UEFA gave up the suspension of Ferdinand; ...

Seeing that it was about to enter the Christmas month of 2003, Manchester United lost to Chelsea in an away game. This game became a catalyst and directly made Ferguson feel unwell. He was sent to a local hospital in Manchester on Thursday night. A few hours later, The doctor diagnosed him as "arrhythmia" and advised him to rest at home for a period of time.

The next day, Ferguson issued an order in the hospital, and Manchester United's head coach was temporarily held by assistant coach Walter Smith.

Ferguson's illness has caused a lot of discussion in the British Isles. Many reporters suspect that his illness is far more serious than what Manchester United officially claimed, because it is well known that Ferguson is a workaholic this year. For a minor illness, he would never let go of his pointer.

Sure enough, a week later, even though the Manchester United officials and Ferguson's family tried their best to conceal the news, the "Sun" still learned of Ferguson's real condition through a special channel-he had heart dysfunction caused by excessive work pressure and anxiety, From then on, as long as there is a sudden nervousness, the average heart rate will increase rapidly from the normal 70 beats per minute to 1-140 beats per minute, which will cause dizziness or even fainting. Therefore, for the sake of Ferguson's health, the doctor advised him to retire from now on. The field, or put a pacemaker on your heart.

After the news was published in the newspaper, Manchester United fans mourned!

And their mortal enemies, fans of Manchester City and Liverpool, after a little schadenfreude, pretended to be sympathetic: "For the sake of Sir Fernando's life, Manchester United should hurry up and find a new coach."

However, the 62-year-old Alex Ferguson is obviously not old enough, and he is unwilling to make his rivals happy for too long. He quickly conveyed his choice to fans and the media through his family: "After a period of recuperation, I will do A pacemaker operation!"

The Manchester United fans were immediately relieved, while other fans wondered whether their team could play a few good games during Ferguson's absence and pull Manchester United from the top of the league.The reporters, on the other hand, began to pay attention to the living environment of Premier League coaches. The Observer pointed out in the weekend special issue: "Ferguson is not the only coach who doesn't know that his body is about to be worn down until he gets sick. A few months ago, Glenn, the former coach of West Ham, was hospitalized because of a brain tumor. In 01, Liverpool coach Houllier also suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized. He also underwent more than ten hours of heart surgery. There are also Blackburn coach Shawness, Wimbledon coach Keenell...the coaches have some physical problems, the top league coach is really not a job that ordinary people can do!"

The media, who were still immersed in the aftermath of Ferguson's hospitalization, seemed to have no time to discover that a young man named Karl Oston came to Old Trafford. Yes, the position of assistant coach.

……

Manchester United players jogging around the pitch at the Carrington training base.Although the two great gods on the training field in the past-head coach Ferguson and assistant coach Mr. Smith are not here at the moment, the discipline of the players has not been loose at all, and they are still serious about exercising, but when they run with their backs to someone outside the field, A few players will whisper a few words in a low voice.

Leo Ferdinand murmured lazily while running: "How many days have passed, why is Mr. Oston still as virtuous as he is? Standing outside the field wearing a pair of expensive outfits, he didn't say a word for a long time, if it wasn't Knowing that he speaks poisonously, I thought he was shy."

"Don't you guys think this is cool?" Richardson, a newcomer to the team, said excitedly: "Grey suit and black windbreaker, such a tall man with a cold expression, and a pair of sunglasses, you can play The Matrix!"

"I just hope his heart is not as dark as his windbreaker today. I don't want to be left behind for additional training."

"Who told you to be lazy in yesterday's training? You deserve it."

"Hush, keep your voice down, if you are heard by him for a while, you will be asked to leave."

The player who was secretly talking about it was Karl Oston who was standing on the sidelines of the court, watching the players train with a seemingly expressionless face.

Auston is a young man about six feet tall. He looks absolutely no more than 30 years old. He has sandy blond hair and extremely deep facial features. What caught the eye was the attire—the crisp suit, black overcoat, and unusually neat Oxford leather shoes, which looked more like a catwalk model than a football coach.

No wonder the Manchester United players thought he was just a fan who had strayed into the training ground by mistake when they saw him for the first time. Who knew that the acting coach Mr. Smith quickly announced to everyone that he was actually the team's new assistant coach!This really surprised a lot of eyeballs.

The assistant coach is referred to as the second in command of the team. He is mainly responsible for team training, team discipline, assisting the coach in formulating tactics, etc. If the coach of a certain team is particularly tough, the role of the assistant coach may not be so obvious, but the coach is too old Or when the health is not good and the energy is not particularly abundant, the assistant coach is responsible for the overall management of the team. Generally speaking, the coaches of the first team and the youth team are also under the command of the assistant coach.

Prior to this, Ferguson chose assistant coaches for Manchester United who were older, rigorous, and very knowledgeable. Ferguson had extremely high requirements for assistant coaches. Many of his assistant coaches left Manchester United and went directly to top league teams. Go, for example, Walter Smith's predecessor Queiroz is now the coach of Real Madrid.

Although half of the 03-04 season has passed, it is not so easy to find a good assistant coach, but no matter what, the club can't let a young boy command the superstars, right?

Besides, no one has heard of his name. Manchester United stars from all over the world have tried their best to inquire, but they have not found out who Carl Oston is-he has neither been a professional player nor played in the Which club has served, he is like Doctor Who, suddenly appeared on the Manchester United training ground out of thin air.

When Karl Alston first arrived at Manchester United, many people couldn't help but look at him suspiciously because of his age.Every word Oston said, every plan he made was not implemented so thoroughly, until after the end of the day-to-day intra-team confrontation, he pointed out with an inorganic voice that every player was in the wrong place. After the performance in training, technical mistakes, and subsequent position adjustments, the players found: Hey, it seems that he is right?

The mentality of the Manchester United stars has only changed a little since then. Everyone reluctantly admits that although Mr. Oston is a little younger (it is said that he is only 25 years old), his IQ and knowledge are no worse than other coaches.

And in training, Karl Oston's training style is obviously different from the kind Mr. Smith. He is rational and calm, and sometimes looks a little cool. His stern expression at work can still shock those in the team. young players.As for the stars of the first team?Most of them choose to continue to wait and see.

In the end, the stars of the first team also began to obediently obey Karl Oston, because one day Giggs, one of the big men in the dressing room, came back from visiting Ferguson in the hospital and said something to them: " When I visited the chief in hospital today, he said he had handpicked Mr Alston."

This sentence officially established Karl Oston's status as a temporary assistant coach for Manchester United.

……

In the cold wind, Karl stood upright, and at first glance, he did look like a sculpture.

But in fact, his heart is far less cold and hard than it appears on the outside.

When the players obediently followed his instructions to end the training and walked to the locker room one by one, Karl immediately felt relieved in his heart: it was finally another day.

He used his own experience to prove that when he has a well-developed brain and sufficient notes, he can barely do a completely unfamiliar job.

In fact, even this strange new body was almost completely familiar to him.

Karl Alston, a six-foot-one German-English half-breed, handsome, well-to-do family, and a fanatical interest in football.

Think about how he encountered all this?

It had to start with the car accident, and the damn letter he got when he woke up.

"Dear Mr Karl Alston:

I hope you will keep your sanity while reading the letter. :-)

I know you're going to object to me that your name is not Karl Alston, but from this moment on, you are. (If you suspect you are dreaming, pinch your thigh to prove it is real)

It's not magic, it's not some devil-given contract, in fact, I work for God.And my pussy subordinate accidentally took away an extra soul when he caused a car accident last night, which is you. In order to make up for his work mistakes, I am obliged to find another body for you.

This handsome man was so excited to play in the bar last night that he went to heaven in his sleep. I stuffed your soul into his body while retaining part of the body memory. I hope you can adapt to your new life happily.

PS: Although I really want to find an Asian body for you to house your soul, sorry, the East is not under my jurisdiction, so you can just use it.Who let poor you die in Western Europe?

your

Paradise number 001"

After reading the letter, he really wanted to cry - didn't he just go to Switzerland for a vacation, how did he encounter such a scene of soul transformation?

Yes, although the new body is taller, more handsome and younger, he has already had a very good career after years of hard work. This Carl Alston has graduated from university for three years, but he is still an old man!

But when he got used to his new life a little bit and was about to look for a job, a contract came to his door immediately—the temporary assistant contract of Manchester United.

The contract was sent by the body's father, Laurie Alston himself.

Laurie and Ferguson have been old friends for many years. He knew that his son was a diehard fan and wanted to work in football very much, so when the assistant coach position of Manchester United became vacant, Laurie immediately asked his old friend if he could take this opportunity Cultivating one's own son, of course, does not mean that Ferguson will open the back door and place Carl in Manchester United forever. It is just that during Ferguson's hospitalization, let Carl go to Manchester United to study, and he can also help by the way.

Of course Ferguson had no reason to reject his old friend, so Carl's going to Manchester United was decided by the two elders.

Having just been reborn and facing his biological father in a new body, this made the current Carl feel timid, so that he could not think rationally enough, and accepted the job in a daze. What a negligence I made before!

What a difficult job for a football idiot to be an assistant coach of a professional team!

And he couldn't tell anyone about this pain, because everyone who knew Karl before clearly knew that Karl Oston was a fanatic fan through and through!

So he had to disguise himself in the new environment: use expensive outfits to make others think that he is cold and unapproachable; do not actively communicate with anyone; talk less and do more; watch how other coaches of the team train players, and then imitate; Study all night until I can recite everything about Manchester United...

Coupled with the enthusiastic help of the acting coach Walter Smith, thank God, Karl Alston finally managed to secure the position of Manchester United's assistant coach.

……

"Mr. Alston?" The gray-haired and bearded acting coach Smith walked up to Carl and called out to him.

Carl smiled and said, "Just call me by my name, Mr. Smith."

"Okay, Carl." Smith nodded at him: "The weather is so cold and the training is over, why don't you go sit in the office?"

Carl looked at his watch: "At this time... I won't go back to the office either, just go home."

"Speaking of which, my appointment with the Jazz is coming soon." Smith also looked at his watch, and then said with a smile: "I'm going to the hospital to report to the Jazz on the tactics of the next round of the league, do you want to go with me? "

To see Ferguson?Carl hesitated, but agreed anyway.

The author has something to say: PS: This article is not a setting of "future fans reborn into the past", so the protagonist does not have the ability to predict the future.The reason why I started writing from the 03-04 season is that it is easy to grasp the schedule and transfer information, and the second is that many of my favorite players have not retired at this time, and some young players have just emerged in Europe.

PPS：本文开始于03-04赛季，弗格森是在2003年12月份因心脏病入院的，2004年3月份装的心脏起搏器。2003年C罗转会到了曼联，2004年，穆里尼奥也会去切尔西。