Chapter 183, Head Coach

In the gymnasium of the hotel where Sunderland stayed, the Sunderland players were doing warm-up training at this time, and everyone was a little unhappy, and the reason was more due to off-court factors. At this moment, the players suddenly heard the sound of a water glass falling to the ground. Everyone followed the sound and saw that the head coach Poyet had just slammed the water glass in his hand on the ground. The assistant stood by and dared not speak.

Poyet looked at the players who were training, his eyes searched around, and then fell on a person.

"Robert, come here!"

Listening to Poyet's angry tone, the players in the gym knew that the head coach was angry, and he was still very angry.

Roberge was startled suddenly, and he hurried to Poyet: "Coach, are you looking for me?"

"Have you been interviewed by a reporter in private?"

"No." Roberge was a little confused, he remembered what happened at noon, and explained, "Oh yes, a group of reporters blocked me in the hotel lobby at noon, and I just said a few words. "

"Just said a few words? Isn't this an interview!" Poyet threw the newspaper in Roberge's chest, "Look at what's written in this newspaper!"

Roberge opened the newspaper in great perplexity, and looked inside. After a minute, his face changed: "This damn reporter!"

It turned out that in the headlines of the Manchester Evening News, Hall published the headlines malicious foul, the coach's instigation! .

"At noon today, many media reporters interviewed Sunderland defender Roberto Roberge. Roberge himself said that his malicious fouls were all pre-match arrangements by head coach Poyet!"

"I really didn't expect that a manager of a Premier League team would be so unprofessional and encourage his players to use lethal tactics. This is simply a demonic act! In view of this behavior, I strongly recommend the FA to intervene in this incident. Investigate and do our best to prevent such things from happening!"

After reading this report, Roberge hurriedly explained: "Coach, I just said at noon that I was only performing the defensive tasks arranged by the head coach before the game. I didn't say these messy and irresponsible words. !"

"I know you didn't say this, but I've already told you not to be interviewed by reporters!" Poyet's scolding voice filled the entire gym, "These damned reporters are just trying to make up something What’s the matter, if you say that, don’t you just give them something to talk about! The Premier League coach encourages players to shovel their opponents, once this kind of remarks are reported, where do you put me?”

Looking at Poyet's angry look,

Roberge also stood there, stupidly not knowing what to say.

"Hall did a great job!"

Meanwhile, in his office at Old Trafford, Kintag put down his newspaper and clapped and laughed.

Scholes and Phelan were also very happy. Phelan said happily: "Hall's report can be regarded as an outlet for us. I guess Poyet must have turned purple with anger when he saw these remarks."

Scholes also nodded: "Yes, the Premier League coach encourages players to shovel opponents. Once such remarks are reported, it will have a great impact on the reputation of the coach. If the FA intervenes in the investigation, Poyet will suffer. "

Jin Taige said with a smile: "This time Roberge has fooled the head coach. I am looking forward to this game more and more."

The semi-final of the League Cup was held in the evening, and the pre-match warm-up between the two sides has already made the fans extremely excited. A war of words between the managers of the two teams, and then the remarks of the players on both sides, coupled with the headlines of the Manchester Evening News, which was released in advance, pushed the game even further. There was still an hour before the game, and fans from both sides entered the Old Trafford stadium early, waiting for the opening whistle to sound.

After warming up, the players from both sides returned to the locker room to prepare for the game later. The Manchester United players didn't feel much at home, but the Sunderland players ran back to the locker room as if fleeing, unwilling to stay on the field for a moment, because

The boos at Old Trafford are horrible!

Especially in the warm-up half of the Sunderland players, Manchester United fans hit the eardrums of the Sunderland players with huge boos. Especially every time Roberge received the ball, the booing volume of the Manchester United fans increased a lot. Affected by the fans, Roberge missed the ball twice in a row, causing laughter in the stands.

In fact, not only the pressure from the fans, but also the hatred between the Manchester United coach and the players, and even the resentment of his own coach, made Roberge very uncomfortable. At this time in the locker room, his mind was in a mess, and he didn't listen to a word of coach Poyet's tactical arrangements.

At this point Poyet was talking.

"This game is still dominated by defense," Poyet said to the players. "First of all, don't concede the ball. This is the most important thing for us. This is Manchester United's home court. If you can't open the situation for a long time, you should be anxious first. It must be them, and when we wait for an opportunity to fight back, we will definitely be able to win with one blow."

The Sunderland players listened carefully.

Poyet looked at O'Shea: "O'Shea, you and Roberge are leading the defense today, you must defend firmly."

"Don't worry, coach."

"You are more familiar with Manchester United, so there shouldn't be any problem," Poyet looked at him with satisfaction, "Under your outstanding performance in the last game, Manchester United did not score any sports goals. The game is still going to be great.”

O'Shea nodded firmly.

Poyet also instructed: "We are playing away in this game, so everyone try to avoid Manchester United's edge, avoid conflicts, and keep defensive actions as small as possible."

When he said this, Poyet glanced unhappily at Roberge who was sitting next to O'Shea. Roberge was sitting on pins and needles, and now he was looking forward to leaving the dressing room as soon as possible, avoiding as much as possible Coach Poyet.

In the dressing room of Manchester United, the players of Manchester United have long been suffocating, and they can't wait for the start of the game.

Kintag looked serious at this moment, he looked around at the players under him, and then stretched out four fingers: "Because of Roberge's malicious foul, Rooney was suspended for four games. We played one less player at the Stadium of Light last round. Sunderland fought hard and narrowly won with a penalty. Now we are back at home, guys, I hope you can show your spirits and show Sunderland what Manchester United is! Invincible Manchester United!"