{"id":12407,"date":"2023-01-30T18:14:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T18:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/a-soccer-manager-that-started-with-a-video-game\/"},"modified":"2023-01-30T18:14:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T18:14:22","slug":"a-soccer-manager-that-started-with-a-video-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/a-soccer-manager-that-started-with-a-video-game\/","title":{"rendered":"A soccer manager that started with a video game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Will Still&#8217;s management career began in video games and has since evolved into one of the great stories of European football.<\/p>\n<p>Still and the Ligue 1 club have gone unbeaten in their last 12 games since taking over as full-time manager of the Stade de Reims. The most recent includes his 1-1 draw on Sunday in an away trip against French powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is Will Still, manager of Reims, a club in Ligue 1.<\/p>\n<p>He started coaching because of his love of football managers and has a 12-game unbeaten run.<\/p>\n<p>As he is still studying for his UEFA Pro License, his team will be fined \u00a322,000 for every game he manages! \ud83d\ude2e<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fTmnj3mMDu\">pic.twitter.com\/fTmnj3mMDu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amazon Prime Video Sports (@primevideosport) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/primevideosport\/status\/1620072748017152001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Still&#8217;s journey to get to this point has been amazing.<\/p>\n<p>After playing the popular video game Football Manager at the age of 17, Still decided to pursue a career in coaching and got his first job as U14 assistant manager for English club Preston North End in 2011. .<\/p>\n<p>In just ten years, the Belgian-British man rose rapidly through the European management hierarchy, eventually taking the role of Lance&#8217;s assistant under manager Oscar Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>Still was named interim boss when Garcia was sacked on October 13, and the interim tag was dropped a month later after the team went undefeated in five games.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old climbed to the top so quickly that he didn&#8217;t even have time to earn his UEFA Pro License.  .<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth it for the French side, who are currently 11th in the Ligue 1 standings thanks to Gaffer&#8217;s heroic performance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You look back on it and say, &#8216;Why am I doing this? Why am I in a position to coach these players?'&#8221; said Lionel Messi, Kylian. 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