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In This Life I Became a Coach
Demien Walter died on a rain-soaked road in 2025, his career a footnote in football history.A journeyman midfielder whose playing days ended in obscurity. A tactical obsessive whose notebooks gathered dust. A coach whose first opportunity came too late and ended too soon.Until he opened his eyes in 2003, inhabiting the body of Yves Laurent head coach of AS Monaco.Now, armed with twenty years of football knowledge from a future that hasn't happened yet, Demien faces the ultimate tactical challenge: rewriting history from the touchline.He knows which players will become legends. He remembers which matches change careers. He's witnessed the tactical revolutions that transformed the game.Monaco is just the beginning. With each victory, each tactical masterclass, each deviation from the timeline he remembers, Demien alters football's destiny. From the Champions League's bright lights to World Cup glory, from Milan to Madrid to Manchester, his journey will reshape the beautiful game in ways no one could predict.No cheat codes. No supernatural abilities. No second chances.Just a man with future knowledge in a past world, attempting to build a legacy that even death couldn't erase.Football isn't just played on the pitch. It's won in the mind.And Demien Walter's mind has already lived through everything that's about to happen.
- C.71: Athens Under ControlNEW
- C.70: Delayed DeparturesNEW
- C.69: Shifting FocusNEW
- C.68: Pride and PointsNEW
- C.67: Derby DayNEW
- C.66: Derby Preparations IINEW
- C.65: Derby Preparations INEW
- C.64: Recovery DayNEW
- C.63: Morning Light and HeadlinesNEW
- C.62: The Silence After VictoryNEW
- C.61: Second Half - The Third Goal They Didn’t See ComingNEW
- C.60: First Half - The Shape Between the LinesNEW
- C.60: The Match He’s Already Lived
- C.59: The Match He’s Already LivedNEW
- C.59: Recovery and the Question They Always Ask
- C.58: Second Half – Where They Break or Don’t
- C.58: Recovery and the Question They Always AskNEW
- C.57: Second Half – Where They Break or Don’tNEW
- C.57: First Half – Opening the Wrong Door
- C.56: No One Waits Twice
- C.56: First Half – Opening the Wrong DoorNEW
- C.55: One Glass, No Disguises
- C.55: No One Waits TwiceNEW
- C.54: One Glass, No DisguisesNEW
- C.54: Absences and Echoes
- C.53: After the Storm
- C.53: Absences and EchoesNEW
- C.52: Bastia at the Gates — Second Half – The Weight of Control
- C.52: After the StormNEW
- C.51: Bastia at the Gates — First Half – The Opening Statement
- C.51: Bastia at the Gates — Second Half – The Weight of ControlNEW
- C.50: Draw the Line
- C.50: Bastia at the Gates — First Half – The Opening StatementNEW
- C.49: Draw the LineNEW
- C.49: All the Right Questions
- C.48: All the Right QuestionsNEW
- C.48: Flight Pattern
- C.47: Contact Points
- C.47: Flight PatternNEW
- C.46: Second Half – The Opening
- C.46: Contact PointsNEW
- C.45: Second Half – The OpeningNEW
- C.45: First Half – A Closed Door
- C.44: First Half – A Closed DoorNEW
- C.44: The Shape Beneath the Shape
- C.43: The Shape Beneath the ShapeNEW
- C.43: Noise Without Applause
- C.42: Second Half – Rhythm and Ruin
- C.42: Noise Without ApplauseNEW
- C.41: First Half – The Spark from the Stands
- C.41: Second Half – Rhythm and RuinNEW
- C.40: First Half – The Spark from the StandsNEW
- C.40: Building Behind the Scenes
- C.39: Building Behind the ScenesNEW
- C.39: The Signing Window Opens
- C.38: The Shape Beneath
- C.38: The Signing Window OpensNEW
- C.37: Second Half – Collapse and Cold Silence
- C.37: The Shape BeneathNEW
- C.36: First Half – Misfires and Murmurs
- C.36: Second Half – Collapse and Cold SilenceNEW
- C.35: Fire in the Rain
- C.35: First Half – Misfires and MurmursNEW
- C.34: Media Storm, Morning Rain
- C.34: Fire in the RainNEW
- C.33: Second Half – Fracture and Fire
- C.33: Media Storm, Morning RainNEW
- C.32: First Half: Precision and Promise
- C.32: Second Half – Fracture and FireNEW
- C.31: First Half: Precision and PromiseNEW
- C.31: Matchday Zero
- C.30: Matchday ZeroNEW
- C.30: Between Offices and Headlines
- C.29: Between Offices and HeadlinesNEW
- C.29: Second Half – Cracks in the System
- C.28: First Half – The Blueprint Lives
- C.28: Second Half – Cracks in the SystemNEW
- C.27: First Half – The Blueprint LivesNEW
- C.27: Eyes on the Pitch
- C.26: Across the Desk
- C.26: Eyes on the PitchNEW
- C.25: Across the DeskNEW
- C.25: Arrival & First Impressions
- C.24: Arrival & First ImpressionsNEW
- C.24: Birth of Tiki-Taka
- C.23: Night Shift in the Booth
- C.23: Birth of Tiki-TakaNEW
- C.22: Night Shift in the BoothNEW
- C.7: The Weight of AuthorityNEW
- C.7: The Match Begins
- C.6: The Match BeginsNEW
- C.6: Eyes and Whispers
- C.5: Eyes and WhispersNEW
- C.5: Arrival at Stade Louis II
- C.4: Flash Flood of Memory
- C.4: Arrival at Stade Louis IINEW
- C.3: The Tag on the Table
- C.3: Flash Flood of MemoryNEW
- C.2: The Man in the Mirror
- C.1: The Crash