Reims drew with Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday night.
The team is led by 30-year-old Will Steele, who began his coaching career in the famous game of football.
“The Football Manager has influenced my real career,” Still wrote in The Guardian.
It looked like an odd goal win for Paris Saint-Germain when they faced Reims. But in the 96th minute, Folarin Balogun equalized to make it 1-1.
Will still stands on the touchline, leading Reims to the unexpected cross. Which he has done since October, when Oscar García was fired.
Will Still is a relatively new name in the coaching world, but he’s been getting attention for his background. The Guardian writes that the 30-year-old’s interest in becoming a coach was due to the computer game Football Manager.
Coach the team in the game and in real life
He still played football when he was younger, but felt that a football career wasn’t for him.
Football manager was an obsession still as a child, and in his teens the game inspired him to shift his focus from playing to a coaching career.
“My brother and I played a lot – we weren’t allowed to buy a Playstation, so we played Football Manager on the family computer,” Still wrote in The Guardian.
“There was nothing better than that, even if it was virtual! Suddenly here I was, doing it in real life. I remember when I was at Sint-Truiden I tried to win the league with them in the game too!”
Unbeaten in twelve consecutive matches
He still had his first head coaching position at Lierse, which was playing in the Belgian second division.
“Even though I was the head coach of an elite team, I also experienced things on Football Manager. I never thought Football Manager would have an impact on my actual career, but when I think about it now, it definitely did,” he writes. Steele.
At the beginning of October, Reims was in the relegation zone.
Since taking over as head coach, Reis has gone unbeaten in thirteen matches, of which six have been won, and finished eleventh in Ligue 1.