champion godfather

Chapter 1033 Juan Yayun is light and windy, no derby, no football

Twain naturally had his reasons for attaching so much importance to this game.The same is also the head coach of Notts County Don.

It can even be said that since the match list came out, Tang suddenly became very serious.Although he is usually very serious, the Notts County players still smell something unusual-judging from the suddenly stricter training requirements than before, their boss obviously wants to win this city derby.

But that's exactly what they hoped for.

As rivals in the same city, they can only look at Nottingham Forest at the top, and they can't catch up even if they flatter.Don't think that they are low-level league players, so they don't have higher-level dreams.They were equally fascinated when they watched the Forest team dominate the top league and the European Champions Cup.Otherwise, why the call of the Premier League team can always lure batch after batch from them?

Water flows to low places, people go to high places...

loyalty?Capable people are only loyal to capable teams.

The Notts County players hope to prove their ability by defeating the former European champion Nottingham Forest. If they can lead the team to the Premier League, that would be great, even if there is no way, it can attract the attention of more senior teams.

For the players of Nottingham Forest, this city derby must be just an ordinary FA Cup match, because the strength of the two sides is not at the same level at all.For the Notts County players, this is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.It was as if the fish that desperately needed to meet Longmen had met an excellent springboard.

Tang Jing was able to notice the anxiety that her husband had displayed in such a short period of time.He is always distracted, always frowning impatiently, shutting himself in the study room until the middle of the night, the children are no longer caring about them, and the warmth between husband and wife is gone...

Tang Jing felt that if the situation continued like this, the marriage between herself and her husband might be over, right?
She wanted to find a chance to have a good chat with her husband.Her shy husband had never been so restless.

But in fact, if Tang Jing had seen Tang before December 2002, 12, she would not be puzzled by it.

Because Tang at that time was exactly the same as now.It's just that he was alone at the time, and no one would see the agitation he showed when he hid himself in the house.For others, he will always be that medieval antique that wraps himself in a shell of indifference.

It's the last night before the derby.My husband doesn't seem to be as anxious as he was a few days ago, and this is a good time to talk.So taking advantage of the rare leisure time after putting the baby to bed, Tang Jing quietly pushed open the door of the study, tiptoed to her husband's back, and put her arms around Tang's neck from behind.

Tang Jing felt her husband struggling in her arms, and she calmed down when she realized it was her.

"I think something is wrong with you these days, dear." Tang Jing said in a gentle tone as much as possible, she didn't want to irritate her husband. "What's wrong with you? You have coached alone for seven seasons, and this is the first time I've seen you like this..."

Tang did not answer his wife's inquiry directly, but looked up at his wife behind him: "Tomorrow is Derby."

Tang Jing froze for a moment, then realized that this was the first derby her husband had faced since he coached Notts County. The word "Derby" has a very, very special meaning in the football world. As a reporter who used to report football, it is impossible for Tang Jing not to know the deep meaning contained in it.However, she still has some doubts: Since the strengths of Notts County and Nottingham Forest have never been on the same level, the derby between the two teams is not strong, because there are too few times when they can meet, and there is also a lack of some support. direct conflict of interest.Notts County and Nottingham Forest do not want to fight for the league title like the Milan duo, nor will they last a century of grievances like Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​nor will they be mixed with religion like the "time-honored" derby in Glasgow. People are afraid.

So why does my husband care so much about a derby?

Tang put his hand on his shoulder, covering his wife's hand: "My opponent is Tony."

"Aren't you friends?" Tang Jing didn't understand anymore.If Tang Jing had ever been jealous of someone, she might have been jealous of Tang En, because sometimes she felt that her husband cared more about Tang En than her.

"He is a friend, so we must defeat him."

Tang didn't explain much, just said so.

Tang Jing turned around, stared at Tang's face for a long time, then turned and left.

"You men's friendship is really hard to understand."

Watching his wife close the door of the study, Tang smiled wryly.

Some things cannot be said to others, even the closest people around.His wife must not accept the fact that he was a strange soul in someone else's body.This issue is complex and involves profound ethical issues.He didn't want to think too much about it.But the relationship between him and Tang En is definitely not as simple as "friends".

Looking back now, it is not clear whether he robbed Tang En's body or Tang En robbed his body.In any case, I am still doing football-related work, but I just changed teams.If there hadn't been that accident at the beginning, would I have done better than now?Or be more ambitious...would it be better than what Tang En did?

Although this kind of problem is meaningless to discuss, because it is impossible to happen.But during this period of time, it troubled him like a nightmare, making him think about the possibility of "Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong" all the time, like being possessed by a demon.

Tony Twain, this guy who has his own body but is the soul of another person's brilliant achievements, is like a big mountain lying in front of him, and the huge shadow cast by the sun covers the world around him, as if Same in the dark night.

Do I have to live in this shadow forever?If I go to Nottingham Forest next season to take up the post, I will only be called "Tony Twain's successor" by others.

That being the case, why did I agree to Tang En's proposal and return to Nottingham Forest?
Do not.I want to beat him!

Perhaps only in this way can I prove to myself that I am really not the panic-stricken self I was 16 years ago.

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Perhaps those players who thought that this derby match was just an appetizer before the league should let go of their contempt when they saw Tang En's expression so gloomy that it was about to rain.

"Need I remind everyone that this is a derby?"

It is the halftime break of the FA Cup match between Nottingham Forest and Notts County. The home team Nottingham Forest is trailing 0:1 at the Crimson Stadium.

Chen Jian had a 5-minute meeting time alone before the game. Although he was not a well-known figure, the fans still gave him warm applause.He bounced the ball in front of more than 6 fans, then unfurled the Forest team scarf to show his loyalty to the Forest team.But the whole meeting ceremony was not so harmonious, because he also heard a lot of boos-all from fans of their opponents in this game, Notts County.

Those Chinese media who gathered at the Crimson Stadium just to report on the first match of Chen Jian's joining will definitely be very disappointed.Because Chen Jian didn't start the game, and the poor performance of the Forest team on the field made their England counterparts not care who Chen Jian was at all.

They are discussing topics such as:

"Why did George lack enough support in the midfield?"

"Gago is really old..."

"Look at how the Forest players behave after falling behind. It's ugly."

"Mitchell couldn't get a pass from the midfield at all. Balotelli was like a headless chicken, he only knew how to spin around. He was obviously out of shape in this game."

By halftime, the Forest team did not change the score on the field, even though their shots were far superior.

"I suddenly thought of a story, does anyone want to hear it?" Tang En said to his group of dejected players, "More than four years ago, we spent ten years building a big kingdom. During that time, the entire continent There is no one who dares to be our enemy, and our red flag is flying in every corner of the mainland. How beautiful it is..." He raised his head and looked at the ceiling, as if he really saw the red flag planted through the ceiling. A scene all over the world.

"The war is over, and everything returns to peace. The old iron cavalry disarmed and returned to the field, and slowly spent the last trace of blood and fighting spirit in the peaceful and leisurely days. So when the war resumed four years later, even the last one who was not released by us before The opponents in our eyes can easily defeat us!" Tang En walked in front of the players, bent down, and looked over one by one. "Can your old horses still run? Can your bodies still wear that heavy armor? Can your hands hold up spears? Your hearts!"

Tang En slammed his heart hard.

"Can you still beat powerfully with the drums of war!!"

He suddenly raised his voice and yelled.

His roar was so loud that many people raised their heads in shock.

Looking at those astonished faces, Tang En suddenly remembered a sentence:

Lian Po is old, can he still have food?
Lian Po is old.

Can you still eat?

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"It's a good thing that we're ahead. But I don't want to see pride on your faces..." While Tang En was trying his best to boost the morale of the players in the locker room, Tang was thinking about how to suppress the players. This overly exaggerated momentum. "You have to understand that in front of us is the Premier League team. They have won the Champions League five times..."

Someone interrupted him: "Boss, but that was four years ago, and the forest team back then was very different from now, they changed a lot of people..."

Tang looked at the person who stood up to challenge his authority. It was the core of the team, No. 10 Paul Johnson. At the age of 20, he is the main player of England's under-21 national team. He has attracted the attention of many Premier League teams. If nothing else, after the end of this season, he should not play in Notts County again. .

"You're right, Paul. Their last championship was won four years ago, and they also changed a lot of players. But the person who led them in this game was Tony Twain."

This name is a household name in England, and that Paul Johnson had to restrain his arrogance a little bit.But obviously he is not convinced, because in his opinion, it is the players, not the coach, who decide the outcome of the game.

Tang didn't want to waste his saliva on this topic and explain to him how important Tony Twain was to Nottingham Forest.Even if he explained it, Johnson might not accept it.

He focused on tactical arrangements.

"The Forest team will definitely counterattack in the second half, but we will not strengthen our defense." Unlike Tang En, Tang is not a defensive coach, and he is definitely not a "one-to-zero advocate". "Tony Twain will never allow his team to lose to us at home, because this is a derby."

Also because it was the only fight between him and me.Tang kept these words in his heart.

"If we shrink back, it's over. So I ask you to continue to attack under pressure, to press Nottingham Forest's offensive back."

Johnson was right about one thing.Now this Forest team is indeed not the Forest team it was four years ago.No matter how good Tony is, he can't replace the players in the game, so the tactics are one thing, but the performance of the players on the court is another.Now this group of forest players lack the belief and fighting spirit to win. They are used to being in the quagmire and think that this is not bad, so as long as they continue to create difficulties for them in the second half, the initiative of the game is still in their hands .

Therefore, defense will not work. Blindly retreating and defending will only make the Forest players regain their confidence. Coupled with Tony's roar on the sidelines, after the mentality changes, the situation will also reverse.Tang did everything possible to prevent this from happening.

Tang knew exactly what kind of guy his opponent was, and if he was given the slightest chance, he would catch him and restore the situation.Those opponents who were defeated by Tang En have proved this point countless times: against Tang En, if you have an advantage, then you must make full use of it, chase him fiercely, and go up to make up for it after knocking him down. Then cut off his head before he could sit down and breathe a sigh of relief.

"We did a very good job of restricting Wood and Gago in the first half, and continued in the second half. Cut off the connection between them, isolate Wood. Gago is not afraid of one person, he is old."

"Balotelli is the hub connecting the backcourt and the frontcourt of the Forest team. His foot skills are very good, so don't rush too hard against him, but get stuck in position. As long as you hold the defensive position, he is fine. Function. His set-piece state in this game is very poor, don't be afraid of fouls."

"We must continue to take advantage of the scoring opportunities of set kicks. Remember the positioning tactics we usually train? Johnson is the shooter of set kicks. He will choose the appropriate tactics according to the specific situation on the field. Everything is up to him."

"Reduce your dribbling and use passing and cutting to tear apart the opponent's defense. No matter how good George Wood is, he is only one person. If the passing is faster, he can only be exhausted. Everyone pushes forward after passing the ball, Pulling the opponent's line of defense..."

After issuing orders one after another, Tang Shi wanted to completely push his good friend into the abyss.

This is the way to deal with Tang En, taking advantage of his illness to kill him.

Facing Tang Yidao's tactical arrangement after another, the players slowly put away the laughing expressions on their faces.After experiencing the ecstasy of being ahead, they suddenly understood what kind of game it was.

The boss has never been so serious and desperate like today.

This is a city derby!
(End of this chapter)