champion godfather

Chapter 1048 The Dusk and Morning of Wilford (Ask for a Monthly Pass~)

Tang En stood on the Wilford No. [-] training ground, in front of his eyes were dense forests, and under his feet were the mottled shadows of those forests.The day's training is over, the players have basically all left here, but there is still one person on the training ground who is practicing extra.

Tang En stood on the sidelines, looking at the person who was practicing extra.

This scene was not unfamiliar to him.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, under the dark red sky, Wilford was fragmented by the shadows of the woods to the west.The whole training ground was very quiet, except for the muffled sound of kicking the football, the sound of the football hitting the goal post, the net, the barbed wire wall, and the occasional bird chirping, there was no other sound .Compared with the extremely noisy scene during the day, there was quite a contrast.

When he was young, he used to watch the people in front of him practice countless times here.At that time, the person in front of me was just a child.

It has been ten years in a flash.I am about to retire, and the person in front of me has become the team's banner.At the same venue and at the same time more than ten years ago, did Tony Twain think of so many things after that?

Tang En was distracted, and the man on the field was already walking towards him covered in sweat.

"What are you looking at?" he asked.

"Enjoy the scenery." Tang En replied.He continued to look at Wilford, who was shrouded in twilight. "Don't you think that everything in front of you looks like an oil painting? I also remembered that you once kicked a football into the river at the youth team training ground. It was also dusk and the sky was dark at that time. I didn't find it. Ha!" He laughed to himself while talking. "There are only a few days before we can enjoy this painting again."

George Wood turned around and followed Dun En's gaze. "Hasn't it been like this for 16 years?" He is used to seeing it, because he stays to practice alone for himself almost every day. "Stay if you haven't seen enough."

Tang En shook his head: "Distance creates beauty. If I come down, I won't find all this beautiful. I will just take it for granted. I have been in Wilford for 12 years, and I only recently felt that this is really beautiful. I used to rush Come and go in a hurry.”

A moment of silence fell between the two of them, and Tang En continued to appreciate the beautiful scenery in front of him.In fact, the scenery of Wilford is definitely not beautiful, but in a different state of mind, seeing such a dusk, you will definitely feel touched.

Tang En thinks this dusk is beautiful, is it because his coaching career has progressed to dusk?The sun that once radiated infinite light and heat in the sky is now fading away.

"Go take a shower and change clothes, don't catch a cold." Tang En said to Wood beside him, breaking the silence.

Wood had no objection, nodded, turned and walked away.

When he finished all this and came out, he found that Tang En was still on the training ground.I wanted to go up to say goodbye and leave, but I was stopped by Tang En again.

"When are you going to retire. Have you thought about it, George?"

Wood froze for a moment, then shook his head: "No. I didn't plan this. But it won't be 40 anyway."

Hearing what he said, Tang En laughed silently.

The 40-year-old was just something he was talking about casually, but he didn't expect Wood to take it seriously.

"I don't advise you to really play until you are 40 years old. You must know more about this kind of thing than I do. But you must invite me when you retire. I have to see with my own eyes that the greatest captain in the history of Nottingham Forest Club retired. What scene."

Wood was silent for a moment, as if thinking of something.After a while, he said: "It should not be as good as you."

"What's so good about the retirement of a head coach?" Dunn shrugged. "After playing the game the day after tomorrow, just hold a press conference and that's it."

Wood actually doesn't know what it's like when a head coach retires, because he hasn't experienced it.According to common sense, he should retire earlier than the head coach, because it is not easy for a head coach to work for 20 years, but it is not easy for a player to play for 20 years.

There was a silence between the two of them.

Tang En didn't want to talk, but Wood had something on his mind.

After a while, when the red glow in the west had dimmed a lot, Wood asked, "I think you are a little different from before..."

"Before? Is there a difference?" Dunn didn't understand Wood's endless words.

"It feels like your temper has changed a lot compared to before. Is it because of your age?"

"Ha!" Tang En laughed out loud. "Did you see that I don't provoke wars of words much now? I don't swear in person much anymore?"

In this match against Manchester United, Tang En and Mourinho's performance can be described as very restrained. Apart from the two "greeting" each other at the beginning, there was no other news.There was no active provocation, and there was no so-called psychological warfare.This makes the media feel very boring.

Wood didn't say anything, but it was an acquiescence.

"I've been arguing for so many years, I'm tired of it." Tang En waved his hand.

"But I don't know why..." Wood hesitated for a moment, as if he didn't know what to say, and finally he spoke. "I like the old you better...I think it's very powerful. Everyone likes it." The "everyone" in his mouth is not all Forest players, but refers to the remaining "old guys" in the team. Rhys Bell, Joe Mattock, Abang Laho, Mitchell... etc., are all the players who followed Tang En to fight the world before he resigned last time.

Tang En turned his head and glanced at Wood. He didn't know what to say, so he reached out and touched Wood's head.

Retirement is nothing to him, but he is a little bit reluctant to leave the players he has watched grow up.These days, the players have always used every opportunity to get in touch with him, and he certainly knows what they are thinking.Everyone hated him too.

But how can there be a banquet in the world that lasts?

Tang En didn't want to continue this somewhat sad topic, so he asked a question that he was particularly interested in: "How are you and Miss Vivienne?"

"Nothing." Wood's answer was obviously evasive.

Tang En guessed something, but he didn't say it out, he continued to change the subject.

"George, what are your plans for the evening?"

"No." Wood replied.

"Well, come home with me tonight."

Wood glanced at Tang En.

"Shania went to Paris today. There is no one in the family, so she will be less angry. Teresa will be very happy to ask you to be a guest."

Shania left the UK this morning and flew to Paris to prepare for her last show, and had to attend a thank you banquet.But entertainment is not as much as before.Perhaps it was because they knew that she was going to quit the modeling and entertainment circles, and thought she was no longer a valuable celebrity, so there were fewer people deliberately curry favor with her.

This is actually quite good, Shania likes it very much.For those social activities, she herself did not enjoy them, and most of the time it was just work needs and invitations from friends that could not be turned down.Otherwise, she wouldn't stay at home when she was resting, instead of showing off on camera everywhere.Although she and Beckham's wife Victoria Beckham are good friends, she and Victoria are two completely different people.

With Shania leaving like this, Tang En felt very lonely, and Teresa missed her very much.Shania originally wanted to take Teresa to Bari, but Teresa had to go to school, so she had to stay at home and be taken care of by the nannies.

Tang En was not worried about the child. The nannies were all very, very good, and there would be no such thing as giving the child sleeping pills to lull him to sleep.

But still inevitably feel lonely.

That's why he invited Wood to be a guest at home tonight, even though Wood is a taciturn and inarticulate person, and he doesn't know how to tease children.But I don't know why, Teresa likes to be with her brother Wood, as long as she sees Wood, she will become very happy.

Tang En didn't see any kindness in Wood, so he didn't understand why Teresa liked that murderous George Wood so much.

If it wasn't for the age difference between the two of them, Tang En would really worry about whether his daughter would fall in love with George in the future... Uh, it's a long way off.

When Tang En moved out of Teresa, Wood had no reason to refuse.He nodded and accepted Tang En's invitation.

"Do you want to call Miss Vivian together?" Tang En asked suddenly.

"She works overtime..." Wood found himself slipping.

Tang En laughed happily.

Laughing, he turned around, patted Wood on the shoulder, and signaled that they should go.

Wood didn't leave immediately, but turned around and watched Tang En walk in front.He noticed that the man's back was slightly hunched, maybe because he was smiling?
The last twilight of the setting sun was swallowed by the horizon, and the quiet Wilford was shrouded in the night.A gust of wind blew, and the woods behind made a rustling sound, blowing the hair and skirts of the two people.Wood couldn't help but glanced back at the pitch-black forest, while Tang En walked out without looking back.

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Teresa, who had been waiting for her father to come back from "off work" for a long time, relaxed her frown when she saw Wood following her father into the house.

With Wood by her side, Teresa happily spent the first night after her mother left.It was eleven o'clock when Teresa went to bed.Dunn wanted to stay in Wood at home, since there are many guest rooms anyway.But Wood didn't agree to say anything, and he must go back to his home.

There was no other way, Tang En had no choice but to send Wood out.

At the gate of the yard, while waiting for the car.Tang En expressed his gratitude to Wood as a father, and told Wood that he was allowed to be 15 minutes late for training the next day.

But for the second day's training, George Wood was still the first one to come.

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Wilford's day begins with a misty morning.The water vapor of the night began to evaporate under the sunshine, and layers of white mist evaporated from the dense woods, and were blown by the breeze to every corner of Wilford, even above the Trent River.

At this time, Wilford was still very quiet, only the staff had arrived ahead of time, ready to start the day's work.

Tony Twain came as early as them.Instead of entering the office, he came directly to the training ground, breathing in the fresh morning air greedily.

The staff was busy on the side, and greeted Tang En whenever they encountered him, and would not stop their work.Tang En walked alone among the training grounds one after another.Stepping on the wet turf, the trousers and leather shoes were all wet after a while.

He didn't realize it, You Xing was very happy.

After visiting the training ground of the first team, he went to the training ground of the reserve team and the youth team.After visiting every place where I worked that year, I went back to the office to rest.And the players are arriving one after another, ready to start a day of training.

This day was the last day of training for the Forest team before the game, and it was also the last training session of Tony Twain's coaching career.

When Twain entered his office to rest, countless media had already gathered outside the Wilford training ground, and they all came to witness Tony Twain's "last lesson".Although they only had 15 minutes of public filming, that didn't stop their enthusiasm.

Pierce Bruce saw Carl Spike in the crowd.He didn't have a good impression of this guy who had been relentlessly blacking Tang En. Now that he met him, he naturally wanted to go up and make fun of him.

"Hey, Carl." He greeted warmly, as if the two were good friends who had known each other for many years.

Of course, Spike also knew who Bruce was, so he also knew that Bruce took the initiative to greet him, and it was definitely not for reminiscence.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Pierce Bruce, our Queen's reporter for Dunn?" Spike responded with a sly look.

This nickname was specifically used to satirize Bruce in the reporter circle, and it was definitely not a compliment.

Bruce was not angry, but asked back with a smile: "It seems that you are in a good mood, Carl. Is it because the person you hate the most is finally saying goodbye?"

Without thinking about it, Spark nodded, "Of course." He never denied his dislike for Tang En in public, which was much stronger than those hypocrites who praised Tang En on the surface but scolded him with hatred behind their backs.

Seeing Spike took the bait, Bruce laughed more and more complacently: "I was wondering... Once Tony retires, where will you find someone to scold and maintain the ratings of your show?"

The expression on Karl Spike's face froze instantly.He is not a fool, he immediately realized that he had been fooled by Bruce, but he couldn't answer such a question.Because he really became famous by scolding Tang En, and finally became a TV host.And once Tang En retired, who would he turn to to scold him?Swearing is also an art, it doesn't mean that you can attract so many viewers by simply pulling a cat or a dog on the main road to swear.

Looking around England's football circles, and even the world's football circles, there are very few people like Tony Twain who are widely controversial, have won many honors, and are very popular.

Maybe Mourinho barely counts as one?But scolding a foreigner does not attract much attention in England.Mourinho's influence in England is still far behind that of Tony Twain.

Although Spike really hates that arrogant Tony Twain who made himself suffer a lot and made a lot of fools, he also had to admit a fact that made him very embarrassed and angry—once he left This arrogant and conceited Tony Twain that he hated, hated, made him suffer a lot and made a lot of fools of himself, he just can't handle it!
This is no secret anymore. Everyone in the circle knows that Karl Spike got his position by scolding Dunn. Some people disdain him, even those who also hate Dunn.

Seeing Spike's current state, many people laughed out loud.Watching other people make a fool of themselves is a common hobby of people all over the world, and British "gentlemen" are no exception.

After Bruce pointed out Spike's biggest embarrassment, he ignored the man and turned to focus on the team's training.

Spike also had a thick skin - after fighting with Tang En for so many years, if he hadn't thick skin enough, Tang En would have killed himself by jumping off the building long ago.After the previous embarrassment passed, he stood there like a normal person and continued to direct his subordinates to take pictures of Tony Twain.

His program didn't care about the forest team's training situation, and Tony Twain was always the only one in his camera.This also confirmed from another aspect how correct what Pierce Bruce said before.

Carl Spike only had Tony Twain in his eyes, but Tony Twain had the whole world in his eyes.

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Tony Twain, who pretended to be the whole world, finally appeared in the cameras of the reporters.

Today's Tony Twain is wearing a casual shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans, which is different from what he wears when directing the game from the sidelines. Compared with those head coaches who are used to wearing sweatshirts to lead the team's training, he looks nothing like He's a serious head coach.But no one was surprised by this, because Tony Twain has been here for the past 16 years, and everyone has long been familiar with it.

Tang En appeared in front of everyone wearing sunglasses, causing a commotion.The fan groups in the east cheered Tang En's name loudly, and the cheers gradually died down when Tang En waved to them.

This scene also did not surprise the reporters.They have long been no stranger to Tang En's influence.

They just told those photographers to take all the time to shoot.

"This is Tony Twain's last training session! Don't take pictures of the others, just keep an eye on him!"

Tang En didn't care how others took pictures of him, he had long been used to it, although the battle this morning was indeed a bit bigger...

However, he deserves such attention.

Tang En is just that good, not pretentious, what should be his own is his own, and he is absolutely not humble.

Basically nothing happened to him in the training. He stared at it for a while and found that the performance of the players was normal, and nothing happened because of the gathering of reporters... But now there is nothing abnormal, everyone is running Warming up...

Tang En looked at it for a while and then turned his attention to other places. There were many fans gathered in the east, more than usual. These fans all made up their minds to ask Tang En for autographs and group photos after the game.

Tang En's eyes searched blindly among the crowd, but suddenly settled down.

He stared at a person in the crowd with a strange expression, both excited and surprised.

Guess who he saw that made him so groggy?
In the crowd, Fat John, Thin Bill, and other brothers surrounded a man.

That person was none other than Michael Bernard whom Dunn had met in Los Angeles before!
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(End of this chapter)