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Chapter 442 Volume [-] The Red Forest Becomes Famous
On the second day after the contract renewal was announced, Nottingham Forest ushered in their opponents in the league at home.

The current situation is very delicate for Nottingham Forest.

On the one hand, they are triumphant in the Champions League, and on the other hand, they are constantly narrowing the points gap by Manchester United in the league.

Before this game, the points of the two teams had narrowed from a maximum of twelve points to four points.

Even so, Twain still hid half of his main force before the second Champions League match against Inter Milan.Even George Wood sat on the bench.

The recent schedule is very intensive, and Twain has to consider the physical fitness of all the players. This is of course a decision made after listening to the advice of the physical fitness coach.

Finally, at their own home court, Nottingham Forest shook hands with Aston Villa 2:2.

On the other side, Manchester United won Bolton 2:1 in the away game, and the points difference between the two teams is only two points.

Two points, the distance of a game.

The Manchester media has already shouted the slogan of surpassing Nottingham Forest and returning to the second place in the standings.

Since being eliminated from the Champions League group stage, Manchester United's state has been getting better and better.It's really a blessing in disguise, how do you know it's not a blessing?

On the one hand, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United are entangled endlessly, and on the other side, Chelsea are all the way. As of the end of the second round of No.30 in the league, Mourinho's Chelsea has accumulated 79 points. Until now, it has never been pulled down.

Today's Chelsea looks like an invincible army, with excellent players, excellent coaches, generous and rich owners.The English media have been discussing who can surpass Chelsea and pull them down this season, and now they have come to the conclusion that this season should not be counted on...

Chelsea have 79 points and Nottingham Forest 71.With six rounds left in the league, although eight points is not an insurmountable barrier, the possibility of winning the championship in theory is of no use to Tang En.He knew that if he wanted to win the championship this season, not only would his team have to win consecutively in the last six rounds, but he also had to count on Chelsea to keep losing. Difficult.

Tang En's goal is to go as far as possible in the Champions Cup, and to cling to second place in the league.In this way, we can continue to participate in the Champions League next season and make money.

Now the two-point gap with Manchester United made him smell the danger. For the first time in the entire league, he felt that the chasing troops were so close to him. Two points... With six rounds left in the league, too many things can happen up.

But what made Tang En even more troublesome was that now he had no time to deal with the chasing Manchester United.In his heart, Manchester United's catching-up crisis needs to be temporarily ranked second, and the first urgent need to be resolved is the second round of the Champions League quarter-finals with Inter Milan.

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The day after the game against Aston Villa, Inter Milan's plane has arrived in London.

Tang En originally planned to rely on defense to counterattack in the away game, and then use offense to eliminate Inter Milan when he returned to the home court.

But when he scored two away goals at San Siro, he changed his mind.

Conceded two goals at home. If he wants to appear, Mancini must let Inter Milan choose to attack in the away game. Leaving aside these two away goals, Inter Milan needs to break the scoreline of 2:2 at least. balance.So it is necessary to attack. If they still choose to defend in the away game, Inter Milan will be eliminated in nine or 10 minutes.

As long as Inter Milan attacks, they are not afraid to find their defensive loopholes.Tang En was determined to stick to the defensive counterattack at his own home court, quietly waiting for Inter Milan.

When going to Italy, two thousand Nottingham fans deeply felt the "enthusiasm" of the Inter Milan fans in the stands of the San Siro. Now it is their turn to show their "more enthusiastic" side to the Italian fans.

The deafening singing on the city stadium that can only accommodate 7000 people made the Italian fans unable to open their mouths at all.

"These English lunatics..." some Italian fans complained.But this is not an exaggeration at all, Nottingham Forest fans are indeed crazy enough.Before the game started, the Englishman's singing sounded, and then it never stopped.

Their voices never seem to be so hoarse that they can't speak. In other countries' leagues, in order to enliven the atmosphere and make the game look more exciting, there may be a live broadcast to broadcast the shouts of the fans for the stadium. The players cheered up, making everyone sound as if the fans were singing and shouting loudly.

However, only England's stadium is completely "artificial", and the live broadcast is only used to broadcast the list of appearances, the scorer, the substitution... and other procedural things.The atmosphere of the scene depends entirely on the mouths of the fans.

When a qualified England fan goes to the game, he must always have throat lozenges on his body.

Singing, cursing, and cheering, they are like a tacitly coordinated chorus, making their own responses to changes in the game situation.People who don't understand it will think they are too noisy, just like noise.But those who understand think this is the most wonderful enjoyment-think about it, tens of thousands of people are chanting your name at the same time, singing songs that are composed and praising you spontaneously, the feeling...is really great!

Of course, for their opponents, it was a nightmare.

In this game, Inter Milan took the initiative to attack Nottingham Forest's penalty area from the first minute.And Nottingham Forest also retreated, just like the first round of the two sides.

No matter how ugly the scene is, when you are bombarded by the opponent around the goal, you will not hear the dissatisfied boos from the Nottingham Forest fans. They cheer for the team as always. To get the full applause from the stands.

This is the motivation to support the Forest team all the way forward.

In the first half, the Forest team and Inter Milan drew - 0:0.

This was what Tang En wanted to see the most, because he didn't concede a goal.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. The Forest team did not change their tactics, and became a "shrinking tortoise" at their home court, threatening Inter Milan's gate by occasional counterattacks.

Inter Milan had even more chances in this game than in the first round, but they bombed indiscriminately. After the smoke cleared, Inter Milan's supporters found in despair that Nottingham Forest's goal was still standing. The score on the electronic scoreboard has not changed at all.

The Forest team's defensive formation was maintained very well. Once the Inter Milan players entered the 30-meter area, they found that there was almost no space to pass the ball.

As the game time passed, Nottingham Forest became more confident as they defended, while Inter Milan became more impatient.

Inter Milan players all know that if this score is maintained until the end, they will be eliminated because of fewer away goals.And they only need one goal to change this result.

Inter were on the offensive and Mancini used all the attacking players he could muster to score a last-minute goal that would save him and their fate.

"One goal! We only need one goal!" Inter Milan captain Javier Zanetti was encouraging his teammates not to give up the game.

"Hold it! Half the ball won't let them in!" Albertini shouted loudly.

The competition has reached a fever pitch. For the sake of their side's victory, it can be said that the two sides have almost used any means allowed by the rules... In fact, it is mainly manifested on the Nottingham Forest side.

In order to delay the game, the players of the Forest team paid the price of three yellow cards in the last 5 minutes. Even Van der Sar got the first yellow card in this Champions Cup because of the long time when he kicked the ball. , and the people who took the cards were very scattered. Tang En had specifically confessed these. He would not let those who already had the cards deliberately take the cards.

In addition to the obvious delay of the game time, there are some who will not get cards, but objectively it will cause the game time to be delayed.For example-in the last 5 minutes, three Nottingham Forest players collapsed on the field due to lack of energy and calf cramps.Anelka, Frank • Ribery, Layton • Barnes, these three people cover the front, middle and rear positions.When they rolled on the ground hugging their calves in pain, who knew whether they had real cramp or fake cramp?

However, the players of the Forest team fought fiercely in this game. At the last moment, it made sense that they were exhausted.If it was George Wood who suddenly fell to the ground and made a painful gesture, indicating that he was cramping, he would probably get only boos—too fake.

George Wood's physical fitness is really good. Whenever the Inter Milan players are exhausted from running and see the opponent's No. 13 monster sprinting with all their strength, they will feel a feeling of "despair" from the bottom of their hearts. .

The last moment of the game was the most tense, Twain absolutely did not dare to chat with David • Chris Lark next to him, saying nonsense that we won.Before the last second of the game, he couldn't let go of his heart at all.

Inter Milan's last chance to attack, corner kick!

Even their goalkeeper, Julio Cesar, gave up on goalkeeping and charged forward, huddling among the crowd for the top spot.There is no need to keep the goal anymore. If the goal cannot be scored, Inter Milan's road to the Champions League this season will come to an end.

After the corner kick was taken, there was chaos in front of the Forest team's goal. People in the stands, on the commentary box, and on the coach's bench could not see clearly what happened in front of the goal.

Did the ball go in?
Who is holding the ball now?

Get out of my sight... bastard!
No foul?

What happened to the ground!

In the chaos, it seemed that an Inter Milan player raised his arm, but that arm was quickly put down.

Materac's header was powerful, Van der Sar couldn't save it, but it was blocked by Chimbonda standing on the edge of the post, and chaos ensued.Someone kicked the ball, and someone kicked the person, and Julio Cesar found that the football was in front of him!
This is your chance to be a hero!
When he raised his thigh, he found that someone had already kicked the ball faster than him, but in the opposite direction...

George Wood was keen to spot the unmarked Julio Cesar in the chaos, and the ball in front of him, and risked a possible penalty for tackling inside the box , grabbed the football before Cesar shoveled it out!

All Nottingham Foresters heaved a sigh of relief when they saw the football flying over the touchline.

At the same time, the referee also blew the whistle for the end of the game.

"competition is over!"

Tang En raised his hands up and stood up, his fists clenched so tightly that his nails even got into his flesh.He was about to have a heart attack just now, it was so fucking exciting... If Cesar had scored that goal, he would probably be sitting on the chair and unable to get up now.

Fortunately, there is no if.

"Congratulations to Nottingham Forest! They broke into the semi-finals of the Champions League! For Tony Twain's team, this is a remarkable achievement!"

"Also, sorry for Inter Milan. They were very brave away, but unfortunately... luck was not on their side. Goodbye, Inter Milan, see you next season!"

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"The Red Forest Returns to Europe! "

This is not the "boasting" of the local media in Nottingham, this is the headline on the front page of the Italian "Gazzetta dello Sport".The red Nottingham Forest players below the title are running to celebrate, which is in stark contrast to the blue and black Inter Milan players on the other side.

And there is a small photo under this big photo, which is also a red figure, but the style of the jersey is very old.Here's a photo of Nottingham Forest's first European Cup glory in 1979.

Putting the two photos together, the meaning is obvious, reminding everyone that the team that was almost forgotten by the world is back.

The Italian analyzed it from a tactical level and believed that Inter Milan's loss to Nottingham Forest was not wronged at all.Twain eliminated the Italian team with the defense that the Italians were best at, and he convinced the Italians to lose.

"Invincible youth"

This is the headline of the Spanish "Aspen", and the article focuses on the age of the forest team.The Spanish reporter said that it is not unbelievable that the Forest team reached the semi-finals. After all, this team was considered the dark horse of this Champions Cup in the group stage.It's surprising, or miraculous, how young this team is.From the assistant coach to the head coach to the players are so young. The 37-year-old Tony Twain is the youngest team head coach among the semi-finals, and even the youngest coach of the semi-finals in the history of the European Champions Cup.

All of a sudden, Twain's name and photo appeared on the front pages of major European sports media, and the UEFA Champions League TV magazine released a well-prepared feature film to introduce a comprehensive Tony Twain and that A magical forest team.

The name of "Nottingham Forest" was repeatedly mentioned in various reports, and Evan couldn't close his mouth when he laughed.He once again firmly believed that it was the right decision for him to choose Tang En and let him stay.

Nottingham Forest's opponent in the semi-finals of the Champions League has also been decided. This will be a "civil war" in England. The two sides have a lot of history. It was the two players of Nottingham Forest who first established this glorious club—— Arsenal.

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Wenger was fiddling with his VCR when assistant coach Pat Rice knocked on the door of the manager's office.

"Call me here... what are you doing, Arthur?"

"I plan to ask you to study my latest video." Wenger squatted on the ground without looking up. "As you can see, I was messing around with this VCR and had a little problem, but it didn't affect anything."

"But there was no game yesterday..." Les spread his hands in confusion. He walked over, and there were snowflakes on the TV screen, but there were no images.

"Not a game video, Pat." Wenger stood up, remote control in hand, turned to his assistant coach and said, "Did you watch that, the latest issue of the UEFA Champions League TV magazine."

Pat Rice guessed: "You mean the one about Nottingham Forest?"

Wenger nodded: "What do you think of that episode?"

"It's not bad. I learned a lot of things that I couldn't understand before. It's very interesting. It's rare for me to see such a feature film that reflects football clubs in such detail. But that guy Tang En didn't act like a football coach, but he was more Like the star of an eight o'clock soap opera..."

"This is not something we care about. Even if he wants to go out to release a record, it's none of our business." Wenger had no interest in what kind of person Tang En was.

"Then you called me here because..."

"I recorded that episode, and I agree with the first half of your sentence. The show was shot very meticulously, making it feel as real as a documentary. I don't think it was Tony Twain acting and showing off in front of the camera, he That's the kind of person." Wenger pressed the remote control in his hand, and a picture appeared on the TV screen, which was the scene of Dunn lecturing on the sidelines of the training ground. "So I think this episode is good research. Especially before ... the Champions League semi-final."

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