champion godfather

Chapter 499

It doesn't take much to describe Nottingham Forest's away game against Arsenal, because it was broadcast on the sports news.Nottingham Forest, which is short of major generals, lost to Arsenal without any suspense in the away game, 1:3, which can be regarded as a complete defeat.
Twain followed the team to London, but was unable to direct the game from the coaching bench due to the suspension. He sat in the stands with assistant coach Chris Lack, who was also sent off by a red card, and watched helplessly as his team was surrounded by Arsenal. Playing hard, it should have been shown, but the momentum belonging to the Forest team has not been shown at all.
Tang performed the duties of acting head coach during the game, but it was just like Tang En once thought.Tang is an excellent assistant coach, but he is not a qualified head coach.He can do a supporting job perfectly, but he can't make up his own mind.
Without the backbone, I don't know what to do.This is true for coaches, and even more so for players.
Without George Wood, Sun Jihai was pushed to the position of the midfielder. Although the Chinese player worked very hard, he was still a little powerless in the face of Arsenal's attacking cluster.The position of the midfielder is too important. If the stadium is compared to the battlefield, the midfielder is the battleground, and the midfielder is equivalent to a fortress. Good midfielders can defend this place like gold, and bad players...
It's not that Sun Jihai is bad, but that there is still a gap between his level and that of his opponents.
With the midfield falling, don't expect the Forest team to get better in the penalty area.
There is no problem with conceding three goals.
The only thing worth mentioning is that Nottingham Forest scored a goal in very unfavorable circumstances.Eastwood scored a face-saving goal for the team at the last moment, which finally prevented Arsenal from "shaving their heads".
After the game, when Wenger went to shake hands with Tang, he glanced at the stands intentionally or unintentionally.Of course he wanted to find Twain in the crowd, but at that time Twain and Chris Rack had already left the stage early.
None of the post-match comments were surprised by the outcome of the game.Arsenal's strength is not weak, not to mention that the Forest team is short of major generals, and the soul is missing Tony Twain.Even if they have a neat lineup, they may not have a chance of winning against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
The media in Nottingham lamented their bad luck. After experiencing a large-scale suspension, they met such a strong opponent.If you run into a weak team, maybe you can still win.
Tang En didn't think so, he was very happy to see Arsenal appear at this time.Anyway, the house is already leaking, and I don't mind the continuous rain.It is best to squeeze all the unlucky things together. When the bad luck is used up, it will be the turn of the good luck.
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After returning from London with a defeat, Tang En didn't bother to feel depressed about this defeat.He will lead the team to prepare for the Champions League group stage immediately.
Time is running out. On September 27, Nottingham Forest will welcome their other opponent in this group stage at home - the Turkish Super League team Galatasaray.
Since that earth-shattering "war", everyone is waiting to see.They wanted to see where Tony Twain's team would go.
Of course, Twain knew what the media thought. In England, there were quite a few media who were his enemies. They couldn't make Tony Twain unlucky, and wished that the Forest team would lose consecutively.I just lost to Arsenal in the league, and it would be great if I can continue to lose to Galatasaray.
But... But Tang En is a person with an awkward personality, and he likes to confront everyone.
So, in this group match, Twain won.
The suspension penalty in the league is only effective for the league, and the Forest team can still send the strongest lineup in the Champions League game.And the team didn't seem to be hit by the large-scale suspension. It can even be said that they were stimulated by the suspension, and they vented their depression in the league to the Champions League group stage.
During the game, Tang En did not use the "defensive tactics" that the Forest team relied on to rise last season. Instead, he boldly and unexpectedly launched a strong attack at home, completely ignoring Galatasaray's offense.
As a result, the game was scored 3:2, the two sides scored five goals, and in the end Nottingham Forest won by scoring one more goal than the opponent.
The narrator thinks so—the Forest team must be holding their breath from the coach to the players in this game. Continuing to implement the defensive-oriented tactics and being beaten by the opponent at home is obviously not going to help. They let it out, so a desperate attack is a reasonable performance.Anyway, Tony Twain was inherently unstable, and his team would naturally not be stable either. It was normal for him to change tactics suddenly.
Tang En didn't care about the voices of these comments, he had some plans in mind.
After defeating Galatasaray at home, Nottingham Forest temporarily ranked first in this group with a two-match win.
The scene that the spectators most wanted to see did not happen, and Tony Twain's team was still alive and well.
"We were so embarrassed in the league, but we didn't expect us to go smoothly in the Champions Cup..." After the game, the coaching staff of both sides still shook hands in a friendly way.After shaking hands, Tang said to Tang En.
"That's pretty good." Tang En nodded. "Our goal this season is the Champions League. The league... just make sure to be in the top four."

Tang En did not lie, nor was he humble.This season, he has never considered the issue of the ownership of the league championship at all.Let's not talk about the heavy encirclement of Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and other powerful players, just talk about the Forest team themselves.
Now that he has decided to regain what he has lost in the Champions Cup, it is natural to put more energy into the Champions Cup.The league is a long competition system, which is different from the Champions Cup with a knockout system.One of the great characteristics of cup games is that how much you give, you will get back in the end.In other words, as long as you work hard, you will be rewarded, and there are fewer uncertain factors.
However, due to the long schedule of the league, as the saying goes, "long nights and many dreams", there are many uncertain factors.It is very likely that you have worked hard and put in all your efforts, leading 37 rounds, and being overturned by your opponent in the last round.Tang En didn't want such a tragedy to happen to him.
In addition, even if Xia Tian added a lot of capable players, he didn't think that Nottingham Forest already had the strength to win the championship in both battles.Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​AC Milan, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich... These world giants dare not say that they have the absolute strength to win the double or triple crown, let alone Nottingham Forest.
Instead of sitting at home and fantasizing that your team has won all the championships it can win, it is better to play the most confident cup game down-to-earth.Fundamentally speaking, Twain is a very pragmatic coach, this person is very practical, he is only interested in what he is sure he can catch.
The league championship, now he has no idea.But he is determined to win the Champions Cup!
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After defeating Galatasaray in the Champions League and taking the first place in the group, Nottingham Forest, which seems to be full of spring, will soon experience another experience from heaven to hell.On November [-], the seventh round of the league, Nottingham Forest played against Middlesbrough at home.
Having just enjoyed a game with a full lineup, Tang En was going back to the stands to be a spectator.
Don continued to serve as acting head coach in this game, but he was really just putting on a show.Before the game, Tang En and the coaching staff made all the tactical arrangements, and let the team play step by step.
Facing Middlesbrough, where McLaren is no longer there, the Forest team shook hands with their opponents at their home court.The game was played very exciting, the two sides scored a total of four goals.The Forest team's second lineup was no problem to deal with an opponent like Middlesbrough, but the failure to win the game in the end was entirely due to the lack of a core player - Tony Twain.A head coach with a distinctive personality and fearlessness is the real soul of this team.
For Twain, the good news is that there is one game left in his suspension period, and he can once again stand in front of the coach's bench and direct the team to fight.He had had enough of being a spectator in the stands. He had been a spectator for more than ten years in his "previous life", and now he did not want to repeat that life again.
During the game, the TV cameras kept paying attention to Tang En's performance.No matter after the Forest team scored or lost the ball, the camera would quickly focus on Twain in the stands to see his reaction.
John Mortensen, a BBC football commentator who knows Twain well, said with a smile: "...Among the severe fines issued by the English FA, the only truly correct punishment is Article [-], which banned Twain for three games. For Tony • For Twain, not letting him command the team to fight is like killing him!"
Fortunately, such a bad day is about to pass.
On October 1th, the league restarted after a one-week break because of the national team match. Nottingham Forest lost 2:[-] to Manchester City in the away game.The failure of this game can be ignored by Tang En. After the game, he even wanted to sneak onto the sidelines to shake hands with Manchester City coach Stuart Pierce on behalf of Tang En, but he was caught by the sharp-eyed fourth official at the exit of the tunnel. stopped.
"Mr. Tang En, this is not allowed, you can't go there."
"I just want to say hello to an old friend, isn't that okay?" Tang En pointed to Pierce who was shaking hands with Tang, and asked the fourth official next to him.
"Wait for the second half of the league, Mr. Twain. If you were not suspended again for something at that time..." Since he publicly criticized the low standard of the entire English refereeing circle after the game, Twain has become the referee's favorite Public Enemy Number One.In these few league games, the Forest team suffered some inexplicable penalties several times, so it cannot be said that it has nothing to do with it.
Seeing that the fourth official spoke so harshly and didn't give him any face, Tang En's good mood also disappeared.He looked at Tang and Pierce not far ahead, and at the fourth official who was standing beside him with a smirk. He knew that if he wanted to force his way through, he must be suspended for a few games while waiting. .
He snorted, turned and walked away.
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Tang shook hands with Pierce, and instead of chatting, he went straight to the aisle. He was in a bad mood after losing the game, so he didn't want to linger in front of people.
When he passed the mixed zone, he was stopped by a Chinese voice: "Mr. Tang, Mr. Tang!"

Tang, who didn't want to pay attention to the media, stopped involuntarily when he heard that it was Chinese he was familiar with.

The person who stopped him was no stranger, and it was Tang Jing whom he had met on the plane. Speaking of which, they were all surnamed Tang, and they might have been a family 500 years ago.
"Can you say a few words?" Tang Jing squeezed in front of the crowd, standing out among the mostly male sports reporters.
Since she was an acquaintance, Tang didn't want to refute her face. He walked over and planned to say a few words.But before he opened his mouth, he didn't know what to say.

Tang Jing obviously also noticed that it is better to take the initiative to solve this kind of problem.So she asked, "What's the biggest feeling you've had from an assistant coach to an acting head coach, Mr. Tang?"
"It's completely two professions." Tang Yan replied concisely.

Tang Jing was fully prepared for this. She nodded and wrote down Tang's words. As for how to further develop these words after returning home, it was her own business...
"It's a pity that we didn't win three games..." Realizing that saying this would make the other party unhappy, Tang Jing quickly changed the subject, "What do you think of this large-scale punishment by the Football Association?"
"It's been a few weeks and I don't have much opinion."

"Oh..." No matter how well prepared she was, Tang Jing was still very depressed about this uncooperative attitude. After waiting here for a long time, she got such a result?She was a little downcast.Tang En's non-cooperation was intentional, and this Tang's non-cooperation was completely natural - this was what made her most depressed.
Perhaps it was because it was too difficult for a woman to squeeze around in such a large group of men looking for an interview opportunity.Tang also felt that it was not good to face the opponent with this attitude. He hesitated and said, "I haven't won a game, and I'm still a little bit unwilling."
Suddenly hearing Tang take the initiative to speak, Tang Jing suddenly raised her head and looked at Tang expectantly.But she only saw Tang shaking his head: "Sorry, I have to go."
"Ah, yes. We will meet later, Mr. Tang." Tang Jing waved goodbye.Although there is not much to say, the last sentence is enough.

I'm not reconciled to not getting a victory...
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Tang ran into Tang En on the way back to the locker room.

"Why don't you go directly to the press conference?" Tang En asked while leaning against the wall.

"It's still early," Tang replied.

"Then you have nothing to do when you come back?"

"There's nothing to do over there. I'm used to coming back here first."

Tang En smiled: "You are an assistant coach for the rest of your life!"

"I met Tang Jing in the mixed zone just now." Tang changed the subject.

"Oh? What did she ask?"

"Chinese fans are concerned."

Tang En nodded to show that he understood. It was nothing more than the news that Tang suddenly became the acting head coach.

"I'm really sorry to disappoint them." Tang En said with a shrug. "How about . . . you go on, Don?"

Tang shook his head and waved his hands, "I don't like it. Head coaches and assistant coaches are completely different careers. Fortunately, you will be back soon, so I can breathe a sigh of relief."

"Is it a lot of pressure?" Tang En asked with a smile.

Tang nodded: "Big."

"But I like it." Dunn winked at his partner. "Great pressure means more rewards. I have no interest in assistant coaches. From the very beginning, I like the head coach. Our personalities are far apart."

Tang smiled silently, pushed the door open and entered.Tang En continued to stay outside, watching the players come down from the field one after another, and then he raised his hand to greet them.

"Hey guys, great job!"

"Don't be downcast, little monkey! It's just an insignificant league loss. Have you forgotten what our goal is for this season?"

"No big deal, I'm back."

That's right, he is the owner of this team.

(End of this chapter)