champion godfather

Chapter 519 Volume [-] The Storm Collects Interest

Twain claimed the day before the game that the game had entered his track, and when word got out, there was an uproar in Barcelona.The Catalan media began to fight back. They went to the Barcelona players, hoping to get the support of the team.

Big Mouth Eto'o was the first to respond to Tang En's provocation. He said in an interview with "World Sports Daily": "...I don't know what his (Tony Twain) track is, maybe he can directly pass To the Cliff? But I don't wonder if he said that because only he would do such an outrageous thing, isn't he like that after last year's final?"

This is attacking Tang En from the perspective of personal quality and gentlemanly demeanor.

Barcelona's captain Puyol directly said that Tang En's actions were disrespectful to his opponent.

Ronaldinho, the core of the Brazilian team, was not worried about Twain's trajectory. He said to the reporters with a smile on his face: "We play at our own pace, no matter who the opponent is."

Rijkaard declined to comment.

In the entire Catalonia region, the results of this game are generally optimistic.After all, Barcelona is still ahead in the league. Their century-old opponent Real Madrid is at the lowest point in history. Capello's team dares to lose to any opponent. The Bernabeu booed more than once and waved dazzling white handkerchiefs.The Italians seem to have entered the countdown to get out of class. Real Madrid players and fans are equally confused, not knowing where the road is going.

The more embarrassing the opponent, the more it can highlight the infinite beauty of Barcelona.

The Barcelona people are not worried about the league championship at all. They think that the main focus of this season is not defending the league championship-because it is already an honor that belongs to them without deliberately defending the title.Barcelona are looking to make a historic breakthrough in European competition - defending the Champions League for the first time.

Now that the Barcelona team is in such a good state, what is Nottingham Forest?It's just a defeat!

Even Barcelona's die-hard fan organization shouted: "We beat you once last year, and we will win you again this year!" slogan.

The media are still analyzing what "Barcelona has a psychological advantage in playing Nottingham Forest", why do they think there is a "psychological advantage"?But because Barcelona defeated Nottingham Forest in the Champions League final last year, according to the usual practice, the winner will always maintain some psychological advantages over the loser.But have they all forgotten what Tang En said at the press conference?
- The routine doesn't work for my team.

"Tony Twain is such a person. He is just 'habitually arrogant'. If Rijkaard really thinks that he has some foolproof countermeasures and speculates on his mind, he will be fooled by Twain...I My friends in England were very happy to tell me all the jokes that this man made there, and it seemed to them it was a pity that this man did not become a circus clown...He jumped up and down all day, and made some shocking things. I hope to attract the attention of the world. Many times, he does not look like a football coach, but more like an entertainment star—you must know that when the "Sun" reported his news, it was published in the entertainment section. , not the sports edition..." Catalonia's representative media "Mundo Deportivo" finally characterized Tony Twain in this way.

They promote people from a strange country in this way, and readers think so.

On the day of the game, the media in Barcelona was full of such reports.

The war of words between Nottingham Forest and Barcelona has already started, and Barcelona is fully involved, but the players of Nottingham Forest stay out of it, do not accept any interviews, and do not talk about what the head coach said in front of the media.They prepared for the night's game with peace of mind, and let Tang En act as a shield to attract firepower.

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In the afternoon, before the team was about to board the car to the Nou Camp, Tang En was surrounded by many reporters at the hotel gate.

"The last interview before the game." Tang En raised his index finger. "If you have any questions, hurry up and ask them. If you don't have any questions, I'll leave. All you have to do is..." He looked down at his watch, "5 minutes."

"It's too little!" A reporter complained.

"My team is going to the stadium soon, do you still want me to hold a 45-minute press conference here?" Tang En retorted, and then added, "There are still four minutes left."

The reporters looked at each other in blank dismay, they didn't expect Dunn to do this.

Only one person was the first to react, and while the other reporters were still dissatisfied with Tang En's treatment of them, she had already asked her own question: "Excuse me, Mr. Tang En, what you said yesterday caused an uproar in Barcelona , are you worried that doing so will irritate the opponent and make today's game difficult?"

The person who asked the question, Tang En, was no stranger at all. He was the Chinese reporter Tang Jing who followed wherever they appeared.

"Yo, I didn't expect to see you here, reporter Tang Da." Tang En said in Chinese.

"Quickly answer my question, don't delay like this." Tang Jing said coldly and ungratefully.

Tang En shrugged and replied in English: "Don't you think the Champions League quarter-finals will be easy? Even if I don't say that, the game won't be easy. What's more...I'm telling the truth, Why should I worry? To piss off my opponent? What does their mood matter to me? If they're upset, well, beat me. Beat me and they'll have the right to curse me out and drown me in their spit. If I win...huh." Tang En smiled, "Those people have to obediently admit their mistakes!"

When Tang En answered Tang Jing's question, the other reporters finally came to their senses and understood that reasoning would not work when facing this person, so they all prepared their questions and were ready to ask them.

Unexpectedly, just after Tang En answered Tang Jing's question, Tang En raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet: "Okay, ladies and gentlemen. It's time, I should get in the car and set off. See you after the game!" As soon as he finished speaking, he Turned around and jumped into the car.Before the group of reporters could react, the bus door had already closed automatically.

Through the transparent window, everyone saw Tony Twain who was standing inside the door and smiling proudly at them.And so these people realize—they've been tricked again.

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From the hotel to the stadium, George Wood, who will start the game wearing the captain's armband, has been silent. Others either listen to music to relax or take a nap to adjust their state.Only he sat upright with a serious face.

Chris Rack noticed this kid in the car, and when he got out of the car, he whispered to Tang En: "I always feel that George is too serious, and he has the most important task in this game... Could he be nervous because of this? "

Tang En looked at the captain who was walking at the front of the team and shrugged: "Have you ever seen him get nervous because of the competition?"

"Uh..." Chris Lark recalled it carefully, and Wood would be nervous, which seemed really rare.Dunn once said this - if Stuart Pierce has a heart of oak (Note 1), then George Wood's heart must be made of diamonds.

Diamond, also known as diamond, is the hardest natural substance in the world.Tang En's words were to describe George Wood's tough and strong character, and he rarely had big emotional fluctuations and ups and downs.

Although Tang En didn't think that George Wood would be nervous because of this match, he felt that Chris Lack's worry was not unreasonable.Before an important game, it is better to ensure that nothing goes wrong.He decided to talk to Wood alone to find out about his current state of mind.

So when the team went out to warm up, Twain followed Wood out.

"George, I think something is wrong with you today. Although you usually don't talk much, but today you don't talk much... What's on your mind?"

"No."

"Could it be that...you're nervous?" Tang En glanced at Wood.

Wood stopped and turned to look at Tang En. "I'm not nervous. I just don't want to talk."

"Don't want to talk...can you tell me why?"

"I didn't participate in last year's final. I want to play this game as a final. Just now I have been trying to recall what it was like on the day of last season's final."

Hearing Wood say that, Tang En didn't know what to say for a while.He remembers clearly why Wood was unable to participate in the finals last season.

"George, did you... ever resent me in your heart?" he asked cautiously.

Wood looked at him strangely: "Why do you hate you?"

"Because I insisted on keeping you on the field, you were suspended for accumulating yellow cards. If I replaced you early, wouldn't you be able to participate in that final?"

Wood thought for a while, and then asked: "If the team is eliminated because I replaced me early... I will resent you."

Tang En suddenly laughed, and he patted Wood's shoulder vigorously: "Don't take yourself too seriously, brat! If we replace you, we will be eliminated? I won't allow such a thing to happen."

"You can say whatever you want about the past." Wood was noncommittal to Tang En's big words.

Tang En also knew that he was just "after the fact".So he changed the subject: "You said you were replaying the day of the finals in your head... how was it going?"

"If you don't come to me and say this, it's done."

Tang En grinned: "Very well, it seems that you are very confident. Then I won't say such nonsense - I know you want to say that what I said is nonsense, right? Okay, then I will not say anything .But you will have to use actual actions later to prove that what you just said...is not nonsense."

Wood snorted.Tang En pushed behind him: "Go out and warm up, don't make the Barcelona people wait."

Seeing Wood running out, Tang En turned and walked back to the locker room.Now the boos outside are not small, if he goes out again, it will probably be even bigger.As the "final BOSS" that Barcelona people hate and hate, it is really a shame to appear so early...

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While the team was warming up amid overwhelming boos, Tang En was busy in the locker room by himself, making final preparations.His preparation work is not to write and scratch on the tactical board, but to sort out newspapers—English, Spanish, Catalan... There is even a local Chinese newspaper, which is placed in front of him. table.

When the players came back from warming up, they saw colorful newspapers placed on the table when they entered the door, which was very eye-catching.Everyone was at a loss, not knowing what new tricks the boss wanted to play during the precious time before the game.

After everyone came in, the locker room door was closed again. Tang En sat by the table and cleared his throat.

"Every audience, good evening. It's time for Tony to read the newspaper. Tony Twain will take you through the latest news anecdotes and...scandals happening around the world."

All the people who were expecting the boss to play new tricks laughed.

Tang En also laughed along with them. This was the result he wanted, full of fighting spirit, but never nervous.After everyone finished laughing, he picked up a few newspapers and showed them to everyone.

""World Sports News" analyzed and demonstrated from ten aspects, and finally came to an 'authoritative' conclusion that it is impossible for us to beat the invincible Dream Team [-] in an away game."

"The "Daily Sports" said that the head coach of Nottingham Forest, Tony Twain, was bluffing again. This is their usual trick to cover up their panic and weakness."

"There are also some tabloids who don't know the name and say that Nottingham Forest reached the Champions League final last season. It's just luck, because no one pays attention to go to Paris. Now Barcelona's home game against Nottingham Forest is a good opportunity. Let’s see how the second dream team will return the false strong team to its original form. Let the powerful Barcelona teach the ignorant Forest team what is the real strong and what is the real...fucking European champion.”

The last swearing was added by Tang En himself.

"Guys, these are all genuine media comments. I didn't make up a word." Tang En shook the newspaper in his hand, making a clattering sound. "These newspapers are available everywhere in the city of Barcelona and they represent what the city really thinks of us. It's really unfriendly..."

Then he threw the newspapers on the table, and some slipped to the ground, but he didn't bend over to pick them up, he didn't even look at those poor newspapers, he used them and threw them away.

Tang En stood up from his chair, looked at everyone in the locker room, and said seriously: "Obviously, we have been underestimated, we have been underestimated! This makes me very upset. We have not been respected at all, what should we do? What?" He smiled again, and the expression on his face changed like the summer weather in Nottingham. "It's actually very simple. Use our victory to force the arrogant Barcelona to bow their heads. They think we can't win, then we will show them the win! They think this is a good opportunity for the Dream Team to teach us, then we will let them see Who is teaching whom!"

Seeing that the expressions on everyone's faces had changed positively, Tang En felt that the time was ripe. He took advantage of this momentum and shouted: "Who do they think we are?! We are their creditors, Nottingham Forest!"

That's right, the creditors in Barcelona, ​​the usurers, I came to collect interest today.

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(Note 1: The oak tree is majestic and majestic. From the perspective of space, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as "stalwart". At the same time, its bark is tough, and the outer layer of the seeds is covered with a hard shell. Generally, animals that eat hard fruits tend to bite It does not move. All its characteristics guarantee the robustness of the tree. If it is not deliberately destroyed by manpower, general natural disasters cannot destroy it. Therefore, Westerners regard the oak tree as a symbol of strength and strength. Pierce has the "heart of the oak tree" "The reputation is also because of his tenacious playing style, high psychological quality, and strong as iron.)
PS: We all know about the devastating earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan. Chengdu is only 92 kilometers away from the epicenter. When I was writing at home on the afternoon of the 12th, the building suddenly shook violently, so I fled in a hurry.The manuscript was written at the risk of death... Now there are many cracks on the walls of the house, and there are some rumors outside.In short, I feel uneasy.I will try my best not to let this matter affect the update, but please forgive me if something unexpected happens.

Lin Hai Tingtao, Chengdu, Sichuan, worship.

2008.5.12
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