champion godfather

Chapter 606 The smell of red gunpowder is getting stronger

After eight league rounds, the Forest team had seven wins and one draw, with 22 points, topping the list with an unbeaten record.The second-ranked Arsenal has one game less than the Forest team, with six wins, one draw and [-] points, which is also an unbeaten record.

Ranking first in the league is of course something worth celebrating, and the scenery is boundless.But at the same time bear the pressure of being a leader.Enjoying the scenery of the climbers will naturally have to pay the corresponding price.

Nottingham Forest has now become a team that is like a sniper in English football. Every game Twain feels as if he is struggling in the Champions League final.Because his opponents are always inexplicably special.

In the ninth round of the league, the Forest team fought hard for 10 minutes and defeated Birmingham 3:2.But it paid the price of Pepe being injured and absent for a month, and Grosso was sent off with a red card.

After the match, even though he had won, Tang En still scolded his opponent Birmingham for playing rough football with a sullen face.

"I think there's a bad thing about the Premier League right now. It's that any team is going to have a lot of energy when they play against us. I don't mean just how good their form is, but other than that these teams play very well. Rough. I feel like it's not a Premier League game, but a desperate game. Do you die if you lose? All opponents are used to using rough moves against my players, but look at what the referee did? I The player who fought against him was sent off with a red card, and the opponent was just a yellow card. I really doubt whether all this was ordered by the FA..."

Tang En's words were embellished by the media, causing quite a stir in English football.He also received a fine of fifteen thousand pounds for him.At the same time, the FA issued a formal warning to him, hoping that he would refrain from his words and deeds and not mislead the general public.

It's hard to tell how many times this is the first grievance between Twain and the FA.Tang En didn't care about fines. If he could criticize things he didn't like for a little money, it would actually be a good deal.

Looking at the match schedule, it's not difficult to understand why Dunn suddenly went into a rage after the match against Birmingham, berating his opponent and the England FA.Tony Twain, who has lost defenders Pepe and Grosso, is about to face the mighty Manchester United. Now the Red Devils are ranked third in the league, and they have completed a series of surpasses without knowing it. The top two teams are eyeing each other.

In fact, to be fair, Grosso's dismissal feels a bit self-inflicted.Before he was sent off, his performance was mediocre. It has been more than three months since he came to Nottingham Forest, and he still cannot fully adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League.This made Tang En very disappointed.The "great Italian left-back" in his mind seems to have receded from the magical aura.

It's not that Grosso is not capable enough, his assists are very sharp, but he really can't keep up with the rhythm of the Premier League wingers in defense, and has been repeatedly broken.Now the forest team's left defense has become the key attack position of other teams.

The second yellow card he got was for helping Pepe fight against injustice, but he was shown a yellow card by the referee because of his aggressive words.The first yellow card was because after being broken by the opponent, it was too late to intercept, so he could only turn around and pull the opponent down, and was sentenced to a foul.

If Dunn just wanted a full-back with excellent offense, he might as well use Gareth Bale.The problem is that Tang En needs a full-back with a balanced offense and defense. In his impression, Grosso should be such a person. His performance in the Italian national team is so dazzling... Even if he missed many games in Inter Milan due to injury He is still strong in the game.

Twain now has to admit that when he bought Grosso back then, he didn't give careful consideration to the difference in football styles.

Grosso does not seem to be well adapted to the high-paced game of the Premier League.

Taking advantage of the red card suspension, Tang En planned to put him on the bench to rest.

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Next, No.11 round, focus battle.The Forest team lost to Manchester United at their home court and lost 1:2.

"Nottingham Forest's record of unbeaten 0 rounds and 0 consecutive victories in the Premier League since March [-]th this year has been terminated. Since March [-]th when they drew away with Chelsea [-]:[-], Nottingham Forest has never Never lost a game in the league. Before the away draw at Reading on September [-]th, he won [-] consecutive victories. This remarkable achievement was broken by Manchester United last night."

The summary after the game explained the game in a few simple words.

The actual situation is much more exciting than these few words.Tang En did not want to lose to Manchester United at home, he did his best.Ferguson was also unwilling to lose at home, and also tried his best.To everyone's great regret, Beckham, who had received much attention before the game, felt sore muscles two days before the game. Out of caution, Twain didn't put him in the big list, so David Beckham missed out. A chance to go head-to-head with your favorite team.

Although there is no such topic as Beckham, the game is still very exciting.There are only three goals, but every minute will make the fans of both sides talk about it for a long time.The two coaches tried their best, and the tactical arrangements were tit for tat.

In the end, Tang En lost the battle because he didn't have Ferguson's sophistication.

Losing the strong dialogue made Dunn feel bad.When he was interviewed by the media, he could not speak without speaking. When asked about "winning streak" and "undefeated streak", he asked in amazement: "Really? They are undefeated in [-] consecutive rounds. Fifteen rounds in a row... It's a pity, a pity, a pity..." Then he didn't talk about anything else, making the media feel that the interview was too boring.

But everyone knew that it was true that Tang En was in a bad mood.No one likes to fail, and Tang En doesn't like it even more.

In fact, there was another reason why Twain was in a bad mood - in the match against Manchester United, Piqué and Ribery were also injured.Piquet was replaced on the spot, and although Ribery insisted on finishing the game, the results of the physical examination after the game were not optimistic.

In the past few seasons, thanks to God's care, Nottingham Forest rarely experienced large-scale outbreaks of injuries.After they won the Champions League and Super Bowl, the good luck seemed to be used up.

Is it because of poor physical strength and not doing a good job that caused the injury?Not really.Some injuries are due to the opponent's rough actions, and some injuries are inexplicable.For example, Ribery, he just missed the football when he made a fake move, but kicked it directly to the ground!It is unbelievable that such an amateur action appeared on the core of the French team.But it just happened.

At that time, after Ribery was injured, he fell to the ground holding his right foot, but after simple treatment, he returned to the court and continued to play. It seemed that there was nothing serious.Unexpectedly, after the examination after the game, the phalanx was broken, and it would take at least a month of recuperation before returning to training.

In comparison, although Piqué's injury looked serious at first, the actual situation was much better.You only need to rest for ten days before you can return to the field.

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During this period, Nottingham Forest was surprisingly unlucky.In the league, they have suffered losses and losses, and they have also lost goals. The Champions League group stage has so far failed to win.In the first round, they drew away with Porto, and in the second round, they lost to Marseille by one goal at home.

As soon as this result came out, many people fell below their eyes.You must know that when the lottery was drawn, the media almost always believed that Nottingham Forest would become No.1 in this group.Now, after two rounds, they have one draw, one loss and one point, ranking third in the group.The Champions League group stage has played two rounds, and the defending champion has yet to win a game. Some people have already said eccentrically that the Forest team will not plan to win the UEFA Cup after winning the Champions Cup, right?
According to the rules, No.3 in the Champions League group stage is eligible to participate in the UEFA Cup.If Nottingham Forest can't get the top two in the group and gets third, they can only "condescend" to play in the UEFA Cup.

Pepe's injury team doctor said that it was a sequela from an old injury last season, and it may recur if he is not careful in the future. Back and forth between comebacks.

Pepe is the absolute main force and core figure of the Forest team's defense.His absence has been a blow to Forest's defense.But Tang En didn't dare to let Pepe return to the team too early. After all, if he really became a glass man who was constantly injured, Pepe would basically be ruined.

Piqué will rest for ten days, Kompany and Ayala will play the main role in the next few days, Grosso will be sidelined temporarily, Leighton Barnes and Gareth Bell will be on duty in rotation, and Layton on the right Phinya's performance is very stable.However, Chimbonda's mood was a little low, because in the game where the Forest team slaughtered Portsmouth, it was all rotations, and Twain chose Sun Jihai instead of him at the right back position.In addition to the halftime break, Tang En enthusiastically said that he would not change anyone. As a result, he was put on the substitute list and he didn't even get a chance to play for one minute.This made him very disappointed.

Before winning an important championship, everyone can unite with this unified goal and work hard, no matter how hard or tired they are, there will be no complaints.But once the honor is obtained, there is no guarantee that no one will have their own little calculations in their hearts.

Fight for more weekly salary for yourself, fight for more opportunities to play for yourself...

Tang En felt that he was starting to have a headache.

Now the team counts the Champions League and has lost two games in a row.The situation of losing two games in a row only happened twice in the first season when the team was promoted to the Premier League. At that time, Tang En and the Forest team were inexperienced, they were very pure newly promoted and rookies.

The foundation of Tang En's rule of this team is "victory and continuous victory". Victory can cover up everything and mend everything.But what happens when the team can't win?
Don't know, but it's definitely not a good thing.

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During this time, everyone could tell that their head coach Tony Twain was in a bad mood.There are too many reasons: the injuries of Pepe and Ribery, the undercurrents gushing out of the team, the declining results, and the turmoil of the media...

During daily training, Tang En no longer joked with his coaches and team members. Wearing sunglasses with a stern face made people dare not laugh out loud, for fear of offending some wrong boss and being held hostage.

In fact, this is not the normal atmosphere that the Forest team should have.The forest team's training has always been strict and relaxed. Tang En, Chris Rack and Tang, these three coaches attach great importance to the quality of training, and absolutely do not allow players to cheat and play tricks during training.However, while training hard, Twain would often make harmless jokes with the players, tell some cold jokes to liven up the atmosphere, and coupled with the good atmosphere of consecutive victories, everyone would carry out high-intensity training amidst laughter and laughter. Done without feeling tired.

It's different now.Tang En pretended to be cool with a stern face, and stopped telling jokes to brighten up the atmosphere. In addition to losing two games in a row, everyone also looked preoccupied.The oppressive atmosphere was unbearable.

Eastwood and Franck Ribery have always been the two big treasures in the team. These two people also have the feeling of "heroes cherish heroes", and they all play tricks together.With them in the atmosphere will not cool down.As a result, now Ribery has left the team due to injury, and Eastwood has been suffering from minor injuries, and he is not in the mood to play tricks by himself.

This situation was maintained until Ribery returned to the team.

Before the day's daily training, Twain was a little surprised when he met "Blade Warrior" Franck Ribery on crutches on the sidelines of the training ground.

"Didn't it mean that there is still a month before you resume training? You can get out of bed and walk so soon?"

Franck Ribery grabbed the protective fence next to him with one hand, raised his crutch with the other hand, and smiled at Tang En: "With this, you can go anywhere."

Tang En smiled dryly: "But you can't train yet."

"Come and see everyone. I just took this opportunity to rest and rest."

Others arrived one after another, and Franck Ribery was busy greeting them one by one, so Tang En turned around and went in first.Regarding his departure, Ribery glanced a few more times.

After the team started training, Ribery was not in a hurry to leave, he watched alone from the sidelines.

Although everyone greeted each other with warm smiles on their faces, the atmosphere changed completely after the training started.

The people who greeted each other with smiles just now looked like killing their fathers and enemies on the training ground, all of them were full of murderous looks and glared at each other.Seeing this scene, Ribery shook his head slightly below, the situation is not good...

At the end of the training, according to the practice of the Forest team, there were a few small-scale intra-team matches, and the winner was determined by one goal. In the end, there was no reward for the winner, but a penalty run for the loser.

The purpose of this kind of game is to cultivate the players' sense of victory, but it is also a way of entertainment and relaxation.Compared with boring training subjects, most players still like to play freely with the ball at their feet.Usually, although the atmosphere of competition is very strong, everyone is talking and laughing.It is natural to boo at other people's mistakes mercilessly, but there is always a relaxed smile on his face.

What Ribery saw today was different.

When it comes up, the smell of gunpowder is very strong.

As a result, within 5 minutes of the game, Chimbonda made a fierce behind-the-back shovel in the defense and overturned the tall and tall Bendtner and rolled on the ground for several laps. The gunpowder accumulated before finally got a chance to explode. Suddenly vented out.

Pepe, Piqué, Eastwood, Beckham, Ribery... have all been injured one after another. In this context, no matter whether it is a game or training, everyone will pay special attention to this aspect. Everyone is afraid that they will The injured became the next person to sit in the stands, and the position he finally got might disappear with this injury.

Bendtner had been under the pressure of Ruud van Nistelrooy, and finally got a chance to perform. He scored a hat-trick in the game against Portsmouth and was selected as the best team for that round of the Premier League game.He regards this as an opportunity to enter the main lineup, and now he has Chimbonda shoveled to the ground in training, not to mention whether he was injured, but the behavior of his teammates made him very angry, and it was a fluke that he was not injured , what if you get hurt?

So Bendtner turned around a few times on the ground and found that he was not injured, immediately jumped up from the ground, rushed to Chimbonda, and swung his fist!
Chimbonda just got up, but he didn't expect Bendtner's reaction to be so fast, and he was caught off guard... Bendtner's straight right punch hit the target accurately, and Chimbonda, who had just got up and hadn't stabilized, was caught directly He was beaten so badly that he fell down and sat down.

But don't underestimate the French defender Chimbonda!In any case, he is also black, his physical fitness is different from ordinary people, and his ability to resist blows is also super strong.Just as he sat down, he jumped up again and kicked Bendtner.Although this kick missed the target, it prevented Bendtner's pressing and made him temporarily retreat to defend.

At the same time, it also gives the teammates next to them time to fight.

For a moment, a group of people poured in and separated the two of them. It was unknown whether there was any physical contact in the chaos.

Chris Luck, who was in charge of the referee, blew the whistle in his mouth like a police siren, "beep beep beep—" the harsh whistle made the already noisy and chaotic scene even more chaotic.Everyone's blood was surging, Chimbonda was struggling to break away from the interception of his teammates, and wanted to go up and beat Bendtner.The big Danish man waved his fist at him without showing any weakness, shouting in his mouth: "Come on!"

The coaches of the coaching staff all rushed into the field to separate the angry two sides.

Tang En stood on the sidelines wearing sunglasses, watching everything that happened inside coldly, as if it had nothing to do with him.

Franck Ribery turned his head reflexively and looked outside the training ground.Fortunately, this was near the end of the training and there was no media present at the scene. Otherwise, if such a scandal was revealed, there would be an uproar.What makes Nottingham Forest proud is that they have never had an internal conflict scandal, so this team gives the impression of unity and terror to the opponents.But once the enemy knows that this fortress is not as impregnable as it appears... what will happen?

Not seeing the media let Ribery heave a sigh of relief, he turned back and saw his teammates who were still making noise, and suddenly felt that they were very strange.This situation is fucking bad!

He shook his head.

(End of this chapter)