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Chapter 610 Volume [-] Red Istanbul Night

The media are still making various speculations about the conflict between Zimbonda and Bendtner in training, hoping to get live video.Because everyone knows that the Forest team has the habit of recording videos in the team during training.

Sometimes, they can get some training videos through well-connected insiders.But this time, everything hit a wall.Those who have a good relationship with the media told them that after the incident, Tang En got the videotape of the fight in his hands, and no one gave it to him. As for where he put it, no one knew.

Tang En didn't want the media to continue hyping up this past event. The atmosphere of the team had finally returned to normal. This situation must be maintained.So he left all the speculations of the English media behind him, and took the team to leave England and go to Turkey.

Nottingham Forest will face a very important game next.This game will be related to whether his team can take the first step to qualify for the group stage, and whether they can stop the media behind them.As long as the performance is not outstanding, any contradictions will be dug out by the paparazzi, but as long as they win the ball, then any contradictions are not contradictions, and there are no problems.

This is the only truth in competitive sports - victory overshadows everything.

Having said so many good things, in fact this game is not easy to play, or rather... quite difficult to play.

Besiktas is not a weak team that can be dealt with casually. The crazy atmosphere of Turkey's home court is even more famous in the world.Britain and Turkey already have grievances in football. A few years ago, a Leeds United fan was stabbed to death by a Turkish fan in Istanbul. When the England national team played against the Turkish national team, Beckham missed a penalty kick and was shot by the Turkish player Al. Pai's provocation led to the two teams fighting each other in the locker room passage after the game. Alpay, who provoked the trouble, even lost his job for this-he was kicked out by Aston Villa, where he played.

The media dug up the forest team's previous record of consecutive victories, as well as the recent news of the fight between Chimbonda and Bendtner, to prove that the forest team has many internal conflicts and people are panicking. This trip to Turkey is so ominous. ...

Tang En didn't care.What the outside world says, as long as it doesn't affect your team, it's fine.And... from another perspective, he wished that the media in England would make such a hype.Because it will confuse their opponents in this game, the Turks.

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Besiktas is a strong team in the Turkish league and a team that regularly participates in the Europa League.In Turkey, they stand side by side with Galatasaray and Fenerbahce and are a strong team representing the strength of Turkish football.At the same time, their main stadium, Inonu Stadium, is also the home field commonly used by the Turkish national team, and is known as the "devil's home stadium" in European football.

Istanbul is a city that straddles two continents and has been called "Constantinople" by Westerners before.It is the capital of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. This country once brought blood and war to the European continent. At its largest, they used the Mediterranean Sea as their inner lake.One of the several "yellow perils" that made Europeans talk about it originated from the Osmar Turkish Empire's conquest of Europe.

The country's predecessors had planted the seeds of fear in the hearts of Westerners, and the football atmosphere in this country also terrified Westerners.In England, football hooligans may be transformed by drinking too much.But in Turkey, the fans here are crazy enough without drinking.In football circles, "the devil's home court" is generally used to describe the fanatical atmosphere of a certain stadium.But for the stadium in Turkey, it may be more vivid to use "hell home".

From the moment Nottingham Forest landed, they fully felt the enthusiasm of the Turkish fans——

"Go back crying, English bastard!"

This is a banner that appears next to the highway from the airport to the hotel where you stay, and there is a certain distance. There is absolutely no need to worry that the players of the Forest team will not see it.Turkey's radical fans firmly believe that doing so will make the English team feel huge psychological pressure, so that they will play abnormally when playing against their team.

In fact, the players of the Forest team did see it, but whether they really thought what the Turkish fans hoped in their hearts is unclear.

Before departure, the British TV station BBC specially made an album to introduce the style of Turkish fans, and solemnly warned those Nottingham Forest fans who are going to Istanbul with the Forest team not to go out alone at night, it is best not to go out with a companion, usually Also avoid crowded places and stay away from bars.Finally, act together with the team organized by the Forest Club.

The schedule for Nottingham Forest's support group for fans is as follows:
On the morning of the game, I arrived in Istanbul by plane from London, had a meal together, and acted together. After watching the game in the evening, I immediately took a flight back to London.

This greatly improves security by not giving the fans time to stay overnight in Turkey.But it also makes many fans who like to move freely and regard going abroad to watch football as tourism feel that it is a restriction of personal freedom, and they can't do anything except watch a game.

Not only Nottingham Forest Club, but all other English clubs do this.On the one hand, it is for the sake of saving costs, and on the other hand, it is for the safety of the fans-England fans have become a target of public criticism abroad. The frequent fan conflicts and riots have made many clubs have to think about the safety of their supporters.

This is actually a general contradiction. Fans want more freedom, and no one wants to spend time on planes and buses when they finally go abroad.But the clubs are not willing to cause trouble for themselves because of any negative incidents. In addition, such an arrangement can indeed save the club a lot of money...

Considering the particularity of this place in Turkey, before departure, Twain also published an open letter to the fans on the club's official website, advising those fans who want to go to Turkey by themselves to give up the idea and join the cheering group organized by the club action.

"...I fully understand your feelings, but for football or travel, life is obviously more important. Neither I nor the players want to hear bad news about the supporters after winning the game. Gavin Bernard What happened to the Nottingham Forest fans should not be repeated. So, I sincerely hope that the fans can come to Turkey with the cheering group organized by the club... Don’t worry about what will happen to the team that arrived in Istanbul in advance without the cheering of their own people, I want What I want to tell you is that our players will not be affected by those messy things at all... So, please stay safe when you come to Istanbul!"

What he said was quite sincere, so many people finally gave up their plans to come to Turkey and chose to follow the club's cheering group to come to Istanbul on the day of the game.After all, Gavin Bernard's incident is almost a well-known tragedy in Nottingham, and no one wants their children or themselves to be called the protagonists of the next tragedy.

As a result, Nottingham Forest arrived in Istanbul for a day and a half. Except for the media reporters and a few Forest fans who came here to report the game, they never saw the British again.

It touches fully appreciate what is called "the host's enthusiasm."

The hotel they were arranged to stay in was in the downtown area of ​​Istanbul. When they were resting at night, they could hear the carnival of Turkish fans outside all night.This was obviously designed to stimulate the Forest team and interfere with their rest.Everything is for the team I support to win the next day's game.

Chris Lack once negotiated with the person in charge of the hotel, but the other party spread his hands: "Our hotel can't help the fans' private behavior, not to mention they are all on the street outside the hotel...We can't control it if we want to. .”

The team called to warn these people of nuisance.As a result, the gang ran away before the police arrived.After the police came, they pretended to turn around, and then said to the forest team: "I didn't see those people you mentioned." They withdrew.It didn't take long for the group to return, singing Turkish songs below, which sounded like fan songs cheering for Besiktas.Of course, there are naturally insults and middle fingers to the Forest team in the middle.

Tang En was lying on the bed, unable to fall asleep due to the noise from the singing downstairs. He got up and walked to the window, opened the curtains, and looked down.

The glass windows have been completely closed, but they still can't stop the noise made by these lunatics.

That group of people lit fireworks, waved black and white flags representing Besiktas, sang loudly, cursed when they were tired, and kept pointing the middle finger to the hotel. When the lights are turned on, these fans will cheer for victory, and then make more noise.Under the light of the street lamps and the fireworks in their hands, Dunn could clearly see the wine bottles scattered all over the floor.

As expected of Turkey...

He turned his head to the side, unable to see the situation in the next room at all.But he knew that this level of noise would definitely have an impact on the team.Some people are born with dull nerves, and can fall asleep when thunder strikes, while others have neurasthenia, and the slightest noise can wake them up from their sleep.

The Forest team has both.

Tang En felt that he really had nothing to do in the face of such a situation.Even if he knocked on the door from room to room and asked the players to ignore the noise outside and sleep peacefully, it would not help.Those who should have been unable to sleep still could not, and those who were asleep might have been woken up by him.Feed sleeping pills?What's more, if the urine test after the game finds something that is not good for the Forest team, you tell people that it is because they can't sleep at night and took some tranquilizers, will they listen?
So... This trick of the Turkish fans is really poisonous, and it also makes the opponent helpless.

Tang En stood in front of the window and watched for a while. His face was expressionless from the beginning to the end. From the expression alone, others could not tell whether he was angry or helpless at this moment.

The fans in Turkey were still tossing, Tang En decided not to play with them anymore.Their purpose is to keep the forest team from falling asleep. If they stand here and have trouble with them, they will fall into the tricks of these people.

Tang En went back to bed, plugged the IPOD earphones into his ears, and fell asleep listening to the music.

He's somewhere between a nervous breakdown and a nervous breakdown.

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While eating breakfast the next day, Twain was always observing the mental state of the players. Yawning all day didn't mean they didn't have a good night's rest. Maybe they just woke up and their spirits haven't recovered yet.People who haven't slept well look haggard, with dark circles around their eyes.Tang En noticed these few people, and he wondered whether to let some of these people start the game tonight.

Gareth Bell is obviously one of these few people.When he was having breakfast, he lowered his head, was listless, and didn't seem to have much appetite, and mechanically pulled the fruit salad on the plate with a fork.

There are several like him, including... the team's assistant coach David Chris Lack.

"Good morning, Tony..." David Chrislake carried the dinner plate and went to the special table for the coaching staff with a lack of energy.

"You didn't sleep well at night." Tang En glanced at his plate, there was very little food on it, it seemed that Chris Lak had no appetite to eat.

"Did you sleep well?"

"It's okay." Tang En shrugged, "I fell asleep after listening to the music."

Hearing what Tang En said, Chris Lak sighed: "You can still fall asleep with a sound in your ear... I can't have any other sounds, otherwise it will be like this." He opened his eyelids and let Tang En Look at the bloodshot eyeballs.

"It's so pitiful." Tang En smacked his lips. "What are our plans for the morning?"

"Go to the field for the last training to adapt to the field." Tang next to him answered him.

"Cancel." Dunn waved the fork in his hand, "Let the whole team go to sleep. Those idiots shouldn't come here to argue during the day, right?"

"It's noisy during the day, and this is a downtown area." Tang reminded him.

"But our players must have enough sleep, otherwise, they will lose energy in the game at night. Moreover, I think it sounds noisy at night because those idiots made a lot of noise on purpose. It’s very clear in the middle of the night. But during the daytime... Everyone is used to this level of noise, so maybe they don’t feel how noisy it is now. People who haven’t slept well at night are lack of energy. I think they will fall asleep as soon as they fall on the bed. I don’t care about the noise outside. Those who feel that they can’t fall asleep should be people like me who have a good night’s sleep.” Tang En winked at Chris Lak, as if to show off that he can sleep in such a noisy environment The ability to wear. "You have to go to bed too."

"But...we have already agreed with the Besiktas club in advance, they will open the stadium in the morning for us to conduct adaptive training..."

Tang En waved his hand: "Then let them wait with the stadium open. My team's affairs are the most important, their affairs... Well, I can't take care of them."

He made a decision somewhat willfully.If you have been tossed all night without any anger, it is an inflatable doll.Tang En's heart is naturally angry, and it's not small, but he doesn't want to be too excited in front of his own people, otherwise he will mess up.But he didn't mind the chance to get revenge on the Turks.Although what happened last night might have nothing to do with the Besiktas club, let alone the poor groundskeeper.But Tang En equated all the Turks at this moment.

So when the reporters gathered at the Inonu Stadium to film the Forest team's field adaptation training, the Forest team players were sleeping soundly in their hotel rooms.The poor journalists waited for half an hour and never waited for the arrival of Nottingham Forest.

Dozens of reporters were left alone all morning by Tang En. The sun was shining brightly that day, and it was surprisingly hot in late October...

(End of this chapter)