champion godfather

Chapter 616

The Forest team suffered a two-game losing streak in the league, and the most direct effect was that their ranking dropped.

In the past, Dunn played FM games, and there were times when he led the team to consecutive victories.He felt that the team won consecutive victories and ranked first, so they would fall behind No. 2 by a lot of points in the standings, right?In the end, I went to look at the league standings and found that the difference between No.2 and him was only three or five points.He was quite surprised at the time, thinking that the computer was too stupid.

Now in reality, Tang En deeply felt that it was not a trick of the computer, but a fact in football matches.

When his team started the new season with five consecutive victories and nine unbeaten rounds, he thought that his No.1 and No.2 would pull a lot of points.But I didn't expect that after losing two games in a row in the league, the Forest team fell from No.1 to No.3.

It turned out that Arsenal, which had been biting their buttocks, took the opportunity to occupy the first place in the league, and Manchester United, which had 26 points with them, ranked second because of a goal difference less than Arsenal.Manchester City and the Forest team have the same points, both with 25 points. Manchester City can only rank fourth because the goal difference is less than the Forest team.

In fifth place is Liverpool with 21 points from eleven rounds.

Ranked sixth is Chelsea led by Mourinho. This team, which had a lot of glory in the past few years, is now in a lot of trouble.The conflict between Abramovich and Mourinho's sword, the conflict between Mourinho and the technical director Grant, the conflict in the locker room... In short, there are many contradictions.If it weren't for the No.11 round, Chelsea beat Manchester City 6-0 at home, and the media speculated that Mourinho's days at Stamford Bridge would be coming to an end.

Chelsea's current situation is that everyone thinks that Mourinho will be dismissed in the next round of the league, but every time the next round comes, people find that he is still the person sitting in the position of Chelsea's head coach.

City's surprise burst into the top four earlier this season saw them squeeze into the top four.But Dunn didn't take this team seriously. He knew exactly what kind of coach Eriksson was.What an upstart team like Manchester City lacks is sufficient background and stability. Their lack of this aspect will inevitably lead to ups and downs in the long season of the team, and the most important thing for a team with the ability to win the championship is to "Stable," teams that aren't consistent will be eliminated midway through the season.In Twain's view, Manchester City will inevitably fall behind in the next league.Their 0:6 defeat to Chelsea in the away game is a sign.

What Tang En cared about was the traditional strong teams of the Premier League - Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea.Only these four teams are opponents who can pose a huge threat to the Forest team's goals this season.

Incidentally, before this season, Twain wrote in his column that the team's key goal this season was the league. He didn't say that he wanted to win the league championship, but everyone knew that was what he meant.After winning the Champions League, it is also a normal goal to take advantage of the trend to win the league championship.

With the experience of last season, this time no one will laugh at Twain as a foolish dream. Instead, they will pay more attention to it, so the forest team will encounter more and more resistance in the league—since you are before the league starts Just say you want to win the league championship, you are so arrogant and look down on us, then we will show you in the league!

The two-game losing streak of the Forest team in the league gave the opponents an opportunity and wanted to take the opportunity to widen the gap with them.Because this period of time can be described as the Devil's schedule for the Forest team-here, the "devil schedule" does not mean that the Forest team has a dense schedule, requiring double matches a week or three matches a week, but because the opponents of the Forest team during this period are not weak. .Starting from the tenth round, they played Manchester United at home and Liverpool away. They have already lost these two games. No. 12 home away game against Tottenham Hotspur, No. 13 home game against Chelsea, No. 14 round went to London to play Arsenal away, No. 15 home game against Manchester City.

Check out this schedule.As soon as the schedule came out, many people turned their attention to the period from October [-] to December [-]. This period is when the Premier League powerhouses have frequent dialogues and classic battles are constantly being staged.The majority of fans are looking forward to the early arrival of such a time period, when they will have many wonderful games to watch.The Premier League broadcast also understands the mood of the fans very well, so when arranging the schedule and broadcast schedule, they staggered the game time of these strong dialogues.In this way, the fans can watch all the exciting games without missing a single game.

The fans are happy, but the Forest team is miserable.

During this period, there is still the Champions League group stage to be played.And because they didn't win the first two games, if they don't want the embarrassing thing like "none of the defending champions qualifying" to happen, they must play well in the next three games, and winning is the only way out.Under the pressure of fighting on two fronts, it is hard to say what will happen.

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In the No.12 round of the league, the Forest team challenged Tottenham Hotspur in an away game. Compared with the other opponents in the devil's schedule, the Tottenham team is still relatively weak.This is the only chance for the Forest team to win a breather in the devil's schedule-if they can beat Tottenham, it will effectively prevent the team from further decline and seek a place to survive in the pincer attack of extremely powerful players.

But if they lose to Tottenham ... the situation will become very dangerous.Mourinho's Chelsea will not let go of the opportunity to beat the dog in the water, not to mention that now he urgently needs to use victory to stabilize his position.Although Tang En was very skeptical, with a boss like Abramovich, even if Mourinho won the Champions Cup for him, he might still be fired if he had a bad temper.

Arsenal has no reason to spare Forest at home.In the past two seasons, the rise of Nottingham Forest has infinite scenery, covering the scenery of a group of traditional strong teams.Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, and Chelsea have all lost to Twain.Although the personal relationship is not bad, Wenger will not have any special care during the game... No, coach Wenger's special care is to defeat this "arrogant" friend at his own home court.

With the pressure of having to win, Forest went to north London.In the end, they withstood the pressure at White Hart Lane and beat Tottenham Hotspur with a score of 3:1.

This was a very crucial victory, so Tang En was very excited when celebrating the victory at White Hart Lane in front of many fans of the home team.This also attracted some criticism for him after the game. Some people thought that his arrogant behavior was disrespectful to his opponent.Tang En didn't care about that. To him, such criticism was as common as eating and shitting.He will also dump all these critical voices behind his ass like excrement.

Some media just hope to become famous by scolding him, and he will not give those people this opportunity.

Twain still used rotation in this game, but he didn't replace all 11 players. His rotation of half of the main force and substitutes allowed the team to win the away game against Tottenham. warm up.

In the middle of the week, on November [-]th, Nottingham Forest will welcome Besiktas, which proved to be the weakest team in the group, at their home court.If you want to determine the qualifying places early and lay a solid foundation for smoothly passing the "devil schedule" in the league, you must win this game.So even though it was a home game and the opponent was not strong, Tang En decided to send his main force and use the strongest lineup to welcome the opponent. After all, "we are a guest from afar"...

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Before this match, Dunn hadn't forgotten that there was one more thing to settle.

While eating the dinner Shania cooked for him, the two were watching the sports news on TV, playing the "latest news" at noon: Besiktas from Turkey had arrived in Nottingham.

Just as the two of them were watching the news, the red iPhone that Tang En put on the coffee table after turning it on again made a pleasant music sound. It was a very popular song from the German band "GROOVE_COVERAGE". The popular song "God is a Girl".

The eyes of both of them were immediately attracted by the mobile phone.Tang En didn't immediately get up to pick it up, but Shania bit her spoon and smiled badly: "The beautiful creditor is coming."

Tang En glared at her before getting up to answer the phone.

He didn't go upstairs with his mobile phone, but sat on the sofa to answer it. "Hello? Ah... have you arrived in Nottingham yet? Hmm... tonight? Now?" Tang En glanced at the dining table with some embarrassment, "But I haven't eaten yet, ma'am. Treat me to dinner? Uh..." This time Dunn turned his attention to Shania.

To his disappointment, Shania was eating with her head down and didn't notice his eyes.

"Uh..." He uttered again.

Shania finally spoke: "It's okay, Uncle Tony. You go." Then she raised her head and smiled at Tang En, "But you have to go early and return early, and be careful of those reporters."

Tang En nodded, agreed to the proposal on the phone, and asked where to meet.Then he put on his coat, put his cell phone in his pocket, and then used his cell phone to make two calls to Randy and asked him to pick him up.

Before the taxi came, Tang En sat at the dinner table and started eating again.

Shania felt a little surprised: "Didn't someone treat you to dinner? Why are you still eating? You won't be able to eat for a while."

"I can eat with a big stomach, so I was nicknamed 'King of Big Stomach'." Tang En patted his stomach.Compared with when he just crossed, this body has a small belly, and his body is getting fatter gradually.So he said that he can eat it is not false.

Shania was no more amused than Tang En. She reached for the remote control and switched the TV screen to the news station.

"Since when did you start caring about international affairs?" Tang En said with a smile.

Shania gave him a white look: "Just now."

The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward. At this moment, a car horn sounded outside the house, and the savior came.

Tang En hastily left and left the door.

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In the car, Tang En realized that he forgot to ask the owner of the phone's name, appearance, and clothing characteristics. How will he recognize it when he arrives at the meeting place?

But when he got out of the car, he soon realized that he was worrying too much.

Just as he got out of the car, a well-dressed young woman passed beside him, "Excuse me...Mr. Tony Twain?"

Tang En felt very strange why this stranger would recognize him, he nodded: "I am. You are..."

"I am its owner." After confirming her identity, the woman's tone of voice was not as cautious as before. She pointed to the red phone in Tang En's hand and introduced herself.

"Ah..." Tang En took a closer look at the woman in front of him. He wanted to see what a crazy fan who dared to hit him with a mobile phone looked like.Under the neon lights on the street, Tang En found that the woman in front of him had black shiny curly hair and regular facial features. Although she was not considered an alluring beauty, she was worthy of the description of dignified appearance.He had to sigh again that fans are the most wonderful creatures in the world, and they cannot be guessed with common sense.

Look at her attire, carry a small and exquisite bag, and stop by the side of the road, she is a "every lady".

Facing such a woman, can you imagine her with oil paint on her face, raised her middle finger in the stands, pursed her lips and yelled "FUCK_YOU", and did things like throwing a mobile phone down and hitting someone on the back of the head?

It was very impolite for Tang En to stare at each other for a long time, but he himself was immersed in the shock caused by the huge contrast between the two images, so he didn't notice it.But the face of the other party has sunk, but because the beloved mobile phone is still in the hands of the other party, it is inconvenient to attack.She coughed: "Mr. Tang En!"

"Ah... oh! I'm sorry." Tang En withdrew his gaze, and then realized - why should I apologize!Isn't the other party going to apologize to himself tonight? "Well, I just didn't expect such...a beautiful lady to be a fanatical fan who hit me on the head with a mobile phone. I couldn't accept this cruel reality for a while, and lost my mind. But this...damn it." He whispered He cursed, "You know I'm Tony Twain, but I don't know who you are, isn't it fair?"

"It's very impolite to ask a lady's name rashly, or to swear in front of a lady, just like staring at her intently, Mr. Tang En." The other party responded in a cold tone.

"Hey." Hearing what the other party said, Tang En turned around and walked towards Randy's taxi parked by the side of the road, without any hesitation in dressing up.

The other party didn't expect Tony Twain to be a person who would turn his back whenever he said so, so he hurriedly chased after him: "Aren't you going to return my phone?"

"I'm sorry, ma'am. As I said, if you apologize sincerely, I'll pay it back. But you don't even want to tell me your name, and I'm too lazy to argue with you so much. This phone..." Tang En raised the phone in his hand , "I saved it." After finishing speaking, he opened the car door and was about to step in.

The woman was quick-sighted, and stuffed her slender palm between the cracks of the car door. If Tang En wanted to close the door, her hand would definitely be caught.

"Okay, okay, I apologize, I sincerely apologize to you, and in order to fully express my sincerity, I also treat you to dinner." She pointed to the Turkish restaurant not far behind her, "The tables are all booked .”

Tang En turned to look at her and asked, "Can you tell me your name now, ma'am?"

The woman said with some reluctance: "Sila Akeyol."

Tang En withdrew his feet from the car, and then said to Randy who was sitting in front watching the show: "Sorry, Randy, it seems that you have to wait a little longer."

Randy smiled and said, "It's okay, you go about your business, Tony!"

Then Tang En closed the car door and turned to look at the other party: "Ms. Akeyol..."

"I'm not married yet, and I'm young."

"Okay, Miss Akyol. You look like I can't equate you with a football hooligan..."

"I'm not a football hooligan! Only the British Empire produces and exports this stuff," she quipped.

Unexpectedly, Tang En didn't mind her ridiculing her motherland, and didn't retort, just nodded: "Well, I'm just an ordinary fan who is too fanatical. I am very grateful that you kept your promise, so now... Tang En put the mobile phone in his hand into the opponent's hand, "I also want to fulfill the promise of a man. It is yours again, Miss Akeyol."

After doing this, he opened the car door again, intending to sit in.This time the other party didn't put his hand in the crack of the car door, but looked at him strangely: "Did I not make it clear? I said I would treat you to dinner to show my sincerity. The seats are all booked, don't you?" Do you believe me? Mr. Tony Twain."

Tang En closed the car door, poked his head out, and said to the surprised Sheila Akeyol outside: "I'm so sorry, thank you for your sincerity. Of course I believe you, Miss Akeyol, I will I don't even doubt the sincerity of such a beautiful young lady like you." Tang En smiled at her, this was the first time the two met him to smile, and he had always kept a straight face before.

"Oh, I see, it's because I'm a Besiktas fan, and you're Nottingham Forest's... head coach, it's inconvenient to have dinner together, right?" Only when she said this, Shira Only then did he suddenly realize that the other party was the head coach of the team he supported.

Tang En shook his head: "No, who I am has nothing to do with who I eat with." He thought for a while, "I can't have dinner with me just because, um, because... there are people waiting for me at home We're eating. We were eating when you called just now..."

Speaking of this, Akeyol nodded, with a sudden understanding expression, Tang En knew that she had misunderstood, and sure enough... "I see, it turns out that Mr. Tang En's wife is waiting for you. I understand this very well." Sheila Akeyol clapped her hands, "Then I... um, is it convenient to leave my mobile phone number, Mr. Tang En?"

"Why do you want my phone number? You wouldn't be interested in me, would you? Miss Akeyol?" Tang En teased with a smile. Since the other party could misunderstand him, he didn't mind taking the opportunity to fight back.

"Who would like a man with a wife?" Akeyol gave Tang En a white look. "I just...well, I just don't think Mr. Tang En is as rumored, um..."

Tang En smiled: "Hey, how about the rumored me?"

"A demon with horns on its head, wings on its back, a tail behind its buttocks, fire-breathing eyes, sharp teeth, and a tongue longer than a woman's braid." When Akeyol tilted his head and said these words, Xiao The girlish expression is very cute.

"Does the Turkish media say the same? The media all over the world are equally uncreative..." Tang En sighed. "If I were really a devil, the Forest team would not have played so hard at the Inonu Stadium."

"But you still won in the end, and our interference didn't affect you at all! I know you British media call the stadium in Turkey 'Hell Stadium', but you still came back alive. What do you mean you are not a devil?"

These words made Randy, the driver who eavesdropped, couldn't help laughing.Tang En glanced at him, turned his head and said goodbye to Akyol: "It's a pity that you are not a fan of the Forest team, Miss Akyol. I think I like you a little... Ah, don't get me wrong, it's not that kind of liking. It just changed your original view of you, just like you changed your view of me. Nice to meet you, my phone number..." He told the other party his phone number.

"Okay, goodbye, beautiful Miss Turkey." Tang En waved to Xila Akeyol who was standing by the roadside, and then motioned for Randy to drive.

"Goodbye, Mr. Demon." Akeyol waved to Tang En while holding a red iPhone.Will there be a chance to meet again in the future?Maybe there will be no more... No, it is actually very easy to meet him. I often read sports news and newspapers, and I will definitely see him often...

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Randy who was sitting in the car and driving suddenly asked, "Tony, why didn't you explain when she misunderstood you and Shania?" Randy was one of the few people who knew that Shania lived in Tang En's house. One, he knew Shania's identity and the relationship between the two of them, so he felt very strange.

Tang En leaned on the back seat, turned his head to look at the night scene outside the window, and murmured: "How to explain? If you really want to explain this kind of thing, you can't finish it in one or two sentences. If she misunderstood, let her misunderstand." Go on, I don't care what other people think of me."

Tang En turned around and saw Randy in the rearview mirror opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it in the end.

"What do you want to say?" he asked.

"No, it's nothing...just, I think that lady just now is very cute."

"Concentrate on driving your car. A woman will run a red light if her mind is full."

Randy laughed twice in front. "You have to believe me, Tony, I am an experienced old driver. But Tony, you are a big shot anyway, and you always take my taxi when you go in and out...it's not good for your image."

"What's wrong? I'm too lazy to find a parking space by myself, and I'm too lazy to worry about such messy things as car washing and maintenance. If I want to go out and make a phone call, you'll come, how nice..." Tang En looked at Randy in the rearview mirror Say. "I'm lazy, and you know it, Randy."

Randy knew it in his heart.Tang En is not lazy, he is taking care of his own business.

"Thank you, Tony."

"what?"

"Thank you for letting me see the Forest team win the championship again."

"Ha! The champion? I'll get it if I want it! As much as I want!" Tang En and Randy laughed loudly in the car.

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When the door was opened, Shania was very surprised when she saw that the person who opened the door was Tony Twain.She turned her head to look at the quartz clock hanging on the wall: "Half an hour...you eat a meal so quickly?"

Tang En didn't bother to answer her question, but took off his coat, walked in, saw the empty dining table, and turned around and asked, "How about dinner?"

"I've finished eating, the rest..." Shania saw Tang En walking into the kitchen and opening the refrigerator, "Don't look for it, just pour it all out."

"Ah..." Tang En wailed, "It's wrong to waste food, Shania."

Shania got up from the sofa and stopped watching TV. She tilted her head and followed into the kitchen: "Aren't you full yet?"

"I didn't eat." Tang En searched in the refrigerator unwillingly, but he couldn't find anything edible except for a few bottles of beer.

Shania didn't speak, just stood aside, with her hands folded around her chest and her head tilted.

Tang En noticed Shania's eyes, he turned his head to look at her and asked, "What are you looking at?"

A bright smile suddenly appeared on Shania's face: "It's nothing, are you hungry? I'll make it for you! What do you want to eat? Omelette toast, macaroni with tomato sauce? Baked potatoes?"

Before Tang En could answer, she had already put on her apron and hurried away, humming a tune that Tang En could not understand.

This time it was Tang En's turn to stand by and stare stupidly.

--I see!It turns out that Mr. Dunn's wife is waiting for you at home.

—Actually, not my wife.It's just... just a tenant living in my place...

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On the second night of the game, although many Turkish fans came to Nottingham from Istanbul, thousands of miles away, to cheer for Besiktas.However, Nottingham Forest, which occupies the right time and place, still swept the leaderless Besiktas 8-0 at their home court, without giving them any face.

The depression that the Forest team received in the league was all poured on Besiktas. The score of 8:0 set a record for the largest difference in the UEFA Champions League. The previous record was held by Juventus and Juventus in the 2003 season. This season, Arsenal also tied the record of scoring eight goals in a single game created by Monaco in 2003.

The cheers at the city stadium would get bigger without a goal, and in the end, it was so big that even the TV commentator couldn't work properly.The atmosphere is no less than that of Istanbul's Inonu Stadium.

Fanatical Forest fans told the Turkish fans with their practical actions that even without throwing debris or setting off fireworks, they can turn the city stadium into an out-and-out visiting team just by their singing hell.

On the second day of the game, many media reported on the huge score in this game.

The Turkish media lamented that Besiktas, a strong domestic team and one of the top three, was so unbearable in the UK and was slaughtered by the opponent's eight-ball. "The blood even flowed from the English Channel, dyeing the Bosphorus and the entire Black Sea red. This day is a day of shame for Besiktas!"

Columnist Pierce Bruce of the "Nottingham Evening Post" wrote an article praising this "great victory": "Demon Twain sits in town, blood flows from hell at home".

Among the exclamations, only "The Sun" announced that they had a more shocking news than 8:0: "Twain's second rumored girlfriend mysteriously appeared before the match!" "

They expected Tang En to hold a press conference to criticize or clarify like last time, but this time Tang En ignored them at all, which made them feel bored.Except for a few media reprinted this news, everyone is still more interested in the 8:0 game.

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On a sunny morning, Shania raised the "The Sun" she had just brought back from the outside, and smiled at Tang En: "Gossip Girl, Uncle Tony! It's the second one!"

Tang En rolled his eyes at her: "When did our family start subscribing to The Sun?"

Shania wrinkled the tip of her nose and snorted a few times: "If the reporters of "The Sun" were not so dedicated, how could I know the latest developments of Uncle Tony!" She looked down at the group pictures on the newspaper again, "Without you Photos of talking and laughing in the restaurant..."

"Because we haven't eaten together at all." Tang En spread his hands.

"Why not? Exotic beauties."

"I returned the phone to her and said that there were still people waiting for me to eat together, so I ran back. But you actually dumped all the food!" Tang En pretended to be very angry with his eyes puffed up.

Shania didn't refute, but just looked at her Uncle Tony with a smile.

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On the night when the game ended, Tang En received a text message.No caller name was displayed and the number was completely unfamiliar.

"Mr. Devil, next time you have the opportunity to come to the Inonu Stadium, please prepare your helmet. The host is very enthusiastic."

(End of this chapter)