champion godfather

Chapter 639 Volume Five Red A Visitor from the Far East

Tony Twain did not attend the post-match press conference, which did not prevent the Italian reporters from laughing at him in the media.Look at the way they gloat, as if Nottingham Forest has been eliminated.However, these attacks had no effect on Tang En, because he never cared about what the Italian media said every day, and he couldn't understand Italian.

Even so, his mood is still not good. After all, if a group of flies are always making noise in your ears, you will feel bored, although you can never understand what the flies are saying "buzzing"—— In the second round, they are going to challenge AC Milan away.Dunn could already imagine how he would face the indiscriminate bombardment from the Italian media when he set foot on Italian soil.

Some things cannot be escaped. This time he used his physical discomfort as an excuse to escape. What about next time in Italy?

There is only one way to prevent this tragedy from happening, and that is to defeat AC Milan and throw the tragedy to the Italians.

Did not achieve the desired result in the Champions League. Fortunately, Nottingham Forest won consecutive victories in the domestic league.On February 23, they defeated Derby County 3-0 at home. On March 1, they defeated Manchester City 0-[-] in an away game, completely returning Eriksson's team to its original shape.

Anyway, the former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the owner of Manchester City, is now caught in the quagmire of domestic lawsuits, and he has no time to pay attention to his team's record.

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It was under such circumstances that Nottingham Forest Club welcomed several guests from the far east.

The winners of the "Football Boys" talent show have come to Nottingham Forest to officially start their one-year training career.

Two people in the younger group and one person in the older group.The three were brought by Allen Adams.

Along with them are several staff members from Hunan TV Station. They will make several episodes of programs reporting on the daily life and training of teenagers in the UK. They will be broadcast in China as a way to keep the talent show "Football Boy" alive. Method.

Tang En had no objection to this. Anyway, the training places of these three people were all in the youth team, and the media wanted to make a fuss about the youth team. It was really deserted there, and more popularity would be a good thing.Just don't come to the first team and get in the way of his work.The only grievance may be that Tang will be pulled for several interviews.

"They arrive in Wilford at about 45:[-] pm, and then you have to meet with them and talk to them..." Tang En held a notebook in his hand, and was reading to Tang En one by one. This is what Tang En said today. work arrangements.

Originally, there was no such thing, but today is a special day. The club was afraid that something might go wrong with Twain, so they specially arranged a schedule for him.This thing Tang is very familiar with, because his previous life was basically like this.

"Say something?" Tang En looked away from the computer screen and looked up at Tang who was sitting on the sofa diagonally opposite.He is playing minesweeper to pass the boring time of waiting.The latest FM Football Manager game is still installed on the computer, but once the game is played, he will be immersed in it and can't hear what people outside are saying.

The training field outside the window behind him was empty, there was no one there, and it was not time for afternoon training.

"Anything." Don replied.

"That's not written on it?" Tang En sneered.He hated the schedule, it made him feel like a prisoner deprived of his freedom.

"No, you can do whatever you want, even if you want to speak ill of the club, or scare those children to tears. But..." Tang looked at him and said, "You have to bear the consequences once."

"I'm not that stupid..." Tang En muttered. "It's enough to say something as beautiful as 'Welcome to glorious Nottingham Forest', I know that."

Tang nodded and continued reading.

"The media from China will gather together to film this meeting, and then there will be a short interview of about 5 minutes...to you," he added.

Tang En felt strange: "Isn't it an interview with you?"

"You are the person in charge here." Tang said something that made Tang En feel very comfortable.

"Uh-huh."

"Basically, that's all." Tang closed the notebook and handed it to Tang En. "Would you like to watch it again?"

Tang En took it and put it directly on the table: "No need, I just met a few draft winners, not the queen, and it was so formal."

Tang smiled: "So have you thought about what to say when you see them?"

"No need, let's just say it casually, for example...the weather is good today, it's quite windy and sunny..." Tang En spread his hands.

"Aren't you looking forward to meeting Chen Jian? He is very excited to meet you - he is your fan."

"He..." Tang En leaned back in his chair and looked up at the ceiling. "I don't want him to have any unrealistic fantasies."

While the two were chatting, the beautiful Miss Barbara Lucy knocked on the door and walked in.

"Mr. Tang." She first nodded to Tang who was sitting on the side, and Tang also returned the salute.

Then she looked at Tang En: "Mr. Tang En, they are here."

Tang En listened attentively, and indeed vaguely heard some noise coming from the direction of the training base gate.So he frowned and asked, "Are there many people?"

"Fifteen journalists from China, four local journalists from Nottingham, an interview team from BBC TV, and three contestants." Barbara Lucy reported the number of people very accurately.

"Thank you, Miss Lucy." Tang En nodded his thanks.At the same time he stood up from his seat, "Let's go, Don."

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When the three arrived at the gate of Wilford Training Base, there were already many people around.In addition to some reporters, most of them are ordinary fans who come here to watch the team training and ask for autographs from the stars. When they encounter such a strange thing, they naturally want to come up and watch.

"He has become a star without any achievements." Tang En shrugged, slightly dissatisfied.

Tang laughed beside him without expressing any opinion.

Ms. Barbara Lucy said from the perspective of her work: "Isn't this exactly what Mr. Adams wants to see? Do you want to go up?" She asked.

Tang En shook his head and stood still. "No, let's take a look here, anyway, no one has found us yet."

So the three of them watched quietly in an inconspicuous corner.

Alan Adams is being interviewed by BBC TV. The interviewer is a young female reporter. He has a gentle smile on his doll face and is very friendly.It's not because the opposite is a woman, it's his usual expression.The opponents who fight against him for the first time will look down on him because of his appearance and expression, and they will not realize that they have suffered a great loss because of this...

Allen himself said that he likes to laugh very much, not because it can make him feel good, but because when he smiles, he can squint his eyes and hide the shrewdness that doesn't match the baby face... This is too cunning.

Others are scrambling to show their shrewdness, showing great anger at others belittling themselves, but Alan Adams has already realized the realm of "great wisdom is like a fool".

Tang En looked away from Alan. This man, whose mind was full of various currency symbols, was nothing to look at.He noticed the three Chinese teenagers standing next to Alan Adams. They stood side by side under the engraving of the Nottingham Forest team logo outside the gate of the training base, making victory gestures for the excited reporters to take pictures.

Seeing this scene, he grinned.You are not here for tourism, do you still want to take a group photo?Do you want to turn around and write "so and so came here for a visit"?

"Mr. Tang En, is it alright?" Miss Barbara Lucy urged beside her.

Tang En nodded: "Okay, let's go up." He shook his head and walked out first.

The appearance of Tony Twain and assistant coach Tang caused some commotion on the scene - not from the media, but from three young players.It can be seen from their excited faces that they are all very excited to see the legendary madman coach.

Alan Adams' favorite smile appeared on Dunn's face.He greeted the three children warmly and kindly: "Hi, how are you all? Guests from the far east." He spoke Chinese.

Although everyone knew that Tang En could speak fluent Chinese, hearing him say that to himself face to face was enough to make the three children happy for a while.

Seeing the expressions on the children's faces, why didn't Tang En know what they were happy about?

Do you think it is much easier to communicate with a head coach who can speak Chinese, and you can take advantage of it?If you really think so, you're dead wrong, boys!This is England, and Chinese is not an official language here.

If there weren't so many reporters around, and there were only him and these three children, Tang En would have blurted out the above words.But now, if he really said it, Alan Adams, who originally had an expression of "it's dawn" on his face, would definitely instantly "dark"...

He didn't want to embarrass Allen in front of so many people.

So the kind smile on his face didn't decrease at all, and even got stronger.The only difference is that he no longer speaks Chinese, but in English, and Tang is in charge of translating into Chinese.

"Glad you're here, kids. Don and I have been waiting a long time..." Yeah, so bored waiting to the point of playing minesweeper on the office computer. "Nice to meet you." He opened his arms in a welcoming gesture.

"There is no reason for China to entertain guests outside the house, so please come in." The group was let into the training base.The next step is to take them to the training ground.Here, Tang En wants to send a message to the three children, and accept another interview, and his task is completed.Showing the kids around the training facilities is done by someone, not the first-team manager himself.

On the side of the green grass training field, a group of people stopped.

In fact, if we really want to talk about the future, the two younger players in the junior group deserve more attention. After all, they are young, so there is still room for training and upgrading, and their selection is more professional, not to satisfy the TV audience. Make some gimmicks.However, since the young age group did not conduct any live TV broadcasts, it is not as popular as the older age group.So the No.3 Chen Jian in the older age group is still the focus of media attention.

Now, he was standing in front of Tang En, looking nervously at this head coach who was said to have a bad temper.

"Don't be nervous, I won't do anything to you." Tang En could see the young man's emotions at this time, and he smiled.Yes, you are still not my soldier, so naturally I will not do anything to you.If you want to be murdered by me, it also depends on whether you have the qualifications.

Without waiting for Tang's translation, Chen Jian nodded, obviously he understood.

Tang En was a little interested in this.

"Can you understand what I'm saying?"

"A little bit, just a little bit." Chen Jian replied in English that was not yet proficient and had a strong Chinese school style.For Chen Jian, it is not bad to be able to understand a little bit.Because he was born in a traditional Chinese English education, his reading and writing skills are strong, but his listening and speaking skills are weak. In addition, Dun En's English with a Nottingham rural accent... Chen Jian's English tutoring during the general training camp played a little role. .

Tang En remembered that this person was a college student, and nodded suddenly.He glanced at the reporters who were filming nearby. What were they expecting?Want to hear me say something nice to satisfy the audience?

Ah, I'm so sorry.I'm just going to talk about something practical...

"Well, listen, boy. I won't talk about those beautiful scenes. You didn't come all the way to England to hear some wild lies, didn't you?"

Chen Jian nodded: "No... sir."

"Fine, so let's get down to something practical. You'll be here...no, there." He pointed north, "for a year of training. Not a commercial show, a real one. The youth team training of English football clubs, there are millions of children in England who are doing exactly the same training as you. If you can pass these training and tests, it means that you have the ability to play professional football, if you can't pass , then..." Tang En clapped his hands, and Tang's translation was "one shot, two parts".

This time Chen Jian nodded vigorously.He came here for the dream of having the opportunity to play professional football, so if the training content is just for show, he might as well not come.Now that you are here, you have to receive the most formal training.

"I hope you are mentally prepared for this, because the content of the training will be very difficult, and it is too late to regret it now."

Chen Jian shook his head: "I can't give up, sir."

"Well, once you choose to join, you are not allowed to give up unless you are eliminated by us. You have to persevere. Do you understand, Chen Jian?" Tang En said seriously.

"I understand, sir." His expression and content also made Chen Jian serious, and the same person replied sincerely.

Tang En was a little strange when translating these words. Why did Tang En repeatedly emphasize that the training content is very difficult?As far as he knows, the training of the youth team is not as intense as the first team... Scaring people?
"Okay, good luck." You do need some good luck... Tang En completed this sentence in his heart.Afterwards, he ignored Chen Jian and turned to chat with the other two children. This time, the expression on his face softened a lot.

After completing his task, Tang En was pulled over by the reporters for an interview.The question everyone cares about is very consistent-whether these Chinese teenagers really have a chance to become an official member of the Forest team after one year.Because one of the publicity stunts of the "Football Boy" talent show is that if a young player performs extremely well during the one-year training period, he has a chance to become an official member.

Tang En started shaking his head before he finished listening to the question, pouring cold water on everyone. "If it is so easy to become a professional player, then all the clubs in the UK should give up the youth training plan and go to the media to engage in the draft. I just hope that they can learn something and feel something in this year. Their future life path should be helpful. Maybe..." Seeing the disappointment on the faces of these people, Tang En thought for a while and added, "...I mean maybe, after a year of experience here Training, they can become a professional player in other parts of the world, I know China also has a professional league. But here..."

He shook his head again.

"Okay, thank you for your attention, but I have to go back to prepare for the team training in the afternoon, sorry." He waved to the reporters, refused to answer other questions, squeezed out, and threw everything here Tang.

Is there anyone here who is more suitable to be a tour guide for a group of "curious babies" from China than Tang, a Chinese assistant coach?

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Accompanied by the media, Tang took them to visit various training facilities of the Forest team.Then Miss Barbara Lucy came forward and told the reporters that the filming was over.Because first team training is about to start.Coach Twain didn't want so much media hanging around in the training base during the team's training——Barbara Lucy changed the words to something that wouldn't make the media feel uncomfortable.Anyway, I hope everyone will support and cooperate.This concludes today's interview...

After the reporters dispersed reluctantly, they took photos of the first-team stars who drove to the training base to start training.

And Tang took the three children to the youth team training base in the north.There is no noisy and annoying media around me anymore, and there are no more Alan Adams and Barbara Lucy, just the four of them.There is not even an interpreter, because Tang himself can act as an interpreter.

Of course, when this group of boys walked north through the training base, they inevitably ran into some first-team players, all with familiar names and faces.When you see one, you will be pleasantly surprised. Only Chen Jian is more mature, because he is the oldest among the three.

"Wow! It's Fannier!"

"Fribery! Ribery!"

"Pepe! That's amazing!"

Fortunately, they didn't see Beckham, otherwise they would have rushed to ask for his autograph.

Chen Jian didn't speak or look around. He just followed Tang with his head down and walked towards the youth training base.

When walking out of the first-team training base, the two children were still discussing the stars they saw just now, but Chen Jian raised his head and asked Tang who was walking in front of him.

"Don... Coach."

"What's the matter, Chen Jian?" Tang just turned his head and didn't stop.

"May I ask you a question?"

"of course."

"Well, does Coach Twain...don't like me?"

Tang was stunned by this question, and then he reacted.Apparently this kid was frightened by Tang En's serious attitude.He remembered Tang En's views on that talent show and his stubborn personality, so he just smiled: "No, he just treats everyone like this. He is a strict head coach..."

"But I read some reports that he is very good to his players..."

"So are you his player now?" Tang asked.

This time it was Chen Jian's turn to be dazed.

He's a smart guy, and he figured it out.So the smile returned to his face: "I see, Coach Tang."

Tang's hand lightly patted his shoulder: "Train hard, don't think about anything else."

(End of this chapter)