champion godfather

Chapter 657 Juan Wuhong's Professional Ethics
As Nottingham Forest reached their second consecutive Champions League final, the Nottingham Evening Post ran the headline "Athens" in their issue to show their excitement.This time, the "Nottingham Evening Post" did not make such a move. The carnival had already been carried out on the night of the game, and it was time to face the league at the beginning of the next day. It was really not the time to celebrate.
Last night, all the bars in Nottingham where Forest fans gathered were sold out of beer. A large number of policemen stood guard on the streets and near the bars to guard against troubles caused by fans who drank too much.Fortunately, apart from a few small-scale fights, more verbal conflicts were persuaded.
Because they are all supporters of the same team, their verbal conflicts are nothing more than who is the biggest contributor to the game. Some say it is George Wood, some say it is Beckham who scored the goal, and some say it is Tony • Dunn.But no matter how much they fought, after the sober people came out to smooth things over, everyone laughed and put their arms around their shoulders and poured wine on each other.
"What's there to argue about? Aren't they all members of our Nottingham Forest?"
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The match between Nottingham Forest and Barcelona took place on the evening of April 29th. Early the next morning, Twain took Don and went to London with him. Chris Luck stayed to supervise the team's training, and the two of them went to Stamford Bridge. Take a look at the opponents in the finals.The life-and-death battle for the Champions League semi-final between Manchester United and Chelsea begins.
Before this game, Chelsea had a slight advantage, because they scored a goal away from Manchester United in the first leg and tied Manchester United 1:1.
It is really unexpected that Grant's team can come to this point and draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford.Even Twain himself had to admit that Chelsea's achievements were beyond his expectation when Grant came to power.
Now it is not fair to say that Grant made it to the semi-finals relying on what Mourinho left behind.After this match, Tang En got to know this person whom he had despised once again.
Chelsea and Manchester United became 1:1 at home, and the two sides could not decide the winner in overtime, so they had to play a penalty kick.Although Terry missed the penalty in the penalty shootout, Cristiano Ronaldo, who had performed well all season, also kicked away.Then the penalty shootout entered a single-round elimination system. Kalou made it overnight, and there were deafening cheers at the scene, but when Nani walked up with the ball, the cheers at Stamford Bridge immediately turned into boos. The players brought tremendous pressure and influence. Nani, who came on as Rooney's substitute in extra time, pursued too much angle and shot the ball wide.
Chelsea eliminated Manchester United in a penalty shootout and successfully advanced!
Tony Twain and Tang were surrounded by cheering and jumping Chelsea fans with their arms raised high, and the stand they were in was trembling slightly.Tang En had no intention of participating in the celebration of the future enemy, he and Tang left quietly wearing sunglasses.
This result made him a little disappointed.
In fact, he hopes that Manchester United will beat Chelsea to enter the Champions League final. First, he will prepare less information about the opponent and targeted tactics, and work more efficiently. Second, Manchester United will inevitably be distracted. Anyway, I have already been distracted. Well, you have no reason not to be affected, everyone is even.

Well now, Manchester United has been eliminated, and they will not let Nottingham Forest go at Old Trafford with only the league title to win.Although they would not let the Forest team go even if they were not eliminated, but now they will work harder than Tang En thought before.At that time, if they lose their troops in the game against Manchester United for the league title, wouldn't it be for Chelsea to reap the benefits?
"I didn't like Grant from the very beginning, and there really is a reason..." On the way back to Nottingham, Tang En complained endlessly to Tang.
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Disappointment is disappointment, complaints are complaints.The game still has to go on.League No.30 seven rounds, the last battle before the "Decisive Battle on the Top of the Forbidden".There will be many possible results in this round, but only one will have a decisive impact on the outcome-Nottingham Forest loses away to Aston Villa and Manchester United wins, then Ferguson will win the championship one round earlier.
Of course Ferguson hopes to use a league title to appease people's hearts immediately after the team has just been eliminated from the Champions League, but he can't make the decision on this matter. It depends on the performance of the Forest team and Aston Villa.What makes Manchester United support them a little bit is that this game is away from Nottingham Forest, and they have just played several fierce battles in a row, and neither their physical strength nor their state can be guaranteed.In addition, Aston Villa cannot be considered weak.
Manchester United's home game against West Ham United is the first game of this round of the league. The defeat in the Champions League has turned all Manchester United players into hungry wolves. Poor West Ham United appeared in the wrong place at the wrong time... Of course, for the Manchester United Wolves, it was the right opponent in the right place at the right time.
4:0, West Ham United had no power to fight back. The Manchester United stars who lost to Chelsea vented a lot on this weak opponent.
Then Manchester United fans began to pay close attention to Forest's game with Aston Villa.
Unlike the concern of Manchester United fans, Nottingham Forest fans don't care about the results of Manchester United at all.Because no matter whether Manchester United wins or loses, as long as their side wins, the result will be the same-the decisive battle will be at the top of Old Trafford in the No. 30 eighth round.
Tang En didn't arrange anyone to inform Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford at any time, so there was really no need for that.
In this game, Twain continued the lineup he had for the second round against Barcelona.
At Villa Park, Aston Villa's home court, Nottingham Forest defeated the home team 2-0 cleanly.
Bendtner scored two goals alone and became the man of the match.
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"The Champions Cup final is on May 21st. The last round of the league is on May [-]th." Tang En looked at the schedule, and then drew a red circle on the corresponding day on the wall calendar.After finishing this, he put down his pen, clapped his hands, turned to Tang and said, "The last two games of this season will determine whether we become heroes or bears."
"It's not such an exaggeration, bear..."
"That's the truth. There is nothing in this world that is more shameful than the Shuangya King... No, there is." He suddenly denied his statement, "That is the Sanya King, the Siya King, the Wuya King and the Sixth King ’” He stretched out three, four, five, and six fingers in sequence.
Don grinned.Sometimes he and Twain's football philosophy is really different, but he can always cooperate well with Twain's work, keep his own thoughts in his heart, and don't bring them out if it is not necessary.
He felt that if he could not win the championship, it would be good to win the runner-up, but it was better than failing at the beginning.Twain's idea is just the opposite. If he enters the finals, he must win the championship. If he is doomed to fail, it would be better to be finished at the beginning-Alan Adams must not approve of his crazy idea, because even if he wins the runner-up, no matter if he is the champion Whether it is the cup or the league, the post-season dividends will be more than that of the lower-ranked teams, not to mention that every extra game in the cup will get an extra bonus.
"It's not bad. There is a ten-day gap between the final of the Champions League and the final round of the league. We still have plenty of time to prepare for each game." Tang En turned on the TV and planned to study the Manchester United game video with Tang.Although as old opponents, mutual understanding is indispensable, but targeted observation is still indispensable.
"Bruce called just now and asked you to express your opinion on the opponents in the Champions Cup..." Tang reminded.
"Him?" Tang shook his head. "Either his brain is out of order, or his boss came up with the idea. There are so many days before the Champions Cup final, what should I talk about?"
"It may be because of some personal grievances between you and Grant..."
"Then I can't talk anymore. Not now, not in the future." Tang En continued to shake his head, this time he was more determined than before. "Chelsea won the Champions League final when they were unfavorable in the league and under much doubt. Now their morale is high. No one thinks about the loss of not being able to participate in the Champions League next season, and no one dares to mention it. At this time I Not to mention provoking them with words, I won’t do things that add fuel to others’ fire, give them help when they need it, and add icing on the cake. If all of them PowerMAX are stimulated, we will be dumbfounded. So…” He looked at Tang, “We don’t mention them, No matter what hype news is out there, we simply ignore it. At this time, doing our own thing is the top priority.”
After he finished speaking, he found Tang was looking at him and smiling.
"Are there rice grains on my face that I haven't eaten for dinner?"
"No." Tang shook his head and smiled, "It's rare to hear that you decide not to participate in the war of words, and I feel a little surprised."
"Hey, don't really think that I'm a mad dog that bites anyone." Tang En rolled his eyes back at him.
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The next day Dunn called Pierce Bruce back.Tell him he's not going to comment on Chelsea's Champions League final.He didn't repeat to Bruce what he said to Don, but said that the focus of the work of the team and himself is the league recently, and the Champions League final opponents will be put aside first.As for the end of the league, this problem is not a problem anymore - after winning the league championship, it is too late for the whole city to celebrate, who cares about Chelsea?If Tang En didn't win the league championship, who would dare to ask about it if he was in a bad mood?Of course, Dunn himself didn't want the second result to come true either.
The other media did what Tang En said, the Champions League has not yet started, and the most hype right now is undoubtedly the fierce competition for the league title.
Both BBC Five and Sky Sports are planning specials about the final battle, hoping to attract TV viewers.
The other media stayed at the training bases of the two teams all day long, trying their best to trigger a war of words between the two teams.
Everyone knows that Ferguson is a veteran of psychological warfare, while Tony Twain is a rising star in this field.If two people have a wonderful war of words before the game, it must be a selling point.
However, the biggest selling point this time is not the two head coaches, but a player named "David Beckham".
The last time Nottingham Forest played against Manchester United at home in the league, Beckham was absent due to injury, so this is the first time he has faced his old club directly in the Premier League, and it is also the first time he has returned to Old Trafford as an opponent Rufford.
He just scored a key goal in the semi-finals of the Champions League to help Nottingham Forest enter the Champions League final. Compared with Manchester United, which was eliminated by Chelsea on the other side, it is only natural that some Manchester United fans feel dissatisfied.
Before the game started, all kinds of voices about him were flying all over the sky.
Some talk of giving Beckham a warm welcome back to Old Trafford, others talk of making him "good to watch" in the stands during games.Some people are grateful for his loyalty to Manchester United, while others think he is worse than Judas, because he is duplicity, saying on the surface how loyal he is to Manchester United, but in fact?But joined Nottingham Forest!
Even when Ferguson was interviewed at a routine press conference, he was surrounded by many reporters asking questions about Beckham.
Everyone knows who Beckham left Manchester United for. Now that the two enemies meet again, what kind of sparks will they collide with?
Ferguson deadpanned: "I wish him luck."
"Sir Alex Ferguson, David Beckham helped Forest to reach the final of the Champions League, while Manchester United was eliminated by Chelsea. Do you regret not recalling David at the beginning?" A reporter asked such a naked question.
"Why should I regret it? There are so many good and more promising players in Manchester United now. As for the people who left Manchester United, they left. I will not dwell on the past, otherwise Manchester United would not have achieved so much. The champion." Ferguson's face became uneasy.
In fact, what he said is true and very reasonable.But in the ears of Beckham's supporters, it doesn't sound so good.It's no wonder that some people still think that Ferguson and Beckham are jealous enemies when they meet.
So what about Beckham?
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"Mr. Dunn. The media hope that Beckham can attend today's regular press conference." Ms. Barbara Lucy reminded Dunn that, as the person in charge of the external relations department, she also thinks it would be more convenient for Beckham to attend. it is good.But the list Tang En gave her was George Wood and himself.

"Why?" Tang En pretended to be surprised.
"Mr. Tang En, you know the reason..." Miss Lucy smiled. She didn't like Tang En.
"Okay. But there's no way." Dunn flatly rejected the other party's request, "Let David go up for interrogation? I don't want to affect the state of my main players because of these boring flies before an important game."
Tang En has the final say on this kind of matter, and Barbara Lucy has no right to make decisions except for making suggestions. Since Tang En disagrees, it can only be forgotten.She nodded and left.
Back on the training ground, Dunn watched Beckham carefully for a while.On the surface, there is nothing unusual at all.But is it so?Tang En didn't think so.Beckham's heart must have been turned upside down at this moment, right?
He was in Real Madrid for four years, never returned to Old Trafford as an opponent, and never directly against Manchester United.So the current experience is his first experience.
In the first half of the season, before the home game against Manchester United, Beckham was injured, and Twain just put him out of the squad to avoid such embarrassment.Now that Beckham is injury-free and in good shape, he sees no reason to rule him out.
So……
Although today's situation had been considered when the two signed the contract, it was not imminent after all.Twain suggested that Beckham include not having to play Manchester United in his contract, but Beckham refused.Such things are against his professional ethics, but it does not mean that he will be happy to return to Old Trafford as an opponent, an enemy...
During the training break, the players gathered around to chat and joke, while Beckham walked up to Twain alone.
"Can we talk?" he said.
Tang En nodded, not surprised that Beckham came to him.
The two found a slightly quieter corner.Others are paying attention to this side from the corner of their eyes, because they all know who is the real focus of this game.
"The routine press conference in the afternoon, can you bring me?" Beckham asked straight to the point.Tang En was a little surprised by his request.
"Did you know? I just rejected Miss Barbara Lucy's decision to have you appear at the press conference."
Beckham nodded. He was not surprised that Tang En did this, but he still insisted on his decision: "I know what you think, Tony. But I still want to go."
"Being asked repeatedly by a swarm of flies: 'What do you think about returning to Old Trafford against your old club' stupid question?"
"If I don't give an answer, there may be more rumors outside."
"Are you really going?" Tang En looked at Beckham.
"I really want to go." Beckham also looked at Tang En.
"Okay, you go with me and George in the afternoon." Since the player himself has this wish, he doesn't need to stop him, but he still added: "If the scene gets out of control by then, I will make a move." .”
Beckham smiled at him.
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The media who participated in the press conference had already learned that Beckham would not be present at the press conference, and were planning to leave the venue collectively after Twain arrived to give Twain a big embarrassment. They saw Twain bringing George Wood Appeared in front of everyone with...David Beckham.
"I know that today's protagonist is not me." Tony Twain said looking at the excited faces below, then sat down and stopped talking.Let the media target Beckham.
In fact, most of the questions were nothing new, just like what Dunn said to Beckham in the morning.But anyway, everyone doesn't care about how the question is asked, but only cares about how the person who answers the question responds.
But so far, Beckham has answered fluently, not only taking care of the feelings of the Forest fans, but also taking care of the mood of the vast majority of Manchester United fans.It's not as embarrassing as Tang En imagined.After all, he is a big star, so he has faced all kinds of difficult problems.
Someone raised the question "Will you take the initiative to apply to avoid the battle?" Beckham smiled slightly: "I don't have any problems. If the head coach needs me to play, then I will. I don't need me, I can also be a substitute accept."
In this way, he diverted the anger of those diehard Manchester United fans towards him.And this was instructed by Twain, because before coming here, Twain repeatedly warned Beckham that whenever he encountered a difficult problem, he would always push it to him as the head coach.
So Tang En stepped forward at a very timely moment: "As for the roster and starting lineup, it is inconvenient to make it public before the game." This sentence blocked the mouths of all the reporters who just turned their heads and wanted to ask him.
If allowed, these reporters wanted to collectively boo Tony Twain.Now they didn't continue to entangle with Tang En, and instead asked Beckham various questions about facing his old club.
"Have you thought about what it would be like to return to Old Trafford, David?"
"I don't know." Beckham shook his head, "I'm just a little uneasy."
"Do you still hate Ferguson now?"
"He is a head coach I respect very much." Beckham did not want to talk about this topic.
"How about Tony Downby?" The reporters didn't want to let him go.
Beckham wanted to open his mouth, but Tang En snatched the question away: "Obviously I asked this question. We each have our own merits."
It is a very dangerous thing for players to evaluate the old and new head coaches, and it will offend people no matter what they say.So Dunn didn't let Beckham speak.
As if it was a signal, the questions from the media became more and more specific and demanding.
"If you scored against Manchester United, would you celebrate?"
"I don't know...I'm not putting it lightly. It's a mixed feeling and I don't know how to do it until it happens, so I just say 'I don't know'."
"If you helped Nottingham Forest beat Manchester United and took the title from Manchester United, would you celebrate? Do you think Manchester United fans will accept it?"
"I have no idea……"
Tang En stood up: "Okay. Remember your professions, you are journalists, not Scotland Yard police officers. This concludes today's press conference!"

"We haven't finished asking..."
"Britain and continental Europe will be merged into one piece after you finish asking your questions." Dunn said sarcastically.He just couldn't bear the sight of a group of reporters surrounding his players and interrogating them like prisoners.He turned around and was about to take the people away.
The reporters stood up from their seats one after another, ignoring the rule that they were only allowed to ask questions when they were called on, and one by one raised their hands and scrambled to ask questions that they hadn't come to remember to ask.
"David! I have a question..."
"David, David... There are rumors that returning to Old Trafford may affect your state. If you play, will it shake the morale of the Forest team? Will it lead to more serious...uh."
This sentence made the three of them stop, and at the same time turned to look at the person who asked the question.
Tony Twain: "David Beckham is now wearing the red jersey of Nottingham Forest."
George Wood: "Shaken morale? We're not idiots."
David Beckham: "I'm a professional footballer."
The three turned around and left the venue, letting the reporters call out from behind, and never looked back.

(End of this chapter)