champion godfather

Chapter 670 Juan Wuhong Modesty Is Not a Virtue
Tang En's mood suddenly improved. It may not be appropriate to describe it as "suddenly enlightened", but that meaning is almost the same.He no longer worries about things other than the game, and concentrates on studying opponents and grasping training.People around them could feel this change. Tony Twain had made them feel insecure in the past two days, because the leader of the team himself was upset, and the morale of the army would naturally be affected.It's all right now, his restless heart for some unknown reason has calmed down, so the people around him have also calmed down.

Since the venue of the final is in distant Russia, the team has to adapt to the venue two days in advance.

Before leaving, Tang En went to Gavin's cemetery with the tickets.It's a routine, it's what he does whenever his team reaches the final.As usual, he sent a ticket to Michael Bernard before, but this time he put a piece of paper in the envelope, which said: "You don't use it, Michael. Just save it for a commemorate."

In front of Gavin's grave, Tang En ran into George Wood, which surprised him a bit: "We never meet together, is this a coincidence?"

Wood looked back at the coach holding flowers, "I don't know. I don't know when you will come here."

"Then why do we always pick the same day?"

"Because this is the only day the team practice ended early." They were referring to the day before the team went to the final venue.

"What you said makes sense." Dunn knelt down in front of Gavin's grave, placed the flowers next to George Wood's bouquet, then took out a lighter and lit the ticket in his hand.

"You always give him tickets like this?" Wood met for the first time.

"That's right. I don't know Gavin's address in heaven, so I can only burn it to him." After burning the tickets, Tang En clapped his hands.Get up and look at Wood.

"Gavin...is his dad coming to watch the game this year?" Wood asked.

Tang En shook his head: "No. He has his own life, and football games are just a kind of adjustment in life."

"adjust?"

"They are not professional players or professional coaches, they are just ordinary fans. For us, maybe football is life, but not for them." Dunn looked at Wood and explained, and then he asked. "Is your mother okay?"

"The body... has always been like that."

Tang En nodded to show that he understood.Sophia's disease is the sequelae left by years of hard work, poor food, poor clothing, poor housing and great psychological pressure.This kind of disease basically has no hope of recovery and can only be controlled slowly. Until now, it is often necessary to go to the hospital for treatment.

"George."

"Ok?"

"Take good care of your mother."

"I know."

"Then... will she go to the final on the 21st?"

"She wants to go, but I won't let her."

"Oh?" Tang En felt a little strange when he heard George Wood say that.

"She's not in good health and can't do the long flight. I let her watch live TV at home."

"Then you should behave better!" Tang En patted Wood's shoulder with a smile.

"My performance has always been very good..." Wood suddenly thought of the red card in the last game of the league. What happened to Ronaldo who was knocked to the ground by him and had to be carried off on a stretcher?He pays little attention to reports in the media. "What about the Portuguese?"

"Portuguese?" Tang En was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized: "Oh, you mean Cristiano Ronaldo? He... Well, it's nothing serious, just rest for a few days. Now he is in the Portuguese country The team's training camp is alive and well. You don't have to worry about it."

Twain exaggerated a little bit. Ronaldo did appear in the training camp held by the Portuguese national team to prepare for the European Championships, but he was not alive and well at all.Until now, Scolari has not allowed Ronaldo to train with the ball. His task is to recover his body and fully rest.Out of caution, the team doctors of the Portuguese national team suggested that Scolari wait for the second game of the group stage before sending Ronaldo to the game.

Due to the European Championships and the Olympic Games this year, the European leagues have all ended one after another, and players from various clubs have reported to their respective national teams.Only Nottingham Forest and Chelsea postponed their dissolution due to preparations for the Champions League final.Champions League, European Championships, commercial competitions, Olympic Games... this summer will be very busy for Nottingham Forest players.

Wood had no expression on his face, but he was slightly relieved in his heart.

This is different from the last time he kicked Roschenback's leg. The last time he wanted to avenge Eastwood, this time it was purely for tactical needs.The need for a game is very different from "that's what I want to do".

"By the way, about that foul. You did a great job." After the game, I was busy celebrating, preparing for the Champions League, and worrying about Shania's "big event in life", and never talked to Wood about that game. Contest.He was afraid that Wood would worry that his red card put the team in trouble.Actually it's not like that...

"If it weren't for your decisive foul, we might have lost the ball, and we wouldn't have gotten such a valuable counterattack opportunity. It was you who changed the course and result of the game." Dunn gave Wood a high evaluation. "You have contributed a lot to winning this league championship."

Wood did not beam with joy just because Tang En praised him.He is always like this, it seems that nothing can make him happy and angry.

Tang En is also used to it.

"Go back?" he said.

"Yeah." Wood nodded.

Before leaving, Tang En turned to look at Gavin's tombstone and said, "Let's go first and go to Moscow to play the final, Gavin. If we can defend the championship, I promise I will come back to see you with the trophy. Also, remember Go watch the game."

After saying these words, Tang En and Wood walked out of the quiet cemetery side by side.The flowers swayed gently under the breeze, as if nodding.

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For Tang En, the city of Moscow was no longer a strange place that he could only get to know sporadically in various film and television works. Last summer, Nottingham Forest was spent here in the pre-season warm-up match.This time it is considered to be a revisit of the old place.

"It's lucky that Chelsea didn't take the same flight as us." On the way from Moscow Airport to the hotel where they stayed, Chris Lark commented on their trip to London Airport.Heathrow Airport in London is full of media, which once made people think that it has become the second "Fleet Street" (Note: the street with the most concentrated British media in the past is a symbol of the development of British media. Moved out one after another, "Fleet Street" became a symbolic term, used to refer to the British media stronghold).As both Chelsea and Nottingham Forest coincidentally left England for Moscow on this day, everything came together.

"The media don't think so. They must be very disappointed that they didn't see the excitement." Tang En was merciless when he ridiculed the British media. "It's like you gave them a bone to see, but you didn't let them eat it."

The two teams did not meet before the game as the media hoped. The airport made very detailed arrangements and did not allow them the opportunity to meet.The two teams are also very concerned about this matter, asking players not to wander around before boarding the plane.Now the hostility between the two teams is very high, and no one wants any messy things to happen...

The bus stopped at the entrance of the hotel where the team stayed, where many reporters had already gathered.After getting off the car, the players accepted a brief interview and then entered the hotel one after another, and went to rest in the room according to the room combination they had allocated long ago.

Twain spent a little longer at the hotel entrance. As the leader of the team and the famous big mouth, he got more "favor" from the media.

"There's nothing to say. There's been a lot of news about us recently, and it's all old-fashioned. You don't want me to prevaricate you with outdated things, do you?" Tang En said loudly among the crowd.

"You can talk about your vision for the final, what result do you hope to achieve..."

"No one wants to lose, buddy. Your question is too substandard." Dunn amused the other reporters.

Tang Jing was naturally also inside. While everyone was laughing, she squeezed in and asked, "Since the Champions League was restructured, no team has ever successfully defended the title. Now Nottingham Forest is very hopeful, may I ask?" ...Mr. Tang En, have you fully estimated the difficulty of defending the champion?"

If she asked "Are you confident in successfully defending the title?" Tang En would definitely retort, "You are talking nonsense." She also learned to be smart during the constant bickering with Tang En.

Hearing this question, Tang En nodded: "Any final is difficult. In fact, I think the Champions League final is the same as the last round of the league that just ended. But my job with my players is to face this or that. Difficult, and then kick them away! Are you satisfied with my answer, Miss Tang?" Tang En winked at Tang Jing.

"Thank you." Tang Jing ignored him and continued to ask, "Can we talk about our trip to China in the summer..."

"I'm sorry, that has nothing to do with the game the day after tomorrow. I don't want to talk about it now." Tang En put on a normal expression.

Tang Jing nodded to express her understanding, and did not ask any other questions.

After returning to some other reporters' questions, Tang En pushed his way through the crowd and entered the hotel.Instead of rushing to rest, he held a meeting with the entire coaching staff.

The preparations for the battle have reached the final sprint stage, so don't be sloppy.He must be in control of the current state of the team at all times.After all, there are no problems on my side.

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When Tony Twain had just returned to his room, he had a meeting with the coaches.Chelsea, who arrived in Moscow a little later than them, also reached their hotel.The two teams faced each other across the final venue, the Luzhniki Stadium, not far away.If the weather is clear and the air visibility is good, through the window of Tang En's room, you can still see the spire of the hotel building where Chelsea is staying.

Blues star Lampard has just experienced the pain of losing his mother. When he got off the car and was interviewed by reporters, he expressed his hope to use the first Champions League trophy in Chelsea club history to comfort his mother's spirit in heaven.John Terry and Didier Drogba both said he hoped Lampard would score the winning goal in the game.

Although there are always news about the unrest in the Chelsea locker room in the game, support Mourinho or not support Mourinho, support Grant or doubt Grant... But at this moment, this team is unprecedentedly united .All differences are unimportant. In Moscow, they only want one thing... and that is to help the team win the final, defeat Nottingham Forest, and win the Champions League!

The performance of the players made Grant, who got off the car afterwards, very happy. The united Chelsea also gave him more confidence in defeating Tony Twain.

Although Nottingham Forest has just won the league championship, morale is high.But the last round of the league consumed a lot of their energy, and it is said that Beckham has relapsed due to his old injury. Whether he can play in the final is still unknown. Ruud van Nistelrooy also seems to have a minor injury in training.

Compared with them, Ashley Cole, who was injured in the previous training, has returned from the line of fire and has no problem participating in the final.Moreover, Chelsea played very easily in the last round of the league, and their physical strength was guaranteed.

And the most important point.

"Some media say that Chelsea lacks the experience of playing in the Champions League final, but I think this happens to be our advantage. Compared with Nottingham Forest, which has already won the Champions League, our players are more hungry for this honor. Their The fighting spirit is stronger, which is incomparable to Nottingham Forest." Grant talked eloquently to the reporters surrounding him.After coming to Moscow, he was full of confidence, believing that this is the stage prepared for him, and the protagonist must be himself.

"I believe in my players. At this point I don't want to talk about myself or my predecessors because it would be disrespectful to my players. The credit for reaching the final belongs to the whole team."

"...Of course, it will be a very difficult game, Nottingham Forest is not a weak team. But we have the confidence to win. I know Chelsea have never won this honor in the history of the club, and I look forward to when we hold the The scene when the championship trophy returned to Stamford Bridge." Grant was weakening the confrontation between himself and Twain, repeatedly emphasizing the team, and at the same time, the confidence revealed in his words made the reporters look at this head coach who had been questioned all the time.

He behaved like a experienced head coach, neither nervous nor overly excited, calmly knowing what he should do.

After seeing the performance of the Chelsea team, the commentator on BBC TV sighed: "This will really be a very intense game, because both sides are determined to win the championship. No one will admit defeat in advance. It is not right to be humble here." What virtue."

(End of this chapter)