champion godfather

Chapter 678 Long Live the Five Reds!Double crown! (Ask for a monthly ticket!)
"Freddie Eastwood is in trouble, he's caught between two Chelsea players. He can't turn around and shoot with the ball at his feet. One more person will come up and the ball will be broken... He turned around... shot - the goal was scored! The goal was scored! The goal was scored -!!! Final - field - absolute - kill!!!

The narrator's excited roar came from the TV.

Those who were more excited than him in front of the TV were the fans of Nottingham Forest. Those who couldn't go to the scene to watch the game could only choose to watch the game together in a crowded bar. They were so lucky to see it near the end of the game. This exciting scene.

"Champions! We are the champions!"

"Double crown!"

"Tony, I fucking love you, I fucking love you—"

"Whoa-oh-you're going to propose to him, Joel?"

"If I were a woman, I would marry him!"

"Ahahahaha..."

Such scenes appear in all the pubs where Nottingham Forest fans gather, including Kenny Burns' Forest pub.

"Beer! More beer! How can there be no wine at a time like this?"

"Cheers! To the champion!"

"Cheers! To the Double!"

No one has watched TV or listened to commentary for a long time.Now everyone's mind is on gulping drinks and loudly declaring victory and excitement.

Someone raised a glass to Burns who was behind the bar, and Burns also raised the glass in his hand and nodded.The man drank it down, and Burns only drank it.As the owner of this bar, he still needs to stay awake.

But that doesn't mean he isn't happy with Forest's results.In fact he was probably happier and more excited than anyone here.The defending Champions Cup champion... 28 years have passed, and that scene seems to be floating in front of Burns' eyes.It's the same group of people, but they were young and they could run around with the team.They witnessed the first glory of Nottingham Forest in the history of Nottingham Forest at the Bernabeu - before Tony Twain, it was "the most brilliant" - now these people are old, and there are many gray temples.

Time flies so fast.

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In the heavy rain in Moscow, the crazy celebration at the Luzhniki Stadium was finally interrupted by the referee's forcible intervention.The game is not over yet, and Chelsea still have a chance to attack to equalize the score. If the Nottingham Forest players continue to celebrate so unscrupulously, they will definitely receive angry complaints from the Chelsea players, saying that they took the opportunity to delay the game time.

Just as the Nottingham Forest players returned to the court, the fourth official also stood on the sidelines. He held up the electronic bulletin board, and the number printed on it was the final stoppage time of the game-3 minutes!

There are still 3 minutes left for Chelsea to equalize the score. If they fail to score, they will unfortunately pass by the championship trophy.

Tang En also recovered from his excitement. He stood on the sidelines with his arms crossed, staring at the court nervously.In the last 3 minutes, anything can happen.Think of Manchester United's Champions League final against Bayern Munich in 1999...

But don't let me relax, you guys!He stared at the Nottingham Forest players on the field and gritted his teeth in his heart.

"There are still 3 minutes, we must hold on!" Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has been replaced, patted his sportswear jacket, stood on the sidelines, rolled his hands into the shape of a trumpet, and shouted into it.

While Nottingham Forest was celebrating wildly, Grant had already completed the work of making substitutions and adjustments.This time he replaced two players in one breath, and did not keep a hand because he wanted to play overtime with Nottingham Forest.

Shevchenko replaced Joe Cole, who was ineffective under the fierce pressing of Nottingham Forest, and Belletti replaced Makelele, who was exhausted.

It is obvious to strengthen the offense and intend to put all eggs in the last 3 minutes.

The game restarted, Chelsea put the football firmly at their feet, and advanced towards the Nottingham Forest penalty area.Chelsea's players were also smart. They didn't rush to send the football directly to the Forest team's goal with a long pass, because in that case, they might lose possession of the ball faster.

As long as the football is on your side, you can attack at any time.Time is running out, when it is not the quantity of attacks that matters, but the quality.

Ashley Cole also rushed up and threw himself into the attack.Lampard saw him and passed the football.

At the last moment, Ashley Cole pushed forward with his own speed and finally broke through Rafinha, tearing a hole in Nottingham Forest's right line of defense!
The cheers of the Chelsea fans rang out.

The players of the Forest team thought that Ashley Cole would definitely make a cross from the bottom. Pepe rushed to block it and prevented him from entering the penalty area. Drogba in the middle was handed over to Piqué.

Ashley Cole didn't pass the football to Drogba, he didn't even pass it to the goal, he directly made a diagonal pass from behind, and the football flew outside the penalty area!
Ballack received the ball, and he made a shot, allowing George Wood to throw his center of gravity out and block it with his body.The result was a pass.The target is Lampard on the other side!
The corner was delivered brilliantly and Lampard was almost unmarked when he received it.After he got the football, he turned around and shot directly!
Everyone stood up from their seats.If they got in, the Nottingham Forest fans would have been happy in vain, if they didn't get in...Chelsea would be finished.

"Bang!"

Is this the first time this game has heard this sound?

"The crossbar stopped Lampard's shot! The crossbar stopped Chelsea!"

The football bounced off the crossbar and the attack was not over.

Although Lampard did not shoot the ball into the goal, it also caused the entire defense of the Forest team to be shaken.Shevchenko was there where the ball fell and he had a chance to put the ball in the goal...

"Shoot—"

The football flew directly over the crossbar...

Did not kick the right part, shot high.

Tony Twain felt his legs go limp, and this was too stimulating to his heart... He pressed his hand on his left chest, and he could clearly feel his heart beating fast.

"Damn it..." he murmured weakly.

Next to him, Chris Lark moaned, "You know what, just now, I almost thought I had a heart attack..."

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"This can even be said to be Chelsea's best offensive opportunity in the second half. But the crossbar rejected Lampard, and Shevchenko's supplementary shot went straight to the sky! Chelsea's luck is terrible! Or, Nottingham Forest's luck very nice……"

Shevchenko put his head in his hands. He had a chance to be a hero... But, in such a short playing time, he didn't even heat up from running, and his feet were still cold. How could he feel like shooting?If you give him 5 more minutes... damn it!asshole!

Lampard stood in front of the goal, looking weakly at the opponent's goalkeeper Van der Sar who was still in shock.In the first half, I got a dribble, but in the second half, the luck went to the opponent.

Too much force, just a little lighter, the football can fly directly into the goal if it goes down a little bit, Van der Sar has already handed down his gun and surrendered...

Gareth Bale hugged the goal post and kissed wildly.Words can no longer describe his mood at this moment.

The goal was not scored, which greatly affected Chelsea's morale. Although there was more than a minute left in the game, Chelsea seemed to be unable to attack anymore.What's more, Nottingham Forest firmly controlled the football at their feet and was not in a hurry to attack, but kept falling in the backcourt and midfield.Even if they were collectively booed by Chelsea fans, the Nottingham Forest players were unmoved.

In this way, the game is getting closer and closer to the end.

Even the commentator announced: "The game is over. Chelsea's morale was hit by the crossbar just now. They seem to have lost all their courage and fighting spirit in an instant. They don't know how to play the remaining 1 minute of the game. Football is now in the hands of Nottingham Forest, Chelsea players are being played around by them..."

In the stands, a man who hid himself deeply in a windbreaker shook his head silently when he saw this scene.

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The football is still at the feet of the Nottingham Forest players. Except for Lampard, the Chelsea players have no intention of coming up to grab the ball. They can see that Nottingham Forest wants to delay the game until the end of the game.No one wants to go up and be that monkey being tricked...

Outside Nottingham Forest's bench and coach's bench, players and managers gathered on the sidelines, waiting for the referee to blow three whistles so they could rush in to celebrate.

Tang En was caught in the crowd, and he was trying to hide the joy on his face. The game was not over yet, and he didn't want everyone on the field to think that they could relax.

In the stands of the Luzhniki Stadium, the Chelsea fans fell silent, and the Nottingham Forest fans had been singing since Eastwood's goal, except for Lampard's post and Shevchenko's goal. There was a slight pause, and now the singing was mixed with louder and louder cheers.Everyone - no, all Nottingham Forest fans - was waiting for that moment to come.

The referee was looking at his watch, and he had already put the whistle in his mouth, and maybe he would hear that pleasant whistle in the next second.

Ten seconds left in stoppage time.

Lampard kept running and finally grabbed the ball!This may be Chelsea's last chance!

Seven seconds left in stoppage time.

George Wood slashed out from a diagonal stab, forcing Lampard's ball to be unable to take it out or pass it out. ;Lampard wanted to get rid of Wood like crazy.He is betting that the ball is now on the offensive side, and the referee will not blow the whistle to end the game unless the offense is completely dead.But... first he needs to look like he's attacking and not messing with George Wood in midfield.

Wood stared coldly at Chelsea No. 8, who had been a teammate in the England team.The hunger for victory and the championship, he felt it.But who told us to be rivals?This time I will let you down.

Lampard is waiting for the support of his teammates, he dare not pass back, he is afraid that the referee will blow the whistle once the ball is passed backwards.

Wood found that Lampard did not seem to be fully focused on the football at his feet. This is an opportunity!

Without hesitation, he stretched out his foot and poked it out from behind. Lampard staggered and lost the ball!
After discovering that the football had been cut off, Lampard's heart was frozen for a moment.

Then he heard the voice he least wanted to hear:

"Beep! Beep! Beep—"

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"The game is over—" The commentator's voice was immediately drowned out by louder cheers.

Nottingham Forest players and coaches who were waiting on the sidelines swarmed into the pitch.

Tang En was not that excited. He hadn't forgotten that he still had to shake hands with the opponent's head coach.Although he still doesn't like Grant, as a winner, he still doesn't object to shaking hands with a loser.

So he walked towards Grant with a smile.

Grant greeted him with a livid face.

Neither of them said a word, and it was not proper to shake hands. They just touched their fingertips and separated immediately.

Grant turned to comfort the players, while Twain was surrounded by reporters.

"Congratulations to your team for creating a new history, Mr. Twain!"

"Thank you."

"Is there anything you want to say?"

"Before the final, I thought we should win the championship. We should be the best team in the whole of Europe... no, the best team in the whole world. I am very happy that this result proves my idea." Tang En is even more arrogant. Of course, he has the qualifications to be so arrogant...

The reporters like to see him being arrogant. When he is arrogant, he will say a lot of things that make the media happy. The readers will follow the climax under the provocation of the media, and then everyone will get wet.

"Can you comment on the opponent? Chelsea caused you a bit of trouble in the second half..."

"It's just troublesome." Tang En stretched out his right index finger and waved it.This Bruce Lee-like action made him the favorite of photojournalists. Tomorrow, this extremely arrogant photo of him will appear on the headlines of all media.

"They did a good job in the second half, but they did a good job and didn't score a goal. Instead, we scored a goal and won the championship. This shows that we did a better job than them!"

"How does it feel to be a double winner and defend the European Cup?"

"It's fucking great! Haha!" Tang En laughed loudly, but couldn't help but swear.Now is the pinnacle of his life, he stands on the cloud of happiness, enjoys the compliments, praises and flattery of those reporters, enjoys the joy of winning the championship, enjoys the thrill that he will never experience in his previous life...

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Shania in the box stood up from her seat, looked at Tony Twain surrounded by reporters, looked at it silently for a while, and then said to Gronia next to her: "We should go, Ke Liz."

Glonia pointed to the bottom and asked her: "Really not to say hello, or say goodbye?"

"So much media, what am I going to do?" Shania frowned and said, "If you want to say goodbye, you can also say it on the phone."

"At least let him know that you came to watch his game, right?"

Shania laughed: "It belongs to him now, so I'd better not bother."

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David Beckham, with the rest of the players, thanks the Nottingham Forest fans in the stands.He is not as excited as his teammates around him, he has seen big scenes.But he was still very happy.

He didn't expect that he would be able to win the league championship and the Champions League championship in one season when he transferred to Nottingham Forest.Almost comparable to his 1998-1999 season at Manchester United.

Who doesn't like a championship, who doesn't like winning?

Someone hugged him from behind, and Bell's excited voice rang in his ears: "David! We are the champions! Haha, we are the champions again!"

Beckham looked back at the happy little monkey, and replied: "Ah, that's right, we are champions again." He will reread "again".

This is his second European Champions Cup.

Reporters rushed to David Beckham, wanting to interview him, the "newcomer" of Nottingham Forest, what he thought of this champion.

This is definitely not a special treatment, other Nottingham Forest players are interviewed individually.Everyone says a few words casually, and the next day it can be turned into a vivid live report in the newspaper.

George Wood refused such an interview. He hid in a quieter place and called his mother.

Bendtner and Zimbonda, who had been kicked out of the first team for fighting in training, also embraced to celebrate the championship.Because of the championship, all conflicts ceased to exist...Of course, it was temporary.

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Just when this group of people were celebrating wildly or being interviewed, a group of people had already placed a billboard announcing the championship in the center. Against the background of the European Champions Cup logo, there was a big red letter on it:

2007-2008 UEFA Champions League Champions
Nottingham Forest Forest!
Due to the bad weather and the rain still falling, the award ceremony was not held in the middle of the stadium, but on the rostrum.The red carpet has been rolled from the bottom of the steps to the top, this is the road to championship, this is the road to glory.

The No.2 Chelsea went up to receive the award first, and each of them will receive a silver medal.I believe these people must be very unhappy when receiving the award. No one wants to get a silver medal after reaching the final.Just like Tang En roared in the locker room three years ago, holding a silver medal as a foil for the champion?
Chelsea's players accepted the award on stage with gloomy faces, unwilling to say a word, and there was not even the slightest smile on their faces.Most people took the silver medals off their necks and held them in their hands after coming down.When everyone came to the stage to accept the award, they would be unwilling to look at the silver trophy, which was so close and so far away from them...

The last person to go on stage to accept the silver medal was Chelsea's head coach Grant. His face was ashen, and he didn't let Platini, who was in charge of awarding the award, hang the medal around his neck, but received it directly in his hand.

Then he walked off the stage, unlike everyone else, he didn't even look at the championship trophy the whole time.

The rostrum is in the middle of the stands, with Nottingham Forest fans on the right and Chelsea fans on the left.The right side is full of excitement, and the left side is dead silent.

Grant went down, and halfway down he looked at the silver medal in his hand, then at the silent, heartbroken Chelsea fans.Then he made an action that caused an uproar in the scene.

He threw the silver medal in his hand into the stands!It was as if a stone was thrown into a calm lake, causing waves to rise. Some people raised their hands to fight for the silver medal, and the stands that were quiet just now became noisy again.

Seeing this scene, Tony Twain whistled.He could understand Grant's thought of doing this, and felt angry, unwilling, but helpless. Apart from expressing his dissatisfaction in this way, what else could he do?
Didn't Tang En do the same back then?There was an uproar after the game.But now he doesn't need to be so extreme, because he won't be dissatisfied at all, he is the winner, for two consecutive years!

"Grant finally gave me a hand at the last moment." Tang En said to Tang next to him in Chinese.

Don nodded in agreement.

If Grant came to the stage with a smile on his face, accepted the silver medal politely, and then thanked Michel Platini and other senior UEFA officials, Tang En's disdain for him would only deepen.

Grant throwing the silver medal was just an episode, and it was soon the Nottingham Forest players' turn to accept the award.The players excitedly came to the stage to accept the award, no different from winning the championship for the first time. This is the joy from the heart.

George Wood was at the back of the team. He would be responsible for lifting the championship trophy in a while, and Twain was in front of him.

"Did you call your mother?" The two took the time to chat for a while.

"Ah."

"Is she happy?"

"very happy."

Tang En smiled: "Ah, that's good. If you're in a happy mood, your body will recover sooner... So, George, for your mother, you have to keep leading this team to win, you know?"

Although Wood felt that this sounded a bit strange, he still nodded, because he also likes to win.

When Tang En walked up the steps, the Nottingham Forest fans in the stands on the right stretched out their hands to welcome him, like the spears of the guard of honor.They chanted Tony Twain's name and praised him for winning another championship trophy for the team.Some people simply burst into tears, too excited to talk to themselves.In this stand, the coldness of the rainy night has long been dispelled by the fiery red without a trace.

In this way, Tang En stepped onto the rostrum step by step amidst the cheers of the fans.After receiving the gold medal symbolizing the championship from Platini, his expression was not as happy as when he walked up.

"Congratulations, Mr. Tony Twain." Platini held out his hand.

"Thank you." Tang En simply shook hands and left. He didn't like those UEFA officials very much, even the star Michel Platini who he admired for a while.

Platini was a little disappointed with his reaction, and he wanted to take the opportunity to say a few more words...

George Wood was already standing in front of him, he withdrew his mind, first hung the gold medal around Wood's neck, and then put his hand on the championship trophy.

The critical moment has arrived.

When George Wood took over the trophy from Platini, the cheers of the fans at the scene reached a peak, but he did not take advantage of the situation to lift it up.He handed the trophy to Tony Twain who was right next to him.

"You take that side."

Tang En looked at the serious George Wood and laughed.This porter he picked up from the street, this ignorant boy who claimed he was the best player in England...

——I can give you a chance, but whether you can become the best player in England is up to you, George.

It's as if it was said yesterday.

Taking the other handle of the trophy, Tang En and George Wood raised it vigorously together.

At this moment, the endless cheers slapped on the shore like a tide, stirring up thousands of waves, and drowning everything in the huge roar.

"Long live! Nottingham Forest! Long live! The Double!"

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PS, keep asking for votes! !Tony Twain has won his first double championship. Let's use monthly tickets to reward Uncle Tony, who has worked so hard for a season and has suffered tremendous pressure on his heart!
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