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Chapter 767 Volume Six Crimson Nottingham Forest Football
Galliani sincerely wanted to persuade George Wood to join AC Milan, but he never thought that Twain would stir up a farce in the end.

George Wood didn't come, and spent half a month of AC Milan's precious time.Now that the summer transfer window is about to close, Gattuso's successor has not yet been found.

Ancelotti's already gloomy face was even more gloomy now.If Galliani and Braida can't find him a new midfielder, then AC Milan's league title plan for the new season will definitely come to naught.

Galliani also knows what kind of players the team needs. This is why he is better than former Real Madrid general manager Mijatovic.

Blasi mentioned by Carlo Ancelotti before is an object that can be considered, but Galliani did not put all eggs in one basket this time. While asking the team to contact Blasi's agent, he also separately Found two other people.

The first defensive midfielder who shined in Sporting Lisbon and was closely watched by many giant clubs - Miguel Veloso (MIguel_Veloso).

The second is Liverpool's unshakable main player, the important contributor to Argentina's ability to win the world championship this summer, midfielder Mascherano.

In terms of actual worth, Mascherano is a head higher than Veloso, even higher than George Wood, because he won the world championship.The mainstream view in world football is that Veloso is still a little young.Mascherano and George Wood are already excellent defensive midfielders who have experienced many battles. They can be regarded as the best defensive midfielders in the world.

Galliani's plan is that although it is very difficult to buy Mascherano, the Argentine is not the captain of Anfield after all, and naturally he cannot be a boring item not for sale.Then as long as you have money, you can do it.He didn't want George Wood. Wood's status in the forest team determined that no matter how rich AC Milan was, the deal would be very difficult.

Galliani is inclined to Mascherano.

But Liverpool vowed not to let the Argentine go to AC Milan, even though they already had Lucas, the Brazilian midfielder.

Time is running out and Mascherano's side has reached a stalemate with Liverpool's lack of cooperation.In Portugal, however, things went smoothly.Veloso had wanted to leave Sporting Lisbon for a long time, but he didn't leave last summer because his agent and the club believed that Veloso's worth would rise after the European Cup, so he was advised to stay in Portugal.This year's World Cup has just ended, and it is a good time to switch to a big club.

Sporting Lisbon also believed that selling Veloso at this time might get more transfer fees, so they didn't bother with the issue of whether to let him go, and directly started to negotiate the transfer fee.Veloso himself is very happy to join a world-class club like AC Milan, where there are more fans, more attention, and more honors.Joining AC Milan is an important step for him to become a world-class star.

In the end, Galliani and Braida had to give up their pursuit of Mascherano and signed a contract with Veloso.

On the day of August 25th, AC Milan announced that they had introduced Miguel Veloso, the main midfielder of the Portuguese national team, at a price of 300 million euros.

The continuous transfer drama that started with George Wood has finally come to an end.

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AC Milan bought George Wood's replacement. Since Wood published an open letter in the newspaper, Twain didn't care anymore.For him, Galliani bought Veloso or Mascherano.He will lead the team to prepare for the second round of the European Champions Cup qualifying round, as well as the second round of the league.

In the first round of the Champions League qualifying round, Nottingham Forest beat Red Star Belgrade 4-0 at home. Such a result has almost guaranteed them to enter the Champions League.So Tang En adopted a rotation system in the away game.

Akinfeev ceded his starting position to Dale Roberts, left back changed from Gareth Bale to Joe Mattock, centre-backs were Woodgate and Morgan, and right-back was joined this season Nkuru of the team.George Wood continued to rest in midfield, Thiago still started, Shaheen replaced Bostock, left midfielder was Fernandez, and right midfielder was Bentley.On the forward line, Ibisevic did not sit on the bench because of his mediocre performance in the first round of the league. Tang En gave him full trust and continued to let him start. His partner was "Fast Horse" Abang Raho.

If the Serbs think that this is Nottingham Forest's substitute lineup and they can do whatever they want at home, then they will suffer a lot.

The rotation lineup does not mean that it is a substitute lineup. Just looking at this lineup, the strength is not comparable to the "main lineup" they thought.

Such a lineup played 3:2 with the home team at the Red Star Stadium, the home of the Red Star Belgrade.

The Red Star team was quite crazy from the beginning. If they want to enter the main game, they must score at least four goals at their home court without allowing the opponent to score.This is too difficult, but they have no other way but to attack.

It was the Red Star team who opened the scoring first. They scored a goal in the 4th minute of the game, and the Red Star Stadium was full of joy.It's a pity that the good mood of the home team fans didn't last long. After 7 minutes, Nottingham Forest relied on a corner kick to score a goal from Morgan.

Afterwards, Nottingham Forest made persistent efforts, and after receiving the pass from Ibisevic, Abang Laho directly faced the goalkeeper and succeeded in pushing the ball to overtake the score.

In the second half, the Red Star team continued to counterattack frantically. Unfortunately, there were too many loopholes in the backcourt and too much space. They were caught by Nottingham Forest and succeeded in a counterattack. Abanglaho scored twice.

This ball completely destroyed the fighting spirit of the Red Star team. They played feebly in the subsequent game, but at the last moment they caught the forest team's defensive negligence and scored a face-saving goal.It doesn't help the result anymore.

Nottingham Forest advanced to the main match with a total score of 7:2.

It is a little regrettable that Ibisevic still failed to score against such an opponent...

Carl Spike and some media must have something to say after the game.

Is Ibisevic really a shining meteor?

After the game, Ibisevic was also a little depressed, but in general, his mood has not been affected too much.

Dunn still used those words to comfort him: "You've done a good job, Ibby. You're integrating into the team little by little."

He is not the kind of person who makes a decision and immediately denies himself. Even if he is really wrong, he still has to give the other party a period of time for him to prove himself.

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So in the second round of the league, Nottingham Forest challenged Newcastle away, and Ibisevic still started.

But unfortunately, he still didn't score a goal.

In the No.705 minute, he was replaced by Ruud van Nistelrooy.

The commentator's comment was "Tony Twain doesn't seem very satisfied with this Bosnian".

Tang En's real intention was just not to put too much pressure on Ibisevic.

In this game, Nottingham Forest finally shook hands with Newcastle in the away game, and neither side scored.

After the game, some media believed that if Nottingham Forest had a better ability to seize opportunities, they could actually beat Newcastle in an away game and take all three points.But Ibisevic was a big disappointment, wasting at least three chances.

Carl Spike laughed at Twain in the post-match program that he should reconsider the gamble with him, "Of course, if Mr. Twain wanted to shave his head, then I would be happy to do it."

Nottingham's local media also heard discordant voices.I thought that Tony Twain had misread it again, that Ibisevic was not as outstanding as everyone thought.His performance in the 08-09 season was indeed a flash in the pan. He was actually just a substitute striker in the third-tier European league.

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Ibisevic has integrated into the team in terms of life and language, but he has yet to find the feeling of scoring goals on the court.Mathias Fernandez has to thank Ibi, because if Dunn and Carl Spike hadn't bet on the number of goals scored by the Bosnians, then he would be the one who should be criticized by the media now, because he himself is still Not integrated into the team.

Tang En felt that the first problem he had to solve was not to study opponents, how to win.It is to let these two people adapt to the team quickly, because they are not bought as substitutes.

There are many reasons why Ibisevic didn't score. First, he hasn't fully adapted to the playing style of the Premier League; second, he cares too much about the gambling between Dunn and Spike, putting all the burden on himself; The third is tactical issues.

In Hoffenheim's craziest season, Ibisevic's crazy goals were related to their crazy offensive tactics. The 433 offensive style of play allowed them to always score big scores, and the two wingers kept attacking on the side. , Feed the ball to Ibisevic in the middle.The three players in midfield moved like clockwork, the back four pushed forward, and offsides were made with maddening precision.

They pursue simple, quick and direct tactics, somewhat similar to Nottingham Forest in previous years.But Nottingham Forest seldom, almost never, offside.Dunn didn't believe in the tactic of creating offside, especially in the Premier League, which likes to go straight.And he likes the opponent to make an offside, and then let his fast horses counter-offside again and again, and he can kill the opponent if he seizes a chance!
This tactic is simply a typical newly promoted tactic.But the current Nottingham Forest is no longer a newly promoted team. Tang En emphasized that the tactics of holding the ball in the midfield and advancing quickly are not always used.He must make his team's tactics richer and more varied, otherwise it will be easy to be studied by the opponent.Like Hoffenheim in the second season of the Bundesliga...

Ibisevic is used to having two wingers deliver shells to him and pass the ball quickly. He has to adapt to another way-control the football under his feet, step by step, and advance slowly.Although Nottingham Forest also has fast wide players, the full-backs and wingers still cannot be compared.

Twain believes that Ibisevic's ability in this area is fine, but there is a process of adaptation, and the process will take time.

So he decided to talk to Ibisevic and not put too much pressure on him.

A player who has just suffered a failure comes to a completely unfamiliar environment. It may not be obvious on the surface, but the psychological pressure is very great.

He prepared multiple sets of rhetoric in advance, intending to help Ibisevic decompress from multiple angles.

But Ibisevic was surprised that the head coach had suddenly approached him for a private conversation.

"I don't have any problems in life, boss. I'm still barely used to eating..." He thought Tang En was concerned about his life.

"Of course I know that your life is fine." Tang En felt that his enthusiasm was extinguished by Ibisevic, he said angrily. "I'm not here to talk to you about this, I'm..." He was thinking about how to use words so as not to irritate the striker.

The forward position is different from other positions. Sometimes technique or awareness is not the most important thing, but self-confidence is what matters.And the source of self-confidence is also very simple-goals, consecutive goals.

He hopes to restore as much confidence as possible without damaging Ibisevic's self-esteem.

"I see, is it because I haven't scored in a few games?"

Tang En nodded vigorously. It's really easy to talk to a smart person... But why did Ibisevic say this?Isn't this my line?

Ibisevic was silent for a while, and just when Tang En was about to speak to comfort him, he spoke again: "Boss, are you worried...won't you win against that reporter?"

Tang En laughed: "Where are you talking? If you don't tell me, I'd almost forget about this incident. Didn't I say it? I never worry about things that haven't happened. Unless you have the last round left in the league I would start seriously thinking about shaving my head if I didn't score a goal. But that's never going to happen, is it?"

Ibisevic didn't answer his question, he asked instead: "Do you regret buying me into the forest, boss?"

Tang En looked at Ibisevic: "Honestly... I don't regret it." He smiled. "Why should I regret it? You have only played a few games? I am not a quick-tempered person, we still have time. I know your performance last season, I still buy you, I have no intention of regretting, if Know I'm not one to slap myself for nothing. I usually slap someone else. Ha!"

"I came to talk to you, just to confirm a question - have you started to doubt your ability and this choice?"

This time, under Tony Twain's gaze, Ibisevic fell into a long silence.

Tang En didn't rush him either. He got up and poured Ibisevic a glass of water, then sat back and quietly looked at the high center forward sitting across from him.

It was a long time before Ibisevic began to say: "My career has always been like this, boss. It's always one choice after another. Before each choice I don't know if I'm doing the right thing, so it takes a long time. I don’t think about it anymore. If I do make a wrong choice once, the solution is simple—I make another choice.”

Tang En smiled: "I know why the European media call you 'Ranger'. But I don't want the player I bought for more than 1000 million euros to play for one season and then choose again."

"Neither would I, if possible," Ibisevic replied. "I don't like that nickname."

Tang En clapped his hands: "It seems that we have a consensus, Ibi. This is easy to handle. You have experienced more miserable years than now. I think the current situation should be nothing to you, right? "

Ibisevic nodded: "I'm really depressed because I haven't scored goals. But it's not time to lose confidence, boss."

"That's good. It's really nothing, I just want to make sure of this one thing. You know, I am willing to give new players a chance, but I have to know if they are willing to use these opportunities to prove themselves again. Not a philanthropist. If the other party doesn't have this idea, of course I won't waste my time and energy on them. But as long as you have this idea of ​​not admitting defeat, I will do whatever it takes to make you successful. You know what I mean? Ibi The Nottingham Forest football is different from any football you have seen before." Having said this, Dunn paused, with a smile on his face. "Never admit defeat, never give up is our best lover."

"If you can accept this set of football ideas, then I have to welcome you again."

Dunn held out his hand to him.

Ibby didn't say a word, just handed her hand.

"I'll take it for granted, Ibby. Welcome to Nottingham Forest! This time for real." He winked at Ibisevic and grinned.

(End of this chapter)