champion godfather

Chapter 863 The Situation of Winning the Championship with the Heart of the Seven Lion Kings
Arsenal made adjustments at half-time, with Wenger replacing Wilshere and Denilson on.It seems to be strengthening the defense, but it is actually preparing for a counterattack.It's a pity that the gap of three goals in the total score is too big. If Arsenal want to advance, they must score four goals in 45 minutes and ensure that they don't lose a goal.

This is simply an impossible task.

Arsenal did threaten Forest's goal early in the second half, but good times are usually so short-lived.They still couldn't shake Nottingham Forest's advantage established in the first half. George Wood is indeed one of the most powerful midfielders in England today.Fabregas' pass turnovers started to rise under his marking, and his physical strength declined.

Although he can also pass those sharp balls, the whole team is beaten by the Forest team and can't find their way. What's the use of him passing the ball alone?
This game was a tactical failure for Arsenal, no matter how good Fabregas is.

Halfway through the second half, Arsenal still failed to score.Wenger already had a premonition of his failure, and he began to save his energy for the league.

Cesc Fabregas is still running desperately on the field, passing the ball or shooting himself.He is not willing to admit defeat at this time.

The Spaniard was a little impatient on the court, but Wood became more calm.The boss told him to keep an eye on Cesc Fabregas, and he executed it meticulously.As for who Fabregas will pass the ball to, he doesn't care.Just as his teammates believed in him as captain, he also believed in his teammates.

It is this kind of tacit understanding that allows the Forest team to turn away from the away game and take the initiative on the field.

In the second half of the second half, Arsenal had few opportunities, but the Forest team continued to threaten Almunia's goal.Nottingham Forest fans haven't seen such an easy game at Arsenal's home ground for a long time.

No. 80 minutes, some Arsenal fans began to leave early, they no longer have any hope for this game.I can only comfort myself that "we still have the league", while leaving the stadium unwillingly.

Seeing that the overall situation was settled, Twain also replaced several players who had been tired recently.Bale is replaced by Joe Mattock, Bentley is replaced by Mock, Ibisevic is replaced by Abanglahor.

Every player who was substituted hugged Tang En and happily celebrated their victory.

With a 2:0 lead and 10 minutes left, Twain never imagined that he still had the possibility of failure.

He can return to Nottingham with a relaxed mood, and I believe Shania who is in the box can breathe a sigh of relief.

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In the last 10 minutes, Arsenal launched a crazy counterattack against Forest's goal. They almost gave up their pursuit of victory, but the self-esteem of a strong team made them unable to tolerate being shaved at home.They want to use this last moment to score a goal.

It's a pity that the Forest team didn't let them get what they wanted.He returned to defense across the board and blocked the goal tightly.

Fabregas finally played the whole game and was not replaced early.It's a pity that his efforts didn't help the team win, and didn't even bring the team a face-saving goal.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, many Arsenal players sat slumped on the field, only their captain was still standing.

On the other side, under the leadership of the assistant coach, the substitute players of the Forest team rushed into the field with cheers and hugged and celebrated with their teammates on the field.

Meanwhile, Tony Twain tidied up his clothes and strode towards Wenger with a smile on his face.

"It's a pity," he reassured.

"I wish you good luck now, Tony. I hope you can reach the final. However, I will not give you the league title again." Wenger wanted to look elegant, but just lost the championship He really couldn't laugh out loud.

Tang En smiled, but said nothing.

Wenger shook hands with him, turned around and walked away. Dunn looked at his back, and there was something he didn't say in his heart: "Of course I won't ask you to give me the championship, Professor. I'll get it myself."

After shaking hands with Wenger, Dunn was surrounded by reporters.

"How does it feel to reach the top four again, Mr. Tang En?"

"It feels great!"

"Is the goal this season also the Champions League?"

"Who doesn't want to win the championship?"

"Is it a bit of a surprise to win against Arsenal so easily?"

"No, Arsenal should be surprised, not me."

There were also reporters who wanted to ask questions, but Twain raised his hand and refused: "If you have any questions, I will ask them at the press conference. I have to go and be with my team!"

He lined up the crowd, walked to the field, and celebrated the victory with the Forest players.

"What a big name..." someone among the reporters muttered.

"But he is qualified to play big cards." Someone beside him shrugged, "Who told him to be the winner?"

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Winning Arsenal and advancing to the semi-finals caused Nottingham's media to hype enthusiastically for several days.The defending title at Wilford Training Base is full of excitement every day. There are die-hard fans who come to support the team, as well as news media who hear the news.

The forest team that reached the semi-finals encountered good luck. Their opponent in the semi-finals was not strong, and it was the Ligue [-] team Lyon.On the other side is the Spanish derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

This semi-final made the Spanish media very excited, because they had two teams entering the semi-final.The Premier League, which has occupied the semi-finals for a long time, was completely defeated this season. In the end, only Nottingham Forest represented the Premier League in the semi-finals.

The foreign media gloated over this, claiming that the Premier League was finally about to give up the top spot in the first league, and the Spanish media even shouted that they wanted to take the top spot. The Spanish media is the first league in Europe.

The Italian media and the German media, as always, chose to remain silent.

The English media were unanimously optimistic about Arsenal before the game and cheered for Wenger's team, but now they have switched to Nottingham Forest like grass on the wall, blowing Twain's team as "the only hope in English football", "defending Champion of the dignity of English football", "heir to the glory of English football".

Tang En didn't care about whether he was labeled as such a big hat, and now he had to take his mind back and prepare for the league.Let's think about the Champions League thing when it comes to us.

Before the Champions Cup, the Forest team had experienced the test of two strong teams. As a result, Chelsea and Arsenal were unable to complete the task of stopping them. Tang En's team passed the test smoothly and is currently ranked second, ahead of third-placed Liverpool. Three points behind the first Arsenal, the goal difference and the number of goals are less than Arsenal, Arsenal still have a great chance of winning.Judging from William Hill's latest odds of winning the Premier League this season, Arsenal are still favored.

In order to prove that he was sure of winning the bet with Twain, Karl Spike analyzed the disadvantages of the Forest team in his program.Regarding the schedule, he said that the Forest team will face two strong teams and two weak teams.The strong forest team has already played, and the weak team is the real test.

The two relegation teams have not escaped the relegation circle until now, and the worse news is that they have not been relegated in advance.This is a situation that any of their opponents are afraid of-teams in the relegation circle or on the fringe may be relegated to the British Championship after three league rounds, or they may succeed in avoiding relegation at the last minute.There is a fine line between heaven and hell.

No one wants to go to hell, everyone wants to go to heaven.The same is true for Twain, if he fulfills others, he will go to hell.He is not the kind of saint or Buddha who loves all living beings and is willing to sacrifice himself to help others.So it can be expected that these two games must be very intense and exciting.

These two games were in the fifth round of No.30 league and the eighth round of No.30 league.

In the fifth round of No.30, the Forest team played away to Portsmouth. No.30 eight rounds, the last game of the league, against Sunderland at home.

If Nottingham Forest can beat Portsmouth and Sunderland can win, then maybe the last round will not be so bad for both teams - Sunderland has successfully avoided relegation, and Nottingham Forest has also survived. Naturally, there is no need to face an opponent who is desperately fighting for survival.

This is the future under ideal conditions, but Dunn doesn't think their luck will be so good.

You must know that in the No.30 fifth round, Sunderland's opponent is Manchester United.How could Manchester United let Sunderland go at home in order to qualify for the Champions League?Sunderland had only one home game in the final dead round, and two of the other three away games were against strong opponents. The relegation situation was much worse than Portsmouth.

So the media has already pronounced Sunderland's death sentence in advance. In comparison, Portsmouth has only the Forest team as their strong opponent in the last four rounds. They are more likely to succeed in relegation.

Perhaps only Sunderland themselves did not give up. The local media kept cheering the team up, thinking that as long as they united, they would surely be able to create miracles.Some people even suggested that Sunderland please return to the former head coach Keane, because he once created a similar miracle-the team ranked last before taking over, and half a season later he led the team to the Super League.This is also Keane's only brilliant achievement as a head coach.Later, his coaching career was not very smooth, so such a proposal was completely desperate.It is impossible for Keane to agree to come out as a scapegoat.

There is a saying that seems to make sense.

"...Tony Twain's team is currently fighting on the third front, which consumes a lot of energy, and the pressure on the players is also great. I don't think it's time for Sunderland to raise their hands and surrender. As long as we fight back before the final round Not falling behind, we may still have a chance to fight against the exhausted Nottingham Forest... Think about it, the fatigue of fighting on three consecutive fronts, and the tremendous pressure of having to win the league championship, otherwise their boss will eat the table …It is impossible for any team to perform at a normal level under these circumstances...”

But any piece of bad advice looks good until it turns out to be bad.

In short, Sunderland is still dying.Twain would not show mercy just because he had loaned young players to them many times and had a good personal relationship with their former head coach Keane.Just as he will not show mercy to Portsmouth, he does not care about any opponent except himself.As long as their group stands in front of him and becomes a stumbling block that hinders his progress and pursuit of victory, he will kick them away mercilessly.

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On April 30th, in the fifth round of No.[-] in the league, Nottingham Forest challenged Portsmouth away.

Portsmouth did come up with the energy of the relegation team, but it seems to only come up with 80.00%.Because of the news from Old Trafford, Sunderland trailed Manchester United after only three minutes of the opening game.Sunderland's backwardness made Portsmouth's pressure suddenly lighter. They wanted to win this game but were unwilling to fight everything.After all, there are still three rounds left in the league. If they fight the Forest team for everything, then in the remaining three rounds, they can only watch their opponents surpass them and escape from hell.

It is a very dangerous thing to play against Nottingham Forest, who want to win and chase Arsenal with such ambivalence.

The players of the Forest team don't have so many complicated thoughts in their minds - if this game is won, what will happen to the next game?This game has been exhausted, what about the second half?
It's simple for them - win this game, win the next game.I tried my best in this game, and I will continue to do my best in the second half.

No.205 minutes, Nottingham Forest relied on Rafinha's long-range shot to break the deadlock, and they led 1-0 away.

Only then did Portsmouth, which was behind, stepped up their offensive efforts. Their head coach roared from the sidelines, asking the team not to give up. Ten minutes later, Portsmouth took advantage of a corner kick to break through the goal guarded by Akinfeev. 10:1.

This time it was Tang En's turn to be furious on the sidelines.

During the intermission, Dunn replaced Thiago, who was not performing well, with Gago, and continued to strengthen his offense.

No.701 minutes, the Forest team finally scored.Wood's long-range shot hit the Portsmouth defender and changed its line. It bounced right to Mitchell's feet. He swung his foot and shot, and the ball hit the net.

Portsmouth, which was behind, wanted to counterattack, but only 3 minutes later, Matias Fernandez blasted Portsmouth's goal with a long shot, and the ball completely wiped out Portsmouth fighting spirit.Nottingham Forest controlled the rhythm of the subsequent game, and Twain also allowed more players to rest through substitutions.

The only ones who were dissatisfied were the Portsmouth fans who were watching the game in the stands.They protested by leaving early.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the latest news from Old Trafford was that Sunderland also lost to Manchester United, so the situation of the two teams has not changed, and they are still likely to be relegated. It is also possible to upgrade.

When Twain got up to shake hands with the Portsmouth head coach, Chris Lack, who was beside him, leaned over and said, "Arsenal also won."

Tang En nodded, without saying anything, still with a smile on his face, he extended his hand to the opponent's head coach.

The points difference between the two teams is still three points, and nothing has changed.

Today's Nottingham Forest can only guarantee that they will win consecutive games, and then expect Arsenal to make mistakes.

However, Wenger and his Arsenal, who have already been eliminated from the Champions League and can only compete for the league title throughout the season, might make a mistake and give Twain a big gift?

(End of this chapter)