champion godfather

Chapter 929: Heart of the Seventh Lion King, What Are You Running For?
George Wood had been avoiding him all the time. When he was in the club, he had good conditions - as long as he didn't want to see Tang En, then Tang En couldn't see him.But now, he has nowhere to escape.Already in the national team, Twain is his head coach, he is Twain's player, how can he escape?Just like today, at most he can only circle around the training ground that is one-to-one with the stadium.

This day has come.

"Run you, uncle!!" Tired and out of breath, Tang En laid down on his stomach and rested for a while, and finally managed to catch his breath. The first sentence he opened his mouth was swearing.

Wood couldn't understand this sentence, but he knew that Tang En must be speaking Chinese at this time.He took two steps closer: "What did you say?"

"Aha, you are finally willing to talk to me. If you scold you... But don't worry, it has nothing to do with your mother, it has something to do with your uncle. Hey, have you met your uncle?" Tang En replied panting .

"I don't know who my grandpa is."

"Okay, forget about your damn uncle. Let me ask you, what did you run away just now?"

Tang En's hands left his knees, his back was still a little hunched, and he was still tired.Race against George Wood, he was out of his wits to come up with the idea.

Wood's lips twitched a few times before he said, "I don't know..."

"You didn't know you ran away!" Tang En couldn't get angry when he heard this answer. "I'm exhausted...Let me tell you, George. If my heart stops suddenly, you have to take full responsibility!" Although Tang En was very angry, he was still laughing in his heart. At least Wood unconsciously and I chatted with myself.Tang En was quite confident in his own words, as long as Woodken talked to him, any problem would not be called a problem.

Wood took another two steps forward, the distance was too far for him to hear what Tang En was saying.

Tang En still felt tired. It had been a long, long time since he had exercised as vigorously as before. His heart was beating rapidly in his chest, making him feel tired.He simply lay down and didn't look at Wood. "I am the head coach of England, and you are the captain of England. We need to cooperate. Don't make it look like you saw the murder of your father and enemy, okay?"

Unexpectedly, Wood's answer made Tang En almost spit out blood: "Kill your father and enemy? If someone can really kill him, I'm very happy."

"You..." Tang En knew that he had used the wrong metaphor. "Now, don't be angry with me, George. I apologize to you, can't I apologize to you?"

"Why are you apologizing to me?"

Tang En suddenly turned over and sat up, looking up at Wood who was standing in front. "Are you sure you want me to say it?" He gritted his teeth.

Wood didn't answer, just looked at him quietly.

After being stared at by such eyes for a while, Tang En was defeated. He lowered his head and muttered, "I'm sorry to leave without saying goodbye, George. I...uh, I don't know what to say to you. But I hope you Believe me, I have no choice but to leave you."

"I've been coaching Forest for 11 years. If I could, I'd like to keep coaching there, even watch you retire. Listen to me, you can play until you're at least 40 years old, and you have 12 more years. But the reality is that— —It is becoming more and more impossible to coach a team for more than 20 years. Today's Premier League is different from the past, and the power of the head coach is gradually weakening...I miss the English football of the last century...Ha, let me tell you this What to do?" Tang En laughed, "Anyway, all you need to know is that I'm sorry." He looked up at Wood.

Wood, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked a question: "Will you go back to the forest?"

"I won't go back for at least two years." Tang En replied frankly.

"So what do we do?" Wood continued to ask.

Tang En smiled wryly, this question is really childish.

"You're not kids anymore, George. You're free to choose which way to go, why ask me?"

Wood felt that Tang En's words made sense, but he didn't want to admit it.

"Will you leave the forest, George?" Dunn asked.

In fact, he has always been conflicted in his heart. He hopes that Evan and Allen will learn a lesson, and at the same time he does not want the team to be really fragmented.

"I don't," Wood replied.

"why?"

"I don't want to leave."

This answer is very idealistic, and it is meaningless to have to investigate the reason.Tang En just smiled. "It's a bit selfish, George. I don't want things at the club to affect your form. I don't want to see you in the World Cup in Brazil."

"No... without you, I'm a little uncomfortable..." Wood suddenly became embarrassed, and he stammered with his face twisted.

Tang En looked at Wood in the twilight, the expression on his face could no longer be seen, only the outline was still very clear.The lines are as hard as if they were made of steel.

"Is your mother okay, George?" Tang En suddenly changed the question.

Wood froze for a moment before reacting.

"It's okay...well." Wood said not very sure, Tang En knew that Sophia's physical condition must be deteriorating.In fact, this mother's vitality is already very tenacious. Since he saw her 11 years ago, he thought she might leave Wood at any time, but he didn't expect to persist for so long.

"Say hello to her when I go home. I'm busier than before when the league starts. I run all over England, and there is almost no chance of going back to Nottingham. I'm sorry I can't see her."

"She knows you're busy."

Where is this normal conversation between the head coach and the new captain?This is clearly two old friends hanging out together.

"How about the little monkey?"

"very good."

"What about the others? I know my sudden departure must have had a bad influence on them..."

"After reading your open letter, everything is fine."

Tang En smiled proudly. The players he trained with his own hands are still facing him. It is not a failure to leave such a little thing in 11 years.

"How's the new coach?"

"It's okay, a little bit like you. But..." Wood suddenly changed the topic, "Now the grades are good, everything is fine. If..."

"We'll talk about the future." Tang En interrupted his guess.

He stood up from the ground and patted his butt.After sitting for a long time, his buttocks were all wet, and he had to return his pants when he went back.

"I appointed you as the captain without asking for your opinion. Do you have any ideas?"

Finally got down to business.Tang En looked at the sky, this conversation should be over.

Wood shook his head: "A little surprised, no other ideas."

"Hmm..." Tang En pondered for a while, "However, you should be mentally prepared. After the result is announced to the public, it will definitely cause a lot of discussion. You will be under a lot of pressure..."

"I know." Wood's answer was simple, but Tang En could hear determination from it.

Tang En laughed: "Don't give them a chance. Also, be a little more lively in the team, don't be silent and invisible all day long. You could do this before, but not in the future. There is no invisible captain here. You have to Let everyone know that you exist. The better you perform, the more free I can do what I want to do."

Wood nodded.

"Okay, let's go to the locker room to take a shower and change clothes. The evening wind here is really cool." Tang En walked up and patted Wood on the shoulder. This time, Wood didn't turn around and run away.

Wood left obediently.

Tang En continued to stand in the training field under the twilight.

It seems that the misunderstanding between himself and Wood has disappeared, and the biggest stone in his heart has landed safely.As long as Wood is still on his side, then he has nothing to worry about.

The next day, he took the new captain to meet the media, and he didn't care what the talkative media had to say.

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In fact, the media already knew about the changing of the national team captain's armband.

What does the English media do?With their eyes and ears listening to all directions, they lurked near the training base of the national team to inquire about new news anytime and anywhere.The advent of the new captain of the national team is no small news. How could they not know about it?
The Liverpool media asked Gerrard to complain, and the "Liverpool Echo" columnist Chris Bascombe took the lead in firing.

"...I can't understand what judgment Mr. Tony Twain made such a decision based on? Stephen's influence in the England national team cannot be ignored. As the spiritual leader of the Red Army, he should continue to serve in the new national team Captain. But what did we see? The spiritual leader of the Red Army didn't even become the vice-captain! Is Tony Twain provoking Liverpool?... I don't know why Stephen would accept such an arrangement, if I If it's him, I'll just quit the national team in protest!"

The media supporting Chelsea is also a little sour, because their Terry has changed from the captain to the vice-captain.But these are far from the anger of Liverpool people.

There was a big discussion on Liverpool's local TV and radio that night about England's new captain.For them, Liverpool has not been honored for many years, and Gerrard is the only banner they can be proud of.Now this flag flying high over England has been pulled down by Twain. Thinking about how many painful memories Twain brought to them during the club days... It's just a matter of new and old hatred, irreconcilable!
"Gerrard is the spiritual symbol of English football! He deserves his own status in the national team!"

"I don't hate George Wood, but compared to Gerrard, he's still a little tender!"

"Tony Twain is cronyistic. I'm not optimistic about the prospects of this national team!"

"He must have burned out his brain to make such a decision!"

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All of a sudden, listeners called into the radio station to express their opinions.

The guests on the TV program also supported Gerrard as the captain and opposed Dunn's "Nottingham Forestization" of the England national team.

Liverpool fans even planned to shout slogans and put up banners in the stands during the first England game to criticize Twain.They called it a "war to defend Gerrard".

Unlike Stamford Bridge's acid and Liverpool's anger, Nottingham's side was cheering.Nottingham Forest fans dialed into the hotline of the local radio station to congratulate George Wood on becoming the new captain of the national team.

Some fans even said nakedly: "I knew Tony would prefer us! Who told him to go out from here?" They didn't seem to worry that Tang En would be pushed to the forefront of the media, because they had seen such things a lot , if you can't even decide on a new captain, Tony won't be Tony anymore.

"George deserves to be the captain. He has been the captain of the Forest team for eight years. The achievements of the Forest team in these eight years are obvious to all! As the captain of the most successful team in English football over the past few years, if he is not qualified to be the captain of the national team, then It's a big joke!"

"Don't care what the Liverpool people say, Gerrard is good, but he is too old, can he maintain his form until the European Cup? He will be 36 years old in two years!"

"George only became captain at the age of 28. I think it's too late!"

"In the late Capello era, George Wood was already the main core of the team, and it was logical for him to be the captain."

George Wood's personal website has also become a battlefield.Liverpool fans ran up to scold him and Tony, while Nottingham Forest fans went up to defend their captain. The two sides fought fiercely on the message forum of this website, and finally ended with the website server being down.

In just one night, the replacement of the new captain caused an uproar in England. No one knows what kind of storm will be formed when most newspapers are published tomorrow...

Billy Wooks called Wood and simply told him what was going on outside and asked him to make preparations in advance.

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When the training started the next day, Tang En found that there were about twice as many reporters gathered outside as compared to yesterday.As soon as he rolled his eyes, he knew why.

"It's like a school of sharks behind a slave ship. Even the slightest smell of blood can attract their frenzied scrambling." Tang En gave these reporters the most vivid evaluation. "Maybe we don't need to officially announce the replacement of the captain, they all know about it."

Indeed.While everyone was eating breakfast, the news that George Wood became England's new captain had been prominently published in various freshly baked newspapers.There have been criticisms and doubts against Twain in the Liverpool media.The Liverpool media believed that Twain was an obvious "cronyist" and a symbol of injustice. This behavior must be corrected.

Some people even suggested that Gerrard withdraw from the national team in protest, as Bascombe did.

Seeing Tang En come out, many media rushed forward one after another, wanting to ask questions about the candidate for the captain.

Before they could open their mouths, Dunn shouted loudly: "There is a regular press conference in the afternoon. If you have any questions, please ask them at that time. Now it's training time. I'm sorry, please leave here!"

The security guards heard his yelling, and went forward to drive the reporters away in a tacit understanding.

"It's just a question, Mr. Tang En!"

"Half a question will not work!"

"About the candidate for the captain..."

"Ask again in the afternoon."

"Do you admit that you are crony..."

"You only have 15 minutes of free filming time. If you plan to waste your time arguing with me, I have no problem. But please don't say that I hinder the freedom of the press."

There was chaos outside the field, and the players who were warming up on the field were also attracted.

"What are they arguing about?"

"What else can you argue about? The new captain..." Someone glanced at Wood and Gerrard when they said this.

Wood was warming up very seriously, completely oblivious to what was happening off the court.Of course, some people suspected that Wood had seen it but deliberately pretended not to see it.

Gerrard just glanced over there, then looked back to focus on warming up.He has always been an image of an honest man, but at the age of 34, he became the protagonist in a storm in the national team...

During the training interval, Tang En found Gerrard, hoping that he and himself could attend the press conference in the afternoon.Originally, he planned to bring the new captain to attend, just to introduce the captain to the media, but now it seems that there is no need for that.

Obviously, this was to deal with those reporters, Gerrard nodded and agreed.He is not the kind of player who likes to fight against the head coach. When the team needs him, he will contribute.

"Have you read all those reports?" Tang En asked.

Gerrard shook his head: "I haven't seen it yet, boss."

"Well...you can take a look at it at noon."

"I don't think it's necessary, boss. I know what they're talking about."

"That's good... let's go to training."

Tang En sent Gerrard away and stood on the sidelines to continue watching the training.But he was thinking about how to deal with the group of sharks at the press conference in the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)