champion godfather

Chapter 945

The game against Argentina is considered to be the most important warm-up match before the European Cup, because it is the strongest among many warm-up opponents.In the end, England defeated Argentina 2:0 at home. Tony Twain's team is still undefeated.

After the game, many English media were touting the achievements of Tang En leading the team.Many England fans cheered even more. After so many years, England has finally produced an excellent head coach. Now they don't have to envy Scotland anymore.

Seeing such reports, Tang En wanted to laugh. He himself is a genuine Chinese.In the end, the English still have to hold their heads up against the Scots in terms of coaching.

After the match against Argentina, Twain continued to prepare for the European Cup. He and his assistants were collecting information on the opponents in the European Cup group stage, as well as information on possible opponents.The progress of this work is a bit slow, and his coaching team is not as good as the one in the Forest team. It doesn't mean that their level is not up to par, but that they are not used to doing this kind of thing.

In addition, the information of the national team is not as easy to collect as the club, especially the information of the national team in Eastern Europe.After the expansion of the European Cup, there will be eight more teams, and there will be many more national teams that did not often appear in the top European football competitions. They are very mysterious to island teams like England.However, the appearance of such a team in the European Cup finals also increases the possibility of an upset and makes the game more suspenseful.

"We can't ignore them just because they are unfamiliar and weak. We must know the tactics and styles they are good at, their past records, and who are the threatening players in the team... I can't feel at ease if I don't understand these things." When explaining to the coaching staff why he valued the intelligence research of those underdogs so much this time, he said. "You can't guarantee that they won't break out of their group and show up in front of us. If we don't know anything about them, it's us. I don't want to see that happen."

For all fans, the opening of a major event like the European Cup always makes them look forward to it.With excitement, they began to plan how to arrange time during the European Cup, so as not to miss every exciting game, and talked with their friends about which stars will become a blockbuster in the European Cup and which stars will become famous.In anxiety, I hope that the team I support can win the championship trophy, defeat all powerful enemies, and trample their corpses under their feet.

They would pre-buy boxes of beer and coffee, snacks, and keep them at home.Concentrate the saved annual leave during this period, and settle down your wife, girlfriend and children.For the next month, just let football be with you.

What a blessing to be a fan...

As a head coach, there is no such romantic feeling in these days.They really need to settle down with their wives, children or girlfriends, and they can only let football accompany them.Because when they are busy in the dark, home is just a symbol to them.

Shania returned to her home in England to accompany her husband, but Twain didn't have much time to go home. He spent more time with his coaches and studied opponents with them.At the same time, pay close attention to the state of the international players. If someone is injured, someone will call the club to inquire about the injury of that player to decide whether a substitute needs to be called.Just after the match against Argentina, Twain also specifically called several clubs with big international players, hoping that they would fully consider the importance of the European Cup to England, put the country first, and try to minimize the need for England international players to play on the field Time, on the one hand, to avoid the possibility of their injuries, on the other hand, Twain also did not want to end up with a group of exhausted international players.

As the head coach, Twain needs to appear in public frequently. No matter where he goes, he will be surrounded by the media, as if seeing a talking gorilla.

He also has to answer stupid questions a lot.For example, will XX be called into the national team?Is there a conflict between so-and-so and so-and-so?The chairman of a certain club is very dissatisfied with the fact that the national team did not recruit such and such, what do you think?Mr. So-and-so thinks that his team has played too many games this season. His players are injured in the national team but the club has to pay for the treatment. The national team does not pay the club. Why, please? What do you think of these remarks?This is the strongest national team in history. Do you have the confidence to win the championship?
During this time, Tang En was in a bad mood and had a very violent temper.Almost every time I meet with reporters, I can't help but talk.The media were happy to publish such news, and harassment of Twain seemed to have become a common method used by the media in England to attract attention.Sean Barclay, the chief executive officer of the Football Association of England, has had some migraines recently, which were caused by Tang En and the media.

You bastards, can't you just stop!

In the depths of Mr. Barclay's heart, he groaned feebly.

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On April 30th, it was the No.4 round of the English Premier League. Nottingham Forest challenged Newcastle away to relegation.This game is related to the fate of the two teams next season. The Forest team needs to qualify for the Champions League, so that they can make more money. At present, they are only ranked sixth, and they are still six points away from No.[-] Liverpool. , they need to desperately grab points in the next five rounds to avoid playing in the UEFA Cup.Newcastle needs to stay in the Super League to avoid relegation. Now they are on the edge of the relegation zone and may fall at any time.

This is a game of life and death.So from the very beginning, they entered into a fierce competition, with constant physical contact, rough movements, and unclean mouths.

As the core of the team, George Wood naturally became the focus of the opponent's care.The Forest team needs to control the rhythm through Wood, whether it is offensive or defensive. He is the team's "metronome".

Now he can't pass it out immediately after getting the ball like before, leaving all the offense to his partner.He now needs to control the ball, then observe the situation on the court and decide how to attack.In this way, if the football stays under his feet for a long time, it will give opponents an opportunity to take advantage of it.

In the first half of the game, Wood was brought down six times. No matter how strong his body was, he couldn't stop the opponent's defensive action like cutting down trees... The red jerseys all changed color, and Chris Lack yelled from the sidelines , as long as Newcastle fouled Wood, he would growl at the fourth official.It was as if Tony Twain possessed a body.

But such rants are useless, because his men are using the same method to deal with Newcastle players.

The fourth official is very aware of what this game means to the two teams. He is not good at interfering with these actions. As long as nothing happens, he will turn a blind eye.

The situation in the second half still did not improve, and even became more and more vindictive.The players on both sides did not put scoring first, but they were all thinking about bringing down the opponent.

Wood was very annoyed. The opponent's non-stop fouls made him unable to play the whole game. He had to put all his energy on dealing with those foulers.

However, he has not hit anyone so far, which is already a great improvement.His temper is finally not so hot in his 30s...

No. 703 minutes, George Wood was knocked to the ground by his opponent once. This time he didn't get up as fast as the previous eleven times, but lay on the ground without moving.

Chris Rack was still yelling at his opponent for his despicable behavior, and the expression on the face of his assistant, Eastwood, was not right.

Wood didn't writhe in pain on the ground, nor did he feebly raise his hand to signal that he was going to be replaced.He just lay on the ground quietly like that, as if he was asleep.

The teammate closest to him was Gago. He rushed up to see what happened, but was startled by Wood's expression.

This captain, known for his strength, was lying on the ground, holding his right toe with his hand, his face was pale, his brows were knit together, and his face was covered with sweat.

But he gritted his teeth and didn't say a word.

"George!" Gago called to him.

Wood didn't answer him.

Gago knew it was broken.He quickly got up and gestured for a stretcher and a substitution off the field.

"Too bad..." Eastwood muttered after seeing Gago's gesture.Fleming had already followed the stretcher up quickly.

Chris Lack stopped spitting at the fourth official, an act that makes no sense now.Because Wood is already injured...

Fleming rushed to Wood, took a quick glance, then took off the shoe on his right foot and began to check it.

After Chris Rack saw Fleming go up, he quickly turned around and gestured to himself for a substitution.His heart skipped a beat—George Wood has never been injured, and has never been replaced due to an injury...

A bad thought came to his mind.

George Wood was finally replaced by John Bostock. He was carried off on a stretcher. This is probably the first time he has been treated like this.Lying on a stretcher, he was a little stunned, injured and carried off the court. He was no stranger to such a scene, but when it happened to him for the first time, he still couldn't accept it.

The media has always thought that he is a steel warrior, and he himself thinks so, but he did not expect that at the age of 30, the steel warrior has rusted...

Facing this scene, the TV commentator didn't know what to say. He was silent for a long time and felt that it would be impossible not to say anything before he spoke: "...George, George Wood was injured and left the field. It seems that he can't participate in this event." It's been a game... This is really an unexpected scene, George Wood, who has never been injured, was injured... Let's see what happened just now..."

Newcastle's Spanish left-back Jose Enrique charged up from the flank and tackled Wood.It seemed that the collision was not intense, but after the tackle, Enrique's body twisted naturally, Wood's right foot was just stuck between Enrique's legs, and he cut it like this... as a supporting foot The right foot has suffered all the energy. If it is not injured, Wood should be taken to the laboratory for autopsy.

As England's patron saint "St. George", Newcastle fans also stopped cheering and booing after seeing Wood's injured appearance. Enrique was desperately explaining to the referee and the Forest players who came up : "I didn't mean it, I really didn't mean it..."

Is it useful to explain these at this time?

The referee gave Enrique a red card!

Chris Lack glared at the fourth official: "If you had intervened earlier, this situation would not have happened! Now I can only pray that George's injury is not serious, otherwise..." Both he and the fourth official thought of Tony . Tang En's angry face.

Chris Lark dropped the fourth official, turned and ran to the other side, he had to see what happened to Wood.

Fleming faced his questioning gaze and shook his head: "The situation is not good, David."

"How bad is it?" Chris Rack's heart sank.

"It seems to be broken..."

Chris Lak only heard a "boom" in his mind.

At the critical moment of the competition for the Champions League tickets, the captain and core fractured, which meant that he would not be able to play in the next four rounds.He can almost foresee his fate after the end of the season.Evan Doughty is not a patient club president.

This season he is empty-handed and has not won any championships. The Champions League is his last straw.

Looks like he's ready to start planning for next season...

He also had another thought, that is... what about the England team?
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Dunn only heard the news of George Wood's injury after this round of the league, because he and Walker did not watch the game in Newcastle, but went to Manchester.

When this news reached Dunn's ears, he still didn't believe it. He thought he heard it wrong, or Walker was joking: "Are you sure it was George Wood who was injured? It wasn't just any other George?"

Walker shook his head: "Which George is there in the England team?"

"How did you get injured?" Tang En didn't ask "how is the injury" first, because he felt that even if Wood was injured, it shouldn't be a big problem. At most, he was bleeding. He was more interested in how he got injured.

"He was tackled by the opposing defender, and the supporting foot was injured."

Tang En tried to reproduce that scene in his mind, but he felt awkward no matter how he thought about it, so he asked casually, "How is the injury?"

"Broken right big toe."

Dunn cast his surprised eyes on Walker's face, as if he heard the Martians invaded the earth.

"It's true, I just talked to Fleming on the phone." Walker could understand why Tang En made such an expression.In the beginning, he was similar to Tang En.

Tang En looked away and looked at other places aimlessly, without stopping.

"FUCK!" he suddenly cursed. "Damn it! What a fucking son of a bitch!"

He was insane, swear words kept coming out of his mouth.Fortunately there was no one else in the room but Walker, otherwise it would have been a great surprise.However, his old partner Walker was familiar with Tang En's temper, so it wasn't too surprising.

"I fucking called the Premier League coaches before, hoping they would arrange less killing tactics against the international players... Those bastards in Newcastle ignored my words? That old bastard Kinnear (Newcastle head coach) didn't know What does George Wood mean to England? Our main core has a broken big toe! It's not a fucking cold!"

Tang En circled back and forth in the hotel room, waving his arms excitedly and shouting curses.

Walker was also not advised to calm down. He knew that Tang En was stressed and had a bad temper, so he just took this opportunity to let him vent, which might be beneficial.

After scolding everyone who should be scolded, Tang En slowly calmed down, and he asked, "How long does it take for Fleming to recover?"

"...Three months." Walker hesitated when he said it, he was worried that Tang En would scold him again.

It's okay this time, Tang En was just stunned when he heard the deadline, but he didn't open his mouth and said "fuck it".He looked past Walker to the blue sky outside the window.

Three months later, the European Cup has long since ended, and the day lily is cold...

(End of this chapter)