Godfather Of Champions

The stands at the City Stadium are already full, and at first glance, almost all of them are Nottingham Forest fans wearing red jerseys. There were only more than 1,300 Bolton fans who came to cheer for Bolton on the road.

The game has not yet started. The fans on both sides have just finished a round of "antagonism". Now they are temporarily dead, waiting for the start of the whistle to sound before the fight. The stadium’s broadcast began to broadcast popular songs that Forest Team fans liked. Some were the latest and hottest, while others were “old songs” popular in the 1970s and 1980s. Those old songs have witnessed the glory of Nottingham Forest for the first time. Whenever they reverberate over the city stadium, the old fans will feel as if they have gone back twenty years ago, where their Forest team defeated one opponent after another. For fear, no one can beat them, they are British champions, they are...the king of Europe!

Now, the old songs are still there, and the city stadium is still there, but it's nothing but a different thing.

This League Cup semi-final has given many fans expectations-do we still have a chance to witness the beginning of a new round of glory? The everlasting legend of the Forest team, Brian Clough, led the team to three League Cup titles. Can Tony Dunn, who is generally regarded as the most like Clough, prove his ability with a League Cup champion?

Martin Taylor is a tall, white-haired old man. It seems that he is no different from those old gentlemen in London. He has a straight suit, meticulous hair, and a calm and natural smile. But everyone who is familiar with English football knows his status in this circle. He is the top football commentator in the UK, the top football commentator in Europe, and the top football commentator in the world. His voice is hailed as "the best sports commentary in the world." His voice is crisp, clear, humorous, calm and neutral, but not lacking in passion. There are few shortcomings. He is the idol of many sports commentators in the world.

Andy Gray was a professional player before and became a commentator after retiring. Unlike Martin Taylor, his voice is more passionate, especially when scoring goals. The two of them are considered to be the "golden partners" in English sports commentary. For several generations of the famous football game "FIFA" series, both of them have provided voice commentary. At the same time... they are also the most well-known English narrators in China.

If these two people appear on the same stadium at the same time, there is only one reason-they come to explain the game held here.

Gray looked at the man standing in front of them with a grin: "John, our Sky TV station is responsible for the live broadcast of the League Cup. What are you doing here? Be careful to be photographed by those tabloid reporters, and then advertise: BBC's trump card commentary John. Mortensen intends to join Sky TV!"

Gray followed the fuss of the reporters.

Mortensen smiled: "Andy, why isn't the'Sky TV's golden partner planning to betray his old club and join the BBC both'?"

Football commentators rely on two mouths and a witty brain. In a quarrel, they will not lose to anyone.

Martin Taylor clapped his hands next to him: "Okay, I said you won't have any results if you spray your saliva in this way for three days. Mortensen, what are you doing here?"

Mortensen has explained thirty-one years of football matches, and Martin Taylor is not a junior. He has explained seven consecutive World Cup matches before the World Cup in Germany. This number is almost unprecedented in the interpretation industry.

"Watching the ball." Mortensen shrugged.

His answer surprised Taylor: "John, I remember you are not a Bolton fan?"

"I didn't come to see Bolton, Martin."

"But you are not a fan of the Forest team either..." Gray added to Taylor beside him. They really deserved to be their golden partners.

"Can't you watch their game if you are not a Forest fan, Andy?" Mortensen asked with a smile.

There really is no such saying... Gray scratched his head, and Taylor next to him immediately picked up: "You are very interested in the Forest team, John. I have noticed that almost all of the Forest team's recent games are explained by you. What makes Do you value them so much?"

"Well, I'm not so much interested in the Forest team as I'm interested in their head coach."

"Tony Dunn?" Gray asked.

Mortensen nodded: "Martin, you have been explaining the Premier League, you may not know this person well. I suggest you pay more attention to him in the game later, you will find that he is a very interesting person."

"Very interesting? What do you mean?" Gray asked.

"Everything." Mortensen smiled and waved goodbye. "Well, I think the game is about to start. I'm going to the stands."

He turned and left the lounge and walked to the corridor leading to the stands.

Gray looked at his back, shook his head, and then asked Taylor: "Martin, what do you think? This is really abnormal. Mortensen would come to watch a game that is not the team he supports when he is not working. , Just because that Tony Dunn is funny!"

Taylor smiled and said, "Let’s see for ourselves. Tony Dunn, I also know about it, but that’s to understand the homework done in this game. I think seeing it with my own eyes will help us deepen our impression. . Let’s go, Andy, work is about to begin."

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John Mortensen sat in the third row of the stands, just like ordinary fans around him. No one knew that this man with gray hair and humble gray coat was the narrator who gave them a passionate voice every weekend.

His position is very close to the coaching bench of the Forest team, as long as he stands up, he can see Tony Dunn standing on the sidelines. The man had just walked out of the locker room, and his team was already on the court preparing for the game.

This is not the first time Tony Dunn has led a team to play a Premier League team. Mortensen still remembers the FA Cup on January 4 last year, where the Forest team faced West Ham United. Two days ago, he laughed at Dunn's botched first appearance on live TV, but on that day he was attracted by the second half.

The cup... seems to be the place where Tony Dunn became famous.

The FA Cup last time, and the League Cup this time, what kind of game will this man bring to himself?

The crisp whistle sounded, but it was soon drowned in huge cheers-the game began!

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What kind of team is Bolton? They are by no means the current popular technology flow, or quasi-technical flow. They are a very traditional British style of play, the team style is tough, the defense is fierce in the center and back, and then use long passes to attack the opponent's back line.

Just look at the two starters on their front line in this game. Kevin Davis, although only 1.83 meters tall, is extremely good at headers. The other is Danish Henrik Petersen, a typical Nordic player with rough skills but a strong stature.

These two are matched together, the impact cannot be underestimated.

For Dunn, the main problem with this striker is the injury of Kevin Davis and the single offensive method.

All fools know how Bolton will play-long passes and slams, sending the football from the air to the forest team, and then relying on the header ability of Davis and Peterson, even if they can't make a shot, they can cause chaos in the penalty area. .

So Dunn ranked Wes Morgan and Robert Hut's central defender combination. Both of them are not fast, but they are strong and have excellent headers. They are the only suitable combination to defend Bolton forward. As for Clint Hill, he is on the bench. Two full-backs, on the right is still John Thompson, on the left, Dunn replaced the original David Oye with the younger Leighton Barnes. Barnes's physical strength and speed are better, and he also has the ability to make strong long shots and free kicks.

In the midfield, Bolton’s starters are young players Kevin Nolan (Kevin_Nolan) and Ivan Campo in the middle. Okocha on the left and Yannakopoulos on the right. Apart from Nigerians, the other three are good at running. With interception, reducing the opponent's attack space, they seem to have set up an iron fence in the midfield to prevent the opponent's attack from passing easily.

In response to this, Dunn did not let Rebrov be a midfielder, but instead used a staffing arrangement similar to Bolton in the midfield. The two defensive midfielders in the middle are Gunelson and George Wood. On the left is McPhail, who is on loan from Leeds United, and on the right is the newly joined team Ashley Young.

He hopes to stabilize the defense with two midfielders. At the same time, without an organizing midfielder, the team's offense mainly relies on two wingers. McPhail and Ashley Young are both the ones who can break through with the ball by themselves. A player who crosses and shoots, with outstanding personal skills and strong individual combat ability.

Dunn’s tactics for this game are still defensive counterattacks—defensive counterattacks at his home court—Bolton is a Premier League team after all, and should not be underestimated.

Dunn believes that there is an unbreakable truth in the football field, that is: the victory of the game must be based on a solid defense. Without defense, nothing else will be discussed.

McPhail and Ashley Young showed strong personal ability and excellent state in training. In the tactical arrangement before the game, Dunn told them that the team may not give them too much support on offense in the game, but they will not be required to come back to defend too much. Offensively, they must rely on themselves. . Dunn encouraged them not to rush to pass the ball after getting the ball, but to dare to break through, dare to be one-on-one, not afraid of losing the ball, and counter-robbing on the spot, with Wood behind. The key is to believe that your technology is very useful for Bolton's aging line of defense.

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