Godfather Of Champions

While the Nottingham Forest team was training hard for their first League Cup champion in twelve years, news from the League Committee was definitely not good for them.

The League Committee announced the results of the allocation of the locker rooms of the teams in the League Cup final.

According to the convention of "Southern teams use the South locker room and Northern teams use the North locker room", Middlesbrough, which is further north than Nottingham, obtained the right to use the North locker room, but Nottingham Forest could only accept it reluctantly. Fate's arrangement-use the "cursed" Millennium Stadium South dressing room.

As soon as this result came out, the local media in Nottingham blew up. Those who lament the unfair destiny and emphasize fatalism account for the majority. There are still a few people who think that the practice of "southern teams using the south locker room and north teams using the north locker room" is unreasonable and should be cancelled from now on and the "bad habit" determined by lottery should be used instead.

The Middlesbrough side is happy to bloom, the Middlesbrough media in addition to preaching that fate is good for their team, but also not forget to continue to beat the confidence of opponents. They are opposed to canceling or changing this practice, because the city of Middlesbrough itself is very far north of England, even further north than they are. The only team that has the strength to reach the cup final is about Newcastle. And Sunderland are two teams.

The evidence they used to refute the Nottingham media seems very convincing. Before the 2002 FA Cup final, Chelsea and Arsenal reached the final. Although they are both teams in the southern city of London, Arsenal are in North London and Chelsea. They are in West London, further south than Arsenal, so they have to use that South dressing room. Before this, the Millennium Stadium replaced the reconstructed Wembley Stadium to hold the finals of all England competitions (including the FA Cup, the Community Shield Cup, the League Cup, and the play-off knockouts of the league below). Here, all teams using the South locker room without exception lost in the finals. The south dressing room of the Millennium Stadium is also considered a cursed dressing room. Naturally, Chelsea were unwilling to lose this important game because of "North and South Fate", so they protested to the FA. The FA was forced to decide the two sides to choose the dressing room by coin flip. In the end, Chelsea was drawn to the South dressing room. In order to contend with the "South locker room curse", Chelsea all put on the "lucky white socks" in that game. What was the result? They lost 0:2 to Arsenal in the final, and it was Palor and Ljungberg who scored for Arsenal.

The Middlesbrough media used the example of Chelsea to tell the Nottingham media: In the face of a strong destiny, you should not be dying to struggle! Even if you guess the coin to draw lots, you will still be drawn to the South Locker Room, and you will still lose to us Middlesbrough!

This is the result of the arrangement long ago!

As soon as the locker room things came out, Dunn felt there was something to play—he could make good use of it. As for how to use it, it depends on the specific situation.

He had heard about things in the south dressing room of the Millennium Stadium when he was a fan. It’s quite wicked indeed. In the 17 finals held there, the winning team used the North locker room 14 times, while the South locker room only used three times, two of which were won by Arsenal. The other victory was a trivial second division promotion play-off. The victory was the Stoke City team in the South locker room. But the three victories still cannot change the idea that most people think that the "Millennium Stadium South locker room is ominous", and there is a reason to prove it.

Before the victory of Stoke City and Arsenal, the Millennium Stadium specially invited a Feng Shui master from China to advise them, and finally changed the layout of several facilities. Welsh local artist Vicari was invited to make the South dressing room. Painted a seven-foot-long mural of phoenix, running horse and sun to block the curse. Sure enough, Stoke City and Arsenal won one after another.

Just when people thought that the curse would be completely broken by Arsenal, they lost to Manchester United in the Community Shield Cup, so the South Dressing Room curse at the Millennium Stadium continued...

The impact of this spell on the team cannot be ignored. Most of the people who play football are superstitious, so there are a lot of strange-looking rules, such as women not being able to ride in the same car with the team. There are some individuals who have little superstitions of their own. For example, they must step onto the court with their right foot before going on the field. Some coaches will definitely wear their own lucky tie... etc.

Dunn is not a superstitious person, but considering the overall situation of the team, he has to be superstitious.

At this time, you said to the players, "The spells are all deceptive! That is superstition, it is unscientific! Strength is the basis of winning." You are absolutely ignored.

There is a very favorable factor for Dunn-his love and obsession with Chinese culture is known to all Nottingham, let alone the team. And the person who temporarily broke the curse of the South Dressing Room of the Millennium Stadium happened to be the Chinese Feng Shui master, and this was also known to the entire UK.

So, if you want the team not to lose the psychological battle before the game, Dunn will pretend to be a fool this time!

So when interviewed by reporters, Dunn appeared confident in the game, not worried about the "curse" in the South locker room. Not only that, he also talked about the Millennium Stadium inviting a Feng Shui master to break the curse. . Pierce Bruce wisely guessed Dunn’s subtext, so Bruce wrote in the Nottingham Evening Post the next day:

"... Coach Dunn mentioned asking Feng Shui master to break the curse, and we all know that he himself likes Chinese culture very much. It is said that his Chinese teacher brought him a mysterious gift after returning from China. I haven't mentioned it to anyone. So what kind of "mysterious gift" is it?"

What kind of "mysterious gift" is it? In fact, there is nothing mysterious, just a set of Hanfu, because Tang En said to Yang Yan that she likes traditional Chinese culture. Yang Yan went back and thought for a long time and thought that buying Hanfu to give Tang En was a more representative thing, not to mention she was also I really want to see how a foreigner with a tall nose and white skin wears Hanfu. But because of the nature of Dunn's work, he wears suits and shirts almost all year round, so the Han suit is hung in the closet.

Fortunately, the set of Hanfu Yang Yan bought for Tang En was not those fancy and colorful looking costumes, otherwise Tang En would not be really good to use as a Taoist gown... Although foreigners don’t understand it anyway, this actor props Why should I be a little more professional?

As for another very important tool, he can only ask Yang Yan to help. Ask her to help find out if there is any compass to sell in Manchester's Chinatown. He thinks that some traditional things in places like Chinatown are better preserved than in mainland China. The compass should be easy to find.

Yang Yan asked him what he wanted the thing for, Dunn told her his plan, and Yang Yan on the other end of the phone smiled happily: "Mr. Dunn, I'm waiting to watch your great dance performance on TV! "

They can now communicate directly in Chinese, and Yang Yan is not afraid that Tang En will not understand what "jumping god" means.

"Can pretending to be a devil also help to win?" Yang Yan asked afterwards.

"Well, this question is not easy to answer. But you can think of this as a team's psychological adjustment work..."

"Listening to you, football coaches seem very interesting!"

"Haha, the team's locker room is more interesting. But I'm sorry, I can't tell you these stories." Dunn's words are good. The locker room is a very mysterious place for outsiders, and there are many inside every day. Interesting and fun stories happen. Players and coaches regard this as their private place and no one is allowed to explore. There are many unspoken rules in football. "No one in the team is allowed to disclose everything that happened in the locker room" is one of them. Dunn is the head coach, and he must not violate this rule, otherwise he will soon lose the trust of the players, and the respect of his colleagues, and it would be no different from being unable to control the team's coach and waste.

Two days after calling Yang Yan, just before Dunn was about to lead the team to Cardiff, he received a courier package from Manchester, which was exactly the compass he needed.

Engraved with Chinese characters and gossip symbols, it is a very mysterious compass in the eyes of foreigners.

With this thing, Dunn is confident that he can fool everyone. It is estimated that the media in England will have to make another sensation at that time. When he thinks of this, he chuckles that the prank is about to succeed.

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Cardiff, the capital of Wales, is home to the Millennium Stadium where the League Cup finals are played. Not too far away from Nottingham, Middlesbrough is here to play, they have to take a plane, and the Forest team only need to take the team bus to drive all the way.

On the bus, the players are not very emotional. Obviously they were frightened by the "southern dressing room curse", many people think this is an unlucky sign, indicating that the team will lose. The team is a whole. If one person thinks this way, it may affect two people, two people affect four people, four people affect eight people, eight people affect sixteen people... and so on, even the mouth is in the end. No matter how "those are all unfounded nonsense", you will actually ask yourself, "Is the curse true? Will we really lose because of using the South locker room?"

The so-called "three people become a tiger" means this. This is the same reason as the "Korean-phobia" of Chinese football. It turns out that there are only winners and losers. It doesn't matter if you lose consecutively. Later, the media was asked to put forward the concept of "Korean-phobia". The team themselves feel that they are naturally fearful of Korea, even if they are a team composed of players of all ages from eight to nine years later, when the "Fear of Korea" initially began when they were not born, they were also fearful of Korea.

Dunn knows that words are terrible. Look at these players who are silent in the car. Which time did you go to an away game before when everyone talked and laughed?

This mental state can't win the ball. There is no game yet. Your team has already lost in morale and desire to win. How will the next game be played?

This is not possible, but he was prepared.

The driver of the bus was driving intently, and suddenly found that there was another person beside him, so he turned to look. It turned out to be the team's head coach, Mr. Tony Dunn, holding a CD in his hand and putting it in the car DVD player. After a quick glance, he only saw the words "85’LIVE_AID" on the CD cover.

Putting the CD into the player, Dunn did it again. Then he took the remote control and stood at the front door of the car, watching the worried players who bowed their heads in silence or turned their heads to look out the window, and pressed the play button.

Suddenly, there was a huge buzzing from the car stereo, like cheers, applause, booing...they suddenly sounded without warning, and everyone in the car was startled.

Then the noise faded away, and a familiar drumbeat sounded. The players in the car raised their heads in surprise.

This is a fragment of the Queen's sing in a charity concert held in Hyde Park, London in 1985 to help Africa and arouse the public's attention to the areas most in need. It was selected by critics as the greatest rock in history. Live performance. The singing along with the drums is the well-known "We_Will_Rock_You". This is a classic rhythm. It is a rhythm that can make people feel excited. Dunn noticed that there are already players in the carriage following the beat.

"We_Will_Rock_You" is very short. Next is the more familiar "We are the Champions", which is different from what was recorded in the studio. This live version is more passionate. The voice of Freddie Mercury (the lead singer of Freddie_Mercury Queen) More explosive.

Then in such singing, Dunn spoke.

"I plan to add a new rule to the team-before we go to the Millennium Stadium and Wembley Stadium, we will play this song on the team bus. Look at your surprised expressions... You think we can only play this song in this life. Did you go this time?" He smiled, "It's just a start after the League Cup finals. There are more and more finals waiting for us, and there are more and more championship trophies waiting for us to get. So I think it’s necessary to set such a tradition. Okay, guys, don’t always frown. I know what you’re worried about, but I don’t think you need to worry about it at all."

"Cardiff Millennium Stadium, the team using the South locker room cannot win. This spell has existed for some time. But this spell is not invulnerable. I said you all should know Arsenal and Stoke City. The team, right? They won the game. They used the South locker room."

"But, boss." Hut, who was honest, raised his hand, "That's because I invited that... that... that..."

He was "that" for a long time, but couldn't say the following words. As a result, everyone was grinned by his "that" grin.

Dunn originally turned his head to listen, and saw that the German couldn't hold back the word, so he had to say for him: "Feng Shui master. They asked a Chinese Feng Shui master to temporarily break the curse of the South Locker Room."

Hut nodded vigorously, showing that he meant that. Other people in the car also followed.

Dunn spread his hand and took out something from behind like a trick: "Does anyone know what this is?"

It is the compass in his hand.

No one knew what it was, everyone looked at the compass in Dunn's hand and shook their heads.

"I think, I found a Chinese teacher, followed her to study, and got good grades. You probably know everything, right?"

Everyone nodded.

"Very well, Feng Shui is also a part of Chinese traditional culture, so I happen to be too." Tang En brazenly put the "fine ventilation water" hat on his head. In fact, let alone now, even when he was in China, he knew very little about Feng Shui. "This is the compass. In China, it is used to survey feng shui and expel those unlucky curses."

Hearing Dunn's words, the look in the players' eyes changed. Many people looked at their head coach in surprise, seeming to be a little confused.

With a confident smile on Tang En's face: "What? Would I lie to you?" He found that he was really suitable for "pretending"... Why didn't he find this talent before? "Have you ever failed when I said we would win?"

"No!" The players replied in unison, this is what makes them most proud of. Since Tony Dunn accepted the team midway through the season, Nottingham Forest has not yet tasted a defeat in the league.

"That's not it? Don't worry, by the day of the game, I will definitely be able to resolve the curse in the South Dressing Room of the Millennium Stadium! So you don't have to worry about the curse at all. And I think...maybe, when the finals are over , It’s time for the media to start hyping the'curse of the North Locker Room' again!"

Everyone, including the bus driver who was originally dedicated to driving, laughed.

"This is right, this is right! This is Nottingham Forest!"

The music in the stereo continues, and the voice of the lead singer of the greatest band in the history of British rock is still passionate.

"We are champions! My friend! We are champions! Because we are victorious! We are champions! We are the king of the world!"

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