Godfather Of Champions

Before the game started, the city stadium's always-changing singing could no longer be heard, and the stands were silent. Players from both sides stood on the edge of the center circle, lined up in a row, bowed their heads in silent tribute to Brian Clough, who had just passed away.

Dunn stood in front of the coach's bench, watching all this quietly.

Pierce Bruce told him yesterday that Brian Clough has been in a bad state of mind since he resigned as the head coach of the Forest team. His feelings for this team are not what ordinary people can imagine. In eighteen years, his most glorious years are closely related to the name Nottingham Forest, just like Ferguson and Manchester United, Wenger and Arsenal are now. But the birth of the Premier League completely shattered the football ideas that Clough insisted on. Even if the Forest team is not relegated in the first season, it will eventually fall apart. why? Because the Forest team had no money at the time, no matter how many championships they won, they had no money. Team management at that time and now are completely different ways.

The things that Clough is most proud of are crushed one by one by cruel commercial football. He believes that there is only one boss in the team, and that is himself. No matter how famous a star goes to the Forest, he must be his younger brother. He is the king of the forest team. He has the final say. The director and chairman of the club have no right to tell what he does. He can slap Roy Keane at the door of the locker room because of his poor performance. On the ground, you can also hang up the goalkeeper Klos because of anger, and lock the **** player Fashanu in the dressing room because he hates homosexuality...Of course, he was right in order to protect the players. The fans who rushed into the arena to celebrate the victory with the team responded with old punches and sent the two fans to the hospital.

This style of work is almost extinct in the current football world. Commercial football is increasingly emphasizing the value of stars, and coaches...professionals known as "Managers" in England are gradually transitioning to "Coach". More and more Premier League clubs have begun to use dedicated marketing managers to be responsible for club management, and managers are only responsible for leading the training and directing the game. Even the buying and selling of players has changed from "making ideas" to "providing advice." .

The club does not need a maverick head coach, Clough is unique, because in today's football, it is almost impossible for anyone to copy his classics. Not even the "madman" Mourinho.

Clough, who felt that he could not keep up with the times, finally chose to retire, even though he was only fifty-eight years old, an age that is not considered an advanced age for a coach anyway.

After retiring, Clough was quickly investigated for receiving black gold kickbacks in the transfer of Sheringham. He was exhausted and his reputation was damaged. In the end, the results of the investigation showed that the evidence that Clough received the kickback was conclusive, but the FA did not take further action, and the matter was no more. Maybe it was because of the old man's body that had gone from bad to worse, he chose to be silent.

Later, I heard that Clough was diagnosed with stomach cancer shortly after the liver transplant operation last night, but Clough refused to go to the hospital for surgery until he was bedridden and his grandson was crying and begging grandpa by the bed. Promised to go to the hospital for treatment.

"He firmly believes that there should be no stars in the team who are bigger than the head coach. He insists that only him can decide everything in the club, but all his ideas are shattered by the current football reality, and the glory he has obtained before has passed. Yanyun, at the age of fifty-eight, had to retire, only relying on alcohol to kill time and anaesthetize himself... Such days are always too difficult for him." Bruce sighed in the car back to Nottingham.

This made Dunn think of another person at the time, who was also brilliant, talented and proud, also rebellious, and extremely controversial... Former American four-star general George S. Patton. Patton died shortly after the end of World War II. He did not sink into a peaceful day. He retained his perfect image and was worshipped by countless future generations. And the boss?

One day, when all the glory that I have pursued and obtained is gone, will I be like the boss?

Dunn, who was thinking, suddenly fought a cold war, and felt a chill behind his neck. He reached out and touched it, wet...

It's raining.

Damn, why did I think about that kind of problem just like a philosopher?

Dunn shook his head, retracted his mind, and cast his eyes on the court.

The silent mourning ceremony ended at exactly this time, and shouts reappeared in the stands of the City Stadium, but this time they shouted not the name of a popular player in the forest team, but a generation of legend, the king of the forest, Brian Crow. Husband’s name. In the drizzle, it was difficult to tell whether the water marks on the fans' faces were tears or rain.

There is a saying that Dunn has always been difficult to say to others face to face, but from yesterday to today, he has said this sentence to himself in his heart how many times he has seen, heard, and thought:

The time of the boss in Nottingham Forest is completely over...

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Is this Chelsea strong team now?

If Dun En were to answer, he might say "forget it" without hesitation. Because he knows how many trophies won by the best Chelsea in history.

So is Mourinho who commanded Chelsea a successful coach?

If according to Dunn's own standards, Mourinho is certainly a successful coach, because he won six championships at Chelsea.

But... these are all "later" things. The current situation is that Mourinho has just arrived in London, with the aura of the European championship, led a mercenary to play in six league rounds, four wins and two draws, without fail. No one knows the future. Dunn is not sure that Mourinho's team will win the league championship this season because of his participation.

Before this game, Chelsea and the league's first Arsenal were only two points away. Arsenal challenged Manchester City away in this game, while Chelsea challenged the newly promoted Nottingham Forest. In Mourinho's eyes, the three points in this game should be planned.

Maybe not many people in English football at this time know Jose Mourinho, but Dunn is very clear, because he has more memories for a few years.

He knows who Mourinho is and his coaching style. Opposing this person makes him feel more comfortable than opposing those coaches in the Champions League because he is familiar.

If Mourinho knew that Dunn had read his autobiography more than three times, he would be surprised, because his autobiography "José, Made in Portugal" has just been released in Portugal for a month, and there is no official English version yet. Of course, what Dunn saw was translated online in the future, because he was very interested in this unique coach, so he read it many times, so that he could recite some parts of it.

Mourinho has never been a coach who pursues beautiful football and artistic football. His idol is Capello, the master of tactics. He insists on the 1:0 doctrine.

Chelsea, currently playing against the Forest, is such a team.

Mourinho emphasizes the team as a whole, and pays special attention to the physical fitness of the players. Speed ​​and strength are the new ideas he instilled in Chelsea. He pays attention to efficiency, pursues victory, and doesn't care how he defeats his opponent. From this point of view, Dunn is very similar to him.

In this game, Chelsea ranked the strongest lineup they could rank, and they had the meaning of attacking as soon as they came on the road. Mourinho obviously did not put the newly promoted Nottingham Forest in the eyes.

Dunn believes that the video of the game between his team and Arsenal will allow Mourinho to look it up before the game, and then recognize that the Forest is a team that values ​​defense. After all, the newly promoted horses are like this, they always only defend when facing a strong team, hoping to hold a poor point. Of course, the Forest team's victory over Manchester City is their only victory in the league this season. Mourinho may look at it, but he won't take it to heart, because he also looks down on Manchester City and the incompetent Kevin Keegan. This game is set as a special case and has no reference value.

Compared with Nottingham Forest, this Chelsea is indeed stronger by more than one level.

Goalkeeper Peter Cech (Peter_Cech) has become the main goalkeeper of the Czech national team at a young age and will shine in Portugal this summer. The right back is the best European right back Paulo_Ferreira (Paulo_Ferreira) brought in from European champion Porto last season by Mourinho, and the left back is England international Wayne_Bridge (Wayne_Bridge). The central defender is the captain John Terry (John_Terry) and the Portugal international. It is also Ricardo_Carvalho (Ricardo_Carvalho) who was taken by Mourinho from Porto to London. In midfield, Mourinho, who values ​​defense, will of course not give up Makelele (Claude_Makelele). The French veteran is like a wall in midfield. Partnering with Makelele is Chelsea's iron man Frank Lampard (Frank_Lampard). Robben (Arjen_Robben) didn't even make the big roster due to injury, so the left midfielder started Joe Cole, Dunn's old acquaintance, and on the right was the Irish fast Madame Duff (Damien_Duff). On the front line are two newcomers who have only joined the team this season-Serbian and Montenegrin striker Mateja_Kezman (Mateja_Kezman), who can’t find opponents in the Dutch League, is looking for new challenges in the Premier League. ), and this summer the Premier League transfer king, spent 24 million pounds Abramovich from Marseille brought Ivorian striker Didier Drogba (Didier_Drogba).

The Forest team made some changes to the original lineup.

Crouch replaced Viduka as the starting forward and partnered with Freddie Eastwood. There is no change in the midfield, but Ribery and Ashley Young are separated, and George Wood and Albertini guard the middle. The defensive line just adjusted the combination of central defenders and replaced the old and exhausted Hierro with Pique.

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