Godfather Of Champions

Chapter 28: Dunn's Declaration of Victory (Part 2)

Everyone seemed to be lost in thought, and Dunn came back to his senses after looking at the empty glass of wine: "Where did we talk about it?"

"The essence of professional football." Walker prompted.

"Very good, the essence of professional football. Victory." Dunn took the half glass of wine in front of Walker and sipped it. Burns saw an empty glass of wine on the table, and he got up and gave the spirited alcoholic drink. .

"Uh, you are right, Tony. But why can't the beautiful offensive football win the victory and the championship?" Walker still has different opinions.

Dunn nodded: "Well, let me use the facts to convince you. Take the most typical World Cup as an example. We count from far to near, even if it’s too old. Since 1970, it’s very gorgeous and powerful. After the Brazilian national team, what team are the champions? In 1974, were they a good-looking team in Germany? When did the Germans look good when they played offensively? The Dutch team who played good-looking were all offensive Defending, created a new genre, the great Michels, the great Cruyff, the great Holland, the result? They were runners-up. In 1978, the Netherlands still insisted on full defense or the runner-up, they lost To the host Argentina, can you say that Argentina played more beautifully than the Netherlands? Continue, in 1982, Italy, Italy and the Germans, they relied on the same concrete defense and a kid who used to play counterfeit to win the championship, they Did you play well? Did everyone say that Italy is the representative of offensive football after that World Cup? No. 1986...Uh, this is a strange World Cup."

Dunn had his reasons for saying this, and Walker would also deeply agree. Because this World Cup in Mexico has unbearable memories for the English, Maradona's God's hand and five consecutive people is a shame that the English can't erase. No matter how lofty Maradona is in the minds of Chinese or other countries, in the eyes of many English people, he is a liar.

"... That championship belonged to Maradona alone, not Argentina. Let's count on, the 1990 World Cup, runner-up Argentina, champion Germany, penalty kick penalty...I only remember these. Can explain What? Penalties are the representative of offensive football?" Dunn sneered. "In 1994 Brazil, what was the Brazilian team that won four championships in their country?'The ugliest and most conservative national team in the history of Brazilian football'. Pereira has never been a head coach advocating offense. Santana is The godfather of Samba football. But what was the result of that World Cup? He brought back the World Cup that had been lost for twenty-four years for Brazil. No matter how ugly and dull the finals were, he was the champion coach! His status is unbeatable, this That’s all, people only recognize the championship. Next is 1998, if there is no Zidane, can the French team win the championship? Obviously not. But the French team with Zidane is the most elegant and beautiful team. Already? Ronaldo and the Brazilian will not agree. Besides, the French team can enter the finals and has nothing to do with Zidane. Next in 2002..." Dunn saw Walker look excited, his mouth opened slightly, he wanted to speak. Stop again. "What do you want to say?"

"Nothing, I just want to remind you that Brazil won the championship in the end, 3R, offensive football!" Walker finally found strong evidence to refute Dunn's "wrong theory". "Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Robert Carlos, Cafu. Look at the names of these people and the football they play."

Dunn smiled, and smiled happily. Burns walked over with two large glasses of beer and asked Walker strangely: "What's wrong with Tony?"

Walker shrugged: "I don't know, I just told him that the winner of the 2002 World Cup is Brazil, which played offensive football."

Burns smiled and gave Walker the wine, and put another glass in front of Dunn. "Are you arguing about this?"

Seeing the beer, Dunn stopped smiling. He sat up and raised the glass, drinking one-fifth of it in one breath. Wiping the foam on his lips, Dunn decided to teach Dess a lesson, he had the point.

"You're right. The Brazilian team was very strong that year. If you want to say that the attacking lineup is second in the world, no one dares to say that you are the first. 3R is a great offensive tactic. With the Brazilian wings in peak condition, it is perfect. Their reward is the gleaming golden trophy. Ronaldo even broke the six-goal curse, which seems to be even more evidence of the popularity of offensive football."

Walker nodded and smiled to see how Dunn retorted.

"But... do you know how Brazil scored 18 goals in that World Cup?"

The words stunned Walker, he didn't care about it. At that time he patronized and cheered for the England team.

"I'm telling you, 70% of the **** are passed without more than five feet before the goal. This is a reasonable number. If it is too many, it is too cumbersome and may miss the chance." 70% This number is Don't talk about it, but probably not much difference. Dunn read a professional football magazine after the World Cup to analyze the Brazilian team’s offensive method in detail. The article quoted this piece of data analyzed by a British football research institution. He has not remembered the specific content, but that "Five feet" he believed he remembered correctly.

"This shows what?"

"What does this mean?! Oh my God... This is a typical example of modern football! An offense with more than five feet is too wordy... Inefficient and useless. Those gorgeous footballs don't just emphasize more possession of the ball. , Do you emphasize more passing? The Brazilian team used practical actions to tell us that football does not need to keep the ball underfoot, and there is no need to pass more. At that World Cup, the Brazilian team did not dominate the ball possession rate. . The Brazil team’s goal in the 1970 World Cup final is a classic, but it does not apply to all other games, all other teams. It was a special goal that appeared in a special situation. "Tun has always been against Argentina in 2006. In the World Cup, the goal passed by 24 feet in a row is dismissive. No matter how high the outside world evaluates the ball, he also insists on his own point of view: Passing more goals can only show the offensive efficiency of this team. Too low. "You fell your foot fifty times in a row. In the middle, you showed the players' beautiful footwork and outstanding running position. You didn't let the opponent hit the ball once, and then beautifully shot into the opponent's goal, 1:0. And my team What? In the time period when you fell 50 times in a row, you scored a goal every five times, 10:0. Which one do you think is better?"

Walker was asked by Dunn, he opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer. In fact, the answer is very simple. All fools know to choose the latter, but Walker just can't accept Dunn's theory. He doesn't think it is right no matter how he hears it, but he can't tell what is wrong.

"You think Brazil is very offensive, and I think so. But this offensive football is different from our usual offensive football. Scolari’s Brazil team is actually very different from the traditional samba football. It’s more European and modern. More direct and more deadly. Modern football pays attention to efficiency, because it is always changing offense and defense at a high speed without stopping, and the rhythm is faster. In fact, continuous long time possession of the ball and inverted foot do not meet the requirements of modern football. This is inevitable. In fact, Dunn wanted to give the two an example of why Brazil's Kaka was called a "modern midfielder" and what is the difference between Rui Costa and Riquelme's "classical midfielder". But at this time Kaka was still playing in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the Europeans knew almost nothing about him. Using him as an example was too abrupt and useless.

"More time to control and pass the ball means more mistakes. The tone of modern football's tactics is to minimize our mistakes and force the opponent to make mistakes. We grab the opponent's ball through tight defense and start with ourselves. The beginning means that the opponent may also use the same method to grab it back anytime and anywhere, so it is the most economical way to send the ball into the opponent's gate with three passes and two passes. It is also the most realistic and efficient tactic." Then the effect of alcohol, Dunn, a "ticketmate", gave two real professional players a lesson in modern football tactics.

"You... are you saying that possession of the ball is useless?" Walker asked in surprise.

Dunn followed Walker's words and explained his "theory of useless ball possession". "I think the extra possession of the ball is really useless. As long as the possession of the ball is maintained until we score a goal. The five-foot pass is very ideal, and more is a waste of time and efficiency. My ideal football is simple, practical, direct and efficient. This is the football that can bring victory the most. It’s ridiculous that the kick is played from the backcourt to the opponent’s goal and then someone kicks it back to the opponent’s backcourt, and then the opponent counter-attacks the goal." Dunn thought of a post on the Internet, which contained the tactical boards of each country, with the team's passing methods and routes painted on it. Of course this is an exaggeration, but it truly reflects the tactical style of those national teams. Looking at the chaotic and circling passing route of a blackboard, Dunn smiled happily. And that picture belongs to the Brazil team he admires.

Later, this team was hailed as the most powerful team on the planet, and Pereira himself called the Brazilian team "30 years ahead of the world in football", with Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Adrignano, and Carlos Card, known as the strongest attack combination in history and stronger than 3R, the favorite to win the "Magic Square". He didn't even enter the top four and went back home in a "humiliating" way.

Another team from Argentina, who scored 24 consecutive passes in the group stage, has Riquelme, the only "classical midfielder" in today's football, and has N "Maradona" successors. Their performance is the same as Brazil, stopping at the quarterfinals. The team that held high the flag of offensive football was completely defeated in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, and the final winner was Italy, which played more stable, more efficient, and better defensively.

"I have to repeat it again. Maybe the fans will really like watching the'air relay' that passes fifty times in a row without landing, but I don't like it. I only like the result of hitting the opponent's goal and winning The next game. Before that, I didn’t care how the goal was scored or how the game was won. There is a saying: good ending is good."

Dunn finished talking and started drinking. I just said that his mouth is dry.

Walker recovered from the shock: "Tony...I always think your ideas are too extreme. You completely threw the control of the ball into the trash..."

"No, no, I didn't throw it in the trash. I just think that if we can't win, we have to play in another way. From our last two games, we can see that too much control of the ball does not bring us victory and Goals. The ultimate goal of a football game is to win, and the ultimate goal of offense is to score goals. Why are people turning the cart before the horse now? They insist on beautiful ball handling and beautiful scenes. They think they can score goals like this? It's ridiculous There is a high chance of scoring. Eighty percent of the possession of the ball does not mean that there are eight goals. My football is very simple, put aside those cumbersome things, and directly pursue the result. Des, I think the forest team’s Training needs to be changed. We should focus more on how to get the team to score goals, not how to control the ball."

Burns was silent and thoughtful.

"I am the head coach of the Forest team, and I must be responsible for the team's performance. If it is just a neutral game, I believe everyone likes to watch both sides play offensive football, and I like it too. But What if there is a Forest team game? What do you want to see? Isn’t the Forest team winning? As long as it wins, nothing else is a problem."

As Dunn was talking, there was a sudden uproar at the door, and a group of fans came in for a drink and chat. Dunn looked back and found that it was an "old acquaintance"-Michael's group. He said to Walker: "Look, Michael and they are steadfast opponents of me. If you are not sure if what I just said is correct, we can ask them what they say to me."

After speaking, Dunn took the wine glass and greeted him.

The fat man next to Michael saw Dun En first, and he yelled: "Hey, has our head coach resigned to be a bartender?" This shout suddenly focused everyone's attention on Dun En.

Dunn was very grateful to this fat man, because that was exactly the effect he wanted. But you still have to be mean. "I drank this wine myself, fat man."

The fat man curled his lips, "What do you want to do?" When this was said, the people next to him became wary.

"Well, buddy, I'm not here to quarrel or fight with you today." Dunn looked at the guarded people and waved his hand. "It's just that I have a question and I hope to hear your answers."

"Why should we answer your question?" The fat man pushed back.

"If you don't answer back, please, I asked. As fans, what kind of games do you prefer to see?"

A group of people looked at each other, wondering why Dunn asked. "Of course it's a good game!" someone replied.

"What is a good game?" Dunn just stared at Michael and asked loudly because he didn't know which corner the voice came from.

"More goals, more beautiful cooperation, fancy!" The voice also replied loudly.

Walker behind shrugged and shook his head at Burns.

"Then what if you can't win the ball?" Dunn asked loudly.

The voice was silent.

So Dunn turned around and asked the others: "What if the beautiful and gorgeous football you like can't win? Do you still like it? Why do you go to the stadium to cheer for the team every weekend?"

"Because we like football, we support the Forest team!" The fat man spoke, and his words received many responses.

Dunn said with disdain: "Then why did you boo the team you support when the team did not perform well some time ago?"

"Why can't you hush? Because your grades are not good!" The fat man pointed to Dun En and said, this sentence must have been held in his heart for a long time. Likewise, he got everyone's support.

Burns looked at the question and answer with a smile on his face. Obviously those people have fallen into the pit dug by Dun En, but they still don't know it.

"But you said that you support the team. If you didn't say that the team did not perform well, you would not support it. England's fan tradition is loyal!"

Everyone who asked this sentence was speechless.

"That... is for glory, for our own glory!" The fat man finally came up with a reason.

"Glory?" Dunn glared at the fat man and asked, "It's really a good word. Then I ask you where did the glory come from? Did it fall from the sky?"

The fat man was completely speechless when asked. He is not stupid, he knows why Dunn asks, he has fallen into his trap early.

"I tell you, where does the glory come from!" Just like directing the game in the stadium, Dunn shouted, "Glory comes from victory! It depends on the champion! The failed team has no glory at all. Those who support it The fans can't talk about glory. Only victory, only victory can bring you glory!"

Walker said to Burns, "Tony drank too much."

Burns nodded in agreement.

Dunn did drink too much. He said a lot today, and he also wanted to say these words so that more people could listen. When he used to drink in the CD bar, he would be laughed at by those people no matter what he said, and he would naturally be a chaotic fight when he drank high...

Now that he is standing here, he hopes that what he has said can be recognized.

"You love the Forest team, I have no doubt. But I also know that no one will unconditionally love a team that only loses, loses and then loses! I hate failure, and I hope my team will be after every game They are all winners! Only in this way, will there be a **** glory! Glory is not something that you can talk about every day, and you need the team to exchange it with victory!"

After roaring, Dunn paused a bit, and then he asked: "Now tell me, what kind of game do you like?"

The leader Michael finally said, "What the **** are you talking about, Mr. Dunn? Of course we like winning. We also like the team returning to the Super League after this season. Our favorite will be **** next season. League champion, next season we will be the king of Europe!"

Dunn looked at this former "enemy" and smiled, "It seems that our heroes see the same thing, Michael." Then he opened his arms and said loudly to the fans, "Yes! Victory, champion! I like this. Football, as long as I lead the team, I ask the team to play this kind of football. All for victory, all for the championship! A team that can't win is a bad team, and a coach who can't lead the team to win is simply ... **** sucks!"

"That's right!" Someone jumped onto the table with a wine glass, and shouted, "I **** like victory and championship too!" His words received enthusiastic responses from everyone.

Dunn hit the iron while it was hot and raised the glass. "I bought everyone's wine tonight. To win, cheers!"

"For victory!"

"Ohhhhh! For victory!"

"For—fucking—victory!!!"

"Cheers!!!"

The bar seemed to have become the scene of a howling party. Everyone raised the cups in their hands, and the wine in the cups reflected all excited and hysterical faces.

Seeing Dunn's back with open arms as if he was about to embrace the entire bar, Walker gently shook his head: "Ian told me that Tony is a master at mobilizing the atmosphere in the dressing room. But I don't think he is right. Tony is no matter what. A master who can mobilize the atmosphere."

"Agree." Burns raised his glass and met Walker. "I like this slogan. Cheers for victory."

"Cheers!"

The drunks are still howling "victory" and partying with alcohol. Dunn turned and walked back.

Walker first raised his hand and surrendered: "I'm convinced, Tony. I support your tactics. Just build a team for victory according to your mind."

Dunn smiled and turned to look at Burns.

"Tony. Well, you know... I'm a steadfast Forest fan. A loyal Forest fan certainly doesn't want to see his team lose, right?"

"I know your answer. Kenny, Dess, thank you."

"Don't be happy too early, Tony. If your team still loses consecutively and fails, I believe everyone present will not mind leaving you naked and throwing you on the street." Kenny laughed.

"Hey, I won't give you this kind of opportunity."

Burns punched Dunn on the chest: "Go hard, Tony."

Without other words, Dunn felt how much an old player and old fans expected.

"I will, I hope we can be in the Super League next season. I will invite all of you to drink at that time."

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