Godfather Of Champions

"How many times do we have to come to London in a year?" Sitting on the bus leading to Fulham's home stadium, Craven Farm, Dunn asked casually looking at the London street scene outside.

"Who knows." Chris Lak also took it casually.

"At least six times." Tang said.

"There are six Premier League teams...London may be the city with the most top league teams." Dunn moved his gaze to the distance, getting closer and closer to Fulham's home stadium, but the place that made him look at was not Craven Farm Stadium, but to the northeast.

Looking over there, there was no huge blue figure in the gray sky, only houses lined up.

Dunn couldn't see it, but he knew very clearly that it was the direction of Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's home stadium.

In the huge London, there are six Premier League clubs, big and small. But for Dunn, there are only two opponents that really make him mind, one is Arsenal in north London and the other is Chelsea in central London.

From a historical point of view, English football as a whole presents a situation where the north is strong and the south is weak. Manchester United, Liverpool, Everton, and Newcastle in the north are all well-known veteran players. Most of the northern teams participate in the top league in England. This issue needs to be discussed. , It will be traced back to the background of the initial vigorous development of modern football-the era of the industrial revolution.

Since most of the heavy industrial bases are concentrated in the north of England, and modern football has only developed rapidly among the working class, where there is a rich football culture and accumulation, it is not surprising to step out of world powers such as Liverpool and Manchester United Up. In the south of England, the most concentrated place for football clubs is London. This has something to do with London being the capital and the concentration of population.

Although Fulham was established earlier than the cut into the West Club, and the Stamford Bridge Stadium was originally built for Fulham (because Stamford Bridge Stadium is in the Fulham region), but Fulham Rejected the offer. This gave birth to the current Chelsea club.

Before Bates took charge of Chelsea, these two clubs were unknown and not well-known. The arrival of Bates brought the Chelsea club the first glory, and afterwards the Russian rich Abramovich brought the second glory to the team.

After this, although Fulham also had the support of the rich man Fayez, but gradually distanced himself from Chelsea. Today's Chelsea is a quasi-rich who can form a force in European football. What about Fulham? It's just an ordinary Premier League team.

Dunn’s gaze in the direction of the Stanford Overseas Chinese shows the status of the two teams in his mind-even if the opponent in this game is Fulham, Dunn still thinks about Chelsea. Who made the two clubs so close?

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When the team arrived at Craven Farm Stadium, the CCTV5 setup team was ready. They were allowed to shoot in the locker room for five minutes, although they could only take pictures of the players changing out to warm up during these five minutes.

Tang was pulled by them for a brief interview, and Chris Lak was responsible for the specific affairs.

He loudly reminded the players in the locker room to hurry up and get out to warm up. Dunn hadn't come yet, he was blocked by more reporters at the entrance outside the stadium.

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"Two consecutive victories, as long as they win Fulham in this game, they will be able to achieve three consecutive victories, Manchester United's game will not be played until tomorrow. If this game wins, Nottingham Forest will temporarily ascend the league standings. One. This is a wonderful temptation for Tony Dunn's team-since leading the team back to the Premier League, Dunn's team has not tasted the taste of being a league leader. For the time being, it is also worth their hard work."

On the TV, experts are analyzing the game to the audience. He doesn't say that everyone really doesn't know that Nottingham Forest has never been the first in the league...

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When Dunn finally got rid of the entanglement of the reporters and returned to the locker room, the team warm-up was almost done. Tang was not there, nor were the CCTV reporters. They went to the stadium together to take pictures of the team warming up and work with Tang.

The dressing room, which was still playing loud music just now, suddenly quieted down. Dunn paced slowly and circled here alone. What he thinks in his mind is not how this game is, but the future of the team.

Suddenly a noise from the direction of the court broke his contemplation. He turned around and found that the locker room door was pushed open, and players and coaches walked in.

Tang was still being interviewed at the door. These Chinese reporters really got in touch with each other and tried every means to photograph the inside of the dressing room. Dunn walked over and closed the door.

"Guys, if we win this game, we can be the boss." He turned to the players who had just seated.

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"This is our home court, don't give those outside the chance to play wild here!" Like Dunn, Fulham's head coach is a young man-36-year-old Chris Coleman (Chris_Coleman) , But he is not as famous as Dun En.

Since he is also a young man, he is naturally unwilling to admit defeat. Before the game, both the bookmaker and the media were optimistic about Nottingham Forest taking all three points in the away game, completely ignoring the feelings of the home team Fulham. Coleman didn't want to prove that they were right. In this game, he did not have the idea of ​​winning, but with the belief that "Nottingham Forest must never win". He instilled this belief into the players, and Fulham hoped to create some trouble for Dunn in this game.

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Players from both sides played, and the coaching staff of both sides also came to their respective positions.

"Tony, I'm a little worried." Tang turned to Tang En as soon as he took a seat. There is an idea in my heart that I have always wanted to say, but unfortunately I have never had a chance just now.

"Ok?"

"Before the game, the Fulham head coach said it would cause us a lot of trouble..."

Dunn waved his hand nonchalantly: "Any head coach who faces us will say this, even I will say this to our opponents. It's no big deal, just beautiful words that boost morale."

"Yes, Fulham has five guards."

"Let them guard."

Seeing that Dunn didn't worry about anything, Tang stopped talking. He also hoped it was his own illusion.

After the game started, Fulham really put on a defensive posture on his home court. In this game, Coleman lined up 451. From the first minute of the game, he reclaimed the half-court defense.

No matter how Nottingham Forest has the ball outside, they just won't come out.

He would rather only score one point in his home court, and never risk attacking the opponent to counterattack. Now the whole of England knows how fast Nottingham Forest's counterattack is. A negligence may bring irreparable consequences.

Coleman told his players that he would rather watch the scoring opportunity be wasted than rush to lose the defense.

Under this tactical guiding ideology, the first half of the game was extremely dull. Nottingham Forest faces the monolithic Fulham, and there is no good way. In addition to a few long shots from Van der Vaart, the Forest team could not find a more suitable way to score. Van Nistelrooy and Eastwood were both stared to death. The penalty area was full of people. The dignified center Van Nistelrooy needed to be forced to pull to the side to catch the ball.

Not to mention Eastwood. After the injury, he didn't rely on his body to fight against the opponent's forward. Later, he gradually pulled out of the penalty area and tried long shots.

Throughout the first half, Nottingham Forest scored eleven shots, eight of which were long shots, Van der Vaart three feet, Eastwood four feet, and George Wood one. Seven of the eleven shots were within the frame, but none of them scored. Fulham's united defense did cause some trouble for the Forest.

For Fulham, zero conceded is not easy to achieve. For this they paid the price of four yellow cards. It's just that their fouls are scattered and not concentrated on the guards. From forwards to guards, there are people who take cards. Obviously, this was also specially ordered by Coleman's coach. For the final result of this game, he was very hardworking.

"The first half is over! Nottingham Forest did not get any good opportunities under Fulham's crazy pressing and defending. Their quick counterattack did not have room for Fulham's defense. Coleman's tactics are very Success, he contained the forest team's offense!"

"I believe that Tony Dunn bought Van Nistelrooy not to sell the jersey, but to make up for the weakness of the Forest team that was not good at positional warfare last season. But Van Nistelrooy's condition in this game is not good, so far No shots so far."

What the commentator said was pretty good. Van Nistelrooy was in a bad state in this game, and Dunn could see it.

But he still intends to continue to give Van Nistelrooy opportunities in the second half.

During the long break, Dunn adjusted the team's lineup.

Ribery, who was completely restricted on the left, was replaced by Petrov, and Eastwood withdrew from the penalty area.

Ribery has been used to being in the Premier League for the past two years, and everyone has thoroughly studied him. This game has sounded the alarm for Dunn. Ribery's role on the wing is becoming more and more limited. He has to consider another way out...

Although Petrov is also a wide player, his characteristics are simpler than Ribery, but he wins in "face-to-face", the Premier League teams still don't understand him and lack research on him. It might be a surprise to replace him.

Eastwood pulls out of the penalty area to use his long-range shooting and back-in ability. Eastwood's long-range shots in the top arc of the penalty area are still very threatening. In the face of the opponent's heavily armed restricted area, set-pieces and long shots are the solution.

Speaking of set balls...

Bell did not follow during the intermission, and Tang let all the substitute players warm up on the court.

I hope the second half will come in handy...

Dunn nervously arranged the team's tactics for the second half in the locker room, and did not have the calmness of the first half.

The CCTV5 shooting team did not get permission to enter the locker room during the intermission. They could only continue to wait on the sidelines and exchange their views on this first half.

They were a little embarrassed about this situation, because no one thought that this game would be so hard. Nottingham Forest could not start for a long time, and the climax they were looking forward to was not coming.

"Hey, Happy_end won't become Bad_end?" someone asked.

"Who knows?" The head of the group, the producer of this show shrugged. "This is not something we can control. Look at the effect of me asking you to prepare the two plans in advance, right? No matter what they are, our program can be produced smoothly."

"That's it... Zhang Tou'er, who doesn't want his own team to win? Speaking of which, I didn't expect the relationship between Nottingham Forest and China to be so close. A Chinese player, a Chinese assistant coach, the head coach or A fanatical lover of Chinese culture."

"Yes, maybe even if they suddenly visit China a few years later, it's normal."

"If there is such a thing, we must ask them to go to the station to record a special show!"

"Don't think about good things. You have forgotten the bad things at Real Madrid? The head coach of Nottingham Forest is not a good guy. He has a perverted personality. Who knows what he will do then?"

Hearing the boss say so, everyone stopped mentioning it. Real Madrid's appointment with them was a year ago, and the impression is impressive. For them, it is really not a good memory.

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When this group was discussing, the players from both sides played again and the second half began immediately.

The two sides changed sides to fight again, and the scene was no different from the first half. Fulham still sticks to the restricted area and will not go out. No matter how the fans of Nottingham Forest provoke them with boos and insults, it is like a turtle.

Tony Dunn can no longer sit on the coach's bench like the first half. He has stood on the sidelines a long time ago, closely watching the changes in the field.

Looking at Dunn, who looked a little anxious, the TV commentator suddenly laughed: "Fulham's performance reminded me of Nottingham Forest a season ago, when Dunn's team also made the opponents at a loss. . Unexpectedly, Nottingham Forest will be dealt with by opponents like this. Coach Tony Dunn, you will have such a day..."

Petrov flashed a few times after going up, but Van Nistelrooy's state of the game was really too bad, and he didn't catch it. In the 70th minute of the game, Dunn finally decided not to wait for Van Nistelrooy’s return. He replaced the Dutch striker with Nicholas Bendtner. Bendtner’s header was better than Van Nistelrooy is stronger and stronger, and Dunn hopes he can score in front of the opponent.

After Bendtner came on the court, Fulham recovered even harder, and Petrov and Ashley Young had no chance. The penalty area is crowded with Fulham players, and any long shot will be blocked. Looking at those Fulham players, it doesn't seem like they are playing a game at all, but they are using their bodies to block the bullet holes.

In the 80th minute, the score was still 0:0. Dunn's stubborn temper came up. He knew that Fulham wanted to take a point at home, but the more the other side thought so, the less Dunn didn't want them to get what they wanted. Do you want to make peace? Win a draw? I want to beat you! Let your one point become zero!

At the last moment, he replaced Layton Barnes with Gareth Bale, who was very good at positioning the ball. Anyway, Fulham fouled wildly, the Forest team is not short of set kicks. It's just that Van der Vaart, the penalty player, didn't play well in the previous few times. He either shot high or was directly blocked by the wall.

After Bell came on the field, the team's set-kick penalty was automatically transferred to him. Bell is not stage fright at a young age. He has already had a record of saving the team with free kicks at the last minute. Dunn hoped that this time would be no exception.

Nottingham Forest quickly got a set shot 25 meters from the opponent's goal.

"Gareth Bale is standing in front of the ball, only eight minutes before the end of the game. He runs up and kicks-ah!!!"

In the huge boos of Craven Farm Stadium, Bell's beautiful left-footed arc hit the junction of the weight and the goal post. In the process of the football flying to the goal, Fulham's goalkeeper did not move at all-he had completely surrendered.

"Too much pursuit of perspective!"

Dunn almost came to a cardiac arrest with excitement. If this goal is scored, Fulham, who has defended for more than 80 minutes, will be over. The situation he is most happy to watch will follow. The despicable Coleman will be like a discouraged ball. After the game, he walks over as a winner, holding the opponent's hand pretentiously, giving false consolation. To: "There are still thirty-five rounds in the league, please continue, Mr. Coleman!"

But now... the reality he longed for did not appear.

"Damn it!" he cursed in a low voice, not cursing Bell, the little monkey had gone well enough, he was cursing this bad luck.

Such a precise free kick has not been scored... You must know that when the football is taken, Fulham fans can only use desperate boos to try to stop the ball.

"Tony, an away point is not bad..." Tang reminded again.

Dunn, who was scratching his hair in annoyance, raised his head, looked at Coleman next door, and then shook his head to Tang, "No, we can still win. We can definitely win. Fulham is the end of the game, you haven't seen it. Are they exhausted? Just put a little more pressure and put on a straw...one, and they're **** done!" After speaking, he didn't care to let Tang explain again, and got up and walked to the scene. Side, signaled the team to press on, and strive to score at the last moment.

Even Pepe rushed to participate in the attack. They didn't notice the large blank areas in the backcourt of Nottingham Forest. All the forest team players think that Fulham can hold this point in the end and thank God, how can it be possible to counterattack?

The impossible finally happened. When the fourth official just raised the three-minute stoppage time sign, Fulham stole the ball from the backcourt and suddenly drove forward with a big foot. Their right midfielder, Wei, who was loaned from Tottenham Hotspur En. Routledge (Wayne_Routledge) ran all the way after receiving the ball. The player who is known for his speed threw off the forest team's defense player far away, and then single-handedly faced the attacking Van der Sar and wisely chose to lob. !

"Wayne Routridge——GOOOOOOOOAL! Unbelievable things happened. Fulham, who defended for ninety minutes, actually took the lead! This is likely to be the goal that will determine the final result of the game! Listen! The cheers at Craven Farm Course... deafening!"

Amid the loud shouts of the narrator and the wild cries of the home team fans, Dunn unexpectedly did not jump into a thunder, but turned and walked slowly back to the coach's bench, then sat down and exhaled heavily.

"We were put together, Don. That **** Coleman didn't think about one point from the beginning, but three points... Damn it!"

Tang knew what Dunn meant. That Crorich was replaced by Coleman at the end of the second half. He was not a forward but was used as a forward, waiting for the Forest team to counterattack at the moment of anxiety and pressure.

This was originally Tony Dunn's most accustomed trick, but he didn't expect to fall into this trick himself this time.

When Nottingham Forest is seen as a strong team by more and more people, Tony Dunn, the head coach, also has the style of a "strong team coach". He has a high and far vision, but he can't see him. The way out.

What is the real strong team? How to truly have a strong mentality? For young Tony Dunn, he still has a long way to go.

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"Bad_end." The man standing next to the camera marked with the "CCTV" logo looked at Dunn, who was sitting on the coach's bench and talking to Tang in a low voice, "It was an unexpected result. The English media said it was right-this A coach who won’t do what you want."

"Hey, Zhang Touer..."

"Ok?"

"Are we here to shoot Tang, or Tony Dunn?"

"……" (To be continued, if you want to know what's going on, please visit www.qidian.com, there are more chapters, authors are supported, and genuine reading is supported!)

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