Godfather Of Champions

During this period of time, the performance of the Forest team is very unstable. Since the defeat of the Reading team, the team that was highly expected before the season has not won three games. The league played eight rounds, four wins, three losses, one tie, 13 points, and the ranking in the league has fallen to seventh place.

In fact, among the players, only George Wood has to be suspended for eight games, and Ashley Young has only been suspended for one game and he has already returned. From the perspective of the lineup, there was no serious loss.

The real reason why this team is so unstable is that Dunn was suspended for three games.

As the head coach of the team, he is also the soul of the team. The players of the Forest team have become accustomed to the scene where Tony Dunn is directing their game from the sidelines, and suddenly discovered that the coach standing on the sidelines has changed. He is not used to it.

People are amazing creatures. When Dunn was on the sidelines, the players played vigorously. Once Dunn was penalized into the stands, after three games, the players were a bit unable to lift their energy.

Everyone was accustomed to hearing Dun En's thunderous roar when they couldn't raise their energy, and awakened them all from their muddle-headed state. Now...Although Tang is a very capable coach, he relied on his own level to let everyone abandon the prejudice against his nationality, but to be honest, he is always almost something like the head coach...

Tang himself knew very well that his completely different personalities from Dun En had caused this deviation. What everyone recognizes is that a coach like Dunn has accepted the habit, and it's useless to do anything by himself.

The experience of acting as the head coach for three games made him deeply aware of this. Although Dunn won his body and position, but now this team is indeed Dunn's team, and his personality is in perfect harmony.

When the three games were over, he was also relieved. The Chinese media took him seriously as the acting head coach of this team. At the beginning of the series of reports, pride was beyond words. Tang himself appeared to be very low-key, with no sense of "Chinese football has risen in the top European league".

Now three consecutive matches have not been won, domestic media reports have weakened a lot, and the enthusiasm quickly faded. These people don't know what to say to domestic readers—the people who are touted by them almost go to heaven, lead the team so badly.

The English media don't care about Don, they care about Tony Don. After the game against Manchester City, the "Nottingham Evening Post" was proud to hit a large headline-"Be careful, that man is back!" You know, this is in the context of the Forest team losing another game.

It can be seen how high Nottingham people trust Dunn.

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The prospects in the league are unknown, but the Champions League has played triumphantly all the way.

On October 18th, the third round of the Champions League group stage. Nottingham Forest defeated Bordeaux, France 1-0. In this way, Nottingham Forest maintained a complete victory against all opponents in the same group.

Experts have determined that Dunn's team qualifying from this group is not a problem, and all the remaining three teams need to do is to compete for the second qualifying spot.

There are even speculations about which opponent the Forest team will encounter after qualifying from the group. Tony Dunn has too many enemies in European football, and any one he encounters will have a good show. Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Chelsea, Inter Milan...

These are all wars like Mars hitting the earth...

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Don't have time to accompany those people to fantasize about the future.

The Champions League went well, and the team was excited as soon as they played in the European War. There is no need for him to worry about this. Now we need to focus more on the domestic arena. They have fallen to seventh in the league, three places away from Dunn's "top four" goal. If they are dragged down, the situation will only be bad for Nottingham Forest.

On October 22nd, in the ninth round of the league, they challenged Everton away and played against old friend Moyes.

The media were very interested in Dunn's return. Many reporters stood by the door of the visiting team's locker room. The cameras were aimed at the inside. The players were changing clothes inside, ready to go out to warm up. And today's protagonist Tony Dunn hasn't arrived yet. I don’t know where I was caught by the reporter...

Tang walked over, looked at the reporters who had surrounded the three floors at the door, shook his head, and walked in.

Just as Tang entered, a loud noise came from outside. He doesn't need to go out with a probe to know who is coming.

Tang En saw the reporters around the door, waved hello, and smiled brightly: "Everyone, it's been a long time."

Someone from the reporter responded.

"Thank you very much for your concern about me, but I still hope you can let me..." He pointed to the door, which had been blocked by the media.

"If you have any questions, please ask after the game. I'm sorry I don't have much time." The reporters made way for Dunn and he stepped into the locker room. Then closed the door.

Soon, the reporters who had not yet dispersed heard a burst of laughter from the locker room.

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"You must miss me, guys? I miss you too. Do you know why I'm here now? Tell you, because I almost walked into the stands just now."

The players burst into laughter.

"Fortunately, I was stopped halfway by the stadium staff. He asked me strangely:'Mr. Dunn, are you banned again?'" Dunn mimicked the look and tone of the opponent's voice vividly.

The laughter is louder.

"I want to thank the staff who spoke upright, and I also believe that the people at Everton Club will be furious after hearing this, because they have lost a chance to defeat us here."

Dunn smiled and watched everyone finish laughing.

"I'm back, guys, it's no big deal."

This sentence seemed to be a tranquilizer, calming the players' anxiety and anxiety. This can be seen from the fact that they can laugh so freely before the game.

The mainstay is back, there is really nothing to be afraid of.

What about playing away? Anyway, there is a leader to support us!

"We have lost three consecutive league rounds, two losses and one tie. I don't think the situation will go bad anymore, so there is nothing to worry about. After letting go, how we play normally, how we play today. Who is the opponent? unimportant."

Dunn's confident smile made the whole team feel that it really didn't matter who the opponent was. The low morale of the first few games rebounded instantly and reached full value in an instant.

Tang watched quietly next to him, using words to motivate the team...this is impossible with his character anyway...

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Moyes valued this game very much. He did not underestimate his opponent because of the unfavorable years of Nottingham Forest some time ago. On the contrary, Tony Dunn ended his suspension and returned to the team, which made him extremely vigilant.

This game is not easy to play, Nottingham Forest is not easy to deal with, he knows it.

Of course, knowing and achieving are two different things, and achieving and achieving results are two different things.

Moyes fielded the strongest lineup he could at home to face Nottingham Forest, which lacked George Wood. After George Wood was suspended, the starting midfielder of the Forest team has always been Chinese Sun Jihai, and the breakthrough point for Arsenal to win is here. Moyes also hopes to find a chance to win from here, they put the main attack direction in the middle, strong over Sun Jihai.

Dunn naturally wouldn't let his opponent do this willingly. Albertini went into battle and participated in the defense with Sun Jihai. Arteta and Van der Vaart did not start, and the Forest team put two defensive midfielders in the midfield. The offense is completely on the wing and Albertini occasionally long passes.

Pepe was injured unhealed, Kompany and Pikwe partnered with a central defender.

In the away game, Dunn put on a defensive stance.

It seems that Dunn is going to keep the balance.

Everton's lineup is not weak, and in the Premier League is also above the midstream level. The goalkeeper is Tim Howard on loan from Manchester United, the central defender is the strong Nigerian Joseph Yabo, and Lescott, who is transferred from Wolves, and the right back is Phil Nei, who is transferred from Manchester United. Vale, the younger brother of Gary Neville, left back is the Portuguese national Nuno Valente. In midfield, their core figures are Australian national Tim Cahill, former Dutch national Andy van der Meade, Scotland international James McFadden, and Ireland international Lee Kasley. The forwards are former Southampton striker "Saint" James Beatty, and Andrew Johnson, who is super fast in the Premier League.

This lineup is no problem even if it hits the Champions League qualification. Everton is now crushed by Dunn’s Nottingham Forest in the league rankings-Forest is seventh and they are eighth. Both sides have the same points. If Verton can beat Nottingham Forest at home, Moyes's team will surpass the forest. If Arsenal and Aston Villa make a comeback in this round of the league, it is very possible to rush to fifth in the league.

Tang En was also planning with him.

Wood can't play, so the team will work hard to make up for the defense in this position. After Anelka was placed on the cold bench by Dunn, the forest team's offensive speed did not get any loss, and the speed of the two wingers was still frightening.

In this game, the Forest team's offense was still flying on both wings, but Ashley Young did not get the starter. The starter on the right was the same fast but better at dribbling breakthrough and excellent personal ball control Lennon.

Dunn means that every offensive player can dribble the ball into the opponent's penalty area to create a threat, or shoot a goal, without team support. Now the team doesn't have so much energy to support them, and the offense can only depend on the individual.

Van Nistelrooy is on the field, and more people are not shooting goals, but providing support for Ribery and Lennon, and Eastwood who are inserted later, attracting the opponent's defensive firepower.

In the 27th minute of the first half, Everton’s attacking strategy in the center finally paid off. Andrew Johnson succeeded in counter-offside. After receiving a direct pass from Cahill, he passed the attacking Van der Sar and moved the football. Send into the empty door.

"Andrew Johnson-at this moment, he is the hero of Goodison Park!"

The blue ocean on the stands raised huge waves, as if to extinguish the red flames that had been shrunk in the corner.

In the face of conceding a goal, Dunn did not furiously on the sidelines. He did nothing, Albertini was on the court, and there were some things he didn't need to worry about.

Captain Albertini picked up the football from the net and slapped it to boost morale. "It's not a big deal! Let's pay them back!"

After placing the football in the middle circle, he ran over to Ribery, Lennon, Eastwood and Van Nistelrooy to instruct them face-to-face: "You just run forward and don’t care if you can receive the ball. We will be responsible for passing the ball and scoring... your job!"

The four people nodded, they believed in the captain, and also in their teammates.

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"Nottingham Forest restarted the ball, Van Nistelrooy kicked the football out and he ran forward... The football was passed to Albertini's feet, and he was looking up to observe the situation. Cahill rushed! Oh! It was passed. Long pass! Albertini suddenly made a long pass... Lennon desperately caught up to the ball, beautiful! He stopped... Crossing! Van Nistelrooy... The previous point was leaked! Freddie... EASTWOOOOOOOD! !"

"Nice cooperation! The goal was scored! Thirty seconds after the kick-off, Nottingham Forest equalized the score! This is incredible! Look at the expressions on the faces of Everton players, they are still immersed in the joy of leading!"

Seeing that the football was pushed into the net from the back by Eastwood, Dunn jumped excitedly. His players really set him up!

"This is Eastwood's fifth goal this season! After missing most of the season due to injury last season, he finally regained his form in the new season. Van Nistelrooy screened in front and moved in. He who is on the line makes the opponent's defense impossible to defend!"

Dunn looked up and glanced at the stands. George Wood was suspended. He is currently training with the reserve team. Dunn still asks him to watch every game as much as possible, and he can learn a lot.

Hello, George. Did you see it? Do you see everything that happened before this goal? This is your goal. After Demi retires, you have to be like him and deliver accurate passes to your teammates at critical moments to help them score goals!

Wood was sitting in the stands, next to assistant coach Chris Lak, who is still in suspension. He is telling Wood about the goal.

"George, because of the position of the back midfielder, the field of vision is wider than that of teammates in other positions. There are more things to see and more places to think of. Sometimes teammates can't see the unexpected, you can see and think. At this time, just With the ability to pass the ball accurately, you can send the football to any corner of the pitch. You know, any corner! As long as you want, you can pass it to places that your opponent can't even think of... Then just like this, a hit Fatal!" Chris Lak punched in his palm.

Wood did not answer his words. He watched Albertini, who was celebrating the goal with his teammates in the field, in a trance. Coach Chris Lak said for a long time, only one sentence touched him-"You can send football to any corner of the stadium." He admits that the feeling of reaching what he thinks is very good.

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The quick equalization greatly boosted the morale of Nottingham Forest and also greatly affected the morale of Everton.

Next, before the end of the first half, the Forest team nearly overtaken the score. If it weren't for Phil Neville to hook the football out of the goal line, Nottingham Forest would enter the locker room with a score of 2:1.

But what the Forest did not do in the first half, they finally did it in the second half.

Seventeen minutes into the second half, Nottingham Forest used a beautiful direct free kick to break through the fingers of American goalkeeper Howard.

It was Gareth Bale, the youngest player on the team. In this game, he started and assisted constantly on the left, squeezing Ribery to the center, and finally scored a goal, which is also the best praise for him.

The game was not over yet, Bell was even more excited after scoring, and his assists on the left became sharper. Towards the end of the game, taking advantage of Everton's massive counterattack to equalize the score, he cooperated with Ribery on the wing. After a beautiful breakthrough, he made a pass and allowed Ribery to get in the middle. A good opportunity to shoot and put the football into Howard's goal for the third time.

Originally, Moyes made a very detailed defensive arrangement for the Forest team's wing attack, ranging from retreating to suppressing offense. Unexpectedly, after Bale's activity squeezed Ribery into the middle, this highly targeted tactic suddenly lost its goal.

Ribery's choice to go to the center was a desperate choice, but he received a miraculous effect-Bell survived, one assist, one goal. Ribery was also alive. He was not limited to the wing and the threat was even greater. He scored a goal from the wing to the center.

The people around him were cheering for the victory of the game, but Dunn sat on the coach's bench, holding his chin thinking about the glimmer of light he found.

At the last moment of the game, he had been so stunned, no one knew what Dunn was thinking at this moment.

It wasn't until Tang suddenly touched his arm that he woke up like a dream.

"It's time to shake hands with Moyes." He pointed to the left, and Moyes had stood up from the coach seat.

"The game is over?" Dunn was a little surprised.

"What were you thinking about, Tony?" Tang was also surprised.

Hearing Tang's question, Tang En chuckled at him, "Go back and tell you, you must be very interested."

After finishing speaking, ignoring the surprised Tang, Dunn stood up, stretched out his hand and walked towards Moyes.

"I'm sorry, I won you again, David." He blinked.

"Seeing your face makes people feel the urge to punch." Moyes the loser said helplessly.

"Haha! There are many people who want to beat me. So David, you have to queue up to get the number." Support genuine reading!)

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