Godfather Of Champions

The match against Chelsea...

Tony Dunn has forged an indissoluble bond with Chelsea since becoming the head coach of the Forest team. Chelsea’s head coach Mourinho and him are considered to be the two most personal coaches active in football today. Although some media exaggerations are used in them, they are almost the same.

So as soon as the two of them appeared in the Premier League, they were compared together. In this case, it's hard to think that it doesn't matter.

The outside world has said that Dunn and Mourinho are enemies who don’t get along with each other. From the way the two of them gritted their teeth every time they played, it was so. But if this is the case, Mourinho came forward to help Tony Dunn’s player Pepe testify in court to solve the labor certification issue, what should I say?

Dunn never considered the relationship between him and Mourinho. Because thinking about this won't help him win a game, is it possible that the two have a good relationship, so they called Mourinho to release the water? Really an enemy, I am afraid that Mourinho will fail?

What's more, Mourinho is not a beauty, so what do so many brain cells do for his relationship?

He doesn't care what Mourinho has to do with himself, he only cares about his team's record against Chelsea.

After returning to the Premier League, Nottingham Forest has maintained an unbeaten record against Chelsea. This is where the Forest team has a psychological advantage. In this home field last season, the Forest team did not lose in such a difficult situation. In the end, they relied on Bell's wonderful free kick to score, which turned defeat into victory.

Mourinho's team is rampant in the Premier League. When he is afraid of everyone, there are no opponents that he has not defeated. The only heart disease is the Nottingham Forest under Tony Dunn.

This time, it was a good opportunity for him. The forest team's main midfielder George Wood was suspended. Without such a midfield barrier, Chelsea's attacking lineup can be unimpeded.

Lampard can finally play without interference. His plug and long shots are quite threatening.

Of course, Dunn knew that his team's goal was the midfielder, and Sun Jihai couldn't make up for the gap in strength no matter how hard he worked. Since Wenger knows to use this to make a breakthrough, Mourinho must also know. Dunn decided to let Sun Jihai rest.

The plan was like this, but Dunn didn't want his opponent to know. The team conducted a few days of closed training at the last moment, and the outside world only thought that Dunn paid attention to his twice-a-year "date" with Mourinho.

Until one hour before the start of the game, when the media got the starting list for the game from the club, everyone was stupid.

"...We got the starting roster for both sides of the game." John Mortensen picked up a piece of paper and shook it at the camera. "What were we analyzing just now? Mark?" He looked and sat beside him. , And commentator Mark Lawrenson who explained the game with him.

Because of that bet, Mark Lawrenson, who lost the bet, touched his smooth skin on his lips, "I think Dunn will stick to his defensive counterattack strategy in this game, so it is at home. After all, his team is in a bad situation now. Without George Wood, it would be difficult for the Forest midfielder to prevent Chelsea Lampard and others from attacking. If Pikwe and Kompany’s defense line directly face Chelsea’s offensive players, this young defense line too much stress."

Mortensen nodded: "From the analysis of the pre-match situation, you are right. Mark. But if Tony Dunn is no longer unexpected, he will not be called'Tony Dunn'. Although we I don’t know his specific tactics yet, but from this starting list, we can see that defense is definitely not what he wants..." After that, Mortensen began to pick up the list and read, "Goalkeeper Van der Sar, Central defenders Pique and Kompany, left defender Gareth Bale, right defender Zimbunda." He stopped to look at Mark Lawrenson when he read this.

"Midfielders-Frank Ribery, Ashley Young, Albertini and... Van der Vaart!"

Laurenson raised his eyebrows.

"Strikes Van Nistelrooy and Eastwood."

"Gareth Bale is an assisting full-back, and his defensive ability is not as good as Leighton Barnes. He is not a midfielder, but a Dutchman who is much better offensively than defensively..." Laurensen analyzed. "Tony Dunn wants to play against Chelsea at his home court? My God, this game really should be recorded. This is the first time Coach Dunn chose to take the initiative to attack when he played against Chelsea! Home court!" Lawrence sneered.

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"What's going on?" Mourinho frowned while holding the starting list given to him by his assistant. "I thought that coward must have been using the tactics again..."

"Obviously, Dunn wants to attack us at his home court." His assistant coach Steve Clark said.

Mourinho glanced at him, isn't this nonsense? A fool could see that Dunn was going to attack.

But... is the question really that simple?

"Tang En is very cunning...I always feel that something is wrong." Another coach, Baltimar Brito, frowned and said, "Will he deliberately make us think they are going to attack? Then let your guard down?"

This time, Mourinho glanced at the Brazilian again. Do we think that if they want to attack, they will relax their vigilance?

But Brito was right in saying: Dunn is very cunning, things should not be so simple.

"Anyway, our preparation for a week is to use offense to deal with their intensive defense. It doesn't matter if they press it out now. On offense, they will only have more loopholes." Mourinho will play against the forest team. The starting list was thrown aside, and he turned and walked into the locker room. It's time to cheer up the players and make them ready to play.

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On the other side, Dunn had already arranged today's tasks for his men.

"...In our home court, we always shrink in the backcourt and wait for the opponent to attack, and then we wait for the opportunity to sneak attack... Do you feel uncomfortable in such a game?"

There was a moment of silence, and everyone didn't know what the boss meant by asking this suddenly. Then Eastwood stood up and shook his head: "We didn't feel upset, Boss. I'm very happy to win."

"Don't talk." Tang En waved his hand, "I'm very upset looking at the other side's flaunting and majestic beating on our home court. Can you brave boys still bear?"

Someone below laughed.

"In our home field, we have to behave like the home team. We are not afraid of Chelsea, because they have never beaten us. Your task in this game is to score goals and score more goals. Let the Chelsea boys see Look, we can stay unbeaten against them by no means only on defense! Offense! Offense! In addition to the **** offense, it’s offense!"

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When the players from both sides lined up on the sidelines for the media to take photos, Dunn and his coaching staff were already sitting on the coaching bench.

"Tony, do you think Chelsea can be stopped only by offense?" Chris Lak asked beside.

"Do we have any other methods? Defense?" Dunn asked.

Tang spoke to Dunn next to him: "Offensive is the only solution to the crisis. Besides, I don’t think Chelsea’s offense is so powerful that we may not lose more than a goal."

Dunn smiled at Chris Lak: "That's what I meant. Shepchenko and Ballack, the integration with the team is not ideal, Mourinho went around and found that the lineup from last season can be trusted. Now all of England It's all saying that we don't have George Wood, defense is the weakness of everyone. Today I want to show those people why they say'offense is the best defense'. Hey, David, don't you expect it? "

"What to expect?"

"Looking forward to us pressing out the crazy offensive scene."

Chris Lak looked up at the sky, as if that scene was in the blue sky.

"It's really hard to imagine... We always seem to defensively and counterattack defensively..."

"Then you can take a good look at this game today."

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At the beginning of the game, as analyzed from the starting list, Nottingham Forest did not intend to continue defensive counterattacks in its home court.

While guessing the coin, Captain Albertini defeated Chelsea’s captain Terry. After the kick-off, Nottingham Forest used his possession of the ball and started attacking Chelsea.

Unlike in the past, the Forest team did not launch a quick counterattack. Instead, they fell the football under their feet for a while, seeming to be looking for weaknesses in the opponent's defense.

It’s really rare for the Forest team to play the ball like this...

After all, there is still very little training time. After the Forest team fell a few feet, they suddenly launched an offensive. Albertini's direct pass gave Van der Vaart a chance to get the ball in the middle. He leaned on Chelsea's Essien and wanted to turn around and found that it was not so easy, so he passed the football back to Albertini instead.

Just when everyone thought Albertini would pass the ball again, he suddenly started a long shot in an area close to 30 meters from the goal!

"Dmitrio Albertini!"

It’s a bit far from the goal, but Cech didn’t let it go. His instinct told him that the ball was dangerous...

"Pete Cech! A beautiful save!"

The Czech national gate flew to the right and threw out the football with a single punch!

But it was not over yet. The football did not fly to the sideline or went directly to the bottom line. The ball hit by Cech flew to the sideline. Ashley Young intercepted the ball in front of Ashley Cole. Cole is very smart. He didn't choose to pounce on the second point with him, but stayed on Yang's forward path.

Everyone knows that Ashley Young was the top assist leader in the Premier League last season, and people like Cole dare not care. His passing awareness is very good. If he doesn't pay attention, he will pass the football into the penalty area.

Although Cole had been very careful, Ashley Young caught the opportunity. He didn't break through with the ball, but made a direct pass. His kicking motion was fast and very concealed. Before Ashley Cole could react, the football had flown past his face!

"Get out!" Before Cech's words were over, Terry had jumped up, rushing out of the football in front of Van Nistelrooy.

Van der Vaart saw the football flying towards him, did not hesitate to open the angle, bend the bow and shoot the arrow, raise his left leg, and volley!

The Dutchman chose to shoot directly because it was sudden and concealed. There are people in the restricted area. Whoever accidentally touches it may change direction, maybe just fly out of the bottom line, maybe just enter the door directly? In addition, Cech's show off behind the crowd will definitely block his vision, which will affect his judgment of the ball.

Just hold it down, it's...

There was a huge cheer on the City Stadium, and they seemed to have seen the moment of football entering the net in advance. But this time, they were wrong.

Cech still made correct responses and judgments even in difficult circumstances.

Van der Vaart's shot didn't hit anyone and flew straight to the goal. After moving a small step to the left, Cech found that the football was in his field of vision, and he immediately threw himself out without hesitation. The 1.97 meter tall behemoth descended at a speed exceeding gravity, with his hands outstretched in the air. Catch the flying football firmly!

"Pressed on the goal line! Nottingham Forest fans are happy!"

Van der Vaart saw through the cracks that Cech had stopped his shot, and he held his head with both hands in regret.

"It really deserves to be a world-class goalkeeper on par with Buffon!" Mortensen exclaimed, but he didn't know what else to say. Cech's performance on this ball is perfect.

Dunn saw this scene off the court and remembered what happened to the Czech goalkeeper. But he sacrificed Paul Gerrard and saved him...

He doesn't need to wear a tank helmet to guard the goal now, and he doesn't need to worry about falling down due to injury.

I am really a new-age job...

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"Despite not scoring a goal, Nottingham Forest's offense still made the Chelsea people nervous. They are used to the scene where the opponent shrinks in the second half and fights back with them. Now is the time to change their impressions."

Mourinho turned his head from his seat to look at Dunn, who was also sitting on the coach's bench.

The Forest team has changed a lot this season, and you can no longer look at this opponent with old eyes.

"José, Dunn wants to play offense with us." His assistant coach Clark saw it.

"Then play it." Mourinho shrugged, not caring.

"Should we... shrink the defense and hit their counterattack?"

Mourinho glanced at him: "What are you doing? When playing against this opponent, did we shrink and defend?"

Clark shook his head: "Nothing..."

"That's it. Our original plan was to attack. They want to attack us just right. I know what Dunn's **** thinks. They can't hold our attack, so they want to use attack instead. If we He was deceived if he was pushed back by their offense. If they don’t reclaim it, they will attack, and we will also attack. See whose attack is stronger!” Mourinho absolutely cannot bear being pressed back by Dunn. What happened, for him, Tony Dunn was not as simple as an ordinary league opponent.

Not only do you want to win the game, but the scene must not be ugly, otherwise you will give this cheap guy an excuse.

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Watching Chelsea and Nottingham Forest fought against each other, Dunn didn't worry at all, he simply cocked Erlang's legs on the coaching bench.

"Coach Dunn doesn't seem to worry about his team's fragile defense..." Mortensen sighed after seeing the scene where Dunn raised his legs and was still shaking.

"John, you are right. He really doesn't think about whether he can defend his line of defense at all, because even thinking about it is useless. He unexpectedly chose to attack this game in order to put pressure on Chelsea by attack and let the opponent retreat. Go back, so that he wants to defend the goal..." At this point, Mark Lawrence paused, as if suddenly realized, "After all, he still wants to defend in his bones! This conservative Utilitarian coach!"

Laurenson made no secret of his dislike for this man.

Mortensen didn't intend to improve his perception of Dun En. He smiled beside him: "But for now, he is successful, isn't he?"

"Success? Except for a League Cup, has he won any other championships? I haven't won a warm-up championship like the Amsterdam Invitational. John, I don't know where your "success" comes from? "

Mortensen shrugged and did not continue to dwell on this topic.

Bringing a team to England's third tier league, the declining aristocracy plagued by the financial crisis, brought it back to the Premier League, the first quarter of the UEFA Cup, the second season of the Champions League runner-up... if this is not possible Counted as a success, then countless professional coaches in the world are useless...

The BBC’s arrangement is also very interesting. Whenever there is a game in Nottingham Forest and the BBC has the right to broadcast it, the partner must be the "pro-Tun" John Mortensen and the "anti-Tune" Mark Laurenson. , Lineker and Alan Hansen puppets came back for a cameo, but the chances are few.

If Dunn heard Mark Lawrenson's evaluation of himself, he would definitely agree with this "enemy"'s evaluation of himself.

He doesn't think how successful he is now, it's simple, because in four seasons, he has only won a tasteless League Cup championship. In addition, he is always one and a half steps away from real success. In Dunn's mind, evaluating his success is definitely not based on tactical literacy, the excavation of young players, and the affinity of the players... these, he only values ​​the results, and only the championship is the proof of his success.

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