Godfather Of Champions

"After the result of the draw, Nottingham Forest and Barcelona were drawn together. They will meet in the eighth-finals. The opponents of the Champions League final last season, because of the unexpected behavior of Coach Tony Dunn at the award ceremony. And there are many things to watch... After the draw, the coaches of both sides accepted our interview. Dunn admitted that this is the best sign he can think of. He can’t wait to hope that the Champions League quarter-finals will begin soon. . Compared to Dunn’s aggressiveness, Barcelona coach Rijkaard blamed a lot of low-key. He admitted that the opponent in the eighth-finals would be Nottingham Forest, which made him somewhat unexpected, but Barcelona will not be because the opponent is the Forest. What's different, they will also play their own football. The key to victory is not how the opponents are, but how they play..."

The media rushed to report on the results of the draw the next day, which used the most space, and it was the English and Catalan media that made the most effort.

No one naively thinks that this is a coincidence of the draw. The grievances between Barcelona and Nottingham Forest are well known around the world. UEFA can kill two birds with one stone. On the one hand, they can rely on the powerful Barcelona to suppress the Nottingham Forest they hate. The media can be hyped up and fans can pay attention at any time. In terms of commercial interests, this is free publicity.

How the media likes to hype is their business, and Dunn doesn't care about it... even though he made these gimmicks.

It made him very happy that after returning from Nyon, Switzerland, he saw a motivated team appear in front of him during the team's training the next day. Especially those players who experienced the final defeat of last season are all quite satisfied with the result of this draw. They are gearing up to look forward to the reopening of the Champions League.

With the team working with him, things will be easier.

Ayala has passed the medical examination and joined the team. Although he came on loan in name, Dunn has included him in his plan for next season. After Pepe was injured, Ayala's experience can help the team very well. Although he can only play in the domestic league, Dunn is already very satisfied.

Dunn’s current mind is very simple, that is, before the game against Barcelona, ​​try to grab points in the league as much as possible, whether it is third or second, to let the team enter a safe league after the Champions League reopens. Period, so that he can let go and do a big game on another arena.

At the same time, in the process of scoring points, we must try our best to avoid injuries. The only solution is-rotation.

This kind of rotation is not a rotation of minor repairs and supplements, but a major rotation. Everyone on the team has the opportunity to play for the team, and then become the flasher in a certain game.

Sun Jihai’s performance in the game against Chelsea was used by Dunn as a positive and typical publicity to the team’s players, telling them that anyone can be a hero, whether it is a starter or a substitute, as long as there is a heart that will never give up. may.

This incident caused the Chinese media to play up the hype, and finally became the news that "China Sun became the spiritual leader of Nottingham Forest" made Sun Jihai himself dumbfounded.

The result of the Champions Cup draw became an important motivation to stimulate the Forest team's progress, and the team used this motivation in the domestic league.

On January 30, the first league game after the draw ended, the Forest team easily defeated visiting Fulham at home 2:0.

Because of the forest team's victory record in January, Tony Dunn was named the best coach of the month, and the forest team was also named the best team. After losing at home to Manchester United on November 18 last year, Nottingham Forest has remained unbeaten in the league for twelve rounds and continues to put pressure on Manchester United at the top of the list and Chelsea at second.

However, after getting the best coach, the Forest team was entering the first game in February. The ghostly away game lost to Blackburn 1:2.

Dunn is not afraid of losing, he even thinks that occasionally losing is good for the team up and down. It's like if a person doesn't get sick all the time, he might be killed once he gets sick.

He does not pursue the meaningless record of how many consecutive rounds of undefeated, how many consecutive wins. The process is not important, what is important is the result. If losing now allows him to win the championship, Dunn doesn't mind losing the game.

One month's time will soon come to an end.

The first round of the Champions Cup quarter-finals with Barcelona was on the evening of February 20th. Prior to this, the Forest had only played two games in February, losing one away to Blackburn and one winning Tottenham at home.

However, Dunn's players did not get enough rest because they played only two games. Because of the national team game, players have to play the national team after the league.

The results in February were not satisfactory. Despite this, the morale of the Forest team was not affected. Because everyone is paying more attention to this game in the second half of the year than the league.

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After the national team match, the players regroup. At this time the media began to hype the Champions League.

Not only England or Catalonia, the whole world is paying attention to the re-ignition of the Champions League. But what everyone is most concerned about is the battle between Nottingham Forest and Barcelona.

According to the schedule, the forest team will go to fight away in the first round. So after the players reported back from their respective national teams, even though there were still five days before the actual match day, Dunn took the team directly to Spain.

During the training camp on the outskirts of Barcelona, ​​Dunn declined all media interviews, but promised to hold a press conference the day before the game to answer all media questions.

Then he led the team headlong into the rented university stadium and began a four-day closed training.

Study Barcelona, ​​formulate countermeasures, take into account the various things that may happen in the game...All members of the coaching staff work like a fully powered motor under Dunn's request.

In fact, even if Dunn didn't ask for it, everyone would consciously do it. All Nottingham Foresters can't wait for revenge on this day.

Time always flies quickly, and the four-day training camp has reached the last day. On this day, Dunn will hold a press conference in the hotel where the team stayed to satisfy the curiosity of those reporters. But before, he still has one thing to do.

The next day was the game. Only half a day of training was conducted on this day, mainly for set-piece practice. In fact, everyone's mind is not on the small amount of training for a long time.

After training, the team returned to the hotel, and the media had begun to gather. Dunn didn't mean to hold a press conference right away. He took the team to the conference room where the video could be played.

The players don't know what Dunn is doing. If there is a tactical preparation meeting... they have already opened the training field.

In the coaching staff, only two assistant coaches, Don and Chris Lak, knew Dunn’s mind.

Entering the meeting room, Dunn asked to turn off the light, and the room was suddenly dark. Then the picture began to appear on the white curtain directly in front of everyone, and the spoken sound came from the speakers around the four corners of the room.

"Various audiences, welcome to watch the 2005-2006 UEFA Champions League final! The opponents are the giants Barcelona from Spain and the dark horse Nottingham Forest from England..."

When this sound rang, someone looked back at Dunn, who was standing at the back of the room. Their head coach was expressionless, staring at the big screen.

As the commentator said, this is the Champions League final of last season. Dunn wanted his players to watch such a failed game.

Van der Sar was sent off, the big screen was in chaos, and the sound of hiss and the screams of the narrator came from the speakers.

Albertini scored, the British commentator shouted wildly, and there were even young players in the dark conference room who couldn't help standing up and waving their fists.

Within five minutes of the second half, Barcelona pulled two goals in a row, completing the task from falling behind to overtaking. With the end of the game, everyone on the forest team came to the stage to receive the silver medal, and Dunn transferred the medal he had just received to the side caddie...Then the screen gradually darkened, and the noisy live sound effects and commentary disappeared from the speakers. There was a brief silence in the conference room.

After a while, the lights in the room turned on again.

Dunn's voice came: "Do you know why I want you to watch last year's finals again at this time?"

No one said anything.

"Before I uncover this answer for you, I have a question for you." Dunn paced forward, passing through the players. "How do you feel about losing a game?"

"It's not good, boss," Albertini took the lead in answering. He had already guessed Dun En's intentions, and decided to fully cooperate with the head coach.

Dunn smiled at Albertini, he also knew what Albertini thought.

"No one disagrees with Demi's statement, right?"

nobody.

"Very good. Then I will ask you again, if losing is a very, very important game, shouldn't it be lost?" Dunn looked at Albertini.

After being silent for a while, Albertini replied: "It will be as uncomfortable as death..."

Dunn nodded. "It seems that we have something in common, Demi. That's right, losing an important game is like this, as if the world has collapsed and the soul is gone... Does anyone think I'm kidding?"

The players shook their heads.

"But we are not dead after all, and the world is still running, right? So the failure of the game is more like a shame to me. Looking at the opponents in front of us, do you feel good?" Dunn improved Up the volume.

"No, boss!" everyone followed in a loud reply.

"For us, in the Champions League final, in front of the whole world, losing to Barcelona is a great shame!" Dunn waved his fists and roared loudly. "They took the championship trophy that should have belonged to us and became the king of Europe, but what about us? Forgotten! No one cares about the name of the loser and what the future holds. The world will only remember who the champion is Don’t complain...Honey, this is the rule of the game in this world-the winner is king, the loser! Don’t you feel reconciled? We obviously put in the same amount or even more effort, but in the end we didn’t receive any response. There is a return. When I went to the stage to receive the silver medal, someone was like me... Do you feel aggrieved here!" Dunn beat his chest hard.

"Yes!!" Someone got up from his seat in the roar.

"Runner-up, silver medal...ha!" Dunn smiled disdainfully, "They thought that issuing a silver medal would comfort us? For me, if that **** thing hangs on my chest, it will only happen all the time. Remind yourself-you're a **** loser! Which **** has worked so hard all the way to the finals to win the silver medal?! This kind of thing is not worthy of our room of honor, that sacred place is to stay For the championship trophy!"

Dunn was pacing back and forth in the conference room emotionally, dancing and instilling the concept of "except for the championship, everything else is shit".

"Last season's UEFA Champions League runner-up... does it sound amazing? Is it amazing? Is it worth talking about repeatedly? No! Only shameless people think that winning the runner-up is worth showing off!"

"It's a pity... we have unfortunately become such a loser... the world is cruel. If you lose, you lose. You can't set the clock back and have another match with your opponent. No matter how you lose, once the result is determined, Can’t change. What should I do? Do you recognize this result? Have you been willing to be a loser?"

"No--!" the players roared.

"Of course not." Dunn shook his finger, then pointed at George Wood. "I once said to George that losing is not a reason to give up. If you lose this game, you can win it back in the next game. What you lose because you lose can still be won in the next game. Now I’m telling you all this sentence-you remember... I don't care where you will be and what you do in the future, you have to remember-this is what I want you to play football! Even if you are a strong opponent Knocked over to the ground countless times, rolling in embarrassment in the mud puddle, I have to get up in the next second! This game is lost, the next game is won; this champion is lost, the next The championship is reclaimed; this time the ball is lost, the next time it is taken back for me! It’s that simple."

"Now you know why I want you to watch the video of this game before the game?" Dunn scanned the audience, silent, but everyone's eyes were firm.

"I don't want you guys to forget what it's like to lose that unforgettable failure, you-including me, all of us must remember-because of failure, losing the championship, what a humiliating and painful thing! Fortunately... God has eyes!" Dunn pointed to the ceiling, "We got a good lottery."

Everyone laughed.

"This game is lost, and the next game is won. Whatever you lose in this game, you will win the next game! The opportunity is here, guys." Dunn grinned, like a tempting person who fell into a dark place. demon. "What about the away game? From now on, accumulate your humiliation, unwillingness, regret and anger! This time tomorrow...Let's give these back to Barcelona a hundredfold!!"

The meeting room suddenly turned into a pan of porridge, and the players kicked their chairs and jumped to the table, waving their fists and roaring loudly.

Dunn looked at the performance of the players with satisfaction, and then patted Chris Lak, motioning him to clean up the situation, and he quietly opened the door and walked out. He is going to attend the press conference. I believe those reporters are already a little impatient.

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Sure enough, when Dunn arrived at the press conference, the reporters were already waiting as if they were about to get up and leave - they thought they had been tricked by Tony Dunn again.

Fortunately, Dunn arrived in time. He looked at the dissatisfied reporters, not irritating them for the first time, but apologized with a smile.

"I'm sorry, I was delayed by something... You all know that tomorrow is the game. I do not deny that this is an important game for Nottingham Forest and myself. So I have prepared a little bit more carefully. Some, and a little more time. But as a compliment to my lateness, I promise... Tomorrow you will see a very exciting game and you will have a lot of topics for hype."

"One-sided guarantee?" A Spanish reporter asked in English, "Mr. Dunn, a wonderful game requires two teams to work together, as if..." He wanted to give an example of the 2004-05 season in La Liga. In the second round of the Century War, the classic 4:2 battle between Real Madrid and Barcelona is coming.

Dunn interrupted his words with a smile: "Is there something wrong with my guarantee? This game has entered my track."

As soon as this was said, the reporters were full of spirits. Such arrogant remarks are consistent with Dun En's consistent character, but every time I hear him say this, it still makes people feel-very exciting!

"This is at Barcelona's home court, Mr. Dunn..." The Spanish-specifically Catalonia-reporter frowned and continued to ask questions.

"Yes, what about your home court?" Dunn asked aggressively.

"It's hard to play away, it's custom..." The reporter's voice was already much quieter.

"Convention is useless for my team." Dunn waved his hand, "I said it's on my orbit, it's on my orbit. If you don't believe it... we will wait and see tomorrow!" (To be continued, if you want to know What's the matter, please visit www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)

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