Godfather Of Champions

An away draw with Chelsea has widened the gap between Chelsea and Manchester United to eight points. With eight rounds left in the league, these eight points are not easy to follow.

The only good news for Mourinho may be the final eight rounds of the game. Manchester United need to host Nottingham Forest in the 33rd round. Immediately after the 34th round, Manchester United will go to play Chelsea away.

These two games are related to the survival of the two teams. If Manchester United can achieve two consecutive victories, then with four rounds left, Manchester United's points advantage will be extended to eleven points. At this time, Chelsea is almost only theoretically possible to win the championship.

But if Manchester United lose to Nottingham Forest and then to Chelsea, the points of both sides are likely to be reduced to two points, and a loss of a game will lead to a comeback for Chelsea.

The league has officially entered the sprint stage, and now when the bayonet is popular, no one will be merciful.

Nottingham Forest’s position is also not very strong, so it is impossible to expect the Forest team to engage in a big rotation when playing against Manchester United.

The points difference between Arsenal and Forest is only six points, and the distance between Liverpool and Forest is only seven points. This difference is not so big that Dunn can sit back and relax.

In the thirty-first round, Liverpool defeated Arsenal at home, squeezing Arsenal to fifth in the league and fourth in the Reds.

Nottingham Forest beat Bolton 1-0 in a difficult away game. In addition, Manchester United beat Blackburn 4-1 at home, and Chelsea beat Watford 1:0 away.

Several teams have won, except for the unfortunate Arsenal.

The situation has not changed, and Dunn must temporarily take his attention from the league and cast it on another battlefield.

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The quarter-finals of the European Champions Cup are about to begin. Compared with several other teams, the Forest team's luck is exceptional. Their opponent is Eindhoven, the weakest among them.

Speaking of Eindhoven, there is an "old acquaintance" of Dunn.

Sun Xiang, the Chinese full-back who came to Eindhoven on loan from Shanghai Shenhua for three months.

Before traveling by himself, Sun Xiang was loaned to Eindhoven in January this year. At that time, he was hailed as the "first Chinese player in the Champions League" because he represented the team in the European Champions Cup.

This name is very good, but Dunn feels very sad. Japanese and Korean players have already appeared in the Champions League. Park Ji-sung can even be the main force in a giant team like Manchester United. What about Chinese players? One or two appearances in the Champions League require such a hype. The gap between Japanese and Korean football and Chinese football is no longer clear in one or two sentences.

However, in the world he is now in, the title of "China's Champions League No. 1" has been given to Sun Jihai.

Sun Jihai has benefited a lot from the forest team for more than two years. Being able to receive the most advanced training in the most advanced football environment, and returning to the national team suddenly feels like a standout. This also caused another kind of trouble. For the national team, Sun Jihai and other teammates are not able to cooperate. Coach Zhu Guanghu is also very troubled with this matter now. Sun Jihai is at a very good level and is there. But his cooperation with the team has always been a problem. Summer is the Asian Cup. Whether Sun Jihai is needed or not has become Zhu Guanghu's heart disease. Fans are very loud about using Sun Jihai, but Zhu Guanghu hesitates.

Aside from these things about the national team, the game between Nottingham Forest and Eindhoven was hyped by the Chinese media as the "Chinese Derby in the Champions Cup." The instigator of this incident was no one else, but Tang Jing, Tang En's "old friend".

Tang En has always hated this kind of boring hype. Tang Jing didn't even know if Sun Xiang would appear on Eindhoven's list, so she couldn't wait to throw out the gimmick of "Chinese Derby". What's more, he never said about this game on any occasion, and Sun Jihai will also appear in the starting list. He looked a lot like to see, if Sun Xiang didn't even make the big list, or he made one but didn't get a minute of playing time, what would Tang Jing say.

Although Eindhoven is the weakest among the eight teams, Dunn did not take it lightly. He and the coaching staff had done enough homework before, and now it's time to come in handy.

After Tang joined the coaching staff, Dunn began to pay attention to pre-match preparations, and to do this, Tang was obviously better than Dunn. The coaching staff will fully study every detail of the opponent, and then analyze the opponent's tactics based on these data and details, and formulate multiple plans. The opponent is like this, what do we want; the opponent is like this, what do we want...

After everything was ready, Dunn took the team to the Netherlands.

Aindhoven's coach Koeman decided to play against the Forest team at home. Of course he knew how his fellow countryman Rijkaard had lost. But the pride of the Dutch made him unable to do things like Tony Dunn. If that's the case, without waiting for yourself to lose, he will be booed over the court. Dutch fans are idealists. They would rather see their team lose the game in a gorgeous offense, and never allow the victory in an ugly defense.

Dunn was very happy that he could meet such an opponent in the quarterfinals. The opponent wants to fight him, he can't ask for it.

What is your favorite team in Nottingham Forest? It's just those tycoons who want to defeat them with offense. The most troublesome are those weak teams that shrink their defenses and cannot shrink.

This season, Dunn has stumbled in the matchup against the weak team, but he did not prevail in the match against the strong team. After the game with Everton, Dunn allowed the team to begin transformation, but this was a long systematic project. In the knockout stage of the very utilitarian champion, Dunn restored the team to their best defensive counterattack.

The away game against Eindhoven started as scheduled. As expected, Eindhoven actively sought offense as soon as he came up. What about Nottingham Forest? The commentators who are familiar with them can also see the defensive counterattack posture at a glance.

Sun Jihai did not play, and Sun Xiang also sat on the bench. Tang Jing in the press stand looked at Tang En standing on the sidelines with disappointment.

"Do you just refuse to do what I want!" she muttered to herself viciously.

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Eindhoven’s offense worked very well 20 minutes ago, and it also allowed Eindhoven’s fans to see the hope of a home victory over Nottingham Forest.

With two attacks, they almost made it to the forest team. But as Mourinho said, being on the court is "almost" a failure.

In the case of continuous siege of the Forest goal but always passing by, PSV's morale has fallen.

This is an opportunity for the forest team. Dunn whistled and waved from the sidelines to signal the team to press forward, and all opportunities for counterattacks could not be let go.

The forest team's counterattack emphasizes the word "quick". Usually they shrink in the backcourt and lure the opponent to attack. Once the ball is intercepted, the forest team players who were cruising just now immediately become vanguards.

In the Premier League, Nottingham Forest’s counterattack may be the fastest, because they have Ribery, Petrov, Ashley Young, and Alan Lennon, all of which can be ranked in the top ten of the "Premier League Fast Horse" Name of the character.

Relying on such a lineup, Dunn is comfortable at counterattack. Whether it is a personal surprise attack with the ball or an overall advance, their speed can make opponents dumbfounded.

Dunn spent two seasons of effort to get his team to this level. Now that the guest scene faces Eindhoven, he is confident that Koeman will suffer a lot.

Eindhoven initiated an offensive, but their passing intention was too obvious. For this kind of penetration in the center, George Wood got stuck in advance and cut off the pass.

The next thing is simple, Wood passed the football to Van der Vaart for the first time, and then Van der Vaart decided the direction of the fast attack. When Van der Vaart received the football, the Forest's two wings and two forwards quickly changed directions.

Left, center, and right, three directions can be selected. Van der Vaart took a look at the situation and decided to go on the left. He passed the football to Ribery.

After receiving the ball, Ribery didn't rush along the wing. He let the Eindhoven player who planned to block him on the wing pounced. Ribery drove the ball straight to the middle, Van der Vaart ran to the left, and the two made a simple shift.

Seeing Ribery coming in the middle, Cocu ran over to defend. He followed Ribery closely to prevent him from shooting.

Eastwood saw Ribery running in the middle and knew what to do. He stopped running forward and turned to meet Ribery. Ribery passed the football to Eastwood, who came up to meet him, and PSV's defender Alex followed Eastwood closely and prevented him from turning around.

Eastwood never thought about turning around. After he took the ball, Ribery ran without the ball. Coku focused on Eastwood who was holding the ball. He planned to fight with Alex. The ball is cut off by the front and back pinching. Unexpectedly, he just pushed forward, but Eastwood suddenly passed the ball.

Football returned to Ribery's feet. At this moment, Ribery was at the front of the penalty area, but no one was marking him.

The French didn't hesitate anymore and started shooting...

"Frank Ribery-the goal is scored! Beautiful long shot! Gomez can't make a save, almost a dead end!"

The noisy Philips Stadium suddenly quieted down. Eindhoven’s fans did not expect their team to besiege for a long time without scoring a goal, and the opponent would succeed in a counterattack.

Dunn stood up from his seat and raised his fists high. Since Ribery was consciously placed in the middle by the coaching staff, his threat has become even greater. This is a comprehensive midfielder and should not be confined to a wing.

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After the deadlock is broken, things are much easier.

Eindhoven, who lost the ball, desperately tried to get it back. In this case, the Forest team's defensive counterattack had more room to play.

The first goal comes, will the second and third goals be far behind?

In the second half, Van Nistelrooy and Van der Vaart scored a goal. When Van der Vaart scored the forest team's third goal, the Philips Stadium already had fans leaving early. Head coach Koeman looked at the score on the scoreboard with a sullen expression.

What does it mean to be filled with three goals by your opponent in your home game? The opponent's foot has entered the semifinals. If it's only 0:1, or 0:2, then you can still fight for the next round. Now you lose three goals and the probability of wanting to come back on the road is too low.

Looking at the dazzling score again, Coman lowered his head.

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Six days later, Eindhoven arrived in Nottingham from the Netherlands in a slightly tragic manner. Because they have to score at least three goals in the away game, but also to make Nottingham Forest miss a goal to have a chance to play overtime. If you want to advance directly, you have to score more than four goals. This is too difficult for Eindhoven...

Yes, it is too difficult.

The fans of Nottingham Forest gave Eindhoven a taste of what Barcelona had tasted before. The Forest team unexpectedly did not choose to defensive and counterattack in an almost fanatical home atmosphere. Instead, they raised the flag of offensive football and fought against the dying Eindhoven.

Maybe it’s because Dunn feels that his team’s promotion is a foregone conclusion. It doesn’t matter whether he takes a defensive counterattack or not. It is better to use offense to please more audiences, and at the same time to test how much energy the team will have if the team is fully offensive. The score of 3:0 is really enough to make people feel at ease.

This game is very beautiful, you come and go, the attack is very lively, the fans are also very enjoyable. Both sides scored one after another, and as the goals continued, Koeman's mood also wandered between **** and heaven. Eindhoven scored, he raised his arms and shouted, feeling that the situation was developing in the direction he hoped. Nottingham Forest scored a goal, his face immediately darkened, and the promotion hope was going away from him...

Eindhoven advanced the ball. After all, the forest team, which is fully attacking, can't be as solid as usual, without weakness. This goal gave the Eindhoven people hope, but only five minutes later, the Forest equalized the score. Anyway, everyone is on the offensive, and there are many loopholes in the back line.

Next, the Forest team made persistent efforts and scored another goal, leading Eindhoven with a total score of 5:1, and basically announced that the game was over early.

PSV did not give up, they are still working tirelessly to seek scoring opportunities.

Towards the end of the first half, they used a pass error from the Forest team's backcourt, intercepted the ball and launched a counterattack to tie the total score to 5:2.

During the intermission, Dunn criticized the performance of the defense. In his opinion, even if the team focuses on offense, it is not the reason for the failure of the defense.

In the second half, the two sides continued to attack, but this time the forest team's defensive performance was slightly better. They did not give Einjo any more chances. In the 80th minute, Bendtner, who came out of substitute Van Nistelrooy in the second half, scored the third goal for the Forest with a header, locking the total score of the two sides at 6:2.

Although there are still ten minutes before the end of the game, Koeman has nothing to do with this score.

He knew that he had failed.

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When the final whistle sounded, the City Stadium burst into a huge cheer. The narrator had to raise his voice in this noisy environment: "An unforgettable game, Nottingham Forest reached the semi-finals for two consecutive years! This is an amazing result! Tony Dunn seems to be a good player The coach of the cup, his first championship trophy was won in the English League Cup. Last season, they reached the Champions League final and almost became the champion. This season, they have the opportunity to attack the final again! But first of all , They want to beat Chelsea, this is their opponent in the semifinals!"

"Chelsea? That's really a good opponent." Dunn said to Tang and Chris Luck next to him after the game. "We have a psychological advantage in hitting them."

Chris Luck laughed, and Tang also smiled slightly. Everyone knows what this psychological advantage is.

After saying this, Dunn cast his gaze to the stands. He knew that Mourinho was watching the game in the stands, but he didn't know if Mourinho was still there at this time.

At the same time, in the stands.

Mourinho and his assistant are waiting in line to leave, he still does not forget to look down.

He saw Dunn look up here.

"Nottingham Forest..." He muttered the name softly. "What a good opponent."

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PS, I had a bad fever yesterday afternoon, so I called a doctor for a check. It was 40 degrees...

After getting an injection, taking medicine, and covering the whole night with two layers of quilts, I woke up this morning and the fever subsided. Although my head still hurts a little, it doesn't affect my continued codewords in front of the computer.

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