Godfather Of Champions

After a key victory in the Champions League semi-finals, the morale of the Nottingham Forest team was high. Although it was a double match in a week, everyone was in very good condition. Dunn used the rotation system in the following leagues, replaced more than half of the starting lineup, and Wood also got a chance to rest-although he didn't need to rest at all, Dunn considered giving other players more opportunities , So he let him go to the stands to accompany his mother.

Sun Jihai appeared in the position of midfielder instead of Wood. The Chinese player has now completely established the title of "Taiwan Oil". In an interview with a Chinese reporter, he once jokingly called himself "a brick of socialism, where it needs to be moved".

On the front line, Anelka, who rarely played on the field, also got the chance to start. He and Bendtner formed a partner. As the season draws to a close, rumors about Anelka’s transfer fly every day, and many clubs have expressed a keen interest in Anelka. It is said that the nearest one is Juventus, who is about to return to Serie A. After Trezeguet left, they lacked a strong and experienced forward.

Everyone believes that the French striker's days at the City Stadium are not a few days away.

In midfield, the Spanish midfielder Arteta is partnering with Sun Jihai in the midfield. The left midfielder is replaced by Petrov, and the right midfielder is injured because of Ashley Young. Aaron Lennon will be here for a while. The only choice, of course, Ribery can also occasionally guest appearances...

Wes Morgan, the central defender, also got the chance to start, and his partner is veteran Ayala. Not being able to represent the Forest in the Champions League is a bit cruel for Ayala. He can only use all his energy in the league. Since coming over on loan, he has performed steadily in the league, using his experience to help Forest Pair stabilize the young defense line.

Gareth Bale, who scored the winning goal in the Champions League semi-finals, replaced Layton Barnes.

Making such a big rotation is only because the forest team's opponents in the league are too weak, and Dunn doesn't want to hurt one or two before the key game.

The Forest's opponent in the 36th round was Watford, and this team has been relegated early. What's more, the Forest team still plays at home, and Dunn does not worry that his team will lose the game at home. His tactics for the team in this game are offense, offense, and use offense to suppress opponents.

Facts proved him correct.

In the cheers of nearly 30,000 fans at the City Stadium, Nottingham Forest beat Watford 4-0.

Poor Watford originally wanted to show his unyielding spirit. After the game started, several attacks created some threats to the absent-minded Forest team.

But their dying attitude angered Nottingham Forest. The absent-minded players seemed to wake up suddenly.

In the 27th minute, Gareth Bale made a cross after a breakthrough from the wing. Bendtner grabbed a spot in the middle and made a powerful rush to push the football into Watford's goal. 1:0.

The backward Watford still did not give up. They also wanted to use the space behind the Forest team to fight back.

Three minutes later, Watford, who wanted to fight the Forest team's defensive counterattack, was counterattacked by the Forest team. While they were attacking, Arteta made a long pass from the backcourt. After receiving the ball, Anelka made a breakthrough with the ball alone, facing the attacking Watford goalkeeper. Hit the door. The football rolled into the empty goal without any suspense. 2: 0.

This goal completely destroyed Watford's fighting spirit. After losing two goals in three minutes, Watford's players no longer have the confidence to tie the score. Now their thinking is "less lose but win".

During the intermission, Dunn praised the team's performance, telling them to keep up in the second half. He was not satisfied with the score of 2:0. If he can score, just go in, don't think about giving face to the opponent. This kind of boring thing, anyway, the opponents are teams that are going to be relegated.

In the second half, the team followed his words seriously. With a devastating offense, Watford's defense was screened. Dunn was very happy to be able to use this opportunity to allow the team to practice various offensive routines, so his substitutions in the second half were all offensive adjustments. If the defensive line did not move, there was no intention to adjust the back line of defense.

The Forest team relied on Bendtner and Petrov to score a goal in the second half, and finally locked the score at 4:0.

At the end of the game, huge cheers rang out from the City Stadium, cheering for their heroes. After each home win, this is a "reservation", and there will be no difference between the score and the strength of the opponent. In the eyes of these fans, as long as it is a victory, it is worth celebrating. They have been suppressed for twenty-four years, and the desire for victory cannot be released in one or two wins.

The players of the Forest team ran to the stands hand in hand to thank the fans. This is also the team's "reservation program", which is stipulated by Dunn in the team rules and must be implemented after each home game. The team and the fans have a harmonious relationship, so he has no worries.

The players thanked the fans under the stands, and Dunn also raised his arms to applaud from the stands. While applauding so, he walked towards the hallway. At the entrance, he was stopped by Fat John.

"Tony, another victory!" John leaned out on the railing of the stands and waved to Dunn. "Four days later, is there another victory?"

"You are talking nonsense, John." Dunn grinned, "We..."

"Of course you will win!!" The fans in the stands answered in unison.

"That's right!" Dunn pointed at the lovely group of fans and laughed.

"Goodbye, everyone. We'll see you in Athens at that time." Dunn waved his hand and walked to the mixed zone, behind him, the fans kept shouting:

"Athens! Athens! Athens!"

Amid the roar of the fans, Dunn walked to the mixed zone and waited for an interview.

"Coach Dunn, your status in the hearts of the fans is really high." Tang Jing, with a press card hanging on his chest, appeared in front of Dunn.

For this compliment, Dunn didn't mean to be humble and polite. He nodded: "This is because of my good performance in leading the team. There is no free lunch in the world. To make them like it, there must be a reason."

Tang Jing is also used to his big talk. She smiled: "Everyone says that Nottingham Forest is a '1:0' team, and they say Tony Dunn is a conservative coach, but in this game we I saw the forest team constantly attacking."

"I don't care what tactics are used. As long as the team can win, it doesn't matter to me defensively or fully defending."

"About Anelka, there are many rumors about his transfer now..."

"Ah... this, I still said that, as long as there is a team that can offer a price that satisfies us, that's not a problem."

"So is it convenient to reveal what the price you can accept?"

"Look at my mood." Tang En smiled slyly. "Okay, I have to go. See you in Athens, Tang University reporter."

"There is one more round in the semifinals!" Tang Jing shouted from behind.

Dunn looked back at her and said, "Do you want to bet?"

Tang Jing thought for a while and shook her head.

Dunn laughed and walked away.

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Not long after the game ended, news from the other two venues came at the same time. Due to the impact of the Champions League, the 35th round of Chelsea and Manchester United was delayed to May 10, so now the two teams are better than the forest. The team missed one game. In the 36th round, both teams were tied by their opponents.

"Tie?!" Dunn's eyes widened when he heard the news from Chris Lak, and he couldn't believe what he had heard.

"Yes, a draw!" Chris Lak nodded excitedly. "Chelsea drew with Newcastle 0:0 away, Manchester United was tied 1:1 at home by Middlesbrough! Neither team has all the main players in it, and they have rotated as much as we did."

After getting a definite answer, Dunn was not happy at all, but frowned tightly.

For him, is this good news or bad news? Can't tell now.

Want to know why Chris Lak is so excited?

Let's flip through the league standings so far.

After a 2-0 victory over Manchester United in the 33rd round, Nottingham Forest had 70 points, Chelsea had 76 points, and Manchester United had 78 points.

It was this game that made Manchester United feel the precariousness of the league title, and also allowed Chelsea to see the hope of defending the league title again, which made Abramovich's spring heart start to rippling.

This is the game Dunn desperately set up, in order to let Chelsea and Manchester United fight for a league title, so that they have no time to take care of the Champions League. The so-called "Crane and clam fight, the fisherman gains."

Judging from the first round of the Champions League semi-final, he succeeded.

If things continue to develop in this way, the "fisherman" of Nottingham Forest will not take long to reap the benefits.

Just...

Looking at the results of these two games, Dunn murmured: "Did Mourinho and Ferguson have discussed it?"

After thirty-six rounds, Chelsea and Manchester United played one game short, accumulating 80 points and 82 points each. After defeating Charlton, West Ham United and Watford, Nottingham Forest currently has 79 points...

Will "A Tale of Two Cities" become "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?

Originally after the victory in this game, the fourth and fifth Arsenal were nine and eleven points away from the Forest team, respectively. Dunn was going to be on the bench in the final two rounds to let the main players rest and prepare for the Champions League. Coming. In this way... even if he still wants the team to rest, will the club executives, coaching staff, and the players agree?

Chris Lak next to him was talking excitedly about the two games that had just ended with the other coaches sitting next to him. The phone in Dunn's pocket rang.

Looking at the caller's name on the screen, Dunn sighed and answered the phone.

"Mr.president."

"What's wrong, it sounds like you are not very happy, Tony. Haha!" Evan Daggerty's excited voice came from the other end. "Do you know the result of the latest match?"

Dunn certainly knew what game he was talking about. "I see, Chelsea and Manchester United are tied." He tried to keep his voice down, not wanting to attract the attention of others in the car.

"We are only two points away from the first place in the league. This is an unexpectedly good situation!"

"But Manchester United and Chelsea have one game less than us, Mr. Chairman."

"Of course I know, but the one they missed was a fight between the two sides-Chelsea vs. Manchester United. At the end of the season, the fun finally started. Do you know what my first thought was after knowing the points situation? "

"League champion." Dunn said the word in a very calm tone.

He heard Evan snap his fingers on the other end of the phone. "Yes! Tony, in four seasons, we have never been so close to a league championship like today... Don't you want to do something?"

Dunn looked at the people around him. Everyone was talking about the two matches between Chelsea and Manchester United that had just ended. Even the players knew about it and they were all excited.

"Mr. Chairman, it is not convenient to say now, when it comes to Nottingham, I will go to you specifically."

"Alright, come to my house tomorrow morning. At 9:30, I will let the driver pick you up."

After hanging up the phone, Dunn found that Tang didn't know when he was sitting next to him.

"The chairman wants to win the league championship, right?" he asked.

Dunn nodded.

"What do you think? I don't think you are in high spirits. Don't you want to win the championship?"

"Of course I want to, and I want to dream about it. But this timing is too bad...I don't want to be distracted before the crucial Champions Cup." Dunn whispered.

"I thought you would be arrogant and promise to win all championships..." Tang said.

"Are you complimenting me or demeaning me?"

"It's just a little surprised."

"Tang, you should be very clear. Even if we win the last two rounds, as long as our opponents also win, we are still behind when they miss one round." Dunn didn't know that Manchester United and Chelsea ended up Who are the opponents in the two rounds, but he thinks the probability of these two teams losing in the last two rounds is too low, after all, this is a critical moment, Chelsea and Manchester United will both take it seriously. "Then in the round of the few games, Chelsea and Manchester United will face off. No matter what the result is, we will not win the final championship: Chelsea wins, Chelsea wins; Manchester United wins, Manchester United champions; both sides tie, Manchester United champions, Chelsea Army. Nothing will change,"

Tang nodded and said nothing. He felt that Dunn's words also made sense, and the vision was very beautiful, but things were not as simple as the vision.

"If that's the case...it would be a pity." Chris Lak's voice resounded abruptly. He lay on the back of the seat and smacked his lips. "Seeing that the champion is right in hand, but can't get it."

Tang Jin shrugged, "How can there be perfect things in the world?"

The players are still excitedly discussing the probability of the team winning the league title, but the coaching staff is silent. Dunn's analysis poured cold water on the coaches.

If that's the case, what are you going to do... (to be continued, if you want to know what's going on, please visit www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)

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