Godfather Of Champions

No matter how important the thirty-seventh round is to the final championship this season, it should be put aside for now. The three protagonists of the thirty-seventh round of the league will usher in a more important battle-Manchester United will go to Milan to challenge AC Milan, and Nottingham Forest will welcome Chelsea at home.

Since three Premier League teams have reached the semi-finals this year, the English media has paid much more attention to the Champions League than in previous years.

A large number of media followed Manchester United to Milan, Italy, and a large number of media poured into Nottingham City.

The war is about to start.

For this game, Mourinho is very important, all the healthy Chelsea players were brought to Nottingham by him. From the fact that he did not hesitate to draw in the last round of the league, but also to adopt rotation, we can see that he still hopes to make a breakthrough in the Champions League. After all, he has been at Chelsea for two seasons and has won two league titles. The league champions are not as attractive to him as before. The Champions League is more eager to prove his stage. Chelsea fans are also a little tired of always dominating the country, they want to see their team can win the Champions League trophy.

The European Champions Cup, this is the only championship that Chelsea has not won. To be the king of Europe is a temptation that everyone cannot avoid. Many people now say that although Chelsea have won two league titles, they are still nouveau riche. If they can't win the Champions League, this hat will always accompany them.

No one likes to be a "upstart".

In an interview the day before the game, Mourinho said with confidence that he came here to defeat Nottingham Forest and then enter the final. Otherwise, he doesn't think about anything.

"...My players are in great form, my team is in great form, and my form is also good, everything is fine. I am only waiting for one victory...two away goals? It doesn’t matter. As long as we win them by more than two goals."

Mourinho was so confident that some Nottingham newspapers even used the word "coming soldiers" to report the arrival of Chelsea.

Later, when Dunn was interviewed, he didn't take Mourinho's words to heart. "Anyone can fight a fight. It will take less than three seconds for me to win. It's that simple." He opened up to the reporters. Hand, "Let’s wait until the game is over to see Mr. Mourinho’s Kyogen. I hope he won’t blush when he says this."

A reporter asked if Dunn still planned to stick to the defensive counterattack at home, but Dunn broke the topic. Of course he would not tell reporters about such things.

Dunn didn't want to fight with Mourinho before the game, but Mourinho was very active and published a lot of remarks in the newspaper that stimulated Nottingham Forest. Dunn knew that this was Mourinho's psychological tactics, and if he faced him, he would be his pawn. So he always avoided, avoided and then avoided, let Mourinho go to sing a one-man show.

After winning the game, he can hit back at Mourinho with words, but now is not the time.

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In the two semi-finals, this is the first in Nottingham, and it will be Manchester United vs. AC Milan tomorrow night. Because of the personal grievances between Tony Dunn and Mourinho, this match also attracted more look.

On May 2nd, there was still the afterglow of the setting sun in the western sky. From a distance, under the black sky, only that line was still slightly bright, which proved that the night had not come completely. Despite this, the street lights in Nottingham City had been lit long ago, the brilliant reflections of lights along the banks of the Trent River were reflected, and the Trent Bridge was crowded with people.

The fans of Nottingham Forest and Chelsea fans set off on two different routes to the city stadium in "costumes", with police escorts along the way and close surveillance. Since Dunn entered the home team, these police officers have been busy every game day. Last year, City Stadium hosted the Champions League semi-final again after a lapse of 26 years. At that time, the police in Nottingham seemed a little rushed, and today is more calm.

A police car parked on the side of the road, and the young policeman watched vigilantly at the large group of Nottingham Forest fans passing by him.

His partner came around from the back of the car, an elderly policeman with gray hair and wrinkles.

"Relax, boy. It's no big deal. We are not an area where football hooligans are active. And since that incident, there have been few large-scale fights before and after the game." The old policeman leaned on the car door. , Chat with young colleagues. "Relax, relax, will you watch the ball later?"

The young policeman turned his head and looked at him in surprise: "We are still on duty, how do we watch the ball?"

"It's not just going to the scene to watch a game." He leaned into the car and turned away from the car broadcast. There was a voice from the horse:

"...We saw that the teams from both sides have already taken buses to the City Stadium. The first to get off was Nottingham Forest. Head coach Tony Dunn got out of the car and he waved to the fans..."

The young policeman looked at the old policeman in surprise.

"It's fine to listen to the radio. When I was a kid, I didn't have such a developed television broadcasting." He pointed to a televised signal car in the distance, "At that time everyone listened to the radio, and all liked to listen to the radio. The Forest Team won for the first time. When I won the Champions League, I listened to the entire game on the radio. At that time, I was as young as you and on duty." The old policeman smiled and recalled the past. "Almost every home game of the Forest team, I listen to the radio in the police car. This is the area I am responsible for." He pointed to his feet, "Every home game day, I will be here and watch the city there. The stadium, listening to the broadcast, have to turn up the volume as much as possible, because from there..." He pointed in the direction of the city stadium again, "There can be a lot of noise, just like watching a game on the spot."

"It was the same when... the forest team was downgraded?" the young policeman asked.

"Yes. As long as there is a home game, I will come here on duty. Although we have been relegated, our home attendance rate has always been the highest among teams in the same league." When it comes to this, the old policeman is quite proud. . "Of course, it's not as good as now." His tone became more proud.

Another large group of Nottingham Forest fans passed by the police car in groups, led by a fat man with a white scarf around his neck. Seeing this group of people, the old policeman turned around and pulled out a Nottingham Forest scarf from the car and hung it around his neck. Young people noticed that this scarf is very old-fashioned in style and color, and it seems that it is some years old.

The fans were excited when they saw the old policeman with a scarf around their necks. They chanted slogans cheering for Nottingham Forest and paid tribute to the old policeman.

"Athens! Athens!"

"0415, report the situation on your side. Over." The intercom on the old policeman's shoulder made a rustling conversation.

"Report 0415, the south exit of Trent Bridge, everything is normal, over." The old policeman looked at the group of fans and said to the intercom.

The fans have gone away chanting slogans.

The old policeman took his gaze away from the fans and said: "I will retire in a week. At that time I can finally watch a real live game, cheer for the Forest team in the stands, although Athens is a bit far away..."

"But there is still this semi-final, who knows the final result will be..."

"No, we will definitely win." The old policeman said categorically, watching the young man, "Of course we will win."

The young man was stunned. No one spoke for a while, only the radio in the car was still rustling:

"...The two teams have entered the city stadium to warm up. The two coaches will definitely do their best in this game, because this is the key battle that affects who will eventually go to Athens. Even though they won two away games. After defeating Chelsea, Coach Dunn did not dare to take it lightly. Coach Mourinho will not give up just because he lost the first round..."

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The popularity of the City Stadium has decreased slightly, because the players of the two teams who were hot on the stadium have returned to their respective locker rooms.

Dunn looked at the players who had changed their jerseys in the locker room, ready to make the final mobilization.

"Forget about the 2:1 game a week ago." This is his opening remark. "If we can't win this game, then the 2:1 game is meaningless, so go too much before the result of the game. It’s not helpful to win the game. Some people say that the victory in the first round has made us half of our body into the Athens Olympic Stadium, but I want to say this is fart! Now I ask you to forget the first round completely, Put all your energy into the game in front of you!"

"Mourinho's Chelsea will not let us off easily. If you want to go to Athens, you must step on their bodies. Do you understand what I said?"

Ribery stood up with his arms high.

"Do you have any questions, Frank?" Dunn asked sternly.

"I think you are talking nonsense, boss, is there any of us who have mercy on Chelsea?" Ribery looked back at his teammates, and everyone nodded in agreement. "Of course we will knock Chelsea down, and then step on their bodies to go to Athens, otherwise they will step on our bodies, right?"

"Yes!"

Dunn grinned and said: "Frank, I think you will be able to stand here to spit instead of me soon. Would you like to come up?" He pointed to his feet.

Ribery waved his hand quickly: "This is not good, it is very hard to be a player and a coach." As he said, he sat back.

"I'll continue to say..." Dunn thought for a long time, and found that Ribery had finished all he wanted to say. He scratched his head and said annoyedly, "Damn it, Frank, you took my line!"

A huge burst of laughter broke out in the locker room, among which Ribery laughed the most joyfully and proudly.

"Well, let us step on Chelsea's body to Athens!" He waved.

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Mourinho is pacing back and forth in the locker room, the players are already ready, just waiting for him to say something. He was thinking what should be said.

The home defeat and the two goals conceded are like a big rock on the top of the team's head, you can't help but think about it. To go to Athens, it is not enough to win the Forest team a goal in this game. They will also be eliminated because of fewer away goals at 1:0.

"Nottingham Forest will definitely counterattack defensively at their home court." After pacing back and forth for several laps, Mourinho stood up, turned and looked at his players and said, "If we are eager to score a goal and press on, we will go. Dunn’s pawn. So we can’t go all out, or we can’t sacrifice defense because of offense. Everyone knows that Nottingham Forest is best at defensive counterattacks. So I ask you to guard the whole game."

When these words were said, everyone looked at each other and didn't expect the boss to arrange such a tactic.

"Is it difficult?" Mourinho asked.

Everyone shook their heads, it was not a problem to mark the audience.

The technical guide Israeli Grant, who was standing next to Mourinho, frowned. He interjected with some worry: "José, how can we guarantee our physical strength?"

The Israelis’ concerns are not unreasonable. At the end of the current season, after nearly a season of fighting, everyone’s physical fitness is on the verge of exhaustion. It takes a lot of physical strength to mark the whole game. If the physical strength of the second half can’t keep up, wouldn’t it be the forest team that will counterattack defense Is it more handy?

Mourinho glanced at him, instead of looking at him straight, he looked at the players in front of him and said: "Tun wouldn’t have thought that we would suddenly decide to play a full-court defense, and his team couldn’t react. , This is our opportunity. Grab it, and score the sooner the better! Goals completely disrupt their deployment and plans, and then strive to decide the outcome of the game within 75 minutes!"

This is actually the answer to Grant, but Mourinho really has no good feelings about the Israeli technical guidance that fell from the sky.

Technical guidance, who is the guidance? Coaching players, what qualifications does he have to coach my players, Maradona or Pele? So is it... to guide me? joke!

"Full court press, use any means to disrupt their passing route and attacking rhythm! But be careful to eat cards, let me be smart! We are away from home, we have to take the referee into consideration. I don't want to spend three or four people. The price to go to Athens." Mourinho pointed to his players and said, "At the most critical moment, I will not allow any of you to fall behind!"

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"This is the first game of the second round of the 2006-07 UEFA Champions League semi-final. As a civil war in England, this game has attracted the attention of fans in England. The home city stadium of Nottingham Forest is full of seats, and there are also a large number of fans. There is no way to experience the atmosphere of the semi-finals in person, because the city stadium can only accommodate up to 30,000 people. For safety reasons, 28,000 people entered the game to watch...

The TV in the VIP box is playing live commentary, and the commentator will introduce some information about the stadium.

Allen Adams looked up and watched the TV for a while, then looked back, looking at the full stands below, and said to Evan Daugherty next to him: "Although it has a history of more than a hundred years, this stadium is really too small. It...has a great impact on our ticket revenue. Nottingham Forest’s attendance has always been among the highest, but our ticket revenue is the inverse. It’s not normal."

Evan nodded: "I feel the same way. Our court is too small to match our current results."

"Now there are two options. A, expand the city stadium and increase the number of seats; B, choose a location to build a new stadium."

"Which one do you prefer? Allen."

"B. Then we have the opportunity to attract more investment. It would be great to add 5,000 seats on the original basis, but that number is not enough. If we build a new one, we can build a luxurious stadium that can accommodate 60,000 people. "Allen said his plan enthusiastically.

Evan didn't promise anything right away, he just nodded: "Money is not a small problem."

"We can auction stadium naming rights to companies investing in new stadiums, just like the Emirates Stadium in Arsenal."

"This is a good idea, but we are not Arsenal, and there may not be companies that will spend hundreds of millions of pounds to build the stadium for us."

In the stadium, players from both sides lined up out of the corridor and appeared in front of the public. There was a wave of cheers like a tsunami from the mountains.

Allen looked at this scene and laughed: "If we can continue to win the championship, there will be companies willing to invest for us."

Hearing Alan say so, Evan was thoughtful.

After a while, he said: "Wait for the end of the season. If Tony wins the Champions League as he promised, I will seriously consider this proposal. The European champions cannot be nestled in a building that can only accommodate more than 20,000 people. In the shabby court."

He looked up at this all-in-one "VIP box". Compared with Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge, Emirates Stadium, and Anfield Stadium, it was really shabby.

Old things that are more than a hundred years old should be eliminated.

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