Godfather Of Champions

The open-top double-decker bus dedicated to the celebration parade parked just outside the airport terminal. A large number of fans and reporters crowded the forest team out of the airport building and boarded the bus.

Waiting with the bus were four police cars that came from Nottingham to **** them. This is the pride of Nottingham, and it is not too much to dispatch the police.

A convoy of four police cars and an open-top double-decker bus slowly hit the road amidst cheers, and they will drive back to Nottingham from here.

After turning onto the M1 highway from the airport expressway, the players found that the bus was quickly following a special fleet of vehicles. These fleets did not have a unified vehicle. There were cars of various models and brands of various sizes, all on the body. They all hung the red flag of the forest team. Although driving on the highway, there are still many fans leaning out of the car window and waving their arms. Since the forest team bus in front is not driving fast, and the following team is not fast, they are not afraid of a traffic accident... They are all fans who welcomed the team at the airport just now. At this moment, they want to **** the team back to Nottingham.

This is not the first time that Dunn has personally experienced this. After he and his team won the League Cup in Cardiff, they were also escorted to Nottingham along the way.

It's just that there were not so many people. After all, the English League Cup and the European Champions Cup are not a level of honor at all.

The players happily greeted the guards of the fans who followed them in the car, and those fans kept honking their horns.

The convoy pulled aside on the highway and drove slowly, and other passing vehicles had to detour.

People kept getting on the second floor of the bus to blow the air, wave to the fans and accept their praise and cheers. Someone kept blowing enough wind to come down from above.

Dunn hasn't been up there all the time. He was tired for one day yesterday, and for most of the day today, he will continue to be tired at night. He plans to take advantage of this effort to take a good rest.

He closed his eyes.

All this really seemed to be a dream, and he couldn't tell whether a dream was reality or reality was a dream.

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After the game, from the dressing room to the press conference, and back to the hotel where they stayed, the entire Forest team was in extreme excitement. Many of them won this award for the first time-the European championship.

Even those who have won the Champions League once did not expect to win the trophy again at the end of their career.

Van der Sar made his debut in Ajiax. He participated in the UEFA Champions League final when he played on behalf of Ajiax in 1995. Coincidentally, their opponent was also AC Milan at the time, and there was also a "former Milan player" in the Ajiax team at that time—— Rijkaard, even more coincidentally, it was Rijkaard who assisted Kluivert, scoring a goal seven minutes before the end of the game, beating the unbeatable AC Milan, and unexpectedly won the Champions League.

Van der Sar has never forgotten that day, the most glorious moment in his career belongs to that day. Later, whether in Ajax, Juventus, or in the Dutch national team, he never won such an honor.

Van der Sar was very excited to win the Champions League for the second time. He is thirty-six years old, and his career has not been a few years. His career has made a good start with the Champions League, and he hopes that the end of this career can also draw a successful ending with the Champions League.

He picked up the Champions League and rubbed his face on it, the cold feeling reminded him that all of this is real, not dreaming.

Van der Sar is just a representative of some people, many veterans are like this. Even a world-class shooter like Van Nistelrooy has never won a Champions League in his career. When he was abandoned by Manchester United, he chose Nottingham Forest just to avenge Manchester United and prove to Ferguson how big a mistake it was for Manchester United to give up. Unexpectedly... he never thought that his unfulfilled wish at Manchester United would be realized in Nottingham Forest.

He doesn’t know what to say when holding the Champions League. He is the scorer with the most goals in the 52-year history of the Champions League (this data counts the Champions League qualifying games, and the Champions League’s most goals scored in the main match are the Royals. Raúl Gonzalez of Madrid), but never won a championship trophy, which is somewhat unreasonable.

Now Van Nistelrooy finally got rid of this embarrassment.

Forest team players who indulge in revelry in hotels and bars, whether they are retiring, just debuting, or those who have entered the golden stage of their careers, will have an extra glorious record in their resumes- 0607 season UEFA Champions League champion.

It just sounds amazing.

But in fact they are more remarkable than this simple honor. You must know that this team was still struggling in the English Football Champions League (then called the First Division) four years ago. The financial crisis, the relegation crisis... plagued everyone on this team.

Nottingham Forest is a team with a tradition of creating miracles. Whether it's the era of Brian Clough or the era of Tony Dunn at the helm, they have done things that no one else would even have imagined.

That night, Dunn didn't restrain his men, didn't let them enter the room to rest at eleven o'clock, and didn't prohibit them from drinking.

Because he himself was unconscious by his colleagues in the hotel bar.

This group of English drunks even poured beer into the Champions League trophy, and then drank it separately. In fact, they didn't drink much into their stomachs, and more wine was kept along their necks and poured all over.

Dunn didn't know how much wine he had drunk, he couldn't count, anyway, the wine glass was full when it was empty, and full when it was empty. In the end, these people simply grabbed the wine bottle and poured their necks back. Tang En believes that "you must be happy in life, don't make the golden bottle empty to the moon" is an ancient truth. Drinking when the spring breeze is happy, he can't think of any other methods of celebration that are most suitable and can most vent his inner emotions. Wine is the greatest invention in the history of human civilization. Without wine, his life would be boring. Wine is his favorite besides football.

Now he finally has the opportunity to swig and drink openly, how could he let it go? After drinking, vomiting, vomiting, and drinking, he didn't know how much alcohol was in his stomach, but he clearly remembered the emotions at the time-very happy, very happy.

Beer, Champagne, Whiskey, Wine, Brandy, Vodka...They all want the liquor sold in the hotel bar.

The next day, the manager of the hotel received a report from their bar, saying that the people in Nottingham Forest had drunk the entire bar yesterday...

The Greeks have seen the drinking capacity of the English.

This is why the team only flew to London in the afternoon, not in the morning-because in the morning most people were still drunk and couldn't get up.

There is no George Wood among these crazy crowds. He accompanied his mother to go shopping outside and buy souvenirs. He has no interest in drinking celebration wine, nor is he interested in parties. He wants to be with his mother when he is not playing football, where she wants to go with her, and what does she want to buy for her. Swipe.

Wood has always felt that he owes his mother a lot. Now that he can make a lot of money, he wants to make good compensation.

Dunn knew it too, so he didn't ask Wood to come to this party, just let him and his mother pay attention to safety outside.

Everyone on the team knows how much Wood loves his mother, so no one forces him to drink and revel together.

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When Dun En opened his eyes again, he was awakened by the loud noise.

He opened his sleepy eyes in a daze, turned his head and looked out the window, it was a building he was familiar with, and the bus finally arrived in Nottingham. Going down... he was taken aback and jumped out of his seat, feeling completely sleepless.

The eyes are full of red, from the end of the street to the other, it is overwhelming red.

Fans wearing the Red Forest team jerseys and the red Forest team's third-time commemorative T-shirts were crowded on both sides of the street, waving their arms and flags, cheering and paying tribute to the players in the car.

The bus was moving very slowly. In the crowded street, although there were police cars clearing the way, it still seemed to be climbing...

The players all reached the second level, but they accepted the cheers of fans along the way.

"Wow, everyone is empty..." Dunn whistled.

It was noisy, and he basically couldn't hear himself. The voice of the fans here is the only voice that can be clearly heard.

They are calling every forest team player's name. The person who was called would stand up from the seat, wave his hand in greeting, then get more cheers and sit down contentedly.

It seems to be a military parade, but it is not the people in the car who read the street, but the fans on the street review the "soldiers" on the car.

Dunn turned over. He saw Chris Lack running down from above, and found that Dunn was awake and waved to him happily, shouting: "Come on! Come on!"

Dunn hadn't reacted yet, the fans' voices were too loud, and he didn't hear what Chris Lak was shouting.

At this time he heard the fans chanting his name: "Tony! Tony! Tony Dunn! Tony! Tony! Tony Dunn!!!"

He looked at Chris Lak's excited smile and understood now.

Dunn and Chris Luck appeared together on the second floor of the convertible. When the fans saw him coming up, they all cheered in excitement.

Dunn leaned on the railing and waved to the crowd below. This position is higher than what he did just now, he can see more clearly. It's not just this street, forward and backward, where he can't see at a glance...there is red everywhere.

The ancient city of Nottingham seemed to have been dyed red overnight.

"Look!" Chris Lak said excitedly, pointing down, "Once in twenty-seven years!"

Dunn smiled: "Don't worry, David, you will have it often in the future. You can watch it as many times as you want."

"Hey, I know you have this ability, Tony." Chris Lak punched Dunn.

Dunn stepped forward, took the trophy from Wood, and then raised it high. His behavior caused the car to scream again.

Someone handed Dun En a microphone, which was connected to the bus speaker, so he could speak in the car. His voice has gone dumb in the past few days, and his speech at the airport is already superb...At this time, he still wants to talk. It is impossible not to borrow a microphone connected to a speaker.

He coughed into the microphone, which was amplified several times by the speakers in front of the bus and could be heard from far away. The fans of this movie quieted down when they saw that Dunn had something to say.

"I, Tony Dunn, thank you for your support. To be honest, I am very excited to see this scene. I can't see my head at a glance..." He waved, "Half of Nottingham has come out, right?"

After a pause, he went on to say: “When I was the acting head coach of Nottingham Forest, I used to tell a few good friends in the bar. I don’t care whether the scene is good, and I don’t care whether I win by attack or defense. No matter how the Forest team played in the past, my goal is simple-to win. I said that a team that can't win is worthless, and the coach who can't lead the team to win is **** awful. !" He raised his volume every word.

These words quickly received enthusiastic feedback from the people below, and they all agreed.

"I also told my players...what kind of football is Nottingham Forest football? It is a football that keeps winning and winning! I am very happy. Today, with such a trophy to prove that everything I said before is not Bragging." He raised the trophy with one hand and turned his head to stare affectionately at the trophy. "Twenty-seven years, she has returned to our hands. But here, in front of so many people, I assure you-this won't be the last carnival!"

He returned the trophy to Wood, raised his hands and shook his head.

"As long as I'm still in this position, we can keep repeating. Now, let's go to the City Stadium tonight and celebrate!"

After speaking, he put the microphone down, waved his fist again, and went down.

He has a sore throat and dare not speak any more.

Those who kept yelling, talking, smoking and drinking in the past few days can't stand it anymore.

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The car moved slowly, but finally arrived at the Municipal Plaza at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The whole team waited for the Municipal Building opposite the square to celebrate with the gathered fans. This scene will moisten the eyes of many old Nottingham Forest fans, because it was here that the Forest team won the Champions League for the second time 27 years ago. This is a celebration with the fans.

Later, on the day of commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Forest Team winning the European Champions Cup, the Forest Team organized a parade to simulate the original event, and the end of the event was celebrated here. Although many people came back then, at that time the Forest team was still uncertain about the future in the first division. Apart from remembering, the people who came were not very excited.

Because whenever people think of the past glory, they will find that the reality is so cruel-the European champion who once won twice in a row can now only fight in the second level league.

This time is different. People who come here may still remember the past, but more often they just cheer for the forest team in front of them.

The silver cup they held in their hands was not a replica, but a genuine championship trophy, a trophy that could not be real.

From the terrace of the municipal building, the forest team has changed into suits again at this time. They will have dinner with the mayor. This is a formal dinner. The players put away their hippie smiles and drank seriously with the mayor and other senior government officials.

Evan Daugherty can handle this kind of scene with ease. Dunn and the players are suffering, and such a serious scene is a torture for them.

The Lord Mayor praised the team’s outstanding contribution to the city of Nottingham. When he toasted, he said emotionally: “It used to be Robin Hood who let the world know about us. Now it is you. All the soldiers of Nottingham Forest let The world knows us again!"

Everyone toasted to thank Lord Mayor for his praise. The atmosphere is harmonious.

The dinner time is not long, because the Forest team must go to the City Stadium to prepare for the evening celebration party.

Dunn led the team away, while Evan Daggerty and Alan Adams stayed. They wanted to talk privately with the mayor about the location of the new stadium. If you can get government support and some preferential policies for purchasing land, you can save a lot of money for the club in the new stadium construction plan.

Now that the Forest team has just won the Champions League and has become a world-renowned European king, it is obviously the best time to make this request. Another reason that is particularly beneficial to the Forest team is that the current mayor is a loyal supporter of Nottingham Forest. His four generations grew up watching the Forest team play. From the emotional point of view, he should also support the forest team's plan to build a new stadium.

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The news of the Forest Team’s celebration party in the evening has long been known to everyone in Nottingham, and everyone knows that this is an opportunity to say goodbye to a few people.

Albertini is about to retire and Paul Gerrard also announced his retirement. At this moment, it would be great to go to the City Stadium to see them off.

The city stadium at night is brightly lit, like any home game, crowded to the stadium. The dazzling lights on the main entrance of the City Stadium are reflected on the surface of the Trent River, and the microwave is rippling. The City Stadium in the water is illusory like a palace in a dream. This 109-year-old stadium exudes modern brilliance in the night.

There are still police officers around the stadium to maintain order, but the police force is less than in the flat game. Because there are no visiting team fans who might cause riots this time, except for the real Forest fans, no one else can buy tickets.

A police car was parked at the Trent bridge. The young policeman stood alone outside the car and smiled to the Forest team fans who passed by him.

The broadcast in the police car is introducing the audience to the current state of the city stadium. It is said that it is almost full of seats.

The young policeman looks at the fans passing in front of him, always wondering-will his former partner be among them now?

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The Forest team invited some celebrities and stars to participate in this celebration party, but they are not the protagonists, they are just a little special Forest team fans.

The protagonist tonight is the team, the players, and the coach.

After everyone entered the stadium, the outside of the stadium slowly became deserted, and the lights inside the city stadium were all turned off, leaving only a few lights to create the atmosphere of the stage.

After a simple theatrical performance, the host John Mortensen began to introduce to the guests the upcoming forest team players.

At this moment, the players of the Forest team had changed their commemorative T-shirts and stood at the entrance of the tunnel. The big guys looked at each other and all saw excited smiles on each other's faces.

These two days are really unforgettable two days for them.

The first name called was George Wood. As an outstanding player from the forest youth team and the next captain, he was the first to appear.

He ran out and received warm applause and cheers from the fans.

The spotlight on the ceiling came down, and the beam of light enveloped Wood, accompany him running from the hallway to the center circle.

Next, the players of the Forest team were called out one by one, and everyone would receive a warm welcome when they ran out. This is not the same as the celebration in Athens. This is a night that belongs to Nottingham Forest. No one considers how their opponents are, nor does anyone worry about celebrating the opponents wantonly and making them feel that the champion is not enough.

The Nottingham Foresters are their lead singer, and they can celebrate the championship with all the methods they can think of, unscrupulously and brazenly, without worrying about gossips.

Dunn and the members of the coaching staff were waiting in the hallway to appear. There were fewer and fewer people around him. Everyone would come to hug Dunn before they were called by their names and ran out.

In the tunnel, you can clearly hear the sound of the live broadcast and the screams of the fans.

There was a strange smile on Dun En's face, and there was never a moment of fatigue.

When Anelka's name was called, the cheers of the fans were still enthusiastic, but Anelka's smile was a bit embarrassing. He didn't hug Dunn or even shake hands, so he ran out.

Dun En didn't care, he didn't even pay attention to this matter, he was just chatting with Tang at the time. It was Tang who reminded him. Looking at Anelka's back, he shrugged: "He has the best performance like this."

Then, Paul Gerrard was called.

This time the fans’ voices were louder than before. Although Paul is just a substitute goalkeeper, everyone still remembers his performance in the Champions League final last season when he was in danger. He is not to blame for the two goals, he has done well enough.

Paul Gerrard turned around and hugged Dunn. "Thank you, boss, to win a Champions League in my career... I never thought there would be such a good thing!"

Dunn smiled, didn't say anything, just patted him on the shoulder. He didn't know what to say.

Gerrard turned and ran onto the court.

Now, the only player beside him is Albertini.

Dunn turned to look at the Italian.

He has already seen Demi retired once, but there is still an indescribable emotion in his mind.

He wanted to open his mouth to say something, but he heard an outside broadcast calling his name.

"Next... let's welcome--" Mortensen dragged his voice, as if he was still deliberately left in suspense, in fact he was just giving the fans time to play.

Sure enough, the fans in the stands began to shout the names of the last two people who have not yet appeared:

"Tony! Tony!"

"Demi! Demi!"

"Demi, it's time for us to play." Dunn mentioned the trophy placed on the ground and handed the other hand to Albertini.

Albertini took it and nodded.

Then they both carried the trophy and walked into the court amidst overwhelming shouts.

"Tony and Demi!"

Mortensen used his full name before calling those players who played, but this time he used two representative nicknames. He knows, and fans of the Forest team also know that Nottingham Forest has only one "Tony" and only one "Demi".

The cheers became louder and louder, and finally they merged into a huge torrent of applause and swept away. Dunn and Albertini raised the trophy in their hands as they walked. Under the light, it shone dazzlingly.

When they walked into the team, the waiting players swarmed up and lifted the two together with the trophy. The atmosphere of the stadium reached a climax.

"Cheers for the champion——!!!" Mortensen howled into the microphone.

He did not explain the Champions League finals. He is a BBC commentator and is not qualified to explain the Champions League games. But this also gave him an advantage, that is, he can watch TV with a beer in his own home, and cheer for the forest team as much as he can, regardless of the tendency of the narrator.

After a while, the players finally put the two down, Dunn put the trophy on the prepared table, and then took the microphone.

"I need to thank many people, but at this time today, I want to thank one person alone." His voice can be heard clearly throughout the stadium.

He walked towards Albertini.

"You know? When I decided to make Demi appear in the starting lineup before the finals, someone asked me: "Are you crazy? That old guy can't play anymore. You let him start in such an important final." "!" Someone said to me: "We understand your feelings for Demi, but this is the final. You can't joke about the fate of the team because of your personal feelings!" What happened?" Dunn shrugged and pointed behind him Said the championship trophy. "I want to say that if there is no Demi, it is not certain that we can win this trophy back!"

"About half a year ago, I said to Demi,'I will give you a real farewell match.' The Champions League final...This is not my charity to Demi, it has never been, I think Demi's state and level Enough for the final, so I let him start. I am very happy, because this is an important decision in my coaching career, it brought us a silver shining Champions Cup!"

The people in the stands cheered to agree.

"I always thought that Demi retired too early at the age of thirty-five. You can still play for at least two more years. But I can't persuade you. I can silence the reporters at the press conference, but I persuade No way for you." Dunn looked at Albertini, Albertini just smiled. "No one here wants you to go." He waved his finger at the players around him. "But we respect your decision. The only thing that makes me happy is that I can give you a Champions League as a souvenir at the end."

After speaking, he handed the microphone to Albertini, and he knew he had something to say.

Albertini took the microphone and said to his teammates: "Thank you."

Then he turned around and looked up at the surrounding stands.

"I also want to thank you, Forest fans. I don't want to lie. Except for the Milan fans, you are the cutest group of fans I have ever seen. When the boss went to Italy to find me three years ago, I never I thought that I could win the Champions League in the last game of my career... I am no longer a kid who likes to dream. But, I really have a dream-three years here, I Unforgettable forever. In the last three years of my career, I met an excellent head coach, a group of excellent teammates, an excellent team, and you..." He pointed to the stands, "A large group of excellent fans. "

There was huge applause from the stands, and the applause came from all directions, like an invisible pair of hands, holding their captain Dmitrio Albertini tightly.

The applause made Albertini unable to continue speaking. In fact, his voice was a little choked at the end of his speech. The surrounding teammates came up to hug him one by one, and the younger Rubell cried.

When George Wood and Albertini hugged, he felt Demi's hands use a little bit. "I'm leaving, George. It's up to you next." Albertini whispered in his ear.

Wood nodded.

He still didn't know how to say the parting words, Eastwood was so clever that he could make Albertini laugh, but he couldn't.

Over the past three years, Albertini has been with him, teaching him how to become a qualified professional player, how to become an excellent midfielder, and how to become a competent captain. He has become accustomed to the training life with Albertini by his side, and the feelings and emotions are beyond words. If you have to describe it, it's like a good friend who has been with him for many years is suddenly going to travel. He wants his friends to stay, but he can't deprive them of their freedom.

Or should I say: "Demi, I wish you a good wind"? But I don't want to say this at all...

He let go of Albertini, stepped aside, lowered his head in silence, and made room for the other teammates.

Not only the players, but the coaches of the coaching staff all stepped forward to embrace the Italian one by one, thank him for all his contributions to the team, and extend his deepest regards to his retirement.

The last person who came forward to hug Albertini was Dunn.

"I have a sentence to give you, Demi." Then Tang En read a poem in Chinese, "Mo Chou has no confidant in the future, no one in the world knows the king."

"What do you mean?" Albertini could not understand Chinese.

"That means...er..." Dunn wanted to translate this sentence in English as beautiful as a poem, but he found that he couldn't do it. "In short... you are the best player in the world. Maybe I say that some people disagree, but don’t care, I think you are what you are! Don’t care about the words of those ignorant people, now I am the champion, I said Forget it!"

Obviously, Dunn couldn't explain the meaning, so he wanted to use this method to get through.

Albertini had long been accustomed to Dunn's tricks, he saw it at a glance, and then smiled at the embarrassed Dunn.

Instead, his smile relieved Dun En, so the two looked at each other and laughed.

Tears came out of laughter...

After laughing, Dunn wiped the corners of his eyes, and he saw that Albertini's eyes were also red.

"Demi."

"Ok?"

"It's time to say goodbye..."

"Ok."

At the same time, a piece of music rang out on the stadium’s radio. It was a famous song "Time_To_Say_Goodbye" sung by the famous soprano Sarah Brightman and the famous Italian blind male singer Andre Bocelli.

The singing in Italian was melodious, but with a little farewell tragic, an indescribable emotion agitated and spread in everyone's chest. It's really appropriate to use this song to say goodbye to Italian veteran Dmitrio Albertini. Dunn admired Mortensen very much, and he was able to select this song.

Albertini did not expect to hear a song in Italian at this time, and it turned out to be this one. He was stunned for a moment and listened, then his lips were pursed and his eyes were red.

In the singing, he seemed to watch his career again, he had a wonderful start... I wanted to continue like this, playing in Milan until retirement. Unexpectedly, he guessed the beginning, but didn't guess the ending. In the latter part of his career, he was swept out, Atletico Madrid, Lazio, Nottingham Forest...These teams have all made his post. If it wasn't for the second spring of his career in Nottingham Forest and unexpectedly won the Champions League, how many people still remember who chose to retire at this time?

Wanting to be loyal to Milan, but was swept out. What's more cruel than this? If he can choose, he would rather trade this Champions League for a chance to be a loyal minister.

is it possible? impossible.

The city stadium, which had been noisy all night, quieted down the moment the song rang, and everyone turned their eyes to the person who was shrouded in the spotlight.

In the sad singing, the Italian Albertini slowly raised his hands. He pressed his lips, his eyes were red, and he said goodbye to his eighteen-year career.

Dunn and everyone watched him applaud and paid tribute to him. While doing all of this, he hid in the crowd, with the players, not noticeable, so no one saw the tears shining in his eyes.

Goodbye, Demi.

Your story is over, my story has just begun...

(End of Volume 4 Storm)

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