Godfather Of Champions

Perhaps some teams will treat the European Super Cup as the last important warm-up match before the season, but Dunn will not do so. Unlike participating in warm-up matches such as the Railway Cup and the Amsterdam Invitational, Dunn values ​​this championship very much, otherwise he would not have had such a big fight with Liverpool before the game.

And Liverpool's Benitez would not think this is just a slightly more important warm-up match. He made the most detailed arrangements for this game.

UEFA has said that this is "the unveiling of the new season of the European League."

But the civil war in England is somewhat boring. Sevilla fell short in the UEFA Cup final and was reversed by Gerrard at the last minute and scored a crucial goal.

Benitez's team seems to be particularly good at reversing.

In the 2005 UEFA Champions League final, Liverpool reversed their three goals ahead of AC Milan and won the championship. Created the most classic reversal in the history of the 50-year European Champions Cup finals. In the 2006 England FA Cup final, at the last moment, Gerrard used a shocking long shot through the gate of West Ham United, equalized the score, dragged the game into a penalty shoot-out, and finally defeated the opponent with a penalty kick. Reversed, winning the FA Cup for the seventh time in history. In 2007, in the UEFA Cup final, Liverpool also reversed and defeated the defending champion Sevilla without an advantage.

Once twice is a coincidence, and the third time, coincidence cannot be used as a reason.

Dunn has studied these games. Liverpool seem to be particularly good at playing upwind. The more disadvantaged the situation is, the more energy they rebound. This is something that must be paid attention to. He doesn't want his team to be the object of the opponent's reversal and miracles in the game. For him, that is a great shame.

The game was held at the Louis II Stadium, a stadium that can accommodate 18,500 people, and will witness who will become the king of European football in the new season.

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The stands of 18,500 people are full of seats, all fans from England. Since the traditional color of Liverpool is red and the representative color of Nottingham Forest is also red, the stands of this stadium have become a sea of ​​red. Looking at it, it was impossible for a moment to tell which were Forest fans and which were Liverpool fans.

You can only tell which team they support from the singing.

It must be Liverpool fans who sing "You Will Never Walk Alone", and those who sing "The World in Our Hands" are undoubtedly Nottingham Forest fans.

The Louis II Stadium was turned into the Golden Hall of Vienna by fans from England.

Both teams have warmed up and entered the dressing room for the final preparations before the game. At this moment, the protagonists of this stadium are the fans of both teams.

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The players are sitting in the locker room, listening to the head coach to make final arrangements. Whether it is the Forest team locker room or the Liverpool team locker room, this is the scene.

This is the first championship of the new season, and no one wants to give up.

Especially when it comes to the grievances between these two teams.

Who made Liverpool only participate in the UEFA Cup this season? Who made Liverpool only participate in the UEFA Cup for three consecutive seasons? Just to fight for a second place in the league, he kicked Liverpool relentlessly down the abyss. Is there any difference between second and third in the league? Let Liverpool take fourth place in the league, are you going to die if you are allowed to participate in the Champions League? There is no more boring excuse in this world than "because we want to take second place in the league, so I'm sorry." You might as well just say "for the sake of sports ethics and the spirit of fair play."

Well, let’s go back a bit. Thirty years ago, who robbed Liverpool of the league title? And who eliminated them in the first round when Liverpool were ambitious and planned to win the Champions League for the third time in a row? Or is it the "Red Army" Liverpool who took the League Cup from Liverpool and lost two in a year?

Nottingham Forest! This beam of our two families can get married!

Conquering you, even if we can only participate in the UEFA Cup this season, it is worth it! We want to let the world know that you can win the Champions League, just because we can't participate!

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Dunn has considered for a long time these days, and finally decided to stick to the defensive counterattack that the Forest team is good at. If Liverpool were successfully angered by his psychological warfare, they would bombard them at all costs, hoping to use more goals to counter his previous humiliation. In this case, defensive counterattack is undoubtedly the best weapon to deal with them.

But if the old fox of Benitez is not fooled and continues to grapple with the Forest team unhurriedly, then there will be no fatal loopholes in the defensive counterattack that will lead to conceded. No matter what the circumstances, a solid defense is always right.

When Dunn couldn't guess the intention of the other party, he planned to cope with all changes without change. Do you want to draw me a circle so that I can't jump out? I won't even enter the circle to play with you!

Arsenal coach Wenger’s coaching philosophy is that no matter who the opponent is, the strength is strong or weak, regardless of the current situation, we at Arsenal only play our own football and will never be led by the opponent. Therefore, although Arsenal's failures are sometimes "Arsenal"-meaning to have the upper hand in the game, but can not win the ball-but they are still a powerful force in English football.

Dunn also decided to deal with Benitez in this way. Regardless of whether the opponent is affected by his own psychological warfare, he makes the Forest team stick to their best playing style.

"First defend firmly, then wait for an opportunity to sneak attack." Dun En's words can be memorized by many people in the Forest team. Seeing him raise an index finger at this time, he knows what he wants to say.

But no one expressed impatient emotions and hippie smiley expressions. Dunn has absolute authority in this dressing room. Beckham is now the biggest star in the team. On his first day on the team, Dunn could fine him run laps because he was late. It can be seen that there are no people in the world that Dunn dare not control.

Anelka’s example is still alive in front of everyone. If anyone dared to fight Dunn, it’s more than just being sold out. You’ll sit on a cold bench for a season first, and then you’ll sit on the bench until the popularity drops sharply, and the competitive state is The level cannot be guaranteed, and when it is forgotten, sell it at a low price.

"If Liverpool come up and attack, this is the situation we most want to see. But I think it is unlikely. Benitez will not choose such a risky approach. He will slowly deal with us in the midfield. If If that's the case, let him deal with it. Set kicks are the key. I hope you can seize every set kick to create a threat to your opponent." Dunn stood in front of the players, doing his own thing about what might happen in the game. According to his analysis, there is a blank space on the tactical board. What he said does not need to be messed up on that whiteboard. Such work was already completed at the tactical meeting last night.

"In addition, do not close the back line and midfielder too far behind, do not break gears in the middle, do not give your opponent too many long-range shots."

Everyone nodded to show that they understood.

Liverpool is a team with considerable long-range shooting ability. Their captain, Gerrard, has an excellent long-range shooting technique. In the FA Cup finals and in the UEFA Cup finals, his long-range shots are the team's support. He made great achievements. Another long-range striker is Liverpool's full-back Riise. In the Charity Shield last season, Chelsea lost to Liverpool, which was the long-range shooter after a long-distance attack by Riise.

If he puts in a defensive formation, Benitez will definitely let his players strengthen their long-range shots. Maybe they will increase their long-range shot practice in the training a few days before the game.

So you can't give the opponent room to take a long shot.

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On the other side, Benitez has already laid out the specific tactics of this game. He looked at the players of this team and suddenly wanted to say something other than tactics.

He has been to Liverpool for three seasons, except for the magical Champions League victory in the first season, the next two seasons were not satisfactory. The league played unsatisfactory, so I had to switch to the cup. I won one in the FA Cup and one in the UEFA Cup. Although there is a championship every year, for Liverpool fans, this is far from enough. The "Red Army" is the No. 1 giant in England. Their goal is not to have an FA Cup or UEFA Cup every year.

Either a league championship or a Champions League, at least to qualify for the Champions League next season, right?

This season, new American owners have increased their investment and bought people everywhere. He himself used his advantage as a Spanish coach to attract many Spanish players to join and continue to transform Liverpool. His most proud transfer is to convince Torres to join the team.

In fact, it would have been difficult for Liverpool, who did not even qualify for the Champions League, to buy Torres. But Benítez’s identity as a Spanish coach played a key role. He personally flew to Madrid, found Torres, had a long conversation with him, told the other party about his grand plan, and let him know that joining Liverpool is still very promising. .

At the same time, Torres is deeply disappointed with Atletico Madrid this season, and he has long wanted to leave this hopeless team. In particular, Atletico Madrid, in order to prevent Real Madrid from winning the championship, did not hesitate to release water at home to Barcelona. The person who worked hardest in that game was Torres, but he was hard to beat. It was this game that made him realize that there is no future for him to stay in a team like Atletico Madrid.

The appearance of Benitez made him decide to take a gamble. Many Spanish players are unhappy after going abroad. The most famous example is the former Valencia midfielder Mendieta. This is related to the fact that Spanish players are not very comfortable with the football style of other countries' leagues.

Liverpool is different. First of all, the head coach of this team is a Spaniard, so there are many Spanish players in the team. Torres can save the trouble of adapting to the team and language barriers. Under the head coach who understands Spanish players Playing football is obviously better than going to a team that is completely unfamiliar from the head coach to the teammates.

So Torres chose Liverpool, who did not even qualify for the Champions League, instead of Serie A giants like AC Milan and Juventus.

With Torres joining, Benitez is confident to set off a red storm in the Premier League this season, allowing Liverpool to return to the top ranks of English football.

Of course, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" is a Chinese proverb that Benitez must have never heard, but he also knows how important a good beginning is to Liverpool now.

He recovered from his meditation and saw that the players were all preparing for the game. The dressing room was not always full of music and laughter as before. It seems that the players know the meaning of this game just like themselves.

He is not good at doing Tony Dunn's agitation, and each main family union has its own good and bad things. I have heard that Dunn is very bad at training, and his assistant coach is responsible for this. But Dunn's emotional mobilization methods are absolutely top-notch.

Benitez looked at his players. Fortunately, this game did not require him to make a passionate speech.

"Remember the last game of last season?" Benitez asked calmly. "For me, that's a shame."

He does not want to represent the Liverpool team because he is not qualified to represent, and no one is qualified to represent anyone. But he knows that Liverpool players think the same way. In the last minute of the last game of last season, the Champions League qualifications were lost. The huge gap in mood, as an enemy, can Nottingham Forest understand it?

No, they can't. So we let them experience the sense of loss in today's game.

Didn't the arrogant Tony Dunn claim that Nottingham Forest will win before the game? Since he boasted such a Haikou, let him lose face in front of all Europeans.

"Except for victory, I don't want any other results." He inadvertently said the famous Dunn quote that often appeared in the newspaper.

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"Except for victory, I **** don't accept any other results!" Dunn waved his arm and said the "unharmonious" version of this sentence.

"I believe you all remember the last game of last season? We deprived Liverpool of the Champions League this season in order to win. They were very disappointed and angry. Of course I understand their angry and disappointed mood and want to borrow This idea of ​​revenge. I bet that the current Liverpool players are full of ideas of defeating us in the Super Bowl and completing their revenge. Anyone can be dissatisfied with this. If we lose the qualification for the Champions League, there is At this opportunity, I will also give a good lesson to the person opposite." Dunn put his hand on his neck and stroked it, causing the players to laugh.

"In fact, this is nothing we can do. We are a professional team, not a philanthropist. If we want to win, our opponents can only accept defeat. No one wants to be a loser. I don’t want to. You certainly don’t want to. For example, Liverpool wants to be Let us become losers in this game, but we can’t let them do what they want. I know that there are people in the team who have joined the team this summer, so you have to understand and accept my football philosophy. Nottingham Forest is in English football and There are many enemies in European football. These enemies only appeared after I became the head coach of this team. Now that you have chosen to join the Forest team, you must have such a consciousness-we are not popular in many places. .Listen to the boos outside, if you go to Anfield, it will only be bigger. George has a full say in this." Dunn pointed to Wood, and everyone laughed happily. That's right, every time Wood goes to an away game, he is almost booed by the opposing fans from start to finish. If the mental quality is not strong enough, his legs will be weak, let alone the game.

"I said so much, but I just want you to understand. Liverpool certainly have reasons to seek revenge from us, but it is not up to them to decide whether they can get their wish. There are countless teams who want to seek revenge from us, but they have always No success, this time is no exception."

Dunn said it very confidently, he didn't say so deliberately to reassure the players. Today's Dunn is not the rookie that was the first to comment, and the Nottingham Forest is not the one that allowed Liverpool to sweep 4:1.

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