Godfather Of Champions

After defeating Sunderland, Nottingham Forest ushered in the eighth round of the league. Considering that there will be a Champions League group match on October 1, and the opponent's strength is not strong, Dunn uses rotation again. This time he even changed his starting goalkeeper.

Akinfeev has been with the team for some time, but in addition to the chance to play in the pre-season warm-up matches and in the League Cup, he has not been allowed to play in important league and Champions League group matches. This is obviously not the treatment that Russia's No. 1 country wants to see. Recently, he has been a little depressed. Chris Lak told Dunn what he had observed and asked him to pay more attention to Akinfeev's recent emotions so as not to affect the stability of the team's internal locker room.

There have been many newcomers this season, and their getting along with other teammates in the locker room is a problem, which needs to be handled carefully. The ability of the Forest team to achieve miraculously good results is inseparable from the locker room where they have always had Yige unity. Dunn didn't want to ruin this fine tradition.

He also knows that some players will have problems if they fail to play for a long time, so rotation sometimes requires not only tactical considerations, but also factors other than football.

The eighth round of the league against Portsmouth was an opportunity, Dunn decided to give those marginal figures a chance to perform. Before leaving for Portsmouth the day before the game, Dunn announced the starting list for the next day. Akinfeev got his wish and became the starting goalkeeper. Leighton Barnes was the starting left back. The starting center backs were Kompany and Wes Morgan. Pique was sitting on the bench. The right back was not the starting. Zimbanda, but Chinese player Sun Jihai. The starting position in the defensive midfielder position is not the untouchable George Wood, but Sidwell, who has joined the team in the new season. Like Akinfeev, he can only play in the League Cup, which Dunn doesn’t pay much attention to. With the opportunity to play, it is a sad thing to be a substitute for George Wood. The left midfielder is Petrov, the right midfielder is Lennon, and the midfielder is Van der Vaart. The strikers started Arshavin and Bendtner.

This lineup has almost changed everything that can be changed, which makes people really wonder if Dunn wants to win away games. How to say Portsmouth is now the tenth mid-range team in the Premier League, not to mention that they are still playing at home in this game, and their strength cannot be underestimated.

So when the forest team's starting lineup was revealed by the media, it caused the Portsmouth team's dissatisfaction. They thought they were underestimated. Think about it, your opponents in the league have played the main players in the game against the newly promoted horses. Even if they are rotated, they are all regular rotations in a few positions. And with yourself? He changed all eleven starters at once, what else can this be? There is no such a rotation after another rotation?

Harry Redknapp, the head coach of Portsmouth. The veteran of England football is already a famous player, and he is very upset with Dunn's doing this. He is an old man who will be respected no matter where he goes. Although Dunn did not publicly say in the media: "I look down on Portsmouth", is there any other meaning for him to do so?

So when he was interviewed, he vaguely expressed his dissatisfaction with Dunn: "I am very happy to see the forest team implement such a rotation, so that the next day's game will not be too difficult for us to play." It means fools can see it.

In response to the soaring grievances of the Portsmouth people, Dunn did not fight back or explain. Because there is really no explanation for this. Say "I look down on you"? No, Dunn actually looked down on Portsmouth. He believes that with the current strength of the Forest team, even if it is an away game, there is no possibility that Portsmouth will be lost. In the fifth round of the league, Arsenal faced off with ten players and defeated Portsmouth 3-1 after being sent off.

According to Nottingham Forest, it is a team on the same level as Arsenal. Winning Portsmouth is Dunn’s victory in the plan.

The Forest team, who went to Portsmouth with such a rotation, encountered very, very tenacious resistance at Fraton Park.

Yes, no one is as tenacious as anyone imagined.

Redknapp made good use of Dunn’s contempt. Before the game, he told his players to give the proud Nottingham people a bit of color. Dunn regretted that he had only sent such a lineup. Fight the "Pompeii Legion".

At the beginning of the game, the Forest team showed their strength to their opponents. Bentner received Petrov's wing pass and the header smashed through the gate guarded by David James. This ball caused Dunn to **** his legs on the coach's bench.

But then...

"Oh oh oh! It's incredible! Unbelievable!" the commentator exclaimed excitedly, "Such a big score before the end of the first half almost announced the end of the game early!"

Huge score gap-4:1. But the lead is not Nottingham Forest, which takes the lead, but the high-spirited home team Portsmouth.

"In the forty-third minute, Kanu scored his second goal of the game! It was also Portsmouth's fourth goal! It was amazing. Pompeii was in the first half of the game. The performance is like a true championship team. Everyone has performed their best form. The active performance of every Portsmouth player on the court leaves the Nottingham Forest players at a loss!"

That's right, the players of Nottingham Forest were all stunned and couldn't believe the score. 1:4, they have only lost this score to Liverpool once, and that was the worst loss since Dunn led the team.

Dunn's Erlang leg had long been put down. At this moment, he stood on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, looking at the court with a serious expression. He maintained this posture and expression for twenty minutes. These twenty minutes were twenty minutes of sudden changes on the court. Portsmouth scored four goals in twenty minutes, completely stunned Nottingham Forest.

The whistle at the end of the first half finally sounded, and Dunn walked back to the corridor with a dark face. The TV camera followed him all the time, and everyone could see how ugly the expression on his face was.

"I think Coach Dunn should consider adjusting the lineup in the second half... if he doesn't want to take this score back to Nottingham." The commentator teased.

The players of the Forest team went back to the locker room dejectedly, thinking that what awaited them was a storm of curse.

but none.

Everyone saw that Dunn's expression on his face was gone.

"I know that there was some talk about our lineup before the game. They all said it was a contempt of Portsmouth. They changed all the starting eleven. They looked down on Portsmouth and underestimated the enemy. So Portsmouth In the first half the players went crazy and wanted to beat us. But I don’t agree with this opinion. I don’t think this is a contempt of Portsmouth. On the contrary, I think those messy remarks are contempt of you." Dunn said so, he spread his hands, "Why is it that outsiders agree that I have rotated a set of starting lineups, and opponents feel that I despise them. That's because they think you are weak, you are the second team of Nottingham Forest? , That’s why they feel that they have been insulted-let a second team play our first team. Isn’t that what it means to be contemptuous? But..."

Dunn repeated his words: "Who the **** said you are a weak second-tier team? I have said that the players who can stay in Nottingham Forest are excellent players, otherwise even the forest team will not be able to enter the gate. I don’t have a **** difference between first team and second team. The best players in the world can represent the forest team! The best...no one of the fucking! Those **** think you will let you start as soon as you start The strength of the Forest team has dropped by two levels. Who the **** is it that looks down upon whom?"

After scolding the swear word, Dunn took a breather, stabilized his emotions, and slowed down his tone: "If you let the score in the first half be the final score of the game... Then I'm sorry, no matter how different I am. In my opinion, your title of “weak and weak” is also firmly established. From then on, as long as I let you play, the media and some idiot experts who don’t know anything will say: “Look, the rotation of Nottingham Forest is a joke. These people will only drop the forest team's strength by two grades, and Portsmouth can squirt them four goals! This is simply a contempt and insult to us!'" Dunn mimicked the expert's tone vividly. He saw that the look in the eyes of the downcast players had changed. Knowing that the time was right, he asked: "Are you willing to let this happen? Are you willing to be considered a weak second-tier team? If someone accepts such an insult, he raises his hand!"

No one raised their hands, and they did not yell "No" in response to Dun En, they just gritted their teeth one by one, turning the knuckles of their fists white.

In a very good mood, hold your anger in your heart first and vent it to your opponent in the second half.

Dunn nailed the last nail on the lid of Portsmouth's coffin: "The second half... I tell you honestly, unless you are injured or exhausted, I will not make a **** adjustment. You must Use your own actions to prove-even if Tony Dunn replaced the starting eleven in one go, this lineup is still at the top of the Premier League! If any idiot thinks he is insulted, then insult them !"

Dunn, who walked out of the locker room with the excited players, sneered in his heart.

Mr. Redknapp, you know how to use media evaluation to motivate players' fighting spirit. Give me a 4:1, which is very good. Don’t I know how to use what you use? Bastards in Portsmouth, wait to accept my anger.

Who do you think I am? This is Tony Dunn. There is only one team in the world that can beat me by three goals, Liverpool, and a team that can beat me by more than four goals has not yet been born!

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"4:1!" At the beginning of the second half, the narrator repeated this score that made Dunn extremely unhappy. If he is watching TV at this time, it is estimated that he will pick up the TV and throw it out the window. This score has special meaning for Dunn, and it always reminds him of his previous weakness and weakness. And now he hates that feeling very much.

"I don't think Nottingham Forest has any hope... With such a second-team lineup, facing the angry Portsmouth, three goals behind, the Portsmouth team can almost beat everyone's performance. On the contrary, Nottingham Forest, the Premier League debut of Akinfeev, who spent £6 million for Dunn, was a disaster. The number one goalkeeper in Russia swallowed four bullets in 45 minutes. I really don’t know his career. Has Zhong ever suffered such a heavy blow? In addition, look at Sun Jihai, he is no longer the'Chinese Sun' in Manchester City. His right flank has been frequently broken by opponents. And Sidwell...Poor West Germany Weir, people will always be compared with George Wood, this "monster", but who asked Dunn to make him a substitute for George Wood?"

The Sky TV commentator chatted endlessly about the poor performance of the Forest players in the first half.

Before he could finish these words, he had to change his words suddenly.

"Ah... the ball scored!" Because of the sudden incident, his emotions were not brewed enough. This "goal scored" sounded without passion. Perhaps there is another reason why his voice does not sound so excited-this goal was scored by Nottingham Forest.

Only two minutes into the second half, Nottingham Forest tied the score to 2:4.

Three minutes later, Nottingham Forest scored another goal. Arshavin avenged his Russian compatriots. The Forest team tied the score to 3:4.

The Portsmouth people panicked.

The narrator also lost his voice. The contrast is too great, it seems to be slapped him, facing the crazy Nottingham Forest that he just belittled, he really doesn’t know what to say...

As long as the Forest team players get the ball, Flarton Park Stadium is a deafening boo, Portsmouth fans want to use this method to create some trouble for the Forest team's crazy counterattack, but to no avail.

The narrator quickly adjusted his emotions and re-engaged in his work.

"What a beautiful goal! Nicholas Bendtner's breakthrough shot! Nottingham Forest tied the score 4:4! This is a miracle! Nottingham Forest... actually brought back the three goals behind! Coach Tony Dunn must have said something to his players during the intermission. The eyes of these people are different. Is the forest team satisfied with the equalizer? No... I think it may not be the case. Of... Portsmouth is going to be unlucky."

"Raphael van der Vaart! Beautiful long shot! 5:4! Nottingham Forest overtook the score!"

"Petrov came to take this free kick. He had a long run-up distance... the football hit the wall! The sideline... the ball was scored! Portsmouth is really unlucky! For example, the goal is 34 meters. Long-distance free kick, and finally hit the sideline on the wall...Poor James, "What can I do?"

This is the sixth goal of Nottingham Forest. From 1:4 to 6:4, the Forest team only took 27 minutes. During the period, Portsmouth had no chance to counterattack. They could only watch the Forest team score one by one, watching their players gather for a while to cheer, and then gather for a cheer...

Is it over here?

"No! Seven! One!" the commentator gritted his teeth, he felt a little oversight. In other people’s home courts, in front of so many home team fans, rushing the home team seven goals, Nottingham Forest is not afraid to wait for a while after the game is over, won’t it go back?

Obviously, Tony Dunn and his men were not worried about the problem he was worried about. Now they wanted to celebrate.

Bendtner waved his fist vigorously, celebrating his hat trick amidst overwhelming boos. As a substitute for Van Nistelrooy, there are not many opportunities to have such a vivid performance.

Redknapp sat on the coach's bench, gray-haired, looking extraordinarily old. The Portsmouth players were just like the Forest players in the first half, with a confused look and no idea what happened.

What caused this to happen? If a score of 4:1 and a three-goal lead can't win the game, this football game is too insecure, right?

Some people looked for answers to the coaching bench of the visiting team. They couldn't see Dunn's expression because he was leaning on the back of the chair, and both sides were blocked. All you can see is his Erlang's legs that are still dangling.

Dunn fulfilled his promise during the intermission, did not change a person, did not make any tactical adjustments, or even supervised the battle on the sidelines. At the beginning of the second half, he was sitting on the coach's bench. After Lennon tied the score to 2:4, he raised his leg. Later, even if his legs were numb and didn't let go, he just wanted to tell everyone in this way that everything was normal and there was nothing to worry about.

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The seventh goal was the Forest team’s last goal in this game. After the slaughter of Portsmouth, the Forest team put down the blood-soaked sharp knife contentedly and began to reap the fruits of victory.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, for those Portsmouth players, it was nothing different from the sound of nature, because they were finally freed... freed from the Shura hell, no need to face 4 : 7's glare to accept suffering.