Godfather Of Champions

With the excitement and joy of sitting on the throne of the league, the Nottingham Forest team flew to Barcelona to prepare for the game with the La Liga giants Barcelona.

Barcelona fans have not forgotten Tony Dunn's arrogant performance against Barcelona in the Champions League final, nor have they forgotten the hatred of Nottingham Forest to eliminate them.

Now they have the opportunity to return the resentment accumulated over the past two years to Nottingham Forest.

The above are all fantasised by the Barcelona fans themselves, but the Barcelona players may not think so.

This is Rijkaard’s last chance to save himself. In two seasons, he was empty-handed and was firmly suppressed by his rival Real Madrid. This season, he lost the first round of the Battle of the Century at the Nou Camp. The league championship is basically hopeless. , The reason for not expecting is not that Real Madrid is too strong, but that he is not up for it. The Copa del Rey was out and only the Champions League made it to the semi-finals. If the Big Ears Cup can be won in the end, then all the failures this season are nothing. The shame of being defeated by Real Madrid at the Nou Camp will soon be drowned in victory. In the ocean of joy.

But... facing Nottingham Forest, Rijkaard was helpless. Because he doesn't have a good card in his hand.

Under normal circumstances, when a strong enemy comes, the team should share the same hatred, unite, and actively prepare for victory over the opponent.

But now Barcelona is not. The Catalan media are hyping Ronaldinho’s locker room enemies all day long, or Eto’o’s big mouth that likes to get in trouble, and the weak Rijkaard who has lost control of the locker room. West and Ronaldinho who is the core of what Barcelona really needs, whether Henry is worth it, Rijkaard’s successor Mourinho... etc., it seems lively, readers and audiences I see new gimmicks every day, but there is no more news about this game-no, there are. Messi and Ronaldinho are the core disputes that Barcelona should trust. It is mentioned that Messi was injured and he will miss the first round of the Champions League semi-final against Nottingham Forest...

This is really a great irony.

Dunn, his coaching staff, and the whole team have made the most meticulous preparations and dare not take it lightly. But after coming, they found that their opponent's mind was full of internal consumption, and he didn't take his enemy seriously.

So he is not afraid of the Barcelona team now.

The day before the game, Puyol stood up and said that we must beat Nottingham Forest at home because this is the Champions League semi-final. Dunn said to Tang sarcastically after seeing the report in the hotel room: "Do they know that this is the Champions League semi-final?"

Dunn attaches great importance to team unity and the harmony of the atmosphere in the locker room. He is deeply taught by the ***, but he knows that "the fortress is the easiest to break from the inside". Apart from hard work, Nottingham Forest's achievements depend on unity. The failure of Real Madrid in the past few years and the degeneration of Barcelona are due to their split.

So he absolutely does not allow the farce that is happening in Barcelona now, it will happen to him in the future.

Take history as a mirror, take a warning...

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Puyol stood up and spoke as the captain, with little effect. Barcelona's internal division has long since been divided, and even if he is the captain, not everyone will listen to him.

The game played at the Nou Camp was very, very... dull.

Defensive counterattack is naturally Dunn's first choice in important key games, and Barcelona did not show a high level of offense. The impact of Messi's injury absence on the team is indeed very great. And Ronaldinho once again sat on the bench-he has not been on the bench for more than four seasons in Barcelona, ​​the number of times he has been on the bench this season far exceeds the previous four seasons.

Although Rijkaard has never publicly criticized Ronaldinho and always said that he trusts the Brazilian, but every time he is placed on the bench, this attitude is very worthy of research...In addition, from the tactics On a level, Ronaldinho has changed from a “phenomenon” in Barcelona to a “malignant tumor”. The offensive effect of his team on the field will be determined by his personal state. In addition, this season he The state is very bad, too many ball will lead to too many mistakes. The attacking speed is not as fast as when Messi is on the field. If he and Messi are on the field at the same time, they will influence and interfere with each other. So in the games where Ronaldinho was diagnosed, Barcelona's results were very good, but when he played, Barcelona either lost or tied.

At the beginning, someone in the Catalan media called "Why not let Ronaldinho play? He always said he was injured, but in fact he had no problems at all", and then the voice gradually disappeared.

In this game, Ronaldinho sat in the back row of the bench, surrounded by people around him, but he appeared very lonely. The only good friend Messi is recovering from his injuries at home, preparing for the second round of the game, and he? The second round may not be taken to England.

Barcelona's offense was rather chaotic, but Nottingham Forest was still unable to hold on, and the number of troops invested in the counterattack was so small that it seemed to be caught off guard after being interrupted.

Is such a game satisfying? There was a boo at the Camp Nou stadium. The boo was not directed at a certain team, but at both sides. They are deeply dissatisfied with Barcelona's inability to attack, and they have not forgotten that Nottingham Forest is their enemy.

Ninety minutes, the two sides didn't score a goal, and the scene was dull to death. Many TV viewers who were originally interested in watching "Mars hit the earth" had to lament that they had wasted a night. As for those Far East fans who stayed up late to watch football... posts about "not enterprising" against Barcelona and "habitually passive and conservative" in Nottingham Forest are almost flooding the Internet, right?

But Dunn can't control the mood of these people. He left Camp Nou with a smile and left the beautiful city of Barcelona. Because he got the result he wanted before the game: a draw without conceding the ball, consuming Barcelona's home court advantage.

If you can score a goal, you are earning, and not earning is not bad.

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Returning to the top of the league and retiring from away in the first round of the Champions League semi-final are all things that make Dunn happy. As the end of the match draws near, his mood has been hovering back and forth between the crests and troughs. His chest was tight when he was tied at home by AC Milan. When he lost to Blackburn, he yelled at him and had to do it the next day. Apologize to the whole team, because after all, he has to rely on these people to fight the situation. After winning the game against Tottenham, he praised the team and used his words without hesitation; Blackburn drew Manchester United, and he was excited to invite people in the bar to drink and revel.

For him, every minute and every second of life is spent in great joy or great compassion. When there is neither great joy nor great compassion, he is always nervous and dare not relax for a moment. The term "smooth transition" is completely absent.

No season has made him as nervous as this one. At the last juncture, both champions have a play, but neither can hold it securely. In the end, they may win the double crown, or they may be empty-handed and make a wedding dress for others.

Back in Nottingham, the team didn't even have a half-day rest time, and they had to prepare for the 36th round of the league at home against Reading.

Time is very near, just two days later. For Tony Dunn and his team, this game must be won. A tie is a failure.

Manchester United have been driven to a dead end. In the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, they were drawn by Chelsea 1:1 at home, and Ferguson's roar will continue. In the thirty-sixth round of the league, it was unfortunate, and it was a coincidence, their opponent was still...Chelsea. In this game, no matter what method is used, Ferguson will not allow his team to lose to Chelsea again, even if it is their away game, even if the league is over, it will be the second round of the Champions League semi-final with Chelsea. .

Manchester United will smash Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. This game is an excellent opportunity for Nottingham Forest to continue to take the lead. No matter who wins or loses Manchester United and Chelsea, Nottingham Forest can benefit from the left-handed fisherman-if Chelsea wins, Nottingham Forest reaps the benefits on the league battlefield; if Manchester United wins, Nottingham Forest reaps the benefits on the Champions League battlefield.

God has a great opportunity. Only such words can be used to describe the meaning of the 36th round of the league to Nottingham Forest.

"So we must win!" At the end of the tactical arrangement meeting on the last day before the game, Dunn set the tone for the game.

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A day later, the city stadium was full of seats, and the grandstand, which could hold up to 30,000 people, was filled with people. All Forest team fans have known the situation of the teams in this round of the league for a long time, and it is the most beneficial to the Forest team-the enemy is weak, the competitors are smashed, and as long as they win a hand, they will be the handle of the championship trophy.

Everyone wants to see this historic moment-Nottingham Forest Club has only won the top league championship once in the history, and that is the League One championship in the era of Brian Clough. They took advantage of this championship to win two. The second Champions League is the only team in the history of the Champions Cup that has won the domestic top league championship only once, but has won the Champions League twice. So if the Forest team can finally win the league championship this season, it can really be said to be another history.

When the Forest team players played, they received a tsunami of cheers from the stands. This is the function of the City Stadium as the home court, but today it is exceptionally strong. The supporters of the Forest team also hope to bring extra pressure to the visiting Reading in this way, make them feel at a loss and raise their hands to surrender.

Tony Dunn is like a head of state, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, standing on the high tower, smugly reviewing the troops driving in front of him, enjoying the huge cheers and praise from the subjects from the stands. The peak of his coaching career... is coming.

Of course, there is another person who feels like him, the club owner Evan Daugherty standing in the VIP box above. He is the one who really should enjoy this kind of emperor feeling, because he is the real owner of this club, Tony Dunn? It's just a worker, a little more advanced.

At this moment, the great excitement of the coming of glory impacted the brain of this senior worker, causing his facial nerves to become uncontrollable, and there was a clear smile on his mouth. In the eyes of outsiders, he is not standing on the sidelines before the game, but on the sidelines after the game. As a result, naturally his team won the game.

The tactics are right, the enemy is not strong, there is no reason for problems in this game.

In the just-concluded focus battle, Manchester United made an away attack and won Chelsea 2:1 at the cost of a red card, temporarily surpassing Nottingham Forest in the standings, leading by two points. However, Dunn believes that after the game is over, he will inevitably be the leader, no more, no less, just one point difference.

When the players of both sides stood in formation in their respective halves, the referee stood outside the center circle and put the whistle in his mouth, and the noisy city stadium suddenly fell silent. This silence gave Dunn an illusion. He looked back at the stands behind him, everyone was still there, he was relieved.

"beep--"

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One hundred and twenty minutes later, almost half an hour has passed since the end of the game.

Tony Dunn sat alone in the empty coach's bench, as empty as the coach's bench, there were also the stands of the City Stadium and a green field in front of him.

He sat here without saying a word, with neither an expression of ecstasy nor depression.

There are footsteps coming from far and near, and he doesn't care.

"Tony." The footsteps disappeared beside him, and Tang's voice sounded.

"Huh?" Tang En didn't even lift his eyelids.

"Let's go back?"

"I'll sit down for a while."

"You have been sitting for fifteen minutes."

Dunn finally moved his gaze from the court to Tang who was next to him. He didn't say a word, but his eyes made Tang's back spine chill.

Tony Dunn is like a beast that is angry because he has lost his child. He stares at you. It seems that he might jump up and eat you at any time.

He is really, really, very angry...

"You..." Down paused, "I didn't say anything just now, you were very normal, everyone thought you..."

"Not angry, are you?" He asked rhetorically, his voice cold.

In the past, Chris Lak came with this thick line to touch Dunn's troubles, but today Chris Lak took the team away, and only lived with Dunn... Tang came next door.

"How can I not be angry?" He asked again, this time he couldn't hear the smell of gunpowder at all. "But who should I send this anger to? Just after the game, when I was questioned by a group of media at the press conference, I wanted to rush into the locker room and scold everyone. But I thought about that. After losing to Blackburn this time, I endured it. But I didn’t want to see them again, so I sent them to leave early. I ran here and sat for a while. I felt that I couldn’t send them... …No, you can’t send it to them. Do you know why?"

Dunn looked at Tang, Tang also looked at him, and did not answer.

"Because I feel that if I trace the source of this curse, the person who should be scolded the most is me. But I can't curse myself, especially in front of others, let alone." Dunn stood up from his seat. "Three days after the league play is the Champions League semi-final, three days after the Champions League semi-final is played, it is the league again, and three days after the league play is the Champions Cup semi-final. The players' state fluctuates and they are too tired. ."

"If I were a little bolder in this game, it might not be the result now. I didn't rotate when it was the most time to rotate. I wanted to tear up Reading with the strongest lineup, but I didn't expect that it was not what determines the outcome of the game. The strongest lineup..."

"Then I sit here thinking and thinking...everyone is gone, no one, let alone reporters like flies to bother me, I can think about it, I don’t have to pretend to be in front of others. I'm thinking about why I stumbled at this time. I just think that destiny is a wonderful thing. It will let you go to heaven for a while and **** for a while..."

"Thinking about it, I won't be angry anymore." Dunn's eyes changed, and a smile appeared on his face again. He opened his arms and even danced. "I admit that at first I was blinded by the performance in front of my eyes and mind. Some people may think that this result is a cruel joke made by fate. But in fact I think this is just right, the best result!"

"I am not stupid! What was our original plan? No matter whether we lead Manchester United or not, the final result will not change-always talk to them directly in the final round and decide at Old Trafford Who is the champion. Right? So, does it make sense to be first and second at this time? It's not bad to put the pressure of the front runner on the opponent."

"Moreover." He blinked at Tang, "I also thought of how to make Barcelona bow at home by the way. Tickets for the Champions League final, we have to get the third time."

He stretched, "Let’s go, Don, go home. It’s nice for someone to listen to me, otherwise it would be uncomfortable to hold back in my heart..." He first walked towards the tunnel, then stopped and looked back. Don. "Do you know? I suddenly felt that sitting in a stadium with no one empty, thinking about problems is a great experience. The office or my own house is too small, which restricts my thinking. This is just right." He pointed to the stadium. .

"It's big enough, but it won't be endless, otherwise I'll be distracted." Then he muttered again, "Compared with the noisy stadium, I suddenly like this quiet stadium... It's strange."

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On April 26, 2008, three days before the second round of the Champions League semi-final, in the 36th round of the 2007-08 season of the English Premier League, Nottingham Forest was accidentally tied at home by Reading, and neither side scored.

Manchester United took this opportunity to complete the go-ahead, with a one-point advantage temporarily...no, back to the top.

For Tony Dunn and Alex Ferguson, there are still two rounds before the league championship trophy. Before the final round of the final battle at Old Trafford, there is still another round of the league. Will there be any accidents? ?

The ghost knows. (To be continued, if you want to know what's going on, please visit www.qidian.com, there are more chapters, authors are supported, and genuine reading is supported!)

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