Godfather Of Champions

When Nottingham Forest entered the Champions League final for the second time in a row, the Nottingham Evening Post titled "Athens" on their extra to show their excitement. This time the "Nottingham Evening Post" did not make such a move. The carnival has already taken place on the night of the game, and the league will be faced from the beginning of the next day. It is not a time to celebrate.

Last night, all the beer in the bars where Forest fans gathered in Nottingham was sold out. A large number of police officers were waiting on the streets and near the bars to guard against trouble caused by fans who drank too much. Fortunately, in addition to a few small-scale fighting incidents, more people were persuaded by verbal conflicts.

Because they are all supporters of a team, their conflict of words is nothing more than who is the biggest player in the game. Some people say it is George Wood, some say it is Beckham who scored, and some say it is Tony. Dunn. But no matter how the fight was, after the fairly sober people came out to make a round, everyone laughed and put their arms around their shoulders to drink each other.

"What is controversial? Aren't they all part of our Nottingham Forest?"

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The game between Nottingham Forest and Barcelona was held on the evening of April 29. Early the next morning, Dunn took Tang and went to London with him. Chris Lak stayed to supervise the team training, and the two of them went. Stamford Bridge observes the opponent in the final. The semi-final of the Champions League between Manchester United and Chelsea began.

Before this game, Chelsea had a slight advantage because they scored a goal from Manchester United in the first round and tied with Manchester United 1:1.

Grant's team can get to this point and draw Manchester United at Old Trafford. It is really unexpected. Even Dunn himself had to admit that Chelsea's results were something he hadn't expected when Grant came to power.

Now it is said that Grant made it to the semi-finals relying on what Mourinho left behind, which is not fair. After this game, Dunn re-acquainted this person who had been despised by him.

Chelsea and Manchester United battled 1:1 at home, and the two sides could not decide the outcome in overtime. In the end, they had to play a penalty shoot-out. Although Terry missed the penalty in the penalty shoot-out, Cristiano Ronaldo, who has performed well throughout the season, also followed. Then the penalty kick entered into a single-round elimination system. Kalaw was there in no time, and there was deafening cheers, but when Nani came up with the ball, the cheers at Stamford Bridge immediately turned into boos, this was for Manchester United The players brought tremendous pressure and influence. In overtime, Nani, who replaced Wayne Rooney, too pursued the angle and shot the ball wide.

Chelsea eliminated Manchester United on a penalty kick and successfully advanced!

Tony Dunn and Tang were surrounded by Chelsea fans with their arms raised in cheers and jumping. The stands they were in were all shaking slightly. Dunn had no intention of participating in the celebration of the future enemy, he and Tang quietly left wearing sunglasses.

This result made him a little disappointed.

In fact, he hopes that Manchester United will defeat Chelsea and enter the Champions League final. First, he will prepare less opponent information and targeted tactics and work more efficiently. Second, Manchester United will inevitably be distracted. Anyway, I have been distracted. Now, you have no reason not to be affected. Everyone is even.

Well now, Manchester United are eliminated, only the league champion can get them, they will not let the Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford. Although they wouldn't let the Forest Team go even if they didn't eliminate them, but now they will be more desperate than Dun En thought before. At that time, if you lose your troops and lose your strength in the match with Manchester United for the league title, will it not let Chelsea take advantage of it?

"I didn't like Grant from the beginning, and there really is a reason..." On the way back to Nottingham, Dunn complained endlessly to Tang.

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Disappointment is disappointment, and complaining is complaining. The game must continue to play. The thirty-seventh round of the league, the final battle before the "decisive battle on the top of the Forbidden City". There will be many possible results in this round, but only one will have a decisive impact on the outcome-Nottingham Forest loses away to Aston Villa and Manchester United wins, then Ferguson will win the championship one round ahead of schedule.

Of course Ferguson hopes that after the team has just been eliminated from the Champions League, he will use a league champion to soothe people's hearts, but he can't do this, it depends on the performance of the Forest team and Aston Villa. What makes Manchester United support them is that they can look forward to this game-Nottingham Forest is an away game, and they have just played several serious battles in a row. Both physical strength and state are not guaranteed. In addition, Aston Villa is not weak.

Manchester United's home game against West Ham United was the first game of this round of league. The defeat in the Champions League made all Manchester United players hungry wolves. The poor West Ham United appeared in the wrong place at the wrong time... Of course, for the Manchester United Wolves, it was the right time and the right place for a right opponent.

4:0, West Ham United had no strength to fight back. The Manchester United stars who lost to Chelsea vented well on this weak opponent.

Then Manchester United fans began to pay close attention to the game between the Forest team and Aston Villa.

Unlike the concern of Manchester United fans, Nottingham Forest fans do not care about the results of Manchester United at all. Because regardless of whether Manchester United wins or loses, as long as they win here, the result is the same-the final battle is at the top of Old Trafford in the 38th round.

Dunn didn't arrange for someone to inform Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford at any time. It was really unnecessary.

In this game, Dunn continued the lineup with Barcelona in the second round.

At Aston Villa’s home court, Villa Park, Nottingham Forest cleanly picked the home team down with a 2:0.

Bendtner scored two goals alone and became the best of the game.

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"The Champions League final is May 21. The last round of the league is May 11." Dunn looked at the schedule, and then drew a red circle on the corresponding day on the calendar. After doing this, he threw down the pen, clapped his hands, turned around and said to Tang, "The last two games of this season will decide whether we will be heroes or two bears."

"It's not so exaggerated, bear..."

"That's true. There is nothing in this world that is more shameful than King Shuangya... No, there is." He suddenly denied his statement, "That is King Sanya, King Siya, King Wuya and King Liuya. "He stretched out three, four, five, and six fingers in turn.

Don grinned. Sometimes he and Dunn’s football philosophy are really different, but he can always cooperate well with Dunn’s work, keeping his ideas in the bottom of his heart, and if not necessary, he will not take them out.

He thinks that he can't win the championship, and it's not bad to win the second place. It's better than losing at the beginning. Dunn’s idea is just the opposite. To enter the finals, you must win the championship. If you are doomed to fail, it is better to be finished at the beginning-Alan Adams must disagree with his crazy idea, because even if it is a runner-up, whether it is a champion The cup is still a league, and the dividends after the season will be more than that of the lower-ranked teams, not to mention that every extra game in the cup will get an extra bonus.

"Not bad. There is a ten-day difference between the Champions League final and the final round of the league. We still have plenty of time to prepare for each." Dunn turned on the TV and planned to study Manchester United's game video with Tang. Although as old opponents, mutual understanding must be indispensable, targeted observation is still indispensable.

"Bruce just called and hoped you would express your opinion about the Champions League opponent..." Tang reminded.

"He?" Tang shook his head. "Either there is a problem in his brain or his boss has an idea. There are so many days before the Champions League final, what shall I talk about?"

"It may be because of some personal grievances between you and Grant..."

"Then I can't talk about it anymore. Not now, not in the future." Dunn continued to shake his head, this time more determined than just now. "Chelsea won the Champions League final due to the disadvantage of the league and the doubtful situation. Now their morale is very high, and the loss of not being able to participate in the Champions League next season is now not considered at all and no one dares to mention it. At this time I I can't use words to stimulate them, to cheer others on fire, to give charcoal in the snow, to icing on the cake. If they are all PowerMAX stimulated, we will be dumbfounded. So..." He looked at Tang, "We don't mention them. No matter what hype news is out there, we simply ignore it. At this time, doing our own thing is the top priority."

He finished saying that, only to find that Tang was looking at him and smiling.

"Is there any rice on my face that I haven't eaten for dinner?"

"No." Tang shook his head and smiled, "It's rare to hear you decide not to participate in a war of words, and I feel a little surprised."

"Hey, don't really think that I am a mad dog who bites at the sight of people." Dunn rolled his eyes back.

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Dunn called Pierce Bruce back the next day. Tell him that he does not intend to evaluate Chelsea's Champions League final. He did not repeat the words he told Tang to Bruce. He just said that the team and himself have been focusing on the league recently, and the opponents in the Champions League final will let them go. As for the end of the league, this problem is not a problem-winning the league title, the city is too late to celebrate, who cares about Chelsea? If Dunn didn't win the league championship, who would dare to ask this if he was in a bad mood? Of course, Dunn himself did not want the second result to be realized.

The other media and Dun En said that the Champions League has not yet started, and the most gimmicky is undoubtedly the fierce competition for the league championship.

Both BBC Five and Sky Sports are doing special projects about the final battle, hoping to attract TV viewers.

Other media kept guarding the training bases of the two teams all day long, hoping to start a war of words between the two teams.

Everyone knows that Ferguson is a veteran of psychological warfare, and Tony Dunn is a rising star in this area. If two people have a splendid battle of saliva before the game, it must be a selling point.

However, the biggest selling point this time is not the two coaches, but a player named "David Beckham".

The last time Nottingham Forest played Manchester United at home in the league, Beckham was absent due to injury, so this is the first time he has directly faced his old club in the Premier League, and it is also the first time he has returned to the old team as an opponent. Rafford.

He just scored a key goal in the Champions League semi-finals to help Nottingham Forest enter the Champions League final. Compared with Manchester United, who was eliminated by Chelsea on the other side, it is natural that some Manchester United fans have some dissatisfaction in their hearts.

The game is far from starting, and all kinds of voices about him are flying all over the sky.

Some people say they want to warmly welcome Beckham back to Old Trafford, while others say they want to make Beckham "look good" in the stands during the game. Some people are grateful for his loyalty to Manchester United, while others think that he is worse than Judas, because he is duplicity and on the surface how loyal he is to Manchester United, in fact? He joined Nottingham Forest!

Even when Ferguson was interviewed at a regular press conference, he was surrounded by reporters asking questions about Beckham.

Everyone knows who Beckham left Manchester United at the beginning. Now that the two enemies meet again, what kind of sparks will they collide with?

Ferguson expressionlessly: "I wish him luck."

"Sir Alex Ferguson, Beckham helped the Forest team enter the Champions League final, while Manchester United was eliminated by Chelsea. Do you regret not recalling David?" A reporter asked nakedly.

"Why should I regret it? Manchester United now has so many good and more promising players. As for those who have left Manchester United, that is, they have left. I will not be obsessed with the past, otherwise Manchester United will not get so much. The champion." Ferguson's face turned not so good.

In fact, what he said is true and reasonable. But in the ears of Beckham's supporters, it doesn't sound so good. No wonder people still think that Ferguson and Beckham are enemies who are jealous when they meet.

What about Beckham?

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"Mr. Dunn. Today’s regular press conference, the media hope that Beckham can attend." Miss Barbara Lucy reminded Dunn that, as the head of the External Relations Department, she also thinks that Beckham should be more present. it is good. But Dunn gave her the list of George Wood and himself.

"Why?" Dunn pretended to be surprised.

"Mr. Dunn, you know the reason..." Miss Lucy smiled. She didn't take Dunn's set.

"Okay. But there's no way." Dunn simply refused the other's request, "Let David go up for interrogation? I don't want to affect the state of my main players because of these boring flies before important games."

Dunn has the final say on this kind of thing. Barbara Lucy has no right to make a decision other than making suggestions. Since Dunn disagrees, it can only be forgotten. She nodded and left.

Back on the training ground, Dunn paid attention to Beckham for a while. On the surface, nothing is unusual at all. But is it true? Dunn doesn't think so. Beckham's heart must be overwhelmed at this moment, right?

He was in Real Madrid for four years, never returned to Old Trafford as an opponent, and never directly opposed Manchester United. So today's experience is his first experience.

In the first half of the season, before the home game against Manchester United, Beckham was injured. Dunn just put him out of the big list to avoid this embarrassment. Now Beckham is not injured and in good condition. He has no reason to exclude him.

Then...

Although the two people had already considered today's situation when they signed the contract, it was not imminent after all. Dunn suggested that Beckham should not be able to play with Manchester United into the contract, but Beckham refused. Such a thing violates his professional ethics, but it does not mean that he will also be happy to return to Old Trafford as an opponent and enemy...

Between training, the players gathered around chatting and joking while Beckham walked up to Dunn alone.

"Can you talk?" he said.

Dunn nodded, not surprised that Beckham came to him.

The two found a slightly quiet corner. Others are paying attention here from the corner of their eyes, because they all know who is the real focus of this game.

"Can you bring me to the regular press conference in the afternoon?" Beckham said straight to the point. This request made Dun En a little surprised.

"Do you know? I just rejected Miss Barbara Lucy's decision to arrange for you to appear at the press conference."

Beckham nodded, not surprised that Dunn did this, but he insisted on his decision: "I know what you think, Tony. But I still hope to go."

"I was repeatedly asked by a group of flies:'What do you think about returning to Old Trafford and being an enemy of your old club'?"

"If I don't give an answer, there are probably more rumors outside."

"Are you really going?" Dunn looked at Beckham.

"I really want to go." Beckham also looked at Dunn.

"Well, you and I will go with George in the afternoon." Since the player himself has this intention, he doesn't have to stop him, but he added: "If the scene gets out of control by then, I will take action. ."

Beckham smiled at him.

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The media who participated in the press conference have already learned that Beckham will not attend this conference, and they are planning to leave the stage collectively after Dunn arrives and give Dunn a great embarrassment. They saw Dunn take George Wood with him. Appeared in front of everyone with... David Beckham.

"I know the protagonist today is not me." Tony Dunn said while looking at the excited faces below, then sat down and stopped talking. Let the media target Beckham.

In fact, most of the questions are nothing new, just like Dunn told Beckham in the morning. Anyway, everyone doesn't care how the question is asked, only how the person answering the question responds.

But so far, Beckham has responded fluently, not only taking care of the feelings of Forest team fans, but also the feelings of the vast majority of Manchester United fans. Not as embarrassed as Dunn imagined. After all, he is a big star, and I have faced all the difficult problems.

Someone raised the question of "Will you take the initiative to apply for avoidance?" Beckham smiled slightly: "I don't have any problems. If the head coach needs me, then I can. I don't need me, I can be a substitute. accept."

In this way, the anger of those diehard Manchester United fans towards him was transferred. And this was instructed by Dunn, because before coming, Dunn repeatedly warned Beckham that he would be the head coach when he encountered difficult problems.

So Dunn stood up very timely at this moment: "Regarding the issue of the big roster and starting lineup, it is not convenient to make it public before the game." A sentence blocked the mouths of the reporters who had just turned their heads to ask him.

If allowed, these reporters would like to boo Tony Dunn collectively. Now they didn't continue to struggle with Dunn, and instead asked Beckham various questions about facing the old club.

"Have you thought about how you will be treated when you return to Old Trafford, David?"

"I don't know." Beckham shook his head. "I'm just a little uneasy."

"Do you still hate Ferguson now?"

"He is a head coach I respect very much." Beckham did not want to talk about this topic.

"How about Tony Dunn?" The reporters didn't want to let him go.

Beckham wanted to open his mouth, but Dunn snatched the question over: "I obviously asked this question. We have our own merits."

Evaluating the old and new coaches is a very dangerous thing for players, and it will offend people no matter what. So Dunn didn't let Beckham speak.

As if it was a signal, the media's questions became more specific and harsher.

"If you scored a goal against Manchester United, would you celebrate?"

"I don't know... I'm not just being perfunctory. This feeling is very complicated. I didn't know how to do it before it really came, so I can only say ‘I don’t know’.

"If you helped Nottingham Forest beat Manchester United and stole the league title from Manchester United, would you celebrate? Do you think Manchester United fans will accept it?"

"I do not know……"

Dunn stood up: "Okay. Remember your profession, it's a reporter, not a police officer in Scotland Yard. This is the end of today's press conference!"

"We haven't finished asking..."

"When you finish asking the questions, Britain and the European continent will be joined together." Dunn sneered unceremoniously. He just couldn't understand that a group of reporters surrounded his players and interrogated the prisoners. He turned around to take someone away.

The reporters got up from their seats one after another, ignoring the rule that they were only allowed to ask questions when they were spotted, and raised their hands one by one, scrambling to throw out the questions that they had not yet come to remember to ask.

"David! I still have questions..."

"David, David... There are rumors that returning to Old Trafford may affect your state. If you play, will the forest team's morale be shaken? Will it lead to more serious...Uh."

This sentence made all three of them stop, and at the same time they turned to look at the person asking the question.

Tony Dunn: "David Beckham is now wearing a red jersey from Nottingham Forest."

George Wood: "Shake the military? We are not idiots."

David Beckham: "I am a professional player."

The three turned and left the meeting place, letting the reporters call from behind, and never looked back without staying. (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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