Godfather Of Champions

Dunn was indeed in crisis.

The first half was almost over and his team trailed 0:1 at home. The old man Scolari is different from his two predecessors, perhaps because of the personal wishes of the owner Abramovich. After Scolari came to power, he emphasized ball control and the so-called "beautiful football". It is only natural for the new head coach to please the club chairman.

But for Dunn, his knowledge of Chelsea is about to be overthrown.

At the beginning of this game, Chelsea launched a very violent offensive in the away game, which completely exceeded the expectations of the Nottingham Forest players.

No matter how many head coaches Chelsea change, as long as the players are still these players, the hatred between them and Nottingham Forest will not fade in the slightest. It's just three months since the end of the UEFA Champions League final, and it hasn't been long enough for them to forget who their opponents lost the championship.

The fierce offensive resulted in a goal. Only 13 minutes into the game, Chelsea took the lead in the away game.

At this time, Nottingham Forest still failed to shoot even once in the opponent's fierce offensive.

"Whose home field is this on earth?" John Mortensen asked.

This is also Dunn's question.

The first meeting with Chelsea, who had changed his coach, made him feel a little strange. Scolari's character is as arrogant as any of his predecessors, but he was honest before this game. Dunn felt he was holding back a bad idea.

It was just the first half, and the psychological advantage accumulated before playing against Chelsea was slowly disappearing. Dunn felt that he should reassess the opponent in front of him. Because this Chelsea is no longer Mourinho's Chelsea, but the "big Phil". Chelsea in the Grant era still embraced Mourinho's style. As soon as Scolari came to power, the Mourinho logo disappeared.

For example... With such a positive attitude in the game, the way of seeking goals is indeed better than that of Mourinho...

Abramovich wanted to watch beautiful football, so he fired Mourinho and Grant who led the team to the Champions League final, and invited Scolari from Brazil. But... With Dunn’s knowledge of Scolari in his memory, how long can such a scene last?

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Now facing Dun En is a difficult problem. When he coached the Forest team, as long as the Forest team scored first, the probability of winning in the end was as high as 87%. This is very much in line with the tactical characteristics of Nottingham Forest-advanced the ball and then counterattack firmly. Being able to score a goal expands the lead. If you can't score or lose a goal, 1:0 is also acceptable.

In this situation, their opponents have only two options-either getting more and more anxious, or unable to wait to die.

Now, Dunn is in the position of his previous opponent. Which way should he choose?

He roared at the team during the intermission, telling them that they must not lose to Chelsea at home and demanding that they play firmly on the wing. In addition, he asked Eastwood not to always run out of the penalty area to catch the ball. There are five people in the midfield, and they will definitely pass the ball to his feet. If he is always too far from the goal, how can he directly threaten Chelsea’s goal?

For this, Eastwood also has his own grievances. In the past, he always partnered with powerful centers such as Van Nistelrooy or Bendtner and Viduka. It was these centers that attracted the opponent's defensive firepower. Without too much defensive pressure, he could attack freely near the penalty area. , The threat has naturally increased.

What now? He became a center, an arrow figure, and a key object of care by the opposing defender. Under Terry and other powerful defenders' close pressure, he can guarantee that football will consume almost all of his energy until he does not lose his feet. How can he even want to score? What's more, his size is really not what a strong center expects, and he frequently loses the ball under the opponent's pressure.

Don't Dunn know his grievances? Of course Dunn knows, but now he can't help it. Who told him to punish Bendtner for putting the Danish boy out of the big list?

Even without mentioning the grievances between himself and Chelsea, he would not allow the team to lose to Chelsea, because that would be equivalent to showing Bendtner that his team would not be able to play without him.

"I know you have a problem, Freddie. We don't let you be an attack point. As long as you can hold the ball, the next job is to..." He pointed to Ribery and Van der Vaart. "You two Active forward and shoot more."

It is to let Eastwood create opportunities for the teammates who come in later.

The gypsy nodded, but he didn't know if he could fulfill the role of "center". To be honest, he has no idea...

"Be patient, you can definitely find an open space for their defense. I think Scolari will continue to strengthen his offense in the second half, and their defense will definitely go wrong."

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Chelsea did continue to attack in the second half, and there were also holes in their defense. But in the same way, the Nottingham Forest defense line, which was eager to equalize the score, also had problems.

Dunn's double defensive midfielder tactic was not successful in this game. George Wood's active range is as large as ever, but his running has limited Tiago's performance. With Wood doing everything by himself, he is a bit at a loss. This is the first time that two people have appeared on the stage at the same time. It is understandable that the cooperation is not good enough.

So the performance of the two midfielders is not as good as the single midfielder. Then Wood noticed the cooperation with Thiago's coaching, but the bigger problem came again-some of the **** that appeared between the two people, they will be very tacit... They all thought that the ball belonged to the opponent, but gave it to the Chelsea players.

Chelsea is also unceremonious.

Drogba caught a misunderstanding between the two midfielders, went straight in, easily broke through the thin back line, and then shot successfully. In the 65th minute of the game, the visiting team Chelsea had two goals ahead!

The Chelsea people celebrated on the court, and Scolari also raised his hands under the court, jumping around like a monkey. But Dunn looked sullen.

Not long after losing the ball, he made a substitution adjustment. Arshavin replaced Thiago and returned to the single midfielder and double forward 442 configuration. After returning to the familiar formation, the Forest team found the rhythm of the game again.

First, Eastwood made the ball back to Van der Vaart, and the Dutchman kept up with a direct long shot and was saved by Cech. Then after the corner kick was taken, Pepe's header hit Ashley Cole on the arm of the goal line. The Nottingham Forest players raised their hands to signal the opponent's handball foul, but the referee did not see it and turned a blind eye to the Forest players' protest.

Down below, Dunn pointed his own eyes to protest to the fourth official, but it didn't help. It is impossible for the referee to stop the ongoing game and award a penalty to the Forest team. And even if the TV footage was replayed over and over again to prove that Nottingham Forest suffered a loss, the referee would not change their penalty based on the TV footage, which is expressly prohibited by FIFA.

Without the high center, Dunn allowed the team to play less high ball, play more ground coordination, and pass more behind the ball to give play to the speed advantage of several players in the formation.

Scolari saw Dunn’s plan. At this time, he signaled the team's formation recovery in a very timely manner-shrinking the defense and not giving Nottingham Forest a chance to play speed behind him.

Nottingham Forest can't take care of the defense anymore. Almost all of them pressed on, trying to equalize the score.

But it wasn't until the 82nd minute that Nottingham Forest tied the score with a free kick. It was Gareth Bale who scored the goal.

Subsequently, the forest team's counterattack became even more frantic, and Scolari also had to mobilize troops, replace forwards and defenders, in order to keep this advantage.

At this moment, he doesn't care about whether the scene is beautiful or not. The three-pointer is the most important thing. From this point of view, Scolari is definitely not the kind of master who listens to the boss and plays "pretty football" obediently.

Dunn sent Petrov in the following moments to replace Ribery, who could not run. This substitution is very helpless... He originally wanted to replace a guard and play three guards to continue to strengthen his attacking power. But Ribery was so tired that he couldn't run anymore-he fell directly to the ground and had a cramp in his left calf. This has never happened at the beginning of last season. It seems that the negative effects of that busy summer are showing...

Counterpoint substitutions did not bring any positive effects to the team's offense.

In the end, Nottingham Forest suffered its first defeat of the season in its first home game of the season, losing to Chelsea 1:2. Since he was promoted to the Premier League, his unbeaten record against Chelsea has also passed away.

Dunn does not value the record. On the contrary, he thinks it is a good thing to break, otherwise every season he faces Chelsea and his players will have to bear this inexplicable pressure.

But losing is definitely not a good thing. The first place in the league was lost, the home start plan for this season was ruined, and the most important thing was to lose face in front of Bendtner. The failure of this game is tantamount to telling Bendtner that the Forest team really can't play without him...

This is the place that annoys Dunn the most.

At the press conference after the game, a deliberate reporter asked why Bendtner did not appear in the squad in this game, because according to his knowledge, the Danish forward was neither injured nor in bad condition.

Dunn glanced at the female reporter with an angry look, and said, "He has hemorrhoids, can you understand this?"

The female reporter was teased instead of making fun of Dun En. She gritted her teeth and glared at Dun En and sat down.

Leaving the City Stadium, Dunn called Alan Adams to inquire about Bendtner’s transfer.

In fact, if the Forest team wins this game, Dunn might change his mind and stay with Bendtner, showing him the high profile of a winner. But now he has lost the game, then Bendtner must go, he must go. He can't tolerate a player who laughs at his football and his style in his heart, staying under his nose and looking angry every day.

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In this game, Bendtner did not appear in the stands to watch the game, as if he was no longer a member of Nottingham Forest from this time.

He was packing his luggage in the apartment, waiting for the call a little nervously. Just like a daughter who eloped with her parents behind her back, she couldn't hide her excitement and longing for a better future in panic. The TV was on and it was playing the game of Nottingham Forest vs. Chelsea. He just glanced occasionally and was not in the mood to care about who wins and who loses.

Soon after Chelsea scored his second goal, Julic called him: "They promised to take you away, Niklas."

Bendtner sat on the sofa when he heard the agent say so, and watched the game on TV. After all, he has worn the red jersey for four years.

Seeing his teammates attacking wildly on the court, they were a little clueless like a headless fly. He really didn't know what he should be like. It is rare to see Nottingham Forest so embarrassed, it seems that there is no way to score a goal. Except for a long shot, Ribery and Lennon are breaking through forcibly, but they have nothing to do with Chelsea’s gradually shrinking defense. Give the ball to the opponent after the breakthrough.

If you are on the field at this time, then the midfielder can send the football to his head and feet, whether it is shooting or playing for teammates, it will make the forest team's offense alive.

The TV broadcast footage cut to Dunn, who was standing on the sidelines directing the game. He waved his arm to indicate how far the team would shoot, but it looked like he had fallen into madness with his teeth and claws.

The media once gave Dunn a nickname "Joker". Unlike Aimar, this "Joker" is obviously insulting. But Bendtner sat in front of the TV and looked over and found that the nickname was really "appropriate".

He is really a clown...

Before the end of the game, Nottingham Forest scored a goal, but it didn't help the result. Dunn hurriedly left the court with a sullen face, Bendtner also turned off the TV and continued to pack his things.

Now, what about Nottingham Forest, what about Tony Dunn, has nothing to do with him.

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"Allen, what do you mean by Manchester City?" Dunn didn't know the latest transfer progress.

"No reply yet."

"I think... Ellen, do they think the price is too high?"

"No, Tony. Just like your reporter friend said, 30 million to buy the main center of the Forest team in the next ten years, the price is fair. Don't worry about things here, leave everything to me. Lose. It’s a pity that I won the game."

Dunn grinned, Allen was a vague reminder that he should focus more on team training and games, rather than on the transfer market with other clubs, agents, or a certain rising star dad. Intrigue?

"We and Chelsea are a class of teams, whoever wins and loses is normal. As long as the final champion is ours."

Allen over there laughed: "Haha! Well, we are all waiting for the final champion, Tony."

After hanging up the phone, Dunn went out of the already empty locker room and got onto the bus.

"Go back and rest, guys. This game reminds us all-this is the new season, and last season's double champion can't explain anything." In the carriage, Dunn spread his hands and said . "Forget the double crown, now we have to start from the beginning!"

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On the second day after the end of this round, news came from the Manchester City and Nottingham Forest clubs at the same time.

Nottingham Forest’s young center Nicklas Bendtner officially moved to Manchester City. He signed a four-year contract with a weekly salary of 120,000 pounds and a transfer fee of 30 million pounds.

A soap opera finally ended. Some got it, some lost it. The person who gains loses something while gaining it, and the person who loses...gets nothing while losing.

Tony Dunn refused to comment on the transfer, and his columns in several media were silent. For those spectators who are far from the whirlpool inside the club team, no one knows what Dunn's mood is at this moment after losing Van Nistelrooy's successor.

Should he be fortunate to have left a disobedient BAD_BOY, or should he waste his four years of sadness?

Some people speculate that this silence is proof of his sadness. One of his most valued players has betrayed him. Can it not be sad?

In fact, they were all wrong, and Dunn was annoying. Two important things were placed in front of him, making him frown. How can I care about the Danish boy? Bendtner left and left. Will the earth not turn if he doesn't go? Doesn't Nottingham Forest win the championship? Does Tony Dunn stop drinking and smoking?

The Super Bowl of the week and the embarrassment that no one can buy the transfer funds of 30 million euros in hand-the transfer window is about to end soon!

But to be honest, when he occasionally frees himself, he does feel that the past summer is like a dream. People who used to listen to his teachings in a team have already put on the jerseys of other teams at this moment, and they are the enemy when they meet.

Piquet, Bendtner...and those who left long ago, Anelka, Ashley Young, Arteta.

What do they think of the time spent in Nottingham Forest in the past few years, and how do they evaluate themselves as the head coach?

Most of them won't be good things... (to be continued, if you want to know what's going on, please visit www.qidian.com, more chapters, support authors, support genuine reading!)

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