Godfather Of Champions

Perhaps it is because the Forest team now has only three forwards who can be regarded as official forwards, so Allen allowed Dunn to use all the remaining transfer funds to buy a center in the market.

But Dunn's problem now is that he can't buy people with money...

This situation is really frustrated. It's like a poor ghost can only drool when he sees others eating fragrant and spicy food, and has no money in his pocket. Suddenly a large sum of money fell from the sky, let him find it, and happily ran to have a big meal, only to see that the restaurant was closed.

Since it is already August 31, there is less than one day before the transfer window closes. At this time, most of the transfer transactions have been completed, and those that have not been completed have entered the signing stage. Even if Dunn is interested in a certain goal, it has long been in the bag of others. Half a day is not enough to go to other teams to find new goals.

In Dun En's gloomy heart, he had already determined that this was intentional by Manchester City. Delaying a few days before making a decision at the last minute is to not give the Forest team time to find alternates. It's a pity that I patronized the fight against Manchester City in those few days, and forgot about this.

Now it's okay, let's be a cocoon.

On the one hand, he was unwilling to search for suitable candidates in the transfer market. On the other hand, Dunn was also prepared to be self-sufficient.

He decided to go to the youth team and the reserve team to see if there are suitable forwards available.

Of course, this needs to wait after finishing the Super Bowl.

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When Tony Dunn led the Nottingham Forest team to the tourist resort of Monaco to prepare for the European Super Cup, the club's people were also full of horsepower, making the last effort around the world.

If the Brazilian striker, who Manchester City has not bought, is a choice, but the complicated relationship behind him and the tight time make the Forest Club uncertain whether it can be won.

Germany’s top scorer in the league last season, Mario Gomez, is a powerful center, but his performance in the European Cup is too clumsy, and the scouts of Nottingham Forest are not very optimistic about the future of this kid.

Nottingham Forest, who was looking for a red eye, even found the Spanish Valencia club, and they took out all their belongings to buy each other’s leading striker Villa. It doesn't matter whether this person's style is suitable for Nottingham Forest's tactics, and Dunn's requirements.

Inter Milan's talented player "Super Mario" Mario Balotelli may be a good fit. But when Mourinho heard that he was the Nottingham Forest dignitaries, he refused without thinking about it.

Egypt’s newly rising center Zaki is very much in line with Dunn’s requirements, but... he has already been bought by Portsmouth in advance. For a player who has just transferred for less than a month, Dunn is impossible for him to transfer again.

At the last moment, the scouts found a character who absolutely met Dunn's requirements...

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Nikola Zigic (Nikola_Zigic), a Serbian, is two meters and two meters tall. Is the second highest center in European football.

There is a strange phenomenon in European football these years, that is, the taller the center forward, the weaker the header ability. A typical representative Ibrahimovic, his skills at his feet are 100,000 light years better than header skills.

But Zikic is different. He is very much in line with Dunn's hope that the center forward will have a good header. As a high center forward, his heading ability is as good as his height. With a height of 2.02 meters and a weight of 100 kilograms, he has become a true "airmaster" in the penalty area. When playing against Real Madrid, his height and weight made the world footballer Cannavaro helpless, even if he wanted to foul the big man.

Not only that, but a good header does not mean that he is clumsy at his feet. Zikic's shooting skills are also not weak. It can be said that he is a truly versatile center.

Unlike Bendtner, he can also become a "setter" who can create opportunities for his teammates and play the ball without hesitation. Cypriot blacks have much better tactical discipline than Bendtner.

The most important point-Zikic is not happy now in Valencia.

Last season Valencia spent 17 million euros to bring him from Racing Santander to the Bats, but he did not get a chance to play. After missing a few league rounds at the beginning of the season due to injury, he has always been on the bench...no, a regular on the stands.

The absolute main striker in Valencia is "Gourd Baby" Villa, and Morientes, behind them there are Angulo and Arizmendi. Whether it is Flores or Koman, they dare not take the high center forward. Valencia spent 17 million euros to buy a fifth forward. No wonder they were in a financial crisis last season... It's not like having money to be a prodigal.

This summer, Atletico Madrid wanted to take Zikic away. Zikic himself rejected the offer. He wanted to prove himself in Valencia again.

But now as the new season of La Liga is about to kick off, Zikic has discovered a cruel reality-in the tactics of the new head coach Emery, there is no such position as a high center forward. Villa's last moments to stay on the team also almost announced that he has no chance to compete for the starting center.

At this moment, Nottingham Forest, who lacked a high center forward, came to the door.

Originally, the forest team came to buy Villa, but Valencia rejected it with disdain. They said that Villa is not for sale, and Real Madrid will buy them and not let them go, let alone the Nottingham Forest in England. In desperation, Nottingham Forest glanced at Valencia's striker's seat by the way, and then was surprised to find that there was another stupid big man who was depressed.

Valencia is not willing to go abroad, but they are indeed short of money. If others can sell it for money, they are very welcome.

Zikic also realized that he has no future in Valencia, and Nottingham Forest is the team that just won the double crown. There are many high-level players in the team, and they want to continue to fight for the championship. This is very much in line with Zikic's desire-he is eager to gain honor.

The two sides hit it off and signed an agreement with Valencia in the morning of September 1st, and in the afternoon Zhikic flew to Nottingham for a medical examination. In the evening, when Dunn made final preparations and deployments for tomorrow's game in Monaco, Nottingham Forest and Valencia Club both announced the move of Serbia and Montenegro center Nikola Zikic to Nottingham Forest at a transfer fee of 10 million euros.

If it's not for time constraints, Allen will have to keep prices down. Anyway, Valencia is short of money, it is a good time to kill them.

In the new season, Zikic will wear the No. 9 jersey left by Bendtner for the new team to attack the city.

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After buying Zikic, Dunn was very satisfied with the transfer, and the last stone in his heart fell. I spent too much time and energy on other irrelevant things this summer, and being able to get an "air tyrant" at the last minute can be regarded as a way to make up for those regrets.

Now he can seriously deal with the opponents of the European Super Cup-Scotland Glasgow Rangers.

The Rangers beat the veteran team Bayern Munich in a thrilling UEFA Cup final last season and won the UEFA Cup.

In the Super Bowl they certainly hope to continue this good luck.

And Dunn, who had lost a powerful center forward, had to put up a defensive formation, threatening the opponent's goal by occasional sneak attacks, and more often the Forest team players were exhausted in defense.

Judging from the game scene, Nottingham Forest does not have the temperament of a "European champion" at all. On the contrary, the morale of the Rangers team is more like a European Champions Cup winner.

But the result?

Nottingham Forest successfully defended the penalty kick. At this time, the Rangers, who have been attacking for 120 minutes, were impetuous and exhausted. They never thought that a Super Cup would be dragged to the point of a penalty kick. On the other hand, the forest team players who have been passively beaten in sports battles are full of confidence, calm and composed, as if the penalty kick was in their expectations.

The penalty kick that most tests the psychological quality has not yet started, and the mentality of both sides has already been judged.

In the penalty shootout, Kevin Thompson, who was the first to play for the Rangers, kicked the ball into the stands under tremendous pressure and gave Nottingham Forest a good start.

Then Nottingham Forest scored four from four penalty kicks, while the Rangers only scored two. The defeat was declared before the fifth goal.

Nottingham Forest is the second team to successfully defend the European Super Cup after Serie A giants AC Milan. Won the second championship trophy in the new season, which brought some joy to the team that just sold the Stars of Tomorrow.

Although the scene is ugly, but won the championship. The media still expressed their admiration for Nottingham Forest. After all, there were too many messy things that had nothing to do with football during this period, which made people overwhelmed. Winning the Super Bowl under such circumstances proved Dunn's ability. At the same time, it also proved to people a fact that they did not want to admit but had to admit that "defense is always the basis for winning the championship."

So some experts began to boldly predict-"The glory of Nottingham Forest this season will continue!"

These experts summed up an experience after three seasons of observation: in Nottingham Forest, don't be afraid to speak big words. Because Tang En was talking big words every year, but in the end he became a winner. Questioning him will only be slapped in the face by him in the end. It is better to speak big words. If you get the right one, it means you have a long-term vision. Don't blame me.

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Although he took the Super Bowl and even though he bought high center forward Zikic, Dunn's frowned brow showed no sign of letting go. The reason is simple-someone else is injured.

Van der Vaart and Van Nistelrooy are still on the injury list. After the Super Bowl, they have another partner.

Pepe sprained his ankle in overtime. At that time, Dunn had no substitutes in his hand, so he had to gritted his teeth on the court. After the competition, it will be checked and cultivated for 15 days.

Now Dunn can only be thankful that it is not a major injury, otherwise the start of this new season will be really unfavorable.

After returning to Nottingham, Dunn introduced Zikic to the players, and found time to talk with him separately through an interpreter. Let him know what kind of team Nottingham Forest is, what style of football the head coach is good at, what role he hopes the center will play in this tactic, what kind of position he will be in this team... …By the way, I cared about his life in the UK, and told him that he was uncomfortable and came to myself. Fully showed the image of a "kind", "kind" and "gentle" middle-aged man.

After playing the Super Bowl, the Forest team temporarily disbanded, and players with national team missions must fly to their respective national teams to participate in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

The famous Italian gold medal coach Capello has become England's new head coach, and thanks to the iron-blooded coach, George Wood has also been re-elected to the England team. The stable performance, the faithful execution of tactics, and the calm and innocent character, are in line with Capello's requirements.

The media predict that in this England away game against Andorra, Wood is likely to usher in the starter. The young Nottingham Forest captain has to use his own actions to prove his value in the England team. He has always been considered a player underestimated by the two England coaches.

Wood needs to work hard for his future in England, and Dunn is not idle. Taking advantage of this effort, he went to the reserve team and youth team. Although I bought Zikic, Van Nistelrooy is old after all. No matter how good he is, there is no guarantee that he will be like this next season... In fact, this season may not be guaranteed. Dunn felt that he still had to dig out his reserve lineup.

Although the first team is on holiday, the reserve team has to prepare for the weekend reserve league. The arrival of Dunn made the reserve players very happy, because they know what it means to rarely come to the reserve coach once.

If you perform well, you will get a chance to advance to the first team.

Turkey's former genius Shaheen is currently training with the first team, but participates in the reserve team. Dunn hopes to let him get in touch with and familiar with England's football style from the intensity of the reserve team, and at the same time gradually restore confidence and inspiration.

He came to the reserve team this time and wanted to see how Shaheen's performance was.

Reserve head coach Colin Cladwood saw Dun Enlai and thought he was here to inspect Shaheen. As soon as we met, he talked to him about Shaheen’s performance: "...Tony, this guy does He is a genius. He has performed very prominently in the reserve game. I think he has the ability to play in the first team. His passing is very imaginative and his ball control is very good..."

Dunn patiently listened to his introduction and nodded: "Let him stay with you for a while, Colin."

"Huh? Isn't Rafael injured?" Cladwood puzzled.

"There are so many people in the first team, I always try to arrange them all to play." Tang En smiled helplessly.

Cladwood suddenly realized, then shook his head and smiled: "No one wants to be a substitute."

"Furthermore, I listened to the advice of psychologists, and Miss Taresa, who has been following and treating Sahin, thinks that it is not a good time for him to return to the first team immediately. I believe in the advice of professionals, so let him wait. ... Is he dissatisfied?" Dun En was concerned about the last question. Bendtner's departure sounded a wake-up call for him, and he could no longer wishful thinking that everyone was an NPC with no personal desire to obey.

Cladwood shook his head: "Not really. And... I think he enjoys this kind of stress-free game."

Tang En snorted, no longer speaking, and continued to watch the internal reserve team competition that is taking place on the training ground. This competition will determine the lineup of the reserve team tomorrow. Everyone has done their best to play The first-team coach showed his best self.

The most promising young players in the youth team were also loaned out by Dunn this summer, such as wide players like Adriano Mok. Those players in the first team who do not have a national team mission also appear in the reserve team. If they perform well, they will participate in the reserve league tomorrow. In fact, the reserve team has always been the most direct platform for the first team to adjust the players' state and observe the players' level. Dunn rarely comes, not because he doesn't care, but because he has the best eyes-Tang. Tang Ke comes back every game of the reserve team. Those first team players who are determined not to appear in the league squad will also come to the reserve team to play the game, keep in shape, and players who have just recovered from their injuries will also pass the reserve team. The game finds the rhythm of the game again. The other kind of person is a promising young man like Mok, who impresses the first-team coach by playing in the reserve team, thus using the reserve team as a springboard to rise to the first team and move on to a broader stage. However, these people are just passers-by of the reserve team after all. Most of the players on the reserve team are ordinary players who are not outstanding. They have low salaries and cannot play the first team. They are content to play in the reserve team. …Every summer, the club terminates contracts with a group of such players, or sells them to low-level league teams at a low price, and then selects a portion from the youth team for a closer inspection. Those who have the potential to stay or rent out to exercise, and those who have no money will be eliminated after a few years, and so on.

Dunn quickly noticed the central defender in the yellow team because he was too tall. According to visual inspection, at least 1.9 meters or more, because he is taller than the goalkeeper.

He felt that this person was familiar, perhaps because of his unique height. He turned his head and asked Cladwood: "Who is that number five?"

"Aaron Mitchell, central defender. But his performance in this position is terrible." Cladwood is a dedicated reserve head coach. Some people on this team may not be Dunn. Knowing who they are, Cladwood does keep in mind.

"What a terrible method?" Dunn remembered the name. When he went to the youth team last summer to see if there were any hopeful stars, he also noticed this big man.

"Lack of defensive awareness." Cladwood shook his head. "The header has improved than before, and his physical fitness is also great. But he is completely at a loss when he is defending...you see."

Just as he was talking, Mitchell was easily fooled by Hoyt, another shooter of the reserve team, and then shot successfully.

"In addition, his tackles are terrible. For this reason I have to forbid him to tackle opponents in the penalty area. He has given his opponent two penalty kicks in three games... He is always easy to be cheated by the opponent. Pass, and then lose focus."

The side without the vest was celebrating the goal, and the culprit who conceded the goal stood still and bowed his head in annoyance. Dunn took a few glances, even if he lowered his head, this kid's height was too outstanding...Is it about to catch up with Zikic?

Suddenly a thought came to his mind.

"Maybe it's the wrong position... Colin. Would you try to change him to the front line?" Dunn said to Cladwood.

The reserve coach was taken aback by Dunn's absurd idea.

"Strike? This..."

Seeing that the opposite party was embarrassed, Dunn smiled: "Well, you call him down and I will tell him."

Cladwood blew his whistle to suspend the game, then waved the stupid man off the court. The teammates saw his look very strange. They don't understand why Mitchel, who just made a mistake, was taken by Dunn...

"Coach, head... boss." After greeted Cladwood first, and then faced the smiling Dunn, the big man became a bit stuttered.

"Young man, how tall?" Dunn nodded, and he asked if he had agreed.

"Uh... 1.98 meters."

Dunn smiled: "No wonder you are so tall, you are taller than him..." Dunn Yizhi and Mitchel are the other goalkeepers of the opponent, it is the team's third goalkeeper Dale Roberts, who is 1.91 meters tall. .

"To be honest, your performance is terrible."

When Dunn said this, the other party was completely silent immediately, lowering his head as a strangely trained elementary student.

"Now I give you a chance. You go to play forward."

Hearing Dunn's words, Mitchell was stunned. He raised his head and looked at the head shorter than himself somewhat inconceivably.

"I, but I didn't, never..."

"If I let you hit you, go and fight, there is so much nonsense!" Dunn frowned, and the other party immediately stopped speaking.

"Go ahead." Cladwood patted the opponent on the shoulder and pushed him back to the court. Then he withdrew his midfielder back to make a temporary guest central defender and changed the team to 433.

"Let them pass from the two sides and start the high ball."

Cladwood understood Dunn's meaning. "You want to see that kid's heading ability?"

"It's the ability to score headers." Dunn smiled and corrected his colleagues' mistakes.

Until the end of the first half, Mitchell, who was pushed to the forward for the first time, did not score a goal.

He was very nervous at first, and he didn't understand why the head coach wanted to make himself a forward, and he was a little at a loss. But when he found that his teammates were always pushing the ball high into the penalty area, he began to try to jump for the top. Then, he found that once he jumped up, the opposing defender had nothing to do with him. He was completely relieved and put all his thoughts on the job of how to score the goal.

Although he didn't score a goal, he smashed the football on the crossbar twice, and once forced the first team's third goalkeeper Dale Roberts to make a very embarrassing save-in order to save him the ball to the bottom left corner, almost almost. Hit the goalpost.

After discovering that Mitchell, who was originally useless except for his height, had such a useful side, the teammates took the initiative to pass the ball to him, and suddenly a stern air defense alarm sounded in front of Roberts' goal. Regardless of whether he can hit the ball or not, such a big Mitchell can bring tremendous psychological pressure to the opposing defender as long as he stands in front of the goal. His presence also helped his teammates distract the opponent's defense, and the yellow team evened the score before the end of the first half. When Shaheen appeared in front of the goal to sweep the football into the goal, there was not even a defensive player by his side-everyone was by Mitchell.

Seeing this scene, Dunn smiled and clapped his hands. While applauding for Shaheen’s goal, he said to the dumbfounded Cladwood next to him: “It seems that we have all got his position wrong. He should be one. A center. From now on, train him as a center."

So, he started playing football at the age of ten and played goalkeeper for one year. Aaron Mitchell, a central defender for seven years, officially changed his job to become an alternate center forward.

Chelsea’s "Warcraft" striker Drogba also switched from a defender to a forward. Perhaps Mitchel could not be the first Drogba, but he can at least start working towards this goal.

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Remarks:

The 2008-2009 season Nottingham Forest first team roster (26 players):

Goalkeepers: Van der Sar (1), Igor Akinfeev (12), Dale Roberts (25).

Defenders: Layton Barnes (22), Gareth Bell (2), Pascal Zimbanda (3), Sun Jihai (21), Jonathan Woodgate (5), Vicente. Kompany (33), Pepe (6), Wes Morgan (30), Robert Ayala (4), Rafinha (14).

Midfielders: George Wood (13), Martin Petrov (8), Rafael Van der Vaart (23), Chris Cammons (20), Allen Lennon (17), Frank. Ribery (7), David Beckham (24), Thiago Mendes (31), Nuri Shahin (15).

Forwards: Freddy Eastwood (11), Nikola Zikic (9), Luther Van Nistelrooy (10), Arshavin (18).

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