Godfather Of Champions

On the plane flying back from Belarus to the UK, Dunn would sometimes think of scenes that took place at the Dynamo Stadium in Minsk, and then felt lingering heart palpitations, and his heart beat faster.

When he changed to Zikic, he could already guess how many media in the distant United Kingdom had sharpened their swords and were preparing to take the losing Nottingham Forest. If you lose this game, you don't need to think about the pressure from the top of the club first. The domestic public opinion alone can cut him off.

Even if he successfully wins the game now, the debate about this game will not stop there. The Belarusian media screamed injustice and violently criticized Nottingham Forest for its lack of sportsmanship, saying that the United Kingdom advocates Fair Play (the spirit of fair play), but as a British Tony Dunn, there is absolutely no need for fair play. the meaning of. He stole three points from Bolisov in this game, and he couldn't win.

Some people in the British media are ridiculing that Dunn has fallen to the point where he has to rely on robbers to ensure that the team can qualify. It is a pity.

He can foresee that in the not-too-distant future, the pressure on him will not abate at all because of winning this game. He was still in the center of the whirlpool, he was still unflattering.

In addition to trying to deal with the enemies on the court, he also has to work hard to deal with the media.

The heavy pressure made him feel tired, and no matter how loud the noise was on the plane, he tilted his head and closed his eyes and fell asleep.

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Dunn feels that his sleep is bad recently, and he feels bad after getting up every morning. When he opened his eyes and saw the ceiling, the troubles that he had temporarily forgotten in his sleep came to him, making him feel that his life was lifeless--every day except for troubles or troubles, there was no time to stretch his brows.

Forgot where he heard the sentence "It is your mood when you wake up" that determines the mood of the day. Now he thinks this sentence is too right. After getting up every day, he is in a bad mood, so his mood is not much better for the whole day.

During this period of time, he ran to the forest bar more and more frequently, where he was filled with alcohol and cigarettes. The big guys in the bar also know that Dunn has been under great pressure recently, and the team's performance is worrying, and the weakest opponent in the Champions League group will have to escape. Karl Spike continued to attack Dun En in his column because he sent him 10,000 books, making him embarrassed in public. And after his relationship with Shania was exposed, countless rumors hit him.

As a football head coach, the pressure is greater than usual, and so many things outside the football field bother him. Apart from drinking and smoking, he really couldn't find other ways to relieve his psychological pressure.

John and the others are just helpless. Others can't help Dun En to share this kind of pressure.

Do not……

Actually there is.

Fans in the bar talked and laughed loudly with drinks, talking about recent interesting events. It's not just about talking about football-related topics here. The fans who often gather here know each other well and can talk about any topic.

Dunn was sitting alone in the corner drinking and smoking.

John leaned back, bent his elbow on the bar. He looked at Dunn in the distance and said to himself: "Tony is like this, it's really not easy to see. It's a pity that we can't help...can't go up to play football and help him win good results; Help him deal with those media; let alone help him raise money to buy people in January next year..."

"Behind the glamour is a lot of hard work..." Thin Bill also sighed.

Tony Dunn, as the leader of the new generation of coaches, has attracted much attention and has many admirers and followers. Regardless of people who like him or hate him, what he sees is only Dunn's domineering appearance and the bright and dazzling results. Who can see this Tony Dunn now?

Burns wiped the glass of wine glass and said lightly: "When I return home exhausted all day long, I face a dark and cold room. No amount of pressure will slowly accumulate and become bigger, right?"

John glanced back at him.

Burns raised his wine glass and looked at it under the light to see if there were any unclean stains. "A forty-year-old man, still single, and doing such a high-pressure job. Have you heard how many football coaches are single?" he asked, looking up at John.

With a crash, Dunn stood up and hit the glass placed on the table. He waved goodbye to Burns, John and Bill, and walked out of the bar staggeringly.

"Where is anyone who has spent a lifetime in a bar?" Burns said, looking at the swaying door.

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Every day after get off work, I go to Burns' Forest Bar to get drunk and then go to sleep with my head covered. When he woke up the next day, he frowned and thought about it, and found that there was still nothing to make him feel better in the new day. The international financial situation is deteriorating every day, and the club’s finances can only shrink and shrink again. He is worried that Evan will approach him the next day and say that the club can no longer afford the high salaries of the big-name stars. The exhaustion of the players does not mean that they can recover completely after a few days of sleep. There are always several names on the injury list. Sometimes one person leaves and one person comes.

This is Dunn's "happy life" towards the end of the year.

Nevertheless, even though he gets up and sits on the bed every morning and can't think of any good news that can make him feel happy, he still has to fight hard and go to work in Vilford.

Supervise training; formulate a week-long work plan; communicate with physical therapists and team doctors to understand the recovery of injured people every day; communicate with physical coaches to understand the latest physical condition of the team; observe the status of the players during training; occasionally Pay attention to the players of the youth team and reserve team; listen to the latest reports sent by scouts from all over the world; Taobao from the player database specially made by SI company for the forest team, hoping to rely on SI company's huge scout network all over the world , Let him dig out one or two unknown demon calves; continue to deal with various tricky questions from the media at the regular press conference; study the latest intelligence of the next opponent, and work out a detailed battle plan with Tang ...

Since the pressure is too great to resolve, then simply use crazier work and busyness to make yourself forget the pressure temporarily.

This is Dunn's "decompression" approach to pressure.

It can be said that this trick is really effective when working. He was so busy that he didn't have time to think about the pressure. Only when the day's work is over, the feeling will come to the shore like a tide, and it will become stronger again and again.

When he returned home after "relaxing" in the bar, he saw the black behemoth from the outside, and he had the urge not to go in and turn around and leave.

It’s cold outside, it’s as cold at home...

Standing at the door of Heidongdong's house, he was in a cold sweat when he was blown by the cold wind after drinking.

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November 29th, the 15th round of the league. Nottingham Forest defeated West Bromwich 3-1 at home. In several other games at the same time, Chelsea and Arsenal drew 2:2 at home, Liverpool beat West Ham 2-0 at home, and Manchester United shook hands with the opponent 1:1 in the Manchester derby at home. . As a result, Liverpool surpassed Chelsea with 38 points in the league standings. Chelsea followed with 36 points. Nottingham Forest was third with 30 points. Manchester United, who originally had the same points with them, was due to the tie. Ranked fourth with 28 points, Arsenal ranked fifth with 27 points.

Nottingham Forest finally opened up points with Manchester United and no longer shared the third place in the league with other teams. And Chelsea's streak of winning streak was also dragged by Arsenal, 36 points and the Forest team only six points gap, let the Forest team once again see the hope of catching up.

In the game against West Bromwich Albion, the team also showed a rare mental outlook in recent games, easily defeating the opponent 3:1.

It stands to reason that this is a good thing, but Tony Dunn and the media obviously don't think so.

Van Nistelrooy was injured and fell to the ground in the 70th minute of the game against West Bromwich Albion, and was replaced by Zikic.

According to the preliminary diagnosis after the game, he needs injury for two months.

This number has made Dunn's frowning brows tighten.

Van Nistelrooy knew what the boss was worrying about. When he was interviewed, he smiled lightly and said that he was not a big deal, and he relieved Dunn: "It's only eight weeks, just take a good rest. Two months. I will definitely be back!"

As a result, when he flew to the United States for further inspection, a big bad news came out.

The previous two months' recovery plan did not include the option of surgery. The team doctors believe that surgery is not needed, just rest. Of course, this is from the perspective of the club. After all, the team doctors all know how short the Forest team is now. Beckham and Eastwood have been injured. Pepe also got worse in the match against Bolisov and had to sit in the stands. Sun Jihai was also injured for a month.

In the case of the team's personnel being stretched, surgical treatment options are not considered at all.

American doctors have no such concerns. Richard Steadman, the famous doctor who diagnosed Van Nistelrooy, bluntly pointed out that the Dutch should receive surgery immediately, and...

"Eight months! ! 》

"The Sun" slapped this **** headline that was somewhat horrifying.

Eight months is the estimated time for Van Nistelrooy from surgery to recovery-eight to nine months.

When this news spread from the United States to Nottingham, Tony Dunn could hardly believe his ears. He thought the other party had mistaken "eight weeks" for "eight months."

How could it be wrong?

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"...At least eight to nine months. This is only the time from surgery to recovery. It will take at least one year before he can play again!"

At this sensitive time, how could Tony Dunn’s most loyal opponent, Mr. Carl Spike, be missing? He broke the news when accepting a TV interview show, which pushed Tony Dunn to the forefront.

"A player normally recovers from a serious injury and has at least one month for muscle training to recover. During this month, any intense exercise may make the newly healed wound relapse. Van Nistelrooy was injured. The knee meniscus is the part of the body that is most likely to collide and cause old injuries to recur. The most typical example is Ronaldo. Can anyone of you count how many times the Brazilian alien’s knee has been injured?"

"No, no, I don’t say that Van Nistelrooy will definitely say goodbye to this season. I’m just saying that the Dutch will have a 95% chance of retiring completely! Am I being alarmist? I don’t. Okay, Let me pray for the Dutch. The operation went smoothly and the recovery from injury was perfect. Then I started to do simple muscle strength training, and then gradually increased, participated in the team training, and practiced with the whole team. Slowly... It's time to play the game. There are no twists and turns in the middle. One year has passed." In the football program of the TV station, he wrote and painted on the prompt board, and talked about Van Nistelrooy's serious injury. "Remember, there is no problem at all between these. He is recovering well and his right knee has not relapsed. Then he is thirty-four years old."

Spike spread out his hands and smiled at the host: "Do you know what thirty-four years old means for a striker? In a fast-paced and fierce competition like the Premier League, thirty-four years old, his knees have just encountered What can the seriously injured forward...do? Will Nottingham Forest still renew his contract with Van Nistelrooy? In such a bad economic environment, I don't believe Evan Daggerty will be a philanthropist. That’s why I said that he has a 95% chance to retire directly!"

"Okay, I made it clear before the hapless Dutch. Now let's see who caused all this and who is to blame for Van Nistelrooy's tragic fate!" He saw the host open his mouth. His mouth shape quickly stopped him with gestures, and he continued. "Yes, ready to come out-Tony Dunn!"

"From the beginning of the new season, Van Nistelrooy has been injured and his physical condition has always been poor. This half of the league basically played a few games and then took a rest. At the beginning of the season, Van Nistelrooy once announced Withdraw from the Dutch national team and concentrate on playing for the Forest team. This makes Dunn overjoyed. After driving away Bendtner, the center he can rely on is actually only Van Nistelrooy, and the Sevillaans are not used to the Premier League. Football. The team's performance is not good, the state of the team is up and down, and the club is affected by the financial crisis, Tony Dunn knows that he must achieve good results, and he can only continue to rely on Van Nistelrooy... …"

Having said this, Karl Spike calmly leaned back in his chair with a mysterious smile.

"I have inside information. Just before the game against West Bromwich Albion, the Nottingham Forest team doctor warned Dunn that it is best not to let Van Nistelrooy play, otherwise he is in danger of injury. But Tony Dunn did not listen to the warning from the team doctor and forcibly sent the Dutch for his handsome position. As a result, everyone saw it? Such a coach who ignored the players' health for his own handsome position, some might say he was iron-blooded. Governing the army, but I can only sniff at it!"

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When Carl Spike’s boastful show was shown on the TV, Dunn was drinking in Burns’ bar to relieve his boredom. Van Nistelrooy's serious injury was indeed a very heavy blow to Dunn. Zikic is still slowly adapting to the Premier League, Eastwood has been suffering from minor injuries, and Arshavin is more like a winger than a scoring center. Only the dedicated Van Nistelrooy could have been trusted. As a result, this injury was eight months... He had no idea how the team's goal for the remaining half of the season would be solved.

Amidst worries, I naturally came to the bar to drink and poured my sorrows through wine.

He was surrounded by John and Bill, all comforting him.

Then he heard Karl Spike's triumphant expression on TV, and he kept talking about breaking the news.

At that time, he stood up shaking his body, holding a thick beer glass in his hand, and was about to throw it at the TV. Fortunately, John and Bill moved fast, one holding him, the other reaching for the glass. But the liquor in the glass also poured on Dunn.

"This bitch-like bastard!" he cursed with clenched fists.

"What does that kind of idiot do, Tony? Drink and drink!" John motioned to Burns to continue serving the wine.

Dunn did not continue to drink, he sat in a chair. Still thinking about what happened before that game.

Karl Spike is right about one thing. Frye clearly warned him that Van Nistelrooy's body was close to collapse and could no longer be used like this. So Dunn decided to let Van Nistelrooy take a break and let Zikic, who is not yet comfortable with the Premier League, start. Anyway, West Bromwich Albion is just a newly promoted horse and can always handle it. Even if Beckham has an injury, Eastwood has an injury, Pepe has an injury, Van der Vaart has an injury... it can always be dealt with.

But Ruud van Nistelrooy found him and insisted on playing. He knows the current plight of the team and knows that no one is available to the boss.

Dunn thought for a long time, but nodded in agreement.

I just didn't expect what I was afraid of. Van Nistelrooy really ended up injured in the game. And seriously injured for eight months!

It's really unlucky, drinking cold water makes your teeth stuffy...

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The next day, many reporters at the entrance of Vilford wanted to come here to confirm whether what Carl Spike said on TV last night was true.

Dun En's hoarse voice seemed a little small in front of these reporters, and the troubles that followed these days made him feel a little bit powerless even if he wanted to be hard.

"Don't guess..." He waved his hand. "It was my decision to let Luther play, and I do not intend to shirk responsibility for it. I feel sorry and shocked that the team has lost such an important shooter, but the team will definitely stick to it. We are ranked third and in good condition. It’s normal to have injuries. I don’t see what you call a crisis. So be it, goodbye everyone."

After speaking, he turned and walked in.

A group of reporters surged forward from behind: "Mr. Tony Dunn! I have one more question!"

"Mr. Dunn, I heard that you forcibly asked Van Nistelrooy to play in a closed game?"

Dunn looked back at the reporters and said coldly: "I'm in a bad mood, don't bother me! If you're curious, ask Karl Spike, doesn't he claim to have inside information? Let him take all the inside information he knows. Let me tell you!"

After striding forward to throw away the reporters, Dunn stopped and looked up at the hazy sky.

At least eight months...

When Van Nistelrooy returns from injury, who knows what it is like?

Is the global economic crisis over? Are we rich? Can I wave a checkbook to buy people all over the world? What will happen to the team's performance? Can we win the European Champions Cup for the third time in a row? Can we still defend the league title? What kind of breakthrough can be made in the FA Cup?

A year later, what happened to Nottingham Forest and me...? (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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