Godfather Of Champions

Galliani sincerely wanted to persuade George Wood to join AC Milan, but he never thought that Dunn would eventually be mixed into a farce.

George Wood did not come, and took AC Milan's precious half a month into it. Now that the summer transfer window is about to close, Gattuso's successor has not been found.

Ancelotti's gloomy face is now more gloomy. If Galliani and Braida can't find him a new midfielder, then AC Milan's league championship plan for the new season will surely fail.

Galliani also knows what kind of players the team needs. He is better than Real Madrid's former general manager Mijatović for this.

Ancelotti mentioned earlier that Blasi is an object that can be considered, but Galliani did not put the eggs in a basket this time. While asking the team to contact Blasi’s agent, he also separated Two other people were found.

The first defensive midfielder to shine in Sporting Lisbon and be watched by many giants clubs-MIguel_Veloso (MIguel_Veloso).

The second is Liverpool's main player that can't be beaten. This summer, Argentina is an important player in winning the world championship, midfielder Mascherano.

In terms of actual value, Mascherano is a head higher than Veloso and even higher than George Wood because he won the world championship. The mainstream view in world football is that Veloso is still slightly younger. Mascherano and George Wood are already excellent defensive midfielders, and they can be regarded as the best defensive midfielders in the world.

Galliani's plan is that although the difficulty of buying Mascherano is also very high, the Argentine is not the captain of Anfield after all, and naturally it cannot be a boring non-sale item. Then it's easy to handle as long as you have money. He doesn't want George Wood. Wood's status in the Forest determines that AC Milan is rich and the deal is also very difficult.

Galliani is inclined to Mascherano.

But Liverpool will not let the Argentine go to AC Milan, even though they already have the Brazilian midfielder Lucas.

Time is running out and Mascherano is deadlocked with Liverpool's non-cooperation. In Portugal, it went well. Veloso wanted to leave Sporting Lisbon for a long time, but he did not leave last summer because his agent and the club believed that when the European Cup was played, Veloso's value should rise, so he advised him to stay in Portugal. This year's World Cup has just ended, and it is a good time to switch to major clubs.

Sporting Lisbon also believes that selling Veloso at this time may get more transfer fees, so instead of getting entangled in the issue of letting go, they started directly to talk about transfer fees. Veloso himself is also very happy to join a world-class team like AC Milan, where there are more fans, more attention, and more honors. Joining AC Milan is an important step for him to become a world-class star.

In the end, Galliani and Braida had to give up their pursuit of Mascherano and signed a contract with Veloso.

On the day of August 25th, AC Milan announced that they had brought in Miguel Veloso, the main midfielder of the Portuguese national team, at a price of 23 million euros.

This continuous transfer drama that began with George Wood has come to an end.

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AC Milan bought a substitute for George Wood. Since Wood published an open letter in the newspaper, Dunn didn't care about it. For him, it is the same whether Galliani bought Veroso or Mascherano. He will lead the team to prepare for the second round of the UEFA Champions League qualifying round and the second round of the league.

In the first round of the Champions League qualifying round, Nottingham Forest beat the Red Star Belgrade 4-0 at home. This result almost guaranteed them to enter the Champions Cup main match. So Dunn adopted a rotation system in the away game.

Akinfeev’s starting position was given to Dale Roberts, the left back was changed from Gareth Bale to Joe Matoke, the center back was Woodgate and Morgan, and the right back joined the ball this season. Nkulu of the team. In midfield, George Wood continued to rest, Thiago still started, Shahin replaced Bostock, left midfielder Fernandez, right midfielder is Bentley. The striker Ibisevic did not sit on the bench because of his mediocre performance in the first round of the league. Dunn gave him full trust and continued to start him. His partner was "Quick Horse" Abang. Raho.

If the Serbs think this is Nottingham Forest's bench lineup, they can do whatever they want at home, then they will suffer a big loss.

Rotating lineup does not mean that it is a substitute lineup. Looking at this lineup alone, the strength and the "main lineup" they think are not the same.

Such a lineup played 3:2 against the home team at the Red Star Stadium in Belgrade.

The Red Star team was crazy at the beginning. If they want to enter the main game, they must score at least four goals in their home court while not allowing the opponent to score. It's too difficult, but they have no other choice but to attack.

It was the Red Star team who opened the scoring first. They scored a goal at the beginning of the game 14 minutes, and the Red Star Stadium was full of joy. It is a pity that the home team fans did not maintain their good mood for long. Seven minutes later, Nottingham Forest relied on a corner kick to score a goal by Morgan.

Nottingham Forest then made persistent efforts and Abang Raho received the pass from Ibisevic and directly faced the goalkeeper to push the goal and lead the score.

In the second half, the Red Stars continued to counterattack frantically. Unfortunately, there were too many holes in the backcourt and too much open space. Nottingham Forest caught the counterattack. Abang Raho scored twice.

This ball completely destroyed the fighting spirit of the Red Star team, and they played weakly in the subsequent games, but at the last moment they caught the forest team's negligence and scored a face-saving goal. It doesn't help the result.

Nottingham Forest advanced to the main race with a total score of 7:2.

I am a little regretful that Ibisevic still did not score when facing such an opponent...

Carl Spike and some media must have something to say after the game.

Is Ibisevic really a brilliant meteor?

After the game, Ibisevic was also slightly depressed, but in general, his mood has not been greatly affected.

Dunn still used those words to comfort him: "You did a good job, Ibby. I'm getting into the team little by little."

He is not the kind of person who makes a decision and then immediately denies himself. Even if he really looks away, he still has to give the other party a period of time to prove himself.

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So in the second round of the league, Nottingham Forest challenged Newcastle away, and Ibisevic still started.

Unfortunately, he still did not score.

In the 75th minute, he was replaced by Van Nistelrooy.

The commentator's comment was "Tony Dunn doesn't seem to be satisfied with this Bosnian".

Dunn’s true intentions were just not to put too much pressure on Ibisevic.

In this game, Nottingham Forest finally shook hands with Newcastle in the away game. Neither side scored.

After the game, some media believed that if Nottingham Forest had better ability to seize the opportunity, it would actually be able to beat Newcastle away and take all three points. But Ibisevic was disappointing, he wasted at least three opportunities.

Carl Spike laughed at Dunn in the post-match show that he should reconsider gambling with him, "Of course, if Mr. Dunn wanted to shave his head, then I am happy to do it."

Disharmonious voices also spread from the local media in Nottingham. I think Tony Dunn looked away again, Ibisevic was not as outstanding as everyone thought. His performance in the 08-09 season is indeed a short-lived, he is actually just a European third-rate league bench forward.

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Ibisevic has been integrated into the team in life and language, but he has not found the feeling of scoring for a long time on the court. Matthias Fernandez has to thank Iby, because if Dunn and Karl Spike weren’t betting on the Bosnian’s goals, he would be criticized by the media now, because he himself also Did not join the team.

Dunn felt that the first problem he had to solve was not to study his opponent and how to win. It's about getting these two men to adapt quickly to the team, because they are not bought as substitutes.

There are many reasons why Ibisevic does not score. First, he has not yet fully adapted to the Premier League's style of play; second, he cares too much about Dunn and Spike's gambling and put all the burden on himself; The third is the tactical issue.

In Hoffenheim’s craziest season, Ibisevic’s crazy goals were related to their crazy offensive tactics. 433’s offensive play allowed them to always score big points, and two wingers kept attacking from the wing. , To feed the ball to Ibisevic in the middle. The three players in the midfield moved as accurately as a clock, the four backs moved forward, and the accuracy of offside was maddening.

They implement simple, fast and direct tactics, somewhat similar to Nottingham Forest in previous years. But Nottingham forest is very few and almost never offside. Dunn doesn't believe in the tactics of offside, especially in the Premier League where he likes to go straight. And he really likes his opponents to make offsides, and then let his fast horses go against offsides again and again, seizing a chance can kill the opponent!

This tactic is simply a typical newly promoted tactic. But now Nottingham Forest is no longer a newly-promoted horse. Dunn emphasized that in midfield, the tactics of rapid advancement are not always used. He must make his team's tactics richer and more varied, otherwise it will be easy for opponents to study thoroughly. Just like Hoffenheim in the second season of the Bundesliga...

Ibisevic is accustomed to the way of kicking the ball with two wingers delivering cannonballs and passing and running quickly. He has to adapt to another way-to keep the football under his feet, step by step, and push forward slowly. Although Nottingham Forest also has fast wing players, wingers and wingers cannot be compared.

Dunn believes that Ibisevic’s ability in this area is fine, but there is a process for adaptation, and the process takes time.

So he decided to talk to Ibisevic and couldn't put too much pressure on him.

A player who has just suffered a failure comes to a completely unfamiliar environment. It may not be obvious on the surface, but the psychological pressure is very great.

He prepared a number of rhetoric in advance, intending to help Ibisevic decompress from multiple angles.

But Ibisevic was surprised that the coach suddenly found him to talk alone.

"I don't have any problems in life, boss. I still barely get used to eating..." He thought Dunn was concerned about his life.

"Of course I know that your life is okay." Dunn felt that his enthusiasm was extinguished by Ibisevich, and he said angrily. "I'm not here to talk to you about this, I'm..." In his heart, he thought about what words should be used so as not to stimulate the striker.

The forward position is different from other positions. Sometimes technique or consciousness is not the most important, but the important thing is confidence. The source of confidence is also very simple-goals, consecutive goals.

He hopes to restore his confidence as much as possible without damaging Ibisevic's self-esteem.

"I see, is it because I haven't scored a few games?"

Dunn nodded vigorously, it was really easy to talk to smart people... But why should I say this from Ibisevich? Isn't this my line?

Ibisevic was silent for a while, just when Dunn was about to comfort him, he spoke again: "Boss, are you worried... can't you win that reporter?"

Dunn laughed: "Where's the word? If you don't tell me, I almost forgot about this. Didn't I say, I never worry about what hasn't happened yet. Unless you have the last round in the league. I still haven't scored a goal in the circumstance, so I will seriously consider shaving my head. But such a thing will never happen, right?"

Ibisevic did not answer his question. He asked, "Do you regret buying me to the forest, boss?"

Dunn looked at Ibisevic: "Honestly...I don't regret it." He smiled. "Why should I regret? You only played a few games? I'm not a quick-witted person. We still have time. I know your performance last season. I still buy you. I have no plans to regret it. Knowing that I am not a person who likes to slap himself in the face. I usually slap others. Ha!"

"I came to talk to you, just to confirm a question-have you begun to doubt your ability and this choice?"

This time, under Tony Dunn's gaze, Ibisevic fell into a long silence.

Dunn didn't rush him, he got up and poured a glass of water for Ibisevic, then sat back, quietly looking at the high center forward sitting opposite.

It took a long time before Ibisevic began to say: "My career has always been like this, boss. There is always one choice after another. Before each choice, I don’t know if I’m doing this right, so it takes a long time. If I do, I won’t think about this kind of problem. If I do make a wrong choice, the solution is simple-I will make another choice.”

Dunn smiled: "I know why the European media call you "Ranger". But I don't want someone I bought for more than 10 million euros to make another choice after playing for a season."

"If possible, I don't want to." Ibisevic replied. "I don't like that nickname."

Dunn slapped his hands: "It seems that we have a consensus, Ibby. This is easier. You have experienced more miserable years than now. I think the current situation should be nothing to you, right? "

Ibisevic nodded: "I have been not scoring goals, I am indeed a little depressed. But it is not yet time to lose confidence, boss."

"That's good. Actually it's nothing, I just want to confirm this. You know, I am willing to give new players opportunities, but I must first know whether they are willing to use these opportunities to prove themselves again. I don't do useless work, and I do Not a philanthropist. If the other party does not have this idea, I will naturally not waste time and energy on them. But as long as you have this idea of ​​not admitting defeat, I will make you successful at any cost. Do you know what I mean? Iby The football in Nottingham Forest is different from any football you have seen before.” At this point, Dunn paused and a smile appeared on his face. "Never admit defeat and never give up are our best lovers."

"If you can accept this set of football concepts, then I have to welcome you again."

Dunn reached out to him.

Ibby didn't say a word, just handed his hand.

"I take it as your default, Ibby. Welcome to Nottingham Forest! This time it's a real join." He blinked at Ibishevich and grinned. (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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