Godfather Of Champions

The league has gone through seven rounds. Nottingham Forest has two draws and five wins, temporarily ranking fourth in the league.

The competition has been fierce since the first round this season. Up to now, in October, the top six in the league is only three points away. The top two Manchester United and Arsenal have exactly the same points, and they are actually only one point behind Nottingham Forest.

But now the season has only started for two months, and it is too early to say who can be sure of winning the championship.

Dunn’s plan this season is to keep the top four in the league and ensure his eligibility for the UEFA Champions League next season. In the Champions Cup, at least reach the quarter-finals to the semi-finals. If you can win the championship, then of course you will fight at all costs. As for the League Cup and the FA Cup, they are still used for team practice.

The Champions Cup away game at Atletico Madrid helped Fernandez to regain his form, but whether he can show that state in the league is still a question mark in everyone's mind.

In the eighth round of the league, Nottingham Forest challenged Sunderland away. Tony Dunn continued to make Fernandez start. He continued his performance with Atletico Madrid in the game. In addition, due to Bell’s injury, Barnes is not a full-back with excellent offensive ability. So on the left, Dunn does not require Barnes to assist or Fernandez to return to defense. The Chileans can deal with the enemy wholeheartedly. Defensive players threaten the opponent's goal with a breakthrough or pass.

Fernandez's skills are undoubtedly outstanding in the English Premier League. Sunderland is not the kind of technically delicate team, they are more like a traditional British team. Long pass and slam, rough personal skills, many active errors in passing and receiving, but good physical fitness, dare to fight and grab, like to make physical contact.

Fernandez performed better than them in the game-he did not consider whether he would be injured in a fierce physical collision with the opponent. He only knew that if he didn't work harder, he would have been sitting in this main position for a while.

The Chilean's body is very thin, but his technique is good, which somewhat bridges the gap between the two sides. He uses his superb skills at his feet to protect the ball alone in the double-teams of three Sunderland players. In this case, Sunderland players have only two options-one is to let Fernandez successfully lead the football. Go out; the second is a foul.

Sunderland’s head coach is no longer Roy Keane. Dunn thinks that even if Keane is still there, he will probably ask the players to give Fernandez a hard blow. You are totally welcome. Well, because he will also ask his own head coach...

Fernandez was taken care of. He was violated five times in 45 minutes of the first half. Fortunately, he was not injured. The reward was that three of Sunderland's four guards got yellow cards on him.

In the second half, Sunderland finally suffered because of their rough tactics. Fernandez dribbled the ball into the penalty area and was overthrown by Sunderland's center back Paul McShawn.

The referee gave a penalty kick without hesitation. Although this caused a collective protest from the home team players and fans, the referee did not change the penalty. Not only that, he also showed his second yellow card to Mike Shawn, who was already carrying a yellow card!

Excited McShawn was almost about to pounce on the referee's red card, and on the other side, Fernandez, who made a penalty and sent Sunderland to be sent off, was accepting the embrace of his teammates. He feels that he is gradually integrating into this team, he no longer thinks about whether the transfer to the cold and wet England is correct.

There is no turning back in the bow, no matter what, he must succeed here!

The penalty kick was taken by the team’s top penalty shooter Eastwood. He shot vigorously after a long run-up. The goalkeeper judged the right direction, but the ball was too fast. When he pounced, the football had already hit behind him. The net!

Nottingham Forest led the away game with a penalty kick.

Sunderland, who was sent off a central defender, had to adjust his strategy and replaced Paraguayan striker Oscar Cardoso and replaced central defender Anton Ferdinand, who is the younger brother of Manchester United central defender Rio Ferdinand, but Inferior to his elder brother and young age, he can only play in the middle and lower teams.

This time completely passive substitution disrupted Sunderland's deployment.

At the same time, when Fernandez took the ball again, Sunderland's defenders had to hesitate again and again-they were afraid they would follow in McSean's footsteps. This made Fernandez more arrogant, he was not satisfied with continuous breakthroughs on the side, so he simply moved to the middle and squeezed Shaheen to the left.

Long shots, passes and breakthroughs are all fine, making Sunderland's defenders a headache.

In the eighty-seventh minute, Sunderland pressed on aggressively, trying to tie the score with his tenacious fighting spirit. But a long-distance attack by Fernandez with the ball from the backcourt shattered their dreams.

Due to his previous active performance, this dribbling attracted the close attention of two Sunderland players. He passed the football to Ibisevic, who was completely unmarked.

Super Iby slightly adjusted the ball at his feet outside the penalty area, then took a long shot and directly penetrated the ten fingers of Scotland's main goalkeeper Gordon.

After the goal, Ibisevic ran to the camera behind the corner flag, then raised his right hand and slapped it out.

This is his fifth goal of the season!

This is a goal to seal the victory, and it is also a goal that deprives the Sunderland team of fighting spirit.

With five or six minutes remaining, Sunderland could no longer organize an effective offensive, so the game came to an end.

Nottingham Forest relied on Matthias Fernandez's wonderful performance in the away game to win Sunderland 2:0.

After the game, Fernandez got the champagne that symbolized the best on the spot. He smiled happily surrounded by reporters.

Dunn also praised Fernandez by name at the press conference. He now wants to do everything possible to make Fernandez feel promising in the Forest and feel that Nottingham Forest is a team worthy of him.

Anyway, there is no cost to say good things, the more natural history is better.

Fernandez also mentioned his life in the forest team in an interview with the media in his hometown.

He said: "...I like this team and I am getting used to life here. Everyone is very friendly, and the boss-they call the head coach here-is a uniquely charismatic person. This This team is different from other teams. I hope to win a championship here. I enjoy my life here."

"Will the language barrier be an obstacle?" the reporter asked him.

He shook his head: "Playing is by feet, not by mouth. I think my teammates and I are forming a tacit understanding."

He was right, "a tacit understanding is forming."

Although he won the game with Sunderland, Dunn also praised Fernandez for winning the game. But in fact, his heart was not as happy as he showed.

Fernandez has found the status, but the tacit understanding needs to be slowly cultivated. The ability to beat Sunderland is actually based on personal ability, not the overall strength of the team. Fernandez chose to go solo more often, which can be seen from the attack data of his ten violations throughout the game.

Dunn affirmed Fernandez's outstanding performance in this game. But if this is the case for the next games, he will criticize the team in a dark face. Nottingham Forest has never been the kind of team that insists on the supremacy of individualism, and overall football is his goal. If we must say that this team has personal heroism, then that hero can only be Tony Dunn himself.

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After playing the league with Sunderland, Nottingham Forest will once again leave England and fly to Italy.

This time their opponent is Juventus, their old opponent two seasons ago.

Before leaving, Dunn accepted an interview from the media. It was surprising that he did not show a consistent arrogant style. But be cautious: "Playing Juventus away is a certain degree of difficulty. Of course I hope to win, but now it doesn’t make much sense to say whether to win or not. Football is round. Who knows the result before the last second? "

The media interpreted Dunn's attitude as a deliberate showing of weakness, but it was actually just a psychological warfare-he wanted Juventus to think that Nottingham Forest was afraid of them, and thus underestimate the enemy. Actually? Suddenly give them a fatal blow when Juventus underestimates the enemy!

This fits the style of Tony Dunn too much.

So he couldn't believe what he said!

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Ranieri-as the head coach of Juventus, he has not finished class yet, it is a miracle. Everyone thought he was an over-coaching, and as a result, it took only three seasons... he still sat firmly in this position.

Now this gray-haired old man is studying their strongest opponent Nottingham Forest in the Champions League group stage.

Judging from the current ranking, the seeded team Juventus has one win and one tie, and is still under the Nottingham Forest, which has two wins and two wins.

Tony Dunn's conversation before he came naturally couldn't escape Ranieri's eyes.

He was wondering what the motivation for Tony Dunn's sudden positive statement was...

According to Tony Dunn’s past habits of looking forward to the game and the future, he should be very arrogant: “The three best teams in the world are Nottingham Forest, Nottingham Forest and Nottingham Forest. So our opponents are only ourselves. No matter if the opponent in this match is Juventus or Barcelona, ​​I don't care, because there is only one result-we win!"

Only by saying that is in line with his character.

Suddenly, cautious and willing to keep a low profile, this abnormal phenomenon cannot help Ranieri be more careful.

He wants us to underestimate the enemy?

Is Juventus that kind of team?

Does he really think that Juventus has little chance of winning away games? So find yourself a good step in advance?

Ranieri always feels that this possibility is too low and too low...

What tricks does Tony Dunn have? What does he want to do?

If his purpose is to deceive Juventus to underestimate the enemy, then he must hope that Juventus will attack at home and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack. But Juventus is not a team that will forget about it. Even at his home court, Ranieri will not take the risk. No matter when, Juventus always prioritizes "stability". Otherwise they would not be called "old women". This is a team style that will not change no matter how many coaches are changed.

Ranieri believes that Dunn's IQ will not be low enough to think that Juventus will overwhelm the attack at home, leaving a large space in the backcourt for the Forest team to counterattack.

After all, Juventus defeated Nottingham Forest two seasons ago, not by offensive strength, but on overall balance. Whether it is offense or defense, they may not be the best, but their overall strength is very strong and there are no obvious weaknesses.

A football game is a game in which one's own weaknesses are concealed, and the opponent's weaknesses are found and used. In this respect, Juventus's team style has made them "invincible."

Even if I have a headache, I can't think of why Dunn suddenly lowered his posture at this time because Ranieri simply didn't think about it. No matter what medicine Tony Dunn sells in the gourd, as the home team, as the biggest Serie A giant Juventus, he only needs to stick to his style and football.

Juventus football is not the kind of football that is adjusted to different opponents. If today’s football dominance Barcelona’s football is “aggressive like fire”, then Juventus is “not moving like a mountain”.

Ranieri decided to stick to his own style and adapt to changes.

Just like the first time the two sides met. He didn't know much about Nottingham Forest than the average person, so he insisted on Juventus's own style of play, and finally succeeded in winning the Nottingham Forest at home and retiring in the away game. He felt that he didn't need to make any changes, Juventus was almost born to Knottingham Forest.

What is meant by "natural enemy"?

Juventus is the natural enemy of Nottingham Forest!

Tony Dunn’s tactical style does not seem to have changed much from two years ago. If it is still like this... Ranieri feels that if nothing goes wrong, it shouldn’t be a problem for him to get three points at home. As for away games, you really need to be more careful.

He doesn't underestimate the enemy at all. (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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