Godfather Of Champions

A small 1-0 victory over Juventus in the away game was a revenge for the loss to them that year, while also consolidating his position as the first in the group. But this victory has greater significance-whether it was a victory over the Celtics or a victory over Atletico Madrid, the media did not have any special expressions for the victory in Nottingham Forest. Only after the victory over Juventus, many media made big headlines:

"The Red Forest returns to Europe!"

It stands to reason that Nottingham Forest has returned long ago, and they are back in the final round of last season to confirm their participation in the Champions League next season. But what the media say now is another meaning-the Nottingham Forest that once dominated Europe and invincible has truly returned.

Defeating a strong team like Juventus has proved to everyone that Nottingham Forest is not going home after a round in Europe this season. They are ambitious and intend to build a reputation in Europe. Beating the seeded team Juventus is just the beginning, not the end.

So it's no wonder Tony Dunn is so humble that no one can believe it once. It's almost like the "wolf is coming" story. When your arrogant image has been deeply imprinted in the hearts of others, no matter what you do, they will first think that you must have ulterior motives.

In fact, Dunn is really low-key, he doesn't want to put too much pressure on this team. Times have changed, and the team in his hands has also changed. There are a lot of newcomers and young people on this team. He is not sure if these people are still like him, eager to challenge, and enjoy it. In addition, the strength of this year's team has not been strong enough, so Dunn did not say at the beginning of the season what championship we want to win.

Rebuilding the team is a process and it takes time. He knew this very well.

In fact, it is really a blessing to be a player of Nottingham Forest-there is no pressure to be able to win the championship.

Ibisevic does not score, and Tony Dunn shares the pressure with him. Matthias Fernandez was unable to integrate into the team, and Tony Dunn thought of trying to create opportunities for him in secret. Did Zikic score fewer goals? It doesn't matter, Tony told him that as long as he contributes to the team, he will not be dissatisfied even if he does not score. The media dare to question a certain forest team player? Without waiting for the players to have any opinion, Tony's big mouth has been sprayed out to the blinding media.

Follow the boss and worry about nothing. For those players who have followed Dunn for several years, Nottingham Forest is the leader, and Nottingham Forest is the leader.

In fact, Dunn doesn't want his players to have this kind of thinking, because this will cause his players to have "Tony Dunn's dependence." Although Dunn has never considered leaving Nottingham Forest to go to other places, but this does not mean there will be no accidents. Like his heart...

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Winning Juventus in the away game, Nottingham Forest back home will continue to face the challenge of Juventus.

The group stage played three rounds, Juventus one win, one draw and one loss, with four points, ranked second in the group. Atletico Madrid had two draws and one loss, accumulating two points. The Celtics became the weakest team in the group, they lost two and one tie, only one point, the last one.

But no one dares to say that the Celtics have no hope of qualifying. In addition to the nine-point lead of Nottingham Forest in this group, the other three teams may be on top or fail.

If Juventus want to establish their own qualifying situation, it is best to win the Forest team at the City Stadium.

Is Dunn the kind of kind person?

He once again placed a thick formation on the City Stadium, using layers of defense to close Juventus from the gate. The game was very ugly and there were no highlights, and the performance of both sides was not satisfactory. In the end, Nottingham Forest relied on a goal suspected of offside and defeated Juventus again by 1:0.

After the game, the English media commented: "... Ranieri's team didn't even see what the city stadium looked like, so they went home-Tony Dunn was heavily guarded and Juventus only Can circle around, but can't enter the core area..."

The Torino media felt helpless for Juventus’s two 0:1 defeats: "...Juventus was defeated in the way they are good at... Nottingham Forest has reaped two'Italian victories'."

Nottingham Forest, who won all four games and scored 12 points, has already determined the place for the group to qualify. Dunn decided to decompress the team and rotate in the remaining two group matches. Joe Matoke will have the opportunity to participate in the first Champions League game in his career.

In the league, Nottingham Forest's performance is obviously not as stable as it was two seasons ago, with ups and downs. They can beat Aston Villa 4:0 at home, and they can lose to Arsenal 0:3 away.

Nottingham Forest, which has experienced the pain of exchange blood, has not fully recovered after all.

After playing the Champions League group match with Juventus at home, the Premier League also had twelve rounds. Nottingham Forest had seven wins, three draws and two losses, accumulating 24 points and temporarily ranking fourth in the league. And it's only four points away from Arsenal, the league leader.

This result can already satisfy Dunn.

November has entered the second half of the year, and it will not be long before the intensive Christmas schedule is approaching. Dunn's plan is to always bite the top four during this time, while widening the gap between Chelsea and fifth place.

In fact, the impact of the financial crisis on Nottingham Forest is far less than that on Chelsea...

Abramovich's assets shrank by nearly 80% during the financial crisis. Not only did he not invest a penny in the team during that time, but he also laid off fifteen scouts to save money. At the same time, there are many rumors that he intends to sell Chelsea for a symbolic one euro.

Although he finally stood up to refute the rumors that there was absolutely no such thing, Chelsea is still in his name. But the decline of Chelsea's strength is indeed an indisputable reality.

Rijkaard is a very unfortunate head coach. He did not catch up with a good time for Chelsea. This summer, the Premier League club that invested the most in the transfer market was Manchester City, and the least invested in you must not have imagined it-Chelsea.

Abramovich asked Rijkaard to play in the Premier League with his current original team, and at least win a championship trophy, which is somewhat difficult. Rijkaard didn't get the player he wanted most, but Malouda also moved to Juventus.

Rijkaard never said that he would give up the league. For the current ranking, he just said that there are more than half of the league left. No one will know which team will become the champion until the end.

But in his heart he already has a plan to give up the league and focus on the domestic cup and the UEFA Cup.

Seeing how miserable he is now, even Tony Dunn didn't even bother to fight with him-he really couldn't afford to bully a hapless guy.

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From the schedule, although the Christmas period to January, the competition is intensive. But Nottingham Forest's luck is good. The top five players will not run into any of them except themselves. For Dunn, the difficult game to play before Christmas was strong opponents for two consecutive rounds, and they were all away games-Manchester United first played in the 16th round of the league and Liverpool in the 17th round of the league.

From the twelfth round to the sixteenth round, in three games, Nottingham Forest scored two wins and one tie, with some minor changes in the ranking-they squeezed out Liverpool and moved up to third. Only two points away from Manchester United, who is second in the league. If they can beat Manchester United away in the sixteenth round, they will become second in the league and approach Arsenal.

Dunn likes this kind of face-to-face match with his direct competitors. This is the fastest way to achieve results.

He is not afraid to play Manchester United, even on the away game.

There is still a week to go before the match, and just after playing the league with Middlesbrough, he took the initiative to talk about Manchester United in the press conference after the match.

He euphemistically stated that it is time for Ferguson to retire: "Yes, I have a good relationship with him. So I say this out of consideration for his health. How old is he? In a few months, he will be 70 years old. I am worried about his heart... You know, I am also a person with heart disease. I have a deep understanding of this..."

Throughout the conversation, he showed concern for the old coach Ferguson. It seems that the relationship between the two people is really as "good" as he said.

However, those who know a little about the nature of these two people will not take Dunn's concern seriously-he just provoked a psychological war with Ferguson...

Ferguson also actively challenged: "I do think that I am at the age to consider retirement, but that will have to be after I won a championship trophy. What? You ask me who is the best coach to be my successor? Well... I believe If Tony Dunn comes to do it, he will definitely not be worse than me."

He took advantage of the problem and used the method of "recommend Dunn to be the Manchester United coach" to interfere with the morale of the Forest team. The media has been speculating on the topic of Ferguson’s successor for decades. Everyone has been on this list-the current Portuguese national team coach Queiroz, and the former Manchester United captain Roy Keane who is currently at home. , Moyes, who did a good job in Everton, and even the current Inter Milan coach, the madman Mourinho. Of course, how could this list be missing the best local coach in England in the last ten years, the young and promising Tony Dunn with the same outstanding personality?

And, in fact, Dunn has always been the hottest candidate. In terms of performance, only Mourinho among several other competitors can compete with him. But whoever has the most hope to come to Old Trafford is not the criterion of performance-more often, it depends on how likely the candidate is to leave his current job.

Queiroz and Moyes are doing very well in their positions. Mourinho himself has expressed that he is not interested in going to Manchester United as the head coach, and Roy Keane is too tender. Only Tony Dunn is the most suitable-because almost everyone thinks that he can't really work in the Nottingham Forest for 20 years, and there can be no big fish in the small pond. According to the Chinese, it is "Jin Lin? It's a thing in the pool". Tony Dunn's current annual salary is the lowest among the top five coaches in public, and it is hard to guarantee that he will not be dissatisfied with the current treatment. At that time, as long as Manchester United are tempted by a high salary, Dunn may leave Nottingham Forest and pursue a higher stage...

After all, in the eyes of most people, Nottingham Forest is not a giant, and her attractiveness is naturally not as attractive as the veteran giants Manchester United. To be the head coach of Manchester United is something that countless people dream of. When she issues such an invitation to a head coach, how many people in the world can refuse?

Another reason most people are optimistic about Dunn taking over Ferguson is: Although Dunn and the two giants of English football, Ferguson and Wenger, have good personal relationships, he is closer to Ferguson in terms of character and coaching style. , Not Wenger. If Dun En is to coach Manchester United, there will be no problems in terms of style continuity and the coach's adaptability to the team. Ferguson does not have to worry about his retiring, Manchester United, who is accustomed to him, will have a sense of rejection of the new coach. The smooth transition of head coach changes contributes to the stability of the team's performance.

No matter from which aspect, Tony Dunn is the true son of Manchester United in the future...

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Ferguson's remarks brought his heir's "old-fashioned" topic to the table again, and the media followed the hype, which seemed quite lively. Although there is still the last Champions League group match between the two teams, not many people care about it-Nottingham Forest and Manchester United have already determined the qualifying places.

Dunn thinks this is Ferguson’s psychological warfare tactics, and he will not be so stupid to express any opinions about it, because this kind of problem will be caught and hyped by the media no matter what you say, and will get deeper and deeper in the battle of mind. The unfortunate one is yourself. The smart way is to provoke the opponent’s emotions and then withdraw, making the opponent feel uncomfortable, nor excited, desiring, dissatisfied, empty hearted, and completely unwilling to prepare for the game... Therefore, he did not proceed with what Ferguson said. Any response is just to prepare for the Champions League group stage and the key battle with Manchester United.

In the Champions League away to Scotland to play the Celtics, Dunn changed significantly, allowing the players to get plenty of rest before the intensive schedule. Dunn did not make any demands on the result of this game. First of all, he must ensure that no one was injured in this game-Atletico Madrid is competing with the Celtics for the UEFA Cup ticket. At the Calderon Stadium, Atletico Madrid will not let Juventus go. At the same time, at Celtic Park, the Scot will not agree to the request of Nottingham Forest to retreat.

Just when he was about to leave for Glasgow, he received a call from Manchester United.

——My successor? I believe that if Tony Dunn came to do it, he would not be worse than me.

He thought it was Ferguson’s psychological warfare and jokes, but obviously the other side didn’t think so... (To be continued, if you want to know what happened, please visit www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support Genuine reading!)

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