Godfather Of Champions

Eastwood's shot became a topic of interest among Forest fans after the game. It was also featured on the ESPN TV's highlight program opening and was repeatedly broadcast. It was indeed a wonderful goal, just like an artwork. Some commentators joked that Mourinho's death under such a goal is not considered humiliated.

While the Nottingham Forest eliminated Inter Milan by a score of 3:2, Barcelona also easily defeated PSV Eindhoven with two 2:0 to advance to the quarterfinals. The two closely watched teams finally met (Author's Note: Some friends mentioned the bug of the lottery ceremony. Everyone regards it as the 2010-11 season that the Champions League changed the lottery rules. After all, no one will say no to the future. Quasi. At first, how many people could think of the Champions League reformation after entering the 90s).

Although it is almost a month before the two teams actually meet, the media and fans are already eager to countdown.

So far this season, Nottingham Forest’s ranking in the league has been hovering back and forth between third and fifth. If you want them to win the league championship, you need to make great efforts, and at the same time, pray for the rankings. Several teams make mistakes in a row, and this probability is too low. So people who are familiar with Tony Dunn think that Dunn will concentrate on the Champions League while keeping the top four positions in the league.

The situation in Barcelona is slightly better than in Nottingham Forest. They are currently ranked first in the league, and second place Real Madrid is still four points away from them. At the same time in the Copa del Rey, they also reached the final. It looks like this will be another successful season-they are likely to achieve the triumph of the triumph. Although there are Real Madrid watching in the league, the Copa del Rey final is facing Seville, who is recovering and hopes to use the Copa del Rey as a chance to re-emerge, while the Champions League has encountered the most difficult opponent...

It is right to say that they have a bright future, but it is not unreasonable to say that they have an unpredictable future.

With half a month left before the game, Guardiola was asked by reporters about the game against Nottingham Forest. He did not want to answer this question, so he said: "I only consider the next round of the league and the Spaniard. The derby. The Champions League is only half a month away."

Unlike him, Dunn talked to the media about the game early on: "Who will be the final winner? Do you still have to ask? Naturally it is us! Barcelona's luck is very bad. Their schedule during this time. The arrangement is not good for them, this is our opportunity... Want me to comment on the Barcelona derby the next night? I heard it was a more intense game than the Spanish national derby? I hope how many people in their team will be there Injured in the game..."

This remark caused an uproar in the Catalan media. "World Sports News" angrily reprimanded Dunn for being "court ***", and he could say that he hoped that his opponent would have a player injured during the game, such as shameless words.

"Daily Sports News" ridiculed Dunn's remarks as "cowardly declaration." Why? Because "he can only pray that we have players in Barcelona injured so that his team can win. How sad and pathetic this is!"

There are other tabloid newspapers one after another in their own positions to publish messages to Dunn. In the comics they published, Dunn became a monster with a long horn and a tail and a human face and a cow body behind his butt, and a small beard above his lips, which looked like Hitler.

But Dunn is not talking nonsense, at least Guardiola has such concerns-what if his player is really injured in the Barcelona derby with the Spaniard? Messi's current state and performance are very good, consecutive goals and assists. He has already become a player in the game that needs to be taken care of by the opponent. Since it is the Barcelona Derby, it is almost unthinkable that the Spaniard will not send anyone to mark Messi. Nowadays, the use of killing tactics against Messi in the game seems to be a "hidden rule" in the Spanish league. Any team encounters Barcelona, ​​Messi will always become the player with the most violations after the game.

On more than one occasion, Cruyff called on the Spanish Football Association to issue a rule in his own column: to protect players with artistic talents and severely punish killing tactics specifically targeted at a certain player. Although he did not mention the name "Messi", anyone with normal IQ knows that he is speaking for Messi.

It is impossible for the Spanish Football Association to modify the rules for a certain player, and FIFA has already had a strict "back tackle" rule, so there is really no way to change it.

Messi suffered an injury in the first half of this season and took a rest for a month and a half before returning. In fact, he has been injured almost every season over the years. As one of the best offensive stars on the planet, he and those guards are born contradictory. When facing Messi, all defenders will never feel the feeling of "pity and cherish jade". They will only shovel him to the ground fiercely again and again, forcing him to lose the ball, which puts Barcelona's offense into a deadlock.

Dunn is definitely not cursing the Barcelona players, he is just telling the truth-this is the situation today. You say that those skilled players are jealous, or that the defensive players are killing the beauty of football. It is an indisputable fact that they are more likely to be injured.

So Dunn's words caused a certain degree of trouble for Guardiola... The game against the Spaniard will be very fierce, there is no doubt. Messi will also be targeted by the opponent as the core figure of his own side, and even adopt killing tactics. If Messi really got injured in this game and therefore missed the next few games, wouldn't the loss be even greater?

He thought about it, and in the Barcelona Derby a day later, Messi’s name was not on the starting list.

Some media lamented that Dunn’s mouth is so powerful that it can make the Barcelona coach change his mind...

Not only is it not as simple as Messi, but in that game against the Spaniard, the Barcelona team played a little bit restrained. They are obviously not as active as the home team Spaniards in the away game. The commentator said when talking about this, it is estimated that Guardiola also instilled in them the idea of ​​avoiding injuries in the game.

Regardless of Guardiola being too cautious, Dunn is right. Barcelona's schedule during this time is not good for them:

After playing the Barcelona derby with the Spaniard, the next round is the fourth-placed Valencia game with the league, followed by the world-renowned "War of the Century" and "National Derby"-Barcelona challenged Real Madrid away. After playing this game, it was time for the first round of the Champions Cup quarter-finals. They were waiting at home for Nottingham Forest to kick the stadium. Then after the game, it was the league home game against Sevilla, and then went to the away game to challenge Nottingham Forest.

It seems that Tang En really has a deep understanding of his opponent and even knows the opponent's schedule. Faced with such a difficult schedule, Barcelona still wants to make a breakthrough across the board, which is indeed difficult. After the league played in mid-April, it was when everyone was exhausted and the successor was weak. But this is the final sprint, and if there is a slight mistake, it may be "a mistake that will become an eternal hate."

Barcelona will not be willing to lose the Champions League, nor will they give up the league. The four-point gap is not enough for them to get rid of Real Madrid, not to mention that they and Real Madrid have a chance to talk directly.

In contrast, the schedule in Nottingham Forest is much easier. They only ran into a relatively strong opponent before the game against Barcelona, ​​and that was Chelsea.

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The result of the Barcelona derby was a 2:2 draw between the two sides. In this game, the referee showed nine yellow cards and one red card. The Spaniard's centre-back Sergio Sanchez was sent off with a red card because he kicked Iniesta. The latter persisted for fifteen minutes after he was sent off with a red card, before being replaced by Guardiola with Yaya Toure.

Dunn’s crow mouth showed great power. After Iniesta was replaced, central defender Gabriel Milito also sprained his ankle in a fight and was forced to leave.

Barcelona fans should feel fortunate that this game can be tied 2:2. Because in the end, Barcelona played against nine players-when Milito was injured there were eight minutes before the end of the game, and Guardiola had already used up all the substitutions.

The only good news is that Guardiola was correct in not arranging Messi's starting game. In fact, at the end of the game, when Barcelona was facing an unfavorable situation, Guardiola did not let Messi play. After seeing the Spaniard's vigorous fighting spirit and rough movements, the fool will let Messi go up to the risk.

After the game, some media ran to interview Dun En and asked him what he thought of the game. Dunn said in a tone called Catalan media gritted teeth: "This result fully shows that I am definitely not a malicious curse, because what I said is the truth. I don't believe that playing a Barcelona derby will cause no one to be injured. , No one will end. Therefore, I also don’t believe that there will be no small friction in a game like a national derby..."

This last sentence exposed his sinister and shameless nature-a Spaniard is not enough, he continues to look forward to Real Madrid causing trouble to Barcelona.

Of course, Dunn's remarks also attracted Barcelona's attention. Guardiola, as always, did not make any comments, and his players could not sit still.

Big Mouth Eto'o was the first to fire at Tony Dunn: "Some people just lack basic respect. I really don't know how this kind of person became the head coach of a professional football club."

Harvey also expressed his dissatisfaction: "I don't think it is appropriate to promote injuries to the players. Quaresma's injury is a tragedy. Does Mr. Dunn want to see such a tragedy happen every day?"

In fact, Barcelona's players are very clever... Dunn chose to shut up when facing Barcelona's counterattack.

But the most uncomfortable person in the middle is Pique. As a Barcelona native, Pique has deep feelings for Nottingham Forest and Dunn. Without the original boss and Nottingham Forest, Pique did not know how long he would have to stay in front of the Barcelona first team. The main central defender. He can be regarded as "curving to save the country"...

Dunn took the initiative to provoke a war of words with Barcelona. For Pique, who has played under him, he certainly knows what the boss thinks-it is not that he has any deep hatred for Barcelona, ​​it is entirely necessary for victory. Means only. But in the eyes of his Barcelona teammates, this man has such a strong hatred with Barcelona.

When a reporter came to ask him, the person in the Barcelona team who knew Tony Dunn best, Pikwe could only use "I refuse to express my opinion" as a prevarication.

He didn't want to say bad things about his teacher, but he definitely couldn't turn his elbow out, so he had to be silent.

Dunn has the capital to pay attention to Barcelona. He is not like Barcelona who has to multi-line war to win multiple championships. At present, his team's performance is enough to establish a foothold in the top four in the league. The FA Cup and the League Cup have long been given up. Now he has a lot of time to play with Guardiola slowly.

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After a tie with the Spaniards and the loss of the two generals, the Catalan media couldn't help but panic. In fact, the media are like this, like bluffing. After learning that Nottingham Forest’s opponent in the next round of the league was Chelsea, each of them began to promote Rijkaard’s great achievements in Barcelona in their own one-acre three-pointer. Since they had previously referred to Guardiola's Barcelona as the "Dream Team II", they had to say that Rijkaard was the "founder of the Dream II Dynasty", just like AC Milan's Sacchi and Capello.

They reviewed Rijkaard's experience in Barcelona, ​​and of course they automatically blocked those bad things, only saying merit and not saying. Everyone spoke highly of him and sang praises. And wish him every success and success in Chelsea.

Looking at these postures, you can't see at all that when Rijkaard was in trouble, it was them who fell into trouble.

Rijkaard is a smart and calm person. He reacted very coldly to the sudden collective praise of the Catalan media. Everyone who leaves Barcelona seems to have a bad impression of the local media in Catalonia...

When asked by reporters on this topic, he just said in a very plain tone: "I am now the head coach of Chelsea. Of course I will strive to win the game against Nottingham Forest, but that is not for Barcelona."

But just defeating Nottingham Forest is actually not good for Barcelona. Dunn does not pursue the league championship, so he can afford to lose one or two games. The Catalan media definitely hope that Dunn "cursed" them to happen to him-in the fierce competition with Chelsea, many players left the field injured.

Dunn did not give them such a chance.

In previous years, the two teams met, inevitably a battle of words, which detonated the hot scene in the game. In addition, Dunn and Rijkaard have old grudges. The media speculated that this game may not be exciting, but it must be fierce. But what? Dunn didn't take the initiative to provoke a war of words, and Rijkaard, who was scorched by the team's faction-lined locker room, had no intention of quarreling with outsiders.

During the game, Dunn replaced the entire starting lineup, and all players expected to start in the Champions League by the media were rotated to the benches and stands.

The game eventually tied with Chelsea 1:1. Notting Khan Forest is still fourth in the league and has no effect.

Compared with that Barcelona derby, this game is very civil-there are no red cards but four yellow cards, and no one left the field with injuries. The media were only half right. The game was really not exciting, but it was not fierce. After ninety minutes of dullness, both sides scored a goal. The errands ended the much-anticipated "Mars hit the earth" duel. ".

After the game, Dunn wrote articles in his four media columns mocking the Catalan media for "wasting their thoughts." Further escalate the war of words between the two sides.

Although there is still more than a week before the actual match day, the gunpowder has already spread, being carried by the wind from England to Barcelona. (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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