Godfather Of Champions

"If you hated me before, then please hate me now. If you hate me now, then please come and hate me..."

The middle-aged man who was eating breakfast with this newspaper couldn't help laughing. As Tony Dunn’s next opponent, he is not as hostile to Dunn as Puel, nor does he want to despise Dunn like Lagerbeck, because he knows something about this hot coach in Europe, saying It seems that the two of them have a history of working together.

In the summer of 2004, Nottingham Forest had just returned to the Premier League. They needed many experienced veterans to lead the group of brat boys in the team. In this way, he joined the Premier League from Qatar. Although he only played for the Forest for one season and didn't win any honors, that experience is still fresh in his memory. No way, who makes the people who work with him so unique?

"What are you laughing at, Fernando?" His assistant Lewis Milla leaned forward and glanced at the newspaper. He happened to see the photo of Tony Dunn in the newspaper, and he understood. "He... I'm not surprised that England can beat France, but it's amazing to be able to win so easily and win four goals..."

Putting his smile away, Fernando Hierro put the newspaper aside: "I thought of this possibility... But the current Tony Dunn and the Tony Dunn twelve years ago are basically two people. I The experience of the people is useless. But..." Hierro stared at the newspaper and said, "That sentence is quite his style, ha!"

After evaluating Dunn, Hierro turned to ask his assistant Mira, "Have you watched the England vs. France game?"

"Of course, I watched it live on TV once, and watched it twice after the game."

"Have you found anything?"

"I think the French team lost too underestimated the enemy. If they are serious about preparing for the game, it is not easy to say whether England can win. England's tactics are nothing new. Dunn's strengths are on-site command and sudden changes..." Talking eloquently, telling Hiero what he thought of. "...And more importantly, before, whether it was with France, Sweden, or Germany, Dunn was always used to playing tricks before the game, hiding his opponents from knowing his true strength and all his cards. But after this game against the French team, his full strength was exposed to us. George Wood's trump card was also played. I think for us, Tony Dunn and his England team have been completely There are no secrets. The match against us is pure strength. I personally think that in terms of strength, we are better than England..."

Hearing Milan's remarks, Hierro nodded thoughtfully.

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"We must all understand a fact now." Dunn raised his index finger and in front of him were all members of the coaching staff.

Just after breakfast, Dunn summoned all the coaching staff to his room for a meeting. The coaches know that the team has begun to enter the "Spanish Raiders". Three days later they will challenge the hosts Spain at the Nova Mestalla Stadium.

"Whether it was against Portugal, Germany, Sweden, France, or even before the game against Wales, we all have some mysterious things that are unknown. For example, whether George can play or not... We won and The German team and the Swedish team. But from the start of the game against the French team, we have nothing to hide. Of course, a 4-0 victory over the French team is good, but it also fully exposed our strength to our opponents. "Tang En solemnly explained the seriousness of the problem.

"Spain has studied us thoroughly. It's useless to play tricks. So this time I won't mess around with those messy things before the game. Put the focus of work on training and preparation..."

What he said amused everyone. Before he dared to love Tang En, he was doing his best to be a god? Don't tell me, if you think about it carefully, it's kind of like that.

"Spain is a technically streamlined team, this can't be changed no matter what kind of coach they change. Now the core of the Spanish team is Iniesta and Fabregas. In the game, our people must be against these two men. Practicing personal defense anytime, anywhere, they must not be able to easily control the ball. As long as they can hold the ball for more than 30 seconds without interference, it will be considered a failure. But we can’t just focus on the center. Spain has a tradition of wingers. Their wing attack has always been sharp, this must be noted."

Dunn said earlier that those coaches will take notes in their notebooks, and the parts that the head coach mentioned will be taken seriously during training and targeted training will be made.

"George is still starting this game, but I want to make some adjustments to the lineup..." At this point, Dunn paused and seemed to be thinking, then he turned to ask assistant coach Des Walker. "How is my injury?"

Walker opened the notebook, checked it, and replied: "Bentley has recovered and can play. But Walcott is not enough... Derek expects that he can only make it to the final, if we can make it to the final. ."

Dunn held his chin and considered for a while. It is a headache for him not to be able to play Walcott, because he needs speed in the game against Spain. In terms of possession of the ball in the midfield alone, England is definitely inferior to Spain. If you are entangled with Spain in the midfield, it is tantamount to attacking each other's strengths with your own shortcomings. Dunn never does such a stupid thing. To put it bluntly, the football game is to try every means to limit the opponent's advantage, and do everything possible to play to their strengths. If you can’t compete with Spain in the midfield for possession of the ball, you have to use speed to attack Spain’s defense. The traditional British style of play may be a reference...

"I want to change." Dunn said.

Someone in the coaching staff was surprised. Des Walker was not surprised. Dunn did not tell him beforehand, but out of his understanding, Walker knew that Dunn would often temporarily change his mind.

In fact, in such an international competition, there are very few head coaches who change their formation and tactics during the competition because it is too risky. Most teams play to the end with a set of lineups, and either get eliminated or become famous.

And Tony Dunn’s starting lineup has been constantly changing since the first group game. This is naturally related to George Wood’s unhealed injury, but Dunn did it deliberately. The lineup of the first game was severely challenged in the second game. Dunn sentenced Glen Johnson, the main right back, to death. After that, he has been sitting on the bench with Micah Richards. Upper position. Later Downing was also represented by Chris Cohen, and Bentley was replaced by Walcott due to injury. It seemed that Dunn was still looking for the most suitable combination.

But no matter how it changes, the English tradition of 442 has not changed. Hearing his tone today, it seems that he has to change even this?

"We abandon 442 and call 352 instead." Dunn announced the answer. "I bet the Spaniards never thought we would do this!" He was a little excited when he said this.

But the coaches muttered in their hearts: Let alone the Spaniards, even the English can't guess...

"If the three central defenders are not accidental, they should be Terry, Taylor and Richards. They are mainly responsible for defense. They will never go forward, and they will not even pass the center line. Then two midfielders... Michael Johnson and George . Wood, Gerrard go to the front, midfielder." Dunn wrote the players' names on the relative position of the tactical board. "The attacking forward is Rooney on the left and Abang Raho on the right. As for the forward, Mitchell is at the forefront and James Vaughn is a little behind him."

After writing everyone's names, Dunn threw down his pen and clapped his hands. Strictly speaking, this 352 should be called 32311. Rooney, Gerrard and Abangraho lined up behind Vaughan, like three front midfielders, except that Rooney and Abangraho are more on the sidelines. a little.

"Mitchel has the skills, Vaughn has the impact, they can attract most of the defensive attention in front. But our main point of attack is not the two of them. It is these three people." Dunn was in Rooney and Jella The names of De and Abangraho are circled.

"At the same time, Rooney and Abangraho must serve as the task of returning to defense. But I believe this is not a problem." Dunn knows Abangraho well because he brought it out. Rooney has also played on the wing at Manchester United and is very active in returning defense. This is due to Ferguson.

"The main thing is that they are more impactful on the wing and can threaten the goal. They can effectively prevent Spain from attacking from the wing. Assigning the task of scoring to the three of them will catch the Spaniard. This point, Spain The head coach Hierro certainly couldn't think of it."

"Wood and Johnson are mainly responsible for defense, but Wood also serves as a midfielder. We need his long-distance pass, so Johnson has a heavier task in defense. I don't need him to invest in the offense in the game. The task is the same as the three central defenders."

After arranging everyone’s tactics, Dunn added: “In training, we have to engage in more physical confrontations. We need to use more tackles and collisions in the game. I encourage small moves and insidious moves. As long as we can win, I don't care what means."

Finally, he looked at his colleagues: "Generally speaking, these are the requirements. This is how we deal with Spain. They have one day less rest than us, and they have been playing with a lineup and are not as physically fit as ours. The host’s Identity and home advantage are both their strengths and their weaknesses. The Spanish team Mi has high hopes for the team to win the European Cup at home. This is a huge pressure. I don’t think the Spanish team is the kind that can In terms of psychological quality, the teams that are under high pressure are far worse than ours." Dunn smiled triumphantly. Since he took office, he has paid close attention to psychological construction by precepts and deeds, and finally achieved results. Today's England is like the Nottingham Forest at the beginning, psychologically almost invincible.

"Gentlemen, do you have any ideas?"

Des Walker pondered for a while and put forward his own opinion: "Will this style of play be too risky? We haven't practiced 352 before...Three days of training may not be enough."

"Time is tight, but there is a need to try. Because if we follow the previous tactics, we have no secrets for Spain. Spain has already studied us thoroughly. From our match with Portugal, we sat in the stands. With their coach, following us until now, they know everything about us. This way we may not have the upper hand from the beginning. We must take this risk."

Other coaches also had to admit that Dunn was right. The match with the French team made England a strong contender for the championship in an instant. After winning the praise of the world, it naturally became the focus of research by the opponent. Moreover, Dunn drew up all his cards in that game and must make some changes.

"I have no problem, I think I can give it a try." Coach Tony Carr, the oldest in the coaching staff, was the first to nod and agree to Dunn's arrangement.

The old man agreed, and other coaches also agreed, and the tactics against Spain were determined in this way. The next thing is how the coaching staff conveys Dunn’s tactical intentions to the players during training, and in just three days and four training sessions, the players can master them and adapt to new formations, new positions and new tactics. It's not just talking about it.

Dunn is well aware of his strengths and weaknesses. Without the help of the coaching staff, he would be the second Zhao Kuo on paper. However, he is precisely his intelligence. He never shows off his shortcomings. He does not want to show that he is an outstanding and outstanding head coach who knows everything. He has never been on the training ground. More interference in the work of the coaching staff will not affect the normal training of the team. Humans are not machines, nor supercomputers. It is impossible to understand everything and do the best at everything. There are always things that can only be done with the help of others. Only those with self-awareness can succeed.

The coaching staff told Dunn’s new tactics to the players on the training ground, and most of them were surprised. However, they did not raise objections or dissatisfaction, leading the team to successively defeat powerful enemies, and everyone habitually believed that what the boss said was always right. It's easy to work with such a coach, because they only need to know what they should do, and the boss will always arrange everything else.

When the players warmed up on the court, the self-aware head coach was assisting the security guards to drive away those media who were not willing to leave, telling them that the 15-minute free shooting time had already arrived, and he also gave them more than ten seconds. , Already very interesting...

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While England is training twice a day to challenge the hosts, Spain is also preparing for the game under the leadership of the coaches.

The media in Spain and England have carried out a lot of reports and renderings on this game, and it is very difficult for this game to become the final. Regardless of the tone over there, it sounds as if you can win the Delaunay Cup as long as you defeat the opponent.

In Valencia’s Nova Mestalla stadium, heavy clouds of war are sweeping from all directions, gathering here.

The French have gone home desperately, and a "movement" against Puel is being launched in France. The French like "sports" so much. Some media put up the content of the previous interview with Ribery to prove how prescient they are, but Claude Puel turned a deaf ear to our warnings, and finally caused such a tragedy that he must bear it. Full responsibility!

The voices condemning Puel in France have been louder and louder, and there are even radical French fans demonstrating at the door of the French Football Association, asking them to fire this coach who has brought a humiliating defeat to the French team.

The French media even reported the failure of the French team overwhelmingly, and Puel's words and deeds at the press conference after the game were severely criticized.

Under such circumstances, Puel, who insisted in a press conference a day ago that he would never resign, was dismissed by the French Football Association.

The English media talked about this. As a "coach killer" Tony Dunn finally broke a head coach in the national team, and Claude Puel became a new coin on Tony Dunn's chest. medal. (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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