Godfather Of Champions

Dunn was a little surprised by the arrival of Sean Barclay. Because during the entire European Cup, the top man in the English Football Association did not come to inspect his team, only provided a little help during Wood's medical examination, other times it seemed to disappear.

Barclays did not contact the players, but directly found Dunn. This makes Dunn quite satisfied. At the very least, England's FA officials will not bypass the coach and directly interfere with the team's affairs like the officials of the Chinese Football Association. For the moment, in the England team, he feels he has the respect he deserves.

Barclays and Dunn had a separate meeting, in the hotel cafe where they were staying, each with a cup of coffee. Barclays is most concerned about what England can achieve this time. Before the game, the FA’s lowest goal for Dunn was the semi-finals. Now Dunn has overfulfilled the task. It stands to reason that he should relax as the FA. But people are always greedy. Since we have reached the final, why not fight for the championship?

Everyone has such ideas, let alone a CEO of the FA.

Although Dunn expressed his ambition to compete for the championship in front of his colleagues, he has to make a handle when facing the FA CEO.

"I can't promise anything." Dunn spread his hands, "The game hasn't started yet, and our opponent is very strong."

Barclays scolded Dunn for being cunning in his heart, but smiled and said to him: "This is not like the Tony Dunn I know. Who said before the season that his team is going to win the European Champions Cup? ?"

Dunn knew that Barclays was running on himself, but there was no change in his face, he just shook his head slightly: "The season is long, we have enough time to make adjustments. There is only one game in the final, 90 minutes. Or one hundred and twenty minutes, the room for error is too small. I don't want to let you hope the greater the disappointment, Mr. Barclay." He counterattacked calmly.

Barclays continued to curse in his heart. He came out this time to find out what Dun En's real goal was. As a result, Dunn's mouth was tight, and there was no leakage.

"But I think no one's goal is runner-up, right?" he asked.

This time Dunn nodded very simply: "Of course, we will strive for the championship."

This sentence is Barclays' only gain this time. What made him a little bit dissatisfied was that Dunn was still as unruly as the rumors, and his attitude towards himself as the FA CEO was cold. After the conversation, he even became a little impatient. It seemed that he had a lot of things, and Buck Lai's own time is not the same as time.

After leaving the hotel, Barclays was blocked by reporters for a short interview.

"Our goal is the championship." In front of many media, he announced the team's ultimate goal on behalf of Dunn.

Compared with Barclays' high profile, Dunn was unexpectedly low-key before the final.

In the past, when Dunn coached the team to participate in important competitions, he would never forget to slobber with the opposing head coach, provoking psychological warfare. But this time, he didn't do it.

He did not take the initiative to attack Italy, nor did he provoke Lippi. Except for daily training, he doesn't talk about other superfluous things. It seems that I want to save the first confrontation with Lippi for the press meeting the day before the game.

But the more low-key Dunn is, the more worried the Italian side. Think about the fate of the French team-Dunn pretends to be a grandson before the game, and he becomes the only uncle after the game.

The Italians worried that Dunn was planning a conspiracy against them behind his low-key. In the past two days, the Italian media did everything possible to inquire about the training situation in England, trying to figure out what the English people are doing.

In fact, they really wronged Dunn this time...

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During the training gap, Wood passed the information Bell told him to Dunn. These things are very helpful to Dunn, and he is more targeted when formulating tactics, especially defensive tactics.

The overall tactics in the game have also been determined long ago. Today's training revolves around that tactic. No matter what different opinions are in the coaching staff, after the head coach decides, they must put aside their opinions and cooperate wholeheartedly.

Good news keeps coming, Bentley and Walcott both recovered from injury and returned. In the finals will be able to go into battle. With the exception of Mitchell, who was suspended due to accumulated yellow cards, England can send their strongest lineup to face Italy.

George Wood's right foot is also completely fine. Team medical team leader Derek White believes that Wood's body is now as strong as a bull.

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The three-day preparation time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the last day before the game. In the afternoon of this day, both teams will go to the Bernabéu Stadium to adapt to the venue. At the same time, the head coaches of the two teams will take a player to the final press conference before the final.

The Italian team was arranged to enter the Bernabeu adaptation venue first. After the adaptation training was over, the head coach brought Italy’s captain Chiellini to the press conference.

At the meeting, the reporters were most interested in the first and last encounter between the two head coaches. Lippi and Dunn are both prominent and successful coaches in European football, but they have never had an intersection. Lippi never talked about him in the years when Dun En was the most popular. Of course, Dunn will not take the initiative to advance a person who is unmatched, even if he is the head coach of the world championship team.

But today, comparing the two of them is obviously inevitable.

After asking the routine question, a reporter from the Italian "Gazzetta dello Sport" stood up and asked this question: "Marcelo, what do you think of Tony Dunn?"

"He is a very good head coach. The trophies he has won with Nottingham Forest prove his ability." Lippi's answer is nothing surprising, because it is true.

Obviously, such an answer cannot satisfy the reporters.

"But he hasn't achieved any convincing results in the field of coaching the national team..." the Gazzetta dello Sport reporter continued to ask.

"I don't think this is a problem. England's performance in this European Cup is obvious to all. This is his result." This answer only started to interest reporters. Because as an opponent, it is reasonable to say that you shouldn't praise the opponent so naked. What's more, Lippi is a coach who has received almost all the honors he deserves. It is not easy to get his praise occasionally.

So is his praise for Dunn a smoke bomb or really appreciate it?

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When Lippi was still inside receiving questions from many reporters, Dunn had already taken George Wood and stood outside waiting. As the media were particularly interested in the first confrontation between Lippi and Dunn, the time of the press conference was extended.

You can see the inside at the door and hear the sound inside. But most of them are in Italian, and Dunn can't understand it either.

Simply chat with Wood outside.

"How is your mother, George?"

"It's okay..." The mouth was okay, but there was no joy on his face. Dunn could guess that the situation may not be so good. It's just that he can't help in this regard, so he can only sigh in his heart. It seems that such a poor woman came to the world for suffering.

"Will mom watch the finals?"

"She can watch TV."

"Behave well, get a trophy to make her happy."

Wood nodded.

There was a sudden silence between the two, as if they were both on their minds. Or Wood took the initiative to break the silence: "You...how are you and Shania?"

Dunn glanced at Wood with a smile: "George will care about others too. It's not easy. What can I do? Just like that. I am busy at work, and she is also busy at work. Every year I gather less and leave more. But you, thirty years old Now, there is not a woman at this age that will make people doubt your sexuality, George."

Wood curled his lips: "Whatever them."

"You can see it well." Dunn looked up and down Wood a bit, heh heh happy. "The best **** magazine has been your ideal object in the minds of **** judges for three consecutive years."

Dunn was really anxious about Wood's lifelong events, so he also beat him in the name of homosexuality. It just seems that Westerners do not value as much as Easterners in inheriting the clan, otherwise Tang En must move out of "Unfilial piety is the biggest after three things" and press Wood in the name of his mother.

"Tomorrow is the final, do you still have to think about this?" Wood fought back.

"I have done everything I need to do, what can I do now? Frowning and being silent?" Dunn smiled brightly, "That's not my style. Besides..." He pointed to the inside of the door. Pi, "We can't let the enemy look down. Take it easy, George. We are the ones with three big ear cups. What storms have we never seen? Ha!"

While talking, the press conference inside ended. In a round of applause, Lippi pulled the chair away and walked towards the exit with Chiellini one after another.

Lippi was a little surprised when he saw Dun En, who was standing outside, smiling at him, but his expression quickly returned to normal.

He knew that Dunn was greeting him with a smile, and the head coach didn't seem to be as fierce as the outside rumors, and it was not easy to touch. Since the other party took the initiative to show his okay, Lippi didn't have to stand up, he also looked at Dun En and nodded slightly.

Perhaps because of the finals, Lippi, who attended the press conference today, did not wear the Kappa T-shirt he usually wears on the training ground, but a very formal dark blue suit and white shirt. The two passed by. Dunn did not keep his gaze on Lippi's back, but George Wood and the opposing captain Chiellini sparked and looked at each other.

After leaving the press conference, Lippi never let himself be wronged anymore. He shrugged his shoulders and took out a small Tuscan cigar from the inner pocket of his suit and held it in his mouth. , Lighting up, Meimei took a sip. Even Dunn heard the voice.

Lippi and Chiellini left with the cigar in their hands. Dunn patted Wood next to him: "Let's go, George. It's our turn."

He doesn't smoke, but he doesn't need to smoke to pretend to be cool, he himself is synonymous with "cool". Especially when he appeared in front of the media, the continuous flashing light already showed that in the limelight, he was no worse than Lippi who won the world championship.

"What do you think of Marcelo Lippi, Mr. Dunn?" Dunn also faced this kind of problem after the normal problem.

"He is an excellent head coach. The championship trophies he has won with Juventus and Italy have long proved this." Dunn did not hesitate or surprised, and he answered quickly.

But the reporters below who knew both English and Italian laughed. Because this is a coincidence, Lippi answered this question with the same answer.

Even if the two of them are deliberately low-key acting, they have such a tacit understanding. They really deserve to be the final opponents...

Dunn was laughed inexplicably, but he did not ask what happened.

"Is it difficult to play against such a coach in the final?" asked Gazzetta dello Sport.

"I admit it's a bit difficult, after all Lippi has rich experience. But..." Dunn's tone turned, "No one came to the Bernabeu to compete for the runner-up. I believe Lippi thought the same way, if he could beat Italy and win the championship. , I will be very happy."

"Mr. Dunn. You were unexpectedly low-key before the game. Do you want to make Italy underestimate the enemy?" The reporter of Gazzetta dello Sport was aggressive.

"No." Dunn opened his hand, "You are insulting Mr. Lippi's IQ." He didn't forget the other party's joke, and used this method to avenge the Italian journalist's reluctance. "I do respect Lippi and I am very happy to be able to play against him in the final."

Dunn didn't lie. Although as a fan, Dunn hated Juventus and Lippi, but since becoming a coach, his thinking has changed. After considering everything from the perspective of the coach, his thinking is more similar to that of the Italian coaches. It's getting closer. As a head coach, a master tactician is always worthy of respect.

And Dunn knew that, based on Lippi's experience, if he provoked a war of words, it would be himself who would ultimately suffer. Lippi's Italian team would not be fooled, and England, which seemed proactive and provocative, fell behind, and morale would also be affected. Psychological warfare is not a panacea that can be used at all times.

This kind of double-edged sword would only hurt himself if he didn't use it well, so Dunn always picked soft persimmons.

Lippi is an old fox and a rock, which may mess up the psychology of himself and the players.

"I hope tomorrow will be a wonderful game, but it doesn't mean that I promise to play offensive football tomorrow." Dunn smiled slyly, "For me, the result is the first."

Hearing what he said, some reporters sighed in their hearts. It seems that tomorrow's final will be a boring battle. If there is nothing unexpected, it will be possible to decide the championship through a penalty kick.

Other reporters have heard what they want-tomorrow the England team is likely to focus on defense, defending counterattacks, sacrificing offense, and dragging it to overtime and penalty kicks.

It turned out to be concealed for three days. Is this the tactic that Dunn made for the England team? There is really nothing new...

Defensive, defensive, defensive... I really want to ask people to open his mind and see what else there is besides "defense".

Dunn wouldn't think about what the reporters were slandering about. After answering the reporters' questions, he and Wood left the Bernabéu Stadium together and took the team's bus to follow the team back to the hotel where they were staying. The team's last tactical meeting tonight, and then quietly waiting for the arrival of tomorrow night.

For the first time in his life, he led the national team to the finals of a world competition, and he was close at hand. (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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