champion godfather

Chapter 24 The head coach sitting in the stands
The next game went well for the Forest team.Coventry's attack was not worth mentioning in front of the defense led by Dawson.McAllister could only work hard on the court, but he couldn't adjust the team's tactics as a whole.This is the Achilles' heel of the player and head coach: he doesn't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, only because he is in this mountain.They have no way to understand the current situation on the field from a macro perspective, have no time to calmly think about countermeasures, and have no way to make timely adjustments.However, the situation on the court is changing rapidly, and if there is a slight hesitation, the opponent will seize the opportunity.

When Tang En saw McAllister's identity and position, he thought maybe he could take advantage of this.Now that his team is leading by one goal, he wants to see what McAllister can do.

The places where the two are located are different, which determines their different horizons, determines their different ways of thinking about problems, and may ultimately determine the difference in the results of the competition...

At the end of the first half, the visiting Forest team temporarily led Coventry by one goal.The fans in the stands gradually dispersed. They had to take advantage of the 15 minutes to replenish their physical strength, and then excrete it by the way, making all preparations for the second half of the battle.

Tang En also decided to go back to the locker room to arrange the tactics for the second half. After observing the halftime, he had a general idea of ​​what to do.But before he left, he had to find something to do for the two people around him, he couldn't let them follow him to the locker room.

"Well, gentlemen. Did you think we were in a bad situation in the first half?"

The two looked at each other, not knowing what Tang En meant by that.

Seeing that their heads were not clear, Tang En described them to them: "The fans who are always making noise, maybe they drank a lot of alcohol before they came. They are all full of energy and anger. They only support their own team , but unfortunately their team is one goal behind now, so their temper must be very bad, coupled with the catalyst of alcohol... I think they have to drink two more glasses during the 15 minutes of the intermission ?Then if their team can't get started in the second half, they will be very angry and bloody... If they find out that there are three spectators who are not supporters of their team, guess what they will do?"

The two quickly argued: "I'm not a Forest fan, but I actually support Manchester City..."

"I'm a fan of Oxford, that's a team in the fifth tier..."

Tang En shook his head: "It's useless even if you use the stadium broadcast to tell them. Fans who are in a state of anger are irrational, don't you believe it? Shall we try it out?"

One of them quickly stopped Tang En: "I don't think it's necessary. I also don't think it's a good thing to sit among a group of fanatical fans of the home team watching the game."

"I think you should protest to Coventry, at least ask them to change us to a more neutral stand - the stand close to the Forest team."

Hearing what Tang En said, the two became vigilant.Tang En had no choice but to explain: "Don't worry, do you think I will direct the game through the fans? That would be unbelievable."

The two looked at each other, then nodded: "Okay, let's go to the people in Coventry."

"Thank you so much. You guys made a completely correct decision." Dunn turned and walked towards the aisle of the stands. "By the way, the FA will allow me to enter the locker room of your own team during the intermission?"

"Unless there are special instructions, it is possible."

"Thank you, you can meet me at the door of the locker room in 15 minutes. Goodbye." Dunn waved his hand and walked into the passage.

There is a large lounge inside the main stand, which sells a variety of drinks and food. Fans can take a short break here, drink a glass of beer or two, eat a piece of grilled sausage, and chat with friends.Just be careful not to get into any confrontations with someone who is obviously drunk, because that's dangerous, especially if the team they're rooting for is in bad shape...

Tang En walked quickly through here with his head down. He didn't want to be recognized. His team was ahead of Coventry, and their fans were furious right now.

Across the bustling lobby, there is an alley off the beaten track... which leads to the visiting team's dressing room.But Tang En saw a stadium security guard at the intersection, and a sign beside him, which read: No traffic is allowed here.

"What's going on here?" Tang En asked the security guard standing in front of him strangely.

The security guard pointed to the sign, which meant "Can't you read it yourself?" This attitude was not very friendly.

"Very good." Tang En nodded, then raised his foot and kicked the sign to the ground, then stepped on it.

The security guard was in a hurry, he wanted to come up to pull Tang En, but Tang En used his ingenuity to bring him down. "Master, at least I have practiced for several years." When he was very young, he practiced kung fu with street performers for several years in his hometown.At that time, the movie "Shaolin Temple" was popular all over the country. Tang En dreamed of becoming a martial arts star like Jet Li, earn a lot of money, and make tens of thousands of people worship him to death.But later he found that he was really not that material, so he gave up.Although he didn't become Jet Li's second, it's still easy to deal with this kind of paper tiger.

Ignoring the distressed security guard lying on the ground, Tang En strode towards his team's locker room, and then opened the door to enter.

It was obvious that the players were waiting for him. Seeing Twain coming in, everyone raised their heads, full of anticipation.

This look... Tang En knew what the burden was on his shoulders.

"You guys did a great job in the first half, but be careful of their counterattacks in the second half. Let's analyze it in detail..."

Two people from the FA Disciplinary Committee approached the chairman of Coventry City, revealed their identities, and the seat problem was quickly resolved.Mr. Chairman promised to let them sit with the Nottingham fans for the second half and guarantee their personal safety.

The two people who completed the task saw that it was still early, so they decided to go directly to the door of the locker room and wait.They were still a little worried in their hearts about what kind of tricks that unscrupulous football coach would play... Tony Twain would always bring them strong unease, as if he was not a football coach, but an MI[-] agent who used this to hide his identity agent...

When they passed the intersection, they looked at the upside-down sign on the ground and the words "no traffic here" written on it.Don't understand what's going on here.But since it has fallen to the ground, it is probably invalid.So they also stepped on the sign and walked over.

"...if the game doesn't start 15 minutes into the second half, I think McAllister will definitely make adjustments. He will let the assistant coach bring in Gary`Mcsheffrey, although this There are still some minor injuries. As for who will be replaced, it depends on the performance of the players in Coventry." Tang En kept the tactical board aside and talked endlessly.Walker, who listened, adored him, and Bowyer smiled.

"And you..." Dunn pointed at the players and said, "Remember at all times: 1:0 is the most unsafe score in the world. A lead of one goal will give the opponent endless reverie and impulsiveness. I want to push them away In the cradle, we need to score more goals, more and more goals! In the second half we defended and counterattacked, let them press and attack. How long is it. Ian?"

Jess stood up.

"Can you tell me what's going on with the pitch?"

"The soil is very loose, and I feel like I can't use my strength." Jess thought that the head coach was blaming himself for the poor quality of a few set kicks in the first half. "Very slippery."

Tang En nodded: "The whole team shoots long shots, and at the same time pay attention to defending the opponent's long shots." Then he turned to Walker and said, "Des, let the players go out to warm up every 10 minutes. If they are in the opening 15 minutes Just scored a goal, we don’t change anything, insist on defensive counterattack. Let everyone play patiently, this is their home field, they are definitely not willing to draw with us, as the game time goes on, they will definitely press out and continue Attack, this time is our opportunity. You must seize every possible opportunity, and you will be punished if you waste and squander those opportunities in the game.”

He looked at the players in the locker room and felt a headache.Because the requirements of English football are different from those of other places, only five substitute players can be brought in each game. Except for the must-have substitute goalkeeper, the range of choices may be too small.This is something Tang En is very upset about in English football. Both Serie A and La Liga can have a seven-man substitute lineup. Why is England so special...

"Ian, if there is any unexpected change, you can discuss it with Des. We played very well in the first half, just continue to play like this."

He looked down at the time, it was almost time, the rest of the time was left to the assistant coaches, he had to go out.

"That's it, I hope after 45 minutes we can go home with three points."

After saying goodbye to everyone, Tang En turned and went out the door.Then he walked up to the stands with the two people who were waiting for him outside the door.

"Did they promise to change seats for us?" Tang En asked after realizing that the way back was not the way to go.

"Yes, we sat with the Nottingham fans."

"You are really trustworthy partners..." It was hard to tell whether Tang En was praising each other or being sarcastic, but the two of them didn't care. After only a few 10 minutes of contact, they were already used to this man's acrimonious style of speaking. up.

Speaking of which, being vitriolic is also one of the reasons why Twain is not popular in China.He always tells the truth and makes sense, and the truth and the words that make sense often don't sound good...

The three of them came to the Nottingham fans stand. Most of the fans were already seated. The area of ​​the awning in this area was limited, and it was impossible to take care of the entire stand. The first few floors were directly drenched in the rain.Tang En looked at the fans who were hunching their necks and persisting in the cold winter rain, and cursed softly: "Bastards. Coventry should be glad they don't have to go to the Forest team's home game anymore, at least this season."

He went straight to the front row and stood in the rain with other fans.The two brothers next to me were in bad luck.They shrank their necks and jumped vigorously: "I said, Mr. Tang En. The seat they arranged for us is not here..." One of them pointed to the place above, covered by the ceiling.

Tang En glanced at the two of them: "Go if you want, I want to be with my fans."

"I'm afraid it won't work, we can't let you stay too far away." The two looked very embarrassed.

"Then you stay here and stay with me." Tang En pointed to his feet, smiling happily in his heart.He finally found a suitable opportunity to take revenge on these two people.

The two looked up at the sky where the drizzle was still floating, and sighed, they could only accept the result.

The conversation between the three attracted the attention of the surrounding fans.The Forest fans soon discovered that the person who came here was their head coach, Tony Twain.

"Mr. Tang En?" A burly fan walked towards him and asked in a puzzled tone.When he saw Tang En's appearance clearly, he called out in surprise: "It's really you! Are you in trouble?" He looked at the two people standing beside Tang En very unfriendlyly.

This seemingly unfriendly fan made the two members of the FA Disciplinary Committee feel a little nervous. Fortunately, Dunn relieved them: "No, there is no trouble. I am discussing with my two friends what to do Somewhere to watch the game, is there anyone here?"

"It used to be, but it's gone now."

"Okay, let's watch here."

Hearing that the head coach of the Forest team was here, fans from other corners of the stands rushed up. They shouted Tang En's name, honorific title, or nickname to express their respect to the acting head coach.Because his team played a soul-stirring second half in the last game.The most discussed topic between the fans and Twain was that game.Although the referee stopped the progress of the Forest team, in the hearts of the fans, the head coach Tony Twain, who led the team to score four goals for West Ham in the half, is still a hero.

Tang En is very happy that he can have such a status among the fans, which once again proves that he is suitable for the football coaching career.He didn't put on the air of being the head coach and reject people thousands of miles away, but chatted loudly with the fans in the noisy stadium, talking and laughing wantonly, so happy.Those two poor FA workers were squeezed outside, hunched up against the cold rain, but no one cared about how they felt.

So when the game started, the people sitting around Tang En became fans of the Forest team, and the two members of the disciplinary committee were squeezed behind two rows of seats instead, and they stretched their necks to watch Tang En for the rest of the time. En's every move.Before coming to Coventry, Palios specially told them to be careful of that Tony Twain, he is a cunning guy.

Yes, very cunning!
Now the two men nodded at the same time.

(End of this chapter)