champion godfather

Chapter 594

Nottingham Forest returned to their home ground following their victory over Everton, and five days later they face league second-round rivals Middlesbrough at the City Stadium.
This is a not very strong opponent. The Forest team is currently in good shape, but they don't take Middlesbrough seriously.
Now Middlesbrough's head coach is no longer the McLaren who had a bad relationship with Twain back then. He has already gone to the England national team to be the head coach.The grievances between the two did not show any signs of slowing down because of McLaren's departure. Dunn often criticized McLaren's work in his newspaper columns.He is very good at finding flaws in small details that others, including McLaren himself, don't pay much attention to, and then exaggerating them, using them as "ironclad evidence" to attack McLaren.
Sometimes when McLaren was interviewed by reporters, he would attack Twain obliquely through media such as the BBC or "The Sun", but the conflict between the two did not intensify, and it was limited to a few verbal quarrels.
For example, Dunn criticized McLaren for his poor performance in leading the team.In order to cleanse the former forces, they would rather allow the team to perform poorly in the European Cup qualifiers than recruit David Beckham into the team. This is a way of revenge.As for the personal enmity between Beckham and McLaren, Twain didn't say anything, and he didn't need to say it. The media will naturally mobilize all forces they can to investigate, and then the city will be full of trouble, even if nothing happens. Let it be said. Twain was much more aware of the principle of "playing hard to get" than foreigners.
Of course, McLaren would not be reconciled to being humiliated. He would not publish a special column to fight back against Tang En, because if he did that, he would feel that he took Tang En too seriously, and it would make Tang En more happy.So he only pretended to mention it "occasionally" when he was being interviewed by the media: "If Coach Twain is so interested in the position of England's head coach, why not try it himself?"
Tang En would say in a very disdainful tone: "Do you know that there are two positions in this world that will shorten your life if you sit on it? The British Prime Minister and the head coach of the England football team. I will not do that 24-hour job. During the break, there is no privacy for the head coach. As for Mr. McLaren’s dissatisfaction, I fully understand, but not every gourmet is a cook. I think a certain dish is extremely unpalatable. If the cook comes out to question me : If you have the ability, you can also cook a dish! Then I will definitely flip the table on the spot, and then let him know what is 'hospitality'."
Tony Twain's vitriol and sharp tongue have long been known by the English media.And as the object of being "molested" by Tang En all the time, Mr. McLaren has also learned a valuable experience from being bullied again and again - when Tang En stirs up things, you only need to respond to your own position It's just an opinion, this is not for Tang En, it's what the onlookers dreamed about, so as not to confuse the audience.Then when Tang En wanted to continue to expand the flames of war, he had to keep silent and pretend he didn't hear."Silence is golden" at this time.
The English media once joked about the relationship between Dunn and McLaren. It didn't look like a personal enemy, but a couple who quarreled every now and then.This kind of quarrel has no harm to the love between them, it is just an adjustment in life... and outsiders seem to be watching reality shows, not interested in those love and love, but prefer to watch life-oriented ones Bicker because it's true and full of life wisdom.It can make people laugh, or smile.
The head coach of Middlesbrough has become a different person because of McLaren's transfer to the England team. This person is no stranger to Twain—he was no stranger to him before he crossed over—Gareth South Gareth_Southgate, the main central defender of the former England national team, is one of the most influential figures in the first ten years of the Premier League.He participated in the 1996 and 2000 European Championships, participated in the 1998 and 2002 World Cup.If it were not for Tang En's crossing and the ensuing rise of the Forest team, then in the 05-06 season a year ago, he would have led Middlesbrough to the UEFA Cup final, achieving the most glorious moment in the club's history.It's a pity that the last glory of his personal career has also become a "future" that will never happen with Tang En's arrival.
In 2004, he announced his withdrawal from the national team because he was not selected for England's European Cup squad.Last season, as Middlesbrough coach McLaren was selected as the England coach, Southgate, the team captain and McLaren's assistant, took over as the Middlesbrough coach after some setbacks.
It is said that he went through a lot of twists and turns because Southgate did not have a coaching qualification certificate issued by UEFA at that time. According to the rules, people without a qualification certificate cannot coach the first team.But England is a bit different from continental Europe. The rules of UEFA are not very acceptable here. English football has their own rules of the game.Prior to this, Newcastle's head coach Glenn Lord was also an "undocumented" person. This precedent gave Middlesbrough head coach Steve Gibson confidence, and then he solicited all club owners in the Premier League. After obtaining the consent of two-thirds of them, Southgate became the head coach of Middlesbrough-this is the so-called rules of the game in English football, we don't need to listen to UEFA at all Arrangements, as long as we ourselves feel that there is no problem, then there is no problem.
Compared with the generosity of club owners, the reaction of the English Coaches Association was a bit strong-they were almost unanimously opposed.Because they are worried that this kind of breaking the rules will set a bad precedent. There was Glenn Lord before, and this time there is Gareth Southgate. Who knows what cats and dogs will appear in the future. Asking to work without a license?If that's the case, what authority does the head coach have?In England, many fans are almost football experts. Maybe they also think that they can become a famous Premier League head coach?
Tang En was a different voice in the opposition. He publicly supported Southgate to become Middlesbrough's head coach.There is a feeling of "sympathy for each other". He thought that he was actually an "undocumented employee". Four years ago, he was a complete rookie, but four years later he became the head coach of a European champion team.Therefore, he does not think that a coaching qualification certificate is necessary. As long as you are talented and smart enough, you can become a qualified and excellent head coach after practice.As for the authority of the head coach... This kind of nonsense, Twain scoffed even more. The authority of the head coach is not obtained by the qualification certificate, but by the performance of the team. If you can't win, even if you let UEFA The United will cast you a gold certificate, and there is no prestige in front of the players and fans.
Based on this idea, Twain firmly and publicly expressed his support for Southgate, and after Southgate finally became the official head coach of Middlesbrough, Twain also sent a text message to express his congratulations.This created a kind of friendship between the two people who had never met before. At some point in the future, this friendship will definitely play its due role.
Tang En is no longer the nobody who was unknown at the reception of the Coaches Association. Because of his brilliant achievements, he can also speak in the Association.But maybe it was because his first impression of this association was really bad. He never regarded himself as a member of this association in his heart. Do they worry that anyone can be a head coach?I can't wait!How can there be a good show if it is not chaotic?
Tang En publicly expressed his support, and several people from the association came out to congratulate Southgate, and the matter was let go.
Also because of this relationship, the atmosphere of the McLaren era that was quite gunpowder when the Forest team played against Middlesbrough disappeared.
The atmosphere of this game is normal, no different from any ordinary league game.
The Forest team took advantage of the home court and beat Middlesbrough with only one goal here.
Southgate worked very hard, but in Tang En's eyes, he was still a little immature. He used to be an excellent player, and maybe he was an excellent assistant coach, but the head coach and the assistant coach have different things to consider. See The height and angle of the problem are also different, which determines why there are head coaches and assistant coaches.In Tang En's eyes, Southgate's ability to train players, especially defenders, is great, but his grasp of the team's overall tactics and adaptability in games is much worse.
Southgate, who was born as a defender, became the head coach of Middlesbrough and paid close attention to defense. Real Madrid's abandoned player Woodgate had a second spring under him, and Middlesbrough's defensive quality has also been greatly improved.They came to the city stadium with the idea of ​​defending one point. In the game, their iron-like defense did cause a lot of trouble for the Forest team's offense.
Arshavin, who was active in the first game, continued to start this game, but he was submerged in England's tall defenders, and he couldn't feel it at all.In the second half, Dunn replaced him with Eastwood, and the Forest team's offense picked up.
Southgate was almost able to get his wish and leave the City Stadium with a point, but he was not as cunning as Tony Twain after all.
Before the last 15 minutes, the score was still 0:0. No. 705 minutes Twain replaced the young Bendtner with the more experienced Ruud van Nistelrooy. This was his second substitution.Then he asked Van der Vaart and Wood to move the central midfielders forward and strengthen their long shots.In the last 10 minutes, he replaced Rafinha, replaced Chimbonda, let Beckham lean in the middle, left enough room for Rafinha to break through, and used the full-back as a full-back .
In Tang En's rapid adjustments one after another, Southgate reacted too slowly and did not keep up with the rhythm.In the No.804 minute, Middlesbrough's gate finally fell.
Rafinha's breakthrough caused confusion in Middlesbrough's left defense, and then the football was divided into the ribs, where Van der Vaart shot directly with too much force, Australian goalkeeper Schwarzer dropped the ball, Has been ambushing inside the restricted area, the experienced "King of the small restricted area" Ruud van Nistelrooy grabbed a point and easily pushed the football into the empty goal.
Middlesbrough's defenders thought Ruud van Nistelrooy was offside, raised their hands and didn't even defend, but it turned out that they made a wrong judgment.Van Nistelrooy was indeed behind the entire defense line when he shot, but at the moment when Van der Vaart shot from a distance, he was parallel to the defense line...

With this ball, the Forest team won Middlesbrough at home and also won two consecutive victories in the new season.
After the game, Tang En praised Southgate fiercely, thinking that he has the talent to become an excellent head coach... As for whether he really has it, he doesn't know. Need to be responsible after the fact.
Although he actually watched Southgate play football through his youth, but now, in the coaching world, he is definitely qualified to be Southgate's predecessor.
Southgate was also very good. Although he lost, he still complimented Twain, who strongly advocated his support for his coaching, saying that he was convinced of the loss, and wished the Forest team better results in the new season.
The Forest team already won the Champions League last season, better results?What is a better grade?
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The home win over Middlesbrough was only the second in a series of victories for Forest.
Just two days later, on August 1th, the Forest team won another 0:[-] in London, West Ham United, who planned to stick at home.
This game was played very hard, because Tang En had never expected that the opponent would stick to it as if they were at home, with the highest goal of scoring one point...
"Damn it! Get a point at home! No wonder West Ham United is dying every year, they are so unmotivated!" Tang En had no choice but to vent his dissatisfaction verbally.
All his pre-match arrangements fell through. He originally thought that West Ham United would use their home court advantage to compete with him for the midfield.Unexpectedly, the West Ham United team received within 30 meters of the area in one breath, with a posture of iron barrel formation to defend to the end.The Forest team's quick counterattack hit an iron plate, and there was nothing to gain except bloody head.
The problem was solved by relying on Tang En's best ability to adapt to the situation and command on the spot.
Fortunately, today's Forest team is no longer the original Forest team that only played quick counterattacks and was helpless once faced with the enemy's defense.He replaced Beckham, who was better at set kicks and positional warfare, and Gareth Bale, who was also good at free kicks. He used Bendtner as the last substitution, and the Danish teenager replaced Fan Nistruy.For the next 25 minutes, West Ham players watched footballs fly in front of their goal...
Bell and Beckham frequently lobbed the ball to the left and right, and then relied on Bendtner's excellent height and header ability to create chaos in front of the opponent's goal.
This trick worked wonders. Beckham's centimeter-accurate cross appeared at the back point. After sprinting, Bendtner jumped high. He surpassed all West Ham defenders. Now all he has to do is to close The soccer ball in front of him is thrown towards the goal.
Like a fadeaway jumper, Bendtner twists his abdominal muscles in the air, leaning back slightly for power.In the air, he was still interfered by the defender of West Ham United. He was dragged from below and almost lost his balance in the air.The original head-shaking rush turned into a "crush", the football was rubbed out of an arc, jumped high, and then fell into the gap.It's really crooked...
The football fell against the crossbar and West Ham United goalkeeper Robert_Green (Robert_Green) tried to save the ball and almost hit the post, but ultimately failed to prevent the football from entering the goal.
Forest's goal in the last 10 minutes helped them win away at West Ham United.
After the game, Alan_Curbishley, head coach of West Ham United, was very unconvinced and said that the loss at home was just a little bad luck. His tactics were perfect and restricted Forest's attack.Tang En kindly reminded him that luck is also a part of strength.
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On 25 August, Nottingham Forest traveled north to Newcastle to challenge the city's only professional team.After a hard fight, the Forest team won their fourth consecutive victory after the start of the new season with 2:1.
As for their competitors, the best result is Chelsea, with four wins, three wins and one tie, ranking second in points.Manchester City, which has a new coach, performed very well, with three wins and one loss in four games, ranking third with nine points.Due to one less game, Liverpool has two wins and one tie, and is fourth with seven points.Next is Everton with two wins, one draw and one loss with seven points, and Arsenal with two wins and one draw with seven points.Among the teams capable of competing for the league championship this season, Manchester United is currently the most unlucky. They only achieved one win, two draws and one loss in four games, ranking tenth with five points.
Four wins in four games, with twelve points, topped the list.This is the best start of the Premier League in the history of Nottingham Forest Club, and it is also the first time since Tony Twain became the head coach of the Forest team that the team took the top spot in the league standings.Even though this was not the final ranking of the season, the people of the Forest team still had a good time celebrating - they got their head coach Tony Twain drunk in the hotel where they stayed that night.
As a result, the scene of their carnival was photographed by the paparazzi of the "Sun" and put on the newspaper, which caused a lot of fierce criticism.
Among those who criticized the Forest team were ordinary fans, well-known journalists, and football celebrities.
Some people think that the Forest team is just celebrating such a result, which is really arrogant and contemptuous of their opponents. "Coach Tony Twain just won the Champions Cup, so he is a little bit smug... Young coaches, understandable. They always have to take more detours to get back on the right track. But I think it is still necessary Remind Coach Tony Twain..."
Some people criticized the discipline of the Forest team to be outrageous - the head coach and the players drank together!This is simply... Although it is not uncommon for players to drink alcohol in English football, it is still necessary to pay attention to it being exposed.
When Chris Lack was blocked by the media, when asked about this matter, he patiently explained that, except for the coaches who drank alcohol, the players drank non-alcoholic and non-carbonated beverages such as fruit juice and soda.Why are all the players alive and well after the reception?Because they didn't drink at all.
Tang En was not so easy to talk about. He answered the reporter's most concerned question in a very bad tone:
"In my eyes, this is not a big deal. If you have little knowledge, I can understand if you want to hype it up." He said as if the media interviewing him were really people with little knowledge. "These days, if the media doesn't make any noise, no readers will read it. Everyone is making a living, and it's not easy." His words, coupled with his pretended understanding expression, made the media present dumbfounded.
"But I want to make it clear that I didn't mean to belittle my opponent. Because this is our internal celebration party, and this celebration is just to celebrate this achievement so far. I swear to God, when we celebrate None of the opponents were mentioned, and no verbal insults were made against them. Your 'belittling opponents' label is really on the wrong person."
No mention of any opponents?Is this a clarification or a provocation... It's really hard to judge.
"We never underestimate any opponent, because it won't help us defeat them." These words sound decent, but with Tang En's character, he is destined to turn around next time.Sure enough... "Some people say it's too early to celebrate? Actually, it's not too early. We are rehearsing for the upcoming UEFA Super Cup celebration."
As soon as these words fully reflected Tang En's style, the people of Liverpool were immediately enraged.
The "Liverpool Echo" acted as a vanguard and lashed out at Tony Twain in the newspaper.
Tang En responded boldly in his column: "If people in Liverpool think they can win the championship by cursing and fighting in the media, I support them spitting in the media all day long."
His response further angered the Liverpool people, and even the Liverpool players came forward to be interviewed and expressed their dissatisfaction with Twain.I think a head coach should focus on managing players and leading by example, instead of talking with opponents all day long.This is obviously a wild celebratory party for the Forest team before satirizing it.
Tang En also responded unceremoniously: "I agree that a head coach should focus on managing players, so, obviously, Mr. Benitez's work is not in place." , the Spaniard Rafael Benitez, who has always been very low-key, is involved.He satirized Benitez for not managing his players well, which made Liverpool even more angry.
Who wants to stay out of it?No one could do it, and all of them were messed up by Tang En.
The European Super Cup has not yet started, and the war of words between the two teams has already started.
Tang En cleverly used the media to hype up their reception, and unknowingly, Tang En launched a full-scale psychological warfare.In fact, Tang En did not expect that the reception would be hyped up by the media, but an excellent master of psychological warfare is to use all available factors to stimulate the opponent.
Tang En firmly believed that his psychological tactics played a role.Regardless of whether the opponent is angry or disdainful now, these people will not continue to maintain the previous emotions.Maybe they won't notice it themselves, but these changes will be faithfully projected in the game.
In order to win, use all available factors and use all available methods.Arguing with people in the media, becoming a rogue villain in the eyes of Liverpool fans, what is it compared with a European Super Cup?
Dunn never cared about his reputation and image in the eyes of his opponent's supporters, otherwise, he would be so distressed that he couldn't sleep every night.Because there are too many opponent fans who hate him-no one likes to defeat the enemy of the team they support, right?
Tony Twain also didn't like to defeat his enemies, so he deeply understood the feelings of those people...

(End of this chapter)