champion godfather

Chapter 9 The Referee is the Protagonist
The singing of "We've`got`the`whole`world`in`our`hands!" is still echoing over the city stadium, and the players of the Forest team have the feeling of playing at home again: surrounded by people who support them , Every action of theirs can get unreserved applause from the fans.Yes, that's what it feels like, and they haven't felt it in a while.

come on!Come on more!We will never get bored!
Amidst the cheers of the fans, the Forest team launched a continuous offensive towards West Ham United's goal. For a while, there was panic in front of James' goal.It seems that the Forest team can score with just one shot.

Glenn Lord glanced back at the bench to see that backup center back Gary Breen was still in the seat.

"Damn! Why are you still here, Brin? Didn't I ask you to warm up?"

Gary Breen at a loss, when did the head coach let himself warm up?But he knew that now was not the time to argue with the furious Rhodes, so he quickly took off the coat he was wearing and jumped off the bench.

The changes on West Ham United's bench also attracted Tang En's attention.He was a bit unfamiliar with the warm-up person, so he turned to Walker and asked, "Des, who is the warm-up person?"

Walker looked at it for a while, and then told Dunn: "Gary Breen, the Irish international, is a central defender with excellent air defense capabilities."

"It seems that our opponent has already given up the game." Tang En laughed, "Switching in a central defender...Does the five defenders want to stop our attack? Call Jess back, I think he should too Enough warming up."

Walker got up and walked to the area where the Forest team warmed up, yelling for Ian Jess to come back.

West Ham United wanted to defend, which was actually exactly what Tang En wanted.If Rhodes had the courage to force the team to attack, Twain would probably find it difficult.But if the opponent wants to defend, the game is easy.Isn't it intensive defense?He believes that as the game progresses, the mentality of West Ham players will change from disdain to anxiety, the movements of their feet will gradually increase, and the number of fouls will increase.There must be no shortage of frontcourt set kicks that I can get.

The 31-year-old former Scotland international Ian Jess has a beautiful free kick.Eighteen times selected for the Scottish national team, scored two goals.During the set-kick drill the day before the game, Twain witnessed this old guy's free-kick level with his own eyes on the sidelines. He could score six out of ten kicks!

He doesn't want any more, as long as he can pose a threat to West Ham with a free kick in this game, let West Ham know that it is useless to stick to it.

Taking advantage of Walker's vacancy to call Jess, Dunn looked at the field. On his side was Andy Reed, while West Ham United's side was another rather well-known player. The once talented midfielder Lee Bowyer.Looking at this West Ham player with a long face and short hair, he suddenly thought that West Ham still has a weakness that he can use.

Bowyer made his debut at Charlton, but became completely famous in Leeds United.

01-02赛季的利兹联被称为青年近卫军，他们在欧洲冠军杯中淘汰了强大的AC米兰杀入四强。队中担纲主力的多是年轻球员，21岁的乔纳森·伍德盖特、22岁的哈里·科威尔、21岁的保罗·罗宾逊、22岁的里奥·费迪南德、23岁的伊安·哈特、20岁的阿兰·史密斯、25岁的马克·维杜卡、24岁的丹尼·米尔斯、21岁的罗比·基恩、26岁的罗比·福勒……那一个个星光闪耀的名字，当时的他们都还很年轻。后来因为利兹的经济危机，这些球员各奔东西。顺带一提，后来成为英格兰国家队新秀的伦农（Aaron`Lennon）当时还在利兹联的青年队，才14岁。

Bowyer just moved to West Ham during the winter break of this season. This is his first game on behalf of the team.

Tang En did not deny that Bowyer was a genius, but the personality flaw of this genius... is a bit serious.Everyone knows that he is a bad boy in England, and even the media publicly called Bowyer an out-and-out "human scum".Most of the famous scandals in English football in recent years have his name.

For example, in the case of beating an Asian youth with Woodgate, the final compensation was 17 pounds before being exempted from prosecution; the UEFA Cup stepped on the face of the opposing player Gerardo, and the Spanish media commented after the game that "almost stepped on Gerardo's eyeballs". Banned by UEFA for six games; insulting his girlfriend as a monkey, because his girlfriend is half-Indian, he said "I don't want my children to go back to their ancestors", suspected of racial discrimination; the case of rape of a young girl has not yet been concluded, but the suspect There are him and Dyer among them; he and his teammate Dyer fought each other in the game, and then they were both sent off by the referee. This incident was recorded in the history of the Premier League...

The next few things happened after 2003.This made Dunn very clear that Bowyer's inferiority was deeply rooted, it came from the depths of his heart and soul, and it was absolutely not impulsive, nor would it be eliminated.As long as we make good use of this, we can push West Ham into the abyss of failure again.

The fourth official held up a substitution sign on the sidelines, and it was West Ham who took the lead in making adjustments.It turned out that Rhodes replaced the central defender Gary Brin, and he replaced Di Canio, who was doing nothing.It was a very ordinary substitution adjustment that was so ordinary that a fool could guess it.

Taking advantage of this moment, Dunn pulled Andy Reed who was near the sideline: "Andy, watch Bowyer." He pointed to the bad boy not far away who turned his back on them.

"I've been watching him the whole game, boss."

"No, no, I mean another way. As long as Bowyer gets the ball, you go up and harass him with small moves, and you can use fouls when necessary. But be careful to grasp the scale and don't get sent off. One or two words of stimulation It's also okay. In short...to irritate him, make him lose his cool, and the rest...you know what to do, right?"

Reed looked at Twain in surprise: "The former coach Tony Twain never allowed us to do such a thing!"

"In the past, you were a child and a youth player. Now you are a professional player and an adult!" Dunn made an excuse casually. "Do you know what the highest pursuit of a professional player is?"

"Uh... more goals?"

"It's victory!" Tang En roared, "Football that cannot achieve victory is a failure! Well, now, in the name of victory, get rid of that scumbag Bowyer!" He slapped Reid hard, and put He pushed on.

Reed looked back at Tang En hesitantly, but Tang En wiped his neck for him.Cold sweat broke out on his back—is this really the coach Tony Twain he was familiar with?

"Don't worry about it, Andy! Victory, victory!" Tang En's voice sounded from behind.

"Okay, boss. I'll listen to you..." Reed replied.

Tang En turned back to the coach's bench and found that Jess was already taking off his coat.

"Jess, you play on Pope's side, and all the set kicks are yours. Let me blast the ball into their goal!" Dunn punched his fist hard.

Veteran Jess nodded: "Don't worry, boss. I won't let you down."

"Hehe. I know you never let people down. Go up and fuck them hard!" Tang En encouraged Jess, pushed him to the sidelines, and the fourth official once again held up the sign for substitution, No. 16 Ou Exit Ken Pope, enter No. 22 Ian Jess.

"The two teams made adjustments at the same time. Rhodes replaced a defender, while Tang En replaced a midfielder and continued to strengthen the offense. It seems that he has only one requirement for this game-victory! Ian Jay Scottish international, played [-] times, scored two goals, is good at free kicks, and is the chief set-piece expert of the Scottish team. I believe Forest will take all free kicks in the future!"

"Tony, what did you tell Reed just now? I think he seems a little confused." Walker is really careful, and these details can be observed.Tang En felt that he would become an excellent assistant coach.

"Nothing, I told him to piss off Bowyer as much as possible."

Walker laughed: "That's a great idea! The former Tony Twain couldn't have thought of it."

Dunn knew that there was still a period of time before he had to face this surprising current situation compared to before.He touched the back of his head: "Thank God, my brain is open... Des, how long is it until the end of the game?"

"Not counting stoppage time, there are 24 minutes."

"There is still half of the second half, two goals. Uh...Des, don't you think it's much quieter behind us?" Dunn asked suddenly.

Walker glanced back, then smiled.In fact, there is no difference between being quiet and not being quiet when sitting on the coach's bench. There are fans shouting all around, and the two of them have to put their heads very close to hear what the other is saying.Tang En's "quiet" meant that all the insults before had disappeared. Walker looked back and saw that Michael, who took the lead in cursing, was working hard with his guys to cheer for the Forest players. They stretched out their arms and shouted "" Forest" looked much better than when he gave Tang En the middle finger.

Turning around, Walker said to Tang En, "Tony, I think even if I invite a bunch of people from the bar to drink at night, he will be willing."

The two sides made their own adjustments, which were quickly reflected in the game.But the most striking thing is not these two adjustments, but the "confrontation" between Andy Reid and Lee Bowyer.Tang En felt that it would be more vivid to replace "confrontation" with "conflict".

Reed obediently carried out his instructions.Tang En recalled that when he was in the youth team, Reid listened to his own words very much, because he was the one who dug him out.There are countless people in the youth team of the forest team, and there are countless people in the youth team who can stand out from the crowd, but there are very few people who play for the first team of the forest team they love.Reid is only 20 years old this year. Although he is an Irishman born in Dublin, he has received football training with the Forest team since he was a child.

Just now when Bowyer got the ball, Reed rushed forward, pulling and pushing. Although the referee blew his whistle in time to call him a foul, it still made Bowyer angry.

Down below, Dunn carefully observed the changes in Bowyer's expression.This yellow-haired boy is a typical football hooligan when he is placed on the street and drinks a little wine.Reid didn't do enough, and Bowyer was clearly suppressing his anger.

He played for Leeds for six and a half seasons. At first, he was radiant and star-studded, but then he was plagued by endless scandals, and due to his own injuries, his state plummeted.It was only last season that he re-emerged with Leeds, helping the team defeat AC Milan and enter the Champions League semi-finals.He chose to transfer to West Ham United this season, hoping to start over in a new environment and prove to the world that the genius Bowyer is not dead.

But unfortunately...

If you don't die, I will die.Tang En said in his heart.

In the history Twain is familiar with, Bowyer only played for West Ham for half a season in 2003, making ten appearances, which is very few.Then he went to Newcastle on a free transfer, and then he didn't mix well.I don't know if it has a direct relationship with this game... In short, Lee Bowyer, a genius bad boy who was once highly expected and disappointed many times, has completely sunk and never regained his former courage.

Joe Cole has been completely frozen. Facing the forest team's desperate defense, he flinched.After all, it is just an FA Cup, and they have a more important Premier League game eleven days later. If they are kicked and injured in this game, it will undoubtedly cast a shadow on the team's road to relegation.For some balls, let them let them go, and hide them if they can.

West Ham then shifted their focus to Lee Bowyer on the other side of the pitch on the counterattack.They hope that this former genius can help the team get rid of the current embarrassing situation.But they picked the wrong opponent and date.

For the third time in a row!Reid blocked Bowyer's breakthrough with a foul, but the price he paid was a verbal warning from the referee.And Bowyer's face became more and more ugly.

In the next attack, Bowyer received a pass from Joe Cole and should have chosen to pass to Defoe who was in a better position and let the latter break through.After taking a few steps by himself, he fired a very demoralizing anti-aircraft gun.

"Actually, Bowyer's shot was aimed at the roof of the stands at the City Stadium!" Mortensen sneered mercilessly.The Forest team performed abnormally in the first half, and he ridiculed the Forest team.Now it's West Ham United's turn.

Tang En clenched his fist and shook it violently: "It's done!"

Forest fans in the stands began to make up songs to mock Bowyer's shot: "Lee Bowyer is a good rugby player! He kicked the ball into the sky! Oh yeah!"

After understanding the meaning of the lyrics, Tang En laughed happily.The fans in England must be the most talented and the best in the world and he loves that environment.

Seeing Bowyer shoot the ball into the sky, Rhodes waved his hand angrily, while Defoe on the court was a little dissatisfied. He shouted at Bowyer: "Hey! I'm here! Not in the sky!"

"Fuck you!" Bowyer responded unfriendly to his teammates, then turned and ran away.

Behind him, Defoe shrugged aggrievedly at Joe Cole. Obviously, the young captain had no way to restrain this rebellious new teammate. He could only shake his head, helpless.

Originally, Twain's plan should be that Reed provoked Bowyer, Bowyer tried to retaliate, and then Reed fell to the ground exaggeratedly, the referee gave Reid a yellow card and Bowyer a red card.This is a very good plan, so that the opponent has one less person, one less offensive point, and it will greatly damage morale.

Unexpectedly, the situation on the field changed suddenly, completely beyond his expectations.

(End of this chapter)