champion godfather

Chapter 98 Volume [-] The Nottingham Sky and the Arsenal Match

August, the hottest month of the year, has passed, and the weather in Nottingham is getting cooler in September.Sometimes when waking up in the morning, Tang En had to put a coat over the T-shirt.
Yang Yan returned to Nottingham from China after her summer vacation.During the two-month vacation, she first went to Italy with her friends, and then returned to her hometown after the SARS epidemic in China was alleviated and the travel ban was abolished.
Poor Tang En couldn't go back even if he wanted to. He was leading the team to play.
After Yang Yan returned to Nottingham, she made a greeting call to Tang En and told him that she had brought a Chinese gift to Coach Tang En, who loves Chinese culture, after returning from China.This should have been something that made Tang En very happy, so he expressed his gratitude to Yang Yan.
But now he is not looking forward to Yang Yan's appearance as much as before.I haven't seen Yang Yan for more than two months, haven't heard her voice, and haven't thought about her at all.In the past, the biggest expectation every week was to lead the team to victory, but it was Yang Yan's Chinese class.
Later, after school started, Yang Yan offered to reduce the Chinese class twice a week to once a week, because she will be busier than before in the new semester, and she thinks that Tang En's Chinese is already very high-"I'm afraid it's better than some Chinese people." The level is even higher", there is no need to waste time on this.
Tang En also doesn't have more time to study Chinese now, because he doesn't need to learn it at all.So when Yang Yan made this request, he simply agreed, and added that if Yang Yan is not convenient to come that day, he can just call and explain.
Due to the adjustment of the schedule, the sixth round of most teams was postponed until the end of October, including Nottingham Forest.Collymore could finally breathe a sigh of relief.But the media didn't intend to let him go. They were watching him every day, trying to see what excuses Mr. Collymore could find.
If he says the team doesn't work together well, fine.Now that the team has been given an adjustment period of up to two weeks, twelve days is enough for you to run in the team, right?No matter how stupid Gareth Taylor is, he should have a tacit understanding with the team, right?If you still can't win the game by then, let's see what else you have to say.
Twain now spends every night in Burns' bar, besides recharging himself and studying the notes left by the former Tony Twain, chatting with everyone about the current football situation, talking about Talk about the difficulties the Forest team has encountered recently.If someone wants him to return to the City Stadium, he never refuses.
Ever since he knew that Dunn often went to Burns' Forest Bar, Pierce Bruce almost regarded it as his second home.
Tang En didn't really want people from the media to get too close to him, he hated the media very much.So he saw Bruce in the bar several times, and he tried every means to drive Bruce away.

"Hey, are you going to drive me away again today?" Bruce stood in front of Dunn's seat, looking at him with his hands in his pockets.
Tang En was eating, when he saw Bruce, he put the spoon aside. "Damn it, seeing your face makes me lose my appetite. Why are you still here, you should be working overtime in the office compiling those sensational news...Where's Kenny?" He looked up.
"Don't look, I'm a customer who pays to come here to consume. He has no right to drive me away, and neither do you." Bruce took two glasses of beer from the messenger, one for himself, and one for himself, and put the other next to Tang En's dinner plate .Then he pulled out the chair himself and sat down.
"You want to bribe me with a glass of beer..." Before Tang En could say anything, Bruce pushed the beer in front of him.
"If you want more, that's fine."
Looking at Bruce's smiling face, Tang En sighed: "Well, if you want to come to me, it's up to you. But I have to warn you: you are not a reporter here, no matter what we talk about, I don't want to be in the newspaper See it online." Dunn used this to test Bruce's purpose of approaching him.
If he's trying to get a scoop out of here, get him out of here right away.
Bruce nodded: "Of course, I am an ordinary Forest team fan after work."
"Very good, not bad." Dunn pushed the wine glass back to Bruce. "I thought about it, Mr. Bruce. If one day I suddenly plan to write a biography, I will definitely find you."
"If there is such a day, it will be my honor." Bruce laughed. "Also, can I ask you a question? Mr. Dunn."
"Ok?"
"Are you ready to go back to the city stadium?" Bruce raised his glass.
The two glasses lightly clinked together.
"What do I need to prepare? I don't need to prepare anything... But going back is not now, it's not yet."
That's right, now is indeed not the best time for Twain to return to the city stadium. It seems that God has not abandoned Stan Collymore.
After [-] days of rest, the Forest team played at home in the seventh round of the league against Sheffield United, which eliminated them in the play-offs last season.This is a very important game for Forest fans, and they must not lose the game.
Collymore and Forest players are clearly aware of the importance of this game to them.So it is only natural that they won this game at home.
Gareth Taylor, whom Collymore had high hopes for, finally broke out. He scored two goals in the 10th and 56th minutes of the game, tying the score at 2:1.
No.701 minutes, Andy Reid is the icing on the cake.In the end, Nottingham Forest won the game amidst the roar of the fans.
Collymore, who won the ball, was very proud. When he was interviewed, he kept mentioning Taylor's two goals-both iconic headers.
Of course, it is not completely without problems. Although Rebrov contributed an assist, his goals as a main striker have stagnated since the first round of the league.What's the use of a striker who has many assists but can't score?
On September 3th, in the eighth round of the league, Nottingham Forest challenged Burnley in an away game. This time they won more simply, 0:[-].
David Johnson, Andy Reid, and Gareth Taylor each scored a goal, winning two consecutive rounds, and Taylor scored in two consecutive rounds. The happy Collymore excitedly announced that the team had a day off... Then he disappeared on the night of the game, and the hotel room was empty. Who knew that he went to spend the spring evening with that beautiful woman again.
The two consecutive victories allowed Collymore to go out to spend the spring night with beautiful women, and it also made him feel a lot less stressed.Winning and losing is normal for a head coach... so it's always easy for him to forget the situation he's facing.Tang En commented that Collymore is a typical example of "drunk today, and worrying about tomorrow". He seems to never plan the future of the team. Blame that.
He thought that Evan Dalgety didn't look like an idiot. Even Americans who don't understand football should know exactly what a coach of this level can bring to the Forest team.But why has there been no movement from the top management of the club?Dunn began to pay attention to all the news about the forest team's finances and the club's board of directors.
Anyway, compared with his previous work as the head coach of the first team, his current job is as leisurely as if he is on vacation, and he has a lot of time to study these things that he has never been involved in before.
Speaking of Tang En's own work... the Nottingham youth team ranked second in the fourth group of the youth league, only two points behind the top Aston Villa (Aston`Villa). What about the FA Youth Cup champions in England in 2002?
The Forest team also successfully entered the third round of the FA Youth Cup.The young players like Tang En's coaching style very much, because it can bring them victory. Isn't playing a game just to win?If you win the ball, you will be favored by more people, and you will have a better future. Even if you are not favored by the first team, you can still have a good mood, right?
Tang En never asked his players to "enjoy football" during the game, unless the team had already led the opponent by more than four goals, and there were less than 10 minutes left in the game.He never told the young players "what a wonderful sport football is", he usually said "what a wonderful thing to win".
George Wood's name was included in the substitute list for every game of the youth team, but he still didn't get even a minute of game time.To be honest, Tang En's actions made other youth team players quite puzzled. Everyone could tell that the coach paid close attention to this Wood, and even took him to the second court for extra training after training every day, but why did he only play one game? Why not let him go?The performance of training this kid is not bad, and Chris Rack often praises him loudly.
Even Chris Rack would sometimes suggest to Twain that Wood should go up to play games when no one was around, but Twain's answer was "wait a minute".
So this waited for another two months...
When Tang En finally changed his black suit and red round-neck short-sleeved T-shirt, and put on a long-sleeved shirt under the suit, even though he could still feel the chill in the morning, late autumn in Nottingham came.
The rainy season in the UK is also here... Ah, I was wrong, the UK has a rainy season all year round.Now is the cold rainy season.
Tang En stood on the sidelines and watched the youth team's training with his neck shrunk. He simply turned up the collar of his suit, and the rain still poured into his neck.Chris Lack, who personally guides the players to train on the field, looks worse than him, and UMBRO's sportswear is so reflective in the rain.
Tomorrow is the third round of the FA Youth Cup. The Forest team will face their opponent here, from the Super League and a strong team with a world reputation in training young players-Arsenal!
Arsenal's senior team is a strong team, and their youth team is not weak either.In addition to having a head coach like Wenger who attaches great importance to youth football development, they also have a modern youth training base, the best youth training coaches, and the ability to vigorously cultivate young players with great potential bought from all over the world.
Tang En is not afraid of Arsenal, but he must attach importance to this team.Because there is a very special person in the Arsenal youth team today.
The practice in the rain was mostly targeted defense.George Wood is obviously a key figure in training, and he is "focused on" by the coaching staff.Ross Gardner (Ross` Gardner) is a midfielder from Newcastle in the summer, and now he is the main midfielder and playmaker of the youth team.James` Beaumont (James` Beaumont) is Gardner's partner in the midfield, with average skills and an all-around midfielder.

The coaching staff asked the two of them to take turns to organize the offense, while Tang En asked Wood to defend the two, and whoever came up would go up and stick to each other.If two people came together, he had to be in a good position, not to let the other party break through his line of defense easily, and not to expect help from his side, he had to do all this alone.
"George Wood!" Chris Lack blew his whistle to suspend training, and strode towards Wood, who was standing in the rain panting heavily, stepping on the mud. "You're out of position again! Position, position! How many times do you want me to tell you? Defense isn't an idiot where you see the ball and you run up to the fucking tackle! Look your front, back, left, and right, get stuck position, forcing the opponent to only move laterally or pass back. Look at you just now... was passed by Gardner again!"
Chris Lack's roar was clearly audible in the rain, and the raindrops around him were blown away. Wood lowered his head and did not speak, while other players took the opportunity to take a breather.The training session has been interrupted many times. Wood's defense always likes to grab the first point and then be easily passed by the opponent.He's good enough to be man-marked alone, but when you put him in position to defend...the problem arises.
Tang En stood on the sidelines quietly watching Chris Rack teach Wood a lesson.He is very aware of Wood's current problems. This kid is good at man-to-man defense because of his abnormal physical ability, which can make up for the gap in experience, awareness, and technology in one-on-one.The positional defense requires more experience and awareness, which are what Wood lacks most now.
Tomorrow's game...can you count on him?
Watching players sprinting, tackling, rolling... digging up dirt and turf on a rain-soaked pitch.Standing next to Tang En, Mr. Andrew, who was in charge of maintaining the turf at the training base, frowned in distress.
"Mr. Tang En...can't you go to the No. [-] field for training? We just leveled and trimmed this field, and now...look, it's all a swamp!" He complained. "We still have to compete on this field tomorrow!"
Tang En turned his head to look at the turf worker in his 40s, and comforted him. "Don't worry, Mr. Andrew, I did it on purpose. After the training, all you need to do is put back the raised turf, and you don't need to make a lot of effort to level it."
"This..." Mr. Andrew was a little confused.
"By the way, if it doesn't rain tomorrow, you guys should water this field an hour before the game starts."
Hearing what Tang En said, Andrew knew what was going on.He asked excitedly: "How much more water, Mr. Tang En?"
Tang En looked at Andrew, who suddenly realized, and grinned brightly: "If I say I let you flood this place...is that okay?"
Andrew followed suit and laughed loudly: "Mr. Twain, you are so bad! Don't worry, I will take care of this matter. I will make sure that the kids in Arsenal will not feel that playing here is a very comfortable thing. "
Because tomorrow is the game, today's training ended quickly, and in the end, Wood's comprehension of defensive positions still made little progress.Chris Rack sighed at Tang En, shook his head and went back to the shower to change clothes.
The players ran back to the locker room with their heads down, only Wood was still standing on the field in a daze.His performance today was really bad enough on this muddy field.But it doesn't matter, it's good to know your own shortcomings.Dunn never worried that Wood would lose his motivation to move forward because of being scolded and hit, because his reason for playing football was different from other kids in the team.He has a tough body, but also tough nerves.
Tang En stepped forward and patted Wood who was in a daze.
"Go back and change your clothes, be careful of catching a cold."
Wood looked up at Tang En, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Am I still on the big list tomorrow?"
"Of course." Tang En nodded, "Go back quickly. If you catch a cold, I will delete you from the list."
Wood ran back to the locker room.Looking at his back, Twain was also having a headache about what Chris Lark was worried about.
The sky outside became dark, because of the cloudy and rainy weather, it was as dark as night before 05:30.The pattering rain hit the glass windows and the ground, making a continuous crackling sound.From time to time, someone ran past the window, stepping on the puddle with their feet, and the sound of crackling came from far to near, and from near to far.Because of the weather, the streets outside were quite deserted, and no children could be heard making loud noises together, nor were there men and women shouting.

Although it was cold outside, this simple kitchen and dining room was extraordinarily warm because of the warm fire, orange lights, and fragrant black tea.
This is what home feels like.
Although the family living here had little money, they were much warmer than Tang En's empty and deserted house.
George Wood, who had taken a hot bath, threw all the clothes that were soiled during training and rain-soaked on the way back into the washing machine, then poured the water in the bucket into it, scooped a spoonful of washing powder, and covered the Put on the cover and turn on the switch.After finishing these tasks, he went back to the kitchen to help his mother wash the dishes.Sofia sat at the table chopping potatoes for dinner, even though it was still early.
"George."
"Huh?" Wood took the cleaned milk pot out of the water, wiped it dry and put it aside, then picked up the dinner plate and put it in the water.
"If mom remembers correctly, will you have a competition tomorrow?" Sophia lowered her head and cut the potatoes into pieces, asking casually.
Wood hummed again.Even in his own home, he doesn't talk much.
"Have you entered Mr. Tang En's list again?"
"Come in."
"Will you play this time?"
Wood stopped what he was doing, stared blankly at the tap water gurgling from the faucet, and then shook his head: "I don't think so."
"why?"
"Maybe I'm not playing well enough."
"What should I do?" Mom asked again.
Wood continued to shake his head, "I don't know. Dunn can do it if he thinks it can."
"George, you have to call him Mr." Sophia corrected her son's impolite behavior.
Wood said reluctantly: "Mr. Dunn."
Sophia smiled: "I want...to watch your game tomorrow."
With a "crash", the plate in Wood's hand slipped into the water.He turned and looked at his mother in surprise. "Your body..."
"It's just walking, don't think too badly of your mother, George." Mom Sophia said to Wood with a smile, but the son didn't budge, he frowned and didn't nod.
Just like that, the mother smiled and looked at her son, while the son looked at his mother sullenly, with the sound of water rushing behind him.Sophia pointed to the pool behind her son and reminded, "It's overflowing, George."
Wood turned and turned off the tap, and continued washing his dishes.
"George, do you like football?" Sophia changed the subject.
Wood shook his head.
"Do you not like it, or do you not know?"
"do not know."
"Then did you ever feel happy when you were playing football?"
"I... haven't thought about it."
"I can't go on like this." Sophia put down the potatoes and the knife in her hand, then got up and went to her bedroom.Then she took out a mirror from inside, walked behind Wood, and slowly placed the mirror in front of Wood.
Wood looked at himself in the mirror, wondering what his mother was doing.
"Look, George," Mom whispered behind Wood's ear, "why do you keep frowning? Is someone offending you?"
"No, Mom." Wood shook his head.
"Smile more, George. Don't you think you look handsome when you smile?"
Wood in the mirror grinned, revealing two rows of white and neat teeth.
"George the Lion." Mommy grabbed Wood's long black hair, which fell loosely on his head like a lion's mane.
After being intimate with her son, Sophia returned to the dining table. "What do you think of Mr. Tang En?" She asked seemingly casually, but made Wood concentrate. "Optimistic and cheerful, every day seems to be full of energy. George, you should be like him." Mom didn't notice the change in Wood's expression, she lowered her head and concentrated on cutting potatoes.
"I've decided. If it doesn't rain tomorrow, I'll go to your game."
Tang En was having dinner at the Forest Bar while looking up at the weather forecast program on TV.
"...Nottingham will have light to moderate rain from day to night tomorrow, and the temperature..."
"Yeah!" Dunn clenched his fists. This was the weather he most hoped for.
Burns next to him put down the newspaper and said to him, "You value tomorrow's game very much, Tony."
"Of course, if we win, we will enter the fourth round." Tang En lowered his head and picked up the rice.
"How big is the winning percentage?" Bruce, who was sitting across from him, asked.
Tang En shook his head: "It's hard to say, Arsenal is very strong, and there are a few good guys in their team. Especially the Spaniard..."
"You mean Fabregas? But he's only 16." Bruce shrugged.

"Mr. Reporter, for some people, age is not a problem that affects their performance. We are used to calling such people 'geniuses'." Dunn pushed the plate away, rinsed his mouth with a sip of beer, and finished dinner .
The impact of Twain's crossing appeared more and more in front of him, but fortunately, it did not affect some important events, such as the transfer of Francesc Fabregas.Just after October 16st, the young midfielder from Barcelona's B team switched to London's Premier League side Arsenal.Professor Wenger can't wait until the transfer window opens in January next year to get the best player in the U[-] World Junior Championships, even though he can't give Fabregas a first-team position yet.
"Oh, don't worry, Tony!" Fat John said loudly to Dunn while holding a glass of wine, "When the time comes, all of us will go cheer for your team, I hope we won't frighten the boys in Arsenal! "
His words were echoed by others, and all of them said they would watch the youth team match.
Tang En raised his glass gratefully to him: "But John, only standing tickets are sold."
The competition is held in the training base, and there is no ticket sale at all. You can watch it anytime you want, just stand outside the barbed wire fence on the sidelines.Compared with the plastic seat stands of the city stadium, this is of course a "standing ticket".
"It's okay, just let us squat and watch the ball..."
The skinny Bill interrupted John: "Wrong, fat man. We can squat down to watch the game, but you can't. If you can squat down, get ready to sew your own pants! Ahahaha!"

Everyone in the bar laughed.
John scratched his head in embarrassment, "Whatever you want, you can stand or squat. But Tony... so many of us went to watch the game, don't let us lose!"
"Fatty, when have I let you down?" Amidst the laughter, Tang En replied loudly, "Of course we will win!"

(End of this chapter)