champion godfather

Chapter 23 The head coach sitting in the stands
Tang En and his two "MI[-] bodyguards" were sitting in the stands. He found that the host was really "considerate" of him, and arranged his position in the place with the worst viewing angle.Thousands of miles away from the Forest team's bench, it seems that Coventry is more worried about him than the Football Association, and directly cut off his most primitive communication channels.

Sitting among a group of fans wearing Coventry jerseys, Twain had no choice but to keep a low profile.England's football hooligans are notorious. If a man around him drinks too much when he comes, it will be unimaginable if he is impulsive.Tang En is not afraid of fighting with others, he is afraid of being recorded and reported by the two plague gods around him, maybe his professional coaching career is really over...

He doesn't want to be the first football coach to end his career by getting into a brawl with a fan.

The game kicked off on time at two o'clock in the afternoon.The moment the whistle sounded, the Highfield Road Stadium became a pot on the heat, and the stands seemed to be boiling water, bubbling and bubbling.Except for the shouts of the fans of the home team, Tang En could not hear anything.

Tang En opened his mouth and said a word. He realized that he hadn't heard this sentence... This was much crazier than the atmosphere he felt in the forest team's coaching bench.

The fans in Coventry stood up to cheer for their players. Twain also stood up and raised his hands high. However, instead of cheering for his opponent, he cursed loudly.

"Damn the Old Trafford security system! Can this kind of fans be considered a B-level security level?" He was not worried about causing any riots, because the people around him would definitely not be able to hear what he was saying at this moment. "Fuck! The Coventry fans are not friendly at all!"

After complaining, Tang En honestly sat down and watched the game.People around him must think this is a loyal Coventry fan.

Maybe it was the two words I said before the start of the game that aroused the fighting spirit and ambition of the Forest team players, maybe it was the crazy performance of the Coventry fans that stimulated the self-esteem of the Forest team.In short, when the game started, the Forest team turned away and played offensive football against Coventry at the Highfield Road Stadium.

In this game, Dunn specially started Gareth Williams on the field. He was an important contributor to the victory against Coventry in the first half of the season. He scored the only goal of the game and helped the team win at home. .Today Dunn hopes to use Williams' fortune to bring good luck to the team.

Seeing his team beating the home team in the away game, Tang En just laughed.Sure enough, the coaching staff is not for nothing, and the tactics they formulated are very correct.Seeing Coventry's assistant coach walking around anxiously on the sidelines, Tang En felt that maybe winning this game would not be a problem.

His work these days is not in vain. Compared with when he just knew that their next opponent is Coventry, now he is confident that he knows a lot about this team.

Judging from the 28 rounds of league data, Coventry's offensive power is not satisfactory. In 28 league rounds, they only scored 35 goals, but conceded 44 goals.On the other hand, Nottingham Forest, although their results were not satisfactory, scored 31 goals and conceded [-] goals in one game less.

Twain found something that could be used from this data. Of course, he still needed to observe the game to finally confirm it.It's just... This damn seat is very unsuitable for watching the game live, at least not suitable for him to watch the game with a clear and calm mind.

The Coventry team managed to find a chance to counterattack, but their shot ended up hitting the billboard behind the goal.A huge sigh resounded from the stands, and everyone around Tang En put their heads in their hands, with expressions of regret.Tang En and the two people beside him are like black reefs in a blue ocean, a little different.Fortunately, the fans' attention was on the game, otherwise he, the latest news figure, would be recognized soon.Twain was already planning in his mind to ask the two guys around him to negotiate with Coventry during the intermission and change their seats, at least to sit on the side of the stands close to the Forest fans - he was really afraid Recognized by these unfriendly guys.

Three years ago, when Coventry City was still playing in the Premier League, there was a young talent in the team—Irish teenager Robbie`Keane (Robbie`Keane). Bought by Coventry for £600 million, but only played for the team for one season. Twelve goals in 31 games, when he just turned twenty.One season later, Coventry was unable to resist the £300 million check thrown by Inter Milan and sold Keane to the Italian giants.However, his life in the star black hole in Italy was not very pleasant. He only played six games in the league and did not score a single goal.After one season, he was brought back to the UK by the newly emerging young guard Leeds United in a rent-and-buy method.Now he is at Tottenham Hotspur in north London, parted ways with the team he once played for a season long ago.

Now Coventry fans must miss that passionate Irish lad, why?Because their striker can't score.It is very sad that most of the points of this team depend on the set-pieces of the 38-year-old head coach and player McAllister.

After watching the game for more than 20 minutes, Dunn firmly believed that the conclusion he had drawn from the data was correct.There are two reasons for the poor attack. First, Coventry's players are not capable, and secondly, their coach is not good.McAllister is an excellent player, but not an excellent coach, let alone this is his first season as a head coach.Not everyone can be a natural leader like Roy`Keane, who has just been kicked out by the Red Devils and can lead Sunderland to the Premier League.

Coventry's starting striker in this game is the 27-year-old black Julian`Joachim (Julian`Joachim), he is only 1.6 meters eight, which is a very classic height, but Joachim does not have Marado The abilities of Na and Zola, Carlos and others.According to Tang En's observation, this person's speed is not bad, but his shooting skills are not flattering. He once had a close chance to fly.It was an opportunity that was harder to hit than to score.At that time, the loud cheers erupting from the stands of the Highfield Road Stadium almost made Tang En's heart stop for a second.

Joachim played nine times in the first 28 league rounds, scoring only two goals.Such a result can only be described as "dismal" for a shooter.

Partnering with this black man is the young David`Pipe (David`Pipe), a young player who has only been promoted from the youth team to the first team this season. So far, he has played eleven times without scoring a single goal.

Look at this poor striker combination.Look at Forest's striker: David Johansen made [-] appearances and scored [-] goals.Marlon Halewood scored eleven goals in nineteen appearances.This was the striker combination that drove the super team West Ham into a scramble fourteen days ago, and Tang En felt that it was also effective against the first-tier teams.

Behind these two people are four parallel midfielders, from left to right are Andy Reid, Riccardo`Scimeca, Gareth Williams, I En Jess.Among these four people, Smeka is mainly responsible for defense, while Williams is responsible for organizing the offense. Reid and Jess assist him on the left and right. Most of the offense of the Forest team comes from the midfield combination of these four people. Forest used the most midfield configuration in the early stage.

Aside from resting the aging Jess on the bench in the FA Cup, he hasn't moved a single spot in the squad.This is the wealth left to him by Paul Hart. He believes that his teacher did not fail because of tactical configuration.

Tang En's trust was quickly rewarded. After Pippe also wasted an opportunity, the Forest team quickly launched a counterattack.Goalkeeper Darren` Ward flicks the ball forward, and Coventry's defensive midfielder Moroccan Shafari successfully heads the ball forward and presses the midfielder Dawson He robbed and killed halfway, and pushed the ball back.

With his excellent physical fitness, Harewood controlled the ball and waited for his teammates to come up to respond.

McAllister saw his plan, shouted for his teammates to return to defense, and came up to rob, hoping to interfere or delay the Forest team's offensive. The 38-year-old McAllister was defeated in the physical dialogue with the 22-year-old Harewood. Harewood easily resisted the opponent behind him, and then diverted the ball with a beautiful diagonal pass to the left. Kill Andy Reed.

When Reid was in the youth team, his long shots and long passes made him stand out from the crowd.Although this is only his second league game, he has already shown exciting qualities.He used all that he was good at in the youth team to the senior team.Seeing that Coventry's defense line was urgently deflected to the right, but his right was unmarked, which was a vacuum, he passed the ball to the right again, and the football crossed the field and directly hit the back of Coventry's defense line!

Appearing here is David Johnson, whose strange speed has caused West Ham to suffer a lot. He knocked Reed's ball forward, accelerated with the trend, and left the Coventry defender behind!
Coventry's right back turned around and only saw Johansen's back. His first reaction was not to start chasing, but to raise his right arm and signal to the linesman that Johansen was offside!
"Your mother!" Tang En stood up from his seat, cursing uncleanly.He doesn't have to worry about being the target of Coventry fans, because he is surrounded by sky blue fans who startled from their seats.

Johansen sprinted across the wing with the ball, approaching Coventry's penalty area in just a few steps.He looked up at the linesman, who was running after him, which meant he was not offside.Take another step, look up, the people in Coventry rushed towards him like crazy, and the two central defenders ran towards him...

Tang En in the stands couldn't help himself making a cross gesture. This was an offensive routine that he had practiced in training these days: the striker attracted the attention of the opponent's defender, but the real killer move was the midfielder who stepped in behind.Among the four midfielders, except for the defensive Smeka, all of them have good scoring ability.

Johansen steered the ball toward the center of the penalty area with the outside of his right foot. No matter how he looked at it, he looked like he was going to dribble laterally and then kicked and shot.Coventry's attention from the defender to the goalkeeper was attracted by his every move, completely forgetting the Forest midfielder who was plugging in at high speed.

Johansen has reached the middle of the penalty area, and there are three Coventry defenders beside him. He kicked...but didn't shoot, but put the football behind him!There is a blank!
All Coventry players were fooled by him. When a red figure ran past him, Coventry's Danish goalkeeper Morten`Hyldgaard was still standing in the middle of the goal.

"Gareth Williams!"

The No. [-] of the Forest team received a wonderful pass from Johansen in the corner of the small penalty area, and without hesitation, he swung his foot and shot!The football rolled into the goal quickly against the turf!

"Goal!! 1:0! The Forest team led Coventry in 33 minutes of the first half! It seems that the Forest team has come out of the shadow of the downturn in the first half of the season. They played proactively in the away game and turned away from the guest!"

The Coventry fans in the stands booed, and Tang En couldn't express his excitement amidst the boos. He could only clenched his hands into fists and put them on his head to celebrate the goal in a feigning regret.Looking at the jubilation of the Forest team's coaching bench in the distance, he was really jealous.

This was the first time for Twain to watch a game from the perspective of a fan. Seeing his players form a group on the field to celebrate a goal, he felt a little bit of confidence in the future of the team.Concerns about Bowyer's departure have also been tempered.

After scolding the visiting team, the Coventry fans quickly sat down and continued watching the game, swearing non-stop.Tang En also sat down and continued to watch the game in silence. He had completely forgotten that there were two "bodyguards" beside him, so when he heard the person beside him say to him: "Congratulations, Mr. Tang En" , feeling very surprised.

"Ah, you are..."

"...we are the FA Disciplinary Committee..."

"Is there such an institution?"

"Mr. Tang En, stop making such jokes."

Tang En laughed loudly, ignored them, and went to watch the game by himself.

(End of this chapter)