champion godfather

Chapter 28 Dunn's Declaration of Victory

Everyone seemed to be lost in thought. Tang En looked at the empty wine glass and came back to his senses: "Where did we just talk?"

"The essence of professional football," Walker reminded.

"Very good, the essence of professional football. Victory." Dunn took half a glass of wine in front of Walker and drank it in one gulp. When Burns saw a table full of empty wine glasses, he simply got up and went to get a drink for this hyperactive alcoholic. .

"Well, you're right, Tony. But why can't beautiful offensive football win victories and championships?" Walker still had different opinions.

Tang En nodded: "Okay, let me convince you with facts. Take the most typical World Cup as an example. Let's count from far to near. Let's just forget the ones that are too old. Since the extremely gorgeous and powerful World Cup in 1970 After the Brazilian national team, what team won the championship? Germany in 1974, were they a good-looking team? When did the Germans play good offensively? The Dutch team played well. The great Michels, the great Cruyff, the great Netherlands, the result? They are the runner-up. In 1978, the Netherlands, which still insisted on total defense, was still the runner-up. They lost It was given to the host Argentina. Can you say that Argentina played more beautifully than the Netherlands? Go on, Italy in 1982. Like the Germans, they won the championship with a concrete defense and a kid who used to kick fakes. Did they play well? After that World Cup, did everyone say that Italy was the epitome of attacking football? No. 1986... well, it was a weird World Cup."

Tang En had his reasons for saying this, and Walker would also agree with him deeply.Because this World Cup in Mexico has unbearable memories for the English, Maradona's hand of God and five players in a row are a shame that the English cannot erase.No matter how lofty Maradona's status is in the eyes of the Chinese or people from other countries, in the eyes of many English people, he is a liar.

"... That championship belonged to Maradona alone, not Argentina. Let's count back, the 1990 World Cup, the runner-up Argentina, the champion Germany, penalty kick penalty kick... I only remember these. Can explain What? Is a penalty kick the representative of offensive football?" Tang En laughed. "Brazil in 1994, what is the Brazilian team that won the championship four times called in their country? 'The ugliest and most conservative national team in the history of Brazilian football', Pereira has never been an offensive coach, Santana is The godfather of samba football. But what about the result of that World Cup? He brought back the World Cup that Brazil had lost for 24 years. No matter how ugly and dull the final was, he was a champion coach! His status is unshakable, which shows After everything, people only recognize the championship. Next is 1998. If there is no Zidane, can the French team win the championship? Obviously not. But is the French team the most elegant and beautiful team with Zidane at that time? Ronaldo and the Brazilians will not agree. Besides, the French team's ability to enter the final has nothing to do with Zidane. Then in 2002..." Dunn saw Walker's excited face, opened his mouth slightly, and hesitated to speak. . "What do you want to say?"

"It's nothing, I just want to remind you that the Brazilian team won the championship in the end, 3R, offensive football!" Walker finally found strong evidence to refute Tang En's "fallacy". "Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos, Cafu. Look at the names and the football they play."

Tang En smiled, and laughed happily.Burns came over with two glasses of beer and asked Walker strangely, "What's wrong with Tony?"

Walker shrugged: "I don't know, I just told him that the winner of the 2002 World Cup was Brazil who played attacking football."

Burns smiled and handed the wine to Walker, and put another glass in front of Dunn. "Are you arguing about this?"

Seeing the beer, Tang En stopped smiling. He sat up, raised his glass, and drank a fifth of the glass in one go.Wiping the foam off his mouth, Dunn decided to teach Des a good lesson, and he hit the point.

"You are right. The Brazilian team was very strong that year. The attacking lineup was the second in the world. No one dared to say that they were the first. 3R is a very good offensive tactic. With the Brazilian wings at their peak, it is perfect. Their reward was the golden trophy. Ronaldo even broke the curse of six goals, which seemed to be more proof of the popularity of attacking football."

Walker nodded and smiled to see how Dunn retorted.

"But... do you know how Brazil scored [-] goals in that World Cup?"

These words stunned Walker, he didn't care about these.At that time, he was patronizing the England team.

"Let me tell you, 70.00% of the balls have not been passed more than five times before they go into the goal. This is a very reasonable number of times. If it is too many times, it will be too cumbersome and may delay the battle." The number of 70.00% is Tang En's nonsense. Yes, but probably about the same.After the World Cup, Dunn read a professional football magazine that analyzed the Brazilian team's offensive methods in detail. The article quoted the data analyzed by a British football research institute. He could not remember the specific content, but that "Five feet" he believed he remembered correctly.

"This shows what?"

"What does that mean?! Oh my god...this is a typical sample of modern football! Attacking with more than five feet is too wordy...inefficient and useless. Isn't that gorgeous football that emphasizes more possession , Emphasize more passing? The Brazilian team told us with practical actions that football does not need to always control the ball at the feet, and there is no need to have more passing. In that World Cup, the Brazilian team did not have a dominant ball possession rate. .The Brazil team's goal in the 1970 World Cup final is a classic, but it does not apply to all other games, all other teams. It was a special goal under a special situation." The goal of 2006 consecutive passes in the World Cup is dismissive. No matter how highly the outside world evaluates this ball, he also insists on his point of view: more passes to score goals can only show that the team's offensive efficiency is too low . "You kicked fifty times in a row, showing the players' beautiful footwork and outstanding running positions in the middle, preventing the opponent from touching the ball once, and then shooting into the opponent's goal beautifully, 24:1. And my team What about? In the time period when you have 0 consecutive kicks, you score a goal every 10 kicks, 0:[-]. Which one do you think is better?"

Walker was stopped by Tang En's question, he opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.In fact, the answer is very simple. Any fool would know to choose the latter, but Walker just couldn't accept Tang En's theory.

"You think Brazil is very offensive, and I think so too. But this offensive football is different from our usual offensive football. Scolari's Brazil team is actually quite different from traditional Samba football. It is more European and modern. It is more direct and deadly. Modern football pays attention to efficiency, because it is always switching between offense and defense at high speed, and the rhythm is faster. Continuous long-term possession of the ball and inversions actually do not meet the requirements of modern football. This is inevitable. In fact, Twain really wanted to give them an example of why Brazil's Kaka is called a "modern midfielder" and how it differs from "classic midfielders" like Rui Costa and Riquelme.But at this time, Kaka was still playing in Sao Paulo in Brazil. Europeans knew almost nothing about him. Using him as an example was too abrupt and useless.

"More time to have the ball and pass the ball means more mistakes. The tactical tone of modern football is to minimize your own mistakes and force the opponent to make mistakes. We grab the ball from the opponent through tight defense and start possession from ourselves. It means that the opponent may use the same method to snatch it back anytime and anywhere, so it is the most economical way to send the ball into the opponent's gate after three passes and two downs. It is also the most realistic and efficient tactic." Then the effect of alcohol, Tang En, the "fancier", taught two real professional players a lesson in modern football tactics.

"You... are you saying that ball possession is useless?" Walker asked in surprise.

Following Walker's words, Dunn revealed his "ball possession is useless" theory. "I think extra ball possession is really useless. We just need to maintain the ball until we score. Five-footed passing is ideal, too much is a waste of time and efficiency. My ideal football is simple, practical, direct and efficient football. It's the football that brings victory the most. It's ridiculous to play from the back all the way to the opponent's goal and then let the opponent kick it back to your own backcourt, and then the opponent counterattacks and scores the goal." Tang En thought of a post on the Internet, which contained the tactical boards of various national boards, and the teams' passing methods and routes were all drawn on them.Of course, this is an exaggeration, but it truly reflects the tactical style of those national teams.Looking at the chaotic blackboard and the winding passing route, Tang En smiled the happiest.And that picture belongs to the Brazilian team that he admires very much.

Later, this Brazilian team, known as the most powerful team on earth, was called by Pereira himself as "leading world football for 30 years", with Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Adriano, Kaka , the favorite to win the championship of the "Magic Quartet", the attack combination that is said to be the strongest in history and stronger than 3R, failed to make it to the semi-finals, and returned home in a "humiliation".

The other Argentina, which scored 24 consecutive goals in the group stage, has Riquelme, known as the only "classical midfielder" in today's football, and has N successors to "Maradona". The results are the same as Brazil, stopping in the quarterfinals.The team holding high the banner of offensive football was completely defeated in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. In the end, it was the more stable, efficient and better defensive Italy that won the championship.

"I have to say it again, maybe the fans would really like to watch an 'alley-oop' with [-] consecutive passes without landing, but I don't like it. I just like the result of hitting the ball in the opponent's goal, and winning. The next game. Before that, I don't care how the goal was scored, and I don't care how the game was won. There is a saying that is good: a good ending is a good thing."

After Tang En finished speaking, he began to drink in suspense.He just said his mouth was dry.

Walker recovered from the shock: "Tony... I always feel that your ideas are too extreme. You completely threw the ball-controlling kick into the trash..."

"No no no, I didn't throw it in the trash, I just thought that if we can't win, we have to play in a different way. From our last two games, we can see that too much possession of the ball is not going to bring us victory and success. Goals. The ultimate goal of a football game is to win, and the ultimate goal of an attack is to score goals. Why do people put the cart before the horse now? The emphasis is on beautiful ball possession and beautiful scenes, and they think they can score goals? It's ridiculous , Goals have a high chance. 80.00% possession of the ball does not mean that there are eight goals. My football is very simple, put aside those cumbersome things, and directly pursue results. Des, I think the training of the Forest team needs to be improved Change, we should focus more on how to let the team score goals, rather than how to control the ball."

Burns was silent and thoughtful.

"I am the head coach of the Forest team, and I have to be responsible for the results of this team. If it is just a neutral game, I believe everyone likes to see both sides come and go, playing offensive football, and I like it too. But What if there is a Forest team game? What do you want to see? Isn’t the Forest team winning? As long as they win, everything else is not a problem.”

While Tang En was talking, there was a sudden commotion at the door, and another group of fans came in to drink and chat.Tang En looked back, and found that it was "old acquaintances"——Michael and his group who came.He said to Walker: "Look, Michael, they are staunch opponents of me. If you are not sure whether what I just said is correct, we can ask them what they think of what I said."

After speaking, Tang En picked up his wine glass and greeted him.

The fat man next to Michael was the first to see Tang En, and he called out: "Hey, has our head coach resigned as a bartender?" This shout immediately focused everyone's attention on Tang En.

Tang En was very grateful to this fat man, because that was exactly the effect he wanted.However, the mouth still needs to be harsh. "I drink this wine myself, fat man."

The fat man curled his lips, "What do you want to do?" After saying this, the people around him became vigilant.

"Okay, man, I'm not here to quarrel or fight with you today." Tang En looked at the group of guarded people and waved his hands. "It's just that I have a question and I hope to hear your answer."

"Why should we answer your question?" The fat man pushed back.

"It's up to you to answer or not, I asked. As fans, what kind of game do you prefer to watch?"

A group of people looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing why Tang En asked such a question. "Of course it's a good game!" Someone replied.

"What is a good-looking game?" Tang En just stared at Michael and asked loudly because he didn't know where the voice came from.

"More goals, more beautiful cooperation, fancy extraordinary!" The voice also answered loudly.

Walker shrugged and shook his head at Burns.

"Then what if we can't win?" Dunn asked loudly.

The voice fell silent.

So Tang En turned to the others and asked, "What if the beautiful and gorgeous football you like can't win? Do you still like it? You go to the stadium every weekend to cheer for the team, why?"

"Because we like football, we support the Forest team!" Fatty spoke, and his words got echoes from many people.

Tang En said disdainfully: "Then why did you boo the team you supported when the team's performance was not good a while ago?"

"Why can't you shush? Because your grades are not good!" The fat man pointed at Tang En and said, he must have held this sentence in his heart for a long time.Likewise, he has everyone's support.

Burns watched the question and answer with a smile on his face.Obviously those people had fallen into the pit dug by Tang En, but they didn't know it yet.

"But you said that you support the team, and you didn't say that you don't support the team if its performance is not good. England's fan tradition is loyalty!"

Everyone who asked this sentence was speechless.

"That... is for glory, for our own glory!" The fat man finally came up with a reason.

"Glory?" Tang En stared at the fat man and asked back, "What a good word. Then I ask you where did Glory come from? Did it fall from the sky?"

The fat man was completely speechless by the question.He wasn't stupid, he knew why Tang En asked such a question, and he had already fallen into his trap.

"Let me tell you, where does the glory come from!" Twain shouted as if directing the game in the stadium, "The glory comes from the victory! It is shown by the championship! A losing team has no glory to speak of, and those who support it The fans can't even talk about glory. Only victory, only victory can bring you glory!"

Walker told Burns, "Tony's drunk."

Burns nodded in agreement.

Tang En was indeed drunk, he talked a lot today, and he also wanted to say these words so that more people could listen to them.When he was drinking in a bar in Chengdu before, he would be laughed at by those people no matter what he said, and then he would naturally be a chaotic brawl after drinking too much...

Now that he is standing here, he hopes that what he said can be recognized.

"You love the Forest team, I have no doubt. But I also know that no one will unconditionally love a team that can only lose and lose again! I hate losing, and I hope that after every game my team They are all winners! Only in this way can there be bloody glory! Glory is not something that can be talked about every day, it needs to be exchanged by the team for victory!"

After shouting, Tang En took a short breath, and then he asked: "Now tell me, what kind of games do you like?"

Michael, the leader, finally spoke, "What the hell are you talking about, Mr. Twain? Of course we like winning, we also like the team returning to the Super League after this season, and we like to become the goddamn next season the most." Champions of the league, next season we will be the kings of Europe!"

Tang En looked at this former "enemy" and smiled, "It seems that our heroes see the same thing, Michael." Then he opened his arms and said loudly to the fans in the audience, "That's right! Victory, champion! I like this As long as I lead the team, I will ask the team to play this kind of football. All for victory, all for the championship! A team that cannot win is a bad team. A coach who cannot lead a team to victory is simply ...fucking sucks!"

"That's right!" Someone jumped on the table with a wine glass and shouted high above, "I also fucking like victories and championships!" His words received enthusiastic responses from everyone.

Tang En struck while the iron was hot and raised his wine glass. "I bought everyone's drinks tonight. Cheers to victory!"

"For victory!"

"Whoa! For victory!"

"For--fucking--victory--!!"

"cheers!!!"

The bar seemed to be turned into a howling party scene, everyone raised their glasses high, and the wine in the glasses reflected excited and hysterical faces.

Seeing Tang En's back with his arms open as if to embrace the entire bar, Walker shook his head slightly: "Ian told me that Tony is a master at mobilizing the atmosphere in the locker room. But I don't think he's right. A master who can mobilize the atmosphere everywhere."

"Agreed." Burns raised his glass and touched Walker, "I like this slogan. Cheers to victory."

"cheers!"

The drunkards are still howling "victory" and carousing with alcohol.Tang En turned around and walked back.

Walker first raised his hand and surrendered: "I'm convinced, Tony. I support your tactics. Just follow what you think in your heart and build a team for victory."

Tang En smiled and turned to look at Burns.

"Tony. Well, you know... I'm a staunch Forest fan. A loyal Forest fan doesn't want to see his team lose, does he?"

"I know your answer. Kenny, Des, thank you."

"Don't be too happy, Tony. If your team still loses consecutively and is in a slump, I believe everyone present will not mind stripping you and throwing you on the street." Kenny laughed.

"Hey, I won't give you this chance."

Burns punched Tang En in the chest: "Do it well, Tony."

Without any other words, Twain could feel the expectations of an old player and old fans.

"I will, I hope next season we'll be in the Premier League. I'll buy you all a drink then."

(End of this chapter)