champion godfather

Chapter 30

"The Crazy Gang is a very dangerous team, but this is just a test of the results of our one-week training." In the locker room before the game, Dunn made the final call to the players who had already warmed up. "Remember, quick, easy, direct, efficient! That's all I ask of you! Go out there, guys!"

Now Twain has replaced Walker and has become the leader of the locker room.Having clarified his own tactical and ideological style, Tang En, who has a better understanding of the team, no longer needs to hide behind the scenes.

Tang En, who ended the two-match suspension period, returned to the coaching bench, and he was full of expectations.He likes the feeling of directing the game from the sidelines, so much!
When the Forest team players ran out of the player tunnel, they heard the huge cheers from the home fans.Twain turned his head and said to Walker: "If we can keep winning, we can always hear such cheers, and they will be bigger than this!"

"It's not easy to win all the time, Tony..." Walker shook his head.

"Wrong, it's not easy. But why don't you try?" Dunn followed the fans and applauded the players who came out.

That's right, if we can win this game, we must win it. If we can win every game, then let's keep winning!
Wilford Training Base, the gate.Ian MacDonald turned on the radio on time to listen to today's No. 30 league round at City Stadium.On the morning of every home game day, Twain would come to the training base, and then chat with Old MacDonald at the door, everything from the weather to the international situation, but the most talked about between them was football, and it was themselves team.

In the last home game, Twain promised him that he would bring a victory to the supporters, but unfortunately it ended up being a regrettable draw.Tang En said this again today. He asked Macdonald to wait by the radio to celebrate the victory. I hope everything goes well this time.

The game has been going on for more than 20 minutes, and the forest team is indeed strictly following Dun En's request to put the things in training on the field.They were completely different from the previous Forest team, which focused on ball control and more delicate cooperation. Not only the fans at the scene could see it, but even John Mortensen, who was in charge of explaining the game, could see it.

"Today's Forest team is a bit strange. If I had to use one word to describe it... I would use 'stranger'. The people are still those people, but they are playing football that makes people unfamiliar."

Since the era of Brian Clough, Nottingham Forest has been one of the representatives of England's football technology flow, much earlier than Arsenal.Clough coach at the time had a famous saying, used to express his disdain for the tradition of long balls in English football: "If God wants us to play on the clouds, then he should also move the grass."

Today's Nottingham Forest team, although not a long pass, is quite different from the tradition of the Forest team that pays attention to possession of the ball.The game went on for 25 minutes, and the TV screen showed the ball possession ratio of the two sides so far. Wimbledon as a guest even surpassed the Forest team, 50.00% four vs. 40.00% six.

"It's really strange. In my impression, the Forest team, even if they lose, their ball possession rate will be higher than their opponents. Although they didn't win the last game, they had a 60.00% ball possession rate." Mott Sen, who has commented on football for 31 years, has watched Forest rise from obscurity in the Second Division to European champions, and he is all too familiar with the way Forest play.

The forest team's way of quickly passing through the midfield was indeed in accordance with Tang En's requirements, but this way the ball was lost faster.Often after a few passes, there is a problem when the midfielder stuffs the ball to the striker, the striker can't run in place, and the midfielder can't pass in place.Then he was cut off by the opponent to fight back. Fortunately, Michael Dawson performed well and repeatedly resolved the crisis.Dawson, who has officially become the captain of the team, has made everyone's eyes shine. He seems to have matured overnight.

For 25 minutes, the score remained unchanged.But Tang En saw a lot of things, just when he wanted to discuss with Walker, a familiar loud voice sounded behind him.

"Tony Twain! What are you doing? Is this the victory you promised us?"

Tang En turned his head and saw Michael's angry face and his middle finger.

"When did you switch... What are you in a hurry for? Isn't this a draw?"

"But look for yourself, what kind of football does your team play? It's not the football of our Forest team at all! The football tradition of the Forest team is possession of the ball! Control of the ball!"

It's fucking tradition again... Tang En felt very uncomfortable. Ever since he came here, someone always reminded him of "tradition", but he didn't feel that abiding by tradition would bring him any benefits.Can you win by following tradition?So he also yelled back at the top of his voice: "Shut up, Michael! As long as I can win, I don't care how the hell I win! The game is only 25 minutes, what the hell are you calling here? If you call me again, I will let the security guard you." Get out!"

Michael closed his mouth, he was indeed a little impatient.But seeing his team's offense not improving for a long time, which fan would not be in a hurry to get angry?

Tang En sat back and found that Walker was laughing at him: "Tony, I remember the second time you sat in this position, Michael and the others scolded you, but you didn't dare to answer a word."

Tang En shook his head and smiled wryly: "When the team can't get going, do you still have the heart to make fun of me?"

"I don't think the situation is too bad." Walker didn't expect such an answer, which made Tang En look at him differently. "In the first 10 minutes, we were really chaotic. But so far, the team has basically played something in training. The turnovers are decreasing and the opportunities are slowly increasing. Tony, your set may really work."

"Des, I see you differently. I didn't expect you to see this. Yes, our situation is slowly improving. The reason why we can't score goals is because we haven't trained the striker and the midfielder at all. The striker is not yet familiar with this style of play in the midfield, and the cooperation is not tacit enough."

Walker nodded: "I think it's better not to have too high expectations for this game, maybe we should wait for a while to succeed..."

Twain stood up from his seat: "No, Des. I can't wait for a single game. I need to win, and this game must be won." After speaking, he walked to the sidelines, took a deep breath, and turned to Roaring inside.

"Horse - Dragon!!"

The sound even overwhelmed the noise in the stadium stands for an instant.

When Marlon Halewood heard the head coach calling his name, he quickly turned his gaze to the sidelines. He saw the head coach barking his teeth and claws and barking at him.

"What are you doing?! Did you not sleep last night, or did you not eat at noon today?"

Harewood shrugged and pointed at himself, not understanding why the head coach said that.

"Run! Keep running!" Tang En waved his arms, as if he was spinning a windmill, "Find a way for me to receive a pass from Andy and the others, and then shoot! If I can't do it, I'll replace you!"

After yelling, Tang En turned and returned to the coach's bench.Halewood was stunned for a moment, and then realized: The head coach is dissatisfied with his performance...

Even though they had been working together for a while, Walker was still surprised by Twain's performance just now.I have never seen a coach directing the game like this...

"Tony, calm down...it's just a game, not a war."

Dunn gritted his teeth and said to Walker: "No, this is war!"

If I can't win the ball all the time, I may lose my job. Isn't this a war of life and death?
"Besides, I'm very calm. I'm as calm as a fucking iceberg." Tang En sat back in his seat and said casually.Walker shook his head, the devil would believe it.

Although Tang En's method was rough, it was very direct.The lack of connection between the striker and the midfielder is a legacy of training the new style of play. If it is to be completely eradicated, more training and games are needed, but obviously there is not so much time for him now.The very moment is very tricky, since you can't catch each other's pass, you can run as hard as you can, and you can always run to the point.As long as it succeeds once, it is an opportunity.

In fact, although the football played by Nottingham Forest is not satisfactory, they also have many problems.But the one who should complain the most is the Wimbledon manager, who at this moment really wants to swear loudly.Before the game, he made great efforts to study the forest team's tactics and lineup, hoping to beat the opponent in the away game.Unexpectedly, at the beginning of the game, he found that he was facing a completely unfamiliar Nottingham Forest team, and all the targeted training and arrangements a week before the game were useless.Can it not be annoying?

Seeing the head coach of the Forest team roaring on the sidelines, he also decided to do something.So he got up and walked to the sidelines, signaling his team to press forward.Since the forest team is in poor condition and makes frequent mistakes, his team has gained many counterattack opportunities.There is no need for him to stick to the defensive counterattack strategy arranged before the game. To make the overall formation suitable and put more pressure on the opponent, there may be unexpected results.

Yes, unintended...consequences.

(End of this chapter)