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Chapter 317 Volume [-] The Time to Sprint in the Red Forest Has Arrived
When the Nottingham Forest team flew back to London from Lisbon, the smiles on the faces of the players had not yet appeared.It is also an away game defeat, which is completely different from an away game loss to Villarreal.Losing to Villarreal, no matter what, they know that this will not prevent the team from qualifying for the group stage, so after a night, the players quickly recovered their old anger, chatting and laughing with big names on the plane .

This time is different.

Losing to Sporting Lisbon means completely losing the UEFA Cup this season.A championship this season... hopeless.So no one can laugh on the plane.

Now there are many young people in this Forest team, some of them are participating in the top league for the first time, and participating in European competitions for the first time.There's an upside to such a team -- they'll be impressed with a loss.They don't take it seriously, and such a failure will continue to affect them in the future.

Tang En still kept a straight face.He was different from the players, not so much because he lost a game, or a UEFA Cup, but because he felt stupid.A little bit of tailwind makes me feel swayed, I don't know why.I want to win the UEFA Cup... I don't even look at the strength of the current team and myself.Thinking about it now, I feel how ridiculous I was bragging in front of Tang at that time, and I don't know if Tang thinks so too.

In his opinion, it's not that the players didn't do well, but that he, as the head coach, took the wrong direction, and he was a little ignorant.

Tang En was in a bad mood, so no one wanted to talk to him.Chris Rack next to him looked at him several times, hesitated to speak, and finally could only sigh and say nothing.

The team flew back to the UK in this silence, back to Nottingham.

Their European campaign for the season is all over.

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When the team arrived in Nottingham, Tang En announced that they would be disbanded on the spot. The whole team had half a day off, and they would resume training the next morning.Even though there will be a league game in three days, Tang En is not in a hurry to get the team together for training immediately.After a big game, what he wanted was to let the players rest for a while and recover their strength.

Of course, this is one reason, and another reason is... Twain himself needs to think carefully about where the Forest team will go in the rest of this season...

When Tang En was thinking about this kind of thing before, he went back to the bar and thought about it while drinking.Later, when Tang came and had someone to talk to, Tang En was more willing to discuss with Tang at home.

This time is no exception.

After listening to Tang En's doubts quietly, Tang Jing asked, "How many points does the Forest team have now?"

"47, Liverpool 44." Tang En remembered these data clearly. "But they lost one game."

Tang nodded, and now he talked much more than when he first came to England.Tang En was very pleased that he was able to change a person, even if it was only a little bit. "Where's Everton?"

"With 51 points, there is a four-point gap with us. The third place in the league is Arsenal, with 61 points, and there is also a big gap with Everton."

"The top four in the league can qualify for the Champions Cup." Tang said, "The difference of four points is not too much for you, is it?"

Tang En lowered his head and thought for a while, then nodded: "I understand. The next nine rounds of the league will be contests between us and Liverpool and Everton."

"Don't forget Charlton, Middlesbrough..." Tang reminded

Tang En waved his hand: "They... I haven't paid attention to them yet."

Tang pursed his lips and smiled.

Tang En stared at him strangely: "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing." Tang shook his head, the smile on his face gone.But Tang En refused to let go, and continued to stare at his face. Finally, Tang raised his hand and surrendered, "I just thought that you just lost an important game, and now you are so confident..."

Hearing what Tang said, Tang En scratched his head: "I thought about it for a long time on the plane... No, to be precise, I thought about it for a long time on the bed in the hotel after losing the game. You were right at the beginning, Tang. But You didn't continue to persuade me, did you want me to fall into this trap myself?"

Tang's lips twitched, but he still didn't say anything.

"Now that I think about it, I was stupid. Fortunately, we lost early. If I lose in the semifinals, I will be empty-handed this season." Dunn sat at the dining table, looking at the knife in his hand Fork, the silver metal gleamed a little bit of light under the light.Then he raised his head and found that Tang had been looking at him, and smiled self-deprecatingly, "How do you say something? It's not too late to make up for it."

Tang nodded to show that he knew, and then shook his head: "You are right in saying something. Football cannot be planned."

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Tang En tried his best to show full confidence, but in the next No. 30 league rounds, the physically and mentally exhausted Forest team was completely out of shape and lost 0:2 to Tottenham Hotspur.He lost a great opportunity to reap the benefits of being a fisherman...

In this round, two of Tony Twain's competitors had a direct dialogue.The Liverpool derby starts at Anfield.

Regardless of the results and rankings of these two teams in the league, those things are of no reference value for the Liverpool derby.

After nine and 10 minutes of fierce fighting, Benitez's Red Army defeated Everton led by Moyes.

After selling Gravesen away, Everton, who hadn't made much supplements in the winter, was no match for Liverpool in the away game. They were beaten 0:2 in the first half.Everton launched a frenzied counterattack in the second half. They may no longer care about whether the fierce fight in this game will affect the entire season.For derby opponents, this game is much higher than a league season.

Red and blue are the two most traditional colors in English football. These two colors can be regarded as sworn enemies in almost any city, such as red Manchester United and blue Manchester City, such as red Arsenal and blue Chelsea, such as Red Liverpool and blue Everton.

Regardless of the brilliant achievements of the Liverpool club, in fact, in the city of Liverpool, Everton's history is earlier than that of the Liverpool club.Everton is naturally unwilling to lose to Liverpool, even if it is away, they are not willing.

In the second half, Everton launched a crazy counterattack that made Liverpool feel a little too much.He scored a goal in the middle, but he was a little unlucky. At the last moment, a shot hit the crossbar and bounced out.

When the referee blew the final whistle, the score on the electronic big screen was fixed at 2:1, and Liverpool won at home.

In this way, the points gap between Forest and Everton has not changed, but Liverpool has caught up with Forest, with 47 points, and then overwhelmed Forest with a weak goal difference advantage, ranking fifth, Forest fell to sixth.

Seventh-placed Charlton are on 43 points, four points away from Forest.

This is indeed a situation where three teams are fighting for a place in the Champions League.

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The game against Tottenham is a little earlier than the Liverpool derby.When the result of the Liverpool derby came out, Dunn was very depressed.Because he knew he had missed a great opportunity.If Forest can beat Tottenham at home, then the gap with Everton is only one point now, and they still maintain a three-point advantage over Liverpool. Even if Liverpool wins the make-up match, they still have the same points.This may be crucial for the sprint stage of the last few rounds.

It's too late to say anything now, let's let go of another chance.Besides, the team's state is really not good, and there is no way to compete with Tottenham Hotspur, who is waiting for work...

The loss of this game made the media start to hype the theme of "the end of the young coach" again.The sports media is perhaps the most ruthless and utilitarian of all the media in the world.Because sports games themselves judge heroes by victory or defeat.When you perform well, everyone praises you, and they can pin it on you no matter how nasty the compliments are.But once you lose, no matter how well you performed before, there will definitely be a lot of people who will stand up and criticize you, and will make you worthless.

This world is so cruel - a win is a win, a loss is a loss, a draw is the most inconspicuous result, and it is also the most meaningless.

Two years ago, Twain had seen this kind of thing a lot in the media. The winner was king, and the loser was Kou.When he became the head coach and experienced these things first-hand, he would not feel aggrieved by it for a long time.On the contrary, he can use the media to achieve some of his goals.

For example this time...

The Forest team was eliminated in the UEFA Cup, lost two games in a row, and won three rounds. These achievements were described by the media reporters as the end of the road for the Forest team.

Unexpectedly, Tang En did not write back in his column to attack these "shit" remarks.

There are twelve days between the next round of the league, during which national team matches are held.For those big clubs, this is the time for the spread of the FIFA virus, but for small clubs like Nottingham Forest, it is a good time to recuperate and strike later.

Compared with Liverpool, or even Everton, the number of international players in the Forest team is pitiful.Van der Sar is still the main goalkeeper of the Dutch national team, and he will join the Dutch team in next year's World Cup qualifiers.Four main players in the back line, Hierro has retired from the national team long ago, Matthew Epson and Leighton Barnes have not been selected for the England national team, let alone Chimbonda, the French national team has not yet him s position.

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