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Chapter 605 Juan Wuhong Everyone Respect Your Opponent
After defeating Sunderland, Nottingham Forest ushered in the eighth round of the league.Considering that there will be a Champions Cup group match on October [-]st, and the opponent's strength is not strong, Tang En used rotation again.This time he even changed the starting goalkeeper.
Akinfeev has been with the team for some time, but apart from the opportunity to play in the pre-season warm-up match and the League Cup, he has not been allowed to play in the important league and Champions League group matches.This is obviously not the treatment that Russia's number one national gate wants to see, and he has been a little unhappy recently.Chris Lark told Dunn what he had observed, and asked him to pay more attention to Akinfeev's recent emotions, so as not to affect the stability of the team's internal locker room.
A lot of newcomers have come this season, and how they get along with other teammates in the locker room is a problem, which needs to be handled carefully.The forest team's miraculously good results are inseparable from the fact that they have always had Iger's united locker room.Tang En didn't want this fine tradition to be ruined.
He also knows that some players will have mental problems if they are unable to play for a long time, so rotation sometimes requires not only simple tactical considerations, but also factors other than football.
The match against Portsmouth in the eighth round of the league was an opportunity, and Twain decided to give those fringe characters a chance to perform.Before leaving for Portsmouth Harbor the day before this game, Tang En announced the starting list for the next day's game internally.Akinfeev got his wish as the starting goalkeeper, Leighton Barnes was the starting left-back, Kompany and Wes Morgan were starting the centre-backs, Piqué was on the bench and the right-back was not Chimbanda, but Chinese player Sun Jihai.The starting midfielder is not the unshakable George Wood, but Sidwell, who joined the team in the new season. Like Akinfeev, he can only play in the League Cup, which Dunn doesn't pay much attention to. It's a sad thing to be George Wood's substitute if you have the chance to play.The left midfielder is Petrov, the right midfielder is Lennon, and the midfielder is Van der Vaart.The forwards are Arshavin and Bendtner.
This lineup has changed almost everything that can be changed, which makes people really doubt whether Dunn still wants to win the away game.How to say that Portsmouth is now the tenth mid-range team in the Premier League, not to mention that they are still playing at home in this game, and their strength should not be underestimated.
So when the Forest team's starting lineup was disclosed by the media, it caused the dissatisfaction of the Portsmouth team. They thought they were underestimated.Think about it, my league opponents all played their main players in the games against the newly promoted horses, and even if they rotated, they were all regular rotations in a few positions.And what about yourself?To change all 11 starters all at once, what else could it be if it wasn't contempt?There is no rotation like this again?
Harry Redknapp, manager of Portsmouth.The old man in English football is famous, and he is also very unhappy with Twain doing this.He is an old man who will be respected by others no matter where he goes. Although Dunn did not publicly say in the media: "I look down on Portsmouth", but does he have other meanings in doing so?
So when he was interviewed, he implicitly expressed his dissatisfaction with Tang En: "I'm very happy to see the forest team implement such a rotation, so that the next day's game will not be too difficult for us." Meaning fools can see it.
Tang En did not make any counterattack or explanation for the soaring grievances of the Portsmouth people.Because there is really no explanation for this matter.Say "I don't look down on you"?No, Tang En actually looked down on Portsmouth.He believes that with the current strength of the Forest team, even if it is an away game, there is no possibility that they will not be able to win Portsmouth.In the fifth round of the league, Arsenal defeated Portsmouth 3:1 with ten players.
No matter how you say it, Nottingham Forest is also a team on the same level as Arsenal. Winning Portsmouth is the victory planned by Twain.
Forest, who went to Portsmouth with such a rotation, met with very, very strong resistance at Fratton Park.
Yes, no one imagined tenacious.
Redknapp made good use of Twain's contempt. Before the game, he told his players to give those proud Nottingham people a little color and make Twain regret that he only sent such a lineup. Fight the "Legions of Pompeii".
At the beginning of the game, the Forest team showed their strength to their opponents. Bendtner received a cross from Petrov's wing and smashed the goal guarded by David James with a header.This ball made Dunn raise his legs on the coach's bench again.
But next...
"Oh oh oh! It's unbelievable! Unbelievable!" The commentator roared excitedly, "Such a big score before the end of the first half almost declared that the game ended early!"
Huge score gap - 4:1.But the leader is not Nottingham Forest, which scored the first goal, but the fighting home team Portsmouth.
"No. 403 minutes, Kanu scored his second goal of the game! Also Portsmouth's fourth goal! It's amazing, Pompeii's performance in the first half of this game It's like a real championship team, everyone has played their best, and every Portsmouth player's active performance on the field makes the Nottingham Forest players helpless!"
That's right, the Nottingham Forest players were all stunned, unable to believe the score before them. 1:4, they only lost to Liverpool once by this score, and that was the most painful loss after Twain led the team.
Tang En's Erlang legs had already been put down, and now he was standing on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, looking at the court with a serious expression.He maintained this posture and expression for 10 minutes. These 10 minutes were the 10 minutes of sudden changes on the field. Portsmouth scored four goals in 10 minutes, completely ignoring Nottingham Forest.
The whistle for the end of the first half finally sounded, and Tang En took the lead to walk back to the corridor with a dark face.The TV camera followed him all the time, and everyone could see how ugly the expression on his face was.
"I think Coach Twain should consider adjusting his lineup in the second half...if he doesn't want to return to Nottingham with this score." The commentator joked.
The Forest players returned to the locker room dejectedly, thinking that what awaited them would be a storm of cursing.
but.
Everyone saw that Tang En's expression of dark clouds pressing down on the city was gone.
"I know there were some discussions about our lineup before the game. They all said that this is a contempt for Portsmouth. They changed all the starting 11 players. They looked down on Portsmouth and underestimated the enemy. So Portsmouth The players went crazy trying to beat us in the first half. But I don't agree with this opinion. I don't think this is a contempt for Portsmouth, on the contrary I think those nonsense remarks are a contempt for you." Don With that said, he spread his hands, "Why do the outside world agree that I have rotated a starting lineup, and the opponents feel that I am underestimating them. That is because they think you are weak, and you are the second-tier team of Nottingham Forest. That's why they feel insulted - to have a second team play against our first team, isn't that what contempt is? But..."
Tang En gave a serious sentence: "Who the hell said you are a weak second-tier team? I said long ago that the players who can stay in Nottingham Forest are all outstanding players, otherwise the Forest team would not even be able to enter the gate. I don't have any bullshit difference between the first team and the second team. The best players in the world who can represent the forest team! The best... no fucking one! The strength of the Forest team has dropped by two grades, who the hell is looking down on whom?"
After swearing, Tang En took a short breath, stabilized his emotions, and slowed down his tone: "If you let the score in the first half become the final score of the game... then it's a pity, no matter how much I don't want to be surprised Viewpoint, your title of 'weak' is well established. From then on, whenever I let you play, the media and some idiot experts who don't understand anything will say: 'Look, the rotation system of Nottingham Forest is a joke .These people will only lower the strength of the Forest team by two grades, and Portsmouth can score them four goals! This is simply a contempt and insult to us!'" Dunn imitated the expert's tone vividly, He saw that the expressions in the eyes of the dejected players had changed, and he knew that the time was ripe, so he asked: "Are you willing to let this happen? Are you willing to be considered a weak second-tier team? If If someone accepts such an insult, raise your hand!"
No one raised their hands, and they didn't shout "no" in response to Tang En. They just gritted their teeth and turned the knuckles of their fists white.
The mood is very good, keep the anger in your heart first, and let it vent to your opponent in the second half.
Dunn hammered the final nail in the lid of Portsmouth's coffin: "The second half...I'll tell you the truth, unless you yourself are injured or exhausted, I won't fucking make a substitution adjustment. You must Use my actual actions to prove it - even if I, Tony Twain, replaced the starting 11 in one go, this lineup is still at the top level of the Premier League! If there are any idiots who feel insulted, then insult them! "
Tang En, who walked out of the locker room with the excited players, sneered in his heart.
Mr. Redknapp, you know how to use the media's evaluation to motivate players, give me a 4:1, very good.Don't I know to take advantage of what you take advantage of?Bastards of Portsmouth, wait to take my wrath.
Who do you think I am?I'm Tony Twain.There is only one team in the world that can beat me by three goals, Liverpool, and a team that can beat me by more than four goals has not yet been born!
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"4:1!" At the beginning of the second half, the commentator repeated the score that made Tang En extremely unhappy.If he was watching TV at this time, he would probably pick up the TV and throw it out of the window.This score has special meaning to Tang En, and it will always remind him of his weakness and powerlessness in the past.And now he hates that feeling very much.
"I think Nottingham Forest is hopeless...with such a second-team lineup, facing an angry Portsmouth, three goals behind, everyone in the Portsmouth team can almost score ten points. On the other hand, Nottingham Forest, Akinfeev's Premier League debut, which cost Tang En 600 million pounds, was a disaster. The Russian number one goalkeeper scored four consecutive shots in 45 minutes. Have you suffered such a heavy blow? Also, look at Sun Jihai, he is no longer the "Chinese Sun" in Manchester City. His right flank was frequently broken by opponents. And Sidwell... Poor Sidwell, always It will be compared with the 'monster' George Wood, but who told Tang En that he wanted him to be George Wood's substitute?"
The Sky TV commentator rattled off Forest's poor first-half performance.
Before he could finish these words, he had to change his words suddenly.
"Ah...the ball has been scored!" Due to the sudden incident, his emotions were not brewed enough, and this "the ball was scored" sounded without passion at all.Perhaps there was another reason why his voice sounded less excited - the goal was scored by Nottingham Forest.
Only 2 minutes into the second half, Nottingham Forest tied the score at 2:4.
Nottingham Forest scored another goal 3 minutes later, and Arshavin avenged his Russian compatriots. The Forest team tied the score at 3:4.
Portsmouth panicked.
The narrator also lost his voice.The contrast between before and after was too great, as if he was being slapped in the face. Facing the crazy Nottingham Forest whom he had belittled just now, he really didn't know what to say...
As soon as the Forest team players got the ball, there was a deafening booing at Fratton Park. The Portsmouth fans wanted to use this method to create some trouble for the Forest team's crazy counterattack, but to no avail.
The commentator quickly adjusted his emotions and returned to work.
"What a beautiful goal! Niklas Bendtner's breakthrough shot! Nottingham Forest tied the score at 4:4! It's a miracle! Nottingham Forest... unexpectedly came back from a three-goal deficit! Coach Tony Twain must have said something to his players during the half-time break. The eyes of these people are different. Is the Forest team satisfied with the tie? No... I don't think so. . . . Portsmouth is in trouble."
"Raphael van der Vaart!! Beautiful long shot! 5:4! Nottingham Forest overtook the score!"
"Petrov came to take this free kick and he had a long approach...the football hit the wall! The touchline...the ball went in!! Portsmouth are unlucky! Example goal 34 meters long Free-kick and it ends up going in on the touchline for hitting the wall... Poor James, 'what can I do'?"
This is already Nottingham Forest's sixth goal. From 1:4 to 6:4, the Forest team only took 27 minutes.During this period, Portsmouth had no chance to counterattack at all. They could only watch the Forest team score goals one after another, and watched their players gather together to cheer for a while, and then gather together to cheer for a while...
Is this the end?
"Number one! Seventh! Number one!" the commentator gritted his teeth, and he felt that he was a bit underwhelmed.In someone else's home court, in front of so many home team fans, pouring seven goals to the home team, isn't Nottingham Forest afraid that they won't be able to go back after the game?
Obviously, Tony Twain and his subordinates were not worried about the problem he was worried about, and now they wanted to celebrate wantonly.
Bendtner shook his fist vigorously and celebrated his hat-trick amidst overwhelming boos.As Ruud van Nistelrooy's substitute, there are not many opportunities to express himself so vividly.
Redknapp sat on the coach's bench, his gray hair looked very old.The Portsmouth players were as confused as the Forest players in the first half, not knowing what happened.
What caused things to become like this? With a score of 4:1, if you can't win the game with a three-goal lead, isn't this football game too insecure?
Some people turned their gazes to the visiting team's bench for answers. They couldn't see Tang En's expression, because he was leaning on the back of the chair, and his left and right sides were blocked.All you can see is his Erlang legs raised up and dangling back to us.
Twain fulfilled his promise during the intermission. He didn't change anyone, didn't make any tactical adjustments, and didn't even supervise the battle from the sidelines.At the beginning of the second half, he sat on the coach's bench. After Lennon tied the score at 2:4, he raised Erlang's legs.Later, even though his legs were numb, he didn't put them down. He just wanted to tell everyone in this way that everything was normal and there was nothing to worry about.
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The seventh goal was Forest's last goal of the game. After slaughtering Portsmouth, the Forest put down the blood-soaked sharp knife contentedly, and began to reap the fruits of victory.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, it was nothing short of heavenly to those Portsmouth players, because they were finally freed... freed from Shura hell, not facing 4 on the pitch. :7's glare accepts the torment.
At the post-match press conference, some media were surprised by the huge difference between the performance of the Forest team in the first and second halves. He raised his hand and asked, "Mr. Tang En, we are interested in what you said to your players during the intermission." , making their performance look so different?"
In front of many media, especially the local media in Portsmouth, Tang En replied with a smile: "What did you say? I just told them to respect their opponents."
As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar in the audience.
Then Dunn explained without waiting for others to ask questions: "Before the game, you all said that my lineup was an insult and contempt for Portsmouth. What better way to pay tribute to my respected Mr. Harry Redknapp." Having said that, he turned his head and looked at the Portsmouth coach Redknapp sitting beside him.
Old Redknapp's face turned red and white, embarrassing.
"Now, I'm very, very happy and satisfied with the score. It's not because we beat Portsmouth, by such a big score. It's because we finally cleared up the rumors in the media in our way - we didn't have any Disrespecting the opponent, belittling the opponent, insulting the opponent. On the contrary, we respect and value Portsmouth more than any other team. You see, the score of 7-4 is proof of that."
The local media in Portsmouth lost their voices collectively at this moment. They could only look at Tang En's smug smile on the stage and greet his relatives countless times in their hearts.They finally tasted the feeling of being slapped by themselves.
Talking about the game on the BBC's "Daily Match" that night, Lineker said with a smile: "The Portsmouth media tried to provoke Tony Twain, but they lost badly."
That night, bars of all sizes in Nottingham City were filled with joyous laughter.

(End of this chapter)