champion godfather

Chapter 67
Tang En walked out of the bar, but he didn't know where to go. He didn't want to go back to that dark and deserted "home".He decided to walk around to digest and digest.

The wind blowing from Sherwood Forest stirred Tang En's hair and clothes, taking away the heat of the day.

He stood at the door of a bar he had been to before, looked at the brightly lit street, listened to the laughter coming from inside, curled his lips.Robin Hood Bar, he came here again unconsciously.

He turned around, looked at the red lights of the pedestrian crossing on the opposite street, and stood quietly waiting to cross the street.

At this moment, his cell phone rang, and it was Yang Yan calling.

"Mr. Dunn, aren't you at home?"

Tang En looked around: "I'm not here, what's the matter?"

"Sir... don't you remember, class, class."

"Ah, I remember. But..." Tang En sat down on the side of the road when the signal light turned green, "But I don't want to study today, can you chat with me for a while?"

"Where? On the phone?"

Tang En hummed, "Where are you?"

Yang Yan looked up at the gate of Tang En's house, and said, "School, I'm just about to come out."

"Then let's talk on the phone, I don't want to leave either. Talk about whatever you like, what you're interested in or what you don't like...anything is fine." Tang En leaned his body under the pillar of the signal light and looked up at the sky. "For example, did you meet any interesting classmates when you were in middle school..."

The UK has entered daylight saving time, and at six o'clock in the evening in May, the night has not yet fully arrived.The eastern sky and the western sky presented two completely different scenes. The starry night and the veil-like afterglow of the sunset converged in the middle of the sky, like a fantasy world, which fascinated Tang En.

Yang Yan's whispers sounded in his ears, as if he was giving his ears a massage. Tang En just sat on the side of the road and chatted with Yang Yan who was sitting in front of his house. The heart was so depressed that it almost stopped beating. The heart came alive again.

The next morning, a flock of birds was startled in the woods near Nottingham Forest's Welford training base.

Tang En's hoarse voice rang again: "Cheer up! Look at how useless you are now! Train, train!"

"Michael! You are the captain, if you look so listless, I will dismiss you!"

Although Dunn still doesn't know the details of the training and can only watch from the sidelines, this does not prevent him from giving some hints, or occasionally yelling to boost morale.

Michael Dawson shrugged to Coach Walker. Walker looked back at Twain who was barking his teeth and claws on the sidelines, and smiled.

Then he said to Dawson: "Tony is right, if you don't take it seriously, you won't be captain, Michael."

"Wow! I see! Brothers, cheer me up!"

Seeing the team recovering their morale again, Dunn tightly pressed his lips together.

What are you kidding, you can't go to the Super League?
Going to the Premier League is a promise I made to Michael and Gavin and I will not let it happen.

Before the game, Lawrence mentioned the game and had to bet with Hansen with his beloved beard, so the promotion play-offs of League One, which had received little attention, attracted the attention of many media.

John Mortensen was in charge of explaining the game, and sitting next to him to comment on the game was Mark Laurenson.The game has not yet started, and the players from both sides have just warmed up and left. Now they should make final arrangements in the locker room.

When he was not working, Mortensen was joking with his colleague Lawrenson at the BBC. In front of Lawrenson, Mortensen was an out-and-out senior. When Laurenson was still playing in Liverpool At that time, Mortensen began to explain his game.

"Mark, you know..." John Mortensen looked at Mark Laurenson's face and said with a smile, "I also agree with Gary, you look better without a beard."

Lawrence stroked his beard: "John, are you also very optimistic about Twain?"

Mortensen shook his head: "I just think you'll look better if you shave your beard...ah, just kidding. As for Tony Twain...I don't know if I like him, don't you think he's weird? One moment is amazing, and the other moment is very low-level. I think there may be only one person in this world who will always look up to him."

"Who?"

"Tony Twain."

"he himself?"

Mortensen nodded: "His confidence makes me feel unbelievable. He will show confidence at any time, but I don't know where that confidence comes from. I have studied his personality before and now, and his personality is different from now. Half the world. Nottingham University Royal Infirmary concluded it was because of that blow to the head... If that's the case, I'd say God played a big joke on all of us."

Laurenson habitually stroked the beard on his lips, thinking over Mortensen's words in his heart.

Mortensen smiled: "Why, are you starting to worry about losing your beard?"

"I didn't..." Laurenson "blew his beard and stared" again.

While the two were chatting in the commentary, Tony Twain was watching the silent players in the locker room.

The players, coaches, team doctor, and Twain himself did not speak. The singing of cheering for Sheffield United could be clearly heard from the stands, which added to the oppressive atmosphere in the dressing room.

Everyone was watching Twain. Over the past half a season, he had established prestige among them through his actual actions.This is a critical game. At this time, everyone will choose to trust their head coach, their leader, and their "Boss".

Tang En finally spoke. His voice was not high, but he suppressed the singing of the fans of the home team outside.

"We played against Sheffield United four times this season, and we lost all the first three times. The No.17 round of the league was at our home court, and we even lost 0:3. In the first round of the play-offs, we lost to them 1:2 at home. , not only conceded three points, but also sent them two away goals. Now it seems that this game is not good for us. It is said that the third team to be promoted to the Premier League after this season is Sheffield United, but I know they're talking nonsense. And I know you know it too."

"Yes!" Someone responded involuntarily.

Tang En glanced at Andy Reed who was making a sound. The young man's eyes lit up and he was looking at himself.He continued: "I admit that Sheffield United is stronger than us in terms of overall strength, but it is not only the strength of the two sides that determines the outcome of a game, but also other things... Uh, do you want to hear me tell a story? ?”

No one knew why Tang En suddenly wanted to tell everyone a story before such an important game, nor did they know what kind of story it was, but they knew that Tang En must have his reasons for doing so, so they all nodded.

"It's been a long time ago, and the age is too long to be tested. A war broke out between two countries. This war has been fought for a long time, and finally it's time for a decisive battle. A large army has arrived on the battlefield. The leader of the army But he asked the soldiers to set up camp on the river bank, with their backs against the rushing river. His staff officers resolutely objected, and they said to the general: "My lord, there is a torrent behind us. If we set up our camp here, we will have no way out." Retire! If our situation is unfavorable, there is no way to run!'" Tang En seemed to be acting in a drama, imitating Han Xin's counselor.He adapted this story, which most people in China know, and told this group of British people, and they still listened with great interest.

"The general told his men: 'This is a decisive battle. If there is a slight loss of momentum in the battle, our soldiers will scatter and run away. Do you expect the stragglers to win the battle? I will let you camp on the river bank. By relying on Dahe, I hope to tell all the soldiers: They have no retreat now! If you don’t want to die, just defeat the enemy and win this battle for me!’ Do you know what the result will be?” Tang En stretched out a finger, “That The morale of the general's army was high, and they all held the belief of 'you die or I die' and defeated an enemy much stronger than them."

"Don't you think this is very similar to our current situation? Our situation is so bad that it couldn't be worse. It's even worse than when I was knocked over by David on the sidelines and landed on the back of my head!" Dunn pointed out here Pointing to Johansen, everyone laughed, and the tense atmosphere in the locker room eased a little.

There was a pause, and when the players finished laughing and looked at him expectantly again, Tang En continued with a straight face. "A strong opponent, an away game, Gavin's death... There are a lot of internal and external troubles, and it is a hundred times more difficult than any moment we have faced before! But I firmly believe that we can win, because we have never been as strong as today ! There is no way out for us to escape, and in fact I don’t need to escape either. Get rid of Sheffield United and reach the final! Then..." Tang En breathed a sigh of relief, "...then we will go to the Super League next season."

"Why did we practice various tactics over and over again this week? Let me tell you, today we will fight with our backs. Either they will die or we will die! If you don't want to die, just go out and kill them!!" Tang Enda Walking to the door, he opened the locker room door.

The singing and shouting from the stands at Balamore Lane poured in like a tidal wave, filling the small dressing room in an instant.

(End of this chapter)