champion godfather

Chapter 747 Volume [-] Crimson Wolf

Tony Twain's boy scouts broke into the semi-finals of the League Cup, but ended up in the semi-finals, unable to go any further.Tang En expressed his satisfaction with this result. Originally, the League Cup was used as a training ground, and being able to reach the semi-finals was considered an overfulfilled task.

After entering the new year, the FA Cup kicked off in an all-round way, and the team successfully passed the first two rounds.

In the league, the Boy Scouts also performed very steadily, fixing the team's results between five and seven.

The Forest team is not the protagonist of the Premier League this season. After the freshness at the beginning of the season, the media's coverage of the Forest team is obviously much less than in previous seasons.In the eyes of the media, only the teams that can compete for the championship are worth a lot of attention.The traditional top four of the Premier League, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Chelsea, are in full swing for a league title.It is far better to report on them than to follow the Nottingham Forest Boy Scouts.

When the Champions League reopened in February, everyone paid more attention to the results of the four teams representing the Premier League.Who cares about a forest?
In such an environment that was not favored and valued by others, Twain's team got the atmosphere they wanted most. They could develop slowly according to their own ideas without being disturbed by the media.

Without most of the media putting tremendous pressure on the first-year students, they know whether they lose or win.Every game is an improvement for these guys.

For Tang En, this season has passed very quickly.Because they played a quarter fewer games than usual.

So when the media, fans, and the head coaches of other teams came back to their senses, they suddenly discovered that Nottingham Forest was only two points away from the fourth place in the league...

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"Four consecutive victories, three consecutive victories, seven rounds of unbeaten... Nottingham Forest has quietly completed the task of catching up. When the top four in the Premier League were still battered by the league championship and the Champions League. Nottingham Forest, who have lost the League Cup and the FA Cup, are already staring behind them."

"There are still eight rounds left in the league. For Tony Twain, anything is possible."

"Let's see who the fourth team is...Chelsea! Haha..."

"... Scolari is already feeling the pressure. He will have a headache thinking about whether to play the main force in the Champions League quarter-finals or the next round of the league. Because Chelsea's opponent in the next round of the league is Nottingham Forest! "

"Actually... I want to say that even if the Forest team wins the league championship this season, it shouldn't be impossible..."

Seeing that Nottingham Forest's ranking has quietly climbed up, the media also became excited.

"Except for Arsenal, Nottingham Forest has not played against three other teams in the second half of the season. This represents two possibilities-A, Nottingham Forest has lost all the matches against strong teams, and the league ranking has slipped again Go on; B, Tony Twain led his boy scouts to overthrow these three direct competitors one by one, and then changed the goal to the Premier League championship this season!"

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League champion?Tang En didn't think too much about it. Ambitiousness and unfounded arrogance are two different things.

Now he only thinks about how to beat Chelsea in the league, pull Scolari down, and put himself on the top.

The good news for him is that there are indications that Scolari will devote most of his energy to the Champions League.Abramovich has been staying at Chelsea for nearly seven years. He has tasted the League Cup, the FA Cup and the league championship. Only the Champions League championship is the pain in his heart. From 07 to 08, Grant served as the team's interim head coach. It was the time when Chelsea had the best results in the Champions League. They reached the final but met Twain's Nottingham Forest.

Scolari worked for Chelsea for two seasons, and he took the Champions League as his main goal in each season.It's a pity that the sky fails to fulfill people's wishes, and they miss the championship every time.

This season is no exception.Abramovich has mentioned before Scola more than once that he hopes to win the European Champions Cup.

As for the league... Anyway, there are 38 rounds, so losing a game is not a big deal.But after the Champions Cup entered the knockout stage, it was impossible to lose a game.

So in the Champions League quarter-finals with Bayern Munich, before competing for the semi-finals, Scolari did not deploy the entire main lineup as Tang En expected.What Scolari thinks is that even if he doesn't send all the main players, he will still be at home anyway. A tie is the minimum requirement. This goal should not be difficult to achieve, right?

But he was wrong.

Compared with Chelsea, who looked forward and backward, Nottingham Forest, who had no other way out except to win this game, burst out with huge energy from the very beginning of the game, turning the away game into a home game with abrupt momentum.They attack aggressively while defending in an orderly manner, giving Chelsea no chance to take advantage.

In the 1th minute of the game, Eastwood took a header from Zikic and opened the scoring for the Forest team.At the same time, this is also Eastwood's No.19 league goal this season. He is currently the team's top scorer and ranks fourth in the league scorer list.The Gypsy, who has been injury-free this season, has shown his amazing touch in front of goal, taking his place in the league's top scorer charts with a steady goal rate.

This goal completely shattered Scolari's dream, telling him that facing Nottingham Forest, even at home, it is impossible to score a point!
After taking the lead, Twain made a slight adjustment, and the forest started their best defensive counterattack.Scolari stood up from his seat and directed the team to besiege the forest, but he did not see the goal until the end of the first half.

The score was still 0:1, with the visiting team Nottingham Forest leading.

At half-time Scolari was still hesitating - whether to lose the game and focus on the Champions League quarter-finals, or to send three main players in the second half and let the players go all out. Going to fight against Nottingham Forest and keep the fourth best in the league?
In the end, he chose the former.Even if this game is excluded, there are still seven rounds in the league.He did not believe that Tony Twain's scouts would not make mistakes, nor did he believe that he had no chance of returning to the top four.But the most imminent thing is the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in the middle of next week.That game was the one that directly related to his own destiny.

At the same time, in the Forest team's locker room, Tang En was analyzing Chelsea's psychological state for the players: "Scolari will definitely give up this game, because there are seven rounds left in the league. If he tried his best in the game and lost the Champions League in the middle of next week, then he may not be fired by Abramovich after seven rounds. His boss is not a patient person. But we Different, we don’t have to worry about life and death battles in the middle of next week...Although we will face this kind of trouble in the future, but now the trouble belongs to Chelsea, which is our advantage. So I ask you to continue to put pressure on Chelsea in the second half, fight for Another goal. Then Chelsea will surrender completely. A goal lead will only make Chelsea people suddenly change their minds, thinking that a draw at home is also possible... But for us, a point is absolutely unacceptable ! If you want to play in Europe next season, then this game must be won by me!"

In the second half, the momentum and fighting spirit of the two teams were completely different from the beginning.Chelsea's players played the game against Forest, and their minds were full of the second leg of the quarter-final against Bayern Munich.The Nottingham Forest players' thinking is much simpler-except for winning the game in front of them, they don't even think about things 10 minutes after the game.

Different psychology will lead to different results.

Nottingham Forest, who went all out and absolutely couldn't lose, performed better than Tang En expected in the second half. They scored two consecutive goals in 70 minutes from No. 80 to No. 10, played by Zikic and Shaheen respectively. Entering, completely destroyed Chelsea's fighting spirit and desire to play.

Seeing that there is no hope of winning this game, Chelsea's players are more like running to warm up on the field, and Scolari, the grumpy big Phil, rarely sits silently on the coach's bench.

Apparently, he, the head coach, is already thinking about the "final" in three days' time - it's not that easy to play an away game against the Bundesliga hegemony.

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Winning this game allowed Nottingham Forest to return to the top four in the league as they wished.

In the post-match press conference, Tang En expressed very friendlyly that he was very happy to win against Chelsea, so he wished Chelsea to go further and further in the Champions League.Not only that, he also wished the other two Premier League teams in the quarter-finals - Manchester United and Liverpool to go further and further in the Champions League.

"It would be nice if they both met in the semi-finals and then it would be two teams from England in the final! I'm English and I'm dying to see it."

Some media believed that Tang En's generosity proved that he was not as narrow-minded as some people said.Showing support and cheering for a team from the same league reflects his "sense of belonging to the country".

Only Carl Spike exclaimed in the column: "Why would he so sincerely wish these three teams to enter the Champions League semi-finals? I think if Arsenal hadn't played against Forest before that If there is a round, then Arsenal should be added to the team he wished for! Look at his game against Chelsea... I know what kind of plan Tony Twain is planning. The top three teams, your best Be careful! Behind you is a cunning wolf!"

So Spike was labeled as "against Dunn for the sake of opposing" again, but what a pity... this time he was completely right!
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After a bitter battle, Chelsea eliminated Bayern Munich and broke into the semi-finals.Abramovich couldn't help but smile.Scolari can also breathe a sigh of relief, and then focus on—of course not on the league, but continue to invest on—the Champions League.

Now that we have reached the semi-finals, why not bite the bullet and eliminate Juventus to enter the finals?Although Juventus eliminated the defending champion Inter Milan.

If you make it to the finals, you will naturally need to continue to grit your teeth and defeat your opponents to win the Champions Cup.

Another break into the semi-finals is Manchester United.Their game against Nottingham Forest is not far away.

Before the game against Manchester United, Nottingham Forest first encountered Liverpool, which had already been eliminated.

Liverpool did not go further in the Champions Cup as Twain hoped. Although they still had the FA Cup final to play, it was still a few days before the match against the Forest team, so it did not affect them at all.

So it's a head-to-head game, and no tricks will work.The only thing that can decide the outcome of the game is the strength of the two teams, and...a little bit of luck.

Tang En did his best in this game.In the first half of the season against Manchester United, he was a first-year player.At that time, he still had room to lose, but now is not the time to win the next season's future and destiny to be a trial ground for first-year students.All of them are "veterans" who have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they are bound to fight Liverpool at home to ensure their qualification for the Champions League next season.

In the end, Nottingham Forest, which took advantage of the home court, beat Liverpool 1-0 with a penalty kick before the end of the game, scored a precious three points, and continued to maintain a one-point lead over Chelsea in the standings.

At this time, there are still four rounds before the end of the league.Tony Twain's ambition is already obvious - maybe the league championship has become a luxury, but next season's qualification for the Champions Cup is definitely for him!

There are only four places in the Premier League for the Champions Cup. In the season without Nottingham Forest, the traditional top four are happy. They have occupied the Champions Cup places for a long time, which has become a "tradition".And once Nottingham Forest re-emerges, there is bound to be a team that is unlucky.So who will be the sacrifice of the Forest team's resurgence this season?
Now it seems that Chelsea has a great possibility.Scolari must reconsider, even if he can win the Champions League this season, but the defending champion next season can only play in the UEFA Cup... What is it like?Ranking fourth in the league is his bottom line, but now his fate is no longer in his hands.

With four rounds left in the league, the strongest opponent standing in the way of the Forest team is Manchester United.

Will Ferguson be Scolari's savior?
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In the sixth round of League No.30, Nottingham Forest challenged Manchester United away.

Chelsea welcome Liverpool at home.

The good show of strong confrontation has attracted everyone's attention.

William Hill opened the market for the results of these two games before the game. Generally speaking, they are more optimistic about Manchester United and Chelsea who are playing at home.The least optimistic is Nottingham Forest.

No one would have guessed that all four teams would draw at the same time...

Yes, Nottingham Forest used a defensive counterattack to draw 1:1 with Manchester United in the away game.And Liverpool and Chelsea played a high-scoring game-3:3!

The last goal didn't come until stoppage time, and Liverpool narrowly drew with Chelsea, clinging to their third place in the league.The difference between Nottingham Forest and Chelsea is still one point... Nottingham Forest is fourth and Chelsea is fifth.

There are two rounds left in the league.

(End of this chapter)