champion godfather

Chapter 770 Volume [-] Crimson Death Group
Ibisevic's hat-trick quickly became a sensation in the Premier League.In addition to being the only player who scored a hat-trick that round, there was also his celebration.It doesn't matter if you didn't understand it at the time. After he explained it after the game, everyone knew who he was targeting.

How did Carl Spike react to this?

He didn't say anything about Ibisevic's hat-trick in the latest issue of "Football Things..." and went off to talk about other things.For example, after Manchester United lost 0:2 to Fulham, Ferguson angrily stated that this will be his last season at Manchester United.

Although the topic of Ferguson's retirement is also very gimmick, but after the show was broadcast, Sky TV still received a lot of calls from viewers who were dissatisfied.They unanimously expressed that they would like to see Karl Spike's evaluation of Ibisevic's hat-trick.

Most of the calls are said to have come from the Nottingham area.

Carl Spike breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news—after all, not all audiences across the country wanted to see his jokes.People in Nottingham are all lackeys of Tony Twain, they are not worth mentioning at all!
So he didn't respond.

But this couldn't stop Tony Twain from mocking him in several of his columns.In the latest column article, Tang En told readers a story about "a turtle with a shrinking head".Any idiot knows who he's talking about.

Although Carl Spike was temporarily silent, it doesn't mean that no one continued to question Ibisevic.

"The Sun" called Ibisevic's hat-trick "amazing", but also believed that he was able to score mainly because Nottingham Forest's opponents were too weak. Norwich started from the moment they were promoted to the Premier League. Countdown to downgrade.It can only be said that Tony Twain and Ibisevic were very lucky. When they needed to score the most, the weakest team in the league sent them to them.

So the performance in this game can't prove anything at all.If Ibisevic wants to tell others that the doubts are wrong, he still needs to keep scoring goals.If Tony Twain didn't want to shave his hair after the league ended, then he also had to ensure that Ibisevic was always in excellent form.This is not an easy thing to do.

So the Sun newspaper came to its own conclusion - it was too early for Tony Twain to ridicule Carl Spike.If Ibisevic can't score in the next game, then his current taunt will be returned intact by the shrewd Spike.

This kind of pressure is actually all on the side of the players and the team. It is not a wise way to make such a high-profile bet with Carl Spike.

In fact, what they said made a little sense, but in Twain's eyes, it was all nonsense—professional players have been accompanied by countless pressures since they entered this circle.As a striker, no matter whether you bet with someone or not, as long as you don't score in a game, you will definitely feel pressure.Therefore, a player with good psychological quality must also have his own way to reduce stress.These things do not need the media to worry about.

Dunn wasn't worried about Ibisevic's mental capacity, especially after watching his performance in the last match.

In good or bad form, Ibisevic's mentality is not a problem.Tang En has confirmed this matter.

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There will be no games for the next two weeks, and the league will give way to national team games.During this time, Tang En will not be idle either, he has to go to Switzerland to participate in the European Champions Cup group draw ceremony.

After the lottery ceremony, he had to rush back to Nottingham to celebrate his 42nd birthday with his wife Shania—although he said that he would always be 40 years old from now on, but the reality is so cruel!In a blink of an eye, he is 42 years old!
This year's draw ceremony and last season's Champions League award ceremony were held in Monte Carlo, Monaco.In the famous casino in Europe, European coaches and award-winning star players gathered together.

The most popular coaches and most popular players are from one club - Spanish giants Barcelona.

When Guardiola and Messi appeared on the streets of Monte Carlo under the darkness of night, it immediately caused commotion among the reporters and fans who had been waiting there for a long time.

The young head coach was at the helm of last season's UEFA Champions League winning team. He led Barcelona to re-emerge, defeated Real Madrid at home, and became famous in the UEFA Champions League in European football. He had the last laugh.

Messi, who is also young but has long been famous, finally won a Champions League trophy that really belongs to him.He is the biggest contributor to Barcelona's ability to win the European Champions Cup last season, and he was also the top scorer in the Champions League last season.He was crowned king of the world again this summer in South Africa.For a time the limelight was the same.

His name is being proclaimed everywhere, and his huge advertisement portraits are inserted all over Europe, as long as he appears, there must be cheers and praises.Every time he takes the ball on the court, he will bring him huge cheers, even the opponent's fans have to pay tribute to such a football elf.

In the past, Argentina was always looking for a successor for Maradona. Such a move was simply wishful thinking in the eyes of outsiders, and it was also a bit funny-all the players they selected as their successors were not very good.But now, Argentina is no longer looking for Maradona's successor, because they just announced this summer: Messi is Maradona II!

This time no one will ridicule the Argentines as wishful thinking again.Even the Brazilian had to lament his strength when facing Messi.Kaka has suffered from injuries, and his performance in the last two seasons has not been as good as before.

Such a humble young man showed a shy smile in front of the reporter's flashing lights.He is not like Maradona at all... At least the King of Balls is not so humble and shy.

2010 was a fruitful year for Messi. He not only won the domestic league championship and the European Champions Cup with Barcelona, ​​but also led the team to win the World Cup as the core of Argentina.Such an achievement means that today's football world may not be able to find another player within ten years.It's no wonder that everyone now agrees that Messi can be regarded as the "ball king" of this era.

From the place where they got off the car to the entrance of the hotel, Messi and Guardiola walked for about 15 minutes on the 5-meter red carpet. They had to stop constantly for reporters and fans to take pictures and answer questions from reporters. Satisfy fans' autograph requests.Even though the police were there to maintain order, the scene was still somewhat chaotic.

Pierce Bruce was surrounded by two journalists from the Catalonia region of Spain. Seeing this scene, they were a little proud and said in English, the common language of the world: "Only Barcelona and Messi have such appealing power in the world!"

Tony Twain came in before them. As the hottest young coach in European football in the past few seasons, he has also lost in front of the younger Guardiola.When he played, not many people cared about it.Only a few journalists from the UK came up to ask a few questions, and then let him pass.Two years ago, such a scene was unimaginable.At that time, Tony Twain was the darling of the media chasing attention wherever he went, and he was synonymous with "sensational news".

Now his limelight is all up to Barcelona.

He was chatting with Ferguson at the door, who went in before him, and was asking if he really wanted to retire. Ferguson half-jokingly said that he would recommend Tony to Manchester United to coach when he was going to retire.

At this time Guardiola and Messi came.

The commotion at the scene was too loud, interrupting the conversation between Tang En and Ferguson, and they couldn't help but turn their heads to look.Tang En didn't look at Messi at first, but saw Guardiola.He smiled at Ferguson: "Look, your best successor is here."

Ferguson snorted: "Do you think Barcelona will let him go?"

Tang En asked back with a smile: "Then why do you think Nottingham Forest will let me go?"

"You're more likely than he is."

Tang En shrugged and did not intend to continue discussing this issue.

He and Ferguson looked at the busy scene in front of them for a while, and both found it very boring.They're not groupies, what's the fun here?
When he turned to leave, Ferguson smiled at Twain: "I lost to them in the semi-finals last season. Hargreaves and Carrick couldn't guard Messi. At that time, I wanted to give me a George... How nice Wood."

"Ha." Tang En rubbed his nose, "I'll avenge your revenge, but I'll keep Wood for myself!" Of course he knew what Ferguson meant, and it wasn't a day or two that the giants in England coveted Wood.Wenger would occasionally talk about George Wood on the phone with himself.He never concealed his concern for that kid. Since Wood just played against Arsenal in the youth team, he wanted to win Wood over, but unfortunately he was rejected.When I think about it now, I regret it.

"You lucky bastard..." Ferguson muttered and walked into the hall with Tang En.Leave the hustle and bustle behind.

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In fact, when Guardiola was surrounded by reporters, he noticed the two people standing on the steps.He even had eye contact with Tony Twain once.Ferguson next to him was as cunning as an old fox, with erratic eyes.

Barcelona and Nottingham Forest have had a lot of grievances since Tony Twain took over.Originally, after Guardiola came up, he was unwilling to waste time in verbal battles, so he has been keeping a low profile.Even with rivals Real Madrid, he rarely speaks hard.Always "Schuster is very good, I regret his resignation", "Ramos is an excellent coach, I believe he can succeed in Real Madrid"... and so on.

It feels even a little soft.But perhaps it is precisely because of this kind of undivided attention that he can pull back Barcelona, ​​which almost fell into the abyss, and return to the top.

Compared to him, Tony Twain was simply a mad dog. Everyone hated him, but everyone was afraid of him—afraid of being bitten and getting rabies.

Therefore, although Guardiola became the head coach of Barcelona, ​​the relationship between the two teams has eased.However, after Tony Twain publicly expressed his doubts about Barcelona winning the European Champions Cup in the media this summer, the relationship between the two clubs suddenly became tense.

Guardiola still pursues a style of not sparring with other coaches, but his men are not fuel-efficient.

Eto'o was the first to jump out and scold Tony Twain because he wanted to use this method to attract attention, because he was left out by the media, which made him dissatisfied.

To this, Tang En's reply was - I wish the media would snub me, do you think everyone likes to scold teammates to attract the media's attention like you?

Eto'o was so angry that he was about to announce that he and Tony Twain were at odds...

Valdés was also very dissatisfied with Tony Twain's questioning, but he chose another way to fight back - "cynicism".He said no matter what, we are the kings of Europe, and where was Nottingham Forest last season?
So Tony Twain asked back: "When we were defending the European Champions Cup, where was Barcelona?"

Barcelona's defensive midfielder Keita expressed disdain for Tony Twain's team: "I think even if they have the chance to participate in the Champions League and are lucky enough to reach the final, we can easily win. This Forest team has already Not the same Forest team that defended the Champions League two seasons ago."

Then Tang En uttered the famous sentence that caused him to be fined by UEFA: "In the new season's Champions League, I can't wait to draw us with Barcelona. Come on, unspoken rules for me!"

Only Messi showed more restraint, he did not express any opinion on Tang En's words.But everyone believes that if Nottingham Forest really has a chance to meet Barcelona, ​​this little Argentine must work harder than anyone else.

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Before the lottery ceremony, there was the awards ceremony.Barcelona, ​​the previous champion, became the biggest winner without any dispute. Messi alone won the best player and best forward awards. The best defender was won by Barcelona's right back Daniel Alves, and the best midfielder Iniesta belongs to Barcelona.Only the best goalkeeper and Barcelona missed the UEFA award to Buffon of Juventus.

Guardiola was elected the best coach, and Platini had a cordial conversation on the stage, and it seemed that the two had a very happy conversation.

UEFA used to want to focus on cultivating Tony Twain, but Twain was too ignorant, embarrassing UEFA five times and three times, with a big mouth that was fearless, and once he started to spray, God couldn't control it.They had no choice but to quickly draw Dunn into the opposing camp.In the eyes of UEFA, English football, which has always produced individual coaches, is the least popular.The appearance of Tony Twain only further proved the correctness of this "law".

Now they can breathe a sigh of relief.The rise of Guardiola has filled the void left by Tony Twain, and UEFA finally has a positive image that can be presented.

Tang En is not interested in these things, and he doesn't care if UEFA promotes him, because he doesn't want to be someone else's archway.When others do bad things, the first one to be scolded must be the archway.

He is only interested in the result of the draw.

The awareness of the lottery was co-hosted by UEFA football celebrities from various countries and those award-winning players.

The players draw the team, and the celebrities draw the team the team is in.

Teams were drawn out and went to their respective groups.

Nottingham Forest has been deprived of the qualifications for the seeded team due to the recent absence of a season in the Champions League and the lack of performance in another season.They were assigned to the second category.

So which team will it be divided with?

"Nottingham Forest." Guardiola held up the note in his hand and showed it to the audience.There was a burst of laughter from the audience.Nottingham Forest was pulled out by this person, it really feels like the skillful hand of fate is fiddled with.

Tang En whistled, not paying attention to those coach managers who turned their heads and smiled at him.

The next draw is the group where Nottingham Forest is located.

"Group C."

After the name came out a year later, everyone present looked back at Tang En again.

The seed team in Group C is Serie A giants Juventus. In the European Champions Cup in the 08-09 season, the defending champion Nottingham Forest was divided with Juventus in the group stage. At that time, the Forest team lost to Juventus. , Returning to the home court and still unable to win, being overwhelmed by Juventus, there is no chance at all.

People were thinking, with Tony Twain's vindictive personality, how could he let Juventus go so easily?Well now, UEFA has given the two teams a chance to understand the grievances, or continue to make the grievances bigger and bigger.

After all the draws were over, Dunn found that his team entered the group of death——

The four teams in Group C are the seeded Juventus, Nottingham Forest, Celtic and Atletico Madrid.

Tang En talked about this issue in an interview after the lottery: "Group of death? It depends on which angle you look at it... For me, this is nothing, but for my opponents, it is a big deal." It's really a group of death..." After he finished speaking, he turned and left.Doesn't seem interested in playing brain teasers with the reporters here.

It's a pity that he was not sent to Group A by UEFA's unspoken rules...the seeded team in that group was Barcelona.

But that's good, Tang En has a chance for revenge.After two years, he still feels very uncomfortable when he thinks that after Juventus defeated the Forest team at home, the whole team was ecstatic.

Lost away to Juventus and tied at home with the Old Lady.It seems to be the beginning of Nottingham Forest's downturn in the European arena.Now Tang En has the opportunity to make everything return to normal.

Group of Death?

Group of death for the other three teams...

(End of this chapter)