Chapter 221: Volume 3: The Red Forest: The Premier League's Curtain (Part 2)
In English football, there are some small rules, or small curses, like using the south dressing room of the Millennium Stadium and not being able to win... Of course, this has been broken by Tony Twain's Nottingham Forest. Today's match against Arsenal Na is the South locker room used. Another little curse is that the team that won the Community Shield at the beginning of the season will inevitably lose the league title-the 2000 Community Shield champion was Chelsea, and they only finished sixth that season, and the league title let Manchester United win. go. After the glorious five-time champion Liverpool won the Community Shield in the new season in 2001, all four were empty. In 2002, the worst thing for Arsenal was that they won the Community Shield Championship, but they were reversed by Manchester United after leading most of the league. The 2003 Community Shield belonged to the Red Devils Manchester United, but this season Arsenal was unstoppable and won the championship with 38 unbeaten rounds. Manchester United even lost to Chelsea at the last moment and only ranked third.
As for the 2004 Community Shield champion, what happened in the end... Twain remembers it very clearly.
After hearing the Manchester United fan's endless complaints and this self-deprecating sentence, he couldn't help laughing: "That's not sure, maybe the league champion this season is Chelsea!"
The fat man looked at Dunn in surprise, and then waved his hand: "Don't be kidding, how could that mercenary team be our opponent? Don't think that they won the second place last season, so they can take the first place this season." One... Hey, do you know football?"
It seemed that his own words had aroused this person's anger. Twain didn't want to argue with the fans who were losing their minds about this issue. He and David Chrislake quickly left the Millennium Stadium.
On the way back, Chris Lark also touched on this issue. He feels that Arsenal's current state is very good, and the momentum of unbeaten streak has not declined because of the long summer.
"Why can't Wenger's team break the curse that the Community Shield champion cannot win the league title? You said Chelsea? I am not optimistic. They, like us, introduced too many new players in the summer. The team's head coach and players are all new, and the running-in of the team will take up a lot of their time. I don't think they can pose any threat to Arsenal and Manchester United this season. I am more optimistic about them next season..."
Dunn didn't want to bet with Chris Rack, not because he wasn't sure whether the future would be the same as he remembered, but because they had already joined. "If you want to win the championship, this year is Chelsea's best chance." He shook his head and said.
"Why?" Chris Lark was puzzled.
"Because..." Tang En turned his head to look at his partner and laughed, "From next season onwards, we will be joining."
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The Community Shield is the outpost of the Premier League, which means that the league will fully kick off in a week.
During this week, Twain and the Forest team accepted an interview with Sky TV. This is a video feature produced by Sky TV, which is in charge of broadcasting the English Premier League, before every season. , besides the favorites to win the championship, the most important part of the program is the newly promoted polo team, because for most viewers, the three newly promoted polo teams are brand new and unfamiliar. At the same time, because the Forest team is the most special among the three promotion teams, they have attracted more attention.
As a newly promoted horse who has just been promoted to the Super League and is about to participate in European competitions, the main concern of the media is what is the goal of the Forest team this season. The goal of almost all newly promoted teams in their first season in the Premier League is to avoid relegation, because it is a qualitative leap from League One to the Premier League.
Tang En naturally didn't like this kind of thing to happen to him, but he didn't clearly state his exact goal. He just said "win all the games he thinks necessary to win", which is the goal of the Forest team.
The reporter of Sky TV analyzed other meanings from this sentence, so he asked excitedly: "For example, Arsenal last season..."
This is a sign of danger. Reporters always like to use this kind of tone that seems to be talking to themselves and asking questions to lure you into the bait. Tang En shook his head very firmly: "Arsenal is Arsenal, Nottingham Forest is Nottingham Forest. I I don’t intend to repeat the path that others have walked.”
The disappointed reporter thought of another related question: "The longest unbeaten record in England's top league is held by the Forest team, forty-two games..."
"The past record has nothing to do with the current Forest team. Just like no one thinks that the Forest team is the European champion now."
Tang En's answer was not cooperative at all, and the reporter of Sky TV did not give up. He rolled his eyes and suddenly thought of a very exciting topic: "According to the schedule, the Forest team will host Arsenal at home on August 26."
Tang En nodded, not knowing what this annoying reporter was going to say.
"If Arsenal win the first two rounds of the league, Mr. Tang En, do you know? The third round of the league between Arsenal and the Forest team will be the forty-third match after Arsenal's forty-two consecutive rounds of unbeaten .you know this..."
Hearing what the reporter said, Tang En was also taken aback for a moment. When I first paid attention to the schedule, I had a headache and met such a powerful team at the beginning. I didn't expect that there was another layer of meaning in it...
A record made this reporter pester him endlessly, and Tang En became a little impatient. He frowned and said: "The record was made to be broken by future generations. I don't think there is anything wrong with it. Also, I think I need to remind you, Mr. Reporter, are you really sure that the object of your excerpts and recordings today is not Arsenal. ?”
The reporter, who was a little embarrassed by Tang En's rhetorical question, had to change some very ordinary topics, which were destined not to have snakes. There was no news and the things readers liked to see. group, ran to the training ground to pay attention to the team training.
For him now, appearing on TV can no longer satisfy his sense of accomplishment and vanity. He cares more about the team's victory and final glory. In addition... It feels terrible to be underestimated by this damn reporter. Now that Arsenal have won the Community Shield, the whole of England is concerned about when that record will be broken by Wenger's team, so the Forest team that once created this record It was also pulled out of the dust of history and used as a background to set off Arsenal's glory.
This feeling of being a supporting role for others made Dunn very uncomfortable.
When will those damned media and fans discuss the Forest team as a protagonist instead of a supporting role?
It seems that there is still a long way to go!
When the new season of the Premier League is about to kick off, the low-level leagues have long been ignited. The opponents Tang En once knew are still struggling in that completely different world. gone back.
By the way, the English Premier League has been renamed the English Champions League since this season because of the search for a new sponsor, and the following leagues have been renamed in turn. The name "Champions League" sounds very cool, but in fact it is still the same, just changing the soup without changing the medicine.
After being promoted to the Super League, Tang En didn't care about the chores of the low-level leagues anymore. It's just that the renaming of the league made him feel a little bit emotional.
Maybe... Forest's room of glory should never have an extra "Champions League trophy".
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