Chapter 243 Red Forest, Unlucky Ferreira (Part 1)

Before the start of the game, the non-stop singing in the city stadium could no longer be heard, and there was no sound in the stands. Players from both sides stood in a row on the edge of the center circle, bowing their heads in silence for Brian Clough who had just passed away.

Tang En stood in front of the coach's bench, quietly watching all this.

Pierce Bruce told him yesterday that Brian Clough has been in a bad state of mind since he resigned as the head coach of the Forest team. His affection for this team is unimaginable. For eighteen years, his most glorious years are closely related to the name Nottingham Forest, just like Ferguson and Manchester United, Arsene Wenger and Arsenal. But the birth of the Premier League completely shattered the football concepts Clough insisted on. Even if the Forest team is not relegated in the first season, it will not escape the fate of disintegration after all. Why? Because the Forest team had no money at that time, no matter how many championships they won, they also had no money. The team management at that time was completely different from what it is now.

Clough's most proud things were crushed one by one by cruel commercial football. He believes that there is only one boss in the team, and that is himself. No matter how famous a star is in the Forest team, he has to be his younger brother. He is the king of the forest team. He has the final say on everything. The directors and chairman of the club have no right to dictate what he does. He can slap Roy Keane down at the door of the locker room because of his poor performance. On the ground, he can also hang up the goalkeeper Klose because of his anger, and lock the gay player Fashanu in the locker room because he hates homosexuals. The fans who rushed into the stadium and wanted to celebrate the victory with the team responded with old punches and sent two fans to the hospital.

This kind of style is almost extinct in football now. Commercial football is increasingly emphasizing the value of stars, and head coaches... the profession called "Manager" in England is gradually transitioning to "Coach". More and more Premier League clubs have begun to employ dedicated marketing managers to be in charge of club operations, leaving the managers only responsible for leading the training and directing games. Even buying and selling players has changed from "making decisions" to "providing advice." .

The club does not need a maverick head coach. Clough is unique, because in today's football, it is almost difficult for anyone to replicate his classics. Even the "madman" Mourinho can't do it.

Clough, who felt that he was slowly not keeping up with the times, finally chose to retire, even though he was only fifty-eight years old, an age that is not too old for a coach.

After retiring, Clough was soon investigated for allegedly receiving kickbacks in Sheringham's transfer. He was exhausted and his reputation was damaged. In the end, the results of the investigation showed that Clough had solid evidence of receiving kickbacks, but the FA did not take any further action, and the matter was left alone. Perhaps it was because of the deteriorating health of the handsome old man that he chose to remain silent.

Later, I heard that Clough was found to be suffering from stomach cancer shortly after the liver transplant last night, but Clough refused to go to the hospital for surgery until he was bedridden and his grandson was crying and begging his grandpa beside the bed. Agreed to go to the hospital for treatment.

"He firmly believes that there should be no star in the team who is bigger than the head coach, and he insists that he is the only one who can decide everything in the club, but all his ideas are shattered by the current football reality, and the glory he won before has become a thing of the past. Yan Yun, at the age of fifty-eight, had to be forced to retire, and could only pass the time and anesthetize himself by drinking too much... Such days were always said to him, it was too difficult." Bruce sighed and said on the car back to Nottingham.

This made Tang En think of another person who was also brilliant, arrogant, rebellious, and extremely controversial... Former American four-star general George S. Patton. Patton died shortly after the end of World War II. He did not sink into despair in the days of peace. He retained his most perfect image and was worshiped by countless descendants. And what about the boss?

One day, when all the glory I pursued and obtained are far away from me, will I be like the boss?

Tang En, who was in deep thought, suddenly shivered, and felt a chill on the back of his neck. He reached out and touched it, it was wet...

It's raining.

Damn it, how could I be as stupid as a philosopher just now, thinking about that kind of problem?

Tang En shook his head, withdrew his mind, and turned his gaze to the court.

The ceremony of silence just ended at this time, and the shouts sounded again from the stands of the City Stadium, but this time they were not shouting the name of a popular player in the Forest team, but a generation of legends, the king of the forest, Brian Crow Husband's name. In the drizzle, it was hard to tell whether the water marks on the faces of the fans were tears or rain.

There is a saying that Tang En has always been difficult to say to others in person, but from yesterday to today, he has said this sentence to himself in his heart for countless times:

The Boss' time at Nottingham Forest is over...

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Is Chelsea a strong team now?

If Tang En were to answer, he might say "forget" without hesitation. Because he knows how many championship trophies the best Chelsea in history will win in the future.

So is Mourinho, who is in charge of this Chelsea team, a successful coach?

According to Tang En's own standards, Mourinho is certainly a successful coach, because he has won six championships with Chelsea.

But... these are all "later" things. The current situation is that Mourinho has just arrived in London. With the aura of European champions, he led a mercenary army to play six league rounds, with four wins and two draws, without a single loss. No one knows what will happen in the future. Tang En is not sure that Mourinho's team will win the league championship this season, because of his joining.

Before this game, Chelsea and the league's No. 1 Arsenal were only two points away. Arsenal challenged Manchester City away in this game, while Chelsea came to challenge the newly promoted Nottingham Forest. In Mourinho's eyes, scoring three points in this game should be planned.

Perhaps not many people in English football at this time knew about Jose Mourinho, but Twain knew it very well because he had a few more years of memory.

He knows who Mourinho is and what his coaching style is. Playing against this person made him feel more comfortable than playing against those coaches in the Championship because of familiarity.

If Mourinho knew that Tang En had read his autobiography no less than three times, he would be very surprised, because his autobiography "Jose, Made in Portugal" has only been released in Portugal for a month, and there is no official English version yet. Of course, what Tang En saw was translated online in the future. Because he was very interested in this unique coach, he read it many times, so that he could recite some parts of it.

Mourinho has never been a coach who pursues beautiful football and artistic football. His idol is the tactical master Fabio Capello, and the 1:0 doctrine is what he insists on.

Chelsea, which is now fighting Forest, is such a team.

Mourinho emphasized the team as a whole, and paid special attention to the physical fitness of the players. Speed ​​and strength are brand-new concepts he instilled in Chelsea. He pays attention to efficiency, pursues victory, and doesn't care what method he uses to defeat his opponent. From this point of view, Tang En is very similar to him.

In this game, Chelsea played the strongest lineup they could, and they wanted to attack as soon as they came up in the away game. Mourinho obviously didn't pay attention to the newly promoted Nottingham Forest.

Dunn believed that the video of the game between his team and Arsenal would allow Mourinho to look it up before the game, and then he would confirm that the Forest team is a team that values ​​defense. After all, newly promoted horses are like this. When facing strong teams, they always only defend, hoping to hold a poor point. Of course, Forest's victory over Manchester City is their only victory in the league this season. Mourinho may look at it, but he won't take it to heart, because he also looks down on Manchester City and the incompetent Kevin Keegan. This game is designated as a special case and has no reference value.

Compared with Nottingham Forest, this Chelsea team is indeed stronger by more than one level.

Goalkeeper Peter Cech (Peter_Cech) has become the main goalkeeper of the Czech national team at a young age, and he shined in Portugal this summer. The right back is the best right back in Europe last season Paulo Ferreira (Paulo_Ferreira) brought by Mourinho from European champion Porto, and the left back is England international Wayne Bridge (Wayne_Bridge). The central defenders are captain John Terry (John_Terry) and the Portuguese international, who was also brought to London from Porto by Mourinho. Ricardo_Carvalho (Ricardo_Carvalho). In the midfield, Mourinho, who values ​​defense, will certainly not give up on Makelele (Claude_Makelele). The French veteran is like a wall in the midfield. Partnering with Makelele is Chelsea's iron man Frank Lampard (Frank_Lampard). Arjen_Robben didn't even make the roster due to injury, so Joe Cole, an old acquaintance of Twain's, was the starting midfielder on the left, and Irish fast forward Damien_Duff was on the right. The two newcomers who joined the team this season are responsible for the task of destroying the city on the front line-Serbia and Montenegro striker Mateja_Kezman (Mateja_Kezman), who is so powerful in the Dutch league and can't find an opponent to come to the Premier League to seek new challenges ), and this summer’s Premier League transfer bid king, the Ivorian striker Didier_Drogba (Didier_Drogba) that Abramovich brought from Marseille for 24 million pounds.

The Forest team made some changes in the original lineup.

Crouch replaced Viduka as the starting striker, alongside Freddie Eastwood. There is no change in the midfield, and Ribery and Ashley Young are separated on the left and right, while George Wood and Albertini guard the center. The defensive line just adjusted the central defender combination, and replaced Hierro, who was too old and physically weak, with Piqué.

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