Chapter 256 Red Forest, Unstable Forest (Part 1)

The time has entered October. Due to the large number of national team games, the Premier League schedule is also a bit chaotic. On October 3, the Forest team played against Bolton at home. After thirteen days of rest, on October 16, they challenged Norwich away. Then the schedule suddenly became denser. On October 21st, the first game of the UEFA Cup group stage, on October 24th the Forest team challenged Crystal Palace away, and on October 30th they went north to challenge Newcastle.

The UEFA Cup draw has also just been announced, with Nottingham Forest and AS_Egaleo_Aigaleo_Athens from Greece, Lazio from Italy, Villarreal from Spain, Partizan Belgrade from Serbia and Montenegro. (Partizan_Belgrade) are in Group E.

Considering that the upcoming games will be relatively intensive, Twain decided that the team's training plan for the first half of the month will mainly focus on stamina reserves. Now that the team's tactics are basically formed, and the running-in is almost done, he no longer needs to worry about anything.

On October 3rd, Nottingham Forest played against Bolton at home. To Twain, this opponent was no stranger at all, because they met in the League Cup last season. Twain's team kicked Bolton out of the final. This time, at Forest's home court, it was more reasonable for the Forest team, whose strength had improved by more than one level, to win.

2:1, the Forest team has won two consecutive victories.

Eight rounds of the league have been played, but the newly promoted Nottingham Forest, with their three wins, four draws and one loss, accumulated 13 points and ranked sixth in the league! This is excellent for a team that has just been promoted. Although the league has just started, it is hard to say what the final result will be, but the Forest team's ability to reach the top six is ​​already amazing enough.

Look at the current results of the Forest team, and then go back and read the "Title" column published by Tang En in the "Nottingham Evening Post" a few days ago. Some people think that this young man is crazy, and it seems that he is not crazy. It is completely unreasonable... …

So the media praised Tang En again, and they even praised the Forest team to the sky.

Thirteen days later, the well-prepared Forest team had nothing to do with Norwich, whose strength was not as good as their own at home. In the end, the two sides played a depressing 0:0. After the game, the two coaches did not shake hands at all. "It means that the coach of the home team complained that they did not win at home and accumulated more points for the team's relegation. Tang En, on the other hand, was very upset because of the draw with such an opponent.

Nottingham Forest right now is... when you don't expect much from it, it's bound to surprise you and make you want to throw the best compliments at them. But when you do, you'll soon regret it, because the performance of the Forest team will make your teeth itch.

Take this game as an example, Norwich's strength is definitely lower than that of Nottingham Forest. But the performance in the game was completely opposite. The players of the Forest team seemed to lack interest in this game. Most of them seemed to be listless, unable to cheer up, and completely unable to enter the game state. No matter what Tang En did during the intermission Do, also to no avail.

In the second half of the second half, he simply sat on the coach's bench, crossed his legs, looked at the court and said nothing.

It is the forest team's luck that they did not lose in such a state.

But now there is no time for Twain to work hard on this aspect. Four days later, the team flew to Greece collectively to play their first match of the UEFA Cup group stage.

Of course this game must be won, because this Greek team is the weakest in this group. If Nottingham Forest wants to qualify for the group stage, they must score six points in the two rounds of the home and away games, so as to gain more room for maneuver in the subsequent games.

But looking at the players on the plane who were full of longing for the UEFA Cup, Tang En frowned all the time.

Are there dire consequences for being too optimistic about the future? His arrogance seems to have begun to affect these young players.

But as the head coach of the team, of course he can't always declare how strong the opponent is in order to attract the attention of the players. That will affect the confidence of the team and make the players feel that you, the head coach, are not sure of victory.

Sitting in his seat, he dug out the schedule, looked carefully at the schedule for the next period of time, and then decided to wait and see what happened.

The game, whoever can win wins. Think about things in the future, but thinking too much now makes me hesitate and stop. They are newly promoted, and they are not qualified to plan what opponents can lose and what opponents cannot lose. For them, the task is very simple: do everything possible to grab points. Grab enough runs and hit the bases safely before they burn out and are thoroughly studied by their opponents. In the second half of the league, there is no need to worry about relegation, and you can focus more on planning for the next season.

With the deepening of the league, the team has many problems. The mentality of the players, the physical fitness of the players, the injuries of the players, the personnel problems of the team, the scout recruitment assessment... In addition, the player data system that Allen asked the Yankees to build has gone through these few days. After months of use, he still couldn't meet Tang En's requirements. He decided to completely abandon the company's program, but he had no idea which company to find for the new program. Naturally, he needed to consider these things, because He understands professional issues better than Alan. But now I can't take care of everything. The team's first Premier League season is also his personal first Premier League season. Everything needs to be explored slowly.

Thinking of these troubles gave him a headache. After all, reality is not a game, and some things can be ignored. Here, if he ignores any point, it may bring him terrible consequences.

Dunn rested his head on the back of the chair and closed his eyes.

But you have to hurry up and take a good rest. A few days ago, when I was videoing with the little girl Shania on the Internet, she yelled that Uncle Tony was pale, must be in poor health, mentally ill, etc... Tang En told her that it was the camera itself. With the lighting effect, the people shown by the camera appear white. In fact, he knows in his heart that since he became the head coach of the Forest team, the pressure has always been with him, and will always be with him, unless he leaves this post and no longer serves as the head coach of any team.

It is said that those star players such as Beckham have bought insurance and insured their body parts. Why don't coaches insure their hearts?

Thinking about these messy and unreliable things, Tang En slowly fell asleep.

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Nottingham Forest's performance was completely in line with Tang En's mind. There was no special change in tactics, and no special arrangements were made just because this was their first opponent in the UEFA Cup. But the performance of the Forest team was completely opposite to that of the previous game. They almost lost at home in Norwich last game, but today they won the first group game of the UEFA Cup 3:1 in the more unfamiliar Greece. game.

Tang En stood outside the coach's bench of the visiting team at the Dimitikon Stadium, looking into the stadium with his hands wrapped around his pockets. There are still five minutes before the game, and the Forest team has already sealed the victory.

It was completely different from the game against Norwich. Today's Nottingham Forest team is very active. The running, passing and receiving, offensive efficiency, and shooting accuracy are all higher than a few days ago.

Maybe it's because it's a European event, which excites them.

Tsk, there's no way to keep them excited all the time. The orgasm cannot last, and it is not called an orgasm if it lasts...

Tang En scratched his head, turned around and saw David's bright smiling face. The assistant coach has no complaints about such a result. For a team that could only struggle to relegation in the First Division a year ago, and win the UEFA Cup a year later, the height difference between them is indeed a bit big .

"Congratulations, Tony. We won again."

"There's nothing to congratulate..." Tang En waved his hand, "When we get a bigger victory, such as..."

He's stuck here and doesn't know what to say. UEFA Cup champion? Seems a bit difficult... or did we beat Lazio in the group stage? That's too useless.

"Such as winning the Champions Cup?" Unexpectedly, Chris Rucker was bolder than Tang En, and directly stated his ultimate goal.

Tang En tilted his head and looked at the assistant coach who was more confident than him. Could it be all because of his "Title" column?

"Ah...Of course, it doesn't matter how you congratulate and celebrate for being able to win that championship. But...we still have a long way to go."

He turned his head back again, looking at the unmotivated home team.

With such an opponent, there is no pleasure in winning.

Still winning against a coach like Mourinho, the pleasure is like a rising tide, surging...

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The Forest team returned to the UK with three points. They had no time to breathe for Twain and his players. After getting off the plane at London's Heathrow Airport, they didn't even return to Nottingham. They went directly to Crystal Palace in the south of London. Prepare for the league in a few days.

The journey is tiring, and it is still an away game. Considering that the next round of the league will challenge Newcastle away, it is a difficult team to deal with. Twain decided to send more substitute players in this game to give the main players a chance to rest.

As a result, the result of this match was beyond Tang En's expectations...

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