Chapter 258 Red Forest Newcastle Shania (Part 1)

Judging from the results of the past ten years, Newcastle is a strong team in English football. This concept started when Kevin Keegan entered St. James' Park. Twain even felt that the most glorious years of Keegan's coaching career were in Newcastle, not the England national team later on.

Of course, despite the ten years of the Premier League, Newcastle can also be considered a traditional strong team in England. Although they only won four league championships at the beginning of the last century, they have won a total of six championships in the highest status of the FA Cup. You must know that even in the early days of the Premier League, the FA Cup was still the most important game in the minds of English people. It was not until the influence of the League and the UEFA Champions League that the FA Cup gradually lost its status.

What makes Newcastle unable to compare with Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool is that they have not left an era in the history of English football, and have not ruled the land consecutively. Therefore, they can only be a second-rate team, not a giant.

Nottingham is not considered a giant, but they have one more advantage over Newcastle-they have won the European Champions Cup.

But it is meaningless to mention how brilliant the past achievements are now. Newcastle can still be regarded as a second-tier team. When Nottingham Forest faced Newcastle, it was considered by the media to be inferior to the Magpies, even though the Forest team is still ranked ahead of Newcastle...

How does Tang En feel about such an evaluation?

"Newcastle are a strong team and Souness is a great senior..." Listen to what he told the Echo outside Newcastle's airport. When did Tony Twain call his opponent "senior"?

He didn't use it against Wenger, and he didn't use it against Ferguson. Even the opponent, he never called "senior". Although Souness is a predecessor, his achievements are far less than the above three. Does Tang En mean that he really intends to give up in the away game?

"Away games are always going to be tougher than home games, and St James's is tougher. So if you're asking me what the outcome of this game is going to be, I'm sorry, but I have nothing to say." Pushing through the crowd of reporters, Don En quickly got into the bus. The car door closed behind him, leaving behind a group of journalists who had no news, and drove away from the airport.

When the car drove into the city, the roof of St. James' Stadium was looming on the banks of the Tyne, sometimes emerging from behind the building, and sometimes disappearing. Because this stadium is in the center of Newcastle City, it will be very crowded on the day of the game, so the hotel where the Forest team stayed is near the stadium. If the traffic is smooth, it will only take ten minutes by car.

Newcastle has been England's gold medal city for a long time, because compared with other cities in England that are rich in "derby", Newcastle, a big city, has only one team, and that is Newcastle United (Newcastle_United). In a city with a population of only 280,000, 50,000 people will be seated at St. James' Park every time they play a home game.

The roar from the stands full of 50,000 people... The Forest team has never experienced such a scene. They mentioned before that the biggest venue for the game is the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, but that is only a neutral venue. St James' Park is perhaps the second most lively stadium in England's top flight.

Which stadium is the first one you want to ask? That stadium is not big, it can even be said to be very small, it can only accommodate less than 10,000 people, but it is the stadium that scares the opponent the most, because it is the home court of the "Crazy Gang" Wimbledon.

Since being promoted to the Super League, the Forest team has played many away games, but Tang En believes that St. James' Park is the best place to test the team's ability to withstand pressure.

Of course, everyone hopes to meet an opponent who is easy to deal with, but in fact this is impossible. Nottingham Forest has played a total of ten league rounds this season, and the games against Arsenal and Chelsea can be regarded as playing against strong teams. In addition, the strongest opponent may be Everton. They have achieved an unbeaten record of one win and two draws . But considering the matches against Arsenal and Chelsea, the Forest team is at their home court, and they have taken a lot of advantage.

Newcastle is weaker than Everton, and the Forest team is still playing away this time. The schedule is dense, and there are many bad lucks. No wonder the Newcastle local newspaper "The Echo" analyzed the game optimistically, thinking that Souness's team should get three points smoothly.

The opinion of the local media in Nottingham is completely opposite to that of Newcastle. The "Nottingham Evening Post" thinks that the forest team is at its best now, and even if the forest team has won consecutive victories at St. Get a point.

※ ※ ※

After the team checked into the hotel, had a simple lunch and rested, Tang En asked Chris Lack to assemble the team and go to St. James' Park for training to adapt to the venue.

Because it was an adaptive training before the game, there were not many media who followed them, and none of them had permission to enter the stadium to shoot interviews, so they could only take pictures of the Forest team's bus entering the stadium outside the gate of the stadium. Instead, after the adaptive training is over, the league will arrange a pre-match press conference with the head coaches of both sides here to answer some media concerns.

For example, the conflict between Alan Shearer and Souness, such as the gossip about Kluivert's nightclub visits... They can also look forward to some amazing quotes from the arrogant Tony Twain.

Only then will a large number of media rush over.

There are not many media now, but there are quite a few Forest fans who followed the team from Nottingham to Newcastle. They wore eye-catching red jerseys and waited outside St. James' Park, hoping to see their idols.

The demands of these fans are as simple as that.

Tang En saw them in the car and said to Chris Lark, "Tell the players later that after training, I only give them ten minutes to shower and change clothes. Then come out and sign autographs for the fans."

David also noticed the group of fans and nodded without raising any objections: "I understand."

Turning his eyes away from the fans, Tang En began to continue thinking about how to beat Newcastle in the away game. But he didn't notice a little green in the red at all.

※ ※ ※

Adaptive training is very simple, the main thing is to let the players adapt to the field, do a few sets of simple set-piece exercises, and finally take a shot and relax for entertainment. The plan has been arranged before coming here, and the coaching staff is responsible for the specific training. Tang Er took Chris Lack to pace back and forth on the court, as if taking a walk, but actually used his feet to personally inspect the quality of the turf on the court.

"It's a bit soft. It won't rain tomorrow, right?" Tang En raised his head and looked at the sky worriedly. It was gloomy, but he could feel the humidity in the air with his nose.

"There is a high chance of rain," said David Chris Lack, who was walking beside him.

"What the hell!" Tang En cursed in a low voice, "Let me think about it, how many games did the Forest team play on a sunny afternoon in my memory? Fortunately, there will be no such weather as a hurricane in the North Sea... "

Chris Lack laughed silently: "I thought of the youth team game where you used the faucet to wet the field and then caused trouble for Arsenal."

Hearing what Chris Lak said, Dunn really squatted down and fiddled with the turf, which was wet. "Damn! They also poured a lot of water!"

This time, Chris Rack didn't laugh silently. He laughed loudly: "It seems that everyone will do this. Tony, I rarely hear you complain about the weather. What are you worried about?"

Dunn looked around at the empty stands of the St. James Stadium. A day later, it would be filled with countless fanatical Newcastle fans. They would constantly boo and sing to put pressure on the Forest team. The Forest team has only lost one game this season, which was an away game against Blackburn in the first round of the league. Playing away and playing at home are two completely different feelings.

He's worried, but he can't tell Chris Lark.

"No, I'm not worried about anything. We have nothing to worry about."

※ ※ ※

After the adaptive training was over, Dunn met Souness in the press conference room of the stadium. This gray-haired Scot looked a little serious. He just took over from the old coach Robson as the head coach of the team in September. He has won two consecutive victories just after he took office, and his results are good. Tang En's title of "Senior" seemed to make him take on the airs of a senior. When he shook hands with Tang En in front of the reporters, the smile on his face was almost invisible.

To be honest, this scene was what the reporters wanted to see the most. They were looking forward to Tang En's counterattack, but Tang En disappointed them. After casually answering a few questions at the press conference, until the end of the conference, Dunn never had any communication with Souness.

When the press conference ended, the players of the Forest team also came out of the locker room and went to sign autographs for the fans near the parking lot. This is the request of the coach and everyone must abide by it. Twain walked out of the press conference room and walked straight to the parking lot outside. The coaches got into the car ahead of time. Twain stood outside and chatted casually with Chris Lack, taking a look at the performance of the players. He was delighted that no one faced the impatience shown by the enthusiastic fans.

(To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in

, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading! )