Chapter 386 Volume 3 Red Forest Goodbye, Ian (Part 1)
"Crazy Englishman"
After the game, the Portuguese media gave Tony Twain such a title. The English were very happy. They liked the title and accepted it on behalf of Twain.
"...I believe that Benfica will still remember Tony Twain, the 'arrogant Englishman' for a long time."
Back in England, the hype about Bell continued. Twain decided to pay close attention, but he didn't interfere too much. He believes that Bell must know in his heart what he should do and what he should not do if he wants to succeed. He knows Bale, this is a young player who likes to play with his brain, he can play with his brain on the pitch, and he must know how to deal with the things that come after him off the pitch...
What's more, he also has a good father.
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Due to the continuous fierce battles, the forest team's fitness coach reminded Tang En's players that their physical fitness will be exhausted in a short period of time, and injuries are prone to occur under such circumstances.
Of course Dunn was also aware of this.
So in the twelfth round of the Premier League on November 5th, the Forest team deployed a second lineup. All the starting XIs have been rotated except for George Wood, goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar and striker Nicolas Anelka.
Wes Morgan and Matthew Epson form a centre-back partnership with a young Gareth Bale at left-back, Chinese player Sun Jihai at right-back, Chris Commons at left-back and It is Darren Lennon, who is one year older than Gareth Bale, the two central midfielders are captain Albertini and George Wood, and the forwards are Anelka and Bendtner.
Among them, Sun Jihai's starting game made the Chinese media very excited. The day before the game, Tang En released the team's starting list in advance, and the Chinese media flocked to him.
Although this is Forest's away game, there are still many yellow-skinned and black-haired Chinese coming.
With the resurgence of the Forest team in the Champions League, it has also attracted more and more attention from the east. Since Sun Jihai joined the team, he has not had too many opportunities to play. Because the team's performance is good, Twain has no need Replace the stable starting lineup. So Sun Jihai can only serve as a substitute for Zimbunda.
This time Sun Jihai started, which stimulated the attention of Chinese fans to the Forest team. The Forest team's popularity in China is climbing steadily...
In fact, Tang En was also very helpless. When he bought Sun Jihai, he said that Sun Jihai was not a substitute. But who would have thought that the team played so well at the beginning of the season, and he had no reason to change the team's main lineup. So he could only play Sun Jihai in domestic cup matches and some unimportant league matches. Fortunately, so far, Sun Jihai has not had any conflicts with Tang En because of the lack of games played. He still trains hard every day and waits for the opportunity. In addition, he has a good relationship with other teammates. Everyone likes this Chinese very much. The atmosphere of the team is very good. Even Anelka, who is said to be very scary in the outside world, does not find it difficult to get along with. It is also one of the reasons why he can stay in the forest team with peace of mind.
In this game, the Forest team challenged Birmingham in an away game, and the opponent was not strong. Tang En sent such a lineup to somewhat underestimate the enemy.
But if he can know the result of another league game in advance, he will definitely regret it, and would rather send all the main players to win this game.
In the last round of the league, the Forest team was concerned by the media, because it was a contest between the second in the league and the first in the league. In this round of the league, the media who paid attention to them all went to Manchester. The match between Nottingham Forest and Birmingham was not cared about except for the supporters of the two teams.
Because in Manchester, there's a big fight going on.
The contest between Mourinho and Ferguson.
This is a game that is a hundred times more intense than Chelsea and Forest on the scene. It can't be said to be exciting, but it is sure to be intense.
The referee showed a total of seven yellow cards during the game, three for Manchester United and four for Chelsea. Alan Smith, Cristiano Ronaldo, Fletcher, Didier Drogba, Paulo Ferreira, William Garris, Makelele.
United took the lead in the 31st minute, with a goal from Fletcher. Then the game entered a stage where players from both sides kept fouling and eating cards.
Martin Taylor, who was in charge of explaining the game, said: "...It is also a high-profile game. The hatred between Chelsea and Manchester United is obviously much greater. In the game against the Forest team, the competition between the two sides is still in football. .In this game, the focus of the competition between Chelsea and Manchester United players is on each other's feet..."
"...There hasn't been a single red card so far, the referee is merciful!"
Except for the supporters of the two teams, no one will think that this 1:0 game is good. Manchester United had the last laugh in the game against Chelsea. They defended the dignity of the old Premier League team and the former overlord.
Meanwhile, in Birmingham. The Forest team was dragged into a stalemate by the home team. They scored a goal, but they were also scored by their opponents. The two sides are 1:1, and no one can threaten the opponent's goal anymore.
The game ended in a draw.
Originally, Tang En was in a good mood. He played the away game with almost all substitutes and hadn't lost yet. He planned to praise the players in the locker room.
At this time, Chris Rack pulled off the earphones with a sullen face, and he was watching another game on the radio at the same time-Manchester United vs Chelsea.
"Chelsea lost." He told Dunn.
Hearing this news, Tang En also froze for a moment, then turned around and cursed. If he had to use one word to describe his mood at this moment, it would be—regret.
Why didn't we win Birmingham away! Now we and Chelsea are evenly divided, and we still have a fucking game less! I... damn it!
Chris Rack looked at Tang En who turned his back to him and clenched his fists tightly. "Tony?"
When Tang En turned back, he had already returned to normal: "It's nothing, I just regret it."
"We didn't expect..." Chris Lak smiled wryly.
"I have to call and ask the Portuguese how he can lose!"
Hearing Tang En's angry words, Chris Rack laughed out loud.
"Forget it, the game is over. It's useless to say anything. Back in the locker room, I still have to praise the performance of the players." Dunn turned up the collar of his coat to resist the cold wind of Birmingham at night, and then walked towards the home team's coaching bench. Shake the hand of the Birmingham manager waiting there.
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The fact that the Forest team did not win this game means that they have lost a great opportunity to catch up with Chelsea. No one knows what impact it will have in the long run.
As Chelsea lost to Manchester United and Forest drew with Birmingham, the point gap between the two sides has now narrowed to only two points. Chelsea have 28 points after 12 league rounds, while Forest are close behind with 26 points after one less game.
The team ranked third in the league made many people not expect it, except for Tony Twain.
After Chelsea and Nottingham Forest, the third team is called - Wigan Athletic.
This newly promoted team lost to Nottingham Forest in the first game of the league, and then relied on the tenacity and unyielding unique to the grassroots team to achieve seven wins, two draws and two losses in the 12 rounds of the league. The team also played one game less-23 points, beating Manchester United with 21 points and Arsenal with 20 points.
The media exclaimed that Wigan Athletic was replicating the "dark horse miracle" of Nottingham Forest last season.
Now that Nottingham Forest was involved, the media pulled Tang En out again, wanting him to talk about his views on Wigan Athletic. Tang En didn't give the media any face. He said: "Go and read what I said at the press conference after the first round of the league this season, and then post it again. I said what I should say two and a half months ago It's been said, and I don't want to repeat it now."
He's still brooding over the fact that he didn't win away at Birmingham.
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After the game against Birmingham, the league was suspended to make way for the national team competition. Today's Forest team also has many players called into their respective national teams. From a certain perspective, the strength of a team can also be seen from the number of national team players in a team. Although the club's head coach He is not happy that so many people under him will go their separate ways on the national team match day.
Wilford's first-team training base suddenly became empty.
Tang En still came to the training base early in the morning, but he didn't go in.
"The team is not training today, Tony." Seeing Tang En standing at the door, old Ian was a little strange.
Tang En turned his head to look at the old man and laughed. He suddenly felt that this scene was similar to when he first came here.
"I know, Ian. I'm here waiting for Evan."
"Mr. Chairman... are you going to participate in any activities?"
"Well, a commercial promotion." Twain was referring to the agreement between them and the cooperative company SI. Twain, as the image spokesperson of the FM series of games, must conduct advertisements for every FM game of SI during the contract period. . Today they are going to participate in the promotional activities of FM06.
"Tony, you are a busy person now." Ian smiled.
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