Chapter 487 Volume 4 Storm Invitational Tournament
Things developed very much in line with Tang En's wishes.
The next day, the major media were all hyping up the fact that Coach Tony Twain and the reporter from the Sun newspaper had a verbal confrontation at the press conference, and the prostitution incident of the three players was completely ignored...
Even The Sun itself was hyping up this matter. Of course, they wouldn't say anything good about Tang En. They described Tang En as an unreasonable, messy, foul-mouthed, and completely uneducated person.
This kind of description really lacks creativity, they have used it on Twain before. So Tang En didn't care about this kind of evaluation at all. It doesn't matter to him even if the whole world thinks he is the incarnation of Satan with horns on his head.
He was happy to see that no one cared what the three players did in the red light district.
Now the focus of the media hype is on him, but it has given the team the peace they need most.
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The Amsterdam Invitational has a history of 31 years and has held 26 sessions so far. Because of its long history and the high standard of the invited teams, it has the reputation of "Europe's No. 1 Invitational Tournament". Even so, the warm-up match is still a warm-up match. Tang En doesn't value the team's good results in this invitational match. What he values more is the state of the team. This is a great opportunity to test their training results during this period of time. .
The game between Nottingham Forest and Porto is the second game. In the first game, host Ajax drew 1:1 with Inter Milan. Adriano continued his poor state of not scoring goals in the World Cup.
In this game, Twain did not use the 442 parallel position that they were best at in the previous two seasons, but played 451, specifically 4411.
Ruud van Nistelrooy, as a striker, stands alone at the front, and van der Vaart is behind him as the "1", his position is between the attacking midfielder and the shadow striker. Tang En's special confession to him was to let him shoot from a long distance.
The "4" behind him and the Forest team's lineup last season have also undergone some changes.
No matter how Tang En diverted the attention of the media at the press conference yesterday, how loudly he tried to excuse his subordinates, his arrangement today still exposed the side behind this matter. Ashley Young did not appear in the right midfielder position, and the other right midfielder Alan Lennon was also absent. The Chinese player Sun Jihai played the starting lineup.
Sun Jihai is really a very good jack-of-all-trades, he can play right back, right midfielder, and defensive midfielder.
It was not Ribery who started the left midfielder, but Petrov.
The two central midfielders are a combination of last season-George Wood and Mikel Arteta.
The defense has not changed from last season: central defenders Pepe and Piqué, left back Leighton Barnes, right back Chimbonda, goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar.
All but Ashley Young, Aaron Lennon and Gareth Bale sat on the bench.
Tang En drew the starting lineup on the tactical board, and after explaining the specific tactics, he made a final order: "Two requirements." He stretched out two fingers, "First, don't get injured. Second, don't get injured if you are not injured. Under the premise, show your ability to the best of your ability.”
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Sometimes when you really think about it, many things in this world are very interesting.
Porto was the third strong Portuguese team that Nottingham Forest had played against within three years, and Twain's team seemed to have a special affinity with Portugal.
First Benfica, then Sporting Lisbon, then Porto.
And now the Forest team's defenseman, Pepe, was even bought from Porto. Porto was also a team that Dunn's old enemy, Mourinho, had coached and was famous in Europe.
Porto may continue to dominate Portugal after Mourinho leaves, but it will not be so easy to maintain her position in European football.
Today's Amsterdam Invitational is a match between the European football king three years ago and the current upstart.
The strength of the two teams is no longer at the same level.
The Forest team scored two goals in the first half, basically sealing the victory.
After receiving a cross from Petrov, Ruud van Nistelrooy poked the ball in five meters in front of the goal, continuing his good state in the warm-up match and training, and once again proved that his departure from Manchester United was definitely not due to decline in form or Age increases these crap.
"Nottingham Forest scored! Van Nistelrooy and Petrov, the tacit understanding between the two new players!"
Tang En stood up from his seat and applauded the audience. The goal is of course worthy of joy, but what makes him even more happy is the tacit understanding shown by the team before this goal:
After Arteta got the ball, he passed it to Van der Vaart, who received the ball with his back to the goal. Van der Vaart cleverly passed the football to Pietro, who was plugging in at high speed on the wing, without a chance to turn around and shoot. Husband, and then Petrov made a cross after forcing a breakthrough with speed. Ruud van Nistelrooy's instinct of a world-class shooter was fully revealed at this moment. After seeing the opponent's defender pressing tighter, he first rushed forward, making a gesture to respond, and suddenly stopped halfway and retreated. The opponent's defender did not Being fooled, he also turned around and retreated. At this moment, Ruud van Nistelrooy brushed past the opponent-he suddenly started to advance again! After these two battles of wits, there was no Porto defensive player by his side, and he easily scored after receiving the ball.
Van der Vaart showed a valuable side in this attack. That is, when there is no chance to shoot, he will distribute the football to teammates in a better position in time, instead of turning around forcibly by himself, looking for a shot.
Tang En saw all these in his eyes and kept them in his heart. He likes players like this. If Van der Vaart is the kind of person who sacrifices the interests of the whole team in order to score goals for himself, then Dunn will abandon him without hesitation, even if he just spent four million pounds for it and promised a big Heap bright future.
The second ball came more easily, without those complicated passing coordination. Arteta's sudden dribbling attracted the attention of the Porto players. When everyone focused on the Spanish player, he Handed the football to van der Vaart. Then the former Ajax player took a long shot in this former home, amidst the cheers of countless Ajax fans!
The football whizzed past Porto's defense and blasted into the goal!
"Raphael van der Vaart - for him, this is really a perfect farewell and new life! He bid farewell to Ajax with his best way of scoring, and proved his all-round strength to his new club! Ajax The 23rd of Sidney became the 23rd of Nottingham Forest, good luck, Rafael!" shouted the Dutch commentator from the commentary booth.
During the intermission, Dunn analyzed two goals for the team. He praised the whole team for the first goal, and praised Van der Vaart for the goal and Arter for the assist for the opponent for the second goal. tower.
"Guys, remember what people said about us a month ago? 'This is a good team' and now I'm glad you guys proved it. Keep up the good work in the second half!"
Next, Tang En replaced five people in one go, and used up all five substitutions during the halftime break. The team's formation also changed back to the 442 they were best at last season... only slightly different.
Ruud van Nistelrooy, who scored the goal, was replaced, Twain replaced Bendtner as a center forward, Eastwood replaced Arteta, the team's midfield became a diamond-shaped position, and Ribery replaced Sun Jihai, to play the right midfielder, Petrov's position remains unchanged.
Twain replaced Piqué at the center back and replaced him with Kompany.
Five substitutions brought about a big change for the team.
In the first half, Twain was experimenting with more tactical possibilities, and in the second half, this set of tactics may be used more in the new season. Of course, the lineup will not be the same as it is now...
After the second half, the Forest team changed their offensive momentum in the first half and turned to defense.
Twain is still experimenting and adjusting tactics. He wants to see what tactics should be used in different situations and how the team performs.
There is one thing that everyone is reluctant to say, but they all know it well. Who is the direct beneficiary of Tang En's snubbing of Anelka? It was Eastwood who missed most of last season's games due to injury.
His first comeback battle was amazing, but he fell into a calm state after that. For nine months, repeated injuries from two operations still affected his state.
Now that there is no Anelka occupying the main position, Twain can justifiably give Eastwood more opportunities and let him regain his game state.
Dunn didn't say this to him, but he knew that Eastwood must know in his heart that this was his opportunity, and he had to seize it, or he would be eliminated—even if the boss asked him to stay in the team, he would not Would not promise to live that kind of life.
Eastwood had to prove that Coach Twain was right to abandon Anelka, because he was still available as a striker.
As a striker, what is the best way to prove that you are still alive?
"Its_GOOOOOOAL - Freddie Eastwood! Such a memorable name... He scored! Nottingham Forest leads Porto by three goals!"
Dunn jumped up from the bench, and Eastwood lived up to his expectations.
After scoring the goal, Eastwood ran to Twain and hugged him tightly.
Of course, this ball should be dedicated to Coach Tony Twain, who has always supported him and trusted him and waited for the opportunity to revive him.
Teammates rushed up to celebrate Eastwood's goal, only Anelka sat on the bench and didn't get up.
"...I fucking benched my favorite player for you!"
Anelka still clearly remembered the words Tang En yelled when he was furious back then.
Now, you finally don't have to bench your favorite player...
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Porto scored a face-saving goal at the last moment by teenager Anderson's long-range shot.
Through this game, everyone realized how strong the current Forest team is. At the press conference after the game, the Portuguese media no longer called the result of the Forest team's victory over Porto "unpopular". As opponents, they recognized the current strength and status of the Forest team-this is indeed true It's a strong team.
Just kidding, if a team with Ruud van Nistelrooy, Van der Vaart, Van der Sar, Ribery, Wood and others is still called a dark horse, what would a real strong team look like?
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A day later, the Forest team ushered in the last opponent of the invitational tournament, the host Ajax, in this stadium.
In this game, Dunn unexpectedly started as a substitute player.
He is well aware of his team's lack of substitutes, so he seizes every opportunity to give them opportunities to exercise. Even in the invitational tournament where he is expected to compete for the championship, he only considers how to get his whole team fully exercised, not how to train them. A mere invitational tournament trophy.
So, the starting goalkeeper is Paul Gerrard, the starting central defenders are Kompany and Wes Morgan, and the starting midfielder is Sun Jihai. It seems that Tang En is absolutely determined to let Sun Jihai, the jack-of-all-trades, play its full role. up. Albertini also appeared in the starting line-up, Chris Commons became the starting right midfielder, van der Vaart went to the left and became a left midfielder. The forwards are Bendtner and Viduka.
Tang En's request to Van der Vaart was not to let him move on the left side, but to try to lean in the middle, and then let Leighton Barnes actively assist him.
He referred to the tactics of Real Madrid's most glorious moment at the beginning of this century, intending to test whether it is suitable for the Forest team in actual combat.
Of course, because he punished three people, and these three people have their own important roles in the team's tactical system, so the actual test results must be discounted.
With such a lineup combination and this tactic, the results of the Forest team can be imagined. They lost to the host Ajax in this game with a score of 1:2.
At the last moment, after using up four substitutions, Dunn finally remembered to send Anelka on the field, but the time left for him was only ten minutes, and Anelka couldn't do anything, he didn't enter The only goal for the Forest team was scored by Bendtner.
Because of the loss to Ajax, Nottingham Forest did not win the final championship.
Ajax's rules are very special. In addition to following the rule of three points for a win, one point for a tie, and zero points for a loss in general games, there is also an "encouragement rule" that they created and used by more and more invitational matches. A goal counts as one point, and the team's points should be the game wins, draws and losses plus goals converted points.
Nottingham Forest has a record of one win and one loss, and the game points are three points. Then they scored a total of four goals in two games, one goal and one point, which counts as four points. The sum of the two is the forest team's final points in this invitational game - seven points.
The championship of this invitational tournament was eventually won by Mancini's Inter Milan. They drew one and won one of the two games, accumulating four points, and overwhelmed the host Ajax by scoring points.
Nottingham Forest and Ajax are tied on seven points, but are ranked third because of the outcome. Tang En didn't care about these rankings. The day after the game, he led the team to finish the training camp in the Netherlands and returned to Nottingham.
The time has entered August, and in ten days, the new season of the Premier League will kick off. That was the game that Tang En had to worry about.
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