Chapter 644 Volume 5 Red You Are Under Pressure, I Am Under Pressure

When rumors about Franck Ribery's transfer were flying all over the sky, the Forest team played a more important league game. Their opponent was Arsenal, a direct competitor for the league title. Twain would not allow the team to make any mistakes, but the result was not as he wished.

The game ended in a 0-0 tie. Twain was a little upset when he was tied by Arsenal at home, but there was really nothing he could do about it. The competition does not mean that he can win if he wants to, and the competition does not mean that whoever has the highest strength will win the competition. Sometimes luck is the most important factor. Today's Forest team and Arsenal are equal in strength and luck, so they can only fight for a tie.

A draw is actually not a good result for the two teams. Twain hopes to win, so why not Wenger? The season is drawing to a close, and the top three players all hope to win the league championship. Who will give up here?

The draw of this game is great news for Ferguson's Manchester United.

Taking advantage of Forest's tie, Manchester United, who won this round of the league, rose to the top of the league-they have the same points as Forest, but the goal difference is dominant.

In March, after finishing the Champions League, the most important thing is the domestic league. There are a total of 38 rounds in the Premier League, and now there are nine rounds left, and the top three are still tight.

At present, the first place is Manchester United with 67 points, the second place is Nottingham Forest with 67 points and Arsenal with 65 points. Until the last round, no one knows who will become the league champion.

For the spectators, this is the joy of football. But it's not an easy job for the coaches of these three teams.

And these three teams have all reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Another English team in the quarter-finals is Grant's Chelsea.

Faced with the hopeful situation of both the league and the Champions League again, Tang En didn't want to choose to give up the league like he did a year ago. After communicating with the coaching staff and the team doctors, he believes that the current situation of the team can cope with the two-line battle. The league is now ranked second, with the same points as Manchester United. Although they face Real Madrid in the Champions League, the Forest team may not necessarily lose. It is a pity no matter which side they give up in this situation.

So on Monday morning after the league match against Arsenal, at the regular coaching staff meeting, Dunn stated the real goal of the team this season——

"I want both championships."

The coaches on the coaching staff were not surprised by this, as if it was taken for granted.

In fact, that's right, with Twain's character of pursuing victory and championships, now that the team's strength has reached a new level, he really has no reason to give up any of the championships.

The players have the strength and the coaches have ideas, so let's do it.

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March 16th, the 30th round of the league, at home. Nottingham Forest beat Bolton 1-0 with a half-main and half-substitute lineup. Continue to tie with Manchester United in the standings. The unlucky Arsenal were four points behind by the two teams because they were tied by Middlesbrough.

Just when the media began to speculate on who would become the final champion of the league between Nottingham Forest and Manchester United, in the 30th round of the league, the Forest team unexpectedly lost.

On March 22, Nottingham Forest challenged Blackburn away. Although the opponent is only ranked in the middle, and in the first half of last year's league, the Forest team swept Blackburn 5:3 at home, this time Twain still did not dare to take it lightly, he sent the strongest lineup he could send.

But while he takes it seriously, his players don't necessarily take this opponent seriously. In the game, Nottingham Forest underestimated the enemy and entered the state very slowly.

As a result, the opponent scored a goal in the opening 13 points.

Then the Forest team launched a counterattack and evened the score shortly after the start of the second half. The fans of the Forest team thought that it would be time for the stars of the Forest team to perform, but they did not expect that what was waiting was Blackburn's outbreak.

They scored two goals in the last ten minutes of the game, completely killing Forest's dream of winning.

"To be fair... there is absolutely no reason for Nottingham Forest to win this game." After the game, the TV commentator said, "I can't find two points at all except for the goal that equalized the score. Forest team The players seem to be completely awake. John said that the Forest team entered the state relatively slowly, but I think they did not enter the state at all... Maybe they underestimated the enemy, who knows. Anyway, they lost. Now, In the race for the title, Manchester United are ahead."

From the sidelines when the whistle sounded for the end of the game, Tang En's expression became quite ugly. At the critical moment of the competition for the league championship, they lost to the opponent who should not have lost - after the team drew with Arsenal, Twain only comforted his players that they were unlucky, and did not lose their temper. But now he really wants to rush into the locker room and call everyone bloody.

In his plan, the game against a strong team is to strive for victory, and keeping a tie is the minimum requirement. But compared to the mid- and lower-level teams that are not as strong as their own, especially the mid-range teams that have no desires and desires, the Forest team has nothing but to win. The name "Blackburn" was listed in Tang En's "Victory List", and these three points were planned.

Who knew...they lost the game in the end!

The three points in hand are gone, and the same point advantage with Manchester United is gone. After the forest team lost to Blackburn, the ranking fell to second, and the points gap with Manchester United became three points.

Don't underestimate the three-point gap. In the sprint stage at the last moment of the league, any point difference may cause irreparable failure, so no one wants to make a mistake at this time. Making a mistake at this time means that a season's hard work has been in vain.

Happily...

In the visiting team's locker room at Ewood Park, the atmosphere seemed a bit depressed due to the loss. Tony Twain was outside to participate in the post-match press conference, and Chris Lack was comforting the somewhat downcast players.

Everyone knows what it means to lose this game - they have ceded the initiative of the league title to Manchester United...

The door of the locker room was pushed open with a "huh", everyone looked up and saw Tang En with a dark face.

Someone swallowed saliva.

"At the press conference just now, all the reporters asked me was just one sentence: 'Will the loss have any adverse impact on the team's championship'." After closing the door with a backhand, Tang En said to his players. The voice was very low, but the forest players generally believed that it was just a low dark cloud in the sky before the storm.

"Guess how I answered? 'You are asking knowingly.'" Tang En shrugged. "Actually, I really want to say something worse, but I don't want to cause any more trouble. At this juncture... I have deployed the strongest lineup, not to let you go up and underestimate the enemy!" He still couldn't hold back his curse foul language. "I am so disappointed by your performance! You have no fighting spirit at all! I thought you would be a little better after the score was equalized, but I didn't expect to be impotent right away! What are you thinking? We have no Champions League, no FA during this period Cup, there is only this damn league! Blackburn! Such opponents can’t win! How can you expect to compete with Manchester United and Arsenal for the championship?! You lost to Blackburn!”

Dunn scolded everyone, including captain George Wood. The reason Tang En scolded him was that Wood gave too little support to the team on offense, and when it was time to go up, he didn't seem determined enough, as if he cared too much about defense.

Everyone couldn't escape the bad luck of being spat on by Twain, except those who couldn't come to the away game.

"Think about it, you bastards!"

After scolding people, Tang En slammed the door and walked out. The whole room was left with big eyes and small eyes, and the atmosphere was very embarrassing.

Speaking of which, people in this forest team are not used to being so mercilessly scolded by their head coach. Because the team's performance in the past two years was very good, Twain rarely expressed dissatisfaction within the team. On the one hand, he wanted to maintain a good atmosphere, and on the other hand, he had no reason to curse because of the performance of the players. That's why the old people have forgotten that Tang En's big mouth would sometimes be aimed at his own people, while the newcomers have no chance to see such things at all...

Nobody likes being scolded, whether it's a nobody or an established star. Tang En's ruthless scolding made some people lose face. But Tony Twain was the head coach of the team after all, so they could only keep silent and bury their dissatisfaction in their hearts.

Bendtner kicked his football shoes in dissatisfaction, and the crisp sound of the studs hitting the ground broke the embarrassing silence in the locker room.

Chris Rack clapped his hands and forced a smile: "Okay, guys, don't take it to heart, whether it's this failure or... anything else, pack your things and get ready to get in the car."

A group of people began to pack their backpacks silently.

Chris Rack whispered a few words to Tang, then turned and left the locker room. He was going to find Tony Twain. Some words are held in my heart, and it is impossible not to say them.

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Chris Lark found Tang En who was sitting on the bus.

"Tony."

Tang En looked up at him, the anger on his face hadn't dissipated.

"I think we need to talk about it."

"About what?"

"About the mess you just sprayed."

"You mean I shouldn't criticize them?"

"No, that's not what I meant." Chris Lak saw that Dun En's face was getting more and more black, and knew that he was still very angry. "I just think... the players already know the problem is with themselves, and I'm sure they're going to beat their opponents in the next game. But you've screwed up everything by beating... well, I That is to say, you did not arouse their competitiveness, but you may scold them..."

"What?" Tang En asked, squinting at Chris Lark.

"Tony, once any cracks appear, it is impossible to recover. I don't want any discordant notes in the locker room..."

"Are you worried that I will call some people our enemies?"

Tang En asked. Chris Lark did not answer, but his performance has clearly and unmistakably told his answer.

Tang En did not refute his point of view, he frowned and remained silent for a while.

"Okay, I'll apologize to them, but not until tomorrow. I can't help myself now."

Chris Rack laughed when he heard Tang En say this: "I knew you were smart, Tony."

"Stop flattering me, I'm in a bad mood right now." Tang En said angrily.

"Find some time to relax." As the season drew to a close and the goal of "double crown" was officially raised, Chris Lark knew that the pressure on Twain's head was increasing day by day. Afraid of losing after winning, regretting not winning after tying, losing... let alone, always, this kind of pressure will always be with him until the end of the season.

"Pay attention to your health, Tony." He thought that after the home match against AC Milan was tied, Twain, who was about to attend the press conference, found him and said with a bitter face that he was not feeling well and asked him to do it for him. Chris Lark was really taken aback when he first heard that news. Head coaching is a job with a lot of pressure, and working in this position is actually quite harmful to your health.

He still remembers the sudden collapse in 2001 when former Liverpool manager Houllier was directing a game against Leeds United. At that time, he was rushed to the hospital and was diagnosed with a heart attack. It took 11 hours of surgery to save his life. After Houllier recuperated for five months before returning to work as Liverpool head coach.

The Premier League coaches are probably the most stressed group of football coaches in the world. Whether they are ranked first or last, everyone is under pressure, and no one is much easier than the other.

Chris Lark was worried that the recent series of events would aggravate Tang En's psychological pressure and cause damage to his health, so he had to remind Tang En to maintain a calm mind at this time.

"You are the head coach of the team. If you have a problem, let alone lose this game, it is very easy to lose the whole season."

Tang En was not a person who didn't know good and bad, and he couldn't get angry when faced with Chris Lark's kindness.

"Thank you, David." All he could say was thanks. However, he felt that there was nothing wrong with his body, and the psychological pressure was indeed a bit greater, but which one of the head coaches did not have any psychological pressure? If you can't stand the pressure, just quit your job.

"Then... I'll go back and have a look, those boys are so slow to change clothes..." Chris Lak got out of the car and returned to the locker room to urge the players to come out.

Tang En was sitting alone on the empty bus, thinking about every word he said in the locker room just now. Now that I have calmed down a little bit, I found that some words are indeed more vicious. It seems that an apology should indeed be made, but it must wait until tomorrow.

He wanted these kids to fully feel his anger. Otherwise, I always play with them, joking around, do these people really think that they will indulge them in whatever they do? It's okay to joke with me, but it's not okay to lose, let alone lose a game that shouldn't be lost.

I'm the boss of this team, ace? Super star? You have to listen to me.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the car, and Nottingham Forest players came out one after another. He straightened his face again and didn't say hello to them, and the players got into the car one by one in silence.

In this uncomfortable atmosphere, Nottingham Forest, who had lost the game, returned to Nottingham overnight to prepare for the next round of the league - a home game against Portsmouth, which had been humiliated by them 7:4. But this time no one will dare to underestimate this opponent, because just like Blackburn who scored three goals for the Forest team in the first round, they were even better than them. Nottingham Forest's four goals...