Chapter 730: Volume Six, Crimson, The Wolf Is Coming

Tang seems to have returned to the time before he was taken away by Tang En.

In addition to being busy training the team every day, I also have to work hard with my colleagues to study the opponent's information, make the most detailed preparations, hold tactical meetings, and arrange the tactics in the game. And then just waiting for the game to come...

He found sadly that he was the same as before, and still hadn't made any progress...

He will only think of all the situations he can think of before the game, and then make arrangements in advance. After the game starts, he will slowly lose control of the game. He was tens of thousands of light years behind Tony Twain in adapting to the situation.

The team's results are terrible.

The only thing that gave him some comfort was that he finally ushered in a victory in coaching the team.

January, when Tang En's condition was at its worst and most dangerous, was gloomy for Nottingham Forest and Tang En.

They continued their poor December run without a win. It was only on the last day of January that they defeated Aston Villa 2:1 in an away game. That was also the day Dunn announced that he was about to be discharged from the hospital.

Nottingham Forest's rankings have plummeted due to a ten-match winless run in December and January. Entering February, they only ranked twelfth in the league with 36 points.

Franck Ribery's transfer and departure also dealt a great blow to the team's original tactics. After all, when he was here before, the left side was almost his only corridor. Now that he has gone to Real Madrid, Nottingham Forest, which is good at wing attacks, has lost half of its wings.

At the beginning, Allen Adams insisted on selling Ribery for money to help the team tide over the difficulties. Don disagrees. But can what he says as an acting head coach work? Is his relationship with the club owner as good as Allen's? Besides, he is not the kind of person who likes to argue with others. Now that the top management of the club has decided to sell Ribery, all he can do is to immediately modify the tactical details, so that the team can get used to playing without Ribery.

Perhaps the people of the Forest team are still unwilling to admit it, but the outside world already thinks that Nottingham Forest should not expect to win any championship honors this season. In fact, it is very, very difficult for them to qualify for the Champions League next season.

After Tang En was discharged from the hospital, the team's performance finally began to improve.

Winter is slowly passing by, and no matter how far away spring is... it will always come.

Throughout the league in February, the team led by Tang achieved an unbeaten record, three wins and one tie, with 43 points, and the ranking rose by two places, ranking tenth.

He was also selected as the best manager of the month by the Premier League.

As a young Chinese, winning such an honor has attracted a lot of domestic attention for him. As soon as February ended, countless Chinese media came from China, hoping to interview this man whom they called "the rising Chinese power in the world of international football coaches". Tang's reputation was second to none in China.

In this wave, Tang Jing's name is the most dazzling, because she can always get the exclusive news that other media can't get at the first time. In many places, she regards herself as Tang's only spokesperson. Of the many rumors about her in China, the one most accepted by the gossip public is that this beautiful reporter is actually having an affair with Coach Tang, and the relationship between the two of them is so close that it has surpassed the boundary between the interviewer and the interviewee. In fact, Tang Jing and Tang were in a relationship, and someone who claimed to be studying in Nottingham posted a vivid post in a well-known domestic community, describing how he saw Tang Jing and Tang go shopping at the pick-up, hugging, hugging and kissing me.

As for these rumors, Tang Jing never defended them. Instead, she felt that taking advantage of the public's misunderstanding could help her work better. Where is Tang... He doesn't care about such groundless rumors, as long as there is really no such thing between him and Tang Jing, he can continue to accept Tang Jing's exclusive interview calmly and provide Tang Jing with what she wants News material. Moreover, maintaining a good relationship with Tang Jing has a great benefit for Tang—it’s not about being able to get in touch with beautiful women, so don’t think about it—he can ignore other messy claims from certain domestic newspapers, magazines, Reporters from TV stations, radio stations, and websites rushed to spare energy and time to work.

However, the enthusiasm of the Chinese media and the public was quickly poured cold water. The Champions League knockout round resumed, and Nottingham Forest faced Inter Milan led by Mourinho, and fell into the sand. Mourinho finally won Nottingham Forest once, but he was not very happy in the press conference after the second leg. Any smart person could understand why he was unhappy - he won against Don's Nottingham Forest, not Tony Twain's Nottingham Forest. It's as depressing as if after defeating an old enemy with all your hard work, the other party suddenly jumped up and used the "not my card" on him.

To Mourinho, beating Nottingham Forest was not important, what was important was to beat Tony Twain, even if Twain was not leading Nottingham Forest, it didn't matter.

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Time has entered March, and Nottingham Forest's situation is still not good. Although the team did not fail, they only had two draws and one win.

When Tony Twain left, everyone seemed to have lost confidence in the team. Even if there are some bad signs within the team, the team loses its fighting spirit and the spirit of never giving up before, even if it is facing a weak team, it will fall into a situation of being at a loss after being scored by the opponent. If they were behind by one goal, the game would be over in ten minutes, and the team would usually give up on tying the score. George Wood was very angry about this, but he was only a captain and could never replace Tony Twain in the game. influence in the hearts of the people.

The media commented on this Nottingham Forest team like this: "Tony Twain's problem is his heart, and this Nottingham Forest team obviously also has a heart problem. Nottingham Forest, which has lost motivation and fighting spirit, is no different from any mid-level Premier League team. He doesn't have the demeanor of winning the double championship. It is said that Twain is still following the doctor's order to 'block' football, I wonder if he will have another heart attack and be sent to the hospital if he sees the forest team?"

Even as an acting head coach like Tang, no matter how good he is in training and tactical arrangements, he is helpless in the face of the team's spiritual problems. The joy of success in February has long since been washed to Java by the team's plight. Now he faces a team with low morale every day, and there is no time to relax his brows.

In April, when Tony Twain and Shania were in Brazil for life, enjoying the unfettered vacation time. Don is still far away in England, struggling with how to help the team out of the woods.

After entering April, the team's performance was almost the same as the Dow Jones Index in the United States under the economic crisis, falling all the way and falling continuously.

On April 4th, in the thirty-first round of the league, they lost 0:2 away to Moyes' Everton.

On April 11th, in the thirty-second round of the league, they were defeated by Arsene Wenger's Arsenal 1:3 at home.

On April 18th, in the thirty-third round of the league, they lost 1:2 at home to Manchester United led by Ferguson.

On April 25th, in the thirty-fourth round of the league, the away game drew 1:1 with Blackburn.

For the British, the cold and wet winter has long passed, and now is the spring when everything recovers. But at Wilford, at the City Stadium, around everyone involved with Nottingham Forest, the winter winds still raged and showed no signs of backing down.

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On the afternoon of May 2nd, a game of the thirty-fifth round of the Premier League had just ended.

The overcrowded forest bar was silent. The final score of the game had been played on the TV screens, but no one cared - they were numb. Nottingham Forest lost again, losing to Bolton 0:2 at home.

In the past, the fans of the Forest team didn't pay attention to such opponents at all, and they would not lose even in away games. But now, people are being bullied to the top.

What makes them feel suffocated even more is the performance of the players in the face of Bolton. It seems that these people are not interested in the game, the continuous failure made them lose their fighting spirit, and the fans watched with gnashing of teeth.

"This is not Nottingham Forest!" In the silence, someone finally stood up and shouted. "I don't admit that such a team can represent the glorious name of Nottingham Forest!!"

No one agreed with him, but there were many sighs.

"Tony...how long will it take for Tony to come back?" someone said quietly.

Instead, his topic aroused the interest of more people to participate.

"You won't be fired directly, right? It's been five months..."

"How is it possible? Don't talk nonsense! Tang's name is clearly written in front of it, which is 'acting head coach'."

"What's going on with Tony's body? The media doesn't seem to get any definite news..."

"Didn't you say it's getting better?"

"Then it's all over, why didn't he come back? He just had the heart to watch his team being bullied by opponents like Bolton?"

"Heart matters, who can say for sure? I think it's best for Tony not to come back this season. Otherwise, seeing the team's virtue, I'm afraid he will be sent to the intensive care unit again... "

"That's right. Anyway, the team won't be able to qualify for the Champions Cup next season with such results. I don't think there's even hope for the UEFA Cup!"

"Hey..." All discussions will end with this sound.

Kenny Burns was wiping his glass in the bar, quietly listening to his customers' discussions. He has seen the forest team even worse than now, this time it is really nothing. He could endure loneliness, and he believed that Tang En would find a way. So the most important thing to do as a spectator is to watch patiently.

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The players had already bathed and changed their clothes, and returned to the bus in groups of three or four. Tang Ze leaned on the chair tiredly, unwilling to leave.

He was suddenly able to understand Tang En's feelings at the last moment of the game against Newcastle.

Just one word - tired.

The words of four words are—the heart and soul are haggard.

He feels that he has worked very hard, but there is nothing he can do about the current situation of the team. This team was obviously not his team. In the hearts of the players, his substitute could not be compared with Tony Twain who was away on vacation.

Chris Rack came back and saw Tang sitting alone in the locker room, "What's the matter, Don?" He glanced at Tang's face, "Don't tell me that you also have a heart attack."

Tang smiled bitterly: "It's almost."

Chris Rack also knew what the situation of the team was like, and seeing Tang like this, he could only remain silent.

"I feel sorry for the others. If Tony had been here... he would have yelled at half-time: 'You're being led by a team like Bolton!' and then readjusted and fought back in the second half... Although we can arrange the tactics very meticulously, we can't arouse the enthusiasm of the players to execute the tactics..." Having said this, Tang shook his head and spread his hands.

"Don, this is not your responsibility. In fact, you have done enough..." Chris Lak didn't know how to comfort his colleagues. From the first second when he was pushed into this position, he would inevitably be compared with Tony Twain. Now that the team's performance is not good, the outside world has never stopped criticizing the Chinese. The acrimonious British media seems to be particularly energetic when they scold the Chinese.

No matter in terms of charisma or coaching achievements, he couldn't compare with Tony Twain.

"I suddenly understood Grant's feelings at Chelsea very well." Tang said suddenly.

Yes, the predecessor is the very unique "one and only", and the successor is just an ordinary person.

Chris Lark felt that it was meaningless to continue discussing this topic. After all, it was not the coach who had the problem, but the entire team. There is even such a thought in the current team-anyway, this season is destined to be empty-handed, so what are you trying to do? As long as you don't get relegated, wait for the boss to come back next season to clean up the old situation.

And all kinds of rumors that the team will be cleaned up after the end of the season, and once the players are sold off to raise funds to restart construction of the new stadium, there have been rumors. In this eventful year, it seems that no one knows what the future holds.

The current situation of the team is no longer a purely competitive issue. The problem of club management cannot be ignored.

He didn't want to continue discussing such depressing things, so he asked instead: "Has Tony contacted you?"

Don nodded.

"How is he now?"

"According to him, there is no problem at all."

"Then...does he know the situation of the team?"

"Should know."

"Did he say when he plans to come back?"

Tang shook his head: "No. I think it might have to wait until the end of this season. The team is like this now, so it's useless for him to come back, right?"

Chris Lark fell silent again. Tang talked about the key points. With such a mess, even "King" Tony Twain would only fall into the quagmire when he came back, and it might even ruin the prestige and reputation accumulated in the previous seasons. The smarter thing to do would be to stay out of the way, wait out this disastrously failed season, and then come back and build a new team while showing his control over it.

Chris Lark had no doubt that the cunning and clever man wouldn't do it.

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Tang En turned off the TV and kept shaking his head.

Shania stared nervously at Tang En, for fear that he would suddenly fall to the ground while shaking his head.

Douglas was also a little nervous, sitting on the sidelines and waiting.

Tang En sat down slowly and didn't speak for a long time. The air in the room seemed to freeze, all the sounds disappeared, and the atmosphere was oppressive and uncomfortable.

It took Shania a long time to ask cautiously, "Uncle Tony?"

Tang En looked at her and laughed: "I found out, Shania."

"ah?"

"My heart is really fine!"

"Huh?" Shania and Douglas were both stunned, what's going on?

"I watched such an exasperating game, and I feel good now!" Tang En stood up and stretched his limbs to prove that he really felt good.

Shania let out a long breath. "Don't be scary, okay, Uncle Tony!"

Tang En chuckled: "But I was really really angry just now. I think if I was on the coach's bench, I would definitely yell at them during the intermission, as bad as it sounds. I I even typed up scripts to scold them in my stomach. Just now, I imagined myself to be extremely angry, and I kept giving psychological hints, just to see how far my heart can bear. Looking at it now, I think My heart is ready to come back."

Seeing that Dunn was fine, Douglas left the living room under the pretext of going to bed early, returned to his room, closed the door, and left a space for Dunn and Shania that belonged only to the two of them.

"Uncle Tony, are you really planning to do that?" It was rare for Shania to speak to Tang En with such a serious expression.

Tang En just smiled and nodded: "Ah. After thinking about it for a long time, I feel that I can't escape anymore."

"But what's the use of you going back, Uncle Tony? The team is like that, and there are only a few league rounds left. Can you lead the team to soar to the top and win the league championship when you go back?"

"Ha!" Tang En laughed out loud, "Let's not talk about the league championship, Shania. I don't even think about qualifying for the UEFA Cup."

"Then why do you still..."

Tang En stretched out his hand to hold Shania, who was still somewhat dissatisfied, in his arms. He stroked her soft brown hair with his hand, and sniffed greedily with the tip of his nose in her hair. The girl's body fragrance penetrated into his nose, making him a little confused.

"It has nothing to do with what kind of results you can achieve, Shania." He closed his eyes and muttered. "I just feel like I'm alive when I'm back on the team. It's nice to have you and Douglas take care of me, but it's not the kind of life I want to live. Don't you see it? People seem to have lost their spirit and vitality."

Shania buried her face in Tang En's chest and recalled carefully. Then she found out that Uncle Tony was right. Uncle Tony, who has left football and the coaching bench, seems to be different from the previous Uncle Tony. At first she couldn't tell why, but now she understood where the difference was.

Uncle Tony these months was like any other ordinary middle-aged man, but Uncle Tony these few months ago was not like any other ordinary middle-aged man. He is unique, "unique" and "unrepeatable". Such a man has his unique charm, and it seems that there will be a dazzling light rushing out of his body at any time. He was completely different from the obedient and obedient Uncle Tony who smiled all day long, obeyed the doctor's orders, and was watched over by a nurse, even the opposite.

One is a wolf that roams freely in the vast wilderness, daring to howl at the sky without restraint; the other is an honest, docile and well-behaved sheep that is kept in a pasture and guarded by a shepherd dog.

Which Uncle Tony is it that makes me fall in love and be addicted to it desperately?

I'm afraid it's definitely not Uncle Tony these months, right?

She put her ear on Tang En's left chest: "I heard the sound of a heartbeat... seems a little fast?"

Tang En smiled and held her tightly in his arms: "That's because I couldn't help being excited when I thought about the life I was about to start again."

He looked up, as if he had heard the din from the city stadium. Cheering songs for the forest team, merciless boos to the enemy, sharp and piercing whistles, body collisions and the muffled sound of kicking footballs... Wave after wave, like the waves of the Atlantic Ocean Coming, stirring his chest. And in the chest cavity, the nuclear-powered heart is just about to move.

If you think that a heart attack and five months of disappearance turned me, Tony Twain, into a docile and non-threatening sheep, then you are totally wrong!

ladies and gentlemen! Have you heard the story of "Wolf is coming"?

I never lie, this time the wolf really came!

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PS, Uncle Tony is coming back soon, everyone will be paved with monthly tickets as a red carpet to welcome the return of the king!

There is another update at 6:30 pm~~