Chapter 934: Volume 7: Heart of the Lion King, Reunion with Bell

Although in the Nottingham Forest team, Joe Mattock is his substitute, but the little monkey envies him very much. Because the backup left-back was able to get close to the boss, listen to his teachings in the dressing room, joke with him, and play under him.

For Gareth Bell, these may be the treatment that he will never enjoy in the future.

In the Nottingham Forest that Twain had built, there were quite a few players who had a good relationship with Twain. But not many have such a good relationship beyond the boundaries of ordinary coaches and players. Gareth Bell is one of them. For him, being able to play professional football, being able to win so many championship honors, and being able to become a world-renowned left back is all related to Tony Twain.

If it wasn't for the boss who ran to Southampton on a whim, he wouldn't have met his father, and there wouldn't have been a series of stories behind. For Bell, the boss has the grace to know the situation. In China, it is emphasized that "a scholar should die for his confidant". Although there is no such idiom in Britain, they also understand this truth.

For a professional player, meeting a head coach who understands him and likes him is simply the greatest happiness in his career.

He has been happy for eleven years.

When the forest team's international players returned to the team, Bell heard that Wood had reconciled with the boss. He was very happy, so he pestered Wood all day long, asking him to talk about things in the England national team. In fact, he mainly talked about the boss. related matter. If Wood didn't tell him, he went to someone else.

Bentley was annoyed by him, so he used "national interest" as a shield.

"The next game is us against you, little monkey. Do you want to find out our tactical secrets?"

"Who cares?" Bell said proudly. "Is England still a secret from us Welsh people? I just want to know how the boss treats those reporters."

"I didn't follow to the press conference, how would I know? You can ask Gerrard!"

"You must have heard some rumors or something?"

"Oh, you're so annoying, little monkey! When you were asked to choose England, you didn't do it. You insisted on going to Wales. You couldn't even qualify for the European Cup..."

"I want you to take care of it!" Bell gave Bentley a hard look, turned his head and walked away.

Bentley rubbed the back of his head, looked at the back of Bell leaving, and said to himself with some doubts: "Did I say something wrong?"

Tony Twain is gone, and the England internationals in the team still have a chance to reunite with him in the national team. And what about myself?

Bell did not regret his choice to represent Wales, but he very much hoped that Twain could coach Wales...

He really wanted to give him a hug after meeting the leader on the field like Pepe. But the game a week later is definitely not going to work. It was country against country and he was representing Wales, not himself.

So if you like the leader, you like it. He will do his best to help his team beat England in this game.

He also really wants to participate in a World Series...

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England's away game against Wales is the third round of the European Cup qualifiers and the second game for England in this qualifier.

Wales has never been considered a strong team. Even in the years when Giggs was at his peak, they were unable to compete with the European powers. So the English don't take this neighbor to heart. They are all talking about the next game, an away game against Serbia on October 20. That was a tough fight.

Unlike Macedonia, Twain did not avoid talking about this opponent. On the contrary, he mentioned several Welsh players during the interview, and the main left back Gareth Bale was mentioned in particular.

"... I have coached Bale and it's a good memory. I know his character, I know Wales' character. After all, they have a lot of players who play in the Premier League and I can watch them up close. It's the same as Macedonian is different. Bale is a good player, there is no doubt about that when I play under me. He is also doing a good job in Wales, the whole left attack and defense of Wales is done by himself. We I'll try to keep an eye on him..."

Then Dunn recalled a lot of details about the Forest team and Bell.

Looks like a sweet scene, right?

But Bell's mind was very clear, and he knew that the boss was playing psychological warfare again. What did he want to do when he mentioned the past? Don't you just want to disturb my mood?

Bell doesn't take that.

When he had not gone to the Welsh national team to report, he was interviewed by reporters at the gate of Wilford, and the media wanted to hear how he responded to the remarks of his mentor.

"Although Flores is my current head coach, the eleven years I have been with Tang En are indeed very pleasant. But this will not be an obstacle to the next week's game. I will definitely go all out to win, Because he taught us -- no matter what the situation is, you have to fight to win. I will prove that I have not forgotten this with practical actions."

Bell spoke seriously, without a smile on his face.

Bentley saw him being interviewed from the side, and muttered: "It's not been right since that day... Is it stimulated by me?" Bell hasn't spoken to him since that incident.

"You idiot!" Mattock patted his head beside him, "It's a pain in Gareth's heart that he hasn't participated in the World Series. You insist on exposing his scars."

"I'm annoyed by him..." Thinking back now, Bentley also felt that his words were a bit heavy.

"I understand that you miss the boss, but..." Gago suddenly appeared behind them, startling the two of them.

"But what?" Bentley asked.

Gago frowned: "It's good for the little monkey to talk about the boss in front of the media, and he will never forget the boss's teaching. You said that this voice has reached the ears of Mr. Flores, what will it look like?"

The other two looked at each other, and both felt that Bell's words were really inappropriate.

They looked that way, and Bale was still talking about his expectations for that game in front of the reporters.

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Gareth Bale was benched for the final league round before the national team break, replaced by Joe Mattock.

The explanation given by Flores is "the normal rotation of the team". But soon there will be a two-week league truce, what is his rotation at this time? Rotate for the national team? Since when has the head coach of the club been so considerate of the work of the head coach of the national team? The media are not fools. It's okay for the Forest team to win this game. If they lose, the reporters have prepared a truckload of questions to bombard Flores, a foreigner who hasn't learned to speak English yet.

Perhaps only Flores himself and the players of Nottingham Forest understand why the stable main left-back suddenly came to the bench.

Eliminating Tony Twain's influence sometimes required a little toughness.

Bale sat silently on the bench as the TV cameras panned him a few times. He looked preoccupied.

Perhaps after this game, the news that he has conflicts with the head coach will be spread widely. Who made him publicly express his nostalgia and love for the former head coach in an interview? Doesn't this make it clear that you don't give the current head coach face?

While Bale was staring blankly on the bench, his side were being held 2-0 up by Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

After all, there is a gap between Joe Mattock and Bale in terms of personal ability. Arsenal regard him as a key target. One of the two goals came directly from this wing, and the other was indirect.

Tony Twain and Des Walker were watching the game from the stands box at the Emirates Stadium. They wanted to observe the performance of the two Chinese football teams. In addition, in fact, he also wants to see Bell's performance, whether he has been affected by his previous remarks. Unexpectedly, Flores didn't show face, and Bell didn't show up at all.

"What a fool." Tang En complained dissatisfied, "He still does this in a game like Arsenal, he is simply asking for his own death."

"Didn't you declare that you don't care about Nottingham Forest?" Walker joked.

"I'm worried that Flores will make my international players lose their status. He can attack Bell today. Who knows if he will target Wood, Bentley, and Mitchell in the future?"

Walker also felt that Tang En was right, so he kept silent.

George Wood scored a goal with a long shot near the end, but it was only a face-saving goal for the Forest team. In this game, Arsenal easily defeated Nottingham Forest 3:1 at home. This is also the second consecutive loss for the team coached by Flores.

"Bentley's performance is not good either...compared to Walcott..." After the game, Dunn stood up and said to Walker next to him, "If nothing else, Bentley will not Started against Wales."

"Matok is still lacking in ability, and his name should not be included in this roster."

He commented on the performance of those on the watch list one by one.

"Wilshere is great, maybe I should consider giving him a chance?"

"There are only four in the midfield, how do you arrange it?" Walker asked.

"Gerald will be a substitute." Dunn replied nonchalantly.

"Aren't you afraid that the Liverpool media will tear you up?" Walker laughed.

"I'm only responsible for the team, the media? Who cares what they think." Dunn turned and walked out. "Besides, Gerrard's performance in this round of the league is very average. I think it is reasonable to start Wilshere, who performed better. And Wood's performance in this game is also very good. If you score after the game, he should It will be the highest score in Nottingham Forest."

"George is our core now. His status and role are just like Gerrard's in England a few years ago." Dunn said to Walker, "A midfielder with both offense and defense, and his state is stable, and there are few Injured. Without him as a core, there must be something wrong with my head."

He went out, and Walker followed closely.

Down in the stands, Flores was shaking Wenger's hand, a forced smile on his face. The reporters kept taking pictures of him, and some even asked questions without waiting for the press conference: "Mr. Flores, can you explain why Gareth Bale wasn't on? He didn't show up before. Any injuries, the state is also very stable..."

Flores pretended not to hear, and went straight to the corridor.

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Sure enough, news of Gareth Bell and Flores' feud appeared in newspapers and the Internet the next day. The accompanying picture is a photo of Flores anxiously directing the game from the sidelines and Bell sitting behind him on the bench in a daze.

But the reporters got no further news and they couldn't interview Bale. Because Bale has left Wilford and returned to Cardiff. He has always lived in Nottingham, but Cardiff is actually his home.

As the number one star of the Welsh national team, since Eastwood retired early due to injury, he has become the most watched player in Wales. At his door, he was blocked by reporters again, hoping that he would respond to the recent rumors in the media.

Only a fool would say that he had conflicts with the head coach, unless he made up his mind to leave.

Bale denied that he had any issues with Flores, and as to why he didn't get even a minute of action against Arsenal, he said: "...I'm fine with my form and my body, I'll prove it with the national team. But Flores said he wanted a rotation, so I accepted his offer. That's it. I don't think it's as complicated as you think."

No reporter would believe what he said. They wait to collect new evidence and must expose the feud in the Nottingham Forest dressing room!

Wales manager John Toshack came forward to support his main players: "I don't know why he was rotated alone, but I am very happy that Bale got a valuable rest. It is a good time for us to face England. Favorable news. I think Bale is the best left-back in the world and this time we are going to Spain for the Euros. England? They know us well and we know them well. I already have a check on them' double virtue 'The midfield tactics...'

Toshack is full of confidence, and Gareth Bell is also full of fighting spirit. He must prove to his mentor that he still remembers his original teachings.

It seems that England's trip to Wales will not be smooth sailing this time?