Chapter 83 New Forest (Part 1)

After winning the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals with Bolton, Donn won not only win, but also had a higher reputation. Now all over the UK know that Nottingham Forest has a talented coach. He is young, but he led a team that was previously ranked fourth from the bottom of the League One to reach the semi-finals and won the semi-finals with Premier League teams.

After Forest scored the first goal, the scene where he was overwhelmed by the players was placed in a small column called "2_good_2_bad" in the Sunday version of "Today's Game". This is a small column that is only available in the Sunday version. It usually only serves as the Premier League essence and rarely displays other league scenes. But the fact that Don En is too interesting, so the editors also added this to the highlights.

The host of the show, Adrian Chiles, a famous bbc artist, gave the scene a free line, which sounded interesting and made the already interesting things even more interesting.

"The ball went in! It's so great, hey...hey!hey! Freddy, you ran to the wrong place...ah! Who will come~~Save me~~~Okay, Tony Done may be the only head coach who doesn't want his team to score..."

The host and the guest burst into laughter.

So everyone knows that there is such a head coach in England - his players are the happiest after scoring goals, and he is the most unlucky one.

It's not just Tony Donn who has increased his reputation, but also his Forests and the young players who have performed well.

George Wood only played two games for the Forest's first team, but some teams have asked the Forest for the price.

This is a matter of player trading. Evan Dogette kept his promise and did not interfere, but let Tang En take care of himself. Tang En's attitude is very firm - not to sell!

He knew how much the football midfielder was missing in a few years. As long as Wood continued to play like this, his value would soon rise. Now someone will sell it? He is not a fool. Besides, the club has just signed an eight-year contract with Wood. Is it a decoration?

In fact, Don Eun was not worried about Wood's loyalty. The club helped him so much. The kid knew it in his heart. He knew whether he should choose to stay or leave. But this incident made Don Eun care about Wood - George Wood, perhaps there should be an agent who helps him with his private affairs and financial management.

The Players' Union can also help players negotiate contracts with the club, and deal with some economic issues. Although this way, it can avoid being exploited by those ten percent of the gentlemen,... has anyone seen a big star who has to be managed by the Players' Union?

Donn believes that Wood will definitely become a big star, but there is a premise - under him, rather than transferring to other teams.

He is not against players looking for agents because they need such a professional to help them manage their finances and deal with public relations. The head coach is not a god, and everything has to be considered and taken care of by the players. These things are what the agent should do. What he hates is the kind of agent who desperately urges players to fight against the club for his own interests rather than the players' interests, and the head coach has a conflict. He makes endless demands for salary increase and threatens the team with transfers.

Why do you hate it? It’s not that you can’t stand players and agents making money, but because they have to go against Tony Don, who is the head coach, and they will violate Don’t have the interests of Don’t. This is something Don’t allow.

Therefore, if Wood wants to find an agent, he must find someone he thinks can trust, if possible. It is best not those big-name agents, who don’t have much energy in this circle and will not mess around. But at the same time, he can also work hard to pack Wood. His business operation is very successful, allowing Wood to make a lot of money and let their family live a life of food and clothing without worries...

Is this a bit high?

Tang En shook his head and decided not to think about this issue for now.

You can take your time when you find an agent, but the game doesn't wait for anyone. A week later, Donn led Nottingham Forest to play at Bolton's home court and Reebok Stadium. This time, although his team lost to the opponent, he scored a valuable goal. The rules of the semi-finals of the League Cup are different from those of the general cup. If both sides tied, they do not look at the away goals, but continued to play overtime. If they tied in overtime, it was the turn of comparing away goals. Those who scored more away goals would win. If they scored away goals, they would also play a penalty shootout.

Nottingham Forest won Bolton 3:1 at their home court and went to the away game. Bolton worked very hard to defeat the Forest, but they did it, but it was still useless. When the final whistle sounded, the final score on the big screen scoreboard showed the final score - 2:1. Bolton won the game but lost the entire semi-final.

The person who scored the key goal for the Forests was Crouch, a tall striker who came on loan from Aston Villa. He was in a deep winter in his career with his former club. Unexpectedly, Forests scored goals in two consecutive games. Seeing the big man performing well on the court and constantly using his outstanding skills to create opportunities for his teammates, Andy Gray in the commentary seat couldn't help but praise Donn's ability to train players. He really has something unique in stimulating players' potential and helping them build self-confidence. There is Rebrov in front and Eastwood in the back, and now there is another Crouch. No wonder he is so popular and supported by players. A head coach who can regain the glory of a player who falls into a trough. Can the players not love him?

The final whistle sounded by the referee also became the prelude to the carnival of Nottingham Forest players. They celebrated their reaching the League Cup final at the other party's home court. Although the League Cup is useless in the eyes of the Premier League team, its only function is to train young players and reserve teams, for Nottingham Forest, a declining strongman who has been struggling in the low-level league for many years, entering the League Cup final does not only mean that they will have a chance to win a championship.

More importantly, this reminds people of the past years. More than 20 years ago, Nottingham Forest swept through England football and the European continent in a red jersey. Now, the intimidating team seems to be buried in the dust of time. Just when the Nottingham people thought they would never see the red forest again, Tony Donn took the team through time and space and killed back!

"The game ends! In sharp contrast to the dejected Bolton players, the ecstatic Nottingham Forest players! They reached the League Cup final, which is their first time since they won the League Cup runner-up in 1992! Twelve years have passed, and the League Cup final venue has also changed from Wembley to Cardiff Millennium Stadium, and the Red Forest has finally returned!" Andy Gray's emotional comment at the last moment of the commentary made people feel that he is a Nottingham Forest fan, but in fact he is an Everton supporter.

Yes! We're back! Nottingham Forest is back!

Nottingham Forest fans who could not go to watch the game live and could only watch the game in front of the TV and in front of the radio sent out shouts that could be heard in England.

"On February 29th, Cardiff Millennium Stadium! Let's look forward to the League Cup final between Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough! Is Middlesbrough winning the second League Cup in their club history, or is Nottingham Forest winning the fifth time, becoming the second most championship team in League Cup history? Everyone, we will see the finals at that time!"

The Forests celebrated in a crazy way, but when they entered the locker room, Don Eun raised his face, and it was not the time to celebrate like this.

"Guys, now I'll give you ten minutes to take a shower and change clothes, and then we'll leave here by car. If you want to celebrate with champagne, wait for the night of February 29!"

When he said this, everyone calmed down and went to take a shower and change their clothes one by one.

Then Donn turned to the press conference, and as the winner, he was qualified to have Bolton's coach Sam Allardyce wait for a while in the news hall.

The winner is the protagonist of the press conference, which can almost be regarded as a law. Tang En faces the most problems, and most of them are asking about the Forests reaching the League Cup finals again twelve years later. Tang En is in a good mood and is not tired of these repetitive questions, but he is also very smart and does not reveal any plans for the finals at the press conference, and even his goal is not told to the media.

Of course he hopes to win the championship, and he has reached the finals, and he also said, "We have a learning attitude" and "just do our best, we have worked hard, and the result is not very important"... What is the meaning of such hypocritical words? Of course, we are here to compete for the championship, and if we can't win the championship, it is a failure!

But there is no need to tell the media in this way.

Although Allardyce, who lost the ball, praised the Forests' performance at the press conference and said a few good things to Tang En. It is really admirable that he can achieve such a success at such a young age.

After he said this, the reporters focused their attention on Don En's age. Indeed, as a head coach who led the team to the League Cup final, 35 is so young. He is even one year younger than Djokav, a Bolton player who played on the court! The reporters who discovered this were excited, which was a good topic of hype!

Tang En's reaction to this was very plain: "Since the player is fifteen years old, he can play on behalf of the club's first team and the national team at the age of sixteen, why can't the coach be younger? I think age is not a problem, the key is to look at the team's results. Whether it is seventy-six or twenty-six, as long as he can lead the team to win, he is a good coach!"

The next day, his words were put on the newspaper, and everyone knew that there was such a head coach who only had victory theory.
Chapter completed!