Chapter 120: Victory is needed (Part 1)

The players took the team's bus back to the hotel to rest and disbanded the next morning for the holiday. Don En used the excuse to relax and acted alone. Although he did not swear in the locker room, he did not criticize Matthew Epson, who angrily rebuked the mistakes, did not even express disappointment at the team's performance in the last moment. He just wished everyone a good holiday and announced their disbandment.

He sat in the locker room and waited until all the Arsenal fans outside dispersed before walking out.   There were no fans in the stands of the city stadium except for the cleaners who were still working.   There were a few fans gathered in the square outside, but they didn't care about the middle-aged man who slowly walked out of the door.

Tang En, who walked out of the stadium and stood on the edge of the square, didn't know where he was going. He didn't want to drink or find a girl. He just stood by the roadside, planning to walk around casually, calm down, and then seriously think about the mistake he made today, which is already the shortcomings of the team, and plan the future direction of the team.

The Premier League has been in three rounds, and his team has not tasted the taste of victory. Think about the invincible Nottingham Forest in the First Division (now the Championship)... Don Eun didn't know if others would have such an idea. He won the low-level league championship and was promoted to the Premier League. He was full of joy and expectation, as if he was walking in the clouds. However, in half a month, the team was beaten by his opponent and fell from the clouds. The gap in mood was probably even bigger than this.

No matter how many people the team bought in the summer or how much money it spent, Tang En would not think that his team has the ability to deal with multi-line combat. This has nothing to do with the thickness of the bench, but a problem of insufficient experience. Whether it is this young Forest team or he, neither has the experience of facing multiple fronts at the same time, and fighting on one front is enough to give Tang En a headache.

He had to choose one and give up the other ones.

The answer is almost the case. No matter when, the league is the most important thing, and the league's results are the foundation. Even if you win all the domestic cup championships and finally get into the English Championship, what's the use? It can be said that the cup results only represent the present and the past, while the league's results represent the future of the team.

But when I think about finally reaching the League Cup and participating in the European competition for the first time, it would be a pity if I just gave up like this.

For Donn, playing European events makes him more passionate than playing domestic leagues, because there will be brand new opponents and more people pay attention to it.

Another point is that European events can increase the chances of meeting with other European powers. Although Forest has not done anything in the Premier League, Don Eun can't wait to fight with European giants in the past that they could only see on TV.

Thinking about it this way, the league is actually the most important. If the league is not good, you will not be qualified for European competitions. The Forest team cannot play the League Cup every year... The Champions League is Tang En's highest pursuit.

However, the qualification for the League Cup that I finally got was not allowed to be given up in vain. At least we have to break through the group stage and enter the top 32. Prove your strength.

Although Forest is the champion of the English League Cup, since it is the second domestic cup, they have to participate in the League Cup qualifiers first, according to the schedule. On September 16, Forest will face Ostrava_banik of the Czech Republic at home. Then on September 30, Forest will visit the Czech Republic and play the second leg of the qualifiers. Only after passing the qualifiers test can the Forest participate in the main competition. Then, re-grouping will not know who their opponents will be, but no matter who they are. Don En is confident that he will fight them.

Nottingham Forest may not win the League Cup, but we have to leave our voices and tell the whole of Europe that we have been here and that we will come again in the future...

The newspapers published the next day put Arsenal on the front page, with Henry scoring goals, Fabregas assisting assists and head coach Wenger. The photos of these three men became pictures of the topic. As a team that sets a new record, it is no exaggeration to be praised no matter how much they are praised.

But the media in Nottingham only mentioned Arsenal's new record. The attention of more attention was still on the Forest, and almost everyone believed that the Forest's performance in yesterday's game gave them hope. Although the Forest's previous unbeaten record in the forty-two rounds set by the Forest, they have a greater goal.

"... Let the record-breaker break the record, and we will gain an exciting new forest." This is Pierce Bruce's commentary article in the Evening Post, and he expressed the voices of many people.

The next day, the team resumed normal training. The first item in the training site was to watch the game - Donn showed the players the video of the game against Arsenal the day before yesterday, and then analyzed and discussed the details of the game with David Chris Lark. This was not a criticism meeting, pointing out everyone's problems, so that it would be easier to improve in training and pay attention to it yourself during the game.

This is a "training method" that Tang Encai has emerged within the team this season. By watching videos of the previous game, he found the team's problems and also discovered the advantages of the team. However, Tang En also thanked someone - Tang. It was precisely when he saw him watching videos when he came home all day long that Tang En discussed those videos with him. Then he thought of the situation of the team and had such an idea: Why can't the players be all gathered to watch videos of the game and discuss gains and losses together?

I knew many details of the game at that time, but maybe I forgot it afterwards. Isn’t it better to let everyone revisit it through the video? What’s more, I can play a certain piece repeatedly, freeze it, and comment on it with a key point.

Such teaching methods are common in the courses of the Coaching Association, but Tang En had not received real systematic coaching training before, so he ignored it instead.

Although he lost the ball, the atmosphere was still very relaxed when watching the video. Unless Tang En was particularly angry, even if he criticized, he would try to use a joke to make the players accept it more easily, and at the same time he could narrow the relationship with the players. He, as the head coach, has no other advantages, but he can get along well with the players, and maybe it has something to do with him as a fan before.

When talking to the players about yesterday's game, he never mentioned the word "record", as if it was just an ordinary league game. David Chris Lack was responsible for the main commentary, and Done added that the two cooperated to tell the players the biggest mistake yesterday.

"Here...is here..." Donn pointed at the TV screen with the remote control, which was a picture of Epson throwing himself down and pounced on Gilberto. "Matthew, are you and that Brazilian catching each other?"

After hearing the head coach say this, a huge burst of laughter broke out in the video room, Matthew Epson shook his head hard in the laughter: "No, boss, I have normal sexual orientation."

Another louder laughter.

"Actually, when I saw this scene the day before yesterday, I was thinking: Oh my God! Matthew must be crazy. What attracted the Brazilian? He even didn't want his own position..."

Laughing keeps happening.

"Okay, Matthew, explain to me what you thought at that time?"

The laughter calmed down, and Epson scratched his head: "Uh, I don't know... I only had the idea of ​​not letting him shoot, and then..."

Tang En nodded, no longer entangled in the reasons. “The central defender needs to be calm. You should learn from Yero. Look at him at that time…” Tang En pointed to Yero at the corner of the screen, “I remained calm! This is experience!”

Yero raised his hand: "Boss, I was so tired that I couldn't run anymore."

"Ha ha ha ha!"
Chapter completed!