Chapter 121 Victory (Part 1)

If the Premier League is divided according to Chinese habits, then Tony Donn is obviously in the same trench as Stuart Pierce.   Because they are both Brian Clauve's juniors and apprentices, and belong to the "Clough faction".

Stuart Pierce is a famous tough guy in English football. He even got such a nickname for his tough style and personality - "Madman". This nickname accompanied him through almost his entire career. The English media once described him as having an "oak heart", which is known for its hard wood.

Why is Pierce mentioned in the game against Manchester City?

Although Manchester City's head coach is still Kevin Keegan, Don't know that after this year, Keegan will be dismissed, and the person who takes over this position will be his assistant coach, Stuart Pierce, who Keegan values ​​the most. And not only Don't follow this person, but local media in Nottingham are also paying attention to him.

Because Pierce was and is still the god in the minds of Nottingham Forest fans. She has played for the Forest for twelve years, played 522 times and scored 88 goals. As a left back, this data is terrifying.

Tony Donne No one in the Forest team has achieved Pierce's current status and influence in the minds of Forest fans, which is achieved through time and loyalty. When Forest team fell into the First League in 1992, other players, including Keane, left the team, but Pierce stayed. At that time, Manchester United and other powerful people hoped to recruit him, but he refused these invitations. A season later, the legendary captain led the Forest back to the Premier League. This story is comparable to Batistuta's experience in Fiorentina. It's just that in the world, Pierce's fame is not as good as Batistuta.

The man Pierce, Donne, had met him, in Burns' bar in the first half of the year. The one who celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Forest's European Championship, was at the reception to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Forests' European Championship, but the two had a simple chat at that time without a deep conversation. Although they were not in deep contact, Donne could have a rough understanding of what kind of person Pierce was. Even when they were drinking and chatting, the person's eyes were firm and rarely had times to wander. If he talked to you, he would look at you instead of glance at the ceiling. He looked down at his toes.

There was not much contact, but Tang En had a good impression of this person, perhaps because of his sincere attitude.

This game is not the first time Pierce has returned to the city stadium after leaving the Forest. When he was still a player at Manchester City, Manchester City was relegated to the First League (now the Championship), and once visited the City stadium to challenge Nottingham Forest, which was also relegated. Before the game started, Pierce stood on the sidelines. He bowed to the fans of the Forest in the stands. After the game started, he still ruthlessly defended the Forest players, but he received the most applause from home fans.

Four years have passed, and Pierce has stepped onto the turf of the city court again. But this time he has taken off his jersey and changed into a suit.

The game has not yet begun, and the players on both sides are taking photos on the sidelines, and Don is standing in front of the coach's seat. Watching the reporters gather in the visiting coach's seat, they have only one focus, not head coach Kevin Keegan, but Stuart Pierce sitting next to him.

The fans of the Forest team in the stands played a huge landmark, "Welcome home, madman!"

This is the highest treatment an opponent can enjoy.

Tang En was attracted by such a scene. He didn't know if he would work for the Forest Team for the rest of his life. Maybe not... Who can tell the future exactly? If he leaves this team and returns to this court as an opponent, can he see such a slogan - "Welcome home, Tony"?

It doesn't look like a league that everyone wants to win, but a memorial game where someone goes home.

Cheers were heard in the stands, and they shouted Pierce's name. Faced with such enthusiastic Forest fans, Pierce had to walk out of Manchester City's coaching bench and walk under the stands where Forest fans were most concentrated. He bowed to them. Waves, and then he received even greater cheers and applause.

Even the supporters of Donn, like Fat John and Skinny Bill, stood in the front row of the crowd. Pearce was applauded with tears in his eyes. Seeing this man reminded them of the past years, when they were excited with Michael, drinking happily, and they were all very young at that time. Without the responsibility of their husbands, there was no need to worry that football hooligans would hurt their children...

Pierce walked from the visiting team coach's seat to the home team coach's seat and waved to pay tribute to the fans. Like the fans, he also has his most precious memories here. He didn't expect that he would be welcomed like this when he came back again, and his eyes were filled with tears. This was a rare moment of warmth before the game.

After greeting the fans, Pierce turned around and saw Tang En standing next to him. He walked over and stretched out his hand to Tang En. After all, they were a bit of a friendship, and Tang En did not refuse to shake hands and request to the other party.

He just shook hands and no one said anything. After shaking, Pierce turned around and returned to the Manchester City coach's seat and sat down next to Keegan. Donn saw Keegan turn his head and say something to Pierce, but he couldn't hear it.

The interaction between Pierce and the fans is a small episode before the game. When the game officially begins, the fans of Forests will not applaud Manchester City because they are Pierce's retired team. The fans of Forests are just like Tony Don, and they have a clear distinction between love and hate!

Manchester City is a team that is no less famous than traditional Premier League giants in China. Although many Chinese fans do not know the past and current situation of the club, it does not prevent everyone from getting familiar with its name, because Chinese player Sun Jihai plays in this team.

Tang En had a little understanding of this team, which was also related to Sun Jihai. Of course, after coming here, he learned more. This time it was not out of interest, but work required him to know more about his future opponents.

It’s old habit to understand that a team starts with their head coach. Kevin Keegan, if it’s a Don’t evaluate it with Don’t be considered a successful coach. Maybe Newcastle fans won’t agree with Don’t be such an evaluation, and other people who like Keegan don’t agree with it, but Don’t be considered this way. What is a “successful coach”? Can a head coach who can’t lead the team to receive honors be considered a successful one?

In addition to the coach with a familiar name, there are still several players Donne familiar with in this Manchester City team - the striker Robbie Fowler (robbie_fowww.piaotian.com_www.piaotian.comny_mills), who started this game, is also a member of the English national team of the Japan-Korea World Cup. Later, Trevor Sinclair (trevor_sinclair), one of the eight people involved in the Premier League rape case, David James (david_james), Steve McMaraman, who played for Liverpool and Real Madrid, a former French international, also played for many giants. Nicklas Anelka... Look at these names, just pronounced them can scare many people.

Of course, there is also Sun Jihai, the Chinese player Tang En is most familiar with, who is also on Manchester City's starting roster.

Since the beginning of this season, Manchester City has only achieved one win, one draw and two losses. For Manchester City, which has the above scary names, ranking ten is not a place to be accepted. News and rumors that the club is already ready to find former Southampton coach Stracan to replace Keegan. Although Donn knew that Keegan resigned in April of the following year, he could not deny that if he beat Manchester City, he would become the last straw that broke the camels...

Manchester City's poor defense last season made them suffer, so since the beginning of this season, Keegan has been committed to transforming the defense. Dunn and Distin are key figures, but their performances are sometimes good and sometimes bad, and they are not stable at all.

Sun Jihai's performance in defense does not seem to be excellent in offense, and the main midfielder Patton was injured and missed the game, so all the bad things were encountered.

Don has carefully studied the defense of the team. The team's biggest loophole is the team's current Manchester City team. There is no need to say much about offense. Arneca has scored three goals in four rounds of the league. Sean Wright Phillips firmly occupies the team's main right midfielder. This little man who was once considered to have no future in the Nottingham Forest youth team has attracted the attention of countless giants. With the experienced "God" Fowler, McMalaman, who partnered with Fowler at Liverpool, has an attacking lineup that completely overwhelms the Forest in terms of fame.

After the last round of the battle with Arsenal, Don Ng believes that the current Premier League teams will attract more attention to the Forests, and Keegan probably won’t underestimate this opponent at the Forests’ home court. The underestimation of the opponent will definitely be a lot.

Donne's tactic is to clamp Anelka and Fowler when defending, and then use his own wing attack to suppress Wright Phillips and McMaraman. Goals will be the keywords of this game. Since coach Keegan cares so much about Manchester City's poor defense, Donne will make his belief in transforming the defense more firmly...
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