Chapter 134: Northern Angels (Part 2)

This is the 2004-2005 season that Tang En is well known. But now because of his joining with Nottingham Forest, some changes will definitely occur in the future. As for whether the changes are big or small, it depends on how hard he and the Forest team participate.

Of course, Tang En doesn't want to get nothing at the end of this season. He has not sacrificed himself to maintain historical consistency.

On November 4, Nottingham Forest faced his second opponent in the League Cup group stage at its home city stadium. This is the city stadium ushering in European competitions again eight years later. Not only was the stadium full on the day of the game, but even bars across the city were crowded.

The fans of Nottingham Forest have allowed Italians from afar to see their fanaticism. From the beginning to the end of the game, the singing and shouting of the Forest fans never stopped. The city stadium is a standard football field, with no track separated from the stadium and the stands. This small stadium is naturally far from comparable to the Olympic Stadium in Rome, but it has one advantage - that is, it allows the visiting team to feel the momentum of the home team fans and give them a huge sense of oppression.

Coupled with the almost unique British fan style, playing away games here can almost cause a heart attack.

Since it is his home court, Donn's tactics here are not conservative at all, and his oppressive style of play in the whole game made Lazio feel suffocated. The Italians did not expect that this English-style team was so strong that they were beaten to no avail.

When the game finally ended, the score was frozen at 2:0. Nottingham Forest defeated Italy's Lazio with its home momentum.

When the visiting team had already left the city stadium by car, the Forest fans gathered in the square outside the stadium, waving their fists at the visiting team's bus, and singing the song "The World in Our Hands". This song was spread throughout Europe with the Claufdi Forest team. Now the familiar melody of Europe is back!

In the League Cup, they defeated Lazio at home, Nottingham Forest won two consecutive wins in the group stage, and there were two games to challenge Villarreal away and face the Belgrade guerrillas at home. As long as they do not make big mistakes, the situation in the group qualifying situation is very good.

The Forest team, which won this game, seemed to be deflated all of a sudden, as if even though there is still more than half of the journey left. They suddenly lost their energy after fear of passing a peak.

Three days later, on November 7, Nottingham Forest challenged Liverpool, who was in poor condition away, which was a good opportunity to grab points away. But the Forest team played so hard that it was completely incomprehensible.

Don En is best at motivating morale in this game. The never-give-up spirit he has always emphasized is useless. In terms of tactics, he was firmly suppressed by the tactical master Benitez from Spain, without any chance. No matter what arrangement he makes, he will be seen by the other party. No matter how he adjusts and substitutions, he cannot break out of the circle that Benitez has set for him.

He could only watch his team lose 1:4 at Anfield Stadium - Nottingham Forest's second loss in the league this season. It was also the biggest loss.

As the team's head coach, it was so painful to see such a scene... The greater pain was not that he lost badly, but that Don Ng felt that he had no choice but to lose. In terms of tactical ability, he was far inferior to the Spaniard. Liverpool was able to reverse AC Milan in the second half this season and win the European Champions League championship. It was not that he was lucky.

When he was a fan, Don Eun was not deeply moved by the reversal, but after he really played against Benitez, he found that he was still far from the world-class head coach.

At the post-match press conference, the media were waiting to see how Tang En got the advantage by losing the game. Unexpectedly, the first thing Tang En said was disappointing these reporters who were afraid of the world's chaos.

"There is nothing to complain about, we lost.  I don't want to make excuses for failure, such as poor physical fitness, excessive pressure, and strong opponents, we play away... Wait.   No excuses, if you lose, you lose." Done sat next to Benitez and said to himself.   " The only reason for losing is that we are not doing it well.   Congratulations to Benitez and his team, Liverpool performed better than us in today's game, and they deserved to win.   "

As soon as he finished speaking, someone couldn't wait to raise his hand: "Coach Tangen, what do you think of your team's performance?"

Tang En glanced at the other party, "I never commented on my team and players at press conferences." Of course he was talking nonsense, because he had often praised his players on such occasions after the game. He lost the ball today and refused to comment.

The other party's reporter also knew that Tang En's words were unreasonable, but the other party refused to say them. What could he do? He had to sit down depressedly.

Another reporter then stood up and asked: "Coach Donn. Since you are unwilling to evaluate your players, can you evaluate Liverpool players? How do you think they performed in this game?"

Don Ng felt that the reporter was obviously arguing with him. So he asked, "Are you a reporter for the Liverpool media?" Seeing the other party nodding, he continued, "Very good. I think some of the Liverpool players performed very well in this game, while others performed very mediocrely. Now, this is a fill-in-the-blank question. You can replace the "certain players" on the top with any Liverpool player's name, and you can fill in the first and second "certain players" at will. "He spread his hands.

Although Don En said at the beginning that there was nothing to complain about, it didn't mean that he could still chat with the reporters with a smile after losing. After answering a few questions with a perfunctory face, he stood up and said goodbye and left the press conference. Leave the protagonist's position to the winner Rafa Benitez. No matter how he evaluates his opponent in this game, Don En didn't care.
Chapter completed!