Chapter 69 The Three Heroes' Romance

"Before this round of league, Manchester United ranked first in the league with 78 points, Chelsea followed closely behind 73 points, Nottingham Forest, ranked third, 67 points, and eleven points away from Manchester United, ranked first in the league. The hope of winning the championship can be said to be very slim..."

"Experts analyzed that Nottingham Forest, who is fully preparing for the European Champions League semi-finals, should give up this league. It is really unwise to do its best to fight away against Manchester United. "

"If Ferguson's team can beat Nottingham Forest at home, the Red Devils will get closer and closer to another Premier League championship trophy. Of course, the situation may not be so clear.

In the last round of the league, Manchester United lost 1:2 away to Portsmouth, which allowed Chelsea to narrow the gap between the two teams to five points. With six rounds left in the league, this gap is not safe for Manchester United…”

"So, we believe that Manchester United's home match against Nottingham Forest will likely determine the final Premier League champion this season.

Nottingham Forest has no hope of winning the league title, but I think with Tony and Donn's personality, he will definitely get into this kind of excitement."

Before the 33rd round of the Premier League, various news, news and rumors about this highlight were flying everywhere. This is an indispensable topic of conversation in social life.

Who can win the championship? Manchester United or Chelsea? What role will Nottingham Forest play in the middle?

The day after tomorrow, the 33rd round of the game was in. As soon as Mourinho arrived at Chelsea’s training base, he received a call from his immediate boss, big boss Abramovich.

On the phone, the Russian rich man warmly invited him to the banquet in the evening, and said it clearly that this is not the kind of banquet that invites many socialites. It is just a private dinner for the chairman and head coach of the Chelsea club.

Mourinho certainly knew that Abramovich would have a purpose to ask him for dinner at this time, and it was mostly related to this year's championship goal.

He had known for a long time that since he started joining this team, he had known what kind of ambitions his boss had.

The league champion, the league cup champion, and the FA Cup champion. For the current upstart Chelsea, he still wears a "nova" hat on his head. If you want to win everyone's recognition, you want to be called a real wealthy family.

In order to get more respect for Chelsea's president in getting along with London's top people, Mourinho also needs to get a new champion for his boss, a European Champions League champion that Chelsea has never been involved in his 102-year history of building a team.

Can Mourinho refuse Abramovich’s invitation to dinner?

He never thought about refusing.

Although he and Abramovich are both unruly figures, they still have something in common now. For example, they are both ambitious, they all know what they want to do, and they all need a champion.

At the end of the call, Abramovich asked the team about preparing for the Champions League with great concern. The 33rd round of the league was right in front of him, but he didn't care at all and just thought about the Champions League. The Russians seemed to be unable to wait any longer.

Mourinho of course answered that everything was going smoothly and the team was in high morale because the opponent was Nottingham Forest. He didn't even need to mobilize.

When he thought of the semi-final opponent was Tony of Nottingham Forest; Don, Mourinho clenched the mobile phone in his hand.

Of course we will beat Nottingham Forest and enter the Champions League final, and no matter who the opponent standing in front of us is, whether it is AC Milan or Manchester United. The final champion will be Chelsea.

Of course, my boss, this championship trophy is not just for you...

At the same time, at the Carrington Training Base in Manchester, the atmosphere on the training ground was a bit solemn, solemn and solemn. The leader of the Red Devils, Sir Alex and Sir Ferguson, looked gloomy. It seemed like the weather above his head at this moment.

All the usual laughter during training are gone now.

Just kidding, does anyone dare to smile in front of the boss in a bad mood?

Rooney and Cristiano; Ronaldo, who are usually lively and like to play tricks, are all doing their own training programs honestly and dare not slacken at all.

After the last round of the league, Ferguson locked all the players in the visiting team's locker room, completely ignoring the press conference outside that he needed to deal with it. He scolded the whole team in it. The world superstars with a net worth of hundreds of millions of pounds did not dare to take a breath in front of the angry Ferguson.

I was afraid that I would become the target of the hair dryer to vent my anger.

Regarding this paragraph, no news media has disclosed it after the game, because they don’t know what happened. It is destined to be a "secret" that will be disclosed in the autobiography of a Manchester United player in the future.

Ferguson fully conveyed his anger to the big names with high salaries. Let them understand that in the Manchester United Kingdom, their orders are supreme and cannot be violated.

Ferguson had this expression for the whole week.

Like Chelsea, Manchester United is now at a critical moment.

After experiencing three seasons of trough, Manchester United regained its momentum under the leadership of Ferguson and made a comeback. Unexpectedly, they would have the opportunity to win the league championship and the Champions League in the first year and become a double champion. How can such a great opportunity be missed?

Unfortunately, Chelsea is chasing too close in the league now, and they still have to compete with strong rivals AC Milan in the semi-finals of the Champions League, which are all difficult opponents.

If Manchester United easily defeated the weak Portsmouth in the last round away game, how could they be so nervous now? They were caught by Chelsea and were only five points away and could be turned over at any time.

Looking at the players who were training on the court, he shouted hard, "Give me more effort, bastard boys! This is your unconscious debt to pay back for the last game!"

Two days later, he will welcome an old friend at Old Trafford in the "Dream Theater", but this old friend is difficult to pass.

Now that there are comments and analysis about this game outside, he also wants to know Tony; how does Tangen view this game, whether to give up on this game or give up preparing for the Champions League?

You have no hope of winning the league championship. Tony. Do you still want to intervene?

For almost the whole season, Nottingham Forest did the work of "studying with the prince". Now overnight, they have become "key gentlemen".

So at this moment, what is the man who is about to decide the ownership of the league championship or even the ownership of the Champions League championship?

He was having a relaxing chat with Albertini at the lush Vilford training base.

"The season is almost over, Demi. It's time to say goodbye. If you can't bear to leave, don't force it. You can stay and continue playing. I can get someone ready for the new contract in ten minutes."

Hearing Donn say this, Albertini laughed: "Don't joke, boss. There is nothing to be willing to give up. I have played... for eighteen years of high-level professional football, it's time to retire."

"Is that so? What a pity... Although I knew that one day, I wouldn't treat it like a normal thing if I really arrived." Tang En shrugged, "Are you going to Italy after you retire?"

"If I miss you, I will come back to Nottingham to see you, boss."

"Then I miss you, go to Milan. Anyway, my team always runs all over the world. Haha!" When it comes to Milan, Donn quickly stopped laughing, and he asked Albertini. "Demi.

You said you like to be a coach the most, and the game you like is also like the champion football manager... So can you tell me from a coach's perspective, what choices should we make in the game the day after tomorrow? You have seen all the analysis and comments outside?"

Albertini was used to Donn's whim asking questions. He nodded.

"If I were the head coach... I think I would choose to give up fighting with Manchester United with all my strength, do rotation, let more main players rest, give bench players the opportunity to exercise, save their physical strength, avoid injury, and I would be very satisfied if I could get a point.

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He said, Tang En nodded. After he finished speaking, Tang En focused on it again. "You are right, completely correct. Generally speaking, we should do this.

Let me ask you again, in the semifinals between AC Milan and Manchester United, who do you think will enter the finals?"

This question made Albertini think about it for a long time before he hesitating: "I'm not sure...I think both of them are evenly matched, and each one has the chance to enter the finals. It's reasonable to even win the championship trophy."

Tang En smiled: "Then I'll ask another way - who do you want to make it to the final?"

This time, Albertini answered Donne almost at the same time he threw out the question: "AC Milan."

"You think the same as mine. Demi."

Albertini felt strange: "I remember the boss is not a Milan fan."

"Yes, of course I'm not. But I prefer to get them to the finals rather than Manchester United."

"You have a good personal relationship with Ferguson..."

"This has nothing to do with personal friendship. I think AC Milan will be more beneficial to us to enter the finals.

Demi, do you remember that I promised to give you a truly wonderful and unforgettable career farewell game?" Donn turned his head and smiled at Albertini, and he saw that Albertini's expression was changing as he wanted to see.

"Ac Milan must enter the finals, they must enter the finals. Demi, that is the farewell match I gave you, I hope you like it.

"After saying this, he looked down at his watch, and then said to Albertini: "The rest time is over, go and train."

Painting Albertini, who was still in a daze, Donn turned and walked towards his coaching staff members.

"Guys, the league terrain is very good for us now." He walked to the coaching staff members and said with his arms wide open.

"Chelsea and Manchester United have a chance to win the league championship, and at the same time they also enter the Champions League final, and then work hard to win a double championship that is comparable to the legendary one. How many people will reject such temptation?"

In the eyes of the coaches, Tang En smiled like a demon at this time, with a pair of black wings slamming and spreading, covering the sunshine in front of them.

A day later, the bus of the Nottingham Forest arrived at the hotel where he stayed in Manchester. At the entrance of the hotel, he was surrounded by reporters. Donn reiterated that the Forest team's goal this season is to be the European arena and the ranking of domestic league places.

As long as he can guarantee the top four in the end, he will be very satisfied with the qualification to participate in the Champions League next season.

"...If I could meet Mr. Ferguson in the Champions League final, I wouldn't be polite."

His last sentence gave reporters unlimited room for imagination.

First, he said so that he would not do his best in this game; second, he had completely ignored his semi-final opponent Mourinho's Chelsea; third, he had strong confidence in winning the Champions League championship.

"Do you believe his words?" Queroz looked at Donn in the photo and asked his boss Ferguson. "Generally speaking, before there is a more important game, it is reasonable and almost certain to give up an irrelevant game..."

"But that's just in general..." Ferguson murmured while sitting on the boss's chair, rubbing his chin.

In fact, he was not sure. The feeling that Tang En gave him was very complicated. Sometimes you would feel that he was so sincere and wish you could take out your heart for you to see. Sometimes it made people feel that he was full of lies, and a word was unbelievable.

Queroz wanted to convince the boss to accept his thoughts: "I think no matter how you analyze it, before there is a bigger pie, Don Eun should temporarily abandon the small bread, otherwise he would not be able to eat a piece of bread and a large pie at the same time, according to his appetite.

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"You make sense, Carlos." Ferguson nodded, "But I always have a kind of worry..."

"Jazz. Are you worried about AC Milan? That is indeed a very difficult enemy to deal with, especially this season, their Kaka is in very good shape..."

AC Milan?

Ferguson thought of this team. The situation is indeed very complicated. The league champion Ferguson doesn't want to lose it anyway. Especially to Mourinho.

At the same time, he also hopes to win the second Champions League trophy in his coaching career, becoming an important weight comparable to those legendary figures in the history of Manchester United clubs... no, he has become a major player in the history of British football.

Mark; Busby, Bill; Shankley, Brian; Crowe, Bob; Passley... Those star-shining names can be put together with them and will be mentioned again and again in the future.

There are no regrets about Ferguson's coaching career.

Ferguson woke up from his meditation and looked at Queroz and said, "Of course, you can't lose the league championship, I want the Champions League champion, too. No matter what kind of opponent AC Milan is.

I think Nottingham Forest is definitely not an opponent we can defeat at will, even if they only have half of the main force. Let our people go all out."
To be continued...