Chapter 88: Tang En's Revenge

If I can't win, I will jump into the sea!

This sentence became the headlines of almost all media in England in the sports edition in the next few days, and even became the front page headlines of some media. The English media’s crazy hype this topic is actually a counterattack against the previous provocations of the Italian media.

When the Italian media published that photo, Tang once told the truth in an interview, which was not as understood by the Italians. But the Italians did not listen. They were selectively deaf. They were entangled around this photo, and sincerely couldn't get along with the Nottingham Forest.

This is a psychological warfare before the competition. However, as parties involved in the psychological warfare, Nottingham Forest and Don Eun are both very annoyed by this behavior.

The cruelest thing in Tang En's life was that he was insulted so much.

As a counterattack, the day after the photo was published on the newspaper, he called Pierce Bruce and told him to publish the sentence.

Sure enough, after this "one-sentence interview" was published, it caused a stir in England and Italy, and other countries even turned the title around with the mentality of watching the fun.

Things are not finished yet.

When I first saw this article, some Italians laughed in the media for being just another bragging and talking big. He always wrote blank checks, and everyone got used to it.

Another day later, bbc TV announced that they had just signed an agreement with Tony Donne.

According to what Tang En said before, if his team loses to AC Milan in the Champions League final and loses the Champions League, he will jump to the sea. This agreement is based on this situation and sells the TV broadcasting rights for exclusive on-site reporting of the live jump to BBC TV. The agreement will be automatically effective after the finals, and the Forest team determines that the loss will take effect. If the Forest team wins, then BBC TV will get the exclusive broadcasting rights for broadcasting astronomy and network to the famous online video website Youtube. The report rights for paper flat media were sold to three companies, one of Nottingham local media Nottingham, the Sun, a super tabloid with wide influence in the UK, Europe and the world, and the third company was sold to China's Sports Weekly - this was stolen from other Chinese media by Tang Jing.

After these signing news were disclosed at the same time, they were undoubtedly bombs thrown to the Italians one by one. The Italians who were laughing at Don En's bragging were all silent.

All over the world, Tony Donn is famous as the first football coach who promised to jump into the sea and sell himself to the sea for the entire process...

"He (Tony Donne) must be crazy..." After a brief collective "lost voice". Italy's "Roman Sports" issued the first voice in Italy on this matter.

"...We saw a Hollywood-like comedy movie, and the Italians didn't expect Tony Don to do things so well. After the news of his selling of the live broadcast of himself, we saw the entire Italian media collectively lose voice..." Comment from bbc's "Today's Event. Sunday Edition" that night.

"Actually, this is very consistent with Tang En's personality. He always keeps doing amazing things that make us feel incredible. I really don't know what he pretends to be in his mind all day long. He can always come up with so many strange things to attract attention. It's a pity that he doesn't go to the entertainment industry to develop - he is better at making shows than those celebrities in the entertainment industry." This passage comes from the blog of a famous football commentator from a famous portal in China.

For a time, the whole world was talking about this. What leagues are the Champions League finals... Everyone doesn't care about football itself. The Times even published a commentator article on this matter, and there is a very representative sentence:

"... Compared to the suspense of the finals and the championship, what everyone is more concerned about is whether Tony Donn jumps or not, and how to jump. I think there will be even many people who jump down from the Aegean to see Tony Donn jump. Bet the Forest team loses in a gambling company. Of course, I admit that I am one of those people..."

The person Tang En hated the most was sitting in front of him, crossing his legs. He held the goblet with red wine and looked at him with a squinted eyes.

There were several documents scattered on the coffee table between the two, which were the contracts he signed with the media.

"I have no objection to the rest, why did you go to the Sun?" Don stared at Billy Woods, sitting opposite him.

"They offer the highest price and are the most handy to do this kind of thing. Didn't you say you should try to expand your influence? I can't think of any other print media that is more suitable for this kind of thing than the Sun." Wuksga sipped his wine and told Done slowly.

"Of course I know. But anyone can do it, I'm very upset with the Sun." Tang En said with a straight face.

Wux shrugged, "I don't think this is a tone that a kind-hearted person who comes to help. Mr. Tang En."

"I didn't ask you to help..."

Tang En said halfway, and saw Wuks pointing behind him: "Of course I can't refuse the cute Shania's request. But are you planning to complain that Shania shouldn't come to me?"

Shania's somewhat angry voice came from behind Tangen: "You asked me to find Mr. Fassar, but he has been too busy recently, so I used my personal relationship to find Mr. Wux.  I'm sorry to find someone you don't like, Uncle Tony."

The content is an apology, but you can't hear the meaning of apology in your tone. Tang En quickly got up and waved his hand to Xianya, who was making coffee for him: "Ah, I don't mean that..."

This is a headache. Who made Woox and Shania have such a connection?

The two of them cooperated tacitly. He could only admit that he was unlucky. His tone slowed down: "Okay. How should I thank you, Mr. Woox."

Billy Woox covered his heart with his hands. He made a flattering gesture, with a look of surprise: "Oh! It's rare to hear Mr. Tang En speak to me in such a gentle tone. Am I dreaming?"

Tang En coughed awkwardly, and the other party gave up.

"Would we talk about George's contract, Mr. Donn?" Woods said with a smile.

"Then I would rather tear these contracts." Tang En said with a straight face.

"Oh, is it a joke? Why should I be so serious?" Wux shrugged, helpless at Tang En's incomprehensible character. "Just treat you owe me a favor, Mr. Tang En. I will ask you for repayment in the future when I need it."

"As long as it's not George's contract, I'm happy."

Don En was not talking about the scene. After the photo came out, he tore all the newspapers published in his house in anger, and then he planned in his heart how to give the Italians the most effective counterattack. After thinking about it, he thought about what he said when he and Pierce Bruce called that day - if he couldn't win, I jumped down from the Aegean Sea!

A thought popped out of his mind irresistibly, and everyone saw what happened next. It was his idea to contact the media, but he was just going to tell the media that if he lost, he would jump into the sea and invite them to be witnesses.

As a result, when Shania heard this, she said that this was a good opportunity. Why not make better use of it? She proposed to disassemble the reporting rights of various media platforms and sell them separately, which can not only make money, but also have a more sensational publicity effect than a simple announcement media, and better avenge the Italian media.

Tang En accepted this suggestion. However, he was not good at this kind of negotiation for media contact. Shania volunteered to recommend her agent Fassar. Who knew that Fassar had something to do temporarily and had no time. Then Shania had to go to find Wux. Of course she knew the grudge between Tang En and Wux. But perhaps because she respected Mr. Wux very much, she hoped that Uncle Tony could make up for the past with Wux, so she went to ask Wux for help.

She thought Wooks would refuse, but she prepared a lot of remarks for this. Unexpectedly, Wooks nodded without hesitation after hearing the purpose of the visit. The smooth things surprised Shania.

With Wux's connections and energy, this is a very beautiful thing to do. Even Wux made very detailed arrangements for the release of the contract news. As a result, when these news were released one by one by the media, Don En saw the scene he wanted to see most - the Italian media collectively lost their voices. He was stunned and had nothing to say.

This is certainly very relieved, but if you want to relieve your energy more, you still need to work harder on your own.

If he cannot defeat AC Milan in the final, he must jump into the sea. This is not a fun thing. He will become a laughing stock for everyone and will be mentioned in a few years.

And if he can defeat AC Milan, so he was angry before. He can give back a hundred times. No matter how he humiliates the Italian media, no one dares to be dissatisfied anymore. Because the winner always has the right to speak.

Wux put the cup down. He stood up and said goodbye.

He stretched out his hand to Tang En: "I have done everything I can do. Mr. Tang En, I don't want the clubs my own players to play as jokes in Europe, so it depends on you now. If you can't win, everything you have done in the past few days will become the grave you dug for yourself."

It is rare for Wux to speak to himself in such a serious tone. Out of thanking him for helping him, Don Eun also reached out to hold Wux. "I have to correct you, Mr. Wux. I never dig my own graves. I dig the grounds and the enemy reserved the land here. I don't do useless work."

Nottingham Forest won the finals of the Champions League, which is only one step away from Donne’s goal this season. Everyone is excited, but Donne must let his people calm down for the time being.

Because on May 5th, the 37th round of the league is here.

Three games were arranged on the same day. Manchester United and Manchester City's "Manchester Derby" was the first to appear. After this game, Chelsea and Arsenal's "London Derby". When this game is about to end, Nottingham Forest's away challenge to Aston Villa will also kick off.

Many people are saying that the final result of these three games will directly affect the ownership of the local league championship this season.

But Don Eun no longer cared about this round of league. He had already made up his mind to take the big rotation when playing Aston Villa away - basically, in the team that just now in the Champions League semi-finals, most people would not appear in the starting lineup of this game again.

Since he doesn't plan to compete for the illusory league championship, and the third place position is also very stable, Don En will definitely not let his players risk injury to play. It just so happens that he can take this opportunity to let others exercise more.

With five hours left before this game, Don Eun announced his starting list - he rarely did this, and this time it seemed that he was really relaxed.

The goalkeeper of the Forest team is still Van der Sar, which is the main force that cannot be beaten. Tang En actually wanted to rotate, but Akinfeyev, who bought before the season, was loaned back to CSKA Moscow and was not recalled. Paul Gerrard's recovery after the operation was not ideal. Experts once told Tang En that Paul was likely to end his career early.

This is not good news. Tang En has not given up yet. He said that when he went to Athens, no one in the Forest team could be left behind. He was still waiting for Paul to return to the team, although there was not much time left.

The center back is the partner of Wes Mogan and Ayala, the left back is replaced by Gareth Bale, the right back becomes Sun Jihai, and George Wood still starts in this game, no matter what. Don En is still a little cautious in his heart. He allows rotation, but it does not mean that he allows the loss.

Then, Arteta and Van der Fate did not appear in the starting lineup, and replaced it with not appearing in the team's lineup for a long time, with only three games left before retirement. Donn wanted the Italian veteran to find the form of the game. Because he said he wanted to give Albertine a best farewell game, that is, Albertine will definitely play in the final of the Champions League. If he was replaced because of his poor condition... it would not be a good thing for everyone.

On both sides, Petrov replaced Ribery on the left. Lennon continued to start because Ashley Young was injured on the right. The forwards were Bentner and Anelka.

In the final stage of the season, Anelka frequently got opportunities to play, which made some people unable to understand.   It was very simple, because if the Forest team wanted to sell him, they naturally needed to let him perform more, so that the Forest team would have the confidence to speak out with other clubs in the transfer market.

On May 5th, Manchester United challenged their city rivals Manchester City away. This game attracted much attention. Donne and Mourinho watched the game throughout. Mourinho really hoped that Manchester United would lose, but unfortunately... the final result disappointed him.

Manchester United scored three-pointers with a difficult away game, 1:0, which shows enough problems. But no matter how good the scene is, the three-pointers he got are real. At the press conference after the game, Ferguson's face turned redder, which was already very red.

The frustration and pain of being eliminated from the Champions League have been washed away in this game.  Nothing is more enjoyable than killing a city rival in a season.  As for the "city derby", there is a very interesting phenomenon in European football, that is, fans can accept losing heavyweight champions such as the league champion and the Champions League champion.  Even if there is nothing in a season, you can be forgiven.   As long as the team they support can defeat the city rival in a city derby.

What makes Ferguson so happy is not just a victory over Manchester City, but it is normal for him to defeat Manchester City. There is no need to be so happy, which gives people the illusion that "it is not easy for Manchester United to defeat Manchester City, so Ferguson is so excited."

Another important reason is that he won a key victory at the critical moment of his battle with Chelsea's local league championship and continued to maintain a two-point lead over Chelsea, thus throwing the pressure to Chelsea. If Chelsea is crushed by pressure in the next game and loses the game due to misperforming performance, Manchester United will be only one line away from the league championship.

Later in London, Chelsea's key battle with Arsenal officially kicked off.

The game was very fierce, and both sides had their own reasons and had to fight to the death.

Of course, Wenger is not trying to help Manchester United block Chelsea’s boring reason to encourage the whole team to give their all. He is now very fierce in competing with Liverpool for the fourth place in the league. Liverpool is currently only one point ahead of Arsenal. Their game kicks off one hour earlier than Arsenal. When Wenger’s team stepped on the court, the score was still 0:0. If this score remains until midfield, Arsenal will surpass Liverpool as long as he defeats Chelsea, he will surpass Liverpool and become fourth in the league, thus gaining a place in the Champions League.

Not to mention Chelsea, if they can't win the game, they will be pulled away by Manchester United in the final sprint. This is not what Mourinho wants to see.

The game just started ten minutes ago, and news came from Fulham, southwest London - Fulham scored a goal!

Fulham, who played at home, led Liverpool 1:0!

The news gave Arsenal a shot of heartbeat, and they put more pressure on Chelsea at their home court.

Thirty-three minutes later, Chelsea could no longer withstand Arsenal's attack, and the city gate that Cech defended was finally lost. Gilberto Silva was the hero of Arsenal's goal, 1:0, Arsenal led!

When Arsenal was leading, Nottingham Forest was warming up at the Villa Park Stadium in Aston Villa. After Donn heard the news in the locker room, he waited for the players to come back. The first thing he said was-

"I changed my mind, guys. We must win this game!"

He still remembers Mourinho mocking him for not even having a chance to "almost win the league". The situation is very good now, and he doesn't mind returning this sentence to Mourinho and his Chelsea.

When all three games were over, the dust settled, and the situation in the league standings that everyone saw became like this:

After winning the same-city derby, Manchester United still topped the list with 85 points.

The positions of the second and third change.

Chelsea fought back in the second half of the game and scored the equalizer goal, but unfortunately it could not change the final score. The result was not good by Chelsea. If you lose to Chelsea again, Arsenal might be over this season. Wenger and Arsenal were united, desperately resisting Chelsea's attack, and actively seeking opportunities to counterattack. The game time came to the end in the process of entanglement between the two sides. The result was 1:1. No one defeated anyone, but neither team won the result they hoped.

It can be seen from the expressions of the two head coaches Wenger and Mourinho after the game that they were in a bad mood. Mourinho did not know the result of the Nottingham Forest game at that time. If his face turned "gloom to light rain", then after knowing the result of the Nottingham Forest game, it immediately became "thunderstorms accompanied by short-term strong winds."

Why is Mourinho so angry because he knows that in this way, there will be changes in the league standings that he doesn't want to see.

Nottingham Forest defeated Aston Villa 1-0 away with a substitute and scored three-pointers. In this way, the second in the league became Nottingham Forest with 82 points. And because Chelsea, which tied with Arsenal, had 81 points, ranking third.

Although there is no difference between second and third, neither can win the league championship and can both participate in the Champions League championship next season. But Mourinho cannot tolerate being pressed on by someone like Tony Donn - this is something that makes him angry than losing the league championship.
Chapter completed!