Chapter 15 Four consecutive victories and war of words

After a victory against Everton, Nottingham Forest returned to their home court, five days later, they will face their second round rival Middlesbrough at City Stadium.

This is a not-so-strong opponent. The Forest team is in good shape at present, but they don't take Middlesbrough to heart.

Now Middlesbrough’s head coach is no longer the McLaren who had a bad relationship with Donne. He has already gone to the England national team as the head coach. The two of them showed no signs of slowing down due to McLaren’s departure. Donne criticized McLaren’s work in his newspaper columns. He is very good at finding mistakes from some small details that others, including McLaren, don’t pay much attention to, and then exaggerates them and uses them as “iron evidence” to criticize McLaren.

Sometimes McLaren would beat back at Tang En through media like BBC or The Sun when interviewing reporters. However, the conflict between the two did not intensify, so it was limited to a few verbal quarrels.

For example, Don En criticized McLaren for his poor performance in leading the team. In order to clean up his ex-power, he would rather allow the team to perform poorly in the European Cup qualifiers than recruit David Beckham to join the team. This is a way to avenge personal revenge. As for the personal revenge between Beckham and McLaren, Don En didn't say it, and he didn't need to say it. The media will naturally mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized to investigate, and then cause storms in the city, even if there is nothing, it will be said. Don En knows much more about the truth of "playing hard to get" than foreigners.

Of course, McLaren would not be willing to be humiliated. He would not post a special column to fight back against Don Eun, because if he did that, he would feel that he took Don Eun seriously and would make Don Eun more happy. So he only pretended to be accidentally "once" when interviewing the media: "If Coach Don Eun is so interested in the position of the head coach in England, why not try it yourself?"

Don En would say in a very disdainful tone: "Do you know which two positions in this world can make you live a life-threatening position? The British Prime Minister and the head coach of the English football team. I wouldn't be the head coach who has no rest time and no privacy. As for Mr. McLaren's dissatisfaction, I deeply understand, but not every gourmet is a chef. I think a certain dish is very unpalatable. If the chef comes out and asks me: If you have the ability, you can cook a dish! Then I will definitely overturn the table on the spot and let him know what 'hospital' is.

Tony Donn's sarcastic and eloquent style have long been well known by the English media. As the object of "humiliation" by Donn, Mr. McLaren has long learned a valuable experience from being bullied again and again - when Donnn provokes trouble, you only have to respond to your own position and opinions. This is not for Donnn, it is said that those bystanders who are watching dreams to avoid Donnn confuse the audience. Then when Donnn wants to continue to expand the war, you must remain silent and pretend not to hear it. At this time, "silence is golden".

The English media once joked about the relationship between Donn and McLaren. It doesn't look like enemies with personal grudges, but rather a couple who quarrel every now and then. This kind of quarrel does not harm their love, it's just a adjustment in life... and outsiders seem to be watching reality shows. They are not interested in those who love and love, but they like to watch the most, but rather lively quarrels, because they are real and full of wisdom in life. They can make people laugh or smile.

Middlesbrough's head coach has become another person because of McLaren's transfer to England. He has become another person, and this person Donald is no stranger to him - he was already familiar with him before he traveled through time - Gareth_southgate, the former main central defender of the England national team, and one of the most influential figures in the Premier League in the first decade. He participated in the 1996 and 2000 European Cups. He participated in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. If Donald had not traveled through time and the rise of the Forest team, then in the 2005-06 season a year ago, he would have led Middlesbrough to the League Cup final and achieve the most brilliant moment in club history. Unfortunately, the final glory of his personal career has become a "future" that will never happen with the arrival of Donald.

In 2004, he announced his withdrawal from the national team because he was not selected for England's European Cup roster. Last season, when Middlesbrough head coach McLaren was selected as England's head coach, Southgate, the team's midfield captain and McLaren's assistant, took over as the head coach of MiLaren after some twists and turns.

It is said that he had made some twists and turns because Southgate did not have the coaching qualification certificate issued by UEFA at that time, according to the rules. People without the qualification certificate cannot coach the first team. But England is somewhat different from mainland Europe. UEFA's rules are not very good here. English football has their own rules of the game. Before that, Newcastle's head coach Glenn Rodd was also a "unlicensed" person. This precedent gave Middlesbrough head coach Steve Gibson confidence. Later, he solicited all club owners in the Premier League and obtained the consent of two-thirds of them, Southgate became the Middlesbrough land coach - this is the so-called rules of the game in English football. We don't need to listen to the arrangements of UEFA. As long as we ourselves think there is no problem, then there is no problem.

Compared to the generousness of the club owners, the reaction of the England Coaches Association was a bit strong - they almost unanimously opposed it. They were worried that this breaking of the rules would set a very bad start. Glen Rod had previously, and this time he came to Garres Southgate. Who knows what other cats and dogs would ask for unlicensed jobs in the future? If that were the case, what authoritative credibility of the head coach? In England, many fans are almost football experts, and perhaps they also think they can become a glorious Premier League head coach?

Don Eun is a different voice in opposition. He publicly supports Southgate as Middlesbrough head coach. There is a feeling of "compassion with each other" here. He thinks that he is actually a "unlicensed person". Four years ago, he was a complete rookie, but four years later he became the head coach of the European champion team. So he doesn't think that the coaching qualification certificate is a necessary thing. As long as he is talented and smart enough, he can become a qualified and excellent head coach. As for the authority of the head coach... such nonsense, Don Eun even sneered. The authority of the head coach is not obtained by taking the qualification certificate, but by leading the team. If you can't win the ball, even if you let UEFA cast a gold certificate for you, there is no prestige in front of players and fans.

Based on this idea, Donn firmly expressed his support for Southgate, and after Southgate finally became the official head coach of Middlesbrough, Donn also sent a text message to express his congratulations. This made the two people who had never met before have a friendship. At some point in the future, this friendship will definitely play its due role.

Tang En is no longer an unknown young man who was not known at the Coach Association's cockpit party. Because of his brilliant achievements, he can speak in the association. But perhaps the first impression of the association was really bad. He never regarded himself as a member of the association. He was too lazy to do such boring things as maintaining the authority of the head coach and the status of the coach association. They were worried that anyone could become the head coach? I was still eager! How could there be a good show if you don't mess around?

Tang En publicly expressed his support, and several more people in the association came out to congratulate Southgate. The matter was left alone.

Because of this relationship, the atmosphere of the Forest Team and Middlesbrough in the McLaren era disappeared after the fight.

The atmosphere of this game is normal, no different from any ordinary league game.

The Forest team played a home advantage, and defeated Middlesbrough with only one goal here.

Southgate works very hard. But in Tang En's eyes, he is still a little young. He used to be an excellent player, and perhaps an excellent assistant coach, but the head coach and assistant coach need to consider different things, and the height and angle of the problem are different. This determines why there is a difference between a head coach and an assistant coach. In Tang En's eyes, Southgate's ability to train players, especially defenders, is great. But his grasp of the team's overall tactics and adaptability in the game is much worse.

After being a defender, Southgate became the head coach of Middlesbrough, he focused on defense. Real Madrid abandoned Woodgate was rejuvenated under him for a second time, and Middlesbrough's defense quality was greatly improved. When they came to the city stadium, they had the idea of ​​defending one point. In the game, their iron barrel defense did cause a lot of trouble to the Forest's offense.

Al Shavin, who performed active in the first game, continued to start in this game, but was drowned in England's tall defenders and could not find any feeling.  Donn replaced him with Eastwood in the second half.   The Forest's offense improved.

Southgate almost got his wish and took Yidian out of the city court. But he was not as cunning as Tony Donne after all.

Before the last fifteen minutes, the score was still 0:0. In the 75th minute, Donn replaced the young Bentner with the more experienced Van Nystruei. This was his second substitution. Then he asked Van der Fate and Wood to move the central defender forward and increase his long shot. In the last ten minutes, he replaced Rafinia, replaced Zimbonda, and let Beckham lean into the middle, leaving enough room for Rafinia to break through and use the full-back as a full-back.

In the rapid adjustments after the Donnn, Southgate reacted too slowly and did not keep up with the pace. In the 84th minute, the Middlesbrough underground gate was finally lost.

Rafinia's breakthrough caused chaos in Middlesbrough's left defense, and then the football was divided into the ribs while taking advantage of the chaos. There, Van der Fate directly shot. The power was too great. Australian goalkeeper Schwarzer saved the ball and lost his hand and kept ambushing the penalty area. The experienced "king of the small penalty area" Van Nystruey grabbed the spot and made a follow-up shot, pushing the football into the empty goal easily.

Middlesbrough’s defender thought Van Nystruei was offside and raised his hands and didn’t even do defense. As a result, they made a mistake in judgment. Van Nystruei was indeed behind the entire back line when he shot, but at the moment when Van der Fate shot, he was parallel to the back line...

With this goal, Forests won Middlesbrough at home and also won two consecutive victories in the new season.

After the game, Don En praised Southgate strongly. He believed that he had the talent to become an excellent head coach... As for whether he really had it, he didn't know. He would say good things, but he wouldn't have to be responsible after all.

Although he really watched Southgate play football and spend his youth, now in the coaching world, he is definitely qualified to be Southgate's senior.

Southgate was also very good, although he lost the ball. He still praised Tang En, who had strongly advocated supporting him in coaching, saying that he was convinced of his loss, and wished the Forests a better result in the new season.

The Forest team won the Champions League last season, and have better results? What is a better result?

The victory of Middlesbrough at home is just the second step in a series of victory for the Forests.

Just two days later, on August 19, Forests won another 1:0 in London to win West Ham United, which was intended to hold on at home.

This game was very hard because Tang En had never expected that the opponent would stick to his home court as if he was at home, with the highest goal of getting a point...

"Get a point at home! No wonder West Ham United is desperate every year. It's so unafraid of ambition!" Tang En had no choice but to vent his dissatisfaction verbally.

All his pre-game arrangements were lost. He originally thought that West Ham United would use their home advantage to compete with him for the midfield. Unexpectedly, West Ham United received a 30-meter-long iron barrel formation in one go. The Forest's quick counterattack hit an iron plate. Apart from the bloody head, there was no gain.

The problem was solved by Tang En's ability to adapt to on-site command that he was best at.

Fortunately, the Forest team is no longer the Forest team that can only play fast counterattacks and will be at a loss once they face the enemy. He replaced Beckham, who is better at set pieces and positional battlegrounds, and Gareth Bale, who is also good at free kicks. He used the last substitution place on Bentner, and the Danish young player replaced Van Nistruy. In the next twenty-five minutes, West Ham players saw football flying around in front of their goal...

Bell and Beckham frequently used high balls to pass the ball in front of the goal, and then rely on Bentner's outstanding height and heading ability to create chaos in front of the opponent's goal.

This move received a miraculous effect. Beckham's cross that was accurate to centimeters appeared accurately at the back point. Bentner leaped high after sprinting, and he surpassed all West Ham United defenders. What he had to do now is to throw the football in front of him towards the goal.

It was like a backward jump shot. Bentner twisted his abdominal muscles in the air and leaned back slightly to exert force.  In the air, he was still disturbed by the West Ham United defender. He was pulled down by someone and almost lost his balance in the air. The tilt angle was too large and he could not exert force.  The original head-shaking rushing to the top turned into a "rubbing", and the football was rubbed out in an arc.   Rapid high.   and then fell into the gap.   It was really a mistake...

The football crashed into the goal against the crossbar, and West Ham United goalkeeper Robert Glen (robert_green) almost hit the post in order to save the ball, but ultimately failed to stop the football from entering.

The goal that Forests scored in the last ten minutes helped them win West Ham United away.

After the game, West Ham United head coach Alan Kubishley (alan_curbishley) was very dissatisfied and said that losing at home was just a little worse luck. His tactics were perfect, limiting the Forest's offense. And Tang En kindly reminded him that luck is also part of his strength.

On August 25, Nottingham Forest went north to Newcastle to challenge the city's only professional team. After a hard battle, the Forest won their fourth consecutive victory after the start of the new season 2:1.

Their competitors have the best result of Chelsea, with three wins and one draw in four games, ranking second in the second in ten. Manchester City, who has replaced a new coach, performed very well, with three wins and one loss in four games, and nine points in third. Liverpool has one game less, two wins and one draw. Seven points are fourth. Next is Everton, who has two wins and one draw, and two draws and seven points in Arsenal. Among the teams that are capable of competing for the league championship this season, Manchester United is the most unlucky at present. They have only achieved one win, two draws and one loss in four games, and five points are tenth.

Four wins in four games, 12 points, ranking first. This is the best Premier League start in Nottingham Forest Club's history, and it is also the first time since Tony Donn became the head coach of the Forests. The team has taken the top spot in the league standings. Although this is not the final ranking of the season, Forests' people celebrated their life - putting their head coach Tony Donn in the hotel they stayed at that night.

As a result, the scene of their carnival was photographed by the paparazzi of the Sun and placed it in the newspaper, which caused a lot of fierce criticism.

The forest team has criticized the people of ordinary fans, famous journalists, and football celebrities.

Some people think that the Forest team celebrated such a result, which is really arrogant and contemptuous of their opponents. “Coach Tony Donn was a little arrogant after winning a Champions League championship… Young coaches, understandable. They always have to take more detours to get back to the right track. But I think it is still necessary to remind Coach Tony Donn…”

Some people criticized the Forests for being outrageously poor in discipline - the head coach and the players were drinking together! This is simply... Although in English football, it is not a strange thing for players to drink, but it still needs to be paid attention to when it is exposed.

When Chris Lack was blocked by the media, he patiently explained when asked about this matter that, except for the coaches drinking alcohol, the players drank non-alcoholic and non-carbonated beverages such as juice and soda. Why are all players full of energy after the cocktail party? Because they didn't drink at all.

Tang En was not so easy to speak. He answered the most concerned questions of reporters:

"In my eyes, this is not a big deal. You have little knowledge, so I can understand that you have to hype it up." He said as if the media interviewed him were really people with little knowledge. "Now these days, the media will not see it, and there will be no readers. Everyone is making a living, which is not easy." His words combined with his pretended understanding expression made the media present laugh and cry.

"But I want to clarify that I do not mean to despise my opponent.   Because this is a party for our internal celebration, and this celebration is just to celebrate the achievements we have achieved.   I swear to God that we did not mention any opponents during the celebration.    Your hat of "spise your opponents" is really wrong."

Didn't mention any opponent? Is this clear or provocative?... It's really hard to judge.

"We never underestimate any opponents because it cannot help us defeat them." This is still like a little bit, but with Don Eun's personality, he is destined to turn the tables below. Sure enough... "Some people say it's too early to celebrate now? In fact, it's not too early. We are rehearsal for the upcoming European Super Cup championship celebration."

As soon as this fully reflects Donne's style came out, the Liverpool people suddenly became angry and smoked.

The Liverpool Echo acted as a pioneer and criticized Tony Donne in the newspaper.

Don Eun responded shamelessly in his column: "If Liverpool people feel that they can win the championship by relying on the media, I support them spitting in the media all day long."

His response further angered the Liverpool people. Even the Liverpool players came out for an interview and expressed dissatisfaction with Don Eun. He believed that a head coach should focus on managing players and leading by example. Instead of fighting verbal battles with his opponents all day. This was obviously a crazy celebration of the Forest before the satirical mocking.

Don also responded without hesitation: "I agree that a head coach should focus on managing players, so. Obviously, Mr. Benitez is not doing enough work." This time he pulled the opponent's head coach, Espanyol Rafael Benitez, who has always been very low-key, into it. He mocked Benitez for not taking care of his players well, which made Liverpool even more angry.

Who wants to stay out of here? No one can do it, and they are all disturbed by Tang En.

The European Super Cup has not yet begun, and the battle between the two teams has begun in full swing.

Tang En cleverly used this media to speculate about their drinking party, and unconsciously launched a comprehensive psychological warfare. In fact, the hype of the drinking party by the media did not expect Tang En to not expect, but an excellent psychological warfare master was to use all the factors that could be used to stimulate the opponent.

Tang En firmly believes that his psychological tactics have played a role. No matter whether the opponent is angry or disdainful, these people will never continue to maintain their previous emotions. Maybe they will not notice it themselves, but these changes will be faithfully projected in the game.

In order to win, use all the factors that can be used and use all the methods that can be used. What is the rogue villain in the eyes of Liverpool fans compared to a European Super Cup?

Tang En never cared about his reputation and image in the minds of his opponent's supporters, otherwise he would be so distressed that he would not be able to sleep every night. Because there are so many opponents who hate him - no one likes to defeat the enemies of the team he supports, right?

Tony Donen didn't like to defeat his enemies, so he had a deep understanding of the feelings of those people...
Chapter completed!