Chapter 57 Return to the team

On the other hand, the final of the "Football Boy" talent show in China is in full swing, and on the other hand, Tony Tangen is not idle either.

In January, he participated in the draw ceremony for the second stage of the Champions League knockout. The result once again proved his idea of ​​UEFA's internal plan to manipulate the draw - his team was drawn with AC Milan in the quarterfinals...

The Italian media excitedly shouted that they would return the Nottingham Forest ten times.

What can I return?

Some media even couldn't wait to imitate the tone of Donn leading the team to defeat Barcelona last season and said: "...In May last year, we lost, and we will win back with Nottingham Forest this time!"

Yes, the last champion Nottingham Forest defeated their opponents in the last Champions League final, thus winning the last Champions League. Now AC Milan may also repeat the scene of last season, defeat their opponents in the final, and then reach the final and win the European Champions League.

After drawing lots, Tang En was surrounded by reporters and must let him talk about his views on this opponent.

Everyone wants to see Tang En deliver a arrogant speech and then stir up a war of words between the two sides. This is the thing the media likes the most. But Tang En is born an awkward person, and he will not let most people get what they want.

"There is nothing to talk about. AC Milan is a strong team, and it is normal for whoever wins and loses. Of course, I don't want to lose, I believe that Mr. Ancelotti is also an idea. So that's it... the defending champion? This statement is meaningless. In addition to making us the target, can the last champion get any discount?" Don En shrugged, "Look at the result of this lottery, obviously not."

In the end, no one stayed in his resentment towards UEFA.

Yes, I met such a strong opponent in the quarterfinals.   It is really difficult for the team to play in the future.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

If you are the leader first and then the guest, it is equivalent to handing over the initiative to the opponent. If something happens in the first round, you will be ineffective in the away game in the second round...

Tang En didn't like the feeling of losing control.

What's more, AC Milan is indeed a strong team.

Although Tang En is arrogant on the surface, in his heart, he never despises his opponents who should not be despised.

His coaching staff will begin to seriously study AC Milan's current strengths and weaknesses and find solutions from them.

Fortunately, Tang is back.

Tang came back on time to relieve Tang En. The Champions League is about to start, and several teams in the league are biting very tightly. If something unexpected happens at this time, more than half a season of hard work may be gone.

Today's Nottingham Forest is highly expected, and victory and championship seem to be taken for granted for them. Don't have a heavy burden on his shoulders and a lot of pressure on his head.

With Tang by his side, he could feel that these pressures were being shared... In fact, colleagues in the coaching team all shared this pressure, but Tang shared more. Because he and Tang were closest to each other.

Everyone knows that Tony likes this young man from China, and he did not explain it at all. He just asked Tang to work on the youth team. Then everyone slowly saw the level hidden in this young man in China. Then no one questioned whether Tang En trusts a Chinese man so much, and whether it was too unreasonable...

Tang Suo’s level shows is not like a young man from a country behind football. He is very young, but also very talented - his talent in coaching.

Tang En is with Tang Ni all day long. Some people outside doubt whether these two people are homosexual-after all, they still have no open girlfriend or lover - but mainlanders in the Forest Team know that Tang En is with Tang only because of work, and Tang En is a British man who loves Chinese culture, and Tang happens to be a Chinese.

How many of the multiple tactics used by the Forest team were designed by Tang? No one knows, it doesn't matter anyway. Just know Tang's status in this club - he is the person that Tony Tang En trusts the most.

After letting Tang En read the story about the young man named Chen Jian, Tang and Tang En worked normally.

The Chinese young players selected through the draft will not come in March before that.    There is nothing to worry about in any aspect - in fact, even if he comes, he has nothing to be busy with. At most, he just goes to meet with a few lucky people.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

In addition to Tang’s return, there is another person’s return that makes Tang En feel very good.

Pepe received the medical team's approval to play, and he could proudly return to Don't want to play in the next league game with confidence.

Like last season, when he was injured, when he returned to the court was like a ball, kicking around between team head coach Tony Donn and team doctor leader Fleming.

Tang En insisted that the team doctor would give a written proof to be too much and would consider letting Pepe re-enter the roster.

Fleming told Pepe that whether he wrote the written proof depends on Donn.

Finally, Donn and Fleming studied Pepe's physical examination report together, and after doing various tests on him, he believed that Pepe's physical condition had returned to his previous level. Fleming then gave Pepe a written proof.

Looking at Pepe's smiling face, Tang En was actually very happy. For more than three seasons, Pepe has long become the well-deserved core of the Forest team, and he is the main force on the back line who cannot be beaten. His talent and talent have been explored to the maximum extent under Tang En, the head coach who attaches importance to defense.

Excellent physical fitness, speed and explosive power that are not inferior to the striker, ability to predict in advance, calmness and confidence in one-on-one, decisiveness when making a move, and various honors that the Forest team have won, have made him one of the best central defenders in the world.

At this moment, Pepe's return was also needed on the defense line of Nottingham Forest. So seeing Pepe return proudly. Tang En couldn't help but smile on his face, and the ferocious evil spirits he pretended to have a stern face disappeared.

"Okay." Seeing Pepe running over, he pointed to the training ground.

"See there, Pepe?"

Although he didn't know why Tang En asked him to see the training ground, Pepe still turned his head obediently and nodded: "I saw it, boss."

"The weeds there... are almost one person taller."

Hearing Tang En say this, Pepe's smile became stronger. He had already received the boss' answer. No need to ask any more questions.

After going from Portugal to England, the media initially used the "Special Genius Terms" quota that only once a season for the club, and initially the media was skeptical of this unknown boy. They thought that Don Eun had taken a look and it was a waste to use the precious "Special Genius Terms" quota for such a boy.

But soon Pepe conquered the picky English media with his performance.

No one criticized him for being a parallel product anymore. The Sun even gave him a nickname - "Sorrow Mower".

This nickname, Don En, had heard of it before traveling through time, but the meaning was different from this one. In the world before traveling through time, Pepe received this nickname when he was playing football in Portugal. Because the team was used to playing three central defenders, he needed to undertake more and faster "grass-cutting" work.

Now that he has become famous, he has changed to England, the nickname given to him by The Sun is a more vivid metaphor. Pepe is on the court like a tireless lawnmower, cleaning the forest team's back defense area without any weeds.

So, after Tang En said this now, Pepe knew that he agreed to return to the field.

"Don't you say anything else, boss?"

"What else do you want to say?" Tang Enjoyed. "Go to train. Be careful not to hurt your feet because of excitement. Also, I'm very happy that you're back to the team."

Pepe responded, turned around and ran to the training ground.

For Don En, Pepe's return is the best news he has heard recently. The Forest team now does need Pepe. The reason why he is so persistent that Pepe must be healed before he can return to the arena is that Don En was afraid of Pepe's injuries in the winter of the two seasons. He doesn't want to let himself dig out a defensive genius who became a complete "glass man" due to frequent injuries. A defender, then your technical awareness is the world's top, but if your body can't keep up. If you are always injured, all the world's top technology and consciousness are useless.

Don Eun was so cautious because he was afraid that Pepe would become the second Nesta.

When Pepe was frequently injured, Tang En was worried about his knees when he saw Pepe suddenly stopping while running. Fortunately, the days of worry have passed...

The most physically excellent central defender in fm2007 was not fictionalized by the game developer Si group. As a partner of the Forest team, they have the advantage of "being close to the water and getting the moon first". In the game, Nottingham Forest's player data is closest to the real level.

In a league like the Premier League with intense physical contact, Pepe rarely has a disadvantage in many direct matches with his opponents.

With an excellent defender like Pepe and George Wood, the defensive monster, the Forest team can achieve such brilliant results in three years, is not a castle in the air. Don En proves to the world that in today's football world, defense is really the primary factor. No matter how sharp your offense is, how strong your midfielder is, and without a solid defense, these are all false. Defence is the foundation of a team, the foundation of offense and midfielder. Without this foundation, no matter how beautiful or artistic the offense is, the real castle in the air.

Let’s take a look at the situation of Barcelona this season... After half the league, they were led by seven points by the more pragmatic Real Madrid and lost the most critical national derby at home. Rijkaard’s proud artistic football, offensive football has long become yesterday’s yellow flower.

As a fan, Tang En likes to watch beautiful football, but as the head coach, he will never sacrifice the team's performance to pursue the illusory "art football" - he is very clear about the difference between "work" and "personal interests".

Don and Pepe's first game back were very close. On February 9, on the 26th round of the league, Nottingham Forest challenged Sunderland away.

The same opponent is the same away game, but it is completely different from the FA Cup in January. Don N will no longer use the second team to make up the numbers, and he will not deal with Sunderland with the mentality of training. Similarly, Sunderland coach Roy Keane will not think that this is the Nottingham Forest that allows his players to "find confidence."

He set up a tight defensive formation at his home court, intending to exchange for even one point with a dead defense.

If he had a season ahead of schedule, his tactics might have really succeeded.

This time, no.

Nottingham Forest's attack is no longer a "counterattack" that relies solely on two sides to quickly break through and hit the opponent behind. With many positional warfare experts, they are not afraid of their opponents and their defense.

Sunderland lost 1:2 at his home court.

Nottingham Forest scored three points as he wished, and surpassed Manchester United, who lost the "Manchester derby" in this round with his victory. At the same time, since the match between Arsenal and Blackburn will not be played until the 12th, Nottingham Forest is now at the top of the list with 60.

Pepe made a substitute in the second half of this game and replaced Ayala. Sunderland's only goal happened after this. He and his teammates were a little unfamiliar with their long-term battle, allowing the opponent to seize the opportunity to score a goal. This goal once gave Sunderland hope, but fortunately Pepe quickly adapted to the rhythm and defended the middle with Wood and Pique. With Tang En's timely adjustments, he defended the three-pointer.

Through the final performance of this game, Don En believes that Pepe's condition is not very stable and needs further adjustments through training.

The good news is that they still have plenty of time.

The next round of the league will not reopen until February 23, and the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals will have to wait until February 19. This period is the international match day for various national teams.

Anyway, Pepe's injury has healed, so he won't feel anything wrong with playing for the country. What's more, what Pepe needs now is not rest, but more games to find the rhythm and feeling of the game as soon as possible. It's better to use national team games as a "test field" than to take risks with Nottingham Forest's results in league and Champions League...

In the home game against AC Milan, defense is still the key, while the return-to-back defense core Pepe is the key among the keys. His performance will directly affect the results of the Forest team's game.

Don En hopes to gain an excellent enough "lawmower" in the game against AC Milan.

He wants to use his impure defense and fierce counterattack to cut off AC Milan's legs.
Chapter completed!