Chapter 154: The villain gains his ambition

The match between Nottingham Forest and Barcelona ended, but the story is far from over.

A day later, Barcelona filed a complaint with UEFA about the quality of the turf in the city court, and at the same time, Nottingham Forest Club also submitted their complaint about the referee's issues in the first leg to UEFA.

Anyway, the battle between the two sides will continue to fight to higher levels.

Barcelona protested that Nottingham Forest used unsports methods to help them win in the game. The temporary replacement of turf was too blatant. When Mourinho was still at Chelsea, in order to deal with Barcelona, ​​he once sprinkled sand in the turf of Stamford Bridge Stadium. However, most people couldn't see the sand when it was sprinkled on it. Only those who went to play football in person could know how uncomfortable it was, and they couldn't find the reason for it for a while. The game played by Tony Don was really too naked. Was he afraid that he hadn't left enough evidence yet?

The English media mocked Barcelona for not being able to afford to lose. “The game has been lost, and the venue is not good, Nottingham Forest is making a fool. Do they still want UEFA to give them a victory?”

The Catalan media counterattacked: "We are just to maintain the sports moral spirit of professional football! The sacred football game must not be tainted by such villain behavior!"

After the game, Barcelona, ​​from players to coaches, blamed the poor venues of the city stadium in interviews. It seems that as long as the venue is fine, they will definitely win. In fact, they just want to attract everyone's attention to the quality of the city stadium's turf.

Nottingham Forest Club was unmoved. Anyway, they insisted that UEFA agreed to replace the turf. The quality of the turf was indeed a little worse, but there was no way, because the club was financially tight... But they have learned this lesson and promised that this would never happen next time. If you don't believe it, UEFA officials and Catalan media are welcome to visit and guide the first leg of the semi-finals...

UEFA suffered a loss this time. In fact, anyone with normal IQ can tell what Tony Don is doing. He said that the finances are tight, so the quality of the turf is really bad. Nottingham Forest is a Premier League club anyway. Can’t you take out the two sets of standard turf? It’s nonsense! He deliberately didn’t take out the turf just to cheat Barcelona. This is already a consensus among everyone, and he went to interview Nottingham Forest fans. Nine out of ten people would think so, and the other one who doesn’t think much is just lying.

However, UEFA really cannot punish Nottingham Forest Club, because Nottingham Forest Club has been approved by their approval. To punish Forest Club, you have to find your own responsibility first. In that case, no one will come out of Taiwan and it will be really bad in terms of face. And more importantly, Tony Don't do this completely in line with the procedures and cannot find any problems.

The complaint from Barcelona is a bit like a spoiled person who lost the ball.

Platini privately supports Catalonia, and his relationship with other senior executives with Barcelona is indeed good. However, he must handle this matter impartially, otherwise it will reduce his prestige and damage UEFA's reputation. The result of handling impartially is Nottingham Forest.

Finally, UEFA issued a public statement saying that it will review the quality of turf on all stadiums that hold UEFA Champions League games in the future. Clubs that fail to pass the review will be subject to relevant penalties. They are "banned from home".

"...We believe that as the highest level of events between European clubs, the venues should also have the corresponding standards. This should never be questioned. For example, we require that the venues for the finals of the European Champions League must be able to accommodate at least 60,000 people. This is a rigid rule, and any stadium that does not meet the standards will not be considered. Of course, we cannot use the number of attendees as a standard to require non-finals venues, but the quality of the turf is still necessary... Yes. We do not want to see the scene that happened last week on the city court again. I admit that the introduction of this regulation is related to the game between Nottingham Forest and Barcelona. It is a special game... No, we will not punish Nottingham Forest Club, they are within the scope permitted by the rules..."

The following sentence. The spokesperson said it was quite helpless. This also tactfully expressed an attitude of UEFA - Nottingham Forest took advantage of a loophole in UEFA. Now we can't cure them, it doesn't mean we can't cure them in the future. Anyway, if we have recorded this account, we will calculate the land one day.

After the new regulations were introduced, the Catalan media still complained that if it were issued a week earlier, Barcelona would have already made the list of the semi-finals.

The English media mocked them, saying, "If Barcelona had learned Tony Donne's move earlier, they wouldn't have to complain like this."

Guardiola was expressionless in an interview. Obviously, such a cowardly losing game still left him feeling uneasy after a week. “UFA did the right thing. Although it was a bit late. I just hope that Barcelona’s failure can become a source of development for the Champions League – the highest level of European competition that the audience and fans want to see in front of the TV and influx of the stadiums is definitely not a game like that.”

Which game is naturally the second round between Nottingham Forest and Barcelona. Football always flies in the air, with no aesthetic sense at all. The big-name stars perform poorly, which disappoints the audience who intends to appreciate their wonderful performances. The technical highlights are zero, and the tactical content cannot be said to be high. A typical game with "results greater than anything else" is really boring.

But there were four goals in such a game. And there were two goals that were enough to be selected for the top ten best goals in the Champions League this season. From this perspective, this game is better than many games with exciting scenes but dull results...

On the other side of the sea, Tony Donn was surrounded by reporters flocking to the training ground. He wanted to let him talk about his views on UEFA's new regulations.

Don En smiled and affirmed UEFA's new regulations: "This is a good thing, and of course it is a good thing. I especially agree with the spokesperson's words, 'As the highest level of competition between European clubs, the venue for hosting it should also have the corresponding level'. This sentence is very good!" Don En's smile can easily be understood as his flattery in UEFA. "I don't think fans want them to see a game on the vegetable field. It's simply a kind of damage to football!" Look at his indignant face, as if the vegetable field turf on the city stadium has nothing to do with him.

"So I agree with this rule of UEFA. " Speaking of this, he really raised his hands. "This rule ensures the quality of the Champions League game, and is also a good thing for our players - because no one is worried about being injured in playing football on a bad field. This is a very humane hard rule. Nottingham Forest must fully support and cooperate!"

It is said that after seeing Don En's remarks, Guardiola tore the newspaper in his hand in half. Well, it's just said...

Another thing is more complicated.

A week after that game, UEFA finally handled the matter about the turf with a new rule. Then they planned to deal with Tony Donne. They had no excuses in the "vegetable land gate" incident. But now they believe that there must be enough reason to deal with the rebellious Tony Donne.

You kid falsely accused us of the referee who was appointed to accept the bribe from Barcelona. What evidence do you have? Without evidence, you are false accusation!

Originally, with UEFA's bureaucratic style of service, there would have to wait half a year to go for hearings and other things.

But this time, UEFA was unpredictable and decisive. After dealing with the "vegetable land gate", he immediately notified Tony Don to attend the hearing in Nyon, Switzerland.

Before going to Switzerland, Donn called Pierce Bruce and Reinker to be willing to accept their interview. It was recorded by BBC5. The interview will be published in BBC5 and the Nottingham Evening Post.

Obviously, Tang En also realized that this was a big obstacle in his coaching career. Some people wanted to mess with him, but he must not be messed with.

So he needs to do all his strength. He must package himself as a Robin Hood hero who confronts official authoritative institutions. He needs to win more support from the public and use the media. This kind of thing can be done easily.

The interview is naturally centered around a series of recent focus on Tony Donn.

In an interview with Leinker, Bruce took notes next to him.

Leinker asked many questions, and Tang En explained them one by one. In the TV camera, he threw away his usual arrogant attitude of being the only one in the world, and looked calm. He accepted the interview with a smile and sometimes showed his unique sense of humor, but you absolutely cannot see that he had any intention of fighting with reporters. This was difficult to see in previous interviews - he seemed to have a natural grudge against reporters.

He did not escape those sensitive issues, but instead opened his heart to talk to Leinker.

He said that the "counting door" was a word invented by the Catalan media. He never said that the referee accepted Barcelona's bribes, and he had never suggested this in other ways. Of course, his action was... snapping his fingers.

Leinker asked why he snapped his fingers in that situation. You should know that if this action is interpreted as "sniffing your fingers", it will appear very abruptly and inexplicably.

"Maybe it's abrupt for outsiders. I don't find it strange to me. Just like after a player is sent off by the referee for no reason, he will use applause to express his anger. I didn't choose to applause, I chose to snap my fingers, which means - do a good job, referee! Can you understand? This is actually a kind of irony. But the Barcelona fans at the scene are more willing to understand it as 'counting money'. I don't know why, maybe they are born with dark hearts?" He laughed.

Nottingham Forest fans will think this is Done's humor. But if Barcelona fans are lucky enough to see this interview, they will definitely not think so...

"I reiterate that I have never said anything on any occasion that I thought the referee on duty in that game was bribed by Barcelona. I know that it was not a day or two for the Catalan media to vilify me. Of course they would be happy to see me make a fool of myself. And distort right and wrong. Or the world fabrication incident is simply common for those media. So now, you know where those messy things come from? If the Catalan media is unhappy with my chaotic words, I am willing to take responsibility, and I will give all the remarks from all media after that game, and I have collected them." Don Eun laughed again when he said this.

"But these are evidence, I will only show it to UEFA. They will know who the cause of this incident came from, and it was not me anyway." Tang En shrugged.

After the interview was finally broadcast on TV, the response was very good, and Bruce's article was also signed and reprinted by many newspapers. Tang En's goal has been achieved. At least many media and the public are now on his side.

After making preparations, Tang En set off for Nyon alone. Before leaving, his wife, Shiniya, called him from the United States to support him and comfort him.

All these made Tang En confident that he could overcome this hurdle.

At the same time, the club also made moves. They submitted videos of the last ten minutes of the first round of Nottingham Forest and Barcelona to UEFA as evidence supporting Don Eun, indicating that Don Eun is definitely not aimless and that his team has indeed been treated unfairly on the road. If UEFA is unwilling to admit that there is something wrong with the penalty, they do not mind appealing to the International Sports Arbitration Court. Anyway, in a word - you have to touch our land coach. We will play with you to the end!

Tang En led the team to the semi-finals and seemed to have improved his relationship with the club's senior management. Evan decided to support Tang En, and Allen was ordered to go to UEFA senior management to lobby.

The final ranking of the Forests in the Champions League directly affects their TV broadcast dividends at the end of the season. Tang En is a head coach who can lead the team to victory, and naturally he can bring a lot of money to the club. Such a rich man will not be able to protect him...

At the same time, many people in the circle came out to express their opinions in support of Don En. Mourinho, who has always been with Don En, seemed to have seen his own shadow in Don En. He also stood up and believed that the Catalan media hyped the "counting gate" incident was boring. As a person who had worked as a translator and assistant coach in Barcelona, ​​he seemed to be very convincing.

Ferguson also said that he had never heard Donne complain about Barcelona bribing the referee. Because "he is not that kind of person."

Wenger said that although Tony's mouth was poisonous, he never said something he was not sure about.

Benitez and Donn were not very good, but this time he chose to stand opposite to his motherland. He thought he had fought with Donn many times, and he was familiar with Donn's temper. If he said he didn't say it, he wouldn't say it.

This time, the head coaches of the whole Premier League were on Don Eun's side. Perhaps it was UEFA's attitude of opposing the Premier League that angered them. The Premier League has always been a group that is free from the gray area of ​​the margins of UEFA's jurisdiction, and the people and things that make UEFA's most troublesome are in the Premier League.

They naturally believed that UEFA was actually killing the chicken to show the monkey, and warned them. Naturally, they had to unite, after all, the interests of the Premier League are their interests. These issues are actually "interests".

Nottingham Forest fans were also led by John and Bill. They gathered at the city court to support Donne during the hearing. They also contacted several media to interview and report, continuing to expand their influence.

"We are fighting a battle to defend our king!" John said firmly in front of the camera.

All of these are putting pressure on UEFA.

No one knows the details of the hearing, but there is one thing that everyone can see very clearly.

Although Donn smiled and greeted the reporters outside the UEFA headquarters when he got off the car, the careful person could see that his smile was a little stiff. He wore the ray-ban sunglasses he often wore - now he is the British image spokesperson for the brand - still couldn't hide his worries.

Despite so much preparation, he was still a little nervous.

But two hours later, when he came out of the headquarters building, he took off his sunglasses and a smile like a spring breeze on his face. There was no intention of concealing anything in it. He smiled naturally, completely from the heart.

Which reporters present are not familiar with Tang En? Of course they know what Tang En's performance means.

The reporters in Catalonia moaned in pain on the spot: "This bastard has passed!"

Journalists from Nottingham and England cheered at Don Eun. Don Eun waved to them happily, enjoying this kind of cheer that welcomed the heroes back.

Then UEFA's spokesperson appeared in front of the reporters again and announced the final result of the matter: "We think Tony Don't have been too aggressive to the referee's remarks after the game, but there is no evidence that he has questioned the referee's professional ethics and the Barcelona club. He gave a very reasonable explanation of his move at the hearing, and we accept this explanation. Finally, we want to remind Tony Don't to pay attention to his words and deeds..."

In the venue, Bruce asked for his opinions on the handling of the referee and the penalty.

The UEFA spokesperson stammered for a long time before answering: "That offside was indeed a misjudgment...we are very sorry."

At this point, Tony Donn and Nottingham Forest won a great victory.

The next day, the Catalan media generally adopted the same title, and the general meaning was translated into Chinese, which is-

The villain succeeds.

Yes, in their eyes, Tang En successfully escaped two disasters. Look at his brilliant smile at the Nyon headquarters of UEFA, a typical villain is successful!

On a very hot Barcelona fan forum in China, a hardcore Barcelona fan sent a similar whine:

"This is really a good person who doesn't live long (Barcelona was eliminated), and the disaster has been ruined for thousands of years..."
Chapter completed!