Chapter 98 Group First

England's three consecutive wins in the qualifiers greatly inspired the confidence of England fans. Now they are beginning to feel that the media's advocacy of "This is the strongest England national team in history" is finally credible.

Especially the away game, the 4-2 victory over Serbia showed the strength of this England team.

England won a lot of consecutive wins, but the happiest person was not these fans, the media, or even Tony Don himself. The happiest person was Sean Barclay, the CEO of the FA that called him.

Although Tang En is not his first goal, he is also the candidate he found. His good grades mean that he has a keen eye for his knowledge. In addition, since Tony Tang En took office, in addition to having had an unhappy relationship with the media on the captain issue, his big mouth did not squirt around, which made Barclay, who was worried, breathe a sigh of relief.

To be honest, after choosing to let Done as the head coach of England, for a while, he was really worried that after getting up in the morning, he found that his home was blocked by countless media. These people came to ask him what he thought of Tony Done's remarks.

If such a thing happens every day, it will not be a wonderful experience.

It's very good now. Don't focus on the team's work, rarely fight with people in the media, nor does he comment on UEFA or FIFA's work.

Perhaps the reason why Tang En is so quiet is that his recent grades are good, right? Once the grades are not good, who knows what shocking things the mad dog will do...

Tony Donn was proud of his role as the head coach of the England national team. Even the official website of UEFA specifically introduced the young "champion godfather" with an article. He was questioned by some experts because he had never had any experience in coaching the national team, and now those doubts have disappeared.

But the more he is, the more he misses him.

August and September are the honeymoon periods of Flores and Nottingham Forest, who led the team to five wins, one draw and one loss in seven league rounds. They are ranked third.

The media that changed their minds advocated that Flores is the new hope of Nottingham Forest, and under the leadership of the Spaniards, the Forest team will surely move towards glory again. In order to prove that they are not lying, they also gave many examples. One of them is quite nonsensical - Flores is a "mad coach" in Spain, with a similar personality to Tony Donn. Donn with the same personality can succeed in Nottingham Forest, why can't Flores?

But now the good luck is over.

Before England and Serbia, Nottingham Forest lost two consecutive rounds under Flores. After the national team's game ended, the league reopened, and the Forest team drew with the "weak brigade" Middlesbrough. They did not win a single victory throughout October.

This is not the end. After November, Flores's team finally defeated Everton but injured Bentley. Bentley left the game with serious injury and bad news came from the hospital the next day, and he would have a standstill for at least three months.

Bentley was seriously injured, and George Wood, as the captain, was sent off with a red card in the game against Manchester United and suspended for two games. The match against Manchester United attracted much attention, but both sides played a lot of gunpowder. Mourinho was excited as soon as he played against the Forest. Flores was unwilling to lose to Mourinho, who is also a coach with personality.

The game started from the first minute with a fierce body collision.

Donn also visited Old Trafford in person to watch the focus battle he called after the game the "rugby game".

Mock was violated twice in just ten minutes of the opening game, which aroused the anger of Forest players.

In the subsequent game, the referee became the protagonist, and he showed a total of thirteen yellow cards and two red cards.

Nottingham Forest won 7:6 in the number of yellow cards, and the two sides drew in the red card statistics. George Wood and Anderson each received a red card and were sent off.

In the end, Manchester United defeated Forests 2-1 at home with a somewhat controversial penalty.                                                                                                                  �

After the game, the commentator said: "Flores is in a big trouble."

Tony Donne will agree with him.

He was originally going to inspect the players for the next game with Denmark. But both sides performed poorly in this game, and Nottingham Forest was even worse. The players he wanted to inspect did not perform as well as they should have. This annoyed him. He originally planned to use the lineup he used to use in the previous game against Serbia, but now it seems that he might have to be forced to make adjustments.

Bentley was seriously injured and said goodbye to the national team. Wayne Rooney was exposed to beating people in a bar. He was recently overwhelmed by the media and lawsuits. Michael Carrick was injured in the game. Manchester United club does not want the national team to transfer him to participate in the Denmark competition because that would aggravate his injury.

The head coach of the national team looks easier than the club coach because he can select players who are suitable for him from the entire country without considering the transfer fee. However, there are not many people in a country who can meet the needs of Donn, especially in some positions. In a country with highly developed professional football like England, there are no more than 40 people who are qualified to be selected for the national team.

Any main force position needs to change is a headache for Tang En.

So Don is definitely cursing Mourinho and Flores, both of them now.

November 17th. Wednesday, the national team international match day.

England returned to home again after two away games and welcomed the second-team Denmark team in the group at the New Wembley Stadium.

The twenty-six-year-old Nick Lasbentner is the number one star in Denmark. A few days before the game, media interviewed him constantly and tried to ask him what he thought of Don Eun. He refused to answer all of these questions. For him, Nottingham Forest and Tony Don Eun are already past.

Now he has left Manchester City in the summer without any prospects. He joined Everton. Although this is still a team that does not have much hope of winning the championship, at least this team has the desire to impact honor. He has found the fun of playing football again in this team.

Tang En did not use Ben Turner to provoke psychological warfare. The once genius boy was one of the biggest regrets in his coaching career. But now he has long been calm.

He is a coach who has won the Triple Crown. What else can he not be overshadowed?

So this game is an ordinary qualifier for him, and it is impossible for the media to hype through the grudge between him and Bentner.

If they hype it up, it is a battle for the top spot in the group. He will also echo a few more words.

This is indeed a competition for the top spot in the group. Denmark and England have the same points, both winning three wins and winning nine points. However, Denmark has fewer goals and goals than England. So they are currently ranked second.

In fact, the first place in the group is just to compete for face. As long as you are in the top two in the group, you can directly advance to the final stage. Even if you are in the third place, as long as you are in the third in the group with the best results, you will have the chance to go to Spain.

In the 2016 European Cup, the number of teams allowed to participate was increased from 16 to 24, which gave many European mid-range teams hope. The qualifiers were also divided into ten groups, except for the England group with seven teams. The other nine groups had five teams, and the first two in each group advanced directly. Then the six best-achieved third teams played two play-offs at home and away, and the remaining three teams were decided to go to Spain.

England's draw is good, and it is no problem to qualify in the group. However, qualifying as the first in the group is more in line with the psychological requirements of the FA and also makes England fans feel shining on their faces.

Donn made some adjustments to England's lineup in this game. Walcott appeared in the right forward position. James Milner on the left, Gerrard and George Wood in the middle. Mitcher started on the forward line, while Rooney disappeared from the starting lineup. The man who replaced him was Abang Lajo.

Neither Layton Barnes nor Joe Matok started on the left back. The starting player was Lescott, who could play both a central defender and a left back.

The right back is Glen Johnson who has not appeared in the national team for some time.

In the press conference, media from all over England gathered to discuss the starting list of Done.

"Since he took office, his lineup has never been fixed!"

"This is normal, he took over how many games the team played?"

"He's trying to find the feeling of the Forests?"

"In fact, it's not just Tony, I'm always dissatisfied with England's candidates in several positions, such as right back..."

"Under such a situation, he can still lead the team to three consecutive victories. It's amazing."

"Denmark is not Serbia. They are definitely capable of causing trouble at our home court. I think that Don En's change is not conducive to achieving results."

The reason why reporters can have the leisure to chat in the stands is naturally because the game is not good.

The game at Wembley is boring. Denmark's away tactics are very conservative, and England has no better way to face such intensive defense.

Moreover, Tang En is not very interested in competing for the first place in the group with Denmark. As long as he can qualify, he will be at the top.

The Christmas devil schedule in the league is about to face, and the players seem weak, for fear of being injured. It is natural that this game is not energetic.

In the end, the "group first-tier battle" that was hyped by the media before the game ended with a 0:0 fight. The Asian fans who waited to stay up late in front of the TV to watch the game must be disappointed, but who told Tony Donn not to serve them?

Although the result was 0:0 draw. The scene was dull, but Don En was still very satisfied. He praised the performance of Denmark at the press conference after the game. In fact, there was nothing to praise for the performance of Denmark. He also praised his team's performance, which sounded more like lying with open eyes. The England team's poor performance can be seen as long as it is not a problem with IQ, and it is just that Don En did this just because he didn't want to put too much pressure on the players.

The game with Denmark was over. The two teams scored the same point, and England continued to rely on the advantage of goal difference to top Denmark, ranking first in the group. She hugged the first in the group, and England's fans and media did not make things difficult for Donn.

After this game, the European Cup qualifiers will not start again until April next year. In addition to playing warm-up matches, Don Eun flew around and paid attention to the performance of the players on the roster.

This is the most troublesome thing for him - unlike in the club team, he can observe the state of each player at close range every day. The players of the national team are scattered all over the place. It is impossible to maintain their condition all the time, so he needs to be a "flying man" so that he can grasp the latest state of those international players in a timely manner.

The most hateful thing is that there is no "winter break" in the Premier League. If you are the head coach of other national teams, there will be more than a week off around Christmas, and he can spend Christmas with his wife. But in the Premier League, the more frequent the competitions are, and he can only fly around. His feet are not touched all day long.

"Maybe I should buy a private plane..." Tang En complained.

"You should be glad that you don't have to pay for the food, board and travel expenses like this, Tony." Walker poured cold water on him. Like Don't want to fly around, this assistant coach, the person he trusts most - Deswack.

"I might as well be glad that there has been no problem with the flight we are on so far..." Tang En rolled his eyes.

In the November schedule, Nottingham Forest lost 2, draw and win, and his score further declined. More and more negative news about the Forest team can be seen in the media. Disharmonious voices also came from the locker room. Gareth Bale publicly questioned Flores' coaching level, and he had been banned by Flores before, and his doubts caused a stir in the media.

Although Flores firmly denies that he has conflicts with the players, he is clearly losing control of the team.

However, Evan Doggetti stood up to express his support for Flores. He claimed that no matter how good his grades were, his head coaching position was firm.

But after only half a month, he licked the saliva he had spit out back.

Before Christmas, the Forests suffered three consecutive losses, and the team was in a mess inside and outside. Evan Dogerty announced the suspension of the contract between Flores and Nottingham Forest, and Flores became the first head coach to be dismissed in the new season of the Premier League.

Flores was not satisfied with the club's senior management's move. After being dismissed, he was interviewed by Spanish media and criticized the club's senior management: "...They said they wanted to support me the day before yesterday, but turned around and pushed me out of the abyss... I thought the coaches coached in the Premier League would have room to implement long-term plans, but obviously I was wrong. In such a team, you can't get the time you need..."

Some people cheered for Flores's dismissal because they could not bear Flores' poor performance. They were looking forward to the new coach who could lead the team to a new glory. Some people also felt that Flores was just a pitiful scapegoat. Nottingham Forest has never found a suitable head coach since O'Neal was dismissed. Constant change of head coach can only accelerate the degeneration of the team.

The locker room was very quiet about this change of coach. No one came forward to express his opinion on Flores' resignation, even if there was no one to say good things for him. This can also show from another perspective that Flores' relationship with the players in the locker room is really bad.

Before we found the new head coach, Evan Dogerty appointed David Chris Lack as the team's interim head coach. But no one thinks Chris Lack is competent for this position. He has always lived in the shadow of Tony Donn, in the eyes of many people. His reputation has a lot to do with his being Tony Donn's assistant coach. As for what kind of ability he has... who cares?

There was a personnel change that could shock the English football world in Nottingham Forest, but Tony Donn didn't care. For him, Nottingham Forest is really a thing of the past. Pierce Bruce once called Donn after Flores was dismissed, hoping to hear his evaluation of this matter.

Tang En felt that there was nothing to say: "...This is normal. His grades are not good, so the get out of class will be dismissed naturally. Evan Doggetti cannot pay for the team's performance. Flores must have forgotten the words on the side wall of the players' passage of the Crimson Field. 'Besides victory, it's victory', this is the tradition of the Forest team... When you can't bring victory, then leave. What's the future of the Forest team? I don't know, I'm not a prophet..."

Now he is flying over the European continent. Before Christmas, he has to go to Milan to watch a game and care about Lennon's recent performance. Since transferring to the Forest team, Lennon has inherited the tradition of Paul Ince and Gascoin, showing that an English player is not adapted to Italy. He has not been selected for the national team for a long time. I hope his performance this time can impress himself.
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