Godfather Of Champions

Chapter 1052 Volume Yakumo Light Wind Lights Old Antiques (Today's first update)
Mourinho definitely did not underestimate Nottingham Forest and Tony Twain, so he was not surprised when the Forest team launched a fierce offensive at their home court.

But despite this, the difficulty of this game still gave him quite a headache.

Nottingham Forest is determined to win Manchester United at their home court and bid farewell to their leader with victory.They played as if they were the ones who needed to compete for the league title.

Naturally, it is impossible for Manchester United to give up the victory in this game. If they lose to Nottingham Forest, they will basically lose the league title.Who wants to fall before the finish line?
The game was deadlocked from the start.The two sides competed fiercely in the midfield.In this game, George Wood and Chen Jian originally planned to attack, but the strong pressure from Manchester United forced them to temporarily switch to defense.Similarly, because Wood and Chen Jian stood firm in the middle, Manchester United's offense could not advance, and there was no way to threaten Forest's goal.

The midfielder was unable to organize an effective offense, and the Forest team did not panic.They have other methods, such as - long pass.

Wood and Chen Jian withdrew their positions and turned them into defensive midfielders. They basically nestled in front of the back line and couldn't go up. When organizing an attack, they took the ball and looked ahead. Mi Lingyi is as eye-catching as a lighthouse in the frontcourt. Long pass the ball to find him, and then let him ferry the ball down, or directly control it. Anyway, besides his outstanding height, he also has excellent foot skills. Keeping the football at your feet is no problem.

Balotelli, on the other hand, was cruising around Mitchell, waiting for an opportunity to shoot.

In comparison, Manchester United, which lacks Rooney, is slightly inferior in impact, even if they want to make a long pass, there is no way.Their striker looked too thin in front of Forest's central defender...

In order to deal with Manchester United, Twain spent two weeks to make his team "harder".The playing style is hard, and the small movements must be hard.So in the first half of the game, it seemed that the focus of the two teams was not on how to attack, but on how to stop the opponent's attack with foul actions that were not seen by the referee...

As Tang En's last game under coaching, this first half was absolutely not exciting.Both sides have relatively few high-quality offenses.However, the fans in the stands still watched with gusto and enthusiasm.Manchester United fans care about whether their team can win the championship, so they don't care about the scene. They are not Real Madrid and Barcelona fans.Nottingham Forest fans are not the kind of group that pursues beautiful scenes, otherwise Tang En would have dismissed get out of class 38 times in the first year of his coaching career-every round of the league has to be dismissed once, as long as they can win, they feel that is a good thing.

Only some neutral fans will find this game broadcast live to the whole world a bit boring, but those fierce collisions are still worth seeing.In a football game, of course it is impossible to score every minute, nor is it possible to have wonderful shots and miraculous saves every minute. A true fan will not let go of every tiny detail on the field.

There are many small details in this game...

When Balotelli kicked a free kick high, the camera didn't show Balotelli the free kick, but immediately cut to Twain on the coach's bench.Tang En in the camera suddenly raised his head, showing a regretful expression.Then the camera turned to Mourinho, the Portuguese was expressionless, and seemed not worried that his team would lose first.

Next, George Wood and United midfielder Adrian met their feet. As a result, Wood's three-year-old Adrian was defeated and lost possession in front of the United penalty area.Seeing this scene, Mourinho's face changed off the court, and he complained endlessly to the assistant coach beside him.

Nottingham Forest took the opportunity to launch an offensive, which was their most threatening attack in the first half.Wood passed the football to Chen Jian, but Chen Jian made a long-range shot but dunked the football. Looking at Gareth Bell, who was plugging in from the left, he pushed the football straight into the middle.Mitchell leaned on United centre-back Evans to control the ball, with Balotelli cutting in ahead of him, drawing the attention of the United defenders.When everyone thought that Mitchell would pass the football to Balotelli, Mitchell suddenly knocked the football behind him with his heel, where Gareth Bale had already inserted into the penalty area Inside, and not offside, and unmarked!

With such a good opportunity, Bell didn't hesitate, and shot right away!

The football went straight to the near corner. Fortunately, Manchester United goalkeeper Rufe let him concentrate and quickly fell to the ground and shot the football out of the bottom line.

This attack caused huge cheers and applause from the stands, and it was one of the few bright spots in the first half.Tang En felt very sorry for not scoring the goal, while Mourinho stood up from his seat - he couldn't sit still in the face of such a smooth attack from the Forest team.

In fact, for Manchester United, as long as they can keep a tie, they can win the championship.But that possibility never crossed Mourinho's mind.He knew very well how powerful Twain was. If he set his plan at the level of "keeping the draw and winning", then the final result is likely to be his own failure.Only by setting the goal as victory can the team really achieve the results they want.

Then Manchester United made adjustments.It cannot be because the Forest team is at home and the offensive is fierce, Manchester United will shrink back.He asked the team to press out and use one or two high-quality offenses to frustrate the Forest team.

But less than 10 minutes after he adjusted, the whistle sounded for the end of the first half.

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"0:0! Mourinho should be satisfied with this score. As long as his team maintains a draw in the last round of the league, they will be able to win the league championship with the advantage of goal difference." Commentator John Mott Sen said so, but Mourinho must not think so in his heart.

In the dressing room, Mourinho was relentless in his criticism of his team's first-half performance.

"Do you know what kind of game this is? This is a game that has a bearing on whether we become heroes or laughingstock this season!"

Part of the reason why Mourinho lost his temper at the players was because he felt that in the competition with Twain, these players were far inferior to the forest players in their fighting spirit, which made him feel ashamed.

On the contrary, Tang En praised the team's performance in the first half in the locker room.

Although there were not many high-quality offensives in the first half, Nottingham Forest had the upper hand overall.Tang En's hard-line style of play for the team made Manchester United very uncomfortable.

Apart from praise, Tang En didn't say much.It's as if this is an ordinary league. These people are professional players. They have played countless professional league games and have received training in this area since they were sensible. Such a game has a special meaning even though the opponent is stronger. , but should still be able to handle it.It's a pity that I can't continue to lead them.

He gave the players the rest of the time, and he opened the door and walked out.

In fact, Tang En had a lot to say, but he couldn't say it, he was afraid of disturbing the emotions and state of the players.If the players lost the game because of him, he really didn't know how to face them.

Tang En came to the corridor alone, the staff there saw him, and Tang En saw them too. He waved his hand to those people, indicating that it was nothing, what should he do, he just came here to get some air.

With Tang En's prestige here, no one would dare to disturb him after he said so.

So in the noisy stadium, he gained a moment of tranquility.

At this moment, Tang En suddenly wanted to smoke.He hadn't smoked since his heart attack, and it's been exactly ten years since he quit smoking, so it stands to reason that he won't smoke or want to.But today, he just had such a desire to light a cigarette for himself.

He patted his pocket, of course there was nothing in it.

Tang En smacked his lips.

Although he will return to this stadium in the future, it is absolutely impossible as the head coach.When parting, do you feel nostalgic?Tang En found that he didn't miss it.Maybe it's because my feelings for this stadium are too shallow.If it was changed to a city stadium, maybe he would be very, very nostalgic.Before the city stadium was about to be demolished, he even drove for the last farewell. He ran into Kenny Burns in the dusk and chatted with him for a while.

Now this modern and beautiful stadium, but there is no way to make him have the same emotion.

He still remembers that when he first arrived here, he always sneered at the "breath of history", thinking it was synonymous with decay, aging and backwardness, so he looked down on the old facilities and buildings in the club.Unexpectedly, one day, he would also start to miss those "old antiques"...

It's because I have become an old antique like those old antiques.

Since it is outdated and backward, it is necessary to withdraw from the stage. Retiring at this time is not a disgrace to the prestige...

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When Tang En returned to the locker room, the players were already ready to play under the command of assistant coach Chris Lack.Tang En waited for them to come out at the door of the locker room, patted each of them on the shoulder, and sent them to the court.

The second half of the game was no different from the first half.Although Mourinho asked his team to strengthen the attack, but Forest's defense is still solid.The Forest team also continued to insist on using long passes in the first half to harass Manchester United's rear and prevent them from going all out.

As time passed, Manchester United's offensive began to weaken, because they felt that even if they finally got an average, the league title would be theirs.

A draw is actually the result Manchester United wants. In front of the champion, even if they can't win Nottingham Forest, they are not afraid of anything.But on Mourinho's side, it is indeed an absolutely unacceptable result.Not to mention the idea of ​​a draw is too dangerous, even if it is a personal grievance, Mourinho will never allow his team to draw with the Forest team.

Dunn will retire after directing the game, if the result is a draw.Wouldn't he be unable to defeat him in his entire life?

This will not work!

Mourinho stood up from the coach's bench, facing the singing of the Forest fans, and roared loudly, making his team step up the offensive and attack from both ribs.

Mourinho was not satisfied with the draw, and the Nottingham Forest players were not satisfied with the 0:0 either.

When Mitchell was in a good unmarked position, but Balotelli turned a blind eye and chose to shoot forcibly by himself, and shot the football directly, Mitchell couldn't bear Balotelli's behavior and turned to He complained loudly: "What are you doing? I'm in a better position, don't you see?"

Balotelli ignored him and just put his head in his hands and regretted the missed opportunity.

His attitude made Mitchell very upset. Anyway, Balotelli's popularity in the team has always been very average.He chased after him and wanted to have some theory, but Wood stopped him.

"That bastard, don't you know we have to lead to win now?" Mitchell complained to Wood.

"You don't need to talk about this kind of thing." Wood pointed to the sidelines, Mitchell glanced at it and shut up.

They all saw the scene where the leader got up from the coach's bench and walked to the sidelines.

In the next second, Tang En was roaring in the opposing field.

"Mario! What are you doing?! You should pass the ball!" His voice can still be heard in such a noisy environment, it really makes people wonder if he has a loudspeaker installed in his body. "Pass the ball, pass the ball!! Pass the football to a teammate in a better position! You are no longer a child, do you still need me to teach you this kind of thing!"

In fact, he yelled so many words that the players on the field may not be able to hear clearly, but it expresses an attitude-I am very angry!
Balotelli was not very popular in the team, and he didn't even give George Wood face, but he still respected Twain very much.Seeing Tang En lose his temper, he knew it must be because he didn't pass the ball just now, but chose to shoot.

So he waved his hand towards Tang En, which meant that he must pay attention next time...

Only then did Tang En return to the coach's bench and sit down.

This little detail made the narrator Mortensen talk about it.

"Tony is still the king here, even though he doesn't try to show it. But look at Balotelli, who has always been rebellious, so honest under him, no one will doubt that he is the king. .”

Balotelli, who had been taught by Tang En, was indeed much more honest. Whenever he had the chance, he passed the ball many times, and he never dared to eat alone again.

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There was really nothing to sing about in this last game.For Manchester United fans, it's exciting.

As the time of the second half of the game passed, the exciting scenes on the field gradually increased.This may be related to the requirements of the coaches of both sides, and the two teams simply fought against each other.

Wonderful shots also began to appear, of course, more wonderful saves also occurred from time to time.That must have pleased the neutral fans.

It's just that although the scene was lively, the score was still 0:0.Nobody scored.

During this period, Nottingham Forest hit the post once, and Manchester United once hit the post and the crossbar.Both teams seem to be out of luck.

The time of the game also passed quickly in the wonderful confrontation between the two sides.

It seems that this game will end with a score of 0:0.

If so, United will be dancing for joy as they successfully defend their title.Only Mourinho was dissatisfied, because he would never have a chance to defeat Tony Twain...

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PS, there are two updates today to finish the game, and there will be another update at [-] pm, so stay tuned.

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