Chapter 52: There is only one Tony Tangen

There is no need to elaborate on the situation before the last game, because it is no different from those important games in history. The only difference is that most of the fans who came to watch the game today did not wear Forest team jerseys with the name of a certain player, but wore red or white commemorative T-shirts.

As early as when Don Eun held a press conference to announce that he would definitely retire after the season, this kind of commemorative T-shirt was placed in the souvenir shop of Nottingham Forest.  There are two colors of red and white. The front looks like Nottingham Forest jerseys, but there are two numbers behind it.  The "12" above means that Don Eun has coached the Forest for twelve years, and the "12" below represents the twelve championships that Don Eun led the Forest team to win.   The top two "12" are Tony Don Eun's name.

Almost every fan passing by the front of the camera will show the two "12" behind their backs to the camera, and then give a thumbs up.

As a reporter, Pierce Bruce wore such a T-shirt to report the competition on the spot.

While fans were queuing outside the court to enter, Don't have a warm-up inside.

The teams of both sides warmed up a little early today because the last round of the league had to kick off at the same time. The Forest Club also prepared a small farewell ceremony for Don En, which will be held before the kickoff. The warm-up time can only be set up in the front row.

The fans who entered the court first were busy looking for the figure of Don Evan Dogti below in the stands, but they failed to get what they wanted. Because Don Evan Dogti was pulled at the door of the locker room and did not come out at all.

"Tony, you only have fifteen minutes in the locker room." Evan reminded Tangen, for fear that he would forget the time when he would say something. "We must kick off at the specified time, otherwise we will be punished. You must know that this game is very sensitive..."

Tang En waved his hand impatiently, why is Evan so mother-in-law today? "I understand. Isn't it just a league championship battle? It makes our home team look like a supporting role."

Evan smiled.   In the eyes of many people, the Forest team is indeed a supporting role today.   In his heart, the Forest team is also a supporting role, Manchester United is also a supporting role, and the real protagonist is the only one who is in front of him.

I vaguely heard the live broadcast outside reminding the warm-up time was almost over. Evan said parting to Tang En, and turned around and left.

Tang En returned to the locker room and waited for the players to come back, and gave a few last words. Evan was worried that fifteen minutes was not enough for him to say. But Tang En is no longer Tang En who liked to give passionate speeches more than ten years ago. He had nothing to say, fifteen minutes was more than one more for him.

When the two teams who were warming up outside started to leave the court, the large screen on the Crimson Field removed the display of the team logo and time of the two teams, and it went dark.

At this time, there were no more empty seats in the stands. The fans outside the square also gradually decreased with the increase in the number of people entering the venue. Some people without tickets went to the nearby tavern early and waited to watch the live TV broadcast.

After the last Forest team players left the stadium. After entering the corridor, the stands were basically full, and there were no more fans at each entrance. The big screen had been on the dark ground since the beginning, and then a word appeared on the dark background.

"he" (he).

Then the white words slowly fade away and disappear, blending into the dark background.

The picture flashed again.   Slowly brightened, and the silhouette of Tony Donn appeared on the screen.

A huge cheer burst out from the stands.

The picture faded out again, and then appeared on the screen were Tony Donn and Evan Dogette, who were holding hands in the middle of the screen. The table below was filled with documents. This was a photo of the first time that Donn and the club renewed their contract.

After the screen faded out, a sentence was made on the black background:

“This is the most correct signing in club history.”

This sentence attracted another cheer and applause from the audience.

When the fans looked up at the two large screens at both ends of the stadium, the staff were traveling trophys to the cleared stadium. One silver crown after another, the trophys of different shapes were carefully lifted out and carefully placed in the grass in the middle circle.

At this time, in the locker room, Donn was telling him the purpose of the game.

"Have you deceived you those words I said yesterday?" Tang En asked leaning over.

The players sitting around him shook their heads.

Seeing this answer, Tang En laughed. “Very good. Listen to guys. This game is just an ordinary league for us, but for our opponents, they are under tremendous pressure and a game that cannot be afforded. Should we be proud and let go of water? Never! I don’t want to say anything extra, you are all professional players, I just hope that when you enter the court, you can all look up at the words on the wall. “

After saying this, Tang En repeated the tactical arrangements he arranged last night. He wanted to make sure that every player on the court knew what he was going to do.

"Our tactics are nothing new. The old opponent should have studied them thoroughly. But if you study them thoroughly, can you curb them? It's another matter..."

Tang En spread his hands out.

This clip of Don't leads the team to win every championship is being played on the big screen.

Starting from the first League Cup championship, all the way to the last European Champions League. Each trophy has a clip.

"...Even if we climb, we have to climb up!" There was a green field on the screen, with the players of the Forest team sitting around the ground, and Tang En squatting in the middle. Looking closely, many players were very unfamiliar. Many people are almost forgetting their names now, and Tang En in the camera is also very young. This is the scene before the penalty shootout in the 2004 League Cup final. At that time, many players in the team left the team after the Forest team was promoted to the Super League. "There is no difference between losing at the last level and losing at the first level. They are all losers! To win! You must win!" Tang En roared in the picture with his fists clenched. His appearance not only infected the Forest team players in the picture, but also infected the audience fifteen years later.

Cheers and applause rang out for a long time.

But the scene that made them more excited was still behind.

The screen flashed. At the Athens Olympic Stadium, the European Champions League flag fluttered in the wind. The next second was the scene where Albertini used a leaf ball to break through the AC Milan goal. The forest in the stands seemed to be immersed in the fans, cheering with the ball. Some of them even shouted Albertini's name: "Demi! Demi!!"

There is a regret in this game. Because Tang En does not want to be special, he has always claimed that this is just an ordinary league. So he did not send tickets to his old friends before the game like the previous finals. I wonder if those people will come...

There was someone in the stands who touched his companion with his elbow: "Hey, they are calling you, Demi."

"...Not strange about Nottingham Forest tactics, George Wood and Chen Jian must be their midfield hub. You need to press close to them. Our midfield and backcourt must dare to press forward and force fiercely in the midfield. We cannot give them too much space and time to get the ball. As long as we can force them into a hurry, our winning rate will increase greatly."

In Manchester United's locker room, Mourinho is analyzing the Forest's tactics and setting countermeasures.

Unlike the joyful atmosphere outside, the air in the visiting team's locker room was so heavy that it almost solidified. Everyone was listening to the head coach's words quietly, for fear of missing a word.

No matter what they are like this, this game is really important to Manchester United. This season, the Champions League and the FA Cup are defeated twice, and only the league can compete for honor. This last game is really not to be lost, otherwise this season will be truly nothing.

They don’t know if they should say they are lucky or bad.

The opponent in the last round of the league was Nottingham Forest, which is definitely not a weak team. But they completed the goal of this season ahead of schedule. Now it should be without desires.

But this is Tony Donn's farewell performance again... Can his team allow him to be defeated by a failure?

Mourinho doesn't know what his players are thinking. He just repeated the tactics he used in today's game over and over again, and at the same time relieved the pressure on the players so that they would not think so much. Keep a normal mind and just play in an ordinary league.

To be honest, Mourinho himself doesn't believe that this will be an ordinary league. Even if it is not related to the ownership of the league championship, there is another reason.

In Tony Donn's last game, although he was in the locker room, he could guess what was happening outside now.  There will be a ceremony specially prepared for Donn.    The players of his earthlings have received a request from the Forest Club and hope to cooperate at that time.   Crossing at the exit to welcome Donn to the stage.

What a big battle! I remember that in the last game before Ferguson retired, there was no such welcome queue...

His team agreed to such a request, but he would not applaud and welcome Tang En in the queue. Want him to pay tribute to Tang En lineup? Unless he is dead!

When both teams completed their pre-match preparations and walked out of the locker room early, the large screen above the stands was still playing a documentary about Don Endi.

This time it was replaced by the 2006 Champions League final. In that game, one person was missing in the first 18 minutes. Nottingham Forest led by one goal until the 76th minute. In the end, due to a significant physical decline, Barcelona scored two goals in a row and lost the championship trophy. That game was a heavy blow for Don and his young Forest team.

This time the content on the big screen has never appeared in any public media before.

That was a video of Don Eun getting furious in the locker room after the game.

"...The shame mark of losers? The silver medal of shit!?" If a piece of content is played on the public media, it will definitely be silenced. All you can hear is the constant "beeping". But this version is the original flavor of the playback site in the Crimson Field. There is absolutely no blocking words or sounding dissipation. This is the real Tang En.

"There is only one champion, what are you doing when you give a silver medal? Is it money to sell it? Go out and smile and serve as a foil for those winners? Make their champion look more brilliant? Selling laughter and selling like a prostitute? Don't go! Isn't Barcelona very powerful? Let them play by themselves!!"

Then the picture turned, and Tang En stretched out his arm in front of many reporters and raised three fingers. "This is the third Champions League trophy in the history of Nottingham Forest Club. Thank you!"

The next second, Tang En went to the stage with a gloomy face and then walked down and walked straight to the entrance of the corridor, where he hung the silver medal in his hand on the neck of a small caddie. After doing all this, he walked into the corridor regardless of the eyes of everyone present and disappeared in front of the public.

Seeing him do this, the fans of Crimson Field not only did not think their head coach was rude and demeanor, but instead burst into louder cheers, and some were applauding and stomping their feet, applauding Tang En's approach.

They just like such a rampant Tony Donne, who is so arrogant and rebellious that he will probably be booed if he is a gentleman. Nottingham has a lot of people who have contempt for authority and personality, from Robin Hood to Brian Crowe, they are all their pride. Tony Donne is no exception. No one will be surprised by what Donne did, such a head coach is the best head coach in their minds.

Without this momentum of contempt for the authority of the world, how could it be possible to win twelve championship trophys in a twelve year coaching career?

Some people think he is arrogant? That must be the loser who hates him!

Amid the cheers, the players from both sides appeared, but they did not go directly to the court, but lined up in two lines on both sides of the corridor, waiting for the protagonist to appear.

The big screen in the stands was black again. A sentence slowly appeared above:

“Let’s welcome—”

The fans who saw this sentence shouted in unison: "His Majesty the King!!!"

Amid the roar of "His Majesty the King" who was roaring and tsunami, Tang En walked out of the corridor.

He saw the players waiting for him in line and the club chairman Evan Dogette who was growing behind the trophy in the middle circle. Of course, he also saw the slogans and portraits hanging in the Robin Hood stands.

He raised his hand and waved to everyone. He passed through the applause of the players on both sides. He walked until the trophy in the middle circle before stopping.

The black screen and text on the big screen are gone, and replaced by the "coronation ceremony" of Tony Donn after successfully defending the European Champions League, he returned to the city stadium, and the "coronation ceremony" of Tony Donn. In the picture, he was wearing a red and white-edged royal cloak, holding up the crown, facing the starry stadium stands - those flashing lights came from the camera's flash.

Evan Dogette handed the wireless microphone in his hand to Donn and pulled him behind the trophy. Then he stepped out.

The reporters flocked to three rows in front of the trophy. The first row was lying on the ground and holding the camera in their arms. The second row was kneeling on one knee and holding the camera. The third row stood behind the first two rows, busy setting up a tripod.

When they finished their work, there were continuous sounds of shutter pressing.

From the perspective of reporters, especially those lying down, the twelve seats vary in size. The trophys in different shapes are placed in front of Tang En. It really has a suffocating momentum.

After the reporters finished taking the photos, Tang En raised his microphone and saw his movement. No one reminded him at all, and the scene gradually became quiet. The mountains and seas were thundering, and waves of cheers gradually disappeared, and finally disappeared completely. Everyone was waiting to hear Tang En say something.

Tang En thought he had seen countless big scenes, and today's scene would not make him feel like he was. But when he was about to open his mouth, he realized that he was choked.

He quickly shut up. He didn't want these 60,000 people to hear his crying voice. That was really embarrassing.

But he still didn't escape. The developed TV broadcast immediately cut a close-up on Tang En's face. His wet eyes were exposed to everyone.

Seeing him like this, another shout erupted from the stands: "Stay here, your majesty!"

Hearing this shout, Tang En just waved his hand and signaled them to calm down.   When the scene became quiet again, he also stabilized his emotions and said to the microphone: "Thank you..."

After saying this, the voice became a little uncontrollable.

Only then did Tang En realize that he was so nostalgic about everything here that he couldn't even say "goodbye".

This time, Tang En choked up again, and no one made any other sounds, they were all waiting quietly.

Tang En lowered his head and was silent for a while, and finally controlled his emotions again.

He coughed and said, "Thank you, thank you."

In response, countless arms in the stands were waving at him.
To be continued...