Chapter 94: Pressure (Part 1)

After all the 42nd rounds of the England League One, Nottingham Forest ranked third, and was still four points away from West Bromwich, the second in the league, and there were four rounds left in the league.

In the 43rd round of the league, Nottingham Forest faces Millwall at home. This is a game that makes the whole team excited. Don't worry too much about the result. Their rival West Bromwich went north to challenge Sunderland, fifth in the league. This game is the first opportunity to narrow the gap in points with West Bromwich in Don't want to play at home. Sunderland, who plays at home, can cause some trouble for the opponent.

In the 44th round, Nottingham Forest challenged Ipswich, who ranked behind them, and the Westbromwich people were definitely happy. The result they most hoped to see in this game must be a draw, or the Forest lost to Ipswich away. They have enough reason to believe that Ipswich would not let the Forest go at home, because they also have the possibility of reaching the second place in the last three rounds. When they were fighting each other in the third and fourth place in the league, Westbromwich was waiting for the hard work at home, facing Blatford, who had already been relegated.

In this game, Donn needs to worry about himself, not his opponent. Only by winning a strong opponent can he be qualified to talk about catching up with West Bromwich.

In the 45th round, the penultimate round of the League One this season. Nottingham Forest faces Wigan Athletic at home, and West Bromwich plays away against Reading. In this round of the league, it is estimated that the points of both sides will not change. If Sunderland can defeat West Bromwich in the 43rd round of the league, then the points of both sides should be only one point apart.

In this way... the most critical moment is the last round of the league - the 46th round, Nottingham Forest will face their direct competitor, West Bromwich!

If the Forest team performed stably before, this game would be decisive. As long as the Forest team defeated West Bromwich, they would achieve the greatest reversal of the season and be ranked second in the league. They would qualify for direct upgrades.

If the Forest team performs poorly in the previous three rounds of the game, loses points, or West Bromwich plays stably and always suppresses the Forest team's four-pointer, this game will lose its meaning. At that time, Don En has to prepare for the play-offs.

When Forests rushed to third place, those who once asserted that Forests would not be able to return to the Premier League after the end of this season shut up. The more they were not optimistic about this team and that head coach, the better the team he led would be - the qualification for Forests to participate in the play-offs can be said to be a foregone conclusion, except for a few deadly hard players. Most people are tactful and never mention the prospects of Forests.

Careful TV viewers have also noticed that in recent episodes of "Today's Event", the things that Ringer has played with have changed from pen to razor!

Mark Laurenson was not on the show, but he promised in the BBC website’s personal column that if he lost, he would surely shave his beard himself in "Today's Game".

Millwall, this is a name that will make Forest players and Forest fans jealous when mentioned.  The two teams did not have much grudge, but because of the young fan Gavin Bernard, who died in the fans' conflict.   Their two teams and their respective supporters seemed to be feuds.  When Millwall fans used Gavin to provoke Forest in the quarterfinals of the League Cup, Forest fans were waiting for this day - welcome Millwall at the city stadium and slaughter them! Let them know that Nottingham Forest is not easy to mess with! Let them know how serious the sin of blaspheming the dead is!

In order to prepare for this special game, Nottingham City drew one-third of the city's police force, all of which were concentrated on major roads, commercial streets, stations and city courts. There were even police cars patrolling back and forth with loudspeakers to remind fans on both sides to stay calm. Don't cause trouble. But who cares about these?

From the meeting between fans on both sides, the swearing conversation began.

"Go to your calmness! Millwall bastard, don't want to leave this city alive!"

"We will get all the shame in the League Cup in Nottingham! The teams you support should not want to be promoted to the super! Today is your death date!"

"The coward who lost to us 1:7 has the face to mention that game here? Have you ever gone back and hugged Mommy and ate her breasts? Ah haha!"

Similar clashes through the three policemen walls are constantly being staged around the city stadium. The fans' emotions have reached the critical point of explosion, and they need something to vent. Since they are not allowed to rush up to fight quickly, then there is only the game.

Tang En from the locker room looked at the players who clenched their fists and shrugged: "I know I ask you to calm down at this time, which is a bit difficult for people to say. So what I want to say is..." He waved his fists violently, "... Go out and fuck me that bastard! Let them know that the end of angering us once is to be trampled under our feet forever! For victory! For upgrading!"

The poor Millwall team, just because of their uncool behavior, will suffer from repeated suffering. At the city stadium. They enjoyed the treatment that the Forest enjoyed at Newden last time - as long as they got the ball, they were greeted with overwhelming booing and scolding. When the Forest team took the ball, Millwall fans wanted to use the same method to deal with the Forest team, but their booing just started and were covered by the louder singing.

Such a terrifying home atmosphere made Millwall have no fighting spirit, while the players of the Forest team are getting more and more excited with the cheers of fans.

By the end of the game, 3:0! Nottingham Forest won neatly.                                                                                                                    �

Millwall's head coach has gone from the incompetent Mr. Alan McClary to Dennis Wise, a player and head coach in a semi-retired state. At the press conference, he didn't say much about this game, but just admitted that Don't have a better team than Millwall in any aspect, and that they should win. Millwall's goal is not this season, he loses if he loses.

Winning is something that makes Donne feel very happy, but the news from Sunderland at the same time made his double pleasure halve. Although Sunderland, who played at home, caused some trouble for West Bromwich, he did not stick to the end. West Bromwich defeated Sunderland 1-0 away and continued to lead Nottingham Forest by 78 points.

Don En won a beautiful victory at his home court, and his opponent did not lose his chain... The situation has changed very badly for Forests. It is too difficult for West Bromwich to lose to Blatford, the second-last in the league in the next round. He is unwilling to place his hopes of upgrading in the hands of irrelevant strangers.

There are three rounds in the league... No, to be precise, two rounds. If West Bromwich never makes any mistakes, then the last round of Forest's game against West Bromwich at home will be meaningless.

As if to confirm Don En's concern, Forest played particularly hard in the 44th round of the league, while West Bromwich established a two-goal lead early at home and easily maintained until the end of the game.

The victory and loss of Nottingham Forest and Ipswich were not decided until the last moment. Ashley Young's breakthrough brought a free kick to the Forest. Eastwood took the penalty under tremendous pressure. When he knocked the football into the goal, everyone around him was cheering, but Done almost collapsed on the ground. Not only Eastwood was under pressure, but also him as the head coach.

He is unwilling to play the playoffs because his team is almost unable to hold on. The League Cup in the middle of the season consumes too much energy. At the beginning of the season, Collimore's freedom and dissolution made the team almost systematically train physical fitness. Now all the sequelae are exploded in the final stage of the league. He dare not bet on the playoffs at all... The team is currently in a strong morale and can temporarily put physical fitness problems behind them. Once the season is over, can the Forest team, which has cut off this rhythm, still deal with the playoffs calmly?

Tang En had no idea at all.

So the best way is to take advantage of the team's high morale now, make a concerted effort to enter the top two leagues and get the qualification to directly advance to the Premier League.

The longer the night, the more dreams you dream, the longer the time, who knows what will happen?

After all forty-four rounds of the league were over, Nottingham Forest was still four points away from West Bromwich, and there were two rounds left. No matter how you look at it, they couldn't achieve their goal of direct upgrade...

Just when Don En was in a bad mood and was in a low mood, he received a call from Kenny Burns, the Forest Bar.

"Tony, if you feel the pressure is too high, come to my bar for a few drinks.  Tonight, at my bar, come and have a drink. I think... there is someone who probably wants to see you very much."

"who?"

"If I tell you, you might not come. So if you want to know who he is, come and see it yourself!" Burns said with a smile. "Besides, you haven't come to my bar for a long time. Since you became the head coach of the Forest's first team..."

"Uh...I'm sorry, Kenny. The work pressure is too great, which makes me forget a lot of things. Okay, I'll come on time tomorrow."
Chapter completed!