Chapter 106: One End and One Start

The convertible double-decker bus for the celebration parade was parked outside the airport terminal, and a large number of fans and reporters surrounded the Forest team and walked out of the airport building and boarded the bus.

Waiting with the bus were four police cars coming from Nottingham to escort them. This is the pride of Nottingham's city, and it is not an exaggeration to dispatch police officers.

A convoy of four police cars and a convertible double-decker bus slowly set off the road amid cheers, from which they will drive back to Nottingham.

After turning onto the M1 expressway from the airport expressway, the players found that a special convoy was quickly followed behind the bus. These convoys did not have a unified vehicle, all of which were of various models and brands, and all of them were equipped with red team flags of the Forest Team. Although they were driving on the highway, many fans still leaned out of the window and waved their arms. Since the Forest Team bus in front was not fast, the team following behind was not fast, and they were not afraid of any traffic accidents... They were all fans who welcomed the team at the airport just now. At this moment, they were going to escort the team back to Nottingham.

This is not the first time that Don En has experienced this scene personally. After he and the team won the League Cup in Cardiff, they were also escorted to Nottingham along the way.

It’s just that there weren’t so many people at the beginning. After all, the English League Cup and the European Champions League are not of the same level of honor.

The players were very happy to greet the fans who followed them in the car and the fans kept honking the horns.

The convoy leaned against the side on the highway and drove slowly, and other passing vehicles had to detour.

Some people kept going to the second floor of the bus to blow the wind, waved to the fans, accepting their praise and cheers. Some people kept blowing enough of the wind and getting down from above.

Tang En has been downstairs and has not gone upstairs. He was tired for a day yesterday, but he has been tired for most of the day today. He still has to continue to be tired at night, so he plans to take advantage of this skill to have a good rest.

He closed his eyes.

All of this is really like a dream. He can't tell whether a dream is a reality or a reality is a dream.

After the game, from the locker room to the press conference, to the hotel where we were staying, the whole team of the Forest team was extremely excited, and many of them won this honor for the first time - the European Championship.

Even those who won the Champions League once did not expect to win the trophy again at the end of their career.

Van der Sar debuted at Ajiaks. He participated in the European Champions League final when he played for Ajiaks in 1995. Coincidentally, their opponent was AC Milan at that time, and there was also a "former Milan player" in Ajiaks - Rijkaard. What's more coincidental was that it was Rijkaard who assisted Cruivet, who scored a goal seven minutes before the end of the game and defeated the then arrogant AC Milan and unexpectedly won the Champions League.

Van der Sar has never forgotten that day, and the most brilliant moment of his career belonged to that day. Later, he had never received such honors in Ajiax, Juventus, and the Dutch national team.

Van der Sar was very excited to win the Champions League for the second time. He is 36 years old and has not had a few years of his career. He started his career with the Champions League championship. He hopes that the end of this career can also draw a perfect end with the Champions League.

He held the Champions League and rubbed his face on it. The cold feeling reminded him that all this was true, not dreaming.

Van der Sar is just a representative of some people. Many veterans are like this. Even a world-class scorer like Van Nystruey has never won the Champions League championship in his career. When he was abandoned by Manchester United, he chose Nottingham Forest just to avenge Manchester United and prove to Ferguson how big a mistake it was for Manchester United to give up. Unexpectedly... he never thought that his wish that he had not fulfilled at Manchester United was actually realized in Nottingham Forest.

He didn't know what to say when he held the championship trophy. He was the scorer with the most goals in the history of the 52-year history of the Champions League (this data is included in the Champions League qualifiers, and the most goals in the Champions League are Raul Gonzalez of Real Madrid). But he has never won a championship trophy, which is somewhat unreasonable.

Now Van Nistroy has finally gotten rid of this embarrassment.

Forest players who are indulging in hotels and bars, whether they are going to retire, have just debuted, or have entered the golden stage of their careers, will have a brilliant record in their resumes - the UEFA Champions League champion in the 2006/07 season.

It sounds amazing just by sounding.

But in fact, they are even more amazing than this simple honor. You should know that this team was struggling in the English Football Champions League (at that time it was called the First Division), with a financial crisis, a relegation crisis... plaguing everyone in the team.

Nottingham Forest is a team with a tradition of creating miracles, whether it is the era of Brian Crowe or the era of Tony Donn now. They have done things that others dare not think of.

That night, Tang En did not restrain his subordinates, and did not allow them to enter the room to rest until eleven o'clock. He did not prohibit them from drinking happily.

Because he was in the hotel bar and was unconscious.

These English drunkards even poured beer into the trophy of the Champions League and drank it with all their drinks. In fact, not much of them drank, and more wine was left along their necks and poured them all over.

Tang En didn't know how much wine he drank, so he couldn't count it. Anyway, the wine glass would be filled when empty, and when empty, it would be filled. In the end, these people simply grabbed the wine bottle and tilted their necks. Tang En believed that "you have to have fun in life, don't let the golden cup empty against the moon" is the truth of the eternal. When you are proud of the spring breeze, you have to drink. Apart from drinking, he couldn't think of any other way to celebrate, and he can best vent his inner emotions. Wine is the greatest invention in the history of human civilization. Without wine, life will be boring. Wine is his favorite besides football.

Now he finally had the opportunity to drink openly and vigorously, how could he let it go? He vomited and vomited. He didn't know how much alcohol his stomach was in, but he clearly remembered his emotions at that time - very happy and happy.

Beer, champagne, whiskey, wine, brandy, vodka... They want all the wines sold in the hotel bar.

The next day, the hotel manager received a report from their bar, saying that people from Nottingham Forest drank all the wine from the entire bar yesterday...

The Greeks had seen the English's alcohol tolerance.

This is also the reason why the team flew to London in the afternoon, not in the morning - because most people were still drunk in the morning.

There was no George Wood among these crazy people. He accompanied his mother to go shopping and buy souvenirs. He was not interested in these celebrating wines. He was not interested in parties either. He wanted to accompany his mother when he was not playing football. Where did she want to go with her and what she wanted to buy to swipe her card.

Wood always felt that he owed his mother a lot, and now he can make a lot of money, and he wants to make good compensation.

Don Eun knew it too, so he didn't ask Wood to come to the party, just to let him and his mom pay attention to safety outside.

Everyone else on the team knew how much Wood loved his mother. So no one forced him to drink and have fun.

When Tang En opened his eyes again, he was awakened by the huge noise.

He opened his sleepy eyes in a daze, turned his head to look out the window, it was his familiar building, and the bus finally arrived in Nottingham. He was shocked. He suddenly got out of his seat, and he was completely sleepy.

It was full of red when I saw it, from one end to the other, overwhelming red.

Wearing a red Forest team jersey. Fans wearing a red Forest team's third commemorative T-shirt holding the cup for the third time were crowded on both sides of the street, waving their arms and flags to cheer and salute the players in the car.

The bus was traveling very slowly. In the crowded streets, although there were police cars leading the way, it still seemed like they were climbing...

The players all went up to the second floor, but received cheers and tributes from the fans along the way.

"Wow, there are so many people in the street..." Tang En whistled.

It was very noisy. He basically couldn't hear his voice. The fans' voices here were the only ones that could clearly be heard.

They were calling the names of every forest player. The people who were called would stand up from their seats, wave and then get even louder cheers and sit down with satisfaction.

It seemed like it was a military parade, but it was not the people in the car who were reading the street, but the fans on the street who were reviewing the "soldiers" on the car.

Don Eun turned over. He saw Chris Lak running down from above, and found that Don Eun woke up and waved to him happily. He shouted loudly: "Come on! Come on!"

Don Eun hadn't reacted yet. The fans' voices were too loud, and he didn't hear what Chris Lack was shouting clearly.

At this time, he heard the fans calling their names: "Tony! Tony! Tony. Tony. Tony. Tony! Tony. Tony. Tony. Tony.!"

He looked at Chris Lack's excited smile. Now he understood.

Donn and Chris Lack appeared on the second floor of the convertible together. When the fans saw him coming up, they cheered loudly.

Tang En leaned on the railing and waved to the crowd below.  This position was higher than what he did just now, and he could see it more clearly.   Not only this street, but also forward and backward, where he could see it at a glance... there was red everywhere.

The ancient city of Nottingham seemed to have been dyed red overnight.

"Look!" Chris Lack pointed below and said excitedly, "A grand occasion once every twenty-seven years!"

Tang En smiled: "Don't worry, David, you will have it often in the future. You can watch it anytime you want."

"Hehe, I know you have this ability, Tony." Chris Lark punched Don.

Done stepped forward, took the trophy from Wood, and then raised it high, his actions caused another scream in the car.

Someone handed Tang En a microphone, which was connected to the bus speaker, and he could speak in the car.                                                                                                                  �

He coughed at the microphone, and the sound was several times enlarged by the speaker in front of the bus. It could be heard from a distance. The fans of this area of ​​earth calmed down when they saw Tang En having something to say.

"I Tony Donne is very grateful for your support. To be honest, I was very excited to see this scene. I can't see it at a glance..." He waved his hand, "Half of Nottingham's people are coming out, right?"

After a pause, he continued: "When I was the acting head coach of Nottingham Forest, I once told some good friends in the bar. I don't care whether the scene looks good, I don't care whether the game is played by offense or defense. I don't care how the Forest team played before. My goal is very simple - to win. I say that a team that cannot win is worthless, and the head coach that cannot lead the team to win is simply terrible!" He raised the volume word by word.

This statement quickly received enthusiastic feedback from the people below, and they all agreed.

"I also told my players, saying... What kind of football is Nottingham Forest? It is a football that keeps winning and winning! I am very happy that today, using such a trophy to prove that nothing I said before is not bragging. "He raised the trophy with one hand and turned his head to stare at the trophy affectionately. "Twenty-seven years have passed. She has returned to our hands. But here, in front of so many people, I promise you that this will not be the last carnival!"

He handed the trophy back to Wood, raised his hands and shook his head.

"As long as I'm still in this position, we can keep repeating it. Now. Let's go to the city court tonight and celebrate!"

After saying that, he put down the microphone and waved his fist again.  It's down.

His throat hurts and he doesn't dare to continue talking.

These days, I kept yelling, talking, smoking and drinking, and my throat could no longer bear it.

The car was moving very slowly, but finally arrived at the Municipal Square at 5 pm. The whole team waited to go to the Municipal Building opposite the square to celebrate with the fans who gathered here. This scene would make many old Nottingham Forest fans moist. Because twenty-seven years ago, the Forest team won the Champions League for the second time, it was also here, so they celebrated with the fans.

Later on the day to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Forest Team's victory in the European Champions League, the Forest Team organized a simulated parade, and the end of the event site was celebrated here. Although many people came at that time, the Forest Team's future in the First Division was uncertain at that time. Apart from commemorating, there were not many excitement.

Because whenever people think of the glory of the past, they will find that reality is so cruel - the European champion who once won twice in a row. Now they can only hang out in the second-level league.

This time it’s different. People who come here may remember the past. But more often they only cheer for the forest team in front of them.

The earth silver cup they held in their hands was not a replica, but a real champion trophy, which was really no longer a real trophy.

From the terrace of the municipal building, the whole Forest team had changed their suits again at this time. They would have dinner with the mayor. This was a regular dinner. The players put away their hippies and had a serious meal with the mayor and other senior government officials.

Evan Dogette was able to deal with this kind of scene with ease. Donne and the players suffered. Such a serious scene was a torture for them.

The mayor praised the team for its outstanding contribution to the city of Nottingham. He said emotionally when he toasted: "It was Robin Hood that let the world know us. Now it is you. All the soldiers of Nottingham Forest have let the world know us again!"

Everyone raised their glasses to thank the mayor for their praise. The atmosphere was harmonious.

Dinner is not long, as the Forest team has to go to the city court to prepare for the evening celebration.

Donn led the team away, Evan Dogerty and Allen Adams stayed, and they wanted to talk to the mayor about the location of the new stadium. If they could get government support and some preferential policies on the purchase of land, they could save the club a lot of money in the new stadium construction plan.

Now the Forest has just won the Champions League and has become the world-renowned king of Europe. It is obviously the best time to make this request. Another reason that is particularly beneficial to the Forest is that the current mayor is a loyal fan of Nottingham Forest. His family of four generations grew up watching the Forest play football. From the perspective of relationships, he should also support the Forest’s new stadium plan.

The news that the Forest Team held a celebration party tonight has long been known to everyone in Nottingham. At the same time, everyone also knows that this is an opportunity to say goodbye to several people.

Albertini is about to retire, and Paul Gerrard also announced his retirement. At this moment, it would be great to go to the city stadium to see them off.

The city stadium at night is brightly lit, just like any home game, crowded towards the stadium. The surface of the Trent River reflects the dazzling lights on the main entrance of the city stadium, rippling with waves, and the city stadium in the water is illusory like a palace in a dream. This 109-year-old stadium exudes modern brilliance in the night.

There are still policemen maintaining order around the stadium, but the police force is less than when they are tied. Because there are no visiting fans who may cause riots this time, except for the real Forest fans, no one can buy tickets.

A police car was parked at the Trent Bridge, and the young policeman stood alone outside the car, smiling at the Forest fans passing by him.
To be continued...