Chapter 25 Don't underestimate football (1)
George Wood's affairs were solved in this way. Don N found that he had made a big mistake in the past. He didn't even look at Wood's physical condition and the position of his technical characteristics. It was completely because Wood said that he would arrange for him wherever he wanted to play. In fact, let alone such football rookies, some professional players who have received training since childhood did not know where they are really good at.
For example, the Ivorian "Warcraft" Didier Drogba, who later squeezed Andri`Shevchenko to the bench at Chelsea, played first as a defender. Portuguese scorer Nuno`Gomes' position on the field has also been changed many times, from defender to midfield and from midfield to forward. Brazilian national team captain Cafu and central defender Lucio played when they debuted.
All of them were forwards, and later they changed to defenders and became famous. The world-famous forward "fighting" Gabriel`Batistuta even changed from playing basketball, because football makes more money than basketball. Then, by chance, he created a famous striker in Argentina's history and even in world football history. Bati himself admitted that he actually didn't like football at all. After getting off the training ground and leaving the football field, he talked more about basketball with his friends at home.
These successful facts gave Don En confidence. He thought it was wise and successful to let George Wood switch to a midfielder. Wood had no talent to play forward, he could not catch fighter planes, he didn't know how to run so that he could just appear in the air when his teammates passed the ball, he didn't know how to stay calm when facing the goalkeeper alone, and how to choose to shoot...
Some things can be done through training, and some things can only be understood by themselves. If you are not talented, you will waste your entire career in a position that is not suitable for you.
Fortunately, I ran to the youth team game on a whim, otherwise how long would Wood have to walk on this wrong road? Who knows, maybe two months, maybe four months, and then I found that I had no future and was abandoned by the team...
The Nottingham Evening Post reported in an unobtrusive spot that West Ham youth forward Freddy Eastwood was injured in a youth league game against Nottingham Forest. After the game, he was diagnosed with a fractured right leg and would miss the entire season. He was expected to recover for up to ten months.
A young player may have lost his future since then, but no one has ever been worried about it. Since football has occurred, such things have often happened, just like car accidents.
Professional football...is so cruel and inhumane.
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March 11, match day.
Nottingham Forest, which has won five consecutive games, will face Grimsby`Town, the last place at home.
"Thirty-five games, I won seven games, tied eight games, and lost..." Tang En looked at the statistics table in his hand and smacked his lips, "Twenty games. I scored thirty-nine goals and lost seventy goals. This is our opponent." He couldn't help but whistle, which even attracted the attention of many players in the car.
"Tony, don't underestimate your opponent," Walker reminded, which looks more like routine.
"I know, I know..." Tang En, who just got Wood's future, was in a good mood. He was also relaxed when he met such a team ranked last in the league. The team had won five consecutive victories, and his morale was high. It was home court again. When he met such a bad opponent, what reason would he not continue to win?
He stood up and turned to the players in the car and said, "Our opponent is very strong!"
A burst of laughter suddenly rang in the car.
"Don't slack off." Tang En didn't hold back his laughter when he said this, and naturally he answered him with a bigger laugh.
"Kill them!"
"oh--!!"
Looking at the high-spirited players, Done sat down again and shrugged at Walker: "The danger was eliminated." After saying that, he turned his head and looked out the window. He could see more and more forest fans on the roadside, and they were getting closer and closer to the stadium.
When the Red Bus of the Forest Team passed by them, these fans would raise the scarves and flags in their hands and wave to greet them. Tang En even saw slogans singing praises to themselves among these people. The slogans posed by two young and beautiful blonde beauties said: Tony, we love you!
Tang En waved to them through a car window, and the two girls gave them a blowing kiss. He whistled, and he turned his head and stared at them until he could no longer see them. Turning back, Tang En closed his eyes and was still intoxicated.
Hot and soft girls, foreign women are just open...
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The media reported on this game obviously had a lot more than any previous game. Nottingham Forest has won five consecutive games in the league, and after being eliminated from the FA Cup by West Ham, they were unbeaten in seven games. Of course, these are not the entire reason for attracting the media. Don En's unique experience is also an important factor in attracting the public's attention. Everyone wants to see what magical performance this best coach in February, which was knocked out by his players, would have been - his on-site command in the second half of the game against West Ham and the league with Wimbledon, was considered quite representative by many critics.
Tony Donn is enjoying the taste of becoming a national celebrity. Starting from jumping off the bus, the media's interview microphone almost reached the door of the locker room. Everyone was asking what the Forest team and himself would perform in this game. Donnn replied with a smile: "After the game, everyone will know!"
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After the game, everyone will know...
How great this sentence is said, fully reflecting the unpredictability of football games and the correctness of the old saying "football is round".
The city court slowly fell silent, but the game was not over. However, the Greensby fans, with more than a thousand people, were excited. Looking at the scoreboard, they had enough reason to celebrate at someone else's home court.
There are four minutes left before the end of the game, and now the score is 2:1, and the away team Greensby is leading.
Tang En sat in the coaching seat, and he had used up all three substitutions. At this moment, he could do nothing except sit here and wait for the ending.
Yes, he became the focus of media attention, and he could even guess what the media would be tomorrow. The reporters on the sidelines pointed their spears and cannons at him, and the sound of pressing the shutter never stopped. But in fact, they could only take one photo after eighty minutes, because since then, Tang En has never changed his expression - he has no expression at all.
At this moment, Tang En was trying to maintain this expressionless posture, but the heart in his chest was beating faster. Losing was nothing, but he was unwilling to lose the game in this context - everyone thought they could win, and even he himself had never doubted this. Everyone sang hymns and waited for the good news of his six-game winning streak. What was the result?
It's so fucking... Tang En couldn't help but want to recite the word F as the first.
The Forest team was like headless flies ramming on the court, with unorganized offense and defense. As time passed, Greensby, who was a visiting guest, became more and more calm.
These Forest players must have never expected that the game that should have won easily would play so badly. They seemed to be spinning in the quagmire throughout the game. No matter how strong they had, how beautiful they cooperated, or how sharp the offense they had, they could not play at all.
Tang En glanced at the opponent's head coach standing on the sidelines to direct the game.
Paul Groves, a 37-year-old central defender and head coach of Greensby, is another player and coach! But unlike Coventry head coach McCaulist, in this game, Groves always commands the game in the coaching seat. When playing football, he is a central defender and defensive midfielder. Most of the time he spends his time behind the court to observe the game. He has learned to use his mind to think about the progress of the game, which is very helpful for him to change his position as a coach.
Tang En didn't expect that he would lose to this part-time coach, but he had long forgotten that he was also a rookie coach with only seven games experience.
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The game was full of expectations for the home team fans at the beginning. Forests scored in the thirteenth minute, and everything was developing in a direction that was beneficial to Nottingham Forest. However, in the last minute of the first half, Greensby scored a goal to equalize the score. Then the second half only started for three minutes, Forests suffered another heavy blow, and Greensby overtook the score.
The following time was the Forest's crazy counterattack, and Greensby returned to defense in full swing, and the city gate was closed, which made the Forest's team helpless. Now it has been eighty-eight minutes, and it seems that the hope of equalizing the score is becoming increasingly slim, let alone winning.
"Eighty-eight minutes!" John Motterson reminded, "We all remember the scene of the game against Wimbledon. The tenacious Forest scored a winning goal in the 90th minute of the game, which was the starting point for their five-game winning streak. Now, can Tony Donn's Forest still create miracles?"
Kenny Burns in front of the TV shook his head. That game was so different from this game. In that game, the Forest performed very well except for the time when Wimbledon scored two goals, and basically controlled the rhythm of the game. What about this game? After the Forest scored in the 13th minute, the rhythm of the game fell into the opponent's hands bit by bit. The Forest's fast pass and cut displayed in the first five games was completely impossible. What was the result? In order to pursue fast one-sidedly, the players frequently took high balls, and the success rate was so low that it was terrible.
Burns looked at this game from his previous professional perspective and had already sentenced the Forest team to death in advance. But what surprised him was that Tang En could see the problems he could see.
Why did he not make any adjustments when the team made a long pass and rushed, but instead allowed the game situation to continue to deteriorate?
Chapter completed!