Chapter 44: Powerless to return to heaven

Luther Van Nistrui has left Nottingham and has made the final preparations before the American author's surgery. After this operation, it is unsure whether he can return to the court. Even if the thirty-four-year-old Van Nistrui comes back, it is also a question whether Nottingham Forest will still need it. After all, his salary is at the right level. When he recovers, the contract he signed with Nottingham Forest will almost expire.

So this time I went to the United States, everyone was worried. Only Tang Enqiang comforted him with a happy face: "I'm back with a lively jump, I'm still waiting for you!"

Van Nystruei's injury further aggravated the team's striker's weakness, which is just one of the effects. The greater impact is the heavy blow to the morale of his injury.

Now at the Wilford training base, the scenes of constant laughter in the past are basically nowhere to be seen. Whenever everyone talks about injuries in the locker room, they will sigh and cannot say anything.  When training, everyone would rather not work so hard than first ensure that they will not be injured... It can be said that it has reached the point where everyone is in danger.

And in the face of all this, Tang En had no choice. He could not scold everyone for fighting hard in training, because that would lead to his reduction or even loss of prestige in the team.

During the game, the players' fear of injury is even more obvious. Their opponents seem to understand this very well. Any team that plays against the Forest will show their strong and fierce side in the game, using almost rough defense to control the dominance of the situation on the court.

When facing such a defense, Nottingham Forest players can only choose to give up football most of the time.

Only George Wood was as always, not affected by any external factors. But he could not support a team alone. The Forest team, which was depressed, physically exhausted, and was panicked all day long, suffered two consecutive losses in the league.

On December 6, Nottingham Forest lost 0:2 away to Arsenal. On December 13, 0:1 home to Blackburn. After two consecutive defeats in the league, Nottingham Forest fell from third to seventh again. Aston Villa and Everton were both above them, and Hull City was in eighth to accompany them. On December 16, Forest team set off to fly to Japan, thousands of miles away to participate in the World Club Cup. On the journey, Laughton and even Donn were not concerned about such games. Forest team lost to South American Liberators Cup champion Fruminense in the final and lost the Club World Cup champion.

The only good news is the last round of the Champions League group stage. Nottingham Forest was at home, and amid the cheers of 30,000 fans, defeated Dynamo Kiev 4:1 and won the last place to qualify in the group. The Champions League was saved, and the money was saved... The money to live next season is considered to be there.

But people did not let him go because they qualified in a panic in the Champions League. The media criticized him more and more because these media found that this time was different from before. Tony Don't have the ability to turn over for a while. If he scolded him, he didn't have to worry about being slapped in the face with a arrogant slap after he won the ball.

Many people scolded him for only focusing on his performance and disregarding his players' health, which caused Van Nystruei to suffer this disaster.

Some people scolded him for not being able to solve the problem in the team's dilemma but he was really incompetent.

Some people mocked him for having verbal battles with the media, but they didn't care about the team's physical fitness construction at all.

Some people think that no head coach has ever produced so much news off the court. It is precisely because of this off-court affairs that he is distracted in training and commanding games. Such a head coach cannot be considered excellent, at least not qualified.

"...If a player is too enthusiastic about off-court affairs that are not related to his job and has a sluggish state in the game, we can criticize him, and the coach can put him on the bench or on the stands. Let him reflect. So, if a coach is too distracted and cannot devote himself to his job, what will we do to punish him? Tony Donn believes that he is the king of Nottingham Forest. I have no intention of proof here whether he is, but if a king in a country has a problem or makes a mistake, where will the country go?"

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Various criticisms came to him. Every morning when he opened the newspaper, he would see at least two columns of articles scolding him. Later, he simply stopped reading the newspaper. The bad habit of reading newspapers while eating was also changed.

In fact, no matter how the media scolded him, he was not afraid at all. It was not the first time he was scolded. At most, this time he was scolded with concentrated firepower, and before they all fought for their own battles.

What doubled his pressure was the will of the club's top leaders.

No matter how good his relationship with Evan was, and now the team was not doing well, he was still called to the office with a serious expression and talked for an hour.

Evan did not criticize him, but said that the team is in a difficult situation now. I hope he can distract people from the club's financial issues through victory. At the same time, change people's current views on the Forest team. As long as you win, nothing is a problem. As long as you win, those fence-bet media will definitely change their words to the Forest team to cheer...

It is precisely because of this that Don Evan is under great pressure. He is a worker in office all day long. No matter the team's club chairman, he doesn't know how difficult it is to win under the current circumstances. He, the head coach, knows very well.

But Evan is his immediate boss after all, and what he said is right. No one would hope that his team will lose, and reducing stress is not that much.

What should I do? Grudge my teeth and put them on.

Tang En agreed immediately and would definitely win the next game and win. The situation would definitely improve, and the current difficulties are only temporary...

But who will be the opponent in the next game?

On December 20, in the 18th round of the league, Nottingham Forest challenged Manchester United away...

Although we were having a drink and racing together, it was a fool to expect Ferguson to let Done go. The arrogant Nottingham Forest has been rampant in the Premier League for two seasons. It can be considered a chance to beat the dog in the water. Can Ferguson let it go? Even if Ferguson is kind-hearted, Manchester United players and Manchester United fans will not agree.

Think about it. Who snatched the league championship trophy from them in the last round of last season?

Now that Nottingham Forest is so down and out, Don En is almost unable to get all the starting eleven people. Manchester United is not a philanthropist and will help them through this difficulty.

Before the game, there were even rumors that if Tang En loses again, the get out of class may be dismissed.

So during the game, a banner appeared in the stands of Old Trafford - "Send Tony Donne with victory, go to death in Nottingham Forest!"

The entire Old Trafford stand was filled with this hostility, and he wanted to rush down and dismember Tang En. Tang En sat in the coaching seat. The insulting voices came from behind him. These British guys were unique and thought of scolding him in a variety of ways, so that he would not feel lonely for ninety minutes.

Van Nystruey left the team with injury, Van der Fate left the team for one month, Pepe left the team with half a month, Beckham left the team with one week of injury, Eastwood left the team with two weeks of injury, Petrov left the team with ten days of injury, Thiago was absent for one week of injury. Sun Jihai left the team with one month of injury...

Who else is on the court now?

Such a team still wants to win against Manchester United away?

If Ferguson knew about Donn's promise to Evan before the game, he would have been furious and said Tony. Donn underestimated him and his team too much.

But Don En could only smile bitterly - he also knew how difficult it was to win Manchester United away, but he had no way out. If he said soft words at this time, the morale of the team will be even more severe...

When the game was going on, Tang En always stood on the sidelines, dancing and supervising the battle, and was very excited. The commentator of Sky TV joked: "Tony Tang En probably wanted to come on the court and help the team win the game himself."

The team's overall condition is sluggish. The individual players who performed well in the past cannot show any of them. The Turkish genius boy Shahin, who replaced Van der Fate, was quickly lost under Manchester United's midfield press. Rafinia was almost unable to find the north by Cristiano Ronaldo. Ayala is obviously old, Kompany can't stand Rooney alone, and Tvez's bombings took turns. George Wood ran desperately, taking care of the east end and not being able to take care of the west end. Ribery was alone and was pressed by Manchester United on the sidelines and yearned for the middle. Jikic was alone in the frontcourt and lacked support from the midfield. He was nothing. Lennon is still seeking a breakthrough, but his way of playing football is too simple, and it is easy to be seen through by his opponent...

Tang En looked up at the sky, he could do nothing...

The previous seasons have been smooth sailing, and the occasional injuries are not hindering the overall situation. Maybe it’s God’s favor?

But this season, all kinds of unlucky things have come together, with such density. The frequent injuries seem to be discussed and come to find him.

God. You want to play to death!

He suddenly felt a cramp in his heart.

Tang En gave up and continued to stand on the sidelines to direct the game. He turned around and walked back slowly. Then he slowly sat down.

A look of tranquility.

The score on the field is 3:1, the home team is in front and the away team is in back.

Nottingham Forest lost three consecutive times, and its ranking continued to decline, and this time it even fell to the eleventh place!

In such a chaotic time, Real Madrid came in again to disrupt the situation. They publicly announced that they were interested in Forest's Ribery and hoped to buy it during the winter break.

This is not a joke between the Spanish media, nor is it a problem with the senior executives of Real Madrid - a player who has participated in the European Champions League has to pay a lot of money to buy it. The reason is actually very simple.

Real Madrid and Nottingham Forest encountered the same problem - injuries and personnel were seriously incomplete. Robinho left in the summer, weakening Real Madrid's offensive force, which was already very weak. In the last round of the league, Robben left the court again and was expected to recover for two to three months this time! In this way, Real Madrid has no wing talents at all... Drente was too young and could not use it, and Schuster made it clear that the Dutchman was not in his plan.

In this way, Real Madrid must add wing players during the winter break. Cristiano Ronaldo still wants to leave Manchester United, but he will not accept the winter transfer arrangement. If he leaves, he will leave next summer. He will be able to deal with the team's game immediately after he comes. And his strength has long been proven that there is only one candidate who does not need to take risks - Frank Ribery.

Since Nottingham Forest is in a financial crisis, this time I believe Nottingham Forest Club will no longer refuse toughly. After all, they also urgently need money to improve the financial situation, and Ribery's weekly salary of 130,000 pounds is really a heavy burden for the club.

After analyzing various situations, Real Madrid once again took action against Ribery. They reported the transfer fee of 50 million euros to the Forest team.

Journalists flocked to Don En, hoping to learn about the latest situation about the transfer deal. Don En shook his head and said that he was unaware of it. Ribery was very satisfied with the current situation and he would continue to stay here.

However, when interviewed by reporters, Allen admitted that the club did receive a quote from Real Madrid. As for how to deal with it, he did not give an answer.

However, media analysts believe that in this economic winter, Nottingham Forest is almost certainly unable to resist the euro offensive facing Real Madrid.

Of course, Don En also understands this. He said all the words to the media were lies. In private, Ribery's agent Bruno Hydeshede called again, hoping that Tony Don En would nod and let others go.

"It can alleviate the economic crisis, lower the wage standards for you, and also allow Frank to get what he wants. Everyone has benefits. I don't think this deal will lose."

What he said was reasonable, but Tang En had a cold face and didn't nod.

The pressure of team performance, the pressure of players’ different minds, the pressure of media, the pressure of high-level. Economic pressure...

Tang En felt that as long as he looked up, he would definitely see a shadow, even if the weather was sunny today.

He felt it was particularly difficult this winter.

What makes him more difficult is whether these pressures are hanging on his head, but that he has no way to solve these pressures - no money to buy people, no time to let the team rest and adjust.   If the strength is not supplemented, the results cannot improve unless a miracle is expected.   The results cannot improve, these pressures will continue to exist, and they accumulate more and more. When one day the heavy weight can no longer bear it, it will fall down. At that time, no matter how much Monkey King can jump around, he can only be pressed under the Five Fingers Mountain.   It will not be able to turn over for five hundred years...

No matter how tortuous the road is, as long as the future is bright, you can make the whole team work hard to survive. The current situation is that the road is very tortuous, and the future is bright and cannot be seen. If this continues, even if they luckily enter the Champions League knockout stage, they will probably be eliminated soon.

The problem of comprehensive expansion is not only reflected in the club's economic construction, but also in the team's multi-line combat. He must give up one or two goals and make every effort to keep a position.

The question is - is it to ensure the final ranking of the league? Or is it a great achievement to create three consecutive European Champions League dominances?

If the league ranking cannot guarantee the qualification for the European Champions League next season. Then next season, we can only watch the Chinese New Year. The European Champions League three consecutive dominances are indeed very attractive...

Tang En thought about it for a long time and decided to focus on the cup. The league tried its best to ensure that it was in the top four.

He felt that no matter how difficult the situation is now, sometimes it will take a day to run. This period of time is difficult, maybe after this winter, luck will come. Disaster is the blessing, and blessing is the disaster. Tang En feels that ensuring a fourth place in the league is not a big problem for the current Forest team.

The goal has been determined, and it is actually one thing to implement it in practice - achievements.

The team's results are coming soon. Nottingham Forest ranked 11th in the league, which is a huge difference from what he said at the beginning that he tried not to keep the first place in the league.

Still have to win...

When Tang En thought of this, he was about to pull his hair.

How easy is winning?
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