Chapter 120
Two days passed quickly, and the game was approaching. Both sides were ready to deal with this battle.
Mourinho will never allow himself to make any mistakes at home. The most difficult thing to play in the knockout stage is the way to start with the home and then go away. But there is no way, who told them to lose the first place in the group stage at the last moment?
Mourinho's plan is to never lose points at his home court. He requires the team's defense line to be sure to seal the opponent cleanly, so he will insist on defending and counterattacking at home.
Tang En's idea is also very simple - it is to score goals. The advantage of playing away games first is that there is a home game as a buffer, so there is more opportunity for adjustment. Away goals are the top priority, and you must score goals, which is why Tang En arranges 4231 instead of 442 away games. People may choose to defend away games, but Tang En goes against the rules and emphasizes offense.
Being able to win Inter Milan is naturally the best result. If you can’t win, you have to draw. Loss...that is definitely not allowed.
Until the game started, Don Eun-Hao Mourinho did not meet again. The two head coaches were interviewed at the press conference, and they had to wait until after the game.
But the media did not feel regretful. Because there will be more exciting stories when we meet again after the game. Now, there is really no topic to hype... The battle of verbal battle between the two sides has almost been fought.
Although Don and Mourinho had not met before, they had already competed with each other through media. Looking at their explosive remarks, people really admire these two people. The Italian media even sighed that Mourinho has been a little lonely after coming to Italy, and now he has finally found an opponent...
Mourinho is an alien in Serie A. His unrestrained style breaks the superficial harmony of Serie A. When have the academic head coaches seen such people before? At most, they argue about tactical things together. Even if they quarrel with others, they are very poor. They all lost in front of Mourinho's cleverness. Some people still want to learn from Mourinho's verbal battle with others, but they end up not being able to become a dog-like dog, making themselves look more like a superficial clown.
Therefore, Mourinho gradually became too lazy to spit with those people - that was really a very cheap thing.
Now when Tony Donn takes his Forest team to Italy, people finally meet Mourinho, who once had a good time in the Premier League.
When fighting psychological warfare and verbal battles, it is indeed fun to have a close opponent.
Don and Mourinho are like dry firewood and fire, which are perfect matches.
On the evening of March 1, the Meacha Stadium was brightly lit and the crowds were heard. The first round of the European Champions League quarter-finals kicked off here.
Nottingham Forest fans who came from the UK entered the court under the escort of the police. The extreme Inter Milan fans next to them were provoking them with malicious intentions. Nottingham Forest fans were not to be outdone. They glared back.
The police in charge of stadium security are on the verge of enemies. Italian fans and English media have bad reputations, not to mention that the atmosphere has been hot before this game by the two head coaches. If anyone doesn't want to see the head coaches of the two teams spit on each other, then it must be these policemen responsible for maintaining public security. The head coaches heat up the atmosphere and will also stir up the fans' emotions. That's a very dangerous thing. If it is not strictly controlled, a slight volcanic eruption may occur.
When the fans of both sides were at a strife outside, the players on both sides had already appeared and started to warm up.
Don En did the work he should do in the locker room and slipped out. He met Mourinho, who hadn't seen for several years, on the sidelines.
"Ha, what a coincidence. Mr. Mourinho." Don said hello to the other party with a smile.
Mourinho had a stern face and didn't want to pay attention to him.
"Don't show such an expression, Mr. Mourinho. I won't ask you for a drink anymore. I've quit that thing long ago. You are the landlord here, and you can't act so indifferent."
"Do you want me to say 'I'm glad to see you'? But I'm not happy at all."
"Because you are afraid of losing?" Don En smiled and came to Mourinho.
This sentence obviously touched Mourinho's pain. He snorted. "Whatever you think, Mr. Don. The football game was not won by verbal words."
"Ha, the heroes have similar views."
Don Eun didn't talk to Mourinho because both of them had something to do. The battle of verbalism has been finished. It's useless to pick it up now.
He walked to the sidelines to carefully observe the team's warm-up situation and learned first-hand information. Whoever is in good condition and whose mentality is not right... This is the last opportunity for adjustment. When the game starts, if you want to adjust, you have to occupy three substitutions.
The players performed well, and he did not notice that anyone was too confident and impatient. These kids were not bad. They have been whispering to them these days and asked them to take this game seriously. Because this is a "fight of revenge", they should not be careless. They should not be careless or casual.
Tang En also observed the fans in the stands. Inter Milan fans accounted for about four-fifths, looking at the entire blue, while the red gathered in a corner, surrounded by a blue ocean, and looked lonely.
There is a layer of police protection around these fans, isolating them from Italian fans. Under the heavy protection of the police, the fans of Nottingham Forest are not afraid of the unfriendly booing and hostile eyes of the home fans. Sing the battle songs of Nottingham Forest in their own stands.
When Tang En saw this scene, he smiled. A cute fan. He seemed to see John and Bill in the square in the distance.
Staying on the sidelines for a while. Tang En could hear booing from the stands behind him. Of course, this was aimed at the head coach who took the initiative to provoke a fight with Mourinho. He didn't care. He even turned around and laughed at the fans with bad expressions, and then walked back to the corridor and headed to the locker room.
In this game, he is destined to make Inter Milan fans unhappy...
Not long after returning to the locker room, the team's warm-up ended. The players entered the locker room one after another. They began to change the jerseys needed for the game. Tang En paced back and forth in the locker room, thinking about what to say to further mobilize the players' emotions.
The tactics that should be discussed were arranged a day ago. At this time, there was not much time and he would not say it again.
The players changed their clothes, sat down and took a breath, and waited for their spiritual leader to say something.
Tang En finally stopped and stood in front of his teammates.
"Who else among you who have experienced those two games?" he looked at the players.
George Wood raised his hand, and then goalkeeper Akinfeev, defenders Barnes, Rafinia, Pepe, Kompany. Thiago, Lennon, Shahin, and Eastwood all raised their hands. They all knew which two games the boss asked about "those two games"
This accounts for almost two-thirds of the list.
"I know that some of you must be unwilling to accept it... no, everyone is unwilling to accept it. After all, the opponent scored five goals in two games, but none of them scored. If this is acceptable, it would not be a normal person. It's great now. You have the opportunity to correct that mistake and ask Inter Milan to see 0:5, it's just an accident." Tang En snapped his fingers, "I really doubt whether UEFA fully respected our opinions when drawing lots. "
There was a burst of laughter among the players.
"Anyway, guys. Now we have a great opportunity! Are you planning to let this opportunity slip away from you? Are you really planning that way?"
"No one thinks that. Boss!"
"Very good! Then cheer me up! Fight them at their home court! Settle all the land accounts today!"
Mourinho did not inspire emotions in the locker room. Inter Milan is not Nottingham Forest, but it is not full of a group of simple-minded and passionate creatures. Besides, he has nothing to encourage. Inter Milan and Nottingham Forest have no deep hatred. For many players, this is just an ordinary Champions League quarterfinal. Players like Ibrahimovic have no interest in the media's hype "Fight of Revenge in the Forest Team", and some people cannot even understand Tony at all. Why did Donn jump up and bite people like a mad dog? Is this good for him? Does the more people he bite, the more dividends he can get?
Although their head coach occasionally bites people, he has purpose and bites. What does Tony Don't bite?
If he was asked to be our head coach, I'm afraid he would even bite his own people in the locker room? That would be terrible! I really don't know how the players in Nottingham Forest can tolerate such a bad temper to lead them.
Actually...it's even more incredible, why can this guy's team win the Champions League for two consecutive years? There must be some secrets we don't know...
Mourinho arranged the tactics with a calm look on his face before talking about what happened in the media.
"No matter how you say it is their freedom outside, don't think about anything. This is just an ordinary game. If you have any emotional ups and downs, you will be fooled by Tony Donn. In terms of strength, Nottingham Forest is definitely not as good as us. They are in a hurry to score away goals and will definitely take the initiative from the beginning of the game. We only need to be more patient than them. We can get the results we want. That's it, prepare to play."
When Inter Milan players appeared on the court, they received huge cheers. In the hearts of Inter Milan fans, the Nerazzurri is the hero in their hearts. Many fans are quite confident in defeating Nottingham Forest. The two games in the 2008-09 season are still vivid in my mind. There are few teams in the world football world who can defeat the defending champion so neatly.
Of course. Nottingham Forest fans will retort that the loss was because Tony Donn is not there. But Italian fans cannot understand this. They believe that even if Tony Donn is here, they will not lose so badly at most. But the result is still the same - losing. How much energy can a head coach have? The people who dominate the team and determine the strength of the team are star players, not star coaches.
When Ibrahimovic shook hands with the Forest players as usual, he suddenly felt a deep hostility. This hostility reached its peak when he shook hands with the Forest captain.
Wood's hands were following the necessary understanding with Ibrahimovic, but his eyes were always staring at the other party coldly. This was not a very polite attitude, and it also made the Swedes feel uncomfortable all over. The other party's eyes seemed to have thorns, and Ibrahimovic was sieve from the inside out.
He didn't like this rude look, so he touched Wood's hand and separated.
But even when he turned around and left, he could still feel the cold eyes staring at him behind his back.
Ibrahimovic is a typical representative of Inter Milan players, and almost all Inter Milan players feel the unfriendly atmosphere emitted from Nottingham Forest players.
They can't understand why these people think of this game as if they were vendetta. Even if we beat you with a big score, that's normal. It's often happening in world football. It's too little to think about it, right? If others win you, you'll have to seek revenge. Are you busy?
Nottingham Forest players didn't care what Inter Milan was thinking. They just frowned, looked at them with serious faces and murderous aura, shaking hands with them to show their friendly opponents.
It's really hard to imagine that such a situation would happen in real football. Perhaps only Tony Tang En, a pervert, can lead such an unreasonable team...
After the handshake ceremony ended in a strange atmosphere, the players on both sides returned to their respective positions and waited for the game to begin.
Major media seized the last time to shoot in front of the two head coaches.
Mourinho had no expression on his face, while Don En smiled. He even glanced at Mourinho next door from time to time in front of the reporters, wanting to observe his performance.
Unfortunately, he didn't see anything. Mourinho hid himself in the middle of the coach's seat. If you don't know what he was doing before him. Don Eun was not in a hurry. He knew that after the game started, Mourinho would definitely come out by himself.
Why?
Chapter completed!