Volume 4 The Storm Chapter 66 Meet new friends and meet old enemies
En suddenly became a busy man again, and he ...... As a coach who led the team to the semi-finals of the Champions Cup for two consecutive years, he also deserves this treatment.
Last season, Donn led the team to the Champions League final, which can still be regarded as a dark horse, and perhaps some people disdain it in their hearts to think that it is "shit luck".
With another semi-final this year and an elimination of defending champions Barcelona, I'm afraid those who think Donn is "shit lucky" have nothing to say.
Was it an accident once, or was it an accident twice?
There are only a handful of good managers in England's history, and many of the best managers are from Scotland. In the early days of modern football, the Scots were the first to innovate football tactics, when football had little tactics to speak of, and the attack was to let the striker run with the ball in the direction of the goal, and then kick the football into it. It's no different from rookies who don't know how to play football now. It was the Scots who changed all that, and they reformed this headless fly-like tactic to a constant passing of the ball, which now seems simple, but as the American astronaut Armstrong said when he first landed on the moon: My small step is a giant leap for humanity. A simple change has broadened the horizons of those involved in football, and passing has become an indispensable technique and tactic in the future of football.
As a pioneer in the reform of football tactics, Scotland has not produced any world-renowned players, but a large number of world-class managers, and now Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is a Scottish.
Compared to their northern neighbors, the achievements of the English in this area were relatively limited. Although there were great men such as Chapman, they still lagged behind the Scots in terms of overall numbers.
Moreover, since the World Cup of '66, England has basically not played again+
For example, McClaren, the current head coach of the England team, is the product of the general in the short. Because of the ridiculous stubbornness of the English FA and the public, they prefer to find English, believing that only their own people will give their hearts and minds to their own teams, and there will be so-called loyalty. Like Erikson Alien. It's really reassuring to have a head full of money.
"Tony. Downe is now the most popular England manager, with the Nottingham Forest manager taking over three seasons ago and taking the team to the Premier League in one season and winning the Carabao Cup. In the second season, he led the team to qualify for the Champions Cup, and in the third season, he led the team to the final of the Champions Cup, narrowly missing the championship. ”
Don was lying on his back on the couch watching a TV show about himself, which already compared him to four managers – Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Rafael Benitez and Jose Mourinho. Although he only won one League Cup, he led the team to the semi-finals of the Champions Cup two years in a row, and it is not something that any coach can do. Argentine coach Cooper has led Valencia to the Champions League final for the second year in a row. Although he did not win a single title in the end, he still established his place in world football.
Donn: Of course, the goal is not to be like Cooper, to reach the finals. This time, he will win no matter which team awaits him in the final.
"What interests us a lot. To achieve this kind of Tony. Coach Don wasn't even forty years old. Although European football is now the world of young coaches, it is still the same as Fan. Basten, Rijkaard, Deschamps, Ancelotti are still too young in comparison. And there always seems to be an aura of mystery hanging over the young manager. Peter. Hilton once commented on his mentor Brian. Clough has a mysterious X gene on him, and I want to be in Tony. Done may have the same genes, and a courtside accident made this young and promising manager ......"
On the television screen, Donn was seen directing the game from the sidelines, using rich body language. This made Don look very cool. At the beginning, an ordinary little fan has now become a celebrity who is specially introduced on TV, who doesn't want to be famous?
Just as Don was reveling in admiring himself on TV, the screen in front of him went black.
Lying on the sofa, he looked up at Shania standing behind him: "Hey, Shania, give me the remote control......"
"Don't hey, Uncle Tony. I've all changed. Are you still lying on the couch in a t-shirt watching TV? Shania threw the remote control onto the couch a little farther away, and Toto immediately pounced on it and pressed it under her.
Don En screamed when he saw this scene. "Damn it, does the cat already have this tacit understanding with you?"
Shania raised her head proudly, and then shouted to Don, "Alright, Uncle Tony, you go and change your clothes!" ”
"What is there to change into a man's clothes. Isn't it just a suit? "Don Toot Toot Toot ?? He got up from the couch and went upstairs to change his clothes.
Shania, who had changed into an evening dress, saw him go upstairs, grabbed Toto, took out the remote control, and secretly turned on the TV. The show continues, and she looks at the high-spirited Uncle Tony on the screen. laughed.
Today is a rest day after the league day, and Armani has a dinner party in London in the evening. As the spokesperson model of the Armani brand, Shania was naturally invited, and she planned to bring Don with her. Didn't I talk to Don about improving his image some time ago
Does it look far away from the image of "hillbilly", Shania thinks this party. As Nottingham Forest's results have risen, so has Uncle Tony's popularity among celebrities, and when everyone talks about football, they ask Shania about her "Uncle Tony". Everyone knows that there is such a young, arrogant, handsome and promising manager in Nottingham, England. Shania. Jordana, Chriss. The personal relationship between Gronia and Beckham, he is relatively close to the fashion entertainment industry......
"Shania!" Donn's voice came from upstairs, "Tie or bow tie?" ”
"Bow tie!" Shania shouted. "I'm putting you in bed!"
After a while, Donn came downstairs, dressed in a black suit with a black bow tie tied around the collar of his white shirt. "I feel like I look silly now, I've never worn a bow tie." He stood on the stairs and showed it to Shania with open arms.
Shania got up from the couch and jumped up to meet her, looking her up and down. "Dress up a little, and it's much more presentable." She nodded and commented.
"Like those waiters in Indian restaurants?" Don bent slightly. "Do you want something, beautiful young lady? Our curry chicken nuggets here are hard to eat, so I suggest you go to the diagonal Chinese restaurant and try Kung Pao Chicken. ”
Shania covered her mouth and laughed, "A waiter like you will be fired by the boss...... We're going out, Uncle Tony. It's time for Mr. Faisal to arrive. ”
As soon as the words fell, a car horn sounded outside the door.
"There's a tacit understanding." Don jumped down from it and reached out to Shania. "Please."
Shania grinned and grabbed Donn's outstretched hand, and the two opened the door and walked out.
Faisal's car was parked on the side of the road, and when he heard the horn, Don also opened the door and poked his head out, and he saw Don and Shania who were about to go out.
"Ahh Don, did you record that show just now? Don suddenly remembered this when he saw him.
Don nodded.
"Well done, I knew you'd be on video. Show it to me when I get back. ”
Don nodded again.
"So...... I went out with Shania. He pointed to the car parked in the doorway.
Don continued to nod.
"Don't you want to say something?" Don was very dissatisfied with Don's attitude of not saying a word and just staring at him.
"Goodbye." After saying that, Don retracted. The door was closed again.
An unhappy Don was dragged into the car by Shania with a smile.
"London is a world of flowers......" Donn muttered to himself as he looked out at the London street scene outside in the car. I prefer a small city like Nottingham to a big city like that. ”
"The British have a kind of country complex." Fassar, who was driving in front, said with a smile. "I don't like big cities either. I have an estate in Scotland and you can bring Shania with you on holidays. ”
Don turned his head to look at Shania, and then said to Fassar, "Then thank you in advance." ”
While they were talking, they had already arrived at the hotel where the dinner was held.
The parking lot is already full. Cars stop at the door, invite guests down, and then the parking lot drives the car to the designated parking lot.
On both sides of the entrance, it was crowded with the media who rushed to hear the news and the star-chasers who were looking forward to it.
"It's a big battle." Donn whistled.
"It's not in line with Armani's fame if it's small." Shania said.
Someone had already come to open the door for them, and Don went down first, and then he stood outside and picked Shania out of the car.
When Don appeared in front of the public with Shania in his hands. The flash, which had been on pause a moment earlier, was busy again.
Fortunately, Don and Shania are both "battle-hardened" people, so they were not stunned by this sudden light. Shania smiled and gestured to the media.
Don didn't have that kind of leisure, he stood next to Shania with a straight face, not like Shania's companion, if he wore a pair of sunglasses, he would be more like her bodyguard.
finally waited for Shania to finish posing, so that those media had enough to shoot and prepare to leave. There was another car behind him. Don was a little interested in who would come next, and he glanced back, but this hope made him stand on his feet again.
The person who got out of the car was still his "old friend".
Appearing in front of Donn was none other than Chelsea manager Jose. Jose Mourinho.
He looked back and saw Mourinho, and Mourinho looked up and saw him.
"Tsk, it's really a narrow road...... Don En muttered? A sentence.
Shania saw this scene next to her, and her eyes rolled to understand. She said to Donn: "He's also a signing star for Armani, so he must be among the invitees." ”
"Mr. Armani has mixed tastes...... Donn said, stretching out his hand and walking towards Mourinho.
"Aha, my friend. I didn't expect to see you anywhere. He greeted him warmly.
Mourinho was unprepared for Donne's presence. He was stunned for a moment before he reacted, greeted Donn, and shook hands with him. In front of the media, the two sides greeted each other with fake smiles, as if they were very good friends.
Then, as he shook hands, he whispered in a way that the media couldn't hear, "I didn't think I could see you here, Mr. Donn." ”
Shania came. What's surprising about this? ”
Mourinho's gaze crossed over to Don and saw behind him Shania, smiling and greeting her. But when he faced Donn, the smile quickly faded.
"Can you let go of my hand, Mr. Donn?"
"Ah, of course......" Donn let go of Mourinho's hand and said goodbye to Mourinho with a grin: "We'll see you later, Mr. Mourinho." ”
With that, he turned and walked towards Shania.
"Your warm greetings are real or fake." Shania was talking to him. "None of you are professional actors yet. I think the media would be more happy to see you guys fighting in real people here. ”
Don grinned and reached out to her to hold it, then said to her: "Mourinho and I have at least one thing in common. And that's -- we don't want the media to do what they want. ”
Don wasn't interested in dinner parties. Instead, Shania pulled him to talk to Mr. Armani himself. As a fan, Armani is also interested in the legend of Nottingham Forest's rocket-like rise, and of course he is more interested in the manager who single-handedly created this legend - Toney. Dawn.
"You're younger than I saw on TV that Donn, lad." Armani laughed and said, "Also younger than Mourinho. ”
"Mr. Armani. The two of them are about to play each other again, in the Champions Cup. Shania reminded Armani that the two were rivals.
Giramani nodded: "Of course, I know that. I think it's very interesting, and I'm looking forward to the duel between two great managers with unique personalities. Jose Mourinho is also a friend of mine. It's a real headache who I should support when the time comes. ”
Don could only giggle beside him, and he didn't know how to answer this question.
"Whoever wins will support him." Mourinho's voice sounded next to him, and Don turned his head to see his opponent standing beside him with a wine glass, and when he saw Don looking at him, he raised his glass in greeting.
Is this a challenge...... Don looked at Mourinho and said: "I agree with Mr Mourinho and I think it doesn't matter if it's Chelsea. Or Nottingham Forest, once they reach the final, they have great hopes of winning the Champions Cup. I wonder if Mr. Mourinho agrees? He raised his glass and saluted back.
"Of course, my team didn't go to the final to almost win the Champions Cup."
The air between the two people seems to be filled with positrons and negative electrons, constantly colliding with sparks. Fools can see that the relationship between these two is not very good.
It was Armani who came out to play the round, and he put his left hand around Mourinho and his right hand around Toni. Don smiled and patted them on the shoulder: "No matter who wins or loses, I support them all equally, you are all my friends." Isn't it? ”
As soon as he said this, the two couldn't continue to fight each other in the air.
Then everyone chatted casually for a while. Gi'Giorgio went to greet the other guests, and Mourinho went straight to his friend.
"It's so hypocritical between men, obviously they can't get used to each other, and they have to beat around the bush in their mouths." Shania looked at Don and pouted.
"What do children know, gentlemen are like this." Don looked at Mourinho's back and replied.
Shania scoffed at this.
"Knowing Mr. Armani is the only thing I learned today......" It wasn't until Mourinho was completely out of sight in the crowd that Don withdrew his gaze and said to Shania.
Speaking of this, Shania laughed, "Do you know why I introduced Mr. Armani to you?" ”
Tang En thought for a moment: "Hmm...... Mr. Armani is good friends with Kaka, the Brazilian star at AC Milan, and I can get to know Kaka through him, and if I ...... That's right! Maybe we can bring Kaka from Milan, Italy, to Nottingham......" he pounded his left fist into his right palm, and he looked like he was suddenly enlightened.
"You're so boring, Uncle Tony." Shania rolled her eyes in dissatisfaction.
"Ah, could it be because of something?"
"Forget it, I won't tell you, you'll know when the time comes!" Shania ignored Donn and turned to greet the celebrities she knew.
Donn stood in the middle of the crowd with a glass of wine and looked around, most of them were unfamiliar faces to him, Mourinho was surrounded by a group of women in the distance, and seemed to be very popular. Don thought viciously in his heart that the next time they met, he would change the name of Mourinho to "the idol of middle-aged and older women", but I don't know if Mourinho can understand the joke.
Shania and a group of girls dressed as models are tied together, chatting happily.
Mr. Armani, on the other hand, greeted his guests, and seemed to be friendly and welcoming to everyone. This discovery made Don slightly dismayed, and he thought he was the "special one".
"Dinner ......," Donn picked up his glass and drank the rest of the wine, "...... It's like a fantasy tavern, it's a great way to get to the bottom of things, meet new people, and meet old enemies......"