Volume 7 The Heart of the Lion King Chapter 62 World Cup

When Tang and Tang Jing, who were far away in China, knew that Tang En had been connected from the Shaolin abbot of the post-80s, so that even in a remote small town in southern Sichuan, they could know what was happening on the other side of the world.

And in this day, the sports media around the world reported this incident as a very sensational news.

In Italy, Sky TV's newscaster had a strange look on his face when he broadcast the news, and apparently he couldn't believe that the "godfather of Nottingham Forest" in his mouth would end his glory with the Forest team in this way.

In Spain, the Spanish media, which are still denouncing Nottingham Forest for "stealing" the Champions League by shady means, have collectively lost their voices – they don't know what to say in the face of the news.

The sudden resignation of a manager who had just won the treble for the team is probably not something that can be simply described as "very surnamed", and it is only at this time that the reporters who usually boast of their sharp teeth realize how poor their vocabulary is.

In China, there are even portals dedicated to Tony. Tang En made a special topic, and there were many people who left messages for a while. And China's CCTV Sports Channel has produced a 45-minute feature featuring Tony. When Don was coaching the post-80s Shaolin abbot, Nottingham Forest fans were already dizzy, and some people wept bitterly for Donn's departure on the forum, angrily accusing the club's top management of being ungrateful, hiding all the birds, and cooking the dead lackeys of the cunning rabbit...... And the other part of the people to show that they don't like Tony. Don just liked the Forest team in a fashionable way, and chose to stand with the club's top management, thinking that Donn was gone, and the earth would turn like the earth without him, in addition to some rumors that Donn was dissatisfied with the annual salary offered by the club, and Evan. Dogety is competing for the same woman, and Done's character is really not good.

The most common emotion shown by fans of other teams is schadenfreude. For them, the biggest headache is finally gone, and the team they support has renewed hope of winning the championship. In addition, they are also happy to see the forest that usually walks arrogantly and with its nostrils to the sky is now in a situation of infighting among the fans.

In the UK, the news of Donn's resignation has even overshadowed England, who are preparing for the World Cup, as for treble winners Nottingham Forest...... It's even more pitiful, the praise given to them in the media hasn't been hanging for a few days, and now they can't be found.

Cal. Spike apparently didn't expect Donn to choose to leave at the team's most glorious time, which gave him a sudden feeling that he had lost his focus in life - he couldn't find anyone to scold him again. Without cursing, how does his show stand out among so many football TV shows?

Later, Lineker half-jokingly and half-helplessly said in his BBC special edition of "The Tournament Today": "I really don't know if this is good news or bad news. But I'm sure it's good news for the other 19 managers in the Premier League. Because their strong enemy has finally left. For others, this is certainly bad news, as the Premier League has since lost one of its most special landscapes......

Many reporters and friends want to find the actor in the incident and listen to what he has to say, but no matter when they call, they always prompt the mobile phone to turn off. This time, even Pierce, who has always been considered Donn's royal reporter. Bruce didn't get any first-hand information, and as a result, he was scolded by the newspaper editor-in-chief, and he experienced what it was like to be a trainee reporter when he first joined the newspaper. So the storm intensified amid all kinds of rumors.

Until the end of the year, when the Associated Press selected the top 10 sports news of the year, Tony. Donn's departure from Nottingham Forest was also ranked fourth, which shows how influential he was at the time.

There is another example. Speaking to reporters, Capello joked: "I owe Tony a lot of credit." Donn, he's asked you to bother my team a lot less. ”

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When the storm blows everyone staggering, dizzy and overwhelmed, Tony. Don and his wife are playing around Brazil, and this time he really hasn't touched a football again. Everywhere in Brazil, you can see children playing football or playing wild ball, but with Shania by his side, Donn is able to keep his eyes peeled – just staring at his wife, as if he were the only one in his whole world.

This kind of treatment made Shania enjoy it very much, so she didn't think about whether Don En's sweet words that confessed to her many times along the way, "From now on, I will only accompany myself until I am old" is true, she doesn't care if it is the truth or just to make her happy. She just had to enjoy the time.

If it weren't for the World Cup, Shania would have wanted to play longer and crazier. It's been eleven years since she met Uncle Tony, and she's never been happier. Because she no longer has to worry about waking up one morning, Uncle Tony is gone, and then finding him lying in the intensive care unit of the hospital, leaving traces of tubes on his body, nurses going in and out of the equipment, and the doctor standing next to him almost wrote "I'm sorry" directly on his face.

She often has such nightmares, especially when she is alone in the United States, and she does it very fiercely. Every time I was scared to wake up, and then gasped for breath in the dim light of the lamp, and my whole body was already soaked with sweat. In the past, Shania slept without the light, but when Don had a heart attack, she developed the habit of sleeping with the lights on, even when she was sleeping with Uncle Tony in her arms in Nottingham.

For the first time, this woman finally felt a sense of security in her heart. And then she was satisfied.

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Good times are always short-lived. Although this World Cup is held in Brazil, Don can't always stick to Shania, if there is a game in Rio de Janeiro, Don can stay with Shania every night and go to other cities, then there is no way. Unfortunately, only one of England's three group games has been played in Rio de Janeiro, and if they want to continue to come back and enjoy the sun and bikini beauty of Copacabana Beach, they will have to reach the semi-finals in one go.

In the run-up to the World Cup, the English media finally remembered that they still had a team to play in the World Cup, so they predicted the team's prospects in the World Cup. It's no different from any previous edition – "It's the best team in England's history, the favourites. ”

It was in the lobby of the hotel where he was staying that Don first met his temporary colleague at the BBC, John. Mortenson, and this is the first time he's been in front of the media since that incident.

Mortenson looked at Don with interest, and saw that he couldn't stand it anymore, so he smiled and said, "It doesn't seem to have changed much, it's the same as the previous Tony." Don the same. ”

"Nonsense." Don was not polite either, with a look of contempt. "You can see such a thing after watching it for a long time?"

Mortenson smiled even more: "Tony, Tony, you are really the number one demon in English sports......" He shook his head and patted Donn on the shoulder. "While the whole world is going crazy about you leaving the Forest team, you're in Brazil with your wife. What shall I say about you? ”

"Then don't say anything, John." Don shrugged. The reaction of the media was expected by him, and he was also very satisfied with this madness caused by him - even if Lao Tzu left that position, he would make the world tremble!

"Maybe I should use my authority to do an interview with you......" Mortenson pondered, pinching his chin.

"Don't think about it, the World Cup is on and no one cares how I'm doing. It's a shame I'm outdated. Don smiled and spread his hands, but he couldn't tell that he was sorry.

Mortenson snorted, "Paparazzi noses never go out of style, and they can smell from you that attracts them." When the time comes, you'll just have to wait to face those reporters all day long. He glanced to the side.

This is the press center for the World Cup, where media from all over the world gather to handle the latest news from Brazil's schedules and training camps, and then send it back to their home countries to TV viewers, newspaper readers and Internet users.

So this is also the base camp of the paparazzi, and Tang En can really be regarded as "going deep into the tiger's den in Longtan" this time.

He also noticed this, and there were already some reporters next to him who saw him again, and the light was like the light that bloomed in the eyes of a vicious gangster when he saw a large box of gold.

Tang En looked at these people, snorted, and muttered a sentence in Chinese: "Afraid of Mao!" The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth! ”

Hearing him pop out another sentence that he didn't understand but knew which language it was, Mortenson suddenly became interested in Donn's language talent: "You speak Chinese so well, I heard that you still have a column in a Chinese sports newspaper, why doesn't a Chinese TV station come to you to explain the World Cup?" Your eloquence is good. ”

When Don heard him say this, he immediately shook his head like a rattle: "No. I'm going to give them a commentary? At half-time they were going to make a substitution for me. ”

Mortenson's eyes widened, as if he had heard something of great interest: "No freedom of speech? ”

Donn continued to shake his head: "It's culturally different. There are some things that the British can accept, but it does not mean that the whole world can accept them. It's like Europeans don't ask 'have you eaten' when they meet, and Chinese always use this to say hello. ”

Mortenson slapped his face, signaling that he understood. "It's like we always start our conversation with the weather."

Don didn't shake his head this time, he smiled, and another Chinese sentence came out: "You can teach your son." ”

Instead of asking what that meant, Morteson smiled and patted Don on the shoulder and motioned for them to leave. The work is about to begin.

The World Cup is also about to begin.

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Brazil is a transgressive affair like those babes in bikinis shopping on the street as if no one was around. When various countries come here to cover the World Cup, they will choose to use this kind of customs as a breakthrough. Don wasn't interested in any of that, he and Shania had already played it all before.

He seems to be more dedicated than some of his colleagues. Less than a month after leaving football completely, his life is all football. And he found a very important problem - when he faced the football again, his nuclear-powered heart was beating vigorously in his chest, and in the middle of the night, in the dead of night, he could clearly hear the sound of his heartbeat while lying in bed.

The heart, as he played wildly with his wife, seemed to be silent, and Don didn't feel its presence. And now, it seems to be alive again.

This discovery surprised him as much as Columbus had first discovered America, and at the same time he was deeply afraid. Because he said on his front foot that he would spend the rest of his life with Shania, but now he can't withstand the temptation of football, his former lover, and his heart is shaken.

When he was commenting on the game on the spot, listening to the cheers and singing of the tsunami in the stands, he would be a little distracted. The reviews aren't so sharp either. Sometimes it also attracts the puzzled eyes of his partner Mortenson.

In a trance, Donn seemed to be back in the cramped city stadium, standing on the sidelines, clenching his fists and cheering for the team's goal.

He thought of the large picture that had been hanging on the bedroom wall, standing alone in front of the red sea of people with open arms, as if to embrace the furious ocean. He's been playing in Brazil for so long, and he doesn't know how much dust has to fall on that picture.

Maybe...... There are some things in my bones that I can't quit so easily......

Don sighed softly in his heart, feeling that he was too unproductive. It's only been a few World Cup games, and the originally firm idea in my heart is a little unreliable.

Perhaps it's because Brazil, a country with all kinds of charm, and their football makes Donn hot.

Brazilian women are good-looking, Brazilian football is even better......

In the end, England lost again at the feet of the Brazilians four years later. This time they were even worse than the last time. Last time they were in the semi-finals, this time they didn't even make it to the quarter-finals.

In the quarter-finals, England unfortunately met the host Brazil. After the game, the English media complained that the Brazilian team made full use of the "host advantage", which was to blame the referee for a problem in disguise. But the Brazilians don't care so much, how can the winner be reconciled with the loser's complaints?

However, in Donn's view, England did not go to the next level in this World Cup and reached the final, not because they met the host in advance, nor because Capello was old, as some did not say. It's simple, but it's also bizarre - George. Wood is not in good shape.

After 10 years at the helm of Wood, this is the second time Donn has seen him in poor form, the first time being when Eastwood retired.

Morteson wondered why Wood wasn't in good shape, and Donn wondered. The media across England are wondering. Don even wondered if something had happened to Sophia.

Capello liked and trusted Wood, and wanted him to take over Gerrard's class. I didn't expect George. Wood's performance in Capello's final World Cup was really disappointing, and he completely lost the domineering and ruthlessness that he had in the club team. Facing Kaka of the Brazilian team, he was almost unable to find the north after being played. Kaka also wondered why Wood, who had always been fierce, was like a hypnotized sheep during the game, running with his ass several times without doing anything, and letting him go. If it had been before, I am afraid that it would have been a tackle in the back, although the yellow card could make the opponent feel frightened and shocked, and the next defense would be much easier. If you encounter a ruthless character, then fight to the end with the other party to see who is more ruthless than who in the end.

Accustomed to such George. Wood, Kaka really can't get used to the soft George. Wood. So in the opening 20 minutes, the Brazilian core didn't perform very well. At first, reporters in England thought it was George. Wood's credit, only to find out that something was wrong. By the time Kaka and Brazil have reacted, England will be finished.

Wood is England's first line of defence, like the body's immune system. Now that this first line of defense has collapsed, even a strong man weighing more than 200 pounds in England will only fall as soon as the wind blows.

At the end of the ninety minutes, his teammates had tears in their eyes, George. Wood's eyes were a little confused. On the big screen behind him, the score of the match was displayed: 0:3.

The England team, which was touted by the English media as the strongest in history, was shaved and completely defeated in the face of the third place in the last World Cup.

Donn didn't care about England's defeat, but some of his colleagues had already wiped tears from their eyes. For them, the quadrennial dream has come to an end again. Tang En watched coldly, but he was thinking in his heart that these people could still get drunk and dream of death once every four years, but how many years would it take for Chinese fans to dream once? Is it really like the 40 years in 2002?

Thinking of this, his cold eyes turned into a sneer.

You eight lambs who are born in the midst of blessings and do not know blessings.

He was not sad or concerned about England's exit, it was George who kept him haunted. Wood's state. Although he is no longer the head coach of Nottingham Forest, he will still subconsciously regard himself as a member of the forest, so as the captain of Nottingham Forest, and a genius cultivated by himself, his face is not bright when he performs so badly.

He is not in the state of the commentary work of this World Cup, and the frequency of the usually popular witty remarks is not high, which has something to do with Wood's absence from the state.

But why Wood was not in shape, Donn didn't know at all. He didn't ask, because he wasn't Wood's anymore, so there was no need to care about everything about this person. He just hoped that this terrible state wasn't because of Sophia.

England were knocked out of the competition, but Donn's job was not over, and he was responsible for playing with Mortensen until the final.

After England were eliminated, the English media put the blame for the loss on two people, one was George. Wood, and one person Capello. So the aggressive Donn dedicated to protecting these two people in his column, in fact, mainly protecting Wood, but he didn't want to do this kind of thing too explicitly, so he took Capello with him by the way, and wrote an article to scold those media bloody. He doesn't be very reasonable, he doesn't analyze data, and everyone in the circle knows Tony anyway. Even if Tang En is reasonable, what he talks about is brute reason, people who are rational don't quarrel with him, and people who quarrel with him are not fools, they all have other plans.

So noisy, George. The pressure on Wood was getting lessβ€”Don was still tending to his calves. And Capello doesn't care, what kind of storm hasn't that old fox seen? Still need to decompress him yourself?

Done's only regret is because of his poor performance in the World Cup, George. Although Wood won the treble, he was destined to miss out on this year's European Footballer of the Year and World Footballer of the Year.

As a midfielder, how precious is the opportunity to win these individual accolades......

As soon as he thought of this, Don En gritted his teeth, quite hating iron and steel.

George, why are you in a bad state!

(To be continued)