Volume 7 The Heart of the Lion King Chapter 98 Group First

England's three-game winning streak in qualifying has given England fans a huge boost of confidence, and now they are starting to feel that the media claim that "this is the best England squad in history" is finally credible.

In particular, the 4-2 away win over Serbia showed the attacking strength of this England team.

England have won by big scores in a row, but the happiest people are not these fans, the media, or even Tony? Don himself. The happiest person was Shaun, the FA CEO who called him in the first place? Barclays.

Although Don was not his first target, he was the one he found. His good grades mean that he has a good eye. Also Tony? Since Donn took office, except for the unpleasant trouble with the media on the captaincy issue, his big mouth has not sprayed around, which makes Barclay, who is worried, breathe a sigh of relief.

To be honest, after choosing Don to be the head coach of England in the first place, there was a period of time when he was really worried that after getting up in the morning, he found that his door was blocked by countless media, and these people came to ask him what he thought of Tony? What do you think of what Don said about so-and-so.

If this happens every day, it's not a wonderful experience.

It's good now, Donn is focused on the team's work, rarely fights in the media, and doesn't comment on UEFA or FIFA's work.

Maybe what makes Donn so quiet is the recent results, right? Once the grades are bad, who knows what shocking things that mad dog will do......

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Tony? Done has been so proud of his role as head coach of the England national team that even UEFA's official website devotes an article to reintroducing the young "godfather of champions". Previously, he was questioned by some experts because he had never coached the national team, and now those doubts are gone.

But the more he is in the limelight, the more Nottingham Forest fans miss him.

August and September were honeymoons for Flores and Nottingham Forest, who led the team to five wins, one draw and one defeat in seven league games, finishing third.

The media touted Flores as Nottingham Forest's new hope, and the team was set to return to glory under the Espanyol. To prove that they are not telling nonsense, they also give a lot of examples. There's a bit of nonsense in it - Flores is a "madman coach" in Spain, and Tony? Don has a similar surname. Donn, who has the same surname, can succeed at Nottingham Forest, so why can't Flores?

But now the good fortune has come to an end.

Before England and Serbia matched, Nottingham Forest lost two games in a row under Flores. After the international team game, the league resumed, and as a result, Forest drew with Middlesbrough. They did not get a single victory throughout October.

And that's not all, as Flores' side struggled to beat Everton in November, only to injure Bentley. Bentley went off the field with a serious injury in the game, and the next day came the bad news from the hospital, and he will be out of action for at least three months.

Bentley was seriously injured, and George, as the captain? Wood was sent off for a match against Manchester United and suspended for two matches. The match against Manchester United was in the spotlight, but the two sides played with a lot of gunpowder. Jose Mourinho came up as soon as he beat Forest, and Flores was not willing to lose to Mourinho, who is also a coach with the surname Ge.

The game started in a fierce physical collision from the first minute.

Done also visited Old Trafford to watch what he described as the 'Rugby Game' after the game.

Mock, who started in place of Bentley, was fouled twice in just ten minutes, which fueled the fury of the Forest players.

The referee was the protagonist in the ensuing match, showing a total of 13 yellow cards and two red cards.

Nottingham Forest won 7-6 on the number of yellow cards and drew on the red card statistic. George? Wood and Anderson were sent off each with a red card.

In the end, Manchester United relied on a somewhat controversial penalty to beat Forest 2-1 at home. Back at the top of the standings. Nottingham Forest, on the other hand, dropped to seventh.

After the game, the commentator said: "Flores is in big trouble. ”

Tony? Don would agree with him.

He was supposed to scout the players for the next game against Denmark, but the game was terrible for both sides, and Nottingham Forest was even worse, and the players he wanted to scout didn't play at the level they should have. This annoyed him. Originally, he was going to use the same line-up from the previous game against Serbia, but now it seems that he may have to be forced to make changes.

Bentley bids farewell to the national team with a serious injury, Wayne? Rooney was revealed to have beaten people in a bar and has recently been entangled in media and lawsuits. Michael Carrick picked up a bit of an injury in the game and United do not want him to be sent to Denmark as that would aggravate his injury.

The national team manager looks more relaxed than the club coach because he can pick the right players from the whole country without having to think about the transfer fee. But there aren't many players in a country who can match Donn's needs, especially in some positions. In a country with a high level of professional football, such as England, no more than 40 people can be selected for the national team.

Any change in the main position is a headache for Donn.

So Don must be cursing Mourinho and Flores now.

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Wednesday, November 17, the international match of the national team is called.

England returned to home after two away games and welcomed Denmark, who were second in their group, at the new Wembley Stadium.

Twenty-six-year-old Niklas? Bendtner is Denmark's number one star and in the days leading up to the game, he was constantly being interviewed by the media trying to ask him what he thought of Donn. He refused to answer all these questions. For him, Nottingham Forest and Tony? Don is already in the past tense.

Now, he has left Manchester City in the summer to join Everton. Although this is still a team with little hope of winning the championship, at least this team has a desire to win the championship. He's found the joy of playing in this team again.

Don also didn't use Bendtner to provoke psychological warfare. That former genius boy is one of the biggest regrets of his coaching career, but now it has long since faded.

He's a coach who has won the treble, so what's not to see?

So this match is an ordinary qualifier for him, and it is impossible for the media to hype it through the feud between him and Bendtner.

If they hype it up and it's a battle for the top spot in the group, he'll echo a few words.

It is indeed a battle for the top spot in the group, with Denmark and England both on the same number of points, with nine points from three wins. However, Denmark have a goal difference and fewer goals than England, so they are in second place.

In fact, the first place in the group is just a fight for face, as long as the final ranking is in the top two of the group, you can directly advance to the final stage of the competition. Even if you finish third, as long as you are the third in the best group, you will have a chance to go to Spain.

The 2016 Euro Championship expansion, which increased the number of teams allowed to participate from 16 to 24, gave hope to many mid-table teams in Europe. The qualifiers are also divided into ten groups, with the exception of England, which has seven teams, and the other nine groups are all five teams, with the top two teams in each group advancing directly. The six best third-placed teams in the group then play two play-off games, home and away, to determine the remaining three teams that will go to Spain.

England drew well and qualified from the group is not a problem. However, qualifying as group winners is more in line with the psychological requirements of the FA and makes England fans feel bright.

Donn made some changes to England's squad for this game. Theo Walcoat appeared in the right midfield position, with James on the left? Milner, with Gerard and George in the middle? Wood. Up front, Mitchel started and Wayne Rooney disappeared from the starting line-up, replacing him with Abang Lajo.

Left-back on Layton? Barnes and Joe? Mattok did not start, starting with Lescott, who can play at both centre-back and left wing-back.

The right-back is Glenn, who has not appeared in the national team for a while? Johnson.

In the press box, media from all over England gathered to discuss Donn's starting line-up.

"Since he took office, his lineup has not been fixed!"

"That's normal, he just took over and how many games did the team play?"

"He's trying to find that feeling of Forest, right?"

"Actually, it's not just Toney, I'm always unhappy with England's selection in several positions, such as right-back......

"It's amazing that he can lead the team to three wins in a row under such circumstances."

'Denmark are not Serbia and they are absolutely capable of causing problems on our home turf. I think Don't change so much, it's not conducive to results. ”

The reason why reporters can have the leisure to chat in the stands is naturally because the game is not good-looking.

It was a dull game at Wembley, with Denmark being very conservative away from home and England having no better way to deal with such a dense defence.

And Donn doesn't have much interest in competing with Denmark for the top spot in the group, as long as he can qualify, he doesn't care how many times he is.

The Christmas Devils schedule in the league is about to be faced, and the players are also looking weak for fear of injury. It's only natural that this game is not exciting.

In the end, the "battle for the top spot in the group", which was hyped by the media before the game, ended in a 0:0 boring battle, and those Asian fans who stayed up late in front of the TV to watch this game must have been disappointed, but who let Tony? Don doesn't serve them?

Although the result was a 0:0 draw and the scene was very dull, Don was still satisfied. In his press conference after the match, he praised the performance of the Danish team, which in fact had nothing to praise at all. He also praised his team's performance, which sounded more like talking nonsense with his eyes open. England's poor performance can be seen as long as it is not a brain-dead with a problem IQ, and Donn does this just because he doesn't want to put too much pressure on the players.

The match against Denmark is over, and the two teams are tied on points, and England continue to rely on goal difference to press Denmark and top the group. Holding on to the top of the group, England's fans and media didn't bother Donn too much.

After this match, the qualifiers for the European Championship will not resume until April next year. In between, in addition to playing warm-up games, Don is flying around paying attention to the performance of those players on the squad.

That's the biggest headache for him – unlike in the club team, he gets to see how each player is doing every day. The players of the national team are scattered all over the place, and it is impossible to maintain the form all the time, so he needs to be a "trapeze" so that he can keep abreast of the latest status of those international players.

The most hateful thing is that there is no such thing as a "winter break" in the Premier League, and if he is the manager of other national teams, there will be more than a week off before and after Christmas, and he can spend Christmas with his wife. But in the Premier League, the more times like this, the more frequent the tournaments, and he can only fly around, keeping his feet on the ground all day long.

"Maybe it's better for me to buy a private jet......" Donn complained.

"You're glad you didn't have to pay for the food and lodging that flew around, Tony." Walker poured cold water on him. Like Donn, there is also this assistant coach, Donn's most trusted person - Des? Walker.

"I might as well be glad we haven't had any problems on our flights so far......" Don rolled his eyes.

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In November's fixtures, Nottingham Forest suffered two losses, one draw and one win, and their results fell further. More and more negative news about the Forest team can already be seen in the media. There was also discord in the locker room, Gareth? Bale openly questioned Flores' coaching skills, and he had previously been banned by Flores, and his questioning caused waves in the media.

Although Flores has vehemently denied that he has a conflict with the players, it is clear that he is losing control of the team.

Evan instead? Dogerty came out to show his support for Flores, claiming that his position as head coach is solid regardless of the results.

But only half a month later, he licked back the saliva he spit out.

In the run-up to Christmas, Forest suffered three straight defeats and the team was in shambles, both inside and out. Evan? Dogetty announced the termination of Flores' contract with Nottingham Forest, and Flores became the first manager to be sacked in the new Premier League season.

Flores was also unhappy with the backsliding of the club's hierarchy. Speaking to the Spanish media after his dismissal, he slammed the club's hierarchy: "...... The day before yesterday, they said they wanted to support me, and they turned around and pushed me into the abyss...... I thought that every coach in the Premier League would have a room for a long-term plan, but obviously I was wrong. In a team like that, you can't get the time you need......"

There were those who cheered for Flores' dismissal, as they had long since been unable to stand Flores' botched performance. They are looking forward to the new coach who can lead the team to new glory. There are also those who feel that Flores is just a poor scapegoat, and Nottingham Forest have not been able to find a suitable manager since O'Neill's departure. Constantly changing the head coach can only accelerate the degeneration of this team.

The dressing room was very quiet about the change of coach, and no one came forward to express their opinion on Flores' departure, not even for him, which can also show that Flores's relationship with the players in the dressing room is really bad.

Before finding a new manager, Evan? Dogotti appoints first assistant coach David? Chris Lak serves as the team's interim head coach. But no one thinks Chris Lak can be up to the task, he's been living in Tony all along? In Donn's shadow, in the eyes of many people, he can be famous, and he is Tony? Donn's assistant coach has a lot to do with it, as for what he is capable of as a person...... Who cares?

There has been a personnel change on Nottingham Forest's side that could shake the world of English football, Tony? Don didn't care. For him, Nottingham Forest is really a thing of the past. Pierce? Bruce once called Don after Flores got out of class, hoping to hear what he had to say about the matter.

Don didn't think it was anything to say: "...... This is normal, his grades are not good, so he will naturally have to leave class. Evan? It's impossible for Dogetty to pay for the team's results. Flores must have forgotten that phrase on the sidewall of the players' tunnel on the Crimson Stadium. 'Win but win', that's the tradition of the Forest team...... When you can't bring victory, then leave. What does the future hold for Forest? I don't know, I'm not a prophet......"

Now he is flying over the European continent. Before Christmas, he has to go to Milan to watch a game and be concerned about some of Lennon's recent performances. Since leaving Forest, Lennon inherited Paul? Ince and Gascoigne's tradition shows that an English player has not been adapted to Italy, he has not been selected for the national team for a long time, and hopefully this time his performance will impress him.

(To be continued)