After confirming that Ibisevic's mentality was fine, Don let go of the boss's heart. But Matthias. Fernandez's problem is not so simple. He doesn't speak the language, and now he needs a translator hired by the club to be around to convey the coaches' wishes to him at all times during training, and when it comes to the game, it is basically just guessing and gesticulating.

At present, he has to spare two nights a week to tutor himself in English, but there is not enough time and progress is slow. Don felt that Fernandez's affairs might not be remembered.

Ibisevic's poor form has become a bird, helping him block a lot of media saliva. If Ibisevic is in good form, after scoring the goal, it will be the turn of the Chileans who should be unlucky.

Donn decided to ignore Fernandez for the time being, he believes in the IQ of this former South American footballer, even if the language is not understood and life is not used to, there is always the same language on the football field, and the recovery of form is certain, but it is just slower.

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On August 27, in the third round of the league, Nottingham Forest continued their away journey to challenge promoted Manovich City.

It's a weak team. In the first two rounds of the league, they suffered two defeats in a row, both against teams in the middle of the Premier League.

Playing such an opponent does not require Nottingham Forest to exert all their strength at all. So Donn's massive rotation isn't unexpected. George. After Wood started in the second round of the league, he continued to start this game, with other positions being changed. But no matter how much rotation is made, Ibisevic's name is prominently on the starting list announced by the Forest team the day before the game.

Alright, Carl. Spike has something to say again: "Don is determined to turn against us. Now a fool can see what form Ibisevic is, why let him occupy a starting position? Van Nistelrooy, Eastwood, Abonlaho, Kic, which is better than this Bosnian refugee? Is Bosnia Persia? Ha ha! ”

His last sentence caused him a lot of trouble.

Nottingham Forest FC made a formal protest against Karl to Sky TV. Spike insults their players on the show. Cal. Spike also picked up the news from other media outlets.

Journalists with good things ran to ask Ibisevich what he thought of the new nickname "Bosnian refugee", and Ibisevic refused to answer the question, but his face was a little ugly.

Don grinned: "Some people don't talk through their brains, but through the hole under their butts, and I'm used to it." But if he says that about my players, I'll let him eat the phlegm he spit out. ”

It was Ibisevic's teammates who expressed indignation. Eastwood jumped out to complain about his striker: "Ibi has quality, but as a new player he needs to adapt for a while, which is normal. I don't think identity has anything to do with performance on the football field. I'm a gypsy and I believe in Karl. Mr. Spike must look down on us wanderers, but I would like to ask who was the third scorer last season? ”

And Bosnians in Britain are said to have submitted a letter of protest to Sky TV, demanding Karl. Spike officially apologized to the Bosnians on television and in newspapers.

It's not a big deal, it's not a big deal. Bosnia is a small country, and the Bosnians have no status, especially the Bosnians in Britain, who are pitifully few, basically have no social status, and no matter how loud their voices are, they are just crickets in the grass at night.

But if this is a "racist", Carl. Spike might just lose his job.

Spike can not be afraid of Donn, because he scolds Don only for his own family, which belongs to the "internal contradiction of the people", if the other party does not care, he can be unscrupulous, and no matter what, he will not be able to go online to the point where he can lose his job. He's going to have to weigh it when he scolds others......

Before the start of the game, the media was arguing about it. Through this incident, it is possible to fully realize how deeply entrenched the surname of the media is - when Carl. Spike scolds Tony. When Don was down, they followed and scolded; When the Bosnians were angry with Karl. When Spike racist, they followed suit. No one will help, and they will profit from it.

Don was delighted with Carl. Spike did him a favor before the game: he was going to use this kind of thing to further irritate Ibisevic, so that all the depression and dissatisfaction that had been stored in his heart exploded. It's like a volcanic eruption – boom! And the world will be pure......

In the dressing room on game day, Donn was angrily fanning the emotions of his players – mainly Ibisevic's.

"See, what did that idiot say? Today he said that Ibisevic was a Bosnian refugee, and tomorrow he could say any one of you, as long as you make a little mistake in the game...... If this weren't a modern civilized society, I wouldn't mind two shots in the head! But now we have our own way of getting revenge, winning the game against Norwich, and winning beautifully! ”

Then he grabbed Ibisevic again: "Hey, Ibby. I don't want to stress you out. But lo and behold...... That's how life is. He spread his hands, "I'm pressed to find you." I guess you have to prove yourself in this game, remember what I said? I don't like to slap myself, I like to slap other people's. Now there is such an opportunity to slap someone else in front of you, see if you can grasp it. ”

Ibisevic nodded with a gloomy face: "I know it in my heart, sir." ”

"If it's a penalty, you can go for the penalty......"

Ibisevic interrupted Donne: "I'm not a penalty taker, chief. I'm going to score goals in athletic battles. ”

Donn stretched out his hand: "Have you thought of a celebratory action?" ”

Ibisevic slapped his hand: "I think so. ”

"I'll see."

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Norwich City are no match for Nottingham Forest, even at their home turf.

As soon as the game began, Nottingham Forest officially took over the "sovereignty" of the Carrow Road Stadium from them.

When playing against weak teams, Nottingham Forest usually adopt the tactics of controlling the midfield and advancing layer by layer, relying on strong strength to crush their opponents little by little. At the same time, it will not let the backline press en masse and give the opponent a chance to play a defensive counterattack.

However, this game Donn changed his tactics, and instead of allowing his team to play possession, he changed his team style and played a quick counter-attack against Norwich City, which he relied on to succeed.

Just looking at this starting lineup, it's really a little weird.

The starting strikers are Eastwood and Ibisevic, neither of whom is a striker with speed, so what do you rely on to counter-attack?

Nottingham Forest soon found out.

George. Wood sent the ball to Ibisevic's feet with his back to the goal, and Ibby passed the ball to Eastwood, who was next to him, and Eastwood volleyed the ball straight without stopping, and the ball went out of the goal, shocking the Norwich home fans into a cold sweat.

Neither Bostok nor Shaheen started in this game, and it was George who started in the middle. Wood and Thiago, the two-man midfield configuration has made the Forest's central defense much thicker and has made their attacking routine more concise.

This is completely a common tactic for weak teams to play strong teams, but I didn't expect to deal with a weak team Norwich, and Don actually used it like this.

The next few attacks, as the Forest team did, attacking directly from the back, with two flanks quickly inserted, and the strikers' area of activity was not confined to the vicinity of the penalty area, but almost the entire half.

These attacks proved that Wood's kick just now was not improvised, but a tactic carefully arranged by the head coach.

"It's hard to understand...... TV announcer muttered.

Of course, he couldn't understand it, but this was a change that Don made specifically to take care of Ibisevic, making some adjustments on the basis of Nottingham Forest's original defensive counter-attacking tactics, in the hope that Ibisevic could find a feeling at Hoffenheim.

The quick and concise tactics, with the forwards' wide range of runs interspersed with responses, allowed Ibisevic to receive more balls.

However, the first goal was not scored by Ibisevic.

In the 29th minute of the first half, Cohen broke down the right flank and crossed into a cross that was nested by the Shaolin abbot of the post-80s, and the Norwich goalkeeper could do nothing about the ball - he pounced in the right direction, but he didn't expect to kill a gypsy's ass halfway through......

The televised subtitles initially put the goal on Thiago's head, and after the replay, the name of the scorer changed to "Freddy." Eastwood", which was his third goal of the season. Nottingham Forest scored three league goals in the new season, all of which were scored by the Gypsies alone.

When the commentator was cheering for Eastwood, he didn't forget to tease Ibisevic: "It looks like the Forest's goal is going to make Eastwood score this season, maybe Toney." Don should take Eastwood and Carr. Spike bets. But I think in that case, Spike wouldn't have dared to take it. ”

Ibisevic had a smile on his face as he celebrated Eastwood's goal. No one knows what is going on in his heart or how he feels about it.

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Ibisevic tried to calm his restless heart. He is no stranger to the current situation, as long as he calms down and thinks about it, he will find that he has experienced many times of doubt from others over the years of his career.

At Paris Saint-Germain, he was believed to have entered the Ligue 1 giants thanks to the "hometown" of then-head coach Borussia Halilozc. In the team, among the fans, rumors circulated about his unusual relationship with Halilozc.

No matter how well he trained during that time, people would see him that way. So much so that he suddenly realized that although Halilozic appreciated him and personally brought him from the United States to France, he could not stay under Halilozci if he wanted to have a future.

Even if he did well in training, one would think it was Halilozc's special care. If he doesn't behave well, he and Halilozic will both be out of luck.

He only played two games under Halilozic before he was sacked. In the eyes of outsiders, his "good life has come to an end". He made just four appearances for Paris Saint-Germain all season and failed to score a single goal.

From the head coach to the average training ground staff, it was assumed that the Bosnian Halilozic must have gotten some benefits from elsewhere in the first place. Such a young man has no future, so abandon it as soon as possible.

Ibisevic is no fool and he knows what the club thinks of him. So he offered to go out on loan to play.

In this way, in the 05-06 season, he was loaned to Dijon in Ligue 2. Where he first felt freedom. Nobody would think that he got this job because he had a good relationship with the manager, and he could make the most of his abilities. There he made thirty-three appearances and scored ten goals. As a player at just twenty-one years old, he has already caught the eye.

But a giant like Paris Saint-Germain naturally won't look at a young player who is already 21 years old and has achieved so much.

So he went to the Bundesliga team Aachen.

It wasn't a successful season, with 24 appearances, six goals and wearing the number 9 shirt for the main centre-forward.

The doubts in my ears did not go away.

People always say that as a striker, he was too nervous in the game, he missed a lot of scoring opportunities, and when facing the goal, he seemed completely confused, he didn't know where to kick the ball, he didn't even have the confidence to put the ball into the goal. How can such a striker be successful?

In fact, there are thousands of players like him in world football, they are unknown, they are mixed in the lower leagues and the bottom teams, they can't score many goals in a season, they can only try their luck from one place to another, and finally the lower the league level, the worse the team. In the end, when he was thirty-five or six years old, he randomly found a low-level league team to retire. Then go to the community to coach a youth football team, or do other jobs that have nothing to do with football, to support yourself and your family. They may be talented, they may be capable, but what they all have in common is that they lack opportunity and luck.

For him, after the end of the 06-07 season, he was lucky. Because Hoffenheim, the new army of the German Second Division at that time, found him.

Needless to say, the rest of the story. Everyone on earth knows it.

He now wears a dark red Nottingham Forest shirt and stands on the pitch of the English Premier League. It's the most prestigious team he's ever played for, but nothing has changed. He was still being questioned.

Even though he scored 37 goals in a season at Hoffenheim, he was still being questioned – this kid is just a flash in the pan, and I bet he's going to sink quickly next season, and like Mintal, it's better not to get too much hope out of him!

Well, the only change is that in England someone is finally openly betting on this – I bet he won't score twenty goals in a season!

Cal. Spike said triumphantly after watching Ibisevic's performances in recent games: "Actually, I should have said that he probably can't even score ten goals in a season." ”

I wanted to enjoy the cheers that were truly pure, the ones that were clean and not loud at all. Let them chant "Super Ibi" without muttering: "Hopefully he can do this next season" and "Hopefully he can do this in the next game"......

Calm down and think back to how I played in the '08-09 season. Think about how I put the ball in the middle of the net when I was facing the goal, against the goalkeepers and the defenders!

No big deal, nothing to be nervous about. I'm still me, Waddar. Ibisevic, a kid from Bosnia. Don't expect too much from me, but don't underestimate me!

Scored a goal of a lifetime in one season?

No kidding!

I'm only twenty-six years old, I'm still a long time in my life, and I still haven't scored a lot of goals!

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"George. Wood controlled the tempo in midfield and now looks more and more of a playmaking midfielder, with five of Nottingham Forest's attacks coming directly from his feet. His long balls have come a long way from previous seasons. He was looking up at the situation......"

As I speak, George. Wood played a long ball to Bentley in front.

Bentley didn't dribble the ball to the baseline, he crossed directly from a 45-degree angle!

In the neat back line of Norwich, Ibisevic suddenly burst out and jumped high to head the goal!

"The top is too positive! Doesn't he look at the goalkeeper's position before he takes off? "The narrator always finds fault with Ibisevic.

The football was slapped out with both hands by the goalkeeper.

This time the football fell to Eastwood and everyone in Norwich City was nervous. They could see that the Gypsy was in perfect shape for the game, at the top of the arc of the penalty area, it was simply the "Eastwood zone", and as long as he got his feet, the football was an arc towards the goal.

Everyone focused on the Gypsies and ignored Ibisevic, who was next to him.

Eastwood was on the verge of shooting, but the ball was stabbed out.

Ibisevic, who had just run back from the goal, immediately turned around and did not turn his head to look at the linesman's flag. Just look at the football at your feet and glance at the goalkeeper in front of you out of the corner of your eye.

Offside?

Let's get this ball in first!

Whistle?

I didn't hear it!

Ibisevic turned and didn't rush forward with the ball, but fell straight to the ground and slammed it!

The ball jumped on the turf, dodged Norwich goalkeeper Ward's outstretched hand, and headed straight for the far post!

It jumped up again in front of the goalline and hit the post.

Instead of getting up right away, Ibisevic, who finished shooting, was half-kneeling on the hand, keeping his eyes fixed on the football, just like goalkeeper Ward.

The two men saw it hit the post, then jumped a third time and staggered to the goalline......

At this moment, Ibisevic's pupils narrowed due to excitement, and the Norwich defenders around him raised their hands in unison.

Offside...... Is it?

The TV commentator immediately shouted: "Offside!" ”

But soon he saw the linesman standing on the sideline running towards the halfway line with the flag in his hand, while the referee turned to point to the center circle with both hands raised - this is a gesture that works to score goals!

The goal works! The goal works!

The few forests cheered on the fans. A voice began to sound among them: "Super Ibi! ”

'The Norwich players ran to the linesman and obviously they had some controversy over the goal. But anyway, Nottingham Forest's uh players are already cheering! 2：0！ They were two goals up on the road and it was only the first half! …… Vedad. Ibisevic finally scored, albeit in a controversial ......" The commentator said in a somewhat unnatural tone, probably not wanting to admit his defeat as he was too late...... I had to use the "controversial goal" to save some face for myself.

Uh Ibisevic, who scored the goal, jumped up from the ground with unimaginable agility, ignored his teammates who were about to hug him, ran straight to the corner flag, faced the camera, raised his right hand high, and then swung it sharply and drew a circle. He was really, really hard enough to almost fan Eastwood who ran behind him and wanted to hug him.

Next, he didn't stop and ran to the away team's dugout. and Tony. Don hugged him, and his teammates who had chased him for most of the game also hugged him, and a group of people surrounded him.

"Ibi, what do you mean by that action?" Amid the cacophony, Donn asked aloud.

Surrounded by his teammates, Ibisevic smiled happily: "Like you say, boss! It's really cool to slap someone in the face! Ha! I'm feeling so good right now! ”

(To be continued)