"Well, anyway, Tony. Donn left football. It's time for us to look away from him. In the BBC's "Today's Event", the three guests talked about the major events in football some time ago. They all unanimously named Donn's retirement as the second major event in England this year, with England naturally winning the world title.

This sentence also represents an attitude of the media, after more than a month of boiling hype, the new season is about to begin, and a retired head coach, even if he is a championship coach, can not attract more attention. What's more, if Donn is no longer in charge of the team, then there is no point in hyping him, away from football, Tony. Donn is nothing, and the media doesn't have to buy him.

Don was happy to do the same. Naturally, Shania still has to work, and Don is at home with the children. Fortunately, Teresa spent her most difficult baby years in a welfare home, and it is not too difficult for Don to bring it now. Don has no experience as a father, but he always remembers one sentence, to make children happy.

A person who is almost fifty years old, he still looks like a naughty boy in front of his children, playing with Teresa all day long, doing everything possible to make her happy, and for a while the focus of his life is only Teresa, as for football? He had long been thrown out of the clouds.

And in order to get Teresa used to this strange country and way of life as soon as possible, he often took her out shopping, or went to Burns's bar to sit down. Of course, alcohol is not allowed, and Teresa is also designated as a "non-smoking zone" by him, and those fans are not allowed to smoke. When he was no longer busy with work, he finally had more time to chat with his old buddies in the bar, and everyone wished that he would come every day, and what was it if he didn't smoke? Teresa is very popular with everyone, although she is only an adopted daughter, but who cares about those? People don't care about their fathers, what do outsiders care?

This is the happy life of Donn after retirement.

※※※ "Which team do you like the most to win the championship in the new season?" Lineker asked the two guests on the show.

"Liverpool." Alan. Hansen replied without hesitation.

"Why?"

"Does this need a reason? I'm a fan of theirs...... Well, I'm kidding. I just hope Liverpool can win the title, but calmly analysed it, I think Arsenal and Manchester United are the most likely to win the title......

Lineker turned his attention to another guest, Mark. Laurenson.

"Ahem." Laurentian cleared his throat and replied, 'I'm optimistic about Chelsea......

"And what about the teams that can qualify for next season's Champions Cup?"

This time, the two men were surprisingly unanimous: "Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea. ”

Lineker suddenly asked: "No Nottingham Forest?" ”

Alan. Hansen and Mark. Laurentian shook his head together: "No." ”

Laurentian added: "It's not easy for them to qualify for the Europa League. ”

The Europa League is also known as the former UEFA Cup, which was later restructured and its full name is "UEFA Europa League". The reformed Europa League has made some changes to the format and qualifications, with the runners-up of the previous national cups being allowed to play in the UEFA Cup, and if the cup winner qualifies for the Champions Cup, the runners-up will replace the champions in the UEFA Cup. Now that doesn't work. The bar has been raised for small and medium-sized clubs that want to make a breakthrough in the cup and enter the European competition.

Nottingham Forest, on the other hand, have already lost their qualification for the Champions League for two consecutive seasons and can only play in the Europa League.

In fact, for many clubs, even if they can participate in the Europa League, it is a very commendable achievement. However, Nottingham Forest only showed off in Europe's top competition a few years ago, and now they can only participate in the Europa League, which is really "degenerate". After all, the influence and benefits of the Europa League are really not comparable to the Champions Cup.

And there is one thing that has also had an impact on Nottingham Forest's results, and it has long been not an ethereal rumor, but a conclusive fact - Evan Forest. Dogetty has always wanted to sell Nottingham Forest. How can a club president who has no intention of continuing to operate lead this club forward? So far, Nottingham Forest's change of manager has been like a passing fact, so much so that the media have ridiculed the door of the Nottingham Forest manager's office as a "revolving door".

On the one hand, the reason why it has not been sold is that the results have declined, the market influence has decreased, and no one cares. After all, Nottingham is not a big city like Manchester, Liverpool and London, and the small place is destined to have small development prospects, so the probability of attracting foreign consortiums is very low; On the other hand, the price is always negotiable, and there is an occasional buyer. Dogetty thought that the offer was too low for him to accept. So it was like this for two years, and every season before and at the end of the season I heard that Dogetty was going to sell the club, but it never worked. Disgusted by his lack of loyalty, the fans were initially outraged, but now it has become a joke. Dogetty watched it as a clown jumping beam. The Robin Hood stands on Crimson Court were hung with scolding Evan all year round. Dogotti's banner slogan has become a scene here, and every time the game is broadcast, there are many close-ups there.

Fortunately, there are still European competitions every year, the Champions Cup in the first few years, and the European League in the past two years, so the business will not fall to the point of unsustainability. It's just that this competitive performance is not very satisfactory, the head coach is changed continuously, people are panicked, and the tactics cannot be agreed to implement, today a new coach will bring a new set of tactics, and tomorrow the new coach will get out, and the new tactics that have been practiced for half a season will be abandoned, so everyone has to start all over again...... In this way, if you can still get any good results, it is really bullying no one in the Premier League.

Once the team loses the strength and motivation to win the championship, then such a team will inevitably not be able to retain people.

Michael. Dawson, the centre-back who Evan thought was a good deal, had been suffering from injuries since he bought it back and eventually retired at the age of 34; David. Bentley left Nottingham Forest, bringing in a transfer fee of £12 million to the team, and he went to Blackburn; Adriano. Mock was reluctant to leave the club, but it was not up to him to decide this kind of thing, whether it was the agent or the club president, they wanted him to leave, because he could sell 18 million pounds and the agent could take a cut of it, so he ended up going to Arsenal...... For Nottingham Forest fans, the four seasons since Donn's departure have been four in the dark. The team has nothing to say and has to watch their former heroes leave one by one every summer. It's as if you're back in the middle of the millennium, when Nottingham Forest were up and down in the lower leagues.

At that time they missed Brian. Clough, they said, "If Clough had been around, it wouldn't have made things so bad." "Who are they missing now? Tony, of course. Don is gone, but it's a pity that Don has retired.

※※※ "The club's goal for the new season is the European Champions Cup? Ha! Be realistic, Mr. President! In the Burns pub, fans from nearby are discussing the future of the team for the new season. Speaking of the club's president, Evan. Dogotty, there was a lot of sarcasm in everyone's tone.

"It's great that we're guaranteed to play in the Europa League!"

"Although I think it's always good to be ambitious...... But this sentence doesn't work when it comes to Dogeti. Even if the team's results can improve, it will only add to his leverage to sell the club......"

Don turned a deaf ear to the heated discussion on the other side of the bar, pulling his daughter Teresa aside to amuse a somewhat bored Teresa.

"Teresa, Daddy will tell you a joke!"

Teresa nodded.

"It's a hot summer, and it's hot. Two bananas on the way. Suddenly the banana in front of me said, 'It's so hot, I'm going to take off my clothes.' With that, he took off his clothes, and the banana behind him fell! Hahahaha! After saying that, Don himself held his stomach and lay on the table and laughed. Isn't that funny? ”

Teresa on the other side tugged at the corners of her mouth, trying very hard to make herself laugh, but she tried a few times and couldn't do such a difficult thing, so she said to Don a little aggrieved: "Dad, I can't laugh......"

This time it's Kenny's turn next to him. Burns burst out laughing.

Don felt embarrassed: "Okay...... I know this joke is a bit difficult for you to understand......" He scratched his head, turned to look at the bar owner who suddenly appeared, and quickly changed the subject, "Why don't you go and wipe the glass?" ”

Burns placed a glass of freshly squeezed juice in his hand in front of Teresa, "I invite you, Teresa." ”

"Thank you, Uncle Kenny." Teresa's English is improving rapidly, and the speed at which children are receptive to new things is always unexpected by adults. Now she can understand some English and can converse in simple English.

Taking the opportunity, Burns sat down next to Donne: "They all want you back......" He pointed to the group of fans opposite, and the discussion was still lively. "But they don't dare say it to your face."

Don looked at Teresa across from her, who was sucking juice, "I'm retired. ”

"Jordan retired three times and can come back three more times." Burns just smiled.

Don looked at him, but didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. It's as if he's just talking about it.

Burns put away the empty cups on the table, got up and slowly paced behind the bar. Donn watched his back from behind, this man was once a famous villain in English football, a man who was feared by all opponents, and legend has it that whenever he played a game, there would be an extra "Bernsco" in the nearby hospital. He used his dentures before the 1980 Champions League final against the then European footballer of the year, Kevin Brown. Keegan's demonstration scared Keegan to the point of total form, and in the final that followed, Keegan barely touched the ball, and Hamburg eventually lost that game, making it the defending champions of Nottingham Forest. After retiring from football, he ran a bar here, and his reputation was somewhat inseparable from his reputation for being able to make the bigwigs of football hooligans obedient. But now he has gray hair and a little rickety back, so he doesn't look like the butcher villain who was once feared on the court.

Such a man later became an ordinary middle-aged uncle who sat behind the bar and wiped glasses every day, and now he has become an ordinary old man who sits behind the bar and wipes glasses every day.

Don turned his head and looked at his daughter, and found that his daughter was also looking at him, and said timidly, "I can't finish drinking, Daddy ......"

Don reached out and touched her head: "If you can't finish drinking, forget it." It's time for us to go back, Teresa. ”

With that, he got down from his seat and took Teresa's hand.

Teresa jumped down, took her father's hand, and the two of them walked out.

"Goodbye, guys." Donn waved to the group of fans who were still in a heated discussion.

When everyone found out that he was leaving, they stopped the discussion and turned their eyes to him, as if they had something to say, but no one said it. In the end, only Fat John exclaimed as Don was about to leave the house, "Will you come back tomorrow, Tony!" ”

Don looked back at him: "It's not for sure, I don't come here every day, I always bring Teresa here, I'm afraid she will learn badly, haha!" ”

Don didn't say anything more, laughed, waved open the door and left.

Tony. Tang En never obeys old age, but perhaps in the eyes of these people, Tang En, who led his daughter out slowly, is already an old man.

He was not yet fifty years old, and he was not too old physically. But his heart was already old, and the beating heart of a nuclear-powered champion slowed down and slowly quieted down. Now that he has won all the championships he deserves, what else can motivate him? No, not at all. He really has no reason to make a comeback again, dragging a body with heart disease to satisfy the audience's **.

Maybe that's what he's always wanted. He has already planned to retreat bravely after winning the World Cup, leaving a most glorious back to the world, his glorious image will not be discredited, and people don't have to sigh about the "heroic end".

But for the audience, the most dazzling protagonist star has come to an end, what else is there to watch about this drama? At the end of the concert, those superstars will always be called back by the fanatical fans, and then a few more songs, then the curtain call, and then called on the stage, repeatedly, to show how popular they are.

It's a shame they couldn't run up to Don and shout at him, "Come back, Tony!" Sing us another song! ”

"I want Tony to live a happy life and be in good health. Now that he has a daughter, it stands to reason that this should be the case. But why do I still prefer the guy who jumps and spits on the fourth official on the sidelines? ”

Skinny Bill muttered.

"I like ...... too," someone muttered next to him.

Bill glanced at it, it was John. The two of them looked at each other and laughed again.

"What are you doing back? Is the Forest team's mess back ruining their reputation as the godfather of the championship? It's better not to come back......"

Both men shook their heads at the same time.

(To be continued)