Volume 7 The Heart of the Lion King Chapter 31 Fierce and auspicious
"The weather was nice today. On the Wilford training ground, Bale was holding a pergola with his hands and squinting at the sky. As far as his vision could see, the sky was blue and the sun was shining. "In the last round of the league we will play in good weather like this. ”
"That's good. I hate the rain. 'It was Shaheen who said that, and as a delicate playmaker in central midfield, the slippery pitch was a torture for him.
The team had just finished a training session and were getting together to rest.
The atmosphere in the Forest team has always been good, so even during training breaks, they get together and talk.
The conversation naturally shifted to the league title.
Nottingham Forest's players are quite sensible, and everyone knows that it is not up to them to decide the league title.
"I called Bendtner yesterday. As soon as Bell said this, all eyes were on him.
'I asked him if he was starting. He said he was sure of the starters. Then I hope he can try to beat Arsenal as best he can......"
"You're going to beg him?" Pepe said dismissively. To this day, there are still people in the team who are not used to Bendtner's defection from the team in the first place.
"So many years have passed...... Is it a friend or a friend. Bell pouted, "Nothing more." I'm just asking him to show sportsmanship......"
"How did he answer?" There are teammates who are more interested in Bendtner's reaction.
He didn't say yes or refuse. ”
Pepe snorted beside him again: "Look at the way he looks now, what did he get when he left the forest?" There is not a single champion, and there is not a single honor for so many years. Playing the League Cup every year is the highest pursuit......"
Bell knew that Pepe looked down on Bendtner, so he didn't continue.
Wood, who had been listening, said, "Don't care about what happens to others, we just need to win this game." He was right, but it didn't make sense. To put it simply, "nonsense". There was no interest in continuing to discuss the topic, and soon turned to it again.
"What if...... I mean, if, if we don't win the league, how are the leaders going to eat the table? Ibisevic tried to make his tone sound like a joke.
But everyone glared at him.
"Uh, well, let's not talk about that......" Ibisevic threw his hands up.
"Hey, are you stressed? Tomorrow's game ......" said Woodgate.
"Are you stressed?" Someone next to him immediately asked rhetorically.
Woodgate honestly said, "Great. ”
"I'm fine......" Pepe lay on the grass with a stick of grass in his mouth. "As long as we win the game, whether we win the title or not depends on the result of the match between Arsenal and Manchester City, so when you think about it, I don't have any pressure. But I still have to say that it makes me unhappy to leave my fate in the hands of someone else. ”
"I'm upset too. ”
"Me too. ”
A group of people chimed in.
Pepe looked at the white clouds in the blue sky and muttered, "We can't be more stressed...... Every time I see the head, I think. I won't be a coach when I retire, at least not a head coach......"
When everyone heard him, they looked over and saw that the leader was chatting with the coaches of the coaching staff on the other side.
"I've always felt that the team is a bit lacking in morale...... Eastwood, as a coach who has just come from the full-time player's career, has a clear better grasp of the psychology of his team-mates than any other coach.
Donn didn't speak. Just glanced over there. Chrislak laughed, "What do you think it should be, Freddie?" Do you all come together to shout slogans? ”
Eastwood didn't care about Chris Rak's words, he frowned and said, "Maybe the reality that even if we win, we can't secure the championship, makes everyone think that even if we try, it's useless......"
Chris Rac also wanted to object, believing Eastwood was fooling around. He has been leading the Forest team for almost a decade. Naturally, he knows this team better than anyone else. But Don spoke first: "You're right. Don't talk about them, sometimes I don't have any fighting spirit when I think about this reality......"
Chrislak looked at Donn with his mouth wide open.
Don hung his head and was silent for a moment before he re-said, "I hate it...... Leaving your fate to someone else is still a person you hate. Very weak. ”
Eastwood looked at the leader and didn't speak, he could understand the feeling. Because so is he.
'I have a lot of ways to make sure we win against Sunderland, both tactically and mentally. But I'm bored right now. Do you think Arsene Wenger will give us that chance? Will they make mistakes? If I were Arsene Wenger, I would ask the team to defend as long as they score one goal, and there is no difference between 1:0 and 5:0. "The FA has prepared two packages and they go to the Emirates Stadium with two trophies and one with us. But the trophy brought to us is a replica. Everyone thinks it's too unlikely that Arsenal will lose the title. ”
'A month ago I promised you a great tomorrow and we could win the league, the FA Cup and the Champions Cup. It became a great triple crown. But now it seems. This probability is too small, and it is no wonder that they feel that they have no fighting spirit. ”
Don looked at his watch. When the break was over, his face immediately changed: "Okay, forget what I just said, don't let them see anything abnormal." Keep training! ”
He was rejuvenated in an instant. Eastwood has seen a similar situation on a similar occasion, following Nottingham Forest's hard-fought 3-2 win at Aston Villa in the 31st round. Don was also tired first and then instantly rejuvenated, just like two people.
Is this a way for him to self-regulate?
"Alright, that's the end of today's training, I hope you don't play too late outside and rest early. Speaking to the team before the end of practice, Donn said, "Tomorrow is a big game, and it's all about those 90 minutes in a season. But don't be too nervous. It's just a league game. ”
Donn waved his hand and let the team disband.
He was the last person to leave the training base, and he drove away after packing his things alone, and when he reached the gate of the training base, he saw Pierce. Bruce waited at the door. After seeing him come out, Bruce hurriedly waved at him.
"Is there anything going on, Mr. Reporter? I'm in a hurry to go home, and it's not good to make my wife wait. ”
"It was quiet in the media for the past two days. I want to ask you. Tony, are you really not going to say something? Bruce leaned up and asked.
"Say what?"
"We all thought you were going to fight some kind of psychological warfare...... Say something about Arsene Wenger and Arsenal, put some pressure on Manchester City or something......
Don looked at Bruce, thought for a moment, and then said, "Okay then. Just say I wish Arsenal the league title and honestly I don't think Manchester City can pose any threat to Arsenal. They have already qualified for the Confederations Cup, and there is no desire for anything. And you know that the relationship between Manchester City and us has been very tense...... I was mentally prepared enough that Arsenal's win over Manchester City was a matter of course. After all, the two teams are not on the same level. Of course, against Sunderland, we're going to win, and I said we're going to have a win to say goodbye to the City Stadium. ”
After speaking, he pointed to Bruce's small notebook: "Have you written it all down?" ”
"Gone?" Bruce was a little taken aback.
"No, that's all. You can publish it as it is. There's still a day to go anyway. ”
Finish coping with the blues. Don drove away.
Bruce looked at the words he had shorthanded, and he really couldn't find anything worth hype...... He is telling the truth. First of all, Arsenal and Manchester City are really not on the same level. Secondly, Manchester City did qualify for the UEFA Cup ahead of schedule. It can be said that they have no desire for this last game. Thirdly, it is also true that Manchester City and Nottingham Forest have a bad relationship, they don't need to try to beat Arsenal for an unnecessary game to get Forest to the top, they are not the living Lei Feng of the new century. Fourth, now Manchester City's head coach is McLaren, this person's personal feud with Donne is enough to write a book, what reason does he have to fight Arsenal to help Donne? He may even deliberately send three points to Arsenal. Then he smirked as Don ate the table. Fifth, Bendtner and Ashley. Young and Done don't have a good relationship either, and they don't have to try to beat Arsenal in order to help Donne's side win the title, and although Nottingham Forest is their parent club, after many years of absence, that little bit of affection is long gone. Sixth......
There is no need to analyze it anymore, if you continue to analyze it like this, Manchester City did not take the initiative to kick an own goal into its own goal, which is already very good for Toney. Don lost face.
"What kind of psychological warfare is this?" Bruce frowned. When did the truth become a means of psychological warfare?
"George. Tomorrow is the last round of the league, right? "At dinner time. Sophia asked about her son.
Wood nodded.
"I watched TV say you have little hope of winning the championship?"
Wood nodded again.
"Then ......," Sophia hesitated, "then Mr. Donn is not going to eat the table in front of the media?" ”
Wood glanced up at his mother. "It's just that there is little hope. Not that there's no hope at all, Mom. Don't worry. ”
"But if you and Arsenal win, won't the title still be theirs?"
'There is also a chance that Arsenal will lose or draw. Nor are they victorious. ”
Sophia had something to say, but when she saw the expression on her son's face, she chose to shut up. She doesn't know much about football, and since her son said that there is still hope, then believe her son.
Gareth. Bell recently found a girlfriend, who is not a public figure, just an ordinarily beautiful girl who is still a college student. The two met at a dance party and fell in love. They are in love, and the girl likes Bale's status as a football star, which makes her feel very embarrassed in front of her classmates.
Tonight, Bell had dinner with the girl at her place, and then just as the girl was looking forward to a night full of excitement. Bell suddenly suggested that he was going home.
"Home?" The girl's eyes widened as she looked at Bell, as if she had heard something incredible.
"yes, I've got to go home. ”
"Oh, don't do that. Gareth. You're not a kid anymore, do you have to go home and sleep at half past nine every night? The girlfriend put her delicate body on Bell, hoping to use her sexy body to hold her boyfriend. "Your parents weren't with you, and even if you spent the night with me, they wouldn't say anything ......"
That's right. Bell has moved out of his home and lives alone. And it's not like he hasn't stayed overnight with his girlfriend. But tonight was special.
Bell imprinted his lips on his girlfriend's mouth, but to his girlfriend's disappointment, he didn't stick his tongue in, but just moved away like a dragonfly.
"Not today, Shannon. ”
Bell broke away from the girl's embrace, and he could still feel his girlfriend's disappointment.
"Because tomorrow is the final round?" Shannon sat on the bed and looked at her boyfriend.
Bell glanced back at her, it was summer. Shannon only wore a slip dress, and now the strap had already slipped to her shoulders, revealing a large white swaying chest, and the blush could still be seen a little lower. She's in such a good figure...... Bell exclaimed mentally. But such temptations were of little use to him.
Gareth. Bell nodded.
The girl suddenly became a little willful, and she asked loudly, "That's for you." Do you love football, or do you love me? ”
Bell was stopped by such a question, he didn't find it difficult to answer, he just didn't expect Shannon to ask such a substandard question......
He looked at the beautiful girl who was almost naked. Shrugging: "Tonight to tomorrow, I love football more." ”
With that, he opened the door and strode out.
Feeling insulted, the girl grabbed the pillow and threw it against the door, then she threw everything on the bed that could be thrown to the floor, and then lay on the bed and cried sadly. She and Bell had known each other for three months, and it was the first time she had seen him so ruthless.
It seems that having slept with him does not mean that I know him......
Bendtner and Ashley. Yang sat in the bar on the second floor of the hotel, where their teammates were all relaxing and relaxing. Drinking, playing billiards, chatting, dancing to the loud music. The team's goal for the season has been achieved, and this final round of the league is more like going through the motions – everyone can just pack up and go on holiday after 90 minutes of play.
Bendtner knew that in another hotel not far away, the Arsenal players must have entered their rooms early to rest under the supervision of manager Arsene Wenger. Compared to them, it was as if City's team-mates were on holiday in London.
A teammate staggered over with a beer and asked loudly, "Niklas, how are you spending your summer?" ”
"Go home. Bendtner replied.
"It's boring......"
The visitor muttered half a glass of beer and raised his glass to Bendtner. Bendtner raised his glass in greeting. But I don't drink it.
Wait for someone to leave. Next to Ashley. Yang turned to Bendtner and said, "Look at their appearance...... I bet we'll lose at least three goals at the Emirates Stadium! There was a slight disgust in his tone.
"It's normal to relax, it's been so hard all season. Anyway, we qualified for the League Cup ahead of schedule. Bendtner had no expression on his face.
Ashley. When Young heard Bendtner say this, he laughed out loud: "Ha! The goal of a team that claims to be the richest team in the world is to qualify for the League Cup...... Any idea why I'm leaving? Liverpool don't pay me as much as I get here. I crave honours but City can't give it to me. ”
The live music was loud and Ashley. Yang is not afraid of being heard by others.
"That's how people here......" he sneered at his fun-loving team-mates, "and when they move from other teams, they open and shut up 'I'm going to help Manchester City win the title' and 'I'm not here for a big salary'...... Actually? It's still the most practical banknote in hand. There is no fighting spirit, and the locker room only cares about how much more they will get paid for the next contract extension, only where to go after the weekend, and only how many beautiful women there are on the holiday after the season. I care about that, but I care more about the champions! ”
"I'm just fed up. Even if Liverpool didn't look for me, I would ask to leave. ”
Bendtner listened silently to his teammates' complaints and asked, "Can Liverpool give you the title?" ”
Ashley. Young reacted, he knew what Bendtner meant by asking. As long as Nottingham Forest are in the day, Liverpool have to be pressed all the time, and this season they were originally second, but now they are squeezed into third by Forest. Last season, Liverpool were top of the league until the thirtieth round of the league, but in the end, the league title was indeed Nottingham Forest, and further back...... Forget it, don't think about it.
"At least...... There's a group of players out there who want to fight for the title, not a bunch like this...... If you can get a salary, it doesn't matter if you let them sit in the audience. "Ashley. Young found the difference between Liverpool and Manchester City, and he specifically reread "professional players".
This time it was Bendtner's turn to be silent, and Ashley. Yang hit the nail on the head, he had nothing to say.
Over the years, the atmosphere in the dressing room at Manchester City has not been good. Head coach McClaren is also not the kind of hard-fisted coach who can hold down the locker room, and to be honest, he lacks enough charisma to have the same personality as Tony. Donn: That's far from it. In addition, the Manchester City club's top management is Emirati, and there is a lack of ** to get the players to play loyally for this high-level executive. Even Manchester City fans boo their own people at home games, booing the "mercenaries" who are just there for the money. This team is truly an outlier in the Premier League: everyone knows that Manchester City has no chance of fighting for any title, and coming to Manchester City is equivalent to saying goodbye to the champions. But every year, many players still switch to Manchester City because they can get a higher salary than their former club. They don't have to go to places like Qatar to pan for gold, and they can continue to stay in the limelight of Europe's top competitions and mass media.
The two of them were silent for a moment, perhaps realizing that it was not good to slander their teammates here.
Later Ashley. Yang You suddenly sighed faintly: "I think Nottingham Forest is really unlucky now, their opponents in the last round of the league are not strong, but Arsenal's opponents are also weak." The boss didn't give me a start, so I wished I didn't play for the whole game, so I wouldn't be embarrassed. The boss himself may be expecting Nottingham Forest to lose the title......"
Bendtner glanced at him: "I don't think the boss is such a narrow-minded person...... He's fine. ”
"yes, a good man. What kind of good person does it take to bring out such a locker room...... I'd rather have an iron-fisted coach and put the team back together with a big stick, so we could get a big salary and glory to fight for. How nice, how nice......"
Ashley. Yang poured the beer from his glass in one gulp, then got up and left.
"I went back to my room to rest, and the music was terrible. ”
Bendtner watched his teammates leave, but he continued to sit in his seat, playing with a glass full of wine, but never taking a sip.