Volume 8 The clouds are light and the wind is light Chapter 49 After the goal is achieved ahead of schedule

"It's over! 3:0! Nottingham Forest are the ultimate winner! ”

When the commentator shouted such a sentence, the TV camera did not continue to be left to the players on the field, not even to Balotelli, who scored twice in the game, but quickly cut to the dugout, to Nottingham Forest manager Tony. A close-up of Donn.

In the camera, Donn has just gotten up from his seat, and his assistant coach Chris Rac pats him on the shoulder, and then Donn turns and walks towards Wolves manager Alain. Padieu, to shake hands with the other party, this is the etiquette after the game.

Since his team has been relegated, Padieu has no complaints or grievances about the home loss to Donne, on the contrary, he also talked to Donn when he held Donn's hand, telling him that he also did not want him to retire.

Don just smiled and didn't say anything.

He had heard a lot of similar things during this time, some from the heart, others from the bottom of his heart, others just out of courtesy. Which ones are sincere and which ones are etiquette, Don doesn't care. Anyway, there is still one game in which he is going to say goodbye completely, and he can't care what others think in their hearts. Now he won't roll up his sleeves and slap anyone.

Farewell to Padieu, Donn returned to his team.

He was greeted by a smiling face from Chris Lack: "What's new, Tony! Manchester City loses! ”

Seeing him dancing with his hands, Don also laughed. The result means they don't need to fight Manchester United in their final game and qualify for next season's Europa League ahead of schedule.

"I don't care what the next game looks like, Tony, even if it loses, haha!" Inside the noisy stadium, Chris Rac shouted excitedly.

"That's not going to work, David." Don shook his head. "My coaching career can't end in failure."

David. Chris Rac knew that the man's competitiveness was still there, and he didn't say anything, just laughed.

Soon, the news of Manchester City's loss spread all over the Forest team, and even the Molineux Stadium, home of Wolves, broadcast the news on the live radio as a congratulatory to the Forest team. Only those who have been relegated have such a state of mind to congratulate their opponents.

The Foresters hugged each other excitedly when they heard the news, which meant that their efforts for half a season had not been in vain.

But another assistant coach, Freddie. Eastwood had another concern.

"I'm worried that if this continues, our guys will lose their fighting spirit in the last round of the league."

He said this to Don.

His words also make sense. Because qualifying for the European competition is the highest goal of the Forest team this half season, and the whole team has been striving for this goal. Once the goal is achieved, everyone's energy is down, how will this last round of the league be played?

Look at Wolves in this game, it's the best example. Having lost their hopes of relegation, Wolves were relegated early into the game with no fighting spirit, and before Forest scored the first goal, they symbolised resistance and when Balotelli broke the Wolves goal with a free-kick, their morale plummeted and they surrendered.

You must know that Forest's last game against a team of Wolves' level is not a team of Wolves' level, but Manchester United, who are currently ranked first.

Don didn't care about Eastwood's worries. He can't always let the team walk on a single-plank bridge above the abyss, and it is not necessarily a good thing to keep the team under high pressure. If there is no motivation, there is no motivation, and the team cannot only rely on forcing to win.

Playing Manchester United, the carrot of "qualification to participate in European competitions" was not tested to boost morale in front. They practiced for two weeks and never put their background on "having to beat Manchester United to qualify for the Europa League".

However, Eastwood said that it was not entirely impossible, and that one of the jobs of Donn and the coaching staff in the following week was to prevent it from happening.

"Don't worry, Freddie. No matter what the problem is, there is always a solution. Don patted Eastwood on the shoulder, "Enjoy the victory now, don't frown." ”

Eastwood glanced at Donne, "You say this, I believe it." He was referring to Donn's phrase that "no matter what problem you encounter, there is always a solution." "But what about when you're gone?"

Eastwood didn't know what Don was going to take over, and even if he did, he would probably be skeptical about Don's abilities.

I'm afraid that no one in this world will have hope for Tang except for Tang En himself.

"I'm not the only qualified head coach in the world." Donn replied to Eastwood.

Unexpectedly, Eastwood shook his head very seriously: "There is only one Tony in the world. Dawn. ”

"We have once again qualified for next season's European competition, which only makes us more reluctant to play in Europe than we were half a season ago. Donn's departure. In a later issue of the Nottingham Evening Post, Pierce. Bruce writes.

"When we describe a star as very good, we always say that he has the ability to change the outcome of a game. Now I want to send this quote to Tony. Donn, he deserves it. Yes, what has changed between Nottingham Forest today and Nottingham Forest half a season ago? One more Chen Jian, one more him, Chen Jian was brought by him, and the victory and the sixth place in the league were also brought by him. We've known this fact since a long, long time ago – Tony. Donn is a man who can bring wins and championships to the team, and he has the ability to change the outcome of a season on his own. ”

When the Wolves game ended, the commemoration of Donn increased. No one was willing to let Don go, so there were more and more voices of all kinds of retention, but they also knew that they couldn't change anything except make such a sound.

The post-80s Shaolin abbot begged for a ticket, hoping to get a chance to go to the scene to bid farewell to Tang En.

Nottingham Forest fans are proud to have had such a great manager. There are even some savvy merchants who have launched with Tony. In the square outside the Crimson Stadium, there are vendors who pose a lifelike portrait of Don En in the square outside the Crimson Stadium for fans and tourists to take photos with Don En as a souvenir. Business is very prosperous, and many people come here every day to talk to "Tony. Don "took a group photo, and you can even see some black-haired, yellow-skinned visitors from afar.

It's not just the local media in England who are following the game, but also the media around the world. The match was targeted by the Premier League Committee for broadcast worldwide broadcast. At present, the Premier League has covered 256 countries and regions, and the number of viewers has exceeded one billion. This decision is equivalent to allowing a billion fans around the world to witness Tony. Donn's last game, as a head coach, this "farewell ceremony" is really high-profile.

As a result, many countries began to advertise before this game, showing how different the game was.

"The farewell battle of the most successful manager in England's history!"

"Tony. The grudge between Don and Mourinho, the two most famous managers! ”

"The league championship trophy belongs!"

There are several gimmicks in this game, one is Donne's retirement, one is that he and Mourinho have a ten-year feud, and the other is whether Manchester United can successfully win the league title. Although Manchester United are now in the top spot, they are only one point ahead of second-placed Arsenal. If they lose to Donn's Forest in the final round and Arsenal win against Fulham, Arsenal will take their place as league champions this season.

This is clearly not the outcome Mourinho and Manchester United fans would like to see.

So the local Nottingham media only cares about Tony. Donne, while the Manchester media are focused on whether Jose Mourinho's side will be able to defend their title, has been a rare pessimistic expression – they believe it is impossible to hope that Nottingham Forest will keep a hand in this game, as neither their fans nor the team will want their legendary coach to leave his job with a defeat.

So those who think Forest will lose motivation if they qualify for the Europa League a round earlier would be foolish, and this game will be a very tough test for Manchester United.

Mourinho thinks so, too. When he was interviewed by reporters, his expression was very serious, and he did not feel relaxed at all because his team is now ranked first. Speaking about the game, he said: "...... I don't like to predict matches, but I think my team will beat them (Nottingham Forest)......"

This sounds a bit reluctant, but it's more like a morale boost than a real commitment.

But who knows that it wasn't Mourinho's pride in the game?

Eastwood's fears were completely unfulfilled, and the lack of fighting spirit on the part of the players was not evident in regular training. On the contrary, they were scrappy and no one seemed to want to miss such an important game because of their poor performance in training.

This made Eastwood lament the enormity of the boss's influence once again, and at the same time made him even more worried about who would be able to control the players after the boss was gone...... There was a lot of speculation outside, and the people around him were so worried, but Tang En didn't seem to care about anything, as he usually did every day for more than ten years, handed over the specific training work to the members of the coaching staff, and became a hands-off shopkeeper himself.

He himself is a bit like an old man who is approaching his retirement, going to the unit every day to make a cup of tea and walking birds everywhere.

He doesn't walk birds, he doesn't make tea, he just needs to stand on the sidelines, and there is basically nothing for him to do. In fact, he was busy, the strategy and tactics needed to deal with Manchester United were made before, that was when he was busy, and now he is just training and executing, and he is not needed much. On the day of the competition, he was still busy.

All Don needs to do now is wear sunglasses, stand on the sidelines of the training pitch and watch the players train.

But he's been watching this kind of training for sixteen years, and now he sometimes gets distracted.

When he first took charge of this team, he doesn't remember exactly who the players were. He didn't know how to train the team and knew very little about the players. At the time, he did not expect to become the most successful manager in the country's history.

How would anyone feel if they knew the true identity of this head coach and was actually an ordinary Chinese fan who didn't know anything?

This kind of secret is really going to be brought to the grave...... Tang En suddenly had an idea, is there really a time-traveler other than himself in this world? Among the geniuses who have made a lot of outstanding contributions, are there some guys from the future?

It's a really interesting question, such as why Wenger looks at young players so accurately, is he a deeply hidden traverser?

Don thought about it for a long time, and it took a long time for him to come back to his senses and find that the team's training was almost over.

Assistant coaches Chris Lak and Eastwood called the players together and at the end they had to listen to the manager.

In fact, not every training session will have this procedure, but as Donne's departure approaches, the players have strong requirements, so after the end of the daily training in the recent period, Don has to say a few words, whether it is to comment on the training or talk about other things.

It's like Gareth. As Bell said, "I like to hear the voice of the head."

Today is no exception.

Don saw Eastwood waving to him and walked over.

"Actually, I've said everything that should be said in the past few days, and I really can't think of anything else to say." Donn spread his hands. But if you don't say anything, you can't do it.

'There are three days left until the final round of the league and looking at the daily training we have and I think we are ready. To be honest, I don't doubt at all that you're losing momentum after completing your goals ahead of schedule. Have you lost momentum? ”

He asked, looking at the players around him.

"How is that possible, chief?" Gareth. Bell replied first, and everyone else nodded in agreement. "We're going to give you another victory, chief!"

Don grinned wide, and laughed happily. At the same time, he slapped hard: "Isn't this the end?" What else do I say? Disband! ”

Looking at the stunned expressions of the players, Don smiled more and more proudly.

He finally didn't have to rack his brains to find out what to say to satisfy the players. When he was young, he was full of enthusiasm, and he also liked to use impassioned language to motivate the players, and he felt that it was so handsome. Now that I'm older, I don't like this kind of overly flamboyant expression, but prefer silence and show strength with action.

If you really want to deal with the enemy, you will scold your mouth for a long time, and it is better to directly roll up your sleeves and shave your ears and shave it, which is effective.

Don is old, but his minions are still there. If anyone doesn't believe it, the Crimson Court on May 10 is welcome to witness.

(To be continued)