Chapter 81 First Half (Part 2)

In the locker room, the Nottingham Forest players were in a good mood because they equalized the score before the end of the half. They were talking and laughing on the way back to the locker room. Donn saw this scene next to him and raised his eyebrows at Walker. Walker knew that the group of boys who felt good about themselves were going to be unlucky.

Sure enough, after everyone entered the locker room and the door was closed by Walker, Tang En's face collapsed.

Everyone looked at the head coach's face, and the discussion gradually weakened until it disappeared. The head coach was in a bad mood, who dared to speak now?

"Does anyone still remember what the first thing I said to everyone before this game?" Tang En looked at the twelve players in the locker room, and no one said anything. Maybe they don't remember it, maybe they know but they can't figure out the head coach's intentions and dare not say it.

So Tang En began to name: "Mogan?"

"...uh, I think it's defense, boss." Mogan hesitated for a moment and replied in a very uncertain tone.

"Uh, I think it's the defense..." Don Eun imitated the tone of the young centre-back's speech, "Are you doubting your memory?"

"It's defense! Defense! That's right, it's defense!" After hearing Tang En say this, Weis Mogan quickly answered loudly.

Tang En looked at Mogan's crooked mouth and smiled, but it made Mogan feel frightened. He felt that he had been regarded as a target for venting his dissatisfaction by his boss.

"Very good, Mogan, you can sit down." Tang En waved his hand.

Mogan then realized that he had stood up from the bench at some point, just like a student answering questions from the teacher in class.

Tang En turned around and looked at the others, then spread his hands and repeated the words he said before the game: "Defense, guys, I want you to know the importance of defense! We spent ten minutes talking about how to defend the opponent's attack, but they scored a goal in twelve minutes. I know you want to say that the goal was accidental. But if you concede the goal, it means you concede the goal, and I don't want to make any excuses. Honestly, we played badly in the first half, and we should feel glad to be able to tie Bolton. Ashley Young did a great job, and so did Freddy. " Tang En looked at the two goals contributors and nodded to show his affirmation. "But this cannot cover up our problem. I admit that this bad first half also has my responsibility. My tactical arrangement failed, giving the opponent a chance to score goals. You should also reflect on your performance in the first half.

Then Tang En walked to the tactical board and drew out the actual formation of Bolton and the Forest in the game. This was observed by Tang En himself. Bolton was 4312, while Nottingham Forest was 4231.

"Rebrov was great in the midfield, so I'll let you continue playing this position." Donn drew a circle in the middle of the three forwards, and then pulled out an arrow pointing to the middle circle from the circle. "But you have to retreat a little in the second half and keep enough distance from Wood to not leave his protection."

Rebrov nodded to show that he knew.

"And Gunnarson, I'm sorry you're going to get off the second half to rest. I'll let Crouch replace you. You did a good job in the first half and gave him strong support from Wood. But there are eleven people on the court, and we need to attack in the second half." Don stared at Gunnarson and tried to make his attitude look sincere. It's not a good thing to be replaced at halftime.

Gunnarson was a little reluctant, but he nodded. George Wood's performance was indeed more outstanding than him, and there was nothing wrong with leaving Wood on the court.

Seeing Gunnarson nodding. Donne wiped off his solid circle. Then he added a symbol of the same kind next to Eastwood, which is Pete Crouch.

"Crouch, after you come on the court, use your height to play for your teammates, and shoot by yourself if you have the chance. In short... you choose the best way to deal with the situation on the court, don't stick to my requirements. Do you understand?"

"I understand, boss." Crouch said with a tense face. This is his first time playing for the Forests. If you play well, you will have a guaranteed future. If you can't play well, you will sink into constant denials. He doesn't want to return to Aston Villa again. That experience seems like a nightmare for him. He knows that Forests and Aston Villa have a contract for him to loan first and then buy out, but whether to buy out depends on the performance of the Forests in the past half season. Isn't it just a chance to prove himself to the new coach now?

When Donn saw Crouch's expression, he felt that he was too serious and this was not good. It would affect his performance on the field at that time. So he smiled and said, "Don't be flirted, Pete. Do you like dancing?"

Crouch nodded vigorously, then surprised at how the head coach would know.

Don Edward ignored Crouch's surprised gaze and blinked at him, "If you score, just dance on the court! Just like this..." Then he imitated the robot dance after Crouch scored in his memory. The imitation was not very similar, not like a robot, but like a puppet.  It caused a burst of laughter in the locker room.   The atmosphere of some depressingness just now became lively because of Don Edward's criticism.

"Tony. Are you a rusty robot?" Walker also took the opportunity to tease.

Tang En scratched his head embarrassedly: "Anything is done. Just stop pressing me to the ground. Look, I buttoned..." He pulled the collar of his shirt and said to the players.

This time, a louder burst of laughter broke out in the locker room. Someone whistled.

Done did not interrupt the players' happy time. He stood by and watched with a smile, and then made a quiet gesture after everyone finished laughing. "Okay, guys, let's continue. McPheel, your performance in the first half was not outstanding enough. You should be more active in the second half. Where did your imagination go? Use beautiful people to throw away the defensive players, don't be afraid of losing the ball, if you lose the ball, there will be George!"

Done pointed to Wood, who was sitting in the corner of the wall, and a brief laugh rang out in the locker room.

"Hey, George. Did you hear it? Everyone is optimistic about you. So continue playing like that in the second half!" Don Eun also explained the Woodland mission. "Stop all the footballs you plan to pass by!"

After talking about the players' personal arrangements, Tang En began to talk about the overall tactics.

"I was equalized at the end of the first half. If I were Allardyce, I would never let the team give up. I would definitely look for an opportunity to lead again at the beginning of the second half! So ten minutes after the start of the second half, the defenders must be vigilant, and Bolton will definitely press on to attack. We will recover the formation and fight back. After ten minutes, if Bolton does not score, they will definitely start to try to stabilize, hoping to maintain this score away, and then return to home next weekend to seek victory. Don't give them such a chance! If they retreat, we will press on! Give them a fatal blow!"

Speaking of this, Tang En clenched his fists and raised his volume. "Guys, I don't care whether you transferred last summer or just recently joined this month; I don't care whether you were transferred from the youth team to the first team or have been playing in this team; I don't care which team you used to play football, what honors you received, or nothing... In short, we are a team now, and we are training together to play football, I want you to understand what I - Tony Don't's football is like!" He pointed to his chest and said.

"Some of you must know what happened to the Forest team in the playoffs last season, so I can tell you. What is Tony Donn's football! It's victory! I hate failure! Especially when you are close to success! I hope you always think about one thing when you play on the court - victory! You have to tell yourself: I will definitely win today! Instead of the shit idea of ​​'What if I lose'!"

"Now we have reached the semi-finals of the League Cup, and we are only one step away from reaching the finals! Just a month ago, who could have thought that we would be today? At that time, we ranked fourth from the bottom and were ridiculed by the third from the bottom Crystal Palace! We made Crystal Palace understand how small they are in that game! Now we have to let Bolton understand the same thing! Kill them at our home court! Don't give them a chance to turn the tables at home! It's ours, no one can grab them!"

"What kind of person is Tony Tangen... How to say it?" In the lounge dedicated to the announcer, John Motson was talking to the two people on the other side about Tangen. "I can't define him, you can't tell which kind of person he is. The single definitions used in the past were completely wrong... it was very complicated. So if you ask me what kind of person he is, I can't answer this question. I think Tangen himself can't explain it clearly. Therefore, to understand what kind of person he is, you have to look at it yourself..."

"Hey, John. Why do I feel like you are perfunctory?" Gray said dissatisfied.

Motson shrugged: "I can only tell what I think of Tony Donne is like. He looks impulsive, speaks without saying anything, and he will do anything to achieve his goal, and he will revenge... But this may not necessarily match your evaluation of him. There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. You can also use this on Tony Donne."

Martin Taylor pondered for a while and then said, "Andy, I think I should repeat what I said to you before the game - what kind of person Coach Donn is, we have to see with our own eyes."
Chapter completed!