Chapter 124: The Unlucky Ferreira (Part 1)

Before the game started, the city court would always be singing non-stop, and the stands were silent. The players on both sides stood on the edge of the middle circle, lined up, lowered their heads to watch silently for the newly-dead Brian Clauve.

Tang En stood in front of the coach's seat and watched all this quietly.

Pierce Bruce told him yesterday that since he resigned from the head coach of the Forests, Brian Crowf's mental state has been bad. His feelings for this team are not something ordinary people can imagine. In the past eighteen years, his most glorious years have been closely related to the name Nottingham Forest, just like Ferguson and Manchester United, Wenger and Arsenal now. But the birth of the Premier League completely shattered the football philosophy that Crowf insisted on. Even if the Forests did not relegate in the first season, they would never escape the fate of falling apart. Why? Because the Forests at that time had no money, no matter how many championships they won, they had no money. The team management at that time was completely different from now.

The thing Clauve is most proud of was shattered by cruel commercial football. He believes that there is only one boss in the team, that is himself. No matter how famous the star is, he has to be his younger brother. He is the king of the Forest team, and he has the final say. The club directors and chairman have no right to point fingers at what he does. He can slap him to the ground at the door of the locker room because of Roy Keane's poor performance, or hang goalkeeper Clos up and beat him because of anger. He also locked the gay player Fasanu in the locker room because of his hatred of homosexuality... Of course, in order to protect the players, he once used old punches to the fans who wanted to celebrate the victory with the team and sent two fans to the hospital.

This style is almost extinct in football now, and commercial football is increasingly emphasizing the value of stars, and head coaches... the profession called "manager" in England is gradually transitioning to "coach". More and more Premier League clubs are beginning to use dedicated marketing managers to be responsible for club management. And let managers be responsible for leading team training and directing games, and even buying and selling players have changed from "making ideas" to "providing suggestions."

The club does not need a maverick head coach. Claufe is unique because in today's football world, it is almost difficult for anyone to copy his classics. Even Mourinho is not good.

Clauve, who felt that he could not keep up with the times, finally chose to retire, even though he was only fifty-eight years old, a age that was not considered an advanced age for the coach.

After retirement, Clauf was soon investigated for accepting kickbacks in Sheringham's transfer, and was exhausted. His reputation was damaged. The final investigation results showed that the evidence of Clauf receiving kickbacks was conclusive, but the FA did not take any further action, and the matter was left unresolved. Perhaps it was because the old coach's health was getting worse and worse that he chose to remain silent.

Later, I heard that Clauve was quickly investigated for gastric cancer after a liver transplant last night, but Clauve refused to go to the hospital for surgery until he was bedridden and his grandson cried begged his grandfather by the bed. He agreed to go to the hospital for treatment.

"He firmly believes that there should be no more big-name stars in the team than the head coach. He insists that he is the only one in the club who can decide everything, but all his ideas are shattered by the current football reality. The glory he has won before has become a passing cloud. He has to retire at the age of fifty-eight. He can only rely on alcohol to kill time and numb himself... Such days are too difficult to tell him." Bruce sighed in the car back to Nottingham.

This made Tang En think of another person at that time, who was also talented. He was also arrogant, rebellious, and controversial... Former four-star general George S. Patton. Patton died shortly after the end of World War II. He did not sink into peace in the days of peace, retained his most perfect image and was worshipped by countless descendants. And what about the boss?

One day, when the glory I pursue and gained is far away from me, will I also be like a boss?

In contemplation, Tang En suddenly had a cold war and felt a hint of chill behind his neck. He reached out and touched it, wet...

It's raining.

Damn, why did I just think of that kind of problem just now like a philosopher?

Tang En shook his head, withdrew his mind, and turned his eyes to the court.

The silence ceremony ended just now, and shouts rang again in the stands of the city stadium. But this time they did not call the name of a popular player in the Forest team. But the name of a legend, the King of Forest King Brian Clauve. In the drizzle, it was impossible to tell whether the water marks on the fans' faces were tears or rain.

There is a saying that Tang En has never been able to say to others in person, but from yesterday to today, what he saw, heard, thought, and thought, he said this to himself many times in his heart:

The era of the boss in Nottingham Forest has completely ended...

Is this Chelsea a strong team now?

If Don Enlai answered, he might not hesitate to say "find it". Because he knows how many championship trophysics Chelsea won in the best in history in the future.

So is Mourinho, who commands Chelsea's team, a successful coach?

If Donn's own standards are followed, Mourinho will certainly be considered a successful coach, because he won six championships at Chelsea.

But... these are all things that come later. The current situation is that Mourinho just arrived in London. With the halo of European championship, he led a mercenary to play six rounds of leagues, winning four and drawing two, and not losing one. No one knows the future. Don Eun is not sure that Mourinho's team will win this season's local league championship because of his joining.

Before this game, Chelsea was only two points away from Arsenal, the first place in the league. Arsenal challenged Manchester City away in this game, while Chelsea challenged the newly promoted Nottingham Forest. In Mourinho's eyes, the three-pointer in this game should be planned.

Perhaps not many people in the English football world knew Jose Mourinho at this time, but Donn knew very well because he had a few more memories.

He knows who Mourinho is and how his coaching style is.                                                       �

If Mourinho knew that Don Eun had read his autobiography less than three times, he would have been surprised, because his autobiography "Jose, Made in Portugal" had just been released in Portugal for a month and has not yet been officially in English. Of course, what Don Eun saw was translated online in the future. Because he was very interested in this unique coach, he read it many times, so he could memorize some parts of it.

Mourinho has never been a pursuing beautiful football. His idol is the tactical master Capello, and 1:0ism is what he insists on.

Chelsea, who is now fighting against the Forest, is such a team.

Mourinho emphasized that the team as a whole, especially the players' personal physical fitness. Speed ​​and strength are the new ideas he instilled into Chelsea. He pays attention to efficiency and pursues victory, and does not care about how he can defeat his opponent. From this point of view, Don Eun is very similar to him.

In this game, Chelsea ranked the strongest lineup they could, and they had the intention of attacking as soon as they got away. Mourinho obviously didn't take the promotional team Nottingham Forest seriously.

Donn believes that the video of his team's game with Arsenal will allow Mourinho to read it before this game, and then determine that Forest is a team that values ​​defense. After all, the newly promoted teams are like this. When facing strong teams, they always only defend, hoping to keep a pitiful point. Of course, Forest's game against Manchester City is their only victory in the league this season, and Mourinho may see it. But he won't take it seriously, because he also looks down on Manchester City and the incompetent Kevin Keegan. This game was designated as an exception and has no reference value.

Compared with Nottingham Forest, this Chelsea team is indeed more than one series stronger.

Goalkeeper Peter_cech has become the main goalkeeper of the Czech national team at a young age, shining brightly in Portugal this summer. The right-back is Paulo ferreira, the best European right-back last season brought by Mourinho from European champion Porto, and the left-back is England international Wayne_bridge. The center-back is captain John Terry and Portugal international, and Ricardo_carvalho, who was also brought from Porto to London by Mourinho from Porto. In terms of midfield, Mourinho, who attaches importance to defense, will certainly not give up claude_makelele. French veterans are like a bust in the midfield.

Wall.   Partner with Marklele is Chelsea’s iron man Frank Lampard.   Arjen_robben was injured and didn’t even make the roster. So the starter on the left was Joe Cole, an old acquaintance of Donn, and on the right was Irish fast motor Damien_duff.   The two new players who had just joined the team this season - in the Dutch League, who were incredible and could not find an opponent to come to the Premier League to seek new challenges, and this summer, the Premier League transfer champion, spent 24 million pounds on Abramovich to bring Côte drogba to the Ivorian scorer Didier_drogba from Marseille.

The Forest team made some changes in the original lineup.

Crouch replaced Viduca as the starting forward. He partnered with Freddy Eastwood. There was no change in the midfield. Ribery and Ashley Young were separated, and George Wood and Albertini guarded the middle. The defense only adjusted the central defender combination. Pique replaced the older and exhausted Yero.
Chapter completed!