Chapter 132 Newcastle Shania (Part 1)

Judging from the results of the past decade, Newcastle is a strong team in English football. This concept started with Kevin Keegan's entry into St. James' Park. Don even feels that Keegan's most glorious years in his coaching career were in Newcastle, not the later England national team.

Of course, putting aside the Premier League ten years, Newcastle is also considered a traditional strong team in England. Although they only won four league titles at the beginning of the last century, they won six championships in the highest-ranking FA Cup. You should know that even in the early days of the Premier League, the FA Cup was still the most important game in the minds of the English people. It was not until the influence of the league and the UEFA Champions League became increasingly serious that the FA Cup gradually lost its status.

What makes Newcastle unable to compare with Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool is that they have not left a mark of an era in the history of English football and have never ruled this land continuously. Therefore, they can only be a second-rate team and are not considered a giant.

Nottingham is not a big family, but they have one more advantage than Newcastle - they have won the European Champions League.

However, it is meaningless to mention how brilliant the past achievements are now. Newcastle is still the second-level team. When Nottingham Forest faces Newcastle, it is considered by the media to be inferior to the magpies, although the Forest team is still ranked before Newcastle...

What did Tang En think of this evaluation?

"Newcastle is a strong team, and Sones is also an excellent senior..." Hear what he said in an interview with The Echo outside Newcastle's airport. When did Tony Donn use the title "Senior" to his opponent?

He has never used Wenger, nor has Ferguson. Even his opponent has never called him "senior". Although Sones is a predecessor, his achievements are far less than those above the three. Does Tang En say this mean that he really intends to surrender away?

"Away games are always harder than home games, and St. James' Stadium is harder to play. So if you ask me what the result of this game will be, I'm so sorry. I have nothing to say." Squeezing out of the pile of reporters, Tang En quickly got on the bus. The door closed behind him, leaving a group of reporters who had not received any news and drove away from the airport.

When the car drove into the city, the ceiling of St. James Stadium loomed on the banks of the Tyne River, and suddenly appeared from behind the building and disappeared. Because the stadium is in the city center of Newcastle, it will be very crowded on the day of the game. So the hotel where the Forest team is staying is near the stadium. If the traffic is smooth, it only takes ten minutes to take the bus.

Newcastle has been the gold medal market in England for a long time, because compared with other cities in England that produce "derby", the big city of Newcastle has only one team, that is Newcastle United. A city with a population of only 280,000, every time the home game is played, St. James' Park Stadium will have 50,000 people.

The roar from the 50,000-strong stands... The Forest team has not experienced such a scene. They mentioned that the largest venue for the game was the Cardiff Millennium Stadium. But that was just a neutral venue. St James' Park Stadium may be ranked second in the hottest stadium ranking in the England top league.

You have to ask which stadium is the first one? That stadium is not big, it can even be said to be very small, and can only accommodate less than 10,000 people, but it is the stadium that makes the opponent feel the most terrifying. Because it is the home court of the "crazy gang" Wimbledon.

Since its promotion to the Super League, Forests have played many away games, but Donn believes that St. James Park Stadium is the best place to test the team's ability to withstand pressure.

Of course, everyone hopes to meet an opponent that is easy to deal with, but in fact it is impossible. Nottingham Forest has played a total of ten rounds of league games this season. Chelsea’s game against Arsenal is considered to be a match against strong teams, and the strongest opponent may be Everton, who has achieved an unbeaten record of one win and two draws. But considering that the Forest team is at their home court, they have taken a considerable advantage.

Newcastle is not weaker than Everton, and the Forests still play away this time. The schedule is intensive and there are many dangers. No wonder Newcastle's local newspaper "Echo" optimistically analyzed the game. He believed that Sones's team should successfully score three points.

The views of local media in Nottingham are completely opposite to those of Newcastle. The Nottingham Evening Post believes that now is the best time for the Forest team to be in. The Forest team, which has won consecutive victories, can still get one point in the worst result even at St James Park Stadium.

After the team checked in the hotel, they had a simple lunch and after resting, Donn asked Chris Lack to gather the team and go to St. James Park to train to adapt to the venue.

Because it is adaptive training before the game. There are not many media following. And they do not have permission to enter the court to shoot interviews, so they can only shoot the scene of the Forest Team bus entering the court outside the stadium gate. After the adaptive training is over, the league will arrange a pre-match press conference where both head coaches of the sides participate to answer some questions of concern to the media.

For example, the conflict between Alan Hiller and Sones, for example, Cruivet was gossiping around nightclubs... They could also expect the arrogant Tony Donn to have any amazing quotes.

It will not be until then that a large number of media will come.

There are not many media outlets now. Many fans of the Forest team came from Nottingham to follow the team from Newcastle, wearing eye-catching red jerseys and waiting outside the St James Park Stadium, hoping to see their idols.

The requirements of these fans are that simple.

Donn saw them in the car and said to Chris Lack: "Let me tell the players later that after the training, I will only give them ten minutes of shower and change clothes. Then come out and sign the fans."

David also noticed the group of fans, did not raise any objections, and nodded: "I understand."

Taking his eyes back from the fans, Don began to think about how to defeat Newcastle away. But he didn't notice the little green in the red.

Adaptive training is very simple. It mainly allows the players to adapt to the field, do some simple set pieces of set ball exercises, and finally relax after shooting and shooting. The plan has been all arranged before coming here, and the coaching team is responsible for the specific training. Tang O'O pulled Chris Lak back and forth on the court, as if he was walking, but in fact he used his feet to personally check the quality of the turf on the court.

"It's a little soft, it won't rain tomorrow, right?" Tang En looked up at the sky with some concern, it was gloomy, and you could feel the moisture in the air with just using your nose.

"It's very likely that it will rain." said David Chris Lack, who was walking next to him.

"It's really a hell!" Tang En cursed in a low voice, "Let me think about it, in my impression, there are several games in the Forest team playing on a sunny afternoon? Fortunately, there will be no weather like Hurricanes in the North Sea..."

Chris Lack smiled silently: "I thought you used the faucet to wet the game field and then caused trouble for Arsenal to make that youth team game."

Hearing Chris Lack say this, Done really squatted down and fiddled with his hands on the turf, wet. “Damn it! They also poured a lot of water!”

This time Chris Lack didn't laugh silently, he laughed out loud: "It seems that everyone can do this trick. Tony, I rarely hear you complain about the weather. What are you worried about?"

Donn looked around the empty St James Stadium stands, and in a day, there will be countless fanatical Newcastle fans, who will constantly use boos and singing to create pressure on the Forest. The Forest only lost one game this season, which is the first round of the league away game against Blackburn. There are two completely different feelings about playing away and home games.

He was indeed worried, but he couldn't tell Chris Lark.

"No, I don't worry about anything. We have nothing to worry about either."

After the adaptive training, Donn met Sones in the press room of the stadium. The gray-haired Scotsman looked a little serious. He just replaced the coach Robson as the team's head coach in September. He had won two consecutive victories as Newcastle, with good results. It is the time to be proud of his youth. Donn's title of "senior" seems to make him take up the airs of his seniors. The smile on his face was almost invisible when he shook hands with Donn in front of the reporters.

To be honest, this scene is what reporters most want to see. They were looking forward to Tang En's counterattack, but Tang En disappointed them. After answering a few questions at the press conference, until the press conference ended, Tang En never had any communication with Sones again.

When the press conference ended, the Forest players also walked out of the locker room and went to the parking lot to sign the fans. This was the coach's requirement and everyone must abide by it. Done walked out of the press room and walked straight to the parking lot outside. The coaches got in the car in advance. Done stood outside and chatted with Chris Lack, and saw the players' performance. No one was happy with the impatientness of the enthusiastic fans' performance.
Chapter completed!