Chapter 52: From Interest
Chapter 52: The interest is collected
Donne claimed the day before the game that the game had entered his track. When this was heard, it caused a stir in Barcelona. The Catalan media began to fight back, and they went to find Barcelona players, hoping to get the team's support.
Big Mouth Etoo was the first to jump out to respond to Don't's provocation. He said in an interview with World Sports: "...I don't know what his (Tony Don't) track is, maybe it leads directly to the cliff? But I'm not surprised that he said that, because only he would do such a bleak thing. Wasn't he liked it after the final last year?"
This is to criticize Don En from his personal quality and gentlemanly demeanor.
Barcelona captain Puyol directly said that Donne did this as disrespectful to his opponent.
Brazilian, the team's core Ronaldinho is not worried about Donn's track. He said to the reporters with a smile on his face: "We play at our own pace, no matter who the opponent is."
Rijkald refused to make any comments on this.
In the entire Catalonia region, the results of this game are generally optimistic.
After all, Barcelona is still ahead in the league. Their century-old opponent Real Madrid is at the lowest point in history. Capello's team dares to lose any opponent. The Bernabeu booed more than once and waved the dazzling white handkerchief.
The Italian's dismissal seems to have entered the countdown. Real Madrid players and fans are also confused and do not know where the road is.
The more embarrassed the opponent is, the more it will highlight Barcelona's glory.
Barcelona are not worried about the league championship at all. They believe that the main energy of this season is not the defending league championship - because that one does not need to defend the title deliberately, it is their honor.
Barcelona hopes to make a historic breakthrough in the European arena - the first defending Champions League.
Now that Barcelona's entire team is in such a good condition, what is Nottingham Forest? It's just a defeated player!
There was also a Barcelona hardcore fan organization shouting the slogan: "We won you once last year, and we will win you again this year!"
The media are still analyzing what "Barcelona has psychological advantages in playing Nottingham Forest", and why do they think there is "psychological advantages"? It is because Barcelona defeated Nottingham Forest in the final of the Champions League last year.
According to convention, winners always maintain some psychological advantages over losers. But did they all forget what Tang En said at the press conference?
——Convention is not effective for my team.
"Tony Donne is such a person.
He was just 'habitually arrogant'. If Rijkald really thought he had any foolproof countermeasures and guessed his thoughts, he would be fooled by Donne... My friends in England were happy to tell me all the jokes this man made there. In their opinion, it would be a pity that this man would not be a circus clown... He jumped all day long and made some shocking remarks.
Hope to attract the attention of the world.
Many times, he doesn't look like a football coach, but more like an entertainment star. You should know that when the Sun reports his news, it is always on the entertainment version, not the sports version..." Catalonia's representative media, "World Sports", finally gave Tony Donn this to this.
They promote people from strange countries so much that readers think so.
On the day of the game, Barcelona's media were filled with such reports.
Nottingham Forest and Barcelona have already started a verbal battle, and Barcelona has fully participated. However, the players on Nottingham Forest are out of the way, not accepting any interviews, nor do they talk about the head coach's words in front of the media.
They prepared for the evening game with peace of mind, and let Donne be the shield to attract firepower.
In the afternoon, before the team was about to board the bus and head to the Camp Nou Stadium, Donn was surrounded by many reporters at the hotel gate.
"I was interviewed for the last time before the game." Tang En raised his index finger, "If you have any questions, hurry up and ask, I will leave if there is no problem. You only have..." He looked down at his watch. "Five minutes."
"This is too little!" a reporter complained.
"My team is about to go to the stadium. Do you want me to hold a press conference for 45 minutes here?" Tang En retorted, and after saying that, he added, "There are four minutes left."
The reporters looked at each other, but they didn't expect Tang En to do so.
Only one person reacted first. While other reporters were still dissatisfied with Tang En's dealing with them like this, she had already raised her own question: "Mr. Tang En, what you said yesterday.
There was a stir in Barcelona. Are you worried that doing so will anger your opponent and make it difficult to play today?”
Tang Enke is not unfamiliar with the person who asked about it. It is the Chinese reporter Tang Jing who went wherever they appeared.
"Oh, I really didn't expect to see you here, reporter Tang Da." Tang En said in Chinese.
"As soon as possible, don't delay time like this." Tang Jing looked cold and didn't appreciate it.
Tang En shrugged and replied in English: "Do you think the Champions League quarterfinals will be easy? Even if I don't say that, the game will not be easy.
What's more... I'm telling the truth, why should I worry? Angry my opponents? What does their mood have to do with me? If they feel unhappy, OK, come and defeat me.
If they win, they will be qualified to scold me to death and drown me with saliva. If I win... Humph. "Tang En smiled, "Those people have to admit their mistakes!"
When Tang En answered Tang Jing's question, other reporters finally realized that when facing this person, it would not work to reason, so they all prepared questions and prepared to ask questions.
Unexpectedly, Tang En just answered Tang Jing's question and raised his hand to signal everyone to quiet: "Okay, ladies and gentlemen. It's time for me to get in the car and set off. See you after the competition!" As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and jumped into the car.
Before the reporters could react, the bus door had been closed automatically.
Everyone saw Tony Donn, who was standing inside the door through the transparent window. So these people realized that they were being fooled again.
From the hotel to the stadium, George Wood, who will wear the captain's armband in this game, has been silent all the time. Others either relax by listening to music or adjust their condition by taking a nap. Only he sits upright with a serious face.
Chris Lack noticed the boy in the car. When he got off the car, he quietly said to Donn: "I always feel that George is too serious. He has the heaviest task in this game... Would he be nervous because of this?"
Tang En looked at the captain who was walking in the front of the team and shrugged: "Have you ever seen him nervous because he was going to play?"
"Uh..." Chris Lack recalled carefully. It seems rare that Wood would be nervous.
Don once said this - if Stuart Pierce had an oak heart (Note 1), then George Wood's heart must be made of diamonds.
Diamond, also known as diamond, is the hardest among natural matter in the world. Tang En's words describe George Wood as a tough and strong character, and rarely has emotional fluctuations and ups and downs.
Although Donn does not think George Wood will be nervous about playing this game, he thinks Chris Lark's concerns are reasonable. It is better to ensure that it is foolproof before important games.
He decided to talk to Wood alone and find out his current mental state.
So when the team went out to warm up, Don followed Wood to walk out.
"George, I think something is wrong with you today. Although you don't talk much, you're particularly scarce today... Do you have any worries?"
"without. "
"Did you say...you're nervous?" Tang En glanced at Wood.
Wood stopped and turned to look at Tang En. "I'm not nervous. I just don't want to talk."
"I don't want to talk... can you tell me why?"
"I didn't participate in the final last year, and I want to play this game as a final. I have been trying to recall what the day of the final last season looked like."
Hearing Wood say this, Tang En didn't know what to say for a moment. He remembered it very clearly why Wood couldn't participate in the final last season.
"George, have you... ever resented me later?" he asked cautiously.
Wood looked at him strangely: "Why do you hate you?"
"Because I insisted on putting you on the court, you were suspended from accumulating yellow cards. If I replaced you in advance, wouldn't you be able to participate in that final?"
Wood thought for a while and asked, "If the team was eliminated because I replaced me in advance... I would resent you."
Tang En suddenly laughed, and he patted Wood on the shoulder hard: "Don't take yourself too seriously, brat! If you are replaced, we will be eliminated? I don't allow such a thing to happen."
"You can say anything about the past." Wood ignored Tang En's big talk.
Tang En also knew that he was just "hindsight". So he changed the topic: "You just said that you replayed the final day in your mind...how was it going?"
"If you don't come to me and say this, you'll be done."
Tang En grinned: "Very good, it seems that you are full of confidence. Then I won't say these nonsense - I know what you want to say is nonsense. Right? Okay, then I won't say anything.
But you have to use practical actions to prove that what you said just now... is not nonsense."
Wood snorted. Don Eun pushed behind him: "Go out and warm up, don't let Barcelona wait in a hurry."
Watching Wood run out, Tang En turned around and walked back to the locker room. The booing outside is no longer small, and if he goes out again, it will probably be even bigger.
As the "final boss" that Barcelona hates and hates, it's too much to appear so early...
When the team warmed up amid the overwhelming boo, Tang En was busy in the locker room alone. He made the final preparations. His preparations were not to write and scratch the tactical boards. Instead, he sorted out newspapers—in English and Spanish.
There was even a local Chinese newspaper in Catalan... and there was a table in front of him.
When the players returned from warming up, they saw the colorful newspapers placed on the table, which were very eye-catching. Everyone was confused and didn't know what new tricks the boss had to play in this precious time before the game.
When everyone came in, the locker room door was closed again, and Tang En sat next to the table and cleared his throat.
"Good evening for everyone. It's time for Tony to read newspapers. Tony Tony will take you to quickly browse the latest news and...scandals that have occurred around the world."
Everyone who was looking forward to the new tricks of the boss laughed.
Tang En also laughed with them. This was the result he wanted. He was full of fighting spirit, but he was never nervous. When everyone finished laughing, he picked up a few newspapers and showed them to everyone.
"The World Sports Daily analyzed and argued from ten aspects and finally came up with an 'authoritative' conclusion, believing that we cannot defeat the invincible Dream II team away."
"The Daily Sports News said that Nottingham Forest's head coach Tony Don is bluffing again, which is a common trick to hide their panic and weakness."
"There are also some of the tabloids who can't name it, which is a mess. The tabloids claim that Nottingham Forest could reach the Champions League final last season, but it was just a waste of luck because no one could pay attention to it.
Now Barcelona is a good opportunity to play against Nottingham Forest at home, and see how Dream Team 2 can bring the pseudo-strong team back to its original form. Let the powerful Barcelona teach the ignorant Forest team what is the real strong man and what is the real... European champion.
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The last swear word was added by Tang En himself.
"Guys, they are all genuine media comments, I didn't make up a word." Tang En shook the newspaper in his hand and made a clattering sound.
"These newspapers are available in every corner of the city of Barcelona, and they represent the true view of the city on us. But it's really unfriendly..."
Then he threw the newspaper on the table, and some of it slipped to the ground, but he did not lean over to pick it up, and he did not even look at the poor newspapers, and he used it and abandoned it.
Tang En stood up from the chair, looked at everyone in the locker room, and said seriously: "Obviously, we were looked down upon and we were underestimated! This made me very upset.
What should we do if we are not respected at all?" He smiled again, his expression changing on his face as if the summer weather in Nottingham. "It's actually very simple. Use our victory to force the arrogant Barcelona to bow their heads.
They think we can't win, so we will win for them! They think this is a good opportunity for the Dream Team 2 to teach us, so we will let them see who taught whom!"
Seeing that the expressions on everyone's faces had changed positively, Tang En felt that the time was ripe. He took advantage of this momentum and shouted: "Who do they think we are?! We are their creditor Nottingham Forest!"
That's right, Barcelona's creditors are loan sharks, and I'm here to collect interest today.
Chapter completed!