Chapter 27: The smell of gunpowder is getting stronger

After eight rounds of the league, Forest team won seven wins and one draw, with 22 points, ranking first with an unbeaten record. Arsenal, ranked second, played one game less than Forest team, with six wins and one draw of nineteen points, which is also an unbeaten record.

Ranking first in the league is certainly something worth celebrating, it’s great to be incredible. But at the same time, you have to bear the pressure of the leader. After enjoying the glory of the top, you naturally have to pay the corresponding price.

Nottingham Forest has now become a team that is blocking in the English football world. Donne feels as difficult as playing in the Champions League final in every game. Because his opponents are always very excited.

In the ninth round of the league, Forest team fought hard for 90 minutes and defeated Birmingham 3:2. But it paid the price of Pepe missing for one month due to injury and being sent off with Grosso.

After the game, despite winning, Don N't still criticized his opponent Birmingham for playing rough football with a sinister face.

"I think there is a bad habit in the Premier League now. That is, any team will be very excited when fighting us. I am not just referring to how outstanding their condition is, but rather that the movements of these teams are very rough. I feel that this is not a Premier League game, but a desperate game. If you lose the ball, you will die? All opponents are used to using rough movements to deal with my players, but look at what the referee has done? My players are sent off with red cards when they stand up for the unfairness, and the opponent's person is just a yellow card. I really doubt whether all this was instructed by the FA..."

Tang En's words caused a big storm in the English football world after being fueled by the media. He also invoked him a fine of 15,000 pounds. At the same time, the FA issued a formal warning to him, hoping that he would not mislead the general public if he said and did not mislead the general public.

It's no longer possible to say how many grudges this is between Tang En and the FA. Tang En won't care about the fine. If he pays a little money, he can criticize things he doesn't like. This is actually quite cost-effective.

Look at the schedule. It is not difficult to understand why Done suddenly got angry after the game against Birmingham, denounced his opponent and the FA. Tony, who lost defender Pepe and Grosso, Done is about to face the powerful Manchester United. Now the Red Devils are ranked third in the league, and have unknowingly completed a series of surpasses, staring at the top two teams.

In fact, to be fair, Grosso's sent-off felt a bit self-inflicted. Before being sent off, he performed mediocrely and had been in Nottingham Forest for more than three months. He still can't fully adapt to the pace of Premier League games. This disappointed Don En. The "great Italian left-back" in his mind seemed to have retreated from his magical aura.

It’s not that Grosso is not capable enough, his assists are very sharp, but he really can’t keep up with the pace of Premier League wingers in defense and has been repeatedly broken through. Now the Forest’s left defense has become the focus of other teams’ attacks.

He received the second yellow card in the land because he helped Pepe stand up for his unfairness. As a result, the referee showed a yellow card because he was too aggressive in his words. The first yellow card was because he had no time to intercept him after being broken through by the opponent, so he could only turn around and pull him down and was sentenced to a foul.

If Don Edward just wants a full-back with excellent offense, he might as well use Gareth Bale. The problem is that Don Edward needs a full-back with balanced offense and defense. In his impression, Grosso should be such a person. How dazzling his performance in the Italian national team... Even though he missed many games due to injury in Inter Milan, he is still as strong as he is.

Don Eun now has to admit that when he bought Grosso, he did not consider the differences in football styles very carefully.

Grosso seems not very suitable for high-tempo games like the Premier League.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of red card suspension, Tang En planned to put him on the bench to rest.

Next. The 11th round, the focus battle. The Forest team lost to Manchester United at its home court and lost 1:2.

"Nottingham Forest has been unbeaten in the Premier League since March 17 this year, and its thirteen consecutive wins were over.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             �

The post-match review explains the game in a few simple sentences.

The actual situation is much more exciting than these few words. Don Eun doesn’t want to lose to Manchester United at home, he gives his all. Ferguson doesn’t want to lose at home, and he also gives his all. Everyone regrets that Beckham, who has attracted much attention before the game, felt muscle sore two days before the game. Don Eun did not put him on the roster out of caution, so David Beckham missed the opportunity to face his favorite team head-on.

Although there is no such person as Beckham, the game is still very exciting. There are only three goals. But every minute it will make fans of both sides talk about it for a long time. The two coaches tried their best and made tactical arrangements confront each other.

In the end, Tang En lost because he was not as good as Ferguson's.

Losing the conversation between Qiangqiang made Tang En in a bad mood. When he was interviewed by the media, he stopped talking. When asked about "winning consecutively" and "unbeaten consecutively", he asked in surprise: "Is that true? They were both unbeaten consecutively in 18 rounds, and they won in 15 rounds... It's a pity, it's a pity..." Then he stopped talking about other places. The media felt that the interview was too boring.

But everyone knows it. It is true that Tang En is in a bad mood. No one likes failure, and Tang En doesn't like it even more.

In fact, there is another reason why Don En was in a bad mood - in the match against Manchester United. Pique and Ribery were also injured. Pique was replaced on the spot. Although Ribery insisted on finishing the game, the results of the post-match physical examination were not optimistic.

In the past few seasons, thanks to God's care, Nottingham Forest rarely experienced large-scale outbreaks of injuries. After they won the Champions League and Super Cup, good luck seemed to have been used up.

Is it because of poor physical strength and not doing well in the movements? Not. Some injuries are because of the opponent's rough movements, while others are inexplicable. For example, Ribery, he just did not kick the football while doing a fake move, but kicked directly to the ground! Such amateur movements appear on the core of the French team. It's really incredible. But it happened.

After Ribery was injured, he fell to the ground with his right foot in his arms, but after simple treatment, he returned to the court and continued the game. It seemed nothing serious. Who knew that after the examination after the game, he had a fracture of the phalanx and needed at least one month to resume training.

In comparison, although Pikui's injury seemed very serious at the beginning, the actual situation was much better. He only needed to rest for ten days before he could return to the court.

During this period, Nottingham Forest was surprisingly unlucky. He lost his troops in the league and lost the ball. He has not won so far in the Champions League group stage. They tied with Porto away in the first round, and in the second round, they lost to Marseille with a small loss at home.

As soon as this result came out, many people fell into their eyes. You should know that when the lottery was drawn, the media almost always seemed optimistic that Nottingham Forest would become the first place in this group. Now, after two rounds, one draw and one loss, one point ranked third in the group. After two rounds, the Champions League group stage was played, and the defending champion still failed to win one game. Some people already said sarcastically that the Forest team planned to win the League Cup championship, right?

According to the rules, the third place in the Champions League group stage is eligible to participate in the League Cup. If Nottingham Forest cannot get the top two in the group and gets third, he can only "condescend" to play the League Cup.

Pepe's injury team doctor said it was a sequelae of the old injury last season. If you don't pay attention in the future, it may recur. If you let him return to the court too soon this time, you may be in a state of constant injury and continuous comeback throughout the season.

Pepe is the absolute main force and core figure on the Forest’s defense. His absence is a heavy blow to the Forest’s defense. But Tang En dared not let Pepe return to the team too early, after all, if it really becomes a glass man who is constantly injured, Pepe will basically be ruined.

Pique is going to rest for ten days, and Kompany and Ayala will play the role in the following days. Grosso is temporarily thrown into the cold palace. Leiden Barnes and Gareth Bale are rotated and Rafinia's performance on the right is very stable. However, Zimbonda is not in a high mood, because in the game when the Forests massacred Portsmouth, they are all rotations. Don Eun chose Sun Jihai as the right back position instead of him. In addition, during the intermission, Don Eun said excitedly that he would not change one person, but he was put on the bench and didn't even get a chance to play for a minute. This disappointed him.

Before you win an important championship, everyone can unite with this unified goal and work hard, no matter how hard or tired you are, there is no complaint. But once you get the honor, there is no guarantee that no one will make a small plan in your heart.

Fight for yourself more weekly salary and more opportunities to play for yourself...

Tang En felt a little start to have a headache.

Now the team has lost two consecutive games in the Champions League. The two consecutive games have only happened twice in the first season of the team's promotion to the Premier League. At that time, both Tang En and the Forest team were not experienced enough. They were very purely promoted and rookies.

The basis for Don En to rule this team is "victory and constant victory". Victory can cover up everything. It can repair everything. But what happens when the team cannot win?

I don't know, but it's certainly not a good thing.

During this period, everyone can see that their head coach Tony Tangen is in a bad mood. There are too many reasons: the injuries of Pepe and Ribery, the undercurrents that surged in the team, the decline in the results, and the turmoil of the media...

During daily training, Tang En no longer jokes with his coaches and team members. He wears sunglasses and faces, but makes people dare not joking loudly, for fear of causing trouble for some wrong boss and being held vengeance.

In fact, this is not the normal atmosphere that the Forest team should have. The Forest team has always been strictly and relaxed. The coaches attach great importance to the quality of training and are absolutely not allowed to play tricks in training. But while training seriously, the Forest team will often make harmless jokes with the players, tell some cold jokes to liven up the atmosphere, and in addition, the good atmosphere of the winning places in succession. Everyone will complete the high-intensity training with laughter and joy, and will not feel too tired.

It's different now. Tang En pretended to be cool with a stern face and didn't tell jokes to liven up the atmosphere. In addition, he lost two consecutive games, everyone was worried. This depressing atmosphere was really unbearable.

Eastwood and Ribery have always been the two big live treasures in the team. These two people also have the feeling of "heroes cherish heroes", and they both play together. With them, the atmosphere cannot be cold. As a result, Ribery has left the team due to injury, and Eastwood is also suffering from minor injuries. One person is not in the mood to play with it.

This situation remains unanimously until Ribery returns to the team.

Before the daily training that day, Tang En met Ribery, a "blade warrior" with a cane on the side of the training ground, and he was a little surprised.

"Didn't you say that you're still one month away from training? You can get out of bed and walk so quickly?"

Ribery grabbed the guardrail next to her with one hand, raised the crutch with the other hand, and smiled at Tang En, "With this, you can go anywhere."

Tang En smiled dryly: "But you can't train yet."

"Let's see everyone. I just take this opportunity to rest."

Others arrived one after another, and Ribery was busy greeting them one by one, so Tang En turned around and went in first. At his departure. Ribery glanced at him.

After the team started training, Ribery did not rush to leave, and he watched alone on the sidelines.

Although everyone's faces were filled with enthusiastic smiles when they greeted him, the atmosphere completely changed after they really started training.

The person who was smiling just now was like a father-killing enemy on the training ground. They were all murderous intent and glaring at each other. Seeing this scene, Ribery shook his head gently below. The situation was not very good...

At the end of the training. According to the practice of the Forest team, several small-scale team games were played, and the winner was decided by one goal. In the end, there was no reward for winning the game, and those who lost would be punished to run a lap.

The purpose of such a game is to cultivate the players' desire for victory and defeat, and it is actually a way to relax. Compared with boring training subjects, most players still like to play games where the ball is at their feet and can play freely. Although the competitive atmosphere is very strong, everyone talks and laughs. Naturally, they are mercilessly cheering for other people's mistakes, but there is always a relaxed smile on their faces.

What Ribery saw today is different.

The smell of gunpowder is very strong as soon as it comes up.

As a result, less than five minutes after playing in the game, Zimbonda snatched the tall and powerful Bentner in the defense and rolled several laps on the ground. The gunpowder he had accumulated before finally got a chance to explode and suddenly vented.

Pepe, Pique, Eastwood, Beckham, Ribery... are all injured one after another. In this context, whether it is competition or training, everyone will pay special attention to this matter. Everyone is afraid that they will be injured and become the next person sitting on the stage. The position they finally got may disappear with this injury.

Bentner has always been suppressed by Van Nistruei and finally had a chance to perform. He scored a hat-trick in the game against Portsmouth and was selected into the best team in that round of Premier League matches. He regards this as an opportunity to enter the main lineup. Now he has let Zimbonda tackle to the ground in training. Not to mention whether he is injured, but his teammates' behavior makes him very angry. It is a lucky thing to not be injured. What if he is injured?

So after Bentner flipped over the ground for a few times and found that he didn't seem to be injured, he immediately jumped up from the ground, rushed to Chimbonda, and punched him!

Zimbonda had just stood up, but he didn't expect Bentner to react so quickly and was caught off guard... Bentner's right straight punch hit the target accurately. Before he got up, Zimbonda was hit hard and fell down.

But don't underestimate the French defender Zimbonda! He is a black man after all, his physical fitness is different from ordinary people and his ability to resist strikes is strong. He just sat down, then turned over and jumped up and kicked Bentner. Although this kick did not hit the target, it stopped Bentner from pressing tightly, causing him to temporarily retreat to defend.

At the same time, it also gives the teammates next to you time to come up and fight.

For a moment, a group of people flocked in, separating the two of them. It is unknown whether there was any physical contact in the chaos.

Chris Lak, who was responsible for the referee, used the whistle in his mouth as a siren, and the harsh whistle made the already noisy and chaotic scene even more chaotic. Everyone was feeling a little excited, and Zimbonda was struggling to break free from the interception of his teammates and wanted to go up and beat Bentner. The big Danish man waved his fists at him without any weakness, and shouted in his mouth: "Come on!"

The coaches of the coaching staff rushed into the field to separate the angry sides.

Tang En stood on the sidelines wearing sunglasses, looking coldly at everything that happened inside, as if all of this had nothing to do with him.

Ribery turned his head and looked outside the training ground. Fortunately, this was the time when the training was about to end, and there was no media at the scene. Otherwise, such a scandal would be revealed and would cause a stir. What made Nottingham Forest proud is that they had never had an internal conflict scandal, so the team gave the opponents the impression that it was united and terrible. But what would happen if the enemy knew that the fortress was not as indestructible as it looked like it looked like?

Ribery was relieved to not see the media, and he turned back. When he saw his teammates still clamoring, he suddenly felt that they were strangers. This situation was simply terrible!
Chapter completed!