Chapter 62: Going further

Chen Jian and his two children started a one-year training career at the Nottingham Forest Club youth training camp. It is interesting to see what they can learn from this kind of training, but after all, it will take a year to know the answer.

North Wilford suddenly became lively. Hunan TV station has a set up group to follow the filming. They will produce five episodes of the program to reflect to domestic TV audiences the daily life and training of these three lucky people in Nottingham, England. This is a very popular entertainment program abroad - reality show.

They will leave after a month of shooting.   In a few days, no one will pay attention to them anymore, because it is okay to watch five episodes of repeated life, but it will be unbearable to watch it for a year...

At that time, the media going to North Wilford will soon be reduced to the previous situation. Except for the local media in Nottingham, no one else from other places will come to pay attention to the three Chinese people. The same is true for Tang En's original intention. He could not stop the Chinese media who had been rushing to report these three people at the beginning, but he could use many cold means to pour cold water on these people and let their enthusiasm cool down quickly. Next, there will be a quiet environment for these teenagers.

In fact, Tang En is quite looking forward to what Chen Jian can be like in a year...

Three Chinese visitors made Nottingham Forest Club lively for a long time. Since Done was going to lead the team to train and play around, Allen Adams had some cooperation with China before, so he had the most contact with the Chinese media. Nottingham Forest Club took this opportunity to expand its influence in China. At this time, Allen and Evan began to seriously consider their plan to visit China next summer...

After all, Beckham and Forest have only two years contracts. We must step up the market and make full use of his business appeal while he is still in the Forest team. Otherwise, when the two-year contract expires, wouldn’t he sign him for two years in vain when he goes away from the United States?

Don't considers his competitive value when signing Beckham, while Allen considers his commercial value. It can be regarded as "taking the politics in his position"...

When the three Chinese football boys were still in Nottingham, Don Eun, who came to England five years earlier than them, brought his team to Milan, Italy.

He thought his team would be bombarded by the Italian media.

Unexpectedly, the media that came to pick up the plane at the airport were all British, and there were very few Italian media. Except for the Milan Sports, there was no other Italian media, and naturally there was no TV station.

Tang En's eyes turned and understood. He smiled.

Just so happens, I'm worried that there is no stable time before the game, now it's better. The host Italians are truly kind and understanding...

The English media squeezed up, and Done waved his hand: "I didn't accept too many interviews before the game. If there were any questions, I asked them at the press conference..."

The reporter of "Milan Sports" doesn't care about that much, he shouted in English: "I am sure to win the game against AC Milan, sir!"

Done pretended not to hear it and left. Some of the players of the Forest team were stopped by the media for a brief interview, including the Italian journalist.

He found Grosso, who was also an Italian.

Grosso gradually lost his main position in the current Forest team. Donne is dissatisfied with his inability to adapt to the rhythm of the English League. But in games like the Champions League, his experience can still help the team. Especially when he was playing against AC Milan - he played for one season in Inter Milan and was no stranger to his arch-enemy in the city - so he was brought to Milan by Donne.

The Italian reporter went up and got close to Grosso.   Ask if you can play tomorrow's game without any nutrition.

Grosso shook his head honestly: "The coach has not announced the starting list yet, I don't know if I can start..."

"I don't seem to have a good life in England?" As if it was a chat, the reporter asked.

Grosso is also a star, and he still has some experience in dealing with the media. He became alert when he heard this question.

No matter what, he is now a player in Nottingham Forest and has to speak from Nottingham Forest's standpoint. His position in the Forest team is indeed not very stable. On the one hand, he is not adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League, and on the other hand, he is unable to continue playing due to minor injuries and minor illnesses, so he naturally has no way to mention adapting to the new league.

But he couldn't nod honestly and said yes. If that happens, his "yes" the next day might turn out to be "the general in the team is dissatisfied with Tony Tang En, and he bombards and hopes to get the main position."

Grosso is not stupid, he does want to get a stable position. But now he doesn't want to be used as a gun by the media...

"It's okay, everything is fine." Grosso said evasively.

The Italian reporter was obviously not willing to give up and continued to ask: "It means that there are still bad things?"

"That's good, everything is fine."

After spending time with Tang En, smarter people will learn more about his tone of speaking. It is really suitable to deal with the media.

Grosso just didn't give the other party a chance to take advantage of loopholes. As he said this, he found a very suitable reason to say goodbye to this bad reporter.

"It's time to get on the bus." He pointed to the exit in front. Assistant coach David Chris Lack stood at the door. A red bus was parked behind him.

The Italian journalist nodded helplessly. He still didn't pry something valuable from Grosso's mouth... If even his compatriots couldn't get any advantage, then at Tony Donn...

He scratched his head. It seemed that his problem was ignored without saying a word, and it was quite good to treat it.

At the pre-match press conference, Don En finally met the Italian journalists. If they didn't come, there would be nothing to report. The media boss wouldn't let them do it so randomly.

At the press conference, Tang En did not make any excessive remarks. His conversation seemed normal - he briefly evaluated their opponents. It was not a good thing to admit that being forced to draw at home, but he did not think that the Forests would bid farewell to this season's Champions League game.

There was no smell of gunpowder, and the smile on his face even made people feel that the grudge between him and the Italian media had long been written off.

The atmosphere of the press conference was very harmonious and friendly. He and Ancelotti met and shook hands. The media wanted to hype the grievances between the two teams. They had thought of the title of "Life and Death War" but they had no place to use it. The coaches on both sides didn't seem to care much about the media's interference in the game.

"They want to anger me and lose my calmness, so I won't be fooled." After coming down, Tang En said to Tang.

Yes, you can't lose your calmness.

The coaching staff of Nottingham Forest has already set up tactics to deal with AC Milan.

Based on the current situation, AC Milan, who played 0:0 away, will definitely choose to attack at his home court, but not all of them are under the upper style of attack. Ancelotti would not be so stupid to bet. But he will attack this is certain. This is what Nottingham Forest needs to use.

Everyone knows what Nottingham Forest is best at - defensive counterattack.

On the away game, at the famous San Siro Stadium, can Nottingham Forest still bombard the penalty area around AC Milan like at home?

With Tony Donn's conservative style, he will definitely make the team play defensive counterattack firmly. He is waiting for an opportunity to attack on the basis of a stable defense.

Anyone who has thoroughly studied the Forest Team in recent years will think so.

So Tang En didn't do that.

He allowed the team to continue to attack wildly on the away game, strive for the first goal, and then... it was under his control.

"Their defensive players are almost over 200 years old in total. Ancelotti likes to believe in the experience of veterans, so we let him know how unreliable the veteran's body is. He uses speed to break. Forced break is to bully them and turn slowly! He grabs me in the frontcourt, and as long as the ball is under their feet, he grabs it! We are better than them! We are younger than them!"

Tang En punched the tactical board.

To this end, his starting lineup is full of young people - the forwards are Nicklas Bentner and Al Shavin. The midfielders are Ribery, Lennon, Van der Fate and George Wood, and the defense is Pepe, Pique, Gareth Bale and Rafinia. The oldest in this starting lineup is goalkeeper Van der Sar.

Tang En's tactics are very simple, and there is no magical method that shocks the world and makes people cry. They are taking advantage of their younger age than AC Milan, better physical fitness and good physical fitness to defeat AC Milan, and at the same time, they caught the opponent off guard at the beginning of the game.

This tactic is a bit risky. But it is better than defending a draw away. Anyway, football games are originally gambling. No matter how complete the tactics are arranged before the game, it may cause changes that the coaches don’t want to see in the first second of the game...

This may be a bit complicated, but simply put it simply - the plan cannot keep up with changes.

Tang En decided to start from the common people's habitual understanding of the Forest Team and launch an offensive from a brand new entry point.

After the game started, AC Milan players did not expect Nottingham Forest to choose such a crazy tactic on the away game - offense, not just offense, except offense... it is also offense!

"In fifteen minutes. If our offense is not effective. Then..." Tang En didn't continue and shook his head. Gambling must be a little exciting to be fun. Isn't it?

Nottingham Woodland offensive was indeed very strong, but it has not yet collapsed the old defense line of AC Milan. Ancelotti is not an idiot, just like the last time Donn did not plan to be this fat man An in the city stadium, this time at San Siro Stadium, his offensive was blocked by AC Milan.

There are also benefits of old age, such as the experience of the war is really nothing to say...Maldini's command is impeccable.

Fifteen minutes passed, and the score was still 0:0.

"Tony, next..." Chris Lark asked.

"Continue to play like this." Tang En looked at the stadium and replied without looking at the sideliness.

At the end of the first half, the score was still 0:0.

During the break, Don En did not criticize his players because he did not score in the first half. Instead, he encouraged the players' performance. Then he told them that the second half was the same as the first half, and there was no special change.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, AC Milan obviously strengthened its offensive and strived for a goal.

Ancelotti admitted that his team was stunned by Nottingham Forest's unexpected offensive in the first half and was a little unresponsive. He spent the second half of the first half thinking, and then he found that although the Forest's offensive was fierce, it was just a tree without roots... In other words, it just looked fierce and had no stable defense. It was just a product of a one-stop effort. If he could hold on to their offense, it would be worth it.

Thinking about this, the first half was over. During the half-time break, Ancelotti asked his team to be more proactive in the second half, and if there is an offensive opportunity, you should boldly press on it. Don't be afraid of empty defense. Because this is a matter of "one rises and the other is declining", as long as AC Milan dares to press on, Nottingham Forest's offensive will have to be reclaimed and retreated. At that time, the defensive pressure on his side will naturally be reduced...

That's how it happened, so in the second half, AC Milan strengthened its offense and suppressed the offense with offense. The game was good.

The battle between the two sides was very fierce, Kaka had wonderful performances from time to time, and Ribery, the new European Footballer, also tried his best. Previously, media reported that the game between these two teams actually continued the grudge between the European Footballer and the World Footballer - until now, there are still some people who are upset that Ribery only won the Silver Ball Award for World Footballer...

But thirty minutes passed. The score was still 0:0.

In fact, it's like two top masters fighting with swords, fighting on the ground with great excitement, and the world changes color, making the audience excited. But in fact... no one really hits anyone.

Tang En never stood up while sitting on the coaching seat, nor did he cross his legs. Instead, he clamped his chin in the palm of his left hand, and his left elbow was on his thigh, staring at the court. He was frequently broadcast on TV, but he couldn't tell what his expression was.

Ancelotti couldn't sit still anymore. Twenty minutes later, he began to get up from the coach's seat frequently and paced back and forth between the sidelines of the court and the coach's seat.

He had already seen what Tang En wanted to do, but it was different from the time he was at the city stadium.   He couldn’t change anything this time.   Because... First, he used two substitutions, and they were all offensive adjustments; Second, he couldn’t make the Maldini on the defense line ten years younger...

In the 80th minute, the rhythm of the game on the field was still going fast because the Forest team was dragged. Neutral fans were excited to watch in front of the TV, while those AC Milan fans who knew the ball were silent. At the same time, they frowned...

The AC Milan players basically couldn't run anymore.

In contrast, Nottingham Forest. From the fastest-paced Premier League, their players are still quite lively. What's even more terrible is that Don Eun finally got up from the coach's seat. He decided to substitute Petrov for Van der Fate, and moved Ribery to the middle.

Ancelotti's eyebrows hopped.

In the 87th minute, AC Milan's Italian defense line collapsed.

Maldini could no longer withstand Nottingham Forest's repeated attacks from him - Lennon crossed the wing, Bentner beat the former world's best left-back and rushed to the top with a powerful blow!

Dida lost his hand when he saved the ball, and Ribery followed up with a supplementary shot like a loach!

Nottingham Forest coaching seats and people on the bench rushed out of their seats with their arms raised.

Donn hugged Chris Lak next to him excitedly and finally scored a goal! The dull aura filled their heads swept away. What's even better is that this is the last-minute goal. If AC Milan doesn't want to be eliminated, there is only one way - score two goals in the remaining six minutes! But this is not easy for AC Milan players to follow the Forests to play fast-paced high-speed sports battlefields in the whole game.

Why did Tang En insist on attacking abnormally, that is, to drag AC Milan to a severely aging into a fast-paced battle and consume their physical strength. If there was no experience to help, AC Milan's goal would have been broken long ago without waiting for this time. But this time is good, because there is not much time left for AC Milan...

After the game started again, AC Milan fought back desperately, while the Forest team fought the defensive counterattack they were best at.

In the end, at San Siro Stadium and at AC Milan's home court, Nottingham Forest defeated the opponent 1:0 and eliminated the team that had been highly anticipated with a total score of 1:0 in two rounds.

The San Siro Stadium was filled with feelings of loss, and the AC Milan fans in the stands even had tears on their faces. They could not accept the powerful AC Milan stopped in the quarterfinals. You should know that their goal was to enter the finals again, and no matter who the opponent was, they would eventually win the Champions League...

How can we stop there?

Tony Donn celebrated the victory wildly on the sidelines, which was completely different from his calmness in the game. Some Milan fans thought this was a provocation to them, and boos sounded scattered near the coaching seat of the Forest team.

But now there are not many Milanese people interested in booing Don and his team. Failure is an unchangeable fact. They can only hope that the team's performance in the domestic arena will satisfy them. More fans began to leave the court in frustration.

Tang En, who won the ball at the post-match press conference, did not continue to mock his opponents with "reason". Compared with his previous performance on the sidelines, he is now very calm and... mild.

Yes, this word may be a bit strange to describe Tang En. But now he is like this. He answers everyone's questions with a smile, without any smell of gunpowder in his tone, which makes people familiar with him feel strange - is Tony Tang En possessed by aliens?

Ancelotti didn't expect Done to be so good. He even hugged him twice at the press conference. The first time they walked up and hugged him before the beginning; the second time after the end, Done hugged him again and patted his shoulder, as if comforting him.

This surprised Ancelotti, thinking that the man had taken the wrong medicine.

Then Tang En smiled and left the venue with a smile in everyone's surprise eyes.

No one knows why Don Eun is so happy, so they talked and speculated.   It's actually very simple. Nottingham Forest won AC Milan and advanced one step further to the final of the Champions League.   For the defending champion, the defending season is very, very difficult.  Every step forward is worthy of joy.
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