Godfather Of Champions

    Chapter 163 UEFA Europa League Champion?

    After Nottingham Forest FC showed a strong challenge to them, it seems that Liverpool FC can't keep going.

    On February 12th, in the 27th round of the league, the Forest team won the Southampton FC at the away game venue, while Liverpool FC lost to Birmingham City FC at the away game venue.  When the Europe Champion Cup knockout stages are about to kick off, Liverpool FC seems to be a little absent-minded.

    The Forest team surpassed Liverpool FC with a three-point advantage and ranked fifth with 46 points!

    This is a great achievement. What makes Twain happy is not to overtake Liverpool FC, but the difference with Everton FC – two points, one game can solve everything.  Everton FC lost to Chelsea 0:1 at home in this round.

    Thus, the top six rankings and points in the league are Chelsea sixty-eight points, Manchester United FC fifty-nine points, Arsenal FC fifty-seven points, Everton FC forty-eight points, Nottingham Forest FC forty-six points, Liverpool FC forty Three points.

    After this round of the league, the Forest team will start preparing for the European UEFA Europa League, so this is also a stage.  Nottingham's media sang hymns for Twain and his team.  Everyone agrees that this achievement can be achieved, and the young Manager Toni Twain has contributed.  As the newly promoted Forest team in the league halfway, it ranked in the top five, ranked above Liverpool FC, which is the most former Forest fans in season before the fans can not think.

“……This young Forest team reminds me of the original Leeds United of O'Reilly, young and energetic, and they are not afraid of anything.  To be honest, I really like the team coached by Toni Twain, who brought a new look to the current English Premier League and remember what we said after the last season.  Mark? ”Reinkel praised the Forest team on the "Today's Event" program. "I said this season's English Premier League will look great.  As it turns out, I am right.  ”

    This season's English Premier League is indeed different from previous years. Mourinho is strongly involved, the weakness of traditional strong teams such as Liverpool FC and Manchester United FC, the rise of Everton FC, and the return of Nottingham Forest FC, which has made English Premier in recent years. League is particularly chaotic.  But it is also very attractive – because there are more suspense, no longer like the previous few seasons, from the season before everyone knows that League Title is just a toy that Manchester United FC and Arsenal FC compete for each other, Chelsea? Maybe it can make some trouble, but it can't be a big one.  I don't even think that Everton FC will rank fourth in the league. I hope to qualify for the season Champion Cup.

    Before the season everyone said that Nottingham Forest FC This season's goal is to relegation, and now I am afraid no one has mentioned this topic again.

    But Twain is very clear, the Forest team can have the current results.  It has a lot to do with them catching up with a good time.  If it is the first few seasons, or wait for a season, and the new pattern of the English Premier League is basically formed, the Forest team wants to have a place to go, it is difficult.  And this season is the first season of Mourinho to stay at Stanford Bridge.  His arrival brought a big impact to the ball belts such as Arsenal FC and Manchester United FC. Arsenal FC experienced a fantastic and wonderful season, just like climbing to the top, now they are down the mountain.  The weakness of Manchester United FC seems to have a lot to do with Ferguson's aging – after the FA Cup.  When Twain and Ferguson were drinking together, Ferguson concealed that he wanted to leave Manchester United FC after the end of the season, and asked Twain with a joking tone that he wanted to come to Manchester United FC to coach, and Twain used the same joking tone. I refused.

    If it wasn't for the season English Premier League, it would be a mess, and with Twain's experience, there is no way to lead the Forest team to this point.  Reinkel said that the Forest team has disrupted the inherent pattern of the English Premier League, making the season English Premier League look good and suspense.  But actually knowing this history of Twain understands that it is not the emergence of the Forest team that broke the original pattern of the English Premier League.  This pattern is about to be broken. There will be Mourinho's Chelsea without the Forest team.  His appearance is just to mess up the already messy English Premier League…Then he was able to fish in troubled waters and robbed him.

    The Forest team, which won the fifth place in the league, has a strong morale and played well in the next UEFA Europa League competition.

    UEFA Europa League One-sixteen finals, Nottingham Forest FC opponent is the strength of the Austrian team Graz ak (grazer_ak).  First leg, Forest team away game venue combat, the strength of the Forest team is higher than the other side, but Graz ak home game.  This is a favorable factor that cannot be ignored.  In the end, the two sides became 2:2.  Twain is very happy with this result, and the away game venue scored two goals.  This means that most of them have already found the UEFA Europa League 16th.

    Back to the home of the Forest team in the cheers of the fans 2:0 take Graz ak, successfully advanced to the top 16.

    At this point, Twain's Europe goal for the Forest team before the season was basically completed, the Forest team not only broke into the knockout stages, but also scored the top 16 as a team that has been away from the European team for eight years. Said that such achievements are enough to declare their return.

    The question Twain needs to consider now is – do you want to continue?

    He decided to ask Tang's opinion.

“……I think the team is now able to go further in the UEFA Europa League, but I am not sure if I have to move on…"At dinner, Twain raised his own question at the table.

    After quietly listening to Twain's question, Tang asked: "How far is it going further?"

    Uh, I dunno.Maybe it's a further quarter-final, maybe semi.finals…"

    “If it’s not Champion, what is the difference between semi.finals and the 16th?”This sentence of Tang asked Twain to be speechless.

    Yes, I want to go further, for what? What is the goal after going further? Isn’t it more than one step and the goal of victory?

    "If you are not sure about taking Champion, I suggest giving up the UEFA Europa League.  If you……"

    Twain interrupted Tang's analysis. "I decided to give it a try.  Regardless of the outcome, it’s always a good idea to try it.  ”

    "Abandon the league?"

    "No…Don't give up, just temporarily transfer the work center…You know, it’s a strategic adjustment…"Twain said that he was a little stubborn. Didn't he think about giving up the league?

    UEFA Europa League Champion This glory is so tempting, half a season before Twain can't think.  Doesn't mean he still can't think about it now.  If I can lead the team to win the UEFA Europa League Champion, I also have the Manager of Europe Champion…

    At the thought of this, Twain couldn't help himself.

    This is his dream…Compared with this, there is no difference between the top four in the league and the top six. Even if he can't get the top six in the league and can't get the European qualification of Season, he will be willing.

    "It was decided that the UEFA Europa League Champion was the goal of the Forest team.  Twain decided the next half of the season at the dinner table.  The Forest team is working hard, even though his hand and knife look a bit frivolous…

    Hearing Twain, the opposite Tang Xiaowei opened his mouth and seemed to want to say something, but in the end he still said nothing.

    In the training session the next day, Twain told the coaching staff that he decided to temporarily abandon the league, specializing in the UEFA Europa League.  He did not receive unanimous support.  Chrislake is very worried about this.  He never expected to see any UEFA Europa League Champion. For him, the domestic league is the fundamental and the top priority.

    Originally, the Forest team has a very good momentum and has surpassed Liverpool FC, which is only two points away from Everton FC.  As long as you continue to pressure Everton FC, you can replace them as the league's fourth, and then just keep this ranking and wait until the season ends.  They will be able to participate in the season Europe Champion Cup Qualifier.

    Taking advantage of the time after the training, Chrislake blocked him at Twain's office and asked to ask why he suddenly became so interested in UEFA Europa League Champion overnight.

    "Toni ……"The man had not entered the door, and the voice reached Twain's ear.  He looked up and saw Chrislake hurried in and smiled.

    "I know what you are looking for, sit down, David.  "Twain refers to the chair.

    Chrislake is also welcome, sit down and ask: "Toni.  I don't want to understand why you were so interested in UEFA Europa League Champion.  ”

    Twain sat at the corner of the table very casually and said with a smile: "Isn't every coach should be interested in pursuing Champion?"

    This is a good statement, but Chrislake didn't mean to follow this meaning. He persuaded Twain from another angle: "Toni, we are in a good league situation now, why should we abandon the league to pursue the difficult UEFA Europa? League Champion ? Do you know who our opponents in the next round of UEFA Europa League are? ”

    "Sporting CP Lisbon Athletics.  Twain said in an understatement that it seems that he did not put his opponent in his heart.  "Don't worry, now they don't have Figo.  Nor did Cris Tiano Ronaldo.  ”

    “Sure, it’s culture.  The current Sporting CP Lisbon is not as strong as it used to be, but they still have strength…Eliminate us.  ”

    "But we don't have a chance to beat them.  David.  I know what you are worried about.  But isn't football supposed to be like this? We always have to take some risks, right? No victory must belong to us. Sometimes we need to gamble and always follow the set plan. It is boring.  Twain shrugged and then looked up at the clear sky outside.  "I have missed the last season. We got the EFL League Cup Champion moment, very excited…very excited.  ”

    However,Isn't it exciting to get tickets for the season Champion Cup? ”

    "Compared with Champion, compared to Europe Champion, it is a little worse.  Twain smiled and said to Chrislake, as if he was not angry with Assistant Coach's insistence on his own opinion on this matter.

    I heard Twain say that Chrislake was stunned for a while, then he murmured: "Okay…Perhaps because you have such ambitions, you can lead this team.  If you make up your mind, then I will help you.  ”

    "Thank you, David.  "Twain's gratitude is true. He is really lucky. He has not encountered the power struggle ugliness in the giants."  Although the small club is not good enough, it also has the benefits of a small club. At least the people here are very simple, and they all love this team. They are wholeheartedly considering this team and there is nothing bad.

    For example, this was for David Chrislake who was originally a coach with Paul Hart and was now an assistant to him but didn't complain.

    The Assistant Coach has no objections, and the coaching staff basically unified the idea.  The current priority for the Forest team is to beat Portugal's Sporting CP Lisbon in the UEFA Europa League one-eight finals.  Then they launched their low-key impact on the UEFA Europa League Champion throne – Twain did not know the plan media of the UEFA Europa League Champion, and naturally no one is speculating about this topic.

    Just finished the game with the Graz ak team. Two days later, the Forest team ushered in the 28th round of the league's opponent Blackburn Rovers FC.  Because of the continuous battle in this game, Twain adopted a rotation system. The large number of substitute players did not excessively weaken the strength of the Forest team. The hungry players were particularly hard to get a better impression in front of the Manager, even though they were so tired. The Forest team was forced to make a 2:2 draw at home.

    For this score, everyone's reaction is – "normal."  I played so many games in a row.  It is also the league and the European battlefield. It is good to not lose.  No one felt that the Forest team had shifted its focus, and even Moyes was still suffering from the aggressive Forest team. He did not realize that his main competitor had not taken the league to heart.

    Time went into March, and there were more than two months from the end of the league. The Forest team ranked fifth in stability, and the sixth-ranked Liverpool FC played a small game, still 43 points.  In addition to Moores' Everton FC, in order to get rid of the entanglement of the Forest team behind him, desperate efforts, the twenty-eighth league match has already accumulated fifty-one points.  It seems that the gap between them and the Forest team has been widened to four points, but Moyes's heart can't be completely relieved, because he is also very clear about his team's situation.  Without Gravesen, Arteta was not successfully introduced during the winter break. Looking at the wonderful play of RCD Espanyol after the twenty-sixth round of the bench, Moyes felt sorry – if he had to be firmer at the beginning.  If you buy directly instead of Loaned, maybe he has already negotiated personal treatment with Arteta before Twain intervened.  Arteta is not the one who picks the team. He can't wait to absorb the Real Sociedad mud at that time. No matter which team came to him, he is expected to nod.

    Moyes' Everton FC is hard-pressed, hoping that the Forest team will now be on two-line battles and the schedule will be intensive.  The gap between the big and the Forest team points, so there will be more room for maneuver in the future.

    In the 29th round of the league, March 5th, Nottingham Forest FC away game venue challenged Middlesbrough FC.

    This time, the Forest team still sent the same lineup as a league.

    EFL League Cup finals lost to Forest, the first half of the league lost to Forest, McClaren this time finally caught the opportunity to revenge.  Middlesbrough FC took advantage of the time and place, 2:0 defeated half of the main force to play half of the main rest of the Nottingham Forest FC.

    The media finally noticed that something was wrong.  The UEFA Europa League competition will wait six days.  Now is not a week of doubles, the Forest team has no reason to rotate in this game.  More wrong time.  When the game lost, in the face of the triumphant McClaren, Toni Twain's performance turned out to be extraordinarily calm!

    This is incredible. Since the EFL League Cup finals, the media have known that Twain and McLaren are not pleasing to each other.  In the first half of the league, after the Forest team defeated Middlesbrough FC 2:1 at home, Twain was very happy at the press conference. It was a slap in the face, and McClaren was always gloomy, and also put a disappointing expression on his face. Everyone is coming to you.

    Now when McClaren and the upper half of the Toni Twain role are swapped, Twain's face is not overcast, but calm…

    This is not in line with Twain's character. In the past, he lost to the most despised McClaren. After that, he finished the game and finished the game. Then he got up and left the conference site in advance.  Now he actually sat there and listened to no one listening to McClaren's praise for how good Middlesbrough FC performed, how to suppress the attack of the Forest team, how to prevent a strong center like Viduka, how to make Albertini fall into the defensive quagmire…

    He didn't refute it at all, and McClaren said all these words.  He was slow to say that he was very satisfied with the performance of the team, because "the young players do not get too many opportunities to play in peace and the players have enough opportunities to play, which is especially important for their growth."

    Does he regard the league as a place to train new people? Is he confused? Where can I put the league in this position? To train new people, he should be in the EFL League Cup or FA Cup, not the league!

    Is this person arrogant or ignorant?

    It was just that Mr. CClaren, who was very happy when sitting around, had to squint at Twain, thinking that he must have deliberately swollen face and fat, and wanted to anger himself.  But…Sorry, Toni Twain Mr., I am not a kid who has not cut the foreskin.

    Twain stood up and took the initiative to reach out to McClaren and smiled and said, "Good luck, McClaren Mr..  ”

    "I also wish you good luck, Twain Mr.  "McClaren also smiled back.