Godfather Of Champions

    Chapter 36—Winter has come

    The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers' investment bank, the most direct impact on the Nottingham Forest FC Club, was that their new Stadium construction project was in a shortage of funds.

    The new Stadium of Nottingham Forest FC, although not yet officially named, has become a construction project of concern to the United Kingdom.  Because it's not just about building a Stadium.

    This is a huge real estate development plan.  Centered on the Nottingham Forest FC New Stadium, it radiates out to form commercial and residential areas, as well as football theme parks, national fitness parks, and green spaces.  The reputation of Nottingham Forest FC is growing.  Allen .Adams also plans to open it as a tourist attraction to the world in the future.  Like Real Madrid CF's Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Barcelona's Camp Nou, Milan's San Siro's San Siro and "San Siro ""Meazza"" Stadium"…Like Europe's famous Club's Stadium, they are more than just a Stadium. Due to the glorious tradition of the team, they have become a sacred place for countless tourists and fans.

    The plan is huge and the outlook is wonderful, but the cost is correspondingly much larger than the single repair of a Stadium.

    Manchester City FC Club's new Stadium “Manchester City Ground” cost just £1.1 billion.  If you only build such a Stadium, the financials of the Nottingham Forest FC Club are not a big problem. It takes a year to save.

    But Allen's plan will cost at least £600 million, which does not include the investment in the Nottingham City Council.

    If you don't want to spend that much money, then Forest Club will ultimately only be able to take ownership of the Stadium and not use other facilities to make money.  In order to maximize the development of the Club, Allen and Evan ventured to take the lead in engineering investment, and the rewards were the Stadium, the football theme park, and the ownership of a commercial district.

    At that time, the financial problems of United States of America had been highlighted, but who could have thought that the self-regulation ability of the market economy was so weak?

    Only one year has led to the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest investment bank in the United States of America…

    Allen has spent a lot of time in this time, flying around the world all day long.  Evan .Doughty's business in the United States of America has completely ended.  Now Allen is busy looking for follow-up funding for the new Stadium project.  Due to the global financial downturn, many banks refused to lend to Nottingham Forest FC Club.

    In desperation, Evan had to announce that the new Stadium and other construction projects were temporarily suspended.  Otherwise, if you continue to invest in this project, the entire Nottingham Forest FC Club will be dragged into this abyss sooner or later.

    This news first appeared on the headlines of the United Kingdom media.  Everyone knows that after the rapid expansion of the Nottingham Forest FC Club in the past few years, it has finally got into trouble and it is still big.

“……I admit that the Boss of Nottingham Forest FC is very ambitious and powerful.  But too fast development will lead to stalls.  The Nottingham Forest FC team is half-baked in Europe.  However, their economic base did not keep up with the team's Walk On, and the construction of the Club did not match their achievements.  Look at other luxury clubs, both in terms of grades and the conditions of the Club, which are in line with their status.  Only Nottingham Forest FC…Like a deformed child, he has a pair of fast-moving feet, but he doesn't have a body that can withstand the impact of this speed…"In TV Station, various professionals are analyzing the current dilemma of Nottingham Forest FC.  They think that this is simply a typical negative case of how football clubs should survive and develop in the global economic downturn.

    “I think the Nottingham Forest FC Club should reflect on their strategy of expanding everywhere.  China, Japan, Southeast Asia; United Kingdom, United States of America, the world…Tony Twain's magic is called Boss, thinking that his team and the Club are all omnipotent.  To be honest, I know that the chairman of the Nottingham Forest FC Club and the Marketing Manager are all Americans who have never cared about football before.  I am not surprised at the situation today.  They ignore the very important point – the football club is different from the ordinary listed company, in addition to complying with economic laws, but also to abide by the rules of football.  Tony Twain's magic has brought a good foundation for the team, but they still need to slowly develop step by step.  Evan .Doughty once revealed that his goal was to make Nottingham Forest FC a luxury club when attending a reception at Nottingham.  But I have never heard of a luxury club that can be built in just five or six years.  Chelsea is very rich.  The results are not bad, but now they are giants? I don't think most people will agree that they are the Grand Club.  ”

    “Nottingham Forest FC is one of the longest-running clubs in the history of modern world football and is the only team to compete in the top league.  But now this club gives everyone the impression that they are young.  From Club Boss to their team manager, to the player.  They are very, very young.  Young people always make some mistakes in judgment, and the situation is estimated to be too good…"

    "Now they know how bad the situation is.  ”

    "There is a whining voice everywhere.  Evan sat in the large Boss chair in the office, resting his chin on his hands.  "It seems that winter has arrived in advance.  ”

    He seems to be talking to himself, as if he is sitting next to Twain.

    Allen is not in the room.  He is on his way to China.  Those investment projects in China have also encountered funding problems and need to be resolved in person.

    Twain looked down at the sweater in his suit.

    "The winter is really not far away…"

    After being leveled by Middlesbrough FC at 0:0, the team disbanded again and the National Team's game resumed.  The players flew around the world to compete in the World Cup qualifiers on all continents, and some people performed well.  Some people are acting badly.  The players who returned to the Forest team after the two National Team games were mostly unsatisfied with state and physical strength.  Under such circumstances, Nottingham Forest FC away game venue lost to Liverpool FC, and the league ranking quickly fell to seventh.  This is the first time in two years that Nottingham Forest FC has been ranked seventh in the league. The last time they were in the league, the seventh in October, 2006, the eighth round of the away game venue lost to Manchester City FC. The team won the seventh place in three rounds.

    2 3  They work very hard.  But losing is losing.  Twain expressed concern about the fatigue of the English Premier League player at the post-match press conference.  He suggested that the FA seriously consider setting up a winter break.  Give the players a breather.  However, his voice sinks into the sea, and he has not received any reply from the total.  The setting of the winter break has been noisy for so many years.  It’s just a wishful thinking of the coaches and the players. It’s impossible for the FA and the league committee to agree, because that’s directly related to their income…

    Now, he is about to lead the team to Italy.  Deal with a strong opponent – Juventus.

    Evan found him before he went to Italy.

    Twain knows what Evan is looking for him.  In addition to the recent poor team performance, can there be anything else?

    But in the current situation, he can't do anything about it. The physical strength of the players is greatly consumed in the Club and National Team competitions. They have a double game for a week, so they have no time to rest and adjust their status.  The game with Liverpool FC was able to get Benitez to score the final five minutes, and the Young lads of the Forest team had done a great job.  However, this kind of competition also cost a lot of physical strength. After the game, the whole team was exhausted.  He doesn't even know how to face Juventus.

    He can't have money to buy people during the winter transfer period.  He must rely on these people to support a season.  But he hasn't given up yet, he is still instilling in the players that the season has at least one Champion goal.  No matter how bad the situation is, the team can't lose confidence in any way.

    "I know what you are going to say, Evan.  For Juventus, the team will win.  He stood up.  I want to leave here as soon as possible.

    Evan smiled at him and didn't stay.

    Turin Alpi Stadium after two days.

    Nottingham Forest FC lost at the away game venue 0:2 to Juventus who returned to the Champion Cup.

    Twain sat on the coach of the Alpitian guest team and had no angry expression on his face. He didn't have a suit or a kick bottle.  He just sat there and looked helpless.  In fact, before the final whistle sounded, he was still angry and saw the Reds Bulls, and the performance of the team on the sidelines was thunderous.

    He sent the strongest lineup that he can now send to the land.  But his Tactics has no effect on Juventus at all.  After all, his set has many similarities with the one that Juventus is best at, and Ranieri knows how to deal with him.

    On defense, Juventus is no worse than Nottingham Forest FC, and the blood of the Italy has long been saturated with defensive instincts.  No matter how the Forest team schedules back and forth, and no matter how fast the Forest team counter.attack is, the Juventus defense is not messy.  And they also used the sneak attack to get a goal in the first half.  Defeat Nottingham Forest FC.

    Twain's Tactics came from Juventus in the Capello era.  Juventus's football is not good, but stable, able to win and Champion.  Now facing Juventus who is more stable than himself and full of hunger for victory, he is not cheap at all.  In contrast, the Forest team player, perhaps the continuous campaign to hollow out their bodies, on the field, can not enter the game state, it is like eating too much and not waking up.  After Juventus scored the second goal.  Although there are still nearly forty minutes.  But basically I can't see any desire to win – they are too tired.  Player is also a person, not a machine.  Will be tired.  Of course, after fatigue, you will be slack, and you will have some negative thoughts…

    Twain can't do anything about it.  No matter how hard he is in the locker room, the players have no strength and they have no strength. It is impossible to listen to him and say "must win!"Infinite power is born out of thin air, then power_max kills the opponent.  I can't think of Turin before he was against Evan.Doughty promises to win this game, and this game will definitely win.

    After winning the Juventus players, they were so excitedly hugged together that Chrislake couldn't stand the scene. "I didn't take the Champion Cup Champion, just a Group Stage victory, so excited?"

    "After all, after they returned to the Champion Cup, they defeated the defending champion…"Tang explained.  He wants Juventus to be so excited about the player, it should be the reason.  Many of these people have experienced the tragedy of falling into the Serie A league from the Serie A league. They have also experienced the years when Serie B struggled for Serie A. After a successful upgrade, a season returned to the Champion Cup. The joy.

    The land of life is ups and downs, so many people have tasted it all over the place?

    He looked at Captain del Juventus.Piero thought.

    Twain is talking to two people.  Stand up from the seat without saying a word, and slowly walk towards the ramp.  He didn't want to see the Juventus player excited to be a bit mad, because he felt that this was the winner's show off the loser and the humiliation of the loser.  He does not want to sit here and be treated like this.

    At the post-match press conference, Ranieri was very excited, and Twain was silent. If he could answer without answering, he would have to be as concise as possible.

    "What do you think of losing this key game?"

    "Nothing to say.  ”

    "Replacement of the injured Van Nistelrooy in the start of the game, the performance of the day is very bad.  Do you think buying him is a mistake? ”

    "No!  ”

    “Is the loss to Juventus affecting the team’s final team?”

    No  ”

    “What is the comment on the performance of Juventus?”

    "not my business.  ”

    The journalist saw that he did not cooperate.  The question is directed at him, not the team or the game.

    "Are you losing your game and making you feel bad?"

    "you guess.  ”

    "So why doesn't you seem to be unwilling to answer the question?"

    "do not want to talk.  ”

    “Why don’t you want to talk?”

    "toothache.  Twain answered with a slap in the face.

“……Okay.  Is the team’s recent performance related to the economic difficulties that Club has encountered? ”

    "I can guarantee that the worldwide financial crisis has nothing to do with the achievements of our team.  "This is the longest sentence Twain said at this conference.

    The press conference broke out in such an indifferent atmosphere.

    Twain, who had a remark, was in a bad mood. He didn't even criticize the poor performance of the players in Turin.  After returning to Nottingham, the Forest team struggled to beat Aston Villa FC on their head at 1:0.  With this hard-won victory, the ranking rose from seventh to fifth.

    But in the Champion Cup, the Forest team had a big problem.

    After returning home, the Nottingham Forest FC, who swears in revenge, was forced to 1:1 at the City Ground. Juventus, who was eager to attack, used the method they used most.  A level of one-off and one-off with Juventus made the Forest team now even the team's qualifying is no longer certain.  After the Champion Cup team grouped out the situation.  Experts are unanimously optimistic about Nottingham Forest FC, thinking that even the first qualifying of the group is normal for them.

    Now, Tony Twain, who likes to be right with the media, is right again with them.  But this time it was not what he wanted.  If possible, he would like to meet the media’s predictions this time.

    Juventus three wins and one level is very high at the top; Nottingham Forest FC two wins, one draw and one negative score is ranked second; the third FC Dynamo Kyiv two wins and two negatives are close behind; Borisov is full of four battles One point has not been scored, and the group has been basically announced in advance.

    If there is nothing unexpected.  The Juventus team is not a problem.  Now the problem is Nottingham Forest FC and FC Dynamo Kyiv.  The difference between the two teams is very small. Before the final moment, no one knows which team can qualify.

    Champion Cup Group Stage The final two rounds of the schedule are as follows: November 26 Real Madrid CF away game venue Challenge White Russia team Borisov, December 11 vs. FC Dynamo Kyiv.

    Among them, the away game venue will be crucial to challenge Borisov's game.  If you miss in this game.  Then Nottingham Forest FC may say goodbye to this season's Champion Cup.  As for why this game is very important, it is not because Borisov has strong strength, but because it went to White Russia at that time, the impact of the harsh natural climate on the Forest team will be too large to be ignored.

    At the end of November, the white Russia has entered the cold winter.  The worst plan is that Nottingham Forest FC will have to play the role of the home in the ice and snow, to adapt to this snow and ice opponents, in order to take the lead in the battle with FC Dynamo Kyiv.

    In that game, they not only had to compete with the Bolsov team.  Also fight the cold weather in White Russia.  And at that time, it is often the time when the players are the most tired and most vulnerable.

    To win, no one can be injured, and the player's physical fitness is guaranteed.

    When Twain remembered this condition, he felt that a huge stone was pressing on his chest, and he was breathless.

    In early November, the morning of Nottingham.  The fog that floated from the Sherwood Forest was still in the city.  The road is wet.  It is still raining.  The sun has already risen, but it has been blocked by thick black clouds.  The sun is not leaking.  The men who went to work shrank their bodies in the black-handed coats, and they were in a hurry.  The lights on the front of the car were still on, passing through the road, splashing a cold splash of water.

    Twain stood outside Wilford Lane and looked up at the training ground in front of the woods and white mist.  He pulled out the collar of the turtleneck sweater, and the cold air took the opportunity to drill in, letting him fight for nothing.  Fortunately, the feeling of poor breathing has finally eased.

    Just opened his mouth and took a deep breath. A white gas spurted out of his mouth. He was torn apart by cold in front of his eyes, scattered into white smoke, gradually faded until it finally disappeared, and white in the early winter morning. The fog blends into one.

    Winter has arrived.