Godfather Of Champions

    Chapter 37—Steps of the English Premier League (below)

    On the bench of Sheffield United, Warnock walked back and said to a player sitting on the bench: "Are you ready? You are here. ”

    "Yes, Boss. The man stood up and took off his coat, revealing the red and white Sheffield United home jersey, and the name behind: Jacques.

    He walked down the bench and stood on the sidelines waiting for the fourth referee to put him on the court.

    Twain always feels weird when he sees the player he once coached on the court with his opponent's jersey to deal with himself.

    The two stood no more than two meters away. He frequently squatted to Leicester on the sidelines, but Leicester did not seem to see him, just staring at the Stadium.

    Twain look at Leicester and look at Warnock. Put on a Striker, what is this old man thinking?

    "Hey, Jack. Twain decided to take the initiative to talk to Leicester. They didn't have a chance to say hello before the game. Now it's okay to talk, and set the plan of the other manager.

    Lester looked back at Twain and smiled: "Mr., I didn't expect to see you in such a situation. ”

    "Yeah, I didn't expect it…Hello, Jack, what did Neil do for you? You already have two Strikers, and they are doing pretty well…"

    "Of course it is to defeat you, Mr.. Lester blinked. "What you said, you have to be worthy of every penny you earn." ”

    Twain scratched his head and didn't expect to be stunned by what he said. "Yes, what you did right…We are now rivals…Damn opponent! ”Finally he whispered back and went back.

    Jake Crest replaced the goal with Pesso Lido, although he was a good 32-year-old and had a goal, but in Warnock's eyes he was left on the court and the threat to Dawson was obviously not big enough.

    He needs a person who knows more about the Forest team's defense system to attack. This person is Jack Crest.

    Twain did not make any adjustments to this substitution for Sheffield United. He watched the ball quietly on the sidelines, and the situation has not shown any bad side. He doesn't need to do anything.

    But the cloud of the heart, but more and more, the backlog in the chest.

    "Michael Brown! 2 3 Sixty-eight minutes, Sheffield United scored! ”Mortensen shouted, and Mark Laurenson was dancing next to him.

    "Steve Kabbah! It’s incredible, Sheffield United equalized the score! The Nottingham Forest FC team was hit hard! ”Just three minutes later. Mortensen's voice rang again.

    Lauren Sen saw that his beard had hopes to keep it, and he also had a heart to comment on the Forest team.

    "Smeca has limited ability, and a defensive midfielder can't stop the attack of Sheffield United.

    Although it seems that Warnock is playing 532 after replacing Tangqi, in fact, this lineup should be 352 when attacking. The two sides of Defender are pressed to Assists to serve as side forward. The strong pressure of the five midfielders is not at all. Meca can afford it alone.

    Losing the midfield barrier, Michael Dawson's defense line directly faced Sheffield United's wave of offensive and could not stop. Michael Brown is someone who has been ignored by Twain. Now he is punished! ”

    Twain looked at the Sheffield United players who cheered and celebrated the goal. I could hardly believe everything I saw. It was such a big change in less than ten minutes.

    What happened to this? He was afraid to fall into the Warnock trap and try to avoid this happening, but in the end he was still in it. And the deeper and deeper!

    He glanced at Warnock and found that the other person was watching him. In the eyes of each other, Warnock shrugged with a smile and then turned to stop looking at him.

    Twain felt a flame exploded in his chest.

    "I was cheated! I was cheated by this old one!

    The steady performance of losing two goals from the first half began.

    The old man was acting, including the handshake in the intermission, all of which was acting, that is, he wanted to think that he had any intrigues and tricks, and he was suspicious, and then stepped into the trap he had dug in another place. .

    He replaced Michael Thomp to trick himself into replacing Pop, reducing a defensive midfielder and reducing the defensive pressure on their midfield. He knew he didn't value Michael Brown, who looked like a defensive midfielder.

    Then use him to organize the offense, one of the two balls is his personal completion, one is his instigation, he is the real core of this game Sheffield United! Tang Qi is just a blind man!

    Twain is burning in anger. He has always enjoyed the thrill of playing with his opponents, but never thought that he had the same day between being played by others. Despite his unwillingness, Twain had to admit that he was 54 years old.

    Compared with Warnock, he is still too tender and too inexperienced. The two have been in contact for twenty years.

    Twain's decline seems to be over. He is destined to exhaust the luck of several previous streaks in this crucial game. After the Sheffield United tied the score. The Forest team was caught in a panic. Their main right, Defender John

    Thompson sprained his ankle in the fight with Steve Kabbah and could not continue the game.

    Bad AssSeeing team doctor Fleming shook his head. Twain groaned in a depressed mood. He turned and looked at the bench. The five substitutes have already been used, and there are four left…

    Eventually Twain's eyes rested on a childish child.

    "James, you go hot…Damn it! I don't have time to warm up, let me play now! ”He grabbed the child from the bench and pushed it to the sidelines. “It’s like you are doing it in training!”

    In addition, he really did not know how to give attention to the 17-year-old child to the first time. James

    By James (bigins), this game was only arranged by Twain in the bench to replace the right Defender, but unexpectedly got the chance to play for the first time on behalf of the First Team.

    Watching this little child tremble and ran on the court, Twain couldn't really hold him too high expectations. He still cares about it here.

    I don't know if the young James Bigkins has had such a dream:

    When the team was in distress, he was sitting on the bench and watching the game, but the nameless pawn was suddenly called from the seat by Manager, and then he patted his shoulder and said to him with expectation: "James, we The team is watching you all! Go up and kill me those hybrids! Win the game! ”

    Assistant Coach and other teammates also nod their heads: "Yeah! Only James can change the situation now! You are Genius. You must do it! ”

    Then he raised his chest and stepped on the field, leading the team to defeat in the eyes of the opponent's disdain, and finally let all the opponents kneel in front of themselves to ask for mercy…

    But the fact is – this situation can indeed make the Genius hero who became famous in the war; but it may also hit a youngster who is full of expectations for the future. This kind of pressure is not an ordinary person can bear.

    James Bigkins knows what is happening now. The team is tied in the lead situation of the opponent. The main player is injured and forced to withdraw from the game. The morale of the team is greatly affected. But he is not sure what he wants to do? What should he do?

    Twain didn't tell him that his brain couldn't think about it.

    He is standing in the right Defender position. Then look at the wolf-like Sheffield United player to rush to himself…

    The Stadium of Ballamore Lane once again screamed with great cheers and applause, while the fans of the Forest team were silent, not only in the Stadium stands, but also in the Pub in the Nottingham.

    God What happened in these twenty-eight minutes…"Mortensen yelled, "In the first half, Sheffield United did not score a goal. The second half started in the 51st minute and they scored four goals! 4:3 Now the home team is leading! Nottingham Forest FC changed from a leader to a chaser in a blink of an eye.

    Poor James Biggins, who is 17 years old, played for the first time on behalf of the Nottingham Forest FC First Team. But scored an unexpected mistake ball! ”

    Bikins was in front of the door, and the ecstatic Sheffield United players ran past him. The football was lying quietly in the goal. He looked down at Kings and couldn't see the other teammate's expression. He has a heart that is now dead.

    He feels that he has become a sinner of the team.

    Dess Walker and Ian Bowyer, both on the bench, held their foreheads with their hands, and they didn't even think of it. The situation in the midfield break is unbelievable. It’s unbelievable now.

    From 2:0 to 3:4, this game kicked…It really makes people want to marry her mother.

    Standing on the sidelines, Twain looked at the court and he now has no idea what to do with Warnock over there. How excited he is to celebrate this goal.

    He seems to hear the footsteps of the English Premier League league pass by him, and then gradually drift away…

    What does this score mean? Nottingham Forest FC lost to Sheffield United at home 1:2.

    Now behind the away game venue 3:4, the total score is 4:6, which means that in order to enter the finals of the play-offs, they must at least score two goals in the remaining 11 minutes, only hope to get kicked The qualification of the time.

    This requirement is very demanding for today's Forest team.

    Because of the existence of Bikins, the defense line of the Forest team has been out of system, and the morale of the other side is rising, for the rest of the time. They can guarantee that they will not lose the ball anymore…

    Michael Dawson bowed his head to comfort Billings who scored an unexpected mistake ball. He did all the work that Captain could do, but he didn't bring victory to the team. Perhaps his heart is more painful than entering the unexpected mistake ball than Kings.

    Looking at the players who lost their souls on the field, Twain asked himself in his heart: Is that stop here?

    "Toni! If you can't lead the team into the Seasons Super League, I will make you look good! ”Michael’s snoring came from far away, and Twain looked back at the stands above the coach’s seat.

    There is a thrilling red and white Sheffield United fans, where is Michael's shadow?

    Another voice came from the side: "Tony Twain coach, have you ever thought that if this season we finally can't get into the Super League?"

    Unable to upgrade, unable to upgrade, unable to upgrade…

    Michael, Little Gavin…No! I can't let this happen. I will not let this happen!

    Twain strode back. To a sullen Walker, "Where is West Karl?" Let him play! ”

    "Twain replaced the only defensive midfielder Smeca, and desperately replaced the Striker Karaji West Karl at the age of seventeen.

    Can the Nottingham Forest FC, which is playing 433, be able to score two goals in the remaining ten minutes? Honestly, I don't have much confidence…West Karl had three benches in the past. No goals.

    His ability also does not allow people to hand over the heavy responsibility to him. I don't understand why Twain made this adjustment…Useless! ”Mortensen criticized Twain's on-the-spot command without mercy, and Lauren Sen was laughing.

    In this way, his beard is saved…And that's a place that makes Mortensen unhappy.

    Evan Doughty turned to look at the TV in the corner of the box, watching TV is much clearer than watching the scene. Hearing the commentator said, he smiled and said to his neighbor, Nigel Doughty: "You see, I said it.

    He can't trust. ”

    Nigel seems to have not heard his son's words, he just looked at the game with ecstasy. When Evan thought he was ignored again.

    The old man’s voice was low, and he said slowly: “You can do it anyway, anyway, here is what you are talking about. You can do whatever you want…"

    It turns out that Twain's substitution is the best interpretation of "having courage", removing the only defensive midfielder and switching to the completely unfamiliar 433 formation. The Forest team is increasingly overwhelmed. I don't know what the Manager really wants to do, they don't know what they should do.

    Someone wants to attack and score as soon as possible. Some people want to make sure that the back line no longer loses the ball. A team falls apart at the last moment and is pulled into two paragraphs, one in front and one in the back.

    Twain has lost control of the team. He stood on the sidelines but couldn't make any useful instructions. He can only watch, look forward to…Looking forward to the miracle.

    The cheers on the Stadium in Balamoy Lane are getting louder and louder, and Sheffield United Manager Warner Narnock is already eager to meet the people around him. This is his true face…

    The 91st minute of the game. James Bigkins used the corner kick to score a goal and redeemed his unexpected mistake ball. But this goal did not help the team, because it came too late.

    A minute later, the main referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, and the stadium over Ballamor Lane was thunderous, the home fans were celebrating their team and scored a play-off finals, and Tony Twain became the loser again. .

    For this effort, half of the season's dream was shattered, and his brain was blank in an instant. Standing on the sidelines. He didn't even see his hand reaching for his Warnock.

    The noisy Stadium stands out, the green Stadium disappears and it is dark. Elated Sheffield United player, frustrated Nottingham Forest FC player, shrugged shoulders with a disdainful Neil

    Warnock, painful closed-eyed Ian Bowyer, is trying to comfort the Dess Walker of the players. And Michael Bernard, who doesn't know where it is. And already lying quietly in the dirt, Gavin

    Bernard, these people surrounded Twain tightly. He felt chest tightness and shortness of breath.

    His heart is tight.

    This season is over.

    Ten days later, Bradford City AFC glory the Valley. Stadium has a good name, but it does not bring Warnock the glory of his dreams. His team lost three goals to Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and lost the qualification to qualify for the English Premier League.

    Warnock used all his energy to deal with the tough Tony Twain, but he lost the last glimmer while winning.

    Three days after the half finals, on May 19th, on the south side of the I Villa Peninsula south of England, Spain city Sevilla FC.

    A Portuguese named José Mourinho (jose`mourinho) defeated Brian Clough's disciple Martin in the city's Olympic Stadium 3:2 overtime.

    O'Neill, Portugal FC Porto (porto) defeated Scotland Celtic FC (celtic) and won the 02-03season's Europe UEFA Europa League.

    This victory made all of Europe aware of this unfamiliar Portugal Young Manager, and his group of excellent players.

    But these have nothing to do with Twain, his season ended on May 16.

    This is the first season that he led a professional team as a professional manager. Although it is incomplete and not perfect, it will definitely affect Twain's future path.

    The two games lost to West Ham United FC and Sheffield United are always remembered. There is a voice that will always sound at the bottom of my heart, reminding him:

    How painful it is to fail…