Godfather Of Champions

    Chapter 39—Shankley's original decision

    After the game with Arsenal FC, in the eyes of outsiders, Nottingham Forest FC suddenly found the momentum forward.  They scored three wins and one draw in the February game, and the ranking jumped to eighth, only two from the top six.

    The team's performance is good, and people's brains are also alive.

    Evan .Doughty looks at the calendar every day to see how many numbers are today and how long it is from the end of the season.  Twain said that if the season is over, it will always echo in his mind. The media know that the fans know.  He also repeated it at the FIFA Awards Ceremony at the end of December.  He seems to be ironic to retire.

    Evan.Doughty didn't want to let Twain leave again.  He had made a mistake in Twain's stay, and this time he couldn't make a mistake anyway.

    He is thinking about it. After more than two months, has Twain's mind changed?

    Every day, Evan.Doughty will come to Wilford Lane's training base on time to observe Twain's performance in training to speculate on the man's inner world.

    He saw Twain chatting intimately with his colleagues on the training ground, joking with the players, and he even yelled at Bale and Wood.

    It seems that he is in a good mood and is enjoying football.

    Evan .Doughty thinks the time is ripe.

    "Hey, Toni.  I heard that your wife is back again? ”During the training interval, the players will gather and chat and relax, the same is true for the coaches, they are also people, and they need to rest.

    And the coaches are more gossip than the players.

    Yesterday, the entertainment gossip magazine in the United Kingdom reported Shania.Twain came to the United Kingdom and the old men ran to the training ground to ask Shania's husband insider.

    Twain didn't take this group of old men who like gossip.

    "Yeah, it was yesterday.  ”

    Several coaches looked at each other.  Laughed: "It seems that the next game we won! LOL

    The big guys are laughing with them.  This is an old joke.  When Twain hadn't left the Forest team yet, as soon as Shania came back, the team's performance was good and stable.

    Twain let them laugh and there is nothing unhappy.  In his view, the team atmosphere is harmonious, which is the key to good results.  Since the atmosphere is very harmonious now, why should he destroy it?

    After the training, Twain walked alone to the Manager's office.  He has to sort it out a bit before he goes home.  Shania has been waiting for him at home for lunch.  Although the training base has restaurants, most of the meals are made by athletes. The kind of things that ordinary people can't basically eat.  Twain is not an athlete. Naturally, there is no need to eat a kind of lunch with chewy wax.

    Twain put the training notes on the table, took the car keys out of the drawer, and was ready to leave.  But as soon as he looked up, he saw a man standing at the door.

    "Evan!"Twain called out, "You scared me.  So silently standing at the door.  Much like a ghost, do you know? ”

    See Twain look, Evan.Doughty smiled embarrassedly: "Sorry, I see you are busy, I have not called you.  Ready to go home? ”He looked at the bunch of keys in Twain's hand.

    Twain obviously noticed where his eyes were.  So shaking the car key: "Yes, Shania is still waiting for me at home.  ”

    "Ahhhh…"Evan has some regrets. "It seems that now is not a good time to talk.  ”

    Twain was surprised and asked: "Do you have anything? Evan.  ”

    “Ewww.”Evan hesitated.  Still did not say it.  "When can you have time, I want to talk to you alone, Toni.  ”

    Twain thought about the recent arrangements and gave Evan a reply: "This weekend, after the end of the game venue, I will have time.  ”

    Evan nodded. "Then I will go to your room to find you."  Goodbye, Toni, I can't delay you for too long, or your wife will blame me.  ”

    He is still a bit self-aware.  I know that I don’t have a good impression in Shania’s heart.

    Twain watched the club's top leader leave and did not say anything further.  This 60-year-old man seems to have lost his shackles four years ago, in front of himself, just like an ordinary old man.  And the relationship between the two of them can not be returned to the original past.  Once there is a crack in the smooth and clean mirror, how could it happen when nothing happened?

    Evan rarely plays jokes with himself now, and he doesn't have to go to his office to sit and chat.  The relationship between the two looks still very harmonious, but from some small details, it can still be seen in different places.

    That is a feeling of incomprehension.  Only can you know.

    In fact, they all know.

    Nottingham Forest FC challenges Manchester City FC at the weekend away game venue.  Both sides have the strongest lineup.  In the end, the Forest team relied on a controversial ball to win the home team.  After the game, the home team media thought it was an offside ball and chattered at the press conference.  And Twain pushed all responsibility to the referee: "…My position at the time was not good.  I am not sure what happened at the moment Chen Jian passed the ball.  But since the main referee thinks the goal is valid, then the goal is valid…What matters is not the process, but the result.  The result is that we won, I am very happy.  ”

    The home team media did not have any way to play this rogue Twain. They could only watch as he "stealed" the victory that belonged to them.  Of course, after the game, the media’s slogans and scorns are indispensable.  However, Twain doesn't care about this. He has been coaching for fifteen years. It is basically a fifteen years of taunting between him and the media. This is not a strange thing.

    The highlight of this weekend was not the game, but the hotel where the Forest team stayed after the game.  Specifically, room 1102 where Twain is located.

    This scene will definitely make people feel familiar. Four and a half years ago, in the hotel of Madrid, also in the room where Twain is located, there was a similar good show.  It’s just that one of the main characters is missing today.  And the play code is also different.

    If it is said that four and a half years ago, it was a power plot, then today is a bitter drama.

    The protagonist of the bitterness is Evan.Doughty.

    "You have something to say to me, it will not be to persuade me to stay in the Forest team, Evan?"Twain sat by the bed and looked at Evan sitting on the opposite sofa.Doughty.

    "What else can it be? Toni, don't you believe me? ”

    Evan .Doughty's expression is very bitter now.  He just spent a lot of saliva to express his desire to stay in the Forest team, and responded to Twain's questioning. Can this not make him feel bitter?

    Once the crack is there.  Sure enough, it is impossible to bridge…

    "I certainly believe you, Evan, otherwise I won't accept your invitation to return to the team to coach.  Twain said to Evan with his head down.

    However, this attitude can only make Evan's heart even worse.  In his opinion, Twain is perfunctoring him.

    So looking at Evan's expression, Twain smiled helplessly: "How do you want me to prove it to you, Evan?" I am not perfunctory you…"

    "Let's stay, Toni.  ”

    Evan .Doughty looked at Twain, but from Twain's eyes he didn't see anything.

    Not gonna happen.  Evan.  I have my family, and my body does not allow me to continue to work in this position.  Twain shook his head and rejected Evan's pleading again.

    ButYour body has never had a problem in the past few months…"

    Twain reached out and interrupted Evan's words.  "I physically understand myself, Evan.  I feel that my energy is not as good as it used to be…Besides, is it only to faint on the side of the arena and then sent to the hospital for 48 hours.  Is there a problem with the body? I want to be my friend, you don't want me and my family to experience that kind of thing again? ”

    This question is asked by Evan.Doughty is speechless.  He was anxious to retain Twain and did not consider this.  If he is really good for Twain, then he should not put his health in a dangerous situation.

    No one was talking in the room for a while.  Evan .Doughty lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking. Twain turned his attention to the TV set, where the evening sports news was being played, just to say that the Forest team and Manchester City FC ended earlier.  The focus of the news naturally focused on whether the ball in the offside of Mitchel was offside.

    At the press conference, Twain said that he did not see the situation at the time, and now he has the opportunity to take a closer look.  On the TV, she replayed the shot before Mitchel's goal, when he and Manchester City FC's defense line remained parallel, and then when Chen Jian got the ball, the game was fixed.  Twain saw it this time.  Mitchel’s upper body explored…

    If strictly speaking, this is really an offside, but the judgment is not on the scale that referee owns.  If he feels that the upper body is unrelated to the overall situation, then he can not be offside.  If he strictly follows the rules and rules, he will be offside.It is estimated that the end of the game will stop Twain.

    Twain is not the same as Twain. They think that Manchester City FC was defeated at the foot of referee this time, and strongly condemned and protested the referee.  Twain noticed the logo and found that it was the local media in Manchester.  No wonder…

    The next time Twain was not interested in listening.  He turned his attention back to Evan from the TV screen and found that Evan was also watching TV.

    Twain thought about it.  Then he laughed: "The winning game will have a referee to help you, I am really old."  ”

    Evan heard him say this, but shook his head: "What does the referee's mistake have to do with you? Besides, although we have a lower ball control rate than Manchester City FC in the whole game, we are dominant in the number of threat shots. It is reasonable to win, but our luck is not good, several times. There are no threats to shoot and no goals are scored…"

    Twain didn't interrupt Evan, so he squinted and listened to Evan slyly, then slowly stalked his mouth.

    Evan .Doughty also noticed the change in Twain's expression, and then he realized that he said more.  I quickly stopped and looked at Twain.

    “Ha!Twain laughed. "I remembered that the person who couldn't even get the 'coach' and 'Manager' can now analyze the head."  It feels really interesting.  You see, we are all changing.  I don't want to continue working for a few more years now.  I am fifty years old, Evan, and I am still a guy with a heart problem.  I have a sense of crisis, I will definitely die in front of Shania, so I have to cherish the time still alive, and spend more time with her and Teressa…You are also a man with a family. Can you understand my thoughts? ”

    Evan nodded.  Can he still shake his head?

    But,However, he was still not willing to be convinced by Twain.

    "I am now sure that you are really thinking about Club, really, I always believe in you, Evan.  But I really don't fit in Nottingham Forest FC, we are all changing, and Nottingham Forest FC is changing.  Twain advised, "There is no unbeaten team in the world, and there is no team that always wins Champion."  Those who created an era and a dynasty.  There are also ups and downs.  The same is true of Nottingham Forest FC…"

    Twain said as he walked away.

    Chapman's time to lead Arsenal FC across England football has been too long; Sir Busby, who led Manchester United FC to the first Europe Champion Cup, has also been died; shaping Liverpool FC into a generation of Howe Strong, and profoundly influenced Liverpool FC football after the development of Shankley has also become a noun; in the most powerful era of Liverpool FC and the Red Army rival, together to create the European Football "England The Reds era "Clough is now just a bronze statue standing in the middle of the Nottingham City Square; After entering the English Premier League era All-powerful Ferguson is now a daily sunbathing in the courtyard of the home, even the favorite Horse racing can not see the rare old man, and once and Ferguson alongside Arsenal FC godfather Wenger this year is also 70 years old, retirement is just around the corner …

    The once glorious names have been buried in the dust of time.  A piece of past events can only be remembered.  I believe that in a few years, I am the same as the former Nottingham Forest FC.  Just like the children born today will not know Michael after growing up.How great Jackson is, Ronaldo fans don't know how good Maradona is, Maradona's fans can't see Pelé playing.  Pelé's fans are so strange to Di Stéfano…same.  The past will eventually pass,

    After so many things, what else is it that you can’t ignore it?

    "I can't sit in this position all the time, and it shouldn't be like that.  Nottingham Forest FC needs a long-term plan that is slowly evolving. People who are so arrogant are quick and profitable and are not suitable for the future development of Nottingham Forest FC.  ”

    Evan seems to want to stop Twain from being so self-satisfied, but Twain is preaching: "You still don't understand.  Evan? Why did the results of the Forest team begin to decline as soon as I left the Forest team, and no matter how many Level Managers you have, it doesn't help? I don't want to turn Nottingham Forest FC into 'Tony Twain's Nottingham Forest FC'.  That way, no matter how many Champion, it is a castle in the air.  Ordinary people can't live for even a hundred years in their lives, but now there are a lot of teams in the world of football. A team is really strong, and it is impossible to rely on one person alone.  Why is Liverpool FC a giant? They didn't do anything before Shankley, but it's not that important.  Instead, after Shankley they got five European Champion cups.  ”

    Twain will explore the body.  Look at Evan.

    “There is a media that compares me to Shankley of Nottingham Forest FC, but do you know what the most correct thing Shankley has done in his life?”

    Looking at Evan's expression from doubts to sorrow and then to distress, helplessness.  Twain laughed.

    "It was he who suddenly announced his resignation and left Liverpool FC.  ”

    When Twain was still a fan, Shankley’s story was no stranger to him, and Shankley’s successor, Pasley’s story, was clear.  But he has been unclear why Shankley suddenly resigned when Liverpool FC did a good job and left Liverpool FC Club.  It stands to reason that he should continue to do the work and make an earth-shattering career, such as leading Liverpool FC to get the first European Champion Cup in Club history – Twain and everyone else believe that as long as Shankley can do it, then he must This can be done.

    Now that he is clear, it is completely clear.

    This sentence will be completely Evan.Doughty was stunned. He unconsciously opened his mouth and sat on the sofa slyly. He didn't make a sound for a long time.