Godfather Of Champions

Arsenal made adjustments during the intermission. Wenger replaced Wilshere and replaced Denilson. It seems to strengthen the defense, but in fact it is to prepare for the counterattack. It's a pity that the gap between the three goals in the total score is too big. If Arsenal want to advance, they must score four goals in 45 minutes and ensure that their goal is not lost.

This is simply an impossible task.

At the beginning of the second half, Arsenal did threaten the Forest’s goal, but the good times are usually so short. They still can't shake the advantage that Nottingham Forest has built from the first half. George Wood is indeed one of the strongest midfielders in England today. Fabregas' passing errors began to rise under his mark, and his physical strength declined.

Although he can also pass those sharp balls, the whole team is beaten by the Forest team and can't find North. What use is he to pass the ball by himself?

This game is Arsenal's tactical failure, and Fabregas will be of no avail.

When halfway through the second half, Arsenal still did not score. Wenger had already foreseen his failure, he began to save his energy for the league.

Fabregas still runs desperately on the field, passing the ball or shooting himself. He is unwilling to admit defeat at this time.

The Spaniard was a little impatient on the court, while Wood became more calm. The boss asked him to stare at Fabregas, and he executed it meticulously. As for whom Fabregas will pass the ball to, he doesn't care. Just as his teammates believe in him as the captain, he also believes in his teammates.

It is this tacit understanding that allowed the Forest team to take the initiative in the away game.

In the second half of the second half, Arsenal had few opportunities, but the Forest team kept threatening Almunia's goal. Nottingham Forest fans have not seen such an easy game at Arsenal’s home ground for a long time.

In the 80th minute, some Arsenal fans started to leave early. They had no hope for this game. I can only comfort myself "we still have the league" while leaving the stadium unwillingly.

Seeing that the overall situation is set, Dunn has also replaced several players who have been tired recently. Bell was replaced by Joe Matok, Bentley was replaced by Mork, and Ibisevic was replaced by Abang Raho.

Every player who was replaced hugged Dunn and happily celebrated their victory.

2:0 lead, and ten minutes left, Dunn couldn't think that he still might fail.

He can return to Nottingham with a relaxed mood, and I believe that Shania in the box can breathe a sigh of relief.

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In the last ten minutes, Arsenal launched a crazy counterattack against the Forest team's goal. They almost gave up the pursuit of victory, but the pride of a strong team made them intolerant of being shaved at home. They want to use this last time to score a goal.

It's a pity that the Forest Team didn't let them get what they wanted. The whole line returned to defense and blocked the goal tightly.

Fabregas finally played the whole game and was not replaced in advance. It is a pity that his efforts did not help the team win, or even brought a face-saving goal for the team.

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, many Arsenal players collapsed on the court, only their captain was still standing.

On the other side, the substitute players of the Forest team screamed into the court under the leadership of the assistant coach, hugging and celebrating with teammates on the court.

Tony Dunn tidyed up his clothes and strode towards Wenger with a smile on his face.

"It's a pity," he comforted.

"I wish you good luck now, Tony. I hope you can reach the finals. However, I won't give you the league title again." Wenger wanted to make himself look gracious, but just lost the championship. He couldn't laugh at the cup.

Dunn smiled and said nothing.

Wenger shook hands with him and turned and walked away. Dunn looked at his back, but he didn't say a word in his heart: "Of course I won't ask you to give me the champion, Professor. I will get it myself."

After shaking hands with Wenger, Dunn was surrounded by reporters.

"How does it feel to reach the semifinals again, Mr. Dunn?"

"It feels great!"

"Is this season's goal also to win the Champions League?"

"Who doesn't want to win the championship?"

"Is it a surprise to beat Arsenal so easily?"

"No, it is Arsenal that should be surprised, not me."

There were reporters who wanted to ask questions, but Dunn raised his hand and refused: "Is there any more questions to ask at the press conference? I have to go with my team!"

He lined up everyone, walked to the court, and celebrated the victory with the players of the Forest team.

"Really big..." someone among the reporters murmured.

"But he is qualified to play big cards." Someone shrugged next to him. "Who calls him a winner?"

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Winning Arsenal and advancing to the semi-finals allowed Nottingham's media to enthusiastically hype for days. The defense of the Vilford training base is very lively every day. There are hard-core fans who come to support the team, and there are news media who have heard the news.

The Forest team that reached the semi-finals had good luck. Their opponent in the semi-finals was not strong, but the Ligue 1 team Lyon. On the other side are the Spanish national derby of Real Madrid and Barcelona.

This semi-final made the Spanish media very excited, because they have two teams into the semi-finals. The Premier League, which has occupied the semi-finals for a long time, was completely defeated this season. In the end, only the Nottingham Forest team represented the Premier League in the semi-finals.

The foreign media are gloating about this, claiming that the Premier League is finally going to give up the top spot in the first league, and the Spanish media even chanted that they want to take the top position. The Spanish media is the first league in Europe.

The Italian media and German media chose to remain silent as always.

The English media were unanimously optimistic about Arsenal before the game and cheered Wenger's team. Now they are turning to the embrace of Nottingham Forest like a wall of grass, blowing Dunn's team into the "only hope of English football" and "defending" Fighter of the dignity of English football", "the heir to the glory of English football".

Dunn didn't bother to care about whether he was detained by these big hats. Now he had to take his heart back and prepare for the league. Let's consider the Champions League matter when it comes.

Before the Champions League, the Forest team had already gone through the test of two strong teams. As a result, neither Chelsea nor Arsenal were able to complete the task of blocking them. Dunn’s team passed smoothly and is currently ranked second, ahead of Liverpool, which is third. Arsenal are behind the top three points. The goal difference and the number of goals are less than Arsenal. Arsenal's victory is still very large. From William Hill's latest Premier League winning odds this season, Arsenal are still optimistic.

In order to prove that he and Dunn had a winning bet, Carl Spike analyzed the disadvantages of the Forest team in his own program. Regarding the schedule, he said that the Forest team will face two strong teams and two weak teams. The strong team Forest has already played, and the weak team is the real test.

The two relegation teams have not left the relegation circle until now, and the worse news is that they have not relegated early. This is a situation that any of their opponents are afraid of-a team that is in the relegation circle or on the edge may either be reduced to the British Championship after three rounds of the league, or it may succeed in relegation at the last minute. It can be said that heaven and **** are between that line.

No one wants to go to hell, everyone wants to go to heaven. The same is true for Dunn. If he succeeds others, he will go to hell. He is not the kind of saint or Buddha who loves all beings in the world and is willing to sacrifice himself to perfect others. So it can be expected that these two games must be very intense and very exciting.

These two games were in the 35th and 38th rounds of the league.

In the thirty-fifth round, the Forest team played Portsmouth away. The thirty-eighth round, the last game of the league, played against Sunderland at home.

If Nottingham Forest can beat Portsmouth and Sunderland can win, then the situation may not be so bad for both teams in the final round-Sunderland has been relegated successfully, and Nottingham Forest is also Naturally, there is no need to face an opponent who is desperate for survival.

This is the ideal future, but Dunn doesn't think their luck will be so good.

You know in the thirty-fifth round, Sunderland's opponent is Manchester United. In order to qualify for the Champions League, how could Manchester United miss Sunderland at home? Sunderland had only one home game in the final dead-round game, and two of the other three away games were all facing rivals. The relegation situation was much worse than Portsmouth.

Therefore, the media have already pronounced Sunderland's death sentence in advance. In comparison, Portsmouth has only the Forest team in the last four rounds, and they are more likely to succeed in relegation.

Perhaps only Sunderland themselves have not given up. The local media are constantly cheering the team up, believing that as long as they unite, they can definitely create miracles. Some people even suggested that Sunderland invite back the former head coach Keane, because he once created a similar miracle-the team ranked first from the bottom before taking over, and half a season later he led the team to the Super League successfully. This is the only brilliant result Keane has achieved as a head coach. Later, his coaching career didn't go well, so such a proposal was completely rushed to the doctor. Keene couldn't agree to come out as a substitute for the dead.

There is a saying that seems very reasonable.

"...Tony Dunn’s team is currently fighting on the third line, with a lot of physical energy consumption and a lot of pressure on the players. I think Sunderland has not yet raised his hands to surrender, as long as we pay before the final round of the game. Without falling behind, we might still have a chance to fight off the exhausted Nottingham Forest... Think about it, the fatigue of three consecutive battles, and the need to win the league championship, otherwise their leaders will be under tremendous pressure on the table. ...It is impossible for any team to perform normally under such circumstances..."

But any bad advice seems to make sense before it gets worse.

In short, Sunderland is still struggling. Dunn would not be merciful just because he had loaned young players to them many times and had a good personal relationship with their former coach Keane. Just as he would not show mercy to Portsmouth's men, he didn't care about any opponent except himself. As long as their group stands in front of him and becomes a stumbling block that hinders him from advancing to win the championship and pursue victory, he will kick it away without mercy.

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On April 19th, in the thirty-fifth round of the league, Nottingham Forest challenged Portsmouth away.

Portsmouth did show the strength of the relegation team, but it seems to only show up 80%. Because of news from Old Trafford, Sunderland fell behind Manchester United in just three minutes. Sunderland's backwardness made Portsmouth's pressure suddenly lighter. They wanted to win the game but were unwilling to fight everything. After all, there are still three rounds in the league. If you fight the forest team, then the remaining three rounds may only be seen as opponents surpass them and get out of hell.

It is a very dangerous thing to play against the Nottingham Forest, who is chasing Arsenal with such ambivalence and a desire to win.

The players of the Forest team don't have so many complicated ideas in their minds-if this game is won, what about the next game? This game is exhausted, what should I do in the second half?

For them, things are very simple-this game won, the next game will continue to win. In this game, I tried my best and continued to do my best in the second half.

In the twenty-fifth minute, Nottingham Forest relied on Rafinha's long shot to break the deadlock, and they took a 1-0 lead away.

Backward Portsmouth stepped up the offense. Their head coach roared from the sidelines and asked the team not to give up. Ten minutes later, Portsmouth used a corner kick to break Akinfeev's goal. 1:1.

This time it was Dunn's turn to be furious on the sidelines.

During the intermission, Dunn replaced Gago with Tiago who did not perform well and continued to strengthen his offense.

In the 71st minute, the Forest team finally scored. Wood's long shot hit the Portsmouth defender's body to change lines, just hit Mitchell's feet, he kicked his foot and shot, and the football hit the net.

Backward Portsmouth wanted to counterattack, but just three minutes later, Matthias Fernandez blasted Portsmouth's goal with a long shot, which completely wiped out Portsmouth. Fighting spirit. The subsequent game Nottingham Forest controlled the rhythm, and Dunn also allowed more players to rest through substitutions.

The only dissatisfaction is the Portsmouth fans watching the ball in the stands. They used early exit to express their protest.

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, the latest news from Old Trafford was that Sunderland had also lost to Manchester United. In this way, the situation of the two teams has not changed, and it is still possible to be relegated. It is also possible to upgrade.

When Dunn got up to shake hands with the Portsmouth coach, Chris Lak, who was next to him, approached and said: "Arsenal also won."

Dunn nodded, said nothing, still smiling, and stretched out his hand to the opposing coach.

The two teams are still three points away, and nothing has changed.

Today's Nottingham Forest can only guarantee continuous wins and expect Arsenal to make mistakes.

But Wenger and his Arsenal, who have been eliminated from the Champions League, can only compete for the league championship throughout the season. Could they make mistakes and give Dunn a big gift? (To be continued, if you want to know what's going on, please visit www.qidian.com, there are more chapters, authors are supported, and genuine reading is supported!)

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