Chapter 183: Volume 2: The Sky of Nottingham - Just Losing (Part 1) (Seeking Monthly Pass)

On March 13th, in the thirty-sixth round of the league, Nottingham Forest defeated the visiting Crystal Palace team 3:2 at home. It was not easy to win this game. During the game, some people in the Forest team couldn't run. The fitness coach told Tang En not to worry, this is a normal reaction to the amount of physical training, it will be fine in the past.

In fact, Tang En didn't worry about this problem, as long as he won the game, it would be fine.

Nottingham Forest, which has won three consecutive victories, began to soar in the league rankings, returning from league seventeen to fourteenth in the league, eight points away from sixth-placed Wigan Athletic, and they had two games less than sixth. In other words, even if Wigan Athletic wins all the next games, as long as the Forest team wins two make-up games, they will be only two points away from the opponent-just one game.

So for the next game, Twain's request is that no matter how the game is played, no matter what method is used, as long as he wins the ball, it is considered a good game. As chasers, if they want to make the opponents in front feel pressure, they can't pay too much attention to the scene.

For several games in a row, the Forest team played stumblingly. Tang En didn't care, because they won again!

On March 18, Nottingham Forest beat Burnley 1-0 at home. After the game, Burnley's head coach was very dissatisfied with the referee's decision on duty, thinking that he had blown away an unproblematic Burnley goal and sent off one of their players. The Forest team, which has an advantage in numbers, only won the opponent by one goal. No wonder the head coach of Burnley complained.

But what can be done? Who makes his team play away games?

On March 20, under such an intensive schedule, the Forest team beat Derby County 4:2 away. Eastwood performed well, staged a hat-trick, and became the biggest contributor to the team's victory. Mortensen said during the commentary: "... most of the time Twain relies on the team as a whole to fight, and when the team's overall state is in a downturn, he always has a way to win. For example, a referee's misjudgment, or a certain The sudden outburst of a player..."

On March 24, the league will make up the match. The Forest team got their lost time back on this day-because of the League Cup final, the thirty-third round of the league that was postponed was played at this time, and the Forest team played against Bradford at home. In the end they won 2:1. The Forest team, who played one game less, ranked eighth with 59 points. In front of them were West Ham United with 60 points in one more game, and Wigan Athletic, who also played one more game with 61 points.

There is only a three-point gap from eighth to sixth in the league. Tang En's relentless pursuit finally paid off. As long as they win Crewe at home in the next round of the league, and if any of the two teams between seventh and sixth loses, they will be replaced by the Forest team.

Before that, in order to be able to maintain the current good situation, Tang En worked hard and used all the methods he could think of to continue to encourage the team. He knew he couldn't lose at this time. Just lose one game, one season... NO! The hard work of nearly half a season is over! So this is the time to not be discouraged no matter what...

And when they were only three points away from the sixth place in the league, they finally didn't need him to encourage them, because everyone was already red-eyed, and they knew that if they continued to win, they would be able to appear in the Premier League next season, not this lack of interest In the First Division, they are not only fighting for the club, they are also fighting for themselves.

On March 27th, the thirty-ninth round of the league, at the city stadium. Forest fans have been singing and cheering non-stop since the beginning of the game, cheering for the team, without stopping for a minute or a second. This home atmosphere, which made the enemy tremble, naturally also frightened their opponent Crewe. The Crewe team, which ranked in the middle and lower reaches of the league, didn't even have the will to resist, so they surrendered their guns. Nottingham Forest defeated Crewe 2:0. At the same time, from another arena, there was also the cheering voice of Forest fans-Wigan Athletic failed to withstand the pressure from the Forest team and lost 0:1 away to Wolverhampton. Tford!

In the thirty-ninth round of the league, in the counterattack storm launched by Nottingham, Wigan Athletic became the first team unable to support and fell off the horse.

At this time, the surging Forest team has attracted the attention of all the top-ranked teams. Who will be the second team to be pulled down by Forest?

After the thirty-ninth round was played, West Ham United defeated Gillingham at home. They ranked fifth in 63 minutes, and the Forest team with 62 points replaced Wigan Athletic with 61 points. , ranked last in the first group. Sixth in the league! This is a very tempting ranking, which means that as long as the Forest team maintains this ranking until the end of the season, they will be eligible to participate in the promotion play-offs.

At this point, Tang En had to think again. The next game is to set the team's goal to maintain this ranking? Or take advantage of the situation to pursue, and go all out, how much can you win, how much can you advance, how much can you advance?

This left him in a dilemma.

At the same time, there is still a problem that has always troubled him: the consecutive victories are certainly worthy of joy, but there are also hidden worries behind it-excellent results have virtually made the psychological pressure of the players heavier and heavier. Before each game, what they think is "absolutely can't lose". One or two games with this idea will help them show their strength. But if this happens every game, it will also lead to a mental breakdown of the team...

"Victory" is the belief of the team, but also their curse. How to deal with this problem is Tang En's biggest headache.

All the games in March were over. Nottingham Forest's head coach Tony Twain was named League One's best coach of the month due to his winning streak in the league, and Eastwood was also named the best player.

This is not a good sign. That's why Tang En couldn't even smile when he received the award - a bottle of champagne. The huge pressure in his heart was turning into a thick cloud, and it seemed to be weighing on his heart.

Presenting this award to him at this time is not encouraging him, but cursing him: the best player in the league last month, the next game will definitely lose!

as expected. In the 40th round of the league on April 3, the Forest team lost to Sheffield United away. In this game, even though Twain did not want to lose, everyone on the team performed poorly. He had no way of recovering from the coaching bench, so he had no choice but to accept the defeat. The only thing to be thankful for was that his loss in the away game was not ugly, a small 0:1 loss, and the team showed no signs of collapse.

At the press conference, Tang En took all the responsibility for the loss on his own head, and acted very low-key in front of the winner, Warnock. He praised the strength of Sheffield United, admitted his tactical mistakes - although those with a discerning eye could see that they were not defeating mistakes - but never mentioned the poor performance of the players. He cared for these players carefully, better than a hen hatching an egg.

The players were very worried that Tang En, who had lost the game, would scold them when he returned to the locker room after the press conference. Even they themselves know that everyone's performance in this game is too bad!

Ever since Tony Twain took over the Forest team, the unbeaten record they had worked so hard to maintain in the league came to an end. Whoever stood in Tang En's position would feel uncomfortable.

Tang En was naturally upset, seeing Warnock's smiling face was full of folds, and he was very angry. Losing to this old man again and again was no small shame for the proud Tang En. But what can be done? He used up all three substitutions and tried all the methods he could, but still lost. The game is over, the final whistle has already blown, and there is no echo at this moment, so what's the use of being angry?

After grimly enduring the self-satisfied old man who boasted for five minutes, the press conference finally came to an end.

When Dunn and Warnock touched their fingers, it was as if they had shaken each other's hands. Then he ignored the reporters around him, turned around and left, and walked towards the locker room.

He knew very well what the current situation of the team was like. In fact, although he lost the game, the situation was not as bad as he originally estimated. This is the result of Walker contacting Bruce via mobile phone after the game, and then the reporter Bruce told him the latest battle report.

The forest team, which lost the game, fell to ninth with 62 points, but they were only three points away from the fourth-ranked team. The top teams bite hard. It can even be said that - Tony Twain's team lost at the most favorable time.

Thinking of this, Tang En's mood improved a lot. Then after thinking about it again, he suddenly became enlightened.

Isn't he always worried that after the winning streak, the team will be under too much pressure and lead to collapse? Well now, we lost.

Pushing open the door of the locker room, Tang En found that the place was so quiet that he was not used to it. He even thought that he was going to the wrong door as he lowered his head to think about the problem.

So he backed out, closed the door again, and saw the sign on the door "AWAY" - the logo of the visiting team, and finally confirmed that he had gone the right way.

Opening the door again, Tang En suddenly couldn't help laughing as he looked at the group of players who were dazed by his actions. "I thought I went by the wrong way." He pointed to the door, "So I closed the door to see what was written on it. I can't accept your silence. What's wrong with you?"

"We lost, boss." The players felt that the head coach was asking the question knowingly. This must be the prelude to the storm, so they scrambled to admit their mistakes.

Looking at this scene, Tang En shrugged: "Someone wants to know why I thought I was going wrong just now? Because I was thinking about something. Is anyone interested in what I am thinking?"

No one answered him, because everyone couldn't figure out what the head coach's plan was. If he said something wrong, the first drop of the storm would fall on his head. No one wants to be that hapless ghost.

Seeing that no one answered his question, Tang En was a little bored. He scratched his head: "I was thinking... We lost very well, and the loss was at the right time."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.

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