Chapter 36: Head coach vs. Head coach (Part 2)

"goal!goal!goal!!" John Mortson shouted the word three times, and the sound was higher than the sound again.

"Beautiful free kick tactics! No one would have thought that Reed would send football into the penalty area in this way, and no one would have thought that the person who scored this goal would be David Johnson! God, he is only five feet and two inches (about 1.68 meters)! He scored a set piece! He did a beautiful job!" Motson said these last two sentences at Laurenson beside him.

Laurenson smiled helplessly: "It's really beautiful, I overlooked this...Donn put a lot of effort into setting pieces. But the game is not over yet. John, the beard is still on my lips."

Motson smiled happily and said, "Don't be lucky, Mark. The Forest's offensive will not end here!"

The excited roar of fans came from the Forest Bar: "That's right! Our attack is not over yet! Sheffield United's bastards, you can suffer!"

Burns looked at the cheerful fans and smiled at the fat John beside him, and then the two of them clinked their wine glasses together.

Motson was right, the Forests' offensive was not over yet. Twenty-four minutes after the first goal, the Forests scored again using the set piece. This time the team's goal was captain Michael Dawson.

With a corner kick, Andy Reed looked the ball towards the goal. Even with two Sheffield United defenders, Dawson still jumped high and smashed the ball into the goal.

"2:0!2:0! Michael Dawson! He has all the qualities of becoming an excellent player. He is the leader of the Forest team! He is Robin Hood!" Motson praised the young Dawson with all his heart, "This small forest is destined to not be able to retain him. He will definitely become an important player in the giant team. He is... a big shot! Hey, Mark.

Your beard…”

Laurenson was almost out of his mind to argue with Motterson. He stroked the bearded man back and forth, staring at him, first kneeling on the sidelines and waving his fists, and then rushed into Tony Donn, who was still celebrating the players.

It was clearly Michael Dawson who scored the goal, but he, the head coach, seemed to be more excited than Dawson.

Maybe that guy Motson is right. Tony Don, I can’t see through... I really can’t see through!

The Balamour Lane Stadium was silent, and only the Forest fans in the South Stand were singing non-stop. No one expected that the Forest would win the lead away game and beat Sheffield United 2:0.

Tang En is in a good mood now. Although he has only passed half of the first half. There is still half of the game and a final.

But he seemed to have seen the door of the Premier League slowly opening to him. Behind that door, there is a more colorful world, a newer and wider world.

Compared with the excited Donn, Sheffield coach Wolnock was silent. He walked back to the coach's seat from the sidelines, then sat down and watched the game quietly, without any adjustments to the 0:2 score.

It seems that in the confrontation with Tang En, he has already revealed his defeat.

In the next game in the first half, Forest team led two goals. They deliberately slowed down the pace, so the game returned to the appearance of the fifteen minutes of the game. The two sides started a tug-of-war in the midfield.

Until the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, Wolnock never stood up from his seat. The whistle sounded, and he got up and walked straight back to the locker room with no expression on his face.

On the other side, after hearing the whistle, Tang En stood up and slapped Walker to celebrate before happily returning to the locker room. His tactical plans were all realized, and in the absence of such a situation, it was impossible for him to ask the team to do better.

Originally, he wanted to tell everyone that Ian Bowyer was about to leave after the playoffs. But then he thought about it, he should not use it to disturb the morale of the army now. If the finals are not going well, it will be used to boost morale.

After turning off the microphone, Motson pointed at Laurenson's beard and laughed and said, "Mark, do you like electric ground or manual?"

During the halftime, whether in the visiting locker room at Sheffield United’s stadium, or in Nottingham about thirty miles away, Forest players and fans were in a relaxing mood.

I played 2:0 away from home, and this score was enough to relax and take a breath.

During the halftime break, some people even discussed the next final opponent and the opponents they might encounter after they were promoted to the Premier League.

Tang En looked at his subordinates with a smile, but did not say anything to stop him.

But this is just a manifestation. In fact, he is thinking about what might happen in the second half. He does not think that Volnoke is an opponent who is willing to admit defeat in the half game. He will definitely make any changes in the second half, and he must have enough adaptation plans to achieve it.

It is almost certain that Wolnock needs to strengthen his offense. In this way, Tang En's starting tactics will be useful. All midfielders are used for defense, and the offense is a long pass and rush. Simple and fast. Success is achieved, but not success.

They are definitely too greedy for attack. With two goals in hand, they have enough capital to defend for forty-five minutes, even without a single shot. As long as they can defend, they are the hero of Nottingham Forest.

The English League One playoffs are different from the other two rounds of home and away knockout matches. This game has only one condition to decide the winner - the score. Many goals are scored and the team won, and it is not a matter of away goals.

I tied 5:5 away games, and it was useless to score five away goals. When I returned to home, I had to give everyone a 1:1. I also had to play overtime and penalty kicks honestly.

The fifteen minutes of the halftime break passed quickly, and the players on both sides stood on the court again and waited for the second half to start.

When Tang En walked towards the visiting coach's floor, he met the opponent's head coach Wolnock. The two of them stood face to face, and it seemed a bit unreasonable to say hello, but Tang En really didn't know what to say at this time.

He is used to shaking hands and greetings with the opponent's head coach after the game, because the result of the game had already come out at that time. He knew what mood he should face his opponent and what to say. Now that the half-time game is over, what should he say?

We say we are ahead of you, and we have a great chance to win? Or are we ahead of you, but you are not without chance? These words do not conform to Tang En's character.

So he lowered his head and planned to walk over quickly as if he hadn't seen it. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by Wolnock.

"Coach Done, why do you want to run away when you see me?"

Done rolled his back to him, then turned around with a smile: "Ah, I'm so sorry. In fact, I was thinking about something, but I didn't see you, Mr. Warnock. Is there anything?"

Volnock reached out and wanted to shake hands with Donn: "Nothing is wrong. I just want to congratulate you. You did a great job from the 14th New Year's League to the 6th last year.

To be honest, I didn't expect that our last opponent would be you..."

Tang En also reached out to his hand. Since the other party expressed his friendship, there was no reason not to appreciate it.

The two of them held each other in their hands.

"No matter what the final result of this game is, I will say that it is a wonderful game." Wolnock said.

Tang En nodded in agreement with a smile, but as soon as the two separated, he turned around and frowned.

This damn old man didn't worry that his team would lose! He was full of confidence. It seemed that he was determined to win this game. But... where did this confidence come from? He was behind two goals, not me!

With a little suspicious mood, Tang En returned to the coach's seat and the game was already whistling. Walker asked with concern: "Where have you been?"

"I met Wolnock and chatted for a few casual words." Don An replied as he responded, then focused all his attention on the game. He hoped to see Wolnock's tricks and stop them in time.

After only sitting down to watch the game for less than five minutes, he stood up from his seat, shocked Walker next to him to look at him with confusion.

Don N ignored Walker's surprised eyes and glared at Neil Wolnock who was standing on the sidelines and hand-written his pockets, gritted his teeth and scolded: "This old bastard!"
Chapter completed!