The team lost a goal right after the substitution. The media and fans would not let go of this excuse to attack Luxemburg. In their view, Luxemburg's substitution was a sign of cowardice, and he had really been punished.
However, Luxemberg did not think about this. Now, standing in the Bernabéu Stadium where the boos were deafening, he was thinking about something else.
Real Madrid, who had once again taken the lead, seemed to have lost the motivation to continue the game because of this substitution. They thought the game was played badly, that the manager was incompetent, and that the players on the field could not do anything.
Real Madrid had completely lost the will to fight.
After taking the lead, Nottingham Forest played as they pleased for the first time.
Tang En looked at the "most successful team of the 20th century" on the field wearing white jerseys, but they were like walking corpses. They had no will to fight, no initiative, and no will to fight to the end. He shook his head and murmured, "How sad, pitiful, and lamentable …"
The Real Madrid logo on the outer wall of the Santiago Bernabéu stadium had lost its former color. The entire huge white building was surrounded by boos and angry shouts of "Luxemburg, go away" in the night sky. People no longer cared about the outcome of the game. They only cared about what happened after the game.
The game had ended early.
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Tang En sat back in the technical area, crossed his legs, and began to watch the show. Not to watch the game, but to watch the "historic moment" that happened in the Bernabéu stadium.
Tang En believed that in the development of professional football in the world, Florentino and his "superstar policy," as well as the star-studded but deformed Real Madrid, would leave a strong mark. Because they were extreme cases of the end of business and football. This typical failure also meant that there must be a limit to the commercialization of football. After all, football still had its own characteristics that could not be changed or tarnished. These characteristics could not be replaced by any amount of money.
"I actually accidentally became a revolutionary …" Tang En muttered softly. He suddenly wanted to laugh, laugh loudly, laugh impudently.
What was more fulfilling than being able to personally change history?
Kerslake noticed that Tang En kept lowering his head and whispering something, but he could not hear clearly. "What did you say, Tony?"
"Ah, nothing, David. Nothing … "Tang En glanced at his watch. Just as he raised his head, he saw the fourth official standing on the sidelines with an electronic bulletin board in his hand." Prepare to celebrate the victory. Our advancement is a foregone conclusion! "
With that, he stood up and walked to the sidelines, waiting to enter the stadium to celebrate.
Behind him, the other Forest players, as well as the coaches of the coaching staff, also stood up and prepared to rush onto the field.
The boos in Bernabéu were no longer directed at them. Tang En suddenly looked sympathetically at Luxemburg, who was standing on the sidelines. It was not easy to be the manager of Real Madrid …
The referee finally blew the whistle to signal the end of the match. Amidst the loud boos, it was almost inaudible. It was only when Albertini, the Forest player closest to the referee, raised his fist that the people on the sidelines reacted and rushed in like a swarm of bees.
Twain was not as anxious as them. Instead, he raised his head and slowly walked in, as if he was patrolling his own territory.
The Real Madrid players lowered their heads and walked quickly to the tunnel. Whether it was aimed at the team or the manager, the boos in the Bernabéu stadium made them feel uncomfortable.
Two consecutive defeats in a week, both at home. It was as if the world had suddenly come to an end. The once proud and insufferably arrogant Real Madrid superstars had no choice but to lower their heads in front of the celebrating "English country bumpkins."
There were not many people in this world who could conquer Bernabéu. Tang En also wrote his name on it.
Everything that happened that night would be mentioned countless times in the future. It was not because Nottingham Forest had defeated Real Madrid, but because the "era of superstars" had ended.
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In the post-match press conference, Luxemburg calmly accepted his defeat. He felt that his team's performance was not as good as Nottingham Forest's and that it was natural for them to lose. Nottingham Forest's performance was outstanding, and he congratulated them.
Tang En, on the other hand, was all smiles as he said to the reporters, "Does anyone remember what I said at the press conference after the first leg of the group stage match between Forest and Real Madrid?"
Everyone looked at each other. Who could remember what happened a few months ago?
"Looks like everyone is forgetful. At that time, I said, 'I'll give everyone a surprise the next time we go to Bernabéu.' Many people laughed at that time. But I think most people think I'm just a sore loser and stubborn. Now, does anyone still think that I'm a sore loser? "
This time, other than Tang En, no one else laughed.
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When Nottingham Forest took the morning flight back to England the next day, Tang En bought a freshly printed morning newspaper at the airport in Madrid. Originally, he had not planned to buy a newspaper to pass the time. He could not read Spanish, so he had no interest in Spanish newspapers. But the photo on the front page of the newspaper caught his eye.
It was a photo of the match at Bernabéu last night. Luxemburg stood on the sidelines with his arms crossed and an expressionless face. To his side, the big screen in the distant stands displayed a glaring score of 1: 2.
Just as he stood at the side of the newspaper stand and scrutinized the photo, the team's Spanish player, Mikel Arteta, walked over. He looked at the newspaper and said to Tang En in English, "Boss, Luxemburg has resigned."
Hearing that, Tang En turned his head to look at Arteta. He then took out money from his pocket and bought the newspaper.
Luxemburg had ended his classes more than ten days earlier than he remembered. However, he was no longer surprised by the fact that it did not match his memory.
This was something he had expected.
He was only concerned about one thing. He found Arteta and handed him the newspaper. "Was the Brazilian dismissed by the Board or did he resign of his own accord?"
Arteta gave it a simple read and said to Tang En, "He resigned of his own accord, Boss."
This Brazilian manager, who was stuck between sticking to his own football philosophy and currying favor with the Real Madrid fans, finally did something he wanted to do.
After thanking Arteta, who had translated for him, Tang En turned around and rolled up the newspaper he had just bought and threw it into the trash can.
In more media, the Spaniards had scolded Luxemburg, who had resigned of his own accord. They believed that he had tainted Real Madrid's glorious century-old tradition. He had made the noble Real Madrid look ugly. It was only natural for him to leave.
Of course, there would be more gossip in the next few days. For example, Ronaldo had a secret talk with Florentino and hoped for a transfer.
However, Tang En did not care about that. He was already tired of hearing about it in the past. Caring about it would not do him any good.
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Unlike the previous battle at Love Song Stadium, Tang En did not look for George Wood to talk to him alone on the plane back to England. He also ignored Wood's silence.
He planned to give Wood the cold shoulder for a few days and let him understand some things on his own. It would be better than letting him give pointers on everything.
However, after he substituted Wood, Wood's performance and his own performance gave the English media new topics to hype up. As a result, from the second day after the team's answer to Nottingham, the media began to have "rumors" of discord between George Wood and Tony Twain.
The use of "rumors" was really good. There was no confirmation that it was true, but there was also no denial that it was not true. It could send a message to everyone who saw this "rumor" — we won't say the specific content, but you can think about it.
George Wood was dissatisfied with being substituted early and contradicted Tang En in the locker room.
Wood and Tang En were not on good terms and might be sold by Tang En, who did not allow anyone to question his authority.
Wood's agent gave an interview to the newspaper that the Spanish club, Real Madrid, was very interested in Wood.
…
And so on.
A year ago, Tang En had laughed it off in the face of such "rumors." Now, he could not laugh. Why?
Because George Wood had a restless agent.
In the less than a year since Billy Woox became Wood's agent, he was mainly busy with endorsements for him and commercial brands. At present, he had already successfully signed three brand endorsement contracts for Wood. It looked like he was more interested in Wood's commercial value.
However, Tang En was not at ease with the agent who took the initiative to approach Wood and gain his trust. Perhaps it was prejudice. He always thought that one day, Woox would seize every opportunity to take Wood away from him.
He could not just sit and wait. He had to take the initiative.
He decided to give Wood's agent a call to verify whether the things reported in the newspaper were true. He also wanted to find out what the agent thought.
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