Watching the football drill into the net, the stands at the City Ground stadium erupted.
"Everyone was guessing when Eastwood's first game back would be. No one believed that Eastwood could return to his previous level after recovering from his injury. Everyone thought that it was already a miracle for the Romani striker to be able to return to the field … But! Freddy Eastwood used this goal to tell us that all our guesses were wrong! Ten months later, he's still the same Eastwood who can score goals! "
Mortensen's mouth was like a machine gun as he spoke into the microphone.
Mark Lawrenson was completely silent. The goal was like a slap to his face. Logically speaking, it was difficult for a player who had been seriously injured to recover to his previous level. He did not expect Eastwood to play his cards against common sense!
"Look at Manager Tony Twain's excitement. During Eastwood's injury, the young manager was the most concerned about him. Now Eastwood has given Manager Twain a big return for his concern! Leading Newcastle United by 2: 0 is just a buy one get one free gift. He has gained a healthy and perfect striker. That's the most important thing! "
Eastwood broke free from Albertini's hand and shouted with his arms raised. But he was soon drowned by even more Forest players. He was tightly surrounded in the middle with only his arm still raised.
"F * ck! David, this is great! "The substitutes' bench was filled with cheers. Twain could not help but swear at the assistant manager next to him. "Can you imagine a more perfect comeback?"
Kerslake smiled and shook his head.
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The current manager of Newcastle United was no longer the same Souness from the first half of the season. Souness was forced to leave St. James' Park because the results could not satisfy the Magpies fans. Newcastle United's chairman, Shepherd, chose to let the club's Head of Youth, Glenn Roeder, be the caretaker manager.
This man was an "old acquaintance" of Twain. Twain's first real opponent in his first coaching match was this man. At that time, he had defeated Tang En in terms of score, but after that, the circumstances of the two of them were completely different. Twain was doing well in the position of Nottingham Forest manager, while Glenn Roeder could only be the youth team manager and caretaker manager from West Ham United to Newcastle United.
Tang En's arrival had changed a lot of things, but it could not turn a good-for-nothing into a genius, so Mr. Rode did not change at all.
He wanted to equalize the score, but he lacked a concrete idea. As a result, Nottingham Forest scored another goal and completely declared the end of the game.
What was even more unbearable was that his failure had led to Eastwood's glorious comeback. No one cared about Newcastle's result or performance in this game. Now everyone was talking about one man — Freddie Eastwood.
However, Newcastle United was a traditionally strong team in the north. It was a disgrace to be a supporting role for a player.
Although the match was not over yet, the City Ground stands had already begun celebrating ahead of time. Glenn Roeder's face was livid as he looked at the jubilant Nottingham Forest fans.
It wasn't that he couldn't accept failure, but he couldn't accept losing to that man again.
Although it had been three years, he still remembered the words Tony Twain had said to him at the press conference after that FA Cup final — "You'd better pray that your team doesn't get relegated." He had never seen such an ungentlemanly manager, and what made him even angrier was that this ungentlemanly man had hit the nail on the head! At the end of the season, even though West Ham United desperately tried to get points in the second half of the season, they could not escape the fate of being relegated. His West Ham United team was probably the relegated team with the most points in history.
He believed that it was all the "credit" of Tony Twain's curse.
He kept this score firmly in his heart.
If the West Ham United team that he led had gone through a huge reversal in half a season and finally stayed in the Premier League, would his personal coaching career have changed and developed in a better direction? Roeder believed that it was for sure, because he had accomplished something that he had not been optimistic about before he took office. It could be called a "miracle."
He did not expect that because of that man's "curse," his "miracle" would become a bubble. His success, honor, and money would all disappear. Now, seeing Twain become more and more successful, he became more and more indignant. It felt as if Twain had stepped on his corpse to get to where he was.
Today, he lost again at the hands of this man, which made him even more dissatisfied with this man.
But Twain did not care about Mr. Glenn Roeder's feelings and thoughts. Roeder hated him so much, maybe Twain had long forgotten the grudge between him and Roeder.
Who was Glenn Roeder?
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As soon as the game ended, Eastwood was surrounded by the swarming reporters. He once again became the focus of the media's attention. But this time, the gazes that looked at him no longer had sympathy. There was only respect and admiration, as well as a little surprise.
No one would say that he was a pitiful person who could only play in garbage time. He used his actions to prove that he had not fallen to that point.
Eastwood, who had undergone knee surgery three times, could score a goal when he went on the field. He was even better than before!
He was the hero who turned the game around and saved the team!
The "Romani Rooney" was back again!
…
Everyone must have these thoughts in their hearts.
Questioning his ability? What a joke. Did we ever question it?! We've always believed in him …
Twain looked at the reporters and the cameramen carrying the cameras. It was as if he was looking at a swarm of flies surrounding a cream cake.
He grinned and turned to leave the noisy stadium.
Even though he hated this kind of thing, he knew in his heart that the football world was cruel and utilitarian. If Eastwood's performance in this game was mediocre, then the countless voices of doubt after the game would not only drown out Eastwood, but also him. But as long as you scored a goal, no matter how you performed at other times, as long as you scored a goal, it would make everyone forget your mediocrity at other times. As long as you scored a goal, you would be successful.
What was the standard to measure success? It was the result, not the process.
Wasn't this society the same? Cruel and utilitarian.
Fortunately, Eastwood proved his ability and maintained his dignity. He did not become a victim of this rule.
The next day, the photos of Eastwood after he scored the goal were all over the major media outlets. Almost everyone was shocked that Eastwood could score a goal in his first game back after ten months. Because of this, there were reporters who specially went to the hospital where Eastwood was treated, Nottingham University Royal College of Medicine's doctor, Stephen Albert. The Notts County fan expressed his disdain for the media's surprise. "What's so strange about it? I'm not surprised that he scored. Some people would have long broken down after facing ten months of continuous surgery and treatment, but he never thought of giving up. Because of this, it's normal for him to score a goal in his first game back! "
Of course, the Nottingham local media were the ones who publicized the incident the most. Nottingham Evening Post's reporter, Pierce Brosnan, ridiculed Mark Lawrenson, who kept badmouthing Eastwood before the game. "… Fortunately, he didn't make a bet that if Eastwood scored, he would shave his head …"
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