Godfather Of Champions

After playing against Macedonia, on September 9th, England was given a bye in the second round of the qualifiers. However, the team did not disband early, but played a friendly match in London and visiting Australia.

This day was also Tony Dunn's birthday. After this day, he would be 45 years old and ran towards the forty-six year old.

The internationals from the Forest team hope to use a victory to make a birthday gift to the boss, but Dunn doesn't care about the result of the game. For him, this is an opportunity for the team to adapt the lineup. He doesn't mind having a large number of players who did not play in the game against Macedonia.

But before playing against Australia, Dunn has one very important thing to do.

On the morning of the game, he drove away from Kearney alone and also left London. He returned to Nottingham along the A1 highway, and then found the barbershop he had visited many times before.

Then he sat quietly on the chair and asked the middle-aged master to dye his hair.

Yes, the important thing is to dye your hair.

After days of hard work, his white hair has a tendency to increase again. The hair dyed before grows out, black and white, and it doesn't look good.

For him, dyeing his hair is an important part of maintaining his image. He is only forty-six years old. He wants to make himself look young as much as possible. He doesn't want to give people an "old" impression. Forty-six years old is certainly not old, but the gray hair on his forehead will give people a feeling that he is already sixty-six years old, which is not so good...

"Tony." The master Connery who dyed his hair is five years older than him. Since Dunn decided to dye his hair, he has been serving Dunn, and the relationship between the two is fairly close. So he was able to chat with Dunn while dyeing his hair.

"Huh?" Dunn, who closed his eyes, replied lazily with his nose.

"happy Birthday!"

Tang En opened his eyes when he heard the words and turned his head slightly, trying to send a surprised look to the other party, but was stopped.

"Don't move, Tony."

"How do you know my birthday today? I remember I never told you..."

"Ha, as a celebrity, your birthday has long been a secret, right? Today's "Evening Post" also used a special page to wish you a happy birthday. Even if you didn't know it before, you know it today." Kang Nari laughed.

Dunn's mood is not too high, he murmured: "It's already forty-six, and celebrating my birthday six years ago is not a happy thing for me."

Connery smiled silently and continued to work on his work.

Dunn's cell phone rang at this time. He put the earphones on his ears and pressed the answer button.

"Happy birthday, Uncle Tony!"

Shania's energetic voice came from the Bluetooth headset, making Dunn feel much better in an instant. Although Shania and Connelly said the same thing. At the same time he was also a little surprised.

"It's past two o'clock in the morning on your side?" There is an eight-hour time difference between London and Los Angeles, and Dunn's side is now ten twenty in the morning.

Shania smiled and said, "Wait specifically to call you at this time, otherwise I can't sleep."

Listening to his wife's voice, Dunn suddenly wanted to reach out and hug her. He lifted his shoulders, only to realize that the two people are separated by an Atlantic Ocean and a piece of American continent. It might not be enough to describe them by thousands of mountains.

"Forty-six, and one year old..." Dunn didn't mind having outsiders by his side, he was flirting with Shania on the phone.

"My Uncle Tony becomes more attractive as he gets older! I like old men!" Shania groaned. It was as if she was being held in her arms by Dunn and acting like a baby. "what are you doing?"

"Dye your hair."

When Shania heard Dunn say this, she suddenly laughed: "Use this to celebrate your birthday. Is this your birthday wish, Uncle Tony?"

"Of course, I can spend a few more years with you when I'm a few years younger." Perhaps because he realized that this question was a bit sad, Dunn quickly changed the subject: "Is it hard to film in Los Angeles?"

"It's okay. I'll go to Paris in a few days. I'll see you in time." Shania was also very smart and didn't dwell on that issue.

"Long stay?"

"Can only stay for three days..." Shania's voice was a little lost.

Dunn was also silent for a moment.

Long-term separation prevents them from even living like normal couples, and it is not known how long this situation will last.

"I read the news that your England team won Macedonia. It is still a big win. Congratulations, Uncle Tony!" This question is as sad as "How long can Uncle Tony stay with me", so Shania also changed the subject. Although she doesn't care about football, it's better than talking about it.

The two chatted a little more, and Dunn kept urging Shania to go to bed. She drew on it several times, and Shania finally hung up and went to bed reluctantly.

Dunn took off the earphones, and Connery could finally dye his hair.

"You have a great relationship, Tony," Connery said enviously. "My mouth just knows to complain that I don't make much money."

"So do you envy the separation of the two places, Connery?"

"If I live apart from my mother-in-law, I would be happy! Haha!" Connelly laughed loudly, and Dunn laughed with him. "No one cares about drinking, no one cares about watching football! A free life is what every man like me desires!"

"Hey, Tony. Can you tell me something about the night game? How are you going to play Australia?" Connelly suddenly lowered his voice and asked in Dunn's ear after laughing.

Dunn smiled: "How else can I play? Those who didn't get a chance to play in the last game will have a chance to appear this evening."

"That's right. Australia is not a strong team." It is quite natural to say this from an English fan. In their eyes, I am afraid that except for England, other teams are not strong teams. "Then I will cheer you up in front of the TV tonight!"

"Thank you, Connery."

The two stopped talking. Connery focused on the work he was doing. Dunn continued to enjoy his free time with his eyes closed, and then he did not know when he fell asleep. He has been very tired recently, lack of sleep, and can always fall asleep easily at this time.

But this will not be a reason to hinder Connery's work, because even when sleeping in the chair, Dunn's head always maintains a fixed posture, and does not hang down.

When Dun En was woken up, it was already after dyeing his hair.

"Am I asleep?" Dunn was still a little confused.

Connery smiled and nodded: "I sleep quite heavy, you won't wake up no matter how I play with you."

"Uh... sorry." Tang En rubbed his eyes, and then looked at himself in the mirror.

With black hair, plus having just slept, he looks more energetic than when he first came. With this image in front of players and the media, there should be nothing to worry about.

He grinned at the mirror and made a smile. "It works well!" he praised. "If I can, I really want to suggest to the FA to call you into the national team coaching staff, Connery!"

"Ha!" Connelly laughed, "Do you specifically dye your hair?"

Dunn took out the money and tipped Connery, "Yes."

Walking out of the store, Dunn got into his jeep, pulled down the rearview mirror, and looked at his own image. After confirming that there were no omissions or carelessnesses, he started the car and drove out of here, heading towards London. .

On the long and boring road, he hummed an English song he learned in middle school.

"Happy_birthday_to_you~~Happy_birthday_to_you~~~Happy_birthday_dear_teacher——Happy_birthday_to_you......"

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Before lunch, Dunn finally rushed back to the hotel. He told Walker in the morning that he had some personal affairs to go out, so everyone was not surprised that he came back from outside.

The players were dining, Dunn found the coach's table and sat down to greet his colleagues.

"Happy birthday!" Walker held up a glass of juice to him. At the same time, he noticed the black hair on top of Dunn's head and it was a lot more yesterday. He guessed what Dunn was doing.

"Happy birthday, Tony!" The others also toasted to Dunn.

"Thank you, thank you..." Dunn responded one by one.

When Walker saw Dunn sitting down, he smiled mysteriously at Dunn: "We prepared a birthday cake for you."

He clapped his hands.

Then I saw the players stood up, smiled and clapped their hands and sang "Happy Birthday" together. The two captains Wood and Terry walked in through the door pushing a small dining car.

In the singing, they passed through the restaurant lobby of the entire hotel and walked to Dunn's desk.

Wood opened the lid, and what appeared in front of Dunn was a chocolate cream cake in the shape of Wembley Stadium.

"Happy birthday, Boss." Wood tried to put a sincere smile on his face, but it seemed even more awkward...

Dunn smiled and shook his head: "Have you planned for a while?"

"We heard from Aron accidentally after we won the Macedonian game." Terry explained.

Mitchell heard his name mentioned, and quickly raised his hand to wave to Dunn. It seems to be introducing him to meet with a wide audience of friends.

"Don't blame me for talking, boss!" Mitchell said in a loud voice, "I was just discussing with David what gift to give you on his birthday. They heard it." He pointed to the other teammates around him.

In fact, Dunn is a very close head coach. Although there are many unfavorable rumors outside, the players of these national teams found that the devil-like man is not difficult to get along with after spending a week with Dunn... And sometimes it's very easy to get along with. You are joking with him, he will never scold you with staring eyes, and ask you to pay attention to the difference between the top and bottom. If he is in a good mood, he will take the initiative to joke with you. For example, after winning Macedonia, Dunn played George Wood's joke in the locker room, and it was really funny to see that George Wood, who was always straight-faced, couldn't laugh or cry in front of Dunn's rogue face. Tony Dunn is the only person who can make jokes with that cold-faced evil star.

Seeing so many players worrying about their birthdays, Dunn's heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment. It seems that he has captured the hearts of these players, and the team is in harmony.

He stood up and accepted the birthday cake from the players. He raised the cup, which was filled with juice.

"I am very grateful to you guys. The national team will be temporarily disbanded after this game. The next game is October 16. I hope that at that time I can still see you come back to me, healthy. Kang is in excellent condition. Arranging so many excellent players is of course also the headache of the coach, but I would rather enjoy such an annoyance, which is a happy annoyance for me. Let’s relax and enjoy the evening game! Thank you!"

This is a good opportunity, he has not forgotten to use this opportunity to get closer to himself and the players.

He drank all the juice in the glass.

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In the evening game, as Dunn said, the England national team's lineup was completely different from the previous game.

Even George Wood was put on the bench. None of the eleven players started in the game against Macedonia.

Australia does not view this game that way. Although Britain is their sovereign state politically, football is not political. It is a very tempting result to beat England at the New Wembley Stadium. Australia wants to give it a try.

This kind of game still attracted many fans to watch the game.

When Australia took advantage of England’s lineup, they took the lead, and they were aggressive.

Although Dunn doesn't care about the results, he just wants to examine the performance of these players. But not everyone on the court thinks that way.

For example, Joe Martock and Bentley, Abangraho, three players from the forest team, they don't want to lose the game on the first birthday. A birthday cake is a birthday cake, and a birthday gift should be a victory in this game. Even if it's just a friendly match, they don't want to lose.

Dunn's long-term philosophy instilled in Nottingham Forest played a similar role at this time. The unwillingness of Forest players to lose makes them work harder on the court.

The narrator thought it was a way of hoping to perform well in front of Dunn and have a chance to be selected for the starting lineup.

Before the end of the first half, England's "Nottingham Forest Gang" came to a tacit cooperation and tore open the Australian defense. In the case of the team's lack of tacit cooperation, these small cooperation with players from the same club showed value.

Joe Martock made a long diagonal pass from the left to the right. Bentley stopped the football beautifully and then diagonally passed to the center. Forward Abang Raho took full advantage of his speed and jumped in and threw away the bulky Australia. The central defender, received a football into the penalty area!

After the formation of a single pole, things were much simpler. Abangraho used Xu Huang's upper body to trick the goalkeeper and then shot. The football passed through the goalkeeper's feet and rolled into the goal. The score was tied 1:1 by England!

After the goal, Abang Raho ran all the way to the coaching bench in England and hugged Tony Dunn.

"Happy birthday, boss!"

On the way back to the court, Abangraho also pulled other teammates and said: "We can't let the Australians disturb the birthday night, we must win!" He clenched his fist and waved vigorously.

The players of the Forest team worked very hard. It didn't look like a friendly match for investigating the lineup, but more like a life and death battle involving who can qualify.

The Australian resisted desperately for a while at the beginning of the second half, then raised his hand to surrender.

England began to exert force in the second half, which was completely outside of Dunn's arrangement.

In the 67th minute, Curtis Davis succeeded in the corner kick, heading for England to overtake the score.

In the seventy-ninth minute, Delphi broke into the penalty area and received a pass from Vaughan and then scored a low shot. The score became 3:1.

In the 85th minute, Tangning even scored a goal, but was ruled offside and the goal was invalid.

However, Dunn was already very satisfied with the score of 3:1. The strength of England is indeed higher than that of Australia.

At the press conference after the game, some reporters who had a better relationship with Dunn congratulated Dunn on winning the game on his birthday and received the best birthday gift.

It seems that after becoming the head coach of the England national team, his birthday will not be celebrated alone.

The forty-sixth birthday is Dunn’s first birthday in the national team. He is one year older. (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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