Golden Greenery

Fans who like to watch the Premier League must have heard the names of some teams that are famous but cannot be found today, such as Sheffield Wednesday, QPR, Charlton, Blackburn, and Coventry. They are currently struggling to survive in the Premier League. Championship, League One or League Two.

And, of course, Nottingham Forest, in the Championship.

But I believe that a considerable number of fans have a certain understanding of Nottingham Forest and coach Brian Clough through the book "The Godfather of Champions" written by Qidian football guru Lin Haitingtao, because their ups and downs in the Premier League have never been Go to the center of the stage.

Before Manchester United ruled England, the dominant player was Liverpool. Nottingham Forest had never established an era of its own, but their greatness lay in the fact that during Liverpool's heyday, they snatched an old English League One championship and retained the Champions League.

Forty years ago, too long ago.

In 2005, Nottingham Forest was relegated from the English Championship to League One, becoming the only former Champions League champion in the history of European football to be relegated to the third tier of their country.

Nowadays, Nottingham Forest is just a mediocre team in the English Championship that is suffering from internal and external troubles. It currently does not even have a head coach.

On the last day of last year, coach Mark Warburton was sacked due to poor results, and youth team coach Gary Brazier took over temporarily.

But such a team, Nottingham Forest, which has been languishing in the British Championship, eliminated Arsenal, which had won three trophies in the past four years, 4:2 in the third round of the 2017-18 FA Cup.

The 'thermos cup' in Professor Wenger's hand became cold, the wolfberries spilled and the chrysanthemums withered.

The professor has been coaching Arsenal for 21 years, and this is the first time in 21 years that they have been eliminated from the FA Cup in the third round. For Premier League teams, the third round is actually the first round. Arsenal was slapped in the face when they went out.

The last time Arsenal exited the FA Cup so early, Wenger was still coaching Nagoya Grampus. At that time, the professor's hair was dark and somewhat flowing.

Losing is not terrible, and an upset loss to a lower level is not the end of the world. The terrible thing is that Nottingham Forest still has an advantage in the game, which makes people feel that Arsenal lost quite shamelessly.

Wenger is the manager with the most FA Cup titles in history, having led Arsenal to seven titles. The establishment of Wenger's halo as a famous coach, the undefeated championship in the 03-04 season accounts for 30%, the seven FA Cups account for 30%, jokes account for 30%, and the remaining 10%.

Losing is not terrible, even if the defending champion loses to the scumbag of the British Championship, it is not the end of the world. But four goals were conceded, and Arsenal themselves felt shameless.

The last time Arsenal conceded four goals to a lower-level team in the FA Cup was 1. At that time, China was still the Qing Dynasty.

Wenger's predecessor, Scot Bruce Rioch, also exited the FA Cup in the third round at 1 Arsenal, losing to Aston Villa.

After the season, although he led the team to fifth place in the Premier League and had a UEFA Cup spot, Rioch was dismissed due to transfer fee budget issues.

Later people said that Rioch's only contribution to Arsenal was the purchase of Bergkamp from Inter Milan during his tenure, which cost him a whopping £7.5 million.

One more thing, in 2008, coach Bruce Rioch's file was also on the desk of the Chinese Football Association and he became a candidate for the national football coach. He later went to Danish club Aalborg.

I don’t know if Professor Wenger will be eliminated from the third round again after 21 years and the thermos cup is gone. Will Professor Wenger think of Rioch who has long retired?

Si minus Si. This is the biggest, or even the only, upset in this round of the FA Cup. The rest of the Premier League teams either passed smoothly or were unfortunately tied and needed to play a second extra game.

It is worth mentioning that apart from Manchester City VS Burnley, there is another dialogue between the Premier League, Liverpool VS Everton.

The most expensive defender in football, Dutchman Phil van Dijk, made his first appearance for Liverpool in this game and was the starter.

During the game, Van Dijk's defensive performance was quite satisfactory, and Liverpool's overall state was also very ordinary.

But in the 84th minute after the 1:1 draw, Van Dijk headed Chamberlain's corner kick into the Everton goal, and Liverpool won 2:1 to advance to the top 32.

With a goal on his debut, Van Dijk at least bodes well for Liverpool.

Uncle Zha’s new defender is in place, but what about Manchester City’s?

Barcelona will not sell Umtiti, let alone Neymar, who is not short of money. Even if they are short of money, they will not sell it.

Chiellini is not optimistic either. Jiaojiao is indeed a top-notch central defender today, but it is unclear whether he wants to leave Juventus and Serie A.

Jiaojiao's contract with Juventus expires next year, and she is currently in the process of renewing it. Maybe she wants to use Manchester City to give herself more bargaining chips.

And Jiaojiao is not young anymore. The 34-year-old veteran has never left Serie A before. If he does not adapt to Manchester City, who will be responsible if his reputation is ruined in the Premier League?

Things are different now. In the past, the classic Italian central defender was unwilling to play abroad because he was proud of Serie A. Nowadays, the pride is basically gone, leaving only a little bit of self-pleasure, and the style of football has also undergone tremendous changes. The most popular ones are defenders produced in France and Spain.

Chiellini really came to the Premier League. At his age, Manchester City and he were actually taking a gamble.

Xiru bxwx.co Xiru. Umtiti is not very old, just over 24 years old. And this year, he is very comfortable in Barcelona's defensive system, and there must be no problem adapting to Guardiola. But who knows if this will be his only peak year? Will it turn into a reverse sleeping dragon and phoenix next year?

For Manchester City now, it is really harder to buy a good central defender than to have a baby at an advanced age.

The defender has not yet been bought, but a former meritorious veteran has completely left. After the winter window opened, Yaya Toure joined Olympiakos of Greece freely.

In 2005, Cikki Metallurgical transferred to Olympiakos. After staying there for a year, he went to Monaco, and another year later, he went to Barcelona. This time it was equivalent to returning to his old club.

After his contract with Manchester City expired last summer, Toure did not get a contract extension. At that time, he was very unconvinced, so he was focused on finding a new home in the Premier League, with the hidden intention of giving Manchester City a good look on the court. His goal was to select Chelsea and Manchester United for BIG.

But until the transfer window was about to close, Toure finally realized that he was stupid and naive, let alone BIG.

Including contacting Barcelona and Monaco, Toure lowered the conditions and expressed his willingness to start as a substitute, as long as he was given a contract.

Football is a utilitarian world, and if you want to talk about emotions, you must have absolutely irreplaceable strength. The transfer window is closed, and Toure knows that the world is in trouble.

Mihe Mi. At the age of 34, if you really have to waste a year, you might as well just retire. Not everyone is called Zhuoyang. In order to maintain competitive status, Toure put down his body and returned to the Manchester City training center to do basic training with the team.

It was not until the end of November that Manchester City learned from other channels that Toure had reached an agreement with Olympiakoski and informed him that he needed to leave.

After this, it may be difficult to return to the five major leagues. Four consecutive African Footballer of the Year and one of the best stars in African history, Yaya Toure has actually embarked on the road to retirement.