159 Wizardly Twain Part 1 (1/2)

Chapter 159: Wizardly Twain Part 1

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

”Welcome to Wales! Welcome to Cardiff!” The Sky TV reporter stood in a crowded square with a microphone. Behind him was the largest professional football field in the United Kingdom, and one of Europe's most modern football fields, completed and put to use in 1999 - the Millennium Stadium.

Baring their teeth and waving wildly, the Middlesbrough fans walked in front of the camera and shouted, ”The North will win! Victory to Middlesbrough!”

They had just walked past, when a group of fans from Nottingham, wearing red jerseys, jumped out and stood in front of the camera lens. With glowing red faces and beer bottles raised up in their hands, they shouted in unison, ”Forest, Forest! We are the champions!” After shouting, they belched from the beer, laughing as they walk towards the stadium entrance.

”Welcome to the venue of the 03-04 season finals of the England League Cup, the Millennium Stadium!” continued the announcer.

Because the Millennium Stadium was located in the city center of Cardiff, whenever there was a game, traffic control would be implemented in several main roads to the city center. No vehicles were allowed to pass through, except for the team buses of both two sides. Consequently, the fans had to walk to the stadium.

Gareth Bale and his father were among the crowd flocking to the stadium. Since the First Team had advanced to the EFL Cup final, all levels of the youth team were not required to train today. His father decided to bring Bale Junior to watch the Forest team's glorious moment. After all, he was now a Forest player, so he should cultivate his feelings for the Forest team.

Besides, Tony Twain was the one who gave Bale a chance, and now Bale was doing well in the youth team. He was competent both as a left back, and as a left midfielder, and he also had a beautiful free kick. Also, now that he had been leapfrogged to the under-seventeen youth team, his self-confidence had greatly increased.

All of these things were thanks to Manager Twain. Since the game was held in in his home city, it would be inexcusable not to come watch and cheer Twain on.

After more than half a year of training and building his self-confidence, Bale was taller and stronger than before. A smile would often be on his face, when he was chatting with his father. He was no longer taciturn with the hangdog look.

While they were lining up outside the stadium and waiting for their tickets to be checked to enter, both team's buses arrived at the same time. This sparked a commotion among both sides of team fans outside the stadium. Everyone rushed to the side of the bus of the team they supported. They were cheering, singing, and loudly clapping to greet their respective team.

As the official jersey colors of both teams were red, the team bus colors also looked similar. The only real way to differentiate them was to look at the respective team emblem, as well as ... the Forest team's red color was deeper than that of Middlesbrough's.

Inside the deeper-colored red bus, everyone did not see Twain's figure. The cameras swept across all the players' faces, even the driver'sl, and still, the team's manager could not be found.

Where was Tony Twain?

In fact, Tang En was in the bus, but he hid in the back exit of the bus in order to change his clothes, as he did not want to be seen from the outside in that spot.

I didn't expect to arrive at the stadium at the same time as Middlesbrough. This made Tang En very happy. The confidence to strike my opponents begins now!

After they had waited for Twain to finish changing his clothes, the Forest players inside the bus compartment looked earnestly at the funny-looking tall man. Tony Twain, the manager of this England professional football team, was transformed into a ”Feng Shui master”, wearing a ”Taoist robe” and carrying a compass. Furthermore...who could tell that he was an impostor, when they looked at his severe and serious expression?

Obviously, Tang En managed to convince himself, too. On the way from the hotel to the stadium, he stayed silent, and did not speak a word, continually self-hypnotizing to make himself believe that he was indeed a Feng Shui master from China! He seemed more mysterious and profound in the players' eyes, so it was exceptionally quiet inside the bus compartment along the way.

When the two team buses stopped and opened the bus doors, the camera lens respectively aimed at the doors of the two team buses, cutting between the two scenes. The first to alight from Middlesbrough's side was their manager, Steve McClaren, who later became the England national team manager, and his assistant manager, Terry Venables. The media's evaluation of the two men was: ”The best person to be the assistant manager is the manager, and the best person to be the manager is the assistant manager.”

This statement incisively pointed out what McClaren was good at, and his capability. And Tang En knew he was best suited to the position of the manager, and moreover, the First Team manager. Thus, this was a competition between a manager and an assistant coach.

Next, the Middlesbrough players got off the bus in succession, but there was no movement on the Nottingham Forest side. The deep red bus door was closed. Looking at the inside through the window, the Forest team players were all standing up and looking in the same direction, but did not move.

At this point, despite the fact that the players were still filing out on the Middlesbrough's side, the television camera lenses were still firmly pinned on the Forest team bus. Everyone had the same question: Why Tony Twain was not on the bus, and what were these players doing?