240 Read the Headline Part 1 (2/2)

Dunn did not know how to respond to this. He looked at Twain and saw that Twain was just smiling and looking at Sophia, so he nodded and said, ”Actually, most of the time, he's the one doing the talking.”

Sophia covered her lips and giggled lightly. ”Mr. Twain must have bottled up a lot when he lived alone.”

Twain coughed and scratched his head, ”That's right, I often talk to myself. It irritates him.” And then, he pointed to Dunn.

”It's okay, after listening to him for a long time, it's no different from listening to rap. I just treat it like it's background noise and tune it out.”

Dunn's earnest answer made Sophia laugh heartily with her head lowered. Both shoulders trembled, and her beautiful face was flushed.

”Mr. Twain, Mr. Dunn, I should get going. George?”

When Wood heard his mother's words, he said goodbye to the two men standing in front of him. He did not say much. He just waved his hand. ”Bye.”

After seeing the mother and son walking in the distance, Tang En looked back Dunn and said with some surprise, ”I didn't know you were capable of cracking jokes.”

”Listening to you talk all the time, I think any blockhead would have already gotten the hang of it by now.”

”Isn't this nice!” Twain shrugged. ”You have potential for dry humor! Rap? It's a good analogy, but I actually prefer British rock. Do you like the band Queen? I'm a fan...”

Tang En was jabbering on again.

”Right.” Dunn extended his hand to Tang En. ”I forgot to congratulate you. I watched that game at the stadium, it was very exciting. The tactics, I mean.”

Glancing at Dunn's outstretched hand, Tang En smiled and shook it. ”Thank you.”

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Three days later, Dunn continued his work on the youth team, which was something he was already familiar with, and Twain led the Forest First Team and flew to the city of Ostrava, Czech Republic, to challenge their opponent in the UEFA Europa League qualifying match. This was a decisive game because the Forest team had already won 3:0 in the previous home game. As long as they did not concede four goals in this game, they would enter the UEFA Europa League official tournament.

The Forest team did not have any doubts about winning this game. They felt that even if it was an away game, winning would not be a problem.

They were the Nottingham Forest team that had just beat Chelsea! And what sort of team was FC Baník Ostrava? Could it compare to Chelsea? Could it compare to Arsenal?

With opinions like these, the Forest team was hammered by its opponent at the start of the game. They were behind by a goal.

The opposing striker, who the Forest players could not even name, kicked a long-range shot and struck into the goal that Darren Ward was defending within five minutes of the game's start.

Having conceded a goal so quickly, the Forest players did not react in time. They were completely stupefied and played terribly in the first half of the game. As a result, in the last moments of the first half, Ostrava seized another opportunity and scored another goal. The initial three-goal difference which had made Nottingham Forest so full of confidence had suddenly turned into a one-goal difference!

They had played amazingly in the last game, but played so terribly in this game that it was infuriating. With mostly young players, the Forest team could be very unstable.