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Chapter 704

September 16, 2007, morning.

At the Rosenborg training base in Trondheim, Norway's third largest city, the sky was overcast and it was drizzling.

On the green field.

The Rosenborg players, dressed in black and white, were doing their own individual training.

A black car parked outside the stadium attracted the attention of the players. After getting out of the car, the club's head coach Kotzen quickly came to the other side and opened the door.

The person treated by Kotzen in this way was an old man with brown glasses and gray hair, leaning on a cane and moving slowly. Kotzen held an umbrella and patiently led the old man.

"Who is that?"

"I don't know him."

"Looks a little familiar..."

Just when the players stopped training and looked around curiously. The team's main striker Stephen Iverson suddenly rushed forward and shouted excitedly.

"Mr. Eggen!!"

Hearing this name, all Rosenborg players reacted quickly, showing expressions of shock and excitement that were as great as Iversen's.

"Oh my God, Nils Arne Eggen! He won't be our new head coach, will he?"

In the Norwegian football world, Eggen is well-known, and in the Rosenborg club, Eggen is even more of a legend.

He is recognized as the "godfather of football" in Norway! As a player, he was a Norwegian international, and as a coach, he served as the head coach of the Norwegian men's football team from 1974 to 1977.

For Rosenborg, he has been in charge of the team several times since 1971, helping Rosenborg win 11 top league titles and participate in the Champions League for 8 consecutive times.

He made Rosenborg the most successful club in the entire Norwegian football world, no doubt about it! He also helped the Norwegian national team and Rosenborg cultivate countless talents.

However, in 2002, at the age of 61, he resigned as the head coach of Rosenborg and has been unemployed for the past few years. Everyone thought that the "godfather of football" would never come back and would retire at home.

Unexpectedly!

When Rosenborg just broke up with former head coach Knut Torum, the club legend appeared here, which seemed to represent...

The Rosenborg players speculated, and Stephen Iverson came to the black car like a child.

"Mr. Egan!"

"Stephen? Hahaha, long time no see. No, it's you who haven't seen me for a long time. I often see you on TV."

"You...will you be the new head coach of the team?"

Iverson was so excited that he was speechless. Egan smiled and nodded, looking at the club owner Kotzen on the side.

"I still remember that in 1995, I promoted Stephen from the youth team. Later, I helped the team win two championships, and then he was poached by Tottenham... I didn't expect that I would see Stephen again when I came back here this time."

"Since Stephen came back in 2006, he has been the team's main striker. His current success is inseparable from your training of him."

Cotten responded with a respectful tone, and Egan continued.

"Hahaha, I know. I have read the team's information, and I have made a lot of preparations for this comeback."

Iverson stood obediently by the side and listened to the new head coach and club owner's discussion about him, scratching his head a little embarrassedly.

"Mr. Egan, I regret leaving Rosenborg for the Premier League. I didn't play well at Tottenham... If the club hadn't accepted me in 2006, I might have retired."

"Haha, relax, Stephen. You were the most talented young man in Rosenborg. It's normal for a genius to want to go out and try his luck. That's all in the past. Look forward, we have a tough battle to fight in a few days."

Iverson seemed to be still struggling with the past ten years ago, but Egan didn't care and changed the subject.

"Let's go, Stephen. We are very familiar with each other. Your teammates may not know me. I'm going to say hello to them."

"Mr. Egan, you are too modest. Who doesn't know you in Norway?"

"Hahaha, Stephen. I remember you were not a sweet-talker before. You even quarreled with me..."

Iverson blushed and took a quick glance. He found that Egan was still smiling. He was sure that the old man was just joking and had completely let go of the grudge between them.

Iverson was also very excited.

He didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to play football again under the mentor of his youth in this life.

Fate is really wonderful!

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《Norwegian football godfather Egan returns as interim head coach of Rosenborg!》

That afternoon.

This news quickly topped the hot search list of European football, and its popularity followed closely after Mourinho was dismissed.

As a second-tier European league, the Norwegian Premier League does not have much news, but this time it is different, because Rosenborg's first round opponent in the Champions League group stage is Manchester City!

Any news related to Manchester City can now attract the attention of many fans.

Manchester City training base, head coach's office.

Guardiola is browsing Egan's coaching resume and related information. As his first Champions League match as Manchester City coach in the new season, Guardiola attaches great importance to it and has been actively preparing for it.

Rosenborg's players, commonly used starting lineups, and performance in the Champions League over the years...

However, just three days ago!

Rosenborg's original head coach Knut Torum was forced to resign after the team's poor performance at the start of the new season.

In the past few days, Mourinho has been paying attention to the news about Rosenborg's new head coach.

Because understanding the coaching style of the opponent's head coach is an extremely important part of preparation. Only by determining the head coach can the opponent's playing style be roughly determined.

As a result, Rosenborg invited a head coach who was active in the last century... Guardiola has a headache.

Now it has become a bit difficult to check more video materials. After all, Manchester City was just a relegation team struggling in the Premier League before 2005.

The team's existing database basically only retains information on major Premier League clubs after 2000, as well as information on some well-known British head coaches.

At that time, the direction of preparing the data was only to think about relegation and how to win one Premier League game after another. There was not much information about other leagues at all.

Especially the second-rate league like the Norwegian Premier League!

After another two hours of hard work, Guardiola's mind became increasingly confused by all the incomplete and unreliable information.

Guardiola simply covered his laptop and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that we can only implement the previous preparation plan and keep the same in the face of all changes..."

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