As the referee blew the three whistles that represented the end of the match, the City Stadium erupted in loud cheers. All the Forest fans rose from their seats, raised their arms and waved to the sky, singing the Forest anthem loudly.

Although it wasn't their first Champions League final, they couldn't be too many of those victories to come back.

"We have another chance to prove ourselves and show the world that last season's final was just an accident and that Nottingham Forest's red will become the dominant colour in European football in the future!"

The Nottingham narrator shouted impassionedly over the radio in the police car.

The young policeman listened intently as he lay on the side of the car door, while the old policeman turned his gaze to the city stadium not far ahead. It was brightly lit and cheered.

I really want to be on the scene at this time...... That must be a great feeling!

The walkie-talkie on the shoulder made a rustling sound: "...... 0415, the game is over, the fans leave the stadium immediately, pay attention to maintaining order, over. ”

"0415 understood, over."

He patted the young man who was listening, "Get up and get to work, young man." ”

"Huh? Okay......" The young policeman was still a little reluctant.

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Heartbroken Chelsea fans have begun to retire from the pitch and Forest fans remain in the stands chanting in celebration of their victory.

Don ended his celebration and walked in front of Mourinho.

This time, Mourinho didn't dodge, but stood there and waited for Don to come and shake hands.

Tang En was a little surprised by this.

He walked up to Mourinho and said: "I thought you would turn around and leave. ”

"I wouldn't mind turning around and leaving now if you wished." Mourinho said with a blank face.

Tang En hurriedly stretched out his hand: "If you want to go, shake your hand first." ”

Mourinho stretched out his hand with a straight face, touched Donne's palm lightly, and immediately separated. After the post-match ceremony, he left the City Stadium without looking back. The Chelsea players have long since left the pitch in a hurry, and now only the Foresters fans and players are left on the pitch.

Don said goodbye to Mourinho and evaded the reporters, taking to the pitch to celebrate the victory with his teammates.

They ran from under one stand to the other, waving their hands to thank the fans.

At first there was only singing in the stands, but then a voice gradually sounded, repeating it back and forth intermittently in the singing, and everyone soon heard it, it was a word.

"Athens!"

Later, the singing gradually faded away, and this shout became the only sound on and off the field.

Whether it is the fans or the players, even the stadium cleaners who are busy, they all stop their work at this moment and raise their arms and shout with everyone.

"Athens! Athens! Athens! Athens ——!! ”

Outside the stadium, the Chelsea fans who had left the stadium looked back at the small stadium with some surprise, where they could clearly hear the roar of "Athens Athens".

Next to the police car number 0415, the two police officers on duty also looked up, and the stadium surrounded by brilliant lights looked like a crater that was still emitting heat.

The sound grew louder and louder, rushing out of the City Stadium, carried by the evening breeze from Sherwood Woods, over the Trent Bridge outside the City Stadium, and dispersing in all directions, spreading through every corner of Nottingham City.

The sound of bars, taxis, homes of ordinary residents, and the TV franchise of large shopping malls stirred the hearts of all Forest fans, and they couldn't help but raise their arms and shout.

"Athens! Athens! Athens! Athens ——!! ”

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The second "Nottingham Evening Post" sports page has a huge headline that occupies half of the page, and the big outrageous headline has only one word -

Athens!

Needless to say, everyone knows that after the fierce battle between Nottingham Forest and Chelsea, it was Nottingham Forest who went to Athens.

This comes from Pierce. Bruce's inspiration was surprisingly good, and this issue of the Nottingham Evening Post was sold out as soon as it hit the newsstands. Compared to those long articles that reported how last night's game went, this headline was more direct to the heart, and all Nottingham Forest fans couldn't help but recall yesterday's passionate night.

Athens! Athens! Athens! Athens ——!!

After getting the newspaper, this voice seemed to echo in his ears again, and people couldn't help but want to raise their arms and chant again.

Real Forest fans don't need to watch other media describe last night's game in words and pictures, they watched it all, all they need now is to fully vent their emotions.

When Donn went out to pick up the newspaper in the morning, the neighbors on this street saw him holding up the latest Nottingham Evening Post in their hands and shouted to him: "Athens!!" ”

Don smiled and waved in thanks.

Retrieving the newspaper, Donn ate the simple breakfast he had made with his hand as he flipped to the sports section, and he laughed when he saw Bruce's idea.

Just then, the phone rang.

"Hey, ah, it's Mr. 007." Don was in a good mood and called Pierce. Bruce joked.

"Tony, I want you to do an exclusive interview with me."

Don looked at the headline in the newspaper and nodded, "I'm fine, but are you sure it's the best time for an interview?" ”

Bruce didn't understand what Donn meant, "Huh? Why not? Your team has just reached the Champions League final for the second year in a row, and that's not something anyone can do......

"No, I mean, if you do an interview with me now, and then send it out tomorrow, what are you going to do in a few weeks?"

"Huh? How many more weeks? ”

"That's right, in a few weeks' time, after the Champions Cup final, what are you going to do against the new European champions? Do you want another interview with fried cold rice, Mr. Reporter? Don Sul pried his feet onto the table and leaned back in his chair teasing Bruce.

There was an exclamation, followed by silence.

Don was not in a hurry, took the phone, and continued to read his newspaper.

After a while, Bruce's voice rang again on the phone: "Tony, are you so sure your team can win the championship?" What if you can't win the championship? Our newspaper always has to prepare two sets of plans to ......"

"Don't prepare, just a plan to win the championship." Don's tone was unmistakable. "If I don't win the Champions Cup, I'll jump straight from the Aegean Sea!"

Bruce was stunned for a moment: "You're really kidding, Tony......"

"No, I'm serious. You can even put it in the newspapers and spread it widely so that everyone knows about me, Tony. Donn promised to jump off the Aegean Sea if he didn't win the Champions Cup! Seeing that Bruce was silent, Donn added, "If you don't believe me, I can also invite all the media involved in covering the Champions Cup to move to the beach after the game and see me jump into the sea for myself." ”

"Hey, Tony......" Bruce lowered his voice. You are crazy?! ”

"You're crazy. As a supporter of the Forest team, it is so unbelievable to have such no confidence in his team. ”

"It's not that I'm without faith...... It's just that work is work, and feelings belong to feelings. It's ...... rule to prepare two sets of plans to deal with two outcomes before the big finals."

Glancing at the huge newspaper headline, "Athens," Donn shook his headline, "Okay, I'll give you an idea." You can say to your boss like this: if Nottingham Forest don't win the Champions Cup, your plan B is to leave most of the page blank in the sports section, and then write in bold bold on it - 'Nottingham Forest lose again and again, we have nothing to say'! ”

After saying this, he forcibly cut off the phone.

"Phew!" He spat three times on the ground. "It's unlucky! Before the game was played, I had to think about the excuse of losing. What is the difference between this and every time Chinese football plays, the commentator says, 'Even if we lose this time, we can still learn valuable lessons and learn from failures'? Eggless bastard! ”

After scolding Chinese football and putting away the tableware briefly, Don En got up and went out to knock on Tang's door.

It's time for them to go. Go to Milan, Italy, watch the semi-finals live and see your opponents in the final up close.

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"I didn't expect that...... In the end, it was Nottingham Forest who made it to the final. ”

In Milan, after watching the semi-final the day before, Ferguson chatted with members of his coaching staff after training, and assistant coach Queirouz was a little surprised that Forest could knock out Chelsea, and he has always looked down on Donn and his Forest team, so it was normal to be surprised. Perhaps it was because of rumours that Donne might be handpicked by Alex Ferguson as his successor, which made him a little surprised - he thought he was the only person to succeed Ferguson in charge of the future of Manchester United.

"Nothing surprising, Carlos." Ferguson said. "It's normal for either of their teams to reach the final. Don't look down on the Forest, or sooner or later you'll suffer. "He doesn't give Queiroz any face, Ferguson enjoys absolute authority here, and no one dares to go against his will.

Queiroz closed his mouth and stopped talking.

Being reprimanded by Ferguson in front of so many people, he felt very faceless, but he couldn't say anything, he could only hold his depression in his heart.

Ferguson didn't have time to care about Queiroz's mental health and was still talking to his coaches about last night's game because the final opponents who had already been decided were to face Forest if United could reach the final.

When the time comes, no one will have any room to spare.

"Defensive counter-attack...... It's a great way to get results in the big game. ”

"Maybe we should play against them in Milan?" It was proposed.

Ferguson glanced at the man.

"Have Manchester United made defence a training focus like Nottingham Forest for three seasons?"

Everyone shook their heads together after being stunned.

"It's the night and it's the game, and now it's asking for a counter-attack? I see that in the end, it is we who collapse first. Manchester United football is what it is, there is no need to learn from others. "Ferguson said that he was arrogant, and he did have the confidence to say this. As the founder and guardian of the Red Devils dynasty, Manchester United has a free own style, and learning from others has become a clown?

"Okay, keep training!" Ferguson stood up and said to the silent Queiroz, "You give me the footage of yesterday's game and the first leg of the match between the two teams, and when the evening game is over, we will study it." ”

Queiroz nodded.

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"I'm not surprised that Nottingham Forest are in the final. I look at that Tony. Donn is not like an Englishman, but like an Italian who is enough for us. Ancelotti was surrounded by a large number of journalists in the hotel and the two sides were quick to talk about the match that had just ended last night.

"I don't think much else than that." Before the tournament, Carlo Ancelotti was cautious and didn't want everyone to focus on another team that had nothing to do with him.

"The game at night? I respect Ferguson, but it will be AC Milan who will win. ”

After a hurried end of the interview, Ancelotti got up and walked towards the elevator, where he wanted to go back to his room to rest for a while. It's just past noon, so take a break to keep your mind clear during the evening game.

With a "ding" sound, the elevator door slowly opened in front of him, and he was surprised to see a person.

Don is chatting with Don in the elevator while waiting for the door to open. As soon as the door opened a crack, he saw the people standing outside the door.

"Huh." Don laughed, "What a coincidence. He said to Don next to him, "It turns out that this is the AC Milan hotel, and I thought they were all staying in their own house." ”

"It's the same with any team, Tony." Don reminded him, "Before the game, the training ground, the hotel, the stadium are three points and one line. ”

Carlo Ancelotti saw Donn and his assistant coach talking and laughing, and his face did not look very good.

It wasn't because he was uncomfortable meeting Donn. It's because it's his team that lives here, but the enemy's head coach also lives in, wouldn't it be possible to get a closer look at the latest movements of his team?

Seeing the expression on Ancelotti's face, Don quickly raised his hands, regardless of whether the other party could understand or not, and explained to him in English: "Ah, don't worry, Mr. Ancelotti." I have a good personal relationship with Alex Ferguson, but I'm not a free informant. It's all a coincidence...... A wonderful coincidence...... Hey! ”

He had just finished speaking, and before he could put down his hands, suddenly a flower appeared in front of him, and white light flashed.

When his eyes returned to normal, he saw a digital photojournalist give him a thumbs up.

"That's a good pose!" The curly-haired male reporter said in broken tongue-curling English.

Donn's brow furrowed, and his face suddenly became more ugly than Ancelotti's.

"Fu ......" Don was just about to scold this international lingua franca when he saw the elevator door in front of him closing - because no one was entering or leaving, the door would close automatically when the time came.

“…… ck！ When the last syllable popped out, the door was shut.

By the time Don pressed the door open again, the photojournalist was gone. And Ancelotti didn't stand at the door waiting for the elevator, maybe he changed to another one.

"!" Donn scolded in Chinese, "That bastard Italian journalist! Better not let me see him again! ”

"Can you still kill him when you see him?" Don asked.

"No, I'm going to embarrass him!" Don gritted his teeth. "Let's go back, I don't have the heart to go shopping!" With that, he turned around and walked back to the elevator and pressed the floor button.

Don shook his head behind him and ran in as well.

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That night, the second semi-final was played at the San Siro, and in a pouring rain, AC Milan made the most of their home advantage to bombard Manchester United.

The score of 3:1 represents the final result, and according to international practice, the home team is in front and the away team is in the back.

Ferguson suffered a heavy defeat at AC Milan at Manchester United, with the in-form Kaka scoring two goals and setting up Seedorf for a goal. Manchester United only took advantage of the lax AC Milan defence in the last minute by Paul Scholes to score a face-saving goal from distance.

Before the game, the match was hyped by the media as Kaka and Cristiano. The direct battle between Ronaldo's two young talents is likely to be the one that will determine who will be the result of the World Footballer of the Year award at the end of the year.

In the end, in the heavy rain, Brazil's Kaka defeated Cristiano from Portugal. Ronaldo. Apart from a yellow card in the 84th minute, Ronaldo got nothing and there was nothing he could do in the face of AC Milan's momentum.

AC Milan eliminated Manchester United 5-4 on aggregate to advance to the final.

The "perfect farewell match" that Donn promised to give Albertini was just around the corner.

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The day after the match, the Milan Sport newspaper prominently displayed not a footage of the game, but a photograph taken in the hotel.

In the photo, the Nottingham Forest manager, who also reached the Champions League final, raised his arms and faced AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti, as if raising his hands in surrender.

The accompanying text below is: Nottingham Forest bow down to AC Milan!

The photo caused an uproar as soon as it came out, and many Italian media outlets reprinted it and appeared in a prominent position, and the whole of Italy was laughing at England's Nottingham Forest club, Tony. Don became the laughing stock of everyone overnight.

“…… I've never seen a manager who raised his hand in surrender before a game, thanks to Toney. Donn, let's open our eyes! ”

A day later, in response, the Nottingham Evening Post published an article titled "Interview with the Forest manager", which seemed to be a long story from the name, but the actual content was only one sentence:

"Tony. Donn: If I can't win AC Milan and win the European Cup, then I'm going to dance the Aegean!! ”

(To be continued)