Tony. Donn's failure to attend the post-match press conference did not prevent Italian journalists from mocking him in the media. Look at their gloating looks, as if Nottingham Forest had been knocked out of the competition. But these attacks had little effect on Donn, as he never cared about what was being said in the Italian media every day, and he couldn't read Italian.

Still, he's not in a good mood, because you're going to get bored if a swarm of flies is always whispering in your ears, even though you never understand what the flies are saying – they're going to take on AC Milan in the second leg. Donn could already imagine how he would face the indiscriminate bombardment of the Italian press when he set foot on Italian soil.

There are some things that can't be escaped, this time he used physical discomfort as an excuse to hide from it, what about the next time in Italy?

There is only one way to prevent this tragedy from happening, and that is to defeat AC Milan and dump the tragedy on the Italians.

They did not get the desired result in the Champions League, but fortunately Nottingham Forest won back-to-back games in the domestic league. On 23 February, they won 3-0 at home to Derby County, and on 1 March they beat Manchester City 1-0 away to put Christian Eriksen's side back in shape.

In any case, Manchester City's owner, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is now mired in domestic lawsuits, and he has not bothered to follow his team's record.

※※※ It was in this context that Nottingham Forest Club welcomed several guests from the Far East.

The winners of the Soccer Kid talent show came to Nottingham Forest to officially start their year-long training career.

Two people in the younger age group and one person in the older age group. The Three Men were made by Allen. Adams brought it.

They were accompanied by several staff members of Hunan Television Station, who were going to make several episodes of a program covering the life and training of the teenagers in England, which would be broadcast in China as a way to let the talent show "Soccer Kid" continue to exert its residual heat.

Don has no objection to this, anyway, the training location of these three people is in the youth team, and the media is really tossing in the youth team, it is really deserted there, and it is a good thing to have more popularity. As long as he doesn't come to the first team to get in the way of his work. The only dissatisfaction may be that Don will be dragged for several interviews.

"They'll be at Wilford about 2:45 p.m., and then you'll have to meet with them and say something......" Don was holding a notebook in his hand, and was reading it to Don one by one, which was Donne's work arrangement for today.

Originally, there was no such thing, but today is more special, and the club is afraid that something will go wrong with Donne, so a timetable has been specially arranged for him. This thing is very familiar to Don, because this is basically how his previous life came about.

"Say something?" Don looked away from the computer screen and looked up at Don, who was sitting diagonally across from him. He's playing minesweeper to pass the time of waiting. The computer also has the latest FM Football Manager game on board, but once he plays it, he gets into it and can't hear what the people outside are saying.

The training ground outside the window behind him was empty, there was no one, and it was not yet time for afternoon training.

"Whatever." Don replied.

"That's not written?" Don scoffed. He hated the planner that made him feel like a prisoner who had lost his freedom.

"No, you can do whatever you want, even if you want to speak ill of the club or scare the kids out to tears. But ......," Don said, looking at him, "you have to bear the consequences once." ”

"I'm not that stupid......" Donn muttered. Just say something like 'Welcome to glorious Nottingham Forest', and I'm clear about that. ”

Don nodded and continued reading.

"The media from China would come together for a filming of the meeting, and then there would be a short interview of about five minutes...... to yours. He added.

Don wondered, "Isn't it interviewing you?" ”

"You're the one in charge here." Don said something that made Don feel comfortable.

"Uh-huh."

"Basically, that's it." Don closed the notebook and handed him to Don. "Do you want to watch it again?"

Don took it and put it directly on the table: "No need, it's just to meet a few draft winners, and it's not to meet the queen, and it's so formal." ”

Tang smiled: "Then do you want to say something after meeting them when the time comes?" ”

"No, just say it, like ...... Today's weather is good, and the wind is very good, and the ...... is beautiful," Don spread his hands.

"Aren't you looking forward to meeting Chen Jian? He's so excited to meet you – he's a fan of yours. ”

"He'......" Donn leaned back in his chair and looked up at the ceiling. I don't want him to have any unrealistic fantasies. ”

Just as the two of them were chatting, beautiful Barbara. Miss Lucy knocked on the door and walked in.

"Mr. Tang." She first nodded to Don, who was sitting on the side, and Tang returned the salute.

Then she looked at Donn, "Mr. Donn, they're here." ”

Don listened intently, and did faintly hear some commotion coming from the direction of the gate of the training base. So he frowned and asked, "Are there a lot of people?" ”

"Fifteen journalists from China, four local Nottingham journalists, and a BBC TV interview team, and three contestants." Barb. Lucy was very precise in her number of people.

"Thank you, Miss Lucy." Don nodded in acknowledgement. At the same time he got up from his seat, "Let's go, Don." ”

When the three of them arrived at the gate of the Wilford training base, there were already a lot of people there. In addition to some reporters, more ordinary fans who came here to watch the team's training and look for stars to ask for autographs, they bumped into such a strange thing, so they naturally came up to watch.

"I haven't achieved any results yet, but I've already become a star." Don shrugged, slightly disgruntled.

Don laughed next to him and didn't say anything.

Barb. Miss Lucy said from the perspective of her own work: "Isn't that what Mr. Adams wants to see?" Do you want to go up? She asked.

Don shook his head and stood still. "No, let's take a look here, no one has spotted us yet anyway."

So the three of them quietly observed in an inconspicuous corner.

Allan. Adams was being interviewed by BBC TV on a young female journalist with a gentle smile on her baby face and a very relatable personality. It's not because it's a woman on the other side, that's his usual expression. The opponents who fought him for the first time would look down on him because of his appearance and expression, and only then would they find that they had suffered a great loss because of it...... Alan himself said that he likes to laugh very much, not because it makes him happy, but because he can squint his eyes and hide his shrewdness that does not match the babyface...... It's too cunning.

Others are scrambling to show their shrewdness and show great anger at others for belittling themselves, but Alan. Adams has realized the realm of "great wisdom and foolishness".

Don looked away from Allen, who had nothing to look at with a head full of various currency symbols. He noticed standing with Allen. Next to Adams, three Chinese teenagers stood side by side under the carved logo of Nottingham Forest outside the gate of the training base, making triumphant gestures for the excited reporters to take pictures.

Seeing this scene, he grinned. I'm not here for a tour, do you want to take a group photo? Do you want to turn around and write "so-and-so came here for a visit"?

"Mr. Donn, is it okay?" Barb. Miss Lucy urged from the side.

Don nodded: "Okay, let's go up." He shook his head and walked out first.

Tony. The appearance of Don and assistant coach Don caused some small stirring on the scene - not from the media, but three young players. It could be seen from their excited faces that they were very excited to see the legendary madman coach.

Allen appeared on Donn's face. Adams' favorite smile to see. He greeted the three children warmly and kindly: "Hi, hello. Guests from the Far East. "He speaks Chinese.

Although everyone knew that Tang En could speak fluent Chinese, hearing him say this to himself face-to-face was enough to make the three children happy for a while.

Seeing the expressions on the children's faces, how could Don not know what they were rejoicing about?

Do you think that having a head coach who can speak Chinese is much easier to communicate with and can take advantage of it? If you do, you're very wrong, boys! This is the United Kingdom, and Chinese is not included in the official language.

If there weren't so many reporters here, just him and these three children, Don would have blurted out the above words. But now, if he really said it, Allen, who originally had a "dawn" expression on his face. Adams will definitely be "dark" in an instant...... He didn't want Alan to be detached from the stage in front of so many people.

So the kind smile on his face did not diminish in the slightest, and even thickened. The only difference is that he no longer speaks Chinese, but in English, and Tang is next to him in charge of translating into Chinese.

"I'm glad you're here, kids. Don and I have been waiting for a long time...... "yes, I'm bored to the point of playing minesweeper on my office computer." "It's a pleasure to meet you." He opened his arms and made a welcoming gesture.

"There is no reason in China to entertain guests outside the door, so please come in." The group was let into the training base. The next thing is to take them to the training ground. Here, Donn has a message to the three children, one more interview, and his mission is complete. Showing the kids around the training facilities is something that is done by a dedicated person and doesn't require the first-team manager to come in person.

On the edge of the grassy training ground, a group of people stopped.

In fact, if you really want to talk about the future prospects, the two players in the younger age group are more worthy of everyone's attention, after all, they are young, there is still room for training and upgrading, and their selection is more professional, and there are no gimmicks to satisfy TV audiences. However, because the younger age group does not have any live TV, it is not as popular as the older age group. Therefore, Chen Jian, the third place in the older age group, is still the focus of media attention.

Now, he's standing in front of Donn, looking slightly nervously at the legendary grumpy manager.

"Don't be nervous, I won't do anything to you." Don could see the teenager's mood at this time, and he smiled. Yes, you're still not my soldier, so I won't do anything to you. If you want to be murdered by me, it also depends on whether you have that qualification.

Without waiting for Tang's translation, Chen Jian nodded, obviously he understood.

Don was a little interested in that.

"Can you understand what I'm saying?"

"A little, just a little." Chen Jian replied in English that he was not yet proficient and had a strong Chinese school style. For Chen Jian, it's not bad to be able to understand it at all. Due to his traditional Chinese English education, he has strong reading and writing skills, but weak listening and speaking skills, plus Don's English with a Nottingham country accent...... Chen Jian's English tutoring during the general training camp played a little role.

Tang En remembered that this person was a college student, and nodded as if he had realization. He glanced at the reporters who were filming next to him, what were they expecting? Want to hear me say something nice to satisfy your audience?

Ah, I'm sorry. I'm just going to talk about something practical...... "Well, listen, lad. I won't talk about those beautiful scenes, you didn't come all the way to England to hear some boundless lies, did you? ”

Chen Jian nodded: "No...... Mr. ”

"Very well, so let's talk about something practical. You'll be here...... No, it's there. He pointed to the north, "for a year of training." It's not a commercial showmanship, it's a real youth team training for an English football club, and there are millions of kids in England who are training exactly like you. If you can pass these drills and tests, then you have the ability to play professional football, and if you can't pass, then ......" Don clapped his hands, which translates to "one shot and two scattered".

This time, Chen Jian nodded vigorously. He came with the dream of having the opportunity to play professional football, so if the training was just for show, he might as well not come. Since I came, I had to receive the most formal training.

"I hope you are mentally prepared for this, because the training will be very hard, and it is too late to regret it."

Chen Jian shook his head: "I can't give up, sir." ”

"Well, once you opt in, you are not allowed to give up unless you are eliminated by us. There's only one way to go. Do you understand, Jian Chen? Don said with a straight face.

"I understand, sir." His expression and content also made Chen Jian serious, and he replied honestly.

Don was a little strange when he translated these words, why did Don repeatedly emphasize that the content of the training was hard? As far as he knows, the youth team is not as intense as the first team...... Scaring people?

"Okay, good luck." You do need some good luck...... Don finished the sentence in his heart. After that, he ignored Chen Jian and turned to talk to the other two children, and this time the expression on his face softened a lot.

After completing his mission, Don was pulled by reporters for an interview. The question is unanimous – whether these Chinese teenagers really have a chance to become a full-fledged member of the Forest team in a year's time. Because one of the publicity stunts of the "Soccer Kid" talent show is that if a young player performs extremely well during the one-year training period, he has a chance to become an official member.

Don shook his head before he could finish the question, and poured cold water on everyone. "If it's that easy to become a professional player, then clubs across the UK should abandon their youth programs and go to the media for drafts. I just hope that they will be able to learn something during the year and feel something that should help them in their future life path. Perhaps......" Seeing the disappointment on these people's faces, Don thought for a moment and added, "...... I mean, maybe, after a year of training here, they can become a professional player in other parts of the world, and I know that there are professional leagues in China as well. But here ......"

He shook his head again.

"Okay, thank you for your attention, but I'm sorry I have to go back to prepare for the afternoon team training now." He waved his hand at the reporters, refused to answer any more questions, squeezed out, and threw everything here to Don.

Is there anyone better suited here to be a tour guide for a group of "curious babies" from China than Tang, a Chinese assistant coach?

Accompanied by the media, Don took them on a tour of the Forest team's various training facilities. And then Barbara. Miss Lucy came forward to tell the reporters that this was the end of the shooting. Because the training of the first team is about to begin. Coach Donn didn't want so much media to roam around the training base while the team was training — Barbara. Lucy changed her language to a statement that would not upset the media. Anyway, I just hope that everyone will support some and cooperate. This concludes today's interview...... After the reporters dispersed unwillingly, they also took pictures of the first-team stars who drove to the training base to start training.

Tang took his three children to the youth team training base in the north. There is no more noisy media around me, and there is no more Alan. Adams and Barbara. Lucy, just the four of them. There is not even a translator, because Tang himself can be a translator.

Of course, as the group of boys walked north through the training base, they inevitably bumped into some first-team players, all of whom were familiar names and faces. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw one, only Chen Jian was a little older, because he was the oldest of the three.

"Wow! It's Van Nieje! ”

"Ribery! Ribery! ”

"Pepe! It's amazing! ”

Thankfully, they didn't see Beckham, otherwise they would have rushed up to ask for an autograph.

Chen Jian didn't speak, nor did he look around, just lowered his head and followed Tang and walked towards the youth training base.

When he walked out of the first-team training base, the two children were still discussing the stars they had just seen, but Chen Jian looked up and asked Tang who was walking in front of him.

"Don ...... Instructor. ”

"What's the matter, Chen Jian?" Don just turned around and didn't stop.

"May I ask you a question?"

"Of course."

"Well, Coach Donn...... Don't like me? ”

Tang was stunned by this question, and then reacted. Obviously, this kid was frightened by Don's serious attitude. He remembered Donn's previous opinion on the talent show and his stubborn surname, so he just smiled: "No, he just does this to everyone, he is a strict head coach ......"

"But I've seen some reports that he's good with his players......"

"Are you his player now?" Don asked.

This time it was Chen Jian's turn to be stunned.

He's a smart guy, he figured it out. So the smile returned to his face: "I understand, Coach Tang." ”

Don's hand gently patted his shoulder: "Train hard, don't think about anything else." ”

(To be continued)