The draw for the 05-06 UEFA Champions League group is over, and Nottingham Forest are placed in Group D, along with La Liga giants Real Madrid, last season's Portuguese league champion Benfica, and last season's Ligue 1 runner-up Lille.

For Forest, this group is not weak, and any team will cause them a lot of problems.

Perhaps only Lille is the one they can hope for.

Real Madrid have almost booked a place in the group stage, and no one doubts this, and no one believes that Real Madrid will not even qualify for the group stage. Then there is one qualifying place left, which will be produced between Benfica, Lille and Nottingham Forest.

When Donn brought Shania to Spain in the summer of 2003, he told Shania outside the Bernabeu that there were only two possibilities for him to enter the stadium: first, he would become the head coach of Real Madrid and step into the temple as the owner of the Bernabeu; Second, he led the team to play at the Bernabeu and was Real Madrid's enemy and opponent.

I didn't expect the second possibility to become a reality so soon.

Group D is not the group of death that everyone knows, and the European media have analyzed that Nottingham Forest and Lille are teams with no hope of qualifying, and they will be reduced to the first place in the group used by Real Madrid and Benfica to score points and win the difference.

This view has been raised by Tang En in an interview with the media after the draw ended.

"I don't mind making meat to be slaughtered, but I hope that when you are ready to cut us, you can sharpen the ground knife in your hand first, so as not to break your own ground knife when you get it." Don didn't show the slightest fear or worry, on the contrary, Tony Don was confident in the eyes of the media.

But on the plane back to London from Zurich, Don frowned and never relaxed.

How does he think he can make it out of this group and make it to the round of 16?

It's about the same level as the Forest team in Lille. It is Don who must win the opponent in his heart, and he must win both games to be eligible to qualify for the group. It's like relegation in the league, if you can't get enough points against the weak team, then don't expect to upset the strong team frequently.

The group stage is a two-legged home and away system, and Don is not betting on two games against Real Madrid, the key is to get two wins against Lille.

Time is pressing, and he is about to start the Champions League strategy when he returns home.

According to the schedule, in the first game of the group stage, Nottingham Forest will welcome La Liga giant Real Madrid at their home stadium......

For Evan. This is good news, because the home ticket revenue and TV broadcast dividends will go to the home team Nottingham Forest, and the arrival of Real Madrid will definitely make the already hot Earth City even more popular, so that a lot of money will be rolled into the Forest team's land account.

But for Donne...... His brow furrowed even tighter. There are two games left in George Wood's suspension, which is officially enforced from the group stage. No Wood...... Don has little confidence that he will be able to stop Real Madrid's horrific attack cluster. Although there is a lot of civil strife in Real Madrid at this time, any one of those stars has the ability to solve the problem on their own. Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Raul, Robert Carlos, David Beckham...... These names are truly dizzying and a headache.

Back in Nottingham, on his first day of training, Donn said to his team: "Guys, I'm sure you already know what you're going to face in the Champions League group stage. Ten days later, we will welcome Real Madrid at the City Stadium. How, does hearing such a name make your legs weak, does it make your heart beat faster? ”

Ribery raised his hand: "Chief, my heart is beating. Not because of nervousness though. I'm excited because my legs aren't weak, and I'm looking forward to this fight! ”

"That's right, Boss, we're all looking forward to it!"

"It's fun to play against a strong team!"

Seeing these players in full swing, Donn remembered that he had met John and John when he went to the bar to chat with Burns yesterday, and talked about the night of the draw, and the die-hard fans were watching the land at the Forest Bar. Unlike Donn, when it was seen that the final draw was a group of Nottingham Forest and Real Madrid. There was a chorus of cheers from inside the bar.

John said to Donne, "Tony, be honest. Now we see that you and the weak are not interested in playing, so we want to see the Forest team play against the strong team

The stronger the opponent, the more excited we are."

"Do you wish the Forest lost?" Don rolled his eyes.

"No, who says we're going to lose? We think the stronger the opponent, the better the chance of victory." John grinned and said, "Tony, this is all the confidence you gave us."

"Real Madrid are not a strong team in the traditional sense."

"Of course we know, that's why we're looking forward to it." John raised his glass as he stood up and shouted with open arms, "Let's toast to this wonderful grouping of the Forest!" Let's toast to the Forest team! For victory! ”

"For victory! For the forest! Oooooooo The people in the bar howled loudly. Don shook his head gently as he held his glass.

Can't let these people down, it's more stressful than winning the championship.

Coming back to his senses, Don is still in the training ground. He waved his hand and motioned for the players to calm down.

"It's good, no matter what kind of opponent you meet, you can't lose your fighting spirit. Now, train and go! ”

In fact, for Donne, facing Real Madrid does not mean that raising his hand to surrender is the only result, in fact, let alone facing Real Madrid, facing any of the big 6 giants in Europe, Don will not raise his hand to surrender.

Real Madrid's civil strife in recent years, negative news in various dressing rooms emerges in an endless stream, and the team's combat effectiveness is not as good as year after year, these are all things that Don can use at that time.

He still remembers that this season was a season in which the "Galactic Battleship" fell apart, officially disintegrated, and withdrew from the stage of history. Zidane will officially retire after participating in the World Cup at the end of the season, and before Zidane, the summer of the start of the season has given birth to Figo's free transfer to Inter Milan, which is exactly the same as the history in Donne's memory, Don can believe that the era of Real Madrid's "Galaxy Battleship, Superstar Competition" is about to come to an end in his world.

It may be difficult to win Real Madrid at home, but Donn is going to try it - his original plan was to hold on to a point, rely on the full-court pressing and stalking tactics, and firmly hold Real Madrid at the expense of attack and physical strength.

Now he suddenly wants to see if he can win.

After playing the fourth round of the league, there was not a single game between the end of August and mid-September, and the Forest team was able to devote all their energy to preparing for the Champions League group stage.

Donn plans to fight Real Madrid at home, so the tactics will have to be adjusted. Defending in this game is almost certainly not going to work, because Wood is out and the Forest's defensive system is severely damaged, and Donn thinks it would be better to give it a go. Anyway, if you blindly defend the ground, the possibility of losing is also very high, and the offense is ...... If you're lucky, you might even win.

It's just that Donn has a bit of a headache in the lineup, George Wood is not the only defensive midfielder in the Forest team, but in Donn's eyes he is the only one, Gounelson's ability Donn can not be trusted, he will definitely not put the defensive burden on this person in such a game.

When Sun Jihai bought the land, he was positioned as a panacea, but in the face of a team of Real Madrid's level, Don didn't dare to let Sun Jihai, and he knew that Sun Jihai's excellence was not actually defense, but assist. Now the Forest team is not short of manpower in attack, but the defensive problem in the middle of the field is very prominent.

Piquet or Pepe could both make a cameo at the back, but they are Forest's unstoppable centre-back duo this season, and if one of them plays as a central midfielder, who will make the other centre-back? Matthew Epson? Wes Mogan? Don can't be reassured.

He had a headache, why the first group game was against an opponent like Real Madrid, a Wood suspension, affected the situation of the whole team. It's not easy to find a substitute for Wood - you have to find a player who is about the same level and can be willing to sit on the bench for more than 30 games a season...... With such a strong player, it is estimated that it has been snatched away by other clubs a long time ago, right? Will you come to the Forest as a substitute?

In the end, Donn asked Pepe to play in midfield, a position he was no stranger to after a while at Porto ground. Centre-back partner Don has put Piqué and Wes Mogan on the back foot to form a young defence.

Can this pair defend against Ronaldo and Raul, let's be honest...... Don didn't have a score in his heart.