There may be teams who will use the UEFA Super Cup as their last big warm-up game before the season, but Donn won't do that. Unlike the warm-up matches of the nature of the Rail Cup and the Amsterdam Invitational, Donn takes this title very seriously, otherwise he would not have had such a big war of words with Liverpool before the game.

And Liverpool's Rafael Benitez won't think it's just a slightly more important warm-up game. He made the most detailed arrangements for this match.

UEFA has said that this is "the opening drama of the new Europa League season".

However, it turned into a civil war in England, which was somewhat boring. Sevilla fell short in the UEFA Cup final, being reversed in the final minute by Steven Gerrard to score the crucial goal.

Rafael Benitez's side seem to be particularly adept at turnarounds.

In the 2005 UEFA Champions League final, Liverpool came back to lead AC Milan by three goals and won the title. It created the most classic reversal in the history of the 50-year final of the European Champions Cup. In the 2006 English FA Cup final, Gerrard penetrated the door of West Ham United with a shocking long-range shot at the last moment, equalized the score, dragged the game into a penalty shootout, and finally won the opponent on penalties, staged a shocking reversal again, and won the FA Cup for the seventh time in history. In the 2007 UEFA Cup final, Liverpool also defeated defending champions Sevilla without dominating the whole game.

Once or twice is a coincidence, and the third time can't be justified by coincidence anyway.

Donn has studied these games and Liverpool seem to be particularly good at playing against the wind, and the more things turn against them, the more energy they can bounce back. This is something that must be noted, and it is a great shame for him to not want his team to become the object of a miracle in the game.

The match was held at the Louis II Stadium. The 18,500-seat stadium will witness who will be the king of champions of European football in the new season.

The 18,500-seat stands were already full, full of fans from England, and because the traditional color of the Liverpool team is red, and the representative color of Nottingham Forest is also red, the stands of this stadium have become a sea of red, and it is impossible to tell which Forest fans are for a while. Which are Liverpool fans.

You can only tell which team they are all supporting from the singing.

Whoever sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" must be a Liverpool fan, while it is undoubtedly a Nottingham Forest fan who sings "The World is in Our Hands".

The Stade Louis II was transformed into the Golden Hall of Vienna by fans from England.

The teams have warmed up and entered the dressing room for the final preparations before the game, and at this moment, the stadium is dominated by the fans of both teams.

The players sat in the dressing room and listened to the manager make the final arrangements. Whether it's the Forest dressing room or the Liverpool dressing room, it's the same scene.

This is the first championship of the new season. No one wants to give it away.

Especially when it comes to the feud between these two teams.

Who made Liverpool only play in the UEFA Cup this season? Who kept Liverpool from playing in the UEFA Cup for three consecutive seasons? Just to compete for a second place in the league, he kicked Liverpool down the abyss with a merciless kick. Is there any difference between second and third in the league? Are you going to die for Liverpool to finish fourth in the league once and be allowed to play in the Champions Cup? There is no more boring excuse in the world than "I'm sorry because we want to finish second in the league", you might as well just say "for the sake of sportsmanship and the spirit of fair play".

All right. Let's go back a little further, who snatched the league title from Liverpool 30 years ago? And who knocked them out of the first round when Liverpool were aiming to lift the trophy for the third time in a row? Or the one who. Liverpool, the "Reds" who snatched the League Cup from the Liverpudlians and lost twice in one year?

Nottingham Forest! Our two families can get married!

Beat you, even if we can only play in the League Cup this season, it's worth it! We want the world to know that you can win the trophy just because we can't participate!

Donn thought about it for a long time in the past few days, and finally decided to stick to the defensive counterattack that the Forest team is good at. If Liverpool are provoked by the success of his psychological warfare, they will do whatever it takes to bombard. Hopefully more goals will be used to hit back at his previous humiliation. In this case, the defensive counterattack is undoubtedly the best weapon against them.

But if Benitez's old fox is not fooled and continues to grind unhurriedly with Forest, then there will be no fatal holes in the defensive counterattack that lead to the goal conceded. No matter what the situation, it's always right to defend solidly.

When Don couldn't guess the other party's intentions, he planned to respond to all changes with the same. You want to draw a circle for me so I can't jump out? I won't even go into the circle to play with you!

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's coaching philosophy is that no matter who the opponent is, whether they are strong or weak, no matter what the current situation is. We at Arsenal only play our own football. Never be led by an opponent. So, although there are times when Arsenal's defeat is very "Arsenal" – meaning to have the upper hand in the game. They can't win – but they are still a formidable force in English football.

Don also decided to do the same to Benitez. Regardless of whether or not the opponent was influenced by his own psychological warfare, he kept the Forest team sticking to the style of play they do best.

"Defend solidly, then wait for an opportunity to sneak up. Donn's words can be recited by many people in the forest team, and seeing him raise an index finger at this time, you know what he is going to say.

But no one expressed impatience or a hippie smiley face. Don is in the locker room, with absolute authority. Beckham is now the biggest star in the team, and on the first day he came to the team, Don could punish him for running laps because he was late, which shows that there is no one in this world that Don doesn't dare to manage.

Anelka's example is still alive and well, and whoever dares to go against Donn is not just going to be sold – you'll sit on the cold bench for a season and sit until his popularity plummets. There is no guarantee of the state and level of competition, and then when it is forgotten, it is sold at a low price.

'If Liverpool come up and attack, that's the situation we want to see the most. But I don't think it's very likely, Benitez won't take such a risky approach, he'll play slowly with us in midfield. If that's the case, let him go. Set-pieces are the key of the keys and I want you to take every set-piece and threaten the opposition. "Donn stood in front of the players. Doing his own analysis of what might happen in the game, there was a blank space on the tactical board, and what he said didn't need to be messed up with that blank slate, which had already been done in the tactical meeting last night.

"Also, don't close too far back in the back line and midfield, don't break in the middle, and don't give the opponent too many opportunities to shoot from a distance. ”

Everyone nodded in understanding.

Liverpool are a team with a lot of long-range shooting ability, and their captain Steven Gerrard has an excellent long-range shot. In the FA Cup final and in the UEFA Cup final, his long-range shots have made a big difference for the team. Another long-range shooter is Liverpool's full-back Reese, who lost to Liverpool in the Charity Shield last season. It was lost to the long-range shooter after a long run by Reese.

Benitez will be sure to ask his players to step up their long-range shots if they set up their own defensive formation, and maybe they will increase their long-range shooting practice in the days leading up to the game.

So you can't give the opponent room to shoot from a distance.

On the other side, Benitez has already laid out the specific tactics of this match. He looked at the players of this team. Suddenly, there was something other than tactics to say.

He has been at Liverpool for three seasons, except for the first season when he won the Champions League magically, and the next two seasons have not been satisfactory. The league did not play well, so I had to switch to the cup, and I won one in the FA Cup and one in the League Cup. Although there is a title every year, it is not enough for Liverpool fans. The "Reds" are the number one club in England. They're not aiming for an FA Cup, a League Cup or anything like that.

Either the league winner, or the Champions Cup, at least qualify for next season's Champions Cup, right?

This season, the new American owner has stepped up his investment and bought people everywhere. He himself took advantage of his role as a Spanish coach to attract many Spanish players to join and continue to transform Liverpool. His proudest transfer move was convincing Torres to join the team.

As a matter of fact. Liverpool didn't even qualify for the Champions Cup, and Liverpool wanted to buy Torres. It would have been a bit difficult. But Benitez's role as a Spanish coach played a key role, and he flew to Madrid himself. Find Torres, have a long talk with him, tell him about his big plans, and let him know that there is still hope for Liverpool.

At the same time, Torres is deeply disappointed with Atletico Madrid this season, and he has long wanted to leave this team with no future. In particular, in order to prevent Real Madrid from winning the championship, Atletico Madrid did not hesitate to lose to Barcelona at home. The hardest man in that game was Torres, but he was alone. It was this match that made him realize that there was no future in a team like Atletico Madrid.

Benitez's appearance made him decide to take a gamble. Many Spanish players have not been happy after going abroad, the most famous example being former Valencia midfielder Mendieta. This has to do with the fact that Spanish players are not very comfortable with the style of football in other national leagues.

Liverpool is different, first of all, the manager of this team is Espanyol, so there are a lot of Spanish players in the team, Torres can save the trouble of adapting to the team and the language barrier, and playing under a manager who knows the Spanish players is obviously better than going to a team that is completely unknown from the manager to his teammates.

So Torres chose Liverpool, who didn't even qualify for the Champions League, over Serie A giants like AC Milan and Juventus.

With the addition of Fernando Torres, Benitez is confident of setting off a red storm in the Premier League this season and putting Liverpool back at the top of English football.

Of course, Benitez must not have heard the Chinese proverb that "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step", but he also knows how important a good start is for Liverpool now.

He came back from his musings and saw that the players were preparing for their games, and the dressing room was not always filled with music and laughter. It seems that the players, like themselves, know what this game is about.

He's not good at being Tony. With Donn's encouragement, each of the main family associations has its own things that they are good at and what they are not good at. I've heard that Don is not good at training, and his assistant coach is responsible for this. But Donn's means of emotional mobilization are absolutely top-notch.

Benitez looked at his players, thankfully the game didn't require him to make an impassioned speech.

"Remember the last game of last season, right?" Benitez asked with a calm expression, "For me, that's a shame." ”

He doesn't want to represent the whole Liverpool team because he's not qualified to represent, no one is qualified to represent anyone. But he knows that Liverpool's players think the same way as him. In the last minute of the last game of last season, the Champions League qualification was gone, and the huge gap in mood can Nottingham Forest, as an enemy, feel the huge difference?

No, they can't. So let's give them a good taste of that sense of loss in today's game.

Tony. Didn't Donn't that megalomaniac declare before the game that Nottingham Forest would win? Since he boasted of such a seaport, let him lose face in front of all Europeans once.

"I don't want anything other than victory. He inadvertently uttered the famous quote from Don that often appeared in the newspapers.

"I don't accept anything but victory!" Donn waved his arm and uttered an "unharmonious" version of the phrase.

"I'm sure you all remember the last game of last season, right? We stripped Liverpool of their qualification for this season's Champions League in order to win. They were very disappointed and angry, and of course I understand how angry and disappointed they are and want to take revenge. I'm willing to bet that the current Liverpool players are full of thoughts about getting revenge by beating us in the Super Cup. Anyone can be unhappy about this, and if we lose the Champions Cup, I will teach the other side a good lesson if we have this opportunity. Don put his hand on his neck and scratched it, causing the team to laugh.

"Actually, there is no way to do it, we are a professional team, not philanthropists. If we want to win, our opponents will have to accept defeat. Nobody wants to be a loser, I don't want to, and neither do you. Liverpool, for example, want to make us losers in this game, but they can't let them get their way. I know there are people in the squad who only joined this summer, so you have to understand and accept my football philosophy. Nottingham Forest have a lot of enemies in English football and European football, and those enemies have only emerged since I became the manager of this team, and now that you have chosen to join Forest, you have to be aware that we are not popular in many places. Listen to the boos outside, it's only bigger if you go to Anfield. George has a full say in this. Donn pointed at Wood, and the group laughed even more. That's right, every time Wood goes to an away game, he will be booed by the opposing fans from beginning to end, and if his mental quality is not strong enough, his legs will be weak, let alone the game.

"I'm saying all this just to make you understand. Liverpool certainly have reason to seek revenge against us, but whether they can get their wish or not is not up to them. There are countless teams who want to get revenge on us, but they have never succeeded, and this one was no exception. ”

Donn was confident, he didn't mean to reassure the players. Today's Donn is not the rookie who was just starting out, and today's Nottingham Forest is not the Nottingham Forest that Liverpool swept 4-1.

Who wins whom, it's not certain......