Although it was only July, Nottingham Forest had slowly closed the door on the transfer market, and Donn decided to keep his team away from the rumours of the transfer market and concentrate on preparing for the new season. Last season's Champions Cup was not the end of the season for them, and there were even higher achievements to be achieved in front of them.

While the Forest squad was still training in Moscow, Allen had flown back to Nottingham to assist Evan with plans to build a new stadium.

Nottingham City Axe and Nottingham Forest have unveiled plans for a property development in Clifton, which will see a large residential and commercial area in the small town of Clifton, southwest of Nottingham City, as well as a new modern stadium with a planned capacity of 60,000 people.

Next, a Europe-wide tender was launched.

When the Moscow Railway Cup was about to start, the Shaolin Abbot Station of the post-80s generation announced the results of the tender for the new construction of the stadium.

Eventually, Wilson, the fifth-largest house builder in the UK. Borden (ilson_boden) won the bid for the construction and development of the new stadium and residential area. One of the most attractive aspects of their bid was the cost savings, the introduction of new technology and the development of new transport infrastructure in partnership with the municipal axe could save about eight per cent, as well as the residential area around the stadium and a soccer theme park, which could also pay off handsomely for the club once it was built, as planned. At that time, Nottingham Forest's new stadium will not only be a football stadium, but also a playground, a satellite city integrating dining, entertainment, home and leisure.

The new stadium will be financed upfront by bank loans and new TV revenues, as well as Champions Cup prize money, while funds from sponsors will be used to keep the team running. So Allen is looking for finer investors for this huge project to ease the club's financial crunch for years to come. Donn, who has never cared much about the club's management, is also particularly concerned this time. How many years did Arsenal have had Wengeler tighten his belt in order to build a Emirates stadium? Don doesn't want to be "Arsene Wenger's second". His savings in the transfer market this time made Allen very happy, but Don En can't allow himself to save like this every year, and when he sees excellent players in the future but has no money to buy them, Don En will definitely vomit blood in anger.

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Prior to the Moscow Railway Cup, Donn's side played two warm-up matches in eastern Germany, one against Cottages and local first-division side Cottages, where they started with substitutes and young players from the reserves and first team.

There is one person in Cottage who makes Don a little concerned about Cottage, that is, Chinese player Shao Jiayi, Sun Jihai's national team teammate. Everyone is Chinese, so when choosing the opponent for the warm-up match, you naturally have to take care of it. So the Forest team chose Cottage Bus, who had been relegated from the Bundesliga every year.

Cartbus did his best to play, but Shao Jiayi was not in the starting line-up and he was on the bench.

Cottages, who played all the main players in the first half, led the European champion Nottingham Forest "second team" by two goals.

This result greatly encouraged the whole Cottbus team, and also made the Cottage fans who came to watch the game enthusiastic, and the atmosphere in the stadium was enthusiastic. It doesn't look like a warm-up game, but more like a Champions League group stage where it's about who makes it.

At half-time, Donn made a change, bringing on five men in one go, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Arshavin, Petrov, Lennon and Kompany.

As soon as the main players came on the field, the situation immediately changed. The Cottagers had planned to extend their success in the second half at half-time, but the victory made them forget who their opponents were, and the cheers of the Cottagers fans made them think they could do anything at home.

Just 38 seconds into the second half, Ruud van Nistelrooy headed home from Arshavin's cross from the edge to make it 1-2.

Donn didn't stand up and wave his fists in celebration at all, and it was too easy for him to get into the door of a team like Cottages.

After falling behind, Cottage thought he was going to continue struggling. Ten minutes later, Forest equalised with another goal from Petrov.

This ball woke up Ketbus completely - this is a warm-up game, there is no need to fight for the victory of this game, and there is no need to be frustrated by the defeat of this game, he began to make substitutions.

Cottages changed the comparable Forest team thoroughly, they changed nine people in one go, and Shao Jiayi was among them.

It was Forest's turn to continue the substitutions, and Donn didn't care about the outcome either, mainly to see if the new players had gradually integrated into the team after so many days of intensive training.

In the end, both sides made 11 substitutions, and Nottingham Forest beat Ivorybus 4-2 to prove that their European champions are worth it.

Next, the team found a local amateur team to warm up, which was a fully closed warm-up game, in fact, it may be more appropriate to say that the team competition was played, and it was played on the training ground, without spectators and media. In the end, the Forest team swept the opponent 9-1 under Donn's constant adjustment, and Donn was not too happy because his team conceded a goal. After the game, the bus back to the hotel criticized the defenders.

After these two warm-up games, the Forest team flew back to Moscow again to prepare for the Railway Cup.

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The draw ceremony was simple, as it was just an ordinary pre-season invitational tournament and everyone knew what this format of the tournament was about, and it didn't attract much attention outside of the media in the countries where the four teams were located.

The end result was quite interesting.

The managers of the four teams sat side by side on the stage, with Donn sitting with Real Madrid's new head coach "Madman" Schuster, AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti and Lokomotiv Moscow head coach Youri. Pavlovich sat together.

After the host draws lots, the results are announced to the media and the head coach on stage.

Everyone laughed heartily as they watched the Forest team and Real Madrid being drawn together. This is not the first time the two teams have met, as Forest's first meeting with Real Madrid in the Champions League led directly to the sacking of former Real Madrid manager Brazilian Luxemberg and the resignation of former club president Filorun No.

In recent years, there have also been rumors from time to time that Real Madrid vs George of the Forest team. Wood is interested in such topics. Just this summer, Donn had just rejected Real Madrid's €20 million offer for Franck Franck Ribery.

Also in the summer, the four-year contract with Real Madrid ended, David. David Beckham has opted to join Nottingham Forest on a free transfer. No one expected him to meet his former club in the ring so soon.

Tang En was also a little surprised by this result, and he even felt that it was arranged by the organizers to create a gimmick that would interest the media and the public and attract popularity.

He glanced at Schüster, who was sitting next to him, and everyone knew that the media were waiting to see a good show, but they were not willing to let the people below get their wish.

At the press conference of the draw ceremony, Donn was asked about his opponents in the first round, and he did not answer the question directly, but only praised Real Madrid and congratulated them on their La Liga victory, which was basically a brainless answer that did not satisfy the media. They asked Schuster again, and Schuster, who was the head coach of the big club, was also cautious, and his answer was the same as Donn: congratulating Forest on winning the European Champions Cup, claiming that Forest is a respectable question.

Such an answer is so disappointing to the media, it looks like if Forest and AC Milan are drawn together, maybe there will be more topics?

If Forest can make it to the final, it's not too far off – no one in the room would think that AC Milan would lose to Lokomotiv Moscow, except for their manager Yuri. Pavlovich.

In front of the three strong heroes, the host is like a supporting role at this moment, and no one cares.

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On July 26 and 27, the first round of the Railway Cup officially started (the plot requires, the Railway Cup was held slightly earlier). The first game was the highlight of the clash – Nottingham Forest vs. Real Madrid.

One is the upstart who has just become the champion of the Champions Cup, and the other is the traditional giants who have won the most trophies in the 52-year history of the Champions Cup. The star-studded and star-studded teams on both sides, and even talking about Beckham made this game attract everyone's attention. In contrast, although the organizing committee has scheduled the second match for tomorrow, the match between AC Milan and Lokomotiv Moscow is destined to steal the limelight from this match.

It's just an ordinary invitational tournament, and with Beckham, it's different. In the teams of both teams announced before the game, Beckham was impressively listed, but not in the starting list, which made many media and fans unhappy.

As a result, the media took the trouble to ask any questions about Beckham from both managers. For example, they asked Real Madrid manager Schuster: "Was it a mistake to sell Beckham?" "Has David Beckham not been helpful to the team at all?" 'What kind of player do you think Beckham is and is he good? Was the treatment he received fairly last season? And dealing with Don is even simpler: "Why David." Beckham not in the starting line-up? ”

This annoyed Schuster, because Beckham's affairs had nothing to do with him, he had never managed the Englishman for a single day, whether it was buying him to come to Real Madrid or sweeping him out of the house, it had nothing to do with him, the new head coach. Just because he is now the manager of Real Madrid, he has to accept such a harassment, and he is a little unhappy.

Donn is the same as Schuster. He didn't want the media to focus solely on David Beckham, which would cause some in the dressing room to turn off. So after answering "why Beckham didn't start" because of injury, he refused to answer any other questions about Beckham. If someone opens the mouth of the journalist, "David." Beckham ......", Donn would turn around and pretend he didn't hear the question, until someone asked how Nottingham Forest ...... and he would smile and answer the question.

Because of Beckham, both managers and the media were a little unhappy before the game.

Many people who came to watch the game at the scene were also for the stars, and most of the female fans were for David. David Beckham came. With David Beckham not in the starting line-up, Nottingham Forest came on to receive unanimous boos from the crowd.

There were even a large number of female fans holding large posters of Beckham, screaming Beckham's name and demonstrating to Done. Although there is no shortage of superstars in the Forest team today, they are like David. Beckham is such an influential player, and only Beckham himself.

Tang En doesn't care about the feelings of those fans, he doesn't serve these people.

This is not a warm-up game with a general surname, this is a cup game with championship rewards, and it can't be dealt with Real Madrid like it was against Cottage, and Donn basically sent the main lineup from last season in the starting line of this game, but in the forward position due to Eastwood's minor injury, out of caution, Donn let Arthavin replace Eastwood, and at the same time let Bendtner and Arshavin start.

Ruud van Nistelrooy sat on the bench with his good friend David Beckham.

Real Madrid also did not send the main squad that won the championship last season, so the new coach naturally has a new lineup. Their captain, Raul, was not in the starting line-up and was replaced by teenager Soldado.

The game went into a fierce rhythm from the start. Compared with Real Madrid, who have just finished physical training, the Forest team, which has been training together for nearly half a month, is more aggressive. Arshavin was even more excited because he was playing in front of Russian fans.

Just three minutes into the game, Forest scored a corner kick past Dudek.

Arshavin's corner fell on Pepe's head, and all the header and bounced centre-back had to do was jump and flick his head and the ball into the net!

The lead over Real Madrid made the Nottingham Forest fans who came from afar very excited, although they were few people, but they were not small. It's a very, very hardcore fan force and wherever Forest plays, they follow and cheer the team on the field. Their former leader was Michael. Bernard, and now John & Bill, a fat man and a thin man.

After taking the lead, the Forest team did not give up attacking and turned to defense, on the contrary, they attacked more vigorously. The Forest team, which is known for their conservative status in Europe, did not show up, and their attack gave the impression that the side wearing the red shirt was Real Madrid.

Real Madrid didn't get into the rhythm of the game throughout the first half, they were dragged by the Forest pair, and the Forest's quick passing attack and pressing from the front court made Real Madrid very uncomfortable. Towards the end of the first half, Nottingham Forest's pressing in front finally paid off, and their pressing caused a mistake in the Real Madrid backline, Petrov suddenly started, cut into the Real Madrid backline at high speed, cut off the pass, and then tricked Dudek into the far corner.

2:0, Nottingham Forest leads by two goals!

This score and the first half made the TV commentators on the scene have to sigh that they can no longer classify Nottingham Forest as a "dark horse", or a "shooting star". The continent's football power map will be redivided because of this strong man's qualification.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and Schuster made some adjustments in an attempt to salvage the situation. He replaced the Argentine striker "Rabbit" Salola, who joined from Barcelona for free, and after 45 minutes of warm-up and adaptation, Real Madrid also entered the state, and the attack began to improve.

Soon, in less than twenty minutes, Guti scored two goals in a row to help Real Madrid equalize.

Donn began to work on substitutions, and he brought Van Nistelrooy and David. David Beckham came on at the same time.

Seeing Beckham appear on the sidelines, the countless neutral fans in the stands cheered for Nottingham Forest for the first time, and the previous shrill boos turned into enthusiastic cheers and applause. Even the Real Madrid fans burst into applause – they had a deep respect for the Englishman who helped his team regain the league title, and they still remember the moment when he lay down and kissed the turf of the Bernabeu at the farewell ceremony.

At this moment, when Beckham stood on the sidelines, he became the only protagonist of the game.

"David. David Beckham is coming! When he announced his departure from the Bernabeu to join Nottingham Forest, no one could have imagined that we would see him in action against his former club so soon. ”

Perhaps the neutral fans cheered him because he was a world-renowned football star, a popular lover in the eyes of women, a handsome guy, and an English gentleman...... It's because of his fame. But the cheers and applause from the Real Madrid fans were the best recognition of Beckham's performance last season, and they thanked Beckham for his dedicated work ethic despite being abandoned by the club's board and coach, and they also thanked Beckham for turning the tide in the last minute and helping the team to reverse Barcelona and reach the top. This applause is all the more because they were touched by the professionalism of David Beckham, in their eyes. David Beckham is not the "entertainment star" who is printed on advertising posters and on the front pages of gossip tabloids, but a real "professional footballer".

Don looked at this and smiled. He was genuinely pleased with what his friend had accomplished.

Seeing Beckham on the pitch, the happiest person was not actually the fans in the stands, nor Toney. Donn, but Van Nistelrooy stood beside him.

It was the first time in four years that the two men had played side by side in the same team – excluding the warm-up games against Cottages, which allowed for 11 men.

Since Beckham left Manchester United, the "King of the Small Penalty Area" Ruud van Nistelrooy's goals have dropped sharply, and the limelight in the Premier League scorer list has been completely stolen by Arsenal's Thierry Henry. This cannot simply be attributed to Van Nistelrooy's age, declining form, and increasing injuries, but another reason that cannot be ignored is that Van Nistelrooy, who is accustomed to Beckham's passing, is a little dazed after his good friend left.

Well, now that David is back, the "King of the Little Forbidden Zone" who terrifies his opponents is coming back to life.

Don is well aware of the friendship between the two of them and how it helps the team. So when the training camp allocated rooms, he deliberately divided Van Nistelrooy and Beckham into a room, let them catch up, and then cooperate with tacit understanding on the court to help him conquer the city.

David Beckham came on for Lennon and Ruud van Nistelrooy came on for Arshavin.

The second substitution surprised Schuster, who originally thought that Donn would replace Bendtner, who was also a high school forward, with Ruud van Nistelrooy, but he didn't expect it to be Arshavin...... A double center? That's a rarity......

Beckham's first touch of the ball after coming on was a diagonal cross from a 45-degree angle into the penalty area and almost assisted Van Nistelrooy, if it wasn't for Van Nistelrooy's header that missed a little bit, the score would have been 3:2, and Nottingham Forest had the lead.

Seeing this attack, it dawned on Schuster that Donn wanted to use Beckham's accurate wide cross ability to carry out high-altitude bombing tactics.

Everyone knows that Real Madrid's backline is inferior in air defense, and even Cannavaro, who was named World Footballer of the Year in 2006, has little to do against a strong and talented centre-forward. The club is still looking for a good centre-back with a good header in the transfer market, but progress has been slow. In this game, Schuster relied on Cannavaro and Ramos to play at central defence, handing over the right side to the young teenager Miguel. Torres.

It seems that Donn is also well aware of Real Madrid's weaknesses, so he used this tactic that is aimed directly at victory - he does not seem to have any intention of training on this game, he does not want anything other than victory.

The female fans in the stands holding large posters of Beckham screamed loudly, chanting Beckham's name and cheering him on for his offensive performance. Among these people are Russian natives, as well as Beckham's "die-hard fans" who have come from Germany, England and Spain.

Amid the enthusiastic cheers of the female fans, Beckham ushered in his first free-kick in a game since joining the Forest team - still excluding the warm-up game that allowed for 11 substitutions each.

Beckham's free-kick didn't go in, but flew off the crossbar. Neither of Forest's previous goals had impressed Donn, but he was frustrated that he crouched down on the sidelines with his head on the sidelines.

Real Madrid then won a free-kick as well. David Beckham and Robert. Carlos left the team one after another this summer, plus Figo and Zidane who left before, and the original talented free-kick taker is now gone. Real Madrid's free kick was taken by Guti, and the ball shot by the "Golden Wolf" was too accurate, lacking in speed and arc, and was easily won by Van der Sar, who was in a good position.

Next, Ruud van Nistelrooy picked up the ball a little to the right at the edge of the box, which he should have split in time, but chose to force his way through. Eventually, he was stopped by an opponent with a foul and won another free-kick for Forest. Or rather...... Win another free-kick for David Beckham.

He stuffed the ball into Beckham's hands himself: "Warm up, find a feeling. ”

Beckham shrugged and smiled helplessly: "If you had just split the side, I could have crossed from the right, and Bendtner was waiting in front of goal." ”

"Ahh Ruud van Nistelrooy scratched his head in surprise, "I just thought about free-kicks. It's been four years since the two of us left, and we're a little uncomfortable...... Hey. ”

Beckham nudged him, "Go and wait for the follow-up shot." ”

"I don't need to." Van Nistelrooy mumbled in.

David Beckham laid the football on the ground and waited for his opponent to line up the wall.

In front of his eyes was a wall of white people, and the clothes they wore were very familiar, because just two months ago he was wearing that shirt at the Bernabeu Stadium to celebrate the 30th league title in the club's history. There are some faces on the other side that he is still familiar with, because they have been playing football together for several years.

I really didn't expect it...... So soon, they met again, and they were opponents.

He had never experienced anything like it. Real Madrid haven't met Manchester United in the Champions League since his move to Real Madrid, and he won't know what it's like to face his former club, but now he does.

When he chose to join Nottingham Forest, he was actually mentally prepared for this. Because joining Forest is not the same as joining Real Madrid, the same English Premier League gives Forest at least two chances to play Manchester United every season.

At the beginning, in order to take care of his mood, Donn wrote "Beckham does not have to play in the game against Manchester United" into the contract, but Beckham personally rejected this clause. He said that he is a professional footballer, and a professional player should have a work ethic.

It's like Ruud van Nistelrooy shoved a football into his hand and said, "Warm up, feel for it......

David Beckham stepped back and prepared to take the direct free-kick, just twenty metres from goal.

Casillas, who was replaced in the second half, leaned down in front of the goal line, lowered his center of gravity, and waited for the battle. As a team-mate who has played and trained together at Real Madrid for four years, he is familiar with Beckham's free-kick prowess and does not dare to be careless.

There were as many as six people on the human wall, blocking the area in front of Beckham's eyes. He stepped away, glanced at the wall and the goal behind him, and then started running.

David. Beckham's free-kick run was not long, he stepped in front of the ball in two or three steps, then leaned to the left, picked up his right foot, spread his arms to maintain balance, and his waist and abdominal muscles drove his body to twist. The moment he hit the ball with his right foot, Beckham's body tilted almost parallel to the ground, and the left ankle that supported his entire body looked as if it was about to be broken...... At this moment, the right leg that was picked off was like a whip that accurately hit the middle and lower part of the football, and it exploded with huge energy.

The ball soared into the air, bypassing the jumping Real Madrid wall, drawing a clear arc in the air and hanging towards the near corner of the goal!

Casillas pounced on the football, but it was too late for him to make a move when he saw the ball suddenly appear from behind the wall, and the slight disadvantage in height made it a little short of the length of his hand in the air......

The ball grazed the inside of the post, pressed against Casillas' fingertips, and flew into the goal!

There was a huge cheer from the stadium stands, louder than any of the previous four goals. There is no doubt that this is the goal that satisfies the crowd and is worth the ticket price - the much-anticipated Beckham goal and the door of the former club was breached.

"David. David Beckham! It was just an invitational match, but it was an exciting goal! He penetrated the door of his former club, Real Madrid! No hesitation at all, clean and clean! ”

'His excellent form continued at the end of last season, but now it's not Real Madrid, it's Nottingham Forest who benefits! Tony. Don didn't spend a penny to sign a world-class player, and this deal is a bargain! ”

Beckham didn't celebrate his goal in front of the Real Madrid fans and players, he just opened his arms, clenched his fists, and was picked up by Ruud van Nistelrooy in his arms.

"David! David! Ha ha...... David! That's what the Dutch would have shouted.

Looking at the man who was surrounded by the Foresters celebrating the goal, Schuster thought to himself that Calderon would be foolish to let this man go. Everyone else can go, and this person is really wronged......

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At the end of the 90-minute match, La Liga champions Real Madrid lost 3-4 to European champions Nottingham Forest and lost their qualification for the final.

Although in the final game, Forest's Ruud van Nistelrooy and Real Madrid's Saviola each scored a goal to make it a brilliant goal shootout. But in the hearts of all those who watched this game, David. David Beckham's free-kick was the highlight of the action, and it was an exciting night for the fans who had bought tickets to watch the game leaving Lokomotiv Moscow with a satisfied look on their faces, seven goals and the return of a world-class player.

(To be continued)