Regardless of the outcome of Nottingham Forest's appeal, the red card still affected Anelka's mood.

On the day of the game, Anelka was gloomy like a ghost in the dressing room, and getting close to him would make people feel cold.

In fact, Anelka is usually quite "cold", but because of such a thing, he is still so cold, something is wrong.

Don thought about it, but decided not to talk to the French for the time being, he must not be in a better mood at this time.

There are some things that I'll talk about later.

After receiving the appeal from the Forest team, the English league committee and the refereeing committee replied to the Forest team that they needed to study it before making a decision, but they did not say when it would be studied.

Don listened to the yelling in the office: "Damn bureaucracy! Even if the result of that bastard's research is that Anelka is not guilty, he will miss the game against Arsenal! ”

Anger to anger, and there is nothing Don can do. There's no way he's going to make a fuss at the league committee's office, right?

I can only seize the last time in training to practice the new play.

Freddy? Eastwood's recovery has not been promising, with Don preferring to let him recuperate rather than force him back into the squad.

Now Anelka is also unavailable, and the only striker available for the Forest team is Mark? Viduka and Niklas? Bendtner is two.

Donn wasn't going to play two centre-forwards at the same time, he decided to play defensive counter-attacks at Arsenal's away game, and he was happy to take a point from Highbury.

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It was a high-profile game as Nottingham Forest took on Arsenal away.

However, such a heavyweight match did not meet people's expectations before the game, because the game had nothing to do with "exciting".

Anelka was not in the Forest squad and Donn fielded a 541 formation in this game. Viduka burst forward alone, and the three central defenders were Matthew? Epson and Pepe were up front, while Piquee was behind to protect.

Seeing such a lineup, a smarter person guessed that Donn was going to defend away from home.

That's right, not just defending, but defending.

Forest put three centre-backs in the middle and blocked the edge of their penalty area. The Forest's offense was to kick forward with big feet and put in only two or three men. If you can form a threat, then it's okay, you can't form a threat, and you won't be counterattacked by Arsenal because the team is pressing hard.

Henry's speed was something that Don was afraid of.

Arsene Wenger's side are looking for weaknesses in Forest's defence, while Forest are looking to disrupt Arsenal's attack.

Done's heart was tormenting every second, and every attack from Arsenal made him restless. Once you concede a goal, it means that all your hard work is in vain.

George? Wood was tasked with keeping Cesc Fabregas on the line, and the two sides were twined in midfield. Looking at a scene like this, Martin? Taylor exclaimed, "It's the time of youth...... and he looked at Tony, who was pacing back and forth on the sidelines. Dawn.

Eighteen-year-old Cesc Fabregas, nineteen-year-old George? Wood, thirty-seven-year-old Tony? Dawn. They are gradually becoming the main force in this league. Regardless of Tony? What can Donn achieve in the future, at the age of 37, he has already led the team to the Champions League, he has already attracted the attention of UEFA, and his Nottingham Forest has also been featured in the European media.

Generally speaking, a forty-year-old manager is called a "young coach", such as Mourinho, such as Didier Deschamps, such as Carlo Ancelotti, such as Van Van? Basten, Rijkaard, Gullit...... etc., but Tony, who took over the Forest team at the age of 34, took the Forest team to the Premier League at the age of 35, and led the Forest team to the Champions League at the age of 36, almost a step a year? What should Don be?

England has not had such a good manager for many years, and almost all of the successful managers who are active in English football are non-English, such as Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is Scottish, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is French, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is a Spaniard, and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is Portuguese...... There is no English coach in charge of the big four, which makes the always arrogant Englishman very faceless.

Donn's outfit satisfied this "patriotic fervor" of the English, and the hype of the media pushed Donn to the public. On the surface, Don is disgusted by the media hype about him personally, but in fact, who knows if he used the media......

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Donn watched the game nervously on the sidelines, not knowing that Martin? What Taylor said about him in his heart. Even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care.

At the end of the first half, Forest were in a mess, but the scoreline gave Donn a hint of relief – his side are still 0-0 with Arsenal so far.

At half-time, Donn didn't make any tactical changes, just instilled confidence in the team, telling them not to give up no matter how unfavorable the situation is, and that a draw in this game is a victory.

In the second half, Forest's stubborn tactics were carried out more thoroughly, and as the game wore on, the Arsenal players gradually became impatient.

In the 79th minute, Arsenal scored a goal, but when they were celebrating unpassionately, the linesman ruthlessly raised the flag in his hand - offside!

It was indeed an offside goal, although it wasn't obvious, as Henry started a little earlier and was spotted by the linesman.

Arsene Wenger looked a little angry on the sidelines, perhaps believing that he had been framed by the referee. Done applauded the referee from the sidelines, and the referee who officiated the game was none other than Bol, who was the fourth official for Forest's home game against Everton in the last round of the league.

'With four minutes left in stoppage time, this game is another typical 'Arsenal phenomenon'. Martin? Taylor shook his head. He had lost all hope that there would be a goal.

The so-called "Arsenal phenomenon" refers to long periods of possession and multiple shots on goal, but no points. Arsenal's style of possession allows them to dominate the game, play beautifully, and are pleasing to watch. Unfortunately, this habit of keeping the football at their feet has also caused them to miss the chance to score many times. There are opportunities that can be used to get up and hit the goal, but they often miss it in vain because they are greedy for a beautiful combination.

Don is taking advantage of Arsenal's habit of laying down heavy troops at the back, making Arsenal, who like to keep the ball, feel like they are facing a stone with nowhere to go, they keep controlling the ball outside, but they can't find a few opportunities to shoot and score.

He gave up on attacking altogether and had just six shots on goal so far for Forest, only to take a 0-0 scoreline into stoppage time.

Don has to be glad that he is not coaching at Real Madrid in Spain, otherwise no matter how good the team's results are, there is only one fate in the end - to get out of class.

That's not what Done wants, and if Anelka can play, he wouldn't mind a clash with Arsenal at Highbury.

"The game is over, a dull game...... Nottingham Forest draw away from Arsenal! Tony? Coach Donn got a point that satisfied him, but the fans who came to watch the game probably won't be happy with this kind of game. ”

"Very dissatisfied!" Andy next to him? Gray covered his mouth and yawned. 'I don't understand why sometimes the game is so ugly because Forest don't have a conservative style......

"Because Donn's style is to be results-oriented." Martin? Taylor replied, "If being conservative gives him the results he wants, he wouldn't mind playing the most conservative football." ”

Andy? Gray rolled his eyes and turned off the microphone. "That's the only thing I hate about him...... Sometimes, he's too utilitarian. ”

Martin? Taylor also took off his headphones and finished his work. "That's the world football environment. That's why teams like Arsenal and Barcelona are particularly popular because they're not utilitarian. ”

"If Donne's team can play as beautiful as Arsenal, it will be perfect......

"You're asking too much, Andy." Martin? Taylor laughed, and he stood up from the broadcast booth to see Don hugging and celebrating with his players on the sidelines, and looked at his joy as if he had won the game.

'With a team like Arsenal, you should be satisfied. The shortcut to success is still victory, achievement, ......"

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Rather than returning to Nottingham after the match against Arsenal, Forest flew directly from London to France for the second match of the Champions League group stage on 28 September, where they took on Lille.

In France, a tired Forest team eventually drew with Lille and the two sides played out 0-0.

If the draw with Arsenal in the last league game was what Don wanted to see, then the draw in this game is the result that Don doesn't want to see. He had hoped that the team would beat Lille away and give them their first Champions League victory. But the back-to-back Foresters are too tired and completely powerless on the road.

Since the first game of the Champions League group stage on September 15, the Forest team has played five games in 13 days, which is indeed too dense. Unwillingness is unwilling, and Don has no choice in the face of this reason.

The only good news is that Real Madrid were held to a draw by Benfica in Portugal and the points of the four teams in Group D have not been pulled apart.

After the two group games, Real Madrid are top of the group with four points, followed by Benfica and Lille with two points, and Nottingham Forest are at the bottom with only one point, which looks really in line with UEFA's classification of their "fourth tier".

Nottingham Forest's performance was as expected by most people, with a team returning to the Champions League after 24 years not showing convincing quality and being at the bottom of the table is justifiably top. However, the strong team Real Madrid did not show strong strength, they did not win Benfica away from home, even against Forest team won very thrillingly.

The group's qualification situation is not as simple as one might think.

But no matter how people analyze it, I'm afraid few people will think that with this kind of performance in the first two group games, Tony? Donn's Nottingham Forest will be able to qualify from this group. However, when these people made similar analyses, they all ignored one problem - the Forest team has been using the remnants to compete with their opponents, Albertini is out due to injury, George? Wood is also suspended, and the importance of these two men to the team is not something that can be made clear in a sentence or two.

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Returning to England from Lille, the league committee's research decision has also come out, Stephen? Johansen's decision was a miscarriage and the red card for Anelka was cancelled as well as a two-match suspension. At the same time, Johansen was suspended from officiating the Premier League because of this serious misjudgment in enforcement.

The relief was good news for both Nottingham Forest and Anelka, but Done didn't appreciate it.

When he got the final result, he shook the paper in front of the reporter and expressed his dissatisfaction in a disdainful tone: "Okay, everyone. Now it turns out that we have been wronged. But what's the use of that? We lost an important striker in the most crucial games, who will compensate for that loss? I understand what they need to spend five days studying, and who knows what they're working on? ”

A day later, Tony? Donn was fined 15,000 pounds by the FA for making an "anachronistic" view of the referees' committee's work.

Don didn't care, though, he was used to it. For him, spending a little money to be able to express his feelings is a good deal for him.

In the following league game, the re-possessed Anelka Forest swept Manchester City 2-0 at their home stadium, and in this game, Donn used a rotation system, with most of the main players being replaced. This makes Stuart? Pierce thought it was a good opportunity for Manchester City to score away from home, but he didn't expect that the strength of the Forest team after rotation was not affected, but was even better.

China's Sun Jihai started the game against his old club and played the whole game in a decent performance. Of course, on the side of the Chinese media, it has become "eye-catching".

Gareth? Bale also got his first start for Forest's first team and made a successful debut with one assist. At the beginning of the game, Donn arranged for him to play left wing-back, and Bale's performance was a bit restrictive, and after pushing him into midfield in the second half, he changed to left wing-back, and the performance was immediately different.

Even Motes, the commentator of the game, was very optimistic about Bale's future: "At the age of sixteen, he played for the club's first team in the Premier League. Bell said it was a happy day for him. It was also a happy day for Forest fans, because after George? After Wood, their team has gained another talent from the Academy! Take a look at his series of performances before giving Viduka the assist – calm and bold! Impressive! ”

In addition to re-winning, and reaping a well-played Gareth? Beyond Bell, Don has good news.

On the second day of the match against Manchester City, Albertini appeared on the sidelines of the training pitch in his training uniform. All the players gathered around Albertini to welcome their captain back into the squad after a more than one-month absence due to injury.

Don smiled extraordinarily brightly, stood in front of Albertini, and joked loudly: "Look who this is?" Demy, your legs must be rusty, right? ”

"You're right, sir. That's why I'm more active. "Albertini kicks.

"Welcome back!" Donn gave Albertini a hard hug.

The team's current record in the Champions League is not satisfactory, and the return of veteran Albertini at this time brings not only one more midfielder, but more experience. As the saying goes: if there is an old man in the family, there is a treasure. Albertini is the anchor of the team......

That's why Donn is in a surprisingly good mood, and he believes that with Albertini's return, the team's performance in the Champions League will definitely change.

Oh yes. Wood is also back, and he ended his suspension. The next game at home to Benfica at Nottingham Forest will be his comeback.

It's a double blessing.

Those who look down on us, you will soon find out how wrong you are!

(To be continued)