After the game against Chelsea and with one league game to go, Nottingham Forest will fly to Barcelona, Spain, to prepare for the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Their opponents are not strong, Blackburn Rovers only. Tony. Donn rotated again, with only half of the players who would be playing against Barcelona in this game. In the end, Nottingham Forest easily defeated Blackburn, who was completely different from him, 3:1.

Nottingham Forest's game was played on Saturday afternoon, one of the earlier kick-offs in the Premier League. After the game, Don handed over the team to Chris Rac and rushed straight to London with Don. They had to catch an evening flight to Madrid, Spain.

They weren't traveling to Spain, they weren't eloping. They were just there to watch the Spanish national derby the next night live at the Bernabeu, gathering first-hand information at the nearest distance.

The team will not depart for Barcelona until this afternoon. At that time, Don and Don had been waiting for a long time at the hotel they had booked.

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There are still six hours left before the evening game, and they have already arrived early. Anyway, it's not fun to stay in a hotel, it's better to go out and walk around, and relax your tense nerves while admiring the exotic.

Spain is not the UK, and the sun-drenched streets are bustling with tourists. Don saw a lot of fans from all over the world, and he even saw the Eastern face, and he didn't know if it was Chinese or himself. Some of them looked like ordinary tourists, wearing sun hats, sunglasses, and cameras on their chests. But some people wore the shirts of Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Luckily, this is not Glasgow, so you don't have to worry about being stabbed to death by the extreme fans of the opposing side......

There are also media outlets from all over the world doing random interviews on the streets, interviewing those fans.

This is something you won't see in Nottingham. No matter how good Nottingham Forest are, the gap between big and small cities is not something that can be easily bridged. This is also the reason why most people still do not think of Nottingham Forest as a "big family" - none of the so-called "big clubs" are in small cities.

Inter Milan and AC Milan are in Milan, Italy's second largest city, Juventus is in Italy's motor city of Turin, not to mention Barcelona and Real Madrid, Manchester United is in the heavy industrial city of Manchester, and Liverpool is a famous port and tourist city, all of which are not small. There is also Munich, where Bayern Munich is located in the Bundesliga. Hoffenheim are doing well in the Bundesliga, but no one will see them as a "giant", not even themselves.

Without big cities, there is no big market, and there is a lack of more attention, which is interlinked. Nottingham Forest Word Ah Evan. The revival was completed under Dogety, but there is still a long, long way to go to achieve greater glory.

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"This is the first time I've been to a live derby...... Don and Don stand outside the Bernabeu stadium, looking up at the huge white building.

"When I was a fan, I used to dream of going to European stadiums and watching famous derbies like Milan derby, Manchester derby, Liverpool derby, north London derby, Spanish derby...... It's a pity that there are no conditions. "When Don and Don are alone, he is not shy about talking about his former identity." Now I have the conditions, but it has taken so many years to fulfill my wish......"

"I thought you really wanted to scout the enemy."

"Ha, of course I'm here to scout the enemy, but it's normal to have some selfishness......"

"If you were a fan, who would you cheer for?" Don also asked a question that had nothing to do with work.

Don touched his nose and thought about it for a moment: "Barcelona...... Maybe, I think. ”

"Why are you hesitating?"

"Because I'm not quite sure what my mindset was at the time. It's been so many years, all coaching, what it's like to be a pure fan, long forgotten...... Why should I support Barcelona? Because they play well. But the only thing I think about when I watch the game now is whether I can win or not, even if it's not as a coach. "That's how he looked at a game when he was a guest commentator at the BBC.

Don smiled. "Occupational disease, right?"

"Perhaps."

"Actually, your football is pretty good now, it's fast-paced and it's very intense."

"Someone thinks I'm whitewashing, ha!" Don thought it was funny when he said it.

Don laughed too, because he knew what kind of person Don was like. Doing this kind of thing in order to win public opinion support is not his style.

Against Barcelona, if nothing else, Donn will stick to the counter-attacking tactics of defensiveness. Go for a draw and an away goal on the road, then go back home for another lethal chance.

Playing against the most offensive team in the world, that manager must be crazy.

Standing in front of the home of Spain's most prestigious club, Donn looked up to the name as a fan. Everyone loves beauty and wants to pursue beautiful things, and football is no exception. Beautiful football always wins heartfelt applause and cheers. If Donn were a fan, he would have the utmost respect for the teams that played well and lost. Even if he's not a supporter of that team.

But now he is a coach, a manager who can only rely on winning to prove his worth and maintain his status.

Suddenly a voice came from behind him, and Tang En and the others didn't understand it at all, so they didn't pay attention to it. It wasn't until the voice sounded once that they realized that it was themselves.

At the same time, the owner of the voice also circled in front of them. is a very professionally dressed beauty, holding a microphone and followed by a videographer carrying a camera.

It turned out to be an interview. Don and Don glanced at each other, and they both saw surprise in each other's eyes - why was he found by the Spanish media here because he came to Spain without notifying any media? But the next second they realized that they had made a mistake.

"Tony. Dawn! The female reporter exclaimed first.

Don and Don looked at each other again - it turned out that the blind cat had crashed into the dead mouse......

They originally thought that in a place like Spain, where they were unfamiliar with the place, even if they were kidnapped, they couldn't find anyone to blackmail, and they didn't need to wear any sunglasses or disguise. I didn't expect that dedicated reporters would come out to interview and do programs so early, and they would meet them among so many people......

Don's first reaction was to cough and lower his head: "You recognized the wrong person, miss." ”

"How so?" The female reporter looked excited, and her rhetorical questions were filled with laughter. "In the past month, the media in Catalonia have been plastering all kinds of photos of you, and I have collected many of them myself, how can I be mistaken?"

She's not so happy because she's Tony. A big fan of Don Eun, eager to have a one-night stand with Don or something. It's because she's lucky enough to get the best news that no one else can get.

"It looks like you're also part of the Catalan media, are you really trying to slap me right now?" Don finally awkwardly admitted his identity, he knew that he couldn't run away today. In that case, it is better to admit it.

"I'm not a lady, but I don't hit anyone, Mr. Donne."

"Oh, is it? I look at the rhetoric of your Catalan media, and you want to dismantle me. I'll give you the exclusive information, but I'm already thinking about hiring a professional security guard to protect me at Camp Nou to direct the game. In the unlikely event that I had been hit by a weapon of mass destruction such as a pig's head and had passed out, should the match have been suspended and a rematch had been chosen? Will Camp Nou's home stadium be cancelled? ”

The beautiful Catalan journalist was made laugh and cry by Donn's words. She began to think that maybe she could interview Tony. Don is not an errand to be the envy of others......

"Can we leave those things out of it? Mr. Donn. I wonder why you're here, yesterday you were in the dugout to direct the game......"

"Am I here to buy toilet paper?" Don asked rhetorically.

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"Here's our latest news from our reporter from the outside of the Bernabeu stadium to see who Miss Savier has met!" The pre-match special on TVC was interjected with an "update". The screen changed from a studio to an outdoor one.

In the square at the Santiago Bernabéu, Tony. Don looked sideways at the TV camera, and the person opposite him was the beautiful reporter.

"What am I doing here? Am I here to buy toilet paper? I'm here to watch the game, of course. ”

"Watching the opponent in the next game?"

"That's right."

"You can see that you are serious about the next game. So what do you hope for tonight's battle of the century? ”

Donn gave an answer that surprised the journalists themselves: "Barcelona wins." ”

The picture cut back, and the host smiled: "What an unexpected answer." Tony. After a month of a war of words with us, is this a gesture of goodwill? ”

This episode ended with the laughter of the host.

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While waiting in line to check in for admission, Don still couldn't figure out why Don answered like that.

"I thought you would say 'I want Barcelona to lose', even if you didn't say, 'I hope Barcelona hurt a few more people'. Why is it unusual......"

Don smiled: "If we want to play defensive counterattacks, we naturally have to lower our posture." In this way, Barcelona is willing to obediently press out and fight. Barcelona will continue to attack no matter what tactics we play, but they definitely want us to play against them, and we are not as good as they want. It is most beneficial for us to have a lower posture and fight against the counter. ”

After saying this, he smacked his mouth again: "If someone like me goes to coach in Barcelona, it is estimated that he will be dismissed after the first game, right?" Ha! ”

Don thought about it if Tony. Done laughed as he stood at the home team's dugout at the Camp Nou: "You probably will become the first manager in Barcelona's history to be booed by your own team's fans every game." ”

"That's terrible, I hate booing my own team. But I'm going to be looking forward to hearing boos on Wednesday. Don opened his arms as if to hug the boos, "The harder they boo, the more scared they become!" ”

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The clash between Barcelona and Real Madrid, against the backdrop of the Champions League quarter-finals, looked a little less exciting. This disappointed Donn - what he most wanted to see the battle of the century should be like this: the referee turned over his cards like a dealer in a Las Vegas casino, the players of the two teams were like twenty-two bulls in heat on the field, and then some of the core players left the game injured in the fierce collision - maybe not necessarily the fierce, the process is not important, the important thing is the result - and the latest news from the hospital the next day was that these people would all be injured for a month. Missed exactly two games against Forest.

It's a pity that Pep Guardiola is not a fool, the battle of the century is certainly the most unloseable game of the season, but he is also unwilling to give up the Champions Cup. Thankfully, Real Madrid also reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and they didn't want to waste too much energy in the battle of the century.

The two sides had a tacit understanding of playing the slow-paced "battle of the century" on the court, which made Donn very dissatisfied. He booed like an ordinary fan in the stands: "Such a game should really be refunded and the TV broadcast fee should be refunded!" It's simply deceiving the audience's feelings! It's so fake!! ”

There are many viewers who share his views at the Bernabeu. It can be seen how huge the difference between fans and coaches is - fans who pay for tickets to watch the game may care about this game for a season, and as the head coach of a team, he can't do that, otherwise he will definitely be fired.

Franck Franck Ribery was unavailable for this game due to injury. So Don didn't see the duel between his two former disciples either. Pique's performance was mediocre and there were no bright spots. Maybe he'll be saving for the game against Nottingham Forest?

When Real Madrid temporarily led Barcelona 2-1 with 20 minutes remaining, Barcelona's players were in no hurry to equalise. Messi tried hard to find a chance to score, but with the whole team at a slow pace, he was alone. Pep Guardiola didn't whistle on the sidelines until 10 minutes left to signal his side to pick up the tempo in an attempt to equalise.

Late.

How easy is it for Barcelona, which is 80 minutes slower, to get up and down with a bang? Messi, the only one who could keep up with the pace, was replaced by Pep Guardiola five minutes ago – and he wanted to protect Messi and conserve his strength.

In this way, Barcelona lost to Real Madrid with a score of 1:2 in this match, and the two sides won one of the two "battle of the century" in this season, and it was a draw.

Don and Don were disappointed when they left the Bernabeu because he didn't see some of the key players in Barcelona's squad injured, and he complained that Pep Guardiola treated Messi like a vacuum, for fear that he would be hurt in the slightest.

From this point of view, although the two have not officially played each other, Guardiola has already won.

For the Catalan young coach, the defeat to Real Madrid in the league and the equalization of the opponent is no longer too important, and the end of the game has no value in continuing to discuss. The fact that no one on the team got injured in this game was the biggest win.

In his post-match press conference, Pep Guardiola looked a little distracted, perhaps he was already imagining Tony. Donne's expression when he saw this scene.

We're going to use the best of you against you, and I hope you won't be too surprised, Mr. Donn.

(To be continued)