Don resisted the urge to go to the sidelines to see what was going on right now. Instead, he withdrew his gaze and refocused on training. He still didn't understand why Michael was here, but he felt he would be able to find him when the training was over.

It's just that when he first saw Michael, he thought it was a hallucination. I wonder if I've crossed over again? Wear it back to 2003? Isn't that a dead cycle that you can't get out of?

He glanced at the players who were training on the field and found that Bale was already old, and then he was relieved. If it were back in 2003, then Bale would never have appeared in front of his eyes.

Now that he was sure that he hadn't crossed over again, Don put his mind at ease and threw himself into training.

The fifteen-minute public shooting time was very short, and the reporters felt that they had not enjoyed the filming, and when they wanted to continue filming, the security guards appeared in front of them at a very timely time.

Reluctantly, the reporters packed up their machines and left the training base, waiting outside the gate, waiting for the training to come in again for interviews. Fans can stay on the sidelines of the training pitch and not be limited by the "15 minutes".

So will there be some reporters among the fans dressed up in disguise? At least from the experience of the past ten years, the odds are very small.

Since tomorrow is the game, today's training is only one class in the morning, rest in the afternoon, and the team will meet at the hotel where they are staying in the evening, spend the night together and then go to the stadium to prepare for the next day.

In today's training session, the team mainly practised set-pieces. This is the repertoire before each game. Set-pieces can be very useful when breaking the deadlock.

But today's training results were mediocre and there were often mistakes. For example, Gareth. Bale was always unable to get the ball to the designated position, causing his teammates who were outflanking in the middle to run out again and again.

What is the reason for this?

Donn decided to stop training, and he had to find out for himself.

"Bell." He beckoned to the little monkey and motioned for Bell to come over.

Bell ran up to him with his head down.

"What's the matter, you're absent-minded." Don asked, clasping his hands on his chest and looking at Bell, who was bowing his head and silent.

"Uh, nothing ......"

"Got a fight with your girlfriend?"

"No, there is no ......"

"Then what's the matter with you, tell me. Is there anything else I can't know? ”

Bell lowered his head and hesitated for a moment before looking up at Don and said, "When I think that this is the last training session for the leader, I feel a little absent-minded......"

Don couldn't stop laughing. It turns out that the problem is still with himself...... He looked at the training ground in front of him, and everyone was looking to his side because of the suspension of training. That's when he saw it in the eyes of those players. Bell was in the same mood.

To be honest, he once lamented his last training session, but it was early in the morning. Once the training started, he didn't want to think about it anymore - everything was normal, except for the more reporters who came, everything was no different from before.

There will definitely be people who are reluctant...... Don realized that this emotion was not what it should be in training. This will definitely affect the final result of the training. Set-pieces are a big part of the training and it might be a set-piece that will decide the outcome tomorrow.

Bell still stood in front of him with his head bowed, like a child who had done something wrong, but what had he done wrong?

Don looked at Bell's lowered eyebrows and sighed.

"Follow me." He said a word and walked straight to the players.

Bale honestly followed Donn, shuffling his way to his teammates.

Two assistant coaches, six coaches watched Donn walk into their scope of work, and no one said anything. Tony. Don doesn't interfere much with their work during training, because all the plans are arranged at Monday's work meeting. But if he stops training and is going to say something personally, then one thing is something important.

Donn walked straight into the circle formed by the players and stood in the middle, while Bale stopped at Aaron. Next to Mitchel. Mitchel was bending down and whispering to him, "Hey, little monkey." What did the boss say to you? ”

"He asked why I was behaving a little erratically?"

Mitchel pinched his chin: "Your performance today is indeed a bit out of order. ”

"Aren't you too?" Bell elbowed Mitchel's waist.

Mitchel laughed.

"How did you answer him?" After laughing, Mitchel asked in a whisper.

"I told the boss that I was out of shape because it was his last training session."

Mitchel heard this answer and was silent for a moment. If the boss had approached him and asked the same question, he would probably have the same answer as Bell.

"Did he say anything to you?" After the silence was over, Mitchel asked again.

"He said, 'Follow me.'" Bell pointed to Tony, who was already standing in the middle of the crowd. Dawn.

Both men turned their gaze back to Donn.

Their leader stood in the middle of the crowd and raised his hands, he had something to say.

"I can see something in your eyes, guys." Donn began to give his impromptu speech, which might be his last speech in training session?

"But I'm going to say those things are wrong. Do you know what you're doing? It's training and tomorrow we have a very, very important game...... Do any of you think we've finished in the top six ahead of schedule so this last game doesn't matter? ”

Donn turned around and looked around at the players surrounding him.

'If you're still on the training pitch thinking that this is my last training session, then you really think that's what you think – against Manchester United, you can easily win, or do you simply not care about the result? But that's not what I want, guys. ”

Don stopped to catch his breath a little, the sun was a little strong today, and a fine layer of sweat appeared on his forehead when exposed to the sun. He felt a slight shortness of breath, a reminder of how wise he was to retire.

"I know some of you weren't the original Foresters, in fact there aren't a few of them left. I understand the feelings of the veteran players. Donn looked in the direction where Bell was, as if by coincidence, perhaps intentionally, or by habit, to the left of Bell stood Mitchel, and to the left of Mitchel stood Joe. Mattok. The man standing behind the side of the matok was Abang Laho. To the right of Bell stood En. Kuru, to the right of Kuru is Gargo, and in front of Gago stands Chris. Cohen. Only George. Wood wasn't among them, he stood across from him, with his teammates who were relatively "new" players.

But that's why I'm even more dissatisfied. Remember that phrase on the wall of the players' corridor on the Crimson Pitch? 'Victory but victory! This is the belief of Nottingham Forest. Have you all forgotten? ”

Donn looked the veteran players in the eye, trying to see something different from before.

Bell stepped up again. Of the current team, only he and Wood have been with Donn the longest and have the most seniority. But there's no way Wood can do that, so it's only Bell who comes out on top.

"But, sir. We didn't want to lose the game, or we thought we could win it easily. We're just ...... Just feeling like this is your last training session and a little distracted...... Uh, it's distraction. ”

"So how can you convince me that you won't be equally distracted in tomorrow afternoon's game? You know, it was the last game of my coaching career, and it was much more important than the last training session. Isn't it? Donn winked at Bell, who he said jokingly, but Bell wouldn't interpret as a real joke.

Some of the "new players" burst out laughing, and it seemed that they didn't know enough about the leader.

Don didn't care about the sudden laughter, he just stared at Bell, insisting that he give himself an answer, and an answer that satisfied him.

What can Bell say? He could say, "I don't think we're going to make that mistake, sir." But the leader would not believe him, and might anger him. Although the leader of the comeback looked much gentler than before, no one underestimated him. Think about what he said on his first day back with the team – if any of you think I'm old, give it a try!

How loud and loud.

He just hugged his ambition under the shell of a kind old man, and if there was any stimulation, maybe it would explode.

"I can't guarantee it, the boss ......" Under Donn's forced gaze, Bell chose to honestly admit his mistake.

"Then I forgot about the boring idea of 'one last training session.'" Don waved his hand, "Just like any day before, keep training." If I see another person absent from the training center, I don't mind having his name crossed out of the starting list and the squad. ”

After Donn said this, he walked up to Chrislak and patted him on the shoulder, "It's up to you, David." ”

"Don't worry, Tony." Chrisrak said to Donn's back.

Don stepped out of the crowd and returned to the sidelines again, becoming a "spectator" again.

Then he glanced to the east, where the fans were still there, and the scene on the training ground was an interesting episode for them, and they were excitedly discussing something.

Donn tugged at the corners of his mouth - look at these fans, they're all playing more normally than their players, really...... Among the fans, Michael. Bernard is obviously still the core, he is the center of everyone's attention, and everyone unconsciously stands around him and surrounds him in the center. It's just that he doesn't talk much, not at all like the football hooligan and fan leader who dominated the area decades ago, he looks like an ordinary office worker in a shirt, trousers and leather shoes.

It would be better if there was another briefcase.

Don thought a little "viciously" in his heart.

After the training, I must go to him, but ...... Probably not soon.

Don thought of the media who should still be guarding the gate of the training base at this time. Once they were notified that they could come in, they wouldn't be able to escape.

※※※ The team training that was "taught" by Don finally returned to normal, and no one dared to wander under the nose of the leader, and they were even more serious and hardworking than before. Because no one wants to miss tomorrow's big game because of a distraction. You know, it was the last game of the leader's coaching career - although Donn didn't let them think about it, it was impossible, it was just that mature pros knew how to suppress their thoughts for a while, or how to turn them into motivation.

After training, the players had to wait for Don to speak. Don waved his hand and refused.

"I've said it all, and it's just a repetition of the past. I'm not interested in wasting your time. Give me back to the shower and change clothes, don't give me a cold! Before turning to the reporter, Donn added, "Oh, by the way." Your morning training was fantastic. ”

Don didn't go out to the fans, knowing that the reporters wouldn't let him go.

Sure enough, as soon as he walked to the exit of the training ground, he was surrounded by many reporters.

Countless microphones, voice recorders, and mobile phones reached out to him.

"Tomorrow is the last game, is there anything you would like to say, Mr. Donn?"

"I'm calm, thank you."

"How sure are you going to beat Jose Mourinho's side?"

"I don't know, it's not my business. You should ask God, I just know that my goal is to win. ”

"Manchester United only need to win against you to defend the league title......

"I know, I'm glad to have such a fun experience before I retire." Don laughed. This time he was genuinely laughing because it was really funny. He tried to get his team out of the situation of looking at other people's faces in the final round of the league, but he didn't expect Manchester United to need to look at his face.

He's not a bad guy with a sense of compassion who lets people go when he's not pursuing them. On the contrary, he is a bad pus, and he is more than willing to kick Mourinho at a critical moment and kick the opponent into the abyss.

Yes, he did drink with Mourinho in Brazil, but that was in the past. Who told him to be the manager again by mistake and happen to be Mourinho's opponent?

"Do you feel nostalgic for the last training session?"

If the reporter had come to ask Don a day in advance, then Don would probably have nodded very seriously. But Don had already done it yesterday, and he didn't want to do it again today. Besides, if you are fifty years old, what else is there that you can't afford to look at?

He shook his head: "I'm only thinking about tomorrow's game, what you're talking about isn't in the table. ”

There are a lot of reporters today, and there are a lot of problems, and Don En patiently coped with them one by one, and did not leave impatiently as before. His temper really seems to be much better than before.

Reporters surrounded him for about twenty minutes, until Donn waved his hand and stopped giving an interview.

Behind him, the players were long gone, and so were the fans in the east.

Don glanced at it, and there was no Michael among those who stayed. It looked like he was going to have to find time to go to Burns's bar, and he wasn't in a hurry for an afternoon anyway.

Just as Don turned to walk towards the parking lot, he suddenly heard his name called from behind. The voice was very, very familiar.

Turning around, Don saw Michael standing under a tree on the side of the road. Bernard!

(To be continued)