Albertini's comeback is not only a simple addition to the team, but more importantly, a morale boost.

On October 15, Forest played Tottenham Hotspur away, and after a fierce battle, Forest won 1-0.

Before you know it, Nottingham Forest has accumulated 19 points and is in second place in the league standings. The first place is still Chelsea, Mourinho's team has won nine games and won nine games since the start of the new season, and is high in the table with 27 points.

But now Donn is not interested in the league, but in the Champions League.

On October 19, Champions League day, Forest hosted Benfica. Donn made changes to the line-up, Arteta was replaced by Albertini, George Wood returned to the line-up after the end of the suspension, and the Forest team suddenly stood up.

What are the consequences of standing up?

Forest finally secured their first Champions League win on their home turf.

There were suspicions before the game that Wood would not be able to keep up with the pace of the team after missing two Champions League games, but Wood's performance did not look any different than usual. The reason is that before the game, Donn told Wood that it was right to play the Champions League as a normal game, it was all a football game, and there was no difference.

Benfica was still thinking about pinching Nottingham Forest as a soft persimmon before the game, but he didn't expect to bite down and break his own teeth.

In fact, in the first two group games, Nottingham Forest's performance has not been bad, but for one reason or another, they have not won. In the first group stage, the Forest team advanced to Real Madrid Earth, and was only reversed by Real Madrid at the last moment. Second group stage. Exhausted, it will not be easy for the Forest team to draw with Lille on the road

In this game, there were no personnel absent, the physical condition was good, the mentality was good, the state of mind was good, and the Forest team playing at home finally broke out their true strength. Underestimating Forest, Benfica became the first victim.

After the game, the Portuguese media described the game as "Forest upset", while the English media took Forest's victory over Benfica for granted. The Sun ridiculed the Portuguese media's "upset theory": "The second place in the English League defeated the fourth place in the Portuguese League, and it can be called a 'cold match'? ”

There is no detailed comparative analysis of the strength of this statement. But it makes people understand at a glance how absurd that "upset theory" is. Although Donn didn't like The Sun very much, this time they spoke for the Forest team still made Donn feel good.

In their other group game, which was held at the same time on the same day, Real Madrid comfortably beat Lille 2-0 at their home stadium.

As a result, the situation in Group D has become Real Madrid with two wins, one draw and seven points, while Nottingham Forest, a fourth-tier team, was originally ranked first from the bottom, because of the win against Benfica, it suddenly became second in the group with four points. In this round, they both lost the ball and were difficult to draw - Lille and Benfica are tied on two points and finished third and fourth.

With the win against Benfica, everyone looks at the Forest team differently. No one dares to despise this tenacious team anymore. In the latest issue of UEFA's Champions League TV magazine, the match was introduced: "...... The youngest Champions League manager to lead the team to their first win in the Champions League, let's see what else Tony Downe can achieve......

Youngest...... It's really a hyped gimmick.

It's the end of October, and Forest are on their toes in the league and have been following in Chelsea's footsteps. Pressed strong teams like Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool under him, and won the Champions League. It looks like Don is now proud.

Still, he had one thing he didn't tell anyone.

On 24 October, the first day after the 10th round of the English League, Don travelled to the Royal College of Medicine at the University of Nottingham to see Freddie Eastwood.

After the first operation, the doctors did not get better, so Eastwood performed a second operation on his right knee, and the Gypsy Land returned to the time again and again. Seven months have passed since he was injured in the match against Sporting Lisbon. It was a hopeless seven months......

Surgery, recovery, condition does not improve, reoperation, recovery.

There is no hope at all, and I don't know if there will be any problems with this leg all of a sudden after recovery.

Donn remembers speaking generously to Eastwood in the hospital's ground ward. Tell him that fate is a web of choices intertwined one after another, and that people always have to face this or that choice, but no matter what choice is made, they can't stand still.

Seven months passed, and Don felt that he didn't have the face to say that in front of Eastwood anymore, and he himself was a little desperate, and every time there was some unfavorable news from the hospital, he let him. The center of the earth has sunk a bit.

Don didn't ask where the Eastwood Ground ward was in the hall below, and he walked straight up. That number doesn't need to be asked. He has long remembered it.

But when I opened the door of the ward, I saw that the floor was just an empty room. Don thought he had found the wrong room. He pushed it out and looked up at the ward number, yes, it was Eastwood Ground Ward.

He stood in the doorway and thought for a moment, it was impossible for Eastwood to move out of the hospital and he didn't know it, but Professor Constantine would tell him everything about Eastwood in time.

Don walked in, and the room was very tidy. There was a bouquet of flowers in a vase on the bedside table, and he looked closely, and there were still water droplets on the petals and leaves. He touched the bed again, and there was still a little warmth.

It seems that Eastwood did not move away, but ...... Standing at the window, Donn's probe looked down, and soon he found his target.

Freddie Eastwood, who was walking slowly in the garden with his wife's support, looked at Donn in amazement.

"Boss? What are you doing here? His voice sounded pleasantly surprised.

"I'm coming to see you, Freddy." Don shook the bouquet in his hand, and then he smiled at Freddy's wife, "Hello, Serem."

"Hello, chief." The gypsy woman followed her husband by calling Donn.

The three of them sat down on a bench on the side of the gravel road.

"Yesterday's game was really exciting!" Eastwood took the initiative to mention football. He said the match was just concluded in the 10th round of league games, when Forest played Middlesbrough at home, and the match was in the spotlight due to the feud between Donne and Middlesbrough manager McLaren.

In the end, the score was 4:2, and the two sides fought against each other. Forest won Middlesbrough with sharper attack and better defending, extending McClaren's winless record at City Stadium.

Tang En scratched his head: "Do you watch live TV? Didn't the doctor say it was better not to watch the Forest play? ”

It wasn't like Don was joking, although he did think it was a joke when he first heard the suggestion...... Professor Stephen Albert, who was the chief surgeon for Eastwood, warned Eastwood very seriously after the second operation that in order for him to recover as soon as possible, it was best not to watch the Forest team play Chengchengcheng, so as not to injure the fragile knee again in an emotional situation.

When people are watching the ball, it is inevitable that there will be some excited limb movements, and if the range of movement is large, it is not a strange thing to hurt the knee that has just undergone surgery.

Eastwood smiled, and Serim next to him pointed at him and said, "Forest team games, he didn't let go of a single game, he watched it all live."

"If you don't let me watch the game, that's not going to work." Eastwood said, "I can't play football yet, and if I can't even watch it, then I don't know how to play the time."

Don En swept his gaze to his right knee, hesitated for a moment before asking, "This time...... How's the restoration? ”

"I think it's good!" The gypsy replied in the affirmative." I think in two months I'll be back on the training ground."

Unlike Don had thought before he came, Freddie Eastwood was full of hope for the future and didn't give up in the slightest.

Seven months, and even longer, recovery hasn't dampened him, and he's as optimistic as ever.

"That's good, Freddie. We're all waiting for you." Donn felt that he was worried in vain, and that was the best." Oh yes. In the next round of the league, you don't have to watch live TV, come to the City Stadium, watch it live."

Eastwood was stunned for a moment.

"What? Can't go? Don asked.

"No, sir. No problem, even walking from here to the City Stadium."

"Who let you go!" Don laughed. You're going to watch the game, but you're going to have to be careful with my knees."

"Don't worry, chief. I want to recover sooner than you do! But...... Boss, who are our opponents in the next round of the league? ”

"Chelsea." Donn replied.

Eastwood whistled." That Chelsea, who have won nine and drawn one without losing a game? ”

"Yes, now in the top league table, 28 points from 10 league games. What, you're scared, Freddie? ”

"Just kidding! What am I afraid of? Freddie retorted loudly, then muttered in a low voice, "It's not me who came out to play......"

The two laughed at the same time.