With Real Madrid in a draw, Forest already have the upper hand in the duel between the two sides in the last four, but this advantage is not safe, and Donn is afraid to say that his side will definitely reach the semi-finals. The team is on two fronts and he has to be careful. This season is not like last season, where the policy of "giving up the league and securing the Champions Cup" was decided early on, and the team can concentrate on preparing on one front. Now, Donne's side need to work together in the league and the Champions Cup, closing the gap on Manchester United in the league and reaching the final for the third time in a row.

Back at Nottingham, Done played a rotation system against underdogs Birmingham City in the league.

Forest, who played as a semi-substitute and semi-main team, comfortably beat Birmingham City 2-0 at home. Wood didn't play in the game, and Sidwell started well off the bench.

Donn has clearly taken note of the players' desire to get more opportunities and will make it possible for everyone to play when conditions allow.

Bendtner started in place of Ruud van Nistelrooy, scoring two goals of his own and was voted Man of the Match after the game and was given champagne. When interviewed by reporters, he seemed very happy. When Donn brought him to England from Denmark, he said he was the future of the team, the core player of the Forest team in the future, the main striker. But...... With Viduka and Anelka in front and Ruud van Nistelrooy in the back, Bendtner's position has been awkward. All he can do now is take advantage of these unusual opportunities and try to show himself and try to score more goals.

He has been in excellent form this season, scoring 11 goals from the bench – eight in the league and three in various cup competitions.

In the Danish national team, he also secured the position of the main striker.

In his heart, Donn really cultivated Bendtner as the main center of the forest for the future. Ruud van Nistelrooy is getting old, his physical condition is declining, his athletic form is declining, and he has frequent injuries...... These are all foreseeable and normal situations. At that time, Bendtner was growing up to take over. With the guarantee of a strong centre-forward, the rest of the front line is easy to find, Eastwood, Arshavin, and then go to the transfer market to find one. In this way, Nottingham Forest's forward line will be largely careless for the next decade.

After buying Bendtner, it has changed the fate of the Danish boy, but in order to avoid the tragedy of quick success, Don still intends to let Bendtner grow up slowly according to the experience he is familiar with, and does not push him to the main forward line all at once, he hopes that in the past few years, Bendtner can slowly learn, gradually grow, and finally become the leading scorer of Nottingham Forest.

It was his plan, step by step, and Don felt that he had thought it out very well, and that he had taken care of everything. There should be nothing missing...... So seeing Bendtner win the best of the game, he also praised the Danish boy in the locker room. In the praise, Donn seems to have seen the glory days of Bendtner becoming the Premier League's top scorer in the future and Nottingham Forest dominating Europe...... Another piece of good news for Donn is that Nottingham Forest's other rivals have been drawn or lost in this league game – Manchester United drew 2-2 at Middlesbrough, Arsenal drew 1-1 at home to Liverpool and Chelsea lost 2-0 at Manchester City.

As a result, Forest is still in second place, but there is only one gap to Manchester United in first place, and six points behind Arsenal in third, so as long as they don't make big mistakes, they will basically not be able to run away.

Donne's goal this season is certainly not to be second in the league. He has been the second in two consecutive seasons, and the media has called him the "second millennium", which is an injustice to him, because he is the coach who has won the Champions Cup and the League Cup, but there is no word "justice" in the dictionary of the media, as long as there is a gimmick, it must be done.

Even if the media doesn't give Don such a nasty nickname, Don doesn't want to be second in the league anymore, and he is aiming for the league title this season. Second place in the league is not a reason to be happy, but he is happy that United have made a mistake and the two teams are now only one point apart, and more importantly, Forest have not played Manchester United in the second half of the league yet.

As long as they don't make mistakes themselves, there is still a chance to fight Manchester United to the death, with Nottingham Forest taking on Manchester United in the final round of the season's league fixtures. At that time, as long as the points between the two sides are still one point, it will be the moment when the league championship is released.

It's a good thing for the Premier League and the fans that the competition is so fierce.

※※※After the 33rd round of the league, Nottingham Forest ranked second with 76 points. They will then face a formidable rival at home, Real Madrid.

This is not the first time Real Madrid have visited the City Stadium, although it is the first time they have met in the knockout stages, but in the season when Donn played in the Champions League for the first time, the first opponent in the group stage was Real Madrid, and it was also the first time that the City Stadium returned to the Champions League after many years.

Real Madrid were accompanied by a number of Spanish media outlets, who were still interested in the game. Real Madrid have reached the last 16 of the Champions League for three consecutive seasons and reached the quarter-finals this season, and there is hope that they will win the 10th trophy in the club's history. If this does happen, Real Madrid's achievement will be the first of its kind in a football club.

With such strong expectations, there's no reason to stop at the quarterfinals.

Despite a 1-1 draw at home to Nottingham Forest, the media and fans were more optimistic about Real Madrid, after all, Forest had only one away goal and the aggregate score was a draw. They believe that for Real Madrid, conceding a few goals aside, it is impossible not to let them score. As long as there is a goal, it is an away goal, and one will offset the away goal of Nottingham Forest, and any more goals will be Real Madrid's net advantage.

Even if the two sides draw 3:3 at the City Stadium in the end, Real Madrid will advance.

From the above analysis, the Real Madridians are optimistic that they will definitely qualify.

※※※ The game has not yet started, and the whole Real Madrid team has not yet left for Nottingham City. Don started the battle first.

In an interview with The Guardian, he spoke about the first round between the two sides. He first admitted that his tactics were against Guti, and then he praised Guti as the core of Real Madrid right now. All of this seems normal, and it's just an ordinary interview.

But then, Donn changed his tone - "...... Actually, I think Guti should be happy about this (referring to being violated by everyone in turn, limping after the game), because it shows one thing, he has been taken seriously by the enemy. Think of him a few years ago, on the bench ......" Don laughed out loud and didn't continue.

The text of the interview was marked in bold by the newspaper editor, and the meaning is self-explanatory.

Sure enough, after the Spanish media reprinted the interview, it caused a great response.

I won't say what the reaction of Spain's Real Madrid fans was. On the Guardian's website alone, the comments that followed the interview were almost one-sided in their scolding of Tony. Some of them are in English, some in Spanish, and even in Chinese and Chinese...... In addition to Real Madrid's supporters, more people think that Tony. Don lacks enough respect for his opponents.

“…… It's hard for me to believe that a famous manager said it...... "said a well-known commentator for the Spanish newspaper As. Donn's words.

“…… We're a gentleman's country, and there's a lot of sportsmanship here, and I think Tony. Donne's remarks seriously contradicted this kind of thing that we are proud of...... "Even the British political axe officials felt that Donn's words made them very embarrassed. Jowell was very direct in his criticism of Donn. After all, Real Madrid has a very good relationship with the Spanish royal family, and they represent the sporting image of Spain abroad, which is denigrated by a Premier League coach...... "Tony. Done's brain cramped again. "The Sun's headline was so striking that they even did a special project to find out all the incredible things that Donn had said since he took office. Donn's Crazy Words".

The Spanish media was in a crusade, and the English media almost stood on the opposite side of Donne, slamming him for never speaking through his brain, and tactfully demanding that Donn come forward to explain this obviously insulting remark.

So Donn came out and explained, in his own column - "...... I was amazed at the response that this sentence evoked. I just commented on my opponent, I didn't use a single word that insulted the surname, it was all true, and in the eyes of some people, it became disrespectful to my opponent. You ask Guti yourself, did he only play as a substitute in a great team like Real Madrid in previous years? I didn't say that he wasn't good enough, but the main position belongs to Beckham, Zidane, Figo and other great players, compared to them, Guti is really not good. Am I wrong? I really don't understand how it's fun to have a group of people with a magnifying glass all day long looking for fault in my words? ”

What does this look like an explanation? Or maybe it's meant to be explained, but with Donn's unpleasant tone, no matter how you look at it, it's adding fuel to the fire.

"Sportsmanship? Pls when my goalkeeper Paul. Steven Gerrard was hit by Reading player Hunt and went straight to retirement when the Honourable Sports Secretary Theresa Anderson Terrard was retired. Why didn't Ms. Jowell come out and make a big talk about 'sportsmanship'? She should now focus on the Yenching Olympics and get ready for the London Olympics, instead of pointing fingers at me. ”

"Just express your opinion on the opposing player, you will be attacked like this, so let's not talk in the future, okay? Shut up, and the world will be pure. ”

"If you really can't find anything to report in the media, I suggest you take out all the pages and publish public service announcements to promote sportsmanship, right?"

It's an explanation, but it's actually Donn's counterattack, right?

I don't know how to lash out so mercilessly at the UK's Secretary of State for Culture, Information and Sport, Tony . Is Donn the first man in the history of English football...... Anyway, he was completely red, red purple, purple black...... There are many more enemies in his family.

Although Jowell is the Minister of Sports, she has no right to ask Donn what to do, and the only thing she did wrong was not to get involved in this matter, and made those remarks, stabbing Donn into this hornet's nest. After Don fought back, she didn't say anything more. For a high-ranking political official, it is most appropriate to remain silent in a war of words with an ordinary person, and she should have done so a long time ago...... The Spanish media is not relenting, but the English media is much weaker, because the game is approaching, there is no point in hyping this kind of thing, and in the end it has to come down to the game itself.

In fact, the hype of those media is not for the sake of "the dignity of Spanish football", "for sportsmanship", and "to respect the opponent...... They do it just because it attracts attention and has a greater benefit.

The media is the best profession in the world at "being a bitch and setting up an archway", and Don knows what they have in mind, so he doesn't give them a good look.

The biggest impact of his words was actually the Real Madrid team, and Guti, who was "named", was even more violent. When he arrived in Nottingham, he looked angry when he was interviewed: "I don't have a good impression of people who judge others with malicious intentions, and I have no interest in answering such boring topics." He brutally rejected a reporter's question about Donn's remarks, but even if he didn't answer the question, would the media have nothing to say?

"Guti to Tony. Donn's remarks express strong dissatisfaction! ”

"Guti thinks Tony. Don is not worth mentioning! ”

…… Etcetera.

Anyway, with the help of the media, the two sides officially got together.

※※※ Actually, Don was a little incomprehensible about Don suddenly talking about Guti, and he felt that Don didn't need to cause trouble for himself.

Donn just shrugged his shoulders and said that the boring sports secretary was an unexpected "accident" for him. In the past, it was normal for everyone to spit on each other in the football circle, and it was also a highlight of football, and it was a gimmick that the media was happy to see. Jose Mourinho once called Arsene Wenger a "voyeur", and Ferguson also said that he hoped to have two bullets that would allow him to take out Wenger and Victoria...... At these times, why don't you see British political axe officials come out and make irresponsible remarks?

So Jowell's coming out was indeed something that Donn didn't expect, which also made him extremely angry. There is a kind of domineering "we insiders talk about things, and laymen intervene in something", and I don't care that this is a political axe official, and at the same time a female surname, she sneers at each other.

Putting aside the impulsive sports secretary, Donne's plan went well, and he paid the price of his own infamy and hate, and then succeeded in angering Real Madrid's midfielder Guti.

Maybe he is not as famous as Raul and others, but in Donne's eyes, he is the real core of this Real Madrid team today, with him in Real Madrid, there is direction and strategy in attacking Real Madrid, and without him, Real Madrid's attack is messy.

When Guti is provoked, he will lose the coolness that a playmaker must have, and what will Real Madrid's attack be like when the time comes...... You can guess it with your knees.

※※※ Nothing went out of Donn's expectations, and in the second round of the match between the two sides, Guti's performance was similar to that of the first round. Anyone can see the impetuousness, and Real Madrid's attack has become disorganized for the first time. At the beginning, he relied on Guti, but Guti made frequent mistakes, conceded goals frequently, and passed the football directly to the feet of the Forest players a few times.

His temper grew worse amid the overwhelming boos at the City Stadium, and he was booked a yellow card before the end of the first half – an unnecessarily vicious tackle that brought down George. Wood. He received a yellow card, and the Forest's players did not hesitate to ask the referee to give him a red card and sent him off the pitch.

The game was full of gunpowder, and verbal clashes between players on both sides were not uncommon.

In the 70th minute of the game, Schuster couldn't bear it anymore and replaced Guti with Gago. In those 70 minutes, Guti made 76 passes, but only 30 were successful, and the frequent mistakes did not help the team's attack at all. Instead, the whole team followed him and became impetuous.

There were fewer clashes, but Real Madrid's attack was completely out of direction. They relied more on the individual skills of their stars to go it alone, and occasionally tried to work together and were overwhelmed by the Forest's overall defence. The unbeatable Real Madrid were at a loss against Nottingham Forest's home defence.

In the end, the two sides played to a 0:0 draw.

The result left Real Madrid's fans in the dead and the Real Madrid players in a state of frustration - they were eliminated by Nottingham Forest with fewer away goals...... "Nottingham Forest are in the last four again!" For the third year in a row! It's amazing, it's amazing......" the narrator repeated, some not knowing what to say.

The game was really ugly, there were no bright spots to speak of, and if it was a neutral fan, they would have turned off the TV or changed the channel long ago when they saw such a game. This kind of game makes the commentator himself really not interested in answering and talking. However, reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League for three consecutive years is indeed a remarkable achievement, and few teams in today's football can do it...... No, it can even be said "almost nothing".

The unsightly disgusting race and the great result are wonderfully united in Tony. Donn's team. For the first time, the narrator feels a lack of vocabulary and is unable to convey this feeling appropriately.

I had to ...... "Wish Tony. Good luck for Donn and his team. ”

(To be continued)