When Pep Guardiola got his hands on Nottingham Forest's starting line-up before the game, he saw the name in the forward line. At that time, he thought about it for a while, and then went to ask the assistant next to him: "Is Ibisevic also injured?" ”

Vilanova shook his head: "I haven't heard of anything like this. All we know is Eastwood who are definitely out injured and out of this game. ”

Guardiola heard his most trusted aide say this, and fell into deep thought again.

He really didn't know Tony. Why Done sent this completely unfamiliar striker when Ibisevic was not injured. He didn't even have any information about the person in front of him, only that his name was "Aaron." Mitchel", again because it was written on the starting lineup. He didn't even know how tall Mitchel was until he saw a real person. Not to mention the technical characteristics and real level of this person......

He frowned. Barcelo's training in defense is all aimed at Ibisevic, but Ibisevic is sitting on the bench, and Barcelona's defenders don't know anything about the person in front of them, how to defend in the game? Observe for a while? That hopefully Nottingham Forest won't take advantage of that to score first......

It seems that this is the only way to go. Not a single member of the coaching staff had anything to do with this "Aaron." Mitchel: "Familiar, so it's even less likely that the Barcelona players will be familiar with a player they've never heard of.

It was a scene that took place before the start of the game, with Pep Guardiola now sitting in the away team's dugout, watching the game on the pitch. Next door to him, the home team's coach's box, the manager's position was empty. The Chinese assistant looked like a head coach, but he was a little too nervous.

Guardiola still unconsciously looked at the stands, as if he could find Tony from so many people. Don the same. In fact, he didn't find anything.

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At this time, Don was enjoying football surrounded by a group of fans closest to him.

"You don't watch a lot of football from this position, do you, Tony?" John, the fat man sitting on the left, said with a smile that the game had just begun, and his attention was still on the people around him.

"I've been sent off to the stands many times, but this is the first time I've watched a game from the stands where die-hard fans gather. Well...... It's a much better view here than from the dugout. ”

"Why don't we change it? From now on, you will come here, and I will sit there. John gestured to the Forest dugout below.

Don grinned and didn't speak.

Bill, on the other side, poured cold water on his friend: "I bet you won't even sit still for forty-five minutes." ”

"You don't apply your own level to other people, skinny!"

Taking advantage of the two people's bickering, Don En looked back. Nottingham Forest gave the two UEFA supervisors very good treatment and placed them in the VIP box. However, this was actually Done's arrangement, including sitting in the stands, which was also Donn's idea. Since we are at home and have the advantage of being at home, we must make good use of it, otherwise it will be a ruin.

It's not really about sitting in the North Stand to be able to watch the game with old friends here. Don had another purpose.

He glanced back at the box and never found the two black-clad race supervisors, but he was sure they must have been watching the game with a drink on it.

He then interrupted the debate between John and Beal over who was more capable of sitting in the Nottingham Forest manager's position.

"Hey, guys. I'd like to discuss something with you......"

John and Bill stopped arguing and turned to look at him. "If there's anything you need help with, Tony!" This time they agreed.

"Well, that's right...... The UEFA people did everything they could to prevent me from contacting the dugout and the players below, so I didn't ......have any communication facilities on me."

"I'll lend it to you!" Bill pulls out his phone, but is filmed by Don.

"Don't take it out, you can't even borrow someone else's phone. Do you think they sit there and they don't know what I'm doing here? Don pointed his finger at it without turning around. They've got a high-powered telescope. ”

"Wow, that's it!" Bill was surprised, he was just doing a supervision, so why do he act like a voyeur......

"I prepared it for them." Don laughed.

"Huh?" Both were surprised.

"I want to show that I'm very cooperative with them and that I'm not going to play tricks. Giving them binoculars proves that I don't have a ghost in my heart. But actually......" Donn laughed so badly that John wanted to punch him.

"It's true that I can't communicate with the following through any means of communication, but UEFA doesn't ban the fans from shouting, does it?" He smiled again, his eyes narrowed.

"Hey, Tony! Don't beat around the bush, just say it! What do you want us to do? Bill was in a hurry. He's not a very good guy.

'Sometimes I might need to update the situation on the pitch but I can't tell my coaches or let the players know what I'm thinking. But I thought maybe I could tell them through your mouth. If I have a message to tell the people below, I want you to help me shout it out, but don't be too deliberate. It's like cheering on the team in the stands...... That way, I had a reason when UEFA asked me about it. They can gag me, but they can't gag yours. Ha! ”

John laughed along with Donn. He thinks Tony now. Don's mind must be different from everyone else's, otherwise how could he come up with so many ghost ideas?

Bill was a little slower to react, but then it dawned on him.

"That's fine, Tony!" He excitedly shouted, "We'd love to play against UEFA!" I've long seen that group of people in suits are not pleasing to the eye! He also shook his fist.

John also patted Donn on the shoulder: "You just stand in the stands and direct the game, we will be your assistant coach." ”

Don nodded to the two of them, "Thank you!" ”

John laughed: "As long as you can win against Barcelona, you will embarrass UEFA." Don't talk about helping you spread the word, you just want us to pave the way, that's fine! ”

After he finished speaking, he got up and left his seat to inform the nearby fans, and when the time came, it would not work to act collectively with two or three people. So this grandstand has to know what they're going to do for a while.

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With five minutes into the game, Barcelona were aggressive as they kicked off first and could use their technical advantage to keep the football in their own hands. Another reason for Barcelona's aggressive attack was that Nottingham Forest's midfield gate seemed to be a little wrong today...... George. Wood turned his head to the North Stand several times during the game to look for the man. He thought it was strange that he had always thought that as the captain of the team, he should be a person who could take charge on his own. But when I used to glance at the coach's seat before the start of the game, but I couldn't find that familiar figure, I was a little uneasy......

Since when will you treat him as someone you can rely on?

This is ridiculous! I'm George. Wood, I've been working alone in the slums since I was a kid and taking care of my mom. I don't need to rely on anyone!

Despite this, he hopelessly cast his eyes on the North Stand......

There are so many people there, and you can't find anything.

Just as he turned his head, Iniesta passed the ball through his defensive zone, and he didn't react.

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"George is a little absent-minded......" Donn muttered from the stands, frowning.

Bill, who was next to "Microphone No. 1", pricked up his ears, "Do you need us to shout this?" ”

"Huh? Uh, no. Don hurriedly waved his hand. The side effect of having fans help out as a microphone is that whatever you say may be misunderstood as a need to shout out...... If someone is too enthusiastic, there may be an embarrassing scene such as thousands of fans chanting "malegebide" in unison. Because he used to babble and swear when watching the game, and it was all in Chinese......

He didn't know what went wrong with Wood, but judging by his performances in the last few minutes, he was always looking around on the pitch and not focusing on the game. That's a rare occurrence, George. Wood has always been known for his focus, dedication and dedication. A situation like today's should not have happened to him.

So what's wrong?

If he was off the field, he could stand on the sidelines and shout, "George!!" What the are you doing!! Give me your attention to the game! ”

Now, although he has fans as a mouthpiece, he is not something to shout.

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Don also notices Wood's anomaly. However, his reaction was not quite the same as Donn's, and he lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then he figured it out. So he looked up with a smile and turned back to look for the loud voice Chris Lack: "David, you help me tell George where Tony is in the middle of the North Stand." ”

Chris Rac was a little curious: "Didn't you say that in the locker room?" ”

Tang smiled: "Maybe someone didn't hear it at the time. ”

Chris Rac shrugged and got up from his seat. He really feels that he is like a nanny as an assistant coach, who has to take care of everything in every detail......

After taking a deep breath, he shouted, "Joe-Ji!" ”

Wood heard Chrislack's voice, he turned his head to look over and saw Chrislack pointing his finger to the North Stand: "He's there!" In the middle! Don't look for it! I think he's not happy with your performance! ”

It worked, and Wood glanced at the North Stand and returned to the game.

When Messi was about to break through from him, he interfered, the ball bounced off the turf and knocked out of bounds on his foot, which was a throw-in from Nottingham Forest.

"George. Wood was a bit out of form for the first five minutes of the game, and his position allowed the Barcelona players to break through on a number of occasions. But now it looks like it should be fine! Messi was about to repeat the trick, but he didn't make a breakthrough, but instead gave Forest a throw-in under Wood's close interference. ”

Messi also felt that the wind had changed. He was like a zebra in the African savannah, and as soon as the wind turned, he could smell the smell of lions coming from the low bushes. He raised his head smartly, pricked up his ears and looked around vigilantly.

Whether George wanted to admit it or not, he was at peace at the moment. The previous one was like a lion napping in the afternoon, lazily lying under the bushes, letting the little rabbits and zebras bounce past his nose, not even bothering to lift his eyelids.

But when the last rays of the setting sun faded below the horizon, night fell. Our lion rose from the shadows, his eyes glowing with cold light, staring at his prey.

He was hungry.

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As soon as Wood got back into the game, Barcelona's five-minute advantage was wiped out. And then there's the bad news – their people are completely out of the groove of the City Stadium.

When Silva ran into the space on the left flank and raised his arm in demand, Xavi was keenly aware that there were no Forest players in his vicinity. So he dodged a shot and passed the ball over.

Such a pass is as simple as walking for the playmaking core of the Spanish national team – provided that it is on a normal turf. At the City Stadium, his pass eventually rolled out of bounds. Silva lifted his leg and didn't catch it. Because the football suddenly jumped to the left when it was in front of him and flew directly off the sideline!

At first, the Catalan commentator thought that the two had made a mistake in their cooperation, but unfortunately they missed such a good opportunity. But then Barcelona made a series of mistakes in passing the ball, and he felt that something was wrong - when he first saw the pitch, he just thought that the quality of the turf was not good, and some places were just showing dirt, but now he found that there was a problem with the soil foundation under the turf!

"I don't know how Nottingham Forest maintain the turf, but I know that there is no other professional football club in the world that maintains the turf like that. This must be Tony again. Don's idea! This...... It's so unsportsmanlike! "He doesn't have to think about what his last name is, he's a Catalan commentator, and the people who listen to his show must be Barcelona fans, and he doesn't need to think about the mood of the English fans, so he did his best to demean Barcelona's opponents in the show, and the response was good at the same time.

After Silva made a mistake on the ball, Bojan had another very good chance. He was almost alone against Akinfeev after breaking through Woodgate, but just as he picked up his legs and was about to shoot, the ball suddenly jumped on the uneven turf! The kick he picked out was empty, and he almost twisted the knee that supported the foot...... Fortunately, he reacted quickly and threw his entire center of gravity out, although he fell in disgrace and was very embarrassed, but he was finally not injured.

As for football, it is natural for Akinfeev to get it easily.

Akinfeev, who was holding the football, did not forget to smile at Bo Yang, who was lying on the ground.

"It's almost ten minutes into the game and Barcelona have relied on the ball to have the advantage of their feet after the opening kick-off and have launched a couple of dangerous attacks, George. Wood's distraction has caused Nottingham Forest's defence to be porous. But Barcelona didn't score a single goal, and their players were very ...... on the pitch as if they suddenly couldn't play Comical. I think it must have something to do with the venue. Truth be told, the turf at City Stadium is just terrible! Barcelona wore a yellow away shirt for this game, but I guess by halftime they will be wearing a brown shirt......"

Seeing his players behave like this, Pep Guardiola shook his head in the dugout. He really couldn't do anything about it, he wasn't Superman, and he couldn't move the turf at Camp Nou to England in an instant.

He can only hope that Nottingham Forest will also be constrained by this stadium at the same time, and even if it is 0-0 in the end, Barcelona will also advance.

Such a rotten field is a double-edged sword. No one knows how football works, and sometimes naughty football can cause problems for Barcelona, but who can say that at other times, it can't turn into a Nottingham Forest nightmare?

(To be continued)