The journalist who asked Mourinho at the press conference if he was worried about the match against Don was clearly prescient. While the media in Manchester are still hyping the aftermath of the Manchester derby, the media in Nottingham and elsewhere are already hyping Tony. It's the final battle between Donne and Jose Mourinho.

"When he was coaching, Mourinho never won against Toney. Dawn. ”

Mourinho's embarrassing record was also re-unearthed from the dusty pile of waste. So much so that those who saw the record still felt a little bit of intimacy – they thought they were back nine years ago, when Donne and Mourinho met at least two games a season and were a unique sight in the Premier League.

Since Jose Mourinho was kicked out of Chelsea by Roman Abramovich, there has been no such madman duel again. Later, in European competitions, Don and Mourinho also played each other, and Don still had the advantage. It's just that the European confrontation is too difficult to come across, and it is also mixed with the battle between Mourinho and Nottingham Forest, not just Mourinho and Toney. The grudge between Donne.

The media are naturally interested in the purest showdown, which belongs only to Tony. The fight between Don and Mourinho.

What kind of sparks can be created when two unruly and self-conscious managers collide together?

It's exciting.

Now that this scene is in the Premier League again, can it not make those media excited?

So this group of media is like a chicken blood, and even the game record of the first time the two people met turned out. Give fans a new popularization of the grievances and hatreds between the two people.

“…… It is said that Tony. Don always wanted to ask Mourinho to have a drink after the game, but Mourinho always turned down this normal invitation. Why he refused is unknown, but Donn eventually got his wish by having a drink with their fellow national TV commentators before the World Cup in Brazil. No one knew exactly what that was going on, and no one saw them drinking together. Donn disclosed this in his autobiography, but did not go into further detail......"

"Tony. What is the relationship between Donne and Mourinho? They are adversaries...... Or rather, the enemy is more appropriate. Their only thought after meeting is to defeat each other, trample each other under their feet and humiliate each other. But there is one scene that still sticks with me to this day: when Jose Mourinho left Chelsea, reporters ran to ask Don what he thought of the incident, and Donn gave Abramovich a foul word in one mouth. This was a great surprise to everyone at the time, who had expected Don to be happy to lose a strong enemy......

"So, friendship between men is one of the most puzzling things. If someone asks Mourinho at this time: Tony. Do you have any gifts for Donn in the last game of his coaching career? I'm sure Mourinho will answer: send him a defeat. ”

And so it is.

If there was a media outlet, he caught Mourinho at the Carrington training base and threw the question to the other party.

"Tony. At the end of this season, Donn will retire from professional football completely. Do you have anything to say about the loss of such an opponent? ”

Mourinho replied with a blank face: "I will use a defeat as his parting gift." ”

※※※ "It's really ruthless......" Don said with a newspaper.

But he's even better. When asked what he was going to do with Jose Mourinho, he said it was not the time to talk about Mourinho and Manchester United because they had one more game before that, against Wolves. Wolves, on the other hand, have already confirmed a relegation spot and will be in the Championship next season. Against such an easily beaten opponent, Donn still thinks they are more important than Manchester United, and this is the highest level of contempt for the enemy - not taking the opponent seriously at all.

Does Donn really not take Manchester United seriously? If he did, he would never have received so many honors. Strategically contempt for the opponent and tactically valuing the opponent is Donn's approach.

He just used this to exchange psychological warfare with Mourinho. As for whether it will work or not, he doesn't care. Mourinho is also a mental master, and Don doesn't put his treasure on it. Dealing with Manchester United and Jose Mourinho still depends on tactics.

Wolves had already been relegated early, and they had no fighting spirit in the last two rounds. Even though it's an away game, Forest should be able to win without blood. Such an opponent is not worth putting too much thought into. So the focus for the past two weeks has been on tackling Manchester United.

Jose Mourinho's Manchester United side are not as one-dimensional as Arsene Wenger's Arsenal. Arsenal has given the impression of attacking smoothly, gorgeous and complex, and pleasing to the eye in the past 20 years, but they are slightly inferior in terms of confrontation and fighting spirit, which is why they are not as many as Manchester United in terms of titles. Manchester United, on the other hand, continued Ferguson's style, with a greater emphasis on physical confrontation and speed on the basis of sticking to the ground attack, and they were more balanced and well-rounded than Arsenal.

Because their own shortcomings are pitiful, and at the same time their strength is very strong. Such a team has a lot of experience and a lot of experience, and the players are stubborn and will not break down easily. They don't get complacent because they're ahead, and they don't quickly collapse and get overwhelmed because they're behind.

Such an opponent is the most difficult to deal with.

Nottingham Forest's style is just to restrain Arsenal, but not to Manchester United.

This game is going to be a real one. If Don doesn't want his final game to be ruined by Jose Mourinho, he'll have to rack his brains.

Don is preparing for his final game, while Mourinho is struggling to get his two players out of suspension, at least against Forest. He decided to appeal to the FA to buy time. According to FA rules, a player who is shown a red card in a match will not automatically be suspended, but will only be suspended after FA review and verification.

As long as Manchester United lodges an appeal, it will be able to delay for a while. Just two weeks of delay...... This is unlikely.

Mourinho didn't care, he just appealed, and he could toss it for a while.

At the same time, as a good manager, he can't put all his eggs in the basket of appeals. He has to be prepared to play Nottingham Forest away without Wayne Rooney and Evans.

If it had been Nottingham Forest half a season ago, he wouldn't have wasted his time on it. But now it's different, and he doesn't dare to underestimate this Nottingham Forest. Don't look in front of people, he always looks unconvinced by Tony. Tang En's appearance, but he didn't dare to have any contempt in his heart.

The world of football is all about strength, and the best way to prove yourself is to win and win titles, and a manager who has won 16 important trophies in 15 years is not allowed to be taken lightly.

Mourinho is not stupid, he knows what it takes to win against Toney. Done's team won't be easy. So he was extra careful.

What are the advantages of Nottingham Forest? What are the disadvantages? How have they been in form in recent league games? What about the injury situation in the squad? Has the mentality of the players changed as the end of the season approached? Tony. Did Donn's announcement of his retirement affect those players in a profound way?

Mourinho has these questions on his mind, and they are all things he needs to figure out.

He already knows the strengths and weaknesses of Nottingham Forest, having played with this team for so many years, he has no problem with Tony. Don knew very well again, how could he not be clear? But knowing the strengths and weaknesses of the other party does not mean that you know how to deal with it.

Luckily, he had two weeks.

※※※The league is coming to an end, and many people have something to do. Some people are busy making a final effort to achieve a goal for a season, whether it is winning the championship or relegation, while others are trying to get a good position and get a larger share of the broadcast fee after the league is over.

Others are thinking about their future next season.

Don is one of these second types of people.

Two days ago, after Nottingham Forest's 2-0 win away at West Ham United, he received a phone call from a man claiming to be Nottingham Forest FC chairman Evan Anderson. Dogety.

Just listening to the voice, Don could tell if this man was really Evan. Dogetty, because he hasn't had any contact with the Forest Club for seven years, can't remember Evan. Dogety's voice was normal. But he believed that this man was the president of the Forest club, as Donn had previously told him that Nottingham Forest should be contacting him to discuss a contract in the near future.

It's just that he didn't expect that it would be the president of Nottingham Forest's club who would contact him in person...... It's time to say Evan. Corporal Dogti Lixian, let him be deeply moved, okay? Or is Toney's influence at Nottingham Forest already so great that even the president of the club has to give him some face?

Don didn't want to delve into it, that wasn't what interested him. Since Evan. Dogotty called and said it was time to seriously consider leaving Nottshire and returning to Nottingham Forest.

Actually, Evan. Dogti Don was still skeptical, but Donn's highly recommended candidate made him look forward to it. After all, he could still trust Donn's vision.

It's not clear on the phone, and something so important shouldn't be said on the phone.

Evan. Dogetty and Don made an appointment to meet separately and discuss again.

After all, Evan also needs to hear Don's thoughts on the Nottingham Forest team, and then listen to Don's future plans to know whether he can put the future of the Forest team in the hands of this young coach who has not achieved anything outstanding so far.

Although he listened to Donn, he was not a fool without brains.

If Don can really come up with something that satisfies him, then there is absolutely no problem with signing with Don. As for the Nods County side...... Just give some compensation. Anyway, a coach's compensation is not high, and Nottingham Forest can still afford it.

Agreed on the phone and Evan. After Dogetty met, Don ended the call. He began to think about how he should say goodbye to Nodshire County. After all, it was this team that gave him a stable platform to build the team according to his own ideas, and gave him seven years, no matter how bad the initial results were, and he was never ousted from the position of head coach. It would be impossible to say that there is no affection for Nods County at all.

It's just that he has to pursue a bigger stage, a broader sky, and the blue sky above his head is not his goal after all. Tony knew him and gave him such a chance. Re-prove himself on a bigger stage, leading the Forest team to regain lost glory and dignity, and at the same time regain that long-buried dream in his heart...... Nods are still in the middle of the Championship this season, with no prospect of promotion, and the club hierarchy don't seem to want to move up, so the results are already quite good for them. Without the support of foreign funds, we can only position ourselves here.

Since the club is not ambitious, then go for it.

※※※ Pierce. Bruce sat in his own office, racking his brains for the game in two weeks. The game is Tony. Donn's retirement battle, how such a gimmicky game should be reported, gave him a lot of headaches.

Now that a lot of media are paying attention to this game, how can they stand out in such a fierce news competition if they don't have a good entry point? Moreover, print media is the most obvious disadvantage compared with TV media and online media.

Tony. Donn was leaving, and the Nottingham Evening Post had specially curated a feature. Bruce is the chief planner of this feature, and he needs to coordinate the personnel and resources of his staff to make the best of this issue.

But first he needs to decide on a theme, and an angle. In what way can you cut into this report and achieve the best results?

He let his hand off the keyboard, got up and walked to the bookcase, and began to look through the materials inside—the previous issues of the Nottingham Evening Post. Hopefully something useful can be found out from it.

When he opened the newspaper, a familiar headline came to his face.

"We've been annihilated!"

Only then did he realize that he had drawn this newspaper and looked at the date: January 4, 2003. This was the first time he and Don had appeared on stage...... Tony in the photo. Tang En was still very young, and the flying power between his eyebrows and eyes was already faintly revealed. Who would have known that such an astonishing young rookie coach would later become the best manager in England's history?

Those people, those things...... Bruce suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Why do you want to do only one feature?

Tony. How can Donn's journey in the past fifteen years be accommodated in just one issue?

Bruce felt that whatever the brilliant reporters said about Donn's experience was less convincing and legendary than Donn's own.

All he had to do was dig out every step of Donn's fifteen years and show it to the readers. Then let them follow this issue and recall the ups and downs they have experienced together in the past 15 years.

That's enough. The "chronicles" of Donn in the following issues will surely become valuable materials worthy of collection.

(To be continued)