When Wood and Zinedine Zidane shook hands before the game, he deliberately gave the Frenchman a second look. Before the game, he had heard a lot about this man, there were many legends about him, and the most talked about were the two headers in the World Cup final in France and the volley in the 2002 Champions Cup final.

Franck Ribery is the most talkative, as he has just spent time with Zinedine Zidane in a France match. For him, Zidane is a legendary figure, and he always thought that he could only watch from afar, but he didn't expect that this time he would have the opportunity to get up close, train and compete together, and now he has become an opponent again.

Ribery told Wood very seriously that Zidane is very powerful, very powerful. Wood asked at the time: Is it better than Rickelme?

Ribery laughed, and laughed merrily, and laughed for a long time, before he replied to Wood: They are not on the same level.

Wood had the most intuitive impression. Before, no matter how many things about Zida Mainland, he didn't feel it, and he felt very illusory. But when Ribery compares it like this, it becomes clear to him. How good Riquelme is, he has experienced it firsthand. Now Zidane is even better than Riquelme, so he has to deal with it seriously.

At the age of thirty-three, Zidane is no longer the young man he was in Cannes, people always say that he is gone, and now he is actually bald.

The Real Madrid players were serious when they shook hands with the Forest players, and even Robert Carlos, who has always been cheerful and optimistic, had a stiff face.

Apparently. They know how important this game is to them.

After the defeat to Barcelona, there was a lot of pressure on everyone. If they lose to Nottingham Forest, then they don't know what kind of blizzard awaits them.

Luxenburg stood on the sidelines, his hands on his chest, and his brow furrowed as he looked at the court.

Comparatively speaking, the visiting Forest team is not much pressure. Although the manager told him before the game that his men must win, the players did not seem to be holding back because the burden was too heavy.

After a brief ceremony, players from both sides stood in their respective halves and waited for kickoff.

Donn walked back to the dugout. Sit down.

The referee stood outside the center circle and looked at his watch one last time before the game to determine the time. When he looked up again, he blew the whistle in his mouth.

It's game on!

The match was kicked off first by Real Madrid.

Luxemborg fielded the strongest squad he could in this game.

The goalkeeper is Spain's number one international Igor Casillas, the two central defenders are Sergio Ramos and Elguera, and the left and right full-backs are veterans, with Roberto Carlos on the left and Michel Salgado on the right. Four in midfield, Zidane to the left. David Beckham to the right, with Graveson and Guti in the middle. The two strikers are Ronaldo and Raul.

Also on the bench sat Robinho and Baptista.

This time Luxemberg did not field a double defensive midfielder in midfield, and at home of his own, at the juncture of the recent defeat of the century, he hoped to use the attack to show favor to the angry Real Madrid fans in order to save his precarious position.

In the stands of this match, the landmark slogan "Luxemburg get out" has appeared.

So for him, this game has two goals - one is to win, and the other is to win beautifully.

These are also two principles that Real Madrid tradition has always adhered to. Real Madrid football is just that. For them, victory is commonplace, something that is not something to boast about, and winning beautiful is something that can make them proud.

To put it another way: Bernabeu fans may care about how many minutes Casillas can go without conceding a goal, but they care more about how many consecutive games their striker can score more than two goals in a row.

For most other coaches, leading the team to victory is a remarkable achievement. But for the Real Madrid manager, if you can't lead the team to play well, it doesn't matter how many games you win, and there is only one end - you may go to Madrid's Harvest Goddess Square to celebrate because of a season of victory. Have fun with the people, but the next day, the major media may be full of the latest news of your class.

So, it's really hard to be the manager of Real Madrid......

Luxemburg has experienced the glory and glory of being the head coach of a big team, and now it's his turn to experience the cruelty and ruthlessness of a big team.

"Emperor

Home Madrid made an onslaught on the Forest's belly from the start of the game. It seems that the Brazilians have made up their minds to destroy the Forest team with an attack. How does Coach Tony Donn cope? The ESPN narrator asked in the commentary.

How to deal with it?

It's a question Donn has asked himself many times.

He knew that Luxenberg's style of coaching at Real Madrid was defensive counter-attacking, but after watching Real Madrid's defeat to Barcelona just now, Donn thought that Luxenburg could not still insist on defensive counter-attacking in this game, which made the Bernabeu boo.

In order to please the fans, for his own position, he will definitely let the team press out to attack, playing the "beautiful football" that Real Madrid fans like to see.

Don changed his mind and decided not to play anything with Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. Play offensive. Now the Forest team is definitely not the opponent of Real Madrid, even if this Real Madrid team is just a "sick horse".

A lot of teams are facing Real Madrid when they are there. will all be caught in a dilemma - offense or defense? The offense is to score goals with Real Madrid, which is too demanding for many teams. And what about defense? They will also be worried about whether their own defence will be able to withstand 90 minutes against Real Madrid's stormy attack.

But Donn doesn't worry about that, he knows Real Madrid, he knows the Real Madrid team now.

He knows how to defend to contain the attacks of Real Madrid's superstars.

That's it – the whole court is pressing.

Start from the front line to build the first line of defense, lose the ball and grab it, the first time to stick to the body, kick hard and fast, more physical collisions, use tackles, fouls, and all permissible methods to disrupt the rhythm of Real Madrid's attack, forcing those arrogant superstars to be helpless and impetuous.

Then finish the game with an efficient counterattack sneak attack.

That's Don's wishful thinking.

For this, he demanded that Anelka must defend in this game and must counter-attack at the first time. If he can't do it, he's going to replace the French.

The ball passed to Zidane's feet, George Wood pounced on the ball for the first time, he thought that his degree must be so fast that the opponent could not react, in such a small space on the sideline, unless Zidane kicked the ball out of bounds, it would not be able to avoid his own ground.

Unexpectedly, Zidane, who was facing him, suddenly stepped on the ball and turned around one hundred and eighty degrees, and he shook past his feet!

"oooo – Marseille slalom!"

Wood sat on it, stunned as Real Madrid 5 gracefully turned past him.

It was the first time he had spoken to the football legend and he was defeated!

Zidane sent a through ball to Robert Carlos, who had been plugged in from the wing, and the small Brazilian defender cut in from the back row like the wind, and Zim Bonda slashed to block it, but was broken through by Carlos in an unreasonable way - Carlos slammed the ball forward, and then again bypassed Zim Bonda, who needed to turn.

The cheers in the open space at the Bernabeu began as Zidane shook Wood and reached their peak by the time Carlos forced his way through Zim Bonda.

Amid deafening cheers, Don rose from his seat.

Robert Carlos glanced at the penalty area, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Zim Bonda chasing back, leaving him with little time left.

Cross!

A typical Robert Carlos-style cross – a powerful sweep that sucked the ball into the Nottingham Forest penalty area and caused chaos in front of goal, and anyone who reached out and touched the ball could get into the Forest's goal.

Raul poked the ball in front of the point, but the ball was deflected.

The Bernabeu cheers turned into sighs.

Nottingham Forest escaped.

Don had sat back down.

"Is it a bit reluctant to let George defend Zidane? Don't let Demi help him? As soon as he sat down, Chris Rac turned his head and asked.

Don shook his head: "I can't divide the manpower. I also know that Zidane is having a hard time leaving Wood alone right now, but I can't help it. Let George grit his teeth and persevere."