Volume 5 Red Chapter 71 Still Undefeated

Reaching the semi-finals of the Champions Cup, and for the third year in a row, is a remarkable achievement, even if the season ends with no Champions Cup. Donn also made his name etched in the history of the Champions League. His prestige at Nottingham Forest is sky-high, and outside of England, people refer to "Nottingham Forest" only as Tony. Don is a one-man team without knowing who the real owner of this club is. He became the face of Nottingham Forest, and Tony Forest. Donne, it will be natural to think of Nottingham Forest, and when it comes to Nottingham Forest, the first thing that comes to mind is Tony. Donne, not the stars.

Triumphant on the pitch, Donn off the pitch is also a winner. Just after the Champions Cup, Armani announced that Tony. Don became their national advertising ambassador in the UK, Tony. A large photograph of Donn wearing an Armani trench coat appeared in stores in major shopping malls.

This is something that has been decided a long time ago, but it has not been made public, and Armani has been looking for the right opportunity to announce it, and now it is obviously the best chance to qualify for the last four in the Champions Cup. Before that, Don took the time to take a few sets of photos, which was used at this time. It makes Don feel ashamed that although this matter was willing a year ago, it was only recently brokered by Shania, who was far away in the United States. It was his own business, but Shania was more concerned than he was......

Speaking of Shania, the little girl is doing well in the United States. Because she had some friends in the entertainment industry before, she was not a rookie who went to Hollywood for the first time, where she had a lot of people to take care of, and there was no need for Don to worry about this - he couldn't worry about it if he wanted to, and the showbiz was not his field.

Shania loves movies very much, and she loves being able to work in the place where movies are produced now. It's not like the catwalk, which is more resistant to busy work. In Hollywood, in addition to sometimes flying around the world to promote the fashion products she endorses, she spends more time living in Hollywood, contacting and making friends with well-known movie stars, and another important job is to take classes - acting classes arranged for her by her agent, Mr. Fassar. Now that you've decided to try your hand at the film industry, the necessary homework is always indispensable.

Shania's enthusiasm is very high, and her mood is not low in the phone chat with Don, which is the most reassuring thing for Don. He was afraid that this little girl would play a child's temper. Make it difficult for Faisal.

The only pity is that, for the sake of convenience and career, Shania will settle in the United States for a period of time and will not be able to return to the UK.

After Shania settled in the United States, the happiest person was David Beckham's wife, Victoria. Although her husband chose to go back to England instead of the United States against her will at the last moment, she temporarily compromised, but in fact, she never broke off her thoughts about the United States. It's not news that she wants to go to a fancy world like Hollywood. Beckham doesn't think there's anything wrong with it, after all, he has a career and his wife has a career.

Victoria would sometimes fly to the United States to find Shania, who would then lead her to meet other Hollywood stars.

At this time. Beckham was left alone, just like Donn.

The Champions Cup reached the semi-finals, and the next competition will not be until the end of April. Donn has almost a month to play the league raids. The battle for the league title has heated up:

After the 33rd round of the league on April 5. Nottingham Forest are second with 76 points, Manchester United are top of the table with 77 points and Arsenal are third with 70 points. These are basically the three teams with the best chances of winning the league title.

Chelsea have changed managers but it seems that their results in the league have not improved in the slightest, and now they are held out of the top four by Liverpool, and their goal is not to win the league title, but to qualify for next season's Champions Cup......

The winner of the league championship for two consecutive years has been reduced to such a situation. It's a lot of sighs. But professional football is like this, there are no winning generals in the world, there are always times when the tide rises and falls.

Compared to the results in the league, Chelsea have been surprisingly strong in the Champions League.

Originally, after Mourinho's dismissal, everyone thought that Chelsea would face a total collapse, a double rout in the league and the Champions League, and even if they had already qualified from the group, the knockout stage would definitely not go far.

Tony. Don thinks so. Of course, he thought this with some of his own subjective emotions in it......

But he really doesn't like Grant's coaching ability. This is confirmed by inconsistent performances in the league. The firmness in the cup has overturned this perception.

There are three teams from the Premier League in the final four of this Champions Cup, one of which is Tony. Nottingham Forest, Dondy. The other is Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, and the rest is Grant's Chelsea.

All of them led the team to the semi-finals of the Champions Cup. Donn was credited, and the voices around Grant remained "skeptical." Quite simply, Forest's quarter-final win is against the mighty Real Madrid, while Chelsea are against the likes of Fenerbahce, the team that is the bottom of the eight, home aside.

Therefore, Chelsea's victory was not convincing. And there is also a popular saying in the media and among fans that Grant's current achievements are based on Mourinho, so there is nothing to praise. Because the lineup that Grant is using now is basically the same as Mourinho's, Shepchenko is still sitting on the bench, and there is also a strong Mourinho style from the perspective of the game, and the team's training may still be based on the same set when Mourinho was in power......

How can any achievements against such a background be convincing, you say?

So Grant had a very bad relationship with the English media. Although Mourinho has also had many disputes with the media, in general, the media likes Mourinho as a topic character, and Grant can't create any topics for the media at all, he is always silent, does not cause a war of words with other coaches, is not handsome, and is not an idol for middle-aged and elderly women. He's just an ordinary manager. Such a man inherited Mourinho's place, and compared to the two, Grant is indeed a big disappointment......

Let's look at the other person, Tony. Dawn. For the English media, there's Tony. Tang En's presence is equivalent to celebrating the festival every day. Real Madrid, which has just sent off a war of words between the two countries, has attracted Chelsea, who has always had an old grudge.

Remember the series of turmoil caused by Mourinho's resignation? Tony, who had nothing to do with it. Don became the protagonist, but the media just liked it. While openly criticizing Tang En in their respective positions, he spoke openly. Without thinking about it, while counting on Tony. Uncle Don had a few more brain cramps so that they could have circulation.

In the 34th round of the league, Nottingham Forest challenged Chelsea away. The media were like wild dogs in heat, excited.

Grant didn't want to talk more about his grievances with Donne, in fact, they didn't have any grievances, it was just Donn's "who is that" at the time.

But the media didn't give up, and they insisted on Grant giving a say about it. The questions surrounding him have nothing to do with the team. It's all "Tony. Donne's How's that."

Later, Grant couldn't bear to rant at the media: "When I first took office, you always talked about Mourinho. Now you're talking about Tony again. Dawn. Are you here to interview me, or are you here to interview those two people? I know you're playing with Mourinho, but I think I've done a good job – leading the team to the last four of the Champions League! What does it have to do with my unsatisfactory position in the league? ”

His sudden outburst sent reporters in an uproar.

Now that it has exploded, Grant simply finished speaking: "Why are we not in a good position in the standings?" What other explanation can I give? I can only do my job. But the truth is – by the time I accepted the team, we were too many points behind the leaders. After that, we had to keep up with other teams, which was not easy. What else are you going to do? You think Mourinho is inferior to me, so why is it me who is sitting here for an interview. And not him? ”

The smell of attacking Mourinho in these words is already very, very strong.

When the media had been criticizing Grant for not being as good as Mourinho, I didn't see him come out to refute it, but I didn't expect the first counterattack to be so naked. When he said that, wasn't he afraid of offending the force in the locker room? Everyone knows that his ability to manage the locker room is low, and he can't suppress the big names at all, and now he is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire by saying this. Is it just to lead the team to the semi-finals of the Champions Cup, so that his waist is stiff?

With that, Grant got up and brushed his sleeves away.

He just left. Don came in, and watched Grant leave with a mocking smile on his face. Outside the door he had heard Grant lashing out at the whole thing. He thought Grant's remark was ridiculous, and the way he shifted the blame to his predecessor was too untechnical.

He decided to provoke the other side even further.

'When I took over Nottingham Forest in the second half of the Championship, they were fourth from bottom and we were back in the Premier League after half a season. He grinned and said, "I hope to use this story to give Coach Grant encouragement." 'When I took over this team, what was the best place for this team' is something that only incompetent people would use as an excuse...... Ah, I'm certainly not saying that Mr. Grant is incompetent. Please stop distorting my words. You have to know that you can lead the team to the semi-finals of the Champions Cup. But that's a remarkable achievement...... If I were Grant, I would give up the league. Concentrate on preparing for the Champions Cup, Chelsea will definitely not win the league title this season anyway. ”

Although what he said was true, and his advice was very reasonable. But to Chelsea fans, anyone can say that, but Tony. Don can't do it, what he said is a naked provocation.

Whether Grant was further irritated was unknown to Donn before the game, as he wasn't given any interviews and no one knew what he was thinking.

It wasn't until the time of the game that Don got the answer - Grant was furious and wanted to settle accounts with Done.

Chelsea are giving their all at home in the hope of beating Nottingham Forest. In fact, whether or not they irritate their manager, Chelsea at home will not let Nottingham Forest go for nothing.

The two sides have accumulated enough grievances in the past few years, and all Tang En has done is to add firewood to the fire that is burning brightly.

If Chelsea want to attack, Nottingham Forest will defend. Playing defensive counter-attacks away from home is what Forest is good at, and Done is still afraid that Chelsea will not attack, now it's okay.

No matter how fierce Chelsea's attack was, Nottingham Forest, accustomed to such scenes, patiently maneuvered with Chelsea amid a barrage of boos. Defending the counter-attack, the Chelsea fans in the stands tried their best to insult and irritate Nottingham Forest, but Donn's side were unmoved.

The game was basically Chelsea attacking and defending around Forest's half. The score was 0:0.

With ten minutes to go, Grant suddenly figured out that the only acceptable outcome for Nottingham Forest now is to win, because they are very close to Manchester United, and if they don't win, they may lose their hopes of winning the title. Then even if it is a draw, I am afraid it will be a failure for Donne. And a draw I can accept, since that's the case......

He decided to let the team not have to attack anymore, and to play around with the Forest team, and getting a point was enough to make Donn furious. For this disrespectful opponent, it is the best revenge to let him not get the result he wants most.

Just playing to get revenge on his opponent, Grant has fallen behind in the realm.

At this point, Donn brought on two attacking players, Arshavin and Petrov, for full-backs Raphinha and Leighton, who were already a little exhausted. Barnes, put George. Wood dropped back to play with Pepe and Kompany in the defence. As soon as the Forest team changed its image of being beaten passively and embarrassed, they began to take the initiative and dared to invest troops when attacking - except for the three central defenders, everyone went up. It's no longer the pitiful situation of only two or three people participating in the previous counterattack.

The defensive pressure eased and Nottingham Forest's attack began to come into play.

The sudden change of formation caught Chelsea by surprise, with Forest sharply stepping up their attack and overwhelming them.

In the 87th minute, Chelsea, who had been attacking for 80 minutes, were the lagging side.

1:0!

Arshavin raised his arms and shouted.

Nottingham Forest won the game in the end. Donn left Stamford Bridge with a smile and Jose Mourinho gone, but his unbeaten run against Chelsea continues, and the feud between him and Chelsea will continue......