Although Donn didn't say it, the media and fans, and even the players themselves, knew that it was a game that he had given up. He didn't say it just because no manager would say to his players before the game: "Guys, I gave up on this game today, you can watch it." 'On the contrary, he wants the players who played today to know that if you perform well, you will have the opportunity to play more and that this is a game for your own benefit.

As a result, I usually don't have much playing time, and the players who have just joined the team have ushered in their own performance time.

The starting goalkeeper was the 21-year-old Irish teenager Barry, who rarely plays in the game. Roche, the central defender is a new combination - Clint . Hill and Robert. Hut, who had just moved on or loaned, had been training with the team for less than a week, and the combination of centre-backs like Donn speaks volumes.

In addition to the new combination at centre-back, Donn also made some changes to the two full-backs. Douig went to play left wing-back and right-back Jean John. Thompson rests on Matthew. Louis Jean.

In midfield, there are still two defensive midfielders, Blanya. Gunelson still starts, and Eugen Gernan. Pope was taken by George. Wood replaced. Donn was preparing for the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-finals, because the two men who appeared in the middle of the midfield were Gunnarson and Wood. Pope was unable to participate due to suspension.

Down the left side opted for Chris. Commons hits while Jean Stephen. McPhail makes a cameo on the right. His instructions to Cummons were to make more crosses, and to McCail's orders were to cut into the goal. Ashley. On Yang's side, Mohr has just come into contact, and there is no result yet, so he can only settle for it. Brian. Cash was completely abandoned by Donn, and if a team offered the right price at this time, he could leave immediately.

The combination that Donn sent up front was David. Johansen and Freddie. Eastwood. Johansen is basically out of action at the moment but can still be a qualified substitute, while Eastwood, Donn is hoping to use the game to help him improve his form in order to put him up for the Carabao Cup.

The players sitting on the bench were goalkeeper Darren. Ward, defender Wes. Mogan and John. Thompson, midfielder Sergei. Rebrov, striker Gareth. Taylor.

Looking at such a squad, it's no wonder that even Forest fans think it's normal to lose this game because there's a more important Carabao Cup semi-final to come.

Reading manager Steve Brown. Koper is Tony. An old acquaintance of Donne, who failed in charge of Brighton last season and won at home to him. At the end of that season, Brighton were relegated, but their manager, Mr Koper, the "good guy", found a better job as manager of Reading.

Reading are currently fourth in the league table and look to be in good shape. Mr. Kopper's journey as a head coach also seems to be on the right track.

Koper was also quite impressed with Donn, because after last season's game, it took him two days to finally figure out why Donn called himself a "good guy" in his post-match press conference, and he was outraged by the fact that he was being tricked by a young coach who was not as qualified as his own.

When the two teams met in the first half of the season, his team beat Forest 3-0 at their own home, and the only regret was that Forest was not Tony. The forest coached by Donn. This made him feel that victory had become boring.

This time at the City Stadium, he hopes to complete the game against Tony with a victory. Donn's revenge. Of course, he also believes that with the strength of the Reading team, it should not be a problem to win in the face of such a Forest team that is almost full of substitutes and newcomers.

But he was wrong.

※※※ These Nottingham Forest players have been working together for no more than a week, and that's right. So more than 20 minutes passed and Forest could not pose any threat to Reading's goal. But Reading also found that they could not easily breach the door of the Forest team.

He thought that the two centre-backs, who had never been together before, would create a lot of holes in the Forest backline, and although the truth was similar to what was expected, Koper did not expect Donn to play a retrenched defensive tactic on his home turf!

Eleven men, all but Eastwood, all of them have to go back into the box when they are defending. So David can often be seen. Johansen didn't go out for a long time in his own penalty area.

Don doesn't care about the team being beaten by the away team at home, thrilling and embarrassing scenes. Although the victory of this game was not planned, the famous Argentine football coach Bianchi once said: "Football match, you can't win, don't lose." 'Don didn't expect a win over Reading, but that doesn't mean he allowed to lose at home. In order not to distance themselves too much from the rest of the competition, this match must not be lost.

Because the two centre-backs are partnering for the first time, it is inevitable that there will be various omissions, so the task of defensive midfielders is very heavy. Not only do they have to form the first line of defence outside the box, but they also have to withdraw in time to act as central defenders and even sweepers. Gunnelson doesn't have to worry about Donn, his experience and ability are more than competent, as for Wood...... Donn unconsciously glanced to the upper floor of the stands behind him.

There was a row of VIP boxes, George. Wood's mother, Sophia, was sitting inside, watching her son's game with Evan.

With her here, Wood shouldn't have any problems, right?

A sharp and rapid whistle sounded, pulling Donn's mind back. He saw one of the Reading players lying on the ground, their top scorer, Bermuda Shaun. Goth (shaun_goater)! Sun Jihai was also a teammate at Manchester City last season, scoring 86 goals in seven seasons at Manchester City, and is one of the favorite players of Manchester City fans.

Now the veteran goalscorer, who scored 28 goals in the 01-02 season to help Manchester City return to the Premier League, and scored nine goals in half a season for Reading, is lying on the ground holding his calf in pain, reaching for a stretcher.

And the person standing next to him was none other than George with a calm face. Wood, even when the referee showed him a yellow card, he didn't have any change in expression.

Walker looked at Donn, who had always been very heavy on Wood, and Don scratched his head. Uh, is this kid a little too excited?

The stretcher lifted Gort down, and then Donn saw a half-race young man called to Koper's side, and while listening to the head coach's instructions, he took off his jacket, revealing the number and name inside—No. 22, Tyson.

"Nathan. Tyson, striker. Walker said as he spoke, and Don nodded. Unexpectedly, Wood's yellow card replaced the opponent's main striker, which was worth it. It's not that difficult to get a draw in this game. Reading are now fourth in the league and Goat's arrival has played a big role. Koppel's tactics were almost entirely built around the tall Bermudian.

Although it is not known how Gort's injuries are, it is ...... to see him lying on the stretcher with his hands covering his face Don knew that it was estimated that the injury was not light, and it should not be the kind of injury that missed a week or two.

Wood, you boy...... It's really a meat grinder in the midfield, an ace killer.

Don didn't know how Sophia felt when she saw her son playing cards, but he was happy. Because Wood exceeded the task he gave him before the game. For defensive players, fouls are normal, and the number of fouls and the number of cards won are also important statistics for judging the ability of the midfielder.

Modern football also requires defenders to not only be able to tackle the ball at the feet of their opponents, but also to be clean like a gentleman, and not to be allowed a yellow card in their entire career, which is simply God.

Gott's injury gave a warning to the opponents besieging Forest: Reading's boys, who would dare to fight in George. Make a mistake in front of Wood, and that old man will be the end!

As a result, the originally crazy Reading team's offensive slowly subsided, and the two sides entered a stalemate in the midfield. Wood and Gunnarson became the busiest and most photographed players in the Forest squad.

Here's how Donn divided the two defensive midfielders: Wood has good stamina, speed, and the defense likes to grab, so let him go up a little bit and grab the first shot. And Gunnelson is experienced and calm, so he protects behind Wood, and if the opponent breaks through Wood, he immediately pounces on the opponent and entangles the opponent, giving Wood time to return to the position.

Judging from the nearly thirty-minute game, the two cooperated quite well, and it didn't look like they had only been training together for half a month. Gounelson also loved the feeling of working with Wood, and the two of them seemed to have a natural understanding.

"George. Wood, an eighteen-year-old youngster, only joined Nottingham Forest at the age of seventeen to train. We don't have any information about his previous football, I don't know if it's because his fame is too small to find relevant information, or is it ...... Not at all. Mortenson looked at the detailed information of the players on the Forest team in his hand, and everyone else had at least a few hundred words of introduction and explanation. Wood's pre-2003 file is blank. 'It was his first game for Forest's first team. Judging by the thirty minutes of performance, this kid is very good! He and Gunnarson were in front of the centre-backs, running and tackling with all their strength to build an impregnable wall. As a first-time first-team player, we barely saw the slightest nervousness on his face. The level of Forest's academy is very high. Dawson and Andy. Reid left after bringing eight million pounds to the team, and it seems that we don't have to worry too much about their successor. ”

Perhaps Motensen himself didn't know it, but now he has unwittingly become a supporter of the Forest team. That's why he has commented on many of the games with Forest. He loves to see Tony. Donn's wild performance on the sidelines and beautiful on-the-spot command also likes to watch this team full of passion for victory, and by the way, he looks forward to the "accident" that will come out loud and make him laugh out loud.

Even if it wasn't a good game, he would have quickly found the commendable aspect of the Forest team. If he had put it aside, he would have shaken his head and sighed and criticized the game for being passionless.

Tony. There is indeed something mysterious about Donn that attracts the people around him. Mortenson, a British celebrity, is just one of them.

(To be continued)