When the final was over, the city of Lisbon fell silent for a few seconds. Donn stood in the stands and applauded the Greek team, exactly as he knew, not even the process changed. In this tournament, if there is any team that can completely restrain the hosts, it is Rehhagel's Greek team.

Scolari's Portugal is on their own doorstep and wants not only to win the title, but also to win beautifully. But their offense didn't work well in front of the Greeks' impregnable defence. It's like stabbing a boulder with an ornate crystal dagger, and the end result is only a white scratch on the stone, while the crystal dagger shatters into countless pieces.

At 1-0, the low-key Greeks defeated their self-confident hosts, who had the greatest victory in the history of their national team.

Looking at the ecstatic Greek players, Donn was not as excited as he was when he first saw the scene. He applauded and said to Don beside him, "I can already imagine what the headlines will be on the front pages of the major media that will be published tomorrow." This is perhaps the least convincing title in the history of the European Championship, and Denmark are more convincing than they are. ”

"Because of Schmeichel and Laudrup?" Don asked.

Don nodded: "The Portuguese must have lost very unwillingly. They lost to a team with no star players, and the combined value of the team may not be as good as Figo and Cristiano? Ronaldo is two tall ...... It's ironic. Don, we won't be back to England tomorrow, let's go to another place first. ”

"Where?"

"Barcelona, Spain." Donn glanced back at the bustle in the middle of the court, turned and stepped out of his seat. "Let's go, it's over."

Whether it is the ecstatic Greeks, or the frustrated Portuguese, and no matter what they will think and understand about the Greek team winning the championship in European and even world football, these have nothing to do with Don and his assistant coach Don.

A busy summer has officially begun.

The next day, when Don and En were sitting on the plane from Lisbon to Barcelona, Don was reading the newspaper that had just been published, and the European Championship final, which ended last night, was naturally the focus of media attention. Donn is right, the reaction of the media to the Greeks winning the championship is very interesting, the local media in Portugal almost unanimously think that the Greeks won the championship is a steal, and that the tactics of ten men defending and one person attacking are very unethical.

And other European media such as Spain also said that the revelry of the Greeks is not good for the future development of European football.

Utilitarian football will take Europe by storm again, and the spectatorship of football will be greatly reduced. This could make it even more difficult for an already shrinking football market – no one likes a dull game, the fans don't like it, and neither do the sponsors.

Don glanced at it a few times, and he couldn't read the Portuguese at all...... However, he was not surprised that Don could understand. This man is very studious, and he spends all his spare time studying, so it's not surprising that he was able to learn Portuguese.

"What's that talking about?" Don asked casually.

"It's the same as you said yesterday." After living with Don for a while, Don usually talks more and more - when there is always someone chattering around you, you will slowly open your mouth with it. "Nothing new."

Donn smiled: "Losers will always have all sorts of reasons to excuse their own mistakes. Is the whole world going to start talking about defense now? ”

Don opened the newspaper and read the happy Donn: "I don't think defense will become a mainstream tactic for many teams in the future. But all coaches will start looking at how to break down this defense. ”

Donn shrugged, "No matter what they think, how they do." Defence is the basis of all tactics and we went to Barcelona and there was a young man there that I was interested in. And our opponent this time is very strong......" He laughed as he looked at the confused Don. "Very, very powerful."

When the two found a hotel in Barcelona to drop off their bags and then felt about the Barcelona Academy, Don knew who Don was targeting this time around, and the rivals that Forest would face this time around, which he said was very strong.

Tony? Donn has his eye on Gerrard, a centre-back who is still in Barcelona's youth team? Piquet (gerard_pique), at this time, Pique's fame is not great, but in the hearts of Barcelona fans, he is the future successor of captain Puyol.

While they were standing on the sidelines of the training ground watching the target train, Don even found Messi inside. But he didn't find it happy or delicate at all, because he knew very well that at this time, Messi had become the focus of Barcelona's first team.

As for Pique, he knew he had a hole to play.

The peculiarity of the Spanish law is that they prohibit teenagers who have reached the age of 18 from entering into any professional contract, which is common to any company in Spain, including football clubs. So when the Spanish club worked hard to cultivate a new star, watching him play the main role in the Spanish youth team, they had to be scared, for fear that a foreign club would come to disturb them.

Because they can't sign professional contracts with young players, that means they can't regulate where their players go. If a player has a feeling for the club that nurtured him and the club is committed to his future, then he is naturally happy to stay. However, if the club is unable to promise any future for its young players due to some difficulties of its own, and at the same time, other clubs that can make this promise take advantage of it, then it is completely conceivable that the talent will leave...... Need an example? Fransque, who loves Barcelona and has a family that is a die-hard Barcelona fan? Cesc Fabregas, because he could not get a call-up to Barcelona's first team, and because of the strength of Xavi and Andres Iniesta, the Barcelona team could not promise the youngster that he would play in the main team in the future for a long time.

So the 2003 World Junior Champion captain, the captain of Spain's youth team, left Barcelona to train him for north London.

Arsene Wenger is a very cunning man, he has a very accurate eye for people, and he has an equally unique eye for finding loopholes.

Spanish law does not allow their professional clubs to offer professional contracts to young players under the age of eighteen, while English law allows English clubs to offer professional contracts to young players who are at least sixteen. The time difference between these two years is that English clubs have come to Spain to pan for gold and can rely on the capital - young man, the club that cultivated you can't give you a professional contract, nor can it promise your future, but we can!

Arsenal's Arsene Wenger is like Columbus in the Age of Discovery, opening up a new continent for English clubs, and all English coaches know that Spain has a large number of excellent young players, who sign for free, don't need money, and can fight when they come! Barcelona in particular, Cesc Fabregas' success at Arsenal proved the strength of their youth level from an embarrassing point of view for the Catalans.

So, Tony? Don wasn't surprised at all that he was able to see English speakers on the sidelines of the training ground. And he knew that there would be scouts from Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea among the disguised crowd, and that the object of their investigation was also the purpose of his visit - Gerrard? Pique.

Standing on the sidelines of the training ground and watching the Barcelona youth team practice for a while, Don asked Don next to him: "What do you say?" ”

'He's very physical, and as a centre-back he's a lot better than England's defenders. Tang said that this is the conclusion he saw in half an hour, and as for the quality of other aspects, he will not evaluate it if he does not see it. 'Physically, I don't think he'll have a problem adapting to the English league. Who are our competitors? ”

"As far as I know...... Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea. Donn named three of the most influential clubs in England at the moment.

Tang was not surprised, he nodded: "Of course. "Good players naturally attract good clubs, and he is more interested in how Don intends to compete with these three clubs.

Compared to economic strength, Nottingham Forest is no match for Chelsea, who have deep pockets. In terms of glory, the declining Forest team is not as good as Manchester United, who are the best team in the Premier League for a decade. In terms of the development of young players, they are not as good as Arsenal, and Arsenal currently have Pique's friend - Cesc Fabregas.

In fact, long before Don arrived, Piquee was infinitely close to Manchester United. Ferguson's trust and nurturing of young people made Piqui even more excited. Chelsea are the least dominant of the three, with their first-team squad already stockpiling too many stars, and Piques knows full well that there is no difference between him going to Stamford Bridge and staying at Camp Nou.

Don can't help it, a few months ago the future of himself and the team was uncertain, if the Forest team can't succeed in surpassing, and come to Barcelona and the three major clubs to grab people, it's a joke.

(To be continued)