Albertini was wounded.

With less than a week to go before the start of the first leg of the Champions League qualifiers, he suffered a muscle strain in his left thigh during training.

There was no fierce collision at the time, it was not born in a training match, but just an ordinary sprint switchback. Regardless of whether you finish running or not, you are very relaxed, and this is just a warm-up before the start of training.

At the time, Donn was still discussing with Chris Lak how to make some tactical changes against Villarreal and keep the team on the radar of the team in his usual training.

It was Albertini's turn to run back and forth with George Wood. In the first sprint, Wood rushed forward with his head held high, and he was always like that, training as hard as he did in a competitive game. Albertini didn't have to be as desperate as that silly boy, he should have kept his rhythm and degree, and then was easily thrown away by the unbeatable George Wood.

But today it's different. Albertini tried to bite Wood tightly from the start, and Wood ran desperately without knowing it, and Albertini gritted his teeth behind him. But the comparison with the young Wood, for Demy, who is already thirty-three, is too reluctant.

On the first turnback, Wood turned and rushed back with ease, while Albertini suddenly dropped after turning, and then he went from running to walking, and after two steps, he simply stood still.

The first to notice an anomaly was Fleming, the team doctor, who had been standing on the sidelines of the training ground, and when he saw Albertini stop, he ran up.

Caught in Fleming's movements, Chris Rac then interrupted Donn's conversation and turned his head to look at the training ground. Donn followed his gaze, and all he saw was the moment Albertini sat down on the ground.

The other players had apparently noticed the captain's anomaly and they were still training. They all ran over and surrounded Albertini.

George Wood rushed to the finish line in one go. Then there was no one around him, and he turned his head strangely, and saw the crowd behind him, and he didn't understand what was happening. He saw Fleming, the team doctor, rush in through the crowd, and before his teammates could close, Chris Rac rushed in as well. Then, Donn was shut out.

Fleming, who rushed in, briefly checked it, and Chris Rac kept asking "how is the situation", but Fleming did not answer him. Instead, they just stood up and called a stretcher. Hearing this, Chris Rac shut up.

Being carried out of the training ground on a stretcher, this injury is a bit serious.

Hearing Fleming shout for a stretcher, Don pulled Wesmorgan and Frank Ribery, who were blocking in front of him, and squeezed in.

"Demi?"

Albertini suddenly came to his senses when he saw Donn appear in front of him. He was now surrounded by his teammates, coaches and team doctors. He saw through the gap in the crowd that two more people were running up on stretchers.

He suddenly waved his hand and struggled to sit up: "No. No. "He's the captain of the team now, and he's being stretchered down in front of all his teammates in training...... Can't I go? No.

"George!" Don yelled suddenly. "Come here and help Demy to the sidelines!"

Wood ran up quickly, parted the crowd, obediently picked up Albertini, and then carried him to the sidelines.

Seeing the two of them walking to the sidelines with the team doctor Fleming, Don turned around and waved: "Continue training, there's nothing to see." ”

Then he turned and walked towards Albertini. Chris Rac understood. The whistle sounded: "Focus!"

Donn walked over to Albertini, looked at Wood, who was still standing by his side, smiled, and patted him on the shoulder: "Go back to training, it's okay with you." ”

When Wood was gone, Donn crouched down and comforted Albertini, "Don't worry, you'll be fine." Demi. ”

Albertini nodded: "It's just that I can't make it in time for the qualifiers." ”

Don waved his hand: "Don't get in the way, it's just a qualifier." Just wait to come back and go straight to the main race!"

Fleming said to the two men who were carrying the stretcher, "Help Demi to the infirmary." ”

The two men stepped forward to help Albertini. Slowly walked out of the training ground.

Fleming did not follow them, but stayed behind.

"How's it going, Gary?"

Boiling Laiming shook his head: I don't know, specifically

The severity of the injury will not be known until it has been examined in detail. In my experience though... Not so good. He stopped abruptly when he turned around and started again, I guess it was a muscle strain. This kind of injury is troublesome...... Even if he recovers in a short time, he will not heal, but will repeat the strain more often. This aspect is even more pronounced as Demi gets older. ”

Don frowned and bit his lip.

The Champions Cup is just around the corner, and as one of the few players in the team with a lot of Champions League experience and captain, Albertini's injury at this time has had a great impact on the team......

Seeing that Donn stopped talking, Fleming turned to take his leave, and he was still busy checking Albertini to determine the extent and severity of the injury.

Donn looked at Fleming's back, then turned his head to look at the players who continued to train on the field, and several of them were obviously absent-minded, presumably still worried about Albertini's injury. He looked up at the clear sky, and really wanted to scold his mother.

Why was he so unlucky in 05 years, and his good luck came to an end? Injuries and bad luck are starting to haunt his team?

What is the biggest fear of a professional team? It's not a strong opponent, it's not a bad environment, it's not even a black-hearted referee, it's a mastermind behind the scenes. What they fear most is injuries.

No matter how strong and invincible it is, even if it builds a great cause that has never been done before, such a team can be dragged down by injuries overnight.

Don was reluctant to think about the teams and players he had been dragged down by injuries, and he felt that even thinking about the lessons from the past was ominous.

Looking at the twinkle in the players' eyes, Don stabilized his mind and stood on the sidelines again, without turning away or looking around, he stood on the sidelines to supervise the training as usual.

It's as if a few minutes ago, nothing was alive here.

A day later, the results came in, and Donne was the first to get it, even before Albertini himself – a tradition in English football that players must know about their injuries after the head coach of the team, and any doctor who goes past the manager and tells the player directly about the injury will be sacked by the club and will hardly be hired by another club.

Albertini suffered a muscle strain in his left thigh and is expected to recover within a month...... Unknown.

"Basically, there is no possibility of healing, his age is there." Fleming told Donn, "After a month, he looks like he's not injured, but we don't know when he's going to be injured again, the same part." Moreover, this is not the first injury, this place belongs to the old injury in his career. Honestly, it's not curable. All we can do is try to make him recover in advance, and then pay attention to the usual maintenance, and do a half-hour massage after training every day, so that it can ......"

Don interrupted him: "Don't recover early, to be on the safe side, I can wait." I don't want us to rush him back on the pitch and play two games and get injured again. Take two games off a month and another month, we don't need Albertini like that. ”

"So the team game ......"

"It's a heart-to-heart thing, Gary. You just have to let Demi recuperate in peace, don't tell him the exact recovery time, just tell him that he will get better as soon as possible. ”

Fleming was silent for a moment, then nodded. "I see."

After saying goodbye to Donne, Fleming returned to his office, and Don was right. He doesn't need to worry about what will happen without Albertini, and the things he needs to worry about are also a headache for him - how to let Albertini recover from his injury at ease, how to make Albertini's injury recover smoothly. He is the head of the medical team of the Forest team, and he is responsible for these things.

But he didn't believe he could hide it from Albertini, and Demi wasn't a young man who had just stepped into professional football. Some things can be understood just by looking.

But...... He also knew that Don was kind, so he could only do his best.

Fleming has a headache to face Albertini here, and Donn is also having a headache with Albertini's injury.

Fleming had just walked out of the office and closed the door when he came out with a swear word.

Thirty-three years old! Mateus can play until he is forty years old, and Zidane is too early to retire at the age of thirty-four...... You're not old, Demy!