More than 50,000 home fans booed Tony Downe to "welcome" Tony Downe, the referee had already blown the whistle for the start of the game, and the fans were focused on cheering for Forest, and Tony Downe was no longer in charge.

Judging from the field, Nottingham Forest, who are playing at home, clearly have the upper hand. After all, they have been playing together for many years, even if they change the head coach, there is nothing to lose in that tacit understanding. And...... Even if they are facing a team led by the original leader, they don't need to let go of the water in the game. Tang Enke hadn't educated them about such a thing as releasing water in the face of an old friend.

Nottingham Forest's dressing room is clearly divided into three factions, with die-hard supporters of Tony Downe such as Pepe. On the other hand, there are players who are full of resentment towards Donn, if you want to say the representative figures...... Wood should be counted as one. There is also the centrist wall-riders, who do not express their views clearly and do not have the same obvious emotional inclination for Tony Towne's departure as Pepe and Wood, who are in the majority.

This split was also reflected in the game. George Wood is particularly energetic. He tirelessly shuttled and intercepted in midfield, while also actively cutting forward to participate in the attack.

O'Neill abandoned Donn's original 4231 formation and changed to 442, with only Wood in midfield and Shaheen playing up front. The two wing-backs were Fernandez and Bentley. The forwards are Aaron Mitchel and Abonlaho. From left to right, the defenders are Gareth Bale, Pepe, Thiago Silva and Raphinha. The goalkeeper is still Akinfeev.

This lineup is no different from Donn's back then, and it seems that O'Neal still intends to continue the main framework left by Donn. However, if Pepe's words are true, then O'Neill will soon have to worry about finding another centre-back.

On the other hand, on the England side, a group of improvised third-tier teams have no tacit understanding, no technical tactics, and no technical tactics, and their morale is not very high in the away game, and it is really lucky that they have not been scored by Nottingham Forest in the first ten minutes.

Defender Jack Cook passes the ball to Delphi in midfield. It was supposed to be an ordinary 15-metre diagonal pass, a technique that any professional footballer would do, but Cook lost the ball. Cook can't be blamed, as Delphi is also partly responsible.

At the moment when Cook passed the ball, Delphi thought Cook was going to dribble the ball himself, so he stood still. And Cook's pass was needed to make Delphi run to catch it, so the ball passed by Delphi and rolled directly to Shahin's feet.

The fans in the stands gave Cook a laugh after a bad pass.

Don shook his head after seeing this scene in the stands: "What a rabble. ”

He's right. This England team is a rabble, with players who have rarely or never been selected for the national team before put together an improvised patchwork in the hope that they can do well? That's a fantasy.

Donn listened to the laughter of the Forest fans from the sidelines, not annoyed or anxious. Yes, these players are not good enough and inexperienced, but they have a quality that no one else notices – a team with more fighting spirit than the big-name England team. Because they have a reason to work hard.

If you want to get into my eyes, you have to show some desperate spirit.

But a rabble is a rabble. After 25 minutes of this England side, Chris Cockland's goal was finally blasted open with his head by Aronmitchel.

The cheers erupted on Crimson Stadium louder than the one that welcomed the Foresters, and the deafening sound seemed to be pouring down from Niagara Falls, rumbling like a continuous stream of thunder. Stirring in everyone's heart.

It was the first time Downe had learned the power of a new stadium, and he was a little distracted – playing in such a stadium must be more enjoyable than in a city stadium.

"It's Aaron who scored the goal—" the announcer on the stadium radio led the fans in chanting.

"Mitchel !!" The fans in the stands shouted in response.

In the twenty-sixth minute, Aaron Mitchel opened the scoring for Nottingham Forest! Nice side-of-the-road fit. Grab a point in the middle! Mitchel's height and bouncing advantage left David Whitt and Anton Ferdinand at a loss! There were fears before the game that Nottingham Forest, who had taken off Tony Towne, would be out of shape as if they had lost their souls, but judging from this goal, such fears were unwarranted. Forest's players quickly settled into their new head coach and were unrelenting against Tony Downe...... It looks like Tony Downe's first international game is going to be Waterloo! The narrator's tone was a little gloating. In fact, it is the wish of many people to be able to see the always strong Don eating deflated, and this commentator is not exempt from vulgarity.

The fans reacted enthusiastically after the goal, while the scorer didn't have the heart to celebrate. On the one hand, it's just a friendly match. It's not even a warm-up game of sufficient quality, and there's nothing to be proud of when you score a goal. On the other hand, it's because it's Tony Donne, the boss. Mitchel's career should be most thankful for Tony Downe, if it weren't for him, he would have been playing that promising centre-back for the rest of his life, and then abandoned by Forest, went to live in the lower leagues, and finally retired in obscurity. He was on Pepe's side.

After the goal, Dmittchel didn't even wave in response to the cheers the fans cheered at him. So he turned and ran back. Occasionally, he shook his head. I think these people picked by the leader are too weak......

The people who were really happy about the goal were Martin O'Neill and Evan Dogerty. The former is due to the possibility of beating Tony Downe, although a friendly can't say much. But it must be able to get out of the shadow of Tony Downe for a while, and people don't always refer to him with the lengthy and complicated title of "Tony Towne's successor".

The latter's joy was due to the fact that he heard the cheers that erupted from the stands. The human heart is still on his side......

Donn expressed a slight displeasure at the goal, shaking his head from the dugout and saying to Walker: "The defense is not tacit enough...... Bentley shouldn't have been given a chance to cross. ”

Walker nodded, "It can't be helped, Tony." They've only been practicing together for a long time, so I don't think we care about the result of this game......"

"Nope. Don categorically rejected Walker's offer. "This game must be won. ”

Walker didn't go on. He could vaguely guess why Don had to win this game, the reason was complicated, in addition to Liwei, he was probably stimulated by the boos when he entered. When did Tony Downe admit defeat? Ever softened? If others boo him, then he has to prove that he is strong. In simple terms. He just likes to work against other people. With such a strong personality, it's no wonder that he offends so many people.

Walker felt that perhaps he was the best fit to be an assistant coach in England. If someone else is replaced as Donne's assistant, I'm afraid that I can quarrel with him if I don't get along with him. Only someone like himself who knows Don so well can play the role of a lubricant.

If you think about it carefully, the person who can be an assistant coach for Don En must be a good gentleman with a good temper and a good old age. Like him, like David Chrirak, and like that Chinese Tang. No wonder Roy Keane is said to have turned down Donn's offer to be an assistant coach twice. If the Irishman had come, the two of them might not have been able to make friends......

Nottingham Forest fans were optimistic about the outcome of the game, especially after Mitchel's goal. In their opinion, winning is not a problem, the problem is that the team can beat this England third-tier team by a few goals. If they win in the end, it will be worth it for them to spend the afternoon.

Don watched from the sidelines. Decided to make adjustments. Taking advantage of a deadball, he called Ashley Cole, the captain who was close to his side, to his side. I told you so.

Back on the pitch, Ashley Cole relayed Donn's latest instructions to his team-mates and England shrunk their formation. Start to get into the defensive phase.

Donn could see that Nottingham Forest's morale was high amid the cheers of the fans, and looking at O'Neal's excitement on the sidelines, it was possible to guess that the Forest team would take advantage of the situation to attack aggressively in the following games. So with England's current state, if you want to go out and play against the Forest team, you will definitely die a miserable death in the end. If he conceded a goal, Don was not confident that he could win the game.

So he chose to retreat, an ugly retreat.

The narrator laughed, "We've seen Tony Towne's signature stunt again. Nottingham Woodland's new head coach Martin O'Neill is clearly more aggressive than him. He is directing the team to press the attack and try to score another goal. ”

At the cost of being ugly and ridiculed, Donn's side managed to keep the score 1-0 until half-time. No matter how indiscriminately Nottingham Forest bombarded, England's goal just won't fall. This was boring for the fans in the stands – they were playing against an improvised England third-tier team, who were almost all on the pitch, but still couldn't do anything about them.

It's very simple, everyone huddles together and knows what they want to do.

The only half-day time to practice together. Don let the team practice on the ground and defensively. At that time, everyone thought it was strange. Now they understand the manager's good intentions......

By halftime whistles, Donn was the first to get out of his seat. Take the lead in walking to Yongdao. When the camera thought of giving Don another close-up, it could only capture his back in the corridor.

"It was a very boring first half. As long as Tony Downe is around, the game can't be good. Martin O'Neill has brought a breath of fresh air to Nottingham Forest, while Tony Downe has brought what he excelled at Forest to England. We don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. However, as Donn himself said, victory is the only measure of a manager's success, and as long as he can lead the team to victory, those voices that question him will disappear. ”

Donn watched the players stream in the locker room. He closed the door when everyone was there. The soundproofing of the new stadium is much better than that of the city stadium, and the noise outside is almost inaudible as soon as the doors are closed.

"I have to compliment you for your performance in the second half of the first half, you kept the treble team attacking, and considering that you've only been in the team for one day and you've only been able to concede one goal, I have nothing to complain about. Don gave the group a date first. And then......

"But. He shifted gears. "Don't you forget what our goal is for this game? It's not a narrow defeat here, it's not even a draw for the home team. I hope you understand a little bit - " he raised his right index finger, "the difference between the national team and the club team. When you're playing for your clubs, it's a long season, at least 38 games a year, draws and defeats are allowed along the way, and it's okay to lose this game, we can win the next game. But the national team is different. There's very little room for you to make mistakes and lose here, and I don't know how many of you will end up in our national squad, but I hope you can get into the habit here – try to win in any game. ”

He smiled. 'I'm England manager from now on and you have to remember that. I'm a person who likes to win and hate defeat, and my team has to love win and hate defeat. ”

The players watched him silently.

"Does anyone like to fail?" He asked.

Someone shook his head.

"Look. We now have a common language and a common goal. "In the second half, the defense counter-attacked, they will definitely use the wings more to threaten our goal. We'll take advantage of the space behind the two wings. ”

Donn is familiar with Nottingham Forest. Even with a change of head coach now, Donn still saw through his observations in the first half that the Forest team has not changed much. At the very least, the best side attack has been well maintained. Didn't Forest's only goal come from the wings?

"Less passing too much in midfield, more over the top and as long as possible. "Don is talking about the British long pass that was scorned by countless people before. However, it is good to deal with the increasingly delicate Nottingham Forest.

Martin O'Neill has instilled a sense of beauty in Nottingham Forest, playing football with a delightful experience, and his work for more than a month has not been in vain. But what he didn't notice was that Nottingham Forest was slowly losing one of its most important things.

"You play with a tougher attitude, don't be afraid of getting hurt! How can it be hurt? It's you who take the initiative. Not them. Only the passive party will be injured. So the more likely you are to get hurt if you are afraid of being hurt, let go of your hands and feet and do nothing! ”

'Shaheen has good passing skills, but he's been badly injured and has a bit of a skept about physical contact, so you can take advantage of that. Perform more close presses on him, and small movements cannot be less, so that he can't pass the ball comfortably. Mitchel's technique and header are good. But don't look at his height. His physical ability is very weak, and physical strength is his weakness. Force him to keep running, confront him, let him use all his strength on this, and the further he goes, the less threatening he becomes. Abang Lajo is fast, but the shooting footwork is rough, there is nothing to worry about, don't let him start the ball from the side, jamming Mitchel is equivalent to jamming Abang Lajo...... "Donn analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of all the players at Nottingham Forest one by one, and told them how to deal with them, except for those new players who only joined the team this summer, he told almost everyone. He was familiar with Nottingham Forest, and he didn't have to do his homework in advance, he could talk about as many things as he wanted.

Then he talked about George Wood.

He's stuck.

He didn't know what to say. He knew Wood well, but he couldn't tell what to do with the kid. He waved his hand and could only say nothing, leaving the players who were full of expectations a little disappointed and confused.

Martin O'Neill was not very happy with the team's performance in the first half, because he sent an all-out squad to play a 1-0, considering that their opponent was England's third-tier team.

If Tony Downe was here, he would have scolded them and told them that they only had a one-goal lead to end the first half by playing such a bad team. But O'Neal can't do that, and if he does, his approval ratings in the locker room will plummet.

It's that unfair. The more Don scolds, the more attractive he becomes, while the others have to be careful to serve.

O'Neill tactfully expressed his displeasure and rearranged his tactics. He thinks Donn will stick to the defensive counter-attack in the second half, and it won't be too difficult for someone who has studied him thoroughly to guess that. Normally, defensive counter-attacks are only used when your side is ahead, but Donn always uses this when he is down by a goal, on the one hand, to ensure that he does not continue to concede the goal, and on the other hand, he relies on sneak attacks to equalize and then disrupt the opponent's set-up. The hateful thing is that he has repeatedly succeeded and tried repeatedly.

O'Neill's order to the Forest team is to start the game and try to score first, if the situation is not right, then shrink the defensive line and play around with Donn in the midfield, anyway, if you fight in the midfield, Nottingham Forest will definitely win.

After talking about the tactics, O'Neill repeated his request: "This game must be won!" ”

The players looked at each other and suddenly felt that this was not a friendly match to celebrate the opening of the Crimson Stadium......