Eastwood's shot became the talk of the town among Forest fans after the game, and it was featured in the opening credits of ESPN's highlight show and was broadcast repeatedly. It was a wonderful goal indeed, like a work of art. Some commentators joked that Mourinho's death under such a goal was not considered humiliating.

While Nottingham Forest eliminated Inter Milan with a score of 3:2, Barcelona also easily defeated PSV Eindhoven 2:0 and advanced to the quarterfinals. The two high-profile teams have finally met (author's note: A friend mentioned the bug in the draw ceremony, and everyone thought that the Champions League had changed the draw rules since the 2010-11 season, after all, no one can say what will happen in the future. At the beginning, a few people would have thought that the Champions Cup would be restructured many times after entering the 90s).

Although the two teams are still nearly a month away from meeting in earnest, the media and fans are already eager to count down.

So far this season, Nottingham Forest have been hovering back and forth between third and fifth in the league, and it will take a lot of effort to get them to the top of the league title, while praying that the top teams will make mistakes in a row, which is too low. So get acquainted with Tony. The Donne's assumed that they would be able to concentrate on the Champions League while retaining their top-four position.

And Barcelona is slightly better off than Nottingham Forest. They currently sit first in the league and second-placed Real Madrid are four points away from them. At the same time, in the Copa del Rey, they also reached the final. It looks like it's going to be another successful season – they could well be on track to achieve the treble. Despite Real Madrid's eye in the league, the Copa del Rey final is against Sevilla, who are recovering and looking to use the Copa del Rey title as a chance to rise again, while the Champions League face their toughest opponents......

It is right to say that they have a bright future, but it is not unreasonable to say that they have an unpredictable future.

With half a month to go before the game, Pep Guardiola was asked by reporters about the match against Nottingham Forest, and he didn't want to answer the question, so he said: "I'm only thinking about the next round of the league and the Espanyol derby now. The Champions Cup is still half a month away. ”

Unlike him, Don spoke to the media early on about the match: "Who will be the winner?" Do you still need to ask? Nature is us! Barcelona have had a bad luck and their schedule has not been in their favour during this period, so this is our chance...... Want me to rate the Barcelona derby the night after tomorrow? I heard it was a more intense game than the Spanish national derby? I hope a couple of people in their squad got injured in that game......"

This remark caused an uproar in the Catalan media. "World Sports" angrily denounced Donn as a "fascist on the field", and even said such shameless things as hoping that the opponent would have an injured player in the game.

"Every Sports Newspaper" ridiculed Donn's remarks as "a coward's declaration", why? Because "he can only pray that our Barcelona players are injured and his team can win. How sad and pitiful this is! ”

There were also a number of other tabloids that published articles against Donn in their own positions. They published cartoons in which Donn became a monster with horns on his head and a tail behind his buttocks, and a mustache above his lips, resembling Hitler.

But Donn wasn't talking nonsense, at least Pep Guardiola had this concern - what if his player did get injured in the Barcelona derby against Espanyol? Messi is in excellent form and performance at the moment, scoring goals and assists in a row. He has long been a player in the game who needs to be taken care of by the opponent. Since it is a Barcelona derby, it is almost unthinkable that the Spaniards will not send someone to keep an eye on Messi. Nowadays, the use of lethal tactics against Messi in the game seems to have become an "unspoken rule" in the Spanish league, and any team that meets Barcelona will always be the player who has been violated the most times after the game.

Cruyff has more than once called on the Spanish Football Federation in his columns to introduce a rule that protects players with artistic talent and severely punishes tactics that target a particular player. Although he did not mention the name "Messi", anyone with a normal IQ knows that he is speaking for Messi.

It is impossible for the Spanish Football Federation to change the rules for a certain player, and FIFA has long had regulations such as cracking down on "back tackles", so there is really nothing to change.

Messi was injured once in the first half of the season and rested for a month and a half before returning. In fact, he has been injured almost every season over the years. As one of the best offensive stars on the planet, he's a natural ambivalent with those defenders. All defenders will never feel "pity" when facing Messi, they will only viciously shovel him to the ground again and again, forcing him to concede the ball, thus making Barcelona's attack deadlocked.

Don is definitely not cursing the Barcelona players, he is just telling the truth – and that's how it is now. You say that the players with great skills are jealous, or that the defenders are killing the beauty of football. They are more susceptible to injury, that's an irrefutable fact.

So Donne's words caused a certain amount of trouble for Guardiola...... The match against Espanyol is going to be intense, there's no doubt about it. Messi will also be the core figure of his own side to be targeted by the opponent, and even use lethal tactics. If Messi really got injured in this game and missed the next few games, wouldn't the loss be even greater?

He thought about it, and in the Barcelona derby a day later, Messi's name was missing from the starting list.

Some media lamented that Donn's mouth is so energetic that it can make Barcelona's head coach change his mind......

It's not just that it's not as simple as Messi, but in that game with Espanyol, the whole Barcelona team played a little restrained. Playing away from home, they are clearly not as proactive as the home team Espanyol, and the commentator said of this that it is estimated that Pep Guardiola has also instilled in them the philosophy of trying not to get injured in the game.

Regardless of Pep Guardiola's over-cautiousness, Donn is right when he says that Barcelona's schedule is not good for them during this time:

After the Barcelona derby with Espanyol, the next round is the match against Valencia, which is fourth in the league, followed by the "battle of the century" and "national derby" that has attracted the attention of the whole world - Barcelona away to Real Madrid. After this game, it will be the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, as they await Nottingham Forest at home. Then after this game, we will face Sevilla at home in the league and then go away to challenge Nottingham Forest.

It seems that Don really knows his opponent very well, and even knows the opponent's schedule. In the face of such a difficult schedule, it is indeed difficult for Barcelona to break through all the fronts. After the league was played until mid-April, it was the time when everyone was exhausted and lacked follow-up. But this is the final sprint, and a slight mistake may lead to "a misstep that will turn into a thousand hatreds".

Barcelona will not be willing to lose the Champions League, nor will they be willing to give up the league. The four-point gap is not enough for them to get rid of Real Madrid, not to mention that they have one more chance to speak directly with Real Madrid.

Nottingham Forest, on the other hand, has a much easier schedule. They had only one stronger opponent before the game against Barcelona, and that was Chelsea.

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The Barcelona derby ended in a 2-2 draw. In this game, the referee showed nine yellow cards and one red card. Espanyol's central defender Sergio. Alexis Sanchez was sent off for kicking Andres Iniesta. The latter held out for fifteen minutes after he was sent off with a red card and would also be used by Pep Guardiola. Toure replaces.

Donne's crow's beak showed its brilliance, and after Andres Iniesta was substituted, centre-back Gabriel. Milito also sprained his ankle in a scramble and was forced off.

Barcelona fans should be thankful that the game was able to draw 2-2. Because Barcelona faced Barcelona with nine men at the end of the day – Milito was injured and eight minutes before the end of the game, and Pep Guardiola had already used up all his substitutions.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Pep Guardiola was right that he didn't schedule Messi to start. In fact, at the end of the game, when Barcelona was facing an unfavorable situation, Guardiola did not let Messi play. After seeing the Spaniard's exuberant fighting spirit and brutal movements, a fool would let Messi go up and take that risk.

After the game, some media ran to interview Donn and asked him what he thought of the game. In a tone that made the Catalan media gnash their teeth, Donn said: "This result shows that I am definitely not a malicious curse, because I am telling the truth." I don't believe in a game like the Barcelona derby, nobody gets hurt, nobody goes down. So, again, I don't believe that there will be no minor friction in a game like the National Derby......"

This last sentence exposes his insidious and despicable nature - a Spaniard is not enough, and he continues to expect Real Madrid to cause problems for Barcelona.

Of course, Donn's comments also caught Barcelona's attention. Pep Guardiola, as always, has not made any comments, and his players have not been able to sit still.

The big-mouthed Baetto was the first to Tony. Donn fired: "Some people just lack basic respect. I don't really know how this kind of person became the manager of a professional football club. ”

Xavi also expressed his frustration: "I don't think it's appropriate to advertise injuries to players. Quaresma's injury was a tragedy, and did Mr. Donn want to see such a tragedy happen on a daily basis? ”

In fact, Barcelona's players are quite sharp-toothed...... Donn chose to shut up in the face of Barcelona's response.

But the person who is caught in the middle is Pique. As a Barcelona, Pique's affection for Nottingham Forest and Donn is very deep, and if it weren't for the original head and Nottingham Forest, Pique doesn't know how long he would have to stay up to be selected by Barcelona's first team and become the main central defender today. This can be regarded as a "curve to save the country......

Donn took the initiative to provoke a war of words with Barcelona, and for Pique, who had played under him, he certainly knew what the boss was thinking - it was not that he had any deep hatred for Barcelona, it was just a necessary means to win. But in the minds of his Barcelona teammates, this person has this strong hatred with Barcelona.

When a reporter came to ask him about this Barcelona team against Tony. The person Donn knows best, Piquee can only prevaricate with "I refuse to express my opinion".

He didn't want to speak ill of his teacher, but he couldn't definitely turn his elbow outward, so he had to be silent.

Don also has capital to pay so much attention to Barcelona. Unlike Barcelona, who are fighting on multiple fronts for multiple titles, his team is currently performing well enough to establish themselves in the top four of the league, and the FA Cup and League Cup have long since been abandoned. Now he has a lot of time to play with Pep Guardiola.

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After the draw with the Spaniards and the loss of two big players, the Catalan media couldn't help but panic. In fact, the media are like this, they like to babble. When they learned that Nottingham Forest's next league opponent was Chelsea, they all began to boast about Rijkaard's great achievements at Barcelona in their own acres and three-point plots. Since they have previously referred to Pep Guardiola's Barcelona as the "Dream II team", they have to say that Rijkaard is the "founder of the Dream II dynasty", just like AC Milan's Sacchi and Capello.

They looked back at Rijkaard's experience in Barcelona and, of course, automatically blocked out the bad things, and only said merit. Everyone spoke highly of him and sang praises. And I wish him all the best and success at Chelsea.

Looking at these postures, you can't see at all that they were the ones who fell into the trap when Rijkaard was in trouble.

Rijkaard is a smart and calm man, and he reacted very lukewarmly to the praise of the Catalan media for its sudden collective nerve. Everyone who leaves Barcelona doesn't seem to have a good impression of the local Catalan media......

When pressed on the subject, he just said in a very flat tone: "I am the head coach of Chelsea now. Of course I'll try to win against Nottingham Forest, but it's not for Barcelona. ”

But just a win over Nottingham Forest doesn't do Barcelona much good, and Donn doesn't want to win the league title, so he can afford to lose a game or two. The Catalan media must have wanted Donn to 'curse' them for happening to them – a number of players went off injured in a fierce battle with Chelsea.

Donn didn't give them that chance.

In previous years, when the two teams met, it was inevitable that there would be a war of words, which detonated the hot scene in the game. Plus Donn and Rijkaard have old grudges. The media speculated that the game might not be exciting, but it was certainly intense. But what? Donn didn't take the initiative to provoke a war of words, and Rijkaard, who was overwhelmed by the team's factional locker room, didn't bother to quarrel with outsiders.

During the game, Donn rotated the entire starting line-up, rotating all the players expected by the media to start in the Champions League to the bench and stands.

The game ended in a 1-1 draw with Chelsea. Nottingham Forest are fourth in the league and have made little of a difference.

Compared to that Barcelona derby, it was a civilised game – no red cards, just four yellow cards, and no one left injured. The media only guessed half right, the game was indeed not exciting, but it was not intense, it was dull for 90 minutes, and both sides scored one goal each, ending the much-anticipated "Mars collides with the Earth" before the game.

After the game, Donn wrote in four of his own media columns mocking the Catalan media for "wasted effort". Escalate the war of words between the two sides.

Although there was still more than a week before the actual game, the smoke of gunpowder had already spread, and the wind was carried from England to Barcelona.

(To be continued)