Things were very much in line with Donn's wishes.

The next day, the major media outlets were hyping Tony. Coach Donn and The Suns reported a verbal battle at the press conference, and the three players' * incident went completely unnoticed......

Even the Sun newspaper itself is hyping up this matter, of course they don't have anything good to say about Donne, they describe Don En as a very unreasonable, nonsense, foul-mouthed, completely uneducated person.

This kind of depiction is really uncreative, and they have used it on Donn before. So for this kind of evaluation, Don doesn't care at all. Even if the whole world thinks he's the embodiment of Satan with horns on his head, he doesn't care.

He was happy to see that no one cared what the three players did in the red light district.

Now the focus of the media hype is on him, which instead gives the team the peace they need most.

The Amsterdam Invitational has a history of 31 years and has been held for 26 years so far. Because of its long history and the high standard of the teams invited at the same time, it has the reputation of "Europe's No. 1 Invitational Tournament". Even so, the warm-up game is still a warm-up game, and Don doesn't care about what the team can achieve in this invitational tournament, he pays more attention to the team's form, which is a great opportunity to test the results of their training camp during this time.

The match between Nottingham Forest and Porto was the second, with the first game being a 1-1 draw with Inter Milan. Adriano continued his poor form at the World Cup without scoring goals.

Donn didn't use their best parallel positions in the previous two seasons, 442.1, 4411, in this game.

Ruud van Nistelrooy is the striker, with Van der Vaart playing the "1" behind him, who is somewhere between a midfielder and a shadow striker. Donn's special explanation for him was how far to shoot him.

There have also been some changes to the line-up of the Forest team in the next four years since last season.

No matter how Tang En diverted the attention of the media at the press conference yesterday and how he made a big noise to excuse his subordinates, his arrangement today still exposed the side behind this matter. Ashley. Young did not appear in the right midfield position. Another right-sided midfielder, Allen. Lennon was also not there, and the person who played was Chinese player Sun Jihai.

Sun Jihai is really a very good panacea, right fullback, right forward, midfield, he can play.

The left forward ground is not Ribery either. Rather, Petrov.

The two central midfielders were the combination of last season's team, George. Wood and Mikel. Arteta.

There are no changes at the back compared to last season: central defenders Pepe and Pique, left wing-back Leighton. Barnes, right wing-back Zim Bonda, goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar.

On the bench sat except for Ashley. Yang, Aaron. Lennon and Gareth. All the players except Bale.

Don drew the lineup on the tactics board, and after explaining the specific tactics, he made a final advice: "Two requirements." He held out two fingers, "First, don't get hurt." Second, show what you can without getting hurt. ”

Sometimes when you think about it, a lot of things in this world are very interesting.

Porto are the third Portuguese side to play against Nottingham Forest in three years. Donn's side seem to have a special affinity with Portugal.

First Benfica, then Sporting Lisbon. And then there's Porto.

And now the defender of the Forest team, Pepe, was bought from Porto. Porto is also home to a team that has been coached by Donne's arch-rival Jose Mourinho and has made a name for himself in Europe.

After Mourinho's departure, Porto may be able to continue to dominate Portugal, but it will not be easy to maintain her status in European football.

Today's Amsterdam Invitational Tournament is the match between the European football champion and the current upstart three years ago.

The strength of the two teams is no longer at the same level.

Forest scored two goals in the first half to seal the win.

Ruud van Nistelrooy stabbed the ball five metres in front of goal after receiving Petrov's cross to continue his good form in warm-up games and training, and proved once again that he didn't leave United because of slipping form or age.

"Nottingham Forest have scored! Van Nistelrooy and Petrov, the tacit understanding between the two new players! ”

Don stood up from his seat. Applause from the audience. The goal was certainly a cause for joy, but what made him even happier was the tacit understanding that the team showed before this goal:

Arteta after getting the ball. Passing to Van der Vaart, who received the ball with his back to the goal, Van der Vaart cleverly passed the ball to Petrov who was cutting high on the side in time without having a chance to turn and shoot, and then Petrov forced a breakthrough and crossed. Van Nistelrooy is a world-class goalscorer instinct at this moment, he saw the opposing defender pressing tighter, first rushed forward, made a gesture to respond, ran to the middle of the sudden brake retreat, the opposing defender was not fooled, also turned and retreated, at this time, Van Nistelrooy and the opponent played a brush - he suddenly started to cut forward again! After these two wits and wits, there was no Porto defender left on his side, and he scored with ease after receiving the ball.

Van der Vaart showed a valuable side in this attack. That is, when there is no chance to shoot, he will give the ball to a teammate in a better position in time, rather than forcing himself to turn and seek a shot.

Don saw it all in his eyes and kept it in his heart. He likes players like that, and if Van der Vaart is the kind of guy who will sacrifice the whole team for the sake of scoring goals, Donn will not hesitate to abandon him, even if he has just spent £4 million on it and promised a whole lot of good futures.

The second ball came with ease, without those complicated passes, and Arteta's sudden dribbling caught the attention of the Porto players, who turned the ball across to Van der Vaart just as everyone was focused on the Spaniard. Then the former Ajax player took a long shot in this former home stadium, cheered on by countless Ajax fans!

The football roared past Porto's defence and into the goal!

"Raphael. Van der Vaart – for whom it was the perfect farewell and a new lease of life! He said goodbye to Ajax with his best way of scoring goals, and proved his all-round strength to his new club! Ajax's number 23 became Nottingham Forest's number 23, good luck, Rafael! The Dutch commentator shouted from the commentary seat.

At half-time, Donn analysed two goals for his team, the first one he praised the whole team, the second one he praised Van der Vaart for scoring the goal and Mikel Arteta for his rivals

"Guys, remember what people said about us a month ago?" It's a strong team' and now I'm glad you guys proved it. Keep up the good work in the second half! ”

Next, Donn made five substitutions in one go, using up all five substitutions at halftime, and the team's formation changed back to last season's best 442... Just a slight difference.

Van Nistelrooy was replaced for the goal, Don sent Bendtner as a central striker, Eastwood replaced Arteta, the team's midfield became a diamond position, Ribery replaced Sun Jihai to play right midfield, and Petrov's position remained unchanged.

Centre-back Donn replaced Piqui and brought on Vincent Kompany.

Five substitutions in exchange for a big change in the team's face.

In the first half, Donn was experimenting with more tactical possibilities, and in the second half, this tactic may be more used in the new season. Of course, the lineup won't be the same as it is now......

After the second half, the Forest team changed the offensive momentum of the first half and moved into the defense.

Don is constantly experimenting and tweaking his tactics. He wanted to see what tactics should be used in different situations and how the team was performing.

There is one thing that everyone is reluctant to say, but they all know it. Who is the direct beneficiary of Donn's snub of Anelka? It was Eastwood who missed the vast majority of last season due to injury.

His first comeback was impressive, but then it was quiet again. For nine months, two surgeries and repeated injuries still affected his condition.

With Anelka in the squad now, Don could justifiably give Eastwood more opportunities to get back into the game.

Done didn't tell him that, but he knew Eastwood knew in his heart that this was his chance and he had to take it or he would be eliminated – even if the boss kept him on the team. He wouldn't have promised to live that life.

Eastwood will have to prove that Coach Done was right to abandon Anelka because there is still him as a striker to use.

As a striker, what's the best way to prove that you're not old?

"Its_goooooo - Freddie. Eastwood! What a nostalgic name...... He scored! Nottingham Forest lead Porto by three goals! ”

Donn jumped off the bench and Eastwood lived up to his expectations.

After the goal, Eastwood ran to Donn and hugged him tightly.

This ball is of course dedicated to Tony, who has always supported him, trusted him, and waited for the opportunity to give him a new lease of life. Don coached it.

His team-mates rushed to celebrate Eastwood's goal, with Anelka alone on the bench and not getting up.

“…… For you. I*** put my favorite player on the bench! ”

In his rage, Don yelled out this sentence that he Anelka remembered clearly.

Now, you finally don't have to bench your favorite players......

Porto only scored a face-saving goal in the last minute thanks to teenager Anderson's long-range shot.

Through this game, everyone realized what the strength of the Forest team is now. In the press conference after the game, the Portuguese media stopped calling Forest's win over Porto an "upset", and as opponents, they acknowledged the quality and status of the Forest team now – a team that is indeed a strong team.

Just kidding, if a team with Ruud van Nistelrooy, Van der Vaart, Van der Sar, Franck Ribery, Wood and others is still called a dark horse, what would a really strong team look like?

A day later, Forest welcomed the last opponent of the invitational tournament - hosts Ajax on this field.

this game. Donn, however, unexpectedly came on as a substitute.

He knew that his team was short on substitutes, so he took every opportunity to give them a chance to play and practice. Even in the tournament where he hopes to compete for the championship, he only thinks about how to get a full workout for his team. Instead of just an invitational trophy.

So, the goalkeeper is Paul. Steven Gerrard, centre-back is Kompany and Wes. Mo Gan, the back waist has become Sun Jihai, it seems that Tang En is determined to let Sun Jihai, the panacea, fully exert his role. Albertini also appeared in the lineup, and Chris Brown. Commons became a right midfielder, Van der Vaart went to the left and became a left midfielder. Up front, Bengttner and Viduka are the strikers.

Donn's request to Van der Vaart was not to let him play on the left wing. Instead, try to lean into the middle and let Layton. Barnes came up with an active assist.

He referenced Real Madrid's tactics at the beginning of the century's most glorious moments. I plan to test whether it is suitable for the Forest team in actual combat.

Of course, because he punished three people, and these three people have their own important roles in the team's tactical system, the actual test results must be discounted.

With such a combination of lineups, coupled with this tactic, the results of the Forest team can be imagined. They lost to hosts Ajax in this match with a score of 1:2.

In the final moments, Donn finally remembered to bring Anelka on after using up four substitutions, but he was left with only a measly ten minutes, Anelka could do nothing, he did not score, and the only goal for Forest was scored by Bendtner.

Because of the loss to Ajax, Nottingham Forest did not win the final title.

Ajax's rules are very special, in addition to following the general rules of winning three points, drawing one point, and minus zero points, there is also a "encouraging attack rule" that they have created and is used by more and more invitational tournaments, that is, every goal scored is counted as one point, and the team's points should be the points for winning and drawing the game plus the converted points for goals.

Nottingham Forest have a record of one win and one loss, and the number of points in the match is three points. Then they scored a total of four goals in two games, one goal and one point, which counts as four points. The sum of the two is the final point of the Forest team in this invitational tournament - seven points.

The title of this invitational tournament was finally won by Roberto Mancini's Inter Milan, who won two games, drew one and won one, accumulating four points and beating hosts Ajax on goals.

Nottingham Forest and Ajax are tied on seven points, but are third in the table. Don didn't care about these places, and the day after the race, he led the team back to Nottingham after a training camp in the Netherlands.

The time has entered August, and in ten days, the new season of England will kick off. That's the game that Don has to worry about.

Sorry, it's not very comfortable today, it's late.