Volume 5 Red Chapter 62 One step further

Chen Jian and his two children began their year-long training career in the Academy at Nottingham Forest. It's interesting to see what they can learn from this training, but that's not until a year later.

North Wilford was buzzing with activity, and a team from Hunan TV was filming all the time, and they will produce five episodes to reflect the daily life and training of the three lucky winners in Nottingham, England, to domestic television audiences. This is a kind of entertainment program that is very popular abroad - reality show.

After a month-long shoot, they leave. In a few days, no one will pay attention to them anymore, because it is okay to watch five issues of repeated life, and it is unbearable to watch it for a year in a row......

When the time comes, the media going to North Wilford will quickly reduce to what it was before, and no one from anywhere else will come here to focus on the three Chinese except for the local media in Nottingham. That's what Don meant at all, he couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the Chinese media for reporting on the three men at first, but he could use a lot of cold methods to pour cold water on these people and make their enthusiasm cool down quickly. Then there is a quiet environment for these teenagers.

In fact, Tang En is also quite looking forward to what Chen Jian can practice in a year......

The three Chinese visitors made Nottingham Forest a lively club for a while, and as Donn had to lead the team in training and playing games around, Alan Brown. Adams had already had some cooperation with the Chinese side long before that, so he had the most contact with the Chinese media, and Nottingham Forest took the opportunity to expand their presence in China. At this point, Alan and Evan began to seriously consider their plans to visit China next summer......

After all, Beckham has only two years of contract with Forest, and he must step up his market development while he is still in the Forest team and make full use of his commercial appeal. Otherwise, wait for the two-year contract to expire. Wouldn't he sign him for two years for nothing when he left the United States?

Donn signed Beckham because of his competitive value, while Allen considered commercial value, which can really be regarded as "seeking his own politics in his position......

While the three Chinese footballers were still struggling to adapt in Nottingham, Donn, who had come to England five years before them, brought the team to Milan, Italy.

He thought his team would be greeted with a bombardment of Italian media.

Unexpectedly, the media who came to the airport to pick up the airport were all British, and there were very few Italian media in Italy, except for a "Milan Sports Newspaper", and there was no other Italian media, and there was naturally no TV station.

Don En understood with a roll of his eyes. He smiled.

It just so happened that Lao Tzu was worried that he didn't have a stable time before the game, but now it's okay. The hosts, the Italians, are so understanding......

The English media crowded up, and Donn waved his hand: "Don't give too many interviews before the game, if there are any questions, ...... will be raised at the press conference"

The reporter of the newspaper "Milan Sport" didn't care so much, he shouted in English: "The match against AC Milan is almost certain to win, sir!" ”

Don pretended not to hear and left. Some of the Forest's players were stopped by the media for brief interviews, including the Italian journalist.

He found Grosso, also an Italian.

Grosso is losing his place in the current Forest team. Don was unhappy that he couldn't adapt to the rhythm of the English league. But in a game like the Champions Cup, his experience can help the team. Especially in Italy, when he played against AC Milan – he played for Inter Milan for a season and was no stranger to his rivals – so he was brought to Milan by Donn.

The Italian journalist went up and Grosso was close. Ask if you'll be able to play tomorrow with such a non-nutritious question.

Grosso shook his head honestly: "The coach hasn't announced the starting list yet, I don't know if I can start ......"

"Life in England doesn't seem to be going well?" As if it was small talk, the reporter asked.

Grosso is also a star no matter how he says it, and he still has some experience in dealing with the media. When he heard the question, he became vigilant.

Anyway. He's a Nottingham Forest player now, so he's going to stand in Nottingham Forest's shoes. His position in the Forest team is indeed unstable, on the one hand, he is not adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League, and on the other hand, because of a small injury that makes him unable to continue playing, and it is naturally impossible to adapt to the new league.

But he can't honestly nod yes, then the next day his "yes" may become "the big general of the team to Tony. Donn was dissatisfied, and the bombardment hoped to get the main position".

Grosso is not stupid, he does want to get a stable position. But now he doesn't want to be used as a gun by the media......

"It's okay, everything is ok. Grosso prevaricated.

The Italian reporter was obviously not reconciled, and continued to ask: "Good means that there are still bad points?" ”

"That's good, everything's fine. ”

After spending some time with Donne, smarter people will learn a little bit about his tone of voice, which is really suitable for dealing with the media.

Grosso just didn't give the other party a chance to exploit the loophole, so he said, and then found a good reason to say goodbye to the ill-intentioned reporter.

"It's time to board the bus. He pointed to the exit. Assistant Coach David. Chris Rac stood in the doorway. Behind him was a red ground bus.

The Italian reporter nodded helplessly. He still hadn't prying something of value out of Grosso's mouth...... If you can't even bargain with your compatriots here, then in Tony. Don there......

He scratched his head. It seems that his own problems have been ignored without saying a word, and he is still treated better.

At the pre-match press conference, Donn finally met the Italian journalists, who would have nothing to cover if they didn't come back, and the media bosses wouldn't let them do that.

At the press conference, Donn didn't make any radical remarks, and his conversation seemed normal — a brief assessment of their opponents. Admitting that a home draw is not a good thing, but it is also not expected that Forest will say goodbye to this season's Champions League.

There was no smell of gunpowder, and the smile on his face even made people feel that the feud between him and the Italian media had long been written off.

The atmosphere at the press conference was very harmonious and friendly. He met with Ancelotti and shook hands. The media wanted to stir up the grievances between the two teams, and titles like "Life and Death Battle" were all thought of, but there was no place for them. Neither coach seemed to care much about the media's interference with the game.

"They want to provoke me and lose my cool so I don't have to be fooled. "After coming down. Don said to Don.

Yes, it is impossible to lose your cool.

Nottingham Forest's coaching staff has already laid out their tactics against AC Milan.

From the analysis of the current situation, AC Milan, which played 0:0 away, will definitely choose to attack at their home stadium, but not all of them are pressing, and Ancelotti will not bet so stupidly. But he's going to attack, that's for sure. That's what Nottingham Forest need to take advantage of.

Everyone knows what Nottingham Forest do best – defending on the counter-attack.

On the road, at the famous San Siro Stadium, does Nottingham Forest dare to bombard AC Milan's penalty area as they do at home?

Take Tony. With Donn's conservative style, he will definitely make the team play defensively and counterattack. Wait for an opportunity to sneak up on a solid defense.

Anyone who has studied the Forest team thoroughly over the past few years will think so.

That's why Don didn't do that.

He kept his team on the road going crazy and trying to score first, and then ...... It's in his hands.

'The combined age of their defenders is over 200 years old and Carlo Ancelotti likes to trust the experience of the veteran and we let him know how unreliable the veteran can be. Burst with speed. Forcibly breaking through is bullying them to turn around slowly! Grab me in the front court, as long as the ball is at their feet! We're just better than they are! We just are younger than them! ”

Donn slammed his fist into the tactical board.

For that reason, his starting line-up was full of young men – the striker was Niklas. Bendtner and Arshavin. The midfielders were Franck Franck Ribery, Lennon, Van der Vaart and George Brown. Wood, Pepe, Pique, Gareth at the back. Bell and Raphinha. The oldest in this starting line-up is goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar.

Donn's tactics are very simple, there is no earth-shattering magic trick, which is to take advantage of their younger, better physical fitness and good physical fitness than AC Milan to overwhelm AC Milan and at the same time catch the opponent off guard at the beginning of the game.

This tactic is somewhat risky. But it's better than holding on to a draw away from home. Anyway, football games are gambling in the first seconds, and no matter how complete the pre-game arrangement is, there may be changes that coaches don't want to see in the first seconds of the game......

It may be a bit complicated to say this, but the simple answer is that the plan can't keep up with the changes.

Donn decided to start with the usual perception of the Forest team and start the offensive from a new entry point.

After the start of the game, the AC Milan players really did not expect Nottingham Forest to choose such a crazy tactic away from home - attacking, not just attacking, except attacking...... Or attack!

"Within fifteen minutes. If our offensive is not effective. Then ......" Donn didn't continue, he shook his head. Gambling needs to be a little exciting to be fun. Isn't it?

Nottingham Forest's attack was certainly fierce, but it hasn't yet crumbled AC Milan's aging backline. Carlo Ancelotti is not an idiot, just as the last time he was at the City Stadium, Don didn't calculate this fat man, this time at the San Siro, his attack was parried by AC Milan.

The old also has the advantages of the old, for example, the experience of the big war is really speechless...... Maldini's command was impeccable.

Fifteen minutes later, the score was still 0:0.

"Tony, ...... next," Chris Rac asked.

"Keep fighting. Donn looked at the pitch and replied with no deviation from his head.

At the end of the first half, the score was still 0:0.

At half-time, Donn did not criticize his players for not scoring in the first half, but instead encouraged their performances. Then tell them that the second half is the same as the first, nothing special has changed.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and AC Milan clearly stepped up their attack to try to score.

Carlo Ancelotti admits his side were stunned by Nottingham Forest's surprise attack in the first half and were a bit unresponsive. He spent the second half of the first half pondering, and then he realized that the Forest, although aggressive, were nothing more than rootless trees...... In other words, it just looks ferocious, and there is no solid defense. It's just a product of a bang, and if you can hold on to their attack, you'll be very profitable.

Thinking about that, the first half was over. At half-time, Carlo Ancelotti told his team to be more proactive in the second half, to press boldly when there is an attacking opportunity, and not to be afraid of such a thing as a defensive void at the back. Because this is a "trade-off" matter, as long as AC Milan dares to press up, Nottingham Forest's offensive will have to retreat. At that time, the defensive pressure on my side will naturally be reduced......

That's the way it is, so in the second half AC Milan stepped up their attack and suppressed the attack with the attack. It's a good game.

The battle between the two sides was very intense, with Kaka putting on a good show from time to time, and Franck Franck Ribery, the new European footballer of the year, also did his best. It has been reported in the media that the match between the two teams is actually a continuation of the feud between European Footballer of the Year and World Footballer of the Year – and there are still some people who are still fighting over Ribery only winning the Silver Ball of the World Footballer award......

But thirty minutes passed. The score was still 0:0.

In fact, this is like two top masters fighting with swords, fighting the ground wonderfully, and the world changing color, which makes the audience addicted. But in reality...... None of them really hit anyone.

Don didn't get up when he sat in the coach's seat, and he didn't bend his legs. Instead, he clipped his chin to the palm of his left hand, rested his left elbow on his thigh, and stared at the court. The TV broadcast frequently gave him close-ups, but he couldn't see what his expression was.

Carlo Ancelotti couldn't sit still, and after 20 minutes of the second half, he began to get up from the dugout and paced back and forth between the sidelines and the dugout.

He could already see what Donn was trying to do, but it wasn't the same as the one he had at City Stadium. There was nothing he could change this time. Because...... First, he used up two substitutions, and both of them were offensive adjustments; Second, he couldn't make Maldini ten years younger at the back......

In the 80th minute, the rhythm of the game on the pitch was dragged by Forest, but it was still going fast, with neutral fans watching in front of the TV and AC Milan fans who knew the ball silent. At the same time, he frowned......

The AC Milan players basically couldn't run.

Nottingham Forest, on the other hand. Coming from the Premier League, the fastest league in the game, their players are quite alive. What's worse is ...... Donn finally got up from the dugout. He decided to make a substitution. Petrov was replaced by Van der Vaart, who was not very fit, and Ribery was moved to the middle.

Ancelotti's eyebrows jumped.

In the 87th minute, AC Milan's Italian defence collapsed.

Maldini could no longer withstand Nottingham Forest's onslaught from him – Lennon's cross from the wing, Bendtner overpowered the former world's best left-back and headed the top with a powerful shot!

Dida pounced on the ball and Ribery followed up like a loach!

The Nottingham Forest dugout and the men on the bench rushed out of their seats with their arms raised.

Donn and Chrislak next to him hugged each other excitedly, and finally scored! The dull aura that permeated their heads swept away. Even better, it was a last-minute goal, and if AC Milan didn't want to be eliminated, there was only one way – to score two goals in a row with a maximum of six minutes remaining! But it wasn't easy for the AC Milan players, who followed Forest in a fast-paced and high-speed movement throughout the game.

The reason why Donn insisted on attacking uncharacteristically was to drag the aging AC Milan into a fast-paced battle and drain their physical strength. If it weren't for the help of experience, AC Milan's goal would have been breached long ago, not until this time. But it's a good time because time is running out for AC Milan......

After the game restarted, AC Milan pressed desperately and Forest, who played what they do best, defensively counter-attacked. Leave AC Milan at a loss.

In the end, at the San Siro Stadium, at the home of AC Milan, Nottingham Forest won 1-0 and eliminated the team with high hopes of 1-0 on aggregate over two legs.

The San Siro Stadium was filled with frustration, and the AC Milan fans in the stands even had tears on their faces, they couldn't accept that the mighty AC Milan had stopped in the round of 16, knowing that their goal was to reach the final again, and then win the Champions League no matter who the opponent was......

How can it stop there?

Tony. Donn celebrated wildly on the sidelines, just as cool as he was during the match. Some Milan fans saw this as a provocation to them, with sporadic boos erupting near the Forest dugout.

But now not many Milanese are interested in booing Don and his team, and defeat is a fact that cannot be changed. They can only hope that the team's performance on the domestic stage will satisfy them now. More fans began to exit the stadium in frustration.

Donn, who won the game at the post-match press conference, did not continue to taunt his opponent without "being unforgiving", and compared to his previous performance on the courtside, he is now very calm and ...... Mild.

Yes, it may seem strange to use that word to describe Donn. But now he is like that, he answers everyone's questions with a smile and no gunpowder in his tone, which makes people who know him strange - Tony. Is Donn possessed by aliens?

Ancelotti didn't expect Donn's attitude to be so good, and he even took the initiative to hug him twice at the press conference, the first time was before the start, they walked up and hugged him; The second time was after it was over, and Don took the initiative to hug him again and patted him on the shoulder, as if to comfort him.

This surprised Ancelotti and thought that the man had taken the wrong medicine.

Don then smiled and left the venue in everyone's astonishment.

No one knew why Don was so happy, so they talked and speculated. Quite simply, Nottingham Forest won against AC Milan and went one step closer to the Champions League final. It has been a very, very tough season for the defending champions. Every step forward is worth rejoicing.

Don is just happy because he won, and who doesn't love a win? Not to mention him, a man who regards victory as his life......