Two years ago, in the summer, Donn took his first meeting to Spain to begin his journey to the giants of European football, starting with Madrid, the capital of Spain.

There are a number of clubs in and around Madrid, but only one can be called a "giant" - Real Madrid, the symbol of Spanish football.

At that time, Donn was just walking around the Bernabeu, Real Madrid's home stadium, and did not go in to visit like other tourists. Because he is no longer an ordinary tourist, he is the head coach of another team, how can the head coach of one team buy tickets to visit the home stadium of another team and take a group photo?

This kind of naked worship, Don doesn't want to appear on himself.

- If I go in, there are only two possibilities. One, I became the master of this team; Two, I lead my team to play here.

The first may not know if there is a chance to achieve it in this life, and the second may be just around the corner.

White San Diego? The Santiago Bernabeu Stadium stood silently in front of it, and Donn sat in the bus provided by Real Madrid, looking out at the letters on the huge white wall outside.

He didn't have the excitement of getting up close and personal with this football temple for the first time, and certainly didn't point to the buildings outside and say to the players in the car like a tour guide: "Look! Is this San Diego? Santiago Bernabéu Stadium! ”

That's so shameless......

Still, there are players with their phones and digital cameras shooting at the Bernabeu Stadium outside, and for some of them, coming to play inside the stadium feels like a dream. There is no stadium in England as big as the Bernabeu, and compared to Forest's home city, the Bernabeu can indeed hold some people.

Don looked back at the men and coughed.

Hearing the head coach's cough, some people hurriedly put away the photo tools in their hands. Unexpectedly, they heard Don En say again: "Don't accept it, if you want to shoot, take a few more photos now." When you get out of the car, you won't have this chance. ”

A carload of people all looked at Don.

"We weren't invited to visit, and this game wasn't a friendly or a warm-up game. So wait a while and get out of the car and act like an opponent. Don't let the people of Madrid look down on you. ”

The players put their phones and digital cameras in their bags and just turned their heads to look at the white pitch that was getting closer and closer.

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Today is not a game, in addition to the busy stadium staff in the Bernabeu, there is only the visiting team Nottingham Forest, who came to adapt to the venue for warm-up training.

Donn sat in the leather chair of the away team's dugout at the Bernabeu Stadium and watched the players as they did a simple training session on the field. The pre-match press conference that had just ended was on my mind, with both coaches in attendance, but the media focused only on Real Madrid's head coach Brazilian Luxemberg.

Because before this Champions Cup group stage, the first leg of the season has just been played, Real Madrid lost 0:3 at home to bitter rival Barcelona. In that game, Ronaldinho became the protagonist of the Bernabeu, and his second goal even made the discerning Real Madrid fans applaud him, and of course, it also reflected how disappointed the fans were with Real Madrid......

It was precisely because of the loss of such an important match that the media threw the problem to Luxemberg, who has been in a hurry lately.

The media are concerned about whether Ronaldo, who suffered a minor injury in the battle of the century, will be able to play, whether Zidane, who has returned to the French national team, will have his form affected by recent international matches, Raul's continued sluggish performance, Beckham, Robinho, Casillas, Elgra...... It's just that no one cares about the players at Nottingham Forest.

Donn sees this as a form of disguised discrimination, as Real Madrid's opponents, his team and Real Madrid are equal. But all eyes are still focused on Real Madrid, and no one pays attention to him as a "villain". It's as if Real Madrid's internal problems are more difficult to deal with than his opponents, and more eye-catching – though they may be......

Can I take this as a dismissive?

He wanted to ask the question, but in the end he held back. Since you don't take us seriously, then we're going to tell you what's the same thing on the field.

While Donn was still reeling from what happened at the press conference, the assistant coach in charge of specific training matters, David ? Chris Rac walked up and muttered, "Is this the turf at the home of the La Liga giants?" ”

Don looked up at him.

"Awful! It's slippery and floaty, and I suspect the turf was glued on......"

When he was a fan, Don paid attention to La Liga and stayed up late to watch the game many times. He knew there was a time when the quality of the turf at the Bernabeu was very, very bad, even their own players complained, and then during the winter break of one season, Real Madrid replaced the turf at the Bernabeu and the criticism of the home turf gradually faded, perhaps the Forest team was in that period.

However, he still replied to Crislak: "Could it be a small trick of Real Madrid?" They deliberately made us think that the turf was of poor quality, then changed the shoes, and then they beat us on the normal turf. ”

When Chrislak heard Don say this, he froze for a moment, wondering how big this might be.

Tang En laughed: "Don't think about it, I'm talking nonsense." With the proud surname peculiar to a giant team like Real Madrid, it is unlikely that such a thing would be done. The quality of their turf is really terrible, and we have to be prepared. ”

"Have money to pay big names, but don't have money to replace turf?" Chris Rac snorted.

"Who knows? Perhaps they thought the turf could have caused more problems for the visitors. Don shrugged, "If so, they weren't thorough enough." ”

When Chris Lak heard this, the first thing that came to his mind was that Donn instructed the turf caretakers at the training base to overwater the youth team's field, and then dragged the technical Arsenal to play against the Forest youth team in the mud. He burst out laughing.

"Not everyone is a jerk like you, Tony."

Hoarse laughter erupted from the sidelines of the Bernabeu pitch.

The players glanced over and then turned back, and they were all used to it.

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Donn didn't know much about Rosenborg, and it was almost entirely limited to his failed coaching experience. For example, coaching the Brazilian national team struggled in the World Cup qualifiers and was almost eliminated. For example, the ugly defensive counter-attacking football during his time at Real Madrid...... Although, to be fair, Luxenberg is not as incompetent as Donn thinks. For example, he is the manager who has led the team to the most championships in Brazil, and also led the Brazilian national team to win the Copa America in 1999......

Four days ago, Real Madrid was beaten 3-0 by Barcelona in this white hall at their home stadium. The match sent the slogan "Luxemburg out" through the night sky of the Bernabeu. Until now, the clouds of the end of class have hung over the heads of Brazilians.

Looking at the pre-match press conference, Luxemburg was embarrassed by the media, and Donn should be glad for it...... Of course, he has never been afraid to face the tricky media.

Donn knew that Luxenberg would definitely be out of class, and this was something he was sure would happen. Because Real Madrid lost to Barcelona.

So he didn't mind lighting another fire in the head of the Brazilian whose eyebrows were burned.

This period is the period when all the problems of Real Madrid in recent years have been concentrated and exploded, and it is the trough of the trough. What Donn has to do is not to pull Real Madrid at a critical moment, but to push it into the abyss again.

Take advantage of your illness to kill you!

(To be continued)