Chapter 51: The Broker (I)
As an outsider, Donn doesn't know much about the feud between the two teams for almost a century and a half, preferring to turn it into an immediate envy of Nottingham Forest's achievements for Nottingham Forest, who have won two of Europe's top honours for a club and have long been in the first group in the domestic league, where they have won more honours than Notts.
At Nottingham, Notts County has always represented the lower classes, with black and white jerseys, club finances that have never escaped economic crisis, and a mix in the lower leagues...... These are very much in line with the image of the down-and-out miners. Like the two teams in Madrid, the capital of Spain, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, Nottingham Forest represents the wealthy middle class in Nottingham, and Nods County is the spiritual support of the poor and the poor.
Once football is elevated to the level of class struggle, then the hot scene of the game is completely imaginable and understandable...... His conjecture turned out.
Tickets for the tournament have long been sold out, let alone buying them on the day, even if they come two days in advance, there are no tickets. By the time Nods County reached the third round of the FA Cup and were scheduled to meet Nottingham Forest, all tickets were sold out.
For Notz County, it doesn't matter if they win the FA Cup, even if they lose to a team worse than them in the next round, there's nothing to complain about – provided they win this game against Nottingham Forest.
For Nottingham Forest, the obsession with this game is not strong, and if it were not for the mood of the majority of fans, Don would want to send a combination of youth team and reserve team. Few of Nottingham Forest's players have a deep hatred for Notts County, most of them are "migrant workers", and there is really no interest in this kind of derby where the two teams are not at the same level of strength.
The preparation was as usual before the game, the players didn't take their opponents to heart, for them the league is more important, the UEFA Cup is more important.
As a result, five minutes into the game, Nods County gave Forest a dismount, and they hit the post with a long-range shot!
When it comes to the fanaticism for "derby", England fans are among the top three fans in the world. At the start of the game, the City Stadium was booed as soon as Nods County had the ball, but now there was silence in the stands for two seconds. For current Forest fans, the victory is a matter of course and there will be no surprises.
As a result, Nods County almost scored a goal for the Forest team with their first shot, and they were a little unresponsive.
Newcastle played at home in the last round of the league also wore a black-and-white sword-striped shirt, and the fans used that game as a dress rehearsal and rehearsal for today's game, and the Newcastle players were thrown into disarray amid the boos of the Forest fans.
But this trick doesn't seem to work much for Nodshire County.
In the first half, Norts County did not fall behind at all, and the Forest team fought on par, their players were not as strong as the Forest team, and their overall strength was not as good as the Forest team, but they were obviously more fighting spirit than the Forest team, more willing to run, willing to fight. This kind of hard work makes up for their various disadvantages.
The first half was 0-0 and the two sides played a dull battle for 45 minutes, which was not technical, but it was effective for Nods.
During the break, Don warned his men not to treat this game as an ordinary game against a lower league team, and the meaning of "derby" did not need to be explained by him. They must face up to their opponents, especially their sworn enemies in the same city...... The Forest players who returned to the pitch with the thought of 'this is a big game, we have to give it our all' are not something that Nods County can resist.
At the start of the second half, Norts County held out for less than ten minutes before the goal was lost.
Albertini fired a direct free-kick from 28 yards outside the box into the Noz County goal. The goal set the city stadium on fire and toppled the invisible wall between the two teams.
More often in football, you still need to rely on strength to speak, and the spirit can influence a certain moment, but not all games. Nods County are not willing to lose, but the gap between them and the current Forest team is too great.
At a goal down they struggled to fight back and try to equalise.
But five minutes later, a ruthless Forest scored again. Franck Franck Ribery finally scored his first goal for the Forest team – a goal that came a little late in terms of his ability. The cost is that he ranks first in the Forest team for assists.
Against the obvious weaker Nods players, Ribery played a five-and-six-game show on the wing, dribbling past several Nods players before slotting the ball into the opponent's wicket from the corner of the six-yard box.
The difference between 2:0 and 1:0 was more than just a one-goal difference, and then Nods County collapsed.
Donn has been standing on the sidelines since the start of the second half, and the Forest players believe that it is the coach who is supervising the game and will not dare to slack off. As a result, when the score on the electronic scoreboard was fixed at 6:0 at the end of the 90-minute game, a fierce derby turned into a one-sided massacre, and Donn was the biggest "behind-the-scenes" man.
Looking at the middle fingers raised at him by the Notts County fans in the stands, Donn knew the tension between the two teams would intensify during his time at Forest. Maybe we won't have the chance to meet on the pitch again, but this 6:0 is enough for them to remember for a lifetime...... He shrugged, shook his head, smiled, and turned to walk towards the press conference.
It's a nice feeling to be hated by the enemy.
※※※“…… We played a good game and I'm proud of the performance of my players, they didn't take pride in the weakness of the opposition, we played in a sportsmanship. I'm sure the Notts fans will agree with that, and they won't have ......any regrets when they are beaten by an all-out opponent."
"Shit! Who likes to be defeated by you guys?! "A Notts County fan cursed indignantly and threw the Nottingham Evening Post on the ground." We'd rather you send the youth team up and lose to us! He looked at the newspaper smiling Forest manager Tony? Tang En, stepped on it, and after that, it was not enough, and he spat again, and spit on Tang En's face......
(To be continued)