Match against Chelsea......

Tony. Done has been linked to Chelsea since becoming Forest's manager. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and him are considered to be two of the most individual managers alive in football today, and although there is some media hype in it, it is pretty much the same.

So as soon as the two of them appeared in the UK, they were compared together. In this case, it is difficult to think that there is no relationship.

The outside world said that Don and Mourinho were enemies who never got along with each other. Judging by the way the two of them grit their teeth every time they play, yes. But if that's the case, Mourinho stepped in to help Toney. What about Donne's player Pepe testifying in court to resolve the labor certification issue?

Don never considered his relationship with Jose Mourinho. Because thinking about this can't help him win a game, is it possible that the relationship between the two is really good, so he called Mourinho to release the water? It's really an enemy, and I'm afraid of Mourinho?

What's more, Mourinho is not a beauty, what are so many brain cells killed for his relationship?

He doesn't care what Mourinho has to do with him, he only cares about his team's record against Chelsea.

Nottingham Forest are unbeaten against Chelsea since their return to England. This is what gives Forest a very psychological advantage. Last season at this home stadium, in such a difficult situation, the Forest team did not lose, and finally relied on a wonderful free kick by Bale to score and turn defeat into victory.

Jose Mourinho's team is rampant, playing who is afraid of the ground. There is no opponent who has not been defeated by him. The only heart problem is Tony. Nottingham Forest under Donn.

This time, it was a good opportunity for him. Forest's main midfielder, George. With Wood suspended, Chelsea's attacking line-up can flow without such a midfield barrier.

Frank Lampard was finally able to play undisturbed. His insertion and long-range shots are quite threatening.

Of course, Tang En also knows that his team's goal is the back midfield, and Sun Jihai can't make up for the gap in strength no matter how hard he works. If Arsene Wenger knows how to use this to make a breakthrough, then Mourinho must know it too. Tang En decided to let Sun Jihai rest and rest.

The plan was like this, but Don didn't want his opponent to know. The team had a few days of closed training at the end of the day, and the outside world only took Don seriously about the biannual "date" with Mourinho, and did not think much about it.

Until an hour before the start of the game. When the media got the list of venues for the match from the club, everyone was dumbfounded.

“…… We got the names for both sides of the game. "John. Mortenson picked up a piece of paper and shook it at the camera. "What were we analyzing? Mark? He looked at the commentator who was sitting next to him and was commenting on the game with him. Laurenson.

Because that bet lost the bearded Mark. Laurentian touched the smooth skin on his lips. "I think Donn will stick to his counter-attacking strategy in this game, then it's home. After all, his team is in a bad situation right now, without George. Wood, Forest's midfielders will struggle to stop the likes of Chelsea Frank Lampard from attacking. If Piquet and Kompany were to form a ground defence to face the Chelsea attackers, the pressure would be too much for this young defence. ”

Mortensen nodded: "From the analysis of the pre-match situation, you are quite right. Mark. But if Tony. Don doesn't surprise you anymore, and he doesn't call 'Tony. Donn, too. Although we don't know his specific tactics yet. But from this list, we can see that defense is definitely not what he wants......" After saying that, Mortensen began to pick up the list and read, "Goalkeeper Van der Sar, central defenders Pique and Kompany. Left wing-back Gareth. Bale, right wing-back Zim Bonda. With this in mind, he paused and looked at Mark. Laurenson.

"Midfielder ̄ ̄ Frank. Ribery, Ashley. Poplar. as well as Albertini and ...... Van der Vaart! ”

Lawrenson raised an eyebrow.

"Forwards Ruud van Nistelrooy and Eastwood."

"Gareth. Bale is an assist-oriented full-back, and he doesn't defendically as good as Layton. Barnes. It's not a midfielder, but a Dutchman who is much stronger in attack than in defense......" Laurentian analyzed. Donn wants to play Chelsea on his home turf? Oh my God, this game should have been recorded, it was the first time Coach Donn had chosen to attack when he played against Chelsea! Still on his home turf! Laurentian scoffed.

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"What's going on?" Mourinho frowned as he took the list of opponents his assistant had given him. "I thought that coward must be another trick......

'Obviously, Don wants to play against us on his home turf. His assistant coach Steve. Clark said.

Mourinho glanced at him, isn't that nonsense? Even a fool can tell that Donn is going to attack.

But...... Is the question that simple?

"Don is a cunning man...... I always felt that something was wrong. "Next to the other head coach Baltemar. Britto frowned and said, "Could he be deliberately making us think they're going to attack and then let our guard down?" ”

This time, Mourinho glanced at the Brazilian again. Do we think they're going to attack and they're going to let their guard down?

But Britto is right: Don is a cunning man, and things shouldn't be that simple.

"Anyway, we were preparing for a week with attacks against their dense defence. It's nothing for them to press out and fight now. If they attack each other, they will only have more holes. Mourinho tossed Forest's roster aside and turned and walked into the dressing room. It's time to cheer the players on and get them ready to play.

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On the other hand, Don was already assigning today's tasks to his men.

“…… At our home stadium, we always shrink in the backfield and wait for the opponent to attack. And then we're going to wait for an opportunity to sneak up...... Don't you feel very unhappy about this kind of competition? ”

There was silence for a while, and everyone didn't know what the boss meant by suddenly asking. Eastwood then stood up and shook his head, "We don't feel bad, sir." It's nice to win. ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Tang En waved his hand, "I'm very unhappy to see the other party bravado in our home stadium, you bloody boys can still bear it?" ”

Someone below laughed.

'At our home stadium, it's about acting like a home team. We're not afraid of Chelsea because they didn't beat us at all. It's your job in this game to score goals and score more goals. Show the Chelsea boys. We can be unbeaten against them, but we can't just defend! Offensive! Offensive! In addition to *** offense, or offense! ”

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When players from both sides lined up on the sidelines for the media to take pictures. Donn and his coaching staff are already in the dugout.

'Toney, do you think you can stop Chelsea by attacking alone?' Chris Rac asked from the side.

"Is there anything else we can do? Defend? Don asked rhetorically.

Tang spoke to Don En beside him: "Attack is the only way to solve the crisis. Again. I don't think Chelsea are attacking so badly that we don't necessarily lose more than we score. ”

Donn smiled at Chrisrak, "That's what I mean, too. Shepchenko and Ballack, the integration with the team is not ideal, Mourinho has gone around in a circle, and the squad is still trustworthy last season. Now all of England is saying we don't have George. Wood, defense is the weakness of others. Today I'm going to show those people why they say, 'Offense is the best defense,'" Hey, David. Don't you look forward to it? ”

"What to expect?"

"Expect us to press out crazy offensive scenes."

Chrislak looked up at the sky as if it were in a blue canopy.

"It's a bit hard to imagine...... We always seem to be defending, counter-attacking, defending, counter-attacking ......"

"Then you can take a good look at today's game."

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At the start of the game, as analysed from the list, Nottingham Forest had no intention of continuing to defend and counter-attack at their home turf.

When it came time to guess the coin, captain Albertini prevailed over Chelsea captain John Terry. Nottingham Forest took advantage of their possession after kick-off and began to attack Chelsea.

It's different from what it used to be. Rather than counter-attacking, the Forest team threw the ball under their feet for a moment, seemingly looking for a hole in the opposition's defence.

Forest play possession like this. It's rare......

After all, there was very little time to train, and after a few kicks, the Forest team suddenly went on the offensive. Albertini played a through pass to Van der Vaart to get the ball down the middle, and with Chelsea's Essien on his back, it wasn't so easy to turn around, so he passed the ball back to Albertini instead.

Just when everyone thought Albertini would pass the ball again, he suddenly shot from a distance of almost 30 meters from the goal!

"Dmitrio. Albertini! ”

It was a bit far from goal, but Cech didn't let it go, his instincts told him it was dangerous......

"Pete. Cech! Nice save! ”

The Czech goal flew to the right and knocked the football out with one punch!

But it wasn't over yet, the ball didn't fly to the sidelines, or straight out of the line, the ball that was hit by Cech flew to the wing, Ashley. Young robbed in Ashley. Kerr intercepted the ball in front of him, and Kerr was smart not to choose to save the second point with him, but to stay on Young's path.

Everybody knows Ashley. Young was last season's England assist leader, and people like Kerr don't dare to be careless. His passing awareness is excellent and if he is not careful, he will pass the ball into the box.

Despite Cole's care, he was taken by Ashley. Yang seized his chance. He didn't break through with the ball, but crossed directly, and the movement of the leg was fast and hidden, Ashley. Before Cole could react, the ball had already flown past his face!

"Push it out!" Before Cech could finish speaking, Terry had jumped to his feet and smashed the ball out in front of Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Van der Vaart saw the ball flying towards him. Without hesitation, pull the angle, bend the bow and arrow, pick up the left leg, and volley sideways!

The Dutchman was smart enough to shoot straight at goal, because the ball was sudden enough and hidden enough. There are people in the forbidden area, and if you accidentally rub against someone, you may change direction, maybe you fly directly out of the bottom line, or maybe you go directly into the door? Coupled with the fact that Cech is playing behind the crowd, his vision will be obstructed and his judgment of the ball will be affected.

Just hold it down. It is......

There was a huge cheer at the City Stadium, as if they had seen the moment when the football went into the net. But this time. They were wrong.

Petr Cech reacted and judged correctly in difficult circumstances.

Van der Vaart's shot didn't touch anyone and flew straight towards the goal. Cech moved a small step to the left. Now the football appeared in his field of vision, and immediately did not hesitate to pounce sideways, the behemoth with a height of 1.97 meters fell beyond gravity, stretched out his hands, and firmly grasped the flying football in the air!

"It's on the goal line! Nottingham Forest fans rejoice! ”

Van der Vaart held his head in his hands in regret after seeing Petr Cech save his shot through the gap.

"He is a world-class goalkeeper on a par with Gianluigi Buffon!" Mortenson exclaimed, and he didn't know what else to say. Petr Cech was perfect on the ball.

Don saw this scene from the sidelines. I remembered what happened to the Czech goalkeeper "once". But at Paul's own expense. Gerald saved him......

He doesn't have to wear a tank helmet to guard the door now, and he doesn't have to worry about his form slipping due to injury.

He is really a living Lei Feng in the new era......

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'Despite not getting on the scoresheet, Nottingham Forest's attack made the Chelsea man nervous. They are used to the second half of the game and they counter-attack, and now it's time for a change of impression. ”

Jose Mourinho turned his head from his seat to look at Donne, who was also sitting in the dugout.

The Forest team has changed a lot this season and can no longer look at this opponent with the same old eyes.

"Jose, Don wants to play offense with us." His assistant coach, Clark, saw it.

"Let's play." Mourinho shrugged. And doesn't care.

"Shall we ...... Shrink the defense and hit their counter-attack? ”

Mourinho glanced at him: "What for?" When we played against this opponent, did we shrink our defense? ”

Clark shook his head: "No ......"

"That's it. Our original plan was to attack. They want to fight us. I know what that bastard Don thinks, they can't hold off our offense, so they want to defend instead of attack. If we are pressed back by their attack, we will be fooled by him. If we don't recover, they attack, and we attack. See who is stronger! "Mourinho can't stand to be pressed back by Don to be born, for him, Tony. Don is not an ordinary league opponent.

Not only must you win the result of the game, but you must not be ugly on the field, otherwise you will give this cheap-mouthed guy an excuse.

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Watching Chelsea and Nottingham Forest play against each other, Done was not worried at all, he simply crossed his legs in the dugout.

"Coach Don doesn't seem to be worried about his team's fragile backline...... Motensen sighed after seeing Don Erlang's legs and still shaking.

"John, you're right. He really didn't think about whether he could hold any line of defense, because even if he did, it would be useless. He made a surprise choice to attack in this game, just to put pressure on Chelsea and make the opponent fall back, so as to achieve the goal he wanted to defend......" Speaking of which, Mark. Lawrenson paused for a moment, as if suddenly realized, "After all, he still wants to defend in his bones!" This conservative utilitarian coach! ”

Laurentian made no secret of his dislike for this man.

Mortenson didn't intend to improve his perception of Donne, and he smiled beside him, "But for now, he's successful, isn't he?" ”

"Success? Apart from one Carabao Cup, has he won any other competition? I didn't win a warm-up tournament like the Amsterdam Invitational. John, I don't know where you say, 'Success, where does it come from?' ”

Mortenson shrugged and didn't dwell on the topic any longer.

Bringing back a declining aristocracy that narrowly escaped relegation to England's third tier, plagued by financial crises, to the quarter-finals of the League Cup in the first season and the runners-up in the Champions Cup in the second...... If this is not considered a success, then countless professional coaches in this world are waste...... The BBc's arrangement is also very interesting, whenever there is a game at Nottingham Forest, and the BBC has the right to broadcast at the same time, the partner commentary must be the "pro-Donne" John. Morteson and the "anti-Donn" Mark. Laurenson, Lineker and Allan. Hansen Puppet came back to make a cameo, but the opportunity was rare.

If Don hears Mark. After Laurenson's evaluation of himself, he will definitely agree with this "enemy" evaluation of himself.

He doesn't think he's as successful now, it's simple because he's only won one Carabao Cup in four seasons, and other than that, he's always one step away from real success. In Donne's mind, evaluating his success or not is definitely not based on tactical literacy, the excavation of young players, and the affinity with the players...... In these, he only pays attention to results, and only the championship is the proof of his success.