There was a bit of buzz in the dressing room, where everyone was talking about the first half, giving their opinions or suggesting what the rest of their team-mates could do better. Only Fernandez sat in his place, looking down and playing with the towel in his hand, as if he had returned to his original misfit when he joined the team.

He's still regretting that he missed that knife in the first half.

All the players entered, and Donn was the last to enter the dressing room, the door closing behind him, and the noise outside was silent for a moment.

Hearing the sudden silence in the dressing room, Fernandez knew who was coming, so he buried his head lower. After more than half a season of getting along, he has figured out the temper of the leader. The team had a chance to take the lead to end the first half, but accepted a draw because of their own mistakes. The king of Nottingham Forest must be very, very dissatisfied, and he can't run away with a stormy scolding.

As a player, Fernandez is not a man who likes to talk back to the manager, so he can only choose to suffer this rebuke in silence.

The look on Don's face as he entered the room told the others that he was going to curse.

His gaze swept around the locker room, and finally landed on the boy who kept fiddling with the towel in his hand with his head down.

In fact, he just felt a pity when Fernandez lost the football, but when he saw that Fernandez did not choose to continue to run to make up the shot, but stood in place and was annoyed, he felt a nameless fire in his heart.

I can allow you to be unskilled or unlucky, but I don't want to see you like a reservoir dog.

Therefore, he admired Ibisevic's actions afterwards - rushed up to Fernandez, who bowed his head and was silent, and snarled to fully express his dissatisfaction.

Donn doesn't think this kind of behavior will affect the harmony of the team, on the contrary, he feels that if everyone in the team is like Ibisevic, the atmosphere in the dressing room will not be harmonious.

I need a team that is hungry to win, not a team that sacrifices some of the most precious things for the sake of harmony.

Donn walked straight to Fernandez, stopping in front of him, shrouding him in his own shadow.

"Matthias. You look annoyed, what are you annoyed about? He is not afraid that Fernandez will not understand, he has been in the UK for more than half a year, and although he is not fluent in English, there is no problem in listening.

The leader's question could not be answered, and Fernandez lowered his head and replied in simple English: "The ball...... Didn't make ......"

"Is it just that?"

Fernandez didn't know what the boss was talking about, he only had that chance to frustrate in the first half, and the rest of the time he was decent and didn't make mistakes.

"Actually, I don't care if the goal goes in or not." Donn shook his head, "I don't really care, after all, we have an away goal now. ”

As his voice rang out in the dressing room, the attention of others was on him and Fernandez.

"I'm disappointed in your performance, Matthias." Donn stood, Fernandez sitting, and instead of leaning down to say this to Fernandez, he straightened his waist and looked down at the other party. 'I don't care if I score or not, I care about the attitude you show...... What do you do after you miss your first shot? Stand still! Hold your head in your hands! Have you been attacked by terrorists!? ”

Don raised his voice sharply, and despite his mental preparation, everyone in the locker room couldn't help but have their hearts pounding. It's like a car on a bumpy mountain road, and with a bang, everyone in the car hits their heads.

Donn gritted his teeth and stared at Fernandez, and his eyes could even erupt with flames.

"As long as the ball is not out of bounds, you have to rush up and shoot me! Even if you kick the ball into outer space, I won't be upset. If the opponent gets the ball first, you will kick him into outer space with the ball for me! ”

Scolded by the grumpy leader, Fernandez's head was buried even lower.

Don couldn't get used to this kind of virtuous surname. He stretched out his hands and jerked Fernandez out of his seat. "Lift your head up! It's just that he didn't score a goal, what's the big deal? Be full of fighting spirit at all times! Fight! What is Fighting Spirit? Fighting spirit is not admitting defeat! It's that people say you're trash, and you're going to rush up and smoke them! Just don't keep my head down and keep my mouth down!! ”

Don was a little worried about Don's heart, and he coughed beside him. Unexpectedly, Don En turned around and glared at him: "Do you have a cold, Don?" ”

"Uh...... Not. Tang knew that it was better for him not to speak at this time.

"Right...... I'm sorry, Boss......" Fernandez quickly apologized.

"Don't come to this set! What do you say sorry to me? The fighting spirit is not that others scold you, you kneel down and beg for mercy! What should you do? What should you do? ”

Although Fernandez didn't stay at Nottingham Forest for long, he knew more or less what to do. So he looked up: "I'll try to make up for it in the second half, boss." ”

Don let go of Fernandez's shoulder and patted him, his face as if it were a June day, and it was cloudy in an instant. "Good. Looks like you get the idea. ”

Although Don scolded people mercilessly, from another perspective, if you don't take this as a "scolding", maybe it won't be so uncomfortable - he is actually reasoning with you, but the tone is more intense, the actions are more exaggerated, the feelings are richer, and the means are more extreme......

After giving Fernandez "reason", Donn turned to look at the others in the dressing room.

'In the first half, you did a good job overall. We scored an away goal, that one conceded one......" he glanced at George. Wood. "It's not anyone's fault." He noticed that Wood's facial muscles moved, and he was happy.

"But we need to make some adjustments. Quaresma looked like he was in good form today and if Mourinho was a smart guy, he would have made the most of it in the second half. We need to watch him out. George, I remember you were on the right, right? ”

Wood nodded, "Yes." ”

In the back two, Wood is on the right and Thiago is on the left.

'In the second half you switch positions with Thiago and come to the left. When defending, he helped Barnes and Fernandez to limit Quaresma on the wing. ”

That's the most important thing Wood wants to hear. He replied even in a loud voice: "Okay! ”

Donne, of course, knew what Wood was thinking, so he added, "Try not to foul and never draw cards." ”

Although Wood rarely eats those useless cards now, Don still needs to give a special warning. It's a double-edged sword to keep Wood motivated to keep an eye on Quaresma, and if you accidentally slash your fingers, it will be more than worth the loss.

"Guys, Inter want to play our counter-attack, so you need to be more defensive in the second half than in the first half. We came up and defended first, and Inter Milan slowly grinded in midfield. The situation is in our favour and as long as they don't score for a long time, they will be more impatient as the game goes on and will be thrown aside by Mourinho's tactics. That's our chance. ”

Pepe stood up and asked, "Boss, are you saying that in the second half we defended and counterattacked?" ”

Don snapped his fingers, "That's right! ”

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While Donne was 'reasoning' with Fernandez in the dressing room, Mourinho was busy explaining the tactical changes to the players in the second half.

Although the score of 1:1 in the first half contained a certain element of chance, it was also very revealing. Jose Mourinho found one: if you still look at Toni with old eyes. Don and his Nottingham Forest, then Inter Milan may have to suffer a big loss in this game.

What is the old vision? That's Tony. Donn, himself and his team, are not good at positional warfare. When the opposition is stubborn on the counter-attack against Forest, Tony. Donn and his players were at a loss and had to rely on some set-pieces and luck to win the game. At the very least, this habit did not improve much before Mourinho left England.

But judging from this first half, Nottingham Forest is now completely free of the problem of not being good at playing positional battles. Donne's somewhat special "Christmas tree" is the best choice for positional warfare. In positional warfare, the first attack is often not important, but the second attack and the third attack are important...... In this regard, Nottingham Forest's current midfield can do it relatively easily. There is thickness in the midfield, there is a level of attack, and there is depth when defending, neither will the opponent be counterattacked at the end of the attack, nor will the opponent break through a little bit. Look at the time they played around Inter Milan in the half, they really had the style of a strong team......

If Forest were allowed to continue playing like this in the second half, Mourinho could not guarantee that Inter would not be able to hold on, so changes had to be made. He guessed that Don would not insist on pressing Inter Milan in the second half, and thought about it differently, if he Mourinho was in Donne's current situation, he would also give up continuing to besiege Inter Milan, which would leave too much space behind him and allow the opponent to easily counterattack.

“…… Nottingham Forest's attack in the second half shouldn't be as fierce as in the first half, so it was our turn to attack. Also pay attention to our own back, you can all see how sharp their counterattack is, right? You'll see it again and again in the second half. ”

'Pay attention to their two flanks and watch out for their quick counter-attacks. We also have to strengthen our flanks and use our attacks to suppress their attacks. With that, he glanced at Quaresma.

The Portuguese folk has a satisfied smile on his face and is listening to the manager's arrangement.

Can a game change the fate of a player? Mourinho doesn't think it's a good idea, but he does need to rely on Quaresma's power for this game.

He said that there should be an emphasis on attacking from the wings, and Quaresma was also one of the two wings, and the implication was obvious.

Quaresma was clearly thrilled by what the manager was showing. He has been on the fringes for a few seasons at Inter Milan and is disappointed that he has a masterful footwork that he can't use to convince the manager. Now this Champions Cup quarter-final against Nottingham Forest may be a good opportunity, and Mancini's absence from injury may or may not be God's arrangement. As long as he maintains this form and momentum, even if the Brazilian returns from injury in the future, it is estimated that he can only play as a substitute for himself.

Quaresma is excited about such a future and he can't wait for the second half to get off to a good start.

However, Mourinho also made his own request for Quaresma: "Ricardo, you don't limit yourself to the wing, I know you like the feeling of dribbling the ball on the wing. But you have to be more flexible in this game. Both wide and middle lanes are available. ”

Quaresma nodded that he understood, and the fool would shake his head in disagreement.

After speaking to Quaresma, Mourinho began to look at everyone. 'The point of this game is to try to score goals without conceding any more goals. You have to remember that a score of 1:1 is absolutely not good, nor is it possible to score 2:2 or 3:3! It has to be won, and they can't be allowed to score any more goals. Otherwise our home advantage is meaningless! Tony. Donn and his Nottingham Forest want revenge, no matter what he thinks, no matter what others say, the situation is now not in our favor, we are on the edge of a cliff, and if we are not careful, we will stumble and fall. Be careful! ”

Mourinho's last words were tactful admission of his previous mistakes. He once said that the players should not care if it was a revenge game for Nottingham Forest, and that it would be a normal game. But now he found out that this is simply impossible. If it were a normal game, then his team would have lost. Because the game started with a pre-game war of words, it has long been Tony. Don dragged into his orbit.

Tony. Don seems to have a magical power that can make people he comes into contact with go crazy with him.

Now, Mourinho can only follow him crazy and make the players realize that this game is different from the usual games in the past. Why is it different? It's not because they blew their heads two seasons ago, it's just an excuse and a cover for Don to play psychological warfare, and the reason for the difference is very simple-

Because their opponent is Tony. Dawn.

(To be continued)