“…… The Champions Cup semi-finals are just around the corner, and three more teams have reached the semi-finals this season, a great revival of English football. Although our national team was eliminated in the European Championship qualifiers, the Premier League team is still strong in terms of clubs, which shows that our league is still the number one league in the world......" The Sun newspaper got back on track after a Champions Cup preview and a meaningless hype, "Manchester United and Chelsea will have an English derby in the semi-finals of the Champions League, and Nottingham Forest will not have it easy, their opponents are Barcelona!" ”

'Chelsea's league title dreams this season are certainly out of the question, and they can put all their minds into the Champions League, which is bad news for Manchester United. In the league, Nottingham Forest bit very tightly with them, with only one point separating the two teams and Manchester United taking the lead for the time being. ”

"Nottingham Forest, after knocking out Real Madrid, has welcomed another big club in La Liga. Barcelona were pinned down by Real Madrid in the domestic league and Rijkaard's only chance to save himself was the Champions Cup. Not to mention...... What about old grudges between Nottingham Forest and Barcelona? ”

In the end, the Sun didn't let Tony go. Done's team.

Although the Champions League semi-finals are still a few days away, it is clear that the focus of the three English teams who have reached the last four is now on the Champions League. Although the competition in the league is fierce, after all, there are still four rounds, and the Champions League is a home-and-away elimination system, and a mistake in one of the games is likely to be fatal.

It is in this context that the 35th round of the English Premier League is in full swing.

※※※ In the games that have ended, despite facing the Champions League, Chelsea, who played against Everton with a rotating line-up, won 1-0 away to David Moyes's side.

Immediately after the end of the match between Arsenal and Reading, Arsenal won 2-0 at home.

At the time of the Nottingham Forest, Liverpool and Manchester United games, the league standings looked like this:

Manchester United remain in first place with 80 points. Nottingham Forest are also still second with 79 points. Arsenal third, seventy-three. Liverpool remain fourth with 72 points. Chelsea are fifth, with 67 points, and with this victory over Everton, they opened up a points gap to Everton in the league, who are sixth in the league.

There is actually no change in the rankings. Because except for Nottingham Forest and Manchester United, the difference in points between the other teams is not one or two points. Arsenal have won and are at least six points clear of the top two with a game in hand, and their hopes of winning the title are slim.

For Thierry Henry's departure, changes in the club's top management, and the first season of player regeneration, it has been difficult to achieve this result.

Arsenal vs Reading, Forest vs the players watched the first half in the car and the second half in the dressing room of the City Stadium.

The victory for Reading was no surprise and the players were not in for any exclamation. After watching the game, Chris Lak urged them to go out and warm up and prepare for their own game.

Tottenham are not a weak team, and the more advantageous point for Forest is that they are at home this time.

Today is April 19th, and Nottingham Forest's away game against Barcelona is on the evening of April 23rd. It stands to reason that Donn should have used the rotation system like Chelsea, but he didn't.

He didn't know what Ferguson's side arranged, Manchester United's game was later than Nottingham Forest's, just after the end of the game, and the kick-off was there. He has yet to get the starting XI for that game, but the Forest team has sent someone to the scene and will tell Chris Lak on his mobile phone if there is any news, who will then relay it to him.

At this point, the enemy's intelligence gathering is becoming more and more important.

Back to this game at City Stadium, Tony. Donn has an all-out squad on his home turf and, if nothing else, will be the starting line-up at Camp Nou.

Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, centre-backs Pepe and Piqui were partnered, while Gareth was the more attacking player at left wing-back. Gareth Bale, the right wing-back is also focused on the attacking Raphinha, the midfielder is in a parallel position, and George. Wood and Van der Vaart are in the middle, one defensive and the other attacking, with Franck Ribery on the left, David Beckham on the right, and Ruud van Nistelrooy and Eastwood up front.

The rotation is to give the players a better rest, but it doesn't mean that you can't fight when it's time to fight. Now it's time to fight, and Don doesn't want to lose either the league or the Champions Cup.

He believes that so is his players. Honor and money, who doesn't?

Tottenham Hotspur manager Joel didn't expect Toney. Don will also play his main squad at home in the Champions League semi-finals as they approach the semi-finals...... He was caught off guard by Nottingham Forest.

In the opening 25 minutes, Nottingham Forest scored two goals. Forest's players were in high spirits and chased after Chen Sheng to the tsunami cheers of the home fans to take a 3-0 lead before half-time.

This was the second time that Joel had come by surprise. After seeing Don send the main lineup, he was stunned for a moment, but soon smiled again. Because he felt that Donn was actually more disadvantageous to him with a rotational lineup, at least that group of players would use 200 percent of their strength to show themselves in front of the manager, if it was an all-main team...... Then there will inevitably be people who are worried about being injured and not being able to work before the semi-finals of the Champions League, so they have a chance.

But how did he know, Tony. What did Donn say to his players before the game?

“…… Ah, I know you're going to worry about getting hurt before a big game, and I'm worried too. But I don't want to lose the league title, so what should I do? In fact, it is very simple, as soon as we come up, we take the initiative to look for opportunities, strive to end the game in the first half, so that the opponent has no idea of dying, and we are naturally safe. The longer the game dragged on, the more we couldn't score as soon as we could, the more they were ready to move and the more they resisted, which was not good for us. So...... What is the safest way to face a fierce opponent? It's not to hide, but to completely kill them with the power of thunder as soon as they come up! The only people in this world who don't pose a threat to us are the dead. ”

As a result, poor Tottenham were beaten by Forest in the first half, and after a gust of storm, they realized that they were three goals behind!

Dutchman Martin. Jol's face was blue on the sidelines, and Tottenham could be regarded as a traditional giant, but he behaved like a promoted team that had never seen the world at the City Stadium. The club's hierarchy has invested a lot of money this season, but his results have been inversely proportional to this investment - after 34 rounds of the league, he is in 12th place, and he is still 21 points away from the UEFA Cup goal, and the season is destined to end dismally - a fact that the club's management is very unhappy. He knew there was a desire to fire him, and those people were actively contacting the head coach of La Liga powerhouse Serbia, Juan. Ramos, who intends to replace him at the end of the season. But he just doesn't quit, he still wants to prove himself...... How to prove it? At least win the last few rounds, and go with the scenery, right?

At half-time, he scolded everyone in the locker room. Instead, he wanted to emulate the hairdryers of Alex Ferguson or Donn and stir up the fighting spirit and shame of the players. But it's so unprofessional for him to do it, he's not that type of manager at all...... It didn't motivate the players, but it made the dressing room even more awkward – some people knew that Jol's time at Tottenham was short, so they didn't listen to the manager at all.

After the start of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur still did not show anything that could turn the game around, such as morale, technique and tactics...... There was nothing, and there was nothing Joel could do but keep getting up from the dugout and walking to the sidelines to roar. Because he knows he's lost control of this team – it's sad, and it's even sadder that he can only accept that.

Donn began to make planned substitutions, taking important players off the pitch to avoid injury, and then bringing on the hungrier rotation players to continue to wreak havoc on Tottenham.

The players are full of fighting spirit, but because Don has replaced all the core players, the attack seems to be a bit disorganized, and they are fighting separately. George. Wood took over the task of organising the attack after Van der Vaart's departure, and he had a couple of flashes, but only bright spots. For a long-term defensive midfielder, he still lacks a set of tactical ideas of his own, and his attacking organization itself is very casual and undisciplined.

Forest didn't score again in the second half, but it was Tottenham's last-minute face-saving goal that had no impact on the outcome of the game, and Forest comfortably secured a home victory.

In the other game that was played at the same time, Liverpool won 2-0 away at Fulham, accumulating 72 points, catching up with Arsenal and also leaving Chelsea behind. Although there is no hope of winning the championship, considering the dilemma that Liverpool can only play in the League Cup in previous seasons, the fourth place in the league is enough to make Benitez's position secure.

Rafa Benitez is known as the 'King of the Cup' and Liverpool's performances over the last two decades have shown that they are better at playing cup. The team-manager fit is quite high, so it's no wonder that Benitez helped Liverpool regain the Champions League in his first season at Liverpool, cementing his status at Anfield.

※※※After the game, Don praised the team severely. Just like he scolded people for losing before, he praised people with great energy. The verbal tone is extremely exaggerated, so that everyone will feel cool when they listen to it, the only difference is the degree of coolness.

Saying goodbye to the players, Don stayed in the locker room with Don and Chris Lacker. They'll be watching the game live from now, with Manchester United taking on Blackburn Rovers away.

Rush back to the hotel or your own home to see the delay, and simply look in the locker room. Anyway, there is a TV in the dressing room, not to mention that this is the stadium of their own club, and as the head coach and assistant coach of the team, it makes sense to watch TV here.

So, when the game began, the crowd at the city stadium gradually dispersed, the lights went out, the noise faded away with the fans, and the stadium returned to quiet. Victory is already the talk of other people's mouths, for the three people in the locker room, that is in the past tense, and now they are more concerned about the wins and losses of others.

One hundred and fifteen minutes later, the door to the locker room was slammed open.

Before the person came out, Donn's excited voice had already arrived: "I invite you to drink!" Haha, that's so cool! ”

The sound of the TV was mixed with his laughter: "...... The end of the game...... Ferguson's face is very ugly, and his players are going to suffer again...... Forced to a draw away from Blackburn, who were no threat, and with Nottingham Forest already winning against Tottenham, Manchester United relegated to second place! …… Eighty-two and eighty-one, still a difference of one point, but the first and second places were in a different order...... At this moment, the happiest person in the world is probably Tony. Don ......"

The celebratory singing of the home fans at Ewood Park was the perfect backdrop to the commentary.

Chris Rac smiled flushed, not as blunt as Donn, but just as happy. Manchester United's overturn in Blake itself was something no one expected, and the draw was an "unexpected gift" for Forest, who thought that as long as they continued their winning streak, the final should be in the final round of the league when Nottingham Forest challenged Manchester United.

Unexpectedly, Manchester United couldn't withstand the pressure of leading the way, and there was a big problem with Blackburn, which is the least likely to go wrong. A draw was enough to make Ferguson furious.

While the three of them were watching live TV, the TV station gave Ferguson several close-ups of Ferguson roaring on the sidelines, and every time this happened, Donn would laugh.

Although Tang was not as exaggerated as these two people, he still had a smile on his face.

After working hard for a season, no matter what kind of opponent and what kind of situation they faced in the final stage, they bit Manchester United to the death, and these efforts were not in vain. Finally, the leader Manchester United stumbled at the feet of our team!

That way, as long as you win all the remaining three rounds, the league title is in hand!

The opponents in the next two league rounds, Reading and Aston Villa, are not strong teams, as long as the Forest team is united and careful, six points are no problem. Then it's the final round to challenge Manchester United away, and then it's going to be a very intense game, like Mars hitting Earth. However, Don has the confidence of victory, this Nottingham Forest team is born for victory and championships, and the stronger the opponent and the more dangerous the situation, the more amazing the energy they burst out.

It's really a game to celebrate.

※※※ Half an hour later, in Kenny. Burns' Forest Bar was filled with a large number of sleepless fans who were excited after watching the Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers game. Don and two of his assistants were among them.

Donn climbed onto the table with a full glass of wine and stood where everyone looked up, below which was a group of fans who were also expecting with their glasses.

Chrislak was also holding a drink, and Don was holding a soda—he still didn't drink, and Don didn't try to persuade him.

Donne, who was flushed, raised his wine glass, and the people below watched him do this, and their mouths made a "whine" sound.

"Guys, this one...... To Blackburn Rovers – Cheers! ”

"Cheers to Blackburn——!!" The red-faced people like him responded in unison. These are the same people who scolded Blackburn Rovers who won against Nottingham Forest here a month ago...... The clinking of glasses rang out, and the golden hops spilled all over the room.

In the last Premier League game of the day, Manchester United was forced to draw away by Blackburn, the "Giant Killer of the End of the Season", and the top spot from the 29th round of the league on March 9 was handed over, and it was Tony who replaced them. Nottingham Forest, led by Donn.

With just three rounds left before the end of the league, the Premier League has changed owners.

Nottingham Forest are three rounds away from winning their second top-flight title in the club's history.

(To be continued)