"Perhaps...... You won't be alone forever, but remember...... Eagles always fly alone...... What kind of mess is this? Don, who walked out of the corridor with the team, caught a glimpse of a banner hanging in the stands next to him, with a black background and white lettering, which was very conspicuous. Are we Liverpool? He turned back to Don next to him.

Don explained. 'We and Liverpool are both in red shirts. Liverpool's nickname is 'Reds' and we are 'Reds'. Besiktas's nickname is 'Black Eagle', hence the slogan...... Maybe in the eyes of these Turks, all English teams have the slogan 'You never walk alone'......"

"It's hopeless......" Donn shook his head and sighed as he walked to the dugout.

In the tactical meeting a day earlier, Forest had established that they would still use their best 'counter-attack' tactics in this game, and the Turkish team would certainly take advantage of home advantage to attack Forest's goal, and Forest had to defend well for about ten minutes at the start of the game, otherwise it would be dangerous.

In this game, Don did not line his most commonly used 442 formation, but changed the formation. 4141, that's Forest's new formation for this game. George. Wood plays alone in the midfield, with Leighton on the back line from left to right. Barnes, Kompany, Ayala and Raphinha. The forward line, from left to right, is Gareth. Bell, Martin. Petrov, Raphael. Van der Vaart and Aaron. Lennon, lone striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.

In this game, Beckham did not put him in the starting line-up due to some minor injuries, although he has a lot of experience. The same goes for Eastwood, who are also out due to injury.

The local media in Turkey reported on the pre-match news that the Forest team has been facing recently: the team has frequent injuries and the main team is absent; The players are fighting in training, and there is a murmur of internal disunity; The hotel is located in the downtown area, and it is not good to rest at night; The team is winless in a row, and has not won a game in the group stage so far, so morale is low...... Wait a minute.

These reports all prove that their team must win tonight.

Donn couldn't read the Turkish text, but he knew what the media were saying. He has a habit of finding out what the local media has to say when he plays away, and finds what he needs. Isn't it easy to find a translator?

When he saw these reports from Turkey, he was not angry, but happy. Because he saw an opportunity for him to win away from home. Now Besiktas must be optimistic about the outcome of this match, and that would be the best, because optimism can give rise to the idea of underestimating the enemy, and the idea of underestimating the enemy will lead to a change in the final result.

After he sat down in the coach's box, he also caught a glimpse of the giant banner in the stands opposite.

Welcome to Hell.

Hey, maybe who's hell!

In the last pre-match preparation, Donn didn't stir up any emotions. This kind of game doesn't need to be instigated by him, if you really want to win, your psychological quality is passable, and when you see such an away atmosphere, you will definitely be very combative - overturn the home team at someone else's home stadium, and the opponent will not let them get what they like to see the most. It's not just Tony. Donn's bad taste alone is even worse than the bad taste of the whole Nottingham Forest team......

He just told the players that if we don't win this game again, we're going to play the League Cup, and it's such a shameful thing for him Tony. Don Enke can't do it, whoever wants to play in the League Cup will go, he will definitely not go anyway.

"Either the top two in the group will qualify, or the bottom one will go straight away. Which outcome do you accept? He asked the whole team in the dressing room.

Needless to say?

Nottingham Forest never accept defeat!

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The competition kicked off with deafening cheers. As Donn expected, Besiktas took advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack on the Forest goal, hoping to score early and establish a lead, and then the rest of the game will be much better. With the crazy support of 20,000 home fans and the intimidating atmosphere of hell's home stadium, are you afraid that you won't be able to win the home game?

Don sat in the dugout for a while, then got up and stood on the sidelines. The Turks are attacking like crazy...... I don't care about the defensive press on and on. However, they also had a real reason to do so, such a fierce attack completely knocked back the idea of the Forest team's counterattack, and for five minutes, they could only shrink into the defensive third zone to defend, and they did not even have a chance to attack the opponent's 30-meter area.

Seeing the defending champions only parry in front of their own team, the Turkish fans at the Inonu Stadium were excited, and the roar was even louder.

Besiktas is one of the strongest teams in Turkey and is dominated by young Turkish players. Of course, that was once, and now since Zagrem took over the team, the Turkish coach has been surprisingly preferential in favour of foreign players, and since he took over, Besiktas has changed his previous tradition and spent a lot of money on foreign players. However, neither the fame nor the strength of these foreign players can compare with Fenerbahce and Galatasaray.

Guinea international Diatta, who only joined the team this season, is still a substitute and has problems with the team. This game is also only on the bench.

Brazilian striker** (Bobo) has been selected for Brazil's under-21 national team, but there are too many players of his caliber in Brazil, so that's how he did it. He was in the starting line-up for this game and was the lone arrow in Besiktas's team.

Argentine striker Delgado (Delgado), there are many people called "Delgado" in Argentina, and there are several famous players, but this has nothing to do with those stars, he has never been selected for any level of Argentine national team. Mathias. Delgado has the delicate footwork and dribbling ability that is common to South American players, and is Besiktas' main striker.

Rodrigo. Taylor (rodrigo_tello), Chile international, left wing-back. The technique is excellent and he is one of the key players for the Forest team. He was also in the starting line-up, with many of Besiktas's attacks coming down the left flank during those five minutes. His crosses and long-range shots were dangerous.

Besiktas' midfielder Cisse has nothing to do with the French striker Cisse, even though both are French, and his full name is Eduard. Cisse (edouard_cisse), who is perhaps the most familiar of Donn's foreign aid in Besiktas. Donn's first official game in charge of Nottingham Forest was the FA Cup, where Nottingham Forest hosted Premier League side West Ham United. At that time, West Ham United's starting midfielder was this French dude, and after West Ham's relegation, he returned to France, but now he has been transferred to the Turkish league to play. Don has a feeling of "where in life we don't meet". This man is the main midfielder of Besiktas, the backbone of the defensive line. He made 34 appearances in Ligue 1 last season, scoring two goals and providing one assist. Seven appearances in the Champions League, scoring one goal and assisting one. That's not bad for a midfielder.

In addition, due to his arrival, Besiktas's original main defender Brak could only switch to a substitute striker......

In addition to Diatta, the above are the foreign players who started this game, plus Turkey's local army, this lineup is much overshadowed by the comparison with Nottingham Forest. However, they have home advantage, so the gap in quality has been bridged.

The captain of Besiktas is Ibrahim. Uzurmez (ibrahim_uzulmez), thirty-two selections for the national team, a thirty-three-year-old veteran. He is a full-back who only assists and doesn't defend much. He was as good as Taylor in those five minutes, with the two of them intertwining to make Besiktas's left side the most dangerous wide corridor and putting Raphinha and Lennon under intense pressure.

Since Zim Bonda was still reflecting in the reserve team and did not come to Istanbul with the team, the right side of the Forest team in this game can be said to be "stronger in attack than in defense". Raphinha and Lennon are both wide players who excel at attacking, and Raphinha is a Brazilian full-back, and the Brazilian tradition is to play more aggressively than defensively. The young head coach who wanted to come to Besiktas, Zagrem, also saw this and let the team focus on the right side of the Forest team.

Don turned his head to look next door, where Zagrem was standing on the sidelines directing the game.

This is a manager of his age...... Originally, I thought that managers who were less than forty years old were rare, but I didn't expect so many ...... in Europe who were less than forty years old It's just that only he Tony succeeds. Don is one, he can still be proud.

The youngest manager in the history of the European Champions Cup to lead a team to victory!

What a dazzling name......

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Besiktas, who won their last game against Porto, are currently second in the group with three points. Marseille, who won back-to-back Besiktas and Nottingham Forest, topped the group with six points. On this night, Marseille host bottom-of-the-table Porto, while Besiktas host Nottingham Forest. The leading team wants to extend the lead, and the team that lags behind wants to turn over and take the lead, and the night will be enveloped in thick gunsmoke.

Zagrem's conducting style is a bit "rock", that is, the body language is quite rich, the range of movements is very large and exaggerated, and it looks like it can't stop for a moment on the sidelines. If he holds an electric guitar in his hand, he doesn't need to wear makeup, he is just a rock star.

Compared to this rock star, Donn is simply a country folk singer. If he had nothing to do, he sat on the coach's bench and crossed his legs, motionless. But every time he gets up, something has to happen, and his players just have to see their manager get up and know what's going to change.

Now Don is sitting in the coach's seat, with Erlang's legs crossed, and he has no intention of getting up. Besiktas's attack was fierce, which was expected by him, and he also arranged the corresponding tactical response, there was nothing to worry about.

An attack that is more fierce than Besiktas, the Forest team has seen it I don't know how many times. The only thing that worries Donn in his heart is the frenetic home atmosphere. Nottingham Forest's home stadium after these seasons, in the Premier League is also known as the "devil's home", any team to play here will be mercilessly booed and abused by Nottingham Forest fans, that kind of noisy sound will sound from the beginning of the game to the end of the game, there will be no pause in between, playing in that environment is a minute game for many players with poor psychological quality is simply torture.

So Donn knows all too well how terrible a good home game can be for an away team. Will their players be able to withstand the intense pressure of Besiktas' onslaught and Besiktas' sonic attack?

He didn't want others to see his inner worries through some subtle movements, so he still sat in the coach's seat and shook Erlang's legs...... It looks like it's in the chest.

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Ten minutes later, Besiktas's attack was fierce, but Forest's goal was still standing. The score was still 0:0.

Normally, home fans boo the away team until the opposing player gets the ball, but Besiktas fans booed the Forest players as soon as they saw signs of contact with the ball. If Besiktas's players intercepted the ball in the middle of the game, the boos instantly turned into cheers. It makes one wonder if it's a human voice or a computer-controlled recording.

Ten minutes is the time that Don said that needs to be paid attention to, and seeing that it is still 0:0, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and prepared to chat with Don for a few words, exchanging some of the things exposed in the ten minutes of the game.

Just as he turned his head, George. Wood stabbed the ball out of his feet with a suspected foul tackle, and the person who received the ball was no longer a Besiktas player, but a Nottingham Forest player!

The Nottingham Forest crowd, which had just two hundred people, finally erupted into the first cheer of the game, although they were quickly suppressed by their opponents......

Don nudged Don, who was about to speak to him, and motioned for him to look at the court.

Donn turned his head just in time to see the Forest team taking the ball and organizing the attack.

The man who received Wood's tackle was Martin, one of the two central midfielders. Petrov. If Ribery hadn't been injured, this position would have been his, but unfortunately he was injured, so he had to catch Petrov to replace him, and it can be seen that he is not very used to playing in the middle, he is always used to running to the wings. As a result, Bell's space is compressed. This is one of the reasons why the Forest team is not attacking well.

Fortunately, this time Petrov did not go to the wing to grab the turf with Bale again, and he did not rush forward after winning the ball in the middle. Although he was pressed by his opponent for ten minutes, he did not lose his cool. He made a pretending to break through, causing Besiktas's midfielder Cisse to run two steps back to block, but he pulled the ball back, did not break through, did not pass, but looked up and waited for his teammates to plug in, otherwise there would be no passing point.

Van der Vaart ran up from the side, Lennon and Gareth. Bale went up very quickly, and it could be seen that the Forest team was pressed for ten minutes, and he couldn't wait to attack.

Petrov passed the ball to Van der Vaart, who was then towards George, who was behind. Wood beckoned to come up as well.

Wood shook his head and rejected the offer. Although the Forest team looked like five midfielders in this game, when the team attacked, only George was responsible for the defense. Wood alone. In the game, he is a thorough defensive midfielder who can't press at any time. That's what Donn is asking of him, to ensure stability at the back so that Forest's counter-attack could be a threat.

Petrov shrugged, turned and ran up to join the attack.

Van der Vaart gave the ball to Lennon on the wing and ran forward to pick it up.

Lennon didn't plan to pass the ball, he held the ball and looked at the opposing team's captain, Uzulmez. For ten minutes, he was tired of defending, all thanks to this man. This time I finally had an offensive opportunity, and I must get it back.

Lennon couldn't see his teammates raising their hands in demand, and his mind was now full of the idea of "heads-up" the other party.

Uzulmez is good at assisting, but not very good defensively, and at the age of 33, he is slow. Lennon decided to take advantage of this and force his way through his opponent at his own speed - he didn't even bother to do it with a feint.

Lennon, who was confident in his speed, sank his waist and suddenly made a change of speed in the slow dribble. He slid the ball towards the touchline and accelerated at the same time.

Uzulmez is really good at assisting, and he is not good at defending, and his age has not kept up with his speed points. But Lennon missed a point, he completely did not take into account the fact that the other party had much more experience than him......

Seeing Lennon's steps, Urzumez knew what the kid wanted to do. The pre-match intelligence told him, Aaron. Lennon is very fast and is a wide player who is good at breaking through with speed and changing direction feints.

So the moment Lennon knocked the ball out, the experienced Uzulmez swerved and crossed in front of him, and then before the two collided, he took a step ahead of the ball. Lennon's reaction was also fast, and when he saw Uzulmez cutting the card position, he planned to crash into it and cause the opponent's blocking foul, but he didn't expect that the experienced Uzulmez also expected this, and did not give him the opportunity to pounce on his body, and at this moment the veteran's body burst out with terrible energy, shook off Lennon violently, and caught up with the football.

And Lennon, who wanted to make the opponent's foul, slowed down at that moment, but found that the opponent was not fooled, and it was too late to speed up and start, so he could only watch the football being picked up by Uzurmez, and he himself stumbled and almost fell.

This was the end of Forest's first attack, and Besiktas's attack followed closely behind, giving Forest the slightest respite.

Uzulmez gave the ball to Tyro, who came back to help the defense, and the Chilean full-back did not hesitate to receive the ball and turned to burst. If Lennon wanted to chase back, he could only watch his opponent go away......

The Forest team, which was holding back a lot of energy, was preparing to attack in a big way, but I didn't expect the football to break off as soon as it was passed, and the opponent's counterattack was equally sharp and resolute, playing a counterattack of defensive counterattack. The Forest team didn't react at once, allowing Taylor to burst directly within the thirty-meter area.

When Taylor saw that Raphinha and Ayala were both coming up to press, he didn't hesitate, shaking his foot and passing the football sideways.

George. Wood followed the striker Delgado close to the ball and forced him away from the goal if he stopped the ball, and tackled him if he was going to shoot straight at goal.

Delgado clearly feels the pressure of the man next to him, like a hungry beast, chasing after your ass, making a heavy gasping sound, and you can even feel the hot breath coming out of his mouth, wet and whirring to you. Is this the captain of the European championship team...... Although he debuted not long ago, he has long been a well-known defensive midfielder in Europe, and countless strongmen have been planted at his feet. Can I do it myself?

The inner hesitation deprived Delgado of the best opportunity to handle the ball, and by the time he noticed the football, the ball was very, very close to him, so close that he couldn't stop the ball if he wanted to, and he didn't have time or space to swing his legs when he wanted to shoot. George. Wood followed closely again, and if he forced the ball to stop, the result was likely to be broken.

Delgado was in a hurry to choose ...... Leak ball! He shot with both legs, tricking Wood into falling to the ground, but cleverly slipped the ball out......

The soccer ball rolled between his legs and no one touched it!

Follow up with Sedar in the middle. Ozcan meets the ball and shoots straight at goal!

Kompany flew to block it, but the ball hit his toe and refracted it. Although it was exactly the same direction as Van der Sar's lunge, it was more tricky, and the ball arced around Van der Sar's fingertips and grazed the post...... Fly into the net!

The ball went in?

The ball is in!

The Inonu Stadium erupted in loud cheers, as if the Turkic cavalry legion that swept through the ancient Roman Empire crossed the gate of time and space and returned to this world, one after another, closer and closer, bigger and bigger, shaking the eardrums of everyone present and drumming painfully, and finally it was deafening, and they only opened their mouths to hear face-to-face.

It's unbelievable, is this a stadium that can only hold 20,000 people?

The Nottingham Forest players stood on the pitch and in front of the bench, looking up blankly at the stands around them.

Donn didn't even move his butt in the dugout, he just stared at the banner facing the stands, the bloody letters reminding them that this was hell.

ele_to_hell。

Welcome to Hell!!

(To be continued)