The situation in the game was very simple, both for Rijkaard and for Dickaard.

There wasn't a lot of calculations and complicated tactics, and the situation was clear – Barcelona needed to attack, they needed to score away from home and they had to win this game. In this way, they can qualify for the promotion.

It stands to reason that Nottinghamson's 01 defeat to Barcelona would guarantee them, but this is clearly not in line with Donn's character. The team with this mentality must have died miserably in the end, he used to be a Chinese fan, and this kind of thing happened to the Chinese team too many times, and it has become a cliché that can no longer be clichéd. So Nottingham Forest's task is also simple - win this game at all costs and advance to the quarter-finals.

It was an away game for Barcelona, but Rijkaard did not have the power to choose to defend and counterattack, he knew that Donn would definitely defend on his home turf, use his best defensive counterattack to deal with himself, lure Barcelona to press out and attack, and then wait for the opportunity to sneak attack. The Dutch coach knows it very well, but what can he do? Now the choice is not in his hands, and the defeat at home in the first leg has pushed him to a desperate situation - the attack may die, but if he does not attack, he will die.

Overwhelming the city stadium Amid the incessant boos and invective, Barcelona unleashed a somewhat tragic frenzied attack on the Forest goal.

The initiative was in the hands of Nottingham Forest, with Don letting the team unhurriedly defend and then waiting for an opportunity to counter-attack. In the past few years, no matter when, he has not given up the requirement of establishing "defense first" in the team, and at many critical moments, the indoctrination of this requirement has saved his team and saved him.

Of course, he likes to watch attacking football, watching the attack, watching the game like a ball. But that's because he's a fan. Now he's the manager and he's responsible for his team. Responsible for the fans who supported him. He didn't have the talent to teach Arsene Wenger. Let the players play a good match and still win, so he chooses the most utilitarian way to win. He doesn't care what kind of infamy he bears, he has never been a person who cares about what others say.

Defend and counterattack, first stabilize the defense, defense is the basis of offense, just like building a house to lay a foundation, there is no defense and talk about offense? This is actually very simple, but why do so many people in the world not understand? It's just that the fans don't understand. The manager can't help but understand, right?

After Barcelona's resurgence in attack in recent years, Rijkaard seems to have forgotten about defending. Most of the time we see that Barcelona's midfield has no defensive players, and their tactics always rely on their own powerful attack to score a few goals first, so that the opponent quickly loses their fighting spirit, and then the game falls into their orbit.

Their powerful attack, and flashy line-up of stars, can make most teams lose their fighting spirit when facing them. Surrender willingly. But as Rijkaard's game became known and studied by more and more opponents, he found it difficult to play further down the season. Why? Because his tactics lacked variation, once thoroughly studied by his opponents, he faced great danger. Everyone found out that Barcelona is not the incarnation of the invincible god of war. Although they have many stars, there is no guarantee that they will be winning generals. They also have weaknesses, they have things they can't do, and what is even more lethal - their defense is not much better than Real Madrid's, and they can beat Barcelona if they play tactically right.

After La Liga enters the second half of the season of the season. Barcelona are facing increasing resistance, and their once-tried attacking tactics are becoming less and less effective against old rivals. Rijkaard didn't realise that the crisis was slowly approaching him and his team, and he thought Barcelona were on the right track. It's not just him, the Barcelona players, the fans, the directors who are high up in the sky, they all think so.

Born in sorrow, died in peace. This is a perfect match for Barcelona in the future...... No. It should be said that this applies to all successful teams in the world.

Don don't have to worry about that. It's just that the environment of the Forest team is not "comfortable" now.

As mentioned earlier, Barcelona's biggest weakness is the defense, and Donn will have to make the most of it in this game.

Compared to the attack, Nottingham Forest's strongest defense is the defense, which does not rely on one person or a backline of four defenders to work, the Forest team's defense is a whole defense. And on the contrary, Barcelona defense is only a matter of four defenders and one goalkeeper, the others are not responsible for defensive tasks.

Now on his home turf, Donn has the team shrinking the defense, drawing out Barcelona's attacking players, and then waiting for opportunities to counter-attack, which is a shortcoming of Barcelona's weak defense. Thuram is old, Zambrotta is all-round, but after he came to Barcelona, he has not adapted to Barcelona and Spanish football, Valdés's performance has fluctuated greatly, and sometimes some inexplicable low-level mistakes can easily bury the team's 90 minutes of effort, and the only shot on the back line is Puyol.

Donn took aim at this and unexpectedly deployed the speedy counter-attacking striker of Nissella Alelka to partner Ruud van Nistelrooy, hoping to use his speed and individual ability to deliver a lethal blow to Barcelona on the counter-attack.

Van der Vaart started the game in place of Mikel Arteta, and Donne also needed his long-range shooting and playmaking skills in attack. On the left is still Frank. Ribery, on the right is Arlen. Lennon replaces Ashley. Poplar.

Defensively, left-back Gareth. Bale was defended by Leighton. Barnes was replaced, and the other positions remained unchanged.

Barcelona launched fierce attacks on the heart of the Forest team, and Nottingham Forest held on with the support of an overall defensive strategy.

Most of the time Barcelona had the upper hand, but the thunder was heavy and the rain was small. They had very few dangerous shots on goal. Instead, the Forest team was at a disadvantage in all technical statistics - except for fouls - and the few counter-attacks were quite threatening, and each time the Barcelona people broke out in a cold sweat.

Rijkaard, of course, knows that it would be dangerous to hit his own goal like this, but what can he do? Learn the forest

Defend solidly and then wait for an opportunity to attack? Tony like that. Don will surely be happy to run out of time with a negative play without worry, and a draw would be a defeat for Barcelona.

The initiative is not in Rijkaard's hands, and now he has no choice but to attack desperately in the hope of scoring early and breaking the deadlock. Bad defense? All right. We conceded a couple of goals. Let's get one more than that!

Before coming to Nottingham, Rijkaard and the whole Barcelona team were confused about how to deal with George. Wood's defense was carefully studied. They envisaged several scenarios in case someone was killed by George. Wood froze completely, what should he do.

But this time, Donn didn't let George. Wood went to keep an eye on someone, and his mission was...... Free and easy.

He will go wherever he is needed, and he will go to support wherever the situation is dangerous.

Anyway, Wood has good physical strength and runs fast, so he runs back and forth in the backcourt, and he is not afraid that he will be physically exhausted and cramped.

Rijkaard was meant to get the front trident to get rid of George by switching positions frequently. Wood. Unexpectedly, Donn made Wood a defensive libero in the backcourt, making Rijkaard's strategy completely ineffective.

Barcelona are facing a monolithic defence, it doesn't make any difference because they change positions frequently, and the defensive force they face is the same on the flanks as they are in the middle, which is really frustrating.

To put it bluntly, offense is to use one's own movement to find holes in the opponent's defense, and then use these holes to create killing opportunities. The situation now is that no matter how Barcelona pass and cut, the Forest defence stands like a mountain. Unmoved.

The score of 00 in the first half in this situation will not let it go, but it will make the Forest fans happy.

At half-time, Donn praised the team's defence. But he also asked the team's offense to work harder, and if there is a counterattack opportunity, he must not let it go, as long as he can kill Barcelona once!

On Barcelona's side, Rijkaard was not very happy with the team's attack, and there were so many chances without scoring for 45 minutes. I'm so sorry for the name Barcelona. In the second half, we must strengthen the attack, and we must not relax in attack. The reason why the Forest team has not scored at the moment is because Barcelona's attack has put a lot of pressure on them, so they have no time to take care of the attack. If Barcelona can't keep that pressure on the attack, it will give Forest an opportunity.

Anyway, it's hard for Barcelona to ride a tiger now.

After the start of the second half, the Forest team still put on a stubborn posture to meet Barcelona, and Barcelona did not change their intentions at all and continued to attack.

Over time. Rijkaard got up from his seat again and walked to the sidelines. In the noisy pitch, the players could barely hear what he was shouting, and he once tried to shout a loud reminder to the players to keep pressing. As a result, he was immediately drowned out by the boos that rushed to his face, and he couldn't even hear what he was saying when he opened his mouth, let alone the players.

Now he can only take advantage of the dead ball to pull the players close to the dugout over to teach them face-to-face.

If we count the situation where Barcelona are bombarding indiscriminately and Forest are holding on, it is a balance. Then in the sixty-eighth minute of the game, this balance was finally broken.

Barcelona organised a high-quality attack, and with a succession of passes, they finally ripped through Forest's impregnable defence, revealing a gap.

Ronaldinho once again took out his 'sound and hit the west', feigning to break through, but unexpectedly Passing the football out of that crack, Eto'o started quickly, he received the ball behind the Forest defence, and the Forest players thought Eto'o was offside, but the linesman did not mean to raise the flag.

"No offside, bastard!" Don was so anxious that he jumped up below.

George. Wood desperately chased back to prevent the goal.

He was still a step slow after all, and Eto'o got up and shot before he could make a tackle!

At that moment, Donn's heart almost stopped beating, not only him, but at that moment, the boos at the city stadium seemed to have stopped, and everyone held their breath, their eyes fixed on the flying football.

Even the fans of Barcelona, whether in the field or in the city of Barcelona, do not dare to take their eyes off football at this moment.

The ball flew from Eto'o's feet and past George. Wood shoveled his foot and crossed Van der Sar's palm. Fly straight to the goal behind you.

Going to score a goal?

With a "bang", the ball hit the underside of the beam, smashed into the face, and bounced again. Flew back. Van der Sar's second reaction was very quick. Jump up and pluck the soccer ball in the air with both hands!

To score or not to score?

The Barcelona players jumped up with their arms raised to celebrate the goal, and even Samuel Eto'o ran to the corner flag with open arms, followed by the likes of Ronaldinho and Lionel Messi.

The Catalan commentator couldn't wait to shout: "-! ”

The subtitles for Barcelona 1:0 Nottingham Forest were played on the TV broadcast, and the goal was scored.

But...... But!

The ecstatic expression on Eto'o's face on the TV camera froze suddenly, and he pushed Ronaldinho away, looking at the linesman standing next to them with a puzzled expression.

After scoring a goal, the linesman should run to the halfway line while the referee blows the whistle and points to the centre circle. to show that the goal is valid.

And this time, the linesman didn't run, so what about the referee...... The Barcelona people turned their heads to look at the referee, but they saw a scene that made their hearts stop beating -

The Nottingham Forest players have taken football to the centre circle and are clearly playing on their tradition of quick counter-attacks......

The referee did not stop this behavior and ran along...... What does this mean? It means that the Forest team did not foul this way, and Barcelona did not score that goal just now!

Puyol wanted to run up to celebrate. But halfway through the run, Van der Sar suddenly saw the ball in his hand thrown forward, and Van der Vaart immediately launched a quick counterattack after receiving the ball.

Barcelona's captain was halfway through the run and hurriedly retreated, while shouting out to his teammates

。 Unfortunately, the stadium was too noisy at that time, and the teammates who were far away at the corner flag in the front court arrived.

The Barcelona players, who were quicker, began to drop their faces with a confused look on their faces, and Eto'o turned back to defend.

Van der Vaart, of course, knows he is slow with the ball. It's disadvantageous at times like these. So he didn't take it too much, but immediately passed the football to Anelka, who was running faster.

"Ah...... It was something that was not expected, Eto'o didn't score a goal, but gave Nottingham Forest a chance to counter-attack! Because football doesn't go out of bounds, it's not dead ball...... Barcelona is in big trouble! ”

The narrator is not wrong at all, now Barcelo is in big trouble.

Because I was busy celebrating a goal just now. Now most of the Barcelona players are not in their respective positions, and the Forest's counterattack is very fast, not giving the Barcelona a chance to reorganize the attack, two or three passes to Anelka's feet, the French striker got the ball and opened his head and rushed towards the door of Barcelona.

After forcing his way through Puyol with his speed, Anelka was already in the box. Valdés had no choice but to abandon the door and attack, and then things were easy to do.

Anelka makes a gesture to pass the ball. Trick Valdés away, after shaking off the angle. Shoot without hesitation, and the football flies into the net without suspense.

The City Stadium finally stopped the boos this time and turned them into cheers.

This time, the referee's whistle finally sounded to confirm that the goal was valid.

From the time the Barcelona people thought they had scored to the time Nottingham Forest actually scored, it all happened in just 32 seconds, and everything came so quickly and suddenly that many people didn't quite react.

Rijkaard, who had jumped out with open arms to celebrate, was now holding his head in disbelief and watching everything that was happening on the field.

Don had a look of chagrin, but now he jumped up and cheered.

The change between the two managers is a good illustration of the situation of both teams.

"This ...... It's so dramatic...... Who would have thought that the Barcelona people were so happy with that goal that no one even confirmed whether it was actually scored. Nottingham Forest are also really cunning, leaving no chance for Barcelona at all, and this quick counter-attack is so clean that people have nothing to say......"

The Barcelona men came to their senses and surrounded the referee and protested to him, convinced that Samuel Eto'o's shot must have scored.

So is it really in? Thanks to advanced technology, we can see a little more clearly.

The TV screen began to play the slow motion of Eto'o's kick repeatedly: the ball hit the crossbar and bounced into the face...... The most important thing is whether the football is inside the goal line when it falls?

Slow motion is played repeatedly, from different angles, so that everyone can see more clearly. It's not a suspenseful case like the 1966 World Cup final, slow: outside the goal line, it's not a goal.

No matter how unwilling the Barcelona team is, they can only accept this result. They were deceived by their own ideas, and they suffered a huge loss.

"Barcelona went from heaven to prison in only thirty-two seconds, this huge gap is really unacceptable, look at their confused eyes......"

This goal was not as simple as falling behind the Barcelona players, who thought they were leading the way, but they didn't want to turn into an enemy in an instant. It could have equalized the aggregate score, but now it is two goals behind, and if you want to turn the tables away from home, you will have to score two goals against Forest in the next game to equalize the aggregate score, and the two sides will score the same number of away goals, and then go to extra time.

But the Barcelona players are in this state of mind right now...... Can it really be done?

Nottingham Forest's side, this bargain is picked up by the Forest team, Tony. Don naturally unceremoniously "laughed". After taking the lead, the Forest team's tactics remained the same, and they still insisted on defending and counterattacking, and the backward Barcelona would naturally attack more frantically, and the Forest team's defensive counterattack could be used more easily.

As it turned out in the next game, Barcelona's attack was disorganized in their rush to equalize, and the stars were all planning to rely on their individual ability to salvage the defeat, but the result? Nothing but wasted time.

It was the Forest's sharp counter-attack that kept Valdés busy.

At the 85th minute, Forest again scored a Barcelona goal through Ruud van Nistelrooy through a quick counter-attack, and the game was completely closed.

“…… It's over! After two games of 180 minutes of fierce battle, the champions of the last Champions Cup, Barcelona, were pulled down by the last runner-up, Nottingham Forest. To be honest, watching the first game, the result was not surprising, but the first goal of the game came very dramatically. ”

"Tony. Donn completed his revenge as Nottingham Forest not only eliminated Barcelona, but also a home and away double! ”

Television footage shows Donn standing on the sidelines, waving to the Forest fans in the stands with his arms raised and thanking them for their support. A big smile bloomed on his face like a flower, and this time he didn't rush up to shake Rijkaard's hand first, and Donn felt that it was more important to thank his supporters than to pay homage to his opponent.

George. Wood walked over and saw Donn thanking the fans, he was going to walk over and go back to the locker room, but was stopped by Donn: "George, how does it feel in the final?" ”

"It's a pity that there is no trophy if you win." Wood said.

Don Hehe: "It's almost there." He stretched out his palm, "Eight into four two, four into two, four into two, one in the final." There are five games left and you can lift that trophy with your own hands. ”

Wood looked at Donn's outstretched five fingers, said nothing, and turned to walk towards the corridor. Donn continued to raise his hands and thank the fans in the stands who were calling Nottingham Forest's name.

He clenched his fists and swung them vigorously in front of the fans.

The fans, who were still reluctant to leave the stadium, chanted along with Donn's gestures. Looking at the excited and slightly distorted faces of these fans, Don smiled contentedly.