In fact, Nottingham has always had two professional teams...

If it weren't for this FA Cup, I'm afraid many people would have ignored this?

Many cities pride themselves on having a "high-level city derby" because it shows that their football atmosphere is strong and has a high level. This is almost never possible in the city of Nottingham. Because Nottingham Forest and Notts are not on the same level.

Nottingham Forest has won five European Champions Leagues, while Nottingham has not yet participated in the Premier League.

Based on the status gap caused by the huge strength gap between the two teams, there is basically very little formal derby battle between Nottingham Forest and Notts County.

Thanks to the FA Cup, this opportunity has come.

The fans of Nordsshire are most grateful to the FA Cup because their chances have come. They have always wanted to teach the arrogant neighbor a lesson, but they have no chances. Nottingham Forest naturally won’t warm up with opponents like Nordsshire in the pre-season warm-up match - they are smart, afraid of hurting one or two main players and affecting the whole season...

Before, Nords County actually had no confidence to challenge Nottingham Forest, so it could only swear words and call Nottingham Forest a lackey of foreign capital and was no longer considered an English team.

Now, the situation is different. The arrival of Don has greatly increased Nords' strength and they can also stabilize in the English Championship. This has also made them liven up and want to prove their strength in front of their old enemies. The so-called "full and warmth"... Well, the meaning is almost the same. Strength has reached one level, and the spiritual field has naturally reached another level, and they dare to consider things that they never dared to think about before.

So when the third round of the FA Cup was scheduled for the FA Cup, Nottingham City was in a state of excitement. At least half of the people were waiting for the arrival of this game. In addition, ordinary people... In fact, Nottingham Forest couldn't be too interested in this same-city derby.

Perhaps we can summarize the current situation of the two teams in this sentence - "Notsshire's eyes are only Nottingham Forest. What Nottingham Forest sees is the whole world."

So in the face of the rare "city derby", Nottingham Forest's training plan is nothing unusual, just like they used to face any ordinary FA Cup game. Most of the players are not talking about their opponents in the FA Cup, but the league.

Only Chen Jian thought this matter was quite interesting. He experienced a city derby with Espanyol and then bid farewell to that city. Unexpectedly, he just came to a new team, a new city, and encountered another city derby.

The end and the beginning both fell on the "derby", which is interesting. It is indeed interesting.

"Actually, this derby is still a bit interesting..." Until the day before the game started, someone finally remembered that they were going to play a city derby tomorrow.

"The current head coach of Nordsshire used to be our assistant coach." Gareth Bale told a group of new players about the past, and everyone was fascinated by it. Now, there are not many players in the team who have experienced the "Chinese assistant coach" era.

"Speaking of it, I didn't expect that he would be the head coach one day, and he would be our city opponent..." Bell pinched his chin and smacked his lips. "And it has something to do with Chen Jian..." He pointed everyone's eyes at Chen Jian with one sentence.

"Ah?" Chen Jian found that everyone was looking at him. For a moment, he didn't know what to say, so he had only been in the team for three days. He was not familiar with it yet, and suddenly he didn't know how to speak up in the face of so many people.

"They are all Chinese, of course they have something to do." The players said that they were not surprised.

"It is said that there are more than one billion people in China. Do you think everyone has something to do?" Bell said disdainfully, pointing at Chen Jian and said, "Chen Jian walked out of our forest youth training team at the time, but do you know how he came to the forest team before that?"

Few people will know about this kind of thing.  The past of a Chinese player.                                                    �

"A commercial draft." Bale looked at Chen Jian and smiled, "He got the third place, and then the assistant coach Tang gave him a Forest Team jersey, and he came like that!"

"Oh--" The group of people suddenly realized and were satisfied.   This story sounds interesting and quite legendary.

Chen Jian was a little surprised. Unexpectedly, someone in the team knew about his past, and he had never talked about it everywhere. He came to the Forest Team to participate in a one-year trial. It was not a sensational news. No one in the first team should have cared about such trivial matters. Later, he came to the youth team to train again, which was normal. Later, although he became a member of the first team on the contract, he never showed up in the first team and did not wear the Forest Team jersey to play a game on behalf of the first team, even if it was just an insignificant commercial game.

He felt that in the Nottingham Forest, except for Coach Donn, no one would remember him as a passerby.

But I really didn't expect that. Now, the second captain of Nottingham Forest - Gareth Bell, actually remembers his past!

He suddenly remembered what Tang En once said to him.

That was after he had just attended the press conference for joining the team. The reporters were all gone, and Tang En took Chen Jian to the Crimson Stadium to step on the turf, which was another "welcoming ceremony".

"Chen Jian, do you know the legend of Nottingham's past?"

Chen Jian was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "Are you talking about the Robin Hood Legend?"

Tang En nodded and stopped to look at Chen Jian following behind. "Although the name Nottingham Forest has nothing to do with Robin Hood, the team logo has something to do with. The thing that looks like a mushroom field is actually an oak tree." Tang En pointed to the Nottingham Forest team logo in the stands of the stadium. "The oak tree is where Robin Hood gathered with his brothers. It sounds a bit like your Chinese "Water Margin"?"

Chen Jian was a little surprised: "You even know "Water Margin", boss?"

"Not only do I know, I have also seen it many times." Tang En really wanted to answer him like this.

"How come I don't know about the four great classics in China?" Tang En did not continue on this topic, but said, "The oak represents the friendship between Robin Hood and his brothers, and also represents the indomitableness. The legendary captain of the Forest Team Land Stuart Pierce was praised as having a 'oak heart'."

Chen Jian didn't understand what Tang En was going to say to him. The topic went further and further, sometimes it was Robin Hood, sometimes it was the team logo, sometimes it was the Oak, sometimes it was the current England head coach...

"I want to tell you that the land is - the Nottingham Forest is like the Green Forest thieves gathered under the oaks. The land here is pure, good is good, and bad is bad. If you want to integrate into the team as soon as possible. Get their recognition and acceptance, superficial skills will not work, and you can speak with your strength. If you can show the strength to make them nod, then you are a member of the Green Forest Thieves Group. After that, you can drink with them a big bowl and eat meat with them, haha!"

Tang En laughed.

Chen Jian was a little surprised when he heard such a strange team culture. He stood in the huge crimson court. The surrounding stands were empty, and the afternoon sunlight shone in and could only shine on the east stands. The green field was already shrouded in the shadows of the stands and ceiling.

The Nottingham Forest team logo was on the roof of the stands directly in front of him, and the sun shone on it, with the metal edges emitting golden light in the sun.

"... Nottingham Forest is a team like a robber. Do you know what I'm talking about? They can do anything to win, and stealing and robbing are their useful ways. Such a team can actually win the European Champions League for the fifth time, which is really a tragedy of modern football..."

This was a famous Chinese football commentator dialed on his blog after Tang En led the team to complete the triple championship achievements. Chen Jian accidentally saw it while online.

Thinking about it now, that person obviously hated the Forest team very much. He should be a Real Madrid fan, but he was right.

Nottingham Forest is a dark nest where a group of robbers gather...

When Chen Jian came to his senses, Bell and his teammates were talking about Nordsshire again. In fact, they basically didn't know much about this opponent. Although Done watched Nordsshire game videos several times in tactical classes these days, who cares about a weak opponent?

So everyone's topics are focused on "Oh. I heard that their No. 10 is not bad", "I was selected for the English youth team under 21 years old", "That No. 18 also seems to be OK, but... I'm a little thin", "But it is the level of the mid-English Championship", "Their side roads seem to be able to be used..." "What does the boss mean?"

When it comes to head coach Tang En, everyone stopped talking.

After a while, Bell, the oldest experienced here, frowned and said, "I always feel that the boss doesn't pay attention to the appearance of this game..."

Chen Jian wanted to laugh when he heard this. I don’t think you should pay attention to it.

"To be honest, I think if we still want to participate in European competitions next season, it is the most appropriate way to win the FA Cup to participate in the UEFA League." Bale continued to analyze. "But I always feel that the leader will take the initiative to give up the FA Cup and specialize in the league. But it is too difficult to enter the top six of the league..."

Chen Jian has studied the situation of the Forest team. After all, he is also a member of the Forest team... I have to admit that the second deputy captain said it makes sense. Although the cup is very accidental, a team like Nottingham Forest is suitable for the Big Cup. Specializing in the FA Cup may still have a way out. The league is too long, who knows if something goes wrong in the future?

"What are you still rushing?"

A group of people were confused about the team's future. Captain No. 1 George Wood pushed open the door of the locker room and walked in: "If you don't go out, you will be late and run the run!"

Rumbled, and suddenly, the locker room was like thousands of horses galloping. In the blink of an eye, a group of people ran away from Chen Jian.

"This..." Chen Jianzhen didn't expect that his teammates were so agile and quick.

Wood turned around and was about to leave, and found that there was another person in the locker room. When he found out that it was Chen Jian, he stopped and looked at the other party.

Chen Jian realized that he had lost his composure and quickly lowered his head and ran out of the locker room from Wood.

The captain is really majestic. Just looking at him makes him dare not look up... When he ran out, Chen Jian still thought so.

Fortunately, he can't see the news about the domestic dog-dance website...

Bale guessed it right, Don Eun really wants to give up the FA Cup. But he will never give up in the first round.

Premier League teams will only start their FA Cup journey after the New Year. For them, this is the first round, but in fact it is the third round of the FA Cup.

Not only did Tang En not give up, on the contrary, he attached great importance to this game, otherwise he would not have watched the players' video of Nordsshire's game. It's a pity... He attached great importance to it, but his players might not pay as much attention to this weak opponent as he did.

The players naturally have their reasons for not paying attention to this game. Because the opponent is too weak, according to the Forest players, they can defeat them by only 50% of their strength. So what about the derby? They have defeated Nords County in the derby game. Of course, that was a long time ago. Now Wood is the only one left in the team in the whole team. Even Bell was still in the youth team and reserve team at that time.

However, this history can be found. Recently, local media in Nottingham have been reporting on this same-city derby fourteen years later. The derby battle fourteen years ago is the closest to today. How could it not be mentioned repeatedly by the media?

With such a "historical record" ahead, the players of Nottingham Forest certainly think it is natural to win, and it is necessary to defeat the opponent without any effort.

If it were an ordinary head coach, he would probably have the same idea as his own players. But the reason why Tang En attaches great importance to this game is very special and he cannot tell others.

He always wanted to be an opponent with Tang and see how Tang grew up over the years. In addition, he believed that Tang must know that this game was the best opportunity for him to show his strength in front of Nottingham Forest fans and Evan Dogette, and he would not let it go.

Nords will definitely do its best, and this game is not comparable to that of the game fourteen years ago.

If you are not careful, you may... this time you shouldn't have "crowded in the gutter". The Nottingham Forest today is definitely not a big ship that sails far away, and the Nottingham County today is definitely not a stinky ditch...
Chapter completed!