Chapter 9 New and old bosses

Although it was only July, Nottingham Forest had slowly closed the door to the transfer market. Don En decided to keep his team away from the turbulent rumors in the transfer market and concentrate on preparing for the new season. Last season's Champions League was not the end of them. In the face of this achievement, there are higher achievements waiting for them to pursue.

While the Forests were still training in Moscow, Allen had already flew back to Nottingham to assist Evan in handling various matters of the new stadium construction plan.

The Nottingham City Government and Nottingham Forest Club have jointly announced plans for real estate development in Clifton, in the town of Clifton southwest of Nottingham, a large residential and commercial area will be built, as well as a new modern stadium with a planned capacity of 60,000 people.

Then, bidding was launched across Europe.

As the Moscow Railway Cup was about to start, Piaotiansi Station announced the bidding results for the new construction of the stadium.

In the end, Wilson_bowden, the fifth largest home builder in the UK, won the bid to be responsible for the construction and development of new stadiums and residential areas. The most attractive thing about their bidding plan is that it saves money, adopts new technologies, and the new transportation infrastructure developed in cooperation with the city government can save about 8% of the cost. In addition, the residential areas and a football theme park around the stadium can also bring rich returns to the club after completion - according to the plan. At that time, the new Nottingham Forest stadium will not only be a football stadium, it will also be a playground, a satellite city integrating catering, entertainment, home and leisure.

The initial funding of the new stadium comes from bank loans, new TV broadcast income, and Champions Cup bonuses. As for the funds provided by the sponsors, they are used to maintain the team's daily operations. So Allen also wants to seek wealthier investors for this huge plan to alleviate the club's tight financial situation in the next few years. Don't care much about club operations, this time he is also particularly concerned. Arsenal has made Wenger's belt tighter for a long time to build an Emirates Stadium. How many years have they lived with Wenger's tight belt? Don't want to be "Wingger's second". His savings in the transfer market this time made Allen very happy, but Don't allow himself to save like this every year. In the future, when he sees excellent players but have no money to buy, Don't will definitely vomit blood.

Before the Moscow Railway Cup, Donn's team played two warm-up matches in eastern Germany, one was between Kotbus and the local A-level team Kotbus. In that game, Donn sent all the reserve team and the first team's substitutes, and young players played as the starter.

There is one of Cottbus whom Tang En cares a little about. That is Chinese player Shao Jiayi and Sun Ji's teammates of Haiti national team. Everyone is Chinese, so when choosing opponents in the warm-up match, they naturally have to take care of them. So the Forest team chose Cottbus, who was relegated in the Bundesliga.

Cottbus sent all the main players to play, but Shao Jiayi was not on the starting list, and he sat on the bench.

Cottbus, who played all the main players in the first half, led the European champion Nottingham Forest's "Second Team" with two goals.

This result inspired the whole team of Cottbus, and also made the fans of the Cottbus who came to watch the game on site excitedly and the atmosphere on the court became warm. This didn't look like a warm-up match. It was more like a Champions League group match that concerns who can qualify.

During the halftime break, Donn made adjustments and changed five people in one breath, Van Nystruei, Arshavin, Petrov, Lennon and Kompani.

After the main players came on the court, the situation immediately changed. Originally, the Cottbus players planned to continue to expand their results in the second half during the half-time break. The victory made them forget who the opponent was in front of them, and the cheers of the Cottbus fans also made them think they could do anything at home.

The second half started just 38 seconds ago, Van Nisstrui received a header from Arshavin's cross, which tied the score to 1:2.

Don Eun did not stand up and wave his fists to celebrate. It was too easy for him to enter a team like Cottbus.

After falling behind, Kotbus originally planned to continue to struggle. The Forest team scored another goal in the ten minutes to tie the score.

This ball woke Cottbus up completely - this was a warm-up match. There was no need to try his best to win this game, nor was there any need to be upset and upset about the failure of this game. He began to substitution.

Cottbus changed the comparable Forest team completely, and they changed nine people in one breath. Shao Jiayi was also among them.

Next, it was the Forest team's turn to continue substitutions. Tang En also didn't care about the outcome. He mainly tried to check whether the newly joined players had gradually integrated into the team after so many days of training.

In the end, both sides replaced eleven people, and replaced all those who played at the beginning. Nottingham Forest defeated Cottbus 4:2, proving that their European champion's strength is real.

Next, the team found an amateur team to warm up locally. This was a completely closed warm-up match. In fact, it might be more appropriate to say that the team's confrontation match might be more suitable, so they played on the training ground. There was no audience, no media. In the end, the Forest team swept the opponent 9:1 with Tang En's constant adjustments. Tang En was not very satisfied - because his team lost a goal. After the game, the defenders on the bus back to the hotel criticized them.

After the two warm-up matches, the Forest team flew back to Moscow again to prepare for the Railway Cup.

The lottery ceremony was very simple because it was just an ordinary pre-season invitational tournament. Everyone knew what this kind of competition was done. Outside the media in the country where the four teams were located, it did not attract much attention.

The final result was quite interesting.

The head coaches of four teams sat side by side on the stage, Donn sat together with Real Madrid's new head coach German "madman" Schuster, while AC Milan head coach Ancelotti sat together with Moscow Locomotive head coach Yuri Pavlovic.

After the host draws lots, the results will be announced to the media below and the head coach on the stage.

Everyone laughed knowingly as Forest and Real Madrid were drawn together. This is not the first time the two teams have met. Forests’ first match with Real Madrid in the Champions League directly led to the dismissal of former Real Madrid coach Brazilian Lucenberg and the resignation of former club chairman Florentine No.

In recent years, there have been frequent reports of Real Madrid's interest in George Wood of Forest.      This summer, Donn had just rejected Real Madrid's 20 million euro offer for Ribery.

It was also this summer that he ended his four-year contract with Real Madrid. David Beckham chose to join Nottingham Forest freely. No one expected that he would fight with his former club so soon.

Tang En was also a little surprised by this result. He even felt that the organizer arranged the site to create a gimmick that interests the media and the public and attract popularity.

He looked at Shuster, who was sitting next to him. Everyone knew that the media was waiting to watch the show, but they were unwilling to let the people below get what they wanted.

At the press conference of the draw ceremony, Don Eun was asked about his first round opponent. He did not answer this question positively, but only praised Real Madrid and congratulated them on winning the La Liga championship. These answers that basically do not require brains to be expressed are not satisfactory to the media. They asked Schuster again, and Schuster, who was the head coach of the giants, also seemed very cautious. His answer was exactly the same as Don Eun: Congratulations to Forest for winning the European Champions League, claiming that Forest is a question worthy of respect.

Such an answer disappointed the media. It seems that if Forest team draws together with AC Milan, maybe there will be more topics?

If Forest can make it to the final, then this scene is not too far away - I'm afraid no one here will think AC Milan will lose to Moscow Locomotive, except their head coach Yuri Pavlovic.

In front of the three powerful men, the host is like a supporting role at this moment, with no one caring about it.

July 26 and 27. The first two games of the Railway Cup will officially start (the plot requires that the time of the Railway Cup will be held slightly ahead). The first game is the highlight of the strong dialogue - Nottingham Forest vs. Real Madrid.

One team is the new crown just now in the Champions League, and the other team is the traditional giant that has won the most championship trophys in the 52-year history of the Champions League. The two teams are full of stars and the stars are shining. There are also topical figures like Beckham that have attracted everyone's attention. In comparison, although the organizing committee puts the second game tomorrow, the game between AC Milan and Moscow Locomotive is destined to not be able to steal the limelight of this game.

This is just an ordinary invitational match, because with Beckham, the situation is different. In the rosters of both teams announced before the game, Beckham was on the list of the teams, but not on the starting list. This made many media and fans unhappy.

So the media asked both coaches about Beckham without getting tired of asking any questions about Beckham. For example, they asked Real Madrid coach Schuster: "Is it a mistake to sell Beckham?" "Has Beckham not helped the team at all?" "What kind of player do you think Beckham is? Is he excellent? Did he receive the treatment last season just?" And dealing with Donne is even simpler: "Why is David Beckham not on the starting list?"

This annoyed Schuster because Beckham's affairs had nothing to do with him. He had never coached this English man for a day. Whether he bought him to come to Real Madrid or swept him out, it had nothing to do with him, the new head coach who had just taken office. Just because he is the head coach of Real Madrid now, he had to accept such harassment, which was a little unhappy.

Donne is the same as Shuster. He doesn't want the media to focus on Beckham. That will cause some people in the locker room to be disgusted. So after he answered "Why did Beckham not start" because of the injury, he refused to answer any other questions about Beckham. If someone opened his mouth "David Beckham...", Donne would turn around and pretend not to hear this question. He would not answer the related questions with a smile until someone asked "How is Nottingham Forest..."

Because of Beckham, both the head coaches and the media were a little unhappy before the game.

Many people from the field came to watch the game on the spot, and most of the female fans came to David Beckham. Since Beckham was not on the starting list, Nottingham Forest received unanimous booing from all the fans when he appeared.

There were even a large number of female fans holding large posters in Beckham, calling out Beckham's name sharply. Demonstrated to Donn. Although the Forest team is now full of superstars, only Beckham himself is the influential player like David Beckham.

Tang Encai ignored the mood of those fans, and he did not serve these people.

This is not a general warm-up match, it is a cup match with championship rewards. It cannot be dealt with Real Madrid like against Cottbus. Donne basically sent the main lineup of last season in the starting lineup of this game, but he was in the forward position due to a minor injury in Eastwood. Out of caution, Donne asked Al Shavin to replace Eastwood, and at the same time let Bentner and Al Shavin start.

Van Nistroy sat on the bench with his good friend Beckham.

Real Madrid did not send out the main lineup that won the championship last season, so the new coach naturally has a new lineup. Their captain Raul is not on the starting list, but is replaced by young player Soldado.

The game entered a fierce rhythm from the beginning. Compared with Real Madrid, who just finished physical training, the Forest team has been practicing together for nearly half a month and has been in a more powerful offensive. Al Shavin seemed particularly excited because he played in front of Russian fans.

Just three minutes into the game, the Forest used a corner kick to break through the goal guarded by Dudek.

The corner kick taken by Al Shavin fell on Pepe's head accurately. The central defender with outstanding heading ability and jumping must do the same thing as jumping and shaking his head, and the football line will be broken into the net!

Leading Real Madrid made Nottingham Forest fans who came from afar very excited. Although they were few, they were not small in popularity. This is a very, very hardcore fan. No matter where the Forest team plays, they will follow and cheer for the team on the spot. Their former leader was Michael Bernard, and now it is John and Bill. A fat man and a thin man.

After leading the way, the Forest team did not give up on offense and turned to defense. On the contrary, their offense became even more powerful. The Forest team, which is famous for its conservativeness in Europe, did not appear. Their offense made people feel that Real Madrid was the one wearing the red jersey.

In the whole first half, Real Madrid did not enter the rhythm of the game. They were dragged by the Forest. The forest's fast pass and pressing from the front court made Real Madrid very uncomfortable. At the end of the first half, Nottingham Forest's front court pressing finally received a reward. Their pressing made Real Madrid's defense line make a return mistake. Petrov suddenly started, inserted into Real Madrid's defense line at high speed, cut off the pass, and then tricked Dudek and successfully scored a far corner.

2:0, Nottingham Forest leads with two goals!

This score and the first half made the TV commentators on the scene sigh.   Nottingham Forest can no longer be classified as a "dark horse" or a "meteor".   The football power in mainland Europe will surely be re-divided because of this powerful qualifying.

The two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half. Schuster made some adjustments in an attempt to save the situation. He replaced the Argentine striker "Rabbit" Salora who joined Barcelona for free. At the same time, after 45 minutes of warm-up and adaptation, Real Madrid also entered the state and the offense began to improve.

Soon, in less than twenty minutes, Guti scored two goals in a row, helping Real Madrid equalize the score.

Donn began to make a substitution, sending Van Nystruei and David Beckham on the court at the same time.

Seeing Beckham appear on the sidelines, countless neutral fans in the stands cheered against Nottingham Forest for the first time, and the harsh booing before turned into enthusiastic cheers and applause. Even the camp of Real Madrid fans also echoed neatly applause - they had deep respect for the English player who helped their team regain the league championship, and still remembered the scene of him lying down and kissing the turf of the Bernabeu Stadium at the farewell ceremony.

At this moment, when Beckham stood on the sidelines, he became the only protagonist in the game.

"David Beckham is about to make his debut! When he announced his departure from the Bernabeu and joined the Nottingham Forest, no one expected that we would see him appearing in the game against his old club so soon."

Perhaps the neutral fans cheered him because he was a world-renowned earth star and a popular lover in the eyes of women. He was a handsome guy, an English gentleman... because of his fame. But the cheers and applause from Real Madrid fans were the best affirmation of Beckham's performance last season. They thanked Beckham for his dedicated professional ethics when he was abandoned by the club's board of directors and coaches. They also thank Beckham for turning the tide at the last moment without grudges, helping the team reverse Barcelona and successfully reach the top. The applause was even more touched by Beckham's professional spirit, in their eyes. David Beckham was not printed on the advertising poster and the "entertainment star" on the front page of the gossip tabloid, but a real "professional football player".

Tang En smiled at this scene. He was sincerely happy for the achievements his friends had achieved.

Seeing Beckham on the court, the happiest person was not actually the fans in the stands, nor Tony Donn, but Van Nistruy standing beside him.

This is the first time that two people have worn the same team's clothes in the game in four years. It is not possible to fight against Cottbus in a warm-up match that can be exchanged for eleven people.

Since Beckham left Manchester United, the number of goals of "King of Small Bond Zone" Van Nistrui's "King of Small Bond Zone" has dropped sharply, and the limelight on the Premier League scorer list has been completely snatched away by Arsenal's Henry. This cannot be simply attributed to Van Nistrui's increasing age, declining condition, and increasing injuries. Another reason that cannot be ignored is that Van Nistrui, who is used to Beckham's passing. After his good friend left, he was a little confused.

Now, David is back, and the "King of Small Forbidden Zone" that terrifying his opponent is about to be resurrected.

Tang En knew the friendship between them well. He helped the team with this friendship. So when he was allocating the room in the training camp, he specially assigned Van Nystruey and Beckham to a room, so that they could reminisce about the past, and then cooperated with the tacit understanding on the court to help him attack the city and capture the village.

Beckham replaced Lennon, while Van Nystrue replaced Arshavin.

The second substitution surprised Schuster. He originally thought that Donne would replace Bentner, who was also a high center, but he didn't expect it to be Al Shavin... a double center? This is really rare...

After Beckham came on the court, his first touch was a 45-degree pass to the penalty area and almost assisted Van Nistrui. If Van Nistrui's header had not missed a little. The score was 3:2, Nottingham Forest led the lead.

Seeing this attack, Shuster suddenly realized that Donn wanted to use Beckham's accurate crossing ability on the flank to implement high-altitude bombing tactics.

Everyone knows that Real Madrid has poor air defense capabilities on the back line. Facing the strong and outstanding heading center forward, even the world footballer Cannavaro in 2006 has no choice. The club is still looking for excellent central defenders in the transfer market, but the progress is slow. In this game, Schuster relies on Cannavaro and Ramos to play as the center back. He handed the right to the young player Miguel Torres.

It seems that Don En also knows the weakness of Real Madrid. So he used this tactic of directing victory - he didn't seem to have to rely on this game to train troops, and he didn't want anything other than victory.

The female fans in the stands holding large posters of Beckham screamed loudly. They shouted Beckham's name and cheered for his performance in the offensive. Among these people are native Russians, as well as "die-death fans" who came from Germany, England and Spain.

Amid the enthusiastic cheers of female fans, Beckham welcomed the first free kick he won in the game after joining the Forest team - the warm-up match that allowed each to exchange eleven people was still ruled out.

The free kick taken by Beckham did not enter the goal, but flew out against the crossbar. The Forest team's two goals did not touch Tang En, but he squatted down on the sidelines because the ball did not enter and was upset and frustrated.

Real Madrid then won a free kick. Beckham and Robert Carlos left the team one after another this summer. With Figo and Zidane who had left before, the free kick players who were once talented are now gone. The free kick of Real Madrid is taken by Guti. The ball shot by "Golden Wolf" is too accurate and lacks speed and arc, and is easily won by Van der Sar, who has a good position.

Next, Van Nistrui took the ball a little further from the front of the penalty area. He should have divided the side in time, but chose to break through forcibly. In the end, he was blocked by his opponent with a foul and got a free kick for the Forest again. Or... he won another free kick for Beckham.

He personally stuffed the ball into Beckham's hands: "Warm up and find the feeling."

Beckham shrugged and smiled helplessly: "If you just divided the sides, I can make a cross from the right, and Bentner is waiting in front of the door."

"Ah!" Van Nistrui scratched his head in surprise, "I'm just thinking about free kicks. We've been away for four years. I'm a little uncomfortable...hehe."

Beckham pushed him, "Go and wait for a supplementary shot."

"No need." Van Nistroy walked in muttering.

Beckham put the football on the ground and waited for his opponent to line up the walls.
To be continued...