Chapter 130 Before the War

Eastwood's pick-up shot became a topic of relish after the game for Forest fans, and it also appeared on the opening of the espn TV highlights and was played repeatedly. It was indeed a very wonderful goal, like a work of art. There were comments and jokes that Mourinho's death under such a goal was not considered humiliating.

While Nottingham Forest eliminated Inter Milan with a score of 3:2, Barcelona also easily defeated Eindhoven with two 2:0 and advanced to the quarterfinals. Two highly-watched teams finally met (Author’s note: A friend mentioned the bug in the lottery ceremony, and everyone should think that the UEFA Champions League was changed as the 2010-11 season. After all, no one can tell the future. At that time, a few people could have thought that the Champions League was reorganized many times after entering the 1990s).

Although it is nearly a month before the two teams actually meet, the media and fans are already impatient to count down.

So far this season, Nottingham Forest's ranking in the league has been hovering back and forth between third and fifth. If they want to win the league championship, they need to make great efforts. At the same time, they have to pray that the teams in the top ranking exam will make consecutive mistakes. This probability is too low. So people who are familiar with Tony Don't think that Don't just focus on the Champions League and keep the top four positions in the league.

Barcelona's situation is slightly better than Nottingham Forest. They are currently ranked first in the league, and Real Madrid, second-placed, are still four points away from them. At the same time, in the King's Cup, they also reached the final. It seems that this will be another successful season - they are likely to achieve the great achievements of the triple-champion. Although Real Madrid is eyeing the league, they are also facing recovery in the Cup of del Rey final, and Sevilla, who hopes to use the Cup of del Rey as a chance to rise again, the Champions League encounters the most difficult opponent...

It is right to say that their future is bright, but it is not unreasonable to say that their future is unpredictable.

With half a month left before the game, Guardiola was asked by reporters about the match against Nottingham Forest. He did not want to answer this question, so he said: "I am only considering the next round of the league and Espanyol's derby. The Champions League will only start half a month."

Unlike him, Don En talked to the media about the game early: "Who will be the final winner? Do you still need to ask? Of course it is us! Barcelona is very lucky, their schedule during this period is not good for them, this is our opportunity... I want me to evaluate the Barcelona derby the night after tomorrow? I heard that it was a more intense game than the Spanish national derby? I hope several of their team were injured in that game..."

This statement caused an uproar in the Catalan media. The World Sports angrily scolded Don Eun for being a "stadium fascist" and could even say shameless words like hoping that his opponent would be injured in the game.

The Daily Sports Daily ridiculed Don En's words as "the coward's declaration". Why? Because "he can only pray that there are players in Barcelona who are injured and his team can win. How sad and pitiful this is!"

There were also a number of other tabloids who issued manifestoes to Tang En on their positions. In the comics they published, Tang En became a monster with a tail with a human face and a cow behind his butt. There was a glimpse of the mustache above his lips, which looked like Hitler.

But what Don N said is not nonsense. At least Guardiola has such concerns - what if his player is really injured in the Barcelona derby with Espanyol? Messi is in excellent condition and performance now, scoring goals and assists continuously. He has long become a player in the game that needs opponents to take care of the players. Since it is the Barcelona derby, it is almost unimaginable that Espanyol does not send people to guard Messi. Now, using killing tactics against Messi in the game seems to have become a "unspoken rule" in the Spanish league. Any team encounters Barcelona, ​​Messi will always become the player with the most violations after the game.

Cruyff has called on the Spanish Football Association in his column more than once to introduce a regulation: protecting players with artistic talent. Severely punishing killing tactics specifically targeting a certain player. Although he did not mention the name "Messi", as long as he has a normal IQ, people know that he is talking to Messi.

The Spanish Football Association cannot modify regulations for a certain player. FIFA has long had regulations such as "back-tactic tackle", so there is really nothing to change.

Messi was injured once in the first half of this season, and he took a month and a half before returning. In fact, he was injured almost every season over the years. As one of the most outstanding offensive stars on this planet, he is naturally inconsistent with those defenders. All defenders will never feel "sympathy" when facing Messi. They will only harshly tackle him to the ground again and again, forcing him to concede the ball, thus causing Barcelona's offense to stalemate.

Donn is definitely not cursing Barcelona players. He is just telling the truth - this is the situation now. Whether you say that those skilled players are jealous of them or that the defensive players are stifling the beauty of football. It is an irrefutable fact that they are more susceptible to injury.

So Don't have caused some trouble to Guardiola... The game against Espanyol will definitely be very intense, and there is no doubt. Messi will also be the core figure of his side and be the opponent's focus on guard, and even adopt the killing tactics. If Messi is really injured in this game and misses the next few games, wouldn't the loss be even greater?

After thinking about it, in the Barcelona derby a day later, Messi's name was indeed gone on the starting list.

Some media lamented that Tang En's mouth is so energetic. It can actually make the Barcelona head coach change his mind...

Not only is it not as simple as Messi, but in that game against Espanyol, the whole Barcelona team performed a little restrainedly. They were obviously not as proactive as the home team Espanyol in the away game. When the commentator talked about this, he said that Guardiola probably instilled in them the idea of ​​not being injured in the game.

Regardless of Guardiola being too cautious, Don Ng said it right, Barcelona's schedule during this period is very unfavorable to them:

After playing the Barcelona derby against Espanyol, the next round is Valencia, the fourth-ranked league, and then the world-renowned "War of the Century" and "National Derby" - Barcelona challenged Real Madrid away. After this game, it was the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. They were waiting at home for Nottingham Forest to come to play. Then they finished this game. It was the league's home game again, and then they challenge Nottingham Forest away.

It seems that Don En really has a deep understanding of his opponent. Even the opponent's schedule is well aware of. Faced with such a difficult schedule, it is indeed difficult for Barcelona to break through the entire line. After the league reached mid-April, it was time for everyone to be exhausted and exhausted. But this was the final sprint, and if there was a slight mistake, it might be "a mistake turned into eternal regret."

Barcelona will not be willing to lose the Champions League, nor will they be willing to give up the league. The four-point gap is not enough to make them beat Real Madrid, not to mention that they have a chance to have a direct conversation with Real Madrid.

On the other hand, Nottingham Forest's schedule is much easier. Before the match against Barcelona, ​​they only met one stronger opponent, that is Chelsea.

The result of the Barcelona derby was that the two sides tied 2:2. In this game, the referee also showed nine yellow cards and one red card. Espanyol's central defender Sergio Sanchez was sent off by a red card because he kicked Iniesta. The latter lasted for fifteen minutes after he was sent off with a red card, and was replaced by Guardiola with Yaya Toure.

Donndi showed his magical skills after his Crow's mouth, and Iniesta was substituted. Central defender Gabriel Milito also sprained his ankle in a fight and was forced to leave the field.

Barcelona fans should be very grateful that they were able to tie this game 2:2. Barcelona should be very grateful. In the end, Barcelona had nine players to face it - when Milito was injured, there were still eight minutes before the end of the game, and Guardiola had used up all substitutions.

The only thing that is thankful is that Guardiola did not arrange for Messi to start. In fact, by the last moment of the game, Barcelona was facing an unfavorable situation. Guardiola did not let Messi play. After seeing Espanyol's strong fighting spirit and rough actions, the fool would let Messi take that risk.

After the game, another media went to interview Don En and asked him what he thought about the game. Don En said in a tone called Catalan media gritting his teeth: "This result fully shows that I am definitely not a malicious curse. Because I am telling the truth. I don't believe that no one will be injured or no one will end up in a game like Barcelona Derby. So, I also don't believe that there will be no small friction when playing a game like the National Derby..."

This last sentence exposed his sinister and despicable nature - an Espanyol is not enough, and he continues to look forward to Real Madrid causing trouble for Barcelona.

Of course, Don En's two remarks also attracted Barcelona's attention. Guardiola did not express any opinions as always, and his players could not sit still.

Big Mouth Etoo was the first to fire at Tony Donn: "Some people just lack basic respect. I really don't know how such people became the head coach of a professional football club."

Harvey also expressed his dissatisfaction: "I don't think it's a suitable practice to promote the injury of players. Quaresma's injury is a tragedy. Does Mr. Donne want to see such a tragedy happen every day?"

In fact, the Barcelona players were very eloquent... Donne chose to shut up when he hit Barcelona.

However, the person who was most uncomfortable in the middle is Pique. As a Barcelona man, Pique has a deep relationship with Nottingham Forest and Don Endi. If it weren’t for the former boss and Nottingham Forest, Pique wouldn’t know how long it would take to be taken by Barcelona’s first team and become the main central defender today. This is also considered to be a “curve-save the country”…

Don En took the initiative to provoke a war of words with Barcelona. For Pique, who had played under his command, he certainly knew what the boss thought - it was not that he had a deep hatred for Barcelona, ​​it was just a necessary means for victory. But in the minds of his Barcelona teammates, this person had such a strong hatred with Barcelona.

When the reporter came to ask him the person who knew Tony Done the best in Barcelona team. Pique could only use "I refuse to express my opinion" to make excuses.

He was unwilling to say bad things about his mentor. But he could not turn his elbow out, so he had to remain silent.

Donne has the capital to pay so much attention to Barcelona. He doesn't want to fight multiple championships like Barcelona. His team currently has enough performance to gain a foothold in the top four in the league, and he has long given up on the FA Cup and the League Cup. Now he has a lot of time to play with Guardiola.

After tied with Espanyol and lost the two generals, the Cataloni media couldn't help but feel a little panicked. In fact, the media are like this, and they like it. When they learned that Nottingham Forest's opponent in the next round of the league was Chelsea, they all began to promote the great achievements Rijcard had achieved in Barcelona in their own three-point field. Since they had previously called Guardiola's Barcelona "Dream Two Team", they had to say that Rijcard was the "founder of the Dream Two Dynasty", just like Saki and Capello of AC Milan.

They reviewed Rijcard's experience in Barcelona, ​​and of course they automatically blocked those bad things, only talking about their achievements and not overthrow. Everyone gave him a high praise and sang praises. And wished him all the best and success at Chelsea.

Looking at these postures, you can't tell that when Rijkald was in trouble, they were the ones who took the blame.

Rijcard is a smart and calm person. He responded very coldly to the sudden collective praise of the Catalan media. Everyone who leaves Barcelona seems to have little impression of the local Catalan media...

When asked by reporters about this topic, he just said in a very plain tone: "I am Chelsea's head coach now. Of course I will strive to win the game against Nottingham Forest, but that's not for Barcelona."

But if it only defeats Nottingham Forest, it is actually not good for Barcelona. Don't pursue the league championship, so he can afford to lose in one or two games. The Catalan media definitely hopes that Don't "curse" them happens to him - in the fierce competition with Chelsea, many players left the court due to injury.

Tang En did not give them such a chance.

In previous years, the two teams met, which inevitably caused a war of words, which triggered the hot scenes in the game. In addition, Tang En and Rijkald had old grudges. The media speculated that this game might not be exciting, but it must be fierce. But what about? Tang En did not take the initiative to provoke a war of words, and Rijkald, who was frustrated by the team's factions, had no intention of arguing with outsiders.

During the game, Done rotated the entire starting lineup, and rotated all the players who were expected to start in the Champions League to the bench and stands.

The game ended up tied with Chelsea by 1:1. Notting Khan Forest was still fourth in the league and did not have any impact.

Compared with that Barcelona derby, the game was very civilized - there were no red cards and only four yellow cards, and no one left the game due to injury. The media only guessed half of the game. The game was indeed not exciting, but not intense. It was dull for ninety minutes. Both sides scored one goal and ended the highly anticipated "Mars Crashing Earth-like duel" before the game just like dealing with errands.

After the game, Don En wrote an article in his four media columns to mock the Catalan media for "doing their thoughts" and further escalated the war of words between the two sides.

Although there is more than a week before the real game day, the smoke of gunpowder has spread and is carried away from England by the wind toward Barcelona.
Chapter completed!