After eight league games, Forest have won seven and drawn one, with 22 points and are top of the table with an unbeaten record. Second-placed Arsenal have played one less game than Forest, with six wins, one draw and 19 points, and are also unbeaten.

Ranking first in the league is certainly a thing worth celebrating, and the scenery is infinitely good. But at the same time, you have to bear the pressure of being a frontrunner. Enjoying the scenery of those who have reached the summit, it is natural that they will have to pay a corresponding price.

Nottingham Forest are now the strain of all of England football, with Done feeling as if he was playing a Champions League final every game. Because his opponents are always inexplicably special.

In the ninth round of the league, Forest fought hard for 90 minutes and won 3-2 against Birmingham. But it cost Pepe a month out injured and Grosso being sent off for a red card.

After the game, despite the victory, Done still scolded his opponents Birmingham for playing rough football.

'I think there's a bad problem with the Premier League right now. That's any team that is going to be very aggressive when they play against us, and I'm not just talking about how good they are, but other than that, these teams are very rough. I don't feel like it's a Premier League, it's a desperate game, and if you lose, you're going to die? All opponents are used to using rough moves against my players, but look at what the referee did? My player was sent off for a tie and the opponent was just a yellow card. I wonder if all this was dictated by the FA......"

Donn's remarks have been added to by the media and have caused a lot of turmoil in English football. He was also fined £15,000. At the same time, the FA issued a formal warning to him, hoping that he would not mislead the general public with his words and actions.

It is impossible to say how many times this is a feud between Done and the FA. Don doesn't care about fines, and if a little money can make him criticize things he doesn't like, it's actually quite a good deal.

Looking at the fixture schedule, it's easy to see why Done would have gone into a frenzy after the Birmingham City game, lashing out at his opponents and the English FA. Lost defender Pepe and Grosso's Tony. Donn will face a strong Manchester United, who are now third in the league and have unwittingly completed a series of overtakes and are eyeing the top two teams.

In fact, to be fair, Grosso's dismissal was a bit of a self-inflicted blame. Prior to his dismissal, he had been underwhelmed and had been at Nottingham Forest for more than three months and still couldn't fully adapt to the pace of the Premier League. This was a big disappointment for Donn. The "great Italian left-back" he had in mind seemed to have lost his magical aura.

It's not that Grosso is not capable enough, his assists are sharp, but he can't keep up with the rhythm of the Premier League wingers defensively, and he has been repeatedly broken. Forest's left side of the flank is now a key attacking position for other teams.

He got the second yellow card for helping Pepe fight a draw, but was shown a yellow card by the referee for excessive words. The first yellow card was because after being broken through by the opponent, it was too late to intercept, so he could only turn around and pull down the opponent and was judged to have committed a foul.

If Donn just wants a full-back with a good attack, he might as well go with Gareth. Bel. The problem is that Donn needs a balanced full-back, and he has the impression that Grosso should be such a person, and how dazzling his performance is in the Italian national team...... Even after missing many games at Inter Milan due to injury, he is still heroic.

Don now has to admit that he didn't think about the differences in football styles when he bought Grosso.

Grosso doesn't seem to be comfortable with the high-tempo of the Premier League.

Taking advantage of the red card suspension, Don planned to put him on the bench to rest.

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Next, the eleventh round, the focus battle. Forest lost 2-1 to Manchester United at home stadium.

"Nottingham Forest's unbeaten run of 18 Premier League games and 13 consecutive wins since March 17 this year has come to an end. Since the 0-0 draw away to Chelsea on 17 March, Nottingham Forest have not lost in the league. Before being held to a draw away by Reading on 15 September, they had won 15 games in a row. It was a remarkable feat that was broken by Manchester United last night. ”

The post-match summary explained the game in a few simple sentences.

The reality is much more exciting than these few words. Donn didn't want to lose at home to Manchester United, he gave it his all. Ferguson was also reluctant to lose at home and gave it his all. It was a great pity for everyone that Beckham, who had been in the spotlight before the game, felt muscle soreness two days before the game, and Done did not put him in the squad out of caution, and that's it. David Beckham missed the chance to go head-to-head with their favourite team.

Although there was no Beckham as a topic person, the game was still very exciting. There were only three goals, but every minute would keep both fans talking. The two coaches tried their best to make a-for-tat tactical arrangement.

In the end, Donn was defeated, because he lost without Ferguson.

Losing the strong dialogue made Don not feel very good. When asked about "winning streak" and "undefeated", he was surprised and asked: "Really?" It turned out that they were all undefeated in eighteen consecutive rounds, and they won fifteen rounds in a row...... It's a pity, it's a pity......" and then I didn't say anything else, making the media think that this interview was too boring.

But everyone knows that it's true that Don is in a bad mood. No one likes to fail, and Donn doesn't like it even more.

In fact, there is another reason why Donn is in a bad mood - Piquet and Ribery were also injured in the game against Manchester United. Piquee was substituted on the spot, while Ribery insisted on playing the game, but the results of the post-game medical examination were not encouraging.

In previous seasons, thanks to God's care, Nottingham Forest rarely had a large-scale injury outbreak. With their Champions Cup and Super Cup triumphs gone, their good fortune seems to have run out.

Is it because of poor physical strength and poor movements? Not. Some injuries are due to rough movements, while others are inexplicable. For example, Ribery, when he was just doing a feint, his foot did not kick the football, but directly to the ground! It's unbelievable that such an amateur action is at the heart of the French team. But it just happened.

Franck Ribery was injured and fell to the ground with his right foot, but after a brief treatment he was back on the pitch and continued playing, looking fine. Who knew that after the game, the phalanges were fractured, and it would take at least a month of recuperation before they could resume training.

In comparison, Pique's injury looked serious at first, but the actual situation was much better. You only need to rest for ten days to get back on the field.

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During this time, Nottingham Forest was surprisingly unlucky. Losing in the league and losing a game, the Champions League group stage has not tasted victory so far. In the first round they drew away to Porto, and in the second round, they lost to Marseille by a narrow goal at home.

As soon as this result came out, many people fell through their eyes. You must know that when the draw was made, the media almost always favored Nottingham Forest to become the first place in this group. Now, after two rounds, one draw and one loss, one point is in third place in the group. After two rounds of the Champions Cup group stage, the defending champions have not won a game, and some people have already said that the Forest team is not planning to win the League Cup after winning the Champions Cup, right?

According to the rules, the third place in the group stage of the Champions League qualifies to play in the League Cup. If Nottingham Forest can't finish in the top two of the group and finish third, they will have to "deign" to play in the League Cup.

Pepe's injury doctor said it was a legacy of last season's old injury, and if he didn't pay attention to it in the future, he might have recurred, and if he got back on the pitch too soon, he could have been hovering back and forth between constant injuries and constant returns throughout the season.

Pepe is the absolute mainstay and central figure in the Forest backline. His absence was a heavy blow to Forest's defence. But Don didn't dare to let Pepe return to the team too early, after all, if he really made a glass man who was constantly injured, Pepe would basically be ruined.

Piquet will have ten days off, Kompany and Ayala will be the main beams in the next few days, and Grosso will be temporarily sent to the cold palace, Layton. Barnes and Gareth. Bale rotated and Raphinha on the right was solid. However, Zim Bonda's mood was a little low, because in the game where Forest slaughtered Portsmouth, it was all rotation, and Donn chose Sun Jihai instead of him at right-back. In addition, at halftime, Don was enthusiastic and said that he would not change someone, but he was put on the bench list and did not even get a chance to play for a minute. This disappointed him.

Before winning an important championship, everyone can wither this unified goal and unite together, work hard, no matter how hard and tired they are, and have no complaints. But once the honor is in hand, there is no guarantee that no one will play their own little calculations in their hearts.

Fight for more weekly salary for yourself, and fight for more opportunities for yourself......

Don felt a little starting to have a headache.

Now the team has lost two games in a row including the Champions Cup. Two defeats in a row have only occurred twice in the team's first season in the Premier League, when Done and Forest were inexperienced and very pure promotion horses and rookies.

The foundation of Donn's reign in this team is "winning and winning", and victory can cover everything and tinker with everything. But what happens when the team can't win?

Not sure, but certainly not a good thing.

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During this time, everyone can see that their head coach Tony. Don was in a bad mood. There are so many reasons: Pepe and Ribery's injuries, the undercurrents in the team, the slumping results, and the media distraction......

In regular training, Don En no longer jokes with his coach and players, wearing sunglasses and a straight face, people don't dare to laugh out loud, for fear of provoking the wrong head and being held against him.

It's not a normal atmosphere in the Forest squad. Forest's training has always been strict and relaxed, with Don and Chris Lak and Don taking the quality of training very seriously and never allowing the players to sneak around while training. But while training seriously, Don will often make some innocuous jokes with the players, tell some bad jokes to liven up the atmosphere, coupled with the good atmosphere of consecutive wins, everyone will complete the high-intensity training in laughter, and will not feel too tired.

It's different now. Don pretended to be cool with a straight face, and didn't tell jokes to liven up the atmosphere, plus after losing two games in a row, everyone looked preoccupied with each other. This oppressive atmosphere is really unbearable.

Eastwood and Ribery have always been the two living treasures in the team, and these two also have the feeling of "heroes cherish heroes", and they play treasure together. With them, the atmosphere can't be cold. As a result, now that Ribery is out of the team due to injury, Eastwood is also suffering from minor injuries, and he is not in the mood to play treasure.

This situation was unanimously maintained until Ribery returned to the team.

Before training that day, Don met Ribery, a "Blade Warrior" on crutches, on the side of the training ground, and he was a little surprised.

"Didn't you say there's still a month left before you get back to training? Can you get out of bed and walk so quickly? ”

Ribery grabbed the fence next to him with one hand, raised his cane with the other, and smiled at Donne: "With this, you can go anywhere." ”

Tang En smiled dryly: "But you can't train yet." ”

"Let's take a look at everyone. I just took the opportunity to take a break. ”

The others arrived one after another, and Ribery was busy greeting them one by one, so Don himself turned and went in first. Ribery glanced at his departure.

After the team started training, Ribery was not in a hurry to leave, he watched from the sidelines alone.

Everyone had a warm smile on their faces when they greeted each other, but when I started training, the atmosphere changed completely.

The people who greeted each other with a smile just now were like killing their father's enemies on the training ground, one by one murderous and glaring at each other. Seeing this scene, Ribery shook his head lightly below, the situation is not good......

At the end of the training, according to the practice of the Forest team, there were several small-scale intra-team games, and the winner was decided by one goal, and in the end, there was no reward for the winner, and the loss was punished for a lap.

The purpose of this kind of game is to develop the players' desire to win, but it is also a way to have fun and relax. Compared to boring training subjects, most players still prefer games with the ball at their feet and free play. Although the competitive atmosphere is very strong, everyone has something to talk and laugh about. Naturally, he is merciless in coaxing the mistakes of others, but there is always a relaxed smile on his face.

Ribery sees something different today.

As soon as it came up, the smell of gunpowder was very strong.

As a result, less than five minutes into the game, Zim Bonda flipped the tall Bendtner out with a ferocious back-tackle in the defense and rolled on the ground several times, and the previously accumulated gunpowder finally got a chance to explode and suddenly vented.

Pepe, Pique, Eastwood, David Beckham, Ribery...... In this context, whether it is a game or training, everyone will pay special attention to this aspect of things, and everyone is afraid that they will be injured and become the next person to sit in the stands, and the position that they finally got may disappear with this injury.

Bendtner, who had been under pressure from Ruud van Nistelrooy, finally got a chance to perform, scoring a hat-trick against Portsmouth and being named in the Premier League team of the round. He sees this as an opportunity to get into the main lineup, and now he has Zim Bonda tackled to the ground in training, not to mention whether he is injured or not, but this behavior of his teammates makes him very angry, it is a fluke not to be injured, what if he is injured?

So after Bendtner turned around the ground a few times and found that he didn't seem to be injured, he immediately jumped up from the ground, rushed in front of Zim Bonda, and swung it with a punch!

Zim Bonda had just gotten up and was caught off guard by Bendtner's quick reaction...... Bendtner's straight right hit the target accurately, and Zim Bonda, who had just gotten up and hadn't yet stood firm, was directly beaten and sat down.

But don't underestimate French defender Zim Bonda! In any case, he is also black, his physical fitness is different from ordinary people, and his ability to resist blows is also super strong. He had just sat down, then he rolled over and jumped up again, and kicked Bendtner's foot. The kick missed the target, but it did stop Bendtner's pressing, causing him to drop back for a moment.

At the same time, it also gives the teammates next to him time to come up and pull the fight.

For a while, a group of people poured in, separating the two, and it is unknown whether there was any physical contact in the chaos.

Chrislac, who was in charge of refereeing, used the whistle in his mouth as a siren, and the shrill whistle of "beep-beep-" made the already noisy and chaotic scene even more chaotic. Everyone was getting a little excited, and Zim Bonda was struggling to break free from his teammates' interceptions and try to go up and beat Bendtner. The big Danish man also waved his fist at him without showing weakness, and shouted in his mouth: "Here you come! ”

The coaching staff all rushed into the field to separate the angry sides.

Don stood on the sidelines wearing sunglasses, coldly watching everything that happened inside, as if none of this had anything to do with him.

Ribery reflexively turned his head to look outside the training ground. Fortunately, this was near the end of the training, and there was no media on the scene, otherwise such a scandal would have caused an uproar when it was revealed. What makes Nottingham Forest proud is that they have never had a single scandal of internal contradictions, so the team comes across as united and fearsome to their opponents. But if you let the enemy know that this fortress is not as impregnable as it seems...... What will happen?

Ribery was relieved not to see the media, and he twisted back to see his teammates who were still clamoring, and suddenly felt that they were strange. It's a fucking terrible situation!

He shook his head.

(To be continued)