Don propped his hands on the shelves where the tactical boards were placed, and the messy tactical boards had been placed at his feet. He stared at the players who were ready and said slowly but firmly: "I have only one request for this game - to win!" ”

What the? Nottingham Forest want to win Manchester United?

If this sentence had been said half a season ago, everyone who heard it would have burst out laughing, as if watching Mr. Bean's comedy felt nonsensical.

But now that the Nottingham Forest team has said such things, I believe that there are not many people who dare to doubt it.

Half a season, Donn spent half a season changing the impression of the Forest team as a "weak team" in the eyes of others. If it is a weak team, how can it still firmly occupy one of the top six places in the league in the 34th round of the league and press Liverpool under him? If it's a weak team, how can they be unbeaten so far against the top four teams in the league? A draw at home against Arsenal, a home win against Chelsea, an away draw against Manchester United, an away draw against Everton, an away draw and a home win, that's what the young Forest team has to say, and they couldn't have asked for more.

Before the start of the game, Ferguson and Donn shook hands on the sidelines very graciously, and then said goodbye.

Truth be told, Don didn't hate the old Scottish man at all. Although the other party is not less ridiculing himself, but at the same time he is also ridiculing the other party. Football games, this kind of thing is normal. The taunting between him and Ferguson has not yet developed to the extent that Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have.

If you don't hate it, you don't hate it, and when you should not save face, you still have to save face.

In this game, Donn's Forest team must win, and Manchester United will want to win as well.

With Chelsea and Arsenal also having one less game, with 67 points from 32 games, Everton is 13 points away from Manchester United in fourth place, and it is really difficult to be reversed by Everton...... They are just three points clear of second-placed Arsenal. If Arsenal are beaten away by Chelsea, then Chelsea will declare the title almost early. Manchester United will also be level on points with Arsenal and have great hopes of overtaking them with five league games remaining.

Ferguson didn't care if he could finish runners-up in the league, he didn't need that kind of false name. He doesn't care that there is no difference between second and third in the league. If Newcastle are now second in the league, Ferguson probably won't have any ideas. It was Arsenal who weighed on Manchester United. Ferguson will not allow that to happen - United are going to pull Arsenal down and put them on top of each other anyway.

Because both teams want to win, the game is always in a fierce confrontation from the first second. In this game, Donn and Ferguson both fielded their strongest lineups. Don is to survive, to get the top four in the league, to qualify for the Champions Cup, to qualify for the Champions Cup, there will be more prize money, more money can buy more and better players, and the small club Forest can gradually achieve that great goal...... And Ferguson is for honor. He would never allow himself to lose to Arsene Wenger.

It was only 20 minutes into the game, and although neither side scored, the total number of shots on goal had reached 24, an average of 12 for each team. Fourteen fouls were committed by Nottingham Forest and ten by Manchester United. Offside Manchester United slightly more than Forest, 3:2. Although the data is very dry, it can intuitively reflect the intensity of this game.

Forest faced a strong opponent on their home turf, but they were not conservative at all, showing the momentum of attacking football and trying to overwhelm Manchester United. Manchester United are also not to be outdone. Alex Ferguson is not a man who likes to pretend to be grandchildren, and if the more his opponents show a tough side in front of him, then his United will use more momentum to overwhelm them. Arsene Wenger's Arsenal is unwilling to bow down to Manchester United, and always wants to suppress Manchester United and dominate the Premier League, so Ferguson and Wenger are on their shoulders.

Both teams have the kind of temperament that is unwilling to admit defeat in front of the strong, to be strong, and to be stronger when they are strong. This game is a matter of course Mars hitting the Earth - it was intense.

Sky TV's plan for live streaming is not this match, but another Chelsea home game against Arsenal. While Forest's home game against Manchester United is more important in the sense that the results of the two games can determine anything, who makes the football between Arsenal and Chelsea more off-pitch?

Mourinho has only been in the Premier League for less than a season, and he has already offended all the people he can offend. Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Rafael Benitez, plus Toney? Dawn. Sky TV chose to broadcast this match live because Mourinho and Wenger don't look down on each other, and such a match must be hot.

It's a pity that they all guessed wrong.

The game between Arsenal and Chelsea was very dull. Arsenal want to win, Chelsea just need a draw. So Mourinho's team set up an iron bucket formation, allowing Arsenal to attack like a tide and surging outside, and he just didn't come out. A game without a confrontation has no appreciation value. Narrator Andy? Gray yawned, pulled the headphones, covered the microphone and muttered, "I knew that I might as well go and explain another show!" ”

The other game he was talking about was the Nottingham Forest vs. Manchester United.

Judging from the data transmitted from each field at the same time, the game between Forest and Manchester United was indeed intense, and the two sides had already played to a 2-2 draw with one minute left in the first half. Stamford Bridge, on the other hand, is still 0-0. It's so dull, isn't it...... The first half is over, Andy? Gray looked at Martin? Taylor took off his headphones and handed him a glass of water.

"Thank you."

Gray shook his head: "Off-field factors, off-field factors...... What about the off-field factors of this game? I can't even tell which game is important, what the idiots at the TV station are thinking. ”

Taylor smiled and put the empty water glass back: "Don't complain, I'm afraid you'll be commenting on his game until you vomit next season." ”

Gray said, "It's impossible, he's an interesting guy." ”

※※※ While the two commentators were privately commenting on Donn, the first half of the City Stadium game had just ended. The score on the electronic scoreboard is 2:2. Forest scored a goal each through Viduka and Crouch, and the Reds were no slouch, with Forest always finding an equaliser quickly after each lead, thanks to their formidable attacking duo of Ruud van Nistelrooy and Wayne Rooney.

Hierro is old after all, and he seems a little powerless in the face of Rooney's onslaught. Okay George? Wood knew what he had to do, and he didn't need manager Donn to yell at him, he would take some of the defensive pressure off Hierro.

At half-time, Done praised his players' performance, even though they allowed their opponents to score two goals in half a long time.

"Good job, keep playing like this in the second half!"

At the start of the second half, Forest dominated the home field and launched a wave of onslaught against United's penalty area amid the shouts of nearly 30,000 fans. Without Edwin van der Sar, Manchester United's defence remains a big problem. Ferguson also knew this, so he didn't want to revert to defending in the second half, but made the exact same choice as Donn - continue to strengthen their strengths, attack.

Donne brought on Mikel Arteta to continue to strengthen the attack, while Alex Ferguson brought on Allan? Smith is an offensive player.

Attack. The fans were overjoyed, and the two managers stood on the sidelines with frowns on their faces, watching closely what was happening on the pitch.

The pace of offensive and defensive transitions has accelerated, and the active mistakes of both sides have increased. The scene looks good, but the technical and tactical content is reduced.

Don didn't have any good tactics at his disposal, and he believed Ferguson did too. There is very little that the manager can do in this kind of competition. It's more about the performance of the players on the field.

A flash of inspiration can make or break the game.

Arteta suddenly burst through the middle with the ball, Roy? Keane stepped forward to stop the other man. After seeing Keane come up, Arteta suddenly played the ball out and into Ribery. Ribery didn't get the ball down and crossed, but in Cristiano? Ronaldo and Gary? Under Neville's sandwich, he suddenly cut inside and rushed to the penalty area!

The change came as a surprise to Manchester United, who hastily mobilized a large number of troops to encircle and intercept them. Ribery attracted three of United's defenders, but instead of breaking through, he made a feint and then played the ball back to the top of the box.

"Mikel? Arteta! ”

Arteta shoots straight from distance without stopping!

Keane didn't expect Ribery to get the ball back so quickly, let alone Arteta didn't run into the box, but stopped outside and waited for the pass...... Carroll's reaction was not unpleasant, he made a save, and he did a good job of saving the ball. But instead of flying out of the baseline, the ball bounced back in. The football leaped high and when everyone could only look up, Crouch rose to the ground and smashed the ball into the unguarded Manchester United goal with a header that he was not good at without interference!

※※※ Stamford Bridge, Andy? Gray yawned. The score was still 0:0. Despite the pre-match media hype, the match wasn't worth the ticket price at all. The subtitles typed under a small monitor in front of him caught his eye:

Nottingham Forest 3:2 Manchester United, Scorer: Pitt? Crouch, seventy-ninth minute.

His eyes widened.

※※※ The cheers at the City Stadium continued from the moment Crouch scored until the end of the game. Manchester United tried everything but failed to break down the Forest defence, and had to reluctantly accept the result.

Ferguson stood in front of Donn and stretched out his hand to him with a straight face: "Every time I see you so young, I think...... Am I too old? ”

"Ah...... This ......" Donn didn't know what to say. It stands to reason that he won the game and should have said something nice to comfort Ferguson. But he always felt that Ferguson was not the kind of loser who needed a winner to console him.

"Just kidding. Seeing you, my retirement plans are going to be postponed again. The boss slapped Donn's palm hard, then turned around and led the United coaching staff into the players' tunnel.

Donn watched Ferguson leave the pitch before turning to look at the excited players.

"Well done, boys. Well done. ”

(To be continued)