Godfather Of Champions

Although it is only July, Nottingham Forest has slowly closed the door to the transfer market. Dunn decided to keep his team away from the rumors that have been disturbing the transfer market and concentrate on preparing for the new season. Last season's Champions League is not the end for them. In front of this achievement, there are still higher achievements waiting for them to pursue.

When the Forest team was still training in Moscow, Allen had flown back to Nottingham to help Evan deal with various matters concerning the construction of the new stadium.

The Nottingham City Government and Nottingham Forest Club jointly announced a real estate development plan in Clifton. In the small town of Clifton southwest of Nottingham City, a large residential and commercial area will be built, as well as a plan to accommodate 60,000 people. The modern new stadium.

Then, the bidding work was launched across Europe.

When the Moscow Railway Cup is about to start, the official website of the Nottingham Forest Club announced the results of the tender for the new stadium.

In the end, Wilson_Bowden, the fifth largest house builder in the UK, won the bid to be responsible for the construction and development of the new stadium and residential area. The most attractive point of their tender proposal is that it saves money. The use of 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 area around the stadium and a Football theme parks can also bring huge returns to the club after it is completed-according to the plan. At that time, the Nottingham Forest New Stadium will not only be a football field, it will also be a playground, a satellite city that integrates dining, entertainment, residence, and leisure.

The initial funding for the new stadium comes from bank loans and new television broadcast revenues, as well as Champions League bonuses. As for the funds provided by sponsors, it is used to maintain the team's daily operations. Therefore, Allen has to seek more wealthy investors for this huge plan to ease the club's financial shortage in the next few years. Dunn, who has never cared much about club management, is also very concerned this time. How many years did Arsenal have to tighten the belt for Arsenal to build an Emirates Stadium? Dunn didn't want to be "the second Wenger." His savings in the transfer market this time made Allen very happy, but Dunn could not allow himself to save like this year after year. After seeing outstanding players but no money to buy, Dunn would definitely vomit blood.

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Before the Moscow Railway Cup, Dunn’s team had two warm-up matches in eastern Germany. One was a warm-up match between Cottbus and the local first-tier team Cottbus. In that match, Tang Grace will send reserve and first team substitutes and young players as the starters.

There is one person in Cottbus who cares a little about Dunn, that is, Chinese player Shao Jiayi and Sun Jihai's national team teammate. Everyone is Chinese. When choosing opponents for the warm-up match, naturally you have to take care of them. So the Forest team chose Cottbus, who was relegated in the Bundesliga.

Cottbus did his best to send the main force to play, but Shao Jiayi is not on the starting list, he is sitting on the bench.

Cottbus, who played all the main players in the first half, led the European champion Nottingham Forest "second team" with two goals.

This result inspired the entire Cottbus team, and also made the Cottbus fans who came to watch the game enthusiastic, and the atmosphere of the stadium became enthusiastic. This does not look like a warm-up match, but more like a Champions League group match that concerns who can qualify.

During the intermission, Dunn made adjustments and changed five people in one breath, Van Nistelrooy, Arshavin, Petrov, Lennon and Kompany.

After the main players played, the situation immediately improved. Originally, Cottbus players planned to continue to expand their results in the second half during the intermission. The victory made them forget who their opponents were. The cheering of Cottbus fans also made them think that they could do everything at home. .

Only thirty-eight seconds into the second half, Van Nistelrooy received a header from Arshavin's flank and scored the goal to tie the score to 1:2.

Dunn did not stand up and celebrate with his fists. For him, it was too easy for him to enter the door of a team like Cottbus.

After falling behind, Cottbus wanted to continue to struggle. In ten minutes, the Forest team scored another goal by Petrov to equalize the score.

This ball awakened Cottbus completely-this is a warm-up match, there is no need to do everything for the victory of this game, and there is no need to be upset and frustrated for the failure of this game, he began to substitute.

Cottbus changed the Comparable Forest team thoroughly. They changed nine people in one breath, and Shao Jiayi was among them.

Next, it was the Forest team's turn to continue to change. Dunn also didn't care about the outcome. He was mainly to investigate whether the newly joined players have gradually integrated into the team after so many days of training.

In the end, the two sides changed eleven people each, replacing all the players who played at the beginning. Nottingham Forest defeated Cottbus 4:2, proving the strength of their European champions.

Next, the team found a local amateur team to warm up. This was a completely closed warm-up match. In fact, it might be more appropriate to say that an intra-team match was played on the training ground without spectators and media. In the end, the Forest team swept the opponent 9:1 with Dunn's constant adjustments. Dunn was not satisfied yet-because his team lost a goal. After the game, the defenders of the coach who returned to the hotel criticized the players.

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

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The lottery ceremony was very simple, because it was just an ordinary pre-season invitational game. Everyone knew what this format of game was. It did not attract too much attention outside the media of the countries where the four teams are located.

The final result is quite interesting.

The head coaches of the four teams are sitting side by side on the stage. Dunn is sitting with Real Madrid’s new head coach German "Mad" Schuster, and AC Milan’s head coach Ancelotti is sitting with the head coach of Lokomotiv Moscow. Yuri Pavlovich sat together.

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

Everyone looked at the forest team and Real Madrid being drawn together, they all laughed knowingly. This is not the first time the two teams have met. The forest team’s first encounter with Real Madrid in the Champions League directly led to the dismissal of the former Real Madrid coach Brazilian Luxemburg and the former club chairman Floren The promise of the resignation.

In recent years, it has also been reported from time to time that Real Madrid is interested in George Wood of the Forest team. Just this summer, Dunn just rejected Real Madrid's 20 million euro offer for Ribery.

Also in this summer, after ending his four-year contract with Real Madrid, David Beckham chose to freely join Nottingham Forest. No one thought he would meet his former team in the arena so soon.

Dun En was also a little surprised by this result. He even felt that this was arranged by the organizer to create gimmicks that interest the media and the public and attract popularity.

He and Shuster sitting next to each other looked at each other. Everyone knew that the media were waiting for a good show, but they were not willing to let the people below get what they wanted.

At the press conference of the lottery ceremony, Dunn was asked about his opponent in the first round. He did not answer this question head-on. He just praised Real Madrid and congratulated them on winning the La Liga. This is basically unnecessary. Answers that can be said with your brain are not satisfactory to the media. They went to ask Schuster again. Schuster, who was a giant coach, also appeared very cautious. His answer was exactly the same as Dunn: Congratulations to the Forest team for winning the European Champions Cup, claiming that the Forest team is a question worthy of respect. .

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

If the Forest team can make the finals, then this scene is not too far away-I am afraid that no one here would think that AC Milan will lose to Lokomotiv Moscow, except for their coach Yuri Pavlovic.

In front of the three powerful tycoons, the host is like a supporting role at this moment, with few people interested.

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On July 26th and 27th, the first two games of the Railway Cup officially started (the plot requires it, and the time for the Railway Cup is slightly advanced). The first game is the highlight of the strong dialogue-Nottingham Forest vs. Real Madrid.

One is an upstart who has just become a Champions League champion, and the other is a traditional giant that has won the most championship trophies in the 52-year history of the Champions League. Stars gathered in the two sides, the stars were shining, and there were more topical characters like Beckham, which made this game attract everyone's attention. In contrast, although the organizing committee puts the second game tomorrow, the match between AC Milan and Lokomotiv Moscow is doomed to steal the limelight of this game.

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

So the media took the trouble to ask the head coaches of both sides any questions about Beckham. For example, they asked Real Madrid coach Schuster: "Is it a mistake to sell Beckham?" "Is Beckham not helping the team at all?" "What do you think of Beckham? Player, is he good? Did he receive fair treatment last season?" But dealing with Dunn is even simpler: "Why is David Beckham not on the starting list?"

This annoys Schuster, because Beckham’s business has nothing to do with him. He has never coached this Englishman for a day. Whether it is buying him to Real Madrid or sweeping him out, it’s the same as him who just took office. The new head coach is okay. Just because he is now the head coach of Real Madrid, he has to accept such harassment. He is a little unhappy.

Dunn is the same as Schuster. He didn't want the media to focus only on Beckham, as that would arouse the disgust of some people in the locker room. So after he answered "Why didn't Beckham start" because of injury, he refused to answer any other questions about Beckham. If a reporter opens his mouth "David Beckham...", Dunn will turn around and pretend not to hear this question, until someone asks "How is Nottingham Forest..." he will smile and answer related questions.

Because of Beckham, the coaches and the media were a bit unhappy before the game.

Many people who watched the ball on the scene also came for the stars, and most of the female fans came for David Beckham. As Beckham was not on the starting list, Nottingham Forest received unanimous boos from the fans when he played.

There are even a large number of female fans holding up a large poster of Beckham, screaming out Beckham's name, and demonstrating to Dunn. Although there is no shortage of superstars in the Forest team today, there is only Beckham himself as an influential player like David Beckham.

Tang En wouldn't care about the feelings of those fans, he didn't serve these people.

This is not a general warm-up match. This is a cup match with championship rewards. You cannot deal with Real Madrid like Cottbus. Dunn basically sent the main lineup of last season in the starting lineup of this game, only in the forwards. In terms of position, due to a minor injury to Eastwood, out of caution, Dunn let Arshavin replace Eastwood, while allowing Bendtner and Arshavin to start.

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

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

The game entered a fierce rhythm from the beginning. Compared with Real Madrid, which has just finished physical training, the Forest team, which has been training together for nearly half a month, is more aggressive. Arshavin was even more excited because he played in front of Russian fans.

Only three minutes into the game, the Forest team used a corner kick to break through Dudek's gate.

Arshavin's corner kick landed accurately on Pepe's head. All this central defender with excellent header ability and bounce ability has to do is just take off and shake his head, and the football folds into the net!

Leading Real Madrid makes the Nottingham Forest fans who have come from afar very excited. Although they are few, their momentum is not small. This is a very, very **** fan. No matter where the Forest team is playing, they will follow and cheer for the team on the spot. Their former leader was Michael Bernard, but now they are John and Bill, a fat man and a thin man.

After taking the lead, the Forest team did not give up offense and turned to defense. On the contrary, their offensive momentum became stronger. The forest team, which is known for its conservativeness in Europe, did not appear. Their offense made people think that the side wearing the red jersey was Real Madrid.

Throughout the first half, Real Madrid did not enter the rhythm of the game. They were dragged away by the forest pair. The forest team's fast passing offense and the pressing from the frontcourt made Real Madrid very uncomfortable. Towards the end of the first half, Nottingham Forest’s frontcourt pressure finally paid off. Their pressure caused a return error in Real Madrid’s defense. Petrov suddenly started, inserted into Real Madrid’s defense at high speed and broke the pass. The ball, then fooled Dudek, hit the far corner successfully.

2:0, Nottingham Forest leads with two goals!

This score and the first half made the TV commentators on the scene have to sigh, they can no longer classify Nottingham Forest as a "dark horse" or a "shooting star". Football forces in the European continent are bound to be re-divided because of this powerful player.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides to fight again, and Schuster made some adjustments in an attempt to restore the situation. He replaced the Argentine striker "Rabbit" Salola, who joined for free from Barcelona. 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 to help Real Madrid equalize the score.

Dunn began to make substitutions, he put Van Nistelrooy and David Beckham on the field at the same time.

Seeing Beckham appearing on the sidelines, countless neutral fans in the stands gave out cheers for Nottingham Forest for the first time, and those harsh boos before turned into enthusiastic cheers and applause. There was even a neat applause from the camp of Real Madrid fans-they had deep respect for the English player who helped his team regain the league championship, and they lay down and kissed the Bernabéu Stadium affectionately at the farewell ceremony. The scene of the turf is still fresh in my memory.

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

"David Beckham will be on the stage! When he announced that he would leave the Bernabeu and join Nottingham Forest, no one expected that we could see him appearing in the game against his old club so soon."

Perhaps the neutral fans cheered him because he is a world-renowned star, a popular lover in the hearts of women, a handsome guy, an English gentleman...because of his fame. But the cheers and applause from Real Madrid fans are the best affirmation of Beckham’s performance last season. They thanked Beckham for his professional ethics despite being abandoned by the club’s board and coaches. They also thanked him. Beckham turned the tide at the last minute regardless of the predecessors, helped the team reverse Barcelona and successfully climbed to the top. The applause was even more because they were moved by Beckham’s professionalism. In their eyes, David Beckham was not printed on the advertising poster and the "entertainment star" who appeared on the front page of the gossip tabloid, but a A true "professional football player".

Dunn looked at this situation and smiled. He was sincerely pleased with the achievements of his friends.

Seeing Beckham playing, the happiest person was actually not the fans in the stands, nor Tony Dunn, but Van Nistelrooy standing next to him.

This is the first time four years later that two people are wearing the same team's clothes and fighting side by side in the game-eliminating the kind of warm-up match with Cottbus that can change 11 people.

Since Beckham left Manchester United, the number of goals scored by the "king of the small penalty zone" Van Nistelrooy has dropped sharply, and the limelight in the Premier League's scorer list has been completely snatched by Henry of Arsenal. This cannot be simply attributed to Van Nistelrooy’s increasing age, decline in fitness, and more injuries. Another reason that cannot be ignored is that Van Nistelrooy, who is used to passing by Beckham, after his good friend left, Somewhat at a loss.

Now it's alright, David is back, and the "king of the small restricted area" that frightened his opponent will also be resurrected.

Dunn is well aware of the friendship between the two of them, and how this friendship helps the team. So when allocating rooms for the training camp, he deliberately assigned Van Nistelrooy and Beckham to a room, let them relive the past, and then cooperated on the court to help him attack the city.

Beckham replaced Lennon and Van Nistelrooy replaced Arshavin.

The second substitution surprised Schuster. He originally thought Dunn would use Ruud van Nistelrooy to replace Bendtner, who is also a high center forward, but he didn't expect it to be Arshavin...double center? This is really rare...

Beckham first touched the ball with a 45-degree cross from the penalty area and almost assisted Van Nistelrooy. If it weren't for Van Nistelrooy's header shot a little too far, the score It was 3:2 and Nottingham Forest took the lead.

Seeing this attack, Schuster suddenly realized that Dunn wanted to use Beckham's accurate wing-crossing ability to implement high-altitude bombing tactics.

Everyone knows that Real Madrid's defenses are inferior in air defense. In the face of a center with a strong body and excellent header ability, even the 2006 World Footballer Cannavaro has nothing to do. Now the club is still looking for an excellent header with an excellent central defender in the transfer market, but progress is slow. In this game, Schuster relied on Cannavaro and Ramos to play as a central defender and handed the right to the young player Miguel Torres.

It seems that Dunn is also very aware of Real Madrid's weaknesses, so he used this set of victory-oriented tactics-he seems to have no intention of relying on this game to train his troops, except for victory.

The female fans in the stands holding Beckham's large poster screamed loudly and shouted Beckham's name to applaud his performance in this attack. Among these people are local Russians, and there are also "die loyal fans" of Beckham who came from Germany, England, and Spain.

Amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the female fans, Beckham ushered in the first free kick he won in the game after joining the Forest team-still excluding the warm-up game that allowed 11 players each.

Beckham's free kick did not score, but flew out against the crossbar. Before the two goals of the Forest team did not impress Dunn, he was upset and frustrated because of the fact that he did not hold his head and squatted down on the sidelines.

Real Madrid also won a free kick. Beckham and Robert Carlos left the team one after another this summer, together with Figo and Zidane who left before, the original talented free-kick penalty players are now gone. Real Madrid's free kick was taken by Guti. The ball shot by the "Golden Wolf" was too accurate, lacking in speed and arc, and was easily won by Van der Sar, who was well positioned.

Next, Van Nistelrooy took the ball a little to the right of the front edge of the penalty area. He should split the sides in time, but chose to force a breakthrough. In the end, he was stopped by his opponent with a foul and again won a free kick for the Forest team. Or... to win another free kick for Beckham.

He personally pushed the ball into Beckham's hands: "Warm up, look for feelings."

Beckham shrugged and smiled helplessly: "If you split the sides just now, I can pass on the right. Bendtner is waiting in front of the door."

"Ah!" Van Nistelrooy scratched his head in surprise, "I just thought about free kicks. We have been away for four years, and we are a little uncomfortable...hehe."

Beckham pushed him, "Go and wait for the fill shot."

"No need." Van Nistelrooy mumbled inside.

Beckham put the football on the ground and waited for his opponent to line up the wall.

In front of my eyes is a white wall of people. The clothes they wear are very familiar, because just two months ago, he was wearing that jersey to celebrate the 30th league in the history of the team at the Bernabeu Stadium. The champion. He is familiar with some of the faces of the people opposite, because he has been playing football together for several years.

I didn't expect it...so soon, I met again, and I was still an opponent.

He has never experienced such a scene. After moving to Real Madrid, Real Madrid never met Manchester United in the Champions League, and he would not know what it was like to face the former club. Now he knows.

When he chose to join Nottingham Forest, he was actually prepared for this. Because joining the Forest team is not the same as joining Real Madrid, as in the English Premier League, the Forest team has at least two chances to play against Manchester United each season.

In order to take care of his mood, Dunn wrote "Beckham does not have to play against Manchester United" into the contract, but Beckham personally rejected this. He said that he is a professional player, and professional players should have professional ethics.

It's like Ruud van Nistelrooy stuffed the football into his hands and said: "Warm up, find the feeling"...

Beckham retreated, ready to take the direct free kick only 20 meters away from the goal.

Casillas, who was replaced in the second half, lowered his body in front of the goal line, lowered his center of gravity, and stood ready. As a teammate who has been training with Real Madrid for four years, he is very familiar with Beckham's free kick ability and he dare not care.

There were as many as six people on the human wall, blocking the area in front of Beckham's eyes tightly. He backed away, glanced at the wall and the goal behind him, and then began to run.

David Beckham's free kick approach is not long. He stepped in front of the ball in two or three steps. Then he leaned to the left, stretched his right foot, opened his arms to maintain balance, and his waist and abdomen muscles moved his body. At the moment when his right foot hit the ball, Beckham's body was tilted almost parallel to the ground, and the left ankle supporting his entire body looked like it was about to be twisted... At this moment, it was pulled down. The right leg hit the middle and lower part of the football exactly like a whip, exploding with huge energy.

The football soared into the air, bypassing the jumping Real Madrid wall, and drew a clear arc in the air, hanging towards the corner of the goal!

Casillas struggling to pounce on the football, but when he saw the football suddenly appear from behind the wall, it was too late to make a move. In addition to the slight disadvantage of height, the length of his hand out in the air was not enough...

The football rubbed the inside of the goal post, stuck to Casillas' fingertips, and flew into the goal!

Great cheers erupted from the stadium stands, louder than any of the previous four goals. There is no doubt that this is a goal that satisfies the audience and is worth the price-Beckham, who is of public concern, scored, and it was the former club's gate that was broken.

"David Beckham! Although it was only an invitational match, it was an exciting goal! He penetrated the gates of the former club Real Madrid! He didn't hesitate at all, it was neat!"

"His excellent form continued in the final stage of last season, but now it is not Real Madrid that is benefiting, but Nottingham Forest! Tony Dunn signed a world-class player without spending a penny. This deal is really a good deal. !"

Beckham did not celebrate his goal in front of Real Madrid fans and players. He just opened his arms, clenched his fists, and was thrown into his arms by Van Nistelrooy.

"David! David! Haha... David!" The Dutchman could only shout like that.

Seeing the man surrounded by the forest team players celebrating the goal, Schuster thought that Calderon would let him go. It was a foolish act. Everyone else can go, this person is really wrong to go...

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The 90-minute game ended. La Liga champions Real Madrid lost 3-4 to European champions Nottingham Forest and lost their qualifications for the finals.

Although in the final game, Van Nistelrooy of the Forest and Saviola of Real Madrid scored a goal each, making this game a wonderful goal battle. But in the hearts of all those who watched this game, David Beckham’s iconic free kick was the most eye-catching goal. Those fans who bought tickets to watch the game were contented. He left the Lokomotiv Stadium in Moscow with seven goals and the return of a world-class player. It was an exciting night. (To be continued, if you want to know what's going on, please visit www.qidian.com, there are more chapters, authors are supported, and genuine reading is supported!)

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