Chapter 500 Lie down to the top

Notts County is exerting its strength, AC Milan is also exerting its strength, and the influence of the Serie A giants is still extremely huge!

Berlusconi, as the Italian Prime Minister, although it is impossible to come forward for this matter, he can also influence many people invisibly.

In last year's European Ballon d'Or, AC Milan supported Juventus, and Nedved got his wish. This time, it was Juventus' turn to help Milan. The two Serie A giants, plus countless people who stood up and cheered for it. Little brother, it seems that the whole Italian football world is moving, and the momentum is huge.

Milan has allies, Notts County has them, and even in Serie A, there are still Inter Milan and Roma who are fighting against the Holy Alliance.

Moreover, several giants have maintained a good relationship with Notts County because of player transfers, such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and Bayern. They may not be able to support Notts County openly, but they praised Villa's performance in public. OK.

The European Ballon d'Or competition kicked off early, and even made this European league a little overshadowed. The competition between Shevchenko and Villa has entered a white-hot level.

However, judging from the current situation, Villa will be in the leading position.

No way, who made David and Berlusconi not the same kind of people!

Berlusconi is rich and powerful, but he is an uncompromising politician. Maybe he likes football and AC Milan, but it is destined that AC Milan is just a plaything for him. He can't give everything for AC Milan. It's even less likely that a player from AC Milan will compete for the European Ballon d'Or regardless of the investment.

But David is different, Notts County is everything to him, and he doesn't care how much he pays for Notts County.

Now that Shevchenko has voting guarantees for this part of Eastern Europe, David goes to their home and breaks down their castle from the inside.

The Notts County Foundation, which was established before, took action with a clear purpose and divided it into several routes to Eastern Europe to cooperate with national football associations to engage in youth football training, which can not only promote Notts County's influence, but also add to Villa's aspirations. Chips, kill two birds with one stone.

All the work that needs to be done has been done. If Shevchenko can still win the European Ballon d'Or and Villa hates it, then David can't say anything!

Although they are concentrating on building momentum for Villa, the game at Notts County is still to be played. It is impossible to put the cart before the horse. Without results, everything is a cloud.

After four rounds of the league, this season's UEFA Champions League also kicked off. This is the first time Notts County has stepped onto the highest stage in Europe.

Of course, the opponents in the first game are no strangers to Notts County. After all, the two sides had already played against each other two weeks ago, but this time it was Notts County home!

In the European Super Cup contest, Notts County defeated Monaco 5:2 and won the second European Super Cup championship trophy in the club's history. Now the two teams will play in the Champions League group stage again. This time there is no One would think Monaco could have won Notts County, even in the French press.

And the result of this game was indeed as expected. Monaco, who still insisted on the offensive style of play, did not cause too much trouble for Notts County. Although Deschamps' team broke Notts County's goal twice, the home court The fighting Notts County scored four goals and won the first Champions League game in the club's history 4:2.

Although the number of goals scored by Notts County is one less than that in the European Super Cup, taking all three points is the most important thing, and Notts County needs to achieve its goal.

For Monaco, losing to Notts County, the strongest player in the group, has a certain impact on the qualifying situation, but as long as they are not defeated in the match against Deportivo, they can still qualify for the qualifying smoothly, so Nor does it feel like the end of the world.

Three days later, Notts County came to play against Blackburn on the road. Although half of the starting lineup was rotated, Notts County still took all three points away, and because this game started earlier than other games in this round. , so Notts County climbed to the top of the standings for the first time this season after the game.

Of course, the position is not secure and there is a good chance it will slip after Chelsea's two games against Manchester United.

But when all the games in this round were over, everyone discovered that Notts County was still sitting on the top spot in the standings!

It turned out that both Chelsea and Manchester United were tied by stubborn opponents in this game. Manchester United and Liverpool won their opponents respectively, and the four teams became tied again!

And Notts County actually secured the top spot in the standings with a one-point advantage. This is really good luck!

Such an unexpected surprise made the entire Notts County team smile.

The fans are also very excited. In the media rendering before the season, Notts County seems to have entered hell, but now that five rounds of the league have passed, Notts County has not only not fallen, but occupies the top position in the standings alone. Is that what you mean by depravity?

But what makes Notts County fans even more excited is that Notts County will face their rivals Nottingham Forest in the next round of the league.

Inspired by the rise of Notts County, Nottingham Forest also recruited and invested heavily in the last two seasons, and finally successfully rushed to the Premier League. It has been many years since the last time in the Premier League.

While such a result is encouraging for Nottingham Forest, where is the Premier League so easy to gain a foothold?

Even if the old chairman Daugherty invests more again this summer, the lineup configuration can only be at the bottom, not to mention compared with the city's rival Notts County, even the lower Premier League teams may be better than Nottingham Forest more powerful.

Watching the rivals in the same city rise all the way to win the championship, Nottingham Forest's mood is really complicated, and looking at the current comprehensive gap between the two clubs, just a new stadium in Notts County does not know how far they will be thrown.

At present, after five rounds of the Premier League, Notts County ranks first, while Nottingham Forest has only won one victory and one draw, and lost all the remaining three games to their opponents. Currently, they are ranked fifth from the bottom in the standings. According to this This kind of trend, I am afraid to struggle for relegation throughout the season!

Being able to meet the rivals in the same city again in the league and have the opportunity to beat the opponent, this kind of happiness and joy is no less than winning a championship. This Derby culture is definitely a major feature of football.

David didn't take Nottingham Forest too seriously. The two teams are no longer at the same level. They stare at an opponent who poses no threat to him all day, or even a guy who can't even be called an opponent. What kind of pursuit is that? what! (To be continued.)