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Chapter 300 Volume [-] Red Forest Forces

Losing the FA Cup game did not affect Tang En's mood, nor did it affect the overall atmosphere of the team. Everyone knew in their hearts where they needed to work hard this season.

The time has entered February. Although the Forest team was eliminated in the FA Cup, their progress did not stop there.Manchester United helped the Forest team throw off a heavy burden, and the Forest team played lightly.

On February 2005, 2, Nottingham Forest played against Crystal Palace at home. After losing the FA Cup, Twain was lucky to meet such an opponent. The Forest team could use this weak team to adjust their state and psychology.Amid the cheers of nearly 1 fans at the City Stadium, Nottingham Forest easily won the visiting team Crystal Palace 2-0.

25 league rounds, [-] points, still below Liverpool, ranked sixth.

Nottingham Forest wants to improve their ranking, and Liverpool, who are pressing on them, is the first enemy.At present, the two teams share [-] points. As long as Liverpool makes a small mistake, the Forest team may replace it.

It is almost impossible for Liverpool not to make mistakes. This season they have to put more energy into the Champions League. The team's energy is limited. If they specialize in the Champions League, they will give up the league.At that time, it was the Forest team's opportunity.

What Tang En has to do now is to win all the games that can be won, and then quietly dormant behind Liverpool, waiting for it to run out of energy and about to fall behind, and then suddenly exert its strength to overtake it.

Even if Liverpool hadn't made any mistakes, it didn't matter. Nottingham Forest still had a direct contest with Liverpool. This time it was a home game. Twain would not allow the team to fail again.

Of course, before the decisive battle with Liverpool, the Forest team themselves must not fall behind. Tang En would not like to see the team working hard for half a season, but in the end they gradually failed to keep up with the big team and were left behind.

During the training, Twain strengthened the team's defensive practice, and let Van der Sar and the defense develop enough tacit understanding as soon as possible - the FA Cup loss to Manchester United, some problems in the cooperation between goalkeeper Van der Sar and the defense were also one of the reasons.

In addition, Arteta, a player who has joined the team after joining, has already established a position and is something Twain needs to worry about.

When the Forest team bought Arteta, some people worried that Coach Twain would not be able to arrange the Forest team's midfield.Because the combination of Wood and Albertini proved to be very successful in the first half of the season, there is no reason for the head coach to break up the pair because of a new player.

But in Tang En's eyes, this is not a problem at all.

The pace of the Premier League is the fastest among the four top European leagues (except Ligue 33, which is one of the previous five major leagues), with fast offensive and defensive transitions, fast offensive speed, fast passing speed, fast fighting rhythm... In short, everything quick.This kind of game rhythm requires high physical fitness of the players. After all, Albertini is a 10-year-old veteran, and his physical fitness cannot support him to start the entire season and play [-] minutes of each game.He must have a substitute player and Arteta is the most suitable candidate.

Unlike Arteta, who Tang En remembered was the dominant and core player in Everton, the current Arteta belongs to the kind of player who has not proved himself in Real Sociedad, so he has no qualifications to play big names. He is neither The core midfielder of the Forest team does not belong to the big-name star of the Forest team. This can be seen from his worth of 300 million euros, which is only about 150 million when converted into pounds, which is pitifully small.

Arteta entered Nottingham Forest very low-key.From the first day he came to this team, Twain told the Spaniard very frankly that he could not become the main force of the Forest team yet, but he would be Albertini's first substitute.Because he is the most organized offensive player in the midfield besides Albertini. As long as he performs well, he also has the opportunity to change from a bench player to a main starter.Of course, if he doesn't mind playing midfield and wing, he will have more opportunities to play.

Arteta accepted Twain's opinion. He considered trying to play multiple positions in the midfield - he also wanted to prove that his strength was not as bad as that of Real Sociedad. In order to impress the new coach, he did everything he could. .

Tang En has not bought those big-name players until now because of this consideration: I am so young, can I manage those well-known players?If there are too many big-name stars in the team and they don't obey the discipline of his head coach, then the team will have no fighting power at all.Tang En would rather look for some ordinary players who are not well-known but not weak, and he would never look for those stars who have been famous for a long time.To put it nicely, "No one can be above the team as a whole", and to put it a bit arrogantly, "No one can be above him, Tony Twain".

How similar is this to the deceased Clough...

In terms of adapting to the English football style, Arteta does not have any problems. Albertini just came to the Forest team and still has to adapt for a while. Arteta does not have to worry about this at all, because he once played in Scotland. Accustomed to the football style of the British Isles.Adaptation does not mean assimilation. He can adapt to English football while retaining his delicate skills and outstanding imagination. He has all the advantages of Spanish players.Such a player is the dream of all head coaches. He can bring new things to the team and make the team unique in the entire league.

Twain is very optimistic about Arteta and hopes to train him to be the midfield playmaker of the Forest team in the future.At that time, George Wood will protect Arteta the same way he protected Albertini and Rebrov.

Therefore, in training, Twain would often arrange Wood and Arteta in a group, and from this time on, slowly cultivate their tacit understanding.

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On February 20th, the sixth round of No.[-] in the league, Nottingham Forest continued their away trip, this time against Aston Villa.

At the beginning of the Premier League this season, the Forest team once drew Aston Villa with an own goal at home. That was the first point of the Forest team in the Super League. Undefeated!
Although the people are still those people, the Forest team now is completely different from that time.

After half a season of running-in and experience, today's Forest team is more mature and stronger, and it can not be achieved by luck alone to remain in the top six.

Despite being away, Forest beat Villa.

It was Freddie Eastwood who performed well in this tough away game and helped the team to the final victory.

The Gypsy has not appeared on the headlines of the sports section of the newspaper for some time. Recently, because of the needs of the club, he has been promoting his teammate and "enemy" George Wood in a high-profile manner. I don't know how he will feel when he reads those reports.Fortunately, these did not affect Eastwood's performance.Perhaps he is not the most dazzling star in the Forest team. Except for scoring goals on the field, he seems to have disappeared off the field in a low-key way. Occasionally he will go back to London to visit his father, but more often he is in that big car. In the caravan, he took care of his wife and the child that his wife was carrying.

Eastwood has yet to find an agent. Someone once approached him hoping to be his agent, but he refused.So apart from playing football, he has no business activities.The chances of being exposed in newspapers are naturally greatly reduced.

But this time, he's in the headlines, and not just in Nottingham's local press, he's the man of Fleet Street in London this week.

At Villa_Park, there may be many people who shine. Angel, the striker who scored the first goal for Aston Villa, and the Ecuadorian veteran who scored the second goal for the home team drove the fans into a frenzy. Ulises_de_la_Cruz (Ulises_de_la_Cruz), the Dutch goalkeeper Van der Sar who is still calm despite conceding two goals, the veteran Hierro who rebuilds the defense and no longer gives the opponent any chance, Viduka who creates opportunities for his teammates to attract the opponent's defensive attention, Substitute Albertini made his debut for Forest in the Premier League for Mikel Arteta...but there was only one man who shone brightest, the low-key gypsy Freddie Eastwood.

Although the game had just started 10 minutes, the home team scored two goals by using fast breaks.Fans at Villa Park must have thought that the Forest team had been stunned, and they could start celebrating the victory seven or 10 minutes earlier.At this time, Eastwood stepped forward and told Villa fans how stupid it was to celebrate so early.

His powerful long-range shot from outside the penalty area bounced high on the Villa player's leg, turned from a powerful volley to a long-range lob, went right over the head of the Villa goalkeeper, and was deceived by the first shot Thomas_Sorensen on the ground looked up as the football flew overhead before crashing into the empty goal...

After the goal, Eastwood became more and more active. With Viduka at the front to help him attract vitality, he has more freedom. Eastwood is not the kind of center who stands in front of the opponent's goal and waits for the ball. He was a second striker, preferring to move freely behind his team-mates, and although Villa manager David_O'Leary had strengthened the defense at the front of the box, it was still a headache for the erratic striker.

He sometimes appeared in the middle, hiding behind Viduka looking for direct shot opportunities.When defending and counterattacking, he was at the forefront, dribbling the ball and making a surprise attack.When you put the defensive focus in the middle, he pulls to the side to cross...

Towards the end of the first half, Eastwood seized the fleeting opportunity in the penalty area, burst out between two tall central defenders, and headed Ashley Young's pass into the goal. 2:2!The Forest team equalized the score!
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