champion godfather

Chapter 526 Volume [-] Storm Contest
"Dear viewers, welcome to the European Champions Cup round-of-eight heavyweight matchup presented by ESPN! The two sides are the opponents in the Champions Cup final last season, Barcelona and Nottingham Forest! Thanks to Coach Tony Twain in the final The subsequent actions and words have allowed the two teams to accumulate enough grievances this season, and now they can finally understand the grievances on the football field!" The commentator of ESPN China said the game between the two teams It seems to be the decisive battle in the Forbidden City in the martial arts novel, but it is very suitable for the current relationship between the two teams.

Of course, Barcelona fans in China will definitely not think that Nottingham Forest is a hero who can be compared with their own team.Many Barcelona fans can be described as "hating Tony Twain to the bone", talking about it without "gritting their teeth".

The commentary of ESPN China is intercepted here to show that this quarter-finals has attracted the attention of the whole world.After long-term media hype, everyone is very interested in this "sequel" to last year's final.

Not only in England and Barcelona, ​​but also in the greater Britain, Spain, other European countries, as well as Asian countries such as China, Japan, Southeast Asia, and South America will be able to watch the live broadcast of the game through satellite.

The two teams played 1:1 in the first half, but it was not enough for the spectators.

So far, the two sides have only scored two goals, no red and yellow cards, no violent physical conflicts, no scolding from the stands... nothing, it is too unworthy of the pre-match description of this game— — "Mars hits Earth".

The narrators prepared a stomach full of vocabulary, ready to explain how exciting and exciting this game is, but now they find it useless.

Tony Twain certainly wasn't the kind of saint who would sacrifice himself to make others better. Rijkaard was also made a bit annoyed by the forest team's defense.So now everyone is hoping that there will be some changes in the second half of the game.No matter which side scored a goal, who was sent off, or who was seriously injured, as long as there is an accident that can break the current balance, then the second half... will be wonderful!

"The second half has just started, and as expected, Barcelona have launched a fierce attack against Nottingham Forest's gate at their own home ground! They want to score early... Let's see Nottingham Forest's response... Disappointing, still It's lifeless defending, defending, defending! Is Tony Twain satisfied with being able to leave the Nou Camp with an away goal?"

The TV broadcast gave a close-up of Tang En who was sitting on the coach's bench.

Tang En's previous smile was gone, and the expression on his face gradually became serious.

"Well, it looks like he's not satisfied..."

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George Wood didn't forget the words Twain said to him during the halftime break, telling him not to stick to his defense, but to find a way to send the football forward.But now it's not that he doesn't want to move forward, but that Barcelona's offense is so fierce that he can't take care of moving forward.

Barcelona's offensive routines in the second half are more flexible and changeable. Ronaldinho is no longer the only core. If they think the Brazilian is too dead, they will pass the ball to Messi or Eto'o, and With Deco, Iniesta and Xavi inserted in the back, Barcelona's offensive is like a rising tide in the sea, one wave after another, and each tide is higher than the last.

No matter how powerful George Wood is, he can't appear on the left, center, and right at the same time, right?Fortunately, the whole team gave him enough support in the second half.

It is currently a stalemate stage. Barcelona's offensive looks fierce, but it still cannot pose a real threat to the gate of Nottingham Forest. In most cases, Deco and others have no choice but to choose long-range shots.The activities of Eto'o and Messi in the two ribs are strictly monitored. The Forest team is very good at doing this kind of compression defense.

In the last final, Barcelona had tasted the forest team doing this, and that defense kept them from knocking on the forest team's goal until the end.This time, the Forest team had a neat lineup, no one was sent off, the goalkeeper was the main force Van der Sar, and the defensive core George Wood was in charge.Twain is confident that he will play a defensive counterattack against Barcelona in the away game.

He will use the reinforced concrete defense he inherited from Italy to bind Barcelona's proud offense, and then rely on speed to kill him!
At present, it seems that the defensive situation is good and can resist Barcelona's offensive.Just watch the attack...

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When the team is on the defensive, Ribery, like Ashley Young, is on both sides and occasionally participates in defense.Ashley Young came back to defend a little more, Ribery couldn't do the same as his team-mate.Because as soon as he came back, Wood would stare at him. Although he didn't say anything, Ribery understood the meaning.

Wood was worried that there were not enough people in front, and that he would not be able to step up to the key players when he needed to attack, so he was not allowed to return to defense frequently.

He actually wanted to tell Wood that his physical strength was fine and his speed was fast enough to support frequent sprints from the backcourt to the frontcourt.But looking at Wood's sweaty head, he even gave up the idea when he opened his mouth.

Well, I am waiting in front, waiting for your pass...

Ronaldinho has the ball, George Wood comes up.This time, the Brazilian did not take the ball to the center, but pulled it to the right. He wanted to seek cooperation with Messi.

Wood followed Ronaldinho to the left and Messi immediately understood what his senior was up to and was ready to receive the ball.

Wood is not a fool. He agrees to notice Messi who is about to run to the middle. With Ronaldinho or with Messi?

"George!" Bell called him from behind, obviously the little monkey was also facing such a choice.

Wood waved his hand behind his back, signaling Bell to cover the center and defend the wing himself.He decided that no matter whether Ronaldinho passed the ball or dribbled the ball himself, he would follow him.

After Ronaldinho came to the wing, Messi ran behind him. At this moment, Wood raised his vigilance, his eyes fixed on the football, Ronaldinho's feet circled, and he almost threw it Steal the ball.The football was not passed by Ronaldinho, and Messi just feinted. Fortunately, Wood did not move, otherwise Ronaldinho would be provided with a flaw for him to break through.

Messi ran away, and Bell followed Messi again.Ronaldinho did not pass the ball at the first time, so he lost the opportunity to pass the ball again.Even if he passes the football to Messi now, it is not a good choice.It seems that he intends to single out Wood again on the wing.

In fact, Ronaldinho originally planned to pass the ball to Messi at the moment he and Messi crossed, and then cut and run by himself.But seeing Wood's staring at the football, he raised his foot and changed his mind temporarily, becoming just a feint.

In the first half, he had won several heads-ups and only won once, so he didn't want to just let it go.

He is very good at doing all kinds of fake moves on the wing, especially his best... ox tail!

Wood didn't know what his opponent was thinking at this moment, he just stared at the football, and didn't even look up at the expression on Ronaldinho's face at this time.

He stared at the football, stared at it... no matter how Ronaldinho's foot circled next to the football to interfere with him.He only recognizes football, if football does not move, he will not move.He is not afraid of the passage of time at all, anyway, it is not himself who should be anxious, but Barcelona who are eager to win.But at the same time, his body was like a taut string, as if he was about to shoot the arrow out.

The football in front of him suddenly shook, and it was about to rush over from the right side of his body!
Wood shoveled to that side without hesitation.

What about football?
He watched helplessly as he saw that the football was clearly coming this way, why did it suddenly make an unimaginable [-]-degree change in the air and fly to the left side of his body just after making a move? !

Before he could figure out the reason, Ronaldinho had already started to rush from the left side of his body!
"Oxtail! Wonderful! Wonderful... Besides wonderful, what else can we say? No, words are powerless in front of this extraordinary performance! Yes, this is a performance! A performance that elevates technology to art!"

With the narrator's unsparing praise, there was a huge cheer in the Nou Camp and the whole city of Barcelona...or this sound was a demonstration and warning to Nottingham Forest who planned to show off their power on their turf.

We have Ronaldinho!He is a football elf sent to the world by God!
Someone from the Barcelona bench stood up, chanted the dribble and looked forward to the next goal.

At this point, no matter whether Ronaldinho himself goes in and shoots from a small angle, or passes the ball, the probability of scoring is very high.Eto'o and Messi, and even Deco rushed to the Forest team's goal for the first time.

And because Bell was torn apart, Wood was passed.Kompany and Piqué, who were supposed to defend those guys in the middle, had to send one out to the wing to stop Ronaldinho.

The situation in front of the Forest team's goal is critical!
Piqué glanced back at Kompany, and rushed towards Ronaldinho without hesitation, but just as he started, he heard a loud roar, as if a thunderbolt from the blue sky exploded in his ears—"Go back ! Guard the middle!"

Immediately afterwards, he saw George Wood, who had been swayed by Ronaldinho just now, turned around and rushed forward, with a hideous face, as if he saw a black panther that was prey.

He was frightened by Wood's expression and such a quick reaction, and instead of withdrawing to defend, he froze in place.

This is a good opportunity for Ronaldinho. Forest's central defense has been ripped apart by his breakthrough. There are three Barcelona players in front of the goal. There is no shortage of front, middle and back three points, as long as the quality of the pass is high. , the possibility of scoring a goal is very high!

He no longer hesitated, ready to kick the ball.

At this moment, he saw Messi, who was jumping forward, suddenly stopped, and looked at him in horror, as if he had seen something incredible.

You idiot... what are you doing standing there?It happens to be on the same line as Piqué, how can I pass it to you?
Ronaldinho scolded Messi in his heart for losing the chain at a critical moment, but he completely forgot the danger around him.

During the high-speed sprint back to defense, Wood saw Ronaldinho swinging one leg high, and it seemed that he was about to pass the ball. The supporting foot was still some distance away from the football. This was the best chance and the only chance...

"George Wood - fierce tackle! Oh!" The commentator screamed, as if he had been tackled off the court by Wood.

Wood took advantage of the moment Ronaldinho was about to pass the ball, shoveled the football out, and the unstoppable momentum knocked the Brazilian out of the penalty area, and the two fell together in front of the billboard outside.

The Nou Camp took a breath, and then let out a roar at the same time: "Penalty!!"

The same was heard from the Barcelona bench.Rijkaard even stood up directly and rushed to the sidelines, intending to cheer for the penalty.

But what did they see?
The line referee and the referee pointed at the corner flag at the same time!

corner kick?

corner kick!

corner kick? !
Rijkaard jumped to his feet, in a rage.

The Barcelona fans stopped doing it, and the Barcelona players stopped doing it. Ronaldinho was still lying on the ground in pain, and he was going to let Wood prove the foul charge.As a result, after seeing the referee's gesture clearly, he jumped up from the ground, waving his arms angrily to protest the penalty to the referee.His teammates had already rushed forward and surrounded the referee for an explanation.

"The referee awarded a corner kick... It's unbelievable. George Wood's tackle was so fierce and looked so lethal, it turned out to be just a corner kick? Let's take a look at the replay..."

During the replay, the slow motion repeatedly replayed that moment several times, and it was clearly and unmistakably shown that Wood first shoveled the ball, and then because of the huge kinetic energy of the shovel, he could not hold back Ronaldinho. knocked out.The referee's decision was correct.

"Well, it looks like a clean and beautiful tackle... What a thrill, if he was a second late, I bet it would have landed on Ronaldinho's right foot."

George Wood was pulled up by Pique, the Spaniard patted him on the thigh, and said with lingering fear: "I didn't expect you would really shovel it..."

"Is there any other way?" Wood asked strangely.

"No, uh... I mean you're not afraid of getting a penalty?"

"I didn't think too much about it." Wood's answer made Piqué not sure what to say. Should he be a man of high skill and courage, or a simple-minded man with well-developed limbs?
Bell jumped up excitedly, hugged Wood hard, and shouted loudly: "You did a great job, George! You knew he would leave football, right?"

Wood pushed him away: "Okay, go to defend the corner kick."

Bell ran away obediently, and it was only then that Wood noticed Ronaldinho, who was still by his side, staring at him angrily.You must still be angry and angry because the tackle just now was not a penalty kick but a corner kick.He didn't want to pay attention, but was stopped.

"Hey, hey!" Ronaldinho can't speak English very much, he can only question in Portuguese. "That was a foul! If you're being honest, you shouldn't be celebrating here!"

In fact, this is more like a complaint to himself. Ronaldinho did not expect George Wood to understand his Portuguese.

Unexpectedly, after hearing what he said, Wood stopped and looked back at him. Obviously, he understood.

Wood just looked at Ronaldinho, turned around and ran away without saying anything in the end.

The Barcelona players were still refusing to let go around the referee, and Rijkaard was even more emotional because he was too emotional just now, which attracted special attention from the fourth official.

He repeatedly reiterated to the fourth official that he was convinced that the tackle just now was a foul in the penalty area and should be awarded a penalty.The answer of the fourth official seemed to be a robot with a set content, just repeating: "I believe in the judgment of the referee on the field, not to mention the judgment made by the referee and the line referee at the same time, there will be no problem. Please Calm down, Mr Rijkaard."

Can he calm down?
As if just to provoke him, Tang En jumped up from his seat, raised his arms and cheered, then he turned around and raised his head to the furious fans in the stands of the Camp Nou stadium...Of course not The middle finger, he put his index finger to his mouth, and pursed his lips, the meaning could not be more obvious-to quiet the noisy Barcelona fans.

Can Barcelona fans be quiet?

Tang En never thought so naively, he was just a provocation.As he wished, the stands behind the coach bench were like an erupting volcano, and huge boos and curses against Tony Twain suddenly erupted.

Of course Rijkaard also saw it. He pointed at Tang En and yelled at the fourth official next to him: "Let that bastard calm down first!"

The fourth official turned around and saw the scene of Twain provoking the Barcelona fans, so he dropped Rijkaard and quickly ran towards Twain, between Twain and the fans in the stands, trying to drive him to the coaching bench of the visiting team .

"Please pay attention to your words and deeds, Mr. Tony Twain!" The fourth official sent by UEFA reminded Twain who was still fighting against the fans with a sullen face. "Don't cause trouble for us, and don't cause trouble for yourself!"

Tang En finally put down his index finger, pointed at the excited fans in the stands and said to the fourth official: "Those fans call my players a liar who is a bitch. Is there any regulation in UEFA?" Punish and prevent this?"

The fourth official froze for a moment, then shook his head: "Not at all..."

Tang En whistled: "It's fair." Then he shrugged, turned and walked back.Behind him, there were still non-stop boos and curses, and those waves seemed to be driven by a strong wind, attacking him, trying to completely engulf his figure.

The direction he was going back happened to be facing Rijkaard, and the two people from a distance looked at each other. Tang En saw Rijkaard, and after approaching, he spread his arms towards this opponent, tilting his head for a very Helpless look.This action made Rijkaard's teeth itch with hatred.The Dutchman was not a person who liked to have disputes with others, but he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart in the face of a rascal like Tony Twain.

"This damn bastard!" He turned around and punched the ceiling of the coach's bench.

"Calm down, Frank!" The assistant coach, Neskens, the Dutch star who was older than him, had to remind him aloud. "You are the soul of this team, the leader, you can't be irritated by the opponent and lose your calm thinking mind!"

"Sorry...it's fine now." Rijkaard covered his head with his hands and put his ten fingers in his braids, scratching.

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Of course Dunn saw all of this. Although he couldn't hear the conversation between Neskens and Rijkaard, he knew that it was impossible for Rijkaard to truly calm down.

His purpose was achieved.

Next, he can turn his attention back to the court.The scolding of those Barcelona fans behind him?Sorry, he doesn't understand Catalan.

As for "fuck", which is common in the world and easy to understand, both of his ears automatically filter it...

Barcelona's players surrounded the referee and did not get the result they hoped for.This time, the referee and the line referee agreed. The referee didn't even have to run over to ask the line referee's opinion, and awarded the corner kick unswervingly.He waved away the Barcelona players surrounding him, telling them to take the corner kick, or he might have to draw out a yellow card to warn someone who was still chattering.

This penalty has greatly affected the entire Barcelona team, and it has hit their emotions and morale to varying degrees.

Ronaldinho's corner kick was not of high quality, the football flew over the goal and was easily won by Van der Sar.

The Nottingham Forest fans who had been booed just now finally heard their voices again.They sang the lyrics made up on the spot, and put on a popular tune. "You have Ronaldinho, we have George Wood! You have fancy footwork, our tackles are fierce and direct - no fouls! La la la, no fouls! There is no chance of a penalty, both! No! Door!"

Amidst the high-pitched singing of the Forest fans, Nottingham Forest, wearing a yellow away jersey, launched an attack by Van der Sar throwing the ball.

The Dutch goalkeeper throws the ball so far, almost directly over the midfield, that Franck Ribéry appears in the middle and he receives the ball.

The defensive players had done their job well enough to stop Barcelona's attacks several times, now it was up to the attacking players to do their part.

"Although it is a bit exaggerated to say so, I still have to say-long time no see, Nottingham Forest's offensive players!"

(End of this chapter)