champion godfather

Chapter 574 Volume 1 Storm Ace Vs Ace [-]
Kaka opened her arms, pointed to the sky, and ran towards the corner flag.This is his signature celebration. Even in such a fierce final, he must first thank God for scoring a goal.He could thank God, but his team-mates thanked him, and the Milan players jumped on him, cheering.

In the stands, AC Milan fans set off fireworks that had been prepared for a long time, and the singing of "Milan! Milan!" rang out again.

Although it was only a goal, it made people see the hope of equalizing the score.A 50-meter-long solo ride through the barrier is really a morale booster!

"Is George Wood very good? But he can't stop our Kaka! In the 50-meter dash, he can only run along, can only run along!! He is the foil of Kaka, the dim star under the light of the superstar little stars!"

Wood sits on the ground with his hands on the ground and maintains a tackle position—one leg out, one under his butt.

Of course he couldn't hear the excited nonsense of the Italian commentator, but he knew that he lost to Kaka this time.Whether it is speed, technique, or experience awareness, he has lost, and he has lost completely.

Defensive players are not like offensive players. They have no right to "lose", because their "lose" may mean that the entire team will "lose".

The players of the Forest team seemed to be a bit low-morale. Kaka's goal left them speechless. Even if they wanted to refuse to admit defeat, they couldn't help it——George Wood, the best defensive player in the team, followed Kaka Ka ran 50 meters and couldn't find a chance to steal.Pepe, one of the top ten central defenders in the Premier League, was thrown away by Kaka with a change of direction and acceleration, and there was no room to fight back.

What else is there to say about such a goal?
It's too shocking...

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The players felt that they had nothing to say, but Twain had a lot to say. He didn't admit how good Kaka's goal was, because if he was Wood, this attack would have disappeared at the start.

He was furious off the court, waving his hands vigorously and roaring towards the court: "George!! You bastard, come down for me!!"

Amidst the huge cheers of the AC Milan fans, Wood still heard Twain's roar.

He got up and ran over obediently.

Tang En pulled him to his side, gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "You need to take full responsibility for this conceded goal, do you know that?!"

Wood nodded, his attitude was very good.

"I know what you're thinking, but you have to pay attention to the occasion. This is the final of the Champions Cup, not a medieval knight duel where the two sides throw white gloves at each other! In order to win, you must use any means, any means!" Tang En said in Woodear While roaring, Wood buried his head in silence, accepting all the coach's anger.

"How do I usually teach you? Defense is not a glamorous job, it is the most tiring and dirtiest thing. Those fans..." He pointed to the fans stands of AC Milan, "Whatever they want to see, you have to destroy .Anything they like, you're against. You're always against them, against them! Do you understand?"

"I understand, boss."

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Albertini caught a whiff of danger.He turned his head to look at the carnival AC Milan players and Milan fans in the stands.

This goal was scored so beautifully that it affected the emotions of his teammates, and it would be too dangerous to leave it alone.He is the captain, and wearing the captain's armband is not for looking good. At this time, he must do something.

He yelled for his teammates to gather around him that he had something to say.

Everyone gathered obediently, except that Wood was being called by the head coach to give a lecture on the sidelines. Looking at the boss's expression and gestures, the words spit out from his fluttering lips were definitely not pleasant words.

Time was precious, and Albertini didn't care about his subordinates anymore, so he ran over and interrupted Tang En's lecture to Wood.

"I'm sorry, boss, do you mind if I call everyone together and say something?" He pulled Wood away.

Of course Dunn didn't mind, and he was very happy to see Albertini do this.What does the captain do?There is a saying that the captain is the team's head coach on the field, and he can help the head coach accomplish many things that cannot be done on the sidelines.

While the Milan players were still celebrating wantonly, Albertini, the former Milan player, now wearing a Nottingham Forest jersey and golden Forest captain's armband, gathered his teammates together.

"It's just one goal, guys. You don't have to be so dejected, we are still one goal ahead of them." He glanced at the Milan players who were still celebrating, "This is the final of the Champions League. No champion can not go through repeated battles." The opponent's obstruction is easy to get. And, you see..." He pointed to the Milan players.

"They just scored one goal and haven't tied the score yet, so they are so excited. They are AC Milan, one of the best giants in Italy, and now they are as happy as if they won the championship. What does this mean? This shows that they are afraid of us. They only scored one goal to make them behave like this. They have a sense of security, but in fact they are still behind us. I used to be a player of AC Milan, and I know this team. They are not as strong and invincible as you think, they also have a lot of weaknesses. For example...they are not good at playing against the wind. Think about the Istanbul night in 2005, Liverpool scored [-] goals in a short period of time, they panicked Overwhelmed..."

Some of this is not Albertini's honest words, because honestly no team can guarantee composure in the face of conceding three goals in 10 minutes.What he said was nothing more than trying to restore the confidence and calm down of the Forest players.

"So, we still have a chance to maintain our lead over them. I'm not the boss, but I also play Football Manager games, and I know something about the psychology of the manager. If I were the boss, I would change at this time. Go up the offensive players and strengthen the offense instead of continuing to defend. Do you know why?" Before everyone could answer, he went on to announce the answer. "Because if we still can't widen the score gap, we will always give our opponents the hope of equalizing the score or even overtaking. This kind of hope is their crazy motivation. They will tirelessly launch wave after wave towards our goal. Offensively, the pressure on our defense will only increase, it will never ease. There is only one solution to this situation - to score. If we can score one more goal, they will be finished!"

Albertini clenched his fists and said, as if he had forgotten that he was once an AC Milan player.

He glanced at his opponent again and found that the people from AC Milan had finished celebrating. He clapped his hands: "Do you remember what the boss said before the game? No matter what kind of situation you face, don't give up. It's not the worst yet." Get up, and when they think they can defeat us, go tell them how wrong they are!" Vaguely, Albertini had the shadow of Tony Twain, who worked with Twain for three years. Years, more or less affected.

Everyone clapped their hands and dispersed, and Albertini held Wood again. He had something to say to his midfield partner alone.

"George, are you still thinking about the conceded goal just now?"

Wood shook his head, then nodded.

Albertini smiled: "Don't think about it, as a defensive midfielder, there are many moments like this. If you think about every ball, you don't want to play the game. You heard it just now? Although the boss hasn't done it yet. Adjustments have been made, but we need to attack now, defense alone will not win this game."

Wood continued to nod in agreement.

"But I can't run anymore." Albertini spread his hands and said with a helpless smile, "Pirlo is always running, running, he is being led by his nose, and his physical exertion is too great. If The offense requires me to rush up, and I am afraid that if I go up, I will not be able to come back."

Wood noticed that Albertini's panting was louder than before the goal, and his jersey was almost drenched in sweat.He has turned 36 in August, and the high-intensity competition of the Champions League final is really not easy for him.

"So, I need you to help me. Let's adjust the position, you are slightly forward, I am behind you, when the team needs to attack, you go up, and I will protect you from the back. You are young, strong, fast, go up I can come back. I can't think of a more suitable candidate than you."

Wood didn't nod right away, nor shook his head right away.

Albertini saw the hesitation in his heart and said with a smile: "I know what you are thinking. There is nothing to hesitate. Are you still doubting your ability to attack? This final is the first time I have played in my career. I will retire and go back home to Italy. You can’t always hope to have someone like me around you. Many times you need to solve problems alone. When you need to move forward, just step forward Go, don't worry, I'm behind." He didn't say anything, pushed Wood away, and ran away.

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What Albertini said was absolutely right. After scoring a goal, AC Milan's morale was high and their fighting spirit was high, and they launched an even more violent attack on the Forest team's hinterland than before.The gap of only one goal is like the smell of blood in the sea, stimulating AC Milan, a huge shark, to chase after Nottingham Forest.

Tang En made the first substitution adjustment of the game 3 minutes after conceding the ball.He replaced Leighton Barnes with the more attacking full-back Gareth Bale.

This was an obvious signal that couldn't be more obvious - Twain wanted the team to attack.

The Forest players couldn't help but look at Captain Albertini.He was absolutely right, the boss was about to attack.

Another 5 minutes later, Dunn made a second substitution.This time, he replaced Van der Vaart with striker Freddie Eastwood.

Everyone understood the first substitution, but some people couldn’t understand the second substitution—they originally thought that Eastwood would replace Albertini, who was exhausted, but they didn’t expect to be replaced by performance. Not bad Van der Vaart.

This substitution made Ancelotti smile secretly.He felt that Tang En valued Albertini too much, and chose to trust the veteran's experience at this time.But Albertini obviously couldn't run anymore. What's the use of experience, Pirlo has gotten rid of the opponent twice in a row and sent a threatening pass.If it weren't for Wood's desperate sticking to Kaka, the score would definitely not be the current 1:2.

If Tang En trusted Albertini's experience so much, then Ancelotti didn't mind letting Tang En fall into this trust.

He walked to the sidelines and signaled that Pirlo should become the core of the team's offensive playmaker again, and everyone else would give Pirlo the ball as much as possible to completely overwhelm Albertini.

When Van der Vaart left the field, he thought that he was not performing well and did not make any outstanding contributions to the team's offense, so the boss replaced him.Unexpectedly, Tang En took the initiative to hug him, and smiled and asked him to wait to go to the court to celebrate winning the championship.

Eastwood ran on the field with a sprint speed, and there was not much time left for him to perform, and every second should be cherished.

He doesn't blame the boss for making him a substitute in the Champions League final for two consecutive years.Because the leader must have the consideration of the leader, as a player, you only need to follow the instructions.If he is not allowed to play, he will observe the game carefully below and find something useful to him.Once you put him on the court, that's when those things come into play.

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"Some people always say that Twain is a conservative coach. But when he is in the lead, he does not change defensive players to strengthen the defense, but instead switches to offensive players and continues to attack. Can this be considered conservative?" England's commentator read After these two substitutions, they began to complain for Twain.

Tang En didn't care what others thought of him.

He and Albertini have the same idea. At this time, strengthening the defense may not only be achieved by adding defensive players.From another perspective, strengthening the offense can help reduce the pressure on the defense.He didn't believe that facing the Forest team's offensive, AC Milan would not return to defense.Of course, if Milan really wanted to continue attacking, Twain would also wish for it. That would mean that there would be many gaps behind them, and if they were caught once, it would be enough to kill them!

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Pirlo could see that Albertini was exhausted. In fact, he didn't need to look, just listening was enough-every time Albertini defended him, he felt that there was a large bellows beside him.

He restrained his opponent and passed the football to Kaka.

Kaka just successfully broke through Wood's defense and scored a goal. Now his morale is high and his condition is good. There is no reason not to pass the ball to him.

Just turned around and prepared to break through Wood's defense, this time Wood blocked Kaka from the door.During the one-on-one breakthrough, the football kicked by Kaka was touched by Wood's heel and changed the line.Both of them jumped in the wrong direction, but in the next second they both kicked the football at the same time.

Wood kicked the football out of Kaka first, and Kaka only kicked Wood's calf.

Kaka was taken aback by this. He was afraid that Wood would fall down and the referee would give him a yellow card.Judging from the action, it's really not light...

As a result, Wood got up from the ground, turned around and threw himself into another defense of the Forest team.

Football once again passed to Kaka's feet.This time Kaka did not choose to break through directly, he passed the football back to Pirlo who plugged in.

Pirlo planned to play a two-on-one with Kaka, but before he received the ball, he was suddenly intercepted by Albertini and cut off the football.The Forest team launched a counterattack on the momentum.

Pirlo had to turn around and return to defense.

It's just that this time Albertini's long pass lost a little bit of accuracy, and the landing point was snatched by Gattuso, and the Forest team's fast break did not start.

Gattuso handed the football to Pirlo. Albertini had just launched an attack and did not immediately enter the defensive position. Pirlo saw the timing and made a sharp through pass.

Kaka suddenly started, intending to use his speed to break through Wood's defense.

Wood has paid his tuition on that fumble.Defensive players have no right to make mistakes, one mistake is enough, and Wood doesn't want to make a second mistake.This time, he waited for Kaka to speed up and before he could control the football, he decisively tackled the football and shoveled the football away before Kaka.The referee stopped calling the foul.

Naturally, the fans of AC Milan booed and the Forest fans applauded Wood's defense loudly.

Milan's offense is not over yet, Kaka can't, Pirlo will come.

They spotted Albertini's physical exhaustion and handed the football to Pirlo.

Pirlo took the ball away from Albertini again and looked up to observe the situation on the field.Now he is not as urgent as he was a few minutes ago, and the "big bellows" behind him is still a little far away from him.

Now he can calmly observe the situation on the court, and then decide how to pass the ball and where to pass it.

According to habit, he first glanced at Kaka.

There is no one around Kaka!

What about Forest's No. 13, who is always inseparable from the Brazilian?

Just when Pirlo was surprised, a gust of wind quietly appeared beside him, and just when he sensed the danger and was about to pass the football under his feet to Kaka, he kicked empty...

George Wood poked away Pirlo's ball and handed it to Albertini who was running back.

Wood doesn't know how much he can achieve in offense in the future, and he doesn't know whether he can really become a "metronome" with both offense and defense like Demetrio Albertini.But there is one thing whether he is willing or not, he must admit that after this game, Albertini will leave the team.

Demi said to him: I can't run anymore, and I'm afraid I won't be able to come back up, so you go up, George.

Wood said to him: You don't need to come back, just wait in front when you go up.I steal the ball for you, I pass the ball for you, and you are only responsible for organizing the offense.Van der Vaart has gone down, our offense can only be organized by you.

The forest team's attack was blocked again, Maldini drove to the frontcourt with a big foot, Wood had the upper hand in the header competition with Kaka and Seedorf, he was high above the two opponents, and the football topped to Albertini.

When Albertini first came to the Forest team, Dunn told Wood that this was his midfield partner and also his teacher, and he wanted him to learn from Albertini and learn everything about him.

On the court, Wood's task is to act as a bodyguard for Albertini, so that the metronome from Italy can organize the offense without any worries.Since when did Albertini need to be Wood's bodyguard?
(End of this chapter)