champion godfather

Chapter 575 Volume 2 Storm Ace Vs Ace [-]
The football bounced in front of Kaka. It was a long pass from the backcourt. Kaka was going to head the football away when the ball was at the right height, and then speed up and break through George Wood.
Just as he was about to poke his head out, he felt a gust of wind passing over his forehead.

Wood, who ran from the side, flew up, kicking the bouncing football high into the air with his big feet.

The two collided, and the referee blew his whistle to indicate that Wood raised his foot too high, which was a threatening action, and AC Milan was awarded a frontcourt free kick.

Wood felt aggrieved.It is true that most people will not lift their feet to that height, but football has reached that height, what can he do?It's impossible to do nothing and watch Kaka head the football away, right?In that case, if you want to successfully stop it, you can only tackle the ball from behind...

What's more, he didn't hurt Kaka, Kaka's head was still some distance away from his feet.

Wood wanted to go forward to argue, but was stopped by Albertini.

"Don't mess with the referee, be careful of a yellow card on your body." The captain blocked Wood behind him, and walked forward to negotiate with the referee.

He is deliberately delaying the game time, taking advantage of all available opportunities.For example, including a few words to the referee in each disputed penalty.

AC Milan in the stands booed dissatisfied. They were not dissatisfied with Wood's foul, but after Wood fouled, the referee did not give a yellow card.

Now everyone knows that Wood has a card, as long as there is another card, he will be off.Everyone knows what George Wood's dismissal means to the Forest team.

Albertini was exhausted, and the Forest team only had Wood as a defensive midfielder. If Wood could be brought down, AC Milan's offense would be able to drive straight into Huanglong.

So now Kaka's chances of getting the ball have increased significantly.

AC Milan's free kick did not achieve any effect, because the foul was too far away from Forest's goal. After the indirect free kick was taken, Pepe pushed it away. Maldini and Nesta quickly returned to defense again.The Forest team immediately responded with a quick counterattack.

Ruud van Nistelrooy's shot ended up in Dida's arms.

In the 75th minute of the game, after AC Milan scored a goal, they wanted to take advantage of this momentum to make persistent efforts. Unexpectedly, Nottingham Forest's defense was more tenacious than they imagined. That George Wood completely ignored that he had already received a yellow card. With the background of Kaka, there is no sign of slack in defense against Kaka. When it is time to foul, he will foul, and he will not hesitate when he dares to tackle.It seems that unless he finds a way to get him off the field, Kaka will always follow the number 13 by his side.

But AC Milan did not give up because of this. The gap of one goal has always stimulated them, telling them that as long as they work harder and score one goal, the situation on the field can be reversed.This is the spiritual pillar of all AC Milan.At this time, no one was thinking about such illusory things as "championship trophies".In the game, the only thing that needs to be considered is how to win the game. As for the benefits of winning the game, you have to wait until the game is won before thinking about it.

The football was passed to Kaka again.This time, AC Milan advanced as a whole and pressed the Forest team's defense to the vicinity of the penalty area. The disadvantage of doing this to Kaka is that he has no room to accelerate his breakthrough. As long as Wood holds his position, Kaka will have fewer choices. many.

Don't think that Kaka is not a threat if he doesn't break through. Wood dare not relax his vigilance. He is holding Kaka's feet tightly, and the football is being stepped on by him.

Both Pirlo and Seedorf were pushing into the penalty area. After Kaka stepped on the football, the image was pulled back. Wood thought he was going to use his heel to pass the ball to Pirlo and Seedorf who were plugging in, and his body followed.

Pirlo ran from behind Kaka, but the football did not reach his feet.

Kaka pulled the football back, then tipped his toes, jumped the football on the spot, and volleyed directly!

The football slipped through the gap that Wood moved!
"Kaka's shot!"

This is the second time Wood's defense has been broken, even though it's just the ball...

When everyone was applauding Kaka's shot, one person chose to say no to this wonderful goal.

Van der Sar flew forward, grabbed the football in the air with both hands, and quickly curled up after landing, protecting the football in front of his chest.In order to let the football bypass Wood, Kaka pursued the angle too much, and the power and speed of the shot were much smaller.

"What about our offense!" Van der Sar got up from the ground, holding the football and punching his teammates.

In such an important game, he does not want to be a regular guest in the televised close-up.

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Albertini patted Wood on the shoulder, his breathing was already loud like a wind tunnel.

"George, I don't even have the strength to run up now, stop passing the ball to me. Let's change positions..." He pointed to the front, "You go up when you are attacking, and I will pass you the ball from behind."

Looking at the captain with his hands on his knees and leaning over to talk to himself, Wood did not refuse this time.He nodded: "OK."

"Come forward when you have a chance. Don't worry that you won't be able to catch the ball. Although I can't run anymore, I still have the strength to pass the ball. During this time, Pirlo and Gattuso are watching me. Let's change positions. They must not be able to adapt. But the time is very short. With the ability of AC Milan players, even if the head coach does not give instructions, they can adjust themselves. You are not a midfielder who can make a difference under the marking of many people, so You're going to take advantage of that defensive vacuum. Can you do that, George?"

Albertini looked up at Wood.

Wood nodded again. "can."

"Very well." Albertini smiled.

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As the game continued, AC Milan still did not give up the chance to score. At this time, they had nothing to do but to score.

Ancelotti replaced Jankulovski, who had no performance, with Karadze in the No.707 minute. AC Milan changed to play three defenders, and Odo was pushed to the midfield to participate in the attack.

After 2 minutes, Ancelotti replaced Inzaghi with Gilardino who was almost exhausted.

This game is really depressing for Inzaghi.Since Nottingham Forest has always implemented Tang En's request not to offside, the acceptance is relatively tight. When AC Milan attacked, the forest team's penalty area was full of people. Pepe followed him every step of the way. It was difficult for him to find a chance to shoot.I can only keep running, keep running, hoping to find loopholes in the Forest team's defense.

As a result, he didn't find a decent opportunity until he was off the court.

When he walked off the field, the TV screen showed his running distance in this game-11134 meters.Can you not be depressed after running eleven kilometers without scoring a single goal?
Panting heavily, Inzaghi left the court with his head down helplessly. He high-fived Gilardino on the sidelines, then walked back to the bench with his head buried, and sat there with a towel on his head and stopped talking.

He knew he didn't have a few years left in his career. In 2003, he represented AC Milan and won the Champions League. In 2005, he reached the final but got nothing. In 2007, it was a great opportunity for revenge, but now the score is 1:2, AC Milan is behind, he himself has been replaced because he has exhausted his energy for no contribution, and now he can only be a spectator. God...

He wants to win another Champions League, more than anyone else.As a striker, now he can only pray for his teammates to work hard to create miracles. What a shame!

Tang En heaved a sigh of relief at Yingzaghi's fate.In his opinion, Gilardino and Inzaghi are not strikers of the same level at all. Even if Inzaghi does not score a goal, he runs back and forth on the field, and his defense line does not dare to move at all-he is afraid of giving Inzaghi Kyrgyzstan turned offside to grab a chance to shoot.Ferguson once said that Inzaghi was a striker who was born on the offside line, and Tang En deeply agreed with this.

It used to be said that Brazil's Ronaldo is the kind of striker who can change the outcome of a game as long as he is given a second.But in fact, Tang En felt that this sentence was more suitable for Inzaghi. He was the real striker who could change the outcome of a game in just one second.He has to dribble too much, he doesn't have fancy tricks, he just needs to be in the right place when he needs to, and then put his foot out to finish the shot and the ball will fly into the goal.

Seeing Inzaghi being substituted, Dunn stood up from his seat and walked to the sidelines, where he made a gesture, telling his players that it was time to consider a large-scale attack.

He didn't want to drag the game into overtime, he never thought about it.End the battle within 10 minutes and tell the world with real results who is the well-deserved king of Europe. AC Milan wants to defy the sky?There are no doors!

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Wood pushed forward consciously. He is no longer at a loss as he was a season ago. Now he is very clear about his purpose, knows how to run, what to do after getting up, and how to do it.These are all thanks to Albertini's careful teaching this year.

He received a pass from Albertini, and Gattuso was a little surprised. He didn't expect that it was not Albertini, but George Wood.

Wood looked at the situation in front of him and handed the football to Ashley Young. He didn't choose to break through with the ball.He knew that was not his specialty, so he should leave this kind of work to professionals...

After passing the ball, Wood did not run back, but pulled Gattuso to run forward with him.

After AC switched to playing three defenders, the two wingers of the Forest team had more space. After receiving the football, Ashley Young resolutely broke through and made a pass from the bottom. His pass made Nesta top the bottom line.Forest wins a corner.

Gattuso glanced around, and Wood was gone.He didn't take it to heart. Wood would run back to defend those corner kicks in the past, and this time it should be no exception.

Albertini didn't come up to take the corner kick, it was Gareth Bale who ran over.

The football was played, and there was chaos in the penalty area.It wasn't Van der Vaart, Pepe or Piqué who leaped high in the crowd to throw the ball towards the goal, but...

"George Wood!"

The number 13 against the red background is very conspicuous in the air. He didn't take off on the spot, he rushed in from outside the penalty area and took off.He can jump higher than anyone, the football comes to him, and a powerful lion shakes his head!

Dida didn't respond, but the football hit the crossbar!

"Huh—" AC Milan fans let out a huge exclamation.

"Why is he there?!" Ancelotti couldn't help asking this question off the court.The Forest team had won several corner kicks in the previous game, and each time Wood prepared to prevent the opponent's counterattack in the second half.Not only this game, but in the previous forest team games, the central defenders and full backs all went up, and the person in charge of defense in the backcourt was George Wood.

There is no statement about Wood's participation in the corner kick attack in various intelligence. Everyone doesn't know what use his header and bounce will be in the offense. This time they saw it.

Watching the football hit the crossbar and bounce off the bottom line, Wood didn't grab his hair and feel annoyed in front of the opponent's goal. He turned around and sprinted back to the defense zone.

AC Milan's goal kick kicked very quickly. The football had just bounced out, and the ball boy threw the spare football in. Dida put the football in place, watched everyone push out of the penalty area, and drove to the front with a big kick.

If Wood is still upset about not scoring a goal, the Forest team may lose the ball again. He is not a forward, and he can use this kind of action to try to show his face on TV after missing opportunities.

Dida's big foot was pushed off by Albertini and handed over to Pepe.

Pepe made a long pass, and after shaking away Gilardino, he chose to break through with the ball directly.

His intention of dribbling the ball was seen through by Kaka, and Kaka blocked Pepe's ball in advance.The central defender's loss of the ball was a blow to the Forest team's defense, and it was also a great opportunity for AC Milan.There was a huge cheer from the Milan fans in the stands.

Before the sound dissipated, Kaka conceded the ball.

The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

He broke Pepe's ball, but Wood, who was back on defense, stabbed the football away.

When Kaka was about to speed up, he found that the ball under his feet was gone. His first reaction was to turn around and chase after it.After eight or 10 minutes of entanglement, he already knew that if he missed the ball, it must be Wood.

Kaka turned to chase Wood, but Wood didn't intend to pass the ball out.

On the one hand, his teammates are too far away from him. On the other hand, there are not many defensive players in front of him. Gattuso and Ambrosini did not force them up immediately, which gave him a chance to break through. .

He wants to break through, and there is another reason - Kaka is chasing behind him.

How did AC Milan score that goal?Isn't it just that Kaka ran all the way from the middle circle, so that he couldn't break it even if he wanted to?

He can be regarded as finding a chance to fight back.

Come and break my ball, Kaka!

Kaka caught up, he really wanted to steal the ball.But when he wants to stretch his feet to steal the ball, he will inevitably slow down, and this will give Wood a chance to widen the distance.

Kaka suddenly realized what Wood felt at the time.

Wood's basic dribbling skills are very good, his dribbling is very standard, and his speed is not slow.This is due to the basic training he has been insisting on every day since he entered the Forest team training base until now.

He knew that he was a monk halfway through, and he was not a player who had received professional training since he was a child. Twain also knew this.So both of them are very strict about basic training.

Wood was self-conscious, and Twain strictly supervised him, so he developed Wood's ability to dribble the ball so that Kaka couldn't touch it.

Kaka wanted to rely on his speed to forcibly overtake to leave plenty of time for the tackle, but he found that Wood's speed was just as fast, and he had no other better way than to run along...

"George Wood's dribble! It's really rare to see that Wood actually dribbled the ball forward, and Kaka was following him to steal the ball..."

Kaka glanced ahead, and Gattuso and Ambrosini had noticed Wood's intentions and planned to come over to encircle them.

It seems that Wood can't run away.

"Be careful with his pass!!" Maldini yelled from behind, which made Gattuso and Ambrosini eat at the same time.

How could they forget, how could Wood dribble the ball straight into Huanglong?It must be a pass!

Wood also saw the situation in front of him, he was very close to the two midfielders.

He couldn't understand what Maldini was shouting, but he didn't mean to pass the ball, not because he was confident in his breakthrough, but because he had no time to care where his teammates ran ...

Seeing that there was still a slight gap between the encirclement of the two people, Wood slammed the football forward without hesitation!
The football rolled between Gattuso and Ambrosini, and at the same time Wood suddenly accelerated, and rushed over before the encirclement closed!

"Ahh! Beautiful breakthrough! One over two! George Wood's speed is intimidating! Is he really just a midfielder?"

Kaka knew that the situation was not good when he saw Gattuso and Ambrosini having a meal.He was not at all worried that Wood would pass the ball, and he had one thought in his mind-this kid will definitely break through, definitely will break through!

Sure enough.

Wood forced his way out of the encirclement of Gattuso and Ambrosini by relying on his speed. Kaka was not surprised at all. He bypassed the two teammates and speeded up to catch up.

He followed Wood all the time, and he didn't believe that he couldn't find a suitable opportunity to steal the ball.In addition... If it is really dangerous, he doesn't mind fouling immediately and risking a card to stop the Forest team's attack.

Unexpectedly, Gattuso and Ambrosini were broken.Both Maldini and Nesta froze for a moment.

It seems that they all underestimated Wood's speed and determination to break forward...

Can't let him go any further!

This was Nesta's only thought after he realized it, and he rushed forward.

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When Wood started to break forward with the ball, Twain stood up from the coach's bench.When he saw that Wood broke through the defense of Gattuso and Ambrosini with his speed, he couldn't help but ran along the changing line towards AC Milan's goal, as if this could help Wood break through more smoothly. AC Milan's blockade is the same.

While running, he murmured:

"Come on, George..."

The sound grew louder and faster as Wood ran, as if it was the drumbeat in response to Wood's footsteps.

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Nesta decided not to let Wood break through from him, and he did what he said!

Because he wanted to break through Gattuso and Ambrosini, Wood waded out the football and left his body. Now he has to speed up the pursuit, after all, he still has not controlled the ball.In such a situation, the rules believe that the offense and the defense will have half the chance, and any physical collisions will not be simply attributed to the defender's foul.

It was this opportunity that Nesta was going to take advantage of, using himself as a wall for Wood to ram headfirst into.

Kaka saw that Wood and Nesta were about to meet, and he believed that Nesta's defense would force Wood to slow down, or even stop completely, and that would be his chance.

He's ready to steal the ball.

But...he found that Wood still had no intention of slowing down!
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"Come on! George!"

Tang En let out a loud roar.

Sprinting at full speed, Wood and Nesta collided without any suspense.

"Oh my god..." the narrator let out a whine.

Kaka wants to steal the ball, but what about football?He didn't see it, wasn't with Nesta, and wasn't with Wood.Football gone? !
The Nottingham Forest fans in the stands suddenly burst into cheers resounding through the sky.If you listen carefully, you can hear that they are calling someone's name.

"...Wood...Wood...Eastwood! Eastwood!!"

Before colliding with Nesta, Wood made reasonable use of the rules and defaulted that the offensive and defensive sides had half the chance. The body collision did not call a foul, and he fell to the ground before Nesta and passed the football shovel to the front.

At that moment, he didn't have time to observe the situation of his teammates around him, but he looked up and saw the gypsy Eastwood.Does he have AC Milan defenders around him?Is he offside?Wood didn't have time to think about these situations. He just passed the football to the only teammate in his field of vision, and the task was completed.

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Forest fans were cheering, and AC Milan's captain Maldini stood on the penalty area line and raised his right hand, indicating that Eastwood, who had received the football, was offside, and the attack was invalid!
Just when Wood was about to meet Nesta, experience told Maldini that he should move forward and let Eastwood fall into the offside trap at the far end.

So he moved forward, and when he glanced at the opponent for the last time, he saw Notingham Forest's number 11 still standing still.He felt that his tactics had succeeded, so he raised his hand to signal the referee.

But he didn't hear any whistle sound.What about the linesman?

When Maldini turned to look for the lineman, he saw another person before himself and the lineman.That person was wearing the white jersey of AC Milan, and his position was farther back than himself... than No. 11 of Nottingham Forest!

Onside!
Eastwood received the football tackled by Wood and turned around.He also looked up at the lineman, and found that the lineman did not raise the flag, because the third defender of AC Milan, Karadze, was behind!
Dida also thought that Eastwood was offside, and stood in front of the goal line and raised his hand to signal.In the next second, he realized something was wrong and rushed to attack.

The unmarked Eastwood swung his right foot and tried to volley vigorously. After deceiving Dida to lose his center of gravity, he shot lightly with one kick!

"Spoons!" exclaimed the Italian narrator.

The football passed over Dida's head and fell easily into the empty goal!
"YES! 3:1! No. 803 minutes, this is a goal that almost sealed the victory!" The England commentator stood up from his seat and shook his fist vigorously.

"George Wood's sudden insertion and forced breakthrough messed up AC Milan's defense! Kaka, he can only follow, he can only follow!" The England commentator and the Italian commentator are next door, and this time he can finally Well vent your anger. "There's nothing he can do, the poor fellow..."

"Nottingham Forest once again took a two-goal lead! Will this be the last straw that breaks the camel's back?!"

Kaladze, who was dragged behind and caused Maldini to fail to make an offside, stood there with a blank face. He was only paying attention to Wood and Nesta at the time. He never thought that Wood could send the football to Is under such circumstances. At Wood's feet.

"You have Kaka, we have Wood!" The Forest fans in the stands sang "Wood Praise". "We still have Eastwood! We have vast forests, and you will get lost when you enter! Do you want to go out? Do you want to go out? Keep the championship trophy!"

Maldini looked up at the night sky, and at that moment, he was also confused.There have been countless fights in his career, victories and losses, all kinds of feelings.At this moment, something familiar came to mind, it was a bad feeling...

He felt he might lose the title again.

But this thought only flashed in his mind for a second before he shook his head and shook it off.No, 7 minutes to go, I refuse to admit defeat!

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After scoring the goal, Eastwood turned his head to the referee again for confirmation. He saw the linesman running towards the center line, and the referee also whistled and pointed to the center circle—the goal was valid.

The goal is valid!

Eastwood turned around and ran towards the Forest team's coaching bench.

He opened his arms and shouted in his mouth. Behind him were all the Forest players on the field. If they catch them, it must be an arhat.

In front of him was the cheering forest bench and coaches.His target is Tony Twain.

The guy who told him he would be a legendary striker in the future, the guy who came up to him and asked him if he wanted to play professional football when he could only play amateur football, the guy who decided to give up when he was hospitalized with another serious injury It's time to tell him that destiny is one choice after another, and your destiny is what you choose.

After listening to his words, I went to play professional football; after listening to his words, I chose not to give up; after listening to his words, there is Freddy Eastwood today...

I want to thank you, boss!

Tang En opened his arms and waited to hug Eastwood, but was directly hit to the ground by the gypsy who didn't brake.A group of people seemed to have planned it in advance, and they pressed on together.

The stacked Arhats participated by all members is really spectacular...

"The team rules don't allow... ah!"

Tang En's screams were drowned in the stormy cheers.

"Forest! Forest! Nottingham Forest!"

"Champions! Champions! We are champions!"

(End of this chapter)