champion godfather

Chapter 656 Volume Five Red Great Forest
At the beginning, the Nottingham Forest dressing room was noisy, and everyone was busy resting or listening to music to relax.When Tang En stood up from the corner, he quickly became quiet again.
"In the first half... I won't talk nonsense. Now the problem we have to solve is not how to defend Barcelona's attack, but how to score their goals."
When he said this, he turned to look at George Wood.
Some people followed his gaze and turned back.
"George, is it difficult for you to both attack and defend?" Tang En asked with a smile.
George Wood shook his head: "It's okay."
"It's okay?" Tang En glared at him, "What does it mean? Is it barely enough, or is it more than enough?"
"Hmm..." George Wood thought for a while, "When you come back to defend, you may miss some opportunities because you are in the backcourt. Others... nothing."
"Use more passes, idiot." Tang En pointed at him, "You ran back and forth like a shuttle in the first half, I even wonder if you have extra energy and time to look up and see the situation around you. The midfield organizer can It's not something that can be done with endless physical strength. You have to observe the situation on the field, look at the movements of your teammates and opponents, and then decide how to deal with the attack...The midfield playmaker does not rely on physical strength, but on brains "Although Tang En's critical tone was not harsh, he let everyone know that he was indeed criticizing George Wood, not joking.
Wood nodded, and he also felt that he was basically exhausted in the first half of the first half.How to organize the attack?This question never lingered in his mind. He always waited until he got the ball before looking up the passing route. If he had a chance, he would pass it.Rarely thinks like van der Vaart, so so far, most of his passes have been passed directly to the feet of his teammates, rather than in the open space in front of them.This kind of ball is not easy to make mistakes, but it doesn't create too many good opportunities.You know, basically all offensive offenses that can pose a threat are penetrating passes like this.Always passing to a fixed foot will force the offensive rhythm to stop.At that time, as long as the opponent's defense line is in a good position, an attack can be easily stopped.
In the second half, he didn't have to run back and forth in the front and back courts, but he needed to put more energy into defense, because Nottingham Forest used defensive counterattacks, how can they counterattack if they don't defend?Wood himself is the core of the midfield defense. He is really not used to the way of playing football when the opponent is attacking, and he is watching and waiting for his teammates to grab the ball and then give it to him to organize the attack...
"Also, although we are defending and counterattacking, defense is very important. But if we only defend and do not counterattack, we will become a complete defense." Tang En had no intention of letting Wood go, and he was defending against Wood. The question in the paper presents its own critique. "You have been a defensive midfielder for too long, George. Active defense is a good thing, but think about your own mission first. What are you here for?" He looked at Wood and asked.
Wood replied: "Organize the attack."
"It seems that you haven't lost your mind yet. If you are always defending, defending, defending... how can you organize an offense? You are just a person after all, not a monster that can be cloned at any time."
"Then what should I do?" George Wood asked.
Tang En looked at the other people in the locker room. Some of them were listening intently to the conversation between him and George, some were closing their eyes and resting their minds, and some were simply listening to music.
He coughed and said to George Wood, "It's easy. Trust your teammates."
George Wood turned his head and looked around, and he found that many teammates were also looking at him.
"Okay, guys!" Dunn threw Wood down and clapped his hands hard, making everyone look up at him. "In the second half, we have to score. This is not an away game, just get a draw. Defense can't relax, give me a little more boldness in offense... If I lose the ball, I don't want to see turning around and running back, You give me counter-stealing on the spot, attack directly if you can steal the ball, and interfere with their advancing speed if you can’t steal it—you know how to do it.”
"The first half of the first half was okay, but we put too little pressure on Barcelona in the second half, so it won't work. Work harder in the second half. If those bastards think we don't have the strength to fight back, let them look good!"
He punched it in the palm of his hand.
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On the other side, Rijkaard is writing and drawing on the tactical board.He was telling his people how to break through the dense defense of Nottingham Forest.

"George Wood obviously needs to organize the offense. If I were Tony Twain, I would not let him continue to focus on defense in the second half. In this way, Nottingham Forest's defense will definitely have holes to exploit. Their overall defensive formation remains the same. It's very good, you can't break it by passing the ball alone. Sidwell is no threat to you, Messi." He looked at Messi who was sitting on the side.
"Add more breakthroughs in the second half, rush in to find opportunities, and disrupt their defensive formation. The most feared thing about this kind of overall defense is that one or a few of the opponents have excellent breakthrough capabilities."
He euphemistically criticized Messi for not being excited enough in the first half.
That's true, except for the three-man shot at the beginning, Messi's performance quickly became flat.Some people may speculate that he has just returned from injury, and his state has not yet adjusted to his best state.But in fact, Messi just lost interest because of the great contrast between his previous expectations and his future reality.
After all, how could Sidwell match George Wood's sense of accomplishment?
Messi also knows where the problem is.I have to take it seriously in the second half.Anyway, for whatever reason, it's a good thing for George Wood not to guard him.
Recently, the media criticized Barcelona for having just dropped "Ronaldinho dependence" and suffering from "Messi dependence".This problem can be seen from two aspects. On the one hand, Rijkaard is said to be incompetent, and on the other hand, Messi is praised for being too powerful.
When Barcelona is attacking, everyone will try to give the ball to this little man, hoping that he will perform miracles.
Well, since Nottingham Forest doesn't value me, I'll make you regret it!He clenched his fists.
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After the restart in the second half, as in the first half of the first half, Barcelona wanted to score and Nottingham Forest wanted to score.The two sides began to attack each other, and the situation changed somewhat.
During this period, Nottingham Forest had three good chances to score, and Barcelona also had two chances to break into the Forest team's hinterland.It's a pity that no one has grasped it.It frightened the two head coaches on the sidelines enough - no matter which side gets the chance to shoot, the two head coaches will get their butts off their seats.The difference was that Rijkaard just stood up slightly, while Twain jumped out of the coach's seat directly.
After 15 minutes of exciting confrontation, Nottingham Forest and Barcelona both realized that this confrontation put their own goals in a very dangerous situation, as evidenced by the two sides' five opportunities to directly threaten the goal.
So they chose to be conservative while being very tacit.
Nottingham Forest have stuck to their usual style, which is not surprising.Barcelona also defended and counterattacked, which is incomprehensible.
"Barcelona wants to play Nottingham Forest's defensive counterattack?" The commentator was surprised.
Tang En laughed in his seat.He knew why Rijkaard was suddenly conservative again.Because after the confrontation just now, he found that Nottingham Forest's offensive strength is not weak, and being conservative in key games will help win the victory.This head coach, who is famous for his artistic football and offensive football in the world football, had to succumb to reality when his coaching position was unstable, and chose a more secure game defense.
What made him happier was not Barcelona's performance, but George Wood's transformation.
What he likes most about Wood is that he is very obedient most of the time.After he criticized Wood's performance in the first half during the intermission, Wood really made a targeted change in the second half.
He no longer makes himself exhausted between offense and defense. From a certain perspective, he has learned to "play standing up".Twain always emphasized running and playing football, but there were exceptions. As a midfield conductor, he hoped that his organizers would behave like generals and behave calmly.And as a defensive midfielder, there is really no need to charge forward every time, more often they need to attack directly from the backcourt.Learning how to judge the situation on the court is what George Wood must do.
The Forest team had three attacks that directly threatened the Barcelona goal, one of which was directly initiated by Wood, and the other two were indirectly launched by George Wood.A direct pass from his ribs to Ribery broke into the penalty area and shot. Although it was blocked by Valdes, Wood's 30-meter direct pass still left a deep impression on people-at that time he Still in the middle circle, the Forest team turned from defense to offense. If he continues to lead, Barcelona's defense will be organized quickly, so he will have no better way than crossing.At that time, he looked up at the front and found that Barcelona's defense was still retreating and did not have time to organize a defensive formation. Although Ribery was cruising on the wing, there was enough space in front of him. With his speed...
He made a decisive pass and sent the football from the center circle directly to the ribs between Barcelona central defender Milito and Puyol.
With his strength, there is no doubt about the speed of the football rolling, like a knife cutting butter, passing the football between the two Barcelona defenders.Ahead was an empty penalty area, with no Barcelona players or Nottingham Forest players.Just when people thought it was a wrong pass, Ribery appeared behind the entire defense line running at high speed, and he received the ball!
The next step was a shot without hesitation, but unfortunately he pursued too much strength and the angle was too straight, so he was blocked by Valdez.
But the city stadium still burst into applause, namely for Ribery and for George Wood.
Even Twain, who was off the court, couldn't help standing up and applauding George Wood when he saw this penetrating pass like a scalpel.
If George sent the ball directly to Ribery's feet just now, then Barcelona's Puyol will be happy to single out Ribery one-on-one, and the Forest team's offense will be forced to a dead end.The ball passed in front of the offensive player seems to have dug a diversion channel to the downstream for a pool of stagnant water, and the entire offense came alive in an instant.
"This is the talent that Demi said he saw from him!" Tang En said to the people around him flamboyantly.
"It's a pity that there are too few." Chris Rack shook his head.
"It's okay." Tang said, "At the beginning, it only flashed once in a while, but now it flashes a lot. In the end..."
Tang En took his words, "In the end, they will flash together, and the light will never go out!"
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Wood on the court was a little annoyed after seeing Ribery waste this opportunity, but what occupied his heart was more excitement.When he saw the football roll out from under his feet, passing through the two defenders of Barcelona accurately, and Ribery knowingly inserted and received it, the feeling was completely different from his shoveling the opponent... How to put it ?One is destruction and the other is construction.
But one thing must be the same-whether it is destruction or construction, he is very excited after success.
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Because of Wood's sudden enlightenment, Rijkaard found that although there was no Ruud van Nistelrooy, no Eastwood, no van der Vaart, Nottingham Forest's offense was still full of power.He was worried that if he continued to attack like this, he would be attacked by the forest team.Considering the results, not conceding the ball is the most important thing.So he ran to the sidelines and told the team to slow down a bit, take it slow.
As soon as he closed it, the forest team followed suit.Because although Barcelona seldom counterattacks, if someone thinks that they have no ability to counterattack, it is a big mistake.Twain didn't want such a stupid thing like "surrounding the opponent for 89 minutes and being defeated by the opponent's surprise attack for 90 minutes" to happen to him.
Messi performed well in the first half and also got a chance to shoot, but although his shot crossed the ten fingers of Van der Sar, it was blocked on the goal line by the desperate Pepe.These were some of the best scoring chances of Barcelona's game so far.
Barcelona recovered, and the person who was really liberated was actually George Wood. He didn't have to put more energy on the backcourt defense. He began to try to move his position forward, sometimes looking more like a front midfielder , not the lower back.
The game gradually came to the end in the stalemate between the two sides.If no one can score and the score is still 0:0, then Barcelona and Nottingham Forest will have to go through overtime to determine the team that advances to the final. Trick - penalty shootout!
No one wants the game to really go to that point, not to mention the penalty shootout, it is overtime, which is a great test for the physical fitness of both sides.
So in the last 10 minutes of the game, the two sides made another effort and launched a confrontation.
Messi became active again, and George Wood also received more balls from his teammates. He already looked like a "midfield commander".
On this side, after Messi broke through Sidwell, he passed a direct pass to Eto'o who was obliquely inserted into the penalty area. Eto'o's shot was saved by Van der Sar.
On the other side, George Wood suddenly forced a breakthrough with speed on the wing, and after attracting the attention of Abidal and Yaya Toure, he passed the football back to Beckham.Beckham made a cross at the first time, and Bendtner overwhelmed Marcos, the No. [-] defender in Barcelona, ​​with a header, which was thrown by Valdes and hit the crossbar.
At the back, after George Wood found that Barcelona focused on his pass, he decisively shot a long shot from a distance of 30 meters.Although they flew directly to the stands, Dunn and the others saw George Wood's true heart - he did not reject being an offensive player.
Time passed by every minute and every second, and the score was still 0:0.
Rijkaard had long been standing on the sidelines directing the game, and now Twain couldn't sit still and got up from his seat.
He turned his head and glanced at the big screen. Time: 84 minutes and 58 seconds of the game; score: Nottingham Forest 0:0 Barcelona.
Beckham was a little tired, so he decided to replace him. Lennon's impact might have a miraculous effect at the last moment...
Sidwell can also be replaced, let Van der Vaart come on, and fight at the last moment.But in this way, George Wood will return to the position of defensive midfielder. In addition, I don't know how Van der Vaart's debut state is. After all, there are not many events left for them, unless they plan to play overtime. .
Forget it, George's performance has already satisfied him, he still can't bring the team a victory, no wonder he, after all, as an organizational midfielder, he still has a long way to go.
He called Van der Vaart and Lennon back from the warm-up area and was going to tell them how to attack.
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George Wood caught a glimpse of two teammates listening to Dunn's instructions on the sidelines. One of them was Van der Vaart, the team's original playmaker.It only took him a second to know what Tony Twain was thinking:
He didn't want to play overtime and wanted to settle the battle in the last few minutes, but his offensive performance obviously didn't satisfy him, otherwise why would he replace Van der Vaart, just to take over his task.
What does this mean?
Explain that you have not completed the task.
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Messi faced Sidwell again, planning to break through and attract Pepe to help defend, and then pass the football behind Pepe for Eto'o to insert.
When he easily passed Sidwell looked up to find someone, the ball at his feet was tackled by George Wood.
It's been nearly 10 minutes. No matter how Messi makes trouble near the forest team's penalty area, George Wood has never bothered him once. Messi has almost forgotten this opponent he once considered the most dangerous.
So he passed Sidwell, his mind was full of Pepe, and he didn't even notice the danger around him.
George Wood spotted him looking up, and when he was negligently guarding his feet, he suddenly shot out from a diagonal stab and shoveled off Messi's ball!
Nottingham Forest didn't give Barcelona time to react. Pepe, who was going to defend Messi, just received the ball from Wood's shovel. He planned to pass it to someone else, but he quickly saw that he just got up from the pass. Wood was waving to him, the movement was very subtle, but he saw it and motioned him to pass the ball.
Facing Messi, Pepe made a gesture of dribbling forward with the ball, cheating Messi's weight, and then passed the football to George Wood who was running in front.
"He is the core of the playmaker, stop him!" Puyol yelled in the backcourt. Wood was basically organizing the offense throughout the game. Fools know the most dangerous person and the most responsible person when the Forest team counterattacks. Who is the priority to solve.
This time without waiting for Yaya Toure, Harvey rushed forward first.He planned to steal the ball when George Wood passed him, or force Wood to slow down and turn around, so that the Forest team could not make a fast break.
George Wood didn't mean to ask Harvey, but he didn't mean to turn around either.He looked at Xavi but passed the ball to Beckham on the right.
Then he made his way around Harvey and continued on.
Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest started their swift counterattack.In the second half, Gareth Bale, who was replaced at No. 205 minutes, and Ribery went forward from the left.
Harvey turned his head to look at the back of George Wood, and at the same time glanced at the other Forest players who were running forward, and then looked at Beckham, who was close at hand. He finally decided to pester the England ball-handler People, and George Wood to his teammates.
Beckham knew what he meant when he saw Harvey coming up. It was nothing more than two things: steal the ball from him, or trap him in place so that the football cannot be passed.
He didn't give Harvey a chance to complete the task, and immediately passed the football to the diagonally forward wing.The person who caught his ball was none other than George who just passed him the ball!
He has moved from the center to the wing. After receiving the ball, before Wood took a few steps, Yaya Toure also rushed over.All of Barcelona's defenders had the same idea: Either steal the ball straight away, disrupt the attack, or frustrate it.
George Wood didn't give Toure a chance, he passed the ball directly to Franck Ribery in the middle.
Ribery went from the left to the center because he wanted to meet Wood.Seeing him with the ball made Barcelona's defense tense.As a European Footballer of the Year, he cannot be ignored.Whether passing the ball or shooting himself, Ribery is a good player.
Iniesta is not good at defensive people have to come up on the flanks to outflank, and the person in front of Ribery is the Argentine central defender Milito.
If Ribery wants to shoot directly, Milito will go up and block it.If Ribery wants to break through, then Iniesta on the flank can give him some scruples.
Ribery neither shot nor broke through, he passed the ball.
The figure who received the ball was still familiar to all Barcelona players-George Wood.
George Wood, who was just on the wing and now quickly moved to the ribs, just received the ball, and Abidal posted it unceremoniously.Now it is basically a little in front of Barcelona's big penalty area. How can it not be tighter and let the opponent move freely in this kind of place?
Abidal pushed forward. While testing Wood, he stretched out his foot to poke Wood's ball, forcing Wood to turn around.
Wood turned as he wished, but heeled the football into the space behind Abidal.
"David!"
Beckham ran up with all his strength and just appeared behind Abidal, not offside!Due to Gareth Bale's forward drive, Puyol's side was suppressed, so although Beckham appeared behind the others, he was alone in front of Puyol.
Abidal may not have noticed when he was focused on grabbing Wood's ball, but Marcos could see it clearly.Just before George Wood received the ball, Beckham ran far away, and when Wood received the ball, he suddenly accelerated and rushed up.
At first, Marcos thought Beckham was going to respond to George Wood's return pass, but he soon found out he was wrong.Because Beckham did not go towards Wood, but walked around the two of them.At that very moment, he slams forward, trying to place Beckham offside.He didn't look at the situation at the far end, and Puyol was still very relieved.
Puyol is obviously aware of this, and he wants to move forward and make an offside, but it is too late.
Just half a step away, Beckham received the ball unmarked!
Bendtner and Arshavin, who were still in front of Marcos just now, didn't care about Marcos, who was looking back at the lineman with their hands raised, and rushed towards the goal together!
"Be careful with his cross..." Before Valdes could finish his words, he saw Beckham swung his right foot.
Abidal turned around in a panic and rushed towards Beckham, while George Wood stood there waiting to watch the show.
Marcos and Milito went back to chase Bendtner and Arshavin.
Although Valdés looked at Beckham, he did pay attention to the positions of the Forest team's two forwards from the corner of his eye...
Beckham took a shot, not a cross from the inside of his foot, but a volley from the outside of his instep!
At the same time, Valdez threw himself to the outside, ready to block the cross, and just flew out when he was horrified to see the football flying past him from the other side.The speed was so fast that he didn't even have time to turn his head to see what was going on behind him.But this is no longer necessary, because he heard the cheers of the audience...
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Goal!"
Five passes ended the fight.
David Beckham pointed at George Wood with both hands, and rushed towards him with an excited smile.
George Wood's outstanding performance throughout the game, and his continuous passing as a pass relay station to organize the offense in this attack, made him a key target for Barcelona's defense.Franck Ribery is famous, he has the ball, and Barcelona dare not ignore it.No one cared about the veteran David Beckham, who was almost unable to run. At most, he just made a pass. Our defense line is so well organized. There are not many chances for him to pass in Bendtner...
As a result, Beckham made a shot!
"Some people say that Nottingham Forest runs a nursing home. After Hierro left, there were old guys like Albertini, Van Nistelrooy and Van der Sar. After Albertini retired, David Beckham came again. But last year's Who does the Champions League depend on? Albertini, the old guy! What about this year? Nottingham Forest fans can start looking forward to David Beckham!"
exclaimed the narrator excitedly.
What he said was tantamount to announcing in advance that Nottingham Forest had won the Champions League final ticket.
In fact, there were 3 minutes left in the game to enter injury time.
Dunn didn't have time to celebrate the goal with the people around him. He pulled the excited Van der Vaart and Lennon to explain the tactics as soon as possible - he had already explained it just now, and they would replace when the ball was dead.But now the tactics must be changed.
A lagging Barcelona will be like a wounded beast, which may burst out with amazing energy at the last minute, and will be eaten if it is taken lightly-Barcelona only needs a goal to equalize, and the team going to Moscow, Russia will be From Nottingham Forest to their Barcelona.
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After celebrating the victory, Tang En replaced Van der Vaart and Lennon, replacing Sidwell and Beckham, the hero who scored the goal just now.Veteran David Beckham received a standing ovation from the crowd as he stepped off the pitch.
After hugging Beckham, Tony Twain gave George Wood a thumbs up on the field, affirming his contribution to the goal.
He is afraid that Wood will have an idea, because Van der Vaart has indeed taken over Wood's offensive command, and he needs to do what he does best-defense.
Messi finally faced George Wood towards the end of the game, but he had been worn down by Forest's overall defense in the previous game-just returned from injury, how good is his physical fitness?
Facing the physically abnormal George Wood, he "deliberately kills the thief, but is powerless to recover."
Eto'o, a speed forward, has no more space to play a limited role.Henry?How much threat can he pose if he is blocked by the Forest team and can't get in?
Although the stoppage time in the second half was as high as 5 minutes, there was a burst of dissatisfied boos at the city stadium.But Nottingham Forest's wall of sighs shows no sign of crumbling.The physical advantage guaranteed by rotation is fully reflected at this time.
When the referee blows the whistle to end the game.The entire city stadium, and even half of Nottingham, were covered by cheers.
Tony Twain walked to the sidelines, intending to raise his arms and shout to celebrate the victory, but he was suddenly lifted up by the players around him, and lifted them above his head!
"Three consecutive European Champions Cup finals! Tony Twain engraved his team's name in the history of the Champions Cup, with Real Madrid, Ajax, AC Milan, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Benfica On a par with the best coaches in history! They are the first to do it since the new century... This is really crazy!"
"It's unbelievable! It's unbelievable! They really did it!"
Tony Twain was lifted above his head by the players, and he raised his hands to receive cheers from the crowd.Although he has not yet won the Champions League, he is now enough to accept this courtesy.Bringing a small team that has been unknown for nearly 30 years to the top again is really not something that ordinary people can do casually.
"I have to say...Tony Twain is still not likable, but his achievements have made everyone envious. Those who criticize him, why don't they hope that the team they support can have such a magical coach? Most of the players dug from all over the world have never heard of them. And now, they have grown into the pillars of Nottingham Forest, and the small saplings have grown into towering trees!"
"Wood! Wood! Grow trees! Forest! Forest! Nottingham Forest!!" None of the Forest fans left the stands at the City Stadium, and now they sang the George Wood song again.
"Yes, Franck Ribery, who played in the lower leagues of France, became the European Footballer of the Year. Pepe, who once faced the dilemma of not having the ball to play in Portugal, is now the core of the Forest team's defense. It was almost Gareth Bale, who was rejected by Southampton, is now the youngest international player and goal scorer in Welsh history. Eastwood, who had been forced to play amateur football due to injury and almost gave up, has become a forest The main player of the team...Of course, we have to mention George Wood. Who would have thought that he is a layman who only started playing professional football at the age of 17? His performance in today's game can be scored nine points! "
"Why not ten?" asked his partner.
"Ah, because he is still young and has enough room for growth, his future is worth looking forward to. At that time, I don't want to give him a shocking [-] points."
These players gathered around Tony Twain just like George Wood, celebrating the victory with him.Who cares about the mood of the Barcelona people?
Dunn didn't even have a chance to shake hands with Rijkaard, he saw Rijkaard walking away alone from above.He knew that Rijkaard's handsome position was determined to be lost, but he didn't feel the slightest sadness for Rijkaard, he just watched Rijkaard's back gradually disappearing in the crowd, and warned himself countless times in his heart :
If I lose, he will be me then.
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Ask for a ticket!
For the sake of my updates, and for the miraculous third time that Nottingham Forest has reached the final of the European Champions Cup and is likely to become a double champion, let's smash all the monthly tickets you have left!
Let the monthly pass become the colorful confetti scattered on the roof of the city stadium, and decorate this moment of victory even more beautifully!
(End of this chapter)