champion godfather

Chapter 662
Tony Twain was furious on the sidelines.He wasn't for Ronaldo's penalty, for the second time.

Because after Ronaldo scored, in just 4 minutes, Manchester United scored again...

After Nottingham Forest kicked off, there was a mistake on the back line, but the pass was too strong. When Van der Vaart stopped the ball, the football bounced high. S stole the ball away.Van der Vaart wanted to foul behind the back one step too late.

Scholes passes a ball behind him.Rooney broke into the penalty area and made a pass after telling him to plug in. Ronaldo who followed up easily scored the ball.

Old Trafford was literally boiling for a few minutes.Apart from the cheers and chants of the Manchester United fans, nothing else could be heard.

Could Tang En not be furious?
Conceding two goals so quickly is a great blow to the morale of the team.And the second ball was basically his own mistake. He could blame the referee for being blind with the first ball and vent his anger on the referee. What about the second ball?He had nothing to say, he could only hold his breath in his stomach, and his breathing was quite heavy.

The game played like this, but he was not mentally prepared at all.He knew that it would be difficult to play at Old Trafford, he also knew that Ferguson was difficult to deal with, and he knew how good Ronaldo was this season...but he didn't expect his team to perform so poorly!

He was angry, and the consequences were severe.

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Nottingham Forest was indeed stunned by the two conceded goals within 4 minutes. After the re-kick-off, the players were a little listless. Whether it was defense or the occasional counterattack, they seemed very disorganized.

Not only that, maybe the pressure of the league championship made them a little distracted. Tang En, who was watching the game from the sidelines, sometimes couldn't figure out what his players were doing on the field.

Gareth Bale received a pass from George Wood. With Manchester United pressing forward, the most important thing he should do as a full-back is to get the ball out of his feet as soon as possible.But Bell didn't. He looked up to find someone with the ball, and then found that there was no suitable passing route. Facing Hargreaves who came up to rob, he feinted and shook the opponent away.Should it be passed on now?No, he dunked again, turning around one after another, trying to protect the ball.His teammates were waiting not far away to respond, and he raised his foot as a gesture to pass the ball, but he didn't pass it.After repeating this several times, his ball was broken...

Tang En vented his anger with a water bottle off the court.

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George Wood was also anxious on the court.He is the captain of the team.When the team is going smoothly, it may not reflect the importance of a captain.But now the team is facing difficulties, as the captain, he should stand up.

How do you come forward?

George Wood didn't know what to do for a while.

While continuing to play on the court, he searched in his mind how to deal with similar situations when Demi was there...

As a result he got distracted.

Ronaldo made two consecutive breakthroughs from him.George Wood didn't look vulnerable at all.

Manchester United fans cheered even more.Everyone knows that George Wood is a well-known defensive midfielder in the English Premier League. It is remarkable to be able to pass him so easily.But their Cristiano Ronaldo did it.

Even Wood behaved like this, Tang En didn't vent his anger with the water bottle, he sat on the chair and sulked.

Seeing him like this, Ferguson next door smiled even more.The already red face can be regarded as "red face".

It really makes people wonder if he secretly drank on the coach's bench.

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The first half came to an end when Manchester United besieged Nottingham Forest, and Nottingham Forest was embarrassed and unable to fight back.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the Nottingham Forest players felt that the sound was so beautiful for the first time.But when they saw the back of the hurriedly leaving on the sidelines, they felt that going back to the locker room might be the greater torment...

The first person to enter the dressing room was Franck Ribery. He saw Tang En sitting on the chair with a dark face, but he didn't dare to speak. He lowered his head and went back to his own locker to sit down and rest.

The same goes for most of the following players.No one talked, no one listened to music, and it was impossible for anyone to laugh. The 0:2 score and the gloomy face of the head coach made everyone feel as if a boulder had been crushed in their hearts.

Don was the last to come in. He closed the door and the noise outside died away.

Tang En just stood up from his chair and had something to say, which he had held in his heart for the entire first half.

"I'm so thankful that we didn't concede two goals in a row after conceding two goals in a row." Tang En said this with a black face, making it hard to believe that he was indeed rejoicing—I'm afraid it was regret Bar?
"Someone thinks I'm talking angry?" Tang En spread his hands, "Don't be funny, look at your performance in the second half of the first half... not only I should be lucky, but all of you should be lucky! In such a situation How lucky we were to only concede two goals under the circumstances! Huh?!"

He raised the volume so violently that the timid players nearly jumped out of their chairs.For example... Gareth Bell.

"Gareth Bell!" Tang En looked at the young man who was frightened just now. "Do you know the basic duties of a defender? Look at your performance after you get the ball in the backcourt... If you really can't find someone to pass the ball to, can you kick it out? Where are you showing off? Footwork?"

"I..." Bell wanted to defend himself.But he really couldn't find a suitable reason, because his mind was blank when he made that mistake, and he really didn't know what he was doing.After Hargreaves steals the ball, he even fearfully wants to end the opponent's offense with a back tackle.Fortunately, he didn't do this, otherwise the anger he would face now would definitely be several times greater.

After scolding the poor little monkey, Tang En turned his attention to the team captain, George Wood.

"Wood!" He didn't say "George," which meant he was furious now. "Your performance was pretty good at the beginning. I always thought that your mental quality is nothing to say! But after the two conceded goals, your performance was completely different. You were conceded two goals in a row within 4 minutes. Are you scared? You let that Portuguese boy break through easily in front of you without any resistance, the scarecrow is stronger than you!"

Wood didn't intend to defend himself, but he didn't want to admit that he was intimidated, so he stood up: "I'm not intimidated, I'm just thinking... thinking about how to get the team out of the woods."

Hearing what he said, Tang En smiled instead of anger: "You still look like a captain. But you've been thinking for too long—you didn't think of anything until the end of the first half, right? ?”

This time Wood could only acquiesce, because he really didn't make a move.

Having said that, Tang En turned to the whole team: "We were suppressed by Manchester United in our own half for the entire first half. What is normal and abnormal is that we conceded two goals, and within 4 minutes... conceded two goals in a row! How to solve it? It's very simple, a few threatening attacks, let Manchester United know that Nottingham Forest can only be beaten. Fight back cowards!"

Tang En took a deep breath and took a rest.The gesture looks like an effort to control the anger inside.

"I don't want to say too much about what happened in the first half. It's useless to say more about the past half of the game. I'll scold you all ten times here, and the score outside will not change!" He pointed outside and said. "So we still have to talk about what to do in the second half. Attack in the second half, you must attack, pay attention to what I said, not defensive counterattack, but offensive! Full attack!"

"We thought that Manchester United would be more cautious at home. We didn't expect that in the first half they completely ignored the defense and attacked with all their strength. We were caught off guard. After this half, Manchester United will also think that we have been beaten by them and the rhythm of the game has fallen into a trap. They are in control, if they still play like this in the second half, let them taste our power!"

Twain clenched his fists, encouraging the players who were stunned by the two conceded goals.

He now very much hopes that Manchester United will continue such an all-out attack in the second half, and he is worried that Ferguson's old fox will not do what he wants.After all, Manchester United has achieved a two-goal lead. Under normal circumstances, everyone will choose to be conservative. A two-goal lead is at home, which is enough for them to achieve the desired result.

If Manchester United retreated in hatred and played the remaining half of the game with a conservative attitude, it would be hard for Twain to say that his team could win against Manchester United.After all, this is an away game, and the opponents are not weak. In this way, no one dares to say who will win when the two teams play against each other.

The situation would be different if Manchester United still pressed the Forest team to play at halftime.If Nottingham Forest goes all out to fight Manchester United, they may be able to kill the opponent by surprise, but lose the advantage of two goals in an instant, and the game will be dragged back into the rhythm that the Forest team is most accustomed to.

So, what is Ferguson thinking at this time?
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Manchester United dressing room.

Compared with the atmosphere in the forest team's locker room, it is much more relaxed here.Most people are doing what they are interested in. Some of them are listening to music, some are chatting with others, and some are closing their eyes and meditating.Even Ferguson wasn't busy talking, he was chatting with his assistants.

Manchester United prepared very well before the game. Ferguson successfully convinced these players that the game against Nottingham Forest was the most important final in their lives.So everyone thinks that this game will not be easy. After all, they already know what kind of team Nottingham Forest is.

They were fully armed and concentrated on playing the game, but found that their opponents were simply vulnerable and easily took a two-goal lead.This was really unexpected to them.

At half-time, someone was talking about Nottingham Forest's poor first-half performance, and there were bursts of laughter.

It is indeed a very refreshing thing to break through the always annoying George Wood as easily as a wooden stake.

The most important factor that puts this group of people in a good mood is that after a busy season, it is finally possible to win a championship.Although it is a pity to be eliminated from the Champions Cup, professional players will always face failures of one kind or another, always brooding over one failure, and will never win the next championship.

Ferguson saw that everyone was almost relaxed, and the intermission time was approaching, so he decided to say something.

"Everyone did a good job in the first half. This result... To be honest, even I didn't expect it. Such a clean lead by two goals, very good! Very good! We will continue to play like this in the second half and continue to play against Nottingham. Forest's goal puts pressure! We can't give them the slightest chance to counterattack, so we just press them down!"

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"Remember, if they continue to press us like they did in the first half, it will be the best result! If they dare to press up, we dare to attack! Don't be afraid of the defense behind. If we can't do something to change this situation, Even if you all shrink back and defend, you will lose the ball!"

Tang En seized the last time to tell the players how to play in the second half.

The Nottingham Forest players are not as relaxed as the Manchester United players. As a backward side, they are not qualified to listen to music and make jokes in the dressing room.Throughout the intermission, Tang En kept arranging tactics for the second half other than swearing. His mouth was like a machine gun, and he didn't stop for a moment. He didn't even bother to drink water.

He raised his wrist and looked at his watch, the time for his appearance was approaching.He decided to end this tactical meeting, put down his pen, and said seriously to everyone: "Remember, there are still 45 minutes. After 45 minutes, it will be obvious whether we are heroes or bears. Does anyone think there are too many champions? Does anyone not want to win the double crown? Does anyone want to be a bear! I don’t care what kind of difficulties I have, these 45 minutes, I grit my teeth and fight! If anyone can’t bear this pressure, he will signal to me to change, and I will never Replace him without hesitation!"

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"You know how angry I am at being knocked out of the Champions League and how disappointed the Manchester United fans are. But you are lucky to have another chance to salvage this terrible season. There is no reason for us to lose the league title at home, What's more, we still lead by two goals! Don't relax in the second half, if you score another goal, Nottingham Forest will be finished! The league championship is ours, and this is your only chance to redeem yourself!"

Ferguson is also making the final mobilization.

The two head coaches are very clear that what is achieved in the end of a season, whether it is a winner or a loser, depends on the last 45 minutes.

No one wants to be a loser, everyone wants to be a king, so this second half is destined to be very, very intense... Maybe it will be tragic?

(End of this chapter)