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Chapter 786 Volume [-] The Crimson's Strategy Against Manchester United
Tony Twain personally confirmed his future at Nottingham Forest. He would not leave Nottingham, which reassured Forest fans a little.But the rumors in the media that he may leave the City Stadium did not die down immediately. The "Times" swears that Twain will definitely leave the city stadium in four years and find another job.At that time, his contract expires and he can leave freely without having to bear high liquidated damages. I believe that there will be countless wealthy clubs competing for him.

Tang En did not come to Manchester United, but Manchester United did not stop looking for Ferguson's successor.Because after the end of this season, coach Ferguson will definitely retire.This is because this news has not been officially announced. Most people would rather think that this is just a moment of confusion for the old coach. At the end of the season, he will find that he can't live without football and Manchester United. Old Trafford.In this way, many people can breathe a sigh of relief - except for his deadly enemies.

Tang En and Ferguson both confirmed their future, but the story between the two did not end here, but just began.

After the final match of the Champions League group stage, both teams qualified first in their group.Three days later is a highlight - Nottingham Forest away to Manchester United.

This is the only strong confrontation in that round of the league, and it is also a game that will be broadcast live across the country.Because of the recent tidbits of Ferguson's successor, this game has attracted much attention.Coupled with the fact that the points difference between the two teams is only two points, the outcome of this game will determine the ranking of the two teams in the league standings.

After the Celtics game, Dunn resumed the fight with Ferguson at the press conference.He declared that he had no interest in being a successor and intended to stimulate Ferguson.

Ferguson didn't show any weakness, and immediately hit back: "When he works in this industry for 20 years, his wish will be realized."

From the war of words between these two people, outsiders really can't tell that their personal relationship is relatively harmonious...

These two people are typical "the ass decides the head", and they say what they say and do what they do in what position.

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When two teams confront each other, the head coach can't always be the protagonist.The players of the two teams are also the targets of countless people's attention.

Cristiano Ronaldo has said countless times to leave, but in the end he stayed at Manchester United.In this game, he will be Ferguson's sharp knife against Nottingham Forest.The reporter ran to interview him, wanting to hear his views on the game.Ronaldo seemed very low-key: "This is just an ordinary league."

Although he was telling the truth, the game meant nothing.But the media were very dissatisfied, so they ran to ask Rooney.Rooney is a little hotter than Ronaldo: "We will beat Nottingham Forest at home. I can't imagine that we will lose at home."

Nani, a young man, looked arrogant. "Who do you think is the biggest threat on the opposing team?" the reporter asked him.His answer: "They're not a threat as a team."

His words annoyed the players of the Forest team. Pepe was the first to stand up and express dissatisfaction with Nani: "I hope he has a chance to play, and then I will let him know what is a threat."

Eastwood said: "I'm glad their whole team has this idea, as if everyone wants their opponent to be an idiot." He beat around the bush and called Nani an idiot.

George Wood is not a person who wants to argue with others, he is more willing to use a fierce foul to shut up the other party.When being pestered by reporters, he had no choice but to say: "I will know when the game comes."

what do you know?
He didn't say it, but he believed that the media believed it——George Wood will give those bastards who look down on them a serious look!
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The verbal wars of the coaches, the players, and the supporters of both sides emerge in endlessly. This is a special landscape of professional football.All of these are foreshadowing, a prelude to the climax of the final game.

The three days passed quickly. After Nottingham Forest returned from Glasgow Rangers, they only stayed in Nottingham for one day before leaving for Manchester again.For the team to prepare for the game, such frequent and intensive running around is not a good thing.The team has no way to continue the systematic preparation training. Fortunately, the qualifying quota has been determined early, so the Forest team has actually been preparing for the match against Manchester United since the last round of the league.For several main attack points of Manchester United, the team has made detailed arrangements in training.Regarding the team's offensive style, it is also reflected in training.

Running two away games in three days, the only thing to worry about is the team's physical fitness.

Before the game, countless expert fans analyzed that Nottingham Forest will play their best counterattack at Old Trafford.After all, no team dares to play against Manchester United here. If that happens, the result will be a miserable death without exception...

But this time Tang En intends to do the opposite again - he will use a method that no one can think of to play this game.

"Let's attack." In the tactical preparation meeting the day before the game, Dunn said bluntly. "I bet Ferguson didn't think we'd have the guts to do this, so I'm asking you all to press on and start the game off the ground. The sooner we score the better." He snapped his fingers.

"Boss, what if you don't score at the start?" Eastwood asked.

"Slow down a bit, play defense, and then go on offense."

It seemed that Tang En was determined to conquer the Theater of Dreams with offense.

Due to the offense, Shaheen replaced Thiago as the starter in this game.Nottingham Forest's formation has also changed from a parallel 442 to a diamond 442.The two full-backs will attack frequently, and when the two sides are deadlocked, the two full-backs will stay in the backcourt to participate in the defense, and rarely step forward to assist.At the same time, George Wood took on the heavy responsibility of defense in this game, and all the offensive work was handed over to his teammates in the frontcourt.

Although it was offense, Tang En still did not forget that defense was the foundation.Therefore, it is almost impossible to see Twain's team attacking completely regardless of defense... Maybe he would do this in the last 5 minutes of the game when his team was one goal behind.

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Ferguson really didn't expect Tony Twain to dare to fight Manchester United at Old Trafford.He felt that Tang En was a pragmatist. If he wanted to get out of Old Trafford, or even win, then defensive counterattack was obviously the most suitable.

Although the outside world is dissatisfied with his main tactic of always insisting on defensive counterattack, he is considered cowardly and timid.But Tang En never wavered because of outside criticism.

Ferguson felt that he already knew Tony Twain very well, but this time he was still wrong.

Before the game, Wood guessed a coin with Manchester United captain Gary Neville. He lost, so Manchester United won the right to pick a side.And Nottingham Forest got the right to kick-off. In fact, getting the right to kick-off is a good thing for Tang En's Forest team, because they can control the football at their feet from the very beginning of the game.

There used to be such a misunderstanding in the outside world: that Nottingham Forest never cared about the ball possession rate, and they took out the data as proof-Nottingham Forest's ball possession rate was lower than the opponent in 90.00% of the games, no matter what the result was.

But in fact, Tang En just didn't care about the kind of ineffective possession of the ball in his own backcourt.As long as a goal can be scored in the end, even if there are only two passes from the start to the end.So while he always had less possession than his opponents, he was able to win.

Watching other teams' games, most people may have this kind of thinking-when the football is not at the feet of the players of that team, their supporters will start to worry, worrying about the opponent scoring.Because letting football be controlled by the opponent is really a very dangerous thing.

But watching the Nottingham Forest game, Forest fans have become accustomed to the scene where the opponent has the ball and their own defense.In their eyes, once the football falls to the opponent's feet, it is the opponent's fans who should worry.They will definitely come up to attack, and if they come up, there will be space behind them, and that is Nottingham Forest's opportunity.

But today's game at Old Trafford will change the perception of Forest fans.

Nottingham Forest controlled the football after the kick-off, but did not rush to launch a fast break.Instead, it seems to be casually flipping around the middle circle.In previous Nottingham Forest games, it was rare to see backcourt players back and forth, because Twain believed that it was pointless to backcourt. While losing opportunities, he also wore out his own spirit. .So his game has been very fast.

Now, they're idling around at Old Trafford, passing the ball farther and farther back.In the end, the football was passed to Akinfeev by Woodgate.Nottingham Forest were booed from the stands at Old Trafford.

Berbatov rushed forward to enter the penalty area to break the ball at Akinfeev's feet, but behind him, Rooney, Ronaldo, and Tevez pressed one after another.

Akinfeev did not give Berbatov a chance to steal the ball. He directly kicked the football to the frontcourt with a long pass when the distance between the two was still ten meters away.

"Long pass! This is in line with Nottingham Forest's style!" the commentator joked.

In this game, Twain sent not tall center Zikic or Ibisevic on the front line, but former Manchester United player Ruud van Nistelrooy, and his partner was Eastwood.

Since Fernandez was injured in the previous game, Lennon played as a left midfielder in this game, and Bentley was suspended for accumulative yellow cards, so the right midfielder was replaced by Abang Lajo.Tang En hopes to use the speed of these two people to make a good assault on Manchester United's side defense.Ruud van Nistelrooy still received the ball under Carrick's marking, and used his skills and experience to firmly control the football at his feet, waiting for his teammates to come forward to respond.Carrick tried hard to steal the ball from behind, but his position was gone. Unless he made a foul, he would definitely not be able to steal the ball.

Just when he was about to foul, Ruud van Nistelrooy passed the ball and the goal was Shaheen.

After receiving the ball, Shaheen sent a diagonal pass pointing to the wing.On the side close to the coach benches of both sides, a whirlwind blew past, it was Abang Lahuo!

Abanglaho's speed is quite fast. Manchester United's defensive player here is Evra, who is also a fast player. The two are considered to be rivals.

Before Abanglaho received the ball, Shaheen's direct pass was shoveled out of the sideline by Evra who rushed over.

After Ferguson saw this scene off the court, a smile appeared on his face.This is the Nottingham Forest he is familiar with. It seems that today's forest will not be any different from usual.

The Forest team is characterized by more direct passes. They like those penetrating passes very much. Although the success rate is not very good, as long as they succeed once, it will be fatal.

In order to deal with this kind of direct pass, Ferguson did not go to Scholes, but deployed Hargreaves and Carrick in the midfield, two midfielders with outstanding running ability and focusing on defense.At the same time, the defense is required to pay attention to the defense protection, and the Forest team cannot be given the opportunity to play a direct pass.In terms of offense, once the forest team intercepted the through pass, they immediately counterattacked. Carrick and Hargreaves are actually not the kind of passers who can organize offenses, so Manchester United's main attackers are Ronaldo and Kai. Rooney, who plays in midfield, is responsible for bringing the football to the front and then passing it to Berbatov or Tevez.

So far, they seem to be doing a good job.Shaheen's through pass was thus destroyed by Evra's quick response.

Nottingham Forest's possession from kick-off was ended by Eastwood's long shot from the top of the penalty area.He shot the ball off the goal.

Some people may think that Nottingham Forest's aggressive offense is just because they got the right to kick-off, and they don't need it for nothing... But in fact, the Forest team soon let them know that they were wrong.

After Manchester United's shot was saved by Akinfeev, he did not open his feet, but threw the ball to attack.Wood passed the football to Shaheen, and Shaheen sent another diagonal pass, but this time it was directed to Lennon on the left.

The 35-year-old Gary Neville did not pounce on the tackle like Evra did. He knew he was definitely at a disadvantage in terms of speed, but his experience could help him deal with Lennon.So he chose to retreat slowly, not giving Lennon room to sprint.

The trick worked, and although Lennon managed to catch the ball, he found he couldn't get past the United captain directly.Nottingham Forest's fast break could not be played, so they could only pass the football back again and grind it slowly.

Ferguson sits on the coach's bench, chewing gum in his mouth, which is his signature gesture.When he feels confident, he does it.After watching Nottingham Forest's performance in the opening 5 minutes, he became more confident in winning the game.

It is completely the same as the previous Nottingham Forest.In another 5 minutes, if they fail to score a goal, Tony Twain will definitely command the team to retreat and wait for an opportunity to counterattack Manchester United.

Ferguson is not worried about this style of play. Their training for a week has been arranged according to the tactical characteristics of the Forest team.Once the Forest team can't score a goal in the first 10 minutes and can't guide the game into the track they are accustomed to, then it will be Tony Twain's turn to be unlucky.

After the opening, strive for the first goal, then shrink the defense, lure the opponent out, and then rely on tenacious defense and speed to fight the opponent's counterattack.

Ferguson had already studied the tactics and game habits of the Forest team quite thoroughly. He firmly believed that Tony Twain would not be able to escape from his grasp.

Now Ferguson suddenly regrets why he didn't bet with Tony Twain on the outcome of this match - if he wins, the two will sign an agreement, agreeing to retire after the end of this season, and Twain will come Take charge of the handsome position.

(End of this chapter)