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Chapter 804 Volume Six Crimson Two Away Goals
"George Wood dribbles the ball! He drives into the box! Facing Samuel and Cesar...he shoots! Oops, the football hit the post...wait! Matthias. Fernandez! He got off Burdisso's defense and volleyed sideways - GOOOOOOOOOAL!!"

The football slammed into the net, and Cesar flew over, but it didn't help...

Fernandez, who scored the goal, was very excited. He ran to the corner flag, pulling his jersey and screaming.He could finally express his depression.

Although he was the one who scored the goals, the one who got the most attention was indeed George Wood.The TV broadcast cut the close-up shots on Wood immediately after the goal was scored, and some viewers mistakenly thought that the person who scored the goal was George Wood...

"Fernandez helped Nottingham Forest score another leading goal, but the most exciting part of this goal was not his supplementary shot, but George Wood's previous consecutive shots. Unfortunately, he was lucky Not too good, the football hit the post, otherwise it would have been one of the memorable goals of his career!" The commentator praised George Wood.

Even Tony Twain below was feeling sorry for Wood not scoring a goal, and then he remembered that he should applaud Fernandez's supplementary shot...

Who is the happiest person to see Wood perform like this?It wasn't the excited commentator, it wasn't Tony Twain who couldn't believe what he saw with his head in his hands, and it wasn't the fans of Nottingham Forest, but Albertini sitting in the box above the stadium.

When Demi saw Wood dribbling the ball past several people in the midfield, he had already stood up from his seat, and when Wood shot towards the goal for the last time, he couldn't help shouting "Go in" ahead of time. "Ball", but unfortunately...in the end the football hit the goal post.

But this is not the most important thing, Albertini is very happy that he saw a completely different George Wood from what he had seen before.It can even be said to be better than the George Wood he originally imagined.

Albertini hopes that Wood will become a midfielder who can control the offensive and defensive rhythm of the team, just like AC Milan's Pirlo.But judging from his performance in this game, he is close to the combination of Kaka and Pirlo...

Can use the pass to dispatch the team, but also has the ability to break forward with the ball.It's just horrific...

Those who watched the game with Albertini also included his good friend, the iconic figure of AC Milan, the retired Paolo Maldini.Seeing that Albertini was so excited, he also laughed: "It seems that your affection for Nottingham Forest is really deep."

"Except for Milan, that's them." Albertini continued to applaud. "After all, where did I get it...uh."

He originally wanted to say that he won a Champions Cup there, which was something he never dared to think about.Suddenly realized that the champion was snatched from the person beside him.

Maldini didn't care: "It doesn't matter. The championship belongs to the side that played better. I feel very sorry... Galliani didn't bring Wood to San Siro last summer."

Albertini laughed: "He will be the Paolo Maldini of Nottingham Forest."

He finally ended the minutes-long applause and sat down again.The game on the field also restarted.

Maldini shook his head, not quite convinced: "Nottingham Forest is not AC Milan."

Albertini also seemed to think that what his friend said made sense: "In other words, if Tony has always been in Nottingham Forest, then I think George will always stay there."

"I was wondering...Galiani was so focused on poaching Wood, why didn't he ever consider this method—to poach Tony Twain and George Wood together."

Hearing what Maldini said, Albertini burst out laughing. "Don't you know the personal grievances between Tony and Galliani?"

"I have heard about it. But I think... this kind of thing is insignificant in some respects. If AC Milan can offer better salary and other conditions than those at Nottingham Forest, I think even Tony Twain and Gary If there is anything unpleasant about Liani, it should be gone, right?"

Albertini continued to laugh, while still shaking his head: "You don't know Tony, Paul. He is very emotional sometimes, and personal feelings represent everything. In addition, AC Milan can actually give him a higher Apart from salary, he can't give anything else, and he... As far as I can see, he is not a person who particularly likes money."

Maldini has a different opinion on this: "At least we can give him a higher transfer budget. I know that he not only has no money to buy people at Nottingham Forest, but also needs to sell people to make money for the club. You have seen such Head coach of the Champions League? If I worked in that kind of place, I would have resigned a long time ago..."

"Paolo, do you think Galliani and President Berlusconi will allow Toni to buy the players he wants and they'll stay out of it like good boys?"

This sentence made Maldini stunned for a moment.He really didn't think about this kind of thing, and what Demi said is absolutely right... In AC Milan, the person who really decides what to buy may be Galliani, it may be the negotiator Braida, it may be him His father, Cesar Maldini, is even very likely to be Berlusconi, but he will not be the head coach anyway.

Seeing that his friend stopped talking, Albertini patted him on the shoulder: "Although there is no money in Nottingham Forest, Tony can do what he wants to do and live like a king. He can make a lot of money in AC Milan. Golden crown, looks like a king, but there are many things he can't decide. This difference is decisive. So don't think about this impossible, Paul. We don't want President Berlusconi to leave. Watch the ball Bar."

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When Albertini and Maldini were discussing why Tang En and Wood couldn't come to AC Milan in the box, the game had already gone on for another 10 minutes.

Mourinho was very angry at the conceded goal. In the past 10 minutes, he left his seat and stood on the sidelines with a serious face to supervise the battle.

He knew how good Nottingham Forest were on the counter-attack and he was sure his players knew it too.So what's the problem?

Out of George Wood.

After being away from the Premier League for a few years, Wood is getting better and better... Mourinho has never seen such a good show of dribbling the ball with several players in the Premier League.Suddenly advancing forward, and uncharacteristically breaking through without passing the ball, Inter Milan's defense collapsed across the board. Everyone's attention was on Wood, but the other Forest players were ignored.Finally conceded the ball...

Did Inter Milan lose to Nottingham Forest's overall tactics, or George Wood's personal performance?

This is really a difficult question to figure out.

That being the case, why is Mourinho angry?Of course, he was angry that he conceded two goals at home!What does it mean for Tony Twain to score two away goals?This means that they have entered the quarterfinals with half their body!
But what's the use of being angry now?Everyone scored the ball.On my side, I can only find a way to score a few more goals to minimize their away goal advantage.

But... Facing Nottingham Forest's defensive counterattack style, is Inter Milan really confident that they can score more goals in the remaining 10 minutes?
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Tony Twain crossed his legs on the coach's bench off the court.He is enjoying the situation now.

The voice of Inter Milan in the stands behind them was much quieter. It seemed that the fans of Inter Milan were hit hard by Nottingham Forest's second goal...

The score of 1:2 and the Forest team's two away goals are like a huge stone, pressing on the hearts of those people.When they want to open their mouths to shout something for the team, they feel chest tight and short of breath.

In fact, what they couldn't understand the most was why this Nottingham Forest team suddenly became unfamiliar after just changing a head coach.It's not like they haven't seen the previous confrontation. It stands to reason that the current Nottingham Forest should be inferior in terms of staffing compared to the previous confrontation.

How could such an astonishing amount of energy erupt in Tang En's hands?
Does that man who always likes to provoke wars of words before games and is ridiculed by the media as a clown really have some mysterious aura?
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The TV commentator who knew Tony Twain very well announced that the game had entered a dull period.

"Nottingham Forest leads the away game and still has two goals. Can anyone tell me why Tony Twain has no reason not to defend? And once Nottingham Forest is determined to defend, there are not many teams in this world that can break their goal , maybe Inter Milan will count as one? I don’t know. But I’m sure of one thing—Inter Milan must work very hard to score. Even so, even if they beat Nottingham Forest 3:2, Tony Twain Will leave Meazza smiling..."

Such a problem is placed in front of the supporters of Inter Milan, which really makes them feel uncomfortable, and it is no wonder that the sound of the Meazza stadium is much quieter.

The players of Inter Milan launched a fierce offensive towards Nottingham Forest's goal with red eyes as if they had taken medicine collectively, wave after wave, wave after wave.

George Wood never had the chance to show his talent in attack again. Even Ibisevic was almost becoming the third central defender, frequently using his physical advantage to clear headers in front of the goal.

Mourinho replaced Giuseppe Rossi, who was overwhelmed by the human flesh forest of Nottingham Forest, with Adriano, and at the same time waved his hands continuously on the sidelines to signal the team to press on and on.At this time, he didn't care whether there would be a lot of space behind the team, because Nottingham Forest couldn't fight back at all!

After Adriano played, he gave the team some chances. Unfortunately, there were too many people in the penalty area of ​​Nottingham Forest...

While besieging the Forest team, Inter Milan also minimized their own offensive space.This is really not conducive to their scoring.As the game went on, more players from Inter Milan began to try long-range shots.

When the game went into stoppage time with 10 minutes left, the voices of the Inter fans suddenly increased.Although the score was still 1:2, they were unwilling to give up.Even if time is running out, we must fight until the last moment.Now their highest wish has changed from "winning" to "equalizing".

Even if it was such a wish, Tony Twain did not want them to come true.He replaced Fernandez with Cohen, who was relatively better defensively, and replaced Shaheen with Woodgate, playing 541 with three central defenders.The mind of sticking to it is obvious.

Inter Milan still failed to break Nottingham Forest's goal until stoppage time. It seemed that the game was about to end in this way, but the situation on the court changed suddenly!
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After Ibrahimovic received the football, Adriano, Quaresma and other teammates in relatively good positions raised their hands to ask him for the ball, but he didn't pass it to anyone, and directly chose to force a breakthrough cut in.

The moment he stepped into the penalty area, he was tripped by Thiago!

At the same time, there were harsh boos at the San Siro.

Everyone turned their heads nervously to look at the referee.A gesture of his at this moment may decide the fate of the two teams...

"He pointed to the penalty spot!! God! Inter escaped death!!"

The Inter Milan players might have complained in their hearts that Ibrahimovic was alone again at a critical moment, but now they all cheered and rushed to the Swede and hugged him.

Thiago, who has been gesturing to the referee since just now and shaking his fingers to indicate that he did not foul, and it was Ibrahimovic who flopped, was angry. He rushed up and grabbed the referee's hand, telling him That was simply a flop!
Not only Thiago was angry, but other Forest players were also angry. They rushed to the referee and surrounded him.

Everyone can't understand why the referee made such a penalty.Let alone whether Ibrahimovic flopped or not, no one can tell without a slow-motion replay of this matter, after all, it happened too fast.But they all clearly saw that the physical contact between Thiago and Ibrahimovic was outside the penalty area...

Even if Thiago fouled, it should be a free kick, not a penalty!
The players were angry on the field, and Tang En dragged the fourth official to express his dissatisfaction: "Where the hell is this a penalty?"

"Please be careful with your words, Mr. Dunn."

"Then please pay attention to the referee's eyes! A penalty kick is awarded at the last moment! He is really kind!!"

Seeing Tang En scolding more and more vigorously, Tang En was afraid that the fourth official would report him to the referee and send him off, so he quickly winked at Chris Lack, and the two of them rushed forward and dragged Tang En back to the coach's bench .

Tang En was still cursing: "He's very handsome! He's very handsome! He has a swollen bladder!"

"It's a pretty controversial decision. It takes courage to give a penalty to a team late in the game...the referee must have some solid evidence, but let's look at the slow-motion replay. Put... oh, it really is outside the restricted area! This is a misjudgment!"

What is the use of the narrator saying that?Once the referee decides the penalty, he will not change it easily.

He stood on the penalty spot, sternly waved away the Forest players who surrounded him.The Inter Milan fans were already singing their praises in the stands.

Tang En snorted: "Forget it! Even if they equalize, we still have two away goals!" He decided not to argue with the fourth official anymore, otherwise, if he really counts himself in the stands, the gain will outweigh the loss No... No, there is no "gain" at all, it is all "lost".

The Forest players on the field saw that no matter how they requested, the referee would not change his penalty. Not only that, Thiago who fouled and Woodgate, who was the loudest in protest, also received yellow cards respectively.

They can only choose to accept such a result and exit the penalty area.

Mourinho was delighted that his side were lucky enough to win a late penalty, but he didn't make it too obvious.At this time, he and Twain had the same thought - even if the goal was scored, it would not be too late to equalize the score.The fact that Nottingham Forest already has two away goals is as unchangeable as the penalty result.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic took the penalty himself. He made it in one fell swoop amidst the boos of Nottingham Forest fans and the cheers of Inter Milan fans, tying the score 2:2.

After the goal, the Inter Milan players hugged each other excitedly, celebrating their survival after the catastrophe.The Nottingham Forest players are still pulling the referee, wanting to talk about whether the penalty should be awarded.But this time their tone was much better, so they don't have to worry about getting a yellow card.Because it is impossible to change the score.

Everyone at Inter Milan was celebrating, with the exception of Mourinho.

Dunn noticed that Mourinho seemed to be looking at him, so he spread his arms and shrugged at him, mocking him deliberately.Sure enough, Mourinho quickly looked away.

Seeing Mourinho like this, Tang En also forgot that the score was equalized with a penalty kick just now, and he grinned widely.

In any case, he maintained his personal unbeaten record against Mourinho, as long as this record is one day, he can remain strong when facing Mourinho.When Mourinho wanted to turn over, he would be caught and thrown down by him, and he would never turn over.

The game ended in raucous surroundings, with Nottingham Forest leaving the San Siro still babbling about the referee's "bold decision" in the final moments, while the Inter fans cheered for the second leg worried about his fate.

As for the reporters?After finishing the interview in the mixed zone, they were all thinking about the post-match press conference.Looking forward to the good show there - this is the first face-to-face press conference between Mourinho and Tony Twain since Mourinho left England. It would be unreasonable to say that there is no exciting content!

(End of this chapter)