champion godfather

Chapter 828
Victor Valdez may be the main goalkeeper with the worst stroke rating of all European giants. The reason is not that he is not strong enough, but that his performance is unstable, and he often makes some inexplicable low-level mistakes, such as kicking the ball directly to the opponent's feet Caused an own goal assist, missed the ball and made a clearance...

But this time I really can't blame him...

Nottingham Forest's turf and field combined to make this goal.Valdez knelt on the ground and slapped the culprit vigorously - a raised turf in front of his feet. Just now when the football rolled to this place, he jumped up and mischievously avoided the right leg that Valdez swung out. , Achieved this goal of the Forest team.

"Nottingham Forest's vegetable court has done a great job!" The commentator shouted excitedly, "Alves' pass back caused Valdez's error, and Abanglaho easily scored the ball! This scene is really too dramatic , the Barcelona players can't believe their eyes until now, Valdés can only vent his anger on the turf... Anyway, now Nottingham Forest has taken the lead, and they are tied with Barcelona on the total score, and Take advantage with an away goal!"

"A pass back to the goalkeeper on such a field, Alves must also take responsibility for the conceded goal!"

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When the Barcelona players saw the ball slip from Valdez's feet, everyone fell into a desperate panic.Some people put their heads in their hands in advance and couldn't bear to watch it any more.

Guardiola sat on the coach's bench expressionlessly, with his hands crossed over his chest, and it was impossible to tell from his face what mood he was in at this moment.He was not the kind of head coach who would yell at him after conceding a goal. There was a world of difference between him and Tony Twain.

Looking at the next door, Chris Lak rushed out of the coach's bench with his arms raised high, hugging anyone he saw, quite like Tony Twain.On the contrary, the other assistant coach Tang was very calm, he just waved his fists.

What about Tony Twain?
When the ball slipped past Valdez's feet, Dunn stood up from his seat like everyone else around him, raised his arms and waited for cheers.

In the end, when he yelled "Forest Forest! Nottingham Forest!" with tens of thousands of fans, he felt a passion that he had never had on the coaching bench.

"Good job!" After cheering, John gave a thumbs up to the celebrating Forest players, "We equalized!"

Tang En corrected him: "No, we are ahead."

It was good that he didn't speak, but when he said this, Fat John pressed on him like a mountain of meat: "Tony! Ah ha, your idea is really brilliant! They really suffered a loss in this field! You see Did they look like that? It was amazing! Haha!"

"Hey John...I'm out of breath..."

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Abanglaho, who scored the goal, was very excited. He opened his mouth and roared and ran to the North Stand, waving his arms at the most die-hard fans there, which immediately attracted even bigger cheers for him.

Tang En didn't cheer like the other fans this time, he just gave Abang Lahuo a thumbs up below.He didn't know if Abanglahuo saw him, but he still had to behave like a head coach.

In fact, Abanglaho is looking for a boss.He quickly found it from the crowd, because the boss was different, and he was smiling at himself!
"Hey, guys! I see the boss!" Excited Abanglaho pointed to the stands and shouted to his teammates who came to celebrate. Looking in the direction, they all saw the figure of Tony Twain.

"Hey, let's change the celebration!"

Abanglaho took the lead in saluting to the stands with a salute similar to that of the US Marine Corps.The other players also learned to salute Twain.

Tang En also returned the salute with a serious expression, quite like a general.

The players who collectively saluted the boss ran for a while and prepared to start the game again.

The fans next to Tony Twain were still very excited. They were singing the praises of the Forest team over and over again.Even Twain sang along with them later.

"We are invincible, we are invincible! We are the strongest team in the world, we are Nottingham Forest!!"

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Nottingham Forest's goal hit Barcelona a bit hard. After the game restarted, Barcelona's players seemed a little flustered on the field.As long as the forest team's frontcourt players press a little bit, they will immediately kick forward with their big feet - they must not dare to pass back, for fear that the football will playfully jump up in front of Valdes again, and it will be completely finished .

So in order not to let the football be broken under their feet, everyone chose to kick forward with big feet.

This naturally helped Nottingham Forest a lot.When Barcelona's offense is threatening, it is when the football is moving on the ground. When they kick the football into the air for fear of making a mistake, they are not even counted as a top team in front of Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest easily controlled the situation on the field, besieging Barcelona's goal time and time again.

Fortunately, Valdez was not affected by the conceded goal, and he played fairly normally. He made many high-level blocks and tried to keep the team's goal.Another busy person is Piqué.Piqué is in very good form in this game. Nottingham Forest mainly plays in the air. With his height and header advantages, he has become the only person who can be trusted in Barcelona's defense.

In the fight with Mitchell, he was not completely at a disadvantage, which is one of the reasons why Barcelona has not conceded a goal so far.But Piquet felt that the situation was not good.Because he had already given all his strength, but the big man over two meters tall seemed to be still looking for a feeling and didn't give his full strength.If it goes on like this, he really doesn't know if he can hold on for nine or ten minutes...

In the last stage of the first half, Nottingham Forest, which was predicted before the game, might defend and counterattack at home, instead surrounded Barcelona's penalty area and launched a frenzied siege.Barcelona couldn't even make it through halftime, and was extremely embarrassed.

Guardiola fidgeted on the sidelines, very anxious.He just wants the first half to end quickly so he can make adjustments.He didn't care about face anymore, and waved his hand to ask the team to return to defense across the board to survive the last 5 minutes.

The last 5 minutes were a torment for the Barcelona players.They had never seen such a wild attack from Nottingham Forest when they were at the Nou Camp. They even thought that Nottingham Forest would not attack at all, and would only sneak attack once in a while.

But now Nottingham Forest's attack left the Catalan commentator speechless.

On the contrary, the commentator in England was very excited.He kept chanting the names of Forest players.

"Aaron Lennon's breakthrough is very beautiful, he crossed! Mitchell's header! The header is too straight, it is a pity that Valdes got it!"

"Thiago's long-range shot - it went out against the post!"

"Nottingham Forest seemed to want to force a breakthrough in the middle to open the channel. Mitchell leaned on Piqué, relying on his long legs to pass the football to Abanglaho. Abanglaho feinted a straight shot! Bent Lee appeared in the penalty area, he received the ball, almost a one-handed! Shot! Valdez saved the football..."

"Barcelona fouled on the right side of the penalty area, Nottingham Forest's free kick, will they repeat the same trick? Bentley crossed! Go straight to the back point! Mitchell alone attracted three Barcelona defenders, after Kompany Hit the top! The ball went in... oh no, the side net! Too bad it looks like it went in from this angle..."

"Nottingham Forest intercepted the ball in midfield, Barcelona tried to pass it, but they were ruthlessly blocked by George Wood. He passed the ball to Thiago, and he ran forward... Two to one, beautiful! Nottingham Forest in In front of Barcelona, ​​a two-for-one cooperation was played, and Yaya Toure was played around by Wood and Thiago! Piqué strictly marked Mitchell... a long shot! George Wood came directly A shot from a long distance, slightly above the crossbar! Hearing the sound from the stands, they thought the ball was about to go in!"

"Joe Mattock cross! Aaron Mitchell - goal post!! Oops, luck wasn't on the young Mitchell's side today as he dropped the ball for the second time in the game It's on the door frame! His height and header are a big threat to Barcelona's goal, but his luck is almost, or...Barcelona's luck is too good?"

In the tide-like offensive of Nottingham Forest, the referee became Barcelona's savior.When he blew the whistle to end the first half, even Barcelona's most die-hard fans thought that as long as Nottingham Forest came again, Barcelona's defense would collapse.

"Guardiola should be thankful for this first half, because at least they haven't had any players injured because of that bad field, they just conceded a goal." At the end of the first half, the commentator joked.

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Tang En stood up from his seat and said to Bill and John next to him, "Hey, guys, do you want to have something to drink? I'll treat you."

"You can't drink, can't you?" Bill asked.

"Of course I can't drink it, but I can drink juice, and you can choose what you like."

"You're in a good mood, Tony."

"Because we are ahead, ha!" said a group of people walking towards the exit.

"Aren't you worried about Guardiola making any adjustments in the midfield? Barcelona is also a world-class team..."

Tang En laughed loudly: "Unless he can figure out a way to level the field within 15 minutes, Barcelona will not be able to turn the game around. Their skills can't be used on such a field at all. If they play high-altitude balls instead, they will still be able to win the game." It's better to continue to suffer from bad field and ground offense."

Yes, he has calculated everything, this game will definitely eat Barcelona to death.So he is not at all worried that UEFA will not allow him to enter the locker room, which may have any bad effects.He believed that the outcome of this game had already been decided when he came up with the idea of ​​"vegetable field".

I am the Tathagata Buddha, Guardiola, no matter how naughty you monkey is, you can't get out of my palm, wow haha!
"Let's go, guys, I invite you to drink. Moisturize your throat, maybe I will use you all in the second half!"

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When Twain took his "megaphone" to drink and chat at the beverage store in the stadium, the Barcelona locker room was a bit gloomy.

The team medical physiotherapist is massaging the ankles and knees of Barcelona's players one by one to prevent them from spraining in the second half.The atmosphere was a bit dull, and everyone didn't know what to say.It was too bad to play on such a venue. Their most proud technical advantage could not be brought into play at all, and they could only be led by the nose by Nottingham Forest.

If the game continues like this... the consequences will be unimaginable.Maybe they can also count on Nottingham Forest to make the mistake they made in the first half?
Guardiola poured cold water on them: "Don't expect the opponent to make a mistake, we must play our own ball well in this game."

But how to play well... Guardiola has no idea.The locker room was cold again.

It may be the first time that the experienced and glorious Barcelona players have such a feeling-this game cannot be played, not because we are not strong enough, but because the opponent is too cunning.Who would have thought that Nottingham Forest would not hesitate to renovate their stadium for the victory of a game...

After a moment of silence, Guardiola spoke again: "In the second half we gave them possession."

Everyone raised their heads with surprised expressions on their faces.Barcelona's football always controls the football at its own feet, giving up possession of the ball, which is not in line with Barcelona's style.

Guardiola had to explain why he did this: "That's it. The quality of the turf in the city stadium is too bad, and the risk of conceding the ball increases if you keep the ball on your feet for a long time. So I think it is better for us to give the football to the opponent. Favorable. Once the football is at the foot of Nottingham Forest, no matter where he is, the people around him must go up and surround him. After the siege is down, immediately launch a quick counterattack!"

This method is very good, and the Barcelona players have accepted the arrangement of the head coach.

"Pique, how do you feel about defending Mitchell?" Guardiola turned around and asked the defense general again.

Piqué panted heavily: "I feel a bit strenuous, coach...I'm afraid I can't defend against it alone."

Guardiola looked around at the players present, and he found that apart from the veteran Marcos who was on the bench, it seemed that there was really no header he could take. There are very few chances to play.In such an important game, he really didn't want to put his wealth and life on the old and cheap Marcos.

So his eyes passed by Marcos and landed on Puyol: "Kals, you help Piqué in the second half, I don't ask you to beat their No. [-] in the header, but don't let him So easy to jump and head the ball."

Puyol nodded, indicating that he understood what he should do.

Then it's time for psychological hints.

"Until the last second, don't give up the game! We still have 45 minutes, as long as we score a goal, Nottingham Forest will mess up. But before that, we must not panic! I saw that at the end of the first half, You are panicking. This is not okay! This is absolutely not! Your panic will only make the opponent more proud. I know that this kind of venue has caused us a lot of losses, but if your mind is full of bad venues, then I assure you that you have absolutely no hope of winning. This is Tony Twain's trick. You must put all your energy into the game and don't think about anything else! The more you think about it, the worse the result may be! "

Guardiola's serious face, probably deep down in his heart, turned out to be bad enough...

(End of this chapter)