champion godfather

Chapter 847: Heart of the Seven Lion King, Don't Be Happy Too Soon
"World wave! World wave! The captain of the Red Army finally broke out! In the duel with George Wood, he took the lead!"

After scoring the goal, Gerrard stood still and waved his fist at the opposite George Wood.

Although he doesn't like to compete with others for the number one position in England, he is also unwilling to admit defeat in the game against his opponent.It makes sense that the media always put him and Wood together. He also thinks that George Wood is a good opponent who can compete with him.Going one-on-one with Wood and beating him is really cool.

George Wood had a gloomy face and a bad expression.This conceded goal is his responsibility, and he doesn't want to shirk it.

Since it is my own responsibility, then I have to find a way to make up for it...

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"Ahaha! Well done!" Bascombe excitedly stood up from his seat after seeing Gerrard's goal in the press box, waving his fists and yelling loudly. "World wave, absolute absolute world wave!!"

After cheering for a while, he sat down again and typed on the keyboard: "... Gerrard announced with a world wave that he is the best midfielder in this country... No, maybe I should put 'midfielder' 'Come on, he's the best player in England...George Wood is good defensively, but his scoring ability is terrible...'

As he wrote this, he glanced off the field and found Wood.He was standing there, unable to see the expression on his face.

"It's a pity, it must be wonderful..." He shook his head with a cigarette in his mouth and sighed.

But then he laughed again, because he saw Tony Twain on the TV screen.

The live broadcast of the game is replaying the moment when the goal was scored, Tony Twain's reaction on the coach's bench.

But when the football was unexpectedly passed to Gerrard, his bum left his seat and his front leaned out of the dugout, very concerned.When Gerrard finally shot the football into the goal, he fell back suddenly, sat down on the chair, and waved his right hand, a little dissatisfied.

"Haha!" Bascombe laughed happily after seeing Tang En's performance. "Where do you think you are? Mr. Tang En? This is our home stadium! At Anfield! This is the most devilish stadium in the world! Listen to this song! You will never walk alone, Liverpool!"

Bascombe was a little mad.But his performance was not a special case. Many people in the Premier League took pleasure in seeing Tony Twain make a fool of himself or be deflated.The most representative one is obviously Mr. Karl Spike, the host of Sky TV's "Things About Football".

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Gerrard's beautiful goal greatly boosted morale and made the singing in the stands even louder.

"As you walk through a storm, hold your head high—"

"Fear not the dark. In that storm-soaked, golden sky, and the sweet song of the lark—"

"Through the wind, through the rain—"

"Your dreams may be shattered—"

"But go forward with the hope in your heart—"

"You'll never walk alone—you'll never walk alone—"

"You'll never walk alone—you'll never walk alone—"

In Heysel, in Hillsborough, in Istanbul in 2005...the song has inspired the Red Army on countless occasions, and it will do the same on this night.

All supporters of the Red Army, and even the Red Army soldiers themselves think so.

For a long time afterwards, Liverpool bombarded Nottingham Forest indiscriminately.The singing of their fans seems to be the baton to direct the team's offense. Whenever the team is attacking, the singing will become louder, and when the team is preparing to attack, the voice will be soft and low.

"This is the scenery that only belongs to Anfield!" The TV commentator exclaimed, "Nottingham Forest seems to be overwhelmed. Tony Twain is obviously not prepared for the tenacity shown by Liverpool in this game. Before the game What did he say? 'Nobody can bother me'. Now it sounds like a joke..."

Dunn stood up from his seat. He also smelled danger from Liverpool's stormy offensive.

As expected, the Liverpool people were determined not to let themselves be the foil for Twain's [-]th anniversary...

George Wood wanted to make up for his mistakes by attacking, but now he was suppressed by the opponent's violent attack, and Gago also gradually returned to the backcourt to participate in the defense. The Forest team was really cheap for half a day on offense. less than.The Liverpool players seem to be on doping collectively. Anyone with them in any position can always accurately deliver the ball to his teammates, and every shot seems to penetrate Akinfeev's guard. Goals... as the saying goes, "you can play as long as you play", and now Liverpool has entered this state.

"What a fucking bastard..." Tang En cursed from the sidelines.He really didn't expect that just a wonderful goal could make such a change in the Liverpool team.

And that song!
Twain is actually very envious of Liverpool, because they have such a cheering song known all over the world.No matter when the team is performing well or not, Liverpool fans will sing this song, which is more effective than shouting slogans.Unfortunately, Nottingham Forest did not...

In terms of team culture, my team is far behind others...

After finally getting to the intermission, the referee just blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and the players of the Forest team bowed their heads and walked off the field quickly. They were also ashamed of their performance in the first half.The Liverpool players held their heads up on the field to enjoy the singing and cheering of the fans.

"There's nothing to be discouraged..." Tang En said to the players in the locker room, "It's still a draw, why are you frustrated? As long as we score in the second half, we will still be in the lead. You have to think like this..."

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While Twain was giving psychological counseling to the team in the locker room, a group of the most die-hard Forest fans headed by John was gathering outside the drinks point in the stadium, drinking beer and sighing for the first half of the game.

"Damn it, we totally lost!" Skinny Bill waved his arms vigorously, "Our voices can't compete with their singing at all...Look at the performance of the team in the first half, I think they didn't perform well and we didn't Providing enough support matters.”

"If it was at our home stadium...the Liverpool people would have to go back crying!" someone in the crowd shouted aggrievedly.

He was answered by sighs from more people.No matter how you look at them, this group of people is like a defeated rooster, they can only show off their lip service.

"I said...Tony's tenth anniversary...wouldn't be so obscene?" Finally someone asked the question that everyone was worried about.

"how is this possible?"

"Absolutely not!"

"Don't think about it!"

A group of people hurriedly denied it.But in fact, in almost everyone's mind, the possibility of this outcome is getting bigger and bigger, from vague to clear, from "fantasy" to "reality".

"Damn it, when I think of Spike and Bascombe gloating if we lose the game, I'm sick..." Bill's tough tone couldn't hide the panic in his heart when he said this.

Fat John, who had been silent all this time, handed him a glass of wine.

"I haven't finished my drink yet..." Bill raised the wine glass in his hand, he had been chattering just now, and he didn't bother to take a sip.

"Have another drink to moisten your throat, man."

"What's your idea?"

"Isn't it just singing? If there are few people, we can't sing? In the second half, we will compete with them!" John said viciously.

Hearing what he said, Bill took the cup and downed it in one gulp.Seeing this, other people also drank their glasses of wine, and then threw the disposable cups into the trash can next to them.

"Sing our song!"

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"Okay, okay, don't think about what kind of game this is." Tang En knew that some people would bear some burdens that they shouldn't have because of the special nature of this game. "Can't you be like in the first half when Liverpool attacked and retreated, afraid of losing the ball? If you are afraid of losing the ball, attack me! You score a few goals for them, do you think they are still capable of attacking? Gago, Your position in the first half was too chaotic, you were at the front and at the back, didn't I let you be in a higher position than George?"

Gago was speechless. In fact, the first half of the first half was his own problem, but the second half was not his problem.

Because Wood's desire to score goals in the game was very urgent, he advanced many times and grabbed Gago's position.Gago discovered this later, and he followed the usual training leader's request—"You two, no matter who goes up, one of you must be behind to protect it"—retreating behind Wood.This caused his position to be erratic, making it impossible for everyone else to figure it out...

Wood stood up: "It's my responsibility."

Tang En looked at him.Did Eastwood help?He's not sure yet.However, Wood's performance in the first half seemed to be on a roller coaster, and he saw it with his own eyes.

"Are you going to say something about your performance in the first half, George?" Tang En asked.

"Yes." Wood nodded, "After Gerrard scored, I was a little excited and took Fernando's position."

"Yes, I saw it. Can you tell us why you are excited?"

Wood was silent for a while, "Letting Gerrard score is my responsibility..."

Tang En laughed, "Excited George Wood, this is really rare. Are you unwilling to be shot by Gerrard in front of you with such a beautiful ball?"

Wood nodded.

"Well, so you desperately want to attack..." Tang En pondered, "Well, let's adjust it. In the second half, George will be at the front, and Gago will be at the back. You will be in charge of offense, and Gago will be in charge of defense. Is there a problem?"

Wood glanced at Tang En somewhat unexpectedly.

Gago said from the side: "No problem, boss." Of course it's no problem, this kind of adjustment is nothing new, in the previous games Dunn would often let two people switch places, after all, both belong to A player who can attack and defend.

"Is there a question, George?" Dunn didn't give up without getting an answer from Wood.

"I'm OK."

Dunn snapped his fingers, "Remember your task is not to defend, but to attack. If Liverpool finds out that we have made such adjustments, they will definitely step up their efforts against Aaron and Iby, as well as Bentley and Fernandez." Marking." He said to the whole team, "I hope that the four of you will be more active in the frontcourt, run more actively, and draw Liverpool's defensive attention to you as much as possible, and then..."

Tang En took out a marker pen and drew an arrow on the circle representing Wood, pointing directly at the opponent's goal.

"Personally, I would suggest that shooting is more effective than passing in this situation."

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After the restart of the second half, the singing of "You'll Never Walk Alone" continued in the stands, and Liverpool also continued their excellent performance in the first half, pressing Forest's half-time play.

Tang En stood on the sidelines and kept waving his hands to signal the team to press up and down, don't be cowardly.

Bascombe, running his fingers over the keyboard of his laptop, sent Liverpool all the compliments he could think of.With a smile on his face that he couldn't hide and didn't want to hide, he was expecting the game to develop towards the ending he expected.

Maybe I was tired from singing, but the singing of "You'll Never Walk Alone" finally stopped.At this moment, another singing voice sounded from the stands.The sound wasn't too loud, but it was very clear because it appeared at a time when Liverpool fans were resting.

"It's the last minute of the game, do you think it's over? There's not much time left, the referee is looking at his watch and you say, 'Forget it, we have another game'—"

"The cheering singing gradually died down, and some people began to leave the venue early. A pile of used wine glasses were thrown from the stands, and the ground was in a mess—"

"The opposing players were laughing at our dying struggles, the opposing fans were celebrating their victories early—"

"No.11 of the forest team stood up and said: 'No! The game is not over yet! Don't be too happy!'"

"You-you-don't-happy-too-early!!!"

Thousands of Nottingham Forest fans chanted the words along with them.They startled Liverpool fans.

Tang En listened for a while, then turned to look at Eastwood next to him.

Eastwood was obviously also fascinated by what he heard, he raised his head and opened his mouth in surprise.He didn't expect to hear the song again.

Wood also heard this song, and he felt his scalp tingle and was deeply stimulated.

"Do you think I'm willing to retire!" He seemed to be angrily scolded by Eastwood grabbing his collar, a little out of breath. "I still want to play football!"

When George Wood fell into a trance because of this song, other players of the Forest team were also stimulated by the "Eastwood Song" sung by the fans. Everyone still couldn't forget that Freddie said goodbye at the City Stadium In that scene, their best comrade-in-arms reluctantly bid farewell to them due to injuries, and the game was played like this, Freddie sitting on the coach's bench must wish he could come up and play in person, right?They clenched their fists and stared at Liverpool's goal, wishing they could hit Huanglong.

"Go up!" Akinfeev yelled loudly behind everyone, "Boss, let's go up! I don't want to be the protagonist!"

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Gago trusted the football to Wood.The boss is right, no matter how the captain performed in the previous games, he must trust the captain in the game, and he can only be the new captain.

After Wood received the football, the person who came up to defend him was not Mascherano, but Gerrard.

After Wood made the gesture of passing the football to the side to meet his teammates, he suddenly took the football ahead of him-he forcibly broke through!
Gerald pressed his body against it, trying to force Wood to slow down.In addition, he began to beckon Mascherano to come up to help, and he found that it was still a bit difficult for him to defend Wood, who was determined to attack, by himself...

On the left of Gerrard and on the right of Mascherano, the two are like bodyguards, "escorting" Wood to run forward.Gerrard interfered on one side and Mascherano waited for an opportunity on the other.Gerrard is not afraid of Wood's long shot, as long as he kicks to shoot, it is a good time for them to steal the ball, so as long as they stick to Wood, the Forest team's offense will be fine...

Aaron Mitchell and Ibisevic ran in front to respond. They ran to the two sides respectively and pulled the center out.Agger and Skrtel didn't dare not follow. In addition, they saw that Gerrard and Mascherano were teaming up to defend Wood, and they thought that even if they left the middle, the goal guarded by Reina should not be a threat.

Wood still didn't intend to pass the ball. He continued to dribble forward with the ball, and kept entangled with Gerrard and Mascherano during the running process to prevent the football under his feet from being cut off by them.Thanks to his day-to-day basic training for the past ten years, his dribbling is very solid, Mascherano and Gerrard can't find a chance...

Then... Gerald looked up by chance, and he was shocked!

The restricted area line is in sight!When did they almost enter the restricted area?

A bad thought came to Gerald's mind-it turned out that he had been fooled by Wood.He thought that Wood could only shoot long shots, but he didn't expect that this time Wood would break into the penalty area and go one-on-one with the goalkeeper!

He dribbles the ball very well, it is not easy to steal the ball, he can only foul... In this position, if you don't foul, it will be too late!
Gerald didn't hesitate any longer, and directly shoveled towards Wood from the diagonal side.At the same time, Mascherano pushed Wood hard behind the back, and they obviously wanted to go together-the foul should be committed as soon as possible!

The football under his feet was suddenly kicked out by Wood. Gerrard didn't hit the football, but it didn't matter, he didn't go for the football anyway.

He brought Wood, but didn't bring Wood down.Mascherano's push from behind became a driving force, causing Wood to leap forward... He avoided two fouls in one breath, although his body's center of gravity was still unstable and his feet staggered , But after all, he didn't fall to the ground and lost control of the football.

With the spoon in his mouth, the referee finally did not call fouls by Gerrard and Mascherano, but let the game continue.

Just as Wood kicked the football out, Reina struck out alertly.This may be the best chance, but Wood's explosive power is really terrifying. Reina just ran out of the goal, and Wood only took two steps to catch up with the football.Although his footsteps are still a little unsteady, this does not prevent him from raising his foot to shoot...

As if volleying with all his strength, when the football flew past Reina, he didn't even see the flight path clearly, he just heard a "hoo" followed by "kuang!"

The football hit the inside of the post and bounced into the goal!And the goal is still shaking...

Reina suddenly felt fear-if such a shot hit his face, would he go into shock on the spot?
Only less than ten meters away from the goal, he used a powerful long-range shot, and the goal was only in the blink of an eye. Perhaps only Reina can deeply understand the power of this kick.He half-kneeled on the ground, a little dazed, and didn't even look back at the football in the goal.

The singing of "You'll Never Walk Alone" over Anfield disappeared, and only one voice roared repeatedly:

"The game is not over yet, don't be too happy! Don't be too happy——!"

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