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Chapter 854 The Heart of the Seven Lions About the Possibility of Exchange of Jerseys

In the second half, just like Dunn said, Arsenal continued their performance in the second half of the first half, using quick passes and cuts to try to tear apart the Forest team's defense.

After George Wood was criticized by Tang En during the halftime break, his performance in the second half became more positive.Cesc Fabregas still wanted to take everything into his own hands as he did in the first half, and he found it not so easy.

Wood's close press was very powerful, and he ran wildly with him as if he didn't care about his physical strength at all.As for the defense behind him, it was handed over to Gago.Anyway, the forest team is now leading by one goal, even if Gago's offense is sacrificed, it doesn't matter.The key is to completely freeze Fabregas.

"Cesc Fabregas has the ball and he's going to pass it out...Ah! Wood's tackle was just in time, he poked the pass from Fabregas!"

Seeing that the football just passed was missed by Wood, Cesc Fabregas reacted really fast, and he immediately went to fight back. Unfortunately, Wood was faster than him, and rushed to the Spaniard. Bregas blocked behind, and then he kicked the football with his big foot.

Fabregas pushed Wood behind a little annoyed, but of course he didn't push Wood at all.It made Wood look back at him with a blank expression.

Then Wood seemed to be glued to Cesc Fabregas.

Fabregas found that Wood was relying on his super physical fitness to grab the ball, so he adjusted his strategy.Instead of passing the ball after receiving it, he will control it, make a few fake moves, and then pass the ball.

It worked out well at first, as Wood's inertia always allowed him to be easily passed by Cesc Fabregas.But then it didn't work.

Wood stayed behind.

He still made the first pounce.But there is still a leg dragging behind, and the center of gravity is not completely thrown out.Fabregas thought he had passed Wood, and when he adjusted his body to pass the ball, he suddenly tilted his center of gravity and fell to the ground.

On another look, it turned out that Wood's trailing leg hooked him down.

He raised his hand to signal Wood to foul, and the referee's whistle sounded in harmony.

Wood didn't appeal to the referee for his foul, and he didn't even go to La Fabregas to get up, and ran back to defend.

Fabregas got up by himself, Wood's foul was not harsh, but it interrupted Arsenal's attack.He was very helpless about this, and he had played against Wood many times, and he was already familiar with Wood's tricks.

Only when he is serving free kicks can he experience the sense of freedom without Wood's interference around him.

Next, fouls, small moves, reasonable collisions... Wood did everything he could to toss Cesc Fabregas extremely hard—although he was not completely frozen by Wood, he put in a lot of energy to fight against Wood , so that his pass success rate was not as good as in the first half, and his contribution to offensive organization also dropped sharply.

Not only that, but he also consumed a lot of physical energy in the contest with Wood, and he was out of breath later.

On the other hand, Wood was not blushing or out of breath, and everything was as usual.His good physical fitness made his opponents desperate.

Due to Wood's sudden great activity, Arsenal had to hand over the offensive organization task to Wilshere.

Gago was the one defending Wilshere, and he was two grades behind Wood in terms of defensive ability.

As one of England's young midfielders, Wilshere has the best offensive organization ability. Under Gago's hand, Wilshere still has a lot of room to play. He has sent three wonderful passes.It's a pity that Arsenal's other offensive teammates didn't grasp it.

Wilshere's activity allowed the commentator to forward the compliments to Cesc Fabregas in the first half to him.

"He deserves to be called the most imaginative and technical midfielder in England since Gascoigne! He makes Gago tired and helpless! It is often said that coach Wenger sells players once they are over 30 years old Fabregas will soon be 27 years old, maybe Wenger will start to consider using Wilshere to replace Fabregas in the team..."

Arsenal's fast-paced attack only faltered a bit and then started to work again, but this time their core was replaced by Wilshere from Cesc Fabregas.

The Forest team's goal was tight again.Tang En sat below and muttered: "Dual-core?"

He thought about it for a while.Fabregas was exhausted by Wood's physical energy very quickly, and he shouldn't be able to slow down for a while.Wilshere's ability is indeed outstanding, and it is a bit difficult for Gago to defend him... After all, Wilshere is still the top spot in England's future midfielder.

This is not going to work, and Wilshere must be contained.

So he walked to the sidelines and took a deep breath.

"George!!"

This voice is really loud... Perhaps in order to cooperate with him, at that moment, the singing in the city stadium suddenly became quieter.

Wilshere suddenly trembled.

Afterwards, Dunn returned to the coaching bench, and Wilshere found that the person in front of him was replaced by George Wood...

Wilshere was at a loss and turned his head to look behind him. He wanted to go to captain Cesc Fabregas, and then he saw Fabregas was bending over and gasping for breath, and Gago was standing beside him.

He realized something was wrong...

The subsequent game commentator deeply realized that Wilshere was still far from Fabregas... He never mentioned Wilshere to replace Fabregas again.

Under Wood's close defense, Cesc Fabregas could try his best to pass the football to his teammates. Although the success rate was not as good as in the first half, it was passed after all.Wilshere struggled to even get the ball under the tight markings of his national team-mates.Under Wood's rampage, the ball at his feet is always easily lost.

Fouls, small moves, reasonable collisions hovering on the edge of unreasonable...

Wood applied to Wilshere what he did to Cesc Fabregas.

Not long after, Wilshere conceded defeat. He didn't dare to let the ball stay under his feet for a while, and after receiving the ball, he passed it to Fabregas.Without Wenger's instructions, he himself returned the core position to the captain.

Seeing Wilshere concede, Wood ran back to mark Cesc Fabregas.

After tossing for so long, Arsenal's offense did not improve, with much thunder and little rain.They didn't score any goals.The score was still 1:0, with the home team Forest leading.

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Nottingham Forest forced out to grab for a while, and seeing that the second half was halfway through, they simply withdrew.

This change was somewhat beyond Wenger's expectations. He had carefully studied Tony Twain's and knew that he would never be willing to be conservative when leading by one goal.Why are they retreating at 1:0 now?And judging from the scene, the Forest team may not be at a disadvantage. Could it be that they really gave up the opportunity to expand their advantage in vain?

In fact, Tang En also had his own difficulties.He knew Wenger was going to use this fast-paced style of play to wear down his team, because he had used it on others before.So now that we are in the lead, we should adopt conservative tactics and save some energy.

At the same time, he started making substitutions.Cohen replaced Fernandez and Mock replaced Bentley.

When the commentator saw this scene in the commentary, he blurted out one word: "Defend and counterattack!"

So familiar that you can know what the next game will develop with your eyes closed.

Nottingham Forest retreated to the half, occasionally harassing Arsenal's defense.Arsenal besieged the Forest team's penalty area, but lacked a better scoring opportunity... The game time passed quietly.

Not too much in fact.

Nottingham Forest's shrinking defense made Arsenal a little uncomfortable.When the Forest team's players are crowded around the exception of the penalty area, their excellent passing and cutting cooperation is somewhat useless.

Wenger realized that if he continued to siege like this, he would be the only one who would be unlucky in the end-as long as Nottingham Forest counterattacked, they might score another goal.

Thinking of this, he temporarily adjusted the team's tactics. Instead of besieging the Forest team, he slowly fell behind and advanced layer by layer.He was not in a hurry to hit the Forest team's goal, forcing the Forest team to pull out.

The Forest team attacked with reservations, but they were not very enthusiastic about attacking.Defense remains the number one priority.

The time of the game went quickly during the battle of wits between the coaches of the two sides, and it was already 10 minutes in a blink of an eye.

Wenger now faced a choice: let the game end with this result, or try to score a goal in the last 10 minutes.

Even if Arsenal lost the first round 0:1, it is acceptable. After all, there is only one goal difference, and it is still easy to draw back home.

If you fight for a goal with all your strength, get an away goal, and the score is still 1:1, the team has already entered the semi-finals with half of its body.

Both results seem to be good...

Wenger was lost in thought.

The advantage of the first choice is that the game is safe, and it seems that Nottingham Forest lacks the strength to score again.It's not a problem if Arsenal want to lose by only one goal.The disadvantage is that it is not safe to put the decision of whether to advance or not in the future that no one knows.

The advantage of the second option is to strive to take the initiative in your own hands in the first round.The disadvantage is that it is very likely that the goal will not be scored but will be scored.Although Wenger has studied Twain for many years, there is one thing he still can't understand, and that is Tony Twain's capriciousness.This person's personality is completely irregular, and the same is true for his actions.He was not sure if the fatigue shown by the forest team before was a deliberate feign, just to lure him into being fooled, to push him out...and then to be successfully attacked by the opponent.

Just when he couldn't make up his mind, Tang En made a substitution.

Wenger turned his head to look, and the person standing on the sidelines who was being inspected by the fourth official was Aaron Mitchell, who was over two meters tall.

And the person he wants to replace is...

The fourth official held up the electronic billboard:

Nouri Shaheen on the 15th, and Aaron Mitchell on the 9th.

Wenger scolded "cunning" in his heart.If he adjusted his strategy in advance and let the team attack, Tang En's move was obviously prepared for him.By removing a midfielder and adding a tall center forward, the Forest team's attack power will be enhanced instead.The simple and rough tactics of using wide crosses or long passes at the last moment of the game can achieve miraculous results.

It seemed that Tang En couldn't bear it anymore, he wanted to expand the score at the last moment...

This substitution prompted Wenger to make a firm decision. Arsenal would rather lose a goal in the away game than turn a small loss into a two-goal defeat at the last moment.

In the last 10 minutes, the situation on the court was reversed.The Forest team attacked aggressively, while Arsenal retreated to defend.Sure enough, as Wenger expected, Twain's team played high and high in the last 10 minutes. The football kept hoisting in front of Arsenal's goal, making Almunia and Arsenal's defenders very busy.There was also a controversy when Mitchell fell in the penalty area. The Nottingham Forest players insisted that the Arsenal player fouled Mitchell while defending, and the Arsenal players thought it was nonsense. , How could a person as tall as Mitchell fall down with a light touch?It must be a flop!

The two sides were arguing endlessly, and the Arsenal players deliberately delayed the time.The referee made the final penalty, which was neither a foul nor a dive, and there were harsh boos in the stands.

Until the last second, the indiscriminate bombing of Nottingham Forest did not achieve any results.The commentator blamed this on the fact that they broke out too late, and didn't think of counterattacking until the last 10 minutes, and it was too late.But from Tang En's face, you can hardly see any expression of dissatisfaction.It seems that he also accepts the 1:0 result.

When shaking hands with Wenger, the two were smiling, friendly as if what had just ended was not a Champions League quarter-final, but a pre-season warm-up match.

"See you at home, Tony." Wenger issued a "warm invitation" to Tang En.

Tang En just smiled and said nothing.

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After the game, Wilshere hesitated for a while, and he decided to go to George Wood to change his jersey.Although he was stared at by him for nothing in the game, as a player who also played for England, he still admires Wood very much.The reason for his hesitation was that he knew that Wood's temper had always been eccentric, especially that he didn't like exchanging jerseys.

But when she finally made up her mind to go to Wood to change her jersey, she was surprised to find that Cesc Fabregas had already taken the lead.

The captain of Arsenal stood in front of the captain of Nottingham Forest and made a gesture to exchange jerseys.Without saying a word, Wood raised his hand and took off his jersey and handed it to the opponent.

It was so straightforward that Wilshere was dumbfounded.

After Fabregas came back after changing his jersey, he went up to him and asked in surprise, "Didn't he..." He pointed at George Wood who had gone away, "Don't you like exchanging jerseys with your opponent?"

Hearing this, Cesc Fabregas also showed surprise: "Who did you listen to?"

"Uh...that's what they all say." Wilshere couldn't tell where the rumor came from, but he did have the impression.

Seeing his appearance, Fabregas laughed: "He just refused to exchange jerseys with the opponent after Forest lost."

Wilshere was slightly relieved.

Fabregas saw through his thoughts, so he patted his head: "Don't be complacent, Jack. You have no chance this season."

"Huh?" Wilshere still didn't understand.

"We will win the remaining two games." Fabregas said this confidently, put on Wood's jersey and walked away.

(End of this chapter)