champion godfather

Chapter 862 The unexpected advantage of the heart of the seven lion kings

"Arsenal are in trouble," said the commentator. "They don't seem to have expected that Nottingham Forest will suddenly attack at their home ground..."

The Arsenal fans in the stands are constantly booing to interfere with the Forest team.

Judging from the scene, Arsenal are indeed in trouble...

As Tang En said, Wenger did not expect the Forest team to rush to Arsenal's home court to attack uncharacteristically.

In the opening five minutes, Nottingham Forest threatened Almunia's goal twice.

This made Arsenal a little panicked, and the defense was full of holes during that time.

And Nottingham Forest firmly grasped the initiative of the game.

The ball was under their control, and Arsenal could only be exhausted.Unprepared for Nottingham Forest's attack, they didn't even know what to do.Some people want to continue to attack according to the tactics formulated by Wenger before the game, while others feel that the situation is urgent now and they should defend first and then counterattack.

If the opinions of the two sides are not unified, there will be no synergy on the field.If we can't work together, our opponents will be free to take advantage of them.

Off the field, Dunn could clearly see Arsenal's disjointed front and rear. This was a great opportunity for the Forest team to score...

He turned his head to look at Wenger sitting on the coach's bench. The Frenchman was expressionless and didn't intend to make any adjustments.Maybe he believes in his team?Maybe he hasn't figured out Nottingham Forest's intentions yet, and doesn't want to act rashly?

No matter, anyway, no matter what he thinks, he can't change this fact.The fact is that Nottingham Forest are now dominant.

Taking advantage of the advantage grabbed in the opening 5 minutes, Nottingham Forest successfully turned the away game into the home game.

Next, they continued to attack Arsenal's hinterland. This was not a simple siege—in fact, besieging Arsenal's goal was not what Tang En wanted to see.Arsenal also counterattacked, and there were not many.The Forest team controlled the game in a mutual offensive and defensive situation, so that they had more opportunities to attack. If the opponent did not attack, how could they get in?
If the initiative is not in their hands, Arsenal will have to work hard to get it back, so they must attack, and it is impossible to hold firmly.After 10 minutes of panic, Arsenal unified their thinking-offensive!
This is the scene that the Forest team most wants to see, Arsenal attack, they also attack.

A beautiful and fierce battle kicked off...

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"Cesc Fabregas! Great pass, Vela catches the ball and shoots! Oops, what a pity!"

Akinfeev held the football tightly in his arms, and then he did not wait for the Arsenal players to return to the defense, and directly threw the ball to attack.Gago sideways along the ball, the ball forward.After encountering Wilshere's interception, he didn't stop the ball to circle in place and then get rid of it, but passed the ball directly to Cohen on the wing.

In this game, Cohen, who rotated Fernandez to play, easily outperformed the Chilean with a pass from the side. Tang En also took a fancy to this and let him start, because the forest team's starting center for this game is Ibisevi. Qi and Mitchell, both of them are not weak in header.

But Cohen was not good at dribbling. Arsenal's full-back Sagna retreated quickly, and Cohen transferred the football directly to Bentley on the other side.After receiving the ball, Bentley made a pass to the middle, and Gago had already rushed forward.

After receiving the ball, Gago made a push, and the football pointed and rolled into the penalty area!
Mitchell rushed out from behind the crowd, and was about to catch the ball to form a one-handed fight, but let Almunia, who was attacking, take the football away first.Mitchell jumped over his head unwillingly.If only he was faster...

After Almunia waited for Mitchell to exit the penalty area, he kicked the football to the front.Wood's advantage in headers is obvious, and no one in Arsenal's midfield can compete with him in the air.

The ball in the air was easily hit by Wood, and he put it to Pepe behind.

Seeing this situation, Fabregas made a gesture to Almunia behind him, telling him to use less kick-offs like this in the future, and to throw the ball more with his hands and attack on the ground.

Such a kick-off is simply handing over possession to the Forest team.

Although the ball was intercepted by the Forest team, Arsenal did not give up the attack.They used active fighting to finally grab the football from Gago's feet and launched a counterattack on the spot.

Wilshere used his personal skills to pass Woodgate and then pretended to shoot, but distributed the football to Cesc Fabregas who inserted in the back.

Under the interference of the captain of Nottingham Forest, Arsenal's captain strafed a shot, and the football was slightly higher than the crossbar, which shocked the Nottingham Forest fans into a cold sweat.

Fabregas was a little annoyed at missing the ball, and he stood up and clapped his hands hard.

Tang En looked down at his watch. The game had started 15 minutes ago.The Forest team has not scored yet, but generally speaking, the Forest team has the advantage. Arsenal's offense seems a bit disorganized under the strength of the Forest team, relying more on the personal performance of the stars.The most important reason why Arsenal are currently at a disadvantage is that Wenger deployed an all-attacking midfield lineup in order to attack the Forest team at home. He didn't even use a defensive midfielder. The midfielder was suppressed.

You still have to score as soon as possible, otherwise Wenger will come to his senses, and he will not be able to eat this set...

What's more, the team's physical fitness is indeed a problem, and they can't afford it.

Tang En got up from his seat and walked to the sidelines. He didn't say anything, but he believed that the players would know what it meant when they saw him standing on the sidelines.

We're going to score, guys.What are you doing?
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Arsenal are still trying to get back the initiative in the game.They have already lost some attention to defense, or they have lost sight of the other.Wenger told them before the game that they must score goals in this game, and scoring goals is the most important thing, so now everyone's mind is scoring goals...

As for defense?

Although they knew that their defense was in jeopardy in front of the forest team's offensive, everyone still had a little luck in their hearts, thinking that they would attack them first before the forest team broke through their own goal.

To put it bluntly, this game is to see who scores first.Arsenal scored first and the game went into Arsenal's orbit.Nottingham Forest scored first and Arsenal were passive.

That's why they were so focused on breaking the Forest team's goal that they temporarily put the safety of their own goal in second place...

Arsenal once again pressed the attack and was interrupted.George Wood and Pepe cut off Cesc Fabregas' pass to Vela with both hands. After the ball was poked by Pepe, Wood stepped in front of Wilshere and waded the ball away, and then he strode forward .His dribbling action is very standard, the combination of man and ball is very good, Fabregas gave up the attempt to steal the ball, but harassed from the side.

Wood only took a few steps, and found that Arsenal's defense system had not yet been established, and it was very chaotic. Some people were assisting in front, some were rushing back to defend, and some were hesitating whether to attack or retreat...

There are countless vacancies.

He made a decisive decision not to take the ball, but distributed the ball to the wing.There are no Arsenal defenders there, the sky is wide!

Cohen ran desperately, his speed was not fast, but Wood's pass was so comfortable... He didn't need to compete with others for speed, as long as he ran forward in a straight line, the rolling route of the football must be closer to himself.The opponent's defenders seem to be closer to the ball now, but in fact, after running a few steps, they will find that they will pass the football in a straight line, and if they run diagonally, they will only get farther and farther away from the football...

Since Sagna is still ahead and has not returned to the defense, the ball must be filled by a central defender.Kolo Toure, one of the two central defenders, strode towards the side. Halfway through the run, he gave up his attempt to grab the ball directly, changed to a diagonal line and ran along the path of the ball, blocking the inside line, preventing Cohen from directly catching the ball. Break through.This was the best choice he could make under the circumstances.

It's a pity that Cohen didn't even think about cutting into the penalty area. He let the football roll two meters in front of him, and then made a fake move to break through, which caused Toure to retreat a little. After making room, he went around Go outside and kick the cross directly!
Cohen has a set of crosses. He is not as high and floating as Wood's cross at the end of the last game.His crosses are flat, fast and well defined.The place with the largest arc is almost pasted with the bottom line.Seeing that he was rushing to the goal, but when he really got to the goal, he suddenly turned to the penalty area.This arc was drawn, which caught Almunia off guard.He originally wanted to attack and take the ball directly, but just as he stepped out, he saw the football turn back.

So he quickly retreated and prepared to guard the goal.As soon as he raised his hand, he saw a black shadow pressing down in the air.

"Aaron Mitcher——er!"

The commentator roared with a drawn out voice.

The football in the air seemed to be attracted by Mitchell, bumped into it, then changed direction and bounced back.The football flew past Almunia, but his reaction couldn't keep up.The power of the football cross, and the momentum of Mitchell, the two forces are twisted together, resulting in the effect of "one plus one is greater than two". No goalkeeper can react when the goal is so close over here.

The football was smashed into the goal by Mitchell, jacking up the net.

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Tang En, who was standing on the sidelines, clenched his fist and waved it towards the sky.

Then he looked at his watch, the game started 29 minutes, he waited!
Wenger, who was sitting on the coaching bench of the home team, patted his thigh hard, with a look of frustration on his face.He really didn't expect that the forest team actually scored a goal in this counterattack.It seems that the offensive posture shown by Nottingham Forest before is not a pretense, but a real one...

He miscalculated.

He didn't expect Tang En, a gambler, to dare to bet like this in this game.

The Nottingham Forest fans in the corner of the stands burst into loud cheers, temporarily suppressing the boos to the fans.

Mitchell, who scored the goal, ran over and hugged Chris Cohen, who assisted him. A group of people behind him came up and surrounded them, celebrating the goal excitedly.

Mitchell’s goal not only allowed the Forest team to have an away goal, but also led the total score 2:0. If Arsenal want to advance, they will be eliminated if they win the game 2:1. They must score Three balls!
It's no wonder Wenger was so excited after seeing the goal lost, and Fabregas' face darkened instantly.

Anyone with a clear head knows that this game is difficult for Arsenal...

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The goal was replayed over and over again on the TV screen, and the commentator was full of praise for Mitchell's running and rushing to the top: "...he just appeared behind Arsenal's Senderos, completely unmarked , Toure was pulled to the wing to defend Cohen, Ibisevic's running position was too clever! His forward penetration moved Senderos, and Mitchell, who was still outside the penalty area when Cohen was about to cross, suddenly sprinted in , and then jumped high! He jumped higher than anyone else! The ball was scored! It was done in one go, so beautiful! The premeditated passing and movement of the Forest team in this attack is the key to the goal, but Mitchell's individual ability is also amazing..."

Since Mitchell became a first-team player and was often able to score goals in the game, Mitchell's father became the happiest person in the stands.Whenever his son scored a goal, the Forest fans around him would come up to congratulate him, and then chanted his son's name together.He likes this star feeling.

The place where Mitchell celebrated his goal was just under the visiting team's stands, and a group of people chanted "Aaron! Aaron!", which made his father's blood boil.

After celebrating the goal, the players ran past the coach's bench and returned to their positions, where Twain shouted: "Keep attacking! Keep going! Don't relax, score as many goals as you can!"

Then he pulled George Wood to his side and quickly ordered: "Pay attention to Arsenal's counterattack. If they play a long pass, there is nothing to be afraid of. If they attack from the midfield, if they break their ball, give me a direct long pass." Two wingers, let's play their counterattack and try to score another one in the first half! You go tell Cohen and Bentley to let them pay attention to counterattack opportunities at any time."

Wood nodded, turned and ran onto the field.

After doing all this, Tang En turned around and walked back to the coach's bench, sat down and drank some water.

After drinking the water, he turned his head towards Chris Lak silly.

Chris Lark asked: "Is the pressure in your heart lightened?"

"No, bigger."

"what?"

"Unless the game is over, my pressure will not be relieved. When I didn't score, I was afraid that if I didn't score, I would be led by the opponent. Now I am even more afraid of being equalized by the opponent when I score. I let them fight for the first half. One more goal and we may have more room to maneuver."

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After losing the ball, Arsenal did launch a crazy counterattack against the Forest team, almost completely abandoning defense.They don't want to lose at home, and they don't want to be double-killed by Nottingham Forest in one game, so attacking with all their strength is the only way.

The Forest team performed very calmly. First of all, they set up a defensive position and handled the ball without haste.Taking advantage of their double midfielders in the midfield, they suppressed Arsenal's full attacking midfield configuration.

The next step is to fight back.

This forest team is best at it.

In the No.40 minute of the first half, Nottingham Forest seized a pass error in Arsenal's offense and launched a quick counterattack.Ibisevic broke through with the ball and then shot the goal. The football hit the leg of the returning full-back Chrissy and changed its line. Almunia was unable to make a save, and the football was reflected into the net.Leading 5-2 with 0 minutes left in the first half, the total score was 3-0.

The game is pretty much over...

(End of this chapter)