champion godfather

Chapter 878
Not everyone will be seated in the stands before the game starts waiting for the game to start.

When the referee blew the kick-off whistle, there were still people in the stands coming in one after another to find their seats.

When these people were still looking down in the rain to find the corresponding seat number on the ticket, they heard a deafening cheer ringing in their ears.It felt like a tsunami was coming, or an earthquake under my feet, and I couldn't even stand still.

"boom--!!"

These people raised their heads blankly, looked at the crowd around them who jumped up and raised their arms, and then looked down the field.

what do they see?
The players in the red jersey are running excitedly!

A voice sounded on the live broadcast, suppressing the cheers: "1:0, Nottingham Forest is leading! The goal is Aaron Mitchell!"

These people didn't realize it until now - when they were busy looking for seats just now, Nottingham Forest had already scored a goal!

"It was so fast! The TV didn't catch up... we had to watch the replay. After the kick-off, Shaheen passed the ball back to George Wood, who spread the ball wide...Fernandez Gago had a two-to-one and continued to advance. Gago passed the ball over the top, which was very beautiful and accurate! Fernandez received the ball...he crossed directly! Aaron Mitchell's top rush GOAL GOAL - GOAL GOAL!! In just 20 seconds! Fastest goal ever scored in an FA Cup final and also in a cup final at Wembley!!"

The narrator roared excitedly.

Tang En in the rain also waved his fists, celebrating the goal with the people around him.

In the locker room, he told the players to strive for the first goal, and to score as early as possible can drag the game into their track. He did not expect the team to give him such a big surprise—the goal was scored within 20 seconds of the start of the game.

"No matter what the final result of this game, Nottingham Forest and Aaron Mitchell have left their names in FA Cup history with this goal!"

After scoring the goal, Mitchell rushed to the forest's stands where the fans were concentrated in the rain. Below, he kept waving his arms to signal the fans to shout louder and louder.He liked to hear such cheers.

Tottenham did not expect the Forest team to score so early. The game had just started, and their defense had not even had time to organize. The Forest team took advantage of this little time difference and caught Tottenham by surprise.

Harry Redknapp's face was even more gloomy than the sky in London now, and he had nothing to say about such a conceded goal while standing on the sidelines.

He previously thought that after continuous high-intensity battles, the Forest team would adopt a strategy of slowing down and attracting the opponent to attack before playing a defensive counterattack in this game.

He didn't expect Tony Twain's team to play such a resolute attack at the beginning, completely beyond his expectations.

Of course there was an element of luck in scoring so early.But at this time, what's the point of saying that the other party is lucky?
Those who are behind are behind, and those who are ahead are ahead, that is the truth.The game will also undergo some subtle changes as a result.

In the match against Tang En's team, the most fearful thing is to let them take the lead. In the next game, the Forest team can continue to attack and play defensive counterattacks. No matter what they do, it will be a kind of torture for their opponents.

How should Tottenham respond?
Go out?

Redknapp is not that stupid.Pressing out to attack means opening the door to welcome the Forest team to score a few more goals.He decided to stabilize his defense first. Anyway, the disadvantage of being behind by one goal is nothing, as long as there is a chance, he will not worry about losing the tie.

The first is to stabilize the mentality of the players, not to panic or panic, and not let the Forest team take this opportunity to score another goal. If they are behind by two goals, this game will be difficult to play.

He stood on the sidelines and kept yelling into the field, while gesturing to calm the players down.

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Seventeen minutes later, Tottenham equalized the score with a corner kick.The man who scored was Michael Dawson.Facing his former club, he was merciless.The header was so accurate and hard that Akinfeev didn't even react, and a group of people watched the football go in.The splash of water even dazzled some people's eyes.

Tottenham's equalizer made Tottenham fans very excited.When they fell behind just now, these people have been worried that the championship will be given to Forest in this way, and now it seems that Tottenham still don't want to give up.

After Tottenham scored, Tang En didn't intend to stabilize the defense first, but urged the two full-backs to continue to attack from the sidelines.

Redknapp also saw what Twain meant. If the Forest team wanted to attack, there must be gaps in the rear, so Tottenham also had to attack. How could they seize these gaps if they didn't attack?
A wonderful confrontation in the history of the FA Cup final kicked off.

No. 309 minutes, Tottenham Hotspur seized the opportunity of the Forest team's right back Rafinha to press the assist and failed to return to the defense in time, and played a fast break.Pavlyuchenko made a fake move when facing Akinfeev one-on-one. Akinfeev slipped, lost his center of gravity, and lost the best time to catch the ball.Pavlyuchenko past Akinfeev with ease and sent the ball into the net.

Tottenham overtook 2:1!
The cheers of the Tottenham fans sounded in the stands. When the Forest team scored in the opening game, they never thought that Tottenham could overtake in the first half.

But their cheers lasted only 2 minutes. In the 42nd minute, Mitchell used his personal skills to face the attack of three Tottenham defenders alone in the frontcourt. As a result, he was knocked down by Dawson. The referee awarded the Forest team a direct free kick in the frontcourt. ball.

Bell stood in front of the ball, and the Forest fans began to sing "Bell's Song".

The ball is about 28 meters away from the goal, and the wall is very tight.As a Premier League team, everyone knows the power of Gareth Bale's free kick.

George Wood and Gago squeezed into the wall and stood at the near corner of the goal.It looked like Bale would take the ball into goal from that angle in a moment.So Tottenham's human wall leaned desperately towards the near corner, trying to squeeze the two Forest team players out.

After the referee whistled, Wood and Gago withdrew, and the space left by them was filled by Tottenham's wall in an instant... But no one thought that Bale did not shoot the football at this angle, but at On the contrary, bypass the other end of the human wall and fly directly to the far corner of the goal!

This is obviously one of the free kick tactics that has been rehearsed countless times before the game.

Goalkeeper Gomez was deceived by the wall and Forest's tactics, and when Bale kicked the free kick, he even shifted his weight towards the near corner.When the football flew over from the other side of the wall, he was powerless and could only watch the football fly into the far corner of the goal!

"2:2!! The first half is not over yet, the two sides have scored a total of four goals! What a wonderful first half!"

Tottenham fans misfired, and this time it was the Forest fans' turn to sing in the rain.

Of course, some fans of the Forest team felt strange. Tony Twain had always been conservative in important games. Why did he suddenly face off against his opponent in this game?They were worried that if the confrontation continued, the Forest team would fail instead.

In fact, Tang En's idea was very simple. He planned to use this game to test the team's offensive power.Playing against a team like Real Madrid, defense alone is not enough.

At the end of the first half, the two sides fought to a 2:2 tie.The pace of the game was fast from beginning to end, which made the fans hooked.

Such a wonderful game appeared in the FA Cup final, but many people did not expect it.Today's football is becoming more and more utilitarian, as long as it is a final, it must be boring.Nottingham Forest took it to the extreme.

Unexpectedly, Tang En's sudden change of face made it difficult for everyone to get used to it.

Is he going to hold high the banner of offensive football in this game and play against Tottenham Hotspur?

Redknapp must have thought so, as he told his players at half-time to keep attacking in the second half, taking advantage of the gaps Forest had left behind.

But at the same time, in the dressing room of Nottingham Forest, Tang En said to his subordinates with a smile on his face: "In the second half, we will play defensive counterattacks."

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The situation changed in the second half, also making Redknapp unexpected.

His team pushed out to attack, but soon he found that Nottingham Forest did not also press out, but retracted the defense line and assumed a defensive counterattack posture...

The commentator was very disappointed with this change, and began to blackmail Twain again: "Tony Twain must be scared, afraid that the team and Tottenham will continue to attack like this, continue to lose goals and affect morale, or simply lose the game. I think He couldn't stand this kind of failure. So he chose to let the team be more conservative...It's a pity that only the first half of this final was good..."

Redknapp was not an idiot. Seeing Twain shrinking his defensive line, he knew that he was going to defend and counterattack. If he still pushed out, he would be courting death.

So he also recycled.

No wonder the commentator lamented that the first half was better.

After the two sides fought for 10 minutes, Redknapp finally couldn't stand it anymore and took the lead to press out.

They blasted around the Forest team's goal for 10 minutes without success, and the Forest team retreated across the board like a tortoise.

Just when Tottenham were about to take a breather, the dagger hidden in their hands suddenly stabbed out!

Akinfeev did not kick the ball with a big kick, but threw the ball to attack, which was a purposeful counterattack.

After receiving the ball, Gago makes a long pass from the wing.Mok quickly stepped in to catch the ball. Instead of continuing to dribble forward, he took a look at the situation in front of him and chose a direct oblique long pass, passing the football to the front of the penalty area.

Mitchell strode forward with long legs, and the person following him was Michael Dawson!

Mork's grounder was rolling fast on slippery turf.Mitchell's speed is not very fast, but it is not bad compared with the central defender, and his legs are long, which is a very useful advantage.Like now...

Mok's pass is a bit forward, and it is difficult to catch such a ball, let alone control it.

But Mitchell didn't want to control at all!

When the football reached the top of the arc, the [-]-meter-[-] Mitchell suddenly flew out and shoveled towards the football!
Michael Dawson didn't expect this big man to tackle the ball outside the penalty area!He froze for a moment, and lost his target just like that.

Gomez, who originally planned to attack and then found Dawson following the target and chose to retreat, obviously did not expect Mitchell to choose to tackle directly outside the penalty area...

What does he tackle for?He is not a defender!

In the next second, Football told him Mitchell's plan.

Mitchell successfully shoveled the football, and the football flew straight to the goal after changing direction!

As I said before, the football rolls very fast on the slippery turf.Gomez didn't expect Mitchell to shoot directly... from outside the penalty area!
Gomez missed the save and the football slipped past his fingertips!Scrubbing the turf and rolling towards the goal...

Dawson bypassed Gomez and sprinted towards the football, intending to make a clearance.

He was a step too late, missed the kick, and the football flew past his feet.Hit the post and went wide of the goal.

"3:2! Mitchell scored twice!"

Mitchell became a hero to the Nottingham Forest fans. He held up his hands and thanked God for giving him such an opportunity-scoring twice in the FA Cup!
Childhood dreams are becoming reality one by one.

The Nottingham Forest players were very excited and surrounded Mitchell, patting his head and shoulders.

Their goal this season is the Triple Crown, the league title has already been won, and now they lead Tottenham 3:2 in the FA Cup final, and victory is in sight.Winning two championships will definitely greatly boost their morale and confidence.

But Tang En was only excited for a while, and then shouted loudly on the sidelines to remind the team to pay attention and step up their attack.A one-goal lead is not safe...

Redknapp also knew that Twain would do this, and while the Forest team was trying to score, he waved his hand - Tottenham continued to attack.It is bound to capture their goal before the Forest team scores!
He almost made it.

Modric's long-range shot bypassed Akinfeev's ten fingers, but hit the crossbar and flew directly out of the bottom line.

Shocked Forest team fans a cold sweat.

The rain is getting bigger and bigger.

Tang En, on the other hand, completely forgot about his wife's instructions before the game. He stood straight on the sidelines, letting the heavy rain pour down on his head, and he had no intention of retreating.He is motivating the team in this way.

His players were playing in the rain, and he, the coach, had to accompany them in the rain.

After more than 20 minutes of silence, the two sides launched a fierce confrontation again, and the competition became increasingly fierce.

However, due to the constraints of the weather, the excitement of the competition between the two sides was greatly reduced.Active mistakes began to increase with the decline in physical strength, and the subsequent games were simply horrible.

But Twain and Redknapp are still very focused on watching, they don't look at the scene, they look at something deeper.Everyone is making mistakes, it depends on who can catch the other's mistakes first.

No.801 minutes, Nottingham Forest took the lead in catching Tottenham's mistake. Forward Abang Rajola, who came on as a substitute for Mitchell, assisted from the wing, and Shaheen followed up and scored in the middle.

This goal basically sentenced Tottenham to death.

Then Tottenham struggled for a while, but still failed to break through the Forest team's goal.Because Nottingham Forest began to shamelessly return to defense after leading by two goals, leaving no chance for Redknapp's team.

Since stoppage time, Forest fans have been singing, dancing and dancing in the stands in the rain.They were singing Queen's "We Are the Champions," announcing their victory in advance.

The fans' chants turned to thunderous cheers as the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Under the leadership of Tang En, the forest team's substitute players rushed into the field and huddled with the players on the field.

"Congratulations to Tony Twain! He finally won the first FA Cup in his coaching career! In all the competitions he has participated in, except for the UEFA Cup, he has won all the championships that can be won! This is really history A revolutionary moment! England's most successful manager of the past decade has his name engraved on the oldest trophy in England! He and his team are making new history!"

Surrounded by the players, Dunn once again raised his shoulders and marched.

He stretched out his arms and pointed to the sky - the last champion left!
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On the second day after the game, some media used his action to make a picture of the title picture, with the accompanying text:

Nottingham Forest is aiming for the European champions!
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(End of this chapter)