Chapter 119 The dust settles (Part 1)

Football is like fighting, a morale competition. George Wood successfully defended Henry in this one-on-one, greatly enhancing the morale of Forest players. Let them know that we are not inferior to Arsenal. The opponent's captain and the strongest striker did not take advantage of Wood, so Arsenal is the same in front of our Forest!

Arsenal also quickly made their adjustments. In the 67th minute, Wenger replaced Pennant with Lungberg. Although the young player was a Nottingham, he received the most booing when he left the court because he was a player trained by Forests' arch rival Nordsshire.

Then Wenger replaced Borgkamp, ​​who was completely clamped by George Wood and Albertini, with Reyes. When Reyes was on the court, Wenger grabbed him and asked him to tell Fabregas a sentence: "Calm down."

George Wood's outstanding performance is not only reflected in defending Henry one-on-one, but also in the man-marking defense that has caused Fabregas to hit several walls. The Spanish teenager really has no good way when facing such an unreasonable defensive player.

But Wenger still insisted on keeping Fabregas on the court, on the one hand, because he does not have a better candidate to replace Espanyol, and on the other hand, Wenger believes that this game is a good exercise for Fabregas. If Sesque wants to become a player like Vieira, such a game is essential. After the test, he can go further, otherwise it will be the case.

Letting him calm down and learn to play football more with his brain instead of his body will be very helpful to him. After all, Fabregas's body is far worse than George Wood, and such physical confrontations will not be missing in various games in the future. If you always encounter a strong and fierce opponent, you cannot perform at your normal level. In this way, players will not achieve any great achievements.

The appearance of Lungberg and Reyes added an attack point to Arsenal, changing their previous weak wing. Wenger's team is gradually gaining control.

But there seems to be less time left for them.

"The game has been going on for 75 minutes, and the score is still 1:0. Nottingham Forest leads Arsenal at home. The Frenchman's team has not had many ways to face the Forest, which is pressing against the Forest, and they make many mistakes. If this situation continues, it is only a matter of time before the Forest gets their first three-pointer of the season."

Well. It seems like it's just a matter of time...

The players of the Forest team must think so in their hearts. Although it is not impossible for a newly promoted team to defeat the defending champion in both theory and practice, it still makes these people excited to be able to defeat the defending champion who has been unbeaten forty-two rounds.

Experienced veterans naturally know how to deal with this kind of game. They have experienced various scenes. But there are too few veterans like this in the Forest team, and they cannot stop the young players from thinking:

We are about to defeat Arsenal! We are about to become the big dark horse that overturns the defending champion! The unbeaten forty-two consecutive rounds will end under our feet!

What an attractive prospect...

It was as if Medusa's charming appearance, which made it difficult for the young men of the Forest team to control themselves, and even forgot that they were still in the fierce game.     Forgot how dangerous the beast their opponent was...

After eighty minutes of the game, the Forest team still maintained the lead, and the excited singing in the stands continued to stop.

The Forest's oppressive defense finally showed a crack because the executors were no longer focused. And more and more. The specific performance was that Arsenal players felt that football could stay under their feet for a while. Sometimes, the Forest players would not even pounce on the first time to grab the ball, but watched them hold the ball and then decide whether to grab the ball or withdraw the card position.

Tang En smelled the danger from it. He stood on the sidelines. He shouted loudly, while constantly waving his arms: "Pressing, pressing, pressing, pressing, pressing, pressing, pressing, pressing, pressing, pressing, pressing, pressing, pressing, pressing, pressing, pressing, pressing, pressing, don't give them a chance to get the ball! Bastard!"

Done asked that even the striker should implement the oppressive style of counter-attacking on the spot, but Viduka and Eastwood were obviously not as active as they were at the beginning of the game. George Woodhai was running non-stop, but can he take care of the entire court alone? Albertini was still running, but he was 32 years old after all, and sometimes he was willing but not enough.

Ribery, Ashley Young, Barnes, Zimbonda... These people seemed to be unable to run. In this game, they kept pulling in and pulling in. The physical energy was indeed very expensive. But Don was still on the sidelines to ask them to keep pressing and not give Arsenal a little chance. Why did the Forest play well in the first 80 minutes? It was at the expense of physical fitness that Arsenal could not find the rhythm they were familiar with.

Now that there is a problem with physical fitness, Arsenal's rhythm is slowly recovering.

Fabregas also calmed down. He had no intention of making a tough decision with George Wood. If Wood came up and forced him tightly, he would immediately pass the ball and create a chance to catch the ball through his own running position. He would definitely not have meaningless entanglement with Wood in the midfield.

Why are strong teams strong teams? Because they are more experienced.   Because they are more patient...

After the panic in the first half, although Henry failed to succeed in two single shots in the second half. Wenger stabilized Arsenal's mood through substitutions. The disadvantage in the scene did not make Arsenal players panic. They were patiently waiting for their own opportunities.

In the 83rd minute, Pire and Henry cooperated with one and two, but did not pass the ball into the crowded penalty area, but suddenly passed it outside. Gilberto Silva, who inserted it, made a long shot, which was high! This is not the key to the problem. It should be noted that the Brazilian did not have a Forest player to interfere in about three seconds before the shot.

Tang En was very dissatisfied with this situation and decided to replace him.

In the 84th minute, Allen Lennon replaced Ashley Young and continued to strengthen the threat from the wing, hoping to use the younger Lennon to suppress Ashley Cole.

Lennon just changed into it and had not yet touched football. Arsenal launched another attack. Fabregas and Ljubrey cooperated. After attracting George Wood's attention, he passed the ball to the Swede and then continued to step forward. It seemed that he wanted to cooperate with Ljubrey in two or one-on-one. George Wood continued to press Fabregas to prevent him from getting the ball.

As expected, Lengbery passed the ball back to Fabregas. Under George Wood's close-up control, Fabregas stopped urgently and turned to protect the ball. Arsenal had already attacked the Forest's penalty area line. Fabregas believed that Wood would not dare to foul here.

Gilberto saw Fabregas control the ball and pressed it up.

The Brazilian's long shot just now sounded the alarm for the Forest players, so this time, when he rushed up, Forest's central defender Epson immediately approached him. Fabregas also made a cross-post pass, making Epson believe it, and then took another step. At this moment, the Spanish teenager suddenly knocked the ball behind him with his heels. Through George Wood, the football penetrated the Forest's defense line. Henry received the ball without anyone being guarded!

No one expected that. Fabregas was helpless in defending George Wood throughout the game. The players of the Forest team saw Wood entangled with their opponents and did not pay much attention to this side. Their attention was attracted by Gilberto Silva who was inserted behind.   With a Wood, with his back facing the attacking direction, how did he see there was a space there, and how did he know where Henry would appear?

No matter how Fabregas did it, his pass gave Henry his third solo shot in this game.

If he can't score such a goal, he will not be Thierry Henry!

The Frenchman took a kick and the football slid quickly from Darren Ward against the turf, then hit the inside of the far post and bounced into the goal!

"Beautiful! Arsenal equalized the score at the last moment!! Thierry Henry! Arsenal's King, this may be a new record goal!!"

The three-sided stands of the City Stadium fell into silence, and only then did the away fans gathered in the stands. Arsenal players were celebrating wildly, while Nottingham Forest players stood there, unable to believe what they saw.

They persisted for 85 minutes, but still failed to hold on.

Tang En, who saw the team conceding the ball on the sidelines, smashed the plexiglass baffle on the side of the coach's seat. The anger and disappointment cannot be described in words... He only knew that he was angry and angry. How could Epson rush up so recklessly?
Chapter completed!