Chapter 166 The Dirty Roshenbak (Part 1)

When Sporting Lisbon arrived in Nottingham, in a press conference held in the hotel where he was staying, head coach Jose Pecero said in a low-key manner: "Nottingham Forest is a strong team. I am very satisfied if I can get a point away..."

This low-keyness is not only reflected in a press conference, but also in all aspects. It seems that in the eyes of Sporting Lisbon, Nottingham Forest is indeed a dangerous opponent. When he came to Nottingham for adaptive training a few days in advance, the Portuguese were not open to the media. This cautious and careful look for Nottingham people is a symbol of lack of strength.

Indeed, Sporting Lisbon is no longer the Sporting Lisbon that year. The only time they won the European championship was 40 years ago...

As soon as the 8th-finals began, Forests showed the home team's momentum and did not conduct any tests in the midfield. Forests hit the goal of Sporting Lisbon for the first time on the offense.

In this game, Tang En sent out the eleven people in the best state and strongest who could send out.

Goalkeeper Van der Sar. Central defenders Yero and Matthew Epson. Left and left and right fullbacks are Leidton Barnes and Zim Bonda respectively. Defensive midfielders George Wood and Albertini. Left forward Frank Ribery, right forward Ashley Young. Two forwards Freddy Eastwood and Viduka.

When Tang En was not rotating, this was the main lineup of the Forest team, which had the vitality of young people and the calmness of veterans, a very perfect combination.

The lineup of Sporting Lisbon is a bit unfamiliar with Tang En. It is not easy for many players to match their names and faces. Don’t talk about getting to know them in depth. Fortunately, the first round was at home. Tang En formulated a tactic to grab points at home. He must win, win with a large score, and concede as few goals as possible.

If these three goals are not achieved, it cannot be considered a victory.

"...Mark Viduca! Beautiful shot! Ricardo made a wonderful save, and the Portuguese goalkeeper scored his last penalty in the European Cup elimination of England. "

This is a goalkeeper with a arrogant personality. Don N.E. was deeply impressed by this. In that battle, Riccardo first saved England's penalty without wearing gloves, and finally scored the last goal in person, eliminating England. Because of this relationship, Riccardo's wonderful save did not win him applause, but received booing from England fans.

Ricardo is the captain of Sporting Lisbon and one of the few Portuguese internationals on the team. With him as the core, Sporting Lisbon's defensive tactics in this game have become very obvious.

Pacero wants to score one point at the Forest's home court and then based on this basis if possible. It is best to score another away goal. Even if they can't even get a point in the end, as long as there is a away goal and return to their home court, everything will be easy.

But Tang En would not let him get what he wanted.

Viduka's powerful shot kicked off the Forest's offensive craze, amid the cheers of Forest's fans. Waves hit the goal of Sporting Lisbon.

"… Nottingham Forest played very positively at its home court, and their speed was amazing when they entered the game!"

This is natural. Tang En has been preparing for this game for a long time. Recently, the team's daily training has been revolving around the League Cup. If it fails to meet Tang En's requirements during the game, he will be idle.

Viduka's shot failed to score, but the goal still came soon.

In the ninth minute of the first half, the Forest's continuous offensive finally knocked on the door to Sporting Lisbon.

Viduca attracted two defenders from Sporting Lisbon in front, and then passed the ball under his feet to Albertini who was inserted. The Italian swung his foot and made a direct shot. The Portuguese defender did not dare to neglect and rushed forward to block the game. Although the Italian was old, the long shot was still enough to deter the enemy.

When the opponent jumped up and used his back to block Albertini's shot, Albertini suddenly passed a straight shot!

Eastwood received a pass from Albertini at the front of the penalty area. After leaning on him to defend him, Fabio Rochemback turned around and hooked the ball into the penalty area. In this way, the Sporting Lisbon players around him dare not make any rash foot, because as long as they stretched their feet to Eastwood, the opponent would fall to the ground. Compared with a single shot, the penalty kick was a more stable scoring method.

The surrounding Sporting Lisbon defenders were afraid of the weapons and did not dare to move around.  Diroshenbak leaned behind Eastwood and didn't care about that much.   He only knew that his opponent was in the penalty area and he was trying to shoot outside, so he must not let the opponent succeed!

He pushed the ball behind his back, hoping to shoot Eastwood lost balance. But he didn't expect Eastwood to turn the shot into a provocative shot!

The body leaned forward, swung its legs in place, and raised its toes... The football flew up, flew over from Ricardo at the angle of the junior blocking Eastwood's shooting, and then fell into the goal behind him amid the huge cheers of the Forest fans!

"1:0! The game has just started less than ten minutes, Nottingham Forest took the lead! This is a really exciting start! Look at Tony Donn's excitement..."

Don Eun was really excited. He knew very well what it meant to take the lead at home in such an important game. No wonder when he saw Eastwood hang the ball into the goal, he was the first to raise his arms from the coach's seat to rush to the sidelines, and then swung his fist into the sky so that everyone could see his unconcealed emotions.

After leading, the Forest team played better, there is no doubt that it was.

Now it depends on how the head coach of Sporting Lisbon plans this game. If you take less and lose as a win, the score is not unacceptable, and he can continue to defend. But if you want to score a away goal and one point, you must attack, so that the possibility of scoring is greatly improved. At the same time, their defense line will have more loopholes that can be exploited.

Insurance and adventure.

Hosé Pecero must make a choice.

"0:1? It's nothing." Pacero shrugged and said to his assistant, not very frustrated. "Outdoor games, we have to think about everything carefully, and this is all within my plan. No changes are needed yet, and we have enough time..." He looked up at the electronic scoreboard in the stands.

"The goal scorer is Freddy-"

The player who had just scored a goal was loudly broadcasting on the live broadcast. The fans in the stands replied in unison with tacit understanding: "— Eastwood!"

The Gypsy were celebrating on the court with teammates.

Brazilian Fabio Roshenbak was standing where his opponent scored just now, staring at the crowd with a gloomy face.

He originally thought he leaned forward to harass him. This thin boy should have lost his balance, but he didn't expect that he helped him and made him shoot a shot that Ricardo could not defend!

I'm afraid at least one-third of the credit is considered to be under the name of Luoshenbak...

This is what makes this Brazilian angry. His defense becomes a knife to stab his own people. He clenched his fists, and the debt will be recovered sooner or later!

The game started again, and the morale of Nottingham Forest, which took the lead, was high. They continued to launch a fierce attack on Sporting Lisbon amid the loud singing of fans in the stands, without any intention of taking a break.

A goal lead is not safe. Don En has successfully instilled this idea in his players. If you can score two goals, you will never stop after one goal leads. Conservative and grade-wise. Conservative after one goal leads is obviously low-end conservative. Two goals and three goals and more goals leads before you lead is conservative. As for the kind of people who start to be conservative before they lead. Obviously, it is the lowest level - referring to the Italian vs. France World Cup in 1998...

After scoring the goal, Eastwood was particularly active. He retreated and took the ball to meet his teammates, circling around Viduka for opportunities. If he couldn't shoot, he would seek cooperation with Viduka. Anyway, he played a very important role on the court.

Donn looked down at Eastwood's performance so hard, wondering whether the club's attention to Wood stimulated him? The Gypsy didn't care about the club's favor with each other, he just didn't want to lose to George Wood in his heart, right?

Although he is almost a father of two children, Eastwood is still a young man in terms of age. The Gypsy is very young and can get married and have children at the age of fourteen.

Since you are still young, you will be very competitive. Lose to the people you don’t like? This is not something Freddy Eastwood can accept.

Tang En knew the gypsy mentality and knew it very early. At that time, he thought that this could be controlled into a kind of healthy competition, which was undoubtedly a good thing for the Forest Team. But now, after the media's hype by any means, the healthy competitive atmosphere may be broken at any time. Benefits and vicious competition are only a line of separation, and the consequences are completely different.

This game may be an excellent opportunity to get to know each other and turn swords into pity. But it may also make things worse - as long as you lose.

It seems that the team is leading, and Don Eun doesn't need to worry too much.
Chapter completed!