Chapter 172: The expected (Part 1)

George Wood finally did not go to the ward where Eastwood was. He left the flowers at the front desk of the lobby downstairs and asked the nurse to hand them over and left.

Don Eun looked at him writing "good_luck" on the card and asked, "Don't you write your name?"

Wood shook his head: "No."

Tang En knew what he was thinking, so he smiled: "But it doesn't matter. The whole team just counts your handwriting so distinctive. If you don't write your name, he will know who it is. It's hard to see that you can't even write your own name well. You are the only one, George."

Wood didn't care about Donn's joke. He inserted the card into the flowers and gave the bouquet to the young and beautiful nurse.

The young nurse had long recognized who the man standing in front of her, took the bouquet and put it aside. Then she picked up a card and handed it to Wood, and said nervously: "I...I am your fan, George. You, can you... sign me?"

Wood hesitated for a while, maybe he felt that the signature was not good now.

Tang En coughed behind his back, reminding Wood not to let everyone disappoint him. Wood obediently took out his pen again and signed his name on the blank paper. He was crooked and had no star style at all. But the girl liked it very much and carefully put the signature away.

Tang En and Wood walked out of the hospital building. Tang En looked up at the fourth floor and asked Wood beside him: "You really don't go up?"

Wood shook his head: "No."

"What a pity..." Tang En took his sight back, "This was a good opportunity. Can't you be more honest? Where did you have the courage to shovel Roshenbuck's ankle?"

Wood didn't say anything, and he really didn't know what to say.

He rarely said the sentence "I'm sorry" to others. Sometimes even though he knew that it was his own wrong, he didn't know how to say it out.

"Forget it, I won't force you. Freddy saw you hurt Roshenbuck. I guess he understood too." Tang En shrugged, and some words might not be explained clearly, so let them stay in his heart. "Do you have any urgent matters now?"

"No. "

"Very good, please accompany me for a walk."

“Where to go?”

"Whatever." Tang En pointed to the path in front of the hospital gate, "Walk out along this path and let's take a walk."

"George, I think your penalty notice will be coming out tomorrow at the latest. Do you have any ideas?" Walking in the quiet path. Donn and Wood chatted casually.

"What's the idea?"

"It's almost a day since the incident. Have you regretted the actions you made? I mean... Have you regretted the red card for revenge on Roshenbak?"

"No. If you shovel, you shovel."

Hearing such an answer, Tang En couldn't help laughing.

"If you encounter this situation again next time, will you choose to shovel it out?"

Wood nodded without hesitation.

"Well..." Tang En touched his chin, "You can ask the old players on the team to learn how to do it without being sent off... that, do you understand what I mean?"

Wood looked at Tang En, then nodded: "I understand."

But Tang En sighed again: "But I know this is a bit difficult for you... You are always so straightforward. If you can play in the dark, it seems that you are not you."

Wood finally couldn't help asking a question he had long wanted to ask: "Why... what's his injury?"

"Not really good." Tang En glanced at Wood, "Everything close to the same part was seriously injured twice. This time he was able to insist on returning to the court and was a great victory. I can't ask for more..."

After hearing what Tang En said. Wood lowered his head. Of course he knew who was the first serious injury. If there was no first time, then this second time might not be so serious.

"Will he... retire?"

"I don't know, it depends on the operation and postoperative recovery." Tang En was telling the truth. Who can tell the future exactly?

Looking at George Wood with a solemn expression, Don't take it seriously. Football player, injury is common and has nothing to do with you."

Despite Donn's words, George Wood's expression still did not get better. Eastwood's today all originated from his foul when he was in the youth team, and he couldn't really not take it seriously.

Seeing that he was like this, Tang En didn't continue to persuade him.  Let him go, maybe it would be better to put some pressure on him.   But there is a saying that still needs to be said.

"George. Do it well. Now you are not playing football for you alone. Freddy may not be able to participate in the competition for half a year. Please consider his part to work hard together."

Wood nodded vigorously.

The next day, UEFA notice of the punishment of Nottingham Forest player George Wood was sent. Judging from the video of Wood's shoveling of Roshenbuck, there is no conclusive evidence that he was maliciously invading and deliberately retaliated. Because when Roshenbuck received the ball, the football was between him and Wood, and Wood must have been for the football. Unexpectedly, Roshenbuck broke the football to lure Wood into a foul to lure Wood. He put his ankle directly on Wood's shovel, which led to injury.

So. The penalty for Wood is to be suspended for four games in European club competitions. This penalty is not serious. If you leave the game directly with a red card, you will usually be suspended for two games, and Wood is only two more games more than this number. It is far from what some people expected to be suspended for half a year. This strong contrast makes people feel as if Wood was not punished, but was pardoned.

Then, UEFA evaluated the work of the referee on duty in this game and believed that there was no bias. There was no doubt about Roshenbak's yellow card.

This explanation can basically be regarded as targeting Tang Endi.

As expected, after the explanation was completed, UEFA warned Nottingham Forest head coach Tony Donn't point fingers at the referee's work, UEFA's referee must have been strictly selected.

The UEFA referees committee was very dissatisfied with Tang En's remarks, believing that Tang En was interfering with the referee's work, wanted to penetrate his influence into the referee's circle, and wanted to use his own speculative viewpoint to influence the referee's judgment. Tang En was disdainful of this anger. He believed that since it was all work, the referee's work should be able to accept other people's evaluations. If it was wrong, it was wrong, and there was no need to hide it like this.

However, he didn't have the chance to make this statement. Evan Doggetti found him, hoping that he would not go against UEFA at this critical moment. Donn knew that Evan was for his own good, so he could only temporarily suppress his dissatisfaction with the UEFA referee committee. Wait for the opportunity to erupt again in the future.

Piaotianwen has opened up.

Losing two absolute main players, Forest's trip to Lisbon is not optimistic.

Although Don N's choices and combinations are still available on the front line, Don N's position in the defensive midfielder has found that there is actually only one George Wood, and he doesn't even have a qualified substitute. The home game against Sporting Lisbon has proved that Gunnarson cannot replace George Wood. If the away game is arranged in this way, Don N's probably his team will die even worse.

As the team's head coach, Donne is already considering selling Gunnarson after the end of this season and finding a qualified substitute for Wood again.

He was not worried about Wood's physical problems, but this red card sounded a wake-up call for him - Wood is not a kind-hearted person, and the fierce confrontation in the Premier League will inevitably lead to conflicts of one kind or another. Wood will definitely have many opportunities to eat cards in the future. When Wood accumulates yellow cards or is suspended from the game due to red cards, he must have a substitute that can reassure Don't be as good as Wood, but it cannot be too bad.

In fact, it is often difficult to choose a substitute than to choose a main player. Because the main player can be used as long as you have the strength. Substitutes not only require strength, but also have the psychological quality of being a bench and being able to withstand loneliness... Especially being a substitute like Wood, who is a player who is not injured for many years, is even more a chore.

Which player is willing to spend most of his time on the bench? Almost no, but the team must not without a strong substitute lineup. Rotation may be a good way, but it is just maybe. The stability of the lineup and the rotation system are itself a pair of contradictions.

What's more, it sounds a bit unbelievable to do rotation in the midfielder position. What the midfielder needs most is stability. Rotations are rotated, not only the players participating in the rotation will feel uncomfortable, but the whole team will be at a loss.
Chapter completed!