Chapter 59: The Forest with Crisis

The commentator said, "Long time no see, the offensive players of the Forest team" is not an exaggeration at all. The offensive players of the Forest team have indeed not appeared in the eyes of TV cameras and TV audiences for a long time.

Since they scored Barcelona, ​​they have been hit by Barcelona. In just a few attacks, they either ended in vain or gave up halfway. Bentner has to come back to participate in the defense, let alone the overall attack.

Now, the Forest team launched an attack again. Will the result of this time be the same as the previous few times?

unknown.

"Ribery received the ball, very beautifully unloaded the ball! Eastwood is preparing to receive..."

Of course, Ribery saw Eastwood. In the middle and on the wing, he felt completely different. On the wing, his job was very simple: break through the opponent and then cross.

But in the middle, he had more choices. It was certainly a choice to pick up Eastwood, but he could not pass it like this...

Why?

Because he saw Eastwood, Barcelona players also saw Eastwood who was retracing.

Puyol was following Eastwood. If he passed the ball over, it would be difficult for Eastwood to do it. He turned his back to the attacking direction and could hardly turn around under Puyol's defense.

This is an irresponsible pass, and it is also a pass that suits the Barcelona hopes.

It cannot be passed like this. Ribery tilted his head and saw Ashley Yang running diagonally from the side to the middle. This is a solution.

Just when the two were about to cross, Ribery passed the football to Ashley Young who was running on the diagonal line, and then he ran to the right side without the ball. He and Ashley Young completed a left-right switch.

Barcelona's defense is retreating quickly, but the players on the front line are not very fast to return to defense. After all, they are all offensive players. Instead of defensive players, they are required to return to defense immediately after conceding the ball... It's a bit difficult for people to do so.

Barcelona players thought Ashley Young would continue to lead to the left after receiving the ball, but unexpectedly, he had just run two games. He turned around and passed the football to Frank Ribery who ran over.

Ribery did not continue to dribble the ball to the right, but adjusted the direction while receiving the ball, facing Barcelona's goal head-on!

Due to his cross-switching position with Ashley Young, no one around him has been on his side for the time being. He did not miss this opportunity and suddenly shot a long shot before Marcos pressed him up!

"High quality long shot!"

The football roared, Valdes dared not take it head-on, so he could only rise up and hit the ball out with both fists.

"In most cases, Ribery gives people the feeling that he is a winger who relies on speed and technology to break through the wing, and then crosses. This long shot reminds us. He is also a scorer who can score nine goals in a single season!"

That's right, Ribery's most successful season in the Premier League, with the highest number of goals scored nine goals. That was his first season in the Premier League, and it was that season, his outstanding speed and sharp breakthrough.

And his excellent scoring ability made him the best foreign aid of the season.

He still performed well in the second season, but in the third season, after his opponents studied his routine thoroughly, his threat was no longer as great as before.

In addition, this season, Donn bought Petrov, which is similar to his characteristics, and many people believe that Ribery's once indestructible main position in the Forest team is gradually shaking.

In this game, Petrov was sitting on the bench watching the game. Everyone was wondering if Ribery performed poorly and would be replaced immediately?

It's time to make a change.

The football played by Valdes was falling to the left side of the court. Ashley Young received the cross without hesitation after receiving it. Unfortunately, he was not used to the left foot here and the quality of the cross was not high. He was returned to the defense and went out to the top of the tower.

Eastwood lost in the battle with Puyor, and the Barcelona captain pushed the football forward with force, hoping to get the return Deco or Xavi.

The two of them are very close, and no matter who receives the ball, it will be good, just like a double insurance.

Deco has even made preparations for stopping the ball on his chest.

"George Wood!" With the commentator's exclamation, Deco, who was ready to move, saw a black shadow suddenly appearing from behind, and it appeared from the air...

George Wood flew in the air. He leaned back. He pushed the ball back with his waist and abdomen.

Deco and Xavi both ran away. Football returned to Barcelona's halftime.

This time, it was Eastwood who received the football, not Puyol.

After receiving the ball, Eastwood did not turn around, but passed it back directly to Mikel Arteta who had been inserted.

The Nottingham Woodland Offensive has been fully rolled out.

Tang En's requirement for the team is to retreat quickly and to attack quickly. In short, one word - fast!

This was well reflected in this game.

The Forest's offense was quickly launched. After Arteta received the football, he was surrounded by routes where he could pass the ball.

Whether it is passed to Ribery, Ashley Young, Eastwood, Bentner, even George Wood not far behind, or Gareth Bale, he can pass it.

The biggest difference between Nottingham Forest and Barcelona is that the Forest team does not talk about the scene. If there is the most direct pass route, you must choose that one.

Arteta looked at the situation around him and decisively passed the football to the core of the team's organization - Frank Ribery, the team in the second half.

Ribery had already reached the right side when she received the ball. Zambrota believed that Ribery would break through the side. The shift between him and Ashley Young looked like an ordinary crossover between left and right sides.

Ribery made a fake move of a straight line break and deceived Zanbrota. He did not really make a breakthrough directly, but took advantage of Zanbrota's shifting center of gravity backward and suddenly tweaked the ball into the middle and cut inside!

What is the most likely and best thing to do with your left foot in the middle from the right?

"Be careful that he shoots!" Valdes shouted.

That's right, it's just a long shot with your good feet.

It was as if it was to cooperate with Valdes. Ribery swung his left leg while running sideways, and he was about to shoot!

Marcos rushed forward and blocked Ribery's long shot, completely forgetting what was happening behind him.

Ribery could see clearly that he did not shoot. It was just a fake move to pull out Barcelona's defense and pull out the space.

Marcos stepped forward, and there was a gap that could be exploited when Barcelona's originally consistent defense line was revealed.

The Frenchman's legs went down and turned to push. The football quickly rolled into the penalty area from Marcos.

“Beautiful straight pass!”

It's really beautiful. Before Ribery passed the ball, Bentner had already run away from the empty position. When the ball arrived, Bentner shot with a small angle!

If Valdes hadn't reacted quickly and moved over in time to block Bentner's shooting angle, the cross-running cooperation in front of the penalty area might have really scored.

The football hit Valdes' leg and flew out of the bottom line.

A huge breathing sound rang out from the stands at Camp Nou, and the Barcelona fans were frightened.

After seeing Bentner and Ribery make a wonderful cooperation, Donn had already stood up from his seat. He clenched his fists and waited to raise his arms and shout to celebrate the goal. Unexpectedly, Bentner's shot was blocked by Valdes from the baseline.

The ups and downs of emotions made him almost unable to control his body. He jumped up suddenly and knelt down on one knee. He punched the ground. "Such a good opportunity... I didn't go in! I didn't go in!"

He was still chattering like this when he got up and walked back to the coach's seat.

"At least we saw good news - Ribery performed very well." Chris Lark comforted him.

Tang nodded beside him: "Better than we thought."

"But that's not enough..." Tang En murmured to himself, "We need to put more pressure on Barcelona." After saying that, he turned back and took a deep breath after standing on the sidelines.

Then he shouted: "George! rush up faster when attacking! If you can't run, I'll change you!"

"The offense of Nottingham Forest has improved, which is really a blessing for our neutral audience. The scene is very good, and the offensives of both sides are of great quality. The suspense now is...who will be the first to break the current embarrassing balance deadlock?"

The Forest team's corner kick was taken out by Toulam. Arteta, who was ambushing outside, tried to shoot directly from a long shot, but hit a high point.

This made Tang En slam his thighs angrily. Faced with this situation, he didn't want to see his players fucking too much. He would rather see Arteta just chose to remove the ball and reorganize the attack, rather than kicking the ball into the stands.

After Barcelona sent the goal, they continued to attack the Forests' goal. The situation on the court was at a deadlock. It seemed that everyone had a chance, but every opportunity always passed by them.

Fate seems to be teasing the mood of the fans of the two teams, sometimes making them nervous, sometimes making them relieved, sometimes making them excited, and sometimes making them depressed.

The second half gradually passed twenty minutes in such a stalemate.

Don Eun has no substitutions, he is waiting for an opportunity. He believes that Rijkaard will not be willing to score a point at Camp Nou. He will definitely start sending offensive players at the last moment. Then it will be his own chance.

In the eyes of everyone, Tang En should be very satisfied with the situation. In fact, his thoughts are exactly the same as Rijkald - he will not accept the failure, nor will he accept the draw!

In the seventy-three minutes of the game, Rijkaard finally couldn't sit still and he wanted to make the adjustment first.

Brazilian full-back Beletti replaced Toulam, which was not a defensive adjustment. Beletti had good assists. Rijcard replaced him to strengthen Barcelona's wing attack.

Seeing this substitution, Donn also stood up from his seat and asked Chris Lark to call Van Nystruey back in the warm-up place. Bentner is still a little short of that. He now needs a world-class center with rich experience and excellent consciousness.

To be clear, Don Eun needs a terminator.

Compared with Bentner and Van Nystruey, they are still worse.

After calling Van Nystruey to his side, Tang En first looked up and observed his expression, nothing unusual.

"I only have one requirement." Don En raised his index finger and said to the Dutch shooter, "Try to score with all his might."

Van Nistrui nodded. He likes this. He is an experienced shooter. If a head coach chatters in his ears, he will only feel that he is underestimated and does not receive the trust he deserves.

"Go. Defeat them!"

Van Nistruy was replaced, Bentner ran down quickly, and Don grabbed him and said to him, "You're doing a good job, Nicky."

"Thank you, boss, but I didn't have the ball just now..."

Don Eun interrupted Bentner with a smile and blamed himself: "No matter how good the striker is, he cannot guarantee that he will score every time he shoots. If you are unwilling to give up, practice shooting when you go back to practice!"

"Both sides have made offensive adjustments. It seems that at the last moment of the game, both teams were unwilling to accept this 1:1 draw. This is really exciting!"

After Donn yelled at Wood, Wood indeed inserted faster and more resolutely during the attack. Of course, this naturally gave him more space behind him to participate in the Barcelona attack.

How to balance off offense and defense has always been a big problem for each team, coach and player, and Don Eun didn't expect Wood to have any outstanding performance in this.
To be continued...