Chapter 86: Creating History

Manchester United scored two goals in five minutes in the first half to establish their lead, while Nottingham Forest scored two goals in ten minutes in the second half to smash Manchester United's advantage. Now the two sides are tied.

Although the result of the draw is beneficial to Manchester United, because even if they draw one point each, Manchester United will win the championship by one point. But the football game is not a simple arithmetic problem. At this time, the equalizer is a fool knowing that the morale of Nottingham Forest is rising, and he will score again if he is not careful.

Ferguson had to make adjustments.

Offense? Of course not, he has to defend. At the last moment, he has to be conservative.

He replaced Rooney with more physical strength and more balanced offense and defense. He strengthened the midfield defense.

After Park Ji-sung came on the court, he relied on his abundant physical strength and his unstoppable style to press against Beckham. Beckham, who had exhausted his energy, was a little embarrassed to face this kind of defense. When he was on his side, he could basically no longer organize any attacks.

Don Eun also decided to substitute him. Lennon replaced Beckham.

When Beckham left the court, most people in the stands stood up from their seats and stood up to applaud the hero they once were. Beckham waved to the stands, not only greeting the Forest fans, but also thanking Manchester United fans.

"David Beckham was replaced by Lennon. He was cheered by almost all the fans. No matter which team he played for, he deserves the treatment now." The commentator said affectionately. "This is the first time he has returned to Old Trafford as an opponent. No matter what the result of the game, one goal and an assist will make people remember him forever..."

After being slapped with Lennon, Beckham stood on the sidelines and continued to wave to the fans before he turned around and walked towards the Forests bench.

Standing on the sidelines, Don En stretched out his hand to him: "I can only describe your performance with perfection, David."

Beckham smiled. But he didn't say anything. After shook hands with Tang En, he went around to the bench behind and sat down.

Tang En knew that he scored a goal and an assist from his old club here. He was in a complicated mood and didn't know what to say, so he didn't take it seriously. He turned around and continued to stare at the game trend.

This is a league, not a cup. If the game is tied, it is a tie, there will be no overtime. There will be no decisive game, and it will have to decide a win or lose. Once this game is tied, the Forest will still lose the league championship. This is not Tony. Don't want to see the ending. He has prepared carefully for so long and has worked hard to inspire fighting spirit. The team equalized the score at the most difficult time, not to get a draw.

He turned his head to look at the big screen at Old Trafford Stadium, which contained game time. It was less than ten minutes away from ninety minutes.

How can we score another goal when Manchester United takes gestures?

It will definitely not work to draw a snake out of the hole. Ferguson's team will not be so stupid as to be fooled. It is obvious that it is more beneficial to defend the dead at this time. If you have a strong attack... Manchester United's defense line has strengthened its defense against attackers such as Van Nistrui. As the center of the Forest team, it is difficult for Van Nistrui to turn around, let alone shoot. Al Shavin was forced to the sidelines, but he squeezed Ribery's position into the middle. The two invisibly changed positions.

So...strengthen long-range shooting?

This is a solution, but the effect is unknown. And putting all the hope of scoring on this, every attack ends so hastily, which will inevitably affect the morale of the team.

Tang En stood on the sidelines. He pinched his chin with one hand, frowned and thought hard.

On the court, Nottingham Forest was bombing around Manchester United's halftime: crossing from the wing, grabbing points from the middle, long shots and cold shots, personal breakthroughs, straight passes and strong attacks from the middle...all methods were used.

For a moment, the situation on the field changed, and the scene in the first half returned to Manchester United at the last moment.

However, for the sake of the championship, Manchester United admitted this humiliation. Ferguson stood on the sidelines. He looked grim. He was worried that his team would not be able to withstand the fierce offensive of Nottingham Forest and had loopholes.

O'Shea has returned to the back line and has become the third central defender. Since the midfield line and the back line are close, there is no need to set up a single midfielder.

But Ferguson was still a little worried. Logically speaking, the Manchester United players on the court are very strong in terms of personal abilities and cooperation, and he doesn't know what he is worried about...

Perhaps some of Nottingham Forest's reputation disturbed his mood?

Tony Don't admit defeat. As an opponent, he didn't dare to let go of his heart in the last second. Especially when they started to go crazy.

Time passes by minute by minute. The score is still 2:2. Manchester United is less than five minutes away from their tenth Premier League championship trophy.

Attackers like Cristiano Ronaldo retreated to the second half to participate in defense, and Manchester United had almost no counterattack. Nottingham Forest pushed the whole line. It can be said that except for Van der Sar, they almost all beat the half. These players also knew very well what the draw meant to them.

Because Manchester United defended very closely, Nottingham Forest's offense meant "high thunder and little rain". Although the scene seemed fierce, no results were achieved.

Later, George Wood couldn't help but shoot a long shot outside and hit it away.

"It seems that Nottingham Forest is a little impatient. It is really unnecessary to make such hasty offensive mistakes. If this continues, Manchester United will only be more confident in defending the draw, and make the rest of the Forest team more impatient. George Wood is the captain, and he should not show any anxiety." The commentator criticized George Wood without mercy.

Tang En from the field had completely opposite views from the commentator. He rushed to the sidelines and shouted loudly: "Shot more!"

Maybe shooting will waste opportunities, but if you don’t shoot, you won’t even have a chance. Anyway, Manchester United is on a full defensive position now and cannot threaten the rear of Nottingham Forest. Under the pressure of the Forest, they can’t even pass the half.

Since that's the case, you can shoot more. As long as you hit the goal frame, you will have a chance to score. As for whether you can score a goal, you can only leave it to fate...

After Wood shot a shot, Van der Fate also made a shot. His shot was too straight and was easily confiscated by Ben Foster. The Forest then strengthened the long shot, which looked a bit like a desperate struggle.

The fourth official appeared on the sidelines again. He raised the electronic sign in his hand. This time it was not a team that wanted to substitution, but a reminder of the time for injury stoppage time - four minutes!

"There is only four minutes left for Nottingham Forest, and Manchester United is only four minutes away from their tenth Premier League title. Now every attack in Nottingham Forest will make Manchester United fans worried. I really hope Ferguson's heart can still bear it..."

Don En decided to make a substitution. He replaced central defender Pique with Bentner, which was a desperate substitution, and if he failed, he would be successful. After Bentner came on the court, he could increase the strength of the Forest team in the penalty area and cause some trouble for Manchester United's defense line. At the same time, his strength and physical strength may also become the winner and loser to determine which side the balance tends to be.

Bentner ran on the court, and the game time had just entered injury stoppage time. Four minutes left.

Cristiano Ronaldo saw the Forest replace a central defender, and suddenly had an idea in his mind. He grabbed Scholes: "Paul, I think we can try a counterattack."

Scholes glanced at the Forest players and nodded: "They are barely defenseless now..."

"Give me the ball." Ronaldo felt that he was in good shape today and the whole Manchester United team could not push it out. Then let him dribble the ball alone and make a way out. "Score another goal and the game will be over. Even if there is no goal, you can remind the Forest team to not attack too hard."

Scholes agreed with his idea. After the Forests finished another attack, Scholes told Van der Sar not to kick off the ball, but to pass the ball to him. He got the ball to the football and then passed it to Ronaldo.

Next, I will watch Ronaldo's performance alone.

Ronaldo caught the ball, used his outstanding footwork to shake off Bale, who was pressing, and then accelerated and started, dribbling the ball to the Forest team in the second half.

At this moment, the second half of the Forest team was strictly speaking Pepe and Van der Sar. A large area of ​​space. The Portuguese can fully utilize his fast speed and excellent skills, and take football to the Forest team's goal!

Seeing him like this, the Forest team rushed back to defend. Bale, Rafinia, Lennon and others rushed back to catch up with Ronaldo. However, the person who took the lead was George Wood. After Ronaldo got the ball, he began to retreat and prepare for defense. After seeing Ronaldo throw away Bale, he inserted the diagonal line from the central area to Ronaldo's dribbling route.

Pepe came out at the same time.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

"Ah! Ronaldo easily wades by Pepe, his speed is so fast!"

Waiting by Pepe. There is only one Van der Sar left in front of Ronaldo. He has many choices, but no matter which one he chooses, he is very, very close to the goal.

The fans in the Old Trafford stands began to cheer loudly, as if they had already seen the golden championship trophy in front of them. Everyone stretched out their hands, as if they were stroking the cold trophy...

Ronaldo looked up at Van der Sar, and the other party seemed to be hesitating whether to attack, and he smiled. Regardless of whether to attack or not, the result was the same, that is...

"puff!"

The center of gravity suddenly disappeared. Ronaldo saw the grass in front of him getting closer and closer. When he landed on the ground, he felt a severe pain in his knees. Then there was a violent impact. Inertia made him roll continuously on the ground, almost rolling out of bounds before stopping.

He didn't care about who the murderer was because he was rolling back and forth on the ground with his knees in pain. The stands, which were still cheering just now, were all replaced by deafening booing, and the loud sound could suffocate!

George Wood sat on the ground, not far ahead of him was Ronaldo in pain. Amid the overwhelming booing sounds. He heard a crisp whistle.

Yes, when Ronaldo was about to cut in, he made a flying tackle behind his back without hesitation. He didn't think about tackle first and then bring down the man. He just wanted to dodge the ball with the man. He had known the consequences for a long time. Without waiting for the referee to come up and drive him away, he stood up from the ground and slowly walked out of the field amid the booing sounds everywhere. The referee ran over and lit up a red card behind him!

"This is a very, very bad foul, and it's not an exaggeration to show the red card directly! Nottingham Forest finally paid the price for their desperate attack!"

Seeing that his love general was overturned, Ferguson was furious off the court, and urged the team doctor to come on the court to check his injuries as soon as possible.

Don Ze looked at George Wood towards him with a blank expression.

The score draw is one point apart, and the end time is not much. Now George Wood is sent off with a red card again. Is that the end?

Wood walked out of the field and whispered as he passed by Tang En, "I'm sorry."

Tang Enmu looked at the stadium without looking sideways, but said to him: "Don't leave, stand at the entrance of the corridor and wait for the game to end."

Wood stepped down obediently. He stood at the entrance of the corridor, leaning against the wall, looking up at the game in the stadium.

Ronaldo was carried down on a stretcher, and it seemed that he was seriously injured. Fortunately, Ferguson had another substitution place, and he called Twiz from the bench behind him. He planned to use this substitution to delay the game time.

Others from Manchester United are preparing to give this free kick in the frontcourt.   It is 34 meters away from the goal and is on the right. If handled properly, it will also pose a great threat to the Forest's goal.

Vidic stayed in the backcourt. Ferdinand ran up. As long as this offense is a success, the game will end here. Nottingham Forest definitely has no ability to score two goals in the last and a half minutes.

Van der Sar nervously directed his teammates to defend the opponent in the penalty area, and only Bale was arranged by the wall.

"Don't give them any chance!!" he shouted loudly. "Put them out, push them out!"

Ferguson stood on the sidelines, next to him was Twiz. He did not substitute the player now, but decided to wait for the free kick to be taken. If the goal was of course a good thing. If there was no goal but it was out of the realm, then substitution decisively. Use this substitution to spend some time.

The free kick was taken by Hargreaves, and none of the Manchester United players got the point. Instead, Pepe was forced to take the lead.

The football did not go out of bounds and fell at Van der Fate's feet. Van der Fate directly passed the football to Lennon on the wing.

Seeing Lennon get the ball, O'She wants to come up and break it, but asks Lennon, who is faster under his feet to poke the ball through his legs, then bypass O'She to speed up the ball. He caught it back when the football was about to leave bounds!

"Counterattack!" Tang En shouted with his arms waving from the court.

This is the only chance...

To George Wood's foul. Nottingham Forest has this last chance to counterattack quickly!

Lennon dribbled the ball at high speed on the wing. He saw that Evra wanted to post it, so he didn't give him this opportunity. Suddenly kicked the football out ten meters, and then accelerated to chase the ball again, so he easily threw Evra away!

It doesn't matter if his breakthrough is involved. Once he starts, Manchester United's entire defense will move to this side to prevent him from cutting inward. Vidic is standing in front of him, Brown makes up for the middle, Ferdinand and O'Shea are desperately chasing back.

"This is an opportunity for Nottingham Forest, but if you can't grasp it, the game will end here!"

Lennon took a look at the situation in front of him and found that it would be more difficult to break through.    After looking at the front, Van Nistruy was preparing to run in the diagonal line...

Chance!

Lennon pushed the ball under his feet straight out and rolled behind Vidic. Van Nistrui happened to insert it diagonally and catch the ball!

Vidic raised his hand to signal Van Nystruei to offside. But the lineman ignored him and followed Van Nystruei forward.

"Beautiful passing and running cooperation, not offside!"

After receiving the ball, Van Nistrouy cut into the penalty area. Weiss Brown rushed to stop him from shooting.

"Stop waiting, just cum!!" Tang En yelled anxiously off the court, wishing he could go up and shoot this kick himself.
To be continued...