Chapter 32: Those who abandon me will disturb my heart

As the game whistle sounded, a conspicuous banner appeared in the stands behind Nottingham Forest goal.

That was the mysterious thing made by John and Bill. Now everyone knows what that is.

I saw a line of large words written on the white cloth strip with red pigment:

At least two? If you have the ability, come and try it!!

As soon as the banner was released, it attracted the attention of the audience. Some fans even spontaneously applauded the slogan. Some fans even changed the insulting slogan against Bentner to "If you have the genitals, try it!"

For a moment, everyone's attention was on this banner. Even Tang En couldn't help laughing out loud: "It must be the fat man and the others again."

Martin Taylor even smiled when the TV broadcast camera pointed at the slogan: "It's very consistent with the personality of Nottingham Forest. Fans are the same as the team... OK, let's see if Bentner is enough to grow."

Whether Bentner has enough is obviously going to see the goal. He also noticed the slogan, but he had no expression on his face. He just glanced at it and devoted all his energy to the game.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester City took advantage of the opportunity to kick off the ball and launched a fierce offensive to the heart of Nottingham Forest.

Even the away teams did not have the slightest awareness of being a guest.                                                      

When football was among other Manchester City players, the atmosphere on the court was normal, and sporadic booing was still within the scope of everyone's acceptance, and more people were cheering for the Forest. But once Manchester City players passed the football to Nicklas Bentner, the huge booing sounded suddenly without warning if they could suffocate the person with bad heart.

Nottingham Forest fans rarely have such a collective booing one person. In the past, they have been booing a certain team. They still have to keep a normal mind and continue playing in such a harsh environment. It is indeed too difficult.

So Taylor took the time to say that Mark Hughes should have confirmed that Bentner's psychological quality is indeed very good.

Amid the overwhelming boo, he did not pass the ball immediately, but continued to control it at his feet and waited for his teammates to support him.

With such booing, he persisted for ten seconds before passing the ball, without any panic under his feet, and his expression was calm.

Manchester City's offense, as Tang analyzed at yesterday's tactical meeting, they mainly attack on the wing. On the one hand, they want to suppress the Forest's wing, and on the other hand, they hope to use the space left by Nottingham Forest's full-back after frequently inserting assists to counterattack.

But the game has just begun, and the full-backs of Nottingham Forest have not had the chance to attack. Manchester City people can only patiently look for opportunities.

Generally speaking, if Nottingham Forest does not get the kick-off, then Tang En asked the team to stabilize the defense first and then make his picture for five minutes at the beginning of the game.

The same goes for this game.

Manchester City seized this time and launched a fierce attack on the Forests' goal.

Although Hughes's tactical core is to play against the Forest's two wings and take counterattacks. But they can still threaten the Forest's goal without counterattacks.

Because they now have a powerful center in front of the goal...

"Niclas Bentner!!" Andy Grey shouted loudly, "Oh--it's a pity! It's a little taller..."

Ashley Young did not choose to get one-on-one with Bale after receiving the ball from the right. Instead, he made a direct cross. The change in rhythm made Pepe not react. Bentner inserted and appeared behind him, then jumped high and headed the ball without defense.

Van der Sar just made a symbolic move - raising his hand. There was nothing he could do about attacking at such a close distance. Fortunately, the ball was over the crossbar in the end and flew directly to the slogan.

Although there was no goal, the audience was shocked to give a slight booing.

"Just as they promised before the transfer, Mark Hughes used Bentner as the offensive core in this game. Facing the strong defense line of Nottingham Forest, a player like Robinho may suffer a little, but Bentner is very suitable." Taylor said. "I think Hughes is gambling, but judging from the current attack, he is right."

Bentner gave a thumbs up to Ashley and Yang who passed the ball to him. They were very familiar with the defense system of the Forests. Ashley and Yang knew that Bale would wait in front to prevent him from breaking through, so he did not dribble the ball, but made a cross on the spot. Bentner also knew that Bale had gone to the wing, and Pepe would lean a little over to prevent Yang from breaking through the penalty area. He handed behind him to Kompany. So he didn't get into the position as soon as he dragged a little behind and saw Ashley and Yang suddenly flew forward after seeing Ashley and Yang got the ball. The two had a sympathy. He had just started flew forward, and Ashley and Yang passed the ball.

The timing was just right, and Bentner completed his first shot of the game with almost no defense.

"As Tony Don't said before the game, he does have the ability to score at least two goals.  If you let such an excellent shooter go, I wonder if Tang En feels a little regretful at this moment?"

Does Tang En regret it?

No.

If he was a little reluctant to let go when Bentner was just letting go, after more than half a month, he has forgotten that emotion. Even if Bentner becomes the league's top scorer, he will not feel any regrets or regrets about it. He is not the kind of person who is always entangled in the past.

What he had a headache now is that Bentner and Ashley Yang were too familiar with his back line.                                                                                                                   �

He is not worried about the midfield defense. George Wood and Thiago use the central axis as the boundary, one person is responsible for the left and the other person is responsible for the right. Ashley Yang did not break through just now but passed the ball directly. In addition to the reason why he understood the forests' habits in the back line, there is another reason, that is, George Wood is eyeing him. If he wants to break through, he must be prepared to face the attacks between Wood and Bale.

Manchester City's Ellano is more like a substitute in the middle. His main task in this game is to create opportunities for both sides. With Bentner on the court, the style of playing on the wing is indeed more suitable for Manchester City now.

After thinking repeatedly, Donn felt that he had to limit Bentner's performance, he could only start with limiting Manchester City's wing. So he stood up, walked to the sidelines, waved and shouted. He signaled Wood and Thiago to lean on the sidelines, completely helping the two full-backs defend the wings, completely freezing Ashley Young and Robinho.

As for the defense in the middle? He didn't think so much. Anyway, Ellano either shot from a long time or passed it to Bentner. Even if Bentner receives the ball, he still has to face the defense from the back line. As long as he doesn't turn around, there's no problem...

Nottingham Forest began to fight back, and during the attack, George Wood and Thiago were still dragging on the two sides, without the intention of shrinking in the middle. At the same time, Ribery and Lennon contracted to the middle, and then... Gareth Bell and Rafinia told me to plug in from behind!

When Van der Fate passed the football to Lennon, Lennon cleverly missed it and the football came to Rafinia's feet.

Rafinia drove the football to the outside line and then forcibly overtake. Manchester City's starting left-back Michael Barr lost in the process of fighting Rafinia's footwork. Watching Rafinia tricked him with skillful skills and then cut into the penalty area.

Huge cheers sounded from the city court.

Manchester City captain Dunn quickly rushed to block Rafina's continued breakthrough.

At this time, the Brazilian passed the ball to Van der Fate who was waiting for the reception in the ribs. Van der Fate did not stop because he saw Manchester City's midfielder Stephen Ireland had already rushed over. He chose to shoot directly!

The powerful shot was saved by Joe Hart.

Van Nystruey wanted to follow up with a supplementary shot, but asked Richards to use his physical advantage to get stuck. He kicked out of the sideline with his big kick.

"Oh-Nottingham Forest's offense is also of great quality. This series of wonderful cooperation is simply pleasing to the eye. The bold assists of the full-back put huge pressure on Manchester City's defense."

The atmosphere of the city stadium was stirred up by this attack. The fans won the victory and shouted the players' names, clapping and stomping their feet in the stands to create sounds.

Seeing Van der Fate's shot, Don Eun, who was standing on the sidelines, almost jumped up, but the ball failed to enter, which made him feel a little disappointed.

"The situation is good, we still have a chance." He walked back to the coach's seat. Chris Lack comforted.

"If we buy Richards in the summer, the ball will be in now."

Chris Lark smiled.

Ellano suddenly found that the world in front of him had become wider. George Wood and Thiago were about ten meters away from him. In the midfield, he could directly see Pepe and Kompany, as well as a man standing in front of Ben Turner.

And more importantly, he found that if he followed the coach Mark Hughes's plan, then Manchester City's offense would definitely hit a thick iron plate.

Originally, Hughes wanted to take advantage of the Forests' full-backs to attack and hit them behind them. But now the situation has changed. Tang En did not act according to the script written by Hughes. When two full-backs were inserted into assists, he asked the two midfielders to stay on the two sides respectively. He was responsible for defense. Just in case...

In this way, if Manchester City insists on playing on the wing, the result should be predictable...

But Elano is not the head coach. He decided to follow the coach's instructions temporarily. At the same time, he wanted to test whether the Forests' defense is a iron plate...

The Forests' out-of-bounds balls are usually thrown by the other side defenders, even if they are very close to the opponent's bottom line. Bale stepped forward to throw the out-of-bounds ball, while Rafinia dragged it slightly, near the center line - she still didn't return to her defensive position. This distance is suitable for him to sprint again and then insert it.

After Bale threw the ball to Ribery, he did not return to defense, but waited for Ribery to pass the ball to him, and the two of them sought cooperation on the wing.

Unfortunately, they were too close. Ribery's pass power was too strong, and Bale did not stop well. He was broken by the right back in this game by Richards, and then he passed the ball to Ellano. Manchester City launched a counterattack!

Ellano tried to pass the ball to Ashley Young on the right. Although Bale was still trying hard to defend, Ashley Young lost very cleanly when he was one-on-one with George Wood. Bale was halfway through and saw Wood pass the ball to him. He turned around and threw himself into the attack...

Seeing this scene, Elano shook his head. He was sure that it was almost the same on the other side. Although Robinho's personal ability is better than Ashley Young, Thiago's defense is not as good as Wood. But it seems that taking these factors into account, the distance between Rafinia and Thiago is not far. If he passes the ball to Robinho, as long as Thiago delays a little. Rafinia can quickly return to defense and form a pincer attack on Robinho. At that time, there will be no problem with the defense here...

Ellano found that the problem was with the two back midfielders. Before the game, Hughes coach originally thought that Forest would still use a single back midfielder configuration, so there was an opportunity to play behind two fullbacks, because one back midfielder could not take care of the two side roads. Manchester City hadn't considered what to do if the opponent had a double back midfielder. But he was denied just a little mention, because judging from the previous game where Tang En used a double back midfielder, this configuration was not good for Forest.

They just didn't expect that Tang En used both backs like this...

But there is no foolproof tactic in this world, and Elano still found the place where he could use it.

Manchester City intercepted the ball in the backcourt and fought back again. The football was handed over to Ireland, and Ellano raised his hand to ask. Ireland originally wanted to give it to the side, but seeing Ellano persistently asking, he changed his mind temporarily and passed the ball to Ellano in the middle.

At this time, when Ellano received the football, Wood and Thiago were still near the sideline to defend the gap after the two full-backs entered. They saw Ellano, and they just leaned slightly into the middle and did not immediately jump over to intercept the ball. Obviously they were observing.

Ellano would not give them time to observe the action. He suddenly accelerated and broke through directly from the middle!

"Middle Road! The Forest Team is in trouble, and now there is no one there!"

Wood then threw the side lane and ran over. He didn't care that Bale had not returned to defense yet, and Ashley and Yang had already inserted it. As a defensive player, the defense in the middle should be higher than the side lane at any time. After all, only the middle lane is where the opponent can directly threaten the goal. At most, the side lane can shoot at a small angle.

Pepe leaned against the sidelines. He was ready to prevent Ellano from attracting Wood's attention and then passed the ball to Ashley Young.

After all, Wood was far away, so Kompany rushed out at this time. Since the waist was not in position, he, the central defender, would take on his duties.

Errano was waiting for this opportunity. Seeing Kompany rushing out, Pepe was paying attention to Ashley Young on the side, his ankle shook and pushed a straight pass.

Bentner turned around and saw the football rolling towards him. This was a wonderful opportunity!

He turned his head and looked at the edge again. He also handed the ball sideways.

"Oh..." Pepe saw this scene from the corner of his eyes and was shocked. It was impossible to turn around - he is not Superman, and it is impossible to violate physical common sense. He could only turn his head stiffly as he watched Bentner enter the penalty area after receiving the football.

Pepe's posture is really funny. But now no one of the fans in Nottingham Forest can laugh.

When Ellano passed the football to Bentner, Bentner heard a sea of ​​booing from all directions.

A fire was burning in his heart, and the booing sound seemed to pour another bucket of gasoline on the fire, and the flames suddenly rushed into the sky.

Tang Endi dialect sounded in his ears:

"Remember, don't be afraid of all kinds of noise interference from opponent fans. Why do they boo you? Because they are afraid of you! They are afraid of you! That's why they try their best to make noises to disturb you. It's no big deal. The more they boo, the more excited you should be. All you have to do is... turn the imagination they least want to see into reality! Let the enemy be afraid, we are their nightmare!"

Thank you for your teachings, boss...

Bentner's eyes flashed, and he saw a gap on the left side of Vandersa's body, which was there!

He volleyed vigorously!

The football flew past Van der Sar. Then it hit the back post, made a crisp sound from the booing sound in the sky, and then refracted into the goal, wrapped around the net, and raised an arc.

Van der Sar half-kneeled and handed it on, looking back at the earth inside the goal, his arms still spread out and blocked the ball.

Pepe was lying on the ground, looking at the sky. He was upset: It was over, the extra vacation was gone...
To be continued...