Chapter 100: Fighting the old woman again

The league has been held for seven rounds, Nottingham Forest draws and wins five times, temporarily ranking fourth in the league.

The competition has been very fierce since the first round of this season. Until now, in October, the difference between the top six in the league is only three points. Manchester United, which ranks in the top two, has exactly the same points as Arsenal, and they are actually only one point away from Nottingham Forest.

But the season has only started for two months, so it is too early to say who can win the championship in the end.

Don En's plan for this season is to keep the top four in the league and ensure the qualification for the European Champions League next season.                                                                                                                

The away game against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League helped Fernandez regain his form, but whether he could also show such a state in the league is still a question mark in everyone's mind.

In the eighth round of the league, Nottingham Forest challenged Sunderland away, Tony Donn continued to let Fernandez start, and he continued his performance with Atletico Madrid in the game. In addition, due to Bale's injury, Barnes is not a full-back with excellent attacking ability, so on the left side, Donn does not ask Barnes to assist or Fernandez to return to defense. The Chileans can wholeheartedly deal with the enemy's defensive players and threaten the opponent's goal with breakthroughs or passes.

Fernandez's skills are undoubtedly outstanding in the English Premier League. Sunderland is not a team with delicate skills. They are more like a traditional British team. Long passes and rushing, with rough personal skills, many passes and catches, but they have good physical fitness, dare to fight and grab, and like to make physical contact.

However, Fernandez performed better than them in the game - he didn't think about whether he would be injured in a fierce collision with the opponent. He only knew that if he didn't work harder, this main position would be short of sitting.

The Chilean is very thin, but his skills are good, which somewhat makes up for the gap between the two sides. He uses his superb foot skills to protect the ball by one person in the double-team of three Sunderland players. In this case, Sunderland players have only two options - one is to let Fernandez successfully bring the football out; the other is to make a foul.

Sunderland's head coach is no longer Roy Keane. Don't think even if Keane is still there, he will probably ask the players to ruthlessly attack Fernandez, so he is not polite. Well, because he will also ask his own head coach so much...

Fernandez was given a key care. He was violated five times in the first half forty-five minutes. Fortunately, he was not injured. The reward was that three of Sunderland's four defenders received yellow cards on him.

In the second half, Sunderland finally suffered because of their rough tactics. Fernandez dribbled the ball and forced his way into the penalty area and was tackled by Sunderland's central defender Paul McShawn.

The referee awarded a penalty without hesitation. Although this caused collective protests from home team players and fans, the referee did not change the penalty. Not only that, he also presented the second yellow card to McShawn, who had already carried a yellow card!

The excited McShawn was almost about to pounce on the referee's red card, and on the other hand, he created a penalty and also sent Sunderland off to be sent off by his teammates. He felt that he was gradually integrating into the team, and he no longer wanted to transfer to the cold and wet England, whether it was correct.

There is no turning back when the bow is drawn. No matter what, he must succeed here!

The penalty kick was taken by the team's top penalty kicker Eastwood. He shot hard after a long-distance run. The goalkeeper judged the right direction, but the ball was too fast. When he rushed over, the football had already hit the Earth Net behind him!

Nottingham Forest led the way with this penalty.

Sunderland, who was sent off a central defender, had to adjust his strategy and replace Paraguay forward Oscar Cardozo and replace central defender Anton Ferdinand, who is the younger brother of Manchester United's central defender Rio Ferdinand. However, his ability is not as good as his brother, and he is still young, so he can only play for mid- and lower-level teams.

This time, a completely passive substitution disrupted Sunderland's deployment.

At the same time, when Fernandez got the ball again, Sunderland's defenders had to hesitate again and again - they were all afraid that they would follow in McShaun's footsteps. This made Fernandez become more and more arrogant. He was not satisfied with his continuous breakthroughs on the wing, so he simply moved to the middle and squeezed Shahin to the left.

Long shots, passes, and breakthroughs are all good, and Sunderland's defenders are having a headache.

In the 87th minute, Sunderland made a big push, trying to equalize the score with his tenacious fighting spirit. But a long-distance attack from Fernandez shattered their dreams.

Due to his previous active performance, this time he dribbled the ball to attract the close attention of two Sunderland players. But he passed the football to Ibisevic, who was completely unmarked.

Super Ibi slightly adjusted the ball outside the penalty area, then took a long shot, directly piercing through the Scottish main goalkeeper Gordon's ten-final fingers.

After scoring the goal, Ibisevic ran to the camera behind the corner flag at one time, then swung his right hand and slapped it out with a fierce slap.

This is his fifth goal this season!

This is a goal that secured the victory, and it is also a goal that made the whole Sunderland team lose their fighting spirit.

With the remaining five or six minutes, Sunderland could no longer organize an effective offensive. This brought the game to the end.

Nottingham Forest won Sunderland 2:0 with Matthias Fernandez's wonderful performance away.

After the game, Fernandez got the best champagne symbolizing the spot. He smiled happily surrounded by reporters.

Don Eun also named Fernandez at the press conference. He now wants to do everything possible to make Fernandez feel that there is a promising future in the Forest team and feel that Nottingham Forest is a team worthy of his playing field.

Anyway, it doesn’t cost to say good things, so the more natural history, the better.

Fernandez later mentioned his life in the Forest Team in an interview with the media in his hometown.

He said: "...I like this team and I'm getting used to the life here. Everyone is very friendly. The boss - they call the head coach here - is a unique charming person. This team is different from other teams. I hope to win the championship here. I enjoy living here very much."

"Can language impairment become an obstacle?" the reporter asked him.

He shook his head: "Playing football depends on your feet, not on your mouth. I think my teammates and I are forming a tacit understanding."

He was right. “A tacit understanding is being formed.”

Although he won the game against Sunderland, Don also praised Fernandez, who won the best game. But in fact, he was not as happy as he showed.

Fernandez found his state, but his tacit understanding still needs to be cultivated slowly. Being able to defeat Sunderland is actually based on personal ability, not the overall strength of the team. Fernandez often chooses to fight alone, which can be seen from the data of his attacks ten times in the entire game.

Done affirmed Fernandez's outstanding performance in this game. But if this happens in every game in the future, he will criticize the team with a dark face. Nottingham Forest has never been the kind of team that insists on individualism first, and overall football is the goal he pursues. If it is necessary to say that this team has personal heroism, then that hero can only be Tony Done himself.

After playing the league with Sunderland, Nottingham Forest will leave Britain again and fly to Italy.

This time their opponent is Juventus, two seasons ago.

Before leaving, Don En accepted an interview with the media. It was surprising that he did not show his usual arrogant style. Instead, he was cautious: "It is difficult to play against Juventus away. Of course, I hope to win, but it is meaningless to say whether to win or not. Football is round. In the last second, who knows the result?"

The media interpreted Don En's attitude as he was deliberately showing weakness, which was actually just a psychological warfare - he wanted Juventus to think that Nottingham Forest was afraid of them, so he underestimated the enemy. In fact, what about it? When Juventus underestimated the enemy, he suddenly gave them a fatal blow!

This is simply in line with the style of this guy Tony Don.

So he said this and could not believe it!

Ranieri - As the head coach of Juventus, he has not been dismissed yet, which is a miracle. Everyone thought he was an over-coach. As a result, three seasons passed... He was still sitting steadily in this position.

Now this gray-haired old man is studying their most powerful opponent in the Champions League group stage.

Judging from the current points ranking, the seed team Juventus won one and draw one, and was still under Nottingham Forest, which was two wins in two games.

The conversation before Tony Donn naturally couldn't escape Ranieri's gaze.

He was wondering what motive was Tony Tangen's sudden positive statement...

According to Tony Donn's habit of looking forward to the game and future, he should have said arrogantly: "The three best teams in the world are Nottingham Forest, Nottingham Forest and Nottingham Forest. So our only opponent is ourselves. No matter whether the opponent in this game is Juventus or Barcelona, ​​I don't care, because there is only one result - we win!"

Only by saying this can it fit his character.

Suddenly, being cautious and voluntarily low-key, this abnormal phenomenon must make Ranieri more careful.

He hopes we underestimate the enemy?

Is Juventus such a team?

Does he really think that he has little chance of winning against Juventus away? So he found a good way for himself in advance?

Ranieri always feels that this possibility is too low...

What tricks does Tony Donn have? What does he want to do?

If his purpose is to deceive Juventus into underestimating the opponent, then he must hope that Juventus will make a big attack at home and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack. But Juventus will not lose sight of the team, even at his own home court. Ranieri will not take the risk of doing this. No matter when, Juventus always prioritizes "stability". Otherwise, they will not be called "old women". This is a team style that will not be changed no matter how many coaches they change.

Ranieli believes that Donn's IQ will not be low enough to think that Juventus will attack at home, leaving a large gap in the backcourt for the Forest to fight back.

After all, two seasons ago, Juventus defeated Nottingham Forest, relying on strong offense, but overall balance. Whether it is offense or defense, they may not be the best, but their overall strength is very strong. There is no obvious weakness.

Football games are about covering up their weaknesses. A game of finding and exploiting the opponent's weaknesses. In this regard, Juventus' team style has already made them "invincible".

I was so troubled that I couldn't even think about why Tang En suddenly lowered his posture at this time because Ranieli simply stopped thinking about it. No matter what Tony Tang En sells in the gourd. As the home team, as Juventus, the largest giant in Serie A, he only needs to stick to his style and football.

Juventus' football is not the kind of football that is adjusted according to different opponents. If Barcelona, ​​the football leader in today's football "invasion like fire", then Juventus is "unmoving like a mountain".

Ranieri decided to stick to his style and respond to changes in the same way.

Just like the first time the two sides met. He didn't know much more about Nottingham Forest than ordinary people, so he insisted on Juventus's own style of play and finally successfully defeated Nottingham Forest at home and escaped away. He felt that he didn't need to make any changes, Juventus was almost born to deny Nottingham Forest.

What is a "natural enemy"?

Juventus is the natural enemy of Nottingham Forest!

Tony Donn's tactical style doesn't seem to have much change from two years ago. If this is still the case... Ranieri thinks that if nothing unexpected happens, it should be no problem to score three-pointers at home. As for away games, you really need to be more careful.
Chapter completed!