Chapter 110 Crazy stoppage time(1/2)
Chapter 110: Crazy injury suspension
The equalization of Manchester United's penalty kick made Tang En very angry. No matter how skilled a head coach is, he cannot control the various set pieces that appear in the game. He at most reminds the players to try to avoid fouls in dangerous areas. But football games cannot be smoothly carried out just by relying on the deployment made before the game. There will always be various accidents. For example, the penalty kick caused by Manchester United's quick free kick this time.
To be calm, if Don En was a TV commentator at this moment, he would applaud Manchester United for this sudden adjustment. This fully reflects the cunning and cleverness of Manchester United and Ferguson. But now he can only mumble and scold his mother at the opponent's position.
In the final analysis, it still depends on the failure of the Nottingham Forest players. If the players had not collectively relaxed their vigilance at this moment and were not focused enough, how could Ronaldo catch such an opportunity? You should know that from the time Ronaldo received the ball to the time when he broke into the penalty area and caused Pepe to commit a foul, it took five seconds for the players of the Forest team to have no response and were stunned.
If this is a basketball game, Tang En would definitely call a timeout immediately, then pull all the players to his side, and scold them mercilessly, making them ruthlessly, making them terrified. They would no longer dare to be distracted during the game.
From this point of view, Don Eun really likes the rules of basketball's pause. He will have seven chances to adjust the team in every game, or denounce the players' poor performance in previous games, giving them a wake-up call.
Unfortunately, this will greatly reduce the excitement and fluency of the football game, so he can only yell in his heart.
Now he roared into the field angrily on the sidelines, waved his arms, and expressed his dissatisfaction. As for how many players heard, saw, and entered his heart, he couldn't control it.
"Okay, guys! Now the score is tied again! All of them are focused on me! You are no longer qualified to be distracted!"
Ferguson is very satisfied with the ball. Although Don will definitely say after the game that Manchester United has been taken care of by the referee and the FA, Nottingham Forest has become the target of public criticism. But you always have to allow the losers to find a way out for yourself, right?
The important thing is that the score is equalized and the game is back on track. The morale of Nottingham Forest is affected, and the victory will definitely belong to Manchester United.
All he needs to do now is to let the team work hard and continue to put pressure on it. Taking advantage of this period of time, the Nottingham Forest players have a little restlessness and strive to score another goal to completely defeat the Forest's fighting spirit.
He thought very well. Unfortunately, the reality is not the case.
Nottingham Forest did not become panicked because of a loss of the ball. While Manchester United strengthened the offensive, Forest also quickly organized a defense line. A striker like Twiz was marked with no chance. Later, he could only pull out of the penalty area and try a long shot. He squandered the opportunities created by his teammates for him one after another.
Ferguson shook his head hard when he watched the game. In the end, he finally couldn't stand it anymore and replaced Tweetz with Paul Scholes in the 70th minute. Although he used a midfield to replace the striker, Manchester United's attacking strength did not weaken and even increased. If Tweetz was going to do the midfield work, wouldn't it be better to use a real midfield player?
Don't underestimate the 36-year-old Scholes. His good professional qualities and living habits have kept him in a very good state. He will never disappoint Ferguson when the team needs him.
After he came on the court, he increased his midfield organization and goal-scoring ability. Of course, Scholes also had to face a terrible opponent after going up - George Wood. Don will not tolerate such a number of people outside his penalty area to move freely, and Wood will definitely go to guard Scholes. In this case, it will provide opportunities for other Manchester United players.
Sure enough, after Scholes came on the court, Wood seemed to have automatically received a signal and posted it.
Scholes could not get rid of this person vertically, so he could only shake the angle horizontally and pass the ball out. Only after Wood was attracted to other places, he would have the chance to have a threatening long shot.
Akinfeyev played very well, and he saved Scholes' shot.
After Scholes came on the court, he changed the balance between the midfields of both sides. Manchester United, which had the advantage in numbers, began to launch a fierce attack on Nottingham Forest's goal, and Shahin's problem of poor defense was fully exposed. He was also completely at a disadvantage in the collision with Hargreaves and Carrick.
Although Don Eun still insists on the idea of attacking at Old Trafford. But keeping Shahin on the court cannot change this situation. He also needs to make adjustments.
In the 75th minute, he replaced Shahin with Thiago.
"Is the double-back midfielder configuration a signal to defend?" said the commentator, "Maybe Tony Donne feels that he is content to get a point at Old Trafford. After all, this is away and facing Manchester United..."
The commentator is already finding a way for Tang En's failure, but Tang En doesn't seem to follow this way. He insists on going against the other people and goes against the current.
Double midfielders are actually the basis of offense. In Tang En's tactical thinking, all offense comes from defense. Only when defense is good can the offense improve. So if he strengthens his offense, he will never simply replace a forward and remove a defender.
The midfield arranged two midfielders to curb Manchester United's midfield offensive and regain the midfield. Then launch an attack from here and attack Huanglong.
If you can't even get the midfield, you can only rely on the defender to directly pass the forward to attack. The opponent's defender likes this kind of attack, because they don't have to defend it.
Both Wood and Thiago have the ability to pass the ball forward and can defend. After Thiago came on the court, he immediately changed the forest's disadvantage in the midfield. Whether it was Wood or Thiago, he was not afraid to confront Hargreaves and Carrick's physical body, and they could also separate one person to take care of Scholes.
This time the coaches of both sides made a draw. In the end, the game was in a stalemate, and no one had a better chance to score.
"I think Ronaldo should stand up and play his role as a superstar. It is obvious that Manchester United's offense is in a quagmire, and it is impossible to easily tear open the Nottingham Forest defense with team cooperation. Personal skills are more effective than passing at this time. He should try more breakthroughs."
The commentator gave Manchester United ideas.
Except for that penalty kick in the whole game, Ronaldo's performance was indeed a bit sluggish. Especially after he was stepped on his ankle by Pepe, he almost disappeared for a while. Perhaps it was because of an injury there, which affected his condition?
But at this time, he really needs to stand up and show his abilities.
Ronaldo is always looking for an opportunity to break through the penalty area again. After several attacks by Forest, he did not return to defense, but stayed in the frontcourt and waited for Manchester United's counterattack opportunity.
In the 79th minute, he waited for such an opportunity. Vidic cut off the ball passed by Thiago to Van Nistruei. Then he passed it to Scholes. Ginger head passed it to Ronaldo, and Manchester United launched a counterattack!
George Wood did not step forward to participate in the offense, he stayed in the backcourt to prepare for defense. So when Ronaldo received the ball, he followed. After running a few steps, he began to accelerate because Ronaldo was also accelerating.
Ronaldo has been dribbling the ball on Yanbian Road. In the voices of the fans, only Pepe, Woodgate and Akinfeyev were in front of him. When he was five or six meters away from the penalty area, he suddenly cut inside.
At this moment, two bullet trains that were originally traveling at high speed on different tracks met.
Wood saw Ronaldo's moment of cutting inside, and shoveled over and took the ball out!
There was a huge booing sound at Old Trafford Stadium, deafening, and it was like a cardiac arrest.
"This is a foul!!" the narrator screamed.
He was talking nonsense, of course it was a foul. The referee ran over whistle. Ronaldo curled up on one side, looking like he was injured very much - the part in the shovel of Wood was the foot that Pepe had just stepped on.
Wood did not step forward and pat Ronaldo in a friendly manner, comforted him and defended his behavior. He got up from the ground. He didn't even look at the poor Ronaldo.
In his mind, it was a very necessary foul. It is better to foul on the side than to foul in the middle. It is always better to foul outside the penalty area than to foul in the penalty area. He doesn't think he is doing anything wrong. As for the shoveling Ronaldo? He didn't want to do this, it was just a side effect...
The referee didn't care what he thought, so he called him over and took out a yellow card from his pocket!
Tony Donn, who was off the court, breathed a sigh of relief. He started from Wood's foul and listened to the deafening booing at the scene. He thought Wood would be sent off with a red card. Now it seems that Wood is so lucky!
"Ha! It's a good job!" Don En, who relaxed, applauded and praised Wood.
This time, it was Ferguson's turn to be furious.
He rushed to the sidelines, grabbed the fourth official, and pointed to everything on the field and used his "hair dryer" magical skill: "If you have such a foul, you will give a yellow card? What kind of foul is needed to get a red card sent off? Kicking my player's legs or shattering his heart! This penalty is too clumsy!"
"Sir Ferguson, please pay attention to your words..." The fourth official was helpless. He was really bad for eight lifetimes when he was on the fourth official in this game. There were head coaches with hot tempers on both sides. One old and one young. He was sandwiched in the middle and became the sausage in the hot dog.
"My player was injured! He was lying on the ground and moaning. Do you let me pay attention to the words? I want you to pay attention to the law enforcement standards! This foul is definitely a red card! It's very good now. After the game, Tony Don't say that the FA won't favor us Manchester United! Now it's my turn!"
The fourth official decided not to talk back, but just recorded the performance of the two head coaches in this game in the game report and submitted it to the FA. They should be bad guys...
After Ferguson scolded him, his blood gushed up and his face became even more rosy. He gasped and walked back to the coach's seat, preparing to ask Nani to warm up.
Ronaldo looks very injured, and just lying on the court for four minutes to receive treatment. Those Manchester United fans cursing Wood and Nottingham Woodland in the stands believe that Ronaldo has been kicked off by Wood.
The foul was too terrifying visually - Ronaldo flew into the air, rolled for half a week, and then fell heavily to the ground face down. George Wood's ground tackle was like a bulldozer driving at a high speed. He cut off the big tree Ronaldo.
"Let's not discuss whether Tony Don has the opportunity to coach Manchester United. Anyway, I think George Wood has no hope of playing Manchester United in this life... In the game between Forest and Manchester United, how many times has this seriously violated Manchester United players? This time he was lucky and escaped the red card punishment of the referee, but he couldn't escape the hatred of Manchester United fans. Listening to this boo, it would be a life for someone!"
The TV broadcast gave Wood a close-up shot, and he was unmoved with a stern face.
The injured Ronaldo was eventually replaced by Park Ji-sung. Although he limped up in the end, Ferguson did not allow him to continue playing for protection. Any player who likes to dribble the ball will be treated like this by the opponent's defensive players. This is not the first time Ronaldo has been kicked like this. It is really good luck that he can stick to the game until today...
However, in Ronaldo's mind, he probably had no good feelings for George Wood.
Fabregas and Kaka will also regard Wood as an opponent worthy of seriousness or hope to become teammates. Cristiano Ronaldo hopes that George Wood will disappear from the earth.
After Ronaldo got out of the game, the game was interrupted for six minutes and started again. The fans' booing had not stopped. As long as George Wood took the ball, a fierce booing came to him. Fortunately, he played in the middle. If he played on the side, maybe there would be various miscellaneous items thrown down...
Nani was once called the second Cristiano Ronaldo. He was somewhat similar to Ronaldo in terms of finishing characteristics. But his overall strength and experience were very different. After he came on the court, he worked very hard and wanted to prove that he could become a hero who helped the team defeat strong enemies. Unfortunately, Thiago and the defenders of the Forest team strictly guarded him, and he did not get any good opportunities.
Nani was replaced there. Donne also replaced the exhausted Van Nystruei with Ibissevic. He has scored nine league goals so far this season, scoring three goals in the League Cup and Champions League, and has scored twelve goals. Now everyone is generally not optimistic about Carl Spike's ability to win the bet, unless Ibissevic suddenly suffers a serious injury in the second half of the season. All the remaining games are absent. Otherwise, with his momentum, the goals will continue.
Don Eun sent him on the court at the last moment in hopes to use him to attack Manchester United's defense and create some opportunities.
However, Vidic and Rio Ferdinand's defense is quite stable, and Ibisevic has few opportunities under the clamping defense between the two.
The game continued to be deadlocked, and in the subsequent matches, both sides got some opportunities. But no one was sure. Ibisek once shot at a close shot, but slipped out of the door. Berbatov also had a cold shot. After Akinfeyev lost his hand, it caused chaos in the forest team's penalty area. In the end, George Wood kicked the football out with big feet in front of Rooney. Of course, his clearance ushered in the booing of Manchester United fans, because those people thought he had handballed before the clearance...
When the game reached the 88th minute, the score was still 1:1. But no one knew whether the score could be maintained until the end of the game. Because from the 85th minute, both sides gave up the defense tacitly. They played very openly. Offensive opportunities emerged one after another, and proactive mistakes rose steadily.
Obviously neither side wants the game to end in a draw.
The two head coaches stood on the sidelines. They watched every change in the field nervously, looking forward to their own goal and breaking the deadlock.
"Although I know they don't want to tie the game, I want to say the cruel reality tells them that this possibility is very big - the fourth official raised the injury stop time sign on the sidelines, stop time... six minutes! It's really long, but it's normal for Ronaldo to delay time due to injury..."
If it was normal, six minutes of stoppage time would definitely make Tang En furious on the sidelines, thinking that the referee was too naked to favor the home team. But now he was eager to give six more minutes. He slapped the sidelines and reminded the players to continue attacking.
In the 92nd minute, the Forest's offense was lost by Abanglaho. Manchester United immediately fought back, and the speed was very fast.
With three passes and two passes, the football was passed to the frontcourt. Rooney passed Barnes with speed on the side and then passed the football to the center of the penalty area. Pepe headed the ball but unexpectedly rose to the top, which made Woodgate and Akinfeyev next to him not expect, so that when Berbatov stopped the ball with his chest, Woodgate had not had time to react.
The shooter, who spent £30 million for Manchester United, did not shoot directly, but stopped the football with his chest, and then pushed the football cleverly, pushing the football to a place where Akinfeev could not reach...
"The ball is in! The ball is in!!" The commentator yelled wildly. "2:1! Manchester United leads!"
Manchester United fans at the scene also fell into a massacre. They rushed to the front row of the stands, waving their arms and shouting Berbatov's name.
Manchester United players ran towards him no matter how far they were, spreading their arms to hug him.
Ferguson even jumped up on the sidelines, as happy as a kid who got candy. The bench behind him had already been hugged.
"Ninety-two minutes of goal! This is the final kill! The final kill! It's amazing! Manchester United finally reversed Nottingham Forest while falling behind one goal! Berbatov's goal kicked the Forest into the abyss! Pepe made an unforgivable mistake, and he actually topped the ball in the penalty area! I really don't know what he thought at that moment!"
Don En was not on the court and was very upset when he held his head with both hands like Pepe. He waved his arms to the players inside on the sidelines, shouting: "Put the football in the middle circle! There is still time! There is still time! Don't fucking give up!"
How could anyone hear his voice in such a noisy environment? But as the captain of the Forest team, George Wood thought of going with him. He picked up the football from the net and ran to the center circle. Manchester United players were still celebrating freely, and he had already pressed the football on the kickoff point in the center circle. After doing all this, he turned around and slapped his teammates with a little dejected head, yelling: "It's not over yet! It's not over yet!"
Then he ran to the referee to remind him that Manchester United's celebration had been a bit long.
The referee looked at the table and it was a bit too much. But there were only three minutes left. Do you still want to equalize the score? It's just a delusion...
Even though he thought so, the referee still performed his duties. He ran over and pulled the Manchester United players back to the stadium. He signaled them to continue the game. After all, the game is not over yet.
Every Manchester United player returns to his position and is filled with an unconcealed smile of excitement on his face. They are very satisfied and happy to defeat Nottingham Forest in the last moment. There will never be such a good time again. If the person who hurt us is, we will ask you to use failure as the price!
Goalkeeper Ben Foster even turned around and made an inciting gesture to the fans in the stands, signaling them to sing the song louder.
As soon as the kickoff was kicked off, Forest team made a long pass to launch an attack. Such a hasty attack was naturally easily intercepted by Manchester United players, and then the Forest team counterattacked.
To be continued...