Chapter 149 Pi Kui

The locker room in Barcelona is bleak, and Guardiola is desperately trying to cheer everyone up. It is a different scene in the locker room in Nottingham Forest.

"Good job, guys!" Chris Lack took on Tony Donn's task in the locker room, and he had to continue to motivate the players with words. And Don was only responsible for explaining tactical arrangements.

The players were also as happy as the coach, and they were satisfied with their performance in the first half. They almost completely blocked Barcelona's offense and had the advantage on the court. They even had another chance to score another goal in the last five minutes.

Everyone sat down and started discussing the embarrassment of Barcelona in the first half, and they had a great time talking.

Seeing that they were discussing more and more enthusiastic, Chris Lack had to show the majesty of the assistant coach to calm them because Tang had something to say: "We did a good job in the first half. But we can't relax in the second half. I am now worried that you will feel proud and underestimated the opponent in the second half. You should still pay attention to what kind of opponent Barcelona is. If you give them too much space, once they adapt to the game field, the situation will not be good..."

The players' faces became serious and serious. They knew that what Tang said was right.

As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. A team like Barcelona is still strong. No matter how hard it is, it is still there. If you take it lightly, you may be unlucky.

"So in the second half we continued to press them all over the game, forcing them to make mistakes and unable to organize effective attacks. Force their offenses to be completed by long shots and crosses from the wing. Once they play high-altitude balls with us, their threat is much smaller."

"Our offense... just pay attention to improving the success rate a little more. We got a lot of opportunities in the last stage of the first half, but we didn't score a single goal. We can't do this in the second half. Tony always said that wasting opportunities will be retribution, and leading by one goal is also the most unsafe score in the world. I don't think he would want to see you satisfied with 1:0 in the stands, right?"

Tang finally wanted to borrow Tony Tang En's image to add a little convincing power to his speech. He couldn't control these players, and it was proven when Tang En temporarily left his job due to a heart attack. When the situation was good, everyone listened to him. When the situation was bad, no one cared about him. At this time, Tony Tang Enlai was like Shangfang's sword. Sometimes Tang would think that he might have been an assistant coach for the rest of his life in Nottingham Forest, because Tony's impact on this team was too far-reaching...

Tang En returned to the stands with his disposable cup with juice and his companions. The second half was about to begin. The players on both sides who had warmed up on the court had left. The fourth official and three referees appeared on the sidelines. They gathered together to talk about something. Maybe they were talking about this stadium?

When Tang En appeared in the stands, there caused a small commotion. Other fans of the earth recognized him rushed up and asked loudly: "We will win. Right, Tony?"

Tang En also replied loudly: "Of course!"

Then the group raised the wine in their hands and shouted: "Forest Forest! Nottingham Forest!"

They kept shouting until the players on both sides entered the court.

The Nottingham Forest players received cheers from all the fans when they entered the court, and the Barcelona players were much quieter when they entered the court...

The expressions of the two teams may be seen from the expressions of the two teams when they appeared. The players in Nottingham Forest were talking and laughing, while the Barcelona players looked solemn and frowned. From players to coaches, there was no exception.

Messi, who was previously called the "New World Football King" by the media, also pursed his lips and had a serious expression. He almost disappeared in the first half and made no contribution at all. The Argentine football leader who was majestic and unmatched on the court, the ace among Barcelona aces seemed to be sleepwalking.

He was thinking about how to save the situation and regain his form in the second half.

But this is a bit difficult. The venue is a reason, and Wood and others are also a reason for closely guarding each other. In this game, Don did not only let the full-back defender defend Messi like in the last round. George Wood often took the initiative to come to Messi to "talk about life ideals" when he had time.

It is difficult to control the ball in an uneven field, and with Wood's close-knit interference, he can hardly really get the ball well.

Maybe he should be more active in the second half, and the range of activities should be larger...

After the second half, Puyol and Pique went to defend Mitcher with all their strength, and the situation changed slightly. Mitcher's height, header and bounce were indeed excellent, but he was completely at a disadvantage in terms of experience. When Pique and Puyol joined forces to deal with him, he didn't know what to do.

During this period. As Mitchel was stared at her, Barcelona gradually regained the situation on the field. They began to try to organize the offense.

Unlike the first half, Barcelona's offense began to rely more on the stars' personal skills rather than cooperation. Because the failure of the first half proved that their cooperation could not be played on such a field.

Almost any team with multiple stars in the team will consider relying on personal skills to decide the game in this case. Barcelona has a group of stars such as Messi, Silva, Boyan, Iniesta, Xavi, Alves..., and any of these people have the ability to decide the result of the game alone. If not, it would be a waste.

After receiving the ball, Silva chose to work alone on the wing. He successfully broke through Nkuru, who was too tall and had a high center of gravity, but his cross was easily pushed out by Kompani.

The next thing he came up to try was Harvey. He shot directly from a long distance and deliberately shot a ball. He wanted to use the uneven ground to cause trouble for Akinfeyev.

But after training on this field for a week, the Russians had already adapted to this kind of ball. Tang En had specialized in training in similar training. He fell to the ground and pressed the ball firmly under his body, without causing a chance to give Bo Yang a shot.

Messi next.

He pulled the ball to the sideline to receive the ball. Facing Joe Matok's defense, he flew and wanted to go down the bottom, but suddenly spiked the ball and cut it inward, throwing Matok away.

If it was at the Camp Nou Stadium, Messi was more confident. Now he could only choose to cut in early. Unexpectedly, George Wood forced him up.

The football is jumping on the uneven turf, and Messi is trying to control the ball. His skills are indeed excellent. He still controls the football under his feet under such circumstances and has not been lost.

Seeing that he was very stable in control of the ball, Wood was not in a hurry to play, but just leaned his body up.

Messi also knew that once Wood leaned forward, he would have no chance to break through. So he suddenly stopped urgently. He dodged Wood and then changed his desire to pull the wing.

He plans to break out in the cracks between Wood and Matok and penetrate the penalty area!

Push the left foot and buckle the right foot!

He successfully dodged Joe Matok's steal and planned to rush out of the crack. But Wood's explosive power was amazing! When he trolled the ball with his left foot, he had already seen through his intentions and took a big step forward, crossing Messi's route. Messi buckled the football forward with his right foot. Wood happened to separate him from the ball and successfully blocked the position!

Messi couldn't stop the car and hit George Wood head-on, and he felt like he was hitting a wall. Fortunately, he had just started, if he was running at high speed. Maybe he would be dizzy immediately...

Messi collapsed to the ground, and in the stands, Barcelona fans and Nottingham Forest fans made harsh booing at the same time. Barcelona fans believed that George Wood should give a free kick or a penalty kick - Messi fell to the ground very ambiguous. It seemed outside the penalty area, but also in the penalty area...

Nottingham Forest fans booed because they thought Messi was faked to fall. A collision at such a close distance was too exaggerated.

The referee did not call Wood for a foul, nor did he signal Messi to fake a fall. He did nothing and the game continued.

Although Wood stopped Messi's attack, Nottingham Forest was not out of danger yet because Bo Yang came up.

At the same time when Messi failed, Bo Yang inserted from the diagonally behind. He wanted to grab the ball. He thought Wood was all focused on Messi at that time and must not have the leisure to pay attention to himself. But he was wrong.

After blocking Messi, Wood twisted his body and locked Bo Yang behind him.

Bo Yang and Messi collided like that. Although they did not fall to the ground, they also lost the opportunity to grab the ball.

Defending Barcelona's two major offensive masters alone fully demonstrated George Wood's ability. After protecting the football, he did not choose to play a blind foot, but passed it to Joe Matok who had already pulled to the side. He asked him to pass the football out to organize the offense.

There were no results in several consecutive attacks. It seemed that Barcelona could not score goals by relying on their personal skills...

The game was forced to be interrupted when it reached the 60th minute.

Someone was injured!

However, this time the injured player was not a Barcelona player. It was not a Nottingham Forest player, and the injured person was a little surprised.

At that time, Barcelona's ball was cut off in the frontcourt, Nottingham Forest launched a fast counterattack, and both sides were in high speed movement. The referee naturally had to quickly run from Nottingham Forest to Barcelona's halftime, and just when he was just starting, he sat on the ground!

It was not until Nottingham Forest completed the attack that people noticed that the referee was still sitting in the middle circle, covering his ankle with one hand...

"Ha! What did we see? The referee was injured!" The commentator laughed, his voice sounded a little gloating.

A burst of laughter also sounded over the city court. This scene is indeed too funny.

"We have been speculating on who will hurt the bad venue, maybe Messi, maybe Iniesta, maybe Boyn, or even Nottingham Forest's own people... But we just didn't expect that the person who was injured first was the referee... He seemed to have sprained his ankle? Let's see what happened at that time..."

A replay screen appeared on the TV screen. When it was started, the referee pushed the ground and stepped on a bulge, so...

"Okay, I think it's impossible for this referee to enforce the law in this game..."

As he was talking, the TV gave the fourth official a shot of warming up on the sidelines.

"We wish the fourth official good luck and hope he won't sprain his ankle as soon as he comes on the court. Haha!"

Don En also saw a scene in the stands, and he was smiling happily like other fans. For the reasons of the last events of both sides in the first round, Nottingham Forest fans have no good feelings for the UEFA referees.

Even the players on both sides who were fighting fiercely on the court just now let go of their opposition and surrounded the referee to watch the fun, with a playful smile on their faces.

Kompani even took the opportunity to talk about the old things with Pique.

"Hey, man, how are you doing lately?"

"Hi, that's it, what else can I do..."

The referee's injury added some comedy to this tense game and also eased the atmosphere a little.

The injured landlord referee then stood with the support of the staff. The fourth official was put on the battlefield. When the two handed over the work, the referee also specifically reminded him: "Be careful of the turf near the middle circle..."

A fan shouted at the fourth official in the stands: "Hey man! Are you sure you are hot! Be careful, don't sprain your ankle--!"

"Ah hahahaha--" His shouts ushered in a gloating laugh.

It turned out that after the landlord came down, he was still asking people around him to describe how bad the turf on the city court was. He spread his hands, shook his head and shrugged his shoulders, and looked helpless.

When the game started again, the ease that the players on both sides had just shown disappeared immediately, and Kompani and Pique disappeared from the warmth of chatting with a smile on their faces. The tense atmosphere returned to everyone.

After all, this is a quarter-final finals that concerns who can advance and who will be eliminated. It is sloppy.

Messi suffered from Wood, but he did not give up. He didn't even bypass Wood to find another breakthrough point. He seemed to have to compete with Wood today.

This time he successfully shook Wood away, but he still couldn't easily break into the penalty area. He could only shoot long shots from the outside.

Akinfeev saved the football from the baseline and gave Barcelona a corner kick. This may be a victory for Messi?

Pique rushed up to fight for the header, and Kompani was ordered to guard him.   When the two of them leaned on the ground, Kompani smiled beside him: "Don't think of scoring a goal.   You boy!"

"You talk a lot of nonsense..." Pique turned around and glanced at Kompani. "Don't pull my clothes!"

"I didn't pull it!" Kompani raised his hands.

Crowded in front of the door, Pique kept changing positions, and he was avoiding Kompani.

Xavi ran to the corner kick, and the situation in the penalty area was even more chaotic...

Pique was still fighting with Kompani. Although his central defender partner was more Pepe when he was in Nottingham Forest, he also cooperated with Kompani because Tony Donn was always in rotation. He was familiar with Kompani for so many years in training and games. He knew how Kompani was used to defending corner kicks. Kompani was also familiar with him, knowing his habit of fighting for the top and position. Pique knew that it would be bad for him to continue to entangle like this. He winked at Pujol next to him. Pujol understood it and suddenly inserted into the battle group to separate the two people. Piquel took the opportunity to escape and retreat to the outside.

Meanwhile, Xavi kicked the football in front of the goal!

Kompani knew that this was Barcelona's tactic, but he had no choice. He tried hard to get rid of Puyor's defense. After all, he was still one step too late.

The football drew an arc.    Slightly turned outward, and Pique, who had escaped Kompany's marks, rushed inward.  A powerful header!

The distance was too close, and Akinfeyev had no time to react. He just raised his hand and the football flew into the goal from next to him!

"gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-" The Catalan narrator yelled for a minute before stopping. Whenever you think he would stop exhausting, he would immediately raise his voice for a certain amount and continue to yell.

"Pique's powerful header! He blasted open the door of the former boss!"

After the goal, Di Pikui did not celebrate. His teammates rushed forward to hug him, but he did not show anything, like a wooden stake, allowing them to hug and slap.

The goal was because he is now a Barcelona player, so he naturally has to play for the main. But he grew up and became famous in Nottingham Forest. He liked everything here, even those fans who booed him in the stands. There were only sporadic booing in the stands, and most of the Forest players still could not feel bad about Pique. The treatment he received when he returned to the city venue was completely different from that of Bentner.

But if Barcelona eliminated Nottingham Forest dialect because of this ball, how would both sides feel then?
Chapter completed!