Chapter 151 The Giant's Waltz

"Aron Mitcher! Beautiful header outside the penalty area! Nottingham Forest tied the total score of both sides!"

Huge cheers erupted from the city court.

Barcelona's head coach Guardiola was furious on the sidelines. When Mitchel's head was "rubbed" into the goal, he also threw the water bottle in his hand out.

"Who is this kid!"

Both assistant coaches, Biranova and Eusebio, wisely chose to remain silent at this moment.

Guardiola's anger was not aimed at his team. In fact, they could score one more goal under such a venue, which was already very good. What made him angry was that he knew nothing about the striker of Nottingham Forest. He knew nothing and naturally could not make targeted arrangements. For example, he didn't know that the No. 9 header was so outstanding, otherwise he would not have let the team give Bentley a chance to kick the ball on the wing...

After a while, Biranova said: "Maybe...thing is not as bad as we thought? At least now the two sides are tied with a total score and a away goal is tied. We still have a chance to play overtime..."

Guardiola frowned and shook her head, saying in a bad mood: "It's useless to play overtime in the team's condition... The players' physical energy consumed very quickly on such a field."

He was right. Even if Nottingham Forest accidentally dragged Barcelona into overtime, they were not worried at all. Tony Donne had already taken this possibility into consideration before the game. The physical fitness of the Forest players is enough to ensure that they complete a fierce game of 120 minutes, while Barcelona is not. Playing on such a bad field requires much more physical fitness than usual. Playing another thirty minutes is just to increase the possibility of their players being injured.

No wonder Tang En was not in a hurry after conceding the ball.

There was a lot of wail in the coaching table in Barcelona, ​​and the players on the court were not much better. After Barcelona scored, they had a strong morale and hoped to continue to work hard. Scoring the second goal, in that case, it would be almost impossible for Nottingham Forest to reverse. Unexpectedly, the second goal is not in, but Nottingham Forest scores another goal...

When they saw the football fly into the goal, their hearts were almost chilled at the same time.

What scared them was not about the score, but about the seventy minutes of the game. They still couldn't adapt to the feeling of playing football on this field. On the other hand, Nottingham Forest was as easy as fishing. What would the final result of the game going on like this? They didn't dare to think about it.

After the game restarted. Barcelona stepped up their defense against Mitchel, but this time Mitchel performed better. Barcelona players can defend him from shooting, but may not be able to defend him from passing the ball. As a frontcourt lighthouse, he can not only score goals by himself, but also create various opportunities for his teammates. His height is the biggest weapon. At the same time, the stopping skills and ball protection skills he showed also made Barcelona defenders unable to do anything about him - once he was squeezed behind him, don't try to intercept the ball without a foul.

Abang Raho also got two threatening shots due to Mitcher's outstanding performance.

To make matters worse, four minutes after the Forest team scored a goal. Messi left the game with a sprained knee in a fight. The team's soul figure withdrew from the game due to injury. The blow to Barcelona was really big. Look at the many Barcelona players on the court, who were confused in their eyes... They really don't know how to play such a game.

The Catalonian commentator started to scold Tony Don and his Nottingham Forest when Messi was injured, calling them unsports and destroying the players' bodies for victory.

The English commentator breathed a sigh of relief: "After all the players were injured... No one was injured in such a uneven field, which was simply unreasonable!"

When Messi was injured, Guardiola finally couldn't help it. He rushed to the sidelines and found the fourth official - the former referee who had ended up due to injury before - he pointed to the venue and said to the fourth official: "Is this the venue that can hold the Champions League? It's uneven, causing my players to be injured! Is this also allowed?"

Unfortunately, Don En is not on the sidelines. Otherwise, he would definitely come out and refute him without hesitation: "Europa League has agreed, what are you calling?"

The fourth official shrugged and felt helpless: "We can do nothing about this, Mr. Guardiola."

"I'm going to appeal to UEFA after the game! How could such a sporting thing allow it to happen?"

"Hey, look!" John suddenly pointed to the coaching seat off the court, where Guardiola was talking to the fourth official excitedly. In fact, everyone knew what he said, and you would know it by looking at his actions - he was pointing at the court.

"Ha! Are you losing red-eyed?" Tang En laughed in the seat. "Do you want to cry with UEFA mother?"

"I guess he must be protesting against the cancellation of the game, or complaining to UEFA!"

“It’s so unsuccessful!”

The deafening booing sounded in the North stands immediately against Guardiola. Even Don En was swearing inside. He couldn't go down and scold Guardiola. Of course, he could only swear here.

The fourth official comforted Guardiola: "We will write these situations into the competition report, but please go back first, Mr. Guardiola."

Guardiola then walked back with a dark face. The booing became louder and louder, and he just pretended that he didn't hear it.

Messi was finally carried off by a stretcher, with a painful expression and the team doctor's face was also not good-looking. Seeing this scene, Guardiola couldn't help but want to swear. He looked up at the stands with the loudest booing. He couldn't find Don En. The guy hid among a group of fans. He was dressed the same as they were, and he couldn't tell which one was him.

UEFA sent him to the stands. From this point of view, maybe he had done a favor...

Guardiola gritted her teeth and thought so.

Messi cannot continue the game, so Guardiola replaced the young midfielder Busques. He wants to strengthen the thickness and control of the midfield. Busques, who is 1.89 meters tall, has outstanding physical fitness, and his appearance may change Barcelona's weakness in heading. At the same time, his play style is simple and he is also very suitable for handling the ball on such a field.

Before playing, Guardiola patted Busques on the shoulder and told him: "Be careful, don't get hurt..."

This is really a helpless move.

After the game continued, the Barcelona players were angry. This was normal...Who wouldn't be angry when they saw their teammates being injured because of this bad venue? What's more, they might follow Messi's footsteps, and they couldn't calm down when they thought of this.

Even Pique let go of his relationship with Nottingham Forest and knocked down Mitcher without hesitation in the defense. His approach "winds" him the booing of Nottingham Forest. He didn't feel any embarrassment.

Nottingham Forest doesn't matter what Barcelona players think, they continue to attack Valdes' goal, bent on solving the battle within ninety minutes.

However, Busquez did play a role in the field. His height and physical condition helped Barcelona complete the midfield defense well. In terms of heading, he and Pique joined forces to defend Mitchel, thus liberating Puyor, and Abanglaho had no chance.

So Nottingham Forest began to try to use long shots to seek scoring opportunities. Such offenses often ended in a hurry after reaching the frontcourt.

Tang En was very dissatisfied with this, and waited for a while, seeing that the team showed no signs of change. The fans shouted at the North Stand: "Be patient! We have the advantage! Don't shoot blindly from a long shot!"

"Okay. Guys. I'm sure they heard it." After shouting several times, Tang En asked them to stop. He didn't want to do it too explicitly.

As the game progressed, Barcelona players began to gradually regain their defense, and later everyone retreated to halftime. They don’t have more energy to attack now, so they can only concentrate on defense. They hope to defend this score. At least there are 30 minutes left to let them fight again.

Tang stood out from the coach's seat. When he felt that the team should be attacked in general, he made a gesture and signaled to press the entire line.

"Nottingham Forest's offensive is quite strong! Barcelona will return to defense at all for this... Look at how many Barcelona players were in the penalty area during Nottingham Forest's attack? Eleven! All are back!" The English commentator was very proud of this. "Who said Nottingham Forest plays conservative and utilitarian football? Such a scene is not common in general offensive football, right?"

Such a game may be a shame for Barcelona fans, because in previous games they always compressed their opponents into this way, and they never had such a embarrassed side.

Mitchel felt that since the 1.89-meter-old boy came on the court, he had been under much pressure. Sometimes he could win when he was heading, but he was not very obedient when he heard it. It seems that Barcelona has made special arrangements for his height and heading...

If this continues, Mitchel doesn't know if he can still contribute to the team with his head. He played almost the whole game, and for such a long time, he has been fighting directly with the two best defenders of Barcelona, ​​and his physical energy consumption is more than his last league game. His bounce and sprint are not as powerful as before, and sometimes he can no longer guarantee his position to be stuck.

When Bentley passed the football over, he was originally stuck in the position but was squeezed behind by Pi Kui at the last moment. When he tried hard to squeeze back, he felt as if he was pushing a locomotive and couldn't even jump. He watched Pi Kui push the ball away in front of him.

Barcelona counterattacked. The teammates were all back to defend quickly. He was willing but not strong enough. He supported his knees with both hands and gasped heavily. In the past, he had always appeared as a substitute. Although he started in the previous league, he was replaced in the middle and had not even played a complete game. Now he has been in such a fierce game for more than 70 minutes. He doesn't know if his body can still hold on until that time.

George Wood cut off the ball Silva passed to Boyang in the backcourt, and he made a long pass without hesitation.

Mitcher, who was still gasping in the frontcourt just now, planned to jump up and receive the ball, but was judged to be offside - he was just taking a break. But he forgot to see the surroundings.

"Is physical strength a weakness when you are too big..." Tang En murmured in the stands.

Next, Mitcher got another chance, but this time when he controlled the football at his feet, he quickly lost it under the joint defense of Pique and Busques. He was 2.02 meters and 2. He was even squeezed to the ground by two people who were not as tall as him, looking vulnerable.

Barcelona fans began to laugh at this silly man in the stands.

"Aron Mitchel fully exposed his physical strength deficiency. He was too thin and did nothing under Barcelona's tight defense. His performance was worrying. Maybe the Forest should consider replacing him?" Even the commentator began to question Mitchel. "He scored a goal, and for the young man who made such an important game for the first time, he did a good job. The Forest's coaching staff could not ask him to do more. Because that was impossible."

Chris Lack also noticed that Mitchel's performance during this period is not as active as before, which is obviously related to Barcelona's targeted defensive arrangements. After replacing Messi with Busques, Guardiola found that the situation had improved, so he simply replaced Xavi with Keita. The team changed to 442, three defensive midfielders and one offensive midfielder. The Forest's ball is now difficult to hand over to Mitchel's feet, and Barcelona's midfield defense has become tougher. Another reason is that Mitchel's physical fitness has declined very well...

He discussed with Tang: "Aron seems to be out of the way. The opponent is too strict with his defense. His physical energy is also a bit expensive... The first time he played such an important game, he fought against Puyol and Pique for 80 minutes. I think he did a good job... Are we considering replacing him? The most important thing is..." He hesitated for a moment and expressed his concerns, "Tony insisted on letting him start. He performed very well. But I am afraid that if he continues like this, the confidence that he just built up just now will be destroyed. You must know that Pikku and Puyol are not ordinary defenders. We are a bit too forced to let him fight these two strong enemies..."

Don frowned. He was also considering whether to replace Mitchel. Ibissevic, who had better physical fitness and more exquisite shooting skills, went to attack. But his thinking inevitably diverged in another direction - if it were Tony, what choice would he make?

He found that if it was Tony's words, he would probably insist on keeping Mitchel on the court.

So do you agree to do this?

"David...I don't think Tony would agree to replace him..." Tang hesitated a little.

"But now we are the two of us commanding the team, Don!" Chris Lack was a little dissatisfied with Don't take Tony Don as a shield.

Tang seemed to feel that he was too weak, and he couldn't always be the only one who could follow Tony. He considered it and then made his own choice: "Let's wait a little longer, give him another five minutes..."

Chris Lack nodded and said nothing.

The game entered the 79th minute.  The last ten minutes left soon.

Once again, Nottingham Forest organized an offensive.

Keita, Yaya Toure and Busques formed a wall in front of Barcelona's penalty area, blocking the Forest's attack.

The Forest midfielder wanted to send the football to Mitcher, but under the opponent's strict defense, even if the ball was passed, Mitcher could not hold it at all. What's the need for the ball that would be lost soon?

Thiago held the ball, a little confused. He wanted to pass it out. But he didn't know who it was passing it out. Just as he was looking around and hesitating, his earth was stabbed by Keita.

Barcelona fans in the stands burst into loud cheers, but their cheers just started to come to an abrupt end. Keita's ball was also cut off by George Wood.

When Keita successfully intercepted the ball. Barcelona planned to counterattack, their formation pressed outwards a little.

Mitcher found himself in an offside again, so he retreated. This time, he could no longer let his teammates pass turn off. But this time he retreated a lot. He did not stand in front to be the lighthouse, but simply retreated to Abanglaho's position in one breath - a bit like a shadow striker. Is it too much?

After George Wood intercepted the ball, he saw Barcelona's defense retreating urgently, and he happened to be a distance from Dimitchel when he ran back. So far, no one has been watching him!

Wood passed the football without hesitation.

When Pique saw that the football was passed to Mitcher, he rushed up. He had seen through this big man. He knew that the opponent's physical strength was close to collapse. As long as he added a little force behind, his ball would be lost.

Mitcher's physical energy was indeed exhausted. He only had two things in his mind now - catch the ball and don't lose the ball. As for where the opponent is and who the opponent is. He didn't think about how they would deal with themselves. His hypoxia brain made his thinking simple, and all the extra things were stripped away.

Pique rushed up and decided to speed up and go around Mitcher, and suddenly go around the front defense. While breaking Mitcher's ball, he then took the counterattack from Nottingham Forest!

Very good idea, but...

After receiving the ball with his back, Mitcher used his heel to smooth the ball, and jumped up and turned around and pulled the ball. He turned 180 degrees with Pique as the axis, and drove the ball away from Pique's defense! Pique went around and went up to make Mitcher's beautiful extraordinary this time!

"Wow! It's amazing!" The commentator couldn't help but scream. "Marseille swivel!"

A person who is two meters tall and two meters tall makes elegant movements like waltz, which is indeed very visually shocking...

At this moment, Mitcher threw the warning that the boss had "not allowed to show off his feet" out of the blue. When football came, more than two years of hard training allowed him to automatically make the most suitable choice - not to use his head or his body. Just use his feet to deal with it.

After being passed by Mitcher, Pique was a little dazed. He stood there and even forgot to return to defense - he never expected that the opponent took advantage of the situation to pass him while he pounced on it, and he still didn't know how the opponent did it.

With the help of Busquez, Puyol has been focusing on Abanglaho and others. He did not expect that Pique, who performed well in the whole game, was easily overdue and caught off guard.

Fortunately, Busques was very focused, and when Mitcher passed Pique, he rushed up to defend.

Outside the penalty area, Mitcher suddenly stopped urgently, and then set a distance with Busques to shoot!
To be continued...