Chapter 9 Don't be too happy(1/2)
too early
"World Wave! World Wave! The captain of the Red Army finally broke out! He won the first game in the duel with George Wood!"
After scoring the goal, Gerald stood there and waved his fists to George Wood opposite him.
Although he doesn't like to compete with others for the first place in England, he is also unwilling to give in to the loss in the match against his opponents. It makes sense that the media always put him and Wood together, and he also thinks that George Wood is a good opponent who can compete with him. It's really a great thing to win one-on-one with Wood and even beat him.
George Wood had a gloomy face and a bad expression. It was his responsibility to lose the ball and he didn't want to shirk it.
Since it is your own responsibility, you have to find a way to make up for it...
"Ah haha! Beautiful job!" After seeing Gerald score in the press room, Bascombe stood up from his seat excitedly, waving his fists and shouting. "World Wave, absolutely absolute world wave!!"
He cheered for a while and sat down and ticked on the keyboard: "...Gerard announced with a world wave that he was the best midfielder in this country... No, maybe I should remove the 'midfield', he is the best player in England... Although George Wood has a good defense, his scoring ability is too bad..."
Having written this, he glanced at the scene and found Wood. He was standing there, unable to see the expression on his face.
"What a pity, that must be very exciting..." He shook his head and sighed with a cigarette in his mouth.
But then he laughed again because he saw Tony Donn on the TV screen.
The moment the game was replaying the goal, Tony Donn's reaction on the coach's seat.
But when the football was unexpectedly passed to Gerald, his butt left the seat, and his front leaned out of the coach's seat, paying great attention. When Gerald finally shot the football into the goal, he fell backwards again. He sat on the chair and waved his right hand, a little dissatisfied.
"Haha!" Bascombe smiled happily after seeing Donne's performance. "Where do you think you are? Mr. Donne? This is at our home court! In Anfield! This is the most devilish stadium in the world! Listen to this song! You will never walk alone, Liverpool!"
Bascombe is a little crazy. But his performance is not an exception. In the Premier League, many people enjoy seeing Tony Donn make a fool of themselves or betrayed. The most representative one is obviously Mr. Carl Spike, the host of Sky TV's "Things to Football".
Gerald's beautiful goal greatly boosted his morale and made the singing in the stands louder.
"When you pass through a storm, hold your head high—"
"Don't be afraid of the darkness. Soaked in that storm. It's a golden sky, and the sweet singing of Bailing-"
"Through the wind, through the rain-"
"Your dream may be shattered-"
"But move forward with the hope in your heart-"
"You will never walk alone-you will never walk alone-"
"You will never walk alone-you will never walk alone-"
In Heisel, in Hesburg, in Istanbul in 2005... This song inspired the Red Army to move forward on countless occasions, and it will surely be the same on this night.
All Red Army supporters and even the Red Army soldiers themselves think so.
For a long time, Liverpool bombarded Nottingham Forest. Their fans' singing seemed to be the baton to direct the team's offense. Whenever the team was attacking, the singing became loud, and when the team was brewing the offense, the voice was gentle and low.
"This is a scenery that belongs only to Anfield!" the TV commentator exclaimed, "Nottingham Forest seems a little unresisting. Tony Donn is obviously not prepared for the tenacity Liverpool showed in this game. What did he say before the game? 'No one can disturb me'. Now it sounds like a joke..."
Donn stood up from his seat. He also smelled the dangerous smell from Liverpool's storm-like offensive.
The Liverpool man is indeed determined not to make himself a foil for Don Eun's tenth anniversary...
George Wood wanted to make up for his mistakes through offense, but now he was suppressed by the opponent's fierce cracks and could not raise his head. Gago gradually returned to the backcourt to participate in the defense. The Forest team really couldn't take advantage of the attack for half a day. Liverpool's players seemed to have collectively played stimulants. There were people from any position. Every pass could always be delivered to the teammates accurately. Every shot seemed to penetrate the goal guarded by Akinfeev... As the saying goes, "How to play if you play smoothly, you can get it." Liverpool has now entered this state.
"What a bastard..." Done cursed on the sidelines. He really didn't expect that just a wonderful goal could make such a change for the entire Liverpool team.
And that song!
Don N actually envies Liverpool because they have such a cheering song that the whole world knows. Whether the team performs well or not, Liverpool fans will sing this song, which is more effective than shouting any slogan.
In terms of team culture, my team is a thousand miles away from others...
After finally reaching the break, the referee blew the whistle to the end of the first half, and the Forest players bowed their heads and walked off the field quickly, and they were ashamed of their performance in the first half. The Liverpool players were on the court with their heads held high and enjoying the fans' singing and cheers.
"There is nothing to be discouraged..." Tang En told the players in the locker room, "It's still a draw, why are you discouraged? As long as we score in the second half, we will still lead. You have to think so..."
When Donn was psychologically counseling the team in the locker room, a group of the most die-hard fans of the Forest team, led by John, were gathering outside the beverage sales site on the court to drink beer. At the same time, sighed for the first half.
"We lost completely!" Skinny Bill waved his arms vigorously. "Our voices can't compete with their singing... Look at the team's performance in the first half, I think their poor performance has something to do with our not providing enough support."
"If it's at our home court... I must ask Liverpool people to cry and go back!" Someone in the crowd shouted indignantly.
The answer to him was the sighs of more people. No matter how you look at them, they all seemed to have defeated the roosters and could only show off their abilities.
"I said... Tony's tenth anniversary... won't be so ugly, right?" Finally someone asked a question that everyone was worried about.
"How is that possible?"
"Absolutely not!"
"Don't think about it!"
A group of people quickly denied it. But in fact, in almost everyone's hearts, the possibility of this result is getting bigger little by little, from blur to clear, from "blind thinking" to "reality".
"I feel disgusted when I think of the gloating face of Spike and Bascombe if we lose the game..." Bill said this with a tough tone that could not hide his inner panic.
Fatty John, who had never spoken, handed him a glass of wine.
"I haven't finished drinking..." Bill raised the wine glass in his hand. He had been chattering for a while, and didn't even bother to take a sip.
"Drink another drink. Moisturize your throat, man."
"What's your idea?"
"Isn't it just singing? If there are fewer people, you can't sing? In the second half, we will sing with them!" John said viciously.
When Bill heard him say this, he took the cup and poured it down in one breath. The others saw this and drank their glass of wine one after another, and then threw the disposable cup into the trash can next to him.
"Sing our earthly song!"
"Okay okay, don't think about what kind of game this is." Done knew that some people would carry some burdens that they shouldn't have because of the special game. "You can't retreat by Liverpool as in the first half as you did in the first half. Are you afraid of losing the ball? If you are afraid of losing the ball, you can attack me! If you score a few goals, do you think they can still attack? Gago, your position in the first half is too messy. At a moment, ahead and behind, don't I let you stand a step ahead than George?"
Gago was speechless. In fact, the first half of the first half was his own problem, but the second half was not his problem.
Because Wood was very eager to score goals in the game, he stepped forward many times and snatched Gago's position. Gago later discovered this. He retreated behind Wood as required by the training leader - "You two, no matter who goes up, one must be responsible for protection" - and retreated behind Wood. This led to his position being erratic, making it impossible for his own people to understand...
Wood stood up: "It's my responsibility."
Donn looked at him. Is Eastwood useful to come forward? He is not sure yet. But Wood's performance in the first half seemed to be doing a roller coaster, and he saw it with his own eyes.
"Are you going to say something about your first half performance, George?" asked Don.
"Yes." Wood nodded, "I was a little excited after Gerald scored. I snatched the location of Fernando."
"Yes, I saw it. Can you tell us why you are excited?"
Wood was silent for a moment, "It is my responsibility to let Gerald score a goal..."
Don Eun laughed, "Effectively George Wood, this is really rare. Are you very unwilling to be shot such a beautiful ball by Gerald in front of you?"
Wood nodded.
"Well, so you're trying hard to attack..." Tang En pondered. "Let's adjust it. George is in front and Gago is behind in the second half. You are responsible for the offense. Gago is responsible for the defense. Are there any problems?"
Wood looked at Tang En with some surprise.
Gago said next to him: "No problem, boss." Of course, there is no problem. This kind of adjustment is not new. In previous games, Don En often asked the two to exchange positions. After all, both of them are players who can attack and defend.
"Is there any problem, George?" Don did not give up without Wood's answer.
"I...no problem."
Donn snapped his fingers, "Remember your task, not defense, but offense. If Liverpool finds that we have made such adjustments, they will definitely step up their defense against Aaron and Ibi, as well as Bentley and Fernandez. "He said to the whole team, "I hope you four of you will be more active in the frontcourt, run more actively, and attract Liverpool's defensive attention to you as much as possible, and then..."
Done took out a marker and drew an arrow on the circle representing Wood, pointing directly to the opponent's goal.
"I personally recommend that in this case, shots are more effective than passing."
After the second half started again, the singing of "You Will Never Walk Alone" continued in the stands, and Liverpool also continued their excellent performance in the first half, overwhelming the Forest's halftime play.
Tang En stood on the sidelines and kept waving his hand to signal the team to press forward and not to be a turtle.
Bascombe's fingers were moving like a flying sport on the keyboard of his laptop, giving Liverpool all the praise he could think of. He had a smile on his face that could not be concealed or wanted to hide it, and was looking forward to the game moving towards the end he expected.
Perhaps because I was tired of singing, the song "You Never Walk Alone" finally stopped. At this moment, another kind of singing sounded in the stands. The sound was not loud, but it was very clear because it appeared at this time when Liverpool fans were resting.
"Do you think it's over at the last minute of the game? There's not much time left, and the referee is looking at the watch. You thought to yourself: 'Forget it, we have the next game'--"
"Come on, the singing gradually disappeared, and some people began to leave early. A bunch of drinking wine glasses were thrown down from the stands, and the ground was in a mess-"
"The opposing players are laughing at our dying struggle. The opposing fans are celebrating their victory in advance-"
"The 11th of the Forest team stood up and he said, 'No! The game is not over yet! Don't be too happy too early!'"
"You guys don't be happy too early!!!"
Thousands of Nottingham Forest fans followed and shouted this sentence. They scared Liverpool fans.
Donn listened for a while, then turned his head to look at Eastwood next to him.
Eastwood was obviously fascinated by the fact that he looked up and opened his mouth in surprise. He didn't expect he could hear this song.
Wood also heard the song, and he felt his scalp tingling and was deeply stimulated.
"Do you think I'm willing to retire?" He seemed to be being scolded by Eastwood on his collar, and he was breathless. "I still want to continue playing football!"
When George Wood fell into a trance because of this song, other players of the Forest team were also stimulated by the "Eastwood Song" sung by the fans. Everyone still couldn't forget the scene when Freddy said goodbye at the city stadium. Their best comrades had no choice but to say goodbye to them because of injury. The game was played like this, and Freddy, who was sitting on the coach's seat, would definitely want to come up and kick himself? They clenched their fists and stared at Liverpool's goal, hoping to go straight to Huanglong.
"Press up!" Ajinfeyev shouted loudly behind everyone, "Boss, let's press up! I don't want to be the protagonist!"
To be continued...