Chapter 24: Unexpected Advantages

"Arsenal is in trouble." The commentator said, "They didn't seem to have expected Nottingham Forest to suddenly attack with all their strength at their home court..."

Arsenal fans in the stands are constantly booing to disturb the Forest.

Judging from the scene, Arsenal is indeed in trouble...

As Done said, Wenger had no idea that Forests would make an abnormal attack at Arsenal's home court.

Just five minutes into the game, Nottingham Forest threatened the goal guarded by Amunia twice.

This made Arsenal a little panicked, and the defense line was full of loopholes during that period.

Nottingham Forest firmly grasped the initiative in the game.

The ball was controlled by them, so Arsenal could only run away. Due to insufficient preparations for the attack on Nottingham Forest, they didn't even know what to do. Some people wanted to continue the attack according to the tactics formulated by Wenger before the game, while others felt that the situation was urgent now and should defend firmly before counterattacking.

If the two sides have different opinions, they can work together on the court. If they do not work together, they will be able to get involved by their opponents.

Don Eun can clearly see Arsenal's disconnection from the field, which is a great opportunity for Forests to score a goal...

He turned his head to look at Wenger sitting on the coach's seat. The Frenchman had no expression on his face and had no intention of making any adjustments. Maybe he believed in his team? Maybe he had not figured out the intentions of Nottingham Forest and did not want to act rashly?

No matter what he thinks, he can't change this fact anyway. The fact is that Nottingham Forest is now dominant.

Taking advantage of the five minutes of the opening game, Nottingham Forest successfully transformed away as home court.

Next they continued to launch an offensive against Arsenal's hinterland, which was not a simple siege - in fact, the goal to siege Arsenal was not the situation that Don Nian wanted to see. Arsenal also had counterattacks, and there were still many. The Forests controlled the game in a situation with both offensive and defensive, so that they had more offensive opportunities. If the opponent did not attack, how could they break in?

If the initiative is not in his own hands, Arsenal has to work hard to get it back, so they must attack, and it is not possible to defend firmly. After ten minutes of panic, Arsenal unified its ideas within - offense!

This is the scene that the Forests wants to see the most, Arsenal attacks, and they also attack.

A beautiful and fierce battle began...

"Fabregas! Beautiful pass, Bella received the ball. Shoot! Oh, what a pity!"

Akinfeyev held the football firmly in his arms, and then he threw the ball with his hands before he could attack without waiting for the Arsenal players to return to defense. Gago went sideways and dribbled the ball forward. After encountering Willsheer's block, he did not stop the ball and circled in place before getting rid of it, but directly passed the ball to Cohen on the wing.

Cohen, who played in this game in rotation with Fernandez, made a cross from the wing and was stronger than the Chileans. Donn also took this eye on this and made him start. Because the starting centers of Forest team in this game were Ibisekic and Mitchel, both of whom were heading.

But Cohen was not good at dribbling, and Arsenal's full-back Sania retreated quickly, and Cohen transferred the football directly to Bentley's feet on the other side. After Bentley received the ball, he passed the ball in the middle, and Gago had already rushed up.

After receiving the ball, Gago pushed the ball with the opportunity. The football rolled into the penalty area!

Mitchel rushed out from behind the crowd, and was about to receive the ball and form a single shot, but let Amunia, who was attacking, take the lead in snatching the football away. Mitchel jumped over his head with some reluctance. It would be great if his speed was faster...

After Mitchel was withdrawn from the penalty area, he kicked the ball in front. Wood's advantage in heading was obvious. No one in Arsenal's midfield and frontcourt could compete with him in the air.

The ball in the air was easily pushed by Wood, and he put it on Pepe behind him.

Seeing this, Fabregas made a gesture to Amunia behind him, asking him to take off the ball less with such big feet in the future, throw the ball more with his hands, and launch an attack on the ground.

This kick-off is simply to give the ball to the Forest team directly.

Although the ball was intercepted by Forest, Arsenal did not give up on this attack. They used their active fighting to finally snatch the football from Gago's feet and launched a counterattack on the spot.

Will Sher used his personal skill to pass Woodgate and pretended to shoot. But he gave the football to Fabregas who was inserted.

Arsenal's captain, interfered by the captain of Nottingham Forest, shot with a straggling shot, and the football was slightly higher than the crossbar, which shocked Nottingham Forest fans in a cold sweat.

Fabregas was a little annoyed by shooting the ball, and he stood up and slapped his palm hard.

Don Ng looked down at his watch, and the game began fifteen minutes. The Forest team has not scored yet, but overall, the Forest team has the advantage. Arsenal's offense seems a bit out of order under the strength of the Forest team. He relies more on the personal performance of the stars. The most important reason why Arsenal is at a disadvantage is that Wenger defeated the Forest team in order to attack at home. He sent a full-attack midfielder lineup, and he was useless to defend a midfielder. As a result, he was now suppressed by the Forest's midfielder.

You still have to score a goal as soon as possible, otherwise Wenger will come back to his senses and he will be unable to survive this set...

What's more, the team's physical fitness is indeed a problem and they can't afford to delay.

Tang En got up from his seat and walked to the sidelines. He said nothing, but he believed that the players knew what it meant when they saw him standing on the sidelines.

We're going to score goals, guys. What are you doing?

Arsenal is still trying to get the initiative in the game. They are no longer concerned about defense, or they are missing one. Wenger told them before the game that they must score goals in this game, and goals are the most critical, so now everyone's minds are scoring goals...

As for defense?

Although they knew that their defense was in danger in the face of the Forest's offensive, everyone still had a glimmer of luck in their hearts, thinking that they would conquer them before the Forest's goal was to break through their goal.

To put it bluntly, this game depends on who scored the first goal. Arsenal scored the first goal, and the game entered the track of Arsenal. Nottingham Forest scored the first goal, and Arsenal was passive.

That's why they are all focused on breaking the Forest team's goal.                                                      

Arsenal once again pressed and attacked, but was cut off. George Wood and Pepe cut off Fabregas' passing route to Bella with both hands. After the ball was stabbed by Pepe, Wood snatched the football in front of Willshere, and then rushed forward with great strides. His dribbling movements were very standard, and the man and ball were well combined. Fabregas gave up the attempt to intercept the ball and instead harassed him.

Wood only took a few steps and found that Arsenal's defense system had not been established. It was very messy. Some people assisted in the front, some were hasty to return to defense, and some were hesitating whether to grab or retreat...

There are countless spaces.

He made a quick decision to stop dribbling the ball, but instead divided the ball to the wing. There were no Arsenal defensive players there, and the sky was wide open!

Cohen ran desperately, his speed was not fast, but Wood's pass was too comfortable... He didn't need to compete with others for speed. As long as he ran forward in a straight line, the football rolling route would be closer to him. The opponent's defenders looked closer to the ball now, but in fact, they would find that they would pass by the football in a straight line. If they ran in a diagonal line, they would only get farther and farther away from the football...

Since Sarnia was still in front and did not return to the position, the ball must be filled by the central defender. Kholo Toure, one of the two central defenders, strided to the sideline, and he gave up his attempt to grab the ball halfway. He changed to a diagonal line and ran along the ball route, blocking the inside line, preventing Cohen from breaking through directly. This is the best choice he can make in this situation.

Unfortunately, Cohen didn't even think about cutting into the penalty area. He let the football roll two meters ahead of him, and then made a fake move to break through, which caused Toure to retreat a little, and after making a space, he went around outside and directly made a cross!

Cohen had a set of crosses, and he was not like Wood's cross at the last moment of the last game. He was tall and floating. His cross was very flat, fast and obvious. The maximum arc was almost on the bottom line. He looked like he was running to the goal, but when he really got to the front of the goal, he suddenly turned into the penalty area. This arc caught Amunia off guard. He wanted to attack and get the ball directly, but just stepped out and turned the ball back.

So he quickly stepped back and prepared to guard the gate. He just raised his hand and saw a black shadow pressing down from the air.

"Aron Mitche——L!"

The commentator roared with a lengthening voice.

The football in the air seemed to be attracted by Mitchel, and hit him head-on. Then he changed direction and bounced back. The football flew over from Amunia, but his reaction could not keep up at all. The power of the football's cross and Mitchel's momentum, the two forces twisted together, producing the effect of "one plus one is greater than two". With a close distance from the goal, no goalkeeper could react.

The football was smashed into the goal by Mitcher and pushed the net.

Standing on the sidelines, Tang En clenched a fist and waved it towards the sky.

Then he looked at his watch and the game started twenty-nine minutes and he waited!

Sitting in the home team's coach's seat, Wenger slapped his thigh hard, his face full of annoyance. He really didn't expect that the Forest team would actually score a goal in this counterattack. It seems that the offensive posture that Nottingham Forest had shown before was not to pretend, but to come...

He miscalculated.

He didn't expect that Tang En, a gambler, would dare to bet like this in this game.

The Nottingham Forest fans in a corner of the stands burst into loud cheers, temporarily suppressing the booing of the fans.

Scoring the goal Dimitcher ran over and Chris Cohen, who assisted him, hugged him, and a group of people came up behind him to surround them, celebrating the goal excitedly.

Mitchel's goal not only gave Forest a away goal, but also led 2:0 in total. If Arsenal wants to advance, they will be eliminated if they win this game 2:1, and they must score three goals!

No wonder Wenger was so excited after seeing the goal conceding, and Fabregas's face turned dark in an instant.

Anyone with clear mind knows that Arsenal is difficult to play in this game...

The goal just now was replayed over and over again on the TV screen. The commentator praised Mitchel's running position and rushing to the top: "... He appeared behind Arsenal's Sendros, with no one guarding him at all. Toure was pulled to the side to defend Cohen. Ibisevic's running position was too smart! His forward pulling Sendros. Mitchel, who was still outside the penalty area when Cohen was preparing to cross, suddenly rushed in and then jumped high! He jumped higher than anyone else! The ball went in! It was done in one go, so beautiful! The premeditated pass position reflected by the Forest in this attack is the key to the goal, but Mitchel's personal ability is also amazing..."

Since Mitchel became a first-team player and often scored goals in the game, Mitchel's father has become the happiest person in the stands. Whenever his son scored a goal, the Forest fans around him would come up to congratulate him and shout his son's name together. He liked this kind of star feeling.

The place where Mitcher celebrated the goal happened to be in the away team stands, and a group of people shouted "Aron! Aron!" and made his father's blood boil.

The player who celebrated the goal ran past the coach's seat and returned to his position. Don't shouted: "Continue attack! Continue! Don't relax, you can go as much as you can!"

Then he brought George Woodra to his side and quickly ordered: "Pay attention to Arsenal's counterattack. If they play a long pass, it is not fearful. If they attack from the midfield, cut off their ball and pass me directly on two long passes. We will hit their counterattack and strive to get another one in the first half! You go and tell Cohen and Bentley, so that they can pay attention to the opportunity to counterattack at any time."

Wood nodded and turned around and ran onto the field.

After doing all this, Tang En turned around and walked back to the coach's seat, sat down and drank a sip of water.

After drinking the water, he turned his head and laughed at Chris Lak.

Chris Lack asked, “Is the pressure in my heart light?”

"No, it's bigger."

"ah?"

"Unless the game is over, my pressure will not be reduced. I am afraid that if I don't score a goal, the opponent will lead the lead if I don't score. Now if I score a goal, I'm even more afraid that the opponent will equalize it. I let them try to score another goal before the end of the first half, so we may have more room for maneuver."

After conceding the ball, Arsenal did launch a crazy counterattack against the Forests and almost completely abandoned the defense. They don’t want to lose at home and don’t want to be double-killed by Nottingham Forest in one game, so doing their best to attack is the only way.

The Forest team performed very calmly. First, they set up their defensive formations and did not rush to handle the ball. They took advantage of their advantages of double midfielders to suppress Arsenal's full-attack midfield configuration.

The next step is to fight back.

This Forest team is best at it.

In the 40th minute of the first half, Piao Tianwenxue. The lead was 2:0 with five minutes left in the first half, with a total score of 3:0.
Chapter completed!