Chapter 157: Volume 2: The Skies of Nottingham, the Sly Allardyce (Part 2)

There are many coaches who like to restrict the performance of young players on the court. They wish that they can arrange every second of the action on behalf of the players, and then let the players complete them, meticulously, and they can't make mistakes in a single step. They always tell those youngsters "no more dribbling", "no one-on-one", "no forced breakthrough", "no pass"...no this, no that when arranging tactics or training. If a player doesn't do what he wants, he loses his place on the team.

The originally talented young genius was killed in this way.

On the contrary, Twain likes to encourage young people to play freely, and he is happy to see those young people suddenly change the coach's instructions during training and solve problems in their own way. Give them confidence, and they will repay Tang En with happy results. Reciprocate the football version of ah.

On the forward line, Tang En continued to let Freddie Eastwood, who was in good form, start, and his partner was the skilled Rebrov. This was the first time the Ukrainian had returned to the forward line after six games. Don En hopes that his skills and speed can cause some troubles for Bolton's older and slower defense.

Thirty-two-year-old French veteran Bruno Engotti, thirty-year-old Anthony_Barness (Anthony_Barness), thirty-two-year-old Simon Charlton (Simon_Charlton), twenty-year-old Nicky Hunter ( Nichy_Hunt). This is Bolton's starting back line for this game. Although such a defensive line has rich experience, who knows what will happen under the constant attack of the young forest team. You know, the oldest members of the Forest team's starting lineup are their goalkeeper Darren Ward and striker Sergey Rebrov, who are only 29 years old.

Tang En's intention in sending such a young team is also here. It doesn't matter if you have no experience, you can use your physical strength to make up for it. But just ten minutes into the game, he felt that the situation was critical.

The team gave Bolton three free kicks in front of the penalty area in a row! Every time Bolton's young player Nolan stood in front of the ball and was about to take a free kick, Tang En's heartbeat would speed up.

These three free kicks were all given by George Wood. He is still too young and lacks game experience. Two of them should not be given. Fortunately, Nolan's free kick did not score, otherwise the loss of the goal in the opening ten minutes would have dealt a great blow to the Forest team.

"Wood!" But such a situation still forced Tang En to remind the shaggy boy loudly. He lowered his hands, "Calm down! Don't step out easily! Just stick to the other party!"

Such words should actually be shouted on the sidelines of the training ground, but who made Wood's training still too little. No wonder he keeps asking for extra practice, he is also very aware of his own problems.

After shouting, Tang En turned and returned to the coach's bench. Walker said to him, "Tony, you should actually calm down. The game has only started for ten minutes. Don't be so anxious..."

Tang En took a sip of water and nodded: "You're right, Walker. But our opponent is not easy..." He glanced at the coach bench of the visiting team, where sat a strong man with a slightly darker skin and a square face——Sam. Allardyce (Sam_Allardyce). "Allardyce is a cunning fellow."

According to Tang En's memory, Bolton began to recover, and it was in the hands of this guy. He led the team to the Premier League, successfully avoided relegation for three consecutive years, and later led the team to the UEFA Cup. He is a fairly high-level coach, so he became the head coach of the quasi-strong team Newcastle as a matter of course. Incidentally, his predecessor in Newcastle was Glenn Lord, who almost made Twain come back in the FA Cup last year.

Walker smiled: "But why do I think you are more cunning than him?"

Tang En scratched his head, he knew what Walker was referring to. In an interview before the game, Dunn was full of confidence and ambition, claiming that he would use offensive football at home to defeat the visiting team Bolton. As a result, the locker room door was closed, and the first thing Tang En said was: "Defense, guys, I want you to know the importance of defense!"

As a result, judging from Bolton's starting lineup, they were indeed influenced by Twain's "confrontation" remarks. Although Kevin Nolan is good at intercepting, his talent in offense is not to be underestimated. Walker believes that Allardyce let the 21-year-old Nolan start instead of the real midfielder Flanderson, hoping to find some opportunities in the middle-in addition to tackles, the teenager Nolan also has excellent passing and Set ball, and long-range shooting ability.

"Nolan is actually evidence of Allardyce's cunning." Dunn chatted with Walker while watching the game. "I would be happier if he chose Djorkaeff to start, but unfortunately he used Nolan, who has a balanced offense and defense..."

Speaking of this just now, Nolan used technology to break through Gunnarson. At this time, he was already at the top of the arc in the penalty area!

Where is Wood?

Tang En couldn't help standing up.

Okocha! Wood is marking Okocha, and Okocha is five meters away from Nolan. In other words... Wood is also nearly five meters away from Nolan!

Now Nolan is in front of the back line of Wes Morgan and Robert Huth. He has enough space to swing his legs and shoot long shots!

"Fuck..." Tang En cursed unconsciously, and then he suddenly raised his voice, "Don't let him shoot! Damn..."

Before the words fell, Nolan took a long shot from outside the penalty area!

Wes Morgan, who rushed forward, wanted to use his body to block the sudden shot. The football hit his shoulder and jumped, which happened to be the opposite direction of the forest goalkeeper Ward's throw! There was a huge cheer from the South Stand of the City Stadium!

"Kevin Nolan!" Martin Taylor in the commentary shouted.

Then his partner Andy Gray yelled in a louder voice: "Nice long shot! In the Premier League, Kevin Nolan has given us four such long-range goals! Now in His goal gave Bolton an away lead in the League Cup semi-final!"

Tang En watched the football fly into the Forest team's gate from the sidelines. Ward, who had thrown it in the wrong direction, had no choice. He punched the ground angrily, then got up and turned around and walked back to the bench. Walker was very helpless about the conceded goal. If Morgan didn't block that blow, he might not be able to get in!

Tang En stood in front of him, spread his hands and said, "Twelve minutes, we were behind. Before the game, I told them the importance of defense for ten minutes, but our conceded goals came earlier! Talking about Nolan, he scored!"

Walker shook his head: "Tony, think about it...losing the ball so early may not be a bad thing, we still have 78 minutes to recover it."

Tang En turned around and looked at the Bolton players running wildly on the pitch to celebrate their goals, and more than a thousand cheering Bolton fans in the South Stand. He gritted his teeth and said, "You're right, Des. But no one likes to concede a goal. ... Now, how do we counterattack defensively?"

Walker didn't answer because he didn't know how to answer. Yes, how can the Forest team stick to the defensive and counterattack tactics after accidentally conceding a goal? If you press up and attack? Bolton had three defensive players waiting in midfield.

Thinking about it this way, Walker realized that Tang En was really right. He turned to look at Bolton coach Sam Allardyce, who was celebrating a goal with his assistants on the visiting team's bench. Nolan already had three long-range shots in the 12-minute game. Obviously, he had specifically warned him before the game... This man is indeed very cunning!

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