Chapter 173 Volume 2 Nottingham's Sky Wall (Part 2)

McLaren counted Wood's lack of experience, but he didn't count that Dunn used the whole team's defense to eliminate this unstable factor. In the Senli city wall, whoever is breached is not fatal, because there will be people around him to help defend.

Do you still remember the quarter-finals of the 1998 World Cup where the host team, France, faced Paraguay, the weakest of the top 16? Paraguay used the defense in football almost to the limit, but in the end they fell short. Dunn thinks it's because Paraguay's defense is too passive, relying too much on the personal abilities of goalkeeper Chilavert and a few defenders. The current Forest team is really relying on the whole team to defend. Tang En never gave the goalkeeper the chance to decide the success or failure of the defense, because when the opponent's striker faced the goalkeeper and shot, it often meant that his defense had failed by 90%.

Nottingham Forest will not give Middlesbrough players the opportunity to comfortably control the ball. As long as they enter their defensive area, they will immediately feel that the rhythm of the game has more than doubled! If they don't pass the ball, stop the ball, and dribble as soon as possible, the football under their feet may be lost.

The "FIFA 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup Technical Report" once pointed out that the winner of the top-level contest may be: the coach's decision on the spot, the individual performance of the star, a counterattack, a set kick, and a mistake.

Except for the "coach's decision on the spot", Tang En hopes to use the "wall defense" to minimize the chances of the other four golden rules appearing.

In his eyes, the only person in the Middlesbrough team who may rely on personal ability to determine the outcome of the game is Juninho. But now his state is not as good as before. What's more, past experience has proved that most Brazilian players are not satisfied with English football, and Juninho is no exception. He played good and bad in England. It matters a lot.

In this kind of crazy close-to-foul press, Juninho couldn't even play 30% of his usual ability, let alone change the result of the game.

As for another once famous star player Mendieta... since he decided to leave Spain to go abroad, he no longer has any threats. He is one of those players who can only be at his best in a certain football situation, with a certain team, with a certain coach. Italian football was not for him, nor was English football.

Maybe Tangning's speed and momentum could bring some variables, but he was also inexperienced. In addition, his passing and shooting are far worse than his speed.

This was the best strategy Twain could arrange for Middlesbrough. As for the actual situation in the game, it depends on the on-the-spot command level of the head coaches of both sides... And this is the most fearless contest for Tang En.

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When Juninho finally dribbled the ball past the forest team's defensive midfielder Gunelson, but let George Wood dribble away from the side, but the referee was indifferent, the stands finally couldn't help it There were boos from the Middlesbrough fans. In their opinion, almost every action of the forest team is up to the foul standard, and the referee's penalty makes them feel very uncomfortable.

But while they were booing, did they think about it? Juninho, who is 1.65 meters tall, has physical contact with George Wood, who is 1.86 meters tall. Even if he collides reasonably, he will not gain any advantage. The referee was right next to the two of them and saw the ball very clearly. Wood didn't foul, he was faster than the Brazilian.

Juninho felt the pressure caused by Wood rushing towards him while dribbling the ball, so he planned to evade to the side, but Wood quickly stabbed the ball under his feet, and then couldn't stop the car and simply knocked over The Brazilian who planned to grab a set ball in the frontcourt.

The referee was aware of the details and asked Juninho on the field to pat the turf angrily, while Tang En, who was off the field, gave a provocative thumbs up to the field.

"Nottingham Forest's defensive organization was very successful. At least judging from the 24 minutes of the first half, it was like this. Middlesbrough, who put on the strongest attacking lineup, only had four shots after half of the first half. , and all of them are not within the range of the goal frame. Most of the time, they are always conceding the ball under the pressure of Forest players. Taylor, I think if Coach Twain changed to a fast striker, the score should be 2:0 now. The Forest team is ahead!"

Martin Taylor smiled and said, "You're right, but if Coach Twain plans to attack, then his team won't be able to dedicate themselves to defense. This game isn't exciting at all, but it's a crucial game , I think none of them are willing to make mistakes. After all, this is related to who can go to Europe next season..."

Tang En stood on the sidelines. So far, he is very satisfied with the team's performance, and they have fully played at the level in training. Although something went wrong at the beginning, they quickly adjusted it. It seems that this group of boys did not have the tension of playing in the League Cup final for the first time. This is really due to his pretending performance before the game.

The players performed well, but Twain was not surprised. Because this is his team, a team built according to his ideas and wishes, what kind of character he is, what kind of character this team is. Tang En had never been afraid of anyone, and Nottingham Forest had never been afraid of anyone.

What is the Premier League's "giant killer"? What is England's young and promising young coach?

If we can reach the final, we have the strength to defeat you and win the championship trophy!

McClaren sat on the coach's bench, staring at the court with a blank expression, it seemed that he didn't take the difficulties the team is currently encountering in his heart. But he was calculating the development of the game in his mind.

The coach of the Forest team obviously hopes to restrict our team's offense through intensive defense. He did it...should I say smart or dumb? Shrinking the defense will definitely be effective? Or will he change his tactics in the second half? Consuming our players' physical strength in the first half through intensive defense, provoking my players through rough defensive moves, making them lose their composure and become impatient... Then in the second half of the second half, we started to make substitutions and adjustments, and played quick counterattacks... What about the Ukrainian?

McLaren turned his head to look at the Forest team's bench, hoping to find Rebrov, who had been revived since Tang En took over the players and changed the field.

But he was a little surprised to find that Tony Twain was looking at him. Seeing that he was looking at him, he even grinned in this direction.

Seeing the opponent's performance like this, McLaren could only choose to avoid, he turned his head back again and continued to watch the game.

Looking around, the second half of the Forest team was almost full of people... Juninho lost the ball again. He angrily protested to the referee that Wood's tackle just now was a foul, but the referee still ignored him.

The Brazilian! How nice of you to spend the time arguing with the referee turning around and grabbing back!

Juninho still looks bad, what the hell! He did really well in training!

The Spaniard was counting on a lot, he didn't even dare to go one-on-one on the wing... the injuries and energy in Italy took away his confidence. He is no longer at Mendieta in Valencia.

Only Tangning... McLaren was somewhat relieved to see the young player Tangning who was sprinting back and forth on the court, trying to break through. Juninho and Mendieta will definitely leave the team at the end of this season, and Twain's rise has squeezed Zenden to the bench. He is Middlesbrough's hope and future.

It's just...he was a little too excited, his movements were too fast, and he made more mistakes. Too young!

After looking around like this, McLaren found that he really couldn't deal with Nottingham Forest's all-round three-dimensional defense-if he knew what Tang En called his own tactics, he would definitely agree with him.

He clutched his forehead, and now he really hit the wall!

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