Chapter 189: Volume 2: The Sky of Nottingham: The Red Forest (Part 1)
It's a hard-to-explain situation - the fans have more confidence in winning than the players on the field, they don't know what's going on in the dressing room, they still believe that the team will win even though the team is behind.
why?
Probably because of the series of outstanding performances of Twain's team before, the fans willingly believed that they could accomplish everything that seemed difficult to do normally.
What if the team fails the fans in this game?
No, this game cannot be lost, should not be lost, and will not be lost!
He turned and walked to the locker room. He wanted to make up for the team's mistakes before the start of the second half, and let them know how much these fans believed in them. If we lost the game, how would we face the more than 20,000 Forest teams in the stands? fan? Although they will still be in the stands, singing and applauding for us against the wind and rain, shouting "come on" and "it's okay, we still have playoffs"...but can we accept this trust and tolerance with peace of mind?
But when he strode back to the locker room, he was almost knocked down by the players who pulled out the door.
When he opened the door, the first person to come out was Ashley Yang. He was a little surprised when he saw Tang En, but he quickly sullenly said to Tang En seriously: "Boss, don't worry! We won't let them run wild in the second half! You know... none of us want to lose! We all want to go to the Premier League!"
"That's right, boss! If you're still angry, just watch our performance in the second half!" More players rushed out.
"We won't lose to that son of a bitch West Bromwich Albion!"
Before Tang En could react, Walker's voice sounded from inside: "What are you guys still dawdling about?! Go play for me!"
These people quickly left the confused Tang En and ran towards the field.
Tang En looked at Walker who walked out quickly, and asked strangely, "Des, what's going on?"
Walker smiled: "I told them that you were very, very angry and very, very disappointed with them. Tell them that almost everyone was decided by you to transfer, but at the critical moment, they lived up to your expectations... I Call them cowards who can't afford the pressure and responsibility, and then their eyes will turn red."
Looking at this man who was about to leave the team, Tang En felt for the first time that during the game, he was not his vassal, but an excellent and dedicated assistant coach, his right arm and right arm.
"Thank you, Des."
"Why thank me? This is my last game as an assistant coach in the Forest team, and I don't want to leave any regrets for myself." Walker shrugged, and then he looked back at the locker room where there was no one there. "It's me who should say thank you, Tony. The first half of the season, I kept asking myself: 'Is there never going to be a moment here to see Forest back into the top flight?' It was a mess, I Couldn't talk myself into staying on...now, thank you."
Tang En stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go, Des. There are still forty-five minutes."
"Um."
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After the game restarted in the second half, the rain was still falling and the field was still slippery and muddy, but the mental outlook of the Forest players was completely different. After overcoming their psychological barriers, they moved freely and gradually showed their true strength.
The leading West Bromwich Albion was obviously a little lax in the city stadium. After 15 minutes of intermission, they entered the game much later than the Forest team. Since the opening, they have frequently appeared under the crazy press of the Forest team It can be seen from the active mistakes that they are very uncomfortable with the Nottingham Forest team that suddenly accelerated the pace.
West Bromwich Albion does not have those talented players or star players, they rely on overall combat. But Twain's forest team has many talented young players.
The young players are in unstable state and their mental quality is not strong enough. These are their shortcomings. But they also have advantages at the same time-easy to be motivated, easy to explode, and dare to show themselves. Sometimes their outstanding personal abilities can often change the direction of the game and even determine the final result.
Ashley Young is Nottingham Forest's absolute main force in the right midfielder in the second half of the season. He has the same speed and excellent personal skills on the right, plus he has a fearless heart. He was a player trusted by Twain. Although West Bromwich Albion arranged special man-marking tactics for him, they also managed to keep him in the first half. But as soon as the second half came up, he seemed to be a different person compared with the first half.
When West Bromwich Albion players are one-on-one with him, don't think they can successfully defend him, unless you hit two or even three people at the same time, it is possible to break the ball at his feet. He was flying fast on the right, threatening the opponent's defense time and time again.
"The Forest team put the main attack direction on their right, and Ashley Young became the most active player of the Forest team in the second half! It seems that West Bromwich Albion's defense is about to be overwhelmed... If not The field is slippery, Ashley Young has at least three chances to successfully cut into the penalty area..."
Mortensen was telling the truth. West Bromwich Albion manager Gary_Megson (Gary_Megson) can't sit still anymore. He decided to draw a defensive player from the middle to assist Neil_Clement (Neil_Clement) to defend the active Ash Lee Young.
Seeing this change, a smile finally appeared on Tang En's face. This was a set of tactics they practiced repeatedly before the game. Ashley Young's efforts made the opponent think that the forest team would focus on the right side, but in fact Ashley Young, who worked hard, was just a feint. The real killer move of the Forest team is - large-scale transfer, and then when the opponent's defensive force is gradually attracted to the left, a long pass is suddenly transferred to transfer the football from the left to the right of the opponent's defense line, and then launch a quick attack , A direct threat to the opponent's goal.
For this reason, the team has to practice long passing every day. Ashley Young and Chris Commons pass and catch the ball back and forth on both sides of the field. meters, and try to stop the teammate's ball with only three movements, and then dribble the ball to break through.
It's just that the mentality of the Forest players was wrong in the first half, and this tactic basically didn't work out.
Now it finally comes in handy!
It seemed that Chris Commons, who had been silent for a long time on the other side, did nothing, and the opponent slowly relaxed his vigilance.
West Bromwich Albion's left-back Neil Clement and defensive midfielder Ronnie_Wallwork (Ronnie_Wallwork) came up to defend Ashley Young. Not far from them was central defender Paul Robinson Waiting in the wings. In this way, the two to three people on the side to help defend is like a small cage, allowing Ashley Young to come and go.
Facts have also proved this point.
Ashley Young couldn't fully demonstrate his foot skills on the slippery ground, and his ball was broken for a little inattention. But the fans of the Forest team are not worried about this kind of loss, because after half a season, they all know that there is a moving wall in the midfield of the Forest team!
"West Bromwich Albion succeeded in stealing the ball! They want to break fast...George Wood!!" Every time the name was called, Mortensen's voice would suddenly rise, "Beautiful! Beautiful tackle !"
Almost as soon as Wallwork turned around, he saw that No. 33 of the Forest team had slid out sideways, shoveling the football in front of him out of the sideline. The idea of the fast break was stillborn.
West Bromwich Albion then threw a throw-in, but their ball was blocked by Wood's defense around the front, and then he didn't let the ball stay at his feet, but quickly passed it to Ashley in front of him. Yang. It seems that the forest team will still play this side, Megson is not worried anymore, his own people are still piled up here, and the opponent will not have much space to make moves and cooperate.
But...to his surprise, Ashley Young, who had been so lonely from the beginning of the second half, suddenly kicked the ball to the other side of the court!
"Beautiful and precise transfer! Chris Commons receives the ball and West Brom's side is completely empty!"
Huge cheers erupted from the stands of the City Stadium. The fans' wait finally paid off. This is a great opportunity!
Seeing this scene, Tang En stood up from the coach's bench, clenched his fists and leaned out - he had already made all the preparations to rush out to celebrate.
When the West Bromwich Albion players turned around and found that there was no defender in front of Commons, they chose to shrink the penalty area and let another midfielder Andy Johnson (Andy_Johnson) chase after Commons with the ball. s.
They want to defend against Commons' pass. After all, if they shoot directly, the angle is not too big, and the chance of scoring is far less than that of a pass to the goal.
This is a pretty decent defense. But Commons obviously didn't intend to do what they imagined. After taking two more steps, he found that the opponent didn't press forward at the first time, but retreated...Commons decided to take a risk and adjusted the football under his feet. In the drizzle, amidst the cheers of the Forest fans, he suddenly kicked and shot from outside the penalty area!
The ball looked a bit high, West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Russell Hoult (Russell_Hoult) did not dare to neglect, he jumped into the air, stretched out his hand but did not touch the football!
The football dropped suddenly behind him, and then flew into the net against the goal crossbar!
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