Chapter 257 Red Forest, Unstable Forest (Part 2)

Before the game, Nottingham Forest was considered by the local media in South London to be a tired team, running back and forth, not even returning to Nottingham. Although they won the UEFA Cup, it did not explain any problems. Instead of having to deal with such a dense schedule, Crystal Palace can completely win the sixth-ranked Nottingham Forest at home.

By the way, because of their recent achievements and arrogant personality, Tony Twain and Nottingham Forest have been listed as key research objects by many Premier League coaches. Especially the lower-ranked teams hope that by defeating the Forest team, they can balance their psychology a little bit-a newly promoted team can be ranked sixth, and if we win them, is it true that our strength is also close to sixth? ?

Therefore, even though Crystal Palace only accumulated five points after nine league rounds, ranking first from the bottom, it does not prevent their fans from fantasizing about beating the Forest team at home and getting out of the bitter sea.

But the reality is often cruel...

In this game, Twain dispatched most of the substitute players and young players, on the one hand to let the main players rest, and on the other hand to train the team. Centre-backs Piqué and Wes Morgan started alongside each other, with no changes at left-back, while right-back Chimbonda was rested to be replaced by John Thompson. Albertini is rested, brenya gunnarsson is paired with george wood, franck ribery is replaced by franck ribery at left midfielder chris commons and ashley is replaced by right midfielder aaron lennon •Young, the front line is a combination of two centers - Crouch and Bendtner.

The forest team's tactics in this game are very simple, that is, try to hit the high-altitude ball as much as possible, and the winger makes a pass from the bottom instead of cutting inside. It is rare for a coach to send two high center forwards at the same time in a game, but Twain did this, and the effect was surprisingly good.

Crystal Palace was completely stunned by the "Twin Towers" combination of Bendtner and Crouch, because they did not expect the Forest team to have such a staffing. Bendtner has comprehensive skills, excellent header, strong body, can shoot by himself, and can also pass assists for his teammates. Although Crouch's header and physical strength are not as strong as Bendtner's, his outstanding height still allows him to win more headers than ordinary people on the court. His long legs often make the opponent's defenders hard to defend.

Such a team with a strange combination of strikers made a total of eleven shots in the game, seven of which were within the range of the goal frame, and three goals were scored. Among them, Crouch scored twice, and Bendtner also scored his second league goal of the season.

Although Twain was very happy with the results of the game, what excited him was the growth of the young players. Not to mention Bendtner, Twain clearly knew his strength, and so did Crouch, who was over two meters tall. He has attracted the attention of some clubs.

What makes Tang En feel excited and even a little relieved is that Alan Lennon, as England's new star of hope—although England's least wickedness may be the star of hope, the media are always good at hyping up an unknown kid overnight Talented boy - After coming to the forest team, because of his young age, he could only be a substitute for Ashley Young. Most of the time he trained in the first team, but went to the reserve team to play, and was sometimes borrowed by the youth team.

But he seemed very down-to-earth, and didn't make any excessive demands, such as must play the main force, and ensure playing time... He just focused on training and worked hard to improve his level.

Against Crystal Palace, two of Forest's four goals came from his direct assists and one was an indirect assist - he crossed to Bendtner, Bendtner ferried to Crouch, and Crouch put The ball is scored.

In addition, Chris Commons's performance on the left wing was quite satisfactory. Although he was not as good as Lennon, he was very stable. Twain likes players like this. They are often not very demanding. They don't want to start like those star players, hope for a salary increase, and hope for this and that. They are very clear about their position and try to do their best. When playing the biggest role, maybe their ability is not enough to be the main force, but it is enough to be an excellent substitute.

Any team must have a player who is willing to be a substitute. Chris Commons is such a person. He is very low-key in the forest team. He is usually not very noticeable. Even Twain sometimes People who will be ignored, but when he is needed to play a role, he will not let everyone down.

Similar to Commons' situation is the backup central defender Wes Morgan, who was able to play the main force last season, but this season he can only be a substitute, but no one has seen him express any dissatisfaction with this, he is still the team One of the most optimistic people out there.

With such a person in the team, Tang En would have a lot of peace of mind.

The final score of this game was that Nottingham Forest defeated Crystal Palace 4:2 in the away game, allowing the penultimate Crystal Palace to further consolidate their position as "deputy squad leader". Nottingham Forest's ranking has not changed at all, with 17 points still ranking sixth. Look at the names of the top and bottom teams of the Forest team in the standings: Manchester United ranked fifth with 17 points, and Liverpool ranked seventh with one point less. Forest fans have every reason to be proud of the team's performance.

After the game, the people of Crystal Palace were depressed, and Tang En led the Forest team to answer Nottingham contentedly.

Five days later, they will go north to challenge Newcastle, the team ranked eighth with 16 points like Liverpool, and they are not at the same level as the deputy squad leader like Crystal Palace.

The fact that the Forest team can easily beat Crystal Palace away does not mean that they can also easily beat Newcastle away.

Moreover, starting from the end of the Crystal Palace, it was a small devil's schedule for the Forest team:

Newcastle away game on October 30.

On November 4th, the second round of the UEFA Cup group stage played against Lazio at home.

On November 7th, an away game against Liverpool.

The current state of the forest team is not stable, with ups and downs, and this is also an important reason why Tang En has no idea.

This kind of opponent is not like playing Norwich, who can barely keep a tie when they are not in good condition. This is a mistake that will lose the game...

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