Chapter 268 Volume 3 Red Forest Head-to-Head (Part 1)

When players from both sides stood in the player tunnel at Old Trafford and waited to enter the field, the huge singing from the stands outside flooded in, making the Forest boys feel the momentum of the English football dream theater.

For this game, the young players of the Forest team seemed a little excited, not because of the boring reason that playing in the Theater of Dreams was their wish, but because of the influence of their head coach, they were eager to play against strong players.

Young people have this kind of thinking: our opponent is very strong, so if we beat him, it means that we are stronger than them!

Although Manchester United's current ranking is two places lower than the Forest team, their reputation far surpasses Nottingham Forest, and they also pull the Forest team far away in the overall honor list. People will easily believe that Manchester United is a strong team, but they cannot accept the statement that Nottingham Forest is a strong team. No way, this is the habit of thinking. Now Nottingham Forest is ranked fifth, and they will be called dark horses—this is already a very polite way of saying—so far, some people think that Forest can stay in this ranking because of lucky. Those who said this obviously ignored how Twain's team drew with Arsenal, how they defeated Chelsea and Newcastle, and how they went unbeaten for ten consecutive rounds after the first round of the league. They only saw that the Forest team lost consecutive victories (actually Lianping), saw that the Forest team lost to Blackburn, and lost to Liverpool...

As the captain of Manchester United, Keane stood at the forefront of the team wearing the captain's armband.

More than one person has said to Wood that Roy Keane, who is now playing at Manchester United, is his future, his goal. It was not until today's game that Wood had the opportunity to take a closer look at his "future look":

The Irishman would occasionally look back at the team behind him, and Wood could see the serious expression on his face. His eyes swept over the people behind him one by one, and then fell on George Wood who had been staring at him.

Wood also found that the other party was looking at him, but he didn't pretend to look away as if nothing had happened. Keane looked at Wood, then turned his head back. No one has ever told him that this impolite kid in front of him will become like him in the future, and he is not interested in George Wood, maybe he is just a rookie who is full of curiosity and can't help but fall into a blank mind when he sees a star Just kid.

George Wood stared at Roy Keane's back for a moment, then looked back. He stood behind goalkeeper Darren Ward, very close to the Manchester United captain. He suddenly remembered that Kean was the opponent in this match. Did he look at him like this, did he mean to show his favor?

It's not okay, it's not George Wood's style. He also turned his gaze back, just in time to see Albertini who was standing at the front of the line and smiled back at him.

"George." Albertini turned around the goalkeeper Ward and walked in front of Wood. "I think during the game, if you have the opportunity, you can go forward appropriately. Although the boss assigns you a heavy defensive task, when we attack, it doesn't make sense for you to drag behind. An excellent midfielder is not just a Just know how to defend. Do you understand what I mean?"

Wood shook his head: "He said I just need to concentrate on defense..."

Albertini smiled: "If you want to achieve higher achievements than Roy Keane in the future, you can't just concentrate on defense. Your defense is already very good, and you are the best defensive player I have ever seen!" These words There are some exaggerated ingredients, but it is very effective for encouraging people.

"What should I do, Demi?"

"Put more effort on offense. The current defensive midfielder can't only defend, sometimes you need to rush to the front of the opponent's penalty area and shoot from a long distance!" Albertini clenched his fist and pounded it.

"But I shoot badly..."

"If you never try, how do you know if your shot is really bad? When was the last time you took the initiative to try for a shot in a game?"

Wood thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I don't remember..."

Albertini spread his hands and said with a smile: "Look. Just start from this game, I will create opportunities for you. When we are attacking, you can decide whether to come up according to the situation. Don't always be the boss saying What, what are you doing, use your brain a little bit." He pointed to his head. "Football, if you want to play well, it is not enough to rely on your body, you also need to use your brain."

Wood nodded: "I see, Demi."

Albertini patted him on the shoulder, turned and walked back.

The referee was explaining something to Keane, and when he saw Albertini approaching, he called him over. At this moment, Keane turned his head and shouted to the Manchester United players behind him: "Get ready, guys! It's time for us to play!"

Although Albertini faced the referee, he also raised his right arm at the same time. The Forest players behind him became quiet when they saw the captain's movement, and stopped talking and laughing with each other. The expressions on everyone's faces became serious.

The game is about to start.

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Old Trafford is the largest football stadium in England. Although Wembley can accommodate more people, it has a runway and is not a professional football stadium.

This ninety-six-year-old football stadium can accommodate more than 67,000 people after successive expansions and renovations. The red Old Trafford was once called the "Dream Theater" by the famous Manchester United star Bobby Charlton. This metaphor is very appropriate. No matter in terms of scale or past glory, Old Trafford on this title.

Now, on November 28, 2004, Nottingham Forest's performance in this "Dream Theater" kicked off.

Albertini looked calm in the face of Roy Keane's defense. Compared with other youngsters in the Forest team, he is a veteran with rich experience. The only one who can be compared with the stars of Manchester United here is Demetrio. Albertini, the old Spanish central defender Hierro did not enter the squad to go out with the team.

Keane obviously also knew who the guy he was facing was. He didn't rush to pounce on him, but stuck in his position.

Albertini looked up at the surrounding situation. Franck Ribery was being marked by Gary Neville on the left, and there was no one around Ashley Young on the right, but Ronaldo was cruising not far away, seeming to stay behind on purpose. out of the trap?

What about the front...

Not to mention, both Eastwood and Viduka were strictly guarded. Even if they passed through, they couldn't turn around and could only fall into the siege of the other side.

Keane's position is very good, much better than Wood's kid, so that Albertini can't rush to break through and pass the ball. In the end, he can only choose to pass the ball back to George Wood.

Although the current Wood is still far from Roy Keane's strength, he is no longer a novice who is at a loss after getting the ball.

Looking at Albertini's situation, he turned and passed the ball to the right back Chimbonda behind.

Cristiano Ronaldo was not aggressive about the full-back's possession of the ball. He stepped forward and made a steal. Chimbonda easily bypassed him. Ashley Young saw France When the man came up, he quickly leaned towards the middle to make room for him.

Compared with Gary Neville on the right, Manchester United's left back has always been a problem. Ferguson has let many people play this position, and they are not satisfied. This summer he bought Argentine Gabriel_Ivan_Heinze (Gabriel_Ivan_Heinze) from Paris Saint-Germain for 7 million. Judging from his performance in the past few months, he has completely secured the position of Manchester United's main left back.

Zimbonda's attempt to break through Heinze was blocked, but the Argentine did not fully control the ball, and his poke was intercepted by the astute Ashley Young in front of Cristiano Ronaldo. Walk.

Then, taking advantage of Heinze's loss of position, Ashley Young dribbled the ball from the wing and killed it.

"Nottingham Forest's attack, they have good momentum!"

Because Heinze was passed, Manchester United's central defender had to replace someone. Wes Brown assumed this responsibility, but in this way, Manchester United's penalty area was empty, and Roy Keane could only fill in for Brown. Space. Defense is a systematic project, as long as there is a problem in one place, it will cause a chain reaction.

Viduka, Eastwood, Ribéry all run into the United box, Albertini stops outside the box halfway through the run, at the same time Ashley Young crosses and he doesn't send the ball into the box , but passed to Albertini who was parked outside the penalty area!

Roy Keane also paid attention to Albertini's movements when he retreated to make up for the position. He knew the Italian's ability. Age is not a factor affecting Albertini, they are both 32 years old, they are not old yet!

"Damn it!" With a curse, Keane turned and rushed out, rushing towards Albertini.

Albertini set his posture, this is a direct volley posture! His deciduous ball long shot is famous all over the world, only a fool will let him shoot without interference!

Keane flew out, hoping to block Albertini's shot with his body.

"The Italian is going to shoot!"

Ferguson stood up from his seat, clenched his fists and prepared to scold his mother.

But the swearing he had prepared was blocked as soon as it reached his throat - Albertini didn't shoot, he just made a posture of waving his legs, and then watched the football slide past him!

When the football flew over and landed at the feet of another Forest player, everyone was stunned. Not only the players of the Manchester United team, but also the players of the Forest team did not expect that the person who appeared at the ball landing point and received the ball turned out to be George Wood!

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