Chapter 277: Volume 3: The Red Forest: The Protagonist of the Theater of Dreams (Part 2)

The game fell into a stalemate. The Forest team desperately counterattacked and wanted to equalize the score before the end of the game. It is better to get a point than not to get a point.

The Manchester United team is based on a solid defense, and then waits for an opportunity to counterattack, always maintaining pressure on the Forest team's defense, and does not give the Forest team a chance to press. For example, although Ronaldo is off, George Wood has to stay behind because he has to face the attacks of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Scholes, Rooney and Giggs.

The difference between now and the previous tens of minutes is that the Forest team can let the two full-backs make bold assists without always worrying that the space behind them will be used by Manchester United.

Roy Keane's retreat to defend also relieved Wood's pressure. He no longer had to face two Manchester United players at the same time. He could cruise the entire backcourt and act as a bodyguard for Albertini.

In the 80th minute of the game, Twain made a substitution. He replaced central defender Matthew Epson with striker Crouch and continued to strengthen the offense. The Forest team became 343, but in fact when they pressed out to attack, there were only Piqué and Wood in the backcourt plus goalkeeper Da Len Ward three people.

The players of the Forest team fought hard, and so did Tang En. Saying "I won't be angry even if I lose" is after the game, now as long as we have a glimmer of hope that we won't lose the game, we can't give up.

"Time is running out, the Forest players seem to be unable to run...Manchester United still have no intention of giving up on the counterattack, George Wood is very busy in the backcourt, you can see him throughout the half. Don't you know you're tired, kid?"

The commentator was right. By the end of the game, the most eye-catching person on the field was not the offensive players of Manchester United or Forest, but George Wood.

Manchester United did not give up the counterattack under Ferguson's signal, and they resolutely moved forward as long as they had the opportunity.

So Wood had to often make up for teammates who rushed to assist. He appeared at right back for a while, became a left back for a while, and then he would play a cameo at the center back, heading the ball to clear the siege...

The Forest team's offense was slow to start when facing Manchester United's defense. Ferdinand was much more careful than when he lost the ball just now. When Wood is defending at the back, he will also pay attention to the situation in the frontcourt. Seeing that the score has not changed for a long time, it is inevitable to be impatient.

The game time is getting less and less, and the players of the Forest team can't run anymore. Even someone like Ribery can't rush up. More often, the team can only find Crouch and Viduka in front of them through long passes. It is very simple to play, but when facing Manchester United, the effect is not very good.

When the fourth official held up a sign indicating four minutes of stoppage time for this game, Tang En turned around and seemed to have to accept this result...

Now whether Forest or Manchester United have the ball, there will be boos over Old Trafford. They are not booing which team or which player, but booing the four minutes of stoppage time. For Manchester United with only one goal advantage in hand, four minutes of stoppage time was obviously too long.

What happens in four minutes on the football field? An attack, a counter attack, or pointless back and forth...

Manchester United had the ball in control, they were not in a hurry to pass forward, but hoped to use this opportunity to slowly run out of time. In terms of possession, the Forest team is inferior to Manchester United. Eastwood, Viduk and Crouch were all fighting desperately in the frontcourt, but they were unable to do what they wanted, and instead were played around by Manchester United's pass.

Time flies by in seconds.

The entire Forest team seemed helpless.

The game was like this, although the Forest team worked very hard for a while, but they worked hard too late. Even the gap of this goal has become a natural moat at this time.

Ferguson came down from the coach's bench and stood on the sidelines, ready to shake hands with Twain after the game. Regardless of the outcome of the pre-match quarrel with Twain, he was the winner of this game. Although Twain was not considered a prestigious coach in English football, defeating such a rebellious opponent was obviously more fulfilling than defeating Kevin Keegan.

Queiroz stood next to his boss, waiting with him for a handshake, and they had the air of a winner. Manchester United have the ball in their hands, how easy is it to break it?

Three minutes of stoppage time had elapsed, and there was only one minute left before the end of the game. The players of the Forest team were about to give up. Anyway, the ball was at the opponent's feet. If they fell behind, they could still do it if they didn't want to grab it.

Not to mention wasting energy by jumping on it, and being treated like a clown...

After Rio Ferdinand took possession of the ball, he found that even Crouch, who played the last time in the Forest team, did not come up to press. He knew that the game was over, and the rest was waiting for the referee to blow the whistle in advance to end the game. up.

He looked up at the referee in front of him, the referee was looking at his watch, fine...

etc!

what is that? !

A black shadow suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

"God!" Even the narrator shouted. "This is... where did he come from?! George Wood!"

Ferdinand was a little out of his mind at this moment, he was taken aback by the yellow figure that suddenly rushed in front of him.

No one knows how Wood rushed up, not even Forest's own people, only Piqué saw it... When Manchester United started to pour the ball from the backcourt, Forest's players didn't have the strength to press forward , Wood wanted to rush up several times.

But this time, he was even more determined than the previous few times. He didn't think about coming back to defend after he went up.

In the 93 minutes, George Wood was as energetic as if he had just played for 93 seconds, and his running speed remained the same as he was chasing Cristiano Ronaldo. He swept across the pitch like the wind...over Albertini, over Scholes, over Eastwood, over Roy Keane, over Kleberson, over Viduka, Then suddenly came out from behind Crouch!

At that time, Ferdinand was paying attention to the actions of the referee, and he did not expect that in front of his penalty area, there would be Forest players rushing to grab the ball!

Tang En had just turned around and was about to go back to the coach's bench to pack up the tactical board, and then went to shake hands with Ferguson, when he heard Chris Lak next to him shout loudly: "Wait! Tony! Wait... Oh my god, it's Wood! He's gone up !"

Tang En turned around abruptly, just in time to see Wood rushing in front of Ferdinand, stabbing at the football like he was defending in front of his own penalty area...

There was a loud booing from the stands at Old Trafford at this moment.

"Ferdinand lost the ball!! He didn't see Wood rushing up at all!"

The biggest problem with England's most expensive central defender is that he occasionally loses concentration when playing on the court, and now he is caught by Wood, who never gives up. He just felt staggered and the ball was gone!

Wood poked the football away, and the boos added another layer.

With no one in front of him, only one goal and Manchester United goalkeeper Tim Howard, and no team-mates of his own to support him, he couldn't pass the ball.

Seeing this situation, Tang En suddenly thought that shortly after the start of the first half, Wood's shot was similar to this position, but Wood shot the ball into the sky... His shooting practice results in normal training were also the same. not so good. Is it okay to pin all the hopes of the Forest team on such a person?

Why wasn't it Viduka, Eastwood, Crouch, Albertini, or even Zimbonda who stole the ball? And it happened to be George Wood who had the worst shot!

He suddenly regretted that he should have asked Wood to practice shooting more during training...

But he still blurted out: "Shoot——!"

Wood looked at the football rolling under his feet. He held his breath and rushed to steal the ball successfully, but what should he do next? Pass? No one to pass on. shoot?

shoot...

He thought of what Albertini said to him before the game: "Sometimes, you need to rush to the front of the opponent's penalty area and shoot powerfully from long distance!"

Isn't this the time?

A voice suddenly sounded from the sidelines and reached his ears: "Shoot——!"

His eyes became sharper, he lowered his head and swung his right leg.

I had no choice but to shoot.

The arch of the foot is straightened, the tip of the toe is pointing down, waving vigorously, twisting the waist, swinging the leg according to the trend... Shoot!

Against the bright lights of the Theater of Dreams, the yellow Nike90 football turned into a shooting star, pierced through Howard's fingers, and slammed into the net!

As soon as Ferdinand turned around, he saw the football fly into the goal. He turned halfway and suddenly lost momentum, and sat down on the ground.

Roy Keane, who returned to defense, stopped, panting heavily with his mouth open, and looked at the embarrassed goalkeeper Howard.

Tang En hit the ground with a fist.

The smile on Ferguson's face froze, and the hand he extended to Queiroz stopped in mid-air, as if it had been frozen.

The booing stopped.

A voice on the TV and radio shouted: "It's incredible! It's incredible! Ninety-three minutes and forty-seven seconds! 2:2! The midfielder George Wood ran across half the field and broke Ferdinand. Carelessly controlling the ball, and then shooting...he succeeded! Tonight, the protagonist in the Theater of Dreams will make his grand debut at the moment when the curtain is about to fall!"

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