Chapter 431 Volume 3 The Red Forest Meazza San Siro (Part 2)

George Wood, as always, is in charge of defense, doing "the bodyguard on the pitch." With Wood's rapid growth, Albertini no longer has to invest too much energy in defense. Now that he is thirty-four years old, it is impossible for him to retreat, defend and attack as before. As he grows older, his physical fitness and physical condition are not as good as before, but the accumulation of experience and his stability and calmness make him more suitable for A midfield playmaker.

Twain liked Albertini's mid-range and long-range passes very much. Before Arteta, the Forest team's offense mainly relied on this superb but unobtrusive mid-range and long-range pass to tear apart the opponent's defense.

However, in this game, Inter Milan attaches great importance to Albertini. As old opponents, they naturally understand Albertini's strengths, not to mention that the current head coach of Inter Milan is still Mancini.

Albertini's "old friend".

When Mancini became a blockbuster as a young coach in Lazio, Albertini played under him for a season, but the relationship between the two was not good. In fact, the cooperation between Albertini and Mancini was very good at the beginning, but then their relationship deteriorated rapidly, not because of issues such as position on the field, but because Albertini believed that Mancini lacked respect for himself.

Albertini is a person with a very straightforward temper, and he has also had fierce quarrels with many coaches. But there is no relationship between him and Tang En, why? Because during the one and a half seasons of contact, he thought that Tang En was a sincere person, and Albertini himself was sincere, so he also liked people who were sincere to him, and Tang En just fit his aesthetics.

Back to the game, although Albertini thought that Mancini did not respect him enough, judging from the first ten minutes of the game, at least on the field, Mancini attached great importance to the former AC Milan vice-captain.

Cambiasso is responsible for man-marking Albertini. This is only a superficial phenomenon. In fact, Mancini requires that when Albertini has the ball, the nearest Inter Milan player must immediately push forward and not give him control. Opportunities for pace of play. As the head coach who once coached Albertini, Mancini knows that if Albertini is allowed to control the rhythm of the game, then no matter how strong Inter Milan is, they can only be led by the nose.

It's just that, as a refined type of head coach, Mancini is obviously not as rogue as Tony Twain, and his subordinates don't have a midfield meat grinder like George Wood, so the pressure imposed on Albertini Not enough stress.

Just ten minutes later, after Albertini got the ball, Cambiasso wanted to come up to defend, George Wood ran over very "inappropriately", and swayed between Cambiasso and Albertini, the Argentine Forced to slow down to avoid, just such a slowdown, let Albertini pass the ball with his feet.

Thirty-five meters long pass, the target Frank •; Ribery.

Cambiasso glared angrily at Wood who suddenly appeared in front of him, then turned and ran back to participate in the defense. Albertini, who had passed the ball, also ran up to meet the attack, while George Wood, who had provided him with protection just now, stayed in the backcourt, waiting for the next attack from the opponent.

Albertini, who ran forward, stopped suddenly, turned his head and winked at Wood, and thanked him for the protection he had provided silently just now.

Wood kept a straight face and didn't respond. During the competition, can we be more serious...

Albertini was already used to the kid's behavior, so he turned around and continued to run up.

Ribery's dribbling was kicked out of the sideline by Zanetti, who returned to the defense in time, and won time for the other players of Inter Milan to return to the defense.

The captain of Inter Milan shouted to his teammates to return to the defense, while the captain of Nottingham Forest waved his team to press up.

"George!" Albertini waved to Wood, "Come up!"

Wood turned his head left and right to look at the full-back running past him, hesitating.

"Come up!" shouted Albertini, beckoning again.

Although Tang En was interested in Wood's defensive ability, as his teacher on the court, Albertini hoped that Wood could be more comprehensive, like himself when he was young.

Defense isn't the only thing you can do, George.

This time Wood hesitated and ran up. He didn't know what he should do when he came up. When he was in the backcourt, he was like a fish in water, his mind was clear, he knew exactly what his task was, and he knew what he should do. But once he crosses the center line, faces the opponent's defensive formation, and sees the opponent's goal, his brain is not enough. He lacks experience in this area and he doesn't know how to deal with it. Maybe he needs to be more active in training and competition to accumulate experience in this area.

But Albertini didn't intend to give Wood a chance to adapt slowly. This is the rhythm of professional football, if you can't keep up, you will be eliminated!

Albertini received a throw from teammate Layton Barnes and had barely turned when he saw Cambiasso rushing up.

"Don't let him shoot and pass comfortably!" Zanetti shouted from behind.

People in this stadium must be very familiar with the shot of the young man who is still wearing the AC Milan No. 4 jersey? Long shot! Leaf Ball!

Albertini swung his feet in the face of Cambiasso.

Will we see that familiar downward arc again on this course?

Cambiasso jumped up desperately and turned to block.

but! But Albertini passed the football sideways to George Wood who was running up!

George Wood froze for a moment, Inter Milan's defensive players had rushed up. Because it was too close to the penalty area, the person who came up to defend was the central defender Materac!

shoot? Wood's mind went blank, he was completely unprepared. No shot? Seeing the opponent's defender come up, he is also a defensive player, and he knows what it means.

If the midfielder who was originally in charge of defense rushed up and was intercepted by the opponent, it would be a fatal counterattack. The opportunity that was originally the Forest team would immediately become an opportunity for Inter Milan.

Coach Twain did not say to let Wood step in and participate in the offense in this game, but only told him to be responsible for the defense, especially when he had to stay in the backcourt when setting the ball. Now Albertini disobeyed Tang En's order without authorization and called Wood up to participate in the attack. If something went wrong because of this, who would be responsible?

Wood doesn't want Albertini to take responsibility for himself, so he can't let the football be taken away at his feet. Seeing Materaz rushing up aggressively, Wood subconsciously flicked the football to the outside...

Materac watched the football roll past his feet, but couldn't stop it. He thought that he could simply knock down No. 13, anyway, no matter what method he used, he wanted to stop the opponent's attack.

So holding the idea of ​​"the ball is better than others", Materac put his hands on his chest and slammed into George Wood.

Wood was hit hard by Materac, but what was the result? Before Materaz fell on his back, he didn't see Wood lying on all fours like him, but swayed slightly and stabilized his figure again.

He looked at Wood in disbelief, and fell down like that, even forgetting to reach out to protect his head. Who is he, Materac? If he bumped into him on purpose, how many people could act as if nothing happened? He couldn't believe that this would happen, but now there was such a person in front of his eyes!

Materaz fell, and the obstacles in front of Wood disappeared. He looked at the football rolling under his feet, thought nothing of it, and went up to kick it!

When Dunn saw Wood "bump" and flip Materacci over, his eyes started to glow, and he leaned forward, as if he was expecting something. But immediately after he saw Wood try his best to shoot the goal but kicked the football to the back stands, he sat back suddenly.

"Ah, this damn 'future soldier'!"

The hearts of the Inter Milan fans almost jumped out of their throats just now. Fortunately, Wood's unguarded shot was ridiculously high, so that heart didn't really jump out. However, they have strengthened their dislike of Wood - they believe that before the shot, Wood knocked down Materac.

But this is really ridiculous. Anyone with a discerning eye can see who came to the door on his own initiative.

Wood was still annoyed by his poor shot, and Albertini came up to him with a smile and patted him on the shoulder: "Nice job, George!"

"But I put the ball..."

"No, I'm not talking about the shot. I'm talking about your performance before the shot..." Albertini finally couldn't help laughing out loud as he watched Materacci being pulled up from the ground by his teammates. "If you were playing in AC Milan, you would have been welcomed by everyone at San Siro by this performance alone." He winked at Wood.

"But I just want to be in the forest team..."

Albertini patted the shoulder and motioned him not to say anything. "Good job, go back to defense."

Wood ran back obediently, but Albertini did not go back to defend. He stared blankly at that figure.

——I just want to be in the forest team...

- I just want to be in Milan...

How can you keep the vows you made when you were young?

He bowed his head and ran back.

"Demetrio Albertini controlled the rhythm of Nottingham Forest's game. His fake shot and true pass made Inter Milan's defense line in chaos. Even George Wood, who usually never stepped forward easily, had it all because of him. A shot, what a pity, if the ball had been played by himself, I'm afraid Julio Cesar would have been powerless. At the age of thirty-four, he showed no signs of aging, and his performance was as good as ever. This back, appeared In this stadium, it is really nostalgic..." ESPN Italia's commentator sighed.

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