Chapter 504: Volume 4, The Storm, Reciprocity

When the two teams who were extremely conservative in the Premier League encountered everything, they did not choose to be conservative, but unexpectedly launched a confrontation.

The open tactics and style of play surprised all the audience watching this game, and they were also hooked.

They discovered that it turned out that Chelsea and Nottingham Forest played very well against each other. Because in fact, there is no shortage of good players in attack on both sides, but it is just because of tactics that everyone is not impressed.

When the striker doesn't have to shuttle back and forth between the two penalty areas frequently, what kind of fun is that?

"Drogba! Long shot! Van der Sar also made a beautiful save... When the two teams are fighting each other, the two goalkeepers are destined to be the busiest people."

"Football passed in front of Chelsea's box, Van der Vaart split, Gareth Bale came up, he received the ball. Facing Chelsea's right-back Borah Luz... This is a new opponent!"

Bale is not at all afraid of Chelsea, despite their sounding reputation. Against Chelsea, his psychological advantage is greater than anyone else. Because his battle of fame was the league match against Chelsea.

He doesn't care who is in front of him, whether it's Paulo Ferreira, Carvalho, or the new Boulahrouz, he has only one idea—to break through and make a cross.

Bolarouz is famous for his successful defense against Ronaldinho in the game against Barcelona. Facing Bell, he didn't take it seriously. Can a child be as powerful as Ronaldinho?

When Bell wanted to break through, he put himself on the route of Bell's breakthrough, as long as he accelerated, he was guaranteed to hit him head-on.

"Bell!" Franck Ribery shouted from the side, he could see what Boulahrouz was thinking, and he couldn't let Bell rush over. "Pass me the ball!"

But Bell didn't seem to hear it. The little monkey who looks timid off the court looks like a seasoned veteran on the court.

Bale pulls the football out, almost touching the touchline. Seeing his action, Boulahrouz was overjoyed. Bring the ball to such a dead place, I'll see how you rush!

The Dutch full-back jams his body inside and stretches out to steal the ball. He calculated that Bell would never dunk the football to the inside, because he would get stuck in the position. He dunked over, and he turned sideways, and the ball was separated. Bell must have known this, so Boulahrouz calculated that Bell would go from the outside.

Now the football is so close to the sideline, if he goes outside, it is too easy to get the ball out...

Boulahrouz does not have to intercept the ball himself, as long as the football is forced to be knocked out of the sideline by Bell himself, it is a successful defense.

The movement of his foot is just to let Bell get the ball out by himself...

Sure enough, Bell flicked the ball. He flicked the football to the left with his right foot, but a second later, his left foot stepped up and knocked the football out in a straight line. The football rolled past Boulahrouz on the sideline!

Boulahrouz raised his hand to signal to the referee that Bell's ball went out of bounds, but he didn't hear the referee's whistle, but instead saw Bell skimming his defense zone and breaking through!

"Beautiful breakthrough, Boulah Luz did not expect at all!"

After the breakthrough, Bell looked up at the penalty area, and did not choose to pass blindly to the goal—most young players would do this, which is irresponsible and mindless. Bell didn't, he cleverly passed the ball to Ribery who was raising his hand for the ball just now.

"Shoot!" Bell yelled as he passed the ball. In the last league game, it was in this position and with this kind of cooperation, Bell assisted Ribery to score a goal. He obviously wants to do it again.

But Chelsea didn't let him get what he wanted. There are enough Chelsea players around Ribery, and it's good that he can stop the ball.

Ribery didn't want to shoot either. He observed the situation around him before catching the ball. If he kicked forcibly, he didn't know where the football would be kicked. He wouldn't be so stupid to waste an offensive opportunity!

Huh?

Surrounded by the crowd, he suddenly saw a familiar figure from behind.

How could he be there?

I don't have time to think about it, and I don't have time for Ribery to think about it. He pushed the football that had just rolled over with his arch, and the football slipped between Essien's legs.

"Freddie Eastwood!!"

That's right, the person who appeared in the blank area of ​​Chelsea's defense was the low-key shooter Eastwood who had been hiding behind Ruud van Nistelrooy!

When Bell broke through, he was still outside the penalty area. Ruud van Nistelrooy attracted the attention of Terry and Carvalho in the penalty area alone. For Eastwood's defense, Mourinho suggested that the players We focus on his activeness at the top of the arc in the penalty area. The Gypsy has scored a lot of goals this season, most of which are from long-range shots from this position. His long-range shots are very good.

Everyone paid attention to his long shots, but no one thought that this person was actually a shadow striker.

What is a shadow striker? Hiding behind the center and waiting for an opportunity to make a shot, a fatal blow!

Eastwood was keen to find a hole in Chelsea's defense which he could exploit. He didn't know if Ribery would pass him the ball, because he didn't tell Ribery that he would be there. He just plugged in resolutely, and then believed that Scarface would see him.

Sure enough, when he turned his head, he saw the football rolling between Essien's legs...

Well done, Scarface!

Eastwood praised in his heart, and at the same time passed the football sideways, without waiting for Terry and Carvalho to pounce, and without giving Cech a chance to adjust his center of gravity, he shot directly!

Cech didn't expect the gypsy to shoot so decisively, without sloppiness, and he kicked directly without adjusting. Before he had time to move to the blocking angle, he could only save as much as possible sideways, hoping to keep the football out of the goal. .

The Czech national team tried their best, but failed to stop the ball from flying into the goal from their side.

"GOOOOAL! Great fit! It's Eastwood's sixth goal of the season! Gypsy Rooney is back!"

"Seeing such a beautiful goal, I thought again...why is he not a member of England..."

Eastwood was selected for the national team before he was injured, but it was not the England national team, but the Welsh national team. He was not yet fully famous at the time, and the England national team naturally looked down on such a small role. Because Eastwood was born in England, he has the right to play for England, but his grandfather was Welsh, so he can also play for the Welsh national team. When it came time to choose which team to be loyal to in the future, Eastwood chose his grandfather, Wales.

At that time, England did not feel that this choice had any impact on them. There were so many forwards in England, Rooney, Owen, Crouch, Walcott... There was no shortage of gypsies.

But now there are more and more voices regretting Eastwood's original choice.

To have such a consistent goalscoring striker playing for England... what a wonderful thing it would be!

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Leaving aside which national team Eastwood plays for, Nottingham Forest fans must be the happiest now.

"Nottingham Forest took the lead against Chelsea at their home court... To be honest, I'm not surprised by this situation at all. Tony Twain's team has a lot of experience playing against Chelsea..." The commentator offended all Chelsea fans by saying this.

"It's no accident, it's just a goal ahead, what's the matter?!" Chelsea fans shouted to the TV screen, shaking their fists. "This damn Mortensen, now everyone knows he's a Nottingham Forest fan!"

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On the sidelines of the pitch, after the Forest team took the lead against Chelsea, Twain's celebration was always the wildest and most eye-catching. Everyone still remembers last season, after Bale scored the winning goal in this stadium, Twain's somersault to celebrate. This time, everyone saw Tang En frantically waving his fists beside the coach's bench, as if he was boxing.

In front of Mourinho, he is not reserved at all. He is deliberately angry with Mourinho.

Mourinho was attracted by his wild performance, but quickly moved away.

"The clown..." he cursed under his breath.

To combat Tang En's arrogance, the best way is not to rush up and point at his nose and call him an idiot, nor is it to let his men go to the opponent's coach's bench to provoke him. These will only make Tang En more proud. Mourinho knows the virtues of his opponent.

The best way to make Tang En speechless is to score a goal for the Forest team.

Now is a good opportunity to understand Tang En's true intentions in this game.

Is Nottingham Forest planning to shrink their defense after scoring a goal, no different from before? Or do you plan to attack to the end and fight Chelsea for 90 minutes?

Mourinho didn't get annoyed by his team conceding the ball, he didn't even get up from his seat. Five minutes passed, and the Forest team had no intention of stopping at this point. Under the guidance of Twain's tactical thinking of "offensive, offensive, besides fucking offensive, still offensive", the Forest team continued to put pressure on Chelsea's defense.

The players are also eager to have a hearty game against their old opponents at their home court.

Always defending and counterattacking and counterattacking, it doesn't feel good to be pressed by the opponent.

"Nottingham Forest didn't take back to defend..." Clark also saw it.

"That's good." Mourinho grinned. "Nothing remains the same, follow our rhythm."

Unlike Nottingham Forest's ferocious attack, Chelsea in the away game are more stable. They don't seem to care about a conceded goal, and the conceded goal did not change their rhythm. The performance of the players on the field was as usual, and Chelsea's offense was unhurried, patiently looking for opportunities.

Mourinho has long told his players that in the game against the Forest team, they must be mentally prepared to lose the ball, and they must be prepared for a difficult game. This is not a whim, this is the experience after more than two years of fighting against the forest.

So it is normal for Chelsea players to behave like this now.

Mourinho firmly believes that the harder Nottingham Forest attack, the more loopholes in their defense.

At that time, as long as you catch it once... you can crush the Forest team!

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The time of the game was passing, and the two sides really gave the audience a wonderful battle. The rhythm of offense and defense changed very quickly. Thirty seconds ago, the football was still in front of Chelsea's goal, causing Chelsea's defenders to panic. Thirty seconds later, the football flew to Nottingham Forest's goal again, forcing Van der Sar to make an embarrassing save.

Of course, the audience will enjoy watching it.

But the fast pace of the game is not necessarily a good thing for the team, because it means more active mistakes.

The game is played well, and the players must be in a state of excitement. In this case, they are full of energy, but not calm enough. Albertini and other veteran players are among the few who can still stay awake, and the only thing in the minds of others is "offensive".

The forest team's active mistakes are gradually increasing. Mourinho looked at the mini-laptop held by his assistant, which has the latest game statistics.

"In the 37 minutes of the game, there have been 14 voluntary mistakes..."

He believes that his players will not fail to notice this.

After Chimbonda intercepted Lampard's pass, he planned to pass it to Ashley Young in front, but Robben, who was extremely fast, rushed up from behind Ashley Young and stole the pass. ball.

"Chimbonda's passing power is too light!" exclaimed the commentator Mortensen.

Robben's speed is really fast. Even Ashley Young, after reacting, can only catch up behind the Dutch "Peter Pan" and cannot surpass the steal.

All he can do now is pray that Chimbonda up front can stop this fast horse, slow him down and give himself a chance to steal the ball back.

Sure enough, Zimbunda crossed the route of Robben's advance.

Robben was very fast, and he didn't mean to slow down. When facing Zimbonda, he didn't make any extra moves. He flicked the football to the left, and at the same time, he bypassed it at high speed from the right.

The ball is divided!

Chimbonda originally turned to football, but when he found out that Robben actually wanted the ball to pass, it was too late to turn around and defend Robben. He also knew that once Robben made such a breakthrough, it would mean The line of defense fell. In a hurry, he pouted his butt...

Robben did not expect Chimbonda to use such an ugly posture to defend under such circumstances. He calculated the space for Chimbonda to turn around, so he used the shortest path and the fastest way to break through, but he did not count Chimbonda's ass...

Just like that, he bumped into it directly, staggered, and fell to the ground.

Ashley Young caught up from behind and easily got the football. At the same time, the referee's whistle sounded.

"Foul! Chimbonda blocking foul!"

The referee ran over and showed Chimbonda a yellow card. The Chelsea players were still a little dissatisfied and thought that Chimbonda should be sent off with a red card.

"He's so fast..." Chimbunda was still a little scared after escaping the catastrophe.

Ashley Yang came over and patted him on the shoulder, and then gave him a thumbs up: "You did a good job. That ass sticks out well!"

Of course, the referee would not change his judgment. The Chelsea players just came up to complain and quickly backed away.

Because the foul site was on the side of the court, it was not particularly close to the penalty area. There are only two people in the Forest team's human wall, and everyone else is back to defend the Chelsea players ambushing in the penalty area.

The two central defenders, Terry and Carvalho, rushed up and prepared to head the ball. Naturally, they were the focus of marking.

Robben stood in front of the ball, and it looked like he was going to take the penalty himself.

It was crowded inside and there was some minor friction. The referee went to mediate and warned the players on both sides not to engage in such tugging behavior again. As it all went, he exited the box and blew the whistle for Robben to kick off.

The people of the Forest team must of course put all their attention on Chelsea's tall people to prevent them from heading the goal. But Robben didn't hoist the football to the penalty area as they thought, but... a 20-meter sweep!

This is not a missed shot, but a genuine pass!

The goal is - Frank Lampard! This midfielder, who has been hiding outside to join in the fun since just now, has an excellent long-range shooting ability...

"Lampard shoots!"

"There are so many people in the restricted area, what a ghost he shot from a long distance!" Tang En cursed in his heart. In this case, the shot will be blocked by the crowd regardless of the enemy or the enemy. The Chelsea players must be trying to equalize the score and cover their heads. In this case, choose to shoot directly from a long distance. What is it?

Just when Twain thought that the forest team's crisis would be passed in this way, he saw the football suddenly change direction after it got into the crowd - completely opposite to the direction Van der Sar threw it out! And it seems that the football has not left the scope of the goal frame...

"I—fuck!" Tang En watched the football bounce, slowed down, and then flew into the empty goal... He couldn't help but burst out a Chinese swear word.

“啊啊啊！真是太幸运了！兰帕德的这脚射门打在……打在森林队后卫孔帕尼的身上，产生了变线，没有飞出底线，而是进了森林队的门!Chelsea leveled the score!"

"Bullshit luck! This is strength! Cheers to Lampard! Chelsea must win!" The Chelsea fans in the bar raised their beer glasses to the TV screen.