Chapter 522: Volume 4: Storm, Strong Enemy

"Shoot! It's beautiful—the ball has been scored!" Accompanied by the excited voice of the commentator on the TV, even louder cheers rang out in Kenny Burns' Forest Bar.

"Nice job, Gypsy Rooney!"

"Let them see how good we are!"

"Woo--"

"Cheers to this beautiful goal!"

The fans made a fuss, and the golden liquor was thrown to the ceiling. Kenny Burns was watching the excited actions of these fans with a smile on the side.

He took a few glances, then turned his gaze back to the TV, and through the TV screen, he arrived at the Nou Camp Stadium.

The players of the Forest team are celebrating by stacking arhats - this is their favorite way of celebrating. Of course, Dunn has strictly prohibited celebrating with the head coach under him after scoring a goal.

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At the Camp Nou, after a short period of silence, the fans of the home team all booed loudly, which suppressed the cheers that the Forest fans had just shouted.

But the players of the Forest team were not affected by the boos of the fans of the home team. They were unscrupulous and celebrated in the opponent's home court like no one else.

Ten minutes into the game, it was a great feeling to lead Barcelona by a goal when they were not favored!

After the team scored a goal, Tang En also stood up and waved his fists continuously, demonstrating to the Barcelona fans.

Aren't you called the "Dream Team Two"? Let me tell you today why you can only be "Dream Two" instead of "Dream Team"!

The referee intervened and finally ended the extremely excited celebration of the Forest players. The Barcelona people have already placed the football at the midpoint, and they are a little impatient to wait.

The TV camera closely followed Eastwood who scored the goal, and the commentator was introducing this player with a special experience to the audience: "...Eastwood was kicked by Nottingham Forest's current captain George Wood. After breaking his leg, he was reduced to the point where he could only play in the amateur league. In the end, Tony Twain found him and gave him a chance to play in the professional league again... Although he has been injured repeatedly in the past few years, we can see that as long as he When he comes on, he keeps scoring goals. At Nottingham, he was called the 'Gypsy Wayne Rooney'. Unfortunately, he doesn't represent England, he represents Wales..."

When the players rushed up to celebrate Eastwood's goal, only goalkeeper Van der Sar and George Wood stayed in their original positions. The former was because the distance was too far, and the latter was because... well, Some well-known reasons.

When the celebrating crowd dispersed, George Wood was already standing in his position in the second half, waiting for the opponent to kick off. Eastwood was also running backwards, but instead of standing on the center circle line like Bendtner, he ran straight to George Wood who was standing behind and stretched out his hand.

Without saying anything, the two exchanged high fives, and Eastwood ran away again. Eastwood's attitude towards George Wood was much better than before, but the most intimate behavior between the two was limited to this. They still can't chat, joke with each other, or greet each other when they meet. When you get off the court, you may not even have the action of high-five again.

When Tang En saw this scene from below, he just smiled. It's better to be willing to high-five than always be cold-eyed.

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The game restarted and Barcelona kicked off. Conceding the ball so quickly was somewhat beyond Rijkaard's expectations. Nottingham Forest was more tenacious than he had imagined.

This team has changed significantly from last year's Nottingham Forest, not only in terms of mental outlook, but also in real strength-it cannot but be admitted that the Nottingham Forest in front of us is stronger.

And... George Wood's activity was beyond anyone's imagination. All the intelligence before the game said this guy was a "defensive genius, offensive idiot". But look at the goal just now, can the "offensive idiot" accurately find such a passing route in high-speed running, and pass the ball to where he wants to pass it?

Rijkaard also came from a midfielder when he was a player, and he is the kind of midfielder who has both offense and defense. He saw some shadow of himself from the ball just now.

Hasn't Barcelona always lacked an excellent defensive midfielder? Why not consider buying the size 13 in front of you? If I train myself more carefully, maybe I can become the second Rijkaard...

The Dutch coach made up his mind that when the game is over, no matter what the result is, he will submit an application to the club, hoping that the top management can buy George Wood at all costs. With him, it is not a problem for Barcelona to truly dominate.

Look at the current Nottingham Forest. With George Wood on the field, Ribery, Ashley Young, Bendtner, Eastwood and others can attack boldly with confidence. What without Wood? Everyone has to take on the double duty of offense and defense.

If one's own team has such a person, Ronaldinho, Harvey, Iniesta, Eto'o, Messi... and others can devote all their energy to attacking. Barcelona's offense is already strong, and if we go all out, I believe there will be no team in the world that can resist it.

The above can only be said to be "good wishes" now, he still has to withdraw his mind and put his mind on this game.

What if George Wood's organization of offense this time is not luck, but his real strength? How will Barcelona respond? Send someone to mark it? Don't be kidding, there are only three people in Barcelona's midfield. Even if the two wingers withdraw and become five people, how many of them will be in charge of defense?

Barcelona's midfield configuration for this game is Iniesta and Deco, as well as Harvey. Forward trio Eto'o, Messi and Ronaldinho.

None of those six guys are specialists on defense.

Rijkaard originally planned to crush Nottingham Forest by attacking at home, but he did not expect that the resilience of the Forest team far exceeded his expectations. Not only were they not crushed, but they bounced up and gave him a hit.

Now the team is one goal behind, as the head coach, Rijkaard must make a choice. Is to strengthen the defense, or continue to attack?

This multiple-choice question only stayed in the Dutchman's mind for a few seconds, and the answer came out without any suspense. The Dutch who advocates offense and the representative of artistic football Barcelona, ​​how could he be forced to defend at home because of one person?

It's not my style and my team's style.

Rijkaard stood up from his seat, walked to the sidelines and whistled to attract the attention of all players, and then told the players on the Barcelona field with gestures-don't take this conceded goal to heart, continue to attack!

This is also an instruction in line with the thinking of the Barcelona players on the field. Let them defend and they don't know how to defend... Six offensive players, relying on four defenders and a goalkeeper, how to defend?

The best defense is offense, and only with a stronger offense can the disadvantage be regained.

Barcelona re-launched wave after wave of swift attacks against Nottingham Forest. After taking the lead, Nottingham Forest also temporarily chose to withdraw, and decided to defend this period of time first, and then counterattack after Barcelona's momentum was exhausted.

There is a saying in the ancient Chinese book "Zuo Zhuan. Zhuang Gong Ten Years": When a husband fights, he also has courage. Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

Tang En knew that this principle could also be applied to the football field. When the opponent is in the limelight, don't go up to it. Instead, you should take the initiative to avoid it. After the opponent's momentum is exhausted, attack suddenly, and you will definitely get a miraculous effect.

Not only this game, but other times, even during training, when watching the game video after the game, Twain would warn his players this way. Why do you sometimes find that you have just scored a goal, and the opponent chases a goal back. It was because the opponent was eager to equalize the score after conceding the ball, morale did not drop immediately, but there was a short-term increase in morale. If we can't calm down and deal with it calmly at this time, and think that the opponent's morale must be low, and take this opportunity to score another goal and press hard... then it will be dangerous.

When will the opponent's morale drop? When the opponent finds that their counterattack has not achieved any results, and the opponent's defense is impenetrable, and their tenacity makes them desperate, their morale will drop.

It was precisely because Dunn had instilled this kind of thinking in his players more than once, so after taking the lead against Barcelona, ​​the Forest team had a very unified thinking and immediately retreated to defend. George Wood, who shined in offense just now, became the most spot-stealing person in defense this time.

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Ronaldinho chooses to pass the ball to George Wood. But after he passed the ball, he found that his current thinking was somewhat useless. Nottingham Forest, who had been attacking Barcelona just now, suddenly chose to defend after taking the lead—yes, it was defending, completely defending. The forest team's goal seemed to be hooped by iron hoops. There were crowds of people, crowds of people, and as far as the eye could see, it was full of people and legs. It is very difficult for him to accurately deliver the football to his teammates.

Sure enough, the passed ball was kicked out by Piqué.

Barcelona have to reorganize the attack again.

Ronaldinho was surprised in his heart how a team could make such a huge tactical change in such a short period of time, and he was also surprised at why the team could resolutely give up offense after taking the lead and turn to full defense... …

He couldn't understand this tactical change. Could it be that the head coach of Nottingham Forest is really a conservative through and through, as rumored? Did he think that one ball could make them have the last laugh and become the winner?

Ronaldinho clenched his fists.

The football was passed to the Brazilian again. Because of the previous two experiences, George Wood believed that Ronaldinho would pass the ball immediately, so he didn't force it immediately.

But this time, he was wrong.

Ronaldinho knows that there are people in front of him, and passing the ball alone is useless. Long-range shots are generally used to break dense defenses, because this method is the simplest. In fact, there is another way, and that is a personal breakthrough. Although there are many people, as long as the Yigao people are brave, they can take the ball and kill a bloody path in the crowd.

Ronaldinho has full confidence in his skills. He seized the momentary opportunity of George Wood's negligence, suddenly accelerated and changed direction, and rushed past Wood!

George Wood hurried forward to defend, but Ronaldinho swayed past with a very concealed smash. After passing Wood, no matter how many people there are in front, the Brazilian football elves are not afraid.

He swayed his upper body, causing Arteta who came to lose his correct judgment, and his center of gravity was tilted. Ronaldinho immediately pulled the football past Arteta, and then faced the menacing Piqué, he suddenly scored a personal goal in a very small space!

Piqué never thought that Ronaldinho would dare to use the ball to pass in a place surrounded by people in the penalty area, where it was impossible to accelerate the sprint. He was stunned and stared at Ronaldinho. Nardinho went around on his other side.

"Beautiful! Beautiful...he's in the goal area, Van der Sar strikes! The shot—"

Ronaldinho wanted to shoot, but Van der Sar was already prepared. Although his body fell to the ground, he raised his right hand high. The football shot by Ronaldinho just hit his hand, and he took advantage of the opportunity to shoot the bottom line!

"... What a pity! There was no goal, and Van der Sar struck out in time to defuse the forest team's dangerous situation in front of the goal! Although there was no goal, Ronaldinho dedicated an exquisite personal breakthrough for us. ! Facing Nottingham Forest's dense defense, what else can we do except long-range shots? That's the Brazilian!"

The live TV gave Ronaldinho a back view. He just got up from the ground and looked at the football that had fallen outside the bottom line.

"Almost the entire defense line of the Forest team was disintegrated by one person, and he dared to pass the ball in such a small place in the penalty area! If it wasn't for him, it would be difficult for others to do it! It's just a pity...Van der Sar's attack and save is the same Wonderful. Beautiful offense, beautiful defense! From the current point of view, as Tony Twain said before the game, this is a wonderful game!"

After Van der Sar got up from the ground, he patted his big hands and shouted loudly: "Pay attention! Don't let him break in so easily! George!" He was calling Wood's name.

Wood looked back at him.

Van der Sar crossed his arms: "Keep him out!"

Wood nodded. It was caused by his negligence just now, and he has nothing to say.

After Albertini and Tang En looked at each other outside the court, they left their seats, walked to the sidelines, rolled their hands into trumpets, and shouted inside: "George! Don't leave him one meter! Stick to him!" He even did made a pulling motion.

Ronaldinho's sudden outburst made the Forest team a little nervous. At this time, they came to their senses. Standing in front of them was the champion of the last Champions Cup, the World Footballer, and the number one midfielder in the world. He has the ability to change a game by himself, he is not just a football star, he is a real... superstar.

Arteta saw that everyone seemed to be reminding Wood to pay attention to defense, and he was a bit harsh. He ran up to comfort his midfield partner: "Don't worry about it, George. That person is not an ordinary person. He is very strong. He passed him once. It's okay, as long as you don't concede the ball..."

He found that Wood didn't seem to be listening to himself, and his eyes were always fixed on Ronaldinho who was running to the corner flag area to prepare for a corner kick.

Just when he thought he was wasting his saliva, Wood suddenly turned his head and asked, "Is he strong?"

Arteta almost didn't react, he wanted to roll his eyes to Wood: "Are you really a professional player? You don't even know if Ronaldinho is strong? He is the most powerful player in the world now... ...with a little jealousy, but I have to say this - he's strong, very strong."

Wood nodded when he heard Arteta say that.

"I can rest assured that."

"Huh?"

"It's not strong enough, and it's meaningless to win." After saying this, Wood ran into the penalty area, ready to defend the corner kick.

And Arteta stayed in place like a fool, looking at Wood's back. Until Van der Sar yelled his name in front of the door: "Are you stupid, Mikel! Come back and defend! What are you doing standing outside?"

Arteta, who ran back, was still staring at Wood, not paying attention to the situation around him at all. What Wood said to him just now really frightened him—I hope the opponent is as strong as possible, but I don't worry about whether I can defeat such a strong enemy... Is this still human?

He saw Wood jump high in the crowd, beat Barcelona's Mexican defender Marcos, and pushed the football out. People around me rushed out like a tide, and a crisis was resolved...