Chapter 528: Volume 4: The Storm, You Are All Wrong

"Franck Ribéry - he grabs a shot in the crowd! Nottingham Forest leads Barcelona for the second time! With... seventeen minutes to go, it's a tough situation for Rijkaard's side It's really bad news. If they want to win, they have to score two goals in a row at the end... counting the stoppage time... in more than 20 minutes, and make sure their defense doesn't Keep conceding goals. It's a bit difficult... The Nottingham Forest fans cheered, what a happy score for them!"

Fat John and Bill hugged each other in the stands, and the score didn't just make them happy, it made them excited. What it means to win at the Nou Camp, these die-hard fans naturally know very well. Throughout the ages, there are only a handful of teams that can capture this stadium.

"Guys, let's sing!" John turned and shouted to the thousands of Forest fans in the stands.

"The world is in our hands! We are invincible, we are invincible! Because we are the strongest team! Ooooh-"

After a few seconds of silence, the Barcelona fans booed loudly again, trying to drown out the singing of the Forest fans.

Seeing this, the Forest fans raised their volume. They only had 7,000 people, but they didn't want to lose to the 70,000 Barcelona fans.

In the end, the Barcelona fans booed desperately, and the Forest team fans desperately raised the volume. They were no longer singing, but roaring songs, until they were hoarse and hoarse.

The Forest fans in the stands confronted the Barcelona fans crazily, and the Forest players in the stadium were also celebrating goals crazily, celebrating unscrupulously in front of the Barcelona players.

Franck Ribery led a group of teammates across the large plate court and rushed under the stands of the Forest fans. A group of people waved their arms to direct the fans who were singing, making them louder and louder.

At this moment, it is a good time to stir up emotions.

Even Tony Twain's celebration was a bit out of the norm. He never thought of giving the opponent a little respect on this court. He celebrated as if he was in his own home stadium, hugging everyone on the coach's bench and the bench, After embracing him, he waved his fist to the stands of Barcelona fans behind him in protest.

This move, of course, drew him even more venomous words, if he could understand Catalan, words so vicious as to bring the dead back to life. It's a pity he couldn't understand. He just smiled and looked at those angry Barcelona fans, then bowed slightly, and turned around to let them see their backs.

"Before the game, we thought that since Tony Twain swore that the game was in his hands, either he was just lying, it was a psychological offensive, or he really had some way to deal with Barcelona. Now it seems that it is the latter, his team There is indeed a way to deal with Barcelona. The players of Nottingham Forest are deeply engraved with the failure of last season, and now they have finally found the best time to avenge their hatred and vent their emotions. For Twain's team, Barcelona is indeed their star. One of the best opponents in the final, the best, the good can't be the good...opponent."

"...England teams are different from teams in other national leagues. The head coach is the soul of a team. The character of a head coach often determines the character of the team. By studying Tony Twain, we You can clearly know what kind of person he is. To put it bluntly, this person is narrow-minded, vengeful, and cannot afford to lose. Then his team is likely to be the same. Barcelona defeated them in the final of last season , so that they have been very dissatisfied, playing this game is more motivated than any other game they play, it is not surprising that they can lead Barcelona twice..."

"Although in England, you are not my favorite coach, Tony Twain. But in the Champions League, you represent England, and I still have to say—well done, Forest!"

"Barcelona had the upper hand, but they ended up being ahead twice by Forest. Nottingham Forest were almost always at the bottom, but they were twice ahead of Barcelona...Football is such an amazing thing!"

"The game is not over, Barcelona still have a chance! Nottingham Forest didn't win the game, although they scored two away goals, but I believe Barcelona will not let them leave the Nou Camp with three points. The people here disagree!"

Commentators from various countries are expressing their views on the current situation. Some comment from an objective and neutral point of view, some express their appreciation for Tony Twain, and some encourage Barcelona not to give up.

Compared to Tang En's publicity, Rijkaard was standing in the open space in front of the coach's bench with a painful expression on his face.

The Forest team is obviously very good at playing defensive counterattacks. After attracting Barcelona and then suddenly launching a counterattack, they are very skilled in this game.

But now is not the time to think about why Nottingham Forest can take the lead, but to seriously consider how to tie the score in the last 20 minutes and then overtake to achieve a big reversal.

This...Rijkaard didn't want to admit it, but it was indeed difficult.

Heavy pressure means that there is more space behind you. More space behind means that Nottingham Forest's best defensive counterattack has more opportunities to display.

Is it a desperate attack, using more goals to save the failure, or waiting for the final whistle to be blown?

Is this still an option?

After Rijkaard bit his lip on the sidelines for a while, he walked back to the bench and called the French winger Giuly.

Over there, Rijkaard just sent Giuly on the field, and Tang En also made a substitution here.

He replaced Mikel Arteta and sent Petrov on the field, which completely fixed Ribery in the middle of the midfield, similar to the position of the midfielder. And Petrov made an assault on the left flank.

"Both sides have made adjustments. What makes us excited is that the leading Nottingham Forest did not replace defensive players, but continued to make adjustments on offense. Tony Twain replaced Mikel Arteta in the middle, and sent With the extremely fast left winger Petrov, his speed will be an important weapon for the Forest team in counterattack... It seems that coach Tony Twain is going to implement his counterattack here to the end."

The narrator was right. Twain knew that under such circumstances, Rijkaard had no choice. He would never accept surrendering here. He would definitely send offensive players to fight Nottingham Forest to the death.

As for Tang En, he seized this opportunity and continued to increase the speed of his counterattack. On the one hand, the defensive lineup remains unchanged and the defense is stabilized. On the other hand, the speed of counterattack and the ability of individual combat continue to be improved. He knows that the game will go on later, and it is unrealistic to ask the team to go up with more people when attacking. At that time, the counterattack can only rely on the personal ability of the players. Petrov is fast and has excellent dribbling. Whether it is a cross or a shot, it is very good to let him go up and fight back.

Rijkaard also knew what Tang En meant by doing this. He was not an idiot who knew nothing, he could tell. Tang En followed him closely every time to make substitutions, why? Because he wanted to make adjustments to his last substitution. This cunning and hateful fox!

Now the Dutch coach can only curse his opponent in his heart, he has no other choice...or he has no choice. Even if he knew Tang En was going to do this, he still could only let his team continue to strengthen their offense, constantly threatening the Forest team's goal, hoping to open Van der Sar's ten fingers sooner. There is only one way for Barcelona to go now-replace defense with offense.

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As the game progressed, it entered the frenzied counterattack of Barcelona and the embarrassing but tenacious defense of Nottingham Forest.

Rijkaard's idea was correct. Barcelona's reckless momentum and offense pushed the Forest team, which still wanted to play a defensive counterattack, back into the half. Petrov, who was replaced, could only run back to participate in the defense, and had no time at all. fought back.

Entering the 80th minute, Twain made a substitution before Rijkaard this time, and this was also his last substitution in this game. He replaced Gareth Bale with Leighton Barnes to strengthen the defense on the left. After Barnes came on the field, he also sent a message to Wood:

Tang En asked him to ignore offense and devote himself to defense. Look at Ronaldinho, and if possible, help defend Messi.

Wood did this job very well, he followed Ronaldinho every step of the way, no matter where he went, he followed him. Not giving him the slightest space, not only just following him, but also constantly squeezing Ronaldinho with his dominant body, constantly harassing Ronaldinho's holding the ball, making him unable to make moves with peace of mind, It annoys him so much that he can just... pass the ball.

Tang En laughed when he saw this scene off the court. He turned his head and said to his two assistant coaches: "Now Ronaldinho must regret why George Wood didn't play in that final. He lost the first-hand and most detailed information. In this game Before the game, I bet his understanding of Wood was only limited to written materials and game videos. This kind of thing, you have to experience it yourself to know, haha! The body is more trustworthy than all written and video materials.”

It is not the first time that Ronaldinho has felt this kind of anxiety. In the Champions League group match against Chelsea and the first round of the Spanish national derby this season, he has felt this kind of defensiveness in both games . He has good skills, but he also needs the space and time to perform these techniques, and he can't perform his magic skills in every situation. However, Wood's defense did not give him such space and time. His body constantly felt the impact from the opponent. He had to focus more on maintaining his body balance and not losing the ball.

Ronaldinho is the core of Barcelona's offensive organization today. If he can't show it, Barcelona's offense will be very scattered.

From the current point of view, that is the case. Barcelona became more impatient at the last moment, and more people were impatient to score into the penalty area through meticulous small cooperation in front of the penalty area. Instead, they kept trying long-range shots, hoping to score goals in the simplest and most trouble-free way.

In the face of Barcelona's long-range shot, the players of the Forest team used any position of their bodies except their arms to block. Anyway, time is running out. As long as they persist until the end, they will be the winners, and they can leave Nocan with their heads held high and three points general. Regardless of how embarrassing and ugly the scene is now, as long as we win the game, these embarrassments and ugly scenes will disappear.

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"Defend! Hold!" Van der Sar yelled on the field. Now the situation is very critical. After frequent long-range shots failed, Barcelona began to reorganize the delicate short-pass penetration. It has already broken into the penalty area twice to form a shot.

Twain and assistant coach Chris Lack on the sidelines also stood up again from their seats. Facing Barcelona's torrential attack, they couldn't sit still in their chairs.

There was a huge shout over the Camp Nou: "Barca! Barca! Barca!!" The fans were cheering for their team. Show off your might on your own territory.

At this moment, their hatred for Tony Twain must have surpassed the sum total of their hatred for Real Madrid and Espanyol.

Anyone can lose, but they must not lose to this rotten guy like Tony Twain and his team!

Even under such circumstances, the Forest team did not forget their task of waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. Finally, Petrov seized a chance to counterattack, but it was a pity that after he ran for more than 60 meters on the wing, he faced the attacking Valdes and hit the goal, but the football rubbed against the goal post and rolled out of the baseline.

At that moment, the hearts of the fans at Camp Nou stopped beating collectively.

"Petrov... goal not scored! Not scored! Grinding the goal post and rolling out... too thrilling! Barcelona desperately tried to equalize the score, but their defense was crumbling in the wind. If Forest like this A few more counter-attacks... I can't imagine the result. Fortunately, time is running out, and the Forest team may not be able to come back a few more times, and unfortunately, time is running out, Barcelona is still one goal behind."

The fourth official walked to the sidelines and held up the stoppage time sign - three minutes.

Rijkaard waved anxiously on the sidelines to let the players press up, never mind the defense.

Tang En was also on the sidelines, but instead of yelling for the team to defend, he stood outside the sideline with his hands in his pockets and watched the show.

At this time, there is basically nothing for the coach to do, and the adjustments that need to be made have already been made. Everyone knows in their hearts what is to be said. What is the point of standing on the sidelines and yelling besides showing off? Dunn chose to quietly watch the last three minutes of the game.

No matter how indiscriminately bombed Barcelona, ​​he believes his team can hold on. Because he knew how persistent and crazy this group of people was for defeating Barcelona, ​​and they would not allow the victory to slip away more than themselves.

The Barcelona players are still attacking crazily, trying their best to seize the time, but the three minutes of stoppage time are still passing mercilessly, taking away the hopes of more and more Barcelona fans every second.

In the stands of the Camp Nou stadium, Barcelona fans have already left early, while the fans of Nottingham Forest are excited to sing loudly in their stands.

Rijkaard fell silent. He bit his lip and frowning appeared on the TV screen. He was at a loss for what to do about the situation in front of him.

The fighting spirit and confidence shown by Nottingham Forest in this game completely exceeded his expectations.

Generally speaking, when other teams come to the Nou Camp, they must try not to lose as much as possible, and a draw should be regarded as a win. Unexpectedly, Tang En, who is not afraid of death, and his team's goal is to win.

He looked at the Barcelona players who were running desperately on the court but looked like headless chickens. They wanted to score an equalizer so much—at this moment, Barcelona's goal had changed from a reversal to an equalizer—but the reality was so cruel .

Rijkaard looked down, he didn't want to see the scene above when the final whistle blew.

Tang En turned his head and looked at Tang behind him. Tang knew what he meant, and said, "There is still half a minute."

Tang En nodded, pulled his hands out of his trouser pockets, slowly pointed to the sky, and then clenched into fists. That action looked like he was stretching, which made the Barcelona fans in the stands behind him grit their teeth.

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"The game is over!" When Eto'o missed another long-range shot, the referee directly blew the whistle for the end of the game, and there were huge boos in the Nou Camp. For Tony Twain and his Forest team.

Tang En, who won the game, was not as excited as his assistants and players. He still stood there with his fists raised high. The coaches and players had already rushed up from his side to celebrate the victory with his exhausted teammates.

When the final buzzer was heard, Kompany fell straight back and lay on the ground. He was too tired, not only physically, but more importantly mentally. At the last moment, his nerves were tense, for fear that something would go wrong and let the football go in.

It's all right now, I can lie on the turf to catch my breath, take a long breath.

Van der Sar ran past him, arms outstretched, as excited as if they had won the Champions League. As a player who only joined in the summer, sometimes he really can't understand why these people value and persist in defeating Barcelona. Isn't winning and losing a common thing? Who can guarantee to win all the time, who can guarantee to win all the championships?

But ... right now, for whatever reason, it feels good to be able to win.

He closed his eyes and listened to the cheers from his teammates, even the boos from hostile fans.

Tang En didn't rush forward to celebrate the victory with his players. He politely put down his hands, straightened his clothes, and reached out to Rijkaard, who was not in a good mood.

"Mr Rijkaard, there is one more round, I am waiting for you and your team in Nottingham."

Rijkaard took his hand out of courtesy, but not his words.

The two soon separated. Tang En was the first person to go to the mixed area of ​​the corridor to be interviewed by reporters. He was stopped by many reporters.

"Why doesn't it look like you have a smile on your face, Mr. Tang En? Your team just won a victory at the Nou Camp." The reporter asked strangely.

Tang En shrugged: "Do I need to be very happy? It's not that I won the Champions Cup. This result is within my expectations. I said that the game is on my track. Didn't any of you believe it before? Facts have proved that I am right. Yes, you are all wrong."

After speaking, he turned and left the mixed area, no matter how the reporters called his name, he didn't look back or stay.