Chapter 599 Volume 5 Red Super Bowl
Chris Lack told the players on the field Dunn's latest instructions in a loud voice, telling them to stop defending and start to try more offenses. Since Liverpool is desperately attacking, the Forest team must reciprocate.
To come and not to go is indecent.
The Forest team started to fight back.
Liverpool pressed very high, which just gave Forest a chance to attack. Nottingham Forest tore off its defensive jacket, revealing the sharp dagger hidden underneath, with a green cold light shining on the blade.
Mascherano is an iron gate that Liverpool arranged in the midfield. He will be responsible for cutting off the connection between the backcourt and the frontcourt of the Forest team and blocking the opponent's counterattack. This is the weapon that Benitez arranged to deal with the Forest team's counterattack.
The Argentine midfielder was a player Dunn had always admired before becoming the head coach. He has excellent physical fitness, top-notch awareness, and good skills. He is a very good defensive midfielder. At present, Liverpool only got him on loan, but Benitez is already considering buying him outright after the end of this season. To this end, he gave up the same excellent defense but not as comprehensive as Mascherano's Sissoko, and put the Mali on the bench.
If it wasn't for the Forest team having George Wood, Twain would definitely have used his prophetic ability to win Mascherano two years ago.
Since he likes Mascherano, he naturally understands him and knows how to deal with him.
Benitez placed the Argentine midfielder in the midfield. In order to disrupt the counterattack of the Forest team, he did not hesitate to run and tackle fiercely, as well as just the right foul. trouble.
However, that was because the Forest team had no intention of attacking with all their strength at the time, and they were just making small troubles. They only went up with two or three people, and shot when they had the opportunity.
It's different now.
Mascherano found that it was impossible for him alone to stop the counterattack wave of the Forest team. Beckham, van der Vaart, Ribery, even Pepe as a central defender, and the midfielder George Wood It may be called the starting point of the Forest team's offense.
He went to attack Beckham, but the football was passed to Wood's feet. Gerrard went to defend Wood, but Wood passed the football to Pepe who inserted from behind!
This Brazilian-born central defender with Portuguese nationality has the offensive nature of a Brazilian. When Liverpool's midfielders were busy defending the Forest team's offensive players, he dribbled the ball from the middle and directly killed Liverpool 30 meters away. Although his breakthrough was blocked by Hyypia in the end, this breakthrough won the cheers of the Forest fans in the stands for Pepe.
Also very motivating.
Don't think that offense is only the work of the frontcourt players, and the central defender can also become the sharpest knife.
Hedgehogs have spines all over their body except their abdomen. Nottingham Forest is such a hedgehog that is not easy to mess with.
Do hedgehogs have weaknesses? Of course, its soft belly is its Achilles' heel. However, the Forest team, which insists on defensive tactics, is tantamount to curling up their bodies and wrapping their soft abdomen inside, while their multi-point offensive strategy seems to erect the thorns on their backs, like a hard ball, making the enemy There is no way to speak.
The sudden activeness of the Forest team's offense surprised Benitez. He looked at his watch and saw that the second half was not over yet... Why didn't they shrink back and defend?
He turned his head to look at the Forest team's coach bench, but he couldn't see anything except those Erlang legs.
Forest's sudden counterattack made Liverpool a little flustered. In the panic, they defended Ribery's breakthrough, tripped him, and gave Forest a free kick in the frontcourt.
As a Premier League opponent, Benitez must remember how the Forest team won the first game of the season.
Seeing the Forest team get a free kick at the front of the penalty area, he stood up from his seat, walked to the sideline for the second time, and watched the field nervously.
Fortunately, in the end, Beckham's free kick missed the goal and went slightly wide, but it was enough to make Liverpool supporters break out in a cold sweat.
Benitez made a gesture of dissatisfaction. He said not to set the ball to the opponent lightly. This foul is really fearless-our side has established a defensive formation, and the Forest team can only move the football horizontally at most. The threat is not great. Once you foul, you give the opponent a chance to attack vertically without interference. What's more, there are still many set-piece masters in the Forest team. Bell has already proved the power of his left-footed free kick in the Premier League. As for David Beckham, does he still need to prove it?
After Liverpool took the goal kick, Benitez made another gesture for the team to attack. Goals must be scored as quickly as possible.
He knew Tang En's series of provocations before the game, even if he could hold back, could his subordinates? They are all a group of talented and enthusiastic young people. If you really want to be impulsive, you don't need any reason.
If it takes a long time, the score will still be 1:1, and it is hard to guarantee that his subordinates will not become anxious. At that time, even if I am the head coach, there will be times when I can't control the situation. So he said during the intermission that he would try to take the lead again in the first half of the second half, because he knew that his players had long been angered by Twain's defiant provocation, and he could use this anger to make Liverpool's combat effectiveness in the first half. It can be enhanced in a short period of time, but it cannot be controlled for a long time. Being irritated by the opponent is a double-edged sword, which can enhance the combat effectiveness and also make the team members lose their calm.
The provocation before the game, plus the defensive counterattack during the game, plus the current score...
As time went on, Benítez believed his grip on the anger among the squad was slowly waning.
If you can't destroy your opponent before then, you will probably end up self-destructing.
The forest team's offense has been strengthened, and their control of defense has not been relaxed at all. Don't think that after the Forest team starts to increase their offensive strength, Liverpool will have an opportunity to take advantage of it and counterattack the Forest team in turn. Twain, who is good at fighting back, wouldn't be so stupid as to give the opponent a chance to fight back.
It is still a defensive counterattack, but when there is a counterattack opportunity, the Forest team dares to invest troops, and the two sides dare to press up. While the tactics have not changed, the effect has.
The offense is more three-dimensional, with more layers and more changes.
The tactics are still defensive and counterattack, but they are more threatening than before, and every time Liverpool people break out in a cold sweat.
If you can't attack for a long time, you must always pay attention to guard against the opponent's quick counterattack. The Liverpool people have slowly become restless.
What the Forest team needs to do now is very simple, that is, wait patiently for the opportunity to appear, and then seize it!
Benitez made a very bold substitution after being unable to attack for a long time. He did not adjust the defense, he adjusted the forward.
With the tall Crouch replaced the mediocre performance of the normal game Dirk.
This is a substitution with a gambling nature. Knowing that the Forest team will definitely counterattack, they still pursue offense. The courage of Benitez's substitution is commendable, but it is definitely not a random adjustment on the spur of the moment.
Crouch is different from Dirk. Dirk is very comprehensive, but another meaning of comprehensive is "comprehensive mediocrity". Crouch is very prominent in a certain point, which is a good choice to break the deadlock. Although Crouch has gradually lost his starting striker position in Liverpool, he is still quite useful on certain occasions.
For example, at this time, the Forest team's intensive defense and the tactics of guarding against long-range shots made Liverpool unable to find a better way to score. Torres is not a strong standing center, let alone Dirk.
In this case, is there anyone more suitable to play than Crouch? His height and header ability are like a beacon in front of Forest's goal, guiding the way forward for Liverpool's attack. After Crouch came on the field, the Liverpool players all understood-then it was air battle time.
Whether it is a direct header, or to use the header to create opportunities for teammates, Crouch can do better than Dirk.
Liverpool made adjustments, but Nottingham Forest said nothing. Dunn wasn't worried at all.
Are Pepe and Piqué standing in front of the door as a display?
The ball passed by Liverpool to Crouch's head was directly caught by Van der Sar, but Crouch was caught by two tall central defenders and did not jump up.
Dunn didn't let Ayala start in this game because he was guarding against Benitez's move. There are several ways to break dense defenses, the most commonly used of which are long-range shots and set balls. A strong standing center is also one of the means to break dense defenses. Although Crouch looked not as strong as Vieri, he was actually not as thin as he appeared on the outside. Tang En knew this very well, because Crouch had once played under him. I haven't seen him for a few years, and Crouch is no longer the young boy he was back then. He has accumulated more experience on the football field and knows how to use his god-given body reasonably.
How to deal with this adjustment of Liverpool? A tall central defender and goalkeeper Van der Sar expanding the defensive area are enough.
The key to solving the problem is not how to freeze Crouch, but to score another goal...
After Crouch played with a few headers, he was silent again. Because the Forest team's offensive became fiercer, Liverpool's momentum was suppressed. Without the support of the midfield and the two wings, Crouch's role is much smaller.
Van der Vaart held the ball in front of the Liverpool penalty area. He made a long-range shot, but divided the football. After Beckham received the ball, Rafinha inserted it from behind at high speed very tacitly. Liverpool's left-back Riise saw Rafinha pass by Beckham at high speed and go straight behind the line of defense. He didn't dare to neglect and retreated to defend.
Rafinha is just a false run. His role is not to receive the pass, but to create a false impression of receiving the ball and attract the attention of the opponent's defense. The reason why this trick has been tried and tested is not because the receiving players run like they really want to catch the ball, but because as long as the full-backs run up to assist, it will give the frontcourt players one more choice. The defender must run along, otherwise a pass from the opponent will penetrate the entire line of defense.
Riise ran back with Rafinha, and Beckham took the opportunity to swing his foot to pass.
The football drew a wonderful arc and fell straight to the back!
Ruud van Nistelrooy was there, leaping high, ready to head the ball. Ruud van Nistelrooy is not a center forward known for his headers, although he is 1.87 meters tall. But Beckham's cross is very good. Even if someone who can't head the ball comes, at this moment, he only needs to jump up and appear on the flight trajectory of the ball, and then block the football with his head into the goal.
Leaping up with him is the Danish central defender Agger.
In the fierce competition, Ruud van Nistelrooy fell in the penalty area!
At that moment, no one could clearly see whether Age pushed Van Nistelrooy or Van Nistelrooy himself fell to the ground. But they all heard the referee's whistle.
Is it a flop or a penalty?
The referee pointed to the penalty spot!
"Penalty! This is really a big blow to Liverpool!"
Benitez, who has always been calm and calm, jumped up from his seat, rushed to the sidelines angrily, and waved his fists in protest.
His team has not been defeated by the forest team's counterattack, nor by his own anger, but fell to the hands of the referee! He does not accept such a result, absolutely not!
Tang En was as emotional as him, but Tang En's movement of waving his fist was not a protest, but a celebration.
He doesn't care whether it's a flop or a real foul, and he can't see clearly at this position. Anyway, now he has a chance to lead and take advantage of the situation to win the game. There is no reason to spit out the fat that is sent to the mouth!
There was chaos in front of Liverpool's goal. Liverpool players were protesting the penalty, while Forest team were celebrating.
In the slow-motion replay, it was clearly shown that Agger and Ruud van Nistelrooy did have physical contact in the air. But... Whether this level of physical contact was enough to cause Van Nistelrooy to lose his center of gravity and fall to the ground is unknown.
It is impossible to change the referee's penalty. Both the referee and the line referee agree that this is a foul, and that is a foul.
Liverpool's people's protest was invalid, the referee stood on the penalty spot, pointed firmly at his feet, and then asked the Forest team to take a penalty kick.
If Liverpool's players continue to entangle, well, the yellow card in the pocket is waiting.
Gerrard kicked the rest of his team-mates out, knowing that the decision was irreversible. Now is not the time to quarrel with the referee here, let's take your anger out on the Forest team. Furthermore, goalkeeper Reina is very good at throwing penalty kicks, and the Forest team is not guaranteed to score this goal.
In the second half, in the stands behind the Liverpool goal was the phalanx of Liverpool fans. From the moment the referee pointed to the penalty spot, harsh boos rang out, and when Ruud van Nistelrooy walked to the penalty spot with the football in his arms, it reached its peak.
Huge noise disturbance, and the inherent psychological pressure of penalty kicks, coupled with a goalkeeper who is good at saving penalty kicks, the situation is not as bad as imagined.
After Ruud van Nistelrooy put the football away, he backed away and prepared to run up and shoot.
Except for him and goalkeeper Reina, all players on both sides were asked out of the penalty area.
The boos above the head did not stop at all. Amidst the boos, the referee blew the whistle in his mouth, and the whistle was drowned in the boos of the Red Army fans in an instant.
Ruud van Nistelrooy runs up and shoots!
The Dutch striker pushed and shot in the middle, and Reina threw himself to the left, which was originally no suspense. But Reina was a little hesitant when he threw it out. The strength was not strong and the speed was not fast. When the football flew over, it just hit his foot and bounced out!
"Reina!"
The boos turned into cheers in an instant, and then stopped abruptly in the next instant.
Reina did save Van Nistelrooy, but Nottingham Forest wasn't just one Van Nistelrooy. No one expected that the moment Ruud van Nistelrooy kicked the football, a thin figure came in. The timing was just right, and the referee had no way to judge him to enter early.
The football was blocked by Reina's feet, and it didn't fly to the bottom line, nor did it fly to the side, but only flew back to the middle.
Ruud van Nistelrooy hurriedly wanted to make a follow-up shot, but he couldn't pull his body away and couldn't kick the football.
Behind him, a man appeared in front of where the football landed.
Without hesitation or any fancy moves, he kicked the football in the air into the empty goal in front of him.
"Freddie Eastwood! He appeared in the deadliest position, Reina can't do anything!"
Gerrard was the fastest responder in the Liverpool team at this time. He also rushed into the penalty area immediately after Ruud van Nistelrooy shot, but he was on the left and Eastwood was in the middle. five meters. There was nothing he could do but watch.
Huge cheers erupted from behind Forest's goal, Liverpool fans fell silent...
This kind of great joy and great sorrow is really... life is really ups and downs!
After the goal, Eastwood was very excited. He raised his index finger to the Liverpool fans in the opposite stand, put it next to his mouth, and made a "silence" motion. This brought him a lot of scolding, but he didn't care, and hugged his teammates as soon as he turned around.
Seeing the ball lost, Benitez slapped angrily. What does it mean for Nottingham Forest to lead? Look at Tang En's expression next door...Any fool knows it!
At this time, Tang En was jumping around like a monkey with his arms raised high on the sidelines. He had a bright smile on his face, making loved ones happy and enemies hated.
What to do after taking the lead? What a stupid question to ask.
Offensive of course! attack! Attack again! Take your chances, Fairplay should slow down! amble!
Tang En clenched his fist and swung it down violently.
This champion, take it!
After falling behind, Liverpool planned to organize a crazy counterattack, but five minutes later, they found that Nottingham Forest's counterattack was even crazier...
All Nottingham Forest players know that "it is dangerous to lead by one goal, and it is even more dangerous to think that you can win by leading by one goal".
Faced with such a situation, even if Liverpool wanted to equalize the score, they had to face a cruel multiple-choice question: Is it a desperate counterattack, risking their lives; or is it because they are afraid of losing the ball again, waiting until the end of the game in a rat-to-the-wall?
The Liverpool people chose the first one, and the death of a wimp has never been a tradition of the "Red Army".
At the last moment of the game, the TV viewers, who were sleepy due to the dull situation before, finally watched the wonderful confrontation of more than ten minutes.
The tenacious Liverpool people scored a goal in the 88th minute, and their captain, the most reliable Gerrard, forcibly opened the door of Van der Sar with a long shot.
But it is a pity that in the four minutes before that, the Forest team seized the opportunity of Liverpool's massive counterattack and attacked again. Van der Vaart scored the third goal of the Forest team with a shot from close range. This goal established the result of the game, so Liverpool's last goal looked very tragic. Gerrard who scored the goal rushed into the goal to pick up the ball. Van der Sar didn't stop him, and the rest of Liverpool seemed a little dejected.
They reversed one opponent after another, but the one in front of them made them powerless. Because before you score another goal, they will definitely seize the loopholes in your defense to expand the results. Nottingham Forest is not a soft-hearted team. Think of their Liverpool-like counter-attack after scoring the second goal, every attack is a chance for them to score.
Three minutes of stoppage time, during these three minutes, Benitez did not stand up from the coach's seat.
Today's Liverpool is still the traditional strong team Liverpool, but today's Nottingham Forest is no longer the newly promoted Nottingham Forest.
"The game is over! Congratulations to Nottingham Forest! They are the new UEFA Super Cup winners! This is the second time in their club history that they have lifted this trophy!"
Amidst the collective cheers of the forest fans, Tang En walked out from the coach's bench and raised his arms to greet his supporters.
"Tony Twain, a 38-year-old young head coach, has won three honors, the English League Cup, the European Champions Cup and the European Super Cup. He is doing the same thing as the legendary coach Brian Clough, But he's younger, so Nottingham Forest fans have a lot more fun to look forward to."
"Let's thank the other side of the game, Liverpool. The feud between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool will obviously continue."