Chapter 663: Volume 5, Red, Before the Storm

"Welcome back to Old Trafford and watch the second half of the match between the two sides. This is the last round of the English Premier League in the 2007-08 season. The champion will be produced on this pitch. At present, the home team Manchester United occupies Advantage, they lead Nottingham Forest by two goals, Tony Twain's team basically didn't get any decent chances in the first half. As long as Manchester United plays normally, the lead of these two goals will be unshakable..."

Judging from the situation after the start of the second half of the game, Manchester United can be regarded as "normal performance". They continued their performance in the first half and continued to exert pressure on Forest's goal with a full attack.

Nottingham Forest wanted to fight back at the beginning. They planned to use offense to suppress the opponent's offense as Dunn said during the intermission, and regain the initiative in their own hands.

As a result, Manchester United almost scored again in two offenses, and the Forest team was immediately paralyzed again. Because the pressure of the two conceded goals is on top of their heads, the Forest team will always worry that the score gap will be further widened. There is still a gap between two goals, but what about three goals and four goals? Then you will really lose your fighting spirit.

They think so, and it's not wrong. But they didn't expect that being afraid to move forward because they are afraid of losing the ball again is no different from losing their fighting spirit.

When Tang En saw that his players were forced to take back half-court defense like in the first half, he suddenly stood up from his seat, startling even Chris Rack beside him.

"These bastards!" Chris Rack cursed fiercely when he heard Tang En stand up.

There is a square area drawn with a white line in front of each coach’s bench. This is the command area for the head coach to direct the game. Every head coach is not allowed to step out of this area, otherwise he will be warned by the referee. May be invited directly to the stands.

Tang En stepped on the white line at this moment, looking at the field. Just after the two sides changed sides to fight again in the second half, the Forest team's half was in front of his coach's bench, and he could easily direct the game by shouting.

Gareth Bale has the ball again and he passes it to Ribéry. Ribery wanted to move forward but was interfered by the opponent and went out of the sideline. And when Tang En was annoyed, the ball didn't touch the bounds of the Manchester United player's body, but he brought it out by himself...

Tang En frowned, but he hadn't lost his temper yet. He intends to continue to observe.

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Ronaldo received a throw-in from his team-mate, and Scholes did a wall-bump before dribbling forward. Bale wanted to stop him, but he swayed his position with dazzling foot skills, and Ronaldo entered the penalty area again. This time George Wood unceremoniously came up to tackle Ronaldo's ball, and knocked Ronaldo over by the way.

There were boos from the stands again, accusing George Wood of letting go this time as a "brutal foul".

This time, the referee did not satisfy the group's wishes and blow another penalty kick. He just signaled that it was a corner kick.

Both the referee and the linesman were aware of this. Although it looked fierce this time, in fact, George just hit the ball with a shovel, and then he couldn't stop his charge and ran into Ronaldo, who was also unable to stop—or in other words, he didn't even think about braking. Ronaldo.

Although only a corner kick was awarded, Twain was very dissatisfied. Because Manchester United's attack exposed the problems of the Forest team's defense, if Manchester United continues to attack like this, even the iron wall may collapse.

The corner kick was taken, and Vidic headed the ball to the point, but under Pepe's interference, it flew up.

While Van der Sar was swinging the ball with his head down, Tang En fired from the sidelines.

He tore off the tie tied around his collar, then took a deep breath, and yelled at the field: "Gareth Bale! If you're not in shape, I can replace you right now!"

Coincidentally, as the Forest team was preparing for the goal kick, the Old Trafford stadium became a little quieter, and Twain's roar was accurately heard by the players on the field. Including Bell, all Forest players turned their heads to look at Twain who was waving his arms and roaring on the sidelines.

"Did you forget what I said at halftime so quickly? Are you huddling in the backcourt and being turtles! You don't want a championship, do you? What method to use, in short, I don’t want to see us being pressed in front of the door and beaten again! Don’t you think it’s embarrassing!?”

Tang En beat his chest and stamped his feet, and almost rushed to the field to grab the collars of those players and shake them vigorously. While shaking, he opened his bloody mouth and roared in their ears, spraying swear words and spitting stars into each other's ears.

"Two wingers, give me a way to move forward, don't keep shrinking back! George! Be tougher in the midfield, give me a hard time, don't let Manchester United control the midfield so easily, what is your task? Whose territory is the field?! What are you doing? You are George Wood! Not a fucking softie. Wood! Get hard, hard! You are the waist! The waist of a man is the most important thing!"

After roaring and cursing, Tang En frantically waved his arms on the sidelines, urging the players to move forward, regardless of Manchester United's terrifying offensive. Because if you are always afraid that this kind of offensive will score, then you can only stay behind for the rest of your life until the end of the game. Manchester United would be very happy to see this scene, anyway, they lead by two goals. But Nottingham Forest cannot accept it, and must find a way to change this situation, and must take risks. You can't always worry about losing the ball and dare not act. It is impossible to expect to get what you want without paying any price.

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Tang En's scolding on the sidelines attracted everyone's attention, and his "brilliant image" was instantly spread throughout England and even the world through the live TV broadcast.

Ferguson was attracted by Tang En's sudden furious behavior on the sidelines. When he looked sideways, Tang En was still roaring unrelentingly. It seemed that he was really rushed.

If he loses his composure because of this, it will be Manchester United's chance. At that time, Manchester United will seize the space on the forest team and score another goal, and the game can be completely declared over. At that time, no matter how furious Tang En is, there is probably nothing he can do.

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Tony Twain's large blower still had some effect. Nottingham Forest relaunched the offensive, no longer afraid of Manchester United's full attack, and seemed to put aside the fear of losing the ball again.

The counterattack, of course, started in midfield, as George Wood stole the ball from Scholes' feet. Carrick wanted to come up and make a decision, but hit a solid block. George Wood leaned against him to keep him from touching the ball and passed the ball to Van der Vaart.

When Van der Vaart took the ball, O'Shea wanted to come up and press. Manchester United's idea is very simple, that is, to prevent the Forest team from passing through the midfield easily. If the Forest team is forced to use long passes to organize the offense, Manchester United's defensive pressure will be much lighter.

Van der Vaart was unwilling to tangle with O'Shea here, and he turned and passed the ball to Beckham. After Beckham took the ball, he kicked up a long diagonal pass and passed the football to Ribery on the left side of the court.

At this time, whether it was Van der Vaart, George Wood, or Rafinha, Gareth Bale were very determined to advance into the Manchester United half.

It was a completely different team from the previous Nottingham Forest who was timid and afraid of losing the ball.

Faced with multiple attack points at once, Manchester United suddenly didn't know how to deal with it. Nottingham Forest was suppressed by them for most of the game, so that they all forgot how fierce Nottingham Forest was.

Ribery dribbled the ball from the wing and suddenly cut in. After the Manchester United defender pressed up, he passed the ball to Van der Vaart who had already followed up.

Ruud van Nistelrooy and Arshavin were ambushing in the opponent's penalty area at this time, ready to receive Van der Vaart's through ball.

However, van der Vaart chose to shoot from a long distance. He opened up the space and suddenly took a long shot. The football flew against the turf and flew towards the Manchester United goal. It's a pity that the football didn't roll within the goal range, and rolled out of the baseline by rubbing against the goal post.

This attack made Manchester United fans raise their hearts to their throats.

Fortunately, Nottingham Forest did not score, which also gave them a chance to push the Forest team back again-if they really thought so, they would be very wrong.

Manchester United attacked and was cut off again in midfield. The Forest team's midfield suddenly became much tougher, which made Manchester United a little at a loss.

In fact, it was not that the Forest team was not tough, but that they were pushed back to the penalty area by Manchester United. Even if the ball was stolen, there was no way to send the ball directly. They were facing Manchester United's offensive wave after wave.

It's different now, Forest's midfielder started a vicious robbery near the center circle. Don't underestimate the practice of increasing the pressing range by 20 meters. Such a small change immediately changed the forest team's situation drastically. The place where the ball is intercepted is closer to Manchester United's 30-meter area, and the success rate of the attack has also increased. Manchester United can immediately feel the pressure brought by this change...

After van der Vaart took a long shot, Ribery followed with a long shot, this time hitting within the range of the goal frame and causing a corner kick.

Seeing that the team's offense had improved, Tang En didn't feel at ease and turned back to sit on the coach's bench. Instead, he continued to dance and supervise the battle on the sidelines. This period of time is actually the most critical. The Forest team took advantage of a burst of energy to attack. If Manchester United defends and slowly regains the disadvantage on the scene, as time goes by, there will be very little left. Two goals The gap between them would become a natural moat in front of Nottingham Forest. Even if Tony Twain wanted to go against the sky, he could only hope that God possessed him.

So at this juncture, no matter what, a goal must be scored. He doesn't care what the players on the field do, it doesn't matter whether it's a flop to cheat a penalty kick, or an aboveboard goal, he just wants the result-a goal!

He roared like crazy on the sidelines: "Goal! I need a goal!!" He completely disregarded his identity, and he was even more impatient than the most loyal Nottingham Forest fans in the stands.

The tie had been dropped to the ground by him long ago, the collar of the shirt was open, the sweat on his chest glowed slightly glaring white under the afternoon sun, and the messy black hair he had scratched on his head covered his head. Coupled with his extremely exaggerated body language. How does this look like a head coach? It is almost like a gambler who is red-eyed and eager to make a comeback...

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Ronaldo, trying to dribble in his own right to regain possession for United, raised his hand for the ball. When Hargreaves did pass the ball to him, the ball in front of him was broken by George Wood coming up from behind. He didn't expect George Wood to be so fast!

With this hand around the front to defend, Wood used it more and more purely. In fact, there is no secret, but relying on his abnormally strong physical fitness, he used the characteristics of this move to the limit——quick!

After breaking Ronaldo's ball, Wood did not pass the ball in a hurry. Although Van der Vaart is the team's current offensive planner, he is also obliged to share the work for Van der Vaart.

He decided to come by himself.

Ronaldo kept harassing behind him in an attempt to counter-rob. As a defensive player, Wood's ball protection level is world-class. Ronaldo wants to steal the ball from behind without fouling, which is basically useless, especially when Wood is focused on protecting the ball.

After Wood protected the ball, he observed the situation a little, and suddenly accelerated and rushed forward with the ball.

His dribbling was very sudden, and he spotted the uncoordinated gap between the two Manchester United players. He didn't stop it until he was 28 meters away from the goal with a foul by O'Shea. George Wood wins a free kick for Forest .

Gareth Bell wants to go up and punish. Because in most cases he is the team's number one free kick shooter. Besides...

Bell glanced at the red stands around him. This is Old Trafford. How would David face this opponent in his heart? At least until now in this game, Beckham has been very silent, with almost no smile on his face.

He felt that it was better not to bother Beckham with such an embarrassing matter.

He picked up the football from the hand and walked towards the place where O'Shea fouled. He was about to put the ball down when he pressed his hand on the ball.

"I'll come." Beckham smiled and said to the somewhat surprised Bale. "I know you are the first choice, but... today I thought, give me free kicks in the frontcourt, is that okay?"

He spoke so sincerely, without putting on airs at all. Can Bale say no?

He handed the football to Beckham and backed away.

The TV commentator who saw this scene on it was excited: "This is really an exciting scene! We waited for most of the half time, and finally waited for Nottingham Forest's first free kick in the front court. It seems that the penalty will be taken The person in question is...David Beckham!"

For the first time, the stands at Old Trafford were divided into two factions. One faction attacked Judah crazily, while the other faction was hesitating whether to be silent or to applaud Beckham who returned to Old Trafford.

"I didn't arrange for him to take the penalty." Tang En finally got rid of his madness, he explained to the people around him.

Ferguson sat on a chair and looked at the man on the court with a stern expression. He was once his favorite disciple.

Beckham set up the football, and Manchester United's human wall was also lined up. He didn't dare to relax, and five people stood in front of him, ready to take the move.

The referee blew his whistle, without extra action, Beckham took a shot after a run-up!

The football hit the wall, and cheers and sighs sounded from the stadium stands at the same time.

The referee's whistle also sounded.

"The human wall moves ahead of time, and the free kick is severely punished!"

Beckham set up the football again and took a run-up shot.

This time the football bypassed the human wall, but when it flew over the human wall, Ronaldo, who jumped up, rubbed his head. The football finally went above the goal and did not fly into the gate guarded by Ben Foster as he wished.

This time, the boos from the stands were louder. Probably gloating over Beckham's two consecutive corner kicks.

"It seems that facing the goal of his old club, David is a little bit reluctant."

Ruud van Nistelrooy ran up and put his hands on Beckham's head: "David, are you okay?"

"What can I do?" Beckham asked back.

"Then your two feet just now..."

Beckham smiled: "Who can guarantee that he can score every time he takes a free kick?"

Van Nistelrooy felt Beckham was right, and he was. "Uh... I thought facing...Manchester United, you are a little..." He couldn't continue.

"This feeling is really amazing..." Beckham took over his words, "When I played in Real Madrid, I didn't have the chance to play against Manchester United. I didn't expect to transfer here. Manchester United and Real Madrid have met. .Are you worried that I won't be able to let go, which will affect my state?"

Van Nistelrooy didn't nod or shake his head, but he acquiesced.

"I love Manchester United, I love it very much. Maybe some people will not believe me when I say it. But I really love Manchester United. It is Manchester United that has cultivated me and made me a star." Beckham said seriously, "But these and today This game is okay. Next time there is a free kick, I think... I will try to take it."

He patted his friend Van Nistelrooy on the head, turned and ran back.

Ruud van Nistelrooy looked at his back thoughtfully.