Chapter 713: Volume Six, Crimson, Good Luck

During the intermission, whether it was in the locker room, in the stadium stands, at the beer stand outside, in the bar, in the taxi... Everyone was discussing George Wood's equalizing goal with great interest .

Even the most die-hard Forest fans could not believe that their captain, who had never been able to shoot, could score such a light goal - it would have been far less shocking if he had scored a powerful volley.

Tang En stood at the door of the locker room, and did not interfere with the players discussing Wood's goals. He was happy to see everyone like this. Because he was also excited about that goal.

George Wood sat in the middle like a prisoner, surrounded by people on three floors and three floors outside. Ribery, who loves to be funny, also used a water bottle as a microphone, imitating a reporter interviewing Wood's goals. Everyone was very happy. Although the score was still tied at 1:1, it seemed that no one thought that the game would be lost.

After everyone had almost made a fuss, they returned to their seats and waited for Tang En to arrange the tactics for the second half.

Tang En didn't talk nonsense with them either, he didn't have much time, so he started talking directly.

While everyone was arguing just now, he had already drawn the formations of the two sides of the game on the tactical board.

Now he points to the tactical board to analyze for everyone.

"Our conceded goals in the first half were mainly because after the two full-backs assisted, the double defensive midfielders needed to help defend the wing, so we gave way to the center. Although the defense line was stable after I adjusted, the offensive power was weak. In this way No. Manchester City is the visiting team, so they can be content with taking a point here. We are the home team, a draw is a loss. So in the second half we still have to find a way to strengthen the attack. The full-backs still need assists. But we have to adjust... "

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In the dressing room of Manchester City, although George Wood's goal was really unexpected and the lead turned into a tie, teammates still congratulated Bendtner for scoring a goal.

But Bendtner himself is not happy. His limelight was taken away by George Wood. Not to mention, the agreed two goals are still one goal behind. What are you congratulating...

Sullenly, he sat on the stool and listened absent-mindedly to Mark Hughes' tactics for the second half.

Hughes' tactics were the same as in the first half, either feinting the wing and actually attacking the center; or feinting the center and actually attacking the wing. He repeatedly emphasized one word-patience.

"We have to be patient enough, because the home game is Nottingham Forest. I don't believe that Tony Twain wants this game to end in a draw. As time goes by, they will definitely attack. At that time, it will be ours." Opportunity. Before, you just had to be patient and wait for them to make their own mistakes. Taking a step back...Even a draw is not an unacceptable result..."

Bendtner frowned. The head coach feels that a draw is acceptable, but he absolutely cannot accept it. I only achieved one of my two goals. I had already boasted before the game, and everyone who was hyped by the media knew it. If I only scored one goal in the end, those people would not know how to laugh at me. What's more, Tony Twain doesn't accept a draw, so should I?

Bendtner, who was worried, spent fifteen minutes of the intermission like this.

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At the beginning of the second half of the game, Manchester City put on a steady posture, hoping that Nottingham Forest would attack. If the Forest team does not attack, their offense will have no room to take advantage.

Nottingham Forest really aggressively attacked as they wished.

Mark Hughes saw the Forest full-back join the attack. It's a pity that he was not happy for long, because he found that Dunn had made very careful arrangements and arrangements for how to defend.

In the first half, Nottingham Forest's full-backs made assists from both left and right sides. It looked majestic, layered and threatening. But also because there are a lot of space on both sides that can be used, the double midfielders need to guard one side. The middle lane is empty.

In the second half, Twain changed his mind. The full-backs were still actively assisting, but two full-backs were not allowed to play at the same time. When Bell went up to assist, Rafinha must be dragged behind, so that Thiago stayed in the middle, and George Wood went to fill the position after Bell went up. Rafinha stepped forward to assist, Bell withdrew, Wood defended in the middle, and Thiago went to temporarily play as a full-back.

No matter which side goes up, there will be no shortage of people in the back line, and there will be no obvious loopholes.

After realizing it, Hughes scolded Tang En in his heart for being defensive, defensive...

But what could he do?

This trick really blocked all Manchester City's offensive lines. It is almost impossible to quickly counterattack and score after hitting. Now Manchester City has two options. One is to defend until the end of the game and prevent the Forest team from scoring. The two sides shake hands 1:1. The second is to go out and fight the Forest team head-on, and rely on positional warfare to slowly find opportunities.

Mark Hughes tends to the former, he is afraid of being found open by the forest team's counterattack...

But Bendtner on the court obviously didn't see it that way.

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Bendtner wanted to score, and he kept raising his hands in the frontcourt to signal his teammates to pass the ball.

But most of the time he is like an island in the middle of nowhere, without a supportive teammate around him. Nottingham Forest's offensive was fierce, and Manchester City's players had to retreat to defend. Bendtner was able to stay on the court or Hughes specifically asked him to do so during the intermission-Hughes originally wanted to fight the Forest team's counterattack.

Bendtner is a center forward, he needs strong support from the midfielder, otherwise his role will be very limited, and once he retreats to the midfielder and is too far away from the goal, he basically can only pass the ball .

Twain had led Bendtner for four seasons, how could he not be familiar with Bendtner's technical characteristics and playing style. He suppressed Manchester City with offense, tantamount to cutting off all links between Bendtner and the team. Either Bendtner continued to raise his hand and wait for the ball alone, or he ran back to catch the ball by himself, and then attempted to attack. Either way, his threat to the Forest team's goal is pitifully small.

Tang En sat on the coach's bench and saw Bendtner running up and down the frontcourt helplessly, but couldn't catch the ball. He raised Erlang's legs again.

After scoring the goal, George Wood did not get carried away and attack with all his strength just because he scored a beautiful goal. He was still faithfully performing the new task that Tang En gave him during the halftime break - defense.

Bendtner finally caught the ball, but was cut off by Wood. He fell to the ground in pain when he saw the ball was lost, and wanted to give Wood another yellow card.

There were boos again at the scene, and everyone was disdainful of his approach.

Wood saw him performing on the ground, and ignored him, and launched a counterattack with the ball himself. According to the unwritten rules of the football game, if a player is injured and falls to the ground, everyone should take the initiative to kick the ball out of bounds and let that player receive treatment.

But Wood had no intention of doing this at all. He not only passed Elano, who was negligently defending because he was raising his hand to signal Wood to kick the ball out of bounds, but also rushed past Ireland, who was rushing too hard.

Then Ireland became angry and turned Wood from behind. The referee's whistle finally sounded amid deafening boos. He gives Ireland a yellow card. Players from both sides quickly rushed together, and a fight was about to start. The referee and a few calm players tried their best to push the two sides away and prevent them from getting entangled.

And Bendtner, the culprit who caused all this, got up from the ground resentfully after seeing Wood passing Ireland, how could he look a little injured?

With the efforts of both parties, a conflict was finally not brought about. But every time Bendtner got the ball, booing him got louder...

Tang En shrugged his shoulders to the people next to him off the court: "It's your own crime."

"The performance in the second half was not as good as the first half." Chris Lak also saw some clues.

"If he puts his mind on the game itself instead of the extremely boring revenge, he might really be able to score two goals..."

Tang En shook his head and spread his hands, "But now, don't be afraid."

"What does that mean?" Chris Lack, an Englishman, couldn't understand Tang En's last sentence in Chinese.

"It's like, 'There's nothing to be afraid of,'" Tang translated for him.

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There is nothing to say about the next game. Manchester City has no way to attack and can only shrink their defense. Bendtner also had to return to the second half to participate in the defense under the roar of Hughes. In the forest's great voice to the fans,

In the 70th minute, Twain replaced Ruud van Nistelrooy with Zigic who was 2.02 meters tall, and Lennon with Beckham. Then began the high-altitude bombing tactics.

Beckham and Rafinha complemented each other on the right, and they cooperated very well. The two of them passed to Zigic in turn, using his height and strong body to create chaos in front of the goal.

If you can score a goal, you can score, if you can't score, you can create opportunities for your teammates.

For a while, the air defense sirens in front of Manchester City rang frequently, Dunn and the others were in a hurry, and Joe Hart's heart was already in his throat.

Finally at the eighty-second minute, this heart fell to the ground...

"Nikla Zikic -!! Beautiful header bombing! A heavy bomber! He made Manchester City's defenders helpless!"

Zigic ran to Beckham, who had passed him the ball, with arms outstretched, and the two embraced to celebrate his first Premier League goal.

Tang En also clenched his fist excitedly and waved it. Zikic's goal is what he most hopes to see!

Bendtner just left, we have even more powerful air fighters!

When Zikic jumped high in the crowd and opened his arms, a huge shadow was projected on Joe Hart. He seemed to see a B52 bomber. Dunn almost hugged Zikic with both hands below, but he still didn't stop his run-up to the top. The ball arrives and the football hits the net.

did you see! This is called dominance in the restricted area!

"The height of 2.02 meters...is terrible..." Gray sighed. Even if Zigic doesn't jump, he will give people a sense of vertigo in front of Manchester City. The 1.88-meter Dunn and the 1.93-meter Kerluka are like children in front of Zigic.

The most important thing is that the 2.02-meter Zikic is not weak in his jumping. As long as he is allowed to jump up with all his strength, it is not an exaggeration to describe him as "outstanding among chickens".

"It's not unreasonable for Tang En to favor such tall and strong center forwards. Sometimes they are really useful..."

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Later, in stoppage time, Van der Vaart took advantage of Manchester City's heavy pressure to equalize the score and instigated a counterattack. In the end, he completed it himself and scored a goal that completely collapsed Manchester City.

The game ended with Nottingham Forest winning 3:1 at home. Bendtner played the whole game, but he did not complete his commitment to score at least two goals. At the end of the game, when the Forest fans were happy for the team's victory, they did not forget to laugh at the "traitor" who hung his head and couldn't see his face.

When the whistle sounded for the end of the game, Bendtner, who had been running non-stop for 90 minutes, stood still like a doll that had run out of clockwork. For a while, he couldn't accept such an ending.

At this time Ruud van Nistelrooy came over, he took off his jersey and handed it to Bendtner.

Bendtner stared blankly at his former competitor.

"Actually, it doesn't matter..." Van Nistelrooy smiled. "I am often injured now, and my physical strength is not good."

Bendtner lowered his head and took off his jersey. The two shook hands as they exchanged jerseys.

"Good luck, Nicky."

Ruud van Nistelrooy turned away in Bendtner's No. 9 shirt and joined the victory celebrations.

Bendtner looked at those "former teammates" wearing red Forest team jerseys and thanking the fans together, and an indescribable feeling came to his heart.

Tang En rushed into the crowd, with his left arm around George Wood who scored the first goal, and his right arm around Zikic who scored the second goal. Due to the inconsistent height of the two, his movements were a bit funny, but this did not affect the smile on his face.

—Do you like winning? Do you like champions? Come to Nottingham Forest!

——Then use your skills to win the championship!

I have chosen my path, even if it seems to be full of thorns now, I have to go on. It's useless to regret, so I won't regret it.

Bendtner put on the jersey given by Van Nistelrooy, lowered his head and walked slowly off the field. This was the last time he appeared in front of everyone wearing a red Nottingham Forest jersey.

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In the post-match interview, Twain was asked what he thought of Bendtner. He refused to comment on Bendtner's performance in this game, and simply said: "I wish him good luck personally." Then he changed the subject, "I would rather talk to you about this game. My two Goal scorer. George Wood scored great goals and Zigic played his best 20 minutes since coming to Forest. I believe they both have a very bright future."

When the reporters saw that Tang En refused to answer Bendtner's question, they were a little bit reconciled. Only Piers Bruce fully understood Tang En's mind - the past has passed, what's the point of talking about the past? No matter how good the person who left was, he couldn't bring Tang En even a victory or a championship trophy. So focus on the present is the right way. Compared with those who have left him for one reason or another, valuing and cherishing the talents around him is what he should and is most willing to do now.

Twain was still on stage boasting about his team's performance today. He didn't make any comments on his opponents, whether it was Mark Hughes, Manchester City, or Bendtner.

Those who abandon me will not stay in the day of yesterday.