Chapter 789 Volume 6 Crimson Crazy Stoppage Time

Twain was annoyed that Manchester United used a penalty kick to equalize the score. No matter how clever the head coach is, he cannot control all kinds of set-pieces that appear in the game. At most, he reminded the players to make as few fouls as possible in the danger zone. But it is impossible for a football game to go on smoothly just relying on the deployment made before the game, there will always be various accidents. For example, the penalty kick caused by Manchester United's quick free kick.

Speaking calmly, if Twain were the TV commentator at this moment, he would applaud Manchester United's sudden adjustment. This fully reflects the cunning and cleverness of Manchester United and Ferguson. But now that he is in the opponent's position, he can only mutter and scold his mother.

In the final analysis, it still has to be counted on the mistakes of the Nottingham Forest players themselves. If it weren't for the players collectively relaxing their vigilance at this moment and lacking concentration, how could it be possible for Ronaldo to catch such an opportunity? You must know that from the time Ronaldo received the ball to breaking into the penalty area and causing Pepe to foul, but for five seconds, the players of the Forest team did not respond and were stunned.

If this was a basketball game, Tang En would definitely call a timeout immediately, and then pull all the players to his side, scolding them mercilessly one by one, scolding them bloody. Let them no longer dare to distract themselves collectively during the game.

From this point of view, Dunn really likes the timeout rule of basketball. He will have seven chances per game to adjust the team, or to berate the players for their poor performance in the previous game and give them a big blow.

It's a pity that that will greatly reduce the excitement and fluency of the football game, so he can only YY in his heart.

Now he roared angrily on the sidelines, waving his arms, expressing his dissatisfaction. As for how many of the players heard and saw it, and how many got into their hearts, he couldn't control it.

"Okay, guys! Now the score is tied again! Give me your attention! You have no right to be distracted!"

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Ferguson was very satisfied with the ball, although after the game Tang En would definitely say that Manchester United was taken care of by the referee and the FA, and that Nottingham Forest became the target of public criticism. But you always have to allow the losers to find a way for themselves, don't you?

What matters is that the score is equalized and the game is back on track. The morale of Nottingham Forest has been affected, and the victory will surely belong to Manchester United.

All he needs to do now is to keep the team pumped up and continue to exert pressure. Taking advantage of the uneasy opportunities of the Nottingham Forest players during this period, try to score another goal and completely defeat the Forest team's fighting spirit.

He thought well, but unfortunately the reality is not the case.

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Nottingham Forest did not panic because of a conceded goal. While Manchester United stepped up their offensive, the Forest team also quickly organized their defense. Forwards like Tevez have no chance to be marked. In the end, he could only pull out of the penalty area to try a long shot. One kick after another squandered the opportunities created by his teammates.

Ferguson watched from the sidelines and shook his head vigorously. In the end he couldn't take it anymore and replaced Tevez with Paul Scholes in the 70th minute. Although a midfielder is used to replace a striker, in fact Manchester United's offensive strength has not weakened, and has even been enhanced. If Tevez is going to do midfield work, wouldn't it be better to use a real midfielder?

Do not underestimate the thirty-six-year-old Scholes. Good professionalism and living habits have kept him in a very good state until now, and he will never disappoint Ferguson when the team needs him.

After he came on the field, he increased the organization and scoring ability of the midfield. Of course, after Scholes went up, he also had to face a terrible opponent-George Wood. Twain would not tolerate such a No. 1 man moving freely outside his penalty area, and Wood would definitely mark Scholes. In this case, it will provide opportunities for other Manchester United players.

Sure enough, after Scholes played, Wood posted it as if he had automatically received the signal.

Scholes couldn't get rid of the man vertically, so he could only pass the ball horizontally after shaking the angle. It's only after Wood is drawn elsewhere that he gets a chance to take a threatening long-range shot.

Akinfeev played very well, he saved Scholes' shot.

Scholes changed the balance of midfield between the two sides after Scholes came on the field. Manchester United, who had an advantage in numbers, continued to attack Nottingham Forest's goal. Shaheen's poor defense was exposed. He was also completely at a disadvantage in the body collisions with Hargreaves and Carrick.

Although Twain still insisted on attacking at Old Trafford, keeping Shaheen on the field would not change the situation. He also needs to make adjustments.

In the seventy-fifth minute, he replaced Shaheen with Thiago.

"Is the configuration of double defensive midfielders a signal to defend?" said the commentator. "Perhaps Tony Twain felt that he would be content to score a point at Old Trafford. After all, this is an away game, and he still faces Against Manchester United..."

The narrator was already looking for a step for Dunn's failure, but Dunn didn't seem to be going down this step. He insisted on being right with others and going against the current.

The double defensive midfielder is actually the basis of the offense. In Tang En's tactical thinking, all offenses come from defense. Only when the defense is good, the offense will improve. So if he strengthens his offense, he will definitely not simply replace a striker with a defender.

Two defensive midfielders are arranged in the midfield to curb Manchester United's midfield offensive and regain the midfield. Then launch an attack from here and hit Huanglong directly.

If the midfielder can't get it down, he can only rely on the defender's direct long pass to find the striker to attack. Opposition defenders love to play like this because they are so effortless to defend.

Both Wood and Thiago have the ability to pass the ball forward, and both can defend at the same time. After Thiago came on the field, he immediately changed the disadvantage of the Forest team in the midfield. Whether it was Wood or Thiago, they were not afraid of physical confrontation with Hargreaves and Carrick. Look after Scholes.

The substitution of the coaches of both sides resulted in a tie. In the end, the game fell into a stalemate, and no one had a better chance to score.

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"I think Ronaldo should stand up and play his role as a superstar. Now it is obvious that Manchester United's offense has fallen into a quagmire. It is no longer easy to tear apart Nottingham Forest's defense with teamwork. Individual skills are better than passing at this time. More effective. He should try to break more."

The commentator gives advice to Manchester United.

Except for the penalty kick throughout the game, Ronaldo's performance was indeed a bit sluggish. Especially after he was stepped on his ankle by Pepe, he almost disappeared for a while. Maybe it was because of the injury there, which affected the state?

But at this time, he really needs to stand up and show his ability.

Ronaldo is also always looking for opportunities to break into the penalty area again. After the Forest team attacked a few times, he did not return to defense, but stayed in the frontcourt and waited for Manchester United's counterattack opportunity.

In the 79th minute, he waited for such an opportunity. Vidic intercepted Thiago's pass to Van Nistelrooy and passed it to Scholes. The ginger head was passed to Ronaldo again, and Manchester United launched a counterattack!

George Wood did not step forward to participate in the attack, he stayed in the backcourt to prepare for the defense. So when Ronaldo received the ball, he also followed. After a few steps he started to speed up because Ronaldo was also speeding up.

Ronaldo has been dribbling the ball on Yanbian Road. Among the voices of the fans, there are only Pepe, Woodgate and Akinfeev in front of him. When there are five or six meters left in the penalty area, he suddenly cuts inside.

At this moment, two bullet trains that were traveling at high speed on different tracks collided.

Wood spotted Ronaldo's inward cut and slid over, and shoveled him out with the ball!

There was a loud booing at Old Trafford, so deafening that it almost caused cardiac arrest.

"It's a foul!!" the narrator screamed.

He's talking crap, of course it's a foul. The referee blew his whistle and ran over, while Ronaldo curled up on the side covering his feet. It seemed that he was seriously injured-the part that was shoveled by Wood was the foot that Pepe stepped on just now.

Wood did not step forward to pat Ronaldo friendly, comfort him, and justify his behavior. He got up from the ground without even looking at poor Ronaldo.

In his heart, it was a very necessary foul. It is better to foul on the side than to foul in the middle. Fouls outside the box are better than fouls in the box. He didn't think he did anything wrong. As for shoveling Ronaldo? He didn't intend to do this himself, it was just a side effect...

The referee didn't care what he thought, called him over, and took out the yellow card from his pocket!

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Tony Twain who was on the field let out a long breath. From the beginning of Wood's foul, listening to the deafening boos at the scene, he thought Wood would be sent off with a red card. Now it seems that Wood is lucky!

"Ha! Well done!" The relaxed Tang En applauded Wood.

This time, it was Ferguson's turn to be furious.

He rushed to the sidelines, grabbed the fourth official, and pointed at everything that happened on the field to perform his "hair dryer" magic: "This kind of foul is only given a yellow card?! What kind of foul does it take to be sent off with a red card? Kicking my player's leg or breaking his heart! This decision is so fucking botched!"

"Sir Ferguson, please pay attention to your words..." The fourth official was a little helpless. He was the fourth official in this game, and it was really bad luck in eight lifetimes. On the left and right are the hot-tempered head coaches, one old and one young, he is caught in the middle and becomes the sausage in the hot dog.

"My player was injured! He was lying on the ground moaning, you told me to pay attention to my words? I want you to pay attention to law enforcement standards! This foul is definitely a red card! It's fine now, Tony Twain won't say anything after the game The FA favored us Manchester United! Now it's my turn!"

The fourth official decided not to fight back. He just recorded the performance of the two head coaches in the game report and submitted it to the Football Association. Let them be the bad guys...

After Ferguson scolded, his blood rose and his face became even more rosy. Panting heavily, he walked back to the coach's bench, ready to ask Nani to warm up.

Ronaldo looked badly injured and spent four minutes lying on the field receiving treatment. Those Manchester United fans who were madly cursing Wood and Nottingham Forest in the stands believed that Ronaldo had been kicked by Wood and broke his leg.

The foul was horrific in terms of visual effects-Ronaldo flew into the air, rolled for half a week, and then fell face down heavily on the ground. George Wood's tackle was like a high-speed bulldozer, cutting down the big tree Ronaldo.

"Let's not discuss whether Tony Twain has the opportunity to coach Manchester United. Anyway, I think George Wood has no hope of playing for Manchester United in his life... In the match between the Forest team and Manchester United, this is the first time he has serious problems. Violated a Manchester United player? This time he was lucky and escaped the referee's red card punishment, but he couldn't escape the hatred of the Manchester United fans. Listening to this booing can kill a person!"

The television broadcast gave Wood a close-up, and he remained stern and unimpressed.

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The injured Ronaldo was eventually replaced by Park Ji-sung. Although he stood up limping in the end, Ferguson did not let him continue to play for protection purposes. Any player who likes to dribble will be treated like this by the opposing defender. It is not the first time that Ronaldo has been kicked like this. He is really lucky to be able to persist until today...

However, in Ronaldo's heart, he probably has no affection for George Wood at all.

Cesc Fabregas and Kaka will also see Wood as a serious opponent, or hope to become a teammate. Cristiano Ronaldo wished that George Wood would disappear from the face of the earth.

After Ronaldo went off, the game resumed after a six-minute hiatus. The boos from the fans didn't stop. As long as George Wood got the ball, he would be booed violently. Fortunately, he played in the middle. If he played on the side, maybe there would be boos and all kinds of sundries thrown down...

Nani was once called the second Cristiano Ronaldo, he is somewhat similar to Ronaldo in terms of finishing characteristics. But the overall strength and experience are quite different. He worked very hard after he came on the court, wanting to prove that he can become a hero who helps the team defeat powerful enemies. It's a pity that Thiago and the defenders of the Forest team strictly marked him, and he didn't get any good opportunities.

Nani was replaced over there, and Dunn also replaced the exhausted Van Nistelrooy with Ibisevic here. He has scored nine league goals so far this season, a total of three goals in the League Cup and Champions Cup, and has scored twelve goals. Now everyone is generally not optimistic that Karl Spike can win the bet, unless Ibisevic suddenly suffers a serious injury in the second half of the season and misses all the remaining games. Otherwise, with his momentum, goals will continue.

Dunn sent him on at the last moment, hoping to use him to attack Manchester United's defense and create some opportunities.

However, Vidic and Rio Ferdinand's defense is quite solid, and Ibisevic has few opportunities under the defense of the two.

The game continued to be deadlocked. In the ensuing game, both sides got some chances, but no one grasped them. Ibisevic once had a poke shot from close at hand, but it slid out. Berbatov also had a cold shot. After Akinfeev dropped the ball, it caused chaos in the Forest team's penalty area. In the end, George Wood kicked the football out in front of Rooney. Of course, his clearance earned him boos from United fans who thought he had handballed the ball before the clearance...

At the eighty-eighth minute of the game, the score was still 1:1. But no one knows whether this score can be maintained until the end. Because from the 85th minute onwards, the two sides gave up defense in a tacit understanding. You come and I play very openly, offensive opportunities emerge in endlessly, and active mistakes are rising steadily.

Obviously neither side wants the game to end in a draw.

The two head coaches stood on the sidelines, watching every change in the stadium nervously, expecting their side to score a goal to break the deadlock.

"Although I know that they don't want the game to be tied, what I want to say is that the cruel reality tells them that this possibility is very high-the fourth official held up the injury time sign on the sidelines, and the stoppage time... 6 Minutes! It's really long, but it's normal to delay the time because of Ronaldo's injury..."

If it was normal, the six-minute stoppage time would definitely make Tang En furious on the sidelines, thinking that the referee was too naked to favor the home team. But now he wished for six more minutes. He clapped his hands on the sidelines, reminding the players to keep attacking.

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Ninety-second minute. The Forest team's offense was lost by Abanglahuo, and Manchester United immediately counterattacked very quickly.

Three passes and two downs passed the football to the frontcourt. Rooney passed the ball into the center of the penalty area after overpowering Barnes with speed from the wing. Pepe's header was accidentally off the top, which made Woodgate and Akinfeev next to him unexpected, so that when Berbatov stopped the ball with his chest, Woodgate had not had time to react .

Instead of taking a direct shot, the striker who cost Manchester United £30 million stopped the ball with his chest and then made a clever push to push the ball out of Akinfeev's reach...

"The ball has been scored! The ball has been scored!!" The commentator yelled frantically. "2:1! Manchester United leads!"

The Manchester United fans at the scene also fell into a collective frenzy. They rushed to the front row of the stands, waving their arms and shouting Berbatov's name.

The Manchester United players ran towards him no matter how far away they were, with arms wide open to hug him.

Ferguson even jumped up on the sidelines, like a kid who got candy. The bench behind him had already huddled together.

"Goal in the 92nd minute! It's the final winner! The final winner! It's amazing! Man Utd come back from one goal behind Nottingham Forest! Berbatov's goal kicks Forest To the abyss! Pepe made an unforgivable mistake, and he actually fell to the top in the penalty area! I really don't know what he was thinking at that moment!"

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Tang En didn't hold his head in his hands like Pepe was upset off the field. He waved his arms and yelled at the players inside: "Put the football in the middle circle! There's still time! There's still time! Don't give up! "

In such a noisy environment, how could anyone hear his voice. However, as the captain of the forest team, George Wood thought of going with him. He picked up the football from the net and ran to the center circle. The Manchester United players were still celebrating wantonly, and he had pressed the football on the kick-off point of the center circle. After finishing all this, he turned around and slapped his teammates who were somewhat dejected, and shouted: "It's not over yet! It's not over yet!"

Then he ran to the referee and reminded him that Manchester United's celebration time was a bit long.

The referee looked at his watch, and it was indeed a bit too much. But there are only three minutes left, do you still want to tie the score? It's just delusional...

Though thinking so in my heart, the referee still went to perform his duties. He ran to pull United's players back onto the pitch and signaled them to continue the game. After all, the game is not over yet.

Every Manchester United player who returned to his position had an unconcealable excited smile on his face. They were all very satisfied and happy with the last-minute lore against Nottingham Forest. There will never be such a good time again. Those who shovel and hurt us, we want you to use failure as the price!

Goalkeeper Ben Foster even turned around and made an inflammatory gesture to the fans in the stands, signaling them to sing louder.

Just after the kick-off, the Forest team launched an attack with a long pass. Such a hasty attack was naturally easily intercepted by Manchester United players, and then the Forest team counterattacked.

"Without Shaheen, the Forest team can only rely on such long passes to attack, which is simple and rough. It doesn't work at all for Manchester United's two tall central defenders. Eastwood is not a good header either. Forward, Ibisevic doesn't seem to be in the game yet..."

The commentator felt that the Forest team was just dying.

Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had been replaced, was wearing a team jacket and standing on the sidelines with Twain, staring anxiously at the stadium. He didn't want the game to end this way. Although he used to play for Manchester United, but now he is a Forest player, he is desperate to beat Manchester United, beat Ferguson.

"Come on! Hold on! Don't panic!" He shouted like a coach off the court, cheering up his teammates.

The 93rd minute passed in a frantic celebration from Manchester United, and they spent a full minute. There will be no stoppage time at the last minute for this minute. The six minutes of stoppage time will actually only be five minutes.

In the 94th minute, Nottingham Forest's offense was a mess. A simple long pass could not threaten Manchester United's goal at all. On the contrary, Manchester United had another chance to almost score. Rooney's long-range shot hit the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line, which stopped the cheers of Manchester United fans on the sidelines.

In the 95th minute, Nottingham Forest won a corner kick. Akinfeev wanted to rush to help. But was reprimanded by Wood and went back.

Pepe rushed to Manchester United's goal, wanting to score a goal and make up for himself. It's a pity that when he jumped up to compete for the top, he pushed down Vidic. The referee ruthlessly whistled him for a foul, and the Forest team lost another chance to attack. Pepe also wanted to complain to the referee that it was Vidic diving, but was pulled back by Wood. What's the use of arguing with the referee at this time? Just wasting my time!

"Nottingham Forest is hopeless. There is still half a minute before the end of the game. And it's still Manchester United's ball. They only need to keep falling in the backcourt to drag this half minute away..."

Manchester United fans were already singing and dancing in the stands to celebrate the victory.

The Manchester United players didn't really fall in the backcourt, because both Ibisevic and Eastwood rushed up and robbed frantically. The defenders were afraid that they would make a mistake and counterattack after being intercepted by the opponent, so they simply kicked. Go up the field and keep the football as far away from your goal as possible.

Pepe finally didn't fall off the top again, he intercepted the football from the air with a powerful header. Rooney moved into the middle, intending to catch the ball and then shoot.

However, his ball was blocked by Thiago with his body.

There was chaos in front of the restricted area.

Wood rushed out in the chaos, rounded his thigh and kicked the football to the frontcourt. No matter how you look at it, it looks like a rescue...

The football flew to where Ferdinand was like a cruise missile.

At the same time, Ibisevic also rushed to the ball's landing point. At this point in the game, only he, who had just played for a short time, had the stamina to sprint. Eastwood has more than enough heart but not enough energy, so he can only watch near the middle circle.

The two quickly met with a ball.

Under the interference of Ibisevic, Ferdinand did not head the ball, but rubbed the football behind...

But he was still more than ten meters away from goalkeeper Foster, and it was impossible for the ball to slip into Foster's hands.

Instead, Ibisevic took advantage of it!

He bypassed Ferdinand, who was out of focus, and jumped on the football.

"Mistake! Ferdinand made a mistake! Isn't this a foul? The referee signaled the game to continue! This is Nottingham Forest's last chance! Ibisevic received the ball and Foster rushed out..."

Huge boos sounded at the same time.

Amidst the boos, Ibisevic bounced the football still in the air forward with the arch of his foot!

Foster jumped up to catch the ball, but the football went through his armpit!

Everyone at Old Trafford watched the ball go past Ben Foster, across the goal line and into the net...

"Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Unbelievable...!"

After the goal, Ibisevic ran to the sidelines and once again celebrated by slapping his face. But this time it was stronger than the previous twelve times. This was the equalizer, the one that brought Nottingham Forest back from the brink! This goal means a lot!

"It was like a dream... Nottingham Forest equalized in the last minute of the game! They did it! I take back what I said three minutes ago, it wasn't the final winner! Manchester United thought they had won !But Nottingham Forest came out and said: 'No! The game is not over yet! Even with half a minute left, we can score!!!' Fantastic goal! Super Iby-!!!"

Amidst the crazy voice of the commentator, Tony Twain celebrated on the sidelines with obsession. He used a somersault to express his inner excitement. After the somersault, he shook his fist vigorously towards the stands, demonstrating to the stunned Manchester United fans. Nobody booed him this time...

"It was crazy stoppage time... two goals in the last six minutes, no one wins, no one loses. Just those six minutes is worth the price of admission!"

The United players, who had been equalized at the last second, stood there, transfixed. Most of them can't accept such a result: three minutes ago they thought they were winners, and three minutes later they thought they were losers...

Nottingham Forest's players rushed to Ibisevic, pinned him to the ground and stacked Rohan. They celebrated wildly, but the referee didn't come up to interfere, because the game was over, and Nottingham Forest drew with Manchester United with this goal in the 96th minute.

Perhaps for Twain before the match, this result was not satisfactory to him. But for him three minutes ago, this was the perfect result...

"We showed our courage." When Twain was interviewed after the game, he said so.