Chapter 915: Volume 7: The Heart of the Lion King, Principles

In the second half of the game, Twain changed players. After all, this was just a friendly match. The number of substitutions in this kind of game is not the three players in the regular game, but is decided by the two sides through discussion. According to the results agreed by the two parties, up to eleven people can be replaced in this game.

Even in England's third-tier team, few players who were approved by the club could play a full game. Tang En almost never recruited a player, and he would promise to the opposing club that the player would only play half a game at most. As Twain who has just coached the national team and his performance in the national team is like a blank slate, his current attitude is very humble. Even in the media, there are no provocative remarks.

After the intermission, Dunn replaced four people in one breath. James Milner replaced Joe Cole, Michael Johnson replaced Mark Noble, and Paul Pepper replaced Ashley Cole who had just recovered from injury. Er, James Vaughan replaced Darren Bent.

Unlike Dunn's side who made extensive substitutions, five minutes into the second half, Martin O'Neill didn't move. He didn't make a substitution.

"It seems that O'Neal wants to win this game." Tang En muttered to himself on the coach's bench.

O'Neill's idea is actually very simple. The strongest lineup of the Forest team must stay on the field for a while, because his plan is to storm the restricted area of ​​England at the beginning of the second half and strive for goals. How can you attack if you make a substitution at the beginning of the second half?

So when the score was still 1:0 five minutes into the second half, he seemed a little nervous. He got up from his seat and paced back and forth on the sidelines. At the same time, he was quickly thinking about various possibilities and countermeasures in his mind.

If England's goal cannot be blasted in another ten minutes, then I have to replace most of the main players to let them get a full rest, and at the same time shrink the formation, turn to defense, and confront England. O'Neill has such confidence-with the strength of that England team, it is not easy to break through the door of his own team. Even if they win this game 1:0, it can be regarded as a match, at least they won it.

What if the score is equalized by England? Then replace a small number of main players, maintain sufficient strength, and continue to attack. Fight for the lead again.

Unlike Martin O'Neill, who was a little restless, Tony Twain has been sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai. He crossed his legs on the leather chair. Nottingham Forest was a little uncomfortable that England recovered the defense as he said, compressing Nottingham Forest's space and time in front of their penalty area. O'Neal hopes that the team can play better, so there are many short passes, especially in the middle.

In Twain's view, this is unnecessary, but perhaps O'Neill chose to do this in order to deliberately distinguish himself from Twain.

After attacking for another ten minutes, Nottingham Forest still didn't find a good chance to enter the England team's penalty area. They could only rely on long-range shots to try to score. However, doing so also caused a little trouble for England—During the intermission, Twain asked the team to use the space left by Forest's two wing assists, but fifteen minutes into the second half, Forest's two sides The defender did not actively assist, which seems to be O'Neal's intentional arrangement. Bale and Rafinha only crossed the halfway line after the entire England team had dropped back to the 30-metre zone.

In this way, Tang En's counterattack from the side can't be done.

Fifteen minutes later, O'Neill saw that he hadn't scored a goal and Tang En's offense wasn't very sharp, so he decided to make a substitution.

He replaced Fernandez with Cohen, Bentley with Moke, Shaheen with Gago, and Abanglaho with Ibisevic. Four people were also changed, but no one on the back line moved. He was still very careful and didn't want to leave even the slightest chance for Tang En.

Tang En saw that O'Neal was replaced, and he knew that his chance had come.

So he got up from his seat for the first time in the second half and walked to the sidelines.

Seeing him get up and walk out, there was a burst of boos against him in the stands. Tang En turned a deaf ear to it, and just shouted the names of the players on the field loudly, waving his hands to signal that they could press out a bit.

O'Neill has George Wood as his support, so he hopes to build the current Nottingham Forest into a team that can play beautiful football, which is very different from the fast passing through the midfield that Twain emphasized before. His efforts have been somewhat effective. Today's Forest team is indeed much more beautiful than the previous team in terms of midfield performance. The layer-by-layer advancing style of play, the team's pass and cut movement coordination, let the Forest team's offense It's as smooth as flowing clouds and flowing water.

However, his method did not play its due role in the face of the England that had to stick to it before.

O'Neal also decided to make some adjustments.

Forest's only goal in the first half was scored through a cross from the wing, and it still looks like it will resume flying on both wings. He gestured from the sidelines to get Bell and Rafinha back into the offense.

This is the signal that Bell and Rafinha most hope to see. For them, who are stronger in offense than defense, only offense can give them a sense of accomplishment.

After Bell passed the football to Cohen, he did not wait to see the situation before deciding whether to jump in like the previous few times. This time he went forward very resolutely and surpassed Cohen.

As a teammate who has worked together for several seasons, Chris Cohen also knows what Bell means. Now that the coach has relaxed the restrictions on the assists of the full-backs, coupled with his trust in Bell's offensive ability, Cohen passed the football.

It has to be said that the national team that Twain improvised was far behind Nottingham Forest in terms of strength. Jack Cook alone couldn't stop Bell's assault, and because of lack of understanding, Ferdinand didn't have the first place either. Time to fill in. The two just let Bell rush past him.

There was a huge cheer from the stands, applauding Bell's breakthrough. They are eager to see the Forest team score another goal. The score of 1:0 is really not enough. You must know what kind of team the Forest team is facing-the third-tier team in England!

Seeing Bell's breakthrough, Tang En became a little nervous. He knew Bell, this little monkey usually looked harmless to humans and animals, but when it came to the competition, he disowned his relatives and showed a calmness that didn't match his age. This was the point that Tang En valued him at the beginning, but now it has become the point that Tang En is most worried about.

Mitchell is still waiting inside, as long as he passes the ball in...

Tang En clenched his fists involuntarily.

Bell really passed a high ball. This time, it was Whit who saved England and Twain. David Whitt, who is 1.96 meters tall, got stuck in his position, making it impossible for Mitchell to compete for the top, and then he jumped up and pushed the football out.

The cheers in the stands suddenly dissipated into sighs.

Tang En's fist did not loosen, because he saw the scene that made him wait for more than ten minutes.

The football that Whit pushed out did not fall at the feet of the Forest players, but at the feet of Delphi. And Delphi was right on Bell's side. Bell just made an assist, but he hasn't had time to return to the defense...

"Counterattack!" Tang En couldn't help roaring off the court. For a moment, he forgot that he was at the Crimson Stadium, and his opponent was Nottingham Forest, which he had coached for eleven years. In his mind, he just wanted to let the boos in the stands disappear temporarily, and the words in the corridor of the Crimson Stadium resurfaced.

In addition to winning, it is still winning.

My Tony Twain's coaching career is like this, even if I change teams...

Delphi also noticed this gap, he didn't run forward with the ball himself, after all, no matter how fast a person runs, he can't compare to a football flying in the air.

He passed the football to James Vaughn, who played in the second half, and Everton's leading striker had also been pulled to the side at this moment. Although they hadn't practiced together for a long time before, as a professional player, so many years of tactical literacy let him at least know that when attacking, he must find the opponent's space to use.

He and Delph thought of this together.

As soon as he pulled to the wing, Delphi passed the ball.

The full-backs are empty, and the central defenders and midfielders must come to fill them.

George Wood was as fierce as ever, he rushed forward to break Vaughn's ball. As an old opponent in the Premier League, Vaughan certainly knows how powerful Wood is. He is not arrogant enough to think that he can retreat under Wood's pressure. The smartest way is to pass the ball before he pounces on him. go out……

Wood knocked down Vaughn, but the referee did not blow his whistle to indicate that the Forest team fouled, but raised his hands in the direction of the attack-the offense was favorable, and the game continued!

Before Wood, Vaughan passed the football to his Everton teammate, his younger brother Joseph Baxter, who came in from the midfield.

Nottingham Forest's central defenders are still paying attention to another striker, Fraser Campbell. In addition, they have just invested in an attack, and the defensive force is insufficient. Except for the two central defenders, it is George Wood.

Baxter equals someone completely defenseless.

Pepe and Thiago Silva made a mistake in cooperating again at this time-it stands to reason that one of them should go up to defend Baxter, while the other stayed behind to watch Campbell, but the two saw Baxter After getting the ball, his head was hot and he rushed up at the same time.

At that moment, Baxter made the pass. He gave the ball to Campbell who was waiting in front and still onside.

When Campbell received the ball, he was behind Forest's entire backline with no one around.

Silva raised his hand to indicate that Campbell was offside, but the referee and the linesman did not respond.

Only Pepe turned around and threw himself at Campbell.

He was too late, Campbell broke into the penalty area, Pepe rushed to only trip Campbell there.

This time the referee and the linesman finally reacted. The lineman raised the flag and waved it non-stop, while the referee blew his whistle and ran towards the penalty spot in the penalty area!

"Penalty kick!" the commentator yelled.

O'Neal's eyes widened on the sidelines, and he could hardly believe what he saw.

The commentator followed Pepe who made fun of the foul: "In the Champions League final, he also pushed Real Madrid to a penalty. In this game, he sent a big gift again. Does Pepe really want to help Tony? A hand from Twain? Think about the hug he and Twain had before the start of the game, what did the two of them say while hugging each other?"

Surprised fans in the stands booed the penalty to express their dissatisfaction. Maybe some people will wonder if Pepe did it on purpose...

Anyway, England got a "lucky" penalty in this way. Vaughn took the penalty and made it overnight, tying the score at 1:1.

Watching his team score a goal, Tang En didn't deliberately make those celebrations on the sidelines to stimulate opponents as excitedly as before. He didn't even slap his hands, standing motionless on the sidelines like a marble statue.

It stands to reason that at this time, he'd better make excited expressions and movements, so that the players in England will recognize him as the new head coach. But Tang En gave up such an opportunity to draw closer the relationship between himself and the players, just because deep down in his heart, he still couldn't make him make that kind of action in the game against the Forest team.

For him, Nottingham Forest had not been an enemy until now...nor would it be in the future. Because the England national team will hardly have the chance to play against Nottingham Forest in the future. They were supposed to be two parallel lines that do not interfere with each other, but they crossed today by accident.

He wasn't ready to see Nottingham Forest again so soon...

Fans can boo him because they have reason to hate him. He can also lead the team to beat Nottingham Forest here because he cannot compromise his work ethic. But at least he can choose not to celebrate after his team scores, which may make him and those fans feel better.

However, the reason why he didn't let outsiders see that he didn't celebrate was this. So he could only pretend to be cool with a straight face, as if he was not satisfied with the team taking so long to get back the score. At least he managed to fool the narrator.

"Tony Twain doesn't seem to be very satisfied with the draw. After the team scored a goal, he still kept a straight face. He is really a strict head coach. I can almost see the days of those big-name players in England under him. Aha!"

Skinny Bill was still leading his diehard fans to boo to express their dissatisfaction with the conceded goal, while Fat John didn't care about the result of the game at all. He came here to see Twain, and when he saw Twain standing there without even raising his hand, and his posture remained unchanged, John thought of the former Forest team who scored a goal, and he was better than the goal scorer on the sidelines. The eye-catching Tony Twain. He flips, he slides on his knees, he gets crushed by players swarming under him...

I'm afraid I'll never see such a scene again, right?

John sighed softly, then turned away from what he was doing, and walked towards the exit.

"John? Don't watch?" Someone next to him noticed his abnormal behavior.

John shook his head, "I don't want to watch it." He slowly moved his fat body and disappeared through the exit.

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Fat John left the field early, so he did not see the 80th minute after 20 minutes, the scene where Nottingham Forest made a pass error in the backcourt and Vaughn seized the opportunity to make another victory.

Instead, the huge crimson stadium was dead silent, as if they had just lost the European champions. Those who were waiting to see Tang En's jokes and want to make Tang En look good were all stunned, their minds went blank, and they didn't know what to say. Even someone like Bill didn't expect that the mighty Nottingham Forest would fall behind to a third-tier team in England at home...

The England players on the pitch hugged each other excitedly, celebrating their go-ahead goal. And Tang En sat on the coach's bench this time, but still didn't express anything. He stubbornly abides by his inner "principle" - not cheering for any goal of his team in the game against the Forest team.

But how many of the more than 50,000 people in the stands understand his ridiculous "principle"?

This Tony Twain! The hideous traitor! This shameless Judas!

You betrayed us! You betrayed Nottingham Forest!

Now that we are ahead of us, you still put on such a nonchalant arrogant look, it is simply unforgivable! How did it feel to beat your old favourite, Nottingham Forest? Do you feel happy?

But we don't! !

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PS, today's two updates are over ~ tomorrow will resume normal updates. There is no way, it is very painful not to save the manuscript... You are suffering and I am suffering too.