Chapter 126: Entanglement (Part 1)

The confrontation between the head coaches of the two sides on the sidelines became the topic that was discussed the most. The original situation was repeatedly reproduced during the TV broadcast, and from different angles and different cameras gave the entire process of the matter at that time to satisfy the audience's curiosity.

The game continues, but the protagonist has changed from the star players on the court to two head coaches, Tony Don and Jose Mourinho.

"The head coach stole the limelight from the players. We can say that as long as Mourinho and Donn are in the game, they are the focus of everyone's attention. This game is so beautiful, we can enjoy beautiful goals, and we can also see the passionate and passionate duel between the two head coaches... hahahaha!"

Amid the commentator's laughter, the first half ended, and Nottingham Forest temporarily tied with Chelsea at 1:1. If we consider the strength comparison of the two teams, this score can satisfy the Nottingham Forest team who plays at home. However, thinking about the number of players on both sides and the first half of the game, Don En would not feel anything to be satisfied at all.

The goal was concealed at the last moment of the first half. The blow to the Forest players can be seen from their breath after sitting down. It was heavy and rapid.

Tang En stood in the locker room, watching the players who quietly changed their clean jerseys.

"I remember I kept emphasizing to you a few days before the game, what kind of team is Chelsea now? I said if we lead, we must pay attention to their counterattack. Now my words have been confirmed, and we equalized the score by Chelsea, who was one less person and played away. It seems that the goal was conceded because Wood did not defend Drogba, or because Pique was injured and left the field, which made us lose one person to guard Drogba, but in fact?" Done spread his hands, "We were pressed by them for twenty-five minutes before conceding the goal! There is no way! If they are lucky in these twenty-five minutes, they will score at any time, then it will definitely not be a draw now... We are completely limited by them. Right? Attack, can't attack. Defend, it's difficult to defend."

The players didn't speak, obviously they thought it was like this. Chelsea was really strong, and they only realized this after talking directly with them. No wonder they can always maintain pressure on the leader Arsenal in the league.

"Okay!" Tang En suddenly raised the volume of his speech, "Don't lower his head! Let's look at this problem from another perspective. Conceding the goal in the last moment of the first half is not necessarily a bad thing. At least we have more time to make targeted adjustments, and their rhythm was interrupted by a fifteen-minute halftime break. It was just a draw. Do you think we were lucky to score goals in the first half? Ferreira was also lucky to be sent off? Chelsea is not an invincible battleship, and they also have many weaknesses. Frank, why is it like missing in the second half of the first half?"

He called Ribery's name.

"I...uh, I'm back to defend..." Compared to the time I came to Nottingham, Ribery's English has improved rapidly, no matter whether it is listening or speaking. There is no big problem.

"Okay, you remember in the second half: continue to play in the first half of the first half. Our offense is mainly on the side. If you and Ashley and Young are missing, how can we fight against each other? Listen, our side is like this in the second half..." Tang En turned around and drew on the tactical board. "Your mission is not to cross the ball outside the penalty area, and try to cut in from here..." He drew two oblique arrows to cut into the penalty area on two corners of the penalty area. "Press the Chelsea defender into the penalty area, try to hold the ball, and try to break through them after entering the penalty area! Just make bold moves in the penalty area. Be careful of your opponent."

Ribery and Ashley Young nodded at the same time.

Donn turned around and looked at George Wood again: "George, do you mind telling you about your feelings one-on-one with Drogba?"

Wood looked at Tang En, and then said, "He is very strong."

"Of course, 24 million pounds are not just a statement." Don Ng shrugged, "Your mission will be the same in the second half. You should defend Drogba with Pique. Don't give him too many opportunities. If he takes the ball with his back, don't give him space to turn around. Be careful of his long shot. If he passes back, don't worry about him and let him pass, but you must not let him face the goal after getting the ball. Don't underestimate this black man with rough skills. Do you understand if I say that?"

Wood nodded.

After assigning personal tasks, Don Eun began to talk about the team's tactics: "You guys, you all saw it. Chelsea forced them very fiercely in our backcourt. This is the key to their continuous attack. So in the second half. I asked you to make the ball more concise. The catch speed should be fast, the running speed should be fast. The passing speed should be fast! You can't give Chelsea a chance to grab the ball under our feet. It is very dangerous to always let the football turn around in the second half. If you can't find a suitable teammate to catch the ball for a while, just drive the ball to the front. Did you see it? Crouch is so tall, if you shave your hair off again, it would be a beacon to point you in the fog!"

Done patted Crouch on the shoulder hard, and his teammates laughed.

"Well, if we look at the rankings, our current results are not too bad. Chelsea is second, we are only thirteenth, and eleventh away. If we treat ourselves as ordinary promoted teams, this result can be missed. Many teams have already made up their minds to lose less and win before meeting strong teams. But we can't do this, why? Because we are different from them, we are not ordinary promoted teams. This season our goal is not just a relegation, we have greater pursuits. We are at home in this game, so there is no reason to draw. If we don't win in the end, I promise that everyone will not have a holiday the next day. From this game, I hope that the guys understand that if we can win, then I will never accept the draw. If we can't win the game, I will never accept failure!"

Tang sat alone in his seat, and it was now halftime. Most fans took this time to go out to drink beer, eat something, and replenish their physical strength. He was not interested in these things because he was not like those around him in the first half. He shouted wildly, clapped his hands and stomped his feet, his physical energy consumption was almost zero, and his throat did not hurt.

Nottingham is a city with a lot of international students, so it is not uncommon for fans with yellow-skinned, dark-haired oriental faces to appear here. No one looked at the coach of the Forest Youth Team for a longer time.

Tang En is the team's head coach. He can allocate a certain share of the tickets before every home game. He will leave Tang with one every time. Regardless of whether he goes or not. Most of the time, Tang chooses to watch it at home, and can also record videos, with clear replay and slow playback, which can help him analyze the game.

But today, when it was raining, he chose to watch the game on site. At the end of the first half, he saw the wonderful one-on-one of the two head coaches. Such a scene would never happen if he was the head coach of the Forest team. He had thought more than once about how he would do if he was the head coach of this team.

He is too different from Tang En. Tang En hopes to be his assistant and manage the team with him, but he is considering whether his personality can cooperate well with such a flamboyant person. Although everyone lives together. But because one coaches the first team and the other coaches the youth team, he is completely unfamiliar with his work.

Don En always said that they can cooperate well and cooperate well. Just because they always come together to study various videos at night? Don always feel that he doesn't understand that person at all, and thinks that the actions he makes are incredible sometimes. For example, when he confronted Mourinho just now, wasn't he worried that this would anger Chelsea instead? You know, Chelsea is ranked second, and a strong team that has not lost after the start of the league six rounds!

The rain was still falling, and there were more and more people around me, and the second half of the game was about to begin.

Don Eun didn't know what Mourinho said to his players during the break, and the Chelsea players looked very motivated. He didn't feel the prospects were dim because of one missing person. But he was not worried because his players were also motivated and were not frustrated by being equalized by the opponents who were ten people.

Both teams are in good spirits, what about the two head coaches?

Of course, he was also full of fighting spirit.

From the pre-match battle to the mid-match, to this point, no one is willing to lose to anyone, otherwise... it will be a small matter to lose three points, and a big matter to lose face!

Your boss is rich. You won the European championship. You accepted the strong generals, will I be afraid of you?

No matter how rich the boss is, no matter how many championships he has won and how famous the players are, it is useless to go to the game, and the scores are spoken!

In the second half, we will fight again!

Chelsea in the second half did not change much tactically compared with the second half of the first half, strengthening the pressing in the frontcourt, and then creating chaos in the Forest team and then taking advantage of their mistakes.

Chelsea successfully equalized the score in the first half by this method. Mourinho believes that the inexperienced Forest will be at a loss when facing this oppressive defense like waves, and then there will be many mistakes that cannot be made normally. But Mourinho is smart, and Don is not a fool. Since Chelsea scored the equalizer goal with this move in the first half, how could he not be defended?

The Forest began to consciously play long passes to Crouch in front during the offense. And if the opponent was not too fierce, transfer the ball to the wing and hand it over to Ribery or Ashley Young, and they decided the details of the attack. And what about the Forest's defense line? Everyone tried to minimize the time to control the ball, and the defenders even needed to kick the ball forward with big feet, without considering whether Crouch could receive it.

Because Forest players were very determined to implement this tactic, ten minutes passed, and Chelsea found that they were running and intercepting in the frontcourt but had little effect. Every time they saw the Forest players not far away in front of them, they rushed over, but the opponent kicked the ball behind them without hesitation...
Chapter completed!