Chapter 141: The Protagonist of Dream Theater (1)
Chapter 141 The protagonist of Dream Theater (Part 1)
Ronaldo made the most realistic moves he thought were, with a fake fax buckle and beautifully drifted over George Wood who was defending him. In the TV camera, Wood flew out of the picture directly, and the focus of the camera firmly locked the Portuguese genius Cristiano Ronaldo. All Manchester United fans who saw this scene would not help but sigh: This is another beautiful extraordinary!
The TV commentator has raised his hands and is ready to cheer for Ronaldo's breakthrough.
At this moment, a leg suddenly appeared in the picture, and a person rushed out in an instant. Ronaldo had just swung his foot and the football in front of him disappeared...
"Ronaldo, Ronaldo! Ronaldo...woooow! What is this?! George Wood! Where did he come out?"
Seeing Wood flew back into the field from outside and broke Ronaldo's ball, Donne on the sidelines seemed to have scored the goal, raising his fists and smashed it hard.
"Beautiful defense!" The narrator continued to marvel, and he even used the famous commentary of former British commentator Kennett Walsterholm. "When everyone thought everything was over... George Wood is back!"
Albertini, who rushed back after Wood kicked the football out, gave him a powerful hug, "Good job!" There was no more words, but it was enough to express Albertini's inner emotions.
If Wood hadn't fought back and even if he was shaken out of the baseline, the Forest team would have fallen behind three goals now, and was beaten 0:3 by the home team in the away game, and the game could have basically been announced to be over early.
But now Wood has reserved a little chance for the Forest, which may not be great... But the game is not over yet, who knows? Maybe this defense will become a turning point...
Van Nistrui was complaining that Ronaldo did not pass the ball in time just now. The Portuguese turned a blind eye to this and stared at Wood's back. He hadn't figured out how Wood rushed in from outside the field just now. If it was a human reaction speed, it would be too fast...
Not only are beautiful goals but also seemingly impossible defenses that boost morale.
Wood is such a person. He rarely uses words to motivate his teammates. Of course, he doesn't know how to say things like Tony Donn that can make everyone excited. He doesn't even know what "boosting morale" is... He only knows how to complete the task he should complete, even if that task seems "impossible". He will try his best to do it. He never thought about what impact he would have on the team. In fact, his actions just made everyone see some hope.
This time, Ronaldo's long-distance drive-in was comparable to the goalkeeper saving the opponent's penalty at 0:2.
United's chance of a must-go was incredibly strangled by George Wood, their men were ready to stand up and cheer for Ronaldo's amazing hit, but Wood stuffed their cheer back into his throat.
"George Wood, it's hard to believe that he's only played football for two years... Where did Tony Donn find such a genius? Although his shot was so bad that it was vomiting, he was a real genius in defense!"
With the commentator's praise, the camera shot gave Wood a big close-up. His face was expressionless, as cold as an iceberg. Behind him was Cristiano Ronaldo, who was a little lost in his mind. It can be clearly seen from this picture that Ronaldo was still looking at Wood, as if he wanted to see through him completely.
Donn waved his fist hard. Then he turned to Chris Lak, who was also very happy, and said, "Look, David. When I brought him to you, none of us would have thought we would see this scene today."
Chris Lack nodded: "Yes, we got a big bargain!"
The Forest team suddenly rose because of Wood's defensive morale. They all saw hope of getting out of this game.
On the scene, they were gradually able to compete with Manchester United.
Pique performed well in the new position of the midfielder. Roy Keane's upward assists have decreased. Manchester United seems to have the intention to shift the focus of the game to defense.
Ronaldo received the pass again, and George Wood was still defending him. This time, Ronaldo learned his lesson. He walked forward without waiting for Wood to force him to come up, hoping to break through quickly along the sideline without giving Wood a chance to get close. This time Wood's defense was even more straightforward, and he directly kicked a fierce tackle from the top. Ronaldo dribbled the ball out of the sideline.
Amid the huge booing in the Old Trafford stands, the referee's whistle sounded. A yellow card.
Wood ignored the referee's yellow card warning, and he did not go to pull Ronaldo on the ground, grinned, and got up, patted his butt and turned around and ran away.
He was never friendly to his opponents, because Tang En told him a long time ago that all the opponents on the field were his enemies, and being friendly to the enemies was cruel to him... He kept this in his heart.
Ronaldo lay on the ground and did not get up. The referee glanced at him. Waves his hand and asked the Manchester United team doctor to come around. It seems that he is going to receive some simple treatment...
By the time Ronaldo returns to the court, he is obviously much more honest.
Ferguson saw this scene below. So he made a gesture on the sidelines, asking Ronaldo and Giggs to switch positions on the two sides. The arrogant Portuguese did not object to this decision. Wood's bump just now made his ribs ached. Deep down, he also felt that it was a better way to avoid that savage boy now...
Seeing Ronaldo and Giggs change positions, the Portuguese went to the left, while the Wales veteran went to the right, Donn knew that this was an adjustment for Wood. So he waved his hand and switched Wood to the right of the Forests, Leighton Barnes returned to the left back position, and Zimbonda retracted into the penalty area. He handed over the task of defending Ronaldo on the right to Wood. He just didn't make the Portuguese boy feel comfortable.
After the defensive pressure has been reduced a lot, the Forests can also consider trying to counterattack. Albertini is moving forward more and more times. He is patiently looking for opportunities to find opportunities for Manchester United to reveal their flaws...
This guy Wood has done everything he can do, and now it’s time for us to make the contribution we deserve!
When Forests took the ball, Albertini did not kick the football into the frontcourt like before and looked for Viduca's head. That offensive mode was too simple. Rio Ferdinand could be calm when defending.
And this time, Albertini made a fake pass move, then shook the ball away, and suddenly accelerated and dribbled the ball forward!
Scholes did not expect Albertini to drive the ball through by himself. He was unable to defend enough and could only watch the opponent run past him.
Roy Keane came up to defend Albertini, while the Italian cleverly distributed the football to Ribery, and Gerinevit stepped forward to get in the position. Ribery had no intention of breaking through, and he transferred the football to another side, and Ashley Young received the ball.
When Ashley Young received the ball, Forest's right back Zimbonda responded based on the offensive routines he practiced during normal training.
This was originally a very ordinary full-back assist mode, but Zimbonda only did it once in the time before this game. Because Manchester United's two wings were too strong, he couldn't even take care of the defense, so what else can he talk about offense?
Now he doesn't have to worry about getting the assist, and the space behind him will be used by Manchester United players. Because he has George Wood behind him. That's a guy who doesn't talk normally. But he always feels relieved...
Zimbonda's insertion was so resolute and fast that while attracting Ronaldo's return to defense, he even took away Heinze's attention. When he saw Zimbonda running up, he took a few steps back and was preparing to imitate Ashley Young and pass the ball to the full-back who assisted the Forest.
Ashley Young caught the space in just a few steps. He did not pass the ball, but took this opportunity to suddenly knock the ball to the inside. Breakthrough!
He wants to go directly into the penalty area!
Rio Ferdinand saw Ashley Young's move and hurried up to make up for the defense, intending to prevent the opponent from entering the penalty area.
But as soon as he rushed up, he saw Ashley Young, who was lowering his head and dribbling the ball, splitting the football under his feet... The target was his original location!
Viduka received a diagonal pass from Ashley Young because Rio Ferdinand was pulled out and there was not a single Manchester United player around him. This was a beautiful assist!
Manchester United's goalkeeper in this game was American Tim Howard, and his performance was perfect last season. He squeezed out the main position of French national goalkeeper Battz. But his performance this season was very unstable. If it weren't for the goalkeeper, he wouldn't have found a better and more stable candidate. Ferguson would definitely not use him.
Viduka stopped the ball, looked up at Howard's position, and then raised his foot to rub and shoot!
The football drew an arc in the air and entered the back corner of the goal when no one expected it!
Howard didn't even make any saves. He didn't expect that Viduka would have no defense and then shot so calmly...
The goal came so suddenly that the TV audience had not yet reacted. The Forest fans even thought the ball was not in the game because there was no cheer from the scene. It was not until they saw Viduka running to Ashley Young who was passing the ball to him with his arms raised.
"The ball... the ball went in!" Not only the TV audience, but even the commentator himself did not expect that the Forest team was suppressed by Manchester United and had no good chance. Unexpectedly, this attack brought a goal. He seemed a little inadequately prepared. "Rio Ferdinand made a mistake, and he missed his goal... Nottingham Forest scored a goal! Now there are seventeen minutes left before the end of the game. It turned out that a dramatic scene appeared on the one-sided side. Can we see a completely different ending?"
"Of course!" The Nottingham Forest fan roared loudly on the ground watching the ball in front of the TV.
Seeing Viduka scored, Donn was not as excited as people thought. He stood on the sidelines and applauded the players on the court, and didn't even say he raised his arms to cheer. For him, there was no difference between 1:2 and 0:2. He had seen the scene he wanted to see most - George Wood's growth.
But his assistant Chris Lack said with some excitement: "Tony! We have hope!"
"Of course." Tang En nodded, "but it depends on whether Ferguson's reaction is fast or not. He can't do without adjustment, David."
Chris Lack calmed down, and what Donn said made sense. With more than ten minutes left before the end of the game, he conceded another goal, and Ferguson could not remain indifferent. He glanced at Manchester United coach Xi, and the old Scottish man with a red face really stood up from his seat.
Just one minute after Forests scored, Manchester United made a substitution.
Cristiano Ronaldo walked off the court with a dark face, and replaced him with a defensive midfielder, Brazilian Kleberson, who was going to defend this goal advantage.
Ronaldo did not go to the home team bench, but walked straight back to the locker room. Even fools could see that he was very dissatisfied with being replaced. Maybe he thought that other people did not do well, so why not change others, or change themselves? For example, Rooney's condition in this game today is very average, and there are few threatening shots. Why not change him?
Apart from the camera lens, no one cares about the grieving Ronaldo now. After all, the game is still going on. Forest team, who scored a goal, has high morale and bombarded Manchester United's goal for five consecutive minutes.
If Ferguson does not make timely adjustments, the door Howard guards is really dangerous.
Chapter completed!