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Chapter 9 The referee is the protagonist (1)

The song "We've`got`the`whole`world`in`our`hands!" was still floating and echoing over the city court, and the players of the Forest team felt like they were fighting at home again: they were surrounded by people who supported them, and every move they had received unreserved cheers from the fans. Yes, that's the feeling, they haven't felt it for a while.

Come on, come on! Come on a little longer! We will never get bored!

Amid the cheers of fans, Forest launched a continuous offensive towards West Ham United's goal. For a moment, James's goal was in a panic. It seemed that Forest could score a goal with just one shot.

Glen Rhode looked back at the bench and found that substitute centre-back Gary Brynn was still in the seat.

"Hell! Brin, why are you still here? Didn't I ask you to warm up?"

Gary Bryn was confused. When did the head coach let him warm up? But he knew that it was not the time to argue with the angry Rhodes. He quickly took off his coat and jumped off the bench.

The changes on the bench in West Ham United also attracted Done's attention. The warm-up person was a little embarrassed, so he turned his head and asked Walker: "Des, who is the one who warmed up?"

Walker looked for a while and then told Donn: "Gary Bryn, the Irish international, a central defender with excellent air defense."

"It seems that our opponent has given up on the game." Tang En smiled, "Is the five defenders trying to stop our attack? Call Jess back, I think he should have warmed up enough."

Walker got up and walked to the warm-up area of ​​the Forest team, shouting loudly to let Ian Jace come back.

West Ham United wants to defend, which is actually just in line with Don En's wishes. If Rhodes have some courage and let the team attack, Don En may find it difficult to deal with it. But if the opponent wants to defend, the game will be simple. Isn't it just intensive defense? He believes that as the game progresses, West Ham players will have a mentality from disdain to anxiety, their feet will gradually increase, and the number of fouls will increase. They will definitely not have few set pieces in the frontcourt.

The 31-year-old former Scottish international Ian Jace has a beautiful free kick skill. He was selected for the Scottish team eighteen times and scored two goals. In the set-piece drill the day before the game, Donn witnessed the old guy's free kick level on the sidelines, and he could score six of them in ten!

He should not be more, just use a free kick to pose a threat to West Ham in this game, so that West Ham knows that it is useless to defend to the death.

Taking advantage of the time when Walker went to call Jace, Donn looked at the stadium. On the side of his side was Andy Reed, and on this side, West Ham United was another famous, former talented midfielder Lee Bowyer. Looking at this West Ham player with long faces and short hair, he suddenly thought that West Ham had another weakness for him to take advantage of.

Bowyer debuted in Charlton, but became famous at Leeds United.

Leeds United in the 2001-02 season was called the Youth Guards. They eliminated the powerful AC Milan in the European Champions League to enter the semi-finals. The main players in the team are mostly young players, 21-year-old Jonathan Woodgate, 22-year-old Harry Cowell, 21-year-old Paul Robinson, 22-year-old Leo Ferdinand, 23-year-old Ian Hart, 20-year-old Alan Smith, 25-year-old

Mark Viduca, 24-year-old Danny Mills, 21-year-old Robbie Keane, 26-year-old Robbie Fowler...The stars were all very young at that time. Later, due to the economic crisis of Leeds, these players went their separate ways. By the way, Aaron`Lennon, who later became the rookie of England's national team, was still in the Leeds United youth team at the time, and was only fourteen years old.

Bowyer just transferred to West Ham during the winter break this season, and this is his first game for the team.

Don Eun does not deny that Bowyer is a genius, but the character flaws of this genius... are a bit serious. Everyone knows that he is a bad boy in England, and some media even publicly say that Bowyer is an absolute "scum". Most of the famous scandals in English football in recent years have his name.

For example, the case of beating an Asian youth with Woodgate, and finally being compensated 170,000 pounds was waived before being prosecuted; the League Cup stepped on the face of the opponent's player Gerado, and was commented by Spanish media after the game that "almost stepped on Gerado's eyes" and was suspended by UEFA for six games; the insulted girlfriend was a monkey because her girlfriend is half Indian, and he said, "I don't want my child to return to his ancestors" and was suspected of racial discrimination; the case of raping a girl is not yet determined, but the suspects are him and Dele. He fought with his teammate Dale in the game and was then sent off by the referee. This matter has been recorded in the history of the Premier League...

Several things happened after 2003. This made Tang En very clear that Bowyer's inferiority is deeply rooted and comes from the heart and soul. It is definitely not a momentary impulse, nor will it be eliminated. As long as you make good use of this, you can push West Ham into the abyss of failure.

The fourth official raised the substitution sign on the sidelines, and the first to make the adjustment was West Ham. Rhodes's replacement was indeed central defender Gary Brynn, while he replaced the mediocre Dicanho. Once, it was a very ordinary substitution adjustment that even a fool could guess.

Taking advantage of this time, Done pulled over Andy Reed near the sideline: "Andy, look at Boyer." He pointed at the bad boy who turned his back to them not far away.

"I've been watching him all the time, boss."

"No, I mean a different way. As long as Boyena's ball, you go up and harass him with small movements, and use fouls when necessary. But be careful to master the standards and don't be sent off. One or two sentences of verbal stimulation is also possible. In short,... irritate him and make him lose his calmness, and the rest... do you know what to do?"

Reed looked at Donn in surprise: "Coach Tony Donn in the past never allowed us to do such things!"

"You used to be a child and a young player. Now you are a professional player and an adult!" Tang En casually made an excuse. "Do you know what the highest pursuit of professional players is?"

"Uh...more goals?"

"It's a victory!" Tang En yelled, "Football that cannot win is a failure! Well, now in the name of victory, let me get the scumbag Bowyer!" He slapped Reed hard and pushed him onto the field.

Reed looked back at Tang En hesitantly, but Tang En made a move to wipe his neck. A cold sweat suddenly broke out behind him - is this really the Tony Tangen coach he is familiar with?

"Don't worry about so many, Andy! Victory, victory!" Tang En's voice rang behind him.

"Okay, boss. I'll listen to you..." Reed replied.

Done turned back to the coach's seat and found that Jace was taking off her coat.

"Jess, you play Pop on the side, and there is a set piece for you. Blast the ball into their goal!" Don En pounded his fist hard.

Veteran Jace nodded: "Don't worry, boss. I won't let you down."

"Hehe. I know you never disappoint. Go up and fuck them hard!" Done encouraged Jace and pushed him to the sidelines. The fourth official raised the sign for substitution again, Eugen Pope down No. 16, and Ian Jace up No. 22.

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"The two teams made adjustments at the same time. Rhode replaced a defender, while Donn replaced a midfielder and continued to strengthen his attack. It seems that he only has one requirement for this game - victory! Ian Jace, Scotland international, played 18 times, scored two goals, was good at free kicks, and was the chief set-piece expert of Scotland. I believe that all the next free kicks of the Forest will be taken by him!"

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"Tony, what did you say to Reed just now? I think he seems a little confused." Walker was really careful, and all these details could be observed. Donne felt that he would become an excellent assistant coach.

"Nothing, I'll let him irritate Bowyer as much as possible."

Walker laughed: "This is awesome idea! The previous Tony Don can't think of it."

Tang En knew that there was still some time before, and he had to face this surprising situation compared to the past. He touched the back of his head: "Thank God, I'm enlightened... Des, how long is it until the game ended?"

"It's not considered injury stoppage time, there are twenty-four minutes left."

"There are half of the second half, two goals. Well... Des, don't you think behind us is much quieter?" Tang En asked suddenly.

Walker looked back and then smiled. In fact, there was no difference between quiet and uneasy when sitting on the coach's seat. There were shouts from fans around him. They both had to put their heads close to their words before they could hear what the other party was saying. Tang En's "quiet" means that all the insults before disappeared. Walker turned around and saw Michael, who was leading the swearing, was working hard to cheer for the Forest players with his friends. They stretched out their arms and shouted "Forest" than when they raised their middle fingers to Tang En.

Turning back, Walker said to Donn, "Tony, I think he would be willing to invite a bar person to drink at night."

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Both sides made their own adjustments and were quickly reflected in the game. But the most eye-catching thing was not these two adjustments, but the "confrontation" between Andy Reed and Lee Bowyer. Don En felt that it would be more vivid to replace "confrontation" with "conflict".

Reed obediently carried out his instructions. Donne recalled that when he was in the youth team, Reed listened to his words because he was the one who dug him out. The Forest youth team and the youth team were countless people, and there were very few people who could stand out from it. Reed was only 20 years old this year. Although he was an Irish born in Dublin, he had been training in the Forest since he was a child.

Just now, Bowye got the ball, Reed rushed forward, pulling and pushing. Although the referee blew his foul in time, he still made Bowye angry.

Don Eun carefully observed Bowyer's expression changes below. This yellow-haired boy was placed on the street and drank some wine to be a typical football hooligan. Reed didn't do enough, and Bowyer was obviously suppressing his anger.

He played for six and a half seasons at Leeds. He was initially full of radiance and had a stark avenue. He was then plagued by endless scandals, and his own injury caused him to plummet. He only rose again with Leeds last season, helping the team defeat AC Milan and reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. This season, he chose to transfer to West Ham United in a new environment to prove to the world that the genius Bowyer is not dead.

But it's a pity...

If you don’t die, I will die. Tang En said in his heart.

In the history that Don En is familiar with, in 2003, Bowyer only played for West Ham for a short half season, playing ten times, only a handful of games. Then he transferred to Newcastle freely, and then he was not doing well. I don’t know if it has a direct relationship with this game... In short, the genius bad boy Lee Bowyer, who was once highly expected and disappointed many times, has completely sunk and no longer has the courage of the past.

Joe Cole has been completely frozen, and he retreated in the face of the Forests' desperation. After all, it's just a FA Cup. After all, they have more important Premier League games in eleven days. If they are kicked in this game, it will undoubtedly cast a shadow on the team's relegation path. Some balls can be given if they can, and if they can, they can dodge.

So West Ham shifted his focus to Lee Bowyer on the other side of the court in the counterattack. They hoped that this former genius could help the team get rid of the current embarrassing situation. But they picked the wrong opponent and life.

The third time in a row! Reed used a foul to block Bowyer's breakthrough, and the price he paid was just a verbal warning from the referee. Bowyer's face became even more ugly.

In the subsequent attack, Bowy received a pass from Joe Cole, who should have chosen to pass it to Defoe, who was in a better position, so that the latter could break through. However, he took a few steps and shot a very morale anti-aircraft gun.

"Actually, the target of Bowy's shot was the roof of the city stadium!" Motson sarcastically without mercy. The Forest team performed abnormally in the first half, and he mocked the Forest team. Now it's West Ham United's turn.

Tang En clenched his fists and waved it violently: "It's done!"

The Forest fans in the stands began to make songs on the spot to mock Bower's shot: "Lee Bower is an excellent rugby player! The ball he kicked soared into the sky! Oh yeah!"

After understanding the meaning of the lyrics, Donn laughed happily. English fans must be the most talented and best in the world. He likes this kind of environment.

Seeing Bower shoot the ball into the sky, Rhode waved his hand in annoyance, while Defoe on the court was a little dissatisfied. He shouted at Bower: "Hey! I'm here! Not in the sky!"

"I'll care about you!" Bowy responded unfriendly to his teammates, then turned around and ran away.

Difu shrugged Joe Cole aggrievedly. The young captain obviously had no way to restrain this unruly new teammate. He could only shake his head and could do nothing.

Originally, in Donn's plan, Reed should have angered Bowyer. Bowyer tried to take revenge. Then Reed fell to the ground exaggeratedly. The referee gave Reed a yellow card and a red card. This is a very good plan, which will make the opponent lose one person and one offensive point, and will also greatly damage morale.

Unexpectedly, the storm on the court suddenly changed, completely beyond his expectations.

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PS, this chapter will be updated at around 7 pm (Part 2), so stay tuned!
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