Chapter 41: A little bad luck

Chelsea used Mark Laile's sudden magical foot to break the deadlock, and Nottingham Forest fell behind at home. This made the Forest players a little unacceptable, and quickly launched a counterattack after conceding the ball. However, this counterattack was the product of a momentary impulse and had not been carefully planned. Chelsea was a little busy at the beginning because of the Forest's fierce offensive, but after they had to last a few minutes, they could handle such disorderly attacks.

What makes Forests feel unacceptable is not that they are behind Chelsea at home, as this is common for them. The real reason why they are upset is that this goal was made by Mark Lele!

They were in the same mood as Don Eun - we made the best defensive arrangements, and everyone worked hard to ensure that every offensive point of the opponent was in their own hands, and their offensive players did not get any decent chances. This shows that our defense was doing very, very well. But...

But! Who would have thought that Marklele would have such a wonderful long shot? Who would have thought that? No one! The person who is the most unlikely to score the goal scored the most beautiful goal... Can this not make people lose their calmness?

When Chelsea faced such a Forest team, they simply fought a defensive counterattack, letting them attack and press forward, and then counterattacked through the midfield with a quick and simple pass.

After Van der Sar, George Wood and others worked for a while, and with Don't yelling on the sidelines, the Forest team finally returned to their calmness and began to gradually regain the formation that was too high, and slowly got into the midfield with Chelsea.

The game has returned to a state of dissatisfaction with the commentator.

Just now, the Forest suddenly got angry and rushed around Chelsea's penalty area. Chelsea responded freely and quickly counterattacked. When the Forest's defense line was in chaos, the commentator was excited. He waited for a long time and wanted to see such a game and explain such a confrontation.

So Tang En is not popular in the commentator circle. Most people don’t like the commentary team’s game except John Mortson, because looking at the Forest team’s game with a neutral and objective attitude is simply torture - the victory theory makes the game dull most of the time.

Seeing that the team's defense was organized again, Tang En finally calmed down and no longer chirped like a monkey on the sidelines.

He walked back to the coach's seat and shook his head at Tang on the side: "It is not OK to ignore the midfield's long pass, especially when facing an opponent who is leading one goal and intends to defend. Tang."

Tang nodded, but said nothing.

In fact, every game, as an assistant coach, he will carefully observe the situation on the field here, and then perform "simulation calculations" in his mind - if it is himself, what should he do, what will happen if he does this, whether it is good or bad... and then compare it with the adjustments made by Tang En in the end.

This time he just said it out, and it turns out that his simulation calculation was wrong again.

It was time for the halftime break. The score on the field did not change again, 0:1, the home team Nottingham Forest was temporarily behind.

The players who returned to the locker room had gradually calmed down. If they saw this scene more often, they would not be depressed. Don Eun also had the intention to joke with them: "Okay. I admit that after Marklele scored, I finally realized Mourinho's mood after George Wood scored in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals last year..."

He spread his hands. A burst of laughter broke out in the locker room.

Someone else blinked at George Wood, who was sitting in the corner.

"In fact, we should see that apart from that goal, they did not have a good chance. But because of the loss of the ball, their advantage was no longer on our side. They started to counterattack in the second half, and on the premise of a stable defense... counterattack! But this time... we don't go to the wing."

It is probably not many people who have any objections to say that Nottingham Forest's wing strength ranks first in the Premier League. Although assist King Ashley Young, Frank Ribery, Martin Petrov, David Beckham, and Allen Lennon are still wing assaulters who are terrified of their opponents. They have different characteristics and excellent skills.

Tang En also pays great attention to the role of the wing lane in the offense. Many of the Forest’s offenses are initiated from the wing lane. The opponents study the Forest team and also focus on their wing lane, whether it is offense or defense.

The Forest team can already feel the trouble that their opponents have brought to them during the game.

"We won't go the side road this time. We will go the middle road." Donn smiled at George Wood sitting in the corner. "George!"

Wood stood up obediently. He looked at Tang En silently.

"Do you remember what Demi said to you before he left?"

Wood nodded.

"Leave it to you."

In the football field plan on the tactical board, Donne drew an arrow from his side to the opponent's penalty area from the second half. He turned to Wood and said, "When we attack, I ask you... like this. Go forward. Van der Fate is responsible for organizing the offense, and he will choose the right time to pass the ball to you - if you run into the air. If you are targeted, help him pull the opponent's Marklele and Essin, as well as other messy defensive players. And you." Donne threw away his pen and pointed at the others, "Don't think he won't run if he doesn't have a chance. Nottingham Woodland football opportunities are running.

Come out and pull out a big gap for me with their tightly organized defense line! Now we are behind and they are leading. I bet that guy Mourinho will definitely let the team fight a defensive counterattack in the second half, just like we do to deal with others. So we can't wait for the opportunity to appear as usual. We have to create opportunities ourselves and run... and run for me constantly. Two wing forwards switch positions, forwards switch positions, forwards and front midfielders switch positions, in short, we can't let the opponent guess our intention of action. When the two fullbacks should plug in, give me a little firmer."

Bale and Rafinia nodded. They started in this game, and this sentence is what both full-backs who both like to attack want to hear the most.

"Niclas." Donn looked at Bentner again.

Bentner and Zimbonda were recruited from the reserve team by Donn before the second leg of the game with Besiktas. In that game, he needed Bentner's height and header.    The tactic he arranged to deal with the Turks was high altitude ball. Because the opponent's main central defender Zan was injured in the league, Besiktas lacked air defense ability. Donn seized this point and arranged Bentner to start and put Van Nistruy on the bench.

.  Bentner, who had a lot of energy, did not disappoint Done. The final score of that game was 8:0. Bentener scored four goals and three headers by himself. One shovel shot broke Besiktas' defense line into pieces.   Not only that, he also used his height and header to make a ball for his teammates, directly assisting one goal and indirectly assisting two goals.   When he was replaced in the 83rd minute, all the fans stood up to applaud him.

Donn knew the magical use of "carrots and sticks", so he named Bentner at the post-match press conference and asked him to start in this league. As for Zimbondama... he came on the bench in the second half of the match against Besiktas. He was still sitting on the bench in this game.

"Nickras, your task is not to score a goal. If we attack, you run forward and top it up, and the opponent's defense will definitely follow you back. You just press their defense back and create a chance for the others who are plugged in behind us to score. "Donn wrote and marked on the tactical board, so that Bentner understood what his mission was in this game.

Bentner didn't say anything, nor nodded to show that he could hear clearly. The expression on his face seemed a little unwilling to accept it. He had not recovered from the state of scoring four goals alone in the Champions League. He was reluctant to accept it when he asked him to do the cover. Tang En saw that, but he didn't have the time to care about such things. Winning is the most important thing now. He doesn't want to lose to Mourinho.

He just added, "You are the tactical center, do you understand?"

This time, Bentner nodded.

In this game, Ribery continued to miss due to injury. Petrov on the left starter and Lennon on the right. Both of them are fast and good at breaking through. But Tang En did not ask them to cross from the bottom, but cut the penalty area from the ribs at the appropriate time. If there is a chance, he can even drive the ball to break through and disrupt the opponent's defense.

In this way, as a high center forward, Bentner really can only do cover work in front of the goal... The Forest's offensive point is not at all. Instead, it is in the midfielder who is inserted in the back, and a bit like a shadow forward. It is also a bit like a winger and a bit like a front midfielder Arshavin.

After arranging the specific tactics, Tang En asked the players to rest and prepare to appear. He walked out of the locker room himself.

There is a cross not far from the home team's locker room. Turn right and there is a corridor. Turn right and then right, and the door to the visiting team's locker room. When playing, players from both sides came out of the doors of their locker room, walked through a corridor to a spacious hall, gathered here for a while, and waited for the referee. Then, we went forward with the referee and saw a corridor leading to the court.

The entrance ceremony that made the fans cheered began here.

Tang En walked to the hall. At this time, the hall looked deserted except for a few stadium staff. The noise of the stadium outside was still clearly heard, but there was a bit messy without a unified organization. Most fans chose to go out to buy some drinks and fast food at this time, or go to the bathroom for convenience. In addition, it rained today, so there were not many fans in the stands.

Tang En wanted to smoke, but he didn't smoke in a place like this, so he didn't want to send any bad signals to the players and others. He turned around and walked towards the coach's dedicated bathroom.

Mourinho stood in front of the large mirror on the bathroom pool, staring at himself in the mirror. He had just washed his face with cold water, and now there were water droplets hanging on the tip of his nose and eyebrows.

The atmosphere in the locker room made him feel uncomfortable. It turned out that the team that was united in fighting for the championship was falling apart, and they were in harmony with each other.

Although they were ahead, the atmosphere was not active in the locker room during the intermission. The rumors during this period obviously also interfered with Chelsea's internal affairs. The pro-Morino such as Drogba was not disgusted with Abramovich for a day or two. He also insisted on buying Abramovich's land, and he didn't look at it directly.

He also has a proud capital - when Shepchenko first came to Chelsea, with the halo of the world's top forward, some media once speculated that Mourinho would let Shepchenko be the main force and sacrifice Drogba. So someone asked Drogba what he thought about the competition with Shepchenko. Drogba was proud at the time: "Shepchenko is an excellent striker. But I am not afraid of competing with him. I will prove my ability."

Later, Shepchenko's performance in her first season at Chelsea was very unsatisfactory, and she was called a "parallel" by the English media, and also created a top 50 Premier League square-stock ranking. But the center Drogba, who was not favored before and thought that his skills were rough, still maintained his high goal rate, saving the team at many critical moments, and his condition was as stable as ever.

The scene of "Shepchenko squeezed out Drogba" that everyone speculated before the season did not happen, but these people were worried about whether Shepchenko would return to AC Milan's arms after spending a dull season in England...

Drogba was brought to Chelsea from the Ligue 1 by Mourinho. He was trained to become a world-renowned center. His most brilliant result so far was at Chelsea and under Mourinho. His feelings for Mourinho may be compared with Ribery and Donn of Forests.

Basically, most of the people who bought Chelsea after Mourinho took office stood behind the head coach, while Barack and Shepchenko were not liked by Mourinho and could not be reused, so they could not have any good feelings for Mourinho. There is also the one who always stood behind Mourinho, as if Abramovich was inserted into the locker room to monitor Grant. The secret relationship in this locker room is really complicated.

Mourinho is not a naive child and thinks that all teammates of a team should be friends. He likes the feeling of monopolizing power. Now some people in the locker room don’t listen to him, which makes him very angry and helpless.

Anger is because he was deprived of power, and helplessness is because he can only accept this result.

After arranging the tactics for the second half, he ran out to breathe. He washed his face in the bathroom and cleared his brain.

He could no longer control the locker room. Some people listened to him on the surface, but he couldn't control what he thought behind his back.

A white tissue appeared in front of Mourinho and he came to his senses. He saw that there was an extra person in the mirror.

"Why do you cry when you lead, Mr. Mourinho." Tang En's sarcastic voice sounded.

"Have you ever seen tears running over your eyebrows?" Mourinho retorted, "Maybe your physiological structure is different from ours, Mr. Don?"

Tang En did not fight back, but instead smiled happily.

"I'm still so happy when I'm behind?" Mourinho continued to sarcastically.

"No, it has nothing to do with the score game." Tang En smiled, then took out a cigarette and handed Mourinho one.

"No. Thank you, I don't smoke." Mourinho refused with a stern face.

Tang En shrugged and pointed it out for himself.

Mourinho looked in the mirror and wiped the water droplets on his face with the tissue handed by Don En, then threw the used tissue into the trash can.

"Thank you for the floor tissue, goodbye."

Mourinho didn't want to live in the same room with Don Eun. He said goodbye to Don Eun and turned around and left.

"Mr. Mourinho..."

"Hmm?" Mourinho stopped. He looked back at Don Eun.

"...Goodbye.  " Tang En waved his hand.  Add a further sentence, "See you on the court later."

The second half started again. The rain did not stop, and Mourinho still stood on the sidelines, letting the rain blow the wind. Tang En also changed his pace back and forth in the first half and stood on the sidelines to get wet in the rain.

The Forests began to fight back. With the cheers of home fans, their counterattacking momentum forced Chelsea to temporarily give up their plans to counterattack and defend with all their heart.

Based on their understanding and analysis of Forest's pair, Chelsea focused their defense on both sides. They saw that Bale and Rafinia, who did not assist in the first half, frequently pressed after the start of the second half, and strengthened their determination to defend the side.

The Forest team concentrated their superior forces on the right side to attack, and then moved to the left side to seek space. No matter how you look at it, it was no different from usual.

Just when everyone thought that Forest's wing attack would be smashed to pieces in front of Chelsea's iron wall, George Wood stepped in.

No one looked at him!

"Pass the ball to George!" Someone in the stands couldn't wait to scream.

Van der Fate did not look up to find his teammates, and the intention to pass the ball was too obvious. He just glanced out of the corner of his eyes. He found that Wood was inserted from the back, and there was no Chelsea player around.

He passed the football without hesitation. Then he ran forward, intending to cooperate with Wood's beautiful two-pass one...if he could realize it.

The football rolled towards Wood. Just as Wood raised his foot and planned to take it, he suddenly lost his balance and fell to the ground with a bang!

The referee's whistle sounded, but what sounded faster than his was the overwhelming booing of the home team fans in the stands.

"Foof!" the commentator shouted.

Before George Wood could catch the ball, he was tackled from behind. He turned over. He found that the person who knocked him down was the thin Marclayle. He didn't actually hurt him, so he planned to get up from the ground. But before he could do so, he was pressed to the ground by the rushing Van der Fate, looking at his legs anxiously.

"I didn't..." He wanted to relieve his teammates who were worried about him.

"Shut up!" Van der Fate lowered his head and shouted in a low voice, "It's a little painful to lie on the floor! Quick!"

Before Wood could say anything, more teammates came from all directions to surround him, and even some were making gestures to the stretcher on the court. Others were responsible for protesting to the referee. The people who shouted to Chelsea players complained that their movements were too rough.
To be continued...