Chapter 94 A dramatic scene

A piece of tape was pasted on the corner of the eye, which was very conspicuous under the rain and the lights at night, which made George Wood easily discerning on the court.

The injury did not affect Wood's performance on the field at all, but instead made him even more fierce. It was as if the Lion King, who was guarding the lion group and the territory, was only able to be very beastly and would not run away with his tail between his feet.

Because when he left the court for treatment, he clearly saw the team being suppressed by Chelsea on the field. Without his tireless run away in the midfield and his fierce and in-depth defense, Nottingham Forest was suppressed by Chelsea's fierce offensive.

Now he needs to correct this wrong situation.

So he worked harder than before he was injured.

After he came on the court, the scene immediately changed. Chelsea would not be able to pass the midfield without any scruples. Their attack was stubbornly blocked by George Wood and others, and it would be difficult to move forward at all.

With George Wood joining, Nottingham Forest slowly gained the initiative in the game.

Marklele still seems to have not recovered, and more often he stays with the author to assist in his work. During this period, the midfield defense work is shared by several other people.

Seeing this scene comparison, people can once again sigh that George Wood does not belong to the physical fitness of this planet.

"He is the treasure that any head coach dreams of. He has outstanding health, strict tactical discipline, good psychological quality, stable condition, loyalty... He will not be injured yet! The porter picked up by Tony Down from the street made head coaches all over the world jealous. With him, it would not surprise people how good the Nottingham Forest achieved!"

Nottingham Forest, which has regained the initiative, began to instigate a more threatening offense. The game has been 25 minutes since the beginning of the game, and there are not many threatening offenses on both sides. There are very few shots with threats. Chelsea took advantage of George Wood to get treatment once, but Nottingham Forest has not been once - if it weren't for Bale's cross.

Most of the time, both sides compete in the midfield.

Chelsea's lineup sent four players who could serve as midfielders in one go - Lampard, Barack, Marklele and Essin. Although Essin played a guest right-back, sometimes he could make up for the midfield to assist in defense. Needless to say, Marklele's ability is, Barack and Lampard are both midfielders with tough styles. When they need to defend, they can seriously execute tactics.

On the Nottingham Forest, George Wood covered almost the second half of the midfield alone. In addition, there were active players such as Ribery and Lennon. The two sides had equal strength in the midfield, and they were hard to solve.

In the 27th minute, Lennon forced his way through Ashley Cole on the wing, and the football under his feet was shoveled out of the sideline by Cole, and Nottingham Forest got an outbound ball.

Since there was no offside foul on the ball outside, Lennon almost pushed to the bottom line and waited to catch the ball, and Ashley Cole had to follow him to press near the bottom line to prevent Forest from hitting directly behind him. Joe Cole stood in front of Rafinia, who was responsible for throwing the ball. Interfered with him and prevented him from throwing the football at the target easily.

Rafinia was not so stupid that Chelsea was watching someone, so she threw the football to whom. He threw the football directly to Van der Fate in the middle.

After Van der Fate stopped the ball in his chest, Maclale leaned forward, and the impact gradually dissipated. His fierceness did not weaken at all.

Van der Fate, who tried hard to protect the football, quickly observed the situation on the court, and gave up his plan to pass the threatening ball. He made the football to George Wood. The boss said that the offense in the game was organized by the captain. Then he gave it to him to organize it.

Wood did not stop the ball, but instead passed the ball. The football drew an arc in the air and turned to the left.

Gareth Bale has appeared in that position. As a full-back, he assists very frequently and firmly.

Beautifully removed Wood's pass, and Bale made a cross. Van Nistroy attracted the attention of Terry and Carvalho in front. But Eastwood suddenly slapped the horse and rushed to the top with a powerful fish!

Fortunately, Cech reacted quickly and was very good at standing. He just fell to the ground and racquetted the football.

The football jumped up and flew to the right side of the goal. It happened to be where Van Nistruy and Terry and Carvalho shrank.

The three of them squeezed together and wanted to play football, but no one could play it.

The football bounced high on the ground, as if mocking the three fools who were entangled together.

At this time, Ribery appeared like a ghost.

He took off the football. He flashed past Terry and then immediately took a kick!

The football emerged from the cracks of the human being. It suddenly appeared in front of Cech. At this time, even a god was helpless - the distance was too close. It was almost a short distance.

Before Cech could even swing his hand, the football flew past him and flew into the goal behind him!

"The ball went in-"

With a "boom", the red policy burst out in the stands of Luzhniki Stadium.

"This is the second shot in Nottingham Forest in the whole game, and it penetrates the goal guarded by Cech!"

You know, Cech here is not the one that Don Neng thinks with a tank helmet. Cech has not suffered that severe injury and has not been affected by bad conditions. He is still one of the top three goalkeepers in the world.

"In the Champions League final, the defending champion leads with one goal!"

Nottingham Forest players on the field hugged each other in celebrating the goal.

Tony Done was waving his fists hard and celebrating the goal with gritted teeth.

Not far away from him, Grant slapped the roof of the coach's mat behind him. The problem was still on the side.

"This is Frank Ribery's sixth goal in this Champions League, just one goal away from Cristiano Ronaldo's seven goals! Last year's European Footballer has maintained a very high competitive state this year. If he can help the team win the European Cup again, then there may be no controversy in this year's World Footballerer this year!"

Ribery finally broke free from his teammates' hugs, and he waved his fists hard in the stands facing the Forest fans. It was like a band commander. Every time he waved, the fans in the stands raised their volume and called out his name loudly.

"Ribery!Ribery!Ribery-Ri!!"

After arousing the emotions of the fans, Ribery turned around and ran back. When he passed by George Wood, he reached out to Wood and the two of them slapped their high-highs again.

Don Eun, who celebrated the goal off the court, stood on the sidelines, rolled up his hands to form a trumpet, and shouted to the inside: "Keep the pressure. Don't relax! Keep putting pressure and attack!"

Nottingham Forest does not intend to be too conservative in this final to suppress the opponent with offense.

Before the final of the Champions League last year, someone criticized Nottingham Forest football as a conservative and negative football. Even if he won the championship, he was considered to be obtained through defensive counterattacks. This year, Don Eun wants to win a championship that makes all critics speechless - the first defending champion after the reform of the Champions League. The way of clinking the cups is that no one can find any problem!

Chelsea seemed a little frustrated about the goal loss, because the opponent broke through the goalkeeper of Cech just two shots. In a game like the Champions League final, any goal loss may cause inner fluctuations in the players.

Grant stood silently on the sidelines. It was like a statue. Who knows what he was thinking?

At this time, his assistant coach Clark walked to the sidelines and loudly reminded the players on the field to concentrate and not let the Forests take advantage of the victory to pursue.

A minute later, Drogba received the ball in the penalty area and passed it back, and Barack followed up with a angrily shot. It showed Chelsea's determination not to accept this result. Unfortunately, the corner kick flew directly to the stands.

Grant finally came back from his thoughts. He whistled and made gestures, asking the team to strengthen the offense. He temporarily suppressed the opponent's offense and strengthened the fight in the midfield, so that George Wood would not easily pass the ball when he was defensive and offensive.

Thirty minutes later, various exciting scenes emerged one after another.

Lampard made a long pass from Drogba, and Drogba flew to the back, and Pique almost made an own goal under the interference of Barack's pressing. The football hit the post and fell outside the bottom line, which shocked all Nottingham Foresters in a cold sweat.

Chelsea seized this corner kick opportunity. To break through Nottingham Forest's goal, Terry and Carvalho rushed to the Forest's goal.

However, after the corner kick was taken, Eastwood, who was retreating to defend, broke the ball in the middle. While the Chelsea defenders had not yet returned to defense, he dribbled the ball to the midfield and passed it with a long diagonal pass to Ribery who followed on the wing.

After Ribery removed the football, he made a cross.

The football drew an arc in the air and bypassed Essin on the pass route. Van Nistrui gained the upper hand in the battle with Marklele and jumped high to a powerful rush!

This time Cech did not let the football pass by his hand. He tried hard to save the ball.

Ashley Cole, who was driven back from football, rushed to clear the ball. But he didn't kick far, just flew to the top of the arc. He was intercepted by another Nottingham Forest player.

"Allen Lennon!"

Lennon observed that Cech had just gotten up and his center of gravity was not stable, so he did not hesitate to take a long shot directly!

The football headed straight to the goal post on the right. Although Cech had just gotten up, he still made a high-quality save. He jumped out and rubbed the football out of the bottom line with his fingertips!

"Cheh!! Great save! Incredible save! He proved his strength and kept the goal unreal!"

Terry, who had just run back, hugged Cech, who had been up from the ground, patted him on the back with great force, thanking him for these two key saves.

"If Nottingham Forest scores another goal, this final will be difficult for Chelsea. Nottingham Forest has been in a strong morale these days, and the situation is very beneficial to them. Chelsea, who is behind, must try to find a way to score goals. Nottingham Forest, which is good at defending and counterattacking, will have more room to play at this time. Look at this counterattack, it can almost be written into the textbook!"

This counterattack is almost a microcosm of the entire first half. Chelsea worked hard to equalize the score, but Nottingham Forest's stable defense and sharp counterattack made them always shrank and unable to do their best. The offensive effect was greatly reduced.

On the contrary, Nottingham Forest completely grasped the rhythm of the field and led Chelsea to run.

Of course, neutral commentators don’t want to see one-sided games, but they must admit that this is Nottingham Forest’s temperament that reflects the defending champion. “They are calm and unhappy, as if everything is in control. In comparison, Chelsea, who lacks experience in the finals of the Champions League, is more immature. Tony Donn injects his own temperament into the team, giving this team a unique soul, which is - they long for any championship. Any victory.”

It seems that the first half will end with Nottingham Forest having the advantage, and Chelsea's offense will not pose any threat to the Forest.

In the 42nd minute, Ribery broke through the rib and entered the penalty area and passed a low tie. Van Nisstrui obviously did not expect Ribery to choose to cross after breaking through, rather than hitting the goal directly. His follow-up was a little slower. Although he used the technique of shoveling, he still did not touch the football. The football passed by the exclamation of Chelsea fans.

Tang En was very upset that the ball did not score. He jumped up off the court and held his head with both hands. If he could score two goals, Chelsea would have no chance. That's what he thought.

Judging from the first half, Nottingham Forest won the championship.    It deserves its reputation, Chelsea cannot pose any threat to Van der Sar’s goal.   If Chelsea wins instead, it will be unfair to God.

One minute later, Lampard dribbled the ball into the 30-meter area of ​​Nottingham Forest. He was knocked down by George Wood. Referee Mitchell awarded Chelsea a direct free kick, which caused small protests from Nottingham Forest players and booing the Forest fans. Because this position is too dangerous, it is about twenty-five meters away from the goal, which is very suitable for shooting range. Lampard and Barack both have the skills of free kicks.

The whole Chelsea team was excited. This was a great opportunity for them to equalize the score. As the first half was about to end, we must not bring the behind score into the locker room!

Barack stood in front of the football and he was going to take the free kick.

Nottingham Forest players lined up a wall of five people, and everyone was facing a great enemy according to the command of goalkeeper Van der Sar.

After a whistle, Barack kicked the ball high.

"From the first half, Barack's condition is really unsatisfactory..." the commentator sighed.

Tang En clapped and smiled below.

Finally got an opportunity, but the hope of the whole team was on one person, but that person kicked the opportunity away. This is really a necessary recipe to hit morale...

Tang En stood up from his seat, and the first half was about to end, and he began to think about what to do during the halftime break. Does the tactics need to be adjusted? How should the mentality be maintained?

The fourth official next to him walked up with an electronic billboard. He raised him high. Four minutes of injury time in the first half!

Due to the collision between George Wood and Marklele and the conflict between players on both sides, the first half of the field was more than three minutes, which somewhat caused dissatisfaction among Nottingham Forest fans. Seeing this number, most people chose to boo to express their opinions on this.

The Chelsea were overjoyed, and this was the last chance in the first half. If you take the behind score to the locker room, it will be a very heavy blow to the team's morale.

In the 46th minute, Essin, who had been moving at the full-back position, showed his all-round side. After receiving a pass from Marklele, he suddenly dribbled the ball forward and quickly passed through the midfield and directly approached George Wood's defense line.

Of course, George Wood could not tolerate the other party making rash under his nose, so he rushed forward and wanted to organize Essin to continue to break through.

At this moment, Essin shot straight from a distance!

Long shots were almost the only offensive method that Chelsea could threaten Nottingham Forest goal in the first half. Drogba was firmly clamped by Pique and Pepe in the first half, and had no room for performance, and disappeared for a while. So when Chelsea attacked, the people who most often appeared in TV close-ups were Lampard, Barack, Essin, Joe Cole... waiting for a good long shot, Drogba could only serve as a tactical center responsible for attracting Nottingham Forest's defensive firepower.
To be continued...