Chapter 109: Unexpected situation

In the visiting team's locker room during the halftime break, the players were taking the time to rest, replenish their moisture, and wipe off the sweat from their bodies with towels. Tang En spoke aside.

"One goal lead is far from enough.   You were completely suppressed by Manchester United for a short time in the first half, which is not possible.  You have to attack and fight against Manchester United! Do you know why we played further and further in the second half of the first half and were finally suppressed by Manchester United?" Don Eun walked around the locker room, with busy players around, but they were indeed listening to Don Eun.

"Every time we attack the frontcourt, we always want to use the simplest and direct method to threaten Manchester United's goal. What is the result? The error rate is too high, which leads to the goal being lost too quickly. Our people just went up and had to retreat. I said that in this game against Manchester United, we have to change our habit of liking to pass directly. Manchester United has made arrangements for our preference for direct passes. If we pass directly, it will only hit their minds. Don't rush to pass forward after attacking the frontcourt in the second half..."

Nottingham Forest likes to pass directly and play fast. These are well-known. Some teams will do some writing about them to curb the forest's offensive firepower.

Manchester United is like this.   In view of Nottingham Forest's characteristic of being a direct pass, Ferguson asked the team to make offside in the back line and strengthened the midfield robbery. Otherwise, why would he play Hargreaves and Carrick?

The goal scored by Forest was actually the result of Manchester United's failure to make an offside. Van Nisstruy was at the front and Eastwood inserted it back and there was no offside problem. As a result, he easily shot without anyone to guard it. I believe that during the break, Ferguson would definitely be dissatisfied with the concealment of the ball.

"In the frontcourt, we strive to control the football at our feet. If there is no good opportunity, don't rush to pass forward. Are you not confident about controlling the ball at your feet? If they shrink too tightly and still can't find a suitable space after passing it a few times, then pass the football back. Pull them out and don't just compress their formation, it's just compressing our own offensive space."

"Nuri.  "

Shahin raised her head.

"Your pass in the first half is very good, very good." Don Eun praised Shahin, which made Shahin very happy. But then Tang Eun changed his tone: "However, you had too many straight passes in the first half. Have you counted how many times you made mistakes in these passes?"

The smile on Shahin's face was a little embarrassed.

"I'm not blaming you, Nuri. But as a midfielder, you must learn to analyze the situation on the court at all times. You have to have different countermeasures in different situations. You can't just pass directly and bury your head and pass it non-stop. In the game, you are the team's brain. If your brain is confused, how can the team perform normally? You made too many mistakes in the first half, especially in the second half, which gives Manchester United a lot of opportunities to counterattack on the spot. If you realize this earlier, we won't be ugly in the end."

Although Tang En usually smiles so badly, if he really criticizes someone, it can be considered "ruthless". If his psychological quality is poor, he may have a psychological shadow. But in fact, if it is a player he doesn't care about, he is too lazy to say something bad. Any player he can criticize like this means that they still have some status in Tang En's heart. Once, when Anelka and Don't have a conflict, Tang En and him could not say a word to each other. They completely regard each other as air.

Shahin lowered his head when Tang En said it. He knew that the head valued him very much, but he was really embarrassed to be said in front of so many teammates.

"We are more patient when we attack the ground in the second half... Don't rush to the front in one breath, pay attention to keeping a distance from the central defender. You will rush too quickly. You will lose contact with them. Manchester United will really want to see this happen. Freddy did a good job in this regard. He always actively retreated and connected the frontcourt and midfield. Luther played well, and was at the front to attract the opponent's attention."

After talking about the offense, Don En began to talk about defense. In the second half of the first half, Manchester United did not lose the ball. Don En was quite satisfied with the team's defense. In fact, for many consecutive seasons, what made Don En most relieved was the defense line. Nottingham Forest's defense is powerful. It is definitely not blown out from his mouth.

"We did a good job in defense. George. Your main task in the second half is still defense."

Wood nodded without any objection. Some players prefer offense. Even if he is a midfielder, he hopes to show their talents in the offense, so as to get cheers from fans and media. But Wood is not such a player. He has no preference for offense or defense, and he does whatever the team needs.

"Since most of our energy is on the offense in this game, the defensive task on the backline is heavier. I hope you will be alert every second of the remaining forty-five minutes and pay attention to every attack that Manchester United may have. Manchester United will definitely strengthen the offensive in the second half, but our frontcourt players may not be able to provide more help. Sometimes it depends on you... In addition, we can pay attention to ball control in the frontcourt, but I don't want to see you repeatedly stumble in the backcourt. That's a very dangerous thing, do you know?"

The players on the back line agreed.

"Manchester United will definitely push forward to attack because they are behind away. This is our opportunity! Seize their space, score another goal, and completely knock them down! No need to show mercy, everyone!"

The players laughed.

When he was fighting Manchester United, he was thinking about showing mercy, that was a lunatic.

On the Forest team, although Don En criticized Shahin's performance, overall, the atmosphere was still very harmonious and relaxed. After all, they are now leading.

But in the Manchester United locker room, the atmosphere was a bit bad.

Ferguson lost his temper in the locker room with a dark face, showing his "hair dryer".

Big brands such as Ronaldo and Rooney were scolded by Ferguson so much that they didn't dare to take a breath, and they couldn't even straighten their waists.

"I asked you to make offside, but you didn't let you miss someone! Eastwood was so obvious and inserted back, why did you make offside if you didn't keep up? Hargreaves, you are the barrier before the central defender. How could you let Eastwood escape from where you are responsible so easily? You want to go with this guy, what are you doing when you watch the ball? They easily made such a big hole in the middle defense! You are simply fucking the fuck!"

After venting, Ferguson took a short break and began to tell the team what to do in the second half.

"You must get the score back, and the faster the better! If you can't, it will only bring confidence to the Forest. This game is different from what we played with the Forest before. Tony Donn will not crouch in the second half and let us attack. They will come out to face us head-on. While we are trying to equalize, we must be careful not to expand the score. Midfield!" Ferguson put his hands only on the tactical board. "The midfield is still the most important thing! If we can control the midfield, we can directly threaten the opponent's goal. If the midfield is controlled by the opponent, you bastards will just wait and cry!"

"Carrick, Hargreaves, you two must play a more important role. Shahin is just a little kid, and it is a risky act to let him play the front midfielder. Don't worry about George Wood's back insertion. He will stay in the backcourt to defend this game. So you just need to put more pressure on Shahin and conduct more tighter markings. Let him lose the ball and make mistakes, which will destroy his confidence. "

The two midfielders nodded obediently: "I understand, boss."

"Not only the midfield wants to grab, but you must also actively fight in the frontcourt. You can grab it without any effort! This is how the opportunity comes. As long as we score a goal to equalize the score, the morale of the opponent will be affected, and then we will continue to attack and continue to grab it, and we are not allowed to keep my strength. Equalifying is not enough. At least two goals are required. 3:1 is required to ensure that they lose their ability to resist..."

Speaking of this, Ferguson felt that it was not right. I'm afraid 3:1 would not work either. Is Tony so easy to admit defeat?

"Of course, it's better if you can score more goals. Four goals, five goals I won't think it's too much." So Ferguson added.

Manchester United players all used Ferguson's words as a joke to activate the locker room's a bit dull and serious atmosphere. Which team dares to say that they scored four goals and five goals in Nottingham Forest, that must be a self-righteous idiot.

When the players from both sides ran to the stadium from the corridor one after another, cheers burst out from the stands of the slightly quiet Old Trafford Stadium, and the halftime break was about to pass.

Tang En met Ferguson when he walked out. He found that the other party looked bad and knew that the old man must have gotten angry in the locker room. He is so popular as such a big man, is he really going to retire because he is worried about his health?

Ferguson also saw Tang En, because Tang En was smiling at him, only the blind man would not notice it. He did not snort coldly, then turned and left, but walked straight up: "Tony, I heard that you like betting very much. Do we want to make a bet too?"

"Um?"

"This game. If you lose. You will come to Manchester United to coach next season."

Don En shrugged: "I'm not involved in such a boring gambling."

"Because you are afraid you can't win." Ferguson suddenly laughed.

"Don't try to provoke me. Jazz." Done shook his head, "We can bet on something else. For example, if you lose, sell Ronaldo to me cheaply."

Ferguson's face changed, but soon returned to normal.

"How could I accept such a stupid bet?"

Tang En spread his hands: "Look, sir. We all don't want to use it for gambling, so stop gambling."

Ferguson really wanted to make a bet with Tang En. He just wanted to interfere with Tang En through such things. For him, psychological warfare is to be attacked all day long, and he would not let go of any chance that might cause interference to his opponent. However, Tang En obviously knew this well and fought back calmly.

In the end, the two could only speak helplessly.

Ferguson muttered, "I hope the second half is exciting." Then he turned around and left.

Tang En also turned around and walked in the opposite direction.

The second half is about to begin.

As Done said at the break, Manchester United took advantage of their kick-off opportunity from the beginning of the second half to launch a fierce attack on the Forest's goal.

Nottingham Forest was completely suppressed and could only be forced to defend.

Tang En kept roaring loudly on the sidelines, and then used gestures to ask the players to push them out and push them out.

Ferguson stared at the court with a serious face. He forgot to chew gum.

The earlier you score the goal, the more favorable it will be for Manchester United.

Nottingham Forest withstood Manchester United's fierce offensive and did not concede the ball within ten minutes of being besieged by Manchester United. Then Manchester United was slightly weak, and Forest team pushed out to fight against Manchester United. The two sides fought fiercely in the midfield.

Shahn was taken seriously by Manchester United. Every time he took the ball, he would attract a fierce press from a Manchester United player for himself. He was not careful. The ball under his feet might be lost.

Manchester United did this very effectively. The Forest's offense was in a quagmire, while Manchester United took advantage of this opportunity to fight back threateningly. Shahin seemed a little isolated and helpless. Don Eun had to let Wood and the two sides consciously lean towards the middle to support. Finally, he turned the scene back.

Fifteen minutes passed in the second half, and the two sides were in a stalemate at a score of 1:0.

During this period, Ferguson also walked down from the coach's seat again. The team did not score the first goal in the second half as he wished. It can be seen that the mood of Nottingham Forest players gradually stabilized. This is not possible...

The pressure applied is not enough...

After seeing the situation on the field flattened, Tang En breathed a sigh of relief. He turned around and walked back to the coach's seat to sit.

1:0 is indeed dangerous, but at least they have already survived it.

If you can't defeat for a long time, Manchester United will definitely be impatient. Then it will be the opportunity for the Forest team. Only if there is no accident, he is confident that he will take away three-pointers at Old Trafford.

Shahin counterattacked the ball on the spot after losing the ball in the midfield, but caused a foul. The referee blew a whistle to signal Manchester United to give him a free kick. By the way, he pulled Shahin over and gave him a verbal warning. Other Nottingham Forest players turned around and ran back to prepare for another offensive to defend Manchester United.

The players of the Forest team turned their bodies to the ground did not notice the following:

Hargreaves took the ball and made a gesture to pose. As soon as the football landed, he bent down and kicked the football out!

Free kicks are sent quickly!

When Ronaldo received the ball, there was not even a player from Nottingham Forest in five meters. Wood was far away in the middle, and Rafinia was dragging behind. Abanglajo surrounded the referee and protested the penalty just now because he felt that Shahin had no foul at all, and Rio Ferdinand was suspected of fake falls.

"Ronaldo received the ball! He was completely unmarked! It's empty!"

Manchester United fans who had just fallen silent in the stands instantly regained their vitality, and they burst into loud cheers to cheer for Ronaldo.

The players of Forests were not prepared to quickly send Manchester United's free kicks. Even if Ronaldo received the ball, he was still stunned. He even turned his head to look at the referee and the lineman, hoping that they would blow the ball back and let Manchester United re-sell.

They were disappointed. After seeing that Manchester United had almost had a free kick, the referee did not stand in place and whistle, but threw Shahin and Abang Raho down. He followed and ran forward. This was obviously a default effective action.

It was not until this time that the players of the Forest Team woke up as if they were dreaming, and rushed towards Ronaldo one by one. At the same time, they quickly retreated to the organization's defense line.

But it's too late.

Ronaldo led the ball into the penalty area like lightning, and Rafinia didn't even react on the wing.

Pepe rushed up to defend, intending to force his Portuguese captain to the outside and could not directly threaten the goal.

Ronaldo made an emergency stop and then suddenly accelerated and drove the football to the outside.

Meanwhile, Pepe made a move.

He didn't play football because Ronaldo had already pushed it away in advance. He stepped directly on Ronaldo's feet.

Ronaldo screamed and jumped up and fell to the ground.

The referee's whistle sounded, and everyone turned their heads and looked at the referee running over, staring at his gesture nervously - he pointed to the penalty spot!

"Penal! Oh oh oh oh oh! It's a penalty! Ronaldo's beautiful breakthrough won a penalty for Manchester United! The players of Nottingham Forest surrounded the referee, and Pepe kept waving his hands, indicating that he had not committed a foul. It was Ronaldo's fake fall. At this time, he couldn't care about the friendship between compatriots..."

Ronaldo curled up on the ground with his feet covering his feet, as if Pepe was stepping on his feet very hard.

Berbatov rushed up to hug Ronaldo, but found that Ronaldo was indeed injured, instead of pretending to fall... He quickly raised his hand and signaled to find the team doctor.
To be continued...