Volume 5 Red Chapter 86 Making History (Asking for a Monthly Pass~)

United scored twice in five minutes of the first half to cement their lead, while Nottingham Forest crushed that advantage with two goals in the space of 10 minutes in the second half. Now the two sides are drawn.

Although the result of the draw is also good for Manchester United, because even if there is a draw, each point will give Manchester United a point to win the title. But football is not a simple arithmetic problem. At this time, the equalizer is a fool's and everyone knows that Nottingham Forest's morale is high, and one will score again if he is not careful.

Ferguson had to make adjustments.

Offensive? Of course not, he's going to defend. At the last minute, he had to be guarded.

He replaced Rooney with Park Ji-sung, who was more physical and more balanced in attack and defense. Strengthened the midfield defence.

After Park Ji-sung came on the court, he relied on his abundant physical strength and undead running style to launch a fierce pressure on Beckham. Beckham, who was physically exhausted, was a little embarrassed in the face of this kind of defense, and when football came to his side, he basically couldn't organize any attack.

Don also decided to make a substitution. Lennon was replaced by David Beckham.

When Beckham left the pitch, most of the people in the stands rose from their seats and gave a standing ovation to their former hero. David Beckham waved to the stands, not only to greet the Forest fans, but also to the United fans.

"David. Beckham was replaced by Lennon. He was cheered on by almost the entire stadium. It doesn't matter which team he played for, he deserves it now. The narrator said affectionately. It was his first return to Old Trafford as an opposition, and no matter what the outcome of the game, one of his goals and an assist will always be remembered for him......

After high-fives with Lennon, Beckham stood on the sidelines and continued to wave to the fans before turning and walking to the Forest bench.

Donne, who was standing on the sidelines, held out his hand to him: "I can only describe your performance as perfect, David." ”

Beckham smiled, but didn't speak. After shaking Donn's hand, he walked around to the bench in the back and sat down.

Don knew that he was playing here because he scored a goal and an assist from his old club, and he was in a complicated mood and didn't know what to say, so he didn't pay attention to it. Turned around and continued to stare at the game.

This is a league, not a cup. If the game is drawn, it will be a draw, there will be no extra time, there will be no penalty shootouts, there will be a winner or loser. In the event of a draw, Forest will still lose the league title. It's not Tony. The ending that Donn wants to see. He prepared so hard for so long, worked hard to boost the morale, and the team equalised at the most difficult time, not to get a draw.

He turned his head to look at the big screen at Old Trafford, where the game time was shown. Ten minutes to go.

How do you score another goal with Manchester United taking a gesture?

Luring the snake out of the hole will definitely not work. Ferguson's side won't be foolish enough to be fooled, and it's better to stick to it at this point. If you storm...... Manchester United's backline has strengthened its marking of attackers such as Ruud van Nistelrooy, who is now a central striker for Forest, and it is difficult to even turn around, let alone shoot. Arshavin was even forced to the side, but squeezed Ribery's position to the middle, and the two invisibly changed positions.

So...... Intensify long-range shots?

This is an option, but it is not clear how effective it will be. And putting all the hopes of scoring goals on it, every attack ending so hastily will inevitably affect the morale of the team.

Donn stood on the sidelines, one hand pinching his chin, frowning and pondering.

On the pitch, Nottingham Forest was bombarding Manchester United's half: crosses from the wings, points from the middle, cold shots from long range, individual breakthroughs, and straight attacks in the middle...... I used everything.

For a while, the situation on the pitch was reversed, and the scene of the first half was repeated in the last moments of Manchester United.

However, for the sake of the championship, this humiliation Manchester United also admitted. Ferguson stood on the sidelines, grim-looking, fearing that his side would not be able to withstand Nottingham Forest's onslaught and that there would be a hole.

O'Shea has returned to the back line as a third centre-back. Since the midfield line and the back line are close together, there is no need for a separate midfielder.

But Ferguson was still a little uneasy. It stands to reason that the Manchester United players on the pitch now are very strong in terms of individual ability and coordination ability, and he doesn't know what he is worried about...... Maybe some of Nottingham Forest's fame was distracting him?

Tony. Donn's team is a team that doesn't admit defeat to the death. As an opponent, you don't dare to put your heart down until the last second, especially when they start to go crazy.

β€»β€»β€» The time is passing minute by minute, and the score is still 2:2. Manchester United are less than five minutes away from their tenth Premier League title.

Cristiano. Attackers such as Cristiano Ronaldo withdrew to defence in the second half, and United were almost completely unable to counter-attack. Nottingham Forest, on the other hand, pressed all over the line, and it can be said that almost all of them were pressed through half time except for Van der Sar, and these players also knew very well what the draw meant to them.

Due to the tight defense of Manchester United, Nottingham Forest's attack was a bit of a "thunder and rain", and although it looked aggressive on the field, it did not achieve any results.

Later, George. Wood couldn't help but take a long-range shot from the outside, and it flew straight away.

"It looks like Nottingham Forest are a bit impatient, and such a hasty attacking mistake is really unnecessary, which only makes Manchester United more confident in holding on to the draw, and the rest of the Forest team more impatient. George. Wood is the captain and he shouldn't show any agitation. The narrator was merciless in his criticism of George. Wood.

Off-the-field, Donn and the commentator had the opposite opinion, and he rushed to the sideline and shouted: "Shoot more!" ”

Maybe a shot will waste a chance, but if you don't shoot, you don't even have a chance. Anyway, now Manchester United is on the defensive and can't threaten the back of Nottingham Forest, and under the pressure of the Forest team, their ball can't even pass half time.

In that case, shoot more and as long as you hit the frame of the goal, you have a chance to score. As for whether or not he can score, it will be left to fate...... After Wood had a shot away, Van der Vaart also came with a kick that hit the woodwork, but it was too square. Foster easily confiscated. The Forest then stepped up their long-range shots, which looked a bit like a desperate lay-off.

The fourth official reappeared on the sidelines, holding up the electronic signboard in his hand. This time it's not about which team is going to make a substitution, it's about the time to stop the injury - four minutes!

'There are only four minutes left for Nottingham Forest, and Manchester United are just four minutes away from their tenth Premier League title. Every attack from Nottingham Forest now will scare Manchester United fans, and hopefully Ferguson's heart can withstand ......"

Donn decided to make a substitution. He replaced centre-back Piquee with Bendtner, a desperate substitution that didn't work out. When Bendtner comes on, he can increase the strength of the Forest team in the box and cause some problems for United's backline. At the same time, his strength and stamina can also be the winner of which side the scales tilt in the most critical moments.

Bendtner came onto the pitch just after injury time and four minutes remaining.

β€»β€»β€»Cristiano. Ronaldo saw Forest replace a centre-back and an idea popped into his head. He grabbed Scholes: "Paul, I think we can try to fight back. ”

Scholes glanced at the Forest players before nodding: "They're barely defended right now, ......"

"Give me the ball." Ronaldo feels that he is in the right form today, and if the whole Manchester United team can't press it out, then let him dribble the ball alone to fight his way. "One more goal and it's over. Even if they don't score, they can be reminded that the Forest team will not attack too hard. ”

Scholes agreed with him, and when Forest had finished another attack, Scholes told Van der Sar not to kick the ball off the tee and instead pass it to him. He played to the ball and then passed it to Ronaldo.

Next, it's time to watch Ronaldo's performance alone.

Ronaldo caught the ball, used his excellent foot skills to shake off Bale, who came up to press, and then accelerated to start, and dribbled the ball towards the second half of the Forest team.

At this moment, Forest's second half is technically only Pepe and Van der Sar. In the big slots, the Portuguese can give full play to his fast speed and excellent technique, and stride towards the door of the Forest team with football!

Seeing him like this, the Forest team hurriedly returned to the defense. Bale, Raphinha, Lennon and others all rushed back to catch up with Ronaldo. But the one who led the way was George. Wood, who began to drop back to prepare for the defence after Ronaldo understood the ball, saw Ronaldo shake off Bale, and cut diagonally into Ronaldo's dribbling lane from the central area.

Pepe greeted him at the same time. At the last moment, everyone was red-eyed, who cares about slowly retreating and delaying time? Pepe only thought about cutting off the ball from his Portugal national team teammate and then taking the opportunity to play a counter-attack. The result ...... "Ah! Ronaldo easily got past Pepe, he's so fast! ”

Past Pepe, there is only one Van der Sar left in front of Ronaldo, he has a lot of options, but whatever he chooses, it is very, very close to the goal.

The fans in the Old Trafford stands began to cheer loudly, as if they had seen the golden trophy in front of them, and everyone reached out their hands as if they were caressing the cold trophy...... Ronaldo glanced up at Van der Sar, who seemed hesitant to strike, and he smiled. Regardless of whether you attack or not, the result is the same, that is...... "Poof!" ”

The center of gravity was violently gone, Ronaldo saw the turf in front of him getting closer and closer, and when he landed, he felt a sharp pain in his knee, and then a violent impact, which caused him to roll on the ground continuously, almost rolling out of bounds before stopping.

He didn't bother to see who the killer was, because he was rolling back and forth on the ground in pain with his knees clutched. The stands that were still cheering just now were all replaced by deafening boos at this moment, and the sound was so loud that it could be suffocating!

George. Wood sat on the ground, and not far in front of him was a pained Ronaldo. Amid the overwhelming boos, he heard a crisp whistle.

Yes, he didn't hesitate to make a flying tackle from behind when Ronaldo was about to cut inside. He didn't think about tackling the ball first and then bringing people down, he just wanted to tackle people with the ball at the same time. He already knew what the consequences were, and he didn't have to wait for the referee to come up and drive him away, he got up from the ground, and slowly walked out of the field amid the boos in the sky. The referee ran up behind him and showed a red card!

'It was a very, very bad foul and it wasn't an exaggeration to show a red card! Nottingham Forest have finally paid the price for their desperate attack! ”

Seeing that his love was about to be overturned, Ferguson was furious off the pitch, and he urged the team doctor to hurry up and check the injury.

Don looked at George with a blank face. Wood walked towards him.

The score is a draw, the difference in points is one point, and there is not much time left before the end of the game. Wood was sent off again. Is this the end of it?

Wood walked off the field and whispered as he passed by Donn, "I'm sorry. ”

Tang En looked at the court without squinting, but was saying to him: "Don't go, stand at the Yongdao intersection and wait for the game to end." ”

Wood obediently stepped back, and stood at the entrance of the Yongdao, leaning against the wall, looking up at the game in the stadium.

β€»β€»β€»Ronaldo was carried off on a stretcher, and it seems that he was not lightly injured. Thankfully, Ferguson had one substitution available, and he called Tevez off the bench behind him, intending to use the substitution to delay the game a little longer.

The rest of the United squad were preparing to take the free-kick in front. Thirty-four metres from the goal, to the right, if handled well, it will also be a big threat to the Forest goal.

Nemanja Vidic stayed at the back and Rio Ferdinand ran up. As long as this attack is successful, the game is over. Nottingham Forest have absolutely no ability to score twice in the final minute and a half of time.

Van der Sar was nervously directing his team-mates to defend opponents in the box, and the wall was full of Bale.

"Don't give them any chance!!" He shouted. "Push them out, push them out!"

Ferguson stood on the sidelines and next to him was Tewiz. He didn't make a substitution right now, but decided to wait for the free-kick to come out, and if it scored, of course it would be a good thing. If you don't score a goal and go out of bounds, then make a decisive substitution and use this substitution to consume some more time.

The free-kick was whipped in by Hargreaves and none of the United players had the spot. Instead, Pepe was allowed to go out first.

The ball didn't go out of bounds and landed at the feet of Van der Vaart, who passed it directly to Lennon on the wing.

Seeing Lennon take the ball, O'Shea wanted to come up and break it, but asked Lennon, who was faster at his feet, to stab the football between his legs, and then bypassed O'Shea and accelerated to chase the ball. Fished it back when the ball was almost out of bounds!

"Fight back!" Don waved his arms and shouted from the sidelines.

This is the only chance...... ToGeorge . Blessed with Wood's foul, Nottingham Forest had this last chance to fight back quickly!

Lennon dribbled the ball at high speed on the side, he saw that Evra had the intention of sticking up, did not give him this opportunity, suddenly kicked the football out ten meters, and then accelerated to chase the ball again, so that he easily shook off Evra!

It didn't matter what he did, as soon as he started his whole body, United's entire defence moved to this side to prevent him from cutting inside, Nemanja Vidic crossed in front of him, Brown made up the middle, and Rio Ferdinand and O'Shea were desperately chasing back.

"It's Nottingham Forest's chance, but if you don't take it, it's over for this game!"

Lennon glanced at the situation in front of him, and he found that if he wanted to break through on his own, it would be more difficult. Still is...... Glancing ahead, Van Nistelrooy was in front of him preparing to run diagonally...... Opportunity!

Lennon shoved the ball straight out of his feet and rolled behind Vidic, where Van Nistelrooy cut in diagonally to catch the ball!

Vidic raised his hand for offside. But the linesman ignored it and followed Van Nistelrooy forward.

"Beautiful pass and run coordination, not offside!"

Van Nistelrooy received the ball and cut into the box. Brown arrived to stop his shot.

"Don't wait, shoot straight!!" Don yelled anxiously from the sidelines, eager to go up and shoot this kick himself.

Van Nistelrooy felt the threat from diagonally behind. Foster was in front of him, trying to block his own angle. At the moment, Ruud van Nistelrooy is alone in the United penalty area, and he can't fool the opposition defenders with his passes. The acumen of a natural shooter plays an important role here.

Van Nistelrooy sees Ben. After Foster's position, he took a decisive shot and shot the ball before Brown could make a tackle!

The soccer ball jumped on the ground and crossed Ben. Foster's hand then flew straight into the back corner of the goal.

At this moment, whether it is the Nottingham Forest fans, or the Manchester United fans, whether it is the people sitting at Old Trafford or the people watching the game in front of the TV, they are all holding their breath and raising their hearts to their throats.

In the next second, the fate of all of them was decided.

As soon as the football was kicked, Brown's leg arrived. Ruud van Nistelrooy didn't bother to keep his balance and fell to the ground, his eyes fixed on the ball he shot.

The heart of the "King of the Little Forbidden Zone" was beating irrepressibly at this moment. If you pass the goal, then the team's hard work for a season will be in vain.

He didn't close his eyes like some people do, he stared at the football.

He saw the ball hit the inside of the post and bounce across the goal line and into the net.

"Ahhhhh The ball is in! The ball really went in! Van Nistelrooy's last-minute stunner! He kicked his former club to hell! Nottingham Forest put the lead in the last minute, and a counterattack decided the title! "The commentator is almost crazy, but he's not actually a Nottingham Forest fan...... Tony. Don didn't jump up when he saw the ball enter the goal, but fell to his knees on the ground. It was so exciting, he almost thought it was over. When the time comes, not only will the team lose the title, but he will also lose a big man in front of the media all over England. For him who wants to save face, this is no different from killing him.

Thank God...... Shefanny...... Chris Rac slammed into his arms from behind and hugged Donne, who was kneeling on the ground and looking up at the sky, and roared in his ear, "Tony! Tony! We're fucking champions, aren't we? Manchester United: They're hopeless, aren't they?! ”

Don let him hold him, he didn't have any strength at all, and he couldn't stand up if he wanted to.

George watching the game at Yongdaokou. The first thing Wood saw was the whisking coming from the Forest bench, his team-mates raising their arms in celebration at the moment, knowing that Ruud van Nistelrooy had scored.

He leaned against the door, relieved. If the ball didn't go in, he would have been the sinner of the team's loss of the championship...... Van Nistelrooy saw the ball score, stumbled up from the ground, raised his arms and ran to the coach's box. He had just run to the touchline when he was pushed to the ground by a group of Nottingham Forest-wearing players.

The players who were celebrating on the bench also ran up to join in the fun, and a crowd celebrated wildly on the sidelines.

Chasing back Leo. Ferdinand saw the ball in goal, fell to his knees, and fell to the ground with his head in his hands.

Ferguson looked up at the sky and couldn't even curse.

This ending is really ...... Leading by two goals still gives them an overtake, so what else in the world they can't do? What does it take to completely defeat this team?

He'll have to find out next season.

β€»β€»β€» "The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game! The Nottingham Forest players are still celebrating, and there is no need for the game to continue...... Congratulations to Nottingham Forest! They won the English Premier League in the 07-08 season! This is the second top-flight title in their club's history! Thirty years ago, Brian. Clough and his disciples lifted the first top-flight trophy in the club's history! Exactly thirty years later, Tony. Don has made club history again! ”

Don finally had the strength to break free from the arms of the man Chrislak, and instead of running onto the field to celebrate with the other players, he walked to the crossing and took George Brown. Woodra came out and told him to go up and enjoy the championship moment with the rest of his teammates.

Then, he reached out and walked over to Ferguson.

Despite losing the title, Ferguson still showed enough grace in front of his opponents. He took the hand that Don handed over: "Congratulations, you are...... Champion. ”

Don smiled politely, "Thank you." ”

Without more words, Ferguson turned around and walked down the road, followed by a dejected member of United's coaching staff.

As soon as Ferguson left, Don just turned around when he saw a large group of players running towards him, and he thought that those players were going to play a "horror game" of stacking Arhats again, and he was about to run, but was blocked by a group of reporters.

"Tony. Mr. Donn, let's talk about how you feel about winning the championship! ”

"It was a really good game and were you sure your team could win the championship at the last minute?"

"Coach Donn, won the Champions Cup last season, won the league title this season, Nottingham Forest's rapid rise, is there any secret to talk about?"

Before Don could answer these people's questions, he was lifted up and thrown into the sky by a group of excited players.

"Oooo We are the champions! ”

The reporters followed the movements of the players, aiming the camera and the microphone at the sky.

"Coach Donn, how about your thoughts at this moment? Let readers and viewers share your joy! The reporter below shouted.

"Thoughts?" Don turned his head and said, "I'm ...... right now Right now...... Feel, feel as if you're ...... On the fly! In the clouds! In the clouds! Aha – we're the champions! He raised his arms and shouted.

(To be continued)