Volume 8 The clouds are light and the wind is light Chapter 55 This is fate (the second update is over, ask for a monthly pass)
Jose Mourinho was not willing to settle for a draw and when stoppage time was set to go with fifteen minutes remaining, he continued to strengthen his attack with attacking players. Hopefully blast the Forest goal open and end that embarrassing record ahead of Donn's final game.
The United players also realised under his roar that this was a game that had to be won – and if Forest were to sneak up on it in the last minute, the whole season would have been in vain.
You must know that in the other stadium there is already news that Arsenal are leading 2-0. If nothing else, Arsenal are sure to win.
Manchester United cannot put their hopes in others, and only by scoring their own goals can they ensure that their destiny is still in their own hands...... Seeing United step up their attack, Donn got up from his seat and whistled on the sidelines, before Nottingham Forest shrank down and went into a defensive stance.
In fact, it is a defensive counterattack.
The more Manchester United attack, the more chances Forest will have. Donn trains this team and teaches them to be patient when their opponents have the upper hand. As a hunter, there is nothing more important than patience.
Therefore, even as Manchester United stepped up their attack, the Forest defence showed no signs of panic, as if they had been prepared for Manchester United to attack.
In that time, United had no less than five chances on goal, but thanks to the combined efforts of the entire Forest team, they did not even threaten the Forest goal. George. Wood's backline crossed the United players and left them in despair.
While United dominated the game, Forest supporters were not worried about their side conceding goals, although some felt that a draw was likely...... John. Mortensen doesn't see it that way.
"I know Tony, I've been playing for Forest for more than a decade. I really miss this scene in front of me......"
Why is it nostalgic to see that the Forest team is being besieged by Manchester United?
"Nottingham Forest is like a spring. The harder the force they are subjected to, the shorter the compression, the opponents should beware of being injured by the bouncing spikes......"
Mourinho obviously knows, he and Don have been opponents for more than ten years, how can such a little sign not be seen?
Raising his wrist and looking at his watch, there were less than five minutes of stoppage time left, and the score was still 0:0. Now he has to make a choice.
Do you want to keep attacking and try to score a goal before the end of the game, win the game and end your fate? Or do you want to stop there, defend solidly, hold on to this draw, and win the league title?
Mourinho didn't think about it for too long, and as Manchester United's manager, he quickly made the right choice. The interests of the team are more important than personal grievances. What could be bigger than fighting for the league title?
Mourinho thought of this and walked to the sidelines, ready to convey his latest instructions.
A little ahead of him, Don had already walked to the sidelines, shouting into the arena: "Joe-Zhi——!! ”
Wood heard Donn's shouts in the midst of the cacophony. Although he was fifty years old, the hoarse voice of the head had a special frequency that could always be clearly conveyed to Wood's ears through the noisy environment.
Seeing Wood turn his head to look over, Don didn't talk nonsense, just waved his hand: "Attack, man!" ”
Seeing his gesture, Wood didn't say anything, and Bell was already excited. In the second half, he was closer to the dugout, so he heard Donn's words clearly. He simply followed the example of the leader, waved his hand forward, and shouted, "Attack, guys!!" ”
And at this time, it is the time when Manchester United are attacking.
Wood and Chen Jian rushed towards Adrien, who had the ball, almost at the same time, which is not a common scene. In the past, when the Forest team was defending, one person went up to break the ball, and the other person was next to protect him, waiting for an opportunity to pick up the leak.
Adrien was a little frustrated by Forest's sudden hand, and after flicking the ball to the left to avoid Chen's right leg, he bumped into Wood. In a panic, he lost the ball at his feet.
Wood saw Adrien collide with him, turned sideways and turned at the same time, separating Adrien from the football, and thus cut off the opponent's ball.
Wood, who broke the ball, knocked the ball with his heel to Chen Jian behind him, and it passed right under Adrien's feet, and he looked at the football but couldn't do anything.
After Chen Jian got the ball, he didn't dribble the ball himself, but made a long pass directly to the front and gave it to Mitchel. At this time, Manchester United had just completed an attack, Mourinho's latest instructions had not yet been given, and the players did not know that they should retreat, so the players of Manchester United were a little slow to react when it came to returning to the defence.
Mitchel stopped the ball and turned around and started to dribble forward, his pace was big and his technique was excellent. With a height of more than two meters, he had no difficulty in possession, and after striding forward, Manchester United's defender Evans was a little unable to keep up.
Seeing this scene, Mourinho temporarily changed his mind, and instead of shouting "pay attention to defense" from the sidelines, he shouted: "Foul!!!" ”
It was the wisest thing to foul early before entering the box and stop Forest's attack. It doesn't matter if you get a red card because of this, anyway, it's not a few minutes before the end of the game, just grit your teeth and stick to it.
Evans seemed to hear Mourinho's yelling from the sidelines, reaching out to pull Mitchel and putting a tackle at his feet. He managed to disrupt Mitchel's breakaway, but he didn't manage to keep the ball at his feet, and he shoveled the ball in the other direction.
Balotelli, who was cut in from behind, happened to receive the ball from Evans, and United's other centre-back Cathcart did not expect the ball to fall to the feet of Balotelli, who had been preparing to intercept Mitchel in front of him, and now had to hastily adjust his direction and pounce on the Italian.
Seeing that Cathcart couldn't get up for a while, Balotelli took a few more steps forward, ran to the top of the arc of the big penalty area, and suddenly shot from a distance!
Manchester United goalkeeper Rufirang had expected Balotelli to come back with such a move, and he soared into the air and hit the ball back with both fists.
There was a huge sigh from the Nottingham Forest fans in the stands, it was a shame that the attack did not score.
Many people still hold their heads in their hands with regret.
But in the next second, their hands holding their heads stretched out and pointed to the sky again.
Guess what they saw?
In everyone's view, Nottingham Forest's No. 13, wearing a gold armband, appeared in front of the landing point of the football like a divine soldier, and then picked up his right leg against the football.
“ge_ooooooooooooooooooo——”
Mortenson rose from his seat, his voice lengthened, shouting in a way that did not belong to the English narrator.
He wasn't a prophet, but when he saw Wood pick up his legs for the ball, he suddenly felt a rush of passion in his chest, and a mouth blurted out.
He just wanted to roar.
The football fell, and Wood didn't have the adjustment of his mother-in-law to adjust, but directly aimed at the football is a volley!
At this moment, Rufijean had just landed and was struggling to get up, ready to save the ball again.
The ball passed past the ears of left-back Fabio, who had come to make up for the defence, and the wind grazed the Brazilian's ears and made him grin.
Rufejan pounced hard, but lacked momentum and his jump height was limited. The football flew over him, and there was no suspense here...... "ooooooal!! ”
The ball slammed into the net, swinging the white net and the arms of countless Forest fans in the stands.
Those white arms waved as if a strong wind was blowing through the Sherwood Forest, making a loud wind sound—"Boom——!! ”
"George. Wood! George. Wood! Goal in the 88th minute! Nottingham Forest leads 1-0! 1:0 lead! Manchester United's title dream is in jeopardy...... No, it can almost be said to be broken! ”
"What a powerful blow! George. Wood scored his eleventh goal of the season! ”
"Aha! It was an unbelievable scene, with Jose Mourinho losing to Toney again. Dawn. Is this fate? Can anyone still say no? ”
The commentators had their opinions on the goal.
After giving Wood more than ten seconds, the TV camera immediately cut to the sidelines, focusing on the performance of the two head coaches.
Mourinho angrily threw away his notebook, which he always writes and draws on when directing the game. Now this book is useless, and he threw it to the sidelines and used it as a tool to vent.
And Tony next door. Don rushed out of the coach's seat with his arms raised and hugged the people around him. You could tell he was excited. It doesn't get much better than a win to end your coaching career.
"Congratulations Tony. Donn, congratulations on his victory in the last fight. In the opinion of these commentators, Jose Mourinho's side have already lost. If Mourinho could hear the voices of these commentators, it would probably not be as simple as dropping his notebook alone. He must feel that he has received a great insult - can he not be angry when a bunch of bastards can't wait to announce his defeat before the game is over?
But no matter how angry he was now, he could only endure the cheers and celebrations of his opponents, so his face was grim.
On the other side, Nottingham Foresters celebrate.
George. Wood broke free from the hugs and chases of his teammates, and ran wildly, waving his hands on the way, signaling those who stood in his way to dodge quickly.
Then he crashed headlong into Donn's arms.
He rushed so fast that when he bumped into Don, he grinned in pain.
"George, you're ......"
He felt the force of Wood's arm holding him, and he was a little speechless.
But he didn't warn Wood that he was pushing too hard, he just grinned and endured. To outsiders, he looked like he was laughing.
Don didn't know how long Wood had been holding him, and when he finally let go, he let out a sigh of relief.
But he didn't complain anything, just patted Wood on the back.
Wood's move alerted the other players that after Wood and Don had finished hugging, it was Gareth who rushed up to hug the leader. Bell, and then Joe. Mattok, Aaron. Mitchel, Mario. Balotelli ...... There are still people lining up in the back. It looks like everybody is going to come up and hug Donne, and if it goes on like this, by the time United can kick off, the game will be in stoppage time.
The referee had to intervene.
"Gentlemen, I know how you're feeling right now, but the game has to go on." The referee was actually a little embarrassed. At the home of the Forest team, he couldn't talk too much, so he could only persuade the players to go back with a tactful attitude.
But here his influence is far from enough.
No one reacted even the slightest bit to his words.
Don certainly saw the referee at the back of the crowd struggling and it was his last game and he didn't want anything to go wrong. So he stopped the players who wanted to come up and hug: "Okay, guys, wait until you all hug again, it's dawn." Although he thought he was humorous, no one laughed.
Everyone just looked at him.
"Let's go back." Don didn't say anything more, waved his hand, turned around and walked back to the coach's seat, and sat down.
Seeing him like this, the players also knew that the only way to do this was to get back on the pitch and continue playing.
When they were all reluctantly back on the field, Don stood up again and yelled at the insider: "Don't give me cranky thoughts! If you are equalized by the opponent at the last moment, I will make you look good!! ”
He saw that there were many people who had no intention of fighting at all, so he reminded him again.
In fact, he was overly concerned.
In the final minutes, United were hell-bent on a comeback, but their attacks were disorganized and they went their own way. Mourinho was also at a loss for this, so he could only shrug his shoulders on the sidelines, and in the end he simply sat in the dugout and watched in silence what was happening on the field.
Looking at the Manchester United players who were blindly shooting and running on the field, he suddenly had a feeling in his heart that "the general trend has gone".
It's really evil, and you can't win Tony like this. Donne!
He clenched his hands tightly, and his knuckles were white.
Soon he heard a whistle from the referee, the next second was the second, and the next second, three whistles, and the game was over......
(To be continued)