George. No matter where he is on the field, Wood's eyes are always on the opponent's No. 22, Brazilian Kaka.

The day before the match, as well as at the last preparation before the match, the coach stressed that Kaka was his goal for this match. In fact, there is no need to emphasize it repeatedly, he knows in his own mind who is the most dangerous person in a team. He is a defensive midfielder and it is one of his jobs to study the opponent's aces. He doesn't have any special hobbies, so outside of training and competitions, unless he has a business job, other times, when he comes home, he always watches the videos quietly.

Forest's opponents in the league, opponents in Europe, he has to study. Albertini had already told him that defending only by physical instinct would not last, because as he grew older, the body he was now proud of would always go downhill, so what would happen when the time came? Slowly forgotten on the bench?

Now there's a ready-made example – Chelsea's Claude Makelle.

It's not the long-established stars who are standing in the way of Wood's becoming the world's number one midfielder, nor his physicality, it's his awareness. He still has a lot of room for improvement in this regard.

It's a good idea to play more games, but there is also a time limit for the game, no matter how good a person is, he will play more than 70 games a year, what about the rest of the events and experience? It's just by watching the video to make up for it.

Wood knew he was different from those who had been drafted professionally since he was a child, and he had less than a dozen years of experience and awareness. Although he has a gratifying talent, he gradually catches up. But Wood isn't just about catching up.

Remember what he said to Don at Don's doorstep? Remember Donn's parting "gift" when he came out of Wood's house?

Become the best player in England.

※※※ In addition to paying attention to the running position of his teammates, Kaka will often set his eyes on the opponent who is eyeing him not far away - Nottingham Forest's No. 13, England's George. Wood.

AC Milan are on the defensive in this game, and Carlo Ancelotti doesn't want to take any chances, as long as he can get a point away from home, he will be satisfied. So Kaka is also very far behind, cruising in front of his penalty area, waiting for a chance to counter-attack - because of his speed, AC Milan will basically start a counterattack with him and Pirlo. Pirlo relied on passing, while Kaka relied on his unbeatable acceleration with the ball.

Nottingham Forest's defense against AC Milan was pressed up, so George. Wood's position was also raised, the two were not far apart, and I don't know if it was conscious or coincidental, they would always appear in each other's line of sight.

As Kaka expected before the game, he will still play the opponent's George in this match. Wood one-on-one.

It's time for AC Milan to defend and Nottingham Forest to attack.

George. Wood will also be involved in the attack, but he will not have many roles, with Van der Vaart in the side, and it will be the Dutchman's job to organise the attack.

He's just in charge of protecting and pinning down the other side.

That's why he had time to observe Kaka.

Kaka ignored Wood, and he ran back to defend.

AC Milan's defensive formation is quite intact, and no matter how much the Forest team moves, they are always in chaos. This is a headache for Forest's players on the pitch. As Carlo Ancelotti pointed out, they are also Italian teams, he is an Italian coach himself, and the defense is deeply rooted in the marrow. If you really have to be determined to defend, Nottingham Forest will really struggle to find any good opportunities.

The game was deadlocked.

But Donn knew that AC Milan was secretly killing.

Speaking of which, what opponent is AC Milan most afraid of?

It's a team like Nottingham Forest, but it's not Nottingham Forest now. Because Nottingham Forest are attacking in full force right now...... AC Milan's headache is the kind of opponent who can't hold on. It's like Nottingham Forest in the past, no matter how lively you are outside the siege, if you just don't come out and don't give you space to attack, Milan will find it tricky.

What now? No, don't look a little ugly on the pitch, in fact, maybe the advantage is shifting to the away team AC Milan.

Donn walked out of the dugout, stood on the sidelines, made a gesture for the team to keep pressing, and shouted at George. Wood's name, let him go up a little, go up a little more.

With such a loud voice and exaggerated body language, how could Ancelotti, who was next door, turn a blind eye?

Seeing Donn anxiously motioning for his team to press the attack, a smile appeared on the somewhat blessed former Milan player's face, but it was quickly hidden under the wrinkles on his face.

After roaring on the sidelines, Don turned around and muttered back, looking very unhappy with the current situation on the court.

It makes sense, it's his home stadium, but now the team can't play for a long time. If you can't get three points in the end, it will be a defeat for the home team, and a draw or loss will mean that half of the body has been dragged out of the Champions Cup.

Even if you win, try not to let the opponent score, and it is dangerous to win by a goal difference...... Look, how uncomfortable it was for Donn to play the home game first.

So, Don has a hundred reasons to show his anger here. Even the narrator thinks his anger is justified. "Tony. Don couldn't sit still. The game lasted 27 minutes, and the score was still 0:0. That's not what he wants to see, especially when it comes to his offense, which doesn't benefit him at all......"

※※※ Carlo Ancelotti looked at his watch, and there was not much time left until the end of the first half. He believes that towards the end of the day, it will be time for AC Milan to counter-attack. Who wants a draw away from home? Our goal is to win!

Tony. Donn is a hot-tempered coach, so is his team as easily irritable as their head coach? In the first half, when they couldn't attack for a long time, will they become impatient at the last moments, using a simpler and more direct attacking method, and at the same time their own mistakes will increase, and the defense will be weak after all the players are pressed...... These are all things that AC Milan can take advantage of.

Nottingham Forest still have to press?

Okay, go on, keep pressing. I'm afraid you won't come up, Tony. Don ...... Ribery lost the ball when he forced his way through, and Pirlo received the ball from his team-mate and transferred it to Kaka. Out of the corner of his eye, Kaka caught a glimpse of Wood as if he was coming up, and quickly passed the ball back again, and then cut into the position himself. He's not afraid of Wood when he runs without the ball.

Kaka or Pirlo?

Wood hesitated slightly when he saw the two men who appeared in front of him.

Kaka is running empty, while Pirlo is holding the ball. Do you want to continue to rush forward and take advantage of the situation to break Pirlo's ball? Or do you turn around and run with Kaka? It looked like he was in a dilemma. The distance between Kaka and Pirlo is very "ambiguous", and the close can be given to George. Wood had the urge to rob, but it was a little too far away for Wood to guarantee that he would be in time.

Just as Wood was stunned, Pirlo passed the ball again.

Overhead ball! The soccer ball passed over Wood's head and fell straight behind him. There, it's Kaka who turns around and catches the ball!

"AC Milan's counterattack!" The Italian TV commentator yelled hoarsely, being pressed for almost half the game, and finally waited for this good opportunity.

Yes, good chance!

As Donn signaled for the team to press and press, the Forest team's defense was very empty at this time, as long as Kaka caught the ball, with his speed with the ball, he could instantly throw away the Forest players who were desperately returning to the defense. When the time comes, the sea and the sky will be wide...... Of course, the first person he needed to get rid of was George. Wood.

Wood turned faster than one might think, and by the time Kaka had even picked up the ball, he had already turned and pounced on the Brazilian.

Kaka reached out and led the ball forward, while sideways to get Wood behind him. The soccer ball is very beautiful, but ...... Kaka sighed inwardly, still not getting rid of this trouble in the first place.

The time difference between him and Pirlo is Xiang Wood's hesitation, but it's a pity for this man's physical fitness...... It's really alien-level.

He shielded the ball and began to dribble forward. Things weren't bad enough to get to the point where they couldn't work, just get stuck in the position and dribble the ball in the back of George. Wood can't make a rash move - tackle? That's basically at least a yellow card, and when you encounter a more severe referee, you will get a red card; Speed suppression? It's hard to even get behind to get behind, let alone sprint at full speed...... If he had to do that, he would have tripped Kaka's leg and Kaka would have been in a little pain when he fell to the ground, or at least one yellow card.

Kaka leaned back against Wood and rushed forward with the force of the reaction. Wood was hit by him, and when he started again, Kaka had already run away.

Pato and Seedorf were up front to help him tear apart the Forest defence so he had a chance to get straight to the heart. Meanwhile, AC Milan's two wings are also fast-tracking. They threw in a lot of troops, hoping to get a single blow.

Donn stood up from the dugout, he seemed nervous...... Kaka felt that Wood was still chasing after him, and he didn't completely shake it off. He's looking around for his team-mates to see if they're keeping up, and he'll pass the ball whenever the right opportunity arises. Now he doesn't want to get tangled with Wood, although he does want to beat George in a one-on-one. Wood, but he knows the team's victory is more important.

Pirlo chimed in. He decided to pass the ball.

But when he kicked his foot out, he realized that he had kicked it empty!

Kaka feet fast, George. Wood was not at all satisfied, he took advantage of this moment to shovel out the football at Kaka's feet!

Football fell to the foot of Nottingham Forest.

Kicking the empty Kaka stumbled and fell to the ground!

There was a chorus of boos from the visiting fans, but the referee just waved his hand and motioned for Kaka to stand up. Wood doesn't foul!

Nottingham Forest picked up the ball and launched a quick counter-attack, without the slightest hesitation or looking for a hole in the game for AC Milan. For them, who are good at playing defensive counter-attacks, finding holes in the opponent's defense is something that has been done every minute and every second for 90 minutes.

Wood shoveled the ball out, and the Milan players thought he was going to pass it to the retreating Van der Vaart, so they temporarily tightened the guard of Van der Vaart.

Unexpectedly, Pepe suddenly dribbled forward with the ball very resolutely after a false shot!

AC Milan's midfield defence immediately went into disarray. Gattuso was a little out of step in front of his young and strong companion, even though he was only 30 years old, and he tried to stop Pepe with a foul, but only slightly slowed down the Brazilian's dribbling.

The Nottingham Forest players, who were still "rushing back to defense" just now, instantly threw themselves into the attack again. Ruud van Nistelrooy, Eastwood, Franck Ribery and David Beckham, who felt it was too late to defend before...... Now they have become nails in the Milan defense.

It took almost a second for Ancelotti to react that he had been fooled!

What if the other party can't hold on and waits for an opportunity to sneak attack?

Then find a way to lure them out!

Thankfully, his entire line hasn't moved yet, and it's all attacking players coming up.

This is not good news for Nottingham Forest.

Although Pepe escaped from Gattuso's feet, he was surrounded by the other side. The foreground can't just pass the ball, and Van der Vaart would love to hit the ball directly behind him and pass the ball in a straight line. When I looked up, I found that the opponent's defensive formation was completely undispersed, although Maldini was old, but experience made him stuck on the route that Van der Vaart wanted to pass, and the ball at his feet just couldn't get out...... If you force a pass, you will either be intercepted by the opponent directly, because Maldini has already seen his intentions. Either the force of the pass is too great, so that the teammate can't catch the ball.

The Dutchman sighed and swept the ball sideways.

Donn, who saw this scene from the sidelines, jumped up, turned around and slapped the roof of the coach's box.

The opportunity to wait for it was gone.

"AC Milan is so old-fashioned...... he said indignantly.

He doesn't blame Van der Vaart, who chose to transfer sideways, because the opponent is too cunning.

Before the game, he told his players that if they wanted to give us a chance to score, they had to get the snake out of the hole. I didn't expect AC Milan to be much more experienced than he thought. Even if they took the opportunity to play Forest's counter-attack, their entire backline didn't move. If the opponent's defense does not move, Forest's attack will not be easy to play, and he intends to tear apart the opponent's defense...... He turned his head to look at Ancelotti, this fat man looks harmless to humans and animals, and he still has a lot of goods in his stomach...... ※※※ Don thinks about Ancelotti like this, and Ancelotti thinks about Don almost like this. At first, he really didn't expect a mistake from Nottingham Forest to be a trap. It's a little scary to think about it now, Tony. Don is crazy.

While he is calculating his opponents, his opponents are constantly calculating him.

It seems that getting one point in this game will be the biggest win.

※※※AC Milan's counterattack did not dare to invest many more troops, and Nottingham Forest did not have a good way to face the Italian defence. Sometimes you have to count on some luck against such opponents, but unfortunately tonight it wasn't on Nottingham Forest's side.

When the full-time whistle finally blew, the Italians clenched their fists and cheered. They got the result they wanted – 0:0.

Ancelotti's face finally broke into a smile after 90 minutes of tension – when he shook Donn's hand.

Don naturally kept a straight face, didn't say a word, shook hands like a routine and turned away from the court. He didn't want to see Italians cheering and celebrating on their own turf.

Instead, Italian journalists waited expectantly for the post-match press conference, intending to embarrass Donn at the conference. It's a pity that their wishful thinking failed.

Donn didn't show up at all, the person who came to the press conference was assistant coach Chris Lak, and the reason he gave made the Italian laugh and cry: "Toni is sorry not to be able to come to the post-match news, but he was not absent on purpose, but because he suddenly felt unwell just now. He commissioned me to attend and apologized. ”

An Italian reporter asked with great "concern": "May I ask Tony. What happened to Coach Donn's health? ”

Chris Rac spread his hands: "If I knew, I wouldn't sit here and answer your questions, but go to the hospital to be a doctor." ”

Judging by his expression, the Italians had every reason to believe that these words were Tony. Don taught him what to say. The tone is too much like Tony's. Don it!

※※※ In fact, this time the Italian media really wronged Donn, although the words in Chris Lack's mouth were all taught by Donn, but Don did feel a little unwell just now.

Chest tightness, but it disappeared in a short time.

He was in a bad mood and didn't go to the press conference for this reason. He doesn't care what the outside world does with what he does. It was really going to be a big trouble, so he went to Dr. Konstantin to do a physical examination for himself and issue a certificate from the hospital to prove that he was indeed sick. As for whether this problem is big enough for him to excuse himself from attending the press conference...... That's okay.

At this time, Donn was facing this group of depressed players in the dressing room.

"Hey, have you forgotten what I said? Nottingham Forest's football is a football that never admits defeat, it's just a draw, is it worth being so frustrated? If it's not good, wouldn't it be better to knock them out of their home stadium in the next leg? ”

He spread his hands and shrugged.

"Don't think about it, take a shower and change your clothes, go home and sleep. Tomorrow is another day! ”

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