Chapter 30: The Madman (I)
Nicholas. Bendtner knew it had to be his when he saw Ribery pass a high ball. Chelsea's defence has been hollowed out because of the hasty return to the defence, and the only thing closest to him is the curly-haired Carvalho, who is not worried about losing to the opposition.
That's what I've been waiting for!
He took a big stride, spread his hands out, and flew towards the football. Knowing that he would collide with Carvalho, he didn't seem to think about protecting himself, but forced his body to crash away from the opponent and shake his head to attack the goal!
The speed, power, angle of the ball was impeccable, and a wave of Petr Cech did not stop the ball from flying into the goal. Perhaps he didn't expect his teammates to be completely inferior in the aerial scramble.
After the goal, Bendtner rushed to the corner flag with open arms, then stood under the red raging stands, pulling his shirt and screaming. When he chose Nottingham Forest and gave up Arsenal's call-up, he was ridiculed. When he came to Nottingham and played as a substitute for a month straight, not even getting a minute of playing in a competitive game, the voices that mocked him grew louder.
Now, he has finally proved his strength with his practical actions, and has also silenced those who laugh at him.
It doesn't get much better than this debut!
"This is the Dane's first competitive goal for Nottingham Forest! Seventeen-year-old genius boy Niklas. Bendtner, strong body, great technique, intimidating impact! Even more unbelievable is his youth! Tony. Don has an enviable deck of cards in his hand, and it's exciting to look at the players under his command, to see how they're doing, and then to look at their age! ”
Seeing Bendtner push the ball into the Petr Cech-guarded goal, Donn and his assistant Chris Rac jumped out of their seats, David rushed straight to the sideline, and Donn waved his fist at the Chelsea dugout where Mourinho was and looked at Mourinho with a smug smile.
He did it on purpose, he deliberately angered Mourinho, he enjoyed the thrill of being ahead of the opposition. Really, even when he was ahead of Arsenal, he didn't have that kind of exuberance.
Seeing that his opponent was unhappy, he was in a happy mood.
Mourinho is really unhappy and, like Donne, he doesn't want to lose this game, especially to this man. Originally, it was an ordinary league game and Forest was just an ordinary opponent. But Donn's pre-match provocations, as well as that clash during the game, made him hate the coach. In fact, many times, Mourinho's arrogance and efforts to make enemies everywhere are premeditated psychological warfare. But this time, he really hated the nameless person dancing next to him in front of him.
"Call Gudjohnsen back and get ready to play." He turned back to his assistant coach Steve. Clark said. Clarke turned his head to leave, but Mourinho stopped him again: "Call Parker back!" ”
Clark naturally understood what the latter sentence meant, but he was still stunned for a moment, and did not turn around and leave immediately. Mourinho stared at the pitch and said: "Steve, sometimes ...... Football needs to take a risk. ”
"It was a throw-in for Forest, a Chelsea substitution. Jose Mourinho brought on two ...... in one go as the game went to the end with 20 minutes left Offensive players! Offensive and defensive midfielder Scott. Parker (scott_parker) and Icelandic striker Edul. Goodjohnsen (eidur_gudjohnsen)! Jose Mourinho has used up all his substitutions, and it seems that Chelsea, who are temporarily behind, are going to give it their all! ”
Jose Mourinho brought on two attackers and the pressure on the Nottingham Forest backline increased dramatically. Don saw the move, Mourinho made a substitution, and he also changed. He replaced Gunnarson in defensive midfielder for Ashley. Young, and then let Ribery move freely up front, interspersed with left, center, and right back and forth. His role is not to organise attacks, but to keep the pressure on Chelsea's defence. More often than not, the ball was sent from the back straight over Bendtner's head, and Ribery didn't have to organise the attack. Of course, if he gets the ball, then trying to control the ball by all means is the first priority, and the goal of stealthily delaying the game can be achieved by inducing the opponent to foul.
In addition, Donn also asked Gunnelson to go up and give a message to the whole team - after the opponent fouls, you can lie on the ground for a while, lie down for a while, don't rush to jump, whether you have physical strength or not, whether you are strong or not, whether you are late on the court or not...... What's the point of delaying the game by any means to win?
Don looked at Mourinho, who was frowning next door and pacing back and forth between the dugout and the touchline, crooked his mouth and smiled.
Then the rest of the game, the Forest players suddenly became very vulnerable, and the Chelsea players screamed as soon as they were kicked in the back, and then fell and rolled in the muddy water in pain. Then the referee's whistle blew, blowing for a foul on the visiting Chelsea.
Matches are interrupted in one way or another, and Chelsea can't play at all, let alone win...... Forest put three defensive midfielders and two centre-backs in midfield, a thickness that made Lampard feel as if he was in a quagmire.
Drogba? Not to mention, the defense of Piqué and Wood allowed him to shoot in a hurry, but he didn't pose much of a threat to Forest's goal.
Mourinho decided to defend off-the-field, but now this Chelsea team is not the Chelsea that swept England a year later, maintaining an unbeaten record at home, the players are very impatient on the field, and the cooperation is completely unspoken, Gudjohnsen and Parker, who were replaced on the field, thought they were the saviors, and they wanted to break through the goal when they got the ball, and they would force their feet to shoot from a distance in the face of Forest's heavy defense, and the final result can be imagined...... At first, Mourinho would stomp his feet on the sidelines, and then he would simply sit in his chair and say nothing or do anything. Facing the Forest team, which is becoming more and more relaxed, and even the central defenders dare to smash the ball and then form a team, he seems to have a premonition of his defeat today.
Now doesn't seem to be the time to desperately try to turn the tide of battle, but to think about why it's come to this point.
Why...... This game will be played like this. I admit that Ferreira was sent off after more than 10 minutes of play, which puts us at a numerical disadvantage, which is not a small impact. But then we equalised and there was a chance that we could come back from defeat to a comeback. Why?
He glanced at the Forest's dugout, the disgusting Tony. Don didn't perform anymore, but stood on the sidelines and watched the game.
He looked down at the watch on his wrist again, and the game was less than ten days away.
Winner? Don't even think about it!
※※※ The cheers in the stands at the City Stadium grew louder and louder, and the Forest fans chanted Brian. Clough's name, this is not to cheer up the Forest players and hope that they will hold on to their opponents' stormy attacks. It's just a call to a generation of legends in the sky to tell him what is going on in the Nottingham Forest, which he once led, but later fell into the abyss.
The fearsome Red Forest is back!
No...... Maybe not quite back yet, but it's not far off!
The clock was ticking down and Chelsea had nothing to do. Jose Mourinho is no longer in charge of the game, but sits in his position and poses with his face black. He has the heart to give this team a taste of defeat, but that doesn't mean he's willing to lose to Tony. Donne, it's just that in the longer term, the benefits of losing a game are greater at this time.
If we're going to win a championship, it's better to let them know what it's like to lose at the right time, and then be on the lookout for defeat than to fail at the most critical moment of the title race.
Mourinho got up from his seat when the fourth official held up a sign on the sidelines for three minutes of stoppage time, of course, he didn't go to the sidelines and yell at the players to make them desperate to attack, but just stood on the edge of the dugout, the cheers on the city pitch getting louder and louder, and he just stared coldly at the excited red fans.
Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool are all red, and now there is a red Nottingham Forest, and one of the football traditions in England is the red-blue confrontation. Regardless of whether the strength of this Forest team can be compared with the above three teams, in Mourinho's heart, it has been promoted to the same position as the first three - when he returns to Stamford Bridge, the revenge of today's loss must be avenged!
In the final half minute of stoppage time, Chelsea's attack gradually wore off, and the football was controlled at the feet of Forest captain Albertini, but Frank Lampard did not go up to press, and not only him, but the rest of the Chelsea players looked listless. Before the game, they came to the City Stadium with the idea that "the three points have been obtained", but they didn't expect to lose now.
Referee Bol did not continue the stoppage time, but was clever enough to blow the whistle for the end of the game.
"It's over! Nottingham Forest beat Chelsea at home! Jose Mourinho's side suffered their first defeat of the season, while Toni. Don won a crucial victory in a special day. Brian. There is a successor to Clough! ”
(To be continued)