At half-time, whether it's in the dressing room, in the stadium stands, outside at the beer stands, in the bar, in the taxi...... Everyone was talking about George with great interest. Wood's equaliser.

Even the most die-hard Forest fans couldn't believe that their captain, who never shot at all, could score such a light goal – and if he had scored a powerful volley, it would have been far less shocking.

Downe stood in front of the dressing room, not interfering with the players' discussion of Wood's goal, and he was happy to see them like that. Because he was excited about that goal as well.

George. Wood sat in the middle like a prisoner, surrounded by people on three and three outside, and the funny Ribery also used a water bottle as a microphone, imitating the reporter's interview with Wood's thoughts on the goal. Everyone is happy, although the score is still a 1:1 draw, it seems that no one thinks this game will lose at all.

When everyone was almost in trouble, he returned to his position and waited for Don to lay out the second half of the tactics.

Tang En didn't talk nonsense with them, he didn't have much time, so he started talking directly.

While everyone was making trouble just now, he had already drawn the formation of the two sides in this game on the tactical board.

Now he points to the tactical board and analyzes it for everyone.

'We conceded in the first half mainly because the two full-backs had to help the wings and let go of the middle. After I adjusted, although the defense line was solid, the offensive strength was weak. This will not work. Manchester City are the visitors, and they can be content with even a point here. We are the home team and a draw is a defeat. So in the second half, we still have to find a way to strengthen the attack. The full-backs still need assists. But we're going to have to adjust ......."

※※※ In the dressing room of Manchester City, although George. Wood's goal was a surprise and the lead turned into a draw, but his team-mates congratulated Bendtner on his goal.

But Bendtner himself was not happy, and his limelight made George himself. Wood snatched the ball, not to mention, the two goals that were said were still one goal away, what are you congratulating on...... Sullen, he sat on a stool and listened to Mark absentmindedly. Hughes laid out the second-half tactics.

Hughes's tactics were no different from the first half, either feints on the wing and actually attacks the middle; Either it's a feint attack in the middle and a real attack on the side. He repeatedly emphasized one word – patience.

'We have to be patient because it's Nottingham Forest at home. I don't trust Ni. Donn will want this game to end in a draw. As time goes by, they will definitely press out and attack. That's our chance. Before, you just have to be patient and wait for them to make a mistake. Take a step back...... Even a draw is not an unacceptable result......"

Bendtner frowned. The manager thinks a draw is acceptable, but he definitely can't. He only completed one of his two goals, and he had already boasted about Haikou before the game, and everyone who was hyped by the media knew that if he only scored one goal in the end, those people didn't know how to laugh at themselves. What's more, Tony. Don doesn't accept a draw, should I just accept it?

Bendtner, with his heart in mind, spent the fifteen minutes of the break.

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester City put on a solid posture and hoped that Nottingham Forest would attack. If the Forest don't attack, there will be no gaps in their attack.

Nottingham Forest did as they had hoped.

Mark. Hughes saw Forest's full-backs join the attack. Unfortunately, he didn't have to be happy for long, because he found that Donn had made a very careful arrangement and arrangement of how to defend.

In the first half, Nottingham Forest's full-backs assisted on the left and right flanks together, and they looked powerful, layered and threatening. But again, because there are large spaces on both sides that can be exploited, the two backs need to be on one side. The middle lane is empty.

In the second half, Donn changed, and the full-backs were still active in assisting, but not allowing both full-backs to play at the same time. When Bale went up to assist, Raphinha had to drag behind so that Thiago stayed in the middle and George. Wood went to fill in Bell's place. Raphinha stepped forward to assist, Gareth Bale withdrew, Wood defended in the middle and Thiago made a cameo at wing-back.

No matter which side goes up, there will be no shortage of people at the back and no obvious holes.

Hughes, who understood, scolded Don in his heart for being full of defense, defense...... But what could he do?

It was a move that really blocked all of City's attacking routes. It's almost impossible to hit a quick counter-attack from behind. Now Manchester City has two options, one is to stay until the end of the game, not to let Forest score, and the two sides draw 1:1. The second is to go out and face off with the Forest team, relying on positional warfare to slowly find opportunities.

Mark. Hughes leaned towards the former, fearing to be caught by Forest's counter-attack...... But on the court, Bendtner clearly doesn't see it that way.

Bendtner wanted to score, and he kept raising his hand in the front court to signal his teammates to pass the ball.

But most of the time he's like an island in the middle of the ocean, with no teammates around to support him. Nottingham Forest's attack was so fierce that City's players had to drop back to defence. Whether Bendtner was able to stay on the pitch or Hughes specifically asked him to do so at halftime — Hughes was going to play Forest's counter-attack.

Bendtner is a centre-forward who needs a lot of support from midfield, otherwise his role is limited, and once he drops back into midfield and is too far from goal, he can basically only pass the ball.

Donn has taken Bendtner for four seasons, how can he not be familiar with Bendtner's technical characteristics and style of play. He suppressed Manchester City with his attack, which was tantamount to cutting off all ties between Bendtner and the team. Either Bendtner continues to raise his hand in front of him and wait for the ball, or he runs back to catch the ball himself and then tries to attack. Either way, he poses little threat to Forest's goal.

Donn sat in the dugout and saw Bendtner running around the front court alone, just not receiving the ball. He cocked Erlang's legs again.

George after the goal. Wood didn't get carried away with a beautiful goal. He was still faithfully carrying out the new task that Donn had given him at halftime – defense.

Bendtner managed to get the ball, but it was cut off by Wood. He fell to the ground in pain when he saw the ball lost and wanted to give Wood another yellow card.

The scene booed again, and everyone was disdainful of his approach.

Wood saw him performing on the ground and ignored it, launching a counter-attack with the ball himself. According to the unwritten rules of the game of football, if a player is injured and falls to the ground, everyone should take the initiative to kick the ball out of bounds and let that player receive medical treatment.

But Wood had no intention of doing so, not only did he dribble past Elano, who was negligent because he was raising his hand to signal Wood to kick the ball out of bounds, but he also rushed past Ireland, who pounced too hard.

Irish then became angry and put Wood down from behind. The referee's whistle finally sounded amid deafening boos. He gave Ireland a yellow card. Players from both sides quickly rushed together, and it was about to be a fight. The referee and a few calm players desperately pushed the two sides away and didn't let them get entangled.

And Bendtner, the culprit of all this, had already gotten up from the ground after seeing Wood pass Ireland, how could he still look a little injured?

A conflict was finally averted by the efforts of both sides. But every time Bendtner got the ball, he booed him louder...... Don shrugged his shoulders to the person next to him from the sidelines: "Self-inflicted." ”

"The second half wasn't as good as the first." Chris Rac also saw some clues.

"If he had focused on the game itself instead of the boring revenge, he might have scored two goals......

Don shook his head and spread his hands out, "But now, don't be afraid." ”

"What does that mean?" Chris Lack, an Englishman, could not understand Donne's last sentence of Chinese.

"It's like, 'There's nothing to be afraid of.'" Don translated for him.

※※※ There is not much to say about the next game. Manchester City had no way to attack and could only shrink the defence. Bendtner also had to return to the second half to participate in the defense under Hughes's roar. In the 70th minute, Donn replaced Ruud van Nistelrooy with a two-meter-and-two-meter Kic, and Beckham for Lennon. Then the tactics of high-altitude bombing began.

Beckham complemented Raphinha on the right and worked well together, with the two of them taking turns passing to Kic, using his height and strong body to create chaos in front of goal.

If you can score, you can score, and if you can't, you can create opportunities for your teammates.

For a while, the air defense sirens in front of Manchester City sounded frequently, and Dunn and others were in a hurry. Hart's heart was already in his throat.

Finally, in the eighty-second minute, the heart fell to the ground...... "Nikla. Kic——!! Nice header bombing! A heavy bomber! He left City's defenders at bay! ”

Kicic ran to Beckham, who had passed the ball to him, with open arms, and the two men hugged each other to celebrate his first Premier League goal.

Don also clenched his fist excitedly and waved. Saying that Kic's goal is the most important thing he wants to see!

Bendtner is gone, we have a more powerful air tyrant!

As Kicic leaped high in the crowd and spread his arms, a huge shadow was cast onto Joe. Hart, as if he saw a B52 bomber. Dunn almost hugged Kicic with both hands underneath, but still didn't stop his run-up to the top. When the ball arrives, the football goes into the net.

See! This is called dominance in the forbidden area!

"Two meters and two meters tall...... It's horrible......" Gray lamented. Even if Kic doesn't jump, he will give people a sense of vertigo in front of Manchester City's goal, and Dunn, who is 1.88 meters, and Coluka, who is 1.93 meters, are like children in front of Kic.

The most important thing is that the two-meter-and-two-meter-two-meter Kic's bounce is not weak, as long as he jumps with all his strength, it is not an exaggeration to describe him as "standing out from the crowd".

"It's not for nothing that Donn is particularly fond of this kind of tall and strong center. Sometimes they really work......"

※※※ Later, Van der Vaart took advantage of Manchester City's heavy pressure in stoppage time to equalize and instigated a counter-attack, which was finally completed by him himself, scoring a goal that completely collapsed Manchester City.

The match ended with a 3-1 home win for Nottingham Forest. Bendtner played the full game, but he didn't live up to his promise of at least two goals. At the end of the game, while the Forest fans were happy about the team's victory, they did not forget to laugh at the "traitor" who hung his head and could not see his face.

When the whistle blew at the end of the game, Bendtner, who had been running non-stop for 90 minutes, stood still like a doll running out of clockwork. For a while, he couldn't accept such an ending.

That's when Ruud van Nistelrooy came over, took off his jersey and handed it to Bendtner.

Bendtner stared blankly at his former rival.

"Actually, you don't have to ......," Van Nistelrooy smiled. I'm now constantly injured and my strength is no longer good. ”

Bendtner lowered his head and took off his jersey. The two shook hands with each other as they exchanged jerseys.

"Good luck, Nicky."

Van Nistelrooy turned away wearing Bendtner's No. 9 jersey and joined the team celebrating the victory.

Bendtner looked at the "former teammates" who wore Forest Red jerseys and thanked the fans together, and an indescribable feeling welled up in his heart.

Donn rushed into the crowd and put his left hand around George, who scored the first goal. Wood, with his right hand around Kic, who scored the second goal. Due to the inconsistency of the two people's heights, his movements were a little funny, but this did not affect the smile that bloomed on his face.

- Do you like to win? Do you like champions? Come to Nottingham Forest!

- Then you can use your set to win the championship!

I chose my path, even if it seemed full of thorns right now. It's useless to regret it, so I won't regret it.

Bendtner put the jersey Van Nistelrooy on his body and slowly walked off the pitch with his head down. It was the last time he wore a red Nottingham Forest shirt in front of everyone.

In the post-match interview, Donn was asked what he thought of Bendtner. He declined to comment on Bendtner's performance in this game, saying simply: "I personally wish him good luck." Then he shifted gear, "I'd rather talk to you about my two goalscorers in this game." George. Wood scored a great goal and Kicic played his best 20 minutes since coming to Forest. I'm sure both of them have a very bright future. ”

The reporters were a little reluctant to see that Donn refused to answer Bendtner's question. Only Pierce. Bruce fully understands Donn's mind - the past is in the past, so what's the point of talking about the past? No matter how good the person who is gone, he will not be able to bring Donn even one victory and one championship trophy. So it's the right way to go. Compared with those who have left him for one reason or another, valuing and cherishing the talents around him is what he should and is most willing to do now.

Donn also boasted on stage about his team's performance today, and for his opponents, whether it was Mark. Hughes, Manchester City, or Bendtner, have not made any comments.

Those who forsake me will not be left behind yesterday.

(To be continued)