At first, there was a lot of noise in the dressing room at Nottingham Forest, and everyone was busy listening to music to relax. ★

★3g Huaxia Miao Mei hit her hand When Tang En stood up from the corner, it quickly fell silent again.

"First half...... I'm not going to talk nonsense. Now the problem we have to solve is not how to defend against Barcelona's attack, but how to score their goals. ”

With that, he turned to look at George Wood.

Some of them followed his gaze and turned back.

"George, is it a little more difficult for you to both attack and defend?" Don asked with a smile.

George Wood shook his head: "It's okay. ”

"Are you alright?" Don glared at him, "What do you mean it's okay?" Is it barely possible, or is it easy to do it? ”

"Well...... "George Wood thought for a moment, "and when you come back defensively, you might miss some chances because you're at the back. Other...... Nothing. ”

"Use a lot of passing, stupid." Donn pointed at him, "You ran back and forth like a shuttle in the first half, and I even doubt you had the extra energy and time to look up and look around." The midfield playmaker is not something that can be done with endless physical strength. You have to look at the situation on the pitch, see where your teammates and opponents are moving, and then decide what to do with the attack...... The midfield is not organized by physical strength, but by brains. Donn's critical tone wasn't harsh, but he let everyone know that he was really criticizing George Wood, not joking.

Wood nodded, and he also felt that he was basically exhausted in the first half of the first half. How to organize an offensive? It didn't stay in his mind much, he waited until he got the ball and then looked up to find a passing route. If you have the opportunity, you pass, if you don't have the opportunity, you can dribble the ball yourself. It's rare to think like Van der Vaart, so so so far most of his passes have gone straight to his team-mates, rather than in front of them. It's a ball that doesn't make mistakes, but it doesn't create many good chances. You know, basically the offense that can form a threat in the offense is all such penetrating passes. Always passing to a fixed foot, it will force the offensive rhythm to stop. When the time comes, as long as the opponent's backline is in a good position, it is easy to stop an attack.

In the second half, he didn't have to run back and forth between the front and back courts. But he needs to put more energy into defending. Because Nottingham Forest is defending and counterattacking, how can you counterattack without defending? Wood himself is at the heart of the midfield defence, and he is really not used to watching and waiting for his teammates to grab the ball and then hand it over to him to organize the attack when the opposition is attacking......

"And. Although we are defending on the counter-attack, it is important to defend. But if it's just defense and no counterattack, we're going to be completely defending. "Don hasn't meant to let Wood go yet. He also offered his own criticism of Wood's defensive midfield. "You've been a defensive midfielder for too long, George. It's good to be aggressively defensive, but think about your own tasks first. What are you here for? He asked, looking at Wood.

Wood replied, "Organize an attack." ”

"Looks like you're not running out of the way yet. If you're always on the defensive, defending, defending...... How else to organize an offensive? After all, you're just a person, not a monster that can be separated at any time. ”

"So what should I do?" George Wood asked rhetorically.

Donn looked at the others in the locker room, some of them were listening intently to the conversation he had with George, some were closing their eyes, some were simply listening to the music.

He coughed, then said to George Wood, "It's easy. Trust your teammates. ”

George Wood turned his head to look around, and many of his teammates were also watching him.

"Alright, guys!" Donn throws Wood down. Slap hard enough to make everyone look up at him. 'In the second half, we had to score. It's not on the road. Just get a draw. I can't relax defensively, so I'm a little bit bolder offensively...... If you lose the ball. I don't want to see you turn around and run back, you give me a counter-attack on the spot, you can break the ball and go straight to attack, and if you can't grab it, you have to interfere with their progress - you know how to do it. ”

'The first half of the first half was ok, but in the second half we put too little pressure on Barcelona to do so. Work hard in the second half, and if those bastards still think we don't have the energy to fight back, give them a good look! ”

He slammed his fist into the palm of his hand.

On the other side, Rijkaard was writing and drawing on the tactical board. He's telling his people how to break through Nottingham Forest's dense defence.

"George Wood obviously needs to organise the attack. If I were Tony Towne, I wouldn't have let him continue to be defensive in the second half, so Nottingham Forest's defence would certainly have been free. Their overall defensive formation is very good, and they can't be torn apart by passing the ball alone. Sidwell is no threat to you, Messi. He looked at Messi, who was sitting on the side.

'In the second half, we added a little bit more breakouts, went in and looked for opportunities and disrupted their defence. The most frightening thing about this kind of overall defense is that one or a few of the opponents have excellent breakthrough ability. ”

He tactfully criticized Messi for not being excited enough in the first half.

Indeed, except for the first three shots in a row, Messi's performance quickly flattened. There may be speculation that he has just returned from injury and is not yet in the best condition. But in fact, Messi is just a little interested because the contrast between the previous expectations and the reality after is too great.

After all, how can Sidwell be compared to George Wood's sense of accomplishment?

Messi also knows what the problem is. I had to take it seriously in the second half. 3G Huaxia Miao Mei Hand Fight Anyway, for whatever reason, George Wood doesn't defend him, which is a good thing for him.

Recently, the media has criticized Barcelona for just leaving behind "Ronaldinho dependence" and suffering from "Messi dependence". There are two sides to the problem, on the one hand, Rijkaard is incompetent. On the one hand, he praised Messi for being too powerful.

When Barcelona attack, everyone will try to give the ball to this little man and hope that he will do a miracle.

So since Nottingham Forest doesn't value me, I'll make you regret it! He clenched his fists.

After the resumption of the second half, as in the first half of the first half, Barcelona wanted to score, and Nottingham Forest wanted to score. The two sides attacked each other, and the scene changed.

during this time. Nottingham Forest had three good chances. Barcelona also had two chances to attack Forest's hinterland. It's a pity that no one grasped it. It scared the two managers on the sidelines enough - no matter which side got the chance to shoot, it would make the ** of the two managers leave their seats. The difference is that Rijkaard only got up slightly, while Done jumped straight out of the dugout.

After fifteen minutes of action-packed action, Nottingham Forest and Barcelona realised at the same time that they were putting their goals in a very dangerous position. This was evidenced by a total of five direct threats from both sides.

So he chose to be conservative at the same time.

Nottingham Forest's hold is in line with their usual style, not to be called

。 Barcelona also defended the counterattack, which is incomprehensible.

"Barcelona want to play Nottingham Forest on the counter-attack?" The narrator exclaimed.

Don laughed from his seat. He knew why Rijkaard was suddenly conservative again. Because after a confrontation just now, his current offensive strength of Nottingham Forest is not weak. Being conservative in key games helps to win the game. The head coach of the world, who is famous for his artistic football and attacking football, had to succumb to reality and choose to play more defensively despite his unstable position.

What made him happier was not Barcelona's performance, but George Wood's transformation.

One of the things he likes most about Wood is that he is obedient most of the time. After criticising Wood's performance in the first half at half-time, he took a targeted turn in the second half.

He no longer allowed himself to struggle between attack and defense, and in a way, he learned to "play standing up". Donn always emphasises running and playing, but there are exceptions, and as a midfield conductor, he wants his organisation to be a big man and show a little calm. And in the case of a back back. There's really no need to charge every time, more often than not, they need to attack directly from the back. Learning how to judge the situation on the field is something George Wood has to do.

On three occasions, Forest directly threatened Barcelona's attack. One of them was a direct move by Wood, and the other two times was an indirect move by George Wood. He had a through ball from the ribs that gave Ribery the chance to burst into the box and shoot. Despite being denied by Valdés, Woody's 30-metre through ball was impressive – he was in the centre circle at the time, and the Forest team switched from defending to attacking, and if he continued to lead, Barcelona's backline would have been organised very quickly, so he would have had no better way than to cross horizontally. At that time, he glanced up at the front, and now Barcelona's back line was still retreating, and he did not have time to organize a defensive formation, and although Ribery was cruising on the wing, there was enough space in front of him......

He made a decisive through ball that sent the ball straight from the centre circle to the ribs between Barcelona centre-backs Milito and Puyol.

With his power, there was no doubt about the degree of the ball's rolling, like a knife cutting through butter, passing the ball between the two Barcelona defenders. Ahead is an empty penalty area, no Barcelona players, no Nottingham Forest players. Just when people thought it was a mismade pass, Ribery appeared behind the whole backline as a high run, and he received the ball!

This was followed by a shot that did not hesitate, but unfortunately he was too power-hungry and the angle was too right, and it was blocked by Valdés.

But there was a round of applause at the City Stadium, both for Ribery and for George □ Wood.

Even Donne, who was on the field, couldn't help but stand up and applaud George Wood when he saw this penetrating pass like a scalpel.

If George had just sent the ball straight to Ribery's feet, then Barcelona's Puyol would have been happy to go one-on-one with Ribery, and Forest's attack would have been cornered. The ball passed in front of the attacking player seemed to dig a diversion channel for a pool of stagnant water to the downstream ground, and the whole attack came alive in an instant.

"That's what Demi said about the talent he saw in him!" Don said ostentatiously to the people around him.

"It's a pity that there are too few." Chrislak shook his head.

"It's okay." Tang Dao. "At first, it only flashed once in a while, but now it's flickering a lot. By the end ......"

Don took his words, "In the end, it will flash into a piece and never go out!" ”

Wood, who was on the pitch, was a little annoyed to see Ribery squander the opportunity, but it was more excitement that occupied him. When he saw the ball roll out from under his feet and pass exactly through the two Barcelona defenders, Ribery cut in with understanding. It's a completely different feeling from him tackling opponents at the back...... How so? One is sabotage. One is construction.

But one thing must be the same - whether it is destruction or construction, he is very excited after success. 3g Huaxia Miao sister hand-played

It is because of this sudden opening of Wood that Rijkaard is now without Van Nistelrooy. Without Eastwood, without Van der Vaart, Nottingham Forest's attack is still powerful. He was worried that if he continued to attack like this, he would be attacked by the Forest team. Consider the results. It's all that doesn't concede a goal. So he ran to the sidelines to let the team slow down a little bit and take his time.

As soon as he collected it, the forest team followed suit. Because Barcelona rarely play counter-attacks, but if anyone thinks they don't have the ability to counter-attack, they are very wrong. Don didn't want to be born on himself for the stupid thing of "bombing the opponent indiscriminately for 89 minutes and being defeated by the opponent's sneak attack in the 90th minute".

Messi was excellent in the first half and also had a shot on goal, but although his shot went past Van der Sar's ten fingers, it was blocked by a desperate Pepe on the goal line. It was Barcelona's best chance of scoring so far in the game.

Barcelona recycled, and the man who was really liberated was actually George Wood. He didn't have to focus more on defending at the back, he started to try to move his position further forward and sometimes looked more like a midfielder. Not the back.

The game gradually came to the end in a stalemate between the two sides. If no one can score, the score is still oo. Then Barcelona and Nottingham Forest will have to use extra time to determine the team that advances to the final, and the winner cannot be decided in extra time, so there is only one last resort - a penalty shootout!

No one wants the game to really come to that point, let alone a penalty shootout, it's extra time, which is a great test of the physical fitness of both sides.

So in the last ten minutes of the game, the two sides fought again.

Messi is back active, and George Wood has also received more of his teammates, and he has the feeling of a "midfield command tower".

After Messi broke through Sidwell, he passed straight to Eto'o in the diagonal penalty area, and Eto'o's shot was saved by Van der Sar.

On the other side, George Wood suddenly forced a break down the flank, attracting the attention of Abidal and Yaya Toure, but then passed the ball back to Beckham. Beckham crossed at the first time, Bendtner pressed the Barcelona defence No. 1 Marcos, and the header was saved by Valdés and smashed on the crossbar.

At the back, George Wood was on the verge of Barcelona and then he had a decisive shot from 30 yards. Although he flew straight to the stands, Donn and others went to see that George Wood was really in his heart - he was not averse to being an offensive player.

As the minutes ticked by, the score remained O

Rijkaard was already standing on the sidelines directing the game, and Don couldn't sit still and get up from his seat.

He turned his head to look at the big screen, time: 84 minutes and 58 seconds for the whole game; Score: Nottinghamsen oo Barcelona.

Beckham was a little tired

He must be replaced, and Lennon's impact may be there at the last moment

Sidwell can also be substituted and let Van der Vaart come on and fight in the last minute. However, George Wood will have to revert to the defensive midfield position. In addition, I don't know what Van der Vaart's state was when he debuted. After all, there aren't many events left for them. Unless you're going to play extra time.

Forget it, George's performance is already very satisfying to him. He can't bring a win to the team yet. It's no wonder he's not guilty, after all, he still has a long way to go as an organisational midfielder.

He called Van der Vaart and Lennon back from the warm-up area and prepared to instruct them on how to attack.

George Wood caught a glimpse of two teammates listening to Donn on the sidelines, one of whom was Van der Vaart, the team's original playmaker. It only took him a second. Just know what Tony □ Don thinks:

Don't want to play overtime, want to settle the battle in the last few minutes. And his own offensive performance obviously did not satisfy him, otherwise why would he have to replace Van der Vaart. It's to take over your own tasks.

What does this mean?

Explain that you did not complete the task.

Messi faced Sidwell again. I plan to attract Pepe to help defend after breaking through. Then pass the ball behind Pepe for Samuel Eto'o**.

When he easily passed Sidwell and looked up for someone, the ball at his feet was tackled by George Wood.

It's been almost ninety minutes. George Wood doesn't care how Messi is making waves around the Forest penalty area. Didn't take care of him once. Messi has all but forgotten what he once considered his most dangerous opponent.

So he passed Sidville and his mind was full of Pepe. Not the slightest notice that danger was around.

George Wood looked up at him. When he was negligent in guarding his feet, he suddenly stabbed out and shoveled the ball at Messi's feet!

Nottingham Forest didn't give Barcelona time to react. Pepe, who originally came up to defend against Messi, happened to receive Wood's shovel over to the earth at this time. He was going to give it to someone else. But he soon saw Wood, who had just gotten up from the hand, waving to him, in a very subtle move, but he saw it. Motioning for him to pass the ball.

Pepe made a forward stance in the face of Messi to break through with the ball himself, deceived Messi's center of gravity, and then passed the football to George Wood, who ran in front.

"He's at the heart of the organization. Stop him! Puyol shouted at the back that it was basically Wood who was organizing the attack throughout the game, and the fool knows who is the most dangerous and the most important person to deal with when the Forest team is counter-attacking.

This time, without waiting for Yaya Toure, Xavi pounced first. He was going to wait for George □ to pass him and take the opportunity to break the ball. Or force Wood to turn around and make a fast break for the Forest.

George Wood didn't mean to ask Harvey, but he didn't mean to turn around. He watched Xavi play the ball to David Beckham on the right.

Then he himself bypassed Harvey and continued to run forward.

Meanwhile. Nottingham Forest started their quick counter-attack. In the 25th minute of the second half, Gareth Bale and Franck Ribery cut forward from the left.

Xavi turned his head to look at George Wood's back, and at the same time glanced at the other Forest players running forward, and then at Beckham, who was close at hand. He ultimately decided to pester the ball-minded Englishman and hand over George Wood to his team-mates.

Beckham knew what Xavi meant when he saw him coming. It's nothing more than two: break the ball. Or trap him where he is. Football can't be passed.

He didn't give Xavi a chance to complete the task and immediately passed the ball diagonally to the flank. The person who received the ball from him was none other than George, who had just passed the ball to him!

He had already moved from the centre to the wing, and before Wood could take a few steps after receiving the ball, Yaya Toure pounced. All Barcelona defenders have the same idea: either to break the ball directly, to disrupt the attack, or to block the attack.

George Wood didn't give Toure a chance to take advantage of it, and he played the ball straight to the feet of Ribery in the middle.

Ribery moved from the left to the middle to pick up Wood. Seeing him get the ball, Barcelona's defence tensed. As European Footballer of the Year. He is not to be overlooked. Whether it's passing the ball or shooting himself, Ribery is a good player.

Andres Iniesta wasn't good at defending, and the ground had to come up on the flanks and prepare to flank them. In front of Ribery is Argentine centre-back Milito.

If Ribery were going to shoot straight at goal. Milito went up and blocked it. If Ribery is to break through, then Iniesta on the flank can give him some scruples.

Ribery didn't have a shot on goal. There was also no breakthrough. He passed.

The place where the ball was received was the figure that all Barcelona players were familiar with - George □ Wood.

Just on the flank, and now fast on the side, George Wood had just received the ball when Abidal unceremoniously posted it. Now that it's basically a little in front of Barcelona's big penalty area, how can you not press a little bit in this kind of place and let the other party move freely?

Abidal pressed forward. He took Wood's test as he stretched out his foot to poke Wood's earth. Forcing Wood to turn around.

Wood turned as he wished, but slammed the ball into the air behind Abidal with his heel.

"David!"

Beckham ran up with all his might. Appeared right behind Abidaldi. No offside! As Gareth Beldi stepped forward. suppressed Puyol's side, so Beckham, although he appeared behind the others, was alone in front of Puyol.

Abidal's focus on grabbing Wood Earth may not have noticed. But Marcos saw it clearly. Just before George Wood received the ball. David Beckham came from afar. When Wood caught the ball, he suddenly rushed up.

In the beginning. Marcos thought Beckham was on the verge of receiving George Wood's pass. But he soon realized he was wrong. Because Beckham didn't go for Wood, but walked around the two. At that moment, he jerked forward. Trying to put Beckham in an offside position. He didn't look at the far side. Puyol was still reassured.

Puyol is clearly aware of this, too. He wanted to move forward and create an offside position, but it was too late.

It's just half a step away. David Beckham receives the ball unmarked!

Bendtner and Arshavin, who were still interfering with Marcos in front just now, raised their hands and looked back at Marcos, who was the linesman, and rushed towards the goal!

"Watch out for his cross......" Valdés had barely finished his sentence when Beckham picked up his right foot.

Abidal turned in a panic and pounced on Beckham. George Wood stood still and waited to see the play.

Marcos and Milito went back after Bendtner and Arshavin.

Valdés looked at Beckham, but out of the corner of his eye

Really keeping an eye on the positions of Forest's two forwards......

Beckham stepped out, not with the inside of the foot curling the ball, but with the outside of the instep volley!

Valdés, meanwhile, pounced to the outside to intercept the cross, and just as he flew out, he was horrified to see the ball fly past his other side. degrees too fast. He didn't even have time to turn his head to look at the situation behind him. But it wasn't necessary anymore, because he heard the crowd cheering with excitement......

"Bang! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The ball is in! ”

Five passes ended the battle.

David Beckham pointed at George Wood with both hands and threw himself at him with an excited smile.

George Wood was outstanding throughout the game. As well as being a relay station for passing in this attack, he made him a key target for the Barcelona backline. Frank Ribery has a reputation for taking the ball. Barcelona didn't dare to be unguarded. No one cared about the veteran Beckham, who was almost unable to run, at most he just crossed a cross. Our ground line is so well organized, and Bendtner doesn't have a chance to get him in......

As a result, Beckham came in and shot in!

"Some people say that Nottingham Forest is a retirement home, Hierro is gone, there are old guys like Albertini and Ruud van Nistelrooy, Van der Sar, Albertini is retired and David Beckham is coming. But who did last year's Champions Cup depend on? Albertini, this old fellow! What about this year? Nottingham Forest fans can start looking forward to David Beckham! ”

The narrator exclaimed excitedly.

By saying so, he announced in advance that Nottingham Forest had secured a ticket to the Champions League final.

In fact, there were three minutes of stoppage time remaining.

Donn didn't have time to celebrate the goal with those around him. He pulled the excited Van der Vaart and Lie to hurry up and explain the tactics - he had already explained it just now, and he would change the man after waiting for the dead ball. But now it's definitely time to change tactics.

Barcelona will be like a wounded beast. There may be an astonishing burst of energy at the last minute. If you take it lightly, you will be eaten - Barcelona only need one goal to equalise and go to Moscow to change from Nottingham Forest to Barcelona to them.

Celebrate the victory. Donn brought on Van der Vaart and Lennon to replace Sidwell and David Beckham, who had scored the goal just now. The veteran David Beckham received a standing ovation from the crowd when he came off the pitch.

Tony Towne after hugging David Beckham. Thumbs up to George Wood on the field. Affirmation of his contribution to this goal.

He was afraid that Wood would have an idea. Because Van der Vaart did take command of Wood's offense. He's going to need to do what he does best – defensively.

Messi finally came face-to-face with George Wood towards the end of the game, but he had already been overwhelmed by Forest's overall defence in the previous game – having just returned from injury. How good is the physical fitness?

In the face of the physical pervert George Wood, he is "willing to kill thieves, but unable to return to heaven".

Eto'o is a striker of his calibre, and there is no more space to swing the ground, and his impact on the ground is limited. Henry? How much more threat can he pose, who is blocked on the flanks by the Foresters?

Although the stoppage time of the second half was as high as five minutes, it caused a burst of disgruntled boos at the City Stadium. But the Nottingham Woodlands Wall of Sighs shows no signs of crumbling. The physical advantage guaranteed by the rotation is fully manifested at this time.

When the referee blows the whistle for the end of the match. The whole city stadium. and even half of Nottingham. All covered with cheers.

Tony Towne walked to the sidelines and was about to raise his arms and shout to celebrate the victory, but he was unexpectedly lifted by the players around him and lifted it above his head!

"Three Champions League finals in a row! Tony Towne has engraved his team's name in the history of the Champions League. On a par with Real Madrid, Ajax, AC Milan, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Benfica. On par with some of the most landlord managers in history! They were the first to do so since the new century...... It's crazy! ”

"It's incredible! It's unbelievable! And they did! ”

Tony Towne was lifted above his head by the players. Raise your hands in the cheers of the crowd. Although it has not yet won the Champions Cup. Now he is good enough to accept this courtesy. Bringing a small team that has been unknown for nearly 30 years back to the top is really not something that ordinary people can do casually.

"I gotta say...... Tony Towne is still unlikable. But his results made everyone blush. Those who criticize the land. Why don't you want the team you support to have such a magical coach? Most of the players he poached from all over the world were unheard of. And then nowadays. They have grown into the pillars of Nottingham Forest. The sapling grows into a towering tree! ”

"Wood! Wood! Grow into a big tree! Forest! Forest! Nottingham Forest!! "Not a single Forest fan left the stadium in the stands at the City Stadium. Now they were singing songs for George □ Wood.

"Yes, Franck Ribery, who played in the French lower league, became European Footballer of the Year. Pepe, who once faced the dilemma of not having a ball to play in Portugal. He is now at the heart of Forest's defence. Gareth Bale, who was once almost shut out by Southampton, is now the youngest international player in Wales history to score. Eastwood, who was once forced to play amateur football due to injury and almost gave up, became a regular player for Forest...... Of course. We can't fail to mention George Wood. Who would have thought that he would be a layman who only started playing professional football at the age of seventeen? His performance in today's game can be scored nine points! ”

"Why not ten?" His partner asked.

"Ahh Because he is still young and has plenty of room to grow, his future is worth looking forward to. I don't want to give him a shocking eleven. ”

These players, like George Wood, gathered around Tony Towne and celebrated the victory with him. Who cares about the mood of Barcelonans?

Don didn't even get a chance to shake hands with Rijkaard, who he saw up there walking away alone. He knew that Rijkaard's position was assured, but he didn't feel the slightest sadness for Rijkaard, he just watched Rijkaard's back gradually disappear into the crowd, and warned himself for the umpteenth time in his heart:

If I lose. He was me at that time. (Full text.)

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