Volume 3 Red Forest Chapter 98 It's Not Over (Part I)
Donn stood on the sidelines with his hands on his chest, but the camera focused on his side and looked at the far side, where the electronic scoreboard clearly showed the score so far - 2:1.Home team Nottingham Forest lead the away team Chelsea.
Jose Mourinho was also standing on the sidelines, and unlike Donne, he had his hands in his pockets.
Mourinho grabbed Frank Lampard and told him to cancel the plan and devote all his energy to finding weaknesses in the Forest's defence.
Both managers had serious expressions on their faces. The game is not over yet, the leader Don does not want to be overtaken by Mourinho, he does not want to repeat the mistakes of Mourinho, he knows that Mourinho is a tough Chelsea hard to bite. There's nothing to be happy about taking a lead by one goal now, and who knows what will happen in the games that follow?
Chelsea didn't give up from behind, and with half an hour left in the second half, they had time to equalise and the game wasn't at the end of the road for them.
What is the unbeaten run in 41 rounds? It's not just Abramovich rubles. Strictly speaking, this Chelsea team does not have any superstars who have been recognized worldwide in the true sense of the word, although the value is not low, but that is also what Abramovich has stirred up. The team was able to win the league title last season by an overwhelming margin, thanks to the level of their manager Jose Mourinho's integration of the team's fighting power. He instilled in the money-heaping "mercenaries" a fighting spirit and a desire for victory—much like the Dundy Foresters—so that they emerged victorious in the face of adversity several times, and escaped danger time and time again.
Today's game is just one of those games for them.
Jose Mourinho's team has never known how to write "throwing in the towel".
After conceding the goal, Chelsea launched a frantic comeback against the Forest team, so much so that the leading Forest team played a little embarrassed.
Jose Mourinho sent the whole Chelsea squad forward to press forward and press the Forest defence, while trapping Anelka and Viduka through offside tactics.
This way Chelsea's ground formation is more compact. When you press up and put pressure on the attacking ground, even if the Forest team kicks forward, it can be very big at the feet of the Chelsea players, and then organize two, three, four attacks. This gives the Forest players the impression that Chelsea's attack is continuous, and for the defenders, the pressure increases until they can't afford to collapse until they can't afford to collapse, which is a concrete phenomenon of voluntary mistakes.
George Wood was so entangled by Frank Lampard that he had no time to worry about the rest of Chelsea's attack.
Chelsea, on the other hand, are on the spot for a strong attack. Again and again they hit the ball in that direction – they went to the right, the Forest went to the left.
Duff and Robben would have switched positions occasionally in the game, and who was left and right was not fixed, but now the two switched positions more frequently. Leighton Barnes was the weakest of Forest's four defenders, and Mourinho was well aware of it, as were the Chelsea players, and they were constantly attacking Barnes' defensive zone in order to prevent him from collapsing sooner than the rest of Forest's grounds.
"Press out! Press it out! Don shouted from the sidelines, waving his arms vigorously. But no one noticed. Even if he noticed, it was useless, not that he could press out of the ground by shouting "press out" the Forest team's ground line.
Chelsea are pressing too hard, the Forest team has completely fallen into their rhythm, what good fruit can be eaten by following the other side?
Despite the dire situation, Donn has no intention of making adjustments through substitutions. Because of the current situation, he has no suitable candidate to change.
Any game will face this situation - the opponent suddenly forced. For a period of time, they formed an absolute advantage, bombarding our goal indiscriminately. But the more times like this, the more you can't panic, and blindly and hastily adjusting will give the opponent a real opportunity to take advantage of.
Donn has not adjusted, believing that the eleven Forest players on the pitch will be able to withstand this wave of Chelsea's attack.
As long as it withstands, Chelsea will inevitably be discouraged, mentally deflated and physically tired, then it will be the turn of the Forest team to fight back.
There is only one point at stake – to withstand Chelsea's stormy attack during this period.
But the more critical question is – can the Forest withstand?
Instead of a mid-table side in the league, they are facing Chelsea, who are top of the table, scoring the most 24 goals in 10 league games and conceding the fewest four.
It's a tough test......
Layton Barnes felt tired. Even though the game was only sixty-five minutes on, he was the kind of player who was not physically fit. He actually has a lot of physical strength. Very good at running. But if you let him attack against a team alone, he will be dragged down if he can run.
He made his debut at Wigan Athletic and received a greeting from Wigan ahead of his opening game against his former club. As the most accomplished player in Wigan's debut, he has become a brand in Wigan's youth academy – a rugby-loving town that can also produce football stars.
Although he joined Forest, his favorite team is Wigan Athletic.
When Donn used his "main position" to lure him to move to Forest, he quickly became a regular at left-back. Although he is only twenty years old, he already has a full season of English experience. Now he is not a newcomer who has never seen the world, and now he is the main left-back of Nottingham Forest and the main left-back of England's under-21 team. Rumoured to be the future star of the earth by Alex Ferguson.
It was such a mess......
Of course, he knows who he is up against – Ireland international Dameen Duff, Netherlands international Arjen Robben. These are the best players in European football, and there is still a gap between their own quality and theirs. But even though his opponent was far stronger than him, he didn't want to admit that he was so embarrassed.
None of Donn's players were willing to admit that they were inferior to others.
They are as competitive as their own landowners, and they can't afford to lose.
Ribery came back to help him defend, but the Frenchman is not good at this kind of thing, not to mention that the Forest team is now so crushed that they can't lift their heads, and they need to use attack to counter back. If he comes back, who will fight back?
Nicolas Anelka and Viduka fell into Chelsea's offside trap in quick succession, only
Ribery is so fast that he can get back on the ground and the defenders have more chances to break this trap.
He doesn't want Ribery to come back, otherwise even if he breaks the ball, because the two are too close, the ball is still in a small area, and he can't get out for half a day, so he can only be cut off by Chelsea again, and then he has to repeat everything he did before.
I'm so tired!
Usually Wood will often support the two wings because of his good stamina and speed, and Don also asked him to expand the defensive zone. But today...... He was entangled by Frank Lampard.
On one occasion he rushed to help the defence, Duff did not hesitate to pass the ball to Frank Lampard in the middle, and Chelsea's long-range shot forced Van der Sar to make a brilliant save that also sent the Forest fans into exclamation.
The defensive barrier in the middle cannot be moved, and all attacks on the flanks are aimed at finding opportunities in the middle at the end. Wood came to support Barnes, what about Lampard? What about Thiago?
This time Robben and Duff swapped, he came to face Barnes to defend and Duff went to the other side.
Luo is characterized by small running steps, fast cadence, straight on the upper body, and almost relies on two legs to swing quickly alternately to shake off the opponent.
Barnes was engrossed in his gaze on Robben, who was holding the ball in front of him, and he knew that Robben was fast, and half a second of negligence and distraction could cause the opponent to break through.
Ribery is moving closer to Barnes, but Barnes is the only one in his eyes.
"Stick to him! Don't take it lightly! Stuck inside line! Even Albertini was so anxious that he yelled on the sidelines.
Don turned his head to look at the Italian. Demi has said more than once that he wants to be a head coach after retiring, and his favorite games are also the cm and FM series, and it seems that he has to develop his ability on the training ground.
Chelsea fans were thrilled by the incessant bombardment, with a massive amount of adrenaline hormones causing them to blush and roar to cheer on their team. The Forest fans entertained Chelsea with boos.
In such a noisy environment, Barnes certainly couldn't have heard Albertini's roar. But the old captain shouted those that he knew, this is the basic requirement of the defender.
Roberto didn't look happy, but Barnes didn't dare to take it lightly, and it wasn't the first time he played against the Dutch "Peter Pan" in this game, and he knew that this seemingly unpleasant dribble contained a very strong explosive force.
Arjen Robben flicked the ball inside and Barnes got into position early. The Dutchman slammed the ball back again, and the inward cut was just a feint, in order to trick Barnes into shifting his center of gravity inward, and his real goal was still - bottom!