Volume 5 Red Chapter 42 Still didn't lose

Bale's free-kick was denied, sending a huge sigh from the more than 20,000 Forest fans in attendance, who missed a decisive chance to equalise.

Three minutes later, Van der Vaart's long-range shot was pounced on by Cech and hit the post, before it bounced off Terry's foot.

Nottingham Forest really seemed to lack a bit of luck, twice in the woodwork, just not to score.

Don also discovered that his attacking tactics in the middle seemed to be seen through by Mourinho. Makelele's foul on Wood was definitely not an accident or an accident.

Because as soon as Wood stepped forward, Makelele would come up to defend him, not once or twice, but every time. If Wood doesn't come up, Makelele will be next to Essien to protect the defence, and as long as Wood comes up to participate in the attack, whether he has the ball or not, he will be closely marked by Makelele.

Earlier this season there were rumours that Claude Makelle would leave Chelsea because he was older and Chelsea didn't need him anymore. But in the end, because Abramovich fought with Mourinho for the transfer fee, Mourinho, who had little money to buy new players, kept Makelele.

To be honest, although Makelle is old, the effect on the field without him is really different. With a defensive midfielder who runs tirelessly in midfield to intercept, Chelsea's attacking players are likely to have the energy to let go of the attack. This change is difficult to explain in a few words, and it is more complicated to say that it is related to many aspects. Anyway, with him, Chelsea are sharper in attack and more solid in defence.

Wood came up a few times, but couldn't get the ball, and in the end he had to be reduced to pulling the air for Van der Vaart, so that there was only one effect, and Chelsea's defense was better.

There was nothing Forest could do in attack, and playing around Chelsea instead pressed Chelsea's defence tighter and tighter, and there was no room to attack at all.

It doesn't seem to be going to work, and you have to go back and fight back......

The problem is that they have a one-goal lead and there is no reason for them to press out and play the way Forest would like them to. If Chelsea shrink their defence like this and wait for an opportunity to sneak attack, Donn really doesn't have a good solution. He's used to use it against other teams, so he knows how powerful it can be – if nothing happens, the team that scores first wins.

Of course, football matches are always full of accidents, and these accidents are the charm of the sport.

Donn still let the team start gradually recycling, and he didn't believe Chelsea didn't have a single hole.

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Nottingham Forest wanted Chelsea to attack, but Chelsea relied on a goal in hand and just didn't come out.

The two teams have a big "kind of you come out!" "There's a kind of you coming in!" stance.

Chelsea's attitude of holding on to a one-goal lead is very upset for the home fans, and although the teams they support often do so in the game, it is not good for others to use it on their heads!

There were neat boos from the stands, not booing the Forest team for falling behind the scoreline, but booing the Chelsea shrunken turtle not daring to come out and fight to the death against the Forest team.

So when Forest attack or have the ball, there's no boos, it's just singing. And when the football falls to Chelsea, as soon as they don't have a very clear intention to move forward, the boos will ring out. There is no one to command, but it is free to retract.

In the face of this kind of boo, Abramovich sitting in the box was pale, his team has never received "good-looking" praise since Mourinho became the manager, and the media always said "utilitarian", "conservative", "negative" and "ugly" in the evaluation of Mourinho's Chelsea, this kind of football is not what Abramovich likes.

Today, what he hates the most is like this, ** happened naked in front of him, can he be unhappy?

Jose Mourinho was unmoved by the boos of the home fans. He didn't have the slightest intention of making any adjustments, just stood on the sidelines, put his hands in his pockets, and watched everything that happened on the field.

Of course, he knew that such an ugly game would give people a feeling of "negative play", and at the same time, the owner who was watching the game from the stands would not feel very comfortable. But he doesn't care about these voices and other people's perceptions, he is willing to do anything to win this game, let alone such a trivial thing as a bad scene.

He didn't want it to happen that he hadn't won a single time in his Chelsea managerial career.

Years later, no matter how successful he was, people would look back on his coaching experience and gossip: "Do you know who Mourinho's nemesis is?" It's Tony. Dawn! He never beat Nottingham Forest when he was in charge of Chelsea! ”

That's a tragedy......

He's not going to let that happen.

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Someone once derided the turf at Chelsea's home stadium, Stamford Bridge, as a 'vegetable patch' to describe how poor the quality of the turf was. But the turf of the City Stadium was a veritable "vegetable patch" for this game. The pitch that was originally green had been taken up by brown – the color of the upturned dirt.

The rain made the pitch slippery and it was not uncommon to see the players changing colour of their jerseys after they were turned on their backs on the pitch. The dirt and grass clippings from the spikes were scattered all over the pitch like that, and no one had the heart to realign them and fill them in again.

The pitch became potholed, and the ball was moving erratically, making the ball more elusive and making mistakes from both players.

Now it's up to who can catch and exploit the opponent's mistakes as much as possible on the basis of their own fewer mistakes.

Donn replaced Lennon, and the pitch was so bad for the breakaway, and Lennon had already made a mistake on the break three times in a row and conceded the goal. It can be seen that Lennon is very annoyed with the worse and worse field, and the backward score and the field factor interfere with his performance, and his mentality is getting more and more impatient.

At this time, Donn decisively replaced him with Beckham, who was constantly sitting on the bench due to a minor injury.

David. Beckham's appearance made the boos at the City Stadium disappear and everyone stood up and cheered for the big star. His arrival has made the Forest team more famous around the world.

The team that defended the European Champions League was quite famous in the late 70s and early 80s, but more than 20 years later, it has gradually fallen into obscurity both worldwide and in Europe. Even if Donn led the team to a third European Champions Cup, many people were surprised - where did this nobody come from?

This situation is very unhappy for Forest fans who are proud of their glorious past. Thankfully, David Beckham's arrival helped them solve this problem. Because the media and fans want to focus on Beckham, they can't ignore the club he plays for, and the media have to go out of their way to talk about the accolades they have won in a team that is already a bit unfamiliar to modern people. As soon as the list of champions came out, many people breathed a sigh of relief - this little-known team had won the Champions Cup twice before Donne!

Actually, this is also Evan. Dogetty and Allen. What Adams wants to see: by bringing in football superstars who are known around the world to promote and promote the new imagination of Nottingham Forest.

David. Beckham thanked the Forest fans who cheered him on before taking the pitch. It is undeniable that he is a person who pays great attention to his personal image, knows how to maintain this image, and knows how to meet the wishes of the audience. But it is also undeniable that he is also a good professional footballer.

Don didn't come up to satisfy sponsors and TV viewers.

Beckham's introduction reduced Forest's ability to attack down the right, but the precise transfer of long balls and wide crosses was strengthened.

Now that both sides are making mistakes, Donn thinks that if he relies on breakthroughs to find and grasp the opponent's mistakes, it is better to use easier and faster passes. He believes Beckham has the ability to find holes and then pass them straight to the Dragon.

The pitch is in terrible condition and is not conducive to the movement of football on the ground, so we use the air!

The change has reinvigorated Bendtner as his height and header are a beacon of Forest's attack, directing every pass in the direction.

Beckham came on less than three minutes before he almost set up Bendtner's goal with a wide cross.

You need a strong center to play positional battles, and Bendtner fits that.

With the arrival of David Beckham, the Forest team has also adjusted their tactics, and the attacking methods are no longer based on strong attacks in the middle or breaking through the inside, but mainly relying on wide crosses and long-range shots in the middle, while hoping that the opponent will make some fatal mistakes in the game on such a muddy field.

Chelsea remained unfazed and continued to defend in front of the penalty area, while as the game wore on, they counter-attacked less and less often, and there were fewer and fewer troops to counter-attack.

It was already clear that Jose Mourinho was happy with the one-goal lead and with the luck Chelsea had so far, and he felt it was 1-0 to suffocate Toney. Don is the best revenge.

In order to complete this brilliant revenge, he can completely ignore the murderous eyes of Mr. Chairman in the box, the boos of the home fans, and the muttering behind the backs of some of the players. He just wanted to win Tony. Donn, win the way this man does best!

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The game time is getting less and less, the number of shots on goal for the Forest team is increasing, but the success rate is not high, and the side cross is single, and it is easy to be killed by the opponent, but Donn is really out of tricks. In the face of this "rogue tactic", he did not have a problem.

The only way to do this is to step up the attack and crush Chelsea's defence, while hoping that luck that could not be found throughout the game will be on his side at the most crucial moments.

He didn't believe in God, nor in Shakyamuni Nyorai, or anything else Allah Allah, the Creation Titan, Amaterasu, the Jade Emperor, the Taishang Laojun...... He didn't believe in the gods of the galaxy parallel universe in ancient and modern times, but at this moment, he asked for help from these gods in his heart.

I don't care who you are, just come and help out!

If there really is a god in this world, then these gods will definitely think that this human being is too shameless, and they don't believe in us and ask us for help......

They're right, Tony. Don is such a shameless person!

Well, as shameless as it is, there may be some god who hears Donn's cries in extreme boredom.

As the game entered the final ten minutes, Beckham began to try more with long-range shots in addition to wide crosses. Forest's midfielders can switch positions, with David Beckham sometimes in the middle, his long-range shots are also of a high standard, and the added spin creates a curvature that makes it more difficult for goalkeepers to guard against.

This is where Beckham's long-range shot is more terrifying than ordinary powerful long-range shots.

In the eighty-fourth minute, there were only six minutes left until the end of the 90-minute game. The narrator recalls the old words: "Jose Mourinho has won against countless opponents since he took charge of Chelsea, and he also has a record of never losing to Barcelona in an eleven-on-eleven match. However, there is another record on him that he is very embarrassed and reluctant to be asked about - playing with Tony many times in league and championship competitions. Donn's Nottingham Forest have met each other but have not won once...... Those are in the past, though, and so far this game has a good chance of Chelsea taking all three points away. The three points are not much help for Chelsea's current situation, but for Mourinho, it is a matter of closure. ”

The televised broadcast gave Mourinho a close-up of his side, still with a straight face, pursed lips and a serious expression. You can't tell from this face that he has the slightest joy...... Of course, it has something to do with the fact that the game is not over yet.

Don was also standing on the sidelines, still frowning. But his expression is a true reflection of his heart, which is different from Mourinho's coolness.

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Beckham reappeared in the middle of the pitch and received a pass from Van der Vaart, George. Wood plugged in at high speed, the game was almost over, and the kid's stamina and speed were still good. Makelele followed him back and created a brief void before Beckham.

David Beckham seized the fleeting opportunity and fired straight at goal, barely getting a run. It's as if he's shooting a free kick in a sports game, leaning back and kicking his right foot in an arc straight into the top corner of the goal!

Petr Cech was blocked by a wall-to-wall crowd in front of the penalty area, and when he spotted Beckham's shot was not a pass, but a shot, it was too late to get up and block it. Beckham's ball speed was so fast that he didn't even have time to jump up, but just turned his head to look in the direction the ball was going......

The ball hits the net headlong and makes a splash!

It's not a sidenet, it's a ...... Goal!

"David. David Beckham! The narrator couldn't help but laugh. Goal in the 85th minute! Nottingham Forest equalised at the last minute! It was his second goal back in the Premier League! He spoiled the good things about Mourinho! ”

Seeing Beckham score, Mourinho, the man in black who stood on the sidelines like a sculpture, finally made other moves, he waved his arms angrily, turned around and walked back to the dugout, and spun around in front of a crowd, babbling and complaining. Personally overthrow all the "cold" images he has just established.

And Don calmed down at this moment, he didn't celebrate, just turned around and high-fived Don and Chris Rac to celebrate.

Beckham ran to the corner flag with open arms to meet the cheers of the fans, and despite a few minor injuries and missing the last few games, he still proved to the fans what he can do. At the same time, there is a deeper meaning to scoring at this time - he sent this signal to McLaren: I have no problem with my form, take me, I will not run away when England need me!

The commentator shouted to the roar of the audience: "I wish McLaren was watching this game, Ashley." Yang was busy chatting naked with women, did he forget that we still have David. David Beckham?! Such a good player, McLaren only let him play in garbage time! Someone once said that David Beckham gave up going to the United States and chose to return to England so that the head coach of the national team could observe his form in recent places, and when we are faced with a wonderland that may not qualify, why not trust this man again? He saved us once (against Greece in the last game of the '02 World Cup qualifiers), why can't he do it again?! Hey, Mr. McLaren, are you watching this game? If you're still agonizing that there are no heroes who come forward at a critical moment, lo and behold, here's one! He just saved Tony. Donne's unbeaten record against Jose Mourinho! He can also continue to save England! ”

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The TV commentator was right, Beckham's goal saved Toney. Donn's unbeaten record. The Forest team basically didn't have any plans throughout the game, no matter what kind of attack was counted by the opponent, and there were corresponding countermeasures, just when Donn thought that the game would end like this and was very unwilling, a certain god finally heard his chatter and complained, and couldn't help this endless nagging, so that luck flashed in Beckham......

The score was settled at 1:1.

When the 90 minutes were over, Don turned and walked towards Mourinho, he took the lead in reaching out and shouted to Mourinho from afar, for fear that the opponent would ignore him and walk away.

"What a pity, Mr. Mourinho!"

Mourinho heard his voice, turned his head to look at the smiling Donne, and said with a straight face: "It's strange that it's the first time I've seen a manager who is so happy after a draw at home with the away team." ”

After saying that, he didn't shake hands with Donn, but turned around and walked out.

Don was left hanging out, and realizing that something was wrong with his performance, he withdrew his outstretched hand and scratched his head in embarrassment. I just thought about humiliating Mourinho, but I didn't expect to humiliate myself to ......

He shrugged his shoulders and turned and walked back into the middle of his team, and a home draw with Chelsea was not a good result. But football matches are like that, and he is okay with a draw. Mourinho is much more unlucky in comparison - he still hasn't won!

(To be continued)