Volume 7 The Heart of the Lion King Chapter 9 Don't be too happy

"World waves! World Wave! The captain of the Red Army finally broke out! In and George. In Wood's duel, he goes first! ”

After the goal, Gerrard stood in place, facing George on the opposite side. Wood shook his fist.

While he doesn't like to compete for a spot in England, he is also reluctant to throw in the towel against his opponents. It makes sense that the media always put him and Wood together, and he thinks George. Wood is a good opponent to compete with. One-on-one with Wood and winning against him, it was really cool.

George. Wood's face was gloomy and his expression was unkind. This goal is his responsibility and he doesn't want to shirk it.

Since it is your own responsibility, you have to find a way to make up for it......

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"Ahaha! Well done! "After seeing Gerrard score in the press box, Bas Combe got up from his seat excitedly, waving his fists and shouting." World waves, absolutely absolute world waves!! ”

After cheering for a while, he sat down again and typed on the keyboard: "...... Steven Gerrard declared himself the best midfielder in the country with a world wave...... No, maybe I should have removed the 'midfielder', he's the best player in England...... George. Wood defensively is good, but his scoring ability is terrible......"

At this point, he glanced off the field and found Wood. He was standing in place, unable to see the expression on his face.

"It's a shame, it must be wonderful...... he sighed as he shook his head with a cigarette.

But then he laughed again, as he saw Tony on the TV screen. Dawn.

The live broadcast of the game is replaying the moment the goal was scored, Toney. Donn's reaction in the dugout.

But when the ball was unexpectedly passed to Gerrard, his ass left his seat and his front leaned out of the dugout, very concerned. When Gerrard finally shot the ball into the goal, he fell backwards again, sat down in his chair, and waved his right hand, a little dissatisfied.

"Haha!" Bas Combi smiled happily when he saw Donne's performance. "Where do you think you're in? Mr. Donn? It's on our home turf! In Anfield! This is the devil's course in the world! Listen to the song! You'll never go it alone, Liverpool! ”

Bascombe was a little crazy. But his performance was not exceptional, and there are quite a few people in the Premier League who have seen Toney. Don is making a fool of himself or eating a deflated meal. The most representative surname is obviously Karl, the host of Sky TV's "Those Things About Football". Mr. Spike.

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Steven Gerrard's beautiful goal boosted morale and made the singing in the stands even louder.

"As you make your way through a storm, hold your head high—"

"Don't be afraid of the dark. In that storm-soaked sky, and the sweet song of the lark—"

"Through the wind, through the rain—"

"Your dreams may be shattered—"

"But move forward with the hope in your heart—"

"You'll never walk alone — you'll never walk alone—"

"You'll never walk alone — you'll never walk alone—"

In Heisel, in Heesburg, in Istanbul in 2005...... The song inspired the Red Army on countless occasions, and it will be the same on this night.

This was the opinion of all supporters of the Red Army, and even of the Red Army officers and men themselves.

For a long time afterward, Liverpool bombarded Nottingham Forest. The singing of their fans is like a baton to direct the team's attack, and the singing becomes loud whenever the team is attacking, and when the team is brewing an attack, the voice is gentle and low.

"It's an Anfield-only landscape!" The TV commentator exclaimed, "Nottingham Forest looked a little overwhelmed. Tony. Donn was clearly a little ill-prepared for the tenacity Liverpool showed in this game. What did he say before the game? 'No one can disturb me'. Now it sounds like a joke......"

Donn rose from his seat, too, smelling danger from Liverpool's stormy onslaught.

The Liverpudlian is determined not to let himself be the foil for Donne's 10th anniversary......

George. Wood wanted to make up for his mistakes by attacking, but now he was suppressed by the opponent's fierce breaking, and Gago's gradual return to the backcourt to participate in the defense, the offensive Forest team really couldn't take advantage of half a day. Liverpool's players are doping as if they were collectively doping, with their people in every position, every pass always reaching the feet of their teammates, and every shot as if it would penetrate Akinfeev's goal...... As the saying goes, "if you kick well, you can kick it", and now Liverpool has entered this realm.

"What a fucking bastard......" Donn cursed from the sidelines. He really didn't expect that just a wonderful goal could make such a difference in the whole Liverpool team.

And that song!

Done is actually quite envious of Liverpool, because they have such a cheering song that the whole world knows. Whether the team is doing well or not, the Liverpool fans will sing the song, which is more effective than shouting any slogan. Unfortunately, Nottingham Forest didn't have ......

In terms of team culture, my team is 108,000 miles behind......

At half-time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and the Forest players walked off the pitch with their heads bowed and brisk as they were ashamed of their performance in the first half. The Liverpool players were on the pitch with their heads held high to enjoy the fans' singing and cheering.

"There's nothing to be discouraged about...... Donn said to the team in the locker room, "it's still a draw, what are you frustrating?" As long as we score in the second half, we are still in the lead. You have to think so......"

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While Donn was coaching the team in the dressing room, a group of Forest's most die-hard fans, led by John, were gathering outside the stadium to drink beer and sigh for the first half.

"Damn, we totally lost!" Skinny Bill waved his arms vigorously, "Our voices can't compete with their songs...... Looking at the team's performance in the first half, I think their poor performance had something to do with the fact that we didn't provide enough support. ”

"If it's on our home turf...... Must have made the people of Liverpool cry and go back! Someone in the crowd shouted indignantly.

He was answered with more sighs. No matter how you look at them, this group of people is like a defeated rooster, and they can only be reckless.

I said...... Tony's 10th Anniversary...... It can't just be that yellow, right? "Finally someone asked the question that everyone was worried about.

"How is that possible?"

"Absolutely not!"

"Don't think about it!"

A group of people hurriedly denied it. But in fact, in almost everyone's mind, the possibility of this result is getting bigger and bigger, from vague to clear, from "blind imagination" to "reality".

"Damn, the thought of that Spike and Bascombe gloating face if we lose the game makes me sick ......" Bill's tough tone couldn't hide the panic in his heart.

John, the fat man, who had not spoken, handed him a glass of wine.

"Mine isn't finished yet...... Bill raised his glass, he had been babbling so much that he didn't bother to take a sip.

"One more drink and moisten your throat, man."

"What's your idea again?"

"Isn't it just singing? Can't sing if there are fewer people? In the second half, we raced with them! John said viciously.

Hearing him say this, Bill took the cup and poured it down in one gulp. Seeing this, the others also drank their own glasses of wine, and then threw the cups into the trash can next to them.

"Sing our song!"

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"Okay, okay, don't think about what kind of game this is." Donn knows that some people will carry some undeserved baggage because of the special nature of this game. 'Can't you stop being attacked by Liverpool like you did in the first half and be afraid of conceding goals? If you're afraid of losing the ball, I'll attack it! You score a few goals against them, do you think they still have the ability to attack? Gago, your position in the first half was too messy, one moment in front and one moment behind, didn't I make you more advanced than George's position? ”

Gago was speechless, in fact, the first half of the first half was his own problem, but the second half was not his problem.

Because Wood's desire to score in the game was so desperate, he stepped forward several times to steal Gago's place. Gago, who later found out, retreated behind Wood as his usual training leader had asked – "You two, whoever goes up, one of them must be behind to be in charge of protection." This leads to his erratic position, which makes him unpredictable......

Wood stepped up: "It's my responsibility. ”

Don looked at him. Did Eastwood come out of nowhere? He's not sure yet. But in the first half, Wood acted like he was on a roller coaster, and he saw it with his own eyes.

"Are you going to say something about your performance in the first half, George?" Donn asked.

"Yes." Wood nodded, "After Gerrard's goal, I was a little excited and grabbed Fernando's place. ”

"Yes, I see that. Can you tell us why you're excited? ”

Wood was silent for a moment, "It's my responsibility to let Gerrard score......"

Donn laughed, "Excited George." Wood, that's a rarity. Are you unwilling to be shot in front of you by Steven Gerrard? ”

Wood nodded.

"Well, so you're desperately trying to attack...... Don mused, "Well, let's adjust it." In the second half, George you are in front and Gago is behind. You're in charge of offense, Gago is in charge of defense, is there a problem? ”

Wood glanced at Donn with some surprise.

Gago, beside him, said, "No problem, chief. "Of course, no problem, this kind of adjustment is nothing new, in the previous games Don often let the two people switch places, after all, both of them are players who can attack and defend.

"Questions, George?" Without an answer from Wood, Don didn't give up.

"I ...... No problem. ”

Donn snapped his fingers, "Remember your mission, it's not to defend, it's to attack." If Liverpool find out we've made such changes, they'll be stepping up their targeting of Aaron and Ibi, as well as Bentley and Fernandez. Speaking to the team, he said, "I want all four of you to be a little bit more active up front, to run a little bit more aggressively, to draw as much attention as possible to Liverpool's defence, and then ......."

Donn pulled out a marker pen and drew an arrow on the circle representing Wood, pointing straight at the opposing goal.

"Personally, I would suggest that in this case, the shot is more effective than the pass."

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After the restart of the second half, the singing of "You will never walk alone" continued to ring in the stands, and Liverpool continued their excellent performance in the first half, pressing the half of the Forest team.

Don stood on the sidelines and kept waving his hand to signal the team to press up and press up, don't be a turtle with a shrunken head.

Basscomby's fingers flicked across the keyboard of his laptop, giving Liverpool every nice word he could think of. He had a smile on his face that he couldn't hide and didn't want to hide, and he was expecting the match to turn out the way he expected.

Maybe I'm tired of singing, but the singing of "You'll Never Be Alone" finally stopped. At this time, another kind of singing sounded in the stands. The sound is not too loud, but it is clear because it appears at this time when Liverpool fans are resting.

"The game went to the last minute, did you think it was over? Time is running out, the referee is looking at his watch, and you say, 'Forget it, we have the next game'-"

The cheering songs gradually died down, and some people began to leave early. A bunch of drunk wine glasses were thrown from the stands, and it was a mess—"

"The opposing players are laughing at our dying throes, and the opposing fans are celebrating their victory in advance—"

"Forest's No. 11 stepped up and he said: 'No! The game isn't over yet! Don't rejoice too soon! ’”

"You--you-don't-high-happy-the-too-early-!!"

Thousands of Nottingham Forest fans shouted the words along with them. They scared the Liverpool fans.

Don listened for a moment, then turned to look at Eastwood beside him.

Eastwood was visibly fascinated by this, and he looked up and opened his mouth in surprise. He didn't expect to hear the song again.

Wood also heard the song, and he felt his scalp tingle and was deeply stimulated.

"Do you think I'm willing to retire!" He seemed to be being scolded by Eastwood by the collar, and he was a little out of breath. "I still want to keep playing!"

When George. When Wood fell into a trance because of this song, the other players of the Forest team were also stimulated by the "Eastwood Song" sung by the fans, and everyone still can't forget the scene when Freddy said goodbye at the City Stadium, their best comrades said goodbye to them because of injuries, the game played like this, Freddie sitting in the coach's box must have wanted to come up and play himself, right? They clenched their fists and stared at Liverpool's goal, eager to smash Huanglong.

"Press it up!" Akinfeev shouted behind everyone, "Boss, let's press up!" I don't want to be the main character! ”

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Gago's trust in passing the football to Wood. The boss is right, no matter how the captain performs in the previous games, he has to trust the captain in the game, and he can only be the new captain.

After Wood took over the football, it wasn't Mascherano who came up to defend him, but Gerrard.

After Wood made the gesture of passing the football to his teammate next to him, he suddenly took the lead - he forced a breakthrough!

Gerrard leaned his body to force Wood to slow down. In addition, he began to beckon Mascherano to come up and help, and he found that it was still a little difficult for him to defend himself against Wood, who was determined to attack......

To Gerrard's left and Mascherano to his right, the two men acted like bodyguards, "escorting" Wood forward. Gerrard interfered on one side, while Mascherano waited on the other. Gerrard is not afraid of Wood's long-range shots, as long as he gets up to shoot, that's a good time for them to break the ball, so as long as they stick to Wood, Forest's attack will be fine......

Aron. Mitchel and Ibisevic ran up front, running to the flanks and pulling out the middle. Agger and Skrtel didn't dare not follow, and they saw that Wood had Gerrard and Mascherano in the middle of the defense, and thought that even if they left the middle, Reina's goal should not be a threat.

Wood still had no intention of passing, he continued to dive forward, tangling with Gerrard and Mascherano as he ran, to prevent the ball from being cut off by them. Thanks to his basic training over the past 10 years, he has been very solid on the ball, and Mascherano and Gerrard have not had a chance at all......

Subsequently...... Gerald raised his head by chance, and he was shocked!

The big forbidden area line is just around the corner! When did they actually fast into the restricted area?

Bad thoughts came to Gerald's mind - it turned out that he had fallen for Wood. He thought that Wood would only shoot from a distance, but he didn't expect that this time Wood would break directly into the penalty area and one-on-one with the goalkeeper!

He has a good ball, and it is not easy to break the ball, so he can only foul ...... In this position, it's too late to foul again!

Gerrard didn't hesitate any longer and shoveled straight to Wood from the diagonal side. At the same time, Mascherano nudged Wood hard behind his back, and they clearly wanted to go together - foul sooner rather than later!

The soccer ball at his feet was suddenly kicked out by Wood, and Gerrard didn't hit the soccer ball, but it didn't matter, he wasn't going for the soccer anyway.

He brought Wood, but he didn't bring Wood down. The one that Mascherano pushed behind became a driving force, sending Wood forward...... He dodged the fouls of two people in one go, and although his body was still unsteady and his feet were staggering, he did not fall to the ground after all, losing control of the football.

The referee's spoon was in his mouth, and he ended up not blowing for the fouls of Gerrard and Mascherano and let the game continue.

Just as Wood kicked the ball out, Reyna struck smartly. It was probably the best chance, but Wood's explosiveness was terrifying, Reyna had just run out of the net and Wood had just taken two steps to catch up with the football. Although his footwork is still a little unsteady, it does not prevent him from lifting his feet to shoot......

As if it was a volley with all his strength, when the football flew past Reina, he didn't even see the flight path clearly, only heard a "whew", followed by "Bang! ”

The ball hits the inside of the post and bounces into the goal! And the goal is still shaking......

Reyna suddenly felt terrified - if such a shot hit his face, would he go into shock on the spot?

With less than 10 metres from the goal, he used the power of a powerful long-range shot, and the goal was only between the lightning and flint, and perhaps only Reyna could have deeply appreciated the power of this kick. He was half-kneeling, in a daze, and didn't even look back to look at the football in the goal.

The "You'll Never Walk Alone" song over Anfield disappeared, and only one voice roared repeatedly:

"It's not over yet, don't be too happy! Don't rejoice too soon——!! ”

(To be continued)