Godfather Of Champions

When the players from both sides stood in the aisle of Old Trafford waiting to enter the field, the huge singing from the stands outside poured in, making the boys of the Forest team feel the momentum of the English football dream theater.

For this game, the young players of the Forest team seemed a little excited. It was not because of the boring reason that it was their wish to play in the Dream Theater, but because of the influence of their head coach and the desire to compete with strong players.

Young people have this idea: our opponent is very strong, so if we beat him, it means we are stronger than them!

Although Manchester United ranks two places lower than the Forest team, their reputation far exceeds that of Nottingham Forest, and the Forest team is also far behind in the overall honor roll. It is easy for people to believe that Manchester United is a strong team, but they cannot accept that Nottingham Forest is a strong team. No way, this is the habit of thinking. Now Nottingham Forest is ranked fifth and will be called the dark horse-this is already a very polite statement-until now, some people think that the Forest team can stay in this ranking because of lucky. Those who said this obviously ignored how Dunn's team drew Arsenal, how they defeated Chelsea and Newcastle, and how they were unbeaten for ten consecutive rounds after the first round of the league. They only saw the Forest team not winning consecutively (in fact, it was a tie), seeing the Forest team losing to Blackburn and losing to Liverpool...

Keane, as the captain of the Manchester United team, stood at the forefront of the team wearing a captain's armband.

More than one person has said to Wood that Roy Keane, who is now playing at Manchester United, is his future, his goal. Until today's game, Wood had the opportunity to observe his "look of the future" up close:

The Irishman would occasionally look back at the team behind him. Wood could see the serious expression on his face. His gaze swept over everyone behind him, and then fell on George Wood, who had been staring at him.

Wood also found that the other person was looking at him, but he did not look away pretending to be nonchalant. Keane looked at Wood, then turned his head back. No one ever told him that the impolite kid in front of him would become him in the future. He was not interested in George Wood either. Maybe he was just a newcomer who was curious and could not help falling into a brain blank when he saw a star. It's just kid.

George Wood stared at Roy Keane's back for a while, then closed his gaze back, standing behind goalkeeper Darren Ward, very close to the Manchester United captain. He suddenly remembered that Keane was his opponent in this game. Does he look at others like this, is it a bit proactive?

This is not good, this is not George Wood's style. He also turned his gaze back, just in time to see Albertini, who was standing at the front of the team, turning back and smiling at him.

"George." Albertini turned around the goalkeeper Ward and walked to Wood. "I think if you have a chance during the game, you can move forward appropriately. Although the boss has assigned you heavy defensive tasks, it doesn't make much sense for you to be behind when we are attacking. A good midfielder is not just light. Just be able to defend. Do you know what I mean?"

Wood shook his head: "He said I just need to concentrate on defense..."

Albertini smiled: "If you want to be more successful than Roy Keane in the future, you can't just concentrate on defense. Your defense is already very good, and you are the best defensive player I have ever seen!" It’s a bit exaggerated, but it works very well to encourage people.

"What should I do, Demi?"

"Work harder on offense. Now the midfielder can't just defend. Sometimes you need to rush to the front of the opponent's penalty area to take a long shot!" Albertini clenched his fist and smashed it.

"But I shot badly..."

"If you never try, how do you know if your shot is really bad? When was the last time you actively tried to shoot in a game?"

Wood thought for a while, then shook his head: "I don't remember..."

Albertini opened his hand and smiled: "Look. Let’s start with this game. I will create opportunities for you. When we are attacking, you can decide whether to come up depending on the situation. Don’t always be the boss. What, what are you doing, use your brain a little." He pointed to his head. "Football, the body is not enough to play well, you also need to use your brain."

Wood nodded: "I see, Demi."

Albertini patted him on the shoulder, turned and walked back.

The referee was explaining something to Keane, and when he saw Albertini coming, he called him over. At this moment Keane turned his head and shouted at the Manchester United players behind him: "Ready, guys! It's time for us to play!"

Although Albertini faced the referee, he raised his right arm at the same time. The players of the Forest team behind saw the captain's action calm down and stopped talking and laughing with each other. The expressions on everyone's faces became serious.

The game is about to start.

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Old Trafford is the largest football stadium in England. Although Wembley can accommodate more people, it has a running track and is not a professional football stadium.

This 96-year-old football stadium can accommodate more than 67,000 people after successive expansions and renovations. The red Old Trafford was once called the "Dream Theater" by the famous Manchester United star Bobby Charlton. This metaphor is very appropriate. From the perspective of scale and past glory, Old Trafford should On this title.

Now, on November 28, 2004, the Nottingham Forest team's performance in this "Dream Theatre" kicked off.

Albertini's defense against Roy Keane appeared calm and relaxed. Compared with the other children of the Forest, he is a veteran with rich experience. The only person who can compare with the Manchester United stars is Dmitrio. Albertini, the old Spanish central defender Hierro did not enter the roster with the team.

Keane obviously knew who the guy he was facing was. He didn't rush to jump up, but got stuck.

Albertini looked up and looked at the surroundings. Ribery on the left was being guarded by Gary Neville, and Ashley Young on the right was no one, but Ronaldo was cruising not far away, seeming to stay deliberately. Out of the trap?

What about...

Not to mention, Eastwood and Viduka were strictly guarded, and even if they passed through, they couldn't turn around and could only fall into each other's encirclement.

Keane's position is very good, much better than Wood's kid, so Albertini can't break through and pass the ball rashly. In the end, he can only choose to pass the ball back to George Wood.

Although Wood is still far from Roy Keane's strength today, he is no longer a novice who is at a loss after getting the ball.

After looking at Albertini's situation, he turned and passed the ball to the right back, Zimbanda.

Cristiano Ronaldo was not positive about the full-back's possession of the ball. He stepped forward and made a steal. Zimbanda easily bypassed him. Ashley Young saw France. The man came up and quickly leaned on the middle road to make way for him.

Compared with Gary Neville on the right, Manchester United's left-back has always been a problem. Ferguson has allowed many people to play this position and are not satisfied. This summer he bought Argentine Heinze (Gabriel_Ivan_Heinze) from Paris Saint-Germain for 7 million. Judging from the performance of the previous months, he has completely secured the position of Manchester United's main left-back.

Zimbanda tried to break through when facing Heinze, but the Argentine did not completely control the ball. The ball he stabbed was robbed by the clever Ashley Young and cut off in front of Cristiano Ronaldo. go.

Then, taking advantage of Heinze's loss, Ashley Young dribbled the ball from the wing and killed it.

"Nottingham Forest's offense, they have a good momentum!"

Because Heinze was defeated, Manchester United’s central defender had to make up one person. Wes Brown assumed the responsibility, but then Manchester United’s penalty area was empty and Roy Keane could only make up for Brown. Space. Defense is a systematic project, as long as there is a problem in one place, it will cause a chain reaction.

Viduka, Eastwood, and Ribery all penetrated into the Manchester United penalty area. Albertini ran halfway but stopped outside the penalty area. At the same time, Ashley Young made a pass. He did not send the ball to the penalty area. , But passed to Albertini who was parked outside the penalty area!

Roy Keane paid attention to Albertini's movements when he retraced to fill his seat. He knew the ability of the Italian. Age is not a factor that affects Albertini, they are both thirty-two years old, and they are not old yet!

"Damn it!" With a curse, Keane turned and rushed out, leaping towards Albertini.

Albertini set his posture, it was a direct volley! His deciduous ball is famous in the world for long shots, so a fool will let him shoot without interference!

Keane flew out, hoping to block Albertini's shot with his body.

"Italian is going to shoot!"

Ferguson got up from his seat and prepared to scold his mother with his fists.

But his prepared foul language was blocked as soon as it reached his throat-Albertini didn't shoot, he just made a leg swing, and then watched the football slide past him!

When the football flew past and landed at the feet of another forest team player, everyone was stunned. Not only the Manchester United players, but also the Forest players did not expect that the person who appeared on the ball and received the ball turned out to be George Wood!

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