Godfather Of Champions

When Sporting Lisbon arrived in Nottingham, in a press conference held in the hotel where they were staying, head coach Jose Pesero once said in a low-key manner: "Nottingham Forest is a strong team that can take a point away. , I am very satisfied..."

This low-key is not only in a press conference, but also in all aspects. It seems that in the eyes of Sporting Lisbon, Nottingham Forest is indeed a dangerous opponent. When they came to Nottingham a few days in advance for adaptive training, the Portuguese were not open to the media. This caution is seen by Nottingham people as a symbol of lack of strength.

Indeed, Sporting Lisbon is no longer the Sporting Lisbon back then. The only time they won a European championship was forty years ago...

The first eighth-finals just started, the Forest team took out the momentum of the home team, did not make any trials in the midfield, the Forest team hit the front of Sporting Lisbon in their first attack.

In this game, Dunn sent the eleven men with the best state and the strongest strength he could send.

Goalkeeper Van der Sar. Central defender Hierro and Matthew Epson. The left and right full backs are Layton Barnes and Zimbanda. Defensive midfielders George Wood and Albertini. Frank Ribery, midfielder on the left, Ashley Young, midfielder on the right. Two forwards Freddie Eastwood and Viduka.

When Dunn is not in rotation, this is the main lineup of the Forest team, with the vigor of young people and the calmness of veterans, a perfect combination.

Sporting Lisbon’s lineup looked a bit strange to Dunn. It’s not easy for many players to match their names and faces, let alone know them in depth. But fortunately, the first round is at home. Dunn’s tactic is to grab points at home. You must win, you must win by a big score, and you must lose as few goals as possible.

Failure to achieve these three goals is not a victory.

"...Mark Viduca! Beautiful shot! Ricardo made a wonderful save. The Portuguese national had personally scored the last penalty in the UEFA European Cup defeating England."

This is a goalkeeper with arrogant personality. Dunn was impressed by this. In that game, Ricciardo saved England's penalty without wearing gloves, and finally scored the final goal and eliminated England. Because of this relationship, Ricardo's wonderful save did not win him applause, but was booed by England fans.

Ricardo is the captain of Sporting Lisbon and one of the few Portugal internationals in the team. With him at the core, the defensive tactics of Sporting Lisbon in this game are already very obvious.

Pesero wants to score a point at home for the Forest, and then on this basis, if possible, it is best to score an away goal. Even if they can't get a single point in the end, as long as there are away goals and return to their home court, everything is easy to say.

But Dunn won't let him get his wish.

Viduka's vigorous bang kicked off the forest team's offensive frenzy. With the cheering of the Forest team fans, waves hit the goal of Sporting Lisbon.

"...Nottingham Forest is very active at their home court. The speed at which they enter the game is amazing!"

This is natural. Dunn has been preparing for this game for a long time. During the recent period, the team’s daily training has revolved around the UEFA Cup. If Dunn’s requirements are not met by the time of the game, this is He was a white belt on the team.

Viduka's shot did not score, but the goal came quickly.

In the ninth minute of the first half, the forest team's continuous offensive finally knocked on the door of Sporting Lisbon.

Viduca attracted two Sporting Lisbon defenders in front, and then passed the ball under his feet to Albertini who was inserted, and the Italian made a posture to shoot directly. The Portuguese defensive players did not dare to neglect, rushed to intercept. Although the Italian is old, his long shot is still enough to deter the enemy.

When the opponent jumped up and used his back to block Albertini's shot, Albertini suddenly passed a straight ball!

Eastwood received Albertini's pass at the front of the penalty area. After he leaned on to defend his Fabio Rochemback (Fabio_Rochemback), he turned around and hooked the ball into the penalty area, thus surrounding him. The surrounding Sporting Lisbon players don’t dare to rush their feet, because as long as they reach Eastwood, the opponent has a 99% chance of falling to the ground. Compared with a single-handed kick, a penalty kick It is a more stable means of scoring.

The surrounding Sporting Lisbon defender threw a rat and did not dare to move. Rosenbuckle, who is leaning against Eastwood, can't take care of that much anymore. He only knows that his opponent is in the penalty area, and if he is out of the game, he is about to shoot, and he absolutely can't let the opponent succeed!

He pushed back, hoping Eastwood, who was about to shoot, would lose his balance. But I didn't expect Eastwood to turn the push into a provocation!

Leaning forward, swinging his legs on the spot, picking up his toes... The football soars into the air, flies over Ricardo's head, who blocked Eastwood's shooting angle, and then falls into the huge cheers of Forest fans. Goal behind!

"1:0! Less than ten minutes after the start of the game, Nottingham Forest took the lead! This is an exciting start! Look at Tony Dunn's excitement..."

Dunn is indeed very excited. He knows what it means to lead at home in such an important game. No wonder that when he saw Eastwood hang the ball into the goal, he was the first to rush from the coaching bench to the sidelines with his arms high, and then slam his fist to the sky so that everyone could see him unabashedly mood.

After the lead, the Forest team played better, there is no doubt.

Now let's see how the head coach of Sporting Lisbon planned this game. If you lose less as you lose, this score is not unacceptable, and he can continue to defend. But if you want to score away goals and a point, you must come out to attack, so that although the possibility of scoring is greatly improved, at the same time their defense has more loopholes that can be exploited.

Insurance and adventure.

Jose Pesero must make a choice.

"0:1? It's okay." Pesero, who was sitting on the coaching bench of the visiting team, shrugged and said to his assistant, not much depressed. "Away game, we must consider everything carefully, this is in my plan. There is no need to make any changes to continue the game. We have enough time..." He raised his head and glanced at the electronic scoreboard on the stand. .

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"The goal scorer is Freddie—"

In the live broadcast, the player who scored just now was being announced loudly, and the fans in the stands replied in unison: "——Eastwood!"

Gypsies are accepting celebrations from their teammates on the court.

The Brazilian Fabio Roschenbach was still standing where his opponent had scored, staring at the crowd with a gloomy expression.

He originally thought that he should be harassed by relying on him. This thin-looking boy should lose his balance. He didn't expect that he helped him and made him shoot a shot that Ricardo couldn't defend against!

I am afraid that at least one-third of the credit will go to Roschenbach...

This is what made the Brazilian feel angry, his defense turned into a knife to his own people. He clenched his fist, this debt will be recovered sooner or later!

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The game restarted, and the morale of Nottingham Forest, which took the lead, was high. They continued to attack Sporting Lisbon amid the loud singing of fans in the stands, without any intention of taking a break.

One goal is not safe. Dunn has successfully instilled this kind of thinking into his players. If he can score two goals, he will never close after a lead. Conservative is also graded. Be conservative after one-goal lead is obviously a low-grade conservative. When two or three goals lead more, then conservative is a high-end. As for the kind of conservative before leading, it is obviously the lowest grade-refer to France in 1998. The match between Italy and France in the World Cup...

After scoring, Eastwood was extremely active, retreating to catch the ball to meet his teammates, cruising around Viduka looking for opportunities, and if he couldn't shoot, he would seek cooperation with Viduka. Anyway, he played a very important role on the court. effect.

Dunn watched Eastwood's hard performance below, wondering if the club's attention to Wood stimulated him? Gypsies don’t care about the club’s favoritism, he just doesn’t want to lose to George Wood in his heart?

Although he was about to be the father of two children, Eastwood was still a young boy in age. Gypsies were originally married at a very young age, and could marry and have children at the age of fourteen.

Since he is still young, he will be very competitive. Lose to someone you don't like? This is not something Freddie Eastwood can accept.

Dunn knew the psychology of Gypsies, he knew it very early. At that time, I thought that this could be controlled as a healthy competition. For the Forest team, this is undoubtedly a good thing. But now, after the unscrupulous hype by the media, the virtuous atmosphere of competition may be broken at any time. The benign competition and vicious competition are just a thin line apart, and the consequences are quite different.

This game may be an excellent opportunity for them to get to know each other and turn their fights into jade. But it might also make things worse-as long as you lose.

It seems that the team is leading, Dunn does not need to worry too much.

"Freddy Eastwood is by far the most active player on the field. After scoring a goal, he has threatened Sporting Lisbon's goal several times. Recently he just finished the league's first place this season. It’s a hat trick, and it’s in great shape."

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