Godfather Of Champions

What is the usual way in Nottingham Forest?

Asking ten people, one hundred people, one thousand people will only get one answer.

The ugly scene, the ugly defense and one or two counterattacks of bad luck, the game ended and the Forest team won.

Except for Ribery's assault on the wing, the forest team's game was lackluster.

Most neutral fans will stand on Barcelona's side. They want to see the team that represents artistic football and bring them joy and enjoyment to win. They want to use Barcelona's victory to prove that there is still a place for beautiful football in modern football. In other words, there is hope of restoration of beautiful football.

Originally, Dunn was planning to have a confrontation with Barcelona here, because Wood can't make it, and if the Forest team is conservative, they may not win the game and will be criticized as ugly. There is a glimmer of hope for the attack. But after experiencing the hype of "artistic football versus utilitarian football" in the media, he suddenly changed his mind and used the forest team's best defense to compete against Barcelona. Today's heavy rain has strengthened this belief-the venue is not suitable for playing technology, and the physical advantage of the forest team does not have to exploit its weaknesses and avoid its strengths.

Although the absence of Wood will have some impact on the team’s defense, the Forest team’s ability to get to where it is today is not entirely due to Wood’s performance. Pepe and Pikwe have shown their respective talents and strengths. There are also diligent and honest Layton Barnes, Zimbunda, and world-class goalkeeper Van der Sar. Such a lineup is not weak anywhere.

Of course, this does not mean that Dunn will put the team on the defensive in the game. He knows that if he is blindly defensive, he will not get the result he wants. A truly high-level defense is based on offense, just as offense needs to be built on a solid defense basis. A stable defense requires offense to share the pressure and contain the opponent's forces.

So from the start of the game, it was surprising that Nottingham Forest, which is good at defensively, launched a fierce offensive against Barcelona, ​​changing their conservative image in the past.

Obviously, Barcelona did not expect the Forest team to take the initiative to attack, a little at a loss after the opening. Coupled with the slippery ground, everything makes them very uncomfortable.

Compared to Barcelona, ​​which is technically sophisticated, the Forest team is more adaptable to combat in such weather. Because their offensive methods are very simple and quick. Without complicated mid-range penetration, dazzling pass-cutting coordination, and personal dribbling, two or three passes can send the football to the dangerous area and then shoot. Because of the presence of Viduka, the Forest team can pass more air balls, use Viduka's height and header to make a ferry, or directly attack the goal. This style of play minimizes the impact of bad venues.

If Barcelona has any weaknesses, then it is the anti-ball. Maybe their skills at the feet are too good, so they don't bother to work **** the golf.

However, their opponent in this game is Nottingham Forest, an English team.

"Ashley Young! His speed is so fast!" Ashley Young on the right dribbled the ball at high speed. The slippery court seemed to have no effect on him. When facing Dutch defender Van Bronckhorst, He jerked the football out for more than ten meters, and then started to accelerate. Van Bronckhorst was too late to turn around. He couldn't keep up with the fifth-ranked wing assaulter in the Premier League. He chased the ball and ran the 100 meters with a score of 10.97 seconds. After the Dutchman turned around, he could only see one back.

After breaking through Van Bronckhorst, Ashley Young didn't cut inside, but went straight to make a pass, high ball!

This was specifically ordered by Dunn to allow the players to play more high **** on the court and use air superiority to crush Barcelona.

Viduka jumped high in the crowd, ahead of Puyol and Max, with a header!

"Valdes! A beautiful save!"

Spain’s No. 2 national goalkeeper Viduca’s header put the crossbar up and shocked the Barcelona fans in a cold sweat.

"At the beginning of the game, the Forest did not choose to defend, but used the opportunity of the kick-off to launch a wave of offensives against Barcelona. This time they almost came to the top!"

After the corner kick came out, Pepe and Pikwe both rushed in. There was another chaos in front of Barcelona. Finally Puyol drove the football out and ended the chaos.

"Barcelona's header defense is really a mess... It seems that Coach Dunn has found a way to deal with Barcelona."

The TV broadcast gave Dun En a close-up. He was sitting on the coach's bench. The short shed couldn't cover the rain from the sky. His pants were completely wet and his shirt was half wet. At this moment, he was staring at the court intently, completely in the state.

Next to him, Rijkaard got up from his seat. He was a little worried about a series of dangers in front of the door just now, frowned and blew two whistles, asking the players to pay attention to the side defense.

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Rijkaard’s reminder did not work. Five minutes passed. Barcelona, ​​famous for its offensives, didn’t even have a decent shot. They were completely suppressed by the aggressive offensive and terrible ground of the Forest team, and they couldn’t perform their original goals. Level.

Dunn’s idea is very simple. Taking advantage of this time Barcelona is still not used to it, seize the opportunity to score a goal-of course, it would be better to score more goals-to turn the advantage into a victory, and let his team be mentally The upper hand has the upper hand, step by step led Barcelona into the quagmire of impatience and mistakes.

This is a pre-match plan, everyone knows it.

If the game can be carried out according to the plan, it can be much easier.

Dunn is not a coach who likes to use plans to arrange everything. He doesn't think his opponent will listen to his own arrangements. So he pays more attention to temporary adjustments in the game.

Ashley Young performed well on the right, and Frank Ribery was not to be outdone. He chose to cut Oleg on the left, then dribbled laterally, and then suddenly kicked off after swinging the angle! Valdes focused on flying and blocked the ball, another corner kick!

The fans of Nottingham Forest, who were not dominant in the stands, burst into cheers. Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Forest team, the Barcelona fans were somewhat silent.

The corner kick was taken, and when Barcelona's defenders focused on Pepe and Pique in the penalty area, the Forest team made a change. Albertini did not directly drive the football into the penalty area, but passed it to Arteta, who came up to meet him, a tactical corner kick!

Seeing Arteta catching the ball, the Barcelona defender collectively pressed out and wanted to make an offside. At this moment, Spain crossed. Not a high ball, but a half high ball.

Everyone is running out, including the forest team players who are afraid of offside. Anelka suddenly turned around and kicked in halfway through the run, and Arteta's pass just arrived! The French forward lifted his foot to smooth the football forward and touched Barcelona's defender Max!

The narrator yelled, and the fans on the scene also yelled.

"Anelka's chance! Single-handedly!"

Valdes fought bravely, fell to the ground and made a save from a very close distance. After wiping Max, Anelka had very little space for him to do actions. He could only choose to shoot with his foot bow. The football hit Valdes's thigh and missed the bottom line.

The sigh sounded at the same time.

"What a pity! This is the forest team's best chance so far! Barcelona is overwhelmed!"

Anelka held his head with both hands, regretting not to kick the ball in.

Just as regrettable as him is Dunn. When he saw Anelka break through Max, he stood up from the coaching bench and prepared to raise his hand to celebrate the goal. Unexpectedly, Valdes was as magical as taking medicine today. He saved several must-go goals for the Forest team in a row, and this time was no exception, blocking Anelka's shot.

"Damn hell, he really should have a urine test after the game!" Dunn sat down, venting his unhappiness.

Chris Lak shook his head beside him: "Don't worry, Tony, we have a good momentum."

"I didn't believe anything until I scored a goal." Dunn stared at the court and gritted his teeth.

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"We need to attack!" As Barcelona's captain, the Catalan Puyol is boosting morale, "Can't let them fight like this. Ronaldinho!"

The Brazilian has a grim face: "I know."

"Think of a way to push them back!"

Ronaldinho looked up at the time on the big screen. The game had been in for fourteen minutes. Barcelona hasn't had any decent offensive yet. As the core of the team's offense, he certainly has the obligation and responsibility to change this embarrassing situation.

Soon, after relying on his personal skills in the midfield, he overcame Arteta and planned the first effective offensive after Barcelona opened. While the forest team's defenders focused on Eto'o, Ronaldinho passed the football to Giuly on the wing.

Jiuli relied on speed to break through Leighton Barnes and directly kicked the door from a small angle!

Van der Sar also concentrated, after blocking the shooting angle, he buffered the heavy shot with both hands, and then hugged firmly.

"This is Barcelona's first shot since the opening game. The fifteenth minute of the game... It's pitiful. The strong Barcelona seems a little uncomfortable in front of the crazy Nottingham Forest."

"The other thing that is not suitable is the court and the weather. It can be seen that the court is very slippery and Jiuli's feet slipped a bit before shooting. In fact, both players have suddenly slipped and fell, but they are more concerned about technology and ground cooperation. For Barcelona, ​​the impact is even greater. Nottingham Forest insists on the tactic of playing high, minimizing the impact of the venue on them."

The commentator's analysis is very correct, but this does not help Barcelona change the awkward situation on the field. They are not good at high-altitude football tactics. Ground control is their tradition, and it has been integrated into the blood. It is impossible to change it for a while.

"It suddenly occurred to me that before the game, the media thought that this game was a showdown between artistic football represented by Barcelona and utilitarian football represented by Nottingham Forest. But after watching the game for fifteen minutes, I couldn't force this to attack Barcelona. The team is associated with'utilitarianism'."

The narrator laughed.

As outsiders, they laughed particularly relaxed.

As the two sides fighting on the field, it is not easy at all. This is the first time Dunn's team has played against Barcelona. Before that, their understanding of this team probably came from Pique, a teammate who came out of the Barcelona youth training camp.

Just when the players of the Forest team felt that Barcelona was nothing more than this, Jiuli warned them with a sharp breakthrough and shot-Barcelona is not a general.

George Wood was sitting in the box, watching football with his mother and the club chairman. So far, the impact of his absence has not been seen.

What Dunn said before the game seemed to make sense. The forest is not fatal to a team that is not a certain individual.

It seems like this...

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In the eighteenth minute, when Nottingham Forest continued to press Barcelona, ​​Barcelona broke the ball in the backcourt and launched a fast break.

After Puyol passed the football to Edmilson, Barcelona instantly rushed up with six people. The speed was so fast that the Forest team, accustomed to the embarrassing reaction of their opponents, did not expect it.

If there is George Wood at this time, he will surely push Ronaldinho for the first time, but when the Forest team didn’t know how to deal with it, Edmilson had already passed the football to Ronaldo. Ardinho.

"Ronaldinho takes the ball, there is no Forest team player beside him!"

The impact of George Wood's absence exploded at this moment.

As there are no full-time defensive midfielders, the forest team's center back is blank. The defensive line has to mention the position of the midfielder, so that there will be a lot of space behind them...

Ronaldinho did not pass the ball unmarked, but continued to dribble forward, attracting Albertini and Pepe forward to defend, shifting the focus of the forest team's entire defense line to himself , Then he suddenly braked and passed the ball!

The African cheetah Eto'o slashed out and no one noticed him, because everyone was watching Ronaldinho, for fear that he would show some amazing magic. But this time, he was just bait!

Eto'o rushed out from behind Pepe, Ronaldinho just shook Arteta's back to tackle, and then sent a through pass!

"Single-handed! The straight pass that pierced the forest team's defense line came from Ronaldinho! Not offside!"

When Dunn sitting on the coach seat saw this scene, his eyes suddenly widened, his pupils narrowed, and his **** left the seat.

So familiar...

Damn it!

Eto'o made a beautiful anti-offside success this time. He received the ball and there was no Nottingham Forest defender around him.

Let Eto'o face a goalkeeper, and there is still a lot of room to accelerate, but only one...

"Van der Sar attacked!" In fact, when he saw Eto'o plug in, the Dutch goalkeeper had judged the next situation in advance, so when Eto'o just received the football, he had already rushed into the penalty area. edge.

The two met on the penalty zone line, Van der Sar fell to the ground and blocked. Eto'o used his speed advantage to shift the football to the right. At this time Van der Sar had lost all of his focus and he could watch the opponent pass him. Will the ball be scored?

Van der Sar stretched out his hand to Eto'o who jumped up, he caught the opponent's ankle, but quickly let go.

It was too late, Eto'o fell in the penalty area!

Giuli saw the football rolling to his feet, and he kicked the ball into the empty goal. The Barcelona fans cheered from the stands.

but……

"foul!"

The referee's whistle sounded, and he ran to goalkeeper Van der Sar, while the forest team players ran to him, they surrounded the referee to intercede.

This is a foul, but what will the referee do?

Dunn had already stood up completely from his seat without knowing it.

The scene he was familiar with resurfaced, and it gradually coincided with everything that happened on the field before him. Ronaldinho’s passing, Eto’o’s running position, and even Xavi’s supplementary shot did not change. The Forest team and Arsenal also wore a yellow away jersey in this game, only Van der Sar replaced Lehmann.

"The goal is invalid... It looks like the referee is going to give Van der Sar a red card... Red card! God, the game has just started eighteen minutes, Van der Sar has a red card! He pulled Eto'o from outside the penalty area with his hand. The referee is merciless!"

In fact, the red card is the ending that Van der Sar knows. When he stretched out his hand to Eto'o, he knew the cost of the foul, but the thought of not wanting to lose the ball occupied all his thoughts at that moment.

At this moment, he covered his face with his hands and stood outside the crowd, while his teammates surrounded the referee in anger, thinking that the sentence was too heavy. With them, the referee was surrounded by Barcelona players who were dissatisfied with the cancellation of the goal. The Barcelona people believed that the best result was that the goal was effective and Van der Sar was sent off with a red card.

Dunn angrily kicked the shed on the side of the coach's bench, and directly kicked the windshield...

"This **** referee! Does he know what the art of law enforcement is?! How do we play this game?"

When he was angry, Chris Lak had already called the backup goalkeeper Paul Gerrard to warm up.

No matter how angry Dunn was, even if he overturned the roof of the entire coaching bench, he could not change the result.

Van der Sar walked down the court in frustration, and his third Champions Cup final ended.

The Forest team must change into a substitute goalkeeper and also a player on the court.

Dunn chose to replace forward Anelka with substitute goalkeeper Paul Gerrard.

When the fourth official raised the sign of substitution, Anelka on the field couldn't believe it when he saw the substitution. After confirming that he was correct, a large area of ​​cloud suddenly appeared on his face, which was even more clouded than the night sky of Paris. .

Albertini ran to comfort him and told him to leave the field as soon as possible, but he slowly walked down, without high-fiving Paul Gerrard, nor shaking hands with the head coach Dunn, to say hello, just walked back to the dressing room. .

And when he passed by, Dunn also ignored Anelka, who was in a bad mood. He doesn't have that leisurely mind at all, he is staring at the referee who is on the field and directs the wall to retreat.

Not bad at all in his memory, is history going to repeat itself?

The rain is getting smaller without knowing it...

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