Godfather Of Champions

When Barcelona played, there was deafening singing at the Nou Camp, and when the Nottingham Forest players were introduced on the radio, the singing turned into boos. The away games are like this, the players are used to it.

When Dunn was standing in front of the coaching bench, boos and curses continued to be heard from the stands behind him. Chris Lak came over and wanted to pass the Apple IPOD in his hand to Dunn. Dunn waved his hand and refused: "No, David."

"Those curses..." Chris Lak pointed to the stands behind him.

"Nothing, I don't understand Spanish anyway. This is the advantage of learning one less foreign language..."

That's what it said, but Dunn couldn't understand the universal "FUCK". But he doesn't want to use headphones to escape away boos today, because this is not an ordinary league, and the opponent is not dispensable Reading. This is the Champions Cup quarter-finals and the opponent is Barcelona. He must hear how strong the Nou Camp's boo is and feel the fear of his opponent firsthand.

Yes, Dunn took this as Barcelona's fear. Why are their boos and curses so strong? Because of their fear in their hearts, they were worried that if their team really lost to Nottingham Forest at home...so they could only interfere with the game of the Forest team with crazy boos and insults.

Dunn shrugged, the old fashioned.

Chris Lac sat back. He didn't want to stand on the sidelines and be a live target for Barcelona fans and be scolded along with Dunn. Dunn didn't care that it was because he had good psychological quality, and he hadn't cultivated to that level.

Just when Dunn and Chris Lak were talking on the sidelines, the players on both sides of the field had already begun to shake hands with each other.

Ronaldinho was followed closely by the camera. He is the well-deserved core of this Barcelona team and the key figure in determining the outcome of this game.

Facing this constantly provocative opponent, the happy Brazilian also put away the smile on his face and shook hands with the opponent solemnly. When he walked in front of George Wood, he took a special look.

Compared with the forest team that they played against at the beginning, this forest team has added some new faces, but most of them still know him, but this George Wood is still very strange. He just heard the coaching staff tell him that this person is very fierce in defense, so he should be more careful in the game. He didn't know anything else.

A handsome young man with wheat-colored skin and slightly long black curly hair. Just look at the appearance, it may be more like a movie actor, rather than a rough defensive midfielder. In his impression, those players in England who played very "dirty" football must be hideous, with a stubborn face and a green stubble on their chin, and a neat half-inch highlighting their personality, and staring at everything. Staring at you.

This person really subverted his previous influence on England players...

He handed it out and shook it with George Wood's.

This is a pair of powerful hands...

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"Compared with last year's Champions League final, Barcelona has not changed much. Nottingham Forest has introduced many new players. But in this game, Dunn sent almost all the old combinations from last season. Van Nistelrooy and Van der Vaart is sitting on the bench. Half a season after joining the Forest, the two have proved their strength and occupy a solid position. Coach Dunn put them on the bench in this game. What is it? consider?"

"It's like this... I think the analysis made by the media is very reasonable. Dunn's big talk before the game is just to divert everyone's attention. This game will be very difficult to play in the away game. He let the main players sit on the bench. In fact, it is to protect these important players and prepare for the next round to return to Nottingham’s home game. After all, this game was aroused by a series of declarations before the game. If his player is injured in the game, he can It’s not worth it. Everyone knows that the forest team has the least number of first-team teams in the Premier League’s 20 teams, and they cannot withstand the toss of injuries."

The guest commentator of La Liga also said something reasonable. Take a look at the current lineup of the Forest team, the defense line because Ayala has represented Valencia in the Champions League, so he is not eligible to represent Nottingham Forest in this game.

In such an important game, Dunn can only send Piguiga Kompany this pair of young central defenders. This is also the main evidence for the Barcelona media to believe that Dunn is talking big. They don't think that relying on these two children can prevent the rotation of Ronaldini, Eto'o, Messi and others.

"Pikwe is an excellent player from La Masia in the Barcelona youth training camp. We recognize his talent, but he is still a little tender in the Champions League against opponents like Barcelona. Kompany? As a young man, he The performance in the Forest team is not bad, but he is too young to be twenty years old! Tony Dunn is really no one to use. "The special guest was originally responsible for commenting on the La Liga game, because of this game. It was held in Barcelona, ​​so he was invited by the TV station to be a commentator. Apart from a few game videos, his understanding of the Forest team was the media reports. To say a true understanding, he may not know much about Tang Jing, who was standing in the press stand.

"Let’s take a look at the stitches again. There is no such experienced shooter as Van Nistelrooy, but another young man! Danish forward Nicholas Bentner. He has been selected for the Danish national team... But what about the Danish national team? Level?" The irony in these words was obvious enough. "Eastwood is a good forward, but he was not stable after being injured... and it was just good. I think Frank Ribery is the real star in this starting lineup. He is an excellent player who can determine the course of the game. Rijkaard must also see that as long as Ribery is watched, the Forest team’s offense will not be a threat. Then he will face the kid’s defense line, the Barcelona fans. What needs to be considered is how many goals are scored, not whether or not to score."

This half-hearted commentator completely ignored George Wood, who was wearing Captain Nottingham Forest's armband. Fortunately, this is a commentary and commentary for the Spanish audience. Otherwise, the fans of Nottingham Forest will definitely point to the TV and scold him.

Almost just next door, commentators and commentators from England were also worried about Dunn's formation.

Such a lineup is almost the same as last year's finals. The Forest team did not beat Barcelona last year. Can it still beat Barcelona this year? The difference between them and their Spanish counterparts is that they did not ignore George Wood: "Of course, we have George Wood in this game. But what can be done? Wood is a defensive midfielder, and his mission is definitely to assist defense-after all The two central defenders of the Forest team are too young-speaking of it, Wood is young enough, but his stable performance on the court always makes us ignore that he is only 21 years old. Wood's mission is to defend, so how about offensively Do? Organization core Van der Vaart and main center Van Nistelrooy did not start the game... This is really a puzzling arrangement. Just one Ribery? Ribery's performance this season and the previous two seasons have slightly declined …In short, people are very worried about this game. Of course we don’t want to see England’s representative Nottingham Forest lose on the away game, no one likes to lose-although in the domestic league, this team is very interesting hate……"

When everyone was puzzled about this formation, Dunn stood on the sidelines and accepted the baptism of boos from the enemy fans.

Only he and the coaching staff of the Forest team knew why he made such arrangements.

Why not have new players who joined the team last summer? It's not to save strength for the second round of the game, nor is it to worry about those players getting injured. Dunn had other considerations. He spent so much effort before the game to arouse the hatred of the players towards Barcelona and let them understand what a huge shame it was to lose to this team last year. But these only work for old players. For those new players who have not experienced the humiliating failure of last season, such incitement has a somewhat strange taste in their eyes, and the effect is not obvious.

At an away game, momentum is the most important. Dunn let people who have experienced failure start, so as not to waste the momentum he incited. So Van Nistelrooy and Van der Vaart are not injured or ill, and their state is not down. They still have to sit on the bench.

Only those who have experienced that unforgettable failure will desperately want to win the game and prove themselves again.

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The commentator chattered and analyzed the forest team's loss. The game had already started, because Nottingham Forest kicked off first, so the referee's whistle was just sounded and he was drowned in the huge boos of the Nou Camp.

Eastwood passed the ball kicked by Bendtner back to Mikel Arteta and ran forward. The Nou Camp can accommodate nearly 100,000 people, and these boos are overwhelming to the players in Nottingham Forest, but no one will weaken their legs in this situation. Now this forest team has Dunn's unique "stubbornness", a bit like a spring, the harder the opponent presses, the stronger the rebound.

It may be okay for the Barcelona fans not to boo, the more they boo, the stronger the belief in revenge for the Forest team.

After Arteta stopped the football, he did not rush forward. Anxious for revenge, eager for revenge, as a midfielder commander on the field, the necessary calmness still has to be maintained.

He transferred the football laterally to captain George Wood.

What Barcelona learned is that George Wood is an excellent defensive midfielder. He has formed a solid barrier in front of the central defender. Technical features: fierce tackles, excellent headers, and amazing Speed ​​and explosive power, as well as the physical ability to run.

All the information summed up is this, as for his offensive ability, Rijkaard's intelligence is not mentioned.

Football rarely stays at Wood's feet for more than half a minute. He will always pass the ball very quickly, rarely dribbling the ball, whether it is horizontal or vertical...

The Barcelona coaching staff believes that this person will only cause a little trouble to his offense, and he does not need to care about him defensively. So they put the focus of their defensive work on dealing with Ribery.

After Arteta passed the ball, he ran forward, which attracted the attention of Barcelona midfielder. From the experience of last year's Champions League final, at this time, Wood, as a defensive midfielder, should pass the ball to the front. The inserted Arteta was handed over to the Spaniards to organize the attack. Where's Wood? After passing the ball, stay in the backcourt to prevent the opponent from stealing the ball and counterattack.

For more than two seasons, the Forest team’s midfielder has almost used this routine. The only difference is that George Wood’s partner may change. The earliest Albertini, then Arteta, and then Van der Vaart this season . If Wood is suspended because of a red card, his job will be given to Albertini or the Chinese player Sun Jihai. Dunn’s task is to focus on defense-this person is a conservative coach in his bones. If he is in Barcelona coach, within a month will be blasted down by discerning fans.

So after figuring out the usual routines of the Forest team, as long as the connection between George Wood and other midfielders is cut off, the Forest team's offense will be paralyzed. It doesn't matter to whom Wood will pass, but who receives the ball.

In this game, because it was a home game, Rijkaard arranged his best and favorite 433 attack formation. None of the three midfielders was specifically responsible for defense, and all were offensive players. This lineup mainly relies on strong attacks to suppress the opponent's midfielder, so when Arteta moved forward, the three Barcelona midfielders just let him go and handed over to the back defenders to deal with. They believe that as long as the ball returns to their feet, they can firmly control the rhythm of the game.

Ronaldini ran to him, apparently trying to steal the ball? Wood glanced at his opponent in this game, swinging his leg to pass the ball.

Rijkaard saw this scene off the court, and leaned forward back on the back of the chair. Exactly as the intelligence said, George Wood can do nothing but defense.

This time things were simple, it became how Barcelona blasted the Forest team's goal as soon as possible in the "half-court attack and defense", causing them to have a chain collapse.

Ronaldinho saw that the football was passed out, and did not turn back to chase it. Defense is not his job. You can't expect the artist to do the mason's work, can you?

But just when he was going to pass Wood, he saw Wood running straight ahead!

How is this going?

After receiving the football, Arteta kicked the football back without taking a step, just falling at the feet of George Wood who was in front!

"Barcelona wants to defeat Nottingham Forest with offense at home, and Dunn's team does not want to defend away at home! George Wood cuts in with the ball!"

Arteta suddenly passed the football back to George Wood, which really surprised Barcelona. But if they were fooled so easily, Barcelona would not be Barcelona. They quickly adjusted their defensive goals, and this time directly aimed at the "bad dribbling" George Wood.

Their idea is simple, Wood can't dribble, and it's easy to break his ball. Fortunately, he cut off Wood's ball and directly launched a counterattack, avoiding facing the fierce defensive midfielder.

When Puyol pounced on, Wood passed the ball again. He did not pass to Arteta, who was closest to him, nor Ribery, who was close to him. Instead, he unexpectedly made an oblique pass of nearly 30 meters, passing the football directly to the right. Ashley Young there.

"This... really accurate passing!" The commentator exclaimed after his mouth grew for a long time.

He didn't brag, the ball was passed very accurately, Ashley Young stretched his foot in high-speed running and hooked the football off.

Seeing this scene, Dunn, who was standing on the sidelines, glanced back at the bench, just to meet Albertini's gaze, and the two laughed at the same time. The hard work of most of the season was not in vain.

Ashley Young attracted the attention of the Barcelona players after taking the ball. No one noticed that George Wood, who had passed the ball, did not run back to defend according to the "convention", but continued to move forward.

Facing Barcelona's left back, the new world champion Italian Zambrotta, Ashley Young greeted him without fear. Then he suddenly smashed the ball in from a very close range, and Zambrotta reacted quickly, and immediately jammed Ashley Young to continue the breakthrough route.

No chance?

No, Ashley Young never thought about dribbling the ball into the penalty area. He scanned the middle of his eyes and passed the ball directly.

This is not a high ball pass in front of the goal, this is a low ball sweeping pass outside the penalty area...

"George Wood—WOOOW! It's dangerous!"

It was not Ribery, Arteta, or Eastwood who rushed to the center to shoot the ball without stopping...It was George Wood who was the least likely to appear in this position and make such a move. .

His direct shot was slightly higher than the crossbar and shocked Valdes in a cold sweat-he jumped up, but didn't touch the football. Seeing that the football seemed to fall into the net, it didn't happen, but in a straight line. Flew out.

Although it hurt to fall from the air, Valdes was relieved. If the first shot at the beginning of the game is let in, I will have no face to mix...

"Ahhh! What a pity! What a pity!" The British commentator was eager to scold swear words to show how strong his pity was. "It's rare that George Wood shot such a high-quality long shot. Barcelona was completely unprepared. In the top arc of the penalty area, when Wood shot, there was no Barcelona player around!"

Dunn walked back and Chris Lak said to him: "It seems that George is fighting spirit today."

Dunn smiled and glanced at the Barcelona coaches next door: "Of course, he has been waiting for this game for almost a year. This is his Champions League final." (To be continued, if you want to know what happens, Please visit www.qidian.com for more chapters, support the author, and support genuine reading!)

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