Godfather Of Champions

At first, the dressing room in Nottingham Forest was noisy, and everyone was busy resting or listening to music to relax. When Dunn stood up from the corner, he quickly became quiet again.

"In the first half...I won't talk about nonsense. Now the problem we have to solve is not how to prevent Barcelona's attack, but how to score their goals."

When he said this, he turned to look at George Wood.

Some people followed his gaze and twisted back.

"George, you have to attack and defend. Is it a little difficult for you?" Dunn asked with a smile.

George Wood shook his head: "It's fine."

"It's okay?" Dunn glared at him, "What does it mean to be okay? Is it reluctant, or is it easy to do?"

"Hmm..." George Wood thought for a while, "When you come back to defense, you may miss some opportunities because you are in the backcourt. The other...nothing."

"Use more passes, idiot." Dunn pointed at him, "You ran back and forth like a shuttle in the first half. I even doubt if you have the extra energy and time to look up and look around. The midfield organizer can You can’t do it with endless physical strength. You have to observe the situation on the field, look at the running positions of your teammates and opponents, and then decide how to deal with this attack... The midfield organizer does not rely on physical strength, but on brain "Although Dunn's critical tone was not harsh, he let everyone know that he was indeed criticizing George Wood, not joking.

Wood nodded. He also felt that he was basically exhausted in the first half of the first half. How to organize an offense? This question hasn't stayed in his mind. He always waits to get the ball and then looks up to find the passing route. If he has a chance, he will pass, and he will take the ball if he has no chance. He rarely thinks like Van der Vaart, so so far, most of his passes have been passed directly to the feet of his teammates instead of in the open space in front of them. This kind of ball is not easy to make mistakes, but it does not create very good opportunities. You know, basically all offenses that can pose a threat are penetrating passes like this. Always pass to a fixed foot, the attacking rhythm will be forced to stop. At that time, as long as the opponent's back line stands in position, an attack can be easily prevented.

In the second half, he doesn't have to run back and forth like that, but he needs to put more energy into defense, because Nottingham Forest implements a defensive counterattack. How to counterattack if not defending? Wood himself is the core of midfield defense. He is really not used to when the opponent is attacking, he is watching and waiting for his teammates to grab the ball and then hand it over to himself to organize the attack...

"Also, although we are defensive and counterattack, defense is very important. But if we only defend without counterattack, we will become a complete defense." Dunn didn't mean to let Wood go, and he targeted Wood for defense. The question in raised his own criticism. "You've been a defensive midfielder for too long, George. Active defense is a good thing, but first think about your own tasks. What are you here for?" He asked, looking at Wood.

Wood replied: "Organize the offense."

"It seems that you are not confused yet. If you always keep defending, defending, defending... how do you organize an offense? After all, you are just a person, not a monster that can clone at any time."

"Then what should I do?" George Wood asked back.

Dunn looked at the other people in the locker room. Some of them were listening intently to their conversation with George, some were closing their eyes and resting, and some were simply listening to music.

He coughed, and then said to George Wood: "It's easy. Trust your teammates."

George Wood turned his head and looked around, and he noticed that many teammates were also watching him.

"Okay, guys!" Dunn dropped Wood and slapped his hands hard, making everyone look up at him. "In the second half, we have to score goals. It's not on the away game. Just get a draw. The defense can't relax, I'm a little bolder on offense... If I lose the ball, I don't want to see things turning around and running back. You give me a counter-grab on the spot. If you can intercept the ball, you will attack directly. If you can’t grab it, you will interfere with their advancement speed. You know how to do it.

"The first half of the first half was okay. We put too little pressure on Barcelona in the second half, so that's not good. In the second half, work harder. If the **** think we have no room to fight back, give them a good look!"

He slammed his fist in his palm.

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On the other side, Rijkaard was writing and drawing on the tactical board. He is telling his people how to break through the dense defense of Nottingham Forest.

"George Wood obviously needs to organize an offense. If I were Tony Dunn, I would not let him continue to focus on defense in the second half, so that the defense of Nottingham Forest will definitely be available. Their overall defensive formation remains It's very good, just passing the ball can't break away. Sidwell poses no threat to you, Messi." He looked at Messi who was sitting on the side.

"Add some more breakthroughs in the second half, rush in to find opportunities and disrupt their defensive formation. The most feared thing about this kind of overall defense is that one or more of the opponents have excellent breakthrough ability."

He tactfully criticized Messi for not being excited enough in the first half.

Indeed, except for the first three shots in a row, Messi's performance quickly faded. Some people may speculate that he has just returned from injury and has not yet adjusted to his best condition. But in fact, Messi just because the anticipation before and the reality of the future are too different, some interest is not enough.

After all, how can Sidwell's sense of accomplishment be compared with George Wood's sense of accomplishment?

Messi also knew where the problem was. I had to take it seriously in the second half. Anyway, for whatever reason, it is a good thing for George Wood not to defend him.

Recently, the media criticized Barcelona for just abandoning "Ronaldinho dependence" and suffering from "Messi dependence". This question is viewed from two aspects. On the one hand, Rijkaard is incompetent, and on the other hand, he praised Messi for being too good.

When Barcelona attacked, everyone would try to give the ball to this little man, hoping that he would do a miracle.

So since Nottingham Forest does not value me, I will make you regret it! He clenched his fist.

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After the game restarted in the second half, as in the first half of the first half, Barcelona wanted to score and Nottingham Forest wanted to score. The two sides fought against each other, and the scene changed.

During this time, Nottingham Forest had three good opportunities to score, and Barcelona also had two chances to break into the hinterland of the Forest team. It is a pity that no one can grasp it. It scared the two coaches on the sidelines—no matter which side gets a shot, they will let the **** of the two coaches leave their seats. The difference is that Rijkaard just got up slightly, while Dunn jumped out of the coaching bench.

After fifteen minutes of a wonderful confrontation, Nottingham Forest and Barcelona realized that this confrontation put their goals in a very dangerous position. The two sides had a total of five opportunities to directly threaten the goal.

So they chose to be conservative while being very tacit.

Nottingham Forest is consistent with their usual style, which is not surprising. Barcelona also defended and counterattacked, making it hard to understand.

"Barcelona want to counter the defense of Nottingham Forest?" the commentator was surprised.

Dunn laughed in his seat. He knew why Rijkaard had suddenly become conservative again. Because after the previous match, he found that Nottingham Forest's offensive strength is not weak, and being conservative in the key game helps to win. This head coach, who is famous in the world of artistic football and offensive football, had to succumb to reality and chose a more secure game defense despite his unstable position.

It was not Barcelona's performance that made him happier, but George Wood's transformation.

What he likes most about Wood is that he is obedient most of the time. After he criticized Wood's performance in the first half at halftime, Wood really made a targeted change in the second half.

He no longer allows himself to run between offense and defense. From a certain point of view, he has learned to "stand and play." Dunn always emphasizes running and kicking, but there are exceptions. As a midfielder, he hopes that his organizers will have the style of a general and be more calm. And in terms of a midfielder, there is really no need to charge forward every time, and more often they need to attack directly from the backcourt. Learning how to judge the situation on the court is what George Wood must do.

The Forest team directly threatened Barcelona's goal offense on three occasions, one of which was directly initiated by Wood and the other two were initiated indirectly by George Wood. A straight pass from his ribs gave Ribery a chance to break into the penalty area and shoot. Although it was blocked by Valdes, Wood's 30-meter-long pass still left a deep impression. He is still in the middle circle and the Forest team switched from defensive to offensive. If he continues to lead, Barcelona's defense will be quickly organized, so he will have no better way other than cross. He looked up at the front and found that Barcelona's defense line was still retreating, and there was no time to organize a defensive formation. Although Ribery was cruising on the side, there was enough space in front of him. At his speed...

He made a decisive pass and sent the football from the center circle directly to the ribs between Barcelona central defender Milito and Puyol.

With his strength, there is no doubt about the speed of the football rolling, like a knife cutting butter, passing the football between the two Barcelona defenders. There is an empty penalty area ahead, no Barcelona players, nor Nottingham Forest players. Just when people thought it was a missed pass, Ribery appeared behind the entire back line with a high-speed running image, and he received the ball!

The next step was a shot without hesitation. Unfortunately, he was too striving for power and the angle was too right, so he was blocked by Valdes.

But the City Stadium still burst into applause, both for Ribery and George Wood.

Even when Dunn was off the court seeing this penetrating pass called a scalpel, he couldn't help standing up and applauding George Wood.

If George sent the ball directly to Ribery's feet, Barcelona's Puyol would be happy to face Ribery one-on-one, and the forest team's offense will be forced to a dead end. The ball passed to the front of the offensive player seems to have dug a diversion channel to the downstream of a pool of stagnant water, and the entire offense is alive in an instant.

"This is the talent that Demi said from him!" Dunn said to the people around him in a showy manner.

"Unfortunately there are too few." Chris Lak shook his head.

"It's okay." Tang Dao, "I only flashed occasionally at the beginning. Now I have a lot of flashes. In the end..."

Dunn took his words, "In the end, it will flash into one, and the light will never go out!"

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Wood was a little upset when he saw Ribery wasting this opportunity on the court, but what occupied him more was excitement. When he saw the football rolling out from under his feet, passing through the two Barcelona defenders accurately, and Ribery knew how to plug in and receive, the feeling was completely different from that of his opponent as a midfielder... ? One is destruction, the other is construction.

But one thing must be the same-whether it is destruction or construction, he is very excited after success.

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Because of Wood’s sudden energetic activity, Rijkaard discovered that although there is no Van Nistelrooy, no Eastwood, no Van der Vaart, Nottingham Forest’s offense is still powerful. He was worried that after he continued to attack like this, he would be successfully attacked by the Forest Team. Considering the results, not losing the ball is the most important thing. So he ran to the sidelines to let the team slow down a bit and take it slowly.

As soon as he closed, the Forest team also closed. Because Barcelona rarely fights back, but if someone thinks that they have no ability to fight back, they would be wrong. Dunn didn't want to "have bombarded his opponent for 89 minutes, and was defeated by the opponent's sneak attack in the 90th minute" this stupid thing happened to him.

Messi performed well in the first half and also got a shot, but although his shot crossed Van der Sar's ten fingers, he was physically blocked by the desperate Pepe on the goal line. These are Barcelona's best scoring opportunities so far in the game.

Barcelona reclaimed. The person who was really liberated was actually George Wood. He didn't need to put more energy on backcourt defense. He began to try to move his position forward, sometimes it looked more like a midfielder. , Not the midfielder.

The game gradually came to the end in the stalemate between the two sides. If no one can score and the score is still 0:0, then Barcelona and Nottingham Forest will have to use overtime to determine the team that advances to the final. Overtime is still unable to determine the winner, only the last one. Recruitment-penalty kick!

No one wants the game to really reach that point, let alone a penalty shoot-out, it's overtime, which is a great test for both sides' physical fitness.

So in the last ten minutes of the game, the two sides made another effort to start a confrontation.

Messi became active again, and George Wood also received more **** from his teammates, already feeling like a "midfield commander's tower".

After Messi broke through Sidwell, Eto'o passed straight into the penalty area and Eto'o's shot was saved by Van der Sar.

On the other side, George Wood suddenly forced a breakthrough on the wing by speed, and after attracting the attention of Abidal and Yaya Toure, he passed the football back to Beckham. Beckham made the first pass, and Bendtner pressed Barcelona's defender Marcos, headed the goal, but Valdes threw it on the crossbar.

Going to the back, George Wood found that Barcelona focused on guarding his pass, and he decisively took a long shot from a distance of 30 meters. Although he flew directly to the stands, Dunn and others saw that George Wood was really in his heart-he did not reject being an offensive player.

As the time passed, the score was still 0:0.

Rijkaard had already been standing on the sidelines to direct the game, and Dunn couldn't sit still and get up from his seat now.

He turned his head and glanced at the big screen. Time: 84 minutes and 58 seconds of the game; score: Nottingham Forest 0:0 Barcelona.

Beckham was a little tired. He decided to replace him. Lennon's impact might have a miraculous effect at the last moment...

Sidwell can also be replaced, let Van der Vaart come on, fight it at the last minute. However, in this way, George Wood will return to the position of defensive midfielder. In addition, what is the state of Van der Vaart's debut, I don’t know. After all, there are not many incidents left for them, unless they plan to play overtime. .

Forget it, George's performance has made him very satisfied. He still can't bring the team a victory, no wonder he, after all, as an organizational midfielder, he still has a long way to go.

He called Van der Vaart and Lennon back from the warm-up area, ready to tell them how to attack.

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George Wood caught a glimpse of the two teammates listening to Dunn's instructions on the sidelines, one of which was Van der Vaart, the team's original organizational core. It only took him a second to know what Tony Dunn was thinking:

He doesn't want to play overtime and wants to solve the battle in the last few minutes, and his offensive performance obviously can't satisfy him, otherwise, why would he change to Van der Vaart, is to take over his task.

What does this mean?

Explain that he did not complete the task.

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Messi faced Sidwell again, intending to attract Pepe up to help defend after the breakthrough, then pass the football behind Pepe and let Eto'o insert.

When he passed Sidwell easily and looked up to find someone, the ball at his feet was tackled by George Wood.

For nearly ninety minutes, George Wood, no matter how Messi made trouble near the penalty area of ​​the Forest team, he never controlled him once. Messi has almost forgotten this opponent he once considered the most dangerous opponent.

So he passed Sidwell, his head was full of Pepe, and he was right by his side without even noticing the danger.

George Wood watched him look up, and when he was negligent to guard his feet, he suddenly shot out from the diagonal stab and tackled Messi's ball!

Nottingham Forest did not give Barcelona time to react. Pepe, who had come up to defend Messi, happened to receive the ball from Wood. He planned to give it to others, but he soon saw that he just got up from the pass. Wood was beckoning to him, the movement was very hidden, but he saw it and motioned for him to pass the ball.

Peppa faced Messi in a posture that he wanted to take the ball and break forward. The deceived Messi's center of gravity flickered, and then he passed the football to George Wood who was running in front.

"He is the core of the organization, stop him!" Puyol yelled from the backcourt. The whole game was basically Wood organizing the offense. All fools knew the most dangerous person and the most ought to be when the Forest team counterattacked. Who is the priority to solve?

Without waiting for Yaya Toure this time, Harvey jumped on first. He intends to wait for George Wood to take the opportunity to steal the ball when he passes him, or force Wood to slow down and turn around, so that a fast attack by the Forest team will fail.

George Wood didn't mean to have Harvey, but he didn't mean to turn around. He watched Harvey but passed the football to Beckham on the right.

Then he bypassed Harvey himself and ran forward.

At the same time, Nottingham Forest began their quick counterattack. Gareth Bale and Ribery, who were replaced in the 25th minute of the second half, cut forward from the left.

Harvey turned to look at George Wood’s back, and at the same time glanced at the other Forest players running forward, and then at Beckham, who was close at hand. He finally decided to pester the ball-handling England. People, and give George Wood to his teammates.

Beckham knew what Harvey meant when he saw Harvey coming up, nothing more than two: cut him off the ball, or trap him in place, the football can't be passed.

He did not give Harvey a chance to complete the task, and immediately passed the football to the flank diagonally forward. The person who caught the ball was not someone else, it was George who passed him the ball just now!

He had moved from the center to the wing. Before Wood took a few steps after receiving the ball, Yaya Toure also jumped over. All Barcelona defensive players have the same idea: either directly steal the ball, destroy the attack, or block the attack.

George Wood did not give Toure a chance, he passed the ball directly to the foot of Ribery in the middle.

Ribery went from the left to the center because he wanted to meet Wood. Seeing him take the ball, Barcelona's defense is tense. As a European footballer, he cannot be ignored. Whether it's passing a threat or shooting himself, Ribery is a good player.

Iniesta is not good at defensive people who have to come up on the flank and prepare to outflank, and the person in front of Ribery is Argentine central defender Milito.

If Ribery wants to shoot directly, Milito will go up and block. If Ribery wants to break through, then Iniesta on the wing can make him scrupulous.

Ribery neither shot nor broke, he passed the ball.

The one who received the ball was the figure familiar to all Barcelona players-George Wood.

Just on the wing, George Wood, who moved quickly to his ribs, just received the ball, and Abidal unceremoniously posted it. Now it's basically a bit ahead of Barcelona's big penalty area. How can there be things like this and let the other party move freely?

Abidal forced him to come up. While testing Wood, he stretched out his foot to poke Wood's ball, forcing Wood to turn around.

Wood turned around as he wanted, but knocked the football behind Abidal with his heel.

"David!"

Beckham ran up with all his strength and appeared just behind Abidal, not offside! Because Gareth Bale's forward thrust suppressed Puyol's side, even though Beckham appeared behind the others, he was alone in front of Puyol.

Abidal may not pay attention to Wood's ball, but Marcos can see it clearly. Just before George Wood received the ball, Beckham ran away, and when Wood received the ball, he suddenly accelerated and rushed up.

At first, Marcos thought Beckham was about to pick up George Wood's pass back, but he soon found out that he was wrong. Because Beckham didn't go towards Wood, but walked around the two of them. At this moment, he moved forward abruptly, trying to put Beckham in an offside position. He didn't look at the situation at the far end, Puyol was still very relieved.

Puyol was obviously aware of this, and he wanted to move forward again, making an offside, but it was too late.

Just half a step away, Beckham received the ball unmarked!

Bendtner and Arshavin, who were still interfering with Marcos just now, didn't care about raising their hands and looking back at the lineman Marcos, rushing towards the goal together!

"Be careful that he passes..." Before Valdés finished his words, he saw Beckham pick up his right foot.

Abidal turned in a panic and lunged at Beckham, while George Wood stood there waiting for the show.

Marcos and Milito went back to chase Bendtner and Arshavin.

Although Valdes looked at Beckham, the corner of his eyes was indeed concerned about the positions of the two forwards of the Forest team...

Beckham made a kick, not a curved ball on the inside of the foot, but a volley on the outside of the instep!

At the same time, Valdes leaped to the outside, ready to stop the cross. Just after flying out, he saw the football flying past his other side in horror. The speed is too fast, and he hasn't even had time to turn his head to see the situation behind. But this is no longer necessary, because he heard the cheers from the audience...

"Boom! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Goal!"

Five passes ended the battle.

David Beckham pointed at George Wood with both fingers, and leaped at him with an excited smile.

George Wood's outstanding performance in the entire game, as well as the continuous pass and organization of the attack as a pass relay station in this attack, made him a key target for Barcelona's defense. Frank Ribery is well-known, he takes the ball, Barcelona dare not help. No one cared about the veteran Beckham, who was almost unable to run. At most, he made a pass. Our defense line is so well organized. He didn't have a few chances to pass in Bendtner...

As a result, Beckham came and took a shot!

"Some people say that Nottingham Forest opened a nursing home. Hierro left there were old guys like Albertini, Van Nistelrooy and Van der Sar. Albertini retired and came again David Beckham. But last year’s Who does the Champions League depend on? Albertini, the old guy! This year? Nottingham Forest fans can start looking forward to David Beckham!"

The narrator exclaimed excitedly.

He said that was equivalent to announcing in advance that Nottingham Forest had won the tickets for the Champions League final.

In fact, the game still has three minutes into stoppage time.

Dunn didn't have time to celebrate the goal with the people around him. He pulled the excited Van der Vaart and Lennon to take the time to explain the tactics-he had already explained it just now, and waited for the dead ball to change. But now the tactics must be changed.

Lagging behind Barcelona will be like a bruised beast. It may explode with amazing energy at the last minute. If it is taken lightly, it will be eaten up-Barcelona only needs one goal to tie the score, and the team going to Moscow, Russia will From Nottingham Forest to their Barcelona.

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After celebrating the victory, Dunn replaced Van der Vaart and Lennon, replacing Sidwell and Beckham, the scoring hero just now. When the veteran Beckham left the field, the fans stood up and applauded.

After embracing Beckham, Tony Dunn gave a thumbs up to George Wood on the court, confirming his contribution in this goal.

He was afraid that Wood would have ideas, because Van der Vaart did take over Wood’s offensive command and he needed to do what he did best-defense.

Messi finally faced George Wood at the end of the game, but he had been worn down by the overall defense of the Forest team in the previous game-just returning from injury, how good is his physical fitness?

Facing the physically abnormal George Wood, he was "intentional to kill thieves but unable to return to heaven."

Eto'o has no more room for a fast forward like Eto'o to play a limited role. Henry? How much threat can he have if he is blocked by the forest team and cannot enter?

Although the stoppage time in the second half was as high as five minutes, the City Stadium sounded a burst of dissatisfaction. But the Wall of Sighs in Nottingham Forest shows no sign of collapse. The physical advantage guaranteed by the rotation is fully demonstrated at this time.

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game. The entire city stadium, and even half of Nottingham, was covered by cheers.

Tony Dunn walked to the sidelines and planned to raise his arms to celebrate the victory, but he was unconsciously lifted by the players around him to the top of his head!

"Three consecutive European Champions Cup finals! Tony Dunn engraved his team's name in the history of the Champions Cup, and Real Madrid, Ajax, AC Milan, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Benfica On par, on par with the greatest coaches in history! They are the first to do this in the new century... This is crazy!"

"It's incredible! It's incredible! They really did it!"

Tony Dunn was raised above his head by the players, raising his hands to accept the cheers. Although he has not yet won the Champions League, he is now enough to accept this courtesy. Bringing a small team that has been unknown for nearly 30 years to the top is really not something ordinary people can do casually.

"I have to say... Tony Dunn is still unlovable, but his performance makes everyone jealous. Those who criticize him, why don't they want the team they support to have such a magical coach? Most of the players dug from all over the world are unheard of. And now, they have grown into the pillars of the Nottingham Forest, and small saplings have grown into towering trees!"

"Wood! Wood! Grow into a big tree! Forest! Forest! Nottingham Forest!!" Not a single Forest team fan exited from the stands of the City Stadium, and now they sang the song they wrote for George Wood.

"Yes, Frank Ribery, who played in the French lower league, became a European footballer. Pepe, who once faced the embarrassment of playing without a ball in Portugal, is now the core of the Forest team's defense. Gareth Bale, who was rejected by Southampton, is now the youngest player and goal scorer in Welsh history. Eastwood, who once had to play amateur football because of injury, almost gave up, has become a forest The main player of the team...Of course, we can’t fail to mention George Wood. Who can think of him now as a layman who has only been exposed to professional football at the age of seventeen? His performance in today’s game can completely score nine points. !"

"Why not very much?" his partner asked.

"Ah, because he is still young and has enough room for growth, his future is worth looking forward to. I don't want to give him a shocking eleven points then."

These players gathered around Tony Dunn like George Wood and celebrated the victory with him. Who cares about the mood of the Barcelona people?

Dunn didn't even have a chance to shake hands with Rijkaard, he saw Rijkaard go away alone. He knows that Rijkaard’s handsome position has been confirmed, but he did not feel the slightest sadness for Rijkaard. He just watched Rijkaard disappear from the back of the crowd and warned himself countless times in his heart. :

If I lose, he is who I am then.

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