Chapter 81 First Half (Part 1)

Don knew that George Wood was born an excellent professional player because he was able to faithfully complete the tasks given to him by his coach. As a defensive player, what more important qualities are there than this?

He asked Wood to protect Rebrov. Due to the conditions, he didn't say it clearly and in detail. The resultant boy quickly understood his thoughts and did a great job. It was so good that you could no longer ask him to do more. Yes, for Wood, you can't ask him to protect Rebrov, but also keep watching Okocha, and get the ball and pass five people in a row, then face the empty goal and pass the football to his teammates to complete an assist...

Wood's position is inseparable from Rebrov, while Gunnarson took on Wood's original task - to guard Okocha. Fortunately, Bolton's current focus is on defense, and his burden is not too heavy.

Kevin Nolan scored a goal in this game and should have been in good shape, but he met George Wood. Yes, it was very uncomfortable for the Ukrainians to be entangled by him, but he was even more uncomfortable for the entangled by Wood himself!

Not to mention that he can successfully intercept the ball every time when defending Rebrov. Even if he grabs it, he will face Wood's close-fitting press. George Wood completely treats him like Okocha, making him unable to turn around and unable to pass by. The ball under his feet will be stabbed off after moving a little slower.

This kid is too fast! Not only the running speed, but also the reaction speed, foot-out speed...all speed!

What annoyed him even more was that Wood did not receive the new instructions from the coach's seat, but increased the task himself. When Bolton took the ball and prepared to attack, as long as Nolan received the ball, he would go up and press, so that they could not effectively organize the offense.

"Kevin Nolan can't turn around! Although he is being guarded by George Wood alone, I bet he must feel that he is in front and behind!" Andy Gray commented, and he is also interested in George Wood. "Ah! Nolan returns. Bolton's offense is terminated again... What can only be done by Bolton's three defensive midfielders, George Wood, do it alone! What an amazing young man! Where did Tony Don find him?"

"It is said that Wood went to Tang En to recommend it himself. He had never been involved in football before..." Since Wood performed well in the first game, the media's attention to him has increased greatly, and his previously unknown information has gradually been dug out. "What a genius..."

Motson in the stands saw Wood performing like this, and remembered the last game he explained. This young man... He is no longer a newcomer who can't even tell the details after he played in the first game. On the sidelines, Donn would be very happy to see Wood's performance like this, and he would have a headache - how would he deal with the clubs' interest in George Wood in the next round?

You know, major clubs are paying more and more attention to defensive players, especially defensive midfielders. Look at Chelsea, claude_makelele is thirty years old and still buys him from Real Madrid. Why? It's just that there is a lack of a blocker who can intercept crazy in the midfield.

Let’s look at Real Madrid after driving away Maclale. Although Beckham joined, his performance did not improve, but he played more and more. Without Maclale running and intercepting in the midfield, Zidanes could not attack with peace of mind. Pavin and Elgra also lost the barrier in front of them. The defense line directly faced the opponent’s firepower, and it would be strange if they didn’t lose the ball! When Maclale was on the ground, he had never heard of Real Madrid’s defense not being able to defend. Since Maclale left. The argument of the real Madrid defense line was amateur level began to appear, and gradually became a consensus among everyone.

This is the importance of the Marclayle, who is not surprisingly good, inconspicuous, and works dirty and tiring on the court and gets low wages. When Real Madrid realizes that such a person is a truly indispensable part of the team, it is difficult to find a replacement... because the whole world lacks that kind of good midfielder. Gravesen, Babro Garcia was proven to be a failed introduction and cannot replace Marclayle's role in Real Madrid at all. It was not until the 2006-07 season that Capello brought three midfielders in one breath - Diarra, Emerson and Gago, who barely played the role of Marclayle, and it was not always effective. The defense still required eleven people in the team to do it, and before they only needed Marclayle one.

Motson was worried about Don Eun, but Don Eun didn't care at all. He knew that Wood would not leave Nottingham Forest at least in these three years... Because the Forests were actively looking for solutions to save his mother. Who is Wood? Don Eun knew very well. He believed that Wood also knew in his heart that he could have the success he had now because he was willing to give young players opportunities because he met Tony Don Eun.

If you change teams at a young age, there are only a handful of people who can succeed in the end. Defensive players are not like offensive players. One mistake may cost you the entire career! The forwards missed scoring opportunities and can wait for the next pass from their teammates, but what about the defensive players? There is too little room for them to make mistakes...

The first half of the game was gradually coming to an end in the stalemate between the two sides. Nottingham Forest's attack in the last ten minutes brought considerable pressure to Bolton. But they resisted and did not concede the ball. This is something that made Nottingham Forest very depressed.

Tang En is already very satisfied with this. The most important thing is that the team has restored their fighting spirit and confidence. As for equalizing the score before the end of the first half... that is an unexpected gain.

Nolan found that he had been cut off the ball several times by the silent No. 33, and he was a little confident when facing him again! Now he wanted to pass the ball out quickly when he saw Wood, and this time the same... Campo passed the ball to Nolan, and then ran forward himself, hoping to attract the forest team's defensive attention. Unexpectedly, when Nolan saw Wood pounce with murderous aura, he panicked. He passed the ball horizontally back, but Ivan Campo was no longer in that position!

Ashley Yang easily received "passed" to him by Nolan, and now he is the only one Simon Charlton who has been broken through once in front of him!

"Pass error! This is so fatal!"

Campo ran to the front and found that the ball was passed behind him. He quickly turned around and chased him, but it was too late. Ashley Yang started!

Simon Charlton came up to defend him. She hoped to use her experience to get stuck in the position, but he seemed so clumsy in front of Ashley Yang flexibly. The young Forest team No. 18 made three direction changes in a row during the run, and then shook Charlton out of sight and exposed his back to the opponent. Next, Ashley Yang naturally would not be polite. He went around from the opponent's back and then inserted into the penalty area in a direction change diagonally!

Huge cheers burst out from the stands.

Now Ashley Young can shoot or pass the ball. It all depends on his mood...

Bolton's goalkeeper, Jascolleenen's first choice was to block Ashley Young's shot, and Bolton's central defender Hunter's first choice was to block him. Ashley Young swung his right leg and shot!

Hunter rushed up and slipped the ball desperately, hoping to block the shot... But his opponent did not kick the ball out, but suddenly dunked to the middle, which not only deceived Jascolanen. He also deceived Hunter.

Hunter, who couldn't stop the car, tackled Ashley Yang!

In the penalty area!

The whistle sounded!

"Ashley Young fell to the ground! This was a penalty kick, no doubt! The first half is about to end, and the Forest team got a dramatic penalty kick!" Martin Taylor shouted loudly. The cheers of the tsunami of the city stadium stands were shaking, and even the camera camera was shaking!

Seeing this scene on the sidelines, Tang En jumped up suddenly and turned around and hugged Walker tightly.

This is really an unexpected gain!

"This is completely perfectly demonstrated by Ashley Young's personal skills! Another genius boy brought by Tony Donn from Watford! Five consecutive changes... Poor Simon Charlton. Poor Nicky Hunter, poor Bolton!"

Martin Taylor added to his partner Grey: "Pity that Watford, for £700,000, they not only lost an excellent young player, but also added strong aid to their competitors in the league."

The players from Nottingham Forest ran to the newly joined teammate, hugged him in the middle, congratulated him on, and celebrated his performance just now. He used his personal skills to bring a turning point to the team, which is the best way to integrate into the team!

The cheers gradually subsided, and Freddy Eastwood stood in front of the penalty spot with the football in his arms. He was the team's number one penalty kicker designated by Don King.

He carefully placed the football on the white dot and then stepped back.

Everyone... In the stadium stands, on the sideline coach's seat, in front of the TV outside the court, in front of the radio, were holding their breath.

Tang En stood on the sidelines, his hands clenched into fists. His knuckles turned white.

Eastwood looked up at the goal, but what came to his mind was the scene in Wilford in the morning. Tony Donn said to him: "Freddy, we will definitely win this afternoon game because this game is the starting point of the future!"

That...the future?

Are you a legendary coach, am I a legendary shooter?

sounds good!

"beep!"

"Eastwood runs up...shot! midway!"

Jaskolanin judged the wrong direction, and he rushed to the right, but Eastwood pushed the ball to the place where he was originally standing... The football flew into the goal!

“gooooooooal!!”

I was crazy again in the stands.  This time the TV camera swayed even more powerfully than before.

"yes!yes! Nottingham Forest equalized the score! Their perseverance finally received a reward! Freddy Eastwood. This is his fourth goal in three consecutive games! A terrible killer, who dares to say that he is an amateur player with a broken leg?!"

After scoring the goal, Eastwood rushed to the coaching seat. His target was Tony Donn, who was celebrating the goal with the coaching staff members!

Now I believe you, boss! We will have a future like that!

When he was three or four meters away from Tang En, he jumped up in the air and rushed towards Tang En. Tang En, who had just turned around, was caught off guard and was suppressed by Eastwood. Then more players rushed over. Tang En and the coaches behind him finally couldn't hold on anymore, and they all fell to the ground. More than a dozen people were piled together, and the scene was quite spectacular!

It is rare that players will knock down the head coach after scoring the goal, and then all the players will press on, but it happened twice in Tony Donn... Seeing this scene, Taylor and Gray thought no wonder Motson would say that this guy is interesting, it seems that he is very popular with the players.

Motson in the stands was surrounded by cheering Forest fans. He saw the "human-shaped pyramid" in front of the home team coach's seat and laughed.

Poor Tony...

At this time, the person who came out to save Tang En was the referee. The crazy Forest players finally returned to the court with his interference. When Tang En was pulled up from the ground by Walker, the suit on his body was already wrinkled, the white shirt was dirty, and one of the buttons was squeezed out, his hair was scattered, his face flushed... Uh, it seemed like he had done something bad.

Seeing him like this, Walker couldn't help laughing.

"Damn!" Tang En waved his hand, gasping, "I want to add this to the team's code: ban the celebrating by overwhelming the head coach's pyramid after scoring! My clothes!" He spread his hands and showed Walker his "tragic situation", but caused greater laughter on the coach's seat and bench.

Martin Taylor in the commentary stand also smiled and said: "I think Mr. Donne should recommend that FIFA ban players from celebrating this way after the goal, especially when the person under the bottom is the head coach..."

Gray next to him didn't bother to broadcast the game live, and lay on the table and laughed.

The Forest, who equalized the score, wanted to take advantage of the victory, but the referee saved Bolton and he blew the whistle to the end of the first half.

"1:1! Judging from the process, this first half must have been unsatisfied with both sides, but in terms of the result, it was a very fair score. Tony Donn and Sam Allardyce will definitely use these fifteen minutes of halftime break to make adjustments, so let us have a break and look forward to a more exciting showdown in the second half together!"

"See you in fifteen minutes."

Martin Taylor took off his soundproof headphones, and the noise of the city court suffocated him.

"The atmosphere of the city court..." he murmured, "...I haven't seen it for about how many years?" This question made the learned Taylor unable to remember it for a while.

"Hey, Martin! I think that guy Motson is right. Done is indeed a very interesting guy. I have been commenting on football games for so many years, and I have never seen a player collectively pressing the head coach under him after scoring a goal! Tony Done must have used some magic to be so popular with players! Just like Harry Potter!" Andy Gray, who had just taken off his headphones, was talking endlessly as if he was commenting on the game.
Chapter completed!