Chapter 169: Unwilling to give up (Part 2)

He was the first to go to the locker room, George Wood had already taken a shower, changed his clothes, sat inside, looking up at the TV broadcast.

Hearing someone coming in, Wood glanced at him and found that it was Don Eun. He did not take his eyes back, but continued to look at the head coach.

"If you were there, it wouldn't be this score." Tang En shrugged. "But I'm not blaming you. I think your choice was understandable in that situation at that time. It's just that I hope you can be smarter next time, George. You can wait until the 89th minute before shoveling the bastard down for me."

Wood was stunned for a moment, then nodded. "I'm sorry, boss..." He finally bowed his head to Tang En to apologize.

Don Eun grinned, walked in and patted Wood on the shoulder: "Okay, don't think about this. No one will blame you, I won't, neither will they." He pointed to the door, the noise outside was getting louder and louder, getting closer and closer, and the players were coming back.

He knew why Wood did this, so he said he understood Wood and did not blame him. For those who are not good at expressing their deep feelings to others, they can only choose the method they think is the most direct, although this may be stupid in the eyes of outsiders.

The person who walked into the locker room first was Ribery. He was not surprised to see Wood and Done standing together, but gave Wood a thumbs up and shouted: "Beautiful job, George!"

His voice attracted the attention of later generations, and other teammates returned to the locker room one after another, expressing the same opinions as Ribery.

"That's right! I've been fucking disliked that bastard!" Leiden Barnes even swears.

As Don En said, no one complained about Wood's foul as a momentary impulse, personal heroism that disregarded the interests of the team. No one felt that it was Wood's responsibility to now turn from two goals to one goal. Everyone praised Wood's actions to vent their anger.

Eastwood is very popular in the team. Although everyone has speculated before that if Wood really has any irreconcilable conflicts with Eastwood, after seeing his performance today, it is really hard for people to believe those "rumors".

Albertini and assistant coach David Chris Lack were the last time they entered the locker room. He looked at the situation in the locker room, then turned around and asked Donn: "Boss, how is Freddy?"

This question made everyone silent. They are still impressed by the scene of Eastwood being sent directly to the hospital by an ambulance. As professional players, they are familiar with the feeling of injury and know that this is definitely not a minor injury or illness.

Tang En shook his head: "I don't know, there is no news from the hospital yet. Okay, our goal now is to play the game in front of us." He clapped his hands and signaled everyone to turn their attention back. "The opponent took advantage of our chaotic opportunity to recover a goal, and we can't give them such an opportunity in the second half. We should be the main defense in the second half, defending the opponent's offense first, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack..."

The intermission was quick, and the fifteen minutes might be very long for those viewers who were bored in front of the TV and watched the advertisements waiting for the second half. But for Tony Donn, who made temporary adjustments in the locker room, he would be less than giving him another fifteen minutes.

Eastwood left the court with injury and George Wood was sent off.                                                                                                                        �

I can't continue to let Nani go, but who will let her go? This really becomes a problem.

Gunnarson could not keep up with Nani's pace at all, and Albertini was even more unable to move in the middle. If Wood was there, he could be allowed to guard against this active young man. It's not possible now...

In the end, Tang En decided not to use man-to-man defense. Instead, he defended the area. Wherever Nani went, he focused on the defense, mainly to prevent his breakthroughs.

After the second half began, such an area defense caused some trouble for Nani. He always had to face two defensive players. Although the Forest team was one less than Sporting Lisbon, the whole team returned to their own half-court defense, and it was not difficult to achieve a local numerical advantage.

Nani soon found it difficult for him to seek breakthroughs on the wing.

Donn changed the Forest's midfield position. He had a triangle position before, two defensive midfielders and one attacking midfielder. After conceding the ball, he found that such a combination was too bad to defend. Putting a position in the attacking midfielder also wasted human resources that were already nervous. So in the second half, he simply retreated Ribery to the right.

Three midfielders are standing in parallel, Ribery to the left, Gunnarson to the right, and Albertini in the middle. In this way, the problem of too weak defense forces in the middle is solved, and the left and right can also take into account the left and right sides. Nani will face the clamping of two Forest players (one fullback and one full-time forward).

Looking at Nani's exhausted scene, Tang En on the sidelines breathed a little relieved. Although the opponent scored a away goal, it was better than losing the game.

Nani's appearance was something he had never expected at all. Is this kid a secret weapon of Sporting Lisbon?

Just when Don En breathed a sigh of relief, the Forest team conceded the ball again...

Because the Forests focused most of their defensive energy on Nani, they ignored others.

This time, the man who seized the opportunity was another midfielder of Sporting Lisbon.

When Nani involved the Forest's attention, he used a simple two-pass and one-on-one cooperation with Sapinto in the midfield to dribble into his range, and then he shot with a powerful long shot!

All Van der Sar could do when he made a save was just a stroke of the ball, which could not completely change the flight trajectory, and the football came into the net!

Seeing the football flew into the goal, the Forest team's goal was stunned for a moment, as if they thought they had read it wrong - in fact, the football did not enter the goal, but crossed the crossbar and hit the upper end net...

But the facts are cruel, and the referee's whistle and gesture clearly show that this is an effective goal!

Under this silence, the cheers from the stands where the visiting team fans were located were particularly harsh.

Tang En, who was sitting off the court, did not jump out of his seat for the loss of the ball, was furious. He just waved his hand upwards and punched the coach's awning.

It's so bad that it can't be worse!

Chris Lack held his head with his hands, and the two goals were tied 2:2! He was unwilling to give up, no one would give up!
Chapter completed!