Chapter 53 George Wood's Final(1/2)
When Barcelona played, deafening singing rang out at Camp Nou Stadium, and when the Nottingham Forest players were introduced on the radio, the singing turned into booing. It was like this on the away game, and the players were all used to it.
When Tang En stood in front of the coach's seat, booed and scolded kept coming from the stands behind him. Chris Lack came over and wanted to hand the apple ipod in his hand to Tang En. Tang En waved his hand and refused: "No, David."
"Those curses..." Chris Lack pointed behind him and looked at the stands.
"It's nothing, I can't understand Spanish anyway. This is the benefit of learning a less foreign language..."
That's what he said, but Tang En couldn't understand the "national swearing" that is common all over the world.
But he didn't want to use his headphones to escape the away booing today, because this is not a regular league game, nor is his opponent dispensable Reading, this is the Champions League quarter-finals, and his opponent is Barcelona.
He must hear how strong Camp Nou booed with his own ears and feel the fear of his opponents.
Yes, Donne took this as Barcelona's fear.
Why are their booing and scolding so strong? Because they are hiding fear in their hearts, they are worried that if their team really loses to Nottingham Forest at home... so they can only use crazy booing and insults to interfere with the Forest's game.
Tang En shrugged, he became old-fashioned.
Chris Lack sat back. He didn't want to stand on the sidelines as a living target for Barcelona fans, and was scolded with Tang En. Tang En didn't care that it was because he had good psychological quality, but he had not yet cultivated to that level.
Just as Donn and Chris Lack were talking on the sidelines, the players on both sides had already begun to shake hands with each other.
Ronaldinho was followed closely by the camera. He is currently the well-deserved core of Barcelona and the key figure in determining the outcome of this game.
Faced with this constantly provoking opponent, the happy Brazilian also put away the smile on his face and shook hands with the other party seriously. When he walked to George Wood, he took a special look.
Compared with the Forest team that they had played against them, this Forest team has added some new faces, but he still knows most of them, except George Wood.
He just heard from the coaching staff that he was very fierce in defense and asked him to be more careful in the game. He didn't know anything else.
A young man with wheat-colored skin, slightly long black curly hair, and a bit handsome. Just looking at his appearance, he may look more like a movie actor. Instead of a defensive midfielder with a rough style.
In his impression, those players in England who play football must have a hideous face, a fleshy face, a green stubble on their chin, and a clean and neat head that highlights their personality. If you have nothing to do, you will stare at you.
The man in front of him really completely subverted his previous influence on English players...
He handed it, holding it with George Wood's hand.
This is a pair of powerful hands...
"Compared with last year's Champions League final, Barcelona has not changed much, Nottingham Forest has introduced many new players. But in this game, Donne sent almost all the old combinations from last season.
Van Nystruei and Van der Fate both sat on the bench. After joining the Forest for half a season, these two have proved their strength and occupied a solid position. In this game, Coach Done put them on the bench.
What are the considerations?”
"It's like this... I think what the media analyzed makes sense. Tang En's ravings before the game were just to divert everyone's attention.
This game will be very difficult to play away. He lets the main players sit on the bench, in fact, to protect these important players and prepare for the next round of home game back to Nottingham.
After all, this game was aroused by a series of declarations before the game. If his players were injured in the game, it would be too unpaid.
Everyone knows that the Forests' first team has the least number of 20 teams in the Premier League, and they cannot withstand the trouble of injuries."
What this special guest of La Liga commentary also makes sense. Let’s take a look at the current lineup of the Forest team. On the defense line, Ayala has already represented Valencia in the Champions League, so he is not qualified to represent Nottingham Forest in this game.
In such an important game, Don Eun can only send Pique and Kompani, a young central defender. This is also the main evidence that Barcelona media believe that Don Eun is talking big.
They didn't think that relying on these two children could defend Ronaldini, Etoo, Messi and others from taking turns to attack.
"Pique is an excellent player from Barcelona's youth training camp, and we admit his talent. But he is still a little tender when dealing with opponents like Barcelona in the Champions League.
Kompany? As a young man, he performed well in the Forest team, but he is too young and less than twenty years old! Tony Don is really no one available.
"The guest was originally specially responsible for commenting on La Liga games. Because this game was held in Barcelona, he was invited by the TV station to be a commentator. His understanding of the Forest team was a few videos of the game. It was the media reports.
If you want to really understand, he may not have known much as Tang Jing, who is standing in the press seat.
"Let's look at the stitching again. There is no experienced and experienced shooter like Van Nistruei. Another young man! Danish forward Nicklas Bentner.
He has been selected for the Danish national team... But what is the level of the Danish national team?" The irony in this sentence is obvious enough.
"Eastwood is a good striker, but after being injured, he is not in a stable state...and it's just good.
I think only Frank Ribery is a real star in this starting lineup and an excellent player who can determine the direction of the game.
Rijcard must also see that as long as you look at Ribery, the Forest's offense will not be threatening. Then facing that little kid's defense line, Barcelona fans need to consider only a few goals, not whether to score or not.
This half-baked commentator completely ignored George Wood, who was wearing the Nottingham Forest captain's armband.
Fortunately, this is an explanation and commentary for domestic Spanish audiences, otherwise the Nottingham Forest fans would have pointed at the TV and scolded the man very much.
Almost next door, the commentator and commentator from England were also worried about the formation of Tang En.
Such a lineup is almost no different from last year's final. The Forest team did not defeat Barcelona last year. Is this still the same set this year able to defeat Barcelona? The difference between them and their Spanish colleagues is.
They didn't ignore George Wood: "Of course, we have George Wood in this game.
But what? Wood is a defensive midfielder, and his mission is definitely to assist in defense - after all, the two central defenders of the Forests are too young - Wood is also young enough, but his stable performance on the court always makes us ignore that he is only twenty-one years old.
Wood's task is defense, so what should we do on the offense? Neither the core Van der Fate nor the main center Van Nystruey made the starter... This is really a puzzling arrangement.
Relying on Ribery alone? Ribery's performance this season has slightly declined from the previous two seasons... In short, it makes people very worried about this game.
Of course we don't want to see England's representative Nottingham Forest lose away, no one likes to lose - although in the domestic league. This team is very annoying..."
While everyone was puzzled by the arrangement, Tang En stood on the sidelines and received the booing of the hostile fans.
Only he and the coaching staff of the Forest team know why he had to make such arrangements.
Why not have to join the team last summer? It is not about preserving strength for the second round of the game, nor is it about worrying about the injury of those players. Tang En has other considerations.
He spent so much time before the game to arouse hatred of the players towards Barcelona, allowing them to understand how great a shame it was to lose to the team last year.
But these only work for old players. For new players who have not experienced the shameful failure of last season, such incitement has somewhat strange taste in their eyes and is not effective.
Away game. Momentum is the most important. Tang Eng made the starter of the game after experiencing failure in order not to waste the momentum he incited.
So Van Nystruey and Van der Fate were not injured or sick, and their condition did not decline, so they still had to sit on the bench.
Only those who have experienced that unforgettable failure will desperately try to win the game in this game. Prove themselves again.
The commentator was chattering there and analyzing that when the Forest team lost, the game had already begun. Because Nottingham Forest had kicked off first, the referee's whistle just sounded. He was drowned in the huge booing of Camp Nou.
Eastwood passed the ball that Bentner kicked back to Mikel Arteta and ran forward.
Camp Nou can accommodate nearly one hundred thousand people, and these booing sounds are overwhelming at Nottingham Forest players, but no one will lose their legs in this situation.
Now this Forest team has Don't have a unique "stubbornness", which is a bit like a spring. The more fierce the opponent presses, the more powerful the rebound will be.
It may be fine if Barcelona fans don’t boo, the stronger they boo. The stronger the Forest team’s belief in revenge is.
After Arteta stopped the football, he did not rush to pass the front. He was eager to take revenge but eager to take revenge. As a midfielder commander on the court, the necessary calmness must be maintained.
He transferred the football horizontally to captain George Wood.
The information Barcelona learned is that George Wood is an excellent defensive midfielder who forms a solid barrier in front of the centre-back, and his technical features are: fierce shovels, excellent headers, and amazing speed and explosiveness.
There is also the physical ability to run to death.
All the information is summarized. As for his offensive ability, Rijkald's information in his hands did not mention a single word.
Football rarely stays at Wood's feet for more than half a minute. He always passes the ball quickly and rarely dribbles, whether horizontally or vertically...
The Barcelona coaching staff believe that this person will only cause some trouble for their offense, and they don’t have to care about him in defense at all. So they focus their defensive work on dealing with Ribery.
After Arteta passed the ball, he ran forward, which attracted the attention of Barcelona midfielder. Judging from his experience in the Champions League final last year, at this time, Wood, as a defensive midfielder, should pass the ball to Arteta who was in front and handed over to Espanyol to organize the attack.
What about Wood? He stayed in the backcourt after passing the ball to prevent his opponent from intercepting the ball and counterattacking.
Forest midfielders have almost always had this routine for more than two seasons. The only difference is that George Wood's partner may change. Albertini first came to Arteta, and then to Van der Fate this season.
If Wood is suspended due to a red card, his job will be left to Albertini or the Chinese player Sun Jihai, and the tasks that Don En gave them are mainly defense--this person is a conservative coach at heart, if he coaches in Barcelona.
In less than a month, they will be knocked off the stage by picky fans.
So after understanding the common routines of the Forest's midfield, as long as George Wood is cut off from contact with other midfielders, the Forest's offense will be paralyzed. It doesn't matter who Wood wants to pass it to, and what matters is who receives the ball.
In this game, because it was a home game, Rijkaard arranged his favorite 433 attack formation. None of the three midfielders are dedicated to defense, and they are all offensive players.
This lineup mainly relies on powerful attacks to suppress the opponent's midfield. So when Arteta stepped forward, the three Barcelona midfielders just let him go and left him to the defenders behind to deal with it.
They believe that as long as the ball returns to their feet, they can keep the rhythm of the game firmly in their hands.
Ronaldini ran towards him, and it seemed that he wanted to intercept the ball. Wood looked at his opponent in this game and passed the ball out with his legs.
Rijkald saw this scene off the court and leaned forward back on the back of the chair. It was exactly the same as what the intelligence said, George Wood would not have anything but defense.
Now the matter is simple, and it becomes how Barcelona breaks the Forest's goal as soon as possible in the "half-court offense and defense". Let them have a chain collapse.
Ronaldinho saw the football being passed out and did not turn around to chase him. Defense is not his job. You can't expect artists to do mason work, right?
But just as he was about to pass by Wood, he saw Wood running straight forward!
What's going on?
After receiving the football, Arteta didn't take a single step, kicked the football back and landed at the feet of George Wood who was running forward!
"Barcelona wants to defeat Nottingham Forest with offense at home, and Don't want to defend away! George Wood dribbles the ball and fucks!"
Arteta suddenly passed the football back to George Wood. It was indeed beyond Barcelona's expectations.
But if they were deceived so easily, Barcelona would not be Barcelona. They quickly adjusted their defensive goals, and this time they directly targeted George Wood, who was "not good at dribbling the ball".
To be continued...