Chapter 82: The first to win

Mourinho's analysis was very correct. Although Forest defeated Chelsea 2-1 in the first leg and scored two away goals, Don En, who returned to the city stadium, did not say that he would use offense to suppress Chelsea at his home court, but instead adopted the defensive counterattack tactics that Forest was best at.

It is reasonable for Tang En to do this. He doesn't need to push out and attack the enemy wildly, as it will cause empty defense and give the opponent a chance to score goals. Defensive counterattack is the best way to swap yourself and the opponent's role, seize the mentality of the backward side hoping to score as soon as possible, and deal with them patiently, and then seize the opportunity to make a fatal counterattack, further expanding the score gap and completely destroying the opponent's confidence and fighting spirit.

If you want to win, this is the safest way.

At the beginning of the game, Nottingham Forest, who played at home, took the defensive counterattack. They kicked off, but there were only three people who made the first attack. In the end, Van Nistrouy rushed to shoot outside the penalty area under Terry's close press. The threat of the king of the small penalty area leaving the penalty area was greatly reduced, and the ball also shot into an anti-aircraft gun.

After the attack was rushed, the Forest's offensive quickly retreated as if the tide had surged to the ashore.

They set up a tight defensive formation in the second half of their game, waiting for Chelsea to attack.

Tang En sat on the coaching seat and crossed his legs. Chelsea would definitely press up very eagerly. He just needed to wait for them to hand over the ball possession, and then take the opportunity to launch a counterattack and it would be OK.

Chelsea also seems to be playing the game exactly as he imagined.

More than half of the Blues rushed up to participate in the attack, but so many people had no choice but to face the "Iron Barrel Formation" of Nottingham Forest. After three passes and two falls, the ball was lost.

Zimbonda intercepted Robben's ball and passed it to Van der Fate.

This is a great opportunity for the Forest team to launch a counterattack!

The forest suddenly shouted excitedly to the fans in the stands.

They have seen such a scene countless times, and few teams can resist the forest team's rapid counterattack!

Football is still in the second half, and Van der Fate is not in a hurry to pass it out immediately. He decided to observe the situation first...

Just as he looked up to confirm his teammate's position, a sudden pressure came towards him. He intuition told him that this was Chelsea's counter-attack. In a hurry, he wanted to pass the football but kicked it out!

"Marklele cut off the ball! Van der Fate was too careless. Did he think it was his half-time safe?"

Van der Fate suddenly lost the ball, which immediately put the Forest in an extremely passive situation, because Ribery, Lennon, Eastwood and Van Nystruei all completed the action of defensively turning to offense in an instant, and at this moment they were sprinting towards the opponent's goal...

The Forest Team has insufficient defense!

Makrelai made the ball off without letting the football stay under his feet for an extra second, and then passed the football to Robben who had already been inserted.

Facing Zimbonda, who was rushing to fight, Robben took the lead with speed. He overtook the outside and passed the French.

The good situation of Forests was preparing to counterattack just now, but in a few seconds it turned into Chelsea's on-site counterattack. The Forests didn't expect this, and the defense was too hasty and too loose.

"Go and make up for the seat!" Pique shouted loudly to Kompany. The closest one to Robben is the Belgian boy.

Kompany ran to make up for defense, and Robben was about to enter the penalty area at this time. He decided to take a risk of tackle, and even if he was fouled, he could not enter the penalty area. Once he entered, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Kompany, who was running at high speed, flew towards Robben.

Seeing this scene off the court, Tang En hugged his head. This was the most reckless choice...

There is no doubt that Robben easily dunked Kompany, who had the shoveled, and then broke into the penalty area.

Chelsea fans' cheers overwhelmed Nottingham Forest fans at this moment, and they saw hope of scoring.

Robben raised his foot and made a cross. The football was blocked by one leg when it was blocked from the bottom line.

"George Wood!" Wood, who rushed back, blocked Robben's cross and resolved a crisis. He ran from the midfield to the penalty area, and he temporarily played a guest appearance as a central defender.

Mourinho had already stood up from his seat, and he wanted to celebrate the goal. In the end, he only saw a failed attack. He waved his hand in annoyance and sat back.

Robben held his head with his hands. He had seen it clearly before breaking through Kompany. At that time, there were not many defensive players in front of the Forest team. As long as the ball was passed to the goal, Drogba could hit the ball. Unexpectedly, in just a blink of an eye, the ubiquitous Wood appeared on the passing route.

This person is not much slower than himself...

"Chelsea won a corner kick in the first two minutes. They seem to want to take the lead here? If that's the case. Some of them will be watched."

Van der Fate apologized for his easy loss of the ball, but no one complained about him. Who would have thought that Marclayle could actually rush to the 30-meter area to grab the ball? Everyone completely ignored this little black man.

Chelsea's corner kick was taken, and Kompany, who was easily passed by Robben just now, planned to make up for the result. He jumped up in the crowded penalty area and pushed the ball high.

The Nottingham Forest player did not receive the ball. Instead, Essin, who was ambushing outside the penalty area, directly shot in the air in the face of the incoming ball, trying to score the ball in the chaos.

The football hit Pique and was popped up again. This time Wood received the ball. He planned to turn around and pass it to Ribery on the wing. He just turned around and was pushed down from behind.

"This time it was Marklele's foul. He stopped a quick counterattack from the Forest!"

The referee's whistle sounded, it was a foul by Chelsea. But as the commentator said, they used a trivial foul to prevent the Forest from counterattacking quickly. Who suffered a greater loss? It goes without saying.

Wood, who was knocked to the ground, slapped the ground with some anger. He was not prepared for this collision. More importantly, he was actually knocked out of the center and fell to the ground. A fast attack from the team was forced to end with him.

At this time, a black hand appeared in front of him.

He looked up and found that it was Marklele, the perpetrator.

Marklele smiled and stretched out his hand to him. This smile made people unable to get angry no matter what. Wood did not get angry about Marklele's foul, but he did not accept the opponent's kindness. He ignored the hand that reached in front of him and got up from the ground.

This attitude towards Wood. Marklele was not annoyed, he just smiled and ran away.

Forests won a free kick in the backcourt, and Wood was about to come. He stood in front of the ball and looked up at the situation in front of him - except for the forward, the Chelsea players have all returned to defense. Faced with such a situation, if you want to play a quick attack, it will definitely not work.

Wood had to kick the ball to Zimbonda on the wing. The Forest team turned their backs in the backcourt, looking for a path forward. Unfortunately, the opponent had already set up the defensive formation, and it would be difficult to find it again.

Van der Fate was waiting for the ball to come in front, but found that the football had not come for a long time. He had to run back to pick him up.

The Forests' offense was then found a suitable candidate. Wood passed the football to Van der Fate and stayed behind to stabilize the defense.

After receiving the ball, Van der Fate organized an attack, but because the two sides needed to take into account the space behind him. The pressure on the ground was not thorough enough, the attack died.

As the game went on, Don Eun, who was sitting in the coach's seat, discovered something - it became very difficult for his team to advance quickly when he turned from defense to offense.

The reason is that Chelsea pressed and fouled wildly in the frontcourt without considering their physical strength.

The forest team, who was not mentally prepared, was very uncomfortable with the mad dog-like pressing of Chelsea, and made frequent mistakes, let alone organize a quick counterattack.

This is completely different from Chelsea's performance in the first leg. Done didn't expect Mourinho to play this trick before the game. He turned his head and looked at the coach seat of the visiting team next door.

Mourinho sat in the coach's seat and crossed his legs.

Tang En did not get up immediately and walked to the sidelines to yell. He didn't know what kind of adjustments to make. He just stared at the court and thought about countermeasures.

Chris Lack was very anxious about this situation in front of him. He stood up from his seat, walked out for two steps and sat back. He used his practical actions to interpret what "fifty" means.

Tang En waved his hand: "David, can you sit down? I'm so confused about my eyes."

"Uh, sorry..." Chris Lack made it back, "Tony, we're not in a good situation now."

"Of course I know."

"I think the adjustment should be made as soon as possible."

"Of course I know this too."

"and you……"

"The problem is that I don't know what adjustments to make yet..." Tang En murmured as he looked at the field.

When Chris Lack heard him say this, he stopped talking. He focused on watching the game.

Mourinho's tactics are indeed very effective. Through the crazy pressing in the frontcourt, not only did the Forest team's counterattack not be hit. He also gave himself some opportunities to launch a counterattack on the spot, threatening the goal guarded by Van der Sar several times.

With a little more effort, you will surely be able to open the Nottingham Forest Gate!

Mourinho thought so and turned his head to look for Don En. He found that Don En did not stand up and go to the sidelines to command the game because of this unfavorable situation. He was still sitting on the chair. The only change was to put down his legs.

He didn't believe that Tang En didn't see such an obvious tactic. Now it depends on how the other party takes action.

"a, I spend time with Chelsea, I defended hard and ensured that I would not lose the ball. This kind of full-game pressing is very physically exhausting. When they are exhausted, we will naturally be the winner. b, change our offensive tactics, regain the midfield, and use our offense to suppress them." On the coach's seat, Tang En raised two fingers to the two assistant coaches. "Which one do you choose?"

Chris Lack thought about it before saying: "It sounds... I think A is more confident. Chelsea players will definitely enter a physical vacuum period in the second half of the second half. At that time, they will be in a mess whether they are offense or defense. Then we will press on to attack. Just one goal will kill them!"

After listening to his words, Tang En turned his head and asked Tang: "Which one do you choose?"

"b.  " Tang's answer was concise.

"reason?"

"We cannot guarantee that we can play like a. You will be able to defend it. Especially in this situation... Chelsea seems to score goals at any time. Although the result of b is unclear, it can effectively reduce the pressure on defensively." Tang analyzed.

Tang En nodded while listening, and he also prefers to choose b.

"It must be adjusted, but it takes some time to think carefully about how to do it..."

"What we lack the most now is time, and Chelsea may score goals at any time." Tang reminded with a expressionless face.

While speaking, Chelsea finally scored a goal. They worked tirelessly to open the Forest team's defense of "indestructible reinforced concrete".

It was a typical frontcourt press. When Lennon got the ball, he was still looking around. I hope someone could come up to pick him up. Unexpectedly, Chelsea rushed to two players in one breath, grabbed the ball in chaotic snatched the ball and launched a counterattack immediately.

Before this, Chelsea had several such opportunities, but unfortunately the last pass or last shot was always a little bit short.

This time, Drogba did not disappoint Mourinho and all teammates, as well as all Chelsea fans' expectations. He decisively kicked the ball after receiving the ball. The football flew into the goal from Van der Sar's armpit.

The city stadium only cheered from Chelsea fans in a very short time, and these people saw the dawn of advancing to the finals!

"1:0! Chelsea scored the first goal away game, and Drogba tied the total score of both sides to 2:2! But that's not enough! If Mourinho wants to go to Athens, he will have to let the team score another goal and not let Nottingham Forest score a goal!"

Looking at the Chelsea player celebrating crazy on the court. Don Eun was not too angry, but just gave Tang a blank look: "Crow's mouth."

Then he got up from the coach's seat, walked to the sidelines, and shouted loudly at the names of several people as the opponent celebrated the goal: "Wood! Van der Fate! Come here!"

The two players heard the head coach's shouting. They came from the distance.

"Let's change the strategy." Don En pulled the two of them to his side and instructed. "Chelsea did not want us to pass the midfield quickly to hit them behind us, so we won't pass the midfield quickly. The midfield is the key in this game, so I'll grab it back." He clenched his fists.
To be continued...