Chapter 34 Good luck

During the intermission, whether in the locker room, in the stadium stand, outside the beer stall, in the bar, or in the taxi... everyone was discussing George Wood's equalizer goal with great enthusiasm.

Even the most loyal Forest fans could not believe that their captain, who never shot, could score such a light goal - if he had made a powerful volley, it might not have been so shocked.

Done stood at the door of the locker room and did not interfere with the players discussing Wood's goal. He was so happy to see everyone like this. Because he was also excited about the goal.

George Wood sat in the middle like a prisoner, surrounded by people in three layers inside and three layers outside. Ribery, who loves to be funny, also used a water bottle as a microphone to imitate the reporter's thoughts of Wood's goal. Everyone was so funny that they were happy. Although the score was still tied 1:1, no one seemed to think that this game would lose.

After everyone was almost upset, they returned to their positions and waited for Donne to arrange the second half tactics.

Tang En didn't talk nonsense to them, and he didn't have much time, so he started talking directly.

While everyone was making a fuss just now, he had already drawn the formation of both sides of the game on the tactical board.

Now he pointed to the tactical board to analyze it.

"Our goal conceded in the first half mainly because after two full-backs assisted, the two back midfielders needed to assist in the sidelines, so they gave up the middle.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

In Manchester City's locker room, although George Wood's goal was really unexpected and the lead turned into a draw, his teammates still congratulated Bentner for scoring a goal.

But Bentner himself was unhappy. He didn't even snatch George Wood's ball away. He still had one goal short of the two goals he had agreed to. What are you going to congratulate...

He was depressed and sat on the stool, listening absent-mindedly as Mark Hughes set the second half tactics.

Hughes' tactics are no different from the first half. He either feinted the side and actually attacked the middle or feinted the middle or actually attacked the side. He repeatedly emphasized one word - patience.

"We need to be patient enough, because the home game is Nottingham Forest. I don't believe Tony. Donne hopes that the game will end in a draw. As time goes by, they will definitely push out the attack. That's our chance. Before, you just need to be patient and wait for them to make mistakes. Take a step back...even a draw is not an unacceptable result..."

Bentner frowned. The head coach felt that the draw was acceptable, but he absolutely could not accept it. He only completed one goal for two goals, and had already made a boast about Haikou before the game, and was hyped by the media. If only one goal was scored in the end, those people didn't know how to laugh at him. What's more, Tony Don't accept the draw, would I accept it?

Bentner spent fifteen minutes of the intermission with his worries.

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester City took a steady defense and hoped that Nottingham Forest would attack. If the Forests did not attack, their offense would be without any obstacles.

Nottingham Forest indeed launched a massive attack as they wished.

Mark Hughes saw the Forest full-back joining the offense. Unfortunately, he was not happy for long because he discovered that Don had made very careful arrangements and arrangements for how to defend.

In the first half, Nottingham Forest full-back assists were on both sides, and they looked huge. They were layered and threatening. But since there were large spaces of space on both sides to be used, both back midfielders needed to defend one side. The middle lane was empty.

In the second half, Done changed, and the full-backs were still actively assisting. But two full-backs were not allowed to go up at the same time. When Bale went up to assist, Rafinia must drag in the back so that Thiago defended in the middle, while George Wood went to make up for Bale's position after he went up. Rafinia stepped forward to assist, Bale withdrew, Wood defended in the middle, and Thiago took the temporary guest appearance as a full-back.

No matter which side you go up, there will be no shortage of people on the back line. There are no obvious loopholes.

After understanding, Hughes cursed Tang En in his heart and was full of defense, defense...

But what can he do?

This move has indeed blocked all Manchester City's offensive routes. It is almost impossible to hit the back and score a goal quickly. Manchester City now has two choices. One is to defend until the end of the game and prevent Forest from scoring the goal. The two sides shake hands and make peace with each other 1:1. The other is to go out and fight head-on with the Forest, and slowly find opportunities by relying on positional battles.

Mark Hughes tends to be the former, he is afraid that the Forest team will find a gap...

But Bentner obviously doesn't think so on the court.

Bentner wanted to score a goal, but he kept raising his hands in the frontcourt to signal his teammates to pass the ball.

But most of the time, he is like an isolated island in the vast ocean, with no teammates supporting him around. Nottingham Forest's offensive is fierce. Manchester City players have to retreat to defense. When Bentner stayed on the court or was he off at halftime, Hughes specifically asked him to do this - Hughes originally wanted to play the Forest's counterattack.

Bentner is a center. He needs strong support from the midfield, otherwise his role will be limited. And once he retreats to the midfield and is too far away from the goal, he can basically only pass the ball.

Donn took Bentner for four seasons, how could he not be familiar with Bentner's technical characteristics and playing style? He suppressed Manchester City with offense, which was equivalent to cutting off all contact between Bentner and the team. Either Bentner continued to raise his hand in front and wait for the ball, or he ran back to catch the ball by himself, and then planned to attack. No matter which method, he was pitiful to the Forest goal.

Don Eun sat in the coaching seat and saw Bentner running around the frontcourt in isolation, but he couldn't get the ball. He raised his legs again.

After scoring the goal, George Wood did not take the full advantage of his attack because of a beautiful goal. He was still faithfully performing the new task that Don En gave him during the break - defense.

Bentner finally received the ball, but was cut by Wood. He immediately fell to the ground in pain when he saw the ball lost. He wanted to give Wood another yellow card.

The booing sounded again on the scene, and everyone was disdainful of his behavior.

When Wood saw him performing on the ground, he ignored it and dribbled the ball and launched a counterattack. According to the unknown rules of football games, if a player falls to the ground due to injury, everyone should take the initiative to kick the ball out of bounds and let the player receive treatment.

But Wood had no intention of doing this at all. Not only did he pass Ellano, who was raising his hand to signal Wood to kick the ball out of bounds, he also rushed over Ireland's swing too hard.

Then Ireland was furious and let Wood overturn from behind. The referee's whistle finally rang out in the deafening boo. He gave Ireland a yellow card. The players from both sides rushed together quickly and were about to hit a fight. The referee and several calm players tried hard to push both sides away to prevent them from getting entangled.

The culprit of all this, Ben Turner, after seeing Wood pass by Ireland, got up from the ground in disappointment. How could he look a little injured?

A conflict was finally not caused by the efforts of both sides. But when Bentner got the ball, his voice became louder...

Tang En shrugged at the person next to him on the court: "I committed my own sin."

"The performance in the second half is not as good as the first half." Chris Lack also saw some clues.

"If he focused on the game itself, instead of the boredom-filled revenge. He might really be able to score two goals..."

Tang En shook his head and spread his hands, "But now, I'm not afraid of you."

"What does that mean?" The British man, Chris Lack, couldn't understand Tang En's last Chinese sentence.

"That means 'there is nothing to be afraid of'." Tang translated for him.

There is nothing to say about the next game. Manchester City has no way to attack and can only shrink its defense. Bentner also had to return to the second half of the defense under Hughes' roar. Amid the huge voices of the forest against the fans.

In the 70th minute, Donn replaced Van Nistruy with a 2-meter-02-meter-long Nistruy, and replaced Lennon with Beckham. Then he began the high-altitude bombing tactic.

Beckham complemented Rafinia on the right and cooperated very well. The two of them took turns to pass Jikic, using his height and strong body to create chaos in front of the goal.

If you can score goals, you can score. If you can't score, you can also create opportunities for your teammates.

For a moment, air defense alarms in front of Manchester City's ground gate frequently sounded, Dunn and others were in a hurry, and Joe Hart's heart was already in his throat.

Finally, in the 82nd minute, this heart fell...

"Nicla Zykic-!! Beautiful header bombing! A heavy bomber! He left Manchester City defenders helpless!"

Zykic ran to Beckham who passed the ball with his arms open, and the two hugged each other to celebrate his first Premier League goal.

Tang En also clenched his fists excitedly and waved it.    The goal of Rikic was what he wanted to see the most!

Bentner left. We have a stronger Earth-Air Dominant!

On that day, Kic jumped high in the crowd and spread her arms, a huge shadow projected on Joe Hart. He seemed to see a B52 bomber. Dunn hugged Jikic almost with both hands below, but still did not stop him from running and running. The ball arrived, and the football entered the net.

See? This is the dominance in the penalty area!

"Two meters and two meters tall... is so scary..." Gray sighed. Even if Jikic doesn't jump, she will give people a sense of dizziness in front of Manchester City's goal. Dunn, who is 1.88 meters tall and Korluka, who is 1.93 meters tall, is like a child in front of Jikic.

The most important thing is that the two-meter-02-meter-bounce jump is not weak. Just let him jump up with all his strength. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "outstanding the crowd".

"It's not unreasonable that Tang En especially favors such tall and strong centers. Sometimes they do work..."

Later, Van der Fate took advantage of Manchester City's heavy pressure to equalize the score during injury time. He initiated a counterattack, and finally completed it himself, scoring a goal that completely collapsed Manchester City.

The game ended with Nottingham Forest's 3-1 home victory. Bentner played the whole game, but he did not fulfill his promise to score at least two goals. At the end of the game, when Forest fans were happy about the team's victory, they did not forget to laugh at the "rebel" who had his head down and could not see his face.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Bentner, who had been running on the court for ninety minutes, stood there like a doll that had been finished with the clockwork. He could not accept such an ending for a while.

At this time, Van Nestroy came over, he took off his jersey and handed it to Bentner.

Bentner stared blankly at his former competitor.

"Actually, you don't need to do this..." Van Nistruy smiled. "I'm often injured now and my physical strength is not good."

Bentner lowered his head and took off his jersey. The two shook hands when they exchanged jerseys.

"Good luck, Nicky."

Van Nystruey turned and left in Bentner's No. 9 jersey and joined the team celebrating the victory.

Bentner looked at the "ex-teammates" wearing red Forest jerseys and thanked the fans together, and an indescribable feeling surged in his heart.

Don En rushed into the crowd, hugging George Wood who scored the first goal with his left hand and holding Jikic who scored the second goal with his right hand. Because the two people's heights were inconsistent, his movements were a bit funny, but this did not affect the smile on his face.

——Do you like victory? Do you like championships? Come to Nottingham Forest!

——Then you can use your own set to win the championship!

I chose my path, and even if this path looks full of thorns now, I have to go on. Regret is useless, so I won’t regret it.

Bentner put the jersey given by Van Nistroy on his body, lowered his head and walked off the court slowly. This was the last time he appeared in front of everyone wearing a red Nottingham Forest jersey.

In the post-match interview, Donn was asked what he thought of Bentner. He declined to comment on Bentner's performance in this game, just simply said: "I personally wish him good luck." Then he changed his subject, "I would rather talk to you about my two goals players in this game. George Wood scored a great goal, and Zickic also played the best twenty minutes after he came to the Forest team. I believe both of them have a very bright future."

The reporters were a little unwilling to accept that Tang En refused to answer Bentner’s question. Only Pierce Bruce fully understood Tang En’s thoughts - the past has passed, what is the point of talking about the past? No matter how outstanding the person who left him cannot bring Tang En even a victory or a championship trophy. So focusing on the present is the right way. Compared to those who have left him for one reason or another, paying attention to and cherishing the people around him is what he should and is most willing to do now.

Don also praised his team's performance today on stage, and did not make any comments on his opponents, whether it was Mark Hughes, Manchester City, or Bentner.
Chapter completed!