Chapter 124: Quick Counterattack

At the beginning of the second half, Nottingham Forest indeed shrank its defense. Inter Milan used their kick-off advantage to launch a fierce offensive against the Forest's hinterland.

Ibrahimovic shot from the penalty area and bounced out on the goal frame, which scared all members of the Forest team in a cold sweat.

There was a chaotic situation in front of the goal, and Rossi fell to the ground in chaos, and the football was obtained by goalkeeper Akinfeyev. Inter Milan's players immediately raised their hands to signal the foul of Nottingham Forest players, which should be a penalty kick. Nottingham Forest players also raised their hands to express their innocence.

The referee made his own judgment and he hooked his hand to signal Rossi to get up.

The Meacha Stadium heard a deafening booing because of his gesture.

Inter Milan players did not protest because it was indeed not a foul... They did so before just hoped to take advantage of the chaos to give the referee some wrong information, put pressure on him, and make him make a penalty in favor of his side. Unexpectedly, the referee was very clear. Since this is the case, there is no need to continue to entangle.

After five or six minutes of chaos at the beginning, the situation returned to balance.

Inter Milan is the main attacker, but they dare not invest all their troops, so they cannot put the greatest pressure on the forest team's defense line. Nottingham Forest can naturally defend it.

Nottingham Forest shrinks its defense and is not very enthusiastic about offense, giving Inter Milan a chance to attack.

One side has to attack, the other side has to defend. So the game returns to balance.

Quaresma is more active than in the first half. During the half-time break, he saw expectations from Mourinho's words. This is an opportunity and must be seized. He has one and a half left in his contract with Inter Milan. If he can't show any convincing performance, then leaving Meacha will only be the inevitable result.

He frequently raised his hand to ask for the ball on the court.

Montolivo passed the ball to him, and Leiden Barnes immediately leaned on it. Quaresma was not afraid of being one-on-one with people. Even one-on-two - behind Barnes was George Wood, the miraculous midfielder who was blown by them.

He plans to get rid of Barnes first, and then face Wood, one-on-one challenge him. He uses the actions of playing with this hot midfielder in today's world football to prove that he has the ability to stay in Meacha.

Unfortunately, Quaresma did not see the final boss George Wood this time, and he hit a wall at Barnes. He wanted to break through too much and forced himself to a dead end. Not only did he delay the fighter plane, he could not bring the football out, but he was finally stabbed by Barnes.

Anyway, Quaresma used his superb skills to win an out-of-bounds ball for Inter Milan...

For a while, Quaresma was obsessed with fighting Barnes on the sidelines. This made Mourinho very dissatisfied. In the end, he couldn't help it. He stood on the sidelines and shouted Quaresma's name, reminding him not to always wander around the sidelines.

Quaresma also discovered this problem - if he was always on the wing, he would not be able to meet George Wood, because Wood also had to take into account the defense in the middle and could not run to the wing to stay.

Although the Portuguese winger prefers and is more accustomed to being on the wing, in order to prove to the head coach that he is an excellent player who can fight and win when called, he decided to move to the middle.

The first time he and Wood face to face. He shook a crack with a beautiful bike and passed the ball out - it was a very clever approach, although Quaresma didn't realize it at the time.

The Portuguese was greatly encouraged by successfully cheating Wood's center of gravity for the first time, and he decided to challenge the breakthrough next time.

The second time he changed into a fake move and cut the ball from the wing at high speed. Then he used the direction change of the ankle and the exquisite control of speed to get rid of the defensive players. He successfully got rid of Barnes, but did not get rid of Wood.

When Wood's powerful body leaned up, Quaresma suddenly felt that the football under her feet became uncontrollable.

A powerful force was pressing towards him, causing him to be unable to control the ball under his feet. The football was jumping on the ground, and he stretched out his feet to hook the football and leaned his body towards Wood. He wanted to fight with Wood? He failed.

Wood hit Quaresma, who dribbled the ball horizontally, but he didn't foul, but just made a reasonable collision.

Quaresma was very angry at the referee's penalty. He knelt on the ground and waved his fists hard. But no one paid attention to him.

However, the Portuguese winger was in good shape in this game. The third time he used a sudden change of direction and teammates to move past Wood.

Wood was shaken by him and lost his center of gravity. Quaresma made an easy breakthrough and passed the ball to Ibrahimovic. The Swedish forward shot again, and this time he was firmly held by Akinfeev.

Goalkeeper Akinfeyev was obviously a little dissatisfied with Wood's breakthrough. He held the football and did not rush to drive out, but asked loudly: "George, what's wrong with you?"

Wood waved his hand and looked at Quaresma without saying anything.

This kid with flexible movements is harder to deal with than he imagined...

After two singles, Quaresma was defeated.

Mourinho watched on the sidelines for a while. He decided not to remain silent.

He wanted the team's offensive focus to turn to Quaresma not to fight this kid with George Wood alone.   The conditions for playing personal heroism.   If the team continues to fight like this, the team's offense will sooner or later be ruined by him.

Taking advantage of the chance to die. He called Quaresma near the sideline. "Ricardo, I asked you to be the main attacker, not to let you fight with the opponent alone. Have you never played professional football?"

Quaresma also felt that he had performed too much during that time, and he lowered his head: "I know, coach..."

"You fight with George Wood, and you'll be fooled by Tony Donn! Wood's one-on-one defense ability is very good. If you continue to play like this, I can only consider changing you, no matter how good you are!" Mourinho spoke with a stern face and said very seriously. He and Quaresma are both Portuguese and there is no problem with language. He can be sure that Quaresma will not be able to understand what he said but still do whatever he wants.

"If you understand, go back to the court!"

Mourinho pushed Quaresma back.

The subsequent game underwent some interesting changes. Quaresma is still Inter Milan's main attacking direction, but he is no longer obsessed with fighting against Wood or Barnes. If the time is right, he will choose to lead a breakthrough. In other words, he will attract Wood to the top and pass the football under his feet.

Now, Inter Milan's attack was truly alive.

Quaresma is no longer the end point of an offensive location, but more like a relay station. The ball is passed to his feet, and he can make a choice whether to break through or pass the ball to other teammates depending on the situation. This kind of offensive routine is obviously better than let Quaresma bury himself in Tuwood.

Nottingham Forest is also more difficult to defend. Before, they only needed to defend Quaresma, but now they need to defend all Inter Milan players. No position can be missed, otherwise it may...

"Quaresma takes the ball again, will he choose to break through or pass the ball..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Quaresma chose to break through. Barnes came up and planned to shovel the football, but asked him to cross it easily. This time he did not choose to go to the middle to fight George Wood head-on, but picked up a soft persimmon that was easier to pinch.

Break through Barnes. He can cross or directly break into the penalty area. Once he is allowed to enter the penalty area, the goal of Nottingham Forest will be in danger.

Of course, George Wood would not let this happen. He rushed over and wanted to stop Quaresma from breaking through. He also had to beware of his shot from the outside instep.

Seeing Wood coming, Quaresma swung his right foot. This time he wasn't going to shoot directly - he passed the football to the front of the penalty area.

Cambiaso received the ball, and Thiago hurriedly came up to fill the ball. Wood also turned around and rushed back. Quaresma, who was not in the ball, was not threatened. Barnes, who was free to return to defense, came to take charge.

Thiago stuck Cambiaso's direct shot angle, but Cambiaso didn't say he wanted to shoot. After he made a fake move through the penalty area, he passed the football to Nottingham Forest's weakest defense rib.

Maicon seemed to have a bullet train suddenly inserted from the side and received a pass from Cambiaso.

No Nottingham Forest player noticed his insertion, including George Wood. All of them were attracted by Quaresma, Cambiaso, Ibrahimovic and others.

Maikong shot with a powerful shot!

The football roared through the numerous human walls in the penalty area like a cannonball, flying to the far corner of the goal!

"Maikon's long shot-"

The commentator elongated the ending sound, accompanied by the cheers of Inter Milan fans.

Everyone firmly believes that this goal will be scored!

But there is one person who doesn't believe it.

Akinfeyev took a step to the right and then soared into the air. In the air, he stretched out his body, stretched his arms, and flew towards the football.

It seemed that the Scud met the Patriot, and the football was intercepted by those big hands in the air.

The commentator's final note and the cheers of Inter Milan fans came to an abrupt end.

Maicon sighed unwillingly after seeing this scene.

Just as he looked up at the sky, Akinfeyev, who fell to the ground, had already climbed up from the hand and threw the football out with no care. This was an opportunity for Nottingham Forest to counterattack!

The football was thrown to Bentley's feet, and he did not turn around and dribble forward. Because he knew that he had no speed advantage in the counterattack, if he broke into the front and couldn't find the pass point, he could only be cut off by the opponent. Even if he protected the ball, he lost the opportunity to counterattack quickly.

The best way is not to bring the ball yourself, but to pass the ball.

To whom?

Most of his teammates were still defending in the backcourt.     There was no one in front of the court at this time.  He raised his head and glanced at the captain.

Wood originally wanted to help defend Cambiaso, but Cambiaso passed the football to Macon, making him lose. But this was also a helping him - when Akinfeyev saved the football, only George Wood was facing the attacking direction and cutting out of the sprint and running...

He looked back at Akinfeyev and made the choice to continue running forward as soon as possible.

As expected, Akinfeyev thought of it with him - this is a great opportunity for Nottingham Forest to fight back quickly!

Bentner passed the football to the only Nottingham Forest player in his eyes running forward.

When George Wood received the ball in the middle, he had already left many Inter Milan and Nottingham Forest players behind him. Now he adjusted his direction to move forward, facing the door to Inter Milan!

Cambiaso rushed up from the diagonal rear. He wanted to break the football while Wood had not accelerated the start, and at the worst, he would have to make a tactical foul.

Wood took the football forward, but he didn't shovel the football, but instead shoveled Wood's foot.

The person who was hit by the shovel seemed not George Wood, he was just staggering. Maintaining the balance and continuing to accelerate!

"George Wood dribbled the ball and avoided Cambiaso's tackle! He was rushing forward! This is the counterattack that Nottingham Forest is best at!"

The cheers of Nottingham Forest fans suddenly increased.

"Stop him! He has only one person!" Cambiaso, who failed to tackle, lay on the ground and shouted. Of course he knew what it meant to let Wood escape. But perhaps the situation was not that bad, because Nottingham Forest only wanted to fight back quickly, so too many of them had not supported him at this moment. Only George Wood broke into the front, and he could not do anything.

In a blink of an eye, Wood had already dribbled the ball through the center line.

Burdiso rushed up fiercely, and the moment he bumped into Wood, Wood waded the football out. But Burdiso didn't care about such a small thing. His target was Wood, not football.

Wood was knocked out of the original track by Burdiso with all his strength and turned to the right. Did Burdiso succeed?

No!

When Wood waded the football out, the direction was exactly on the right... Burdiso's collision helped Wood, making him closer to football. And what about Burdiso? The collision just now used all his strength and center of gravity, and after hitting George Wood. He also fell to the ground with his broken jade mentality. Unfortunately, George Wood did not lie on the ground with him.

In this game, Qi Wu, who played as the left back, could not keep up with Wood who was running at full speed in terms of speed. Although the football was kicked towards him, he could only watch Wood's back pass through his defense zone like lightning. Turning towards the penalty zone.

Inter Milan's last line of defense is composed of two people: Samuel and goalkeeper Cesar.

Samuel is smarter than Buldiso. He is not so stupid that he bumps into it. He just gets stuck in the inside and pushes Wood to the side. He wins as long as he pushes it to the side.

Wood wades into the penalty area and Samuel kicks up. He doesn't play, but just runs with Wood. He is not afraid of not having a speed advantage. Because Wood has slowed down a long time ago, he can't get into the penalty area.
To be continued...