Chapter 129: Picking Shoot

During the break, Done praised the team's overall performance and asked the team to continue playing like this. Mourinho on the other hand was not relaxed. On the one hand, he had to care about Quaresma's injury, and on the other hand, he had to figure out how to crack the Nottingham Forest's defensive counterattack. But what else can be done besides allowing the team to strengthen its offense?

Inter Milan has a little down in morale. Because the situation is not good for them, Quaresma has suffered such serious injuries - news from Combi has confirmed that Quaresma will miss all games this season, and it is hard to say when it will come back next season.

But this incident became a good way to boost the morale of the team in Mourinho. He used Quaresma's fight for the team until his leg broke to inspire the players' fighting spirit, telling them that there is no way out, and if he doesn't work hard or rise up, he can only go back to Milan in shame. And Quaresma's injury this time will be meaningless.

Like Tony Donne, Mourinho is also a head coach who can inspire people. He is good at doing this. The Inter Milan player, who was originally a bit sluggish, made him inspire like a pack of wolves.

And so, they came on stage.

After the start of the second half, Inter Milan's offensive increased significantly. They seemed to have launched a siege against the goal guarded by Akinfeyev without considering defense. Since that is the case, Nottingham Forest naturally had a happy defensive counterattack.

However, Cesar performed very well, and he saved two consecutive shots from Nottingham Forest. With him from behind, the offensive players of Inter Milan were relieved.

Tang En was angry that the team had missed two chances of scoring goals. He keenly realized that the second half was different from the first half. The first half was stagnant, and only Quaresma's injury could make everyone feel energetic. As soon as the second half started, a bloody storm was caused, which made people wary.

Ibisevic is surrounded and has to take on too many defensive tasks. At the same time, he is not fast. He is not a counterattack material. Don En decided to replace him and replace him immediately. He doesn't want to waste time. What if he scored a goal for Inter Milan in such a little time?

Since you want to counterattack, it is best to change a speed striker. Done now has two choices. One is the experienced shooter Eastwood, and the other is the faster Abon Lahoe. Eastwood's speed is not slow, but it is definitely not as fast as Abon Lahoe. His part lies in his ability to seize opportunities in front of the goal. His shooting methods are rich and diverse. Abon Lahoe's advantage is much simpler, which is speed. His speed like the wind can ensure that he can easily tear through the opponent's defense line and face the goalkeeper.

But what if you face the goalkeeper directly? Abanglaho's shooting skills are not superb. He may not be able to score one-on-one with the goalkeeper. At the same time, Cesar is in good condition in this game and will always make some incredible saves. If Abanglaho repeatedly wastes opportunities, it will only strengthen Inter Milan's confidence and reduce Nottingham Forest's determination to make a quick counterattack.

After weighing the trade-offs in his mind, Don Eun chose the pure shooter Eastwood, who was slightly inferior in speed but had better skills in front of the goal.

When I called Eastwood to my side, Donn looked at him and smiled: "When I need help, I will always think of you first, Freddy."

"We need to score. Boss."

"You won't let me down, do you?"

"I was riding Fina this morning, boss." Fina was the horse Eastwood rode. When it was still a pony, Eastwood rode it on a walk and warm up on the east suburbs of London. Now it is in its prime, Eastwood has also been in excellent shape in the past two seasons.

"Then I'll feel relieved. As you said, go up and score the goal." Tang En patted his shoulder and handed over the work to Tang, who will be responsible for explaining specific tactics to him.

Don asked Eastwood to have a larger range of activities on the court, not to be limited to the middle, and not to think too much about defense, just focus on scoring goals. You need to shoot more goals. No matter where you are, you can get a chance to score more shots.

Eastwood nodded to show that he understood, and the fourth official raised a sign indicating a substitution on the sidelines.

Ibissevic walked out and completed the handover with Eastwood. Both of them received applause from Forest to the fans. Although there was no goal, Super Ibi was very hard-working in defense, with several key headers to clear the ball. His selfless character also helped the team's overall defense.

As for Eastwood's appearance, everyone knew that this was Donn's "offensive signal". Eastwood was not good at defending. But he was good at scoring goals. His body and physical fitness did not allow him to sprint back and forth from one penalty area to another during the game, let alone confronting his opponent's physical defense.

After Eastwood ran on the court, he raised his right hand over his head. He drew a circle and finally pointed to the front. That meant to continue to insist on defending and counterattack. All the players of the Forest Team understood.

Don Eun has made a substitution, and Mourinho still remains unmoved. First of all, he doesn't know what effect this adjustment will bring, so it is right to observe first; secondly, due to Quaresmadi's accidental injury, he has lost a substitution quota for no reason, leaving only two cards, and must be used at the most needed moment.

He just asked the players on the defense to pay attention to offside. One way to deal with defensive counterattacks is to create offside, causing the opponent's offensive players to frequently fall into offside traps, resulting in the opponent's passer no longer daring to pass the ball easily.

After Eastwood came on the court, Nottingham Forest's counterattack quality improved. The Gypsy could control the ball, break through, and shoot from a long distance, which was very comprehensive. Such a forward could accomplish what required several people to do alone.

When the Forests counterattack, they mainly use long passes and direct passes. Although this error rate is high, once they succeed, Eastwood can directly face Cesar.

Eastwood didn't return to defense, so he cruised in the frontcourt, waiting for an opportunity. If his teammates made a mistake in passing the ball, he snatched the gun on the spot. If he couldn't grab it, let it go and continue to wait for the next opportunity. He believes that he will not miss the interception ability of the midfield.

The Forest players in the midfield and backcourt also trust Eastwood's ability very much. They are not worried that no one will receive the earth when it is passed, just send the football forward.

After Wood blocked an Inter Milan pass, he passed the football to Shahin, and Shahin continued to pass it directly. This time they succeeded!

Samuel made a big fuss and directly tackled the ball, but let the football slide over his feet! Eastwood happened to slam the horse from behind Burdiso on the other side. He didn't go offside, but he inserted it to catch the ball.

"Freddy Eastwood!! A beautiful pass and counter-offside!"

But this is not Inter Milan's death penalty, because there is still a distance between the passing route and Eastwood. As long as Cesar attacks in time to block the route and angle, and he continues to perform magically, it is not impossible to save the team in one go.

Julio Cesar made his choice - to abandon the goal and attack, and he wanted to get close to Eastwood as close as possible to block his shot. At the same time, he recalled some of Eastwood's technical characteristics in his heart - as a striker. He likes to shoot vigorously instead of tricky shots. This is easy to do. Block the angle, no matter how strong he is, he will not score a goal unless he shoots the goalkeeper through.

Shahin passed the straight ball, Eastwood inserted diagonally. If he wanted to shoot, he still needed to adjust the direction after receiving the ball. These are the things that are beneficial to Inter Milan's defense.

Cesar slowed down a little because he probably couldn't grab the ball in front of Eastwood, and once he got in, he couldn't use his hands, which would greatly limit his performance. He planned to let No. 11 of Nottingham Forest receive the ball first and then block his shot.

"Eastwood is about to receive the ball. Now he is outside the penalty area, Cesar has blocked his shooting angle. Will he play past the Brazilian goalkeeper?"

"After he-!!!" There were roaring shouts in the stands. They all hoped to see Eastwood wipe Cesar with the opportunity. They sent the football beautifully into the empty goal, and then appreciate the desperate expressions on the faces of the Inter Milan players who were chasing back - as long as the ball is scored, Inter Milan needs to score at least two goals to ensure promotion.

But Eastwood made an action that they all did not expect.

While the ball was connected to the football, the Gypsy faced Cesar sideways, and led the team toes to lift upwards with his right calf...

The football passed over Cesar, who was already low in the center of gravity and was about to save the ball, and flew straight to the empty goal behind him!

"Picking! Beautiful! Beautiful!!"

Cesar was originally guarding against Eastwood's powerful volleyball, but who expected that the opponent would actually shoot with a thrust shot. It was too late for him to jump up from the ground to pounce the ball. He could only kneel on the ground. He turned around and looked at the football still in the air in surprise.

Eastwood, who completed the pick-up action, ran to the other side, and was already spreading his arms to celebrate the goal.

He knew that no one could stop this ball. Even the crossbar was not enough.

Cesar watched the football fall into the net, and finally fell to the ground, and a chill in his heart.

The graceful arc seemed to allow all sounds to disappear and time to stop, but when the football fell into the goal, the city court came alive like an erupting volcano.

"Excellent shot! An unexpected shot. Cesar is in good shape, but Eastwood, who has just been on the court, is in better shape than him! This goal is from passing to running position and then to the last shot, with clear lines and easy goals. Eastwood is like in normal training. When he is shooting, you can't see any extra movements he has. Clean and neat!"

"Aha! Don't think I can only shoot vigorously!" After scoring the goal, Eastwood opened his arms and flew on the field, not forgetting to express his pride.

"Also chewing gum? You're not afraid of swallowing that thing!" Teammates rushed forward.

"Hey, if you don't pat me on the ground, I won't!"

Ha ha ha ha--"

In a strong contrast to the excitement of Nottingham Forest players, the frustration and disappointment of Inter Milan players - the besieged Nottingham Forest could not score the goal, but the opponent scored the goal. How else should I play this game? Now they must ensure that they will not concede the ball in the future and score at least two more goals to advance. Even if it is 1:1, they will be eliminated because they scored few away goals.

As the head coach, Mourinho stood there a little helpless. Logically, this conceding started with Samuel's tackle mistake. But he couldn't blame anyone. Because if he continued to play, it would be a matter of time before Nottingham Forest scored. He originally just hoped that he would score the goal first before the opponent scored, so as to change the balance of power on the field and take the initiative in the game in his own hands.

Now it’s all gone, it’s all gone!

Is it really going to lose to that guy Tony Don again?

Mourinho clenched his fists, he was unwilling to accept it.

Why is it so difficult to win him?

Mourinho then replaced Cambiaso and replaced Adriano. He replaced Samuel who made a mistake with Mario Balotel, and gave it a try like a madman.

Don En replaced Shahin with Woodgate, used the same trick again, and the five defenders and three central defenders defended to the death. As the game time passed, his chances of winning became greater and greater. As long as Inter Milan did not score two goals in the last moment, even if they accidentally scored one goal, Forest team advanced.

He is so utilitarian that he can't be more utilitarian...

At the last moment of the game, due to excessive defensive action, Forest team gave Inter Milan three free kicks at the front of the penalty area. This made Tang En very nervous and could no longer sit still. He stood up from the coach's seat and walked to the sidelines, staring nervously in the game.

He knew that Balotelli was a free kick expert and was taught by Mihailovic. It should not be underestimated. He was unwilling to let himself be the foundation for the emergence of a talented boy. He was more willing to be a demon who strangled a talented boy.

Balotelli's first free kick hit the post and flew out of bounds, causing the Forest fans in the stands to sweat.

Mourinho was as nervous. He was staring at Balotelli with gritted teeth on the sidelines. What he saw most at this moment was probably the good show of Balotelli's "two goals became famous"?

In the second free kick, Balotelli kicked the football against the wall. The cunning Nottingham Forest player took full advantage of this opportunity. Eastwood, who was stuffed into his chest by the football, fell to the ground and groaned in pain, and was unwilling to get up.

Inter Milan wanted to continue to attack, but was anxious to bring football to the feet of the Forest players. Barnes happened to kick the football into the stands with a big foot. Then the team doctor entered the court, which naturally delayed the time.

Mourinho ridiculed this scene off the court: "I bet that if Barnes didn't kick the football out. Instead, he decided to ride the ball and fight back, Eastwood would jump up and participate in the attack immediately."

He said the land was pretty good at all.

Nottingham Forest is so "no sports ethics"...

Eastwood's affairs took five minutes, and not long after the game started again, Inter Milan won another free kick.

At this time, there are still three minutes left before injury stop time. Even if the injury stop time is given for five minutes, there are still eight minutes left. It is not easy for Inter Milan players to score two goals in these eight minutes. What's more, their opponent is Nottingham Forest, who is good at defense.

This third free kick fully proves how anxious the Inter Milan players are at this moment. Balotelli kicked the football directly into the sky, and it was a distance from the goal.

The six-minute injury time did not bring good luck to Inter Milan, and they sieged the Forest goal. Even goalkeeper Julio Cesar rushed up to act as a scorer in the corner kick. It didn't help.

When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game. The city stadium was covered with huge cheers in an instant. They finally avenged the revenge of the arrow a season ago and eliminated Inter Milan in the best way.

At the end of the game, Nottingham Forest fans excitedly sang their own songs in the stands and mocked Mourinho:

"You can never win Tony! You can never win Tony! What a poor person! Tony appears in your dream. You have a nightmare! You open your eyes, and Tony is still smiling at you in front of you, smiling at you!"

Amid the noise, Mourinho came over to shake hands with Donn.

"Did you step on shit today?" he asked.

"Why do you ask that?"

“Great luck…”

Don laughed.

"As long as I can beat you, it doesn't matter what the reason is." Tang Encai didn't care whether he was lucky or not. "I only care about the result."
Chapter completed!