Chapter 148 Panic
Chapter 148: Panic
Victor Valdes may be the main goalkeeper with the worst score for all European giant teams. The reason is not that he is not strong enough, but that he is unstable in performance. He often makes some inexplicable low-level mistakes, such as kicking the ball directly to the opponent's feet to cause an own assist, and making a mistake in saving the ball...
But this time, he can't be blamed...
The turf and the field of Nottingham Forest jointly created this goal. Valdes knelt on the ground and slapped the culprit hard - a raised turf in front of his feet. The football jumped up just now when it rolled to this place, mischievously avoiding Valdes' right leg swung out, achieving this goal from the Forest team.
"Nottingham Forest's Vegetable Field has made meritorious!" the commentator shouted excitedly, "Alves's return pass caused Valdes' mistake, and Abonrajo easily scored the ball! This scene is really too dramatic. Barcelona players can't believe their eyes until now. Valdes can only vent their anger on the turf... No matter what, Nottingham Forest has taken the lead now, and they tied with Barcelona in the total score, and have the advantage with a away goal!"
"Alves must also pay the responsibility for this goalkeeper in such a field!"
When Barcelona players saw the football slipping away from Valdes' feet, everyone fell into a desperate panic. Some even hugged their heads in advance and couldn't bear to watch them anymore.
Guardiola sat in the coach's seat with expressionless face, wrapping his hands around his chest, and he couldn't tell what he was feeling at this moment from his face. He is not the kind of head coach who will curse after conceding the ball. There is such a world of difference between him and Tony Don.
Looking next door, Chris Lack rushed out of the coach's seat with his arms raised and hugged everyone he saw, quite like Tony Tang. �
Where is Tony Don?
As the ball leaked from Valdes's feet, Done stood up from his seat like the others beside him, holding up his arms to cheer.
Finally, when he followed tens of thousands of fans to shout: "Forest Forest! Nottingham Forest!", he felt the passion that he had never felt before in the coach's seat.
"Beautiful job!" After cheering, John gave the celebrating Forest players, "We're equalizing!"
Tang En corrected his statement: "No, we are ahead."
It would be fine if he didn't say anything, but as soon as he said this, the fat John pressed towards him like a mountain of meat: "Tony! Ahha, your idea is so wonderful! They really suffered a loss in this field! Did you see their expressions? It's so wonderful! Haha!"
"Hey, John...I'm going to breathe..."
Abang Laho was very excited when he scored the goal. He opened his mouth and ran to the north stands, waving his arms at the most hardcore fans there, which immediately attracted even greater cheers for him.
Tang En did not cheer like other fans this time. He just gave Abang Raho a thumbs up at the ground. He didn't know whether Abang Raho saw him, but he still had to act like a head coach.
In fact, Abanglaho was looking for the boss. He quickly found it from the crowd. Because the boss is unique, he was smiling at him!
"Hey, guys! I saw the boss!" The excited Abanglaho pointed at the stand and shouted to the teammates who came to celebrate. For a moment, everyone turned their eyes to the stand and looked in the direction Abanglaho pointed. Sure enough, they all saw Tony Tangen's figure.
"Hey, let's change the celebration!"
Abanglaho took the lead in making a salute move similar to the US Marine Corps and saluted to the stands. Other players also learned to salute Don En.
Tang En also looked serious and returned the gift, which was quite like a general.
The players who collectively saluted the boss ran away again. They were ready to join the game again.
The fans next to Tony Donn were still very excited, and they were singing the hymns of the Forest Team, over and over again. Even Donnn sang with them later.
"We are invincible, we are invincible! We are the strongest team in the world, we are Nottingham Forest!!"
Nottingham Forest goal hit Barcelona a bit hard. After the game started again, the Barcelona players seemed a little panicked on the court. As long as the Forest's frontcourt players pressed a little, they would immediately kick forward with big feet - they would definitely not dare to pass back. They were afraid that football would jump up mischievously in front of Valdes again, and that would be completely done.
So in order not to let the football be broken under his feet, everyone chose to kick forward with big feet.
This naturally helped Nottingham Forest a great deal. Barcelona's offense was threatening when football was playing on the ground. When they kicked the football into the air for fear of making mistakes, they didn't even have a first-class team in front of Nottingham Forest.
Nottingham Forest easily controlled the situation on the court and besieged Barcelona's goal again and again.
Fortunately, Valdes was not affected by the goal conceding, and his performance was normal, and he repeatedly blocked high contacts. He tried to ensure that the team's goal was not lost. Another busy person was Pique. Pique was in good condition in this game. Nottingham Forest mainly played in the air. With his height and header advantage, he became the only person on Barcelona's defense line that he could trust.
In the battle with Mitchel, he was not completely at a disadvantage, which is one of the reasons why Barcelona has not lost the ball again. But Pique felt that the situation was not good. Because he had given all his strength, the big man over two meters tall seemed to be still looking for feelings and did not give his full strength. If this continues, he really doesn't know if he can hold on for 90 minutes...
In the last stage of the first half, Nottingham Forest, which was predicted to be counterattacking at home, surrounded Barcelona's penalty area and launched a crazy siege. Barcelona couldn't even pass the half and was in a very embarrassing state.
Guardiola was restless and very anxious on the sidelines. He just wanted to end the first half so that he could make adjustments. He didn't care about face anymore. He waved his hand and asked the team to return to defense at all and survive the last five minutes.
These last five minutes were simply a torment for Barcelona players. They never saw such a wild attack in the Camp Nou. They even thought that Nottingham Forest would not attack at all, and would only attack once occasionally.
But now the attack of Nottingham Forest has left the Catalan narrator speechless.
On the contrary, the English commentator was very excited. He kept shouting the names of the Forest players.
"Allen Lennon's breakthrough was very beautiful, he made a cross! Mitchel's header! It was too straight for the ground and was obtained by Valdes, which was a pity!"
"Thiago's long shot - flew out against the post!"
"Nottingham Forest seems to want to force a breakthrough in the middle to open the passage. Mitcher leaned against Pique and passed the football to Abanglaho with his advantage of length of legs. Abanglaho made a fuss and passed it straight! Bentley appeared in the penalty area and he received the ball, almost a one-on-one shot! Valdes saved the football..."
"Barcelona fouled on the right side of the penalty area, Piao Tianwenxue! What a pity. From this perspective, it seems like he has entered..."
"Nottingham Forest intercepted the ball in the midfield. Barcelona planned to pass it, but they were ruthlessly blocked by George Wood. He passed the ball to Thiago and ran forward... Two-pass and one-time cooperation, beautiful! Nottingham Forest made a two-pass and one-time cooperation in front of Barcelona. Yaya Toure was played by Wood and Thiago! Pique strictly guarded Mitchel... Long shot! George Wood directly shot a long shot, slightly above the crossbar! Listen to the sound in the stands, they thought the ball was about to enter!"
"Joe Matok crossed! Aaron Mitchel - goal post!! Oh, it seems that the goddess of luck does not favor the young Mitchel. This is the second time in the game that he has put the football on the goal frame! His height and header are a big threat to Barcelona's goal, but his luck is almost there, or... Barcelona's luck is too good?"
In the tide-like offensive of Nottingham Forest, the referee became Barcelona's savior. When he blew the whistle at the end of the first half, even Barcelona's most hardcore fans thought that as long as Nottingham Forest came again, Barcelona's defense would definitely collapse.
"Guardiola should be grateful for this first half, because at least they have no players injured because of the bad field, and they just lost a goal." At the end of the first half, the commentator joked.
Done stood up from his seat and said to Bill and John next to him: "Hey, guys, do you want to have something to drink, I'll treat you."
"Don't you not be able to drink?" Bill asked.
"Of course I can't drink it, but I can drink juice. You can choose what you like to drink."
"You're in a good mood, Tony."
"Because we are leading, ha!" said a group of people, heading towards the exit.
"Aren't you worried about Guardiola's adjustments in the midfield? Barcelona is also a world-class team..."
Donn laughed: "Unless he can figure out a way to level the field in fifteen minutes. Otherwise, Barcelona will not be able to turn the game. Their skills cannot be played in such a field at all. If they change to playing high-altitude balls, they might as well continue to endure the bad ground attack on the field."
It's the land. He calculated everything and this game would definitely eat Barcelona tightly. So he was not worried about UEFA's possible negative impact on not allowing himself to enter the locker room. He believed that the result of this game had already been decided when he came up with the idea of "vegetable field".
I am the Buddha of Tathagata. Guardiola, you, no matter how naughty you are, you can't get out of my palm. Hahaha!
"Let's go, guys, I'll invite you to drink. Moisturize your throat. Maybe I'll use you guys in the second half!"
When Donn took his "mouth tube" to drink and talk at the beverage shop on the court, the locker room in Barcelona was a little sad.
The team doctor and physiotherapists are massaged the Barcelona players' ankles and knees one by one to prevent them from spraining when they appear in the second half. The atmosphere is a bit dull, and no one knows what to say. The game on such a venue is really bad. They are proud of their most technical advantages at all and they can only be led by the Nottingham Forest.
If the game continues like this... the consequences are simply unimaginable. Maybe they can also expect Nottingham Forest to do the mistake they made in the first half?
Guardiola poured cold water on them: "Don't expect our opponents to make mistakes, we must play our own ball in this game."
But how to play well... Guardiola had no idea. The locker room was in a mess again.
The Barcelona players who have experienced many battles and are incredible may have the first time they have this feeling - this game cannot be played. It’s not that we are not strong enough, but that our opponents are too cunning. Who would have thought that in order to win a game, Nottingham Forest would not hesitate to transform their stadium...
After a moment of silence, Guardiola spoke again: "We will give them the ball in the second half."
Everyone raised their heads with a look of surprise on their faces. Barcelona's football always holds the football under their feet and gives in handing over the ball, which is not in line with Barcelona's style.
Guardiola had to explain why he did this: "It's so. The quality of the turf on the city court is too bad, and long-term control of the ball increases the risk of losing the ball. So I think it's more beneficial for us to give the football to the other party. Once the football is at the foot of Nottingham Forest, no matter where he is, people around me must go up and grab it. After grab it, launch a quick counterattack immediately!"
This method is very good. Barcelona players have accepted the coach's arrangements.
"Pique, how do you feel when you defend Mitchel?" Guardiola turned around and asked the defending general.
Pi Kui gasped: "I feel a little difficult, coach... I'm afraid I can't defend myself."
Guardiola looked around the players on the court and found that except for veteran Marcos on the bench, there seemed to be no header that could be taken. However, Marcos is old and has declined very well, and now he rarely gets a chance to play. In such an important game, he is really unwilling to put his life on Lian Po's old Marcos.
So his eyes flashed over Marcos and fell on Puyol: "Karls, please help Pique in the second half. I don't ask you to win their No. 9 in the competition for a header, but don't let him take off and header so easily."
Puyol nodded, indicating that he understood what he should do.
Next is the time for psychological hints.
"Don't give up the game in less than the last second! We have forty-five minutes left. As long as we score a goal, Nottingham Forest will lose itself. But before that, we can't panic first! I saw that in the last stage of the first half, you performed very much. This is not possible! This is absolutely not possible! Your panic will only make the opponent more proud. I know that such a venue has caused us to suffer a lot, but if you have bad venues all over your mind, then I promise you have no hope of winning. This is Tony Donn's trick. You must put all your energy into the game, and don't think about anything else! The more you think, the worse the result may be!"
Chapter completed!