Benitez believes that George Wood can be a breakthrough point used by Liverpool, but after only fifteen minutes of the game, he found out that he was wrong.

Wood, who performed poorly in the previous few games, did not continue that bad state in this game. Gerald encountered trouble in the midfield, and George Wood's tenacious blocking prevented him from moving forward. He had no choice but to pass the football to Mascherano behind him.

Mascherano's work was not easy either, because he had to face Gago's attack.

In the Argentina national team, he is the absolute main force, while Gago hovers between the main force and the substitute. But Gago's performance in the Forest team is very outstanding. This may be related to the different tactics used by the head coach of the national team and the head coach of the Forest team.

In Nottingham Forest, Gago can get George Wood's unreserved protection and support, and he does not have such treatment in the Argentina national team. In the national team, Gago needs to take care of more defense when playing. He is not the kind of master who can play both offense and defense, and he is easily lose sight of the other. Mascherano believes that Gago in the club is the strongest Gago, and in the national team, he sacrifices some of his best things to play for the chance.

However, the premise of Gago's performance in the club is that George Wood is in good condition.

In the previous few games, Wood had a problem with his condition, and Gago's performance was unstable. In this game... It seems that No. 13 seems to have woken up?

According to Benitez's previous arrangement, Liverpool had no effect in the middle. George Wood seemed to have all come back overnight. He ran tirelessly in the middle, made excellent judgments and made quick and decisive steals, and used his strong body to make reasonable collisions. Or choose to foul at a very suitable time to stop Liverpool's attack...Pepe's defense line seemed very safe, and Akinfeev even had nothing to do.

Benitez realized that he had made a mistake in his judgment, so he walked to the sidelines and made a gesture to signal the team to change their offensive strategy - to return to the wing.

When George Wood's defensive pressure was relieved, Nottingham Forest's offense also began to become active.

Wood frequently gives the ball to Gago, and he passes the ball to launch an attack. Don't underestimate this step. All attacks come from here, and the importance of a back midfielder is expressed through this step. If football is always missed inexplicably in the back midfielder, then no matter how outstanding the team has, no matter how outstanding the forward and wing assaulter, it is useless. Not only is the problem of the offense not being able to reach the ground, but the team's defense line will also frequently face the opponent's on-site counterattack. So a back midfielder who can grab the ball is only half excellent, and a back midfielder who can grab the ball and control the football and then send it to the place where it should go is truly world-class excellence.

George Wood belongs to this kind of player.

When Gago is focused on defense, his pass success rate will drop significantly, and his ball protection level is not high, which can easily make the opponent break on the spot. No wonder Gago is not the absolute main player of the Argentina national team now...

When Gago gets the ball, he will face his partner Mascherano in the national team. Gago, who is focused on attacking, is not afraid of Mascherano's defense. Because he knows that even if he loses the ball, someone will help him grab it back. So he can pass the ball with confidence and boldness, such as rubbing the football into the edge of the road with his outside instep, or constantly passing the ball directly behind Liverpool's defense.

If Mascherano pressed hard, he would pass the football to Wood behind him. He would run again and pull Mascherano away and create a chance for Wood to get in. If Mascherano did not follow him, he would defend Wood. Then Wood would pass the ball back to Gago.

In short, both of them can attack and defend, but Gago is better at attack, while Wood is better at defense. If you want to defend the Forest team's attack, it is useless to simply defend Gago or Wood, and it is difficult for two people to defend together. So the best way is not to entangle them in the midfield, but to freeze the attacking players of the Forest team who are closer to the goal, because no matter how the midfield passes, the football will still reach their feet and they will complete the shot.

When Don Eun plays 451, he needs to guard against the arrow character and the front midfielder. Sometimes it may be a shadow forward, but when Eastwood retires, no one in the Forest team will be a shadow forward. At 451, the most likely goal is not "1", but a front midfielder and a full-back - they sometimes look more like wingers. 451 can become 433 in the game.

However, in this game, Tang En played 442. No midfielder was set up, so the scoring task was on the striker.

Benitez signaled the defenders to pay attention to the two Forest strikers' strikers...it was a bit difficult.

Because Tang En sent two starting forwards in this game. But it's very difficult to deal with...

The "super Ibis" Ibisekic, who is 1.88 meters tall, and the two-meter-two meters tall Aaron Mitcher.

This combination really makes all the coaches in the Premier League feel a headache...

Ibissevic has superb shooting skills and is more comprehensive. Mitcher has excellent skills and excellent heading. Although his shooting skills are slightly inferior, his dominance in the air is still very obvious. Sometimes Nottingham Forest only needs to cross from the side to solve some opponents. The combination of these two people is not commonly used, but as long as they are together, they can bring victory to the team. In this game, Done asked them to start, and he really didn't want Liverpool to mess with his anniversary.

Liverpool's highest central defender, Martin Scotter, who was 1.91 meters tall, was ordered to defend Mitcher, and he felt tremendous pressure.

Mitchel is not Mitchel who debuted in Barcelona. Mitchel at that time was still a little immature. Mitchel is now becoming more mature, and Don does not forbid him to show his skills in the game.

Don't think that Mitchel, who controls the ball with his feet, is not scary. Although his shooting skills are almost done, it is still okay to get rid of the ball and pass it again.

Ibisevic was supporting him, and Ag was responsible for the control.

Mitcher flew and did not pass the football to Ibisevic, who was strictly guarded, and was assigned to Fernandez who was inserted into the wing. Then he ran in.

This is a useful offensive tactic in the Forest team. The center divides the ball to the side, and then does not interpolate the ball, and the ball is taken from the side, and the center fights for the top and shoots.

Liverpool is familiar with the forest's approach. When Mitcher ran to the middle, Agh rushed up and attacked Scotter back and forth, clamping Mitcher in the middle, so that he could not jump comfortably and compete for the top.

Since the Forest team's offensive routine is fixed, the way of defense is also fixed. Unfortunately, this time they forgot that the Forest team is not 451, but 442...

Mitcher is still struggling to top the top among two tall defenders. He successfully attracted the attention of all defensive players, even goalkeeper Renner turned his body to him, and forgot that there was a forest player in yellow clothes behind him...

Mitcher did not compete for football under the defense of Agge and Scotter, but the two central defenders did not encounter football under his interference, and the football passed by the goal...

Ibisevic jumped high at the back point, and he saw Reina's panicked face after turning.

"Ibisevic's header!"

The header was so close. The result was simply no suspense...

"The ball is in!" the commentator shouted. "Just twenty-one minutes into the game, Nottingham Forest actually took the lead! 1:0! The visiting team led!"

Tony Donn, who was sitting in the coach's seat, stood up from his seat with his fists clenched, and waved his fists towards the stands and demonstrated to the entire Anfield Stadium.

Want to disturb my dinner? You can't do it yet!

Responding to him was a violent boo.

Benitez felt very helpless about the goal conceding. The team's defense line made an error that should not have been made and was successfully caught by the Forest.

It is indeed the characteristic of the forest team - efficient.

However, he did not make any adjustments. He believed that his team had seen strong winds and waves. A goal conceding is nothing.

When Bascombe saw this goal in the press room, he had just written that "Nottingham Forest offense looks unthreatening, and it is the old trick of crossing the wing..."

Then he heard a burst of exclamation from the TV above his head: "gooal!!"

He looked up at Ibisevic and other Forest players running wildly on the TV screen, and then looked at the sentence he had typed in the word document. He cursed and sweared. Then he unwillingly deleted the sentence he had just finished writing.

Another scene of Donn provoking Anfield fans appeared on the screen.

"Don't be proud for too long!"

He held the cigarette in his mouth and raised his middle finger to Tang En on the screen.

Not far away from him, Nottingham's media were raising their hands to cheer for the goal.

The game started again, as if to fight back against Tony Don't's provocative action just now. The song "You Will Never Walk Alone" sounded in the stands of Anfield. The voice became louder and louder, inspiring the Liverpool players on the court to counterattack the Forest.

This period of time belongs to Liverpool, and Nottingham Forest was completely suppressed. The Forest players, who were still excited about scoring goals, obviously did not expect Liverpool's counterattack to come so quickly. So fast.

That song must be the source of power of Liverpool players.

George Wood also felt that Gerald in front of him suddenly became more difficult to deal with. His movements were stronger and faster than before, and he was more motivated.

Perhaps it was behind that inspiring him?

Gerald's spiritual will is famous in English football. The more difficult he is, the better his performance. Wood dared not take it lightly.

"George Wood and Gerrard faced head-on!" The commentator was excited. The audience wanted to see such a scene. No matter how exciting the tactics were, the layman might not be able to see the exquisiteness, but one-on-one stars like this would definitely make the audience excited.

Gerald did not pass the football this time just because he encountered Wood's defense. He made a stance to force a breakthrough when facing Wood. Wood stepped back a little and got a distance with Gerald. In case of his breakthrough.

Gerald saw his defensive intentions, which was too obvious. He did want to break through before, but now he has changed his mind - directly take a long shot!

George Wood didn't expect Gerald to do this. He stood there without any response, watching the football fly past his eyes.

Akinfeyev also didn't expect Wood to let Gerald's long-range shot succeed so easily. Fortunately, Gerald's shot was a bit straight, and he blocked the football out of the baseline in a mess.

"Hey, George." Pepe shouted from behind, but he was still not relieved.

Wood waved at him, indicating that he had nothing to do.

He turned around and went to find Gerald, and found that the opponent had entered the penalty area and was preparing to compete for a corner kick. He naturally ran in to defend Gerald.

But just before the corner kick was taken, Gerald suddenly retreated.

Wood's intuition told him that danger was coming.

He didn't bother to remind his teammates and rushed out alone.

He was still a little slower...

Ag and Scotter both rushed into the penalty area, giving people the feeling that they had to participate in the attack. But in fact, Liverpool's corner kick was directly outside the penalty area!

Gerald was waiting at the top of the free throw arc. He turned his head to look at the flying football, adjusted his posture, and turned his body to the goal.

Wood is running from the crowd. He is confident that after Gerald stopped the football and stopped Liverpool's attack.

Don’t give me time if you have the ability, Gerald. Don’t give me time in one second!

OK, as you wish.

Gerald watched the football body leaning towards the goal and swung his right leg.

The ball is here! The feet are here!

People arrived!

"Shit volley!!"

The football flew past Wood's face, and the whistling wind hit his face and it hurt a little.

This heavy gun-like shot directly penetrated the forest team's defense line and broke through the crowd blocking the goal. When it flew into the goal, Akinfeyev had not responded yet...

"World Wave! World Wave!! So wonderful! The captain of the Red Army finally broke out! He won the first game in the duel with George Wood!"

After scoring the goal, Gerald did not run to the sidelines to celebrate. He stood there, waving his fists and roared. It seemed that he was celebrating the goal, but his eyes were always staring at George Wood opposite him.

Challenge?
Chapter completed!