Chapter 18: Collapse?

Nottingham Forest now seems to be walking on a narrow path that can only be passed by one person sideways, with abyss on both sides. As the steps move, no small stones roll down, the echoes echoing in the abyss, getting smaller and smaller.

In such an environment, if you are not careful, you may fall and fall, and you will not even be able to find your bones.

In short, the Nottingham Forest now has no room for mistakes. You cannot lose the Champions League, and you cannot lose in the league. Who told them that the goal of this season is the Triple Crown?

This away challenge to Arsenal, Don N didn't care about rotation and sent the strongest lineup he could.

At Emirates Stadium, Nottingham Forest is facing Arsenal's tide offensive.  It's basically no different from the last Champions League game. Arsenal's attack pace is very fast, leaving the Forest team running on the court.

Since we need to win the game, Donn did not choose conservative tactics, which is different from the last Champions League. Nottingham Forest chose to counterattack in the last Champions League because they already had a lead in the ball. Now the score is still 0:0, conservative is worthless - he doesn't need a draw, and he can't accept any other result except victory.

Therefore, in this game, Donn asked the team to actively attack. Even if he was a little confused by Arsenal's rapid offense, he could not retreat. Instead, he launched an active fight against Arsenal in the midfield and frontcourt.

This is what Wenger wants to see the most. Nottingham Forest will consume a lot of energy in such a fight.

In fact, Don En also knows this. Arsenal wants to drag down the forest. But now he has no choice but to fight to kill Arsenal before he is dragged down.

"George! George!" Done kept shouting Wood's name off the court, signaling him to steal the land more fiercely and not be afraid of fouls.

Gago was also very hard on the court. He developed a "death-sanlang" style at Real Madrid. Now he has transformed from Redondo to learn from the Forest team, but this spirit is still intentionally kept by him.

The opponent is using the same tactics. The Forest team is harder than the last game. In addition to their inability to choose to be conservative, Arsenal's advantage in home games cannot be ignored.

Wenger's team fully demonstrated their delicate skills and smooth offensive cooperation in this game. The continuous battles made the whole team of Forest very tired, and they had the will to face Arsenal's offense but lacked strength.

After 29 minutes in the first half, the forest team's defense finally revealed a gap and was keenly caught by Arsenal. Fabregas made a straight pass and Carlos Bella suddenly stepped in. Suddenly, he appeared behind the entire defense line of the forest team, not offside!

"Not offside! Bella received the ball!"

Pepe was still raising his hand to signal Bella to offside, while Akinfeyev had abandoned the goal and attacked. A huge cheer sounded over the Emirates Stadium.

Amid the cheers, Bella shot low!

The football passed through Akinfeyev's armpit and hit the far post and bounced into the goal...

"The ball has entered! Beautiful counter-offside! A wonderful assist from Fabregas!!" Amid the tsunami of the slogan, the live broadcast's commentator had to raise the volume and shout with the fans. "Arsenal leads at home! This gave Tony Donn a heavy blow to Nottingham Forest!"

After losing the ball, Akinfeyev was a little angry. He walked over and roared at Pepe: "Bastard! Why didn't you go back to defense just now?"

Pepe was obviously angry, and he pushed his teammate away roughly: "This is a fucking offside!"

"No matter whether it's offside or not, you should be back for me! You bastard!" Ajinfeyev was a little angry when he failed to question. He was about to rush forward and tragedy of killing each other. Fortunately, his teammates around rushed up to separate the two.

Tang En almost vomited blood when he saw this scene on the sidelines. He kept scolding: "This group of bastards! I'm embarrassed to be on the live broadcast!"

Wenger next door sat on the chair, with a faint gloating smile on her face. The forest team's internal strife? This is an unusual drama. It seems that the forest team is about to overwhelm the heavy pressure.

Even the commentator was excited: "Oh oh! The players in Nottingham Forest have had a conflict. It's still a conflict between our own people! Some of them have watched it now! I have explained the Premier League game for nearly ten seasons, and the commentator Forest has not yet finished fifty games. I have never seen such a fierce conflict between their own people! Tony Don't always claim that his team is the most united team in the world, and there is really little negative news about their locker room in the media. But today... all this happened nakedly before all of us. It's really rare to see it in a century! I'm now looking forward to how Tony Don't faces the rushing reporters after the game ends..."

"What are you doing!" At the same time, on the court, the Forest players are working hard to calm down the two "angry Bulls".

"Calm down!"

"Stop making trouble, have you all taken the wrong medicine?"

Wood was separated by two people. One hand was one, pushing them away. But the two of them broke away from Wood and were reluctant to give in.

Arsenal fans in the stands heard gloating booing and laughing after a brief shock - any team of fans always like to see their opponents look ugly in front of them.

The laughter and boo sounded harsh to Don Eun, and it was even more harsh than calling him "You damn" in front of him.

Finally, he stopped muttering alone, but rushed to the sidelines to roar loudly inside: "It's live now. Bastards! Live!!"

His voice was drowned in the huge booing sounds at the scene and he was not heard. Instead, it attracted special attention from the camera. The TV broadcast gave him a very long close-up shot. In the camera, he clenched his fists, his face flushed, his eyes wide open, and he looked really angry.

Seeing this scene in the private room, Shania stood up from her seat nervously. Whenever Tang En was excited, Shania would be so worried.

Donn roared in vain on the sidelines until he returned to the coach's seat panting and asked for water. There was no result. Chris Lak handed him the water and muttered: "Is the pressure too much?"

Tang En took the water bottle and did not put the water into his mouth. Instead, he stared at Chris Lack in a daze, making the latter look a little furious. He suddenly stopped drinking water. He stopped going to the sidelines to continue cursing, but sat down and stared at the field without saying a word, as if he was in a daze.

At the last moment, George Wood activated his "pressure" as the captain. He grabbed Pepe and Akinfeyev's clothes and told them to be honest.

"It's a game now, I have to play and wait until the game is over before playing!"

Even the referee intervened. He called the two of them to his side and gave a verbal warning. Tell them that even if they were teammates of the first team, if there was a fierce physical conflict, he would have to give a yellow card to warn.

The two of them became a little less angry. But they still didn't meet each other.

They walked back to their positions, without saying a word.

Taking advantage of the internal strife between the Forest Team just now, Wenger also got up and walked to the sidelines, waved to call Fabregas over, and gave him the opportunity in person.

"They had a problem themselves. This is our opportunity. Let's continue to assist Pepe. "

Fabregas nodded while drinking water.

After returning to the court, Arsenal indeed adjusted his tactics. He used Pepe as the main attack direction. Pepe was obviously affected by the concealment and argument, because it was realistic that the ball was missed from him, and he did not actively return to defense. Perhaps he was absent at that moment, or for some other reason, his mistake always caused Bella to easily shoot the ball in. For a moment, the Forest team was in danger in front of the goal.

After seeing this, Don Eun also stood up from the coach's mat, shouting Wood's name on the sidelines, and using gestures to ask him to make up for Pepe's status. Only after Wood took the order and left, the Forest's defense line once again gained a foothold in Arsenal's stormy offensive.

Fortunately, there was not much time for Arsenal in the first half. Even if there was an internal strife between Forests, there was only three minutes of stoppage time. The referee quickly blew the whistle at the end of the first half, which made Arsenal fans a little dissatisfied - they believed that after giving Arsenal one minute, Nottingham Forest's goal would be lost for the second time.

Despite this, the Arsenal players were happy to return to the locker room because they saw their opponents collapse with their own eyes - nothing affects morale more than the conflict between the players in the game, because such a thing is so embarrassing...

Just look at the way the Forest players will walk down. They wish the game ended and escaped from the Emirates Stadium as soon as possible.

Tang En dragged at the end. He stood alone on the sidelines for a while before slowly walking towards the corridor.

This back seems very tired.

Shania saw this scene in the private room. Her face sank.

Tony Don, who was showing off on the sidelines, would have been ten years old when he got home after such a fierce game.   He had problems with his heart and was under such great pressure... She was really worried.

The players of the Forest Team in the locker room were silent. Akinfeyev and Pepe were far away, and no one looked at each other.

When someone heard the sound of opening and closing the door, he looked up and saw the head.

They did not see an angry expression on their heads, and they did not even have the tranquility before the storm came.

Tang En glanced at everyone, his eyes turned very slowly, and it seemed to take several minutes to look at each other, and the locker room was silent. Chris Lark was not the kind of person who could tolerate this atmosphere. He tried to open his mouth and say something several times, but in the end he gave up.

He felt something was wrong.

Tang En finally spoke: "I think I'm wrong about something - I'm happy to bet with others, but I forgot your ability to bear it. It's not my original intention to let you bear this pressure like me, you all know... uh, I hope to take all the pressure on myself and let you play it carefree. Now it seems that I'm wrong, it's ridiculous." He kept shaking his head and denying himself, his expression was painful and tired.

"So I won't put any pressure on you in this game. You can play as you like... As for eating the table, you don't have to worry about it. I have my own way."

After saying that, Tang En sat down on the chair and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Igor and Pepe don't have to have any knots. I don't blame you for this. I know you are all considering the team, so... the matter is over." He clapped his hands, as if he really didn't take it seriously.

"I now realize that the triple crown is not an easy thing, especially in our situation, winning the triple crown is simply a daydream. The ridicule outside makes sense. I Tony Donne is always used to talking big, but thank you, every time you make my big talk a reality... But this time it's different, the triple crown is indeed... it's difficult. OK!" He stood up from his seat again and raised his voice, "I admit defeat! We are not qualified to win the triple crown! Everyone, after playing this game, go home to sleep, don't think about anything, let's fight for a championship in the Champions League and the FA Cup."

"Everyone let go of the pressure! It's nothing great to lose to Arsenal in this game! As long as we eliminate them in the Champions League, we will take revenge!"

After Tang En finished speaking, he found that the locker room was still silent, even quieter than before. He asked strangely: "What's wrong? Why don't you talk? Isn't I right? Hello, I'm doing my best for you, guys! I'm trying my best to relieve stress for you! Is this your attitude? What do you think of me? What's not talking?" He suddenly cursed loudly, his breathing became heavy, and he stared at everyone in the room with his eyes.

"Say something! Like 'Okay, we gave up on the league'!"

"No.  " Wood stood up.   "I don't want to give up the league.  " He said and looked at Don Eun.

Pepe hesitated for a moment and stood up: "Boss... I apologize to you for the incident in the first half... I just saw the ball lost and my mind was a little hot..."

"That's why I'm here to relieve stress, isn't it?" Tang En spread his hands and shrugged.

"But what I want is not such a relief..." Pepe shook his head, "I am the same as George, and I don't want to lose the championship."

"Boss... None of us said we wanted to give up the league, why do you say those things?" This time it was Akinfeyev. "I apologized to Pepe. I was a little impulsive in the first half, but now it's okay. We are only one goal behind, why should we give up?"

More and more people stood up to express their wishes. No one wanted to give up, they all wanted to win the championship. In the end, everyone stood up and surrounded Tang En.

Tang En looked left and right.

"It's so strange. So you suddenly don't want to lose this game?"

"We didn't say we wanted to lose the game, boss!" Someone corrected the mistake in Tang En's words.

"You really want to win?" Tang En asked in confusion.

"Does anyone want to lose?" Wood asked back.

After hearing Wood's words, Don Eun raised his hands to his chest and lowered his head to signal everyone not to speak. He was silent for a while, and then said, "Very good, from now on, you will completely forget what I said just now! Forgot those damn 'giving the league' and 'wash and go to bed'. Let's arrange the tactics against Arsenal in the second half..."
Chapter completed!