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Chapter 175 Volume [-] Nottingham's Sky Crack

McLaren is now riding a tiger.He can't decompress the players, let them relax, and he can't continue to stimulate the tense nerves of these people. He is afraid that if someone's psychological quality is weak, an own goal will be broken, or the return pass will be wrong. damn.

At this time, you can neither say "underestimate the outcome" or "absolutely not lose" to these players.You can't use the halftime break to inspire the players' fighting spirit, which is really a headache.In fact, McLaren knows that there is only one way to reduce the psychological burden on the players and liberate them from this vicious cycle of mental state-to score a goal for the Forest team.

As long as the goal is scored, there is no problem.The pressure of having to win, the fierce pressing of the opponent...all vanished.

This is a problem for McLaren.If it was so easy to score goals, the scores of football games would have to be on par with those of basketball.

It seems that it is not feasible to change the situation on the court through substitutions.What else could he hope for?

A, the performance of eleven players on the field; B, the opponent's head coach made a foolish move; C, the opponent's player made a mistake and gave a big gift; D, a set kick.

To be honest, McLaren doesn't have much hope for the performance of his own players on the field.This is quantitative, not variable.What are variables?Tony Twain was dazzled by the atmosphere of the finals of the competition, misjudged the situation on the field, and made inexplicable adjustments.Under Middlesbrough's continuous attack, the pressure of letting go and the pressure in the heart of the opponent's players increased. They were overwhelmed, made mistakes, and then collapsed...

Thinking of this, McLaren's eyes lit up.Why not?My own players are under a lot of pressure because they have been unable to start the situation.Why don't the opponent's players feel a lot of pressure because they need to be on guard against our offense at all times and always think about not losing the ball?Look at the way they bowed and bowed their heads when they left the field, panting.Tony Twain's tactic required too much from the players. No matter in terms of physical strength or psychological quality, McLaren didn't think the Forest team could consistently implement this tactic.

So as long as you have enough patience, you will continue to use offense to harass the forest team's defense, and when their confidence and will begin to waver, they will suddenly launch a fatal blow!
The game is over...

McLaren, who had a clear tactical intention in his mind, was relieved in his heart. He knew what to say to these players.

"I said... now some people are starting to doubt that we can't win this final? Have you shaken your confidence and fighting spirit earlier than our opponents?"

The dejected players heard the sound and looked up at their coach, the young coach Steve McClaren who also convinced them with his achievements.Seeing the renewed smile on the boss's face, their confidence was restored.

"No, boss. No one gave up the game." The team captain, their goalkeeper Schwartz stood up and said.

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When the second half began, Tang En found that Middlesbrough had strengthened their offense. They seemed to be in harmony with Nottingham Forest's "wall defense". McLaren did not let his team slow down the pace, but turned the offense backwards. The tempo picks up.The ball is played quickly, the pass is passed quickly, the goal is shot quickly, the direction of the pass is changed from horizontal to vertical, and the forward pass is obviously more.

This is also a way, but Tang En is not very worried.The advantage of the wall method is not in speed, but in thickness and formation stability.Immovable as a mountain is the best description for this kind of hands-off tactic, responding to all changes with the same.

As long as he gets past the opening 10 minutes, the rhythm will only slowly fall into his grasp for the rest of the game.The one who needs to worry about not scoring goals is not him sitting firmly on the coaching bench, but McLaren's team.

But just 10 minutes into the second half, he jumped out of his seat.

Middlesbrough steal the ball with a long pass from their own half, directly behind Forest's defense.John Thompson, who has always been calm, made a mistake!The extremely fast Tang Ning started from behind while his teammate passed the ball. When Thompson fell to the top, he just rushed past the Forest team's last line of defense!
The Middlesbrough fans in the stands jumped up from their seats and cheered with their arms high!This is the perfect opportunity they've been waiting for for 55 minutes!
Tangning stopped the ball just now, planning to take advantage of the momentum and break through.Suddenly, he felt a gust of wind in front of him, a black shadow flashed by, and then the ball under his feet disappeared, and he was suddenly knocked out... At that moment, he felt as if he had been hit by a boulder.He rolled painfully on the ground, and the football flew out of the bottom line long ago.

"Fucking foul—!!" all the Middlesbrough fans were shouting.

"Fuck your mother's rule-!!" This is the response from the Nottingham Forest fans.

The head coaches of both sides stood up from their seats almost at the same time, nervously waiting for the referee's decision.

The referee ran forward and pointed to the corner flag - "This is a corner kick! What an incomprehensible penalty...Look at the expressions of the Middlesbrough players. There was a huge booing in the stadium the year before last!"

Because Nottingham Forest's goal in the second half was close to the Middlesbrough fans area, the place was immediately flooded with boos.The Middlesbrough players rushed up and surrounded the referee, they couldn't believe their eyes!How could this ball be a corner kick! ?This is clearly a collision!And absolutely unreasonable!
McLaren turned angrily below and punched the ceiling of the coach's bench.He couldn't understand the referee's decision as much as his own players.Didn't that bastard referee see that Tangning even did a double flip in the air?Roll all the way from the inside to the outside!How did his eyes grow?An angry Middlesbrough manager nodded his eyes with two fingers in protest.

But Tang En heaved a sigh of relief and sat down.Although Wood is young and hasn't played many official games for the first team, he is the core of this defensive tactic. His tireless running and rough defense are important deterrents to the opponent.If he is sent off with a red card, his defensive system will collapse.Without his wide-ranging runs and interceptions in the middle, this wall is nothing more than a hollow wall, and it will fall with a poke.

The referee must have been confused by Wood's speed, or because of his active performance in the first half, the referee had some inertial thinking.

But this danger has passed, and there is still a greater danger waiting for Tang En and his forest team.

"George Wood made a dangerous defense. Fortunately, the referee did not pursue it. Judging from the replay, Wood did touch the ball first, but his defensive action was too big and very aggressive. Michaela Lun has enough reasons to complain-this could have been a turning point in the game, leaving the Forest team without an absolute defensive core, in terms of scenes and numbers. But now his team only got a corner kick, and the first half came. The most active performer so far, Tang Ning is still receiving treatment off the court! Listen to the boos from the Millennium Stadium!" Even wearing sound-proof headphones, Andy Gray could barely hear his own voice. Time to turn up the volume and take on those crazy Middlesbrough fans.

In fact, McLaren didn’t need to be so angry. Although he didn’t reduce the Forest team, at least he spent 55 minutes and finally opened a crack in this thick and hard wall.Could this be the beginning of a total collapse of the forest wall?

The two coaches, Steve McLaren and Tony Twain, probably had to think carefully.

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