champion godfather

Chapter 778
"Welcome to Calderon! You are watching a match in Group C of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 10-11 season. The two sides are Atletico Madrid and Nottingham Forest. The two sides have never had a confrontation record before. For each other , It’s all a blank sheet of paper. Nottingham Forest beat Celtic 1-0 at home in the first group match, while Atletico Madrid shook hands with Juventus in the away game. From the point of view of points, Nottingham Forest temporarily Leading. But it's Calderon, Atletico Madrid, Nottingham Forest don't take it lightly!"

At night, the Calderon Stadium is brightly lit, and the towering lights shine from all directions, making the stadium white.In the dark city, this is the place where the light gathers. Fans walk through the narrow streets and alleys, pouring into the stadium continuously.The noise was as if water droplets were carried by the river into the ocean, and the stadium gradually became full of people.The entire south of Madrid was plunged into an atmosphere of frenzy.

People here don't care about buying a ticket with a whole day's income, just to rush in and roar for nine or ten minutes, and then leave satisfied or unsatisfied, and go home to sleep.Football is not a pastime for them, it is almost the goal of life.

It's a frenetic stadium and any visiting team will be under a lot of pressure here.

"But we fucking grew up under pressure! There's no pressure in away games? I don't believe such nonsense." Dunn was doing the final pre-match advocacy for his team in Calderon's visiting team locker room. "As professional players, and as professional coaches, we all face various pressures. Calderon is nothing to me. Atlético Madrid want to scare us with their home advantage, tell me , are you scared?"

"How is this possible, boss?" Eastwood stood up and spread his hands. "Who do they think they are? King Kong? Godzilla? Or Jurassic dinosaurs..."

Tang En hurriedly made gestures to tell him not to continue, otherwise the protagonist during the period before the game would have to be replaced.

"Okay, Freddie. I know your determination. This game is about whether we can make it out of the group... In fact, every game is about. So I ask you to give it your all! Aguero is the key man , the whole back line cheered me up, marked him strictly, and completely froze him. If I thought after the game that Aguero didn't go long, you won! He is very fast, so I ask The defense is not allowed to press easily. The assists of the full-backs should also be reduced as much as possible, and do not give Atletico Madrid the opportunity to play a fast attack. Pay attention to protecting the space behind each other. George."

Wood stood up.

"If Aguero drops back to the midfield, you go up and defend. If you want to foul, stay away from the penalty area."

Wood nodded.

After explaining Wood's matter, Tang En said to the whole team: "Insist on going to the side when attacking. There is Camacho in the middle, which is a problem. Avoid him, and when he is attracted to the side to help defend, George You and Thiago are waiting to plug in."

In the away game against Atlético de Madrid, Tang En formed a lineup with two midfielders. He almost gave up the tactics of attacking in the center and mainly played on the side. In order to prevent Madrid's attack.He deliberately compressed the distance between the two players in the middle of the midfield and the back line very close, and did not give Aguero and others a chance to make trouble in the frontcourt.

The next attack will depend on how effective Mathias Fernandez and Lennon can play on the wing.

Dunn glanced at Fernandez. His interpreter was not allowed to enter the most private place of the team - the locker room, so he could only rely half on the players' experience and intuition for the team's tactics, and the other half By guessing.

Tang En can't speak Spanish either, but he speaks Chinese fluently. It's a pity that Fernandez, a Chilean, can't understand...

But Fernandez is the key to this game, and he must be clearly let him know what he should do.

He called Fernandez's name.

Still understandable his own name, Fernandez raised his head.

Dunn drew his position on the tactical board, and then he used a black marker to draw a straight line on the circle representing Fernandez until it reached the opponent's penalty area.He looked at Fernandez with his eyes.

The Chilean nodded in understanding.

Tang En then divided two lines at this point, one continued to walk near the bottom line, and drew a dotted line near the bottom line all the way to the door.The other one swerves from that point towards the penalty area and then draws a dotted line towards the goal.

Tang En kept looking at Fernandez during the painting process, and continued to paint when he saw him nodding.

After painting these, Fernandez basically understood what he was going to do.Then Dunn said to him in very simple English: "Don't defend."

Fernandez still understands the two simple English words "No" and "defend".He nodded and said, "Yes."

Tang En raised his voice and said to him: "Attack! Attack!" (Attack! Attack!)

Fernandez was led by Tang En and also raised the volume of his answer: "Yes! Yes!"

"OK!" Dunn gave Fernandez a thumbs up.

After doing this, Tang En clapped his hands: "Okay, guys. Keep one thing in mind in this game - I don't need draws or losses, I just want to win! In the away game, capture Calderon and win Atletico Madrid!"

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At the beginning of the game, relying on this being their home court, Atletico Madrid launched a fierce attack on the hinterland of Nottingham Forest. The offensive wave after wave seemed to never stop.

Tang En stood on the sidelines with his arms crossed, watching the vicissitudes of the field coldly.He is not in a hurry.He is quite at ease about Nottingham Forest's defense - as long as it is dedicated to defense, there are very few teams in the world that can break the Forest team's goal.

Maybe Barcelona?

But it's just a guess, and it can only be clarified after the two sides meet and actually fight each other.

After 5 minutes, Atletico Madrid returned without success, and they slowed down a little.While guarding against the Forest team's quick counterattack, the next wave of offensive climax is brewing.

Nottingham Forest fought back.

Attacking from midfield, the ball was passed directly to the wing and handed over to Matias Fernandez.

Atletico Madrid's players expressed some concern for Fernandez.But more often they still set their sights on George Wood.

The latest information tells Atletico Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini that George Wood has been in very good form recently, and what makes the opponents of the Forest team a headache is that this player who is in the midfielder position now also has one hand behind him. The attack is unique.As the saying goes, "It's easy to hide from the open, but hard to defend from the back." Fernandez's good defense, and George Wood's midfielder who doesn't know when to rush up and kick the world wave is too annoying...

Fernandez started his performance on the wing.

His speed is not too fast, but his technique is very good.In La Liga, which emphasizes technology, he is also outstanding.

Twain gave him the greatest degree of freedom in this game, allowing him to play at will under the premise of going to the bottom or cutting inside.And it doesn't require him to defend, which is Fernandez's favorite place.

He first used his own start to quickly dodge Simao, then made a sudden pass when facing the Greek right back Setaridis, and then went to the bottom.Abang Lahuo passed the football out in the first time, two to one!

Next, Fernandez didn't wait for the defending central defender Ze Castro to come up, he passed the football in, and the target was the high center forward Zikic, who was [-] meters tall!

In this game, Twain did not start the technical shooter Eastwood, nor did Ibisevic, who came in and was in good form, start. Instead, he played two extremes - one was the extremely fast Abang Laho, and the other It is Zikic who is extremely tall.

Among Atletico Madrid's central defenders, Pablo is 1.9 meters tall, but he was injured a month ago and he is still not recovering.Didn't even make the squad for this game.

Atletico Madrid's starting two central defenders are 1.8 meters three Ze. Castro and 1.8 meters zero Heitinga.

Tang En decided to make a big fuss about the height of the opponent's central defender, using Zigic's bounce and header to cause trouble for Atletico Madrid.

He succeeded!

"Zikic leaps high... with a header!!"

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL—"

When Zigic jumped up, no one around him could compete with him in height, and Fernandez's cross was also very comfortable. He didn't even need to adjust his posture, he only needed to tilt his head slightly in the air , and then give it a swing!
Atlético de Madrid goalkeeper Leo Franck is good enough to be able to react at such a close distance. He threw himself across the body, one step too late, and could only watch the football enter the goal...

"Nottingham Forest scored a goal in the 6th minute! It was their first attack since the start of the game, the first shot! They took the lead! Atletico Madrid suffered a heavy blow!"

They were indeed stunned.Conceding the ball so quickly in the opening game is definitely not in their tactical arrangement.How to fight next?
Atletico Madrid suddenly ran out of ideas.

Offensive?
After hesitating for a few minutes, Atletico Madrid launched a fierce offensive again. Amidst the voices of the home fans, their offensive wave almost drowned the goal guarded by Akinfeev.

Tang En was beaming as he watched from the sidelines.He just likes when others press him down and beat him. While being beaten, he looks at the opponent's space with mischievous eyes, and then gives him a cold shoulder.

Why did he arrange double midfielders, just waiting for this moment to come.It's just that this moment came much earlier than he expected...

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The next game completely entered the track of Nottingham Forest.Atletico Madrid, who conceded a goal, attacked quite fiercely, and they got carried away in the frenzied atmosphere at home.

Even Pellegrini didn't think there was anything wrong with doing this-he originally told the players to keep attacking at home and try to take advantage of the home court to win Nottingham Forest and pave the way for the group to qualify.

Fernandez, who was cruising near the midfield, looked at the lively backcourt, and he chose to continue cruising.The boss didn't seem to be gesturing him off the court to get back on defense.Of course he knows the situation the team is facing now, so he also knows that his personal skills will be the key to the team's counterattack.

So he continued to cruise in the midfield with peace of mind.

The chance came again towards the end of the first half.

Fernandez receives the ball from Barnes and dribbles down the wing.This time he managed to attract the attention of two Atletico Madrid players.Heitinga and Camacho came one after the other.He didn't choose to go down blindly, nor did he forcefully cut inside, but found a passing route between the two, and stabbed the football out from between Heitinga's legs...

Hurry up and kill Abang Lahuo!
Since it is inserted from the back, it is not offside at all.Taking advantage of Atletico Madrid's heavy pressure and empty defense, let's do it again!
Abanglaho accelerated after receiving the ball, relying on his own speed to get rid of Aguero who was following behind him, chasing all the way here, and then faced goalkeeper Frank, tricked him to the ground with a fake move.

What is there to hesitate about facing the empty door?push!
"GOOOOOOAL—the second goal!! No. 401 minutes in the first half, Nottingham Forest's classic quick counterattack! It can be written into the textbook! Fernandez, who assisted two goals, was the forest team's best performance in the first half Fantastic player, two passes for two goals! Perfect performance!"

Tang En and his colleagues applauded the goal off the court.He was far from happy with Fernandez, who was at his best, for his two-goal lead over Atletico Madrid.

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During the intermission, Dunn praised Fernandez's performance, and his face seemed to blossom.Although there are too many English words that he still can't understand, he can still understand the meaning of "GOOD" and "VERY_GOOD".He finally began to have such an idea-maybe it was not a failed adventure that he chose to transfer to Nottingham Forest.

In the second half, Atletico Madrid stepped up their marking of Fernandez.As a player who was still playing in La Liga last season, Atletico Madrid is no stranger to him.This somewhat limits Fernandez's performance.Even Camacho has noticed that Fernandez has repeatedly interfered with the ball.

Under such circumstances, Twain instructed Wood on the sidelines to actively step in and participate in the offense.No need to always defend from the back.

This move disrupted Pellegrini's arrangement at half-time.If Camacho goes to stop Wood, then Fernandez must be handed over to the full-backs and full-backs to defend. This is tantamount to sacrificing the team's offense on the right. How can the score be equalized with one leg?The attack in the middle was blocked by Thiago, Wood, Pepe and others.

At the beginning of the first half, Aguero was still waiting for the support from the midfielder. Later, he found that the passes from the midfielder were all cut off by Wood and Thiago. After the meeting, he tried to drop back to receive the ball, and then he was caught. Wood's close watch.

George Wood was evaluated as a man who could defend Messi one-on-one. Aguero had nothing to do and was silent for the entire first half.Regardless of the fact that Atletico Madrid has a lot of offensive opportunities, Aguero has never gotten that kind of particularly threatening shot.

In the second half, Wood wanted to go up and attack, and his chances increased slightly, but he was entangled again by Pepe and Thiago.Even without Thiago, with Pepe's ability, Aguero will not be at a disadvantage in singles.

Aguero met a strong enemy today...

In the past two years, due to Aguero's outstanding performance, Atletico Madrid is almost Aguero's team alone.The advantages and disadvantages of this are obvious.When Aguero is in good form, Atletico Madrid can almost see who can kill who, but once Aguero is frozen, Atletico Madrid will immediately become a second-rate team.

In this game, Twain did a good job of freezing Aguero, the core of Atletico Madrid.

Coupled with Fernandez's big explosion, the arrival of victory is not surprising at all.

Aguero only ushered in the dawn in the last 5 minutes of the game. His two consecutive shots almost broke through the city guarded by Akinfeev. Unfortunately, this performance of boosting morale came too late. Useless.

In the end, relying on Fernandez's two assists and the double defensive midfielder's steady counterattack tactics, Nottingham Forest won the third-tier team in the group Atletico Madrid 2:0 away.With two wins and two wins, it has already taken the lead in the competition with Juventus to qualify for the group.If he can keep winning like this, then this group will really be like Dunn said - become the death group of the other three teams.

Pellegrini looked a little frustrated in the post-match press conference, and he admitted that Nottingham Forest's goal in the 6th minute disrupted the team's overall deployment.So much so that in the next 84 minutes, his team was in a completely passive situation, being led by the nose by Tony Twain's team.

And what about Tony Twain?
"Just a good night, we got the win. Fernandez found his form and I couldn't ask for anything else."

A reporter asked him what he thinks after finishing the game against Atletico Madrid and facing Juventus soon.

"Seeing old friends is always exciting." Tang En smiled charmingly.It seems that the opponent is really his old friend.

After this game, the media can start to officially hype the "two heroes meeting" between Nottingham Forest and Juventus.

(End of this chapter)