Demon Golden Boots

Chapter 189 The Big Difficult Bones
Old George habitually picked up a cigar and sniffed it in front of his nose.

"I know that the victory over Nottingham Forest and the ten-game winning streak in the league have built up your confidence. Yes, our team's recent performance is indeed impressive. But we can't underestimate the enemy. Liu is right. Nottingham Forest is in The Championship is an underdog, compared to us but better than us."

Old George put away his cigar, and continued: "There was a great man in Liu's motherland. I admire a word he said, which is to despise the enemy strategically and value the enemy tactically."

The simple-minded Manla was a little confused: "Oh, oh, Coach George, what you said seems to make sense. But I don't understand it!"

All the players roared with laughter. . . . . . .

Liu Yun patiently explained the meaning of this sentence to Manla.

The FA seemed to have taken a whirlwind and set the neutral venue for Coventry and Nottingham Forest at Fratton Park, home of Portsmouth.

You must know that Portsmouth is Coventry's mortal enemy of the century!Set up a neutral stadium there, say it is neutral, but the Portsmouth people will support Nottingham Forest overwhelmingly!
In other words, Coventry is tantamount to an away game!

For this matter, Old George also called his old friends in the FA to protest.His old friends said helplessly that this is an established fact and no one can change it.

Fortunately, the tickets for the FA Cup neutral stadium are strictly allocated in a ratio of 4:4:2.Coventry fans can get 40.00% of the tickets.

The decision of the FA also made the Portsmouth police station feel like a formidable enemy.In addition to arranging for most of the police officers to go to Fratton Park to maintain security at that time.In addition, the anti-riot team of the County Police Department was seconded to be on call at any time.

What makes Liu Yun feel gratified is that his Wangnian Qubai has entered Coventry's substitute list in this game.His outstanding performance after coming off the bench in the last game won the approval of Old George.

Saturday, FA Cup match day.

Outside the Fratton Park Stadium in Portsmouth, fans entered the stadium one after another.

Local fans in Portsmouth even wore the red jersey of Nottingham Forest.The stands of the entire stadium are of distinct colors.On one side are 8000 Sky Blue Legion fans, and on the other side are 1 Red Jackets fans.

Among the 1 Red Jackets fans, there were three or four thousand Portsmouth local fans mixed in.Among them are many local football hooligans who are preparing to have a big fight with Coventry fans after the game.

The game is about to start.Old George told his disciples in the locker room: "Don't take it lightly! Okay, let's enter."

Liu Yun led a group of players into the player tunnel.

Nottingham Forest is a team that is good at playing defensive counterattacks.This is not because defensive counterattack tactics are their tradition.In the British Championship, they are underdogs and can only use defensive counterattack tactics against those powerful opponents.

Huntington, the captain of Nottingham, is 25 years old this year and is a typical speed forward.The speed is extremely fast, but the technique under his feet is average.

The main central defender Jim is 30 years old and 1.7 meters tall.In today's world of tall central defenders, he is an outlier in the British Championship.The reason why he was able to win the main position among a group of big men is due to his rich field experience and flexible foot skills.

Goalkeeper George has the same name as the head coach of rival Coventry City.George is 23 years old this year, and he can be regarded as the number one star of Nottingham Forest.He was born in the Nottingham Forest youth academy and has a quick response.Belongs to the kind of promising young star.Although Nottingham Forest has a poor record this season, it has rarely lost more than 0:3. Most of the credit for this should also be attributed to the excellent young goalkeeper George.

The midfielder "fiend" Joel.It seems that every British club has such a villain.Joel's notoriety in the British Championship is no less than Alexander's notoriety in the British Second Division.

Players from both sides enter the field and the game begins.

Coventry took the lead in attacking.Liu Yun took the ball, dribbled in the middle, and distributed the ball to Alexander on the wing.

After Alexander got the ball, he drove straight in.

Nottingham's main central defender Jim appeared beside Alexander.Jim is short in stature, but he belongs to that kind of small steel cannon player. He has strong muscles and does not suffer from physical confrontation.

Jim actually used his body to lean on the position of Alexander, who was one head higher than himself, and then he firmly stuck in the position and broke the ball.

Jim hit directly behind the Coventry team with a big foot!
Nottingham's captain Huntington sped up and used his speed to eat the two defenders of Coventry.Fortunately, Coventry's lagging central defender intercepted the ball in time.If Huntington was better at his feet, it would be a one-shot to pass Coventry's lagging central defender.

This counterattack scared a kind of player and old George into a cold sweat.The opponent's central defender Jim's long pass in the backcourt is full of power, and the landing point is just right.Huntington's speed is also impressive.Almost let the opponent complete a single shot at the beginning.

Liu Yun was keenly aware that his defender was standing too far forward.He signaled to his backline teammates not to press too far forward, so as not to be easily pierced by the opponent.

The game continued.In the 8th minute, Huntington used his speed to open a gap on the wing and cross the center.Nottingham Forest's assisting players compete for the top of the penalty area.Fortunately, the goalkeeper Ruan performed steadily and lifted the ball out of the field with a single punch.

Nottingham Forest won the corner!
Central defender Jim has first-class footwork and has always been the team's first free throw shooter.He walked up to the corner flag and took the corner.

The ball is taken out and goes straight to the front point!

Huntington took off, won the first landing point, and scored with a header!
Juan hit the ball with his hands again.

The ball landed in the penalty area.Joel, the "fierce god" with an assist, shoots angrily at the ball!

The ball went straight to the lower left corner of Coventry's goal!Juan couldn't make a save!

1:0!In the 8th minute of the game, Nottingham Forest took the lead!
The fierce Joel walked up to the corner flagpole, held the corner flagpole with his right hand and danced a waltz.All the Nottingham fans cheered!
Liu Yun's heart skipped a beat: "It seems that Nottingham Forest is really a tough nut to crack!"

If they can beat Nottingham Forest, Coventry will be able to advance to the last sixteen of the FA Cup.The Coventry players really wanted to win this game.But losing a goal as soon as they came up made their mentality very impatient.They made frequent mistakes in midfield.

Nottingham Forest manager White watched the situation with ease.He is a luckist.He believes that Coventry, a mediocre League Two team, overturned the Premier League defending champion Leicester City in the third round, and they have exhausted their luck!Nottingham, which is two league levels higher than them in this game, will definitely beat Coventry!
(End of this chapter)