Godfather Of Champions

In the second half, as Dunn said, Arsenal continued their performance in the second half of the first half, using a quick pass to try to tear the forest team's defense.

After George Wood was criticized by Dunn at halftime, his performance in the second half was more positive. Fabregas also wanted to control everything in his own hands as he did in the first half. He found it was not so easy.

Wood's close press was very powerful, and he ran with him as if he didn't care about his physical strength. As for the defense behind him, it was handed over to Gago. Anyway, the Forest team is now one goal ahead, even at the expense of Gago's offense. The key is to completely freeze Fabregas.

"Fàbregas received the ball and he intends to pass it...ah! Wood's grab was very timely, he stabbed Fabregas' pass!"

Seeing the football that was just passed out, Wood was stabbed by Wood. Fabregas reacted really fast. He immediately went to the counter grab. Unfortunately, Wood was faster than him and rushed to the Spaniard. Bregas stood behind him, then he kicked the football out with a big foot.

Fabregas pushed Wood a little annoyed, of course he didn't push Wood at all. It provokes Wood to look back at him, expressionless.

Then Wood seemed to stick to Fabregas.

Fabregas found that Wood was relying on his super physical fitness to grab the ball, so he adjusted his strategy. Instead of passing it after receiving the ball, it will control it, make a few fake moves, and then pass the ball.

It worked very well at first, because Wood's inertial thinking always made him easily swayed by Fabregas. But then it didn't work.

Wood stayed behind.

He still pounced first. But there is one leg behind, and the center of gravity is not completely thrown out. Fabregas thought he swayed Wood and adjusted his body to pass the ball, but suddenly his center of gravity tilted and fell to the ground.

Looking at it again, it turned out that the leg that Wood was dragging behind had hooked him down.

He raised his hand to signal Wood for a foul, and the referee's whistle sounded very cooperatively.

Wood did not complain to the referee because of his foul. He didn't even go to La Fabregas to get up and ran back to defend.

Fabregas got up on his own, Wood's foul was not harsh, but it interrupted Arsenal's attack. He was helpless about this, and he had played against Wood many times, and he was already familiar with Wood's set.

Only when he serves a free kick can he experience the unrestrained sense of no Wood interference around him.

Next, fouls, small moves, reasonable collisions... Wood did everything to toss Fabregas extremely hard-although he was not completely frozen by Wood, he put a lot of energy into fighting Wood. , So that his passing success rate is not as good as the first half, and his contribution to the offensive organization has also declined sharply.

Not only that, he also consumed a lot of physical energy in the contest with Wood, and was out of breath later.

On the other hand, Wood's face didn't blush or breathe, everything went as usual. His physical fitness makes his opponent desperate.

Due to Wood's sudden activity, Arsenal had to hand over the offensive organization task to Wilshere.

The person defending Wilshere is Gago, who is two levels worse than Wood in defensive ability.

As the current young generation midfielder in England, with the best offensive ability, Wilshere still has a lot of room to play under Gago's hands. He has sent three wonderful passes. Unfortunately, Arsenal's other offensive teammates were not sure.

Wilshere’s activity allowed the narrator to pass on to Fabregas again in the first half.

"It really deserves to be the most imaginative and technical midfielder in England after Gascoigne! He makes Gago tired and at a loss! People usually say that Coach Wenger has a player who is 30 years old. Fabregas will soon turn 27 in the habit of selling off. Perhaps Wenger will start to consider Wilshere to replace Fabregas in the team..."

Arsenal's fast-paced offense only stalled a bit and resumed operation, but this time their core changed from Fabregas to Wilshere.

The Forest's goal is in a hurry again. Dunn sat down and muttered: "Dual core?"

He considered for a while. Fabregas was consumed quickly by Wood's physical energy, and it shouldn't be relieved for a while. Wilshere's ability is really outstanding, and it is a bit difficult for Gago to defend him... After all, Wilshere is also the top spot in the future midfielder in England.

If this does not work, Wilshere must be contained.

So he walked to the sidelines and took a deep breath.

"Joe-Zhi!!"

This sound is really loud...maybe in order to cooperate with him, at that moment, the singing of the city stadium suddenly became quieter.

Wilshere suddenly trembled.

Then Dunn sat back on the coach's bench, and Wilshere found that the person in front of him had been replaced by George Wood...

Wilshere turned his head and looked behind him a little at a loss. He wanted to find Captain Fabregas, and then he saw Fabregas bending over and panting, while Gago stood beside him.

He realized it was bad...

The subsequent game commentator deeply realized that Wilshere was still a little behind Fabregas... He never mentioned that Wilshere would replace Fabregas again.

With Wood's close defense, Fabregas could still try his best to pass the football to his teammates. Although the success rate was not as good as the first half, it was eventually passed. Wilshere, under the close watch of his national teammates, has difficulty even getting the ball. Under Wood's violent collision, the ball at his feet was always easily lost.

Fouls, small moves, reasonable collisions that hover on the edge of unreasonableness...

Wood used Wilshere's method of dealing with Fabregas.

It didn't take long for Wilshere to admit defeat. He did not dare to let the ball stay at his feet for a while, and then passed it to Fabregas after receiving the ball. Without Wenger's instructions, he himself returned the core position to the captain.

Seeing Wilshere admit defeat, Wood ran back to guard Fabregas.

After tossing for so long, Arsenal's offense did not improve, and the thunder was heavy and the rain was little. They did not score any goals. The score was still 1:0, and the home team Forest took the lead.

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Nottingham Forest forced it out for a while, seeing that it was more than half of the second half, so it simply reclaimed.

This change was a bit unexpected by Wenger. He carefully studied Tony Dunn's, knowing that he would not be willing to be conservative when he knew that a goal was ahead, but he chose to continue chasing and scoring another goal. Why did he retreat at 1:0 now? And from the scene, the Forest team may not be at a disadvantage. Are they really giving up the opportunity to expand their advantages in vain?

In fact, Dunn also has his difficulties. He knew that Wenger was going to use this fast-paced play to bring down his team, because he had used it to others before. So now that you are ahead, use conservative tactics to save some physical strength.

At the same time, he began to change. Cohen replaced Fernandez, and Mork replaced Bentley.

The commentator blurted out a word when he saw this scene in the commentary: "Defensive counterattack!"

It's so familiar that you can know what the next game will develop with your eyes closed.

Nottingham Forest retreated to the half, occasionally harassing Arsenal's defense. Arsenal besieged the forest team's penalty area, but they lacked better scoring opportunities...The game time passed so quietly.

In fact, there is not much difference.

Nottingham Forest's shrinking defense made Arsenal a little uncomfortable. When the Forest players are crowded around the exception of the penalty area, their excellent cross-cutting cooperation is somewhat useless.

Wenger realized that he was the only one who would be unlucky if he continued the siege. Nottingham Forest could score another goal with just one counterattack.

Thinking of this, he temporarily adjusted the team's tactics, no longer besieging the forest team, but slowly falling behind, pushing forward layer by layer. He was not in a hurry to hit the forest team's goal, forcing the forest team to pull out.

The Forest team has reserved the attack, but is not very enthusiastic about the attack. Defense is still the number one task.

The time of the game went very fast in the process of wits between the coaches of both sides, and it was 80 minutes in a blink of an eye.

Now Wenger is faced with a choice: whether to let the game end with this result, or make an effort to score a goal in the last ten minutes.

Even if Arsenal lose the first round by 0:1, it is acceptable. After all, there is only one goal gap, and it is still very good to return to home.

If you go all-out for a goal and get an away goal, the score is still 1:1, and the team is already halfway into the semifinals.

Both results seem to be good...

Wenger was lost in thought.

The advantage of the first choice is that the game is insured, and it seems that Nottingham Forest lacks the strength to score again. If Arsenal want to lose only one goal, it shouldn't be a problem. The disadvantage is that it is not safe to place the decision on whether to advance or not in the future that no one knows.

The advantage of the second option is to strive to take the initiative in your own hands in the first round. The downside is that the goal is likely to be scored instead. Although Wenger has studied Dunn for many years, there is one thing he still can't study thoroughly, and that is Tony Dunn's capriciousness. The character of this person has no rules at all, and the same is true for doing things. He wasn't sure whether the fatigue that the Forest Team showed was deliberately pretending to be fooled by him and pushed out... and then was successfully attacked by the opponent.

Just when he couldn't make up his mind, Dunn made a substitution.

Wenger turned to look, and the person standing on the sideline who was inspecting the studs by the fourth official was the Aaron Mitchell who was more than two meters tall.

And the person he wants to replace is...

The fourth official raised the electronic sign:

No. 15 Nuri Shahin gets off, and No. 9 Aaron Mitchell gets on.

Wenger cursed "cunning" in his heart. If he adjusts his strategy in advance to allow the team to attack, Dunn's move is obviously for him. Withdraw a midfielder and add a tall center forward, the forest team's attack power will be enhanced instead. In the final moments of the game, the simple and crude tactics of using a wide pass or a long pass to sling can achieve amazing results.

It seems that Dunn himself can't bear it anymore, he wants to expand the score at the last moment...

This substitution prompted Wenger to make a defensive decision. Arsenal would rather lose a goal away in the away game instead of turning a small loss into a two-goal defeat at the last moment.

In the last ten minutes, the situation on the court reversed. The Forest team aggressively attacked, while Arsenal retreated. Sure enough, as Wenger expected, Dunn's team played high in the last ten minutes, and the football kept hanging in front of Arsenal, making Almunia and Arsenal's defenders busy. Another time Mitchell fell in the penalty area and caused controversy. Nottingham Forest players insisted that Arsenal players fouled Mitchell while defending, but Arsenal players thought it was nonsense. How could someone as tall as Mitchell fall down with a single touch? It must be diving!

The two sides are in constant dispute, and the Arsenal players deliberately delay time. The referee made the final sentence, which was neither a foul nor a flop, and there was a harsh boo in the stands.

Until the last second, the indiscriminate bombing of Nottingham Forest had no effect. The narrator blamed them for breaking out too late, and didn't remember until the last ten minutes to counterattack, it was too late. But from Dun En's face, you can hardly see any expression of dissatisfaction. It seems that he also accepts the result of 1:0.

When shaking hands with Wenger, the two people smiled, friendly as if what had just ended was not a Champions League quarter-final, but a pre-season warm-up match.

"See you at home, Tony." Wenger issued an "enthusiastic invitation" to Dunn.

Dunn just smiled and said nothing.

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After the game, Wilshere hesitated for a while, and he decided to find George Wood to change his jersey. Although he was staring at him for nothing in the game, as a player who also played for England, he still admired Wood very much. What made him hesitate was that he knew Wood's temper was always weird, especially not like swapping jerseys.

But when she finally made up her mind to find Wood to change the jersey, she was surprised to find that Fabregas had already taken the lead.

The Arsenal captain stood in front of the captain of Nottingham Forest and made a gesture to exchange jerseys. Without saying a word, Wood raised his hand and took off his jersey and handed it to the opponent.

So simply, Wilshere was stunned.

After Fabregas came back from changing his jersey, he leaned forward and asked in surprise: "It's not that he..." He pointed to the gone George Wood, "Don't you like to exchange jerseys with opponents?"

Hearing this, Fabregas also looked astonished: "Who did you hear?"

"Uh... they all said that." Wilshere couldn't tell where the rumors only came from, but he did have the impression.

Seeing him, Fabregas laughed: "He just refused to exchange jerseys with his opponent after the Forest team lost."

Wilshere breathed a sigh of relief.

Fabregas saw through his thoughts and patted him on the head: "Don't be proud, Jack. You have no chance this season."

"Huh?" Wilshere still didn't understand.

"The remaining two games, we will win." Fabregas said this confidently, put on Wood's jersey and walked away. (To be continued, if you want to know what's going on, please visit www.qidian.com, there are more chapters, authors are supported, and genuine reading is supported!)

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