Evan Doughty, who was in the box, saw the scene unfolding on the field and suddenly remembered the first time he went to the youth team to look for Tony. He saw the kind of training that was going on on the training ground — a group of people formed a small circle, then let Wood go back and forth in the middle to snatch the others' passes, and the person who was snatched would be punished to run the circle. At that time, there were many people who were punished. He still remembered a young man running out and saying to the coach, "The distance is too close. The ball was intercepted by Wood before it could be passed!"
It was really similar to today …
Janacopoulos stood in place waiting for the football to be passed over. At the same time, he adjusted his foot, intending to directly kick the ball to the front without stopping. This impulsive and silly boy was so easy to fool!
"George Wood rushes to the opponent's half of the field to intercept!"
Janacopoulos quickly realized that something was wrong because he was destined not to receive the pass. Nolan's pass was not powerful and fast, but George Wood's speed was so fast that they did not expect it!
It was self-defeating!
The Greek panicked and wanted to go forward to receive the pass, but Wood was one step ahead of him. He lowered his body and slid over, using the speed and momentum of his continuous sprint … to reach the football before Janacopoulos!
Janacopoulos risked being injured by Wood's shovel to extend his leg to block, but the football rolled past his leg …
"George Wood successfully intercepted!" Gray cried. "Nolan was too careless! His pass was too light … How could he pass such an irresponsible ball when he was being forced to intercept by the opponent? "
"The Forest team's counterattack! The ball went through the defensive line … Eastwood! "
Loud cheers erupted over the City Ground stadium again! Their top scorer for January received the ball from Wood's shovel. Because Nolan's return pass was intercepted, the entire Bolton Wanderers defense did not react at all to the shovel pass. They watched helplessly as Eastwood received the football when no one was marking him, and then swung his right foot towards the goal …
A legendary manager! A legendary striker! The door to a future full of glory … will be kicked open by this foot of mine!
"WHAT — A — GOAL —!! A stroke of genius! This is Freddy Eastwood's second goal of the game, and his fifth goal in three consecutive games since joining Nottingham Forest! "
The City Ground shook and swayed. Tang En felt as though he was in the mouth of a volcano that was about to erupt. He could barely stand!
"George Wood intercepted continuously, from the back to the front, he finally succeeded in intercepting Nolan's pass! Eastwood agilely appeared at the place he was supposed to appear! One was 18 years old, and the other was 20 years old. Including the 19-year-old Ashley Young who created the penalty kick in the first half! The young stars of Nottingham Forest are rising! "
After scoring the goal, Eastwood had originally planned to look for Wood, who had assisted him, and take the opportunity to express his friendliness. However, Crouch, who was next to him, stretched out his long legs, stood in front of him, and hugged him tightly. Then, more teammates rushed up and surrounded him. He couldn't see the situation outside at all. What happened to that quiet kid? Is he in this group? Or was he still standing outside in a daze?
"Poor Kevin Nolan. His pass error in the first half gave Forest a chance to equalize from the penalty spot. In the second half, he made a mistake in his passing and gave George Wood another chance to assist! Today is not his lucky day! "
Seeing his beloved player make such low-level mistakes in succession, Allardyce was flustered and exasperated off the field. He turned to the Frenchman sitting on the substitutes' bench and shouted, "Djorkaeff, get ready to play!"
He was certain that Nolan was not in form for today's game. The only thing that puzzled him was why he could score in the opening shot, but his form plummeted after that?
If Kevin Nolan knew that he was substituted because of this mistake, he would definitely feel wronged. This was not a mistake … His plan was flawless and flawless! He could only blame that number 33 for being too fast! If it were another team, another opponent, his plan would definitely succeed, definitely!
He stood in the same spot, with the annoyed Nigerian beside him and Janakopoulos on the ground in front of him. The Greek recklessly went against Wood's kick, but ended up injuring himself instead. He lay on the ground holding his ankle, his expression pained …
In the face of such a situation, they had nothing to say.
And what about the "culprit" who caused all this?
George Wood ran towards the celebrating crowd, but after a few steps, he stopped. He really wanted to celebrate the goal with those people … but he did not know how to blend in, laugh happily, roar excitedly, wave his arms excitedly … just like those people.
He was the one who created the goal, his assist, but now he was like an outsider.
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Bolton Wanderers, who were trailing in the score, substituted Djorkaeff for Kevin Nolan, who was "not performing well." Nolan was disappointed with Allardyce's decision. After being substituted, he walked straight to the players' tunnel, without shaking hands with the manager or returning to the substitutes' bench. Tang En noticed this scene. A general falling out with the manager? This was good news for the Forest team in the next round of the game.
Allardyce could not care less about Nolan's mood. He had already used up one substitution, but was faced with the predicament of using up another — Janakopoulos was injured, and the team doctor's suggestion was that it was best not to let him persist and immediately substitute him.
This made him hesitate for a moment. He originally wanted to replace Kevin Davis, who was injured. He did not expect Janakopoulos's unexpected injury to disrupt all of his plans.
He decided to let Janakopoulos persist a little longer to see how the game would go.
The team doctor comforted the Greek with a few words, sprayed him with painkillers, and let him return to the field again.
The game continued.
Although the Nottingham Forest players' celebration on the field had ended and the game was back on track, the fans in the stands were still celebrating the goal just now. However, the fans in the stands were still celebrating the goal that had just been scored. George Wood had rushed from the backfield to the front field, continuously pressed for the ball, and finally succeeded in shoveling and passing the ball to assist his teammate for a goal. He had also crippled two of the opposing players — one was substituted, and the other limped up — such incidents were spread among the fans. Unknowingly, Wood had become the darling of the city's stands, even though not many people had heard of his name before the last game.
Allardyce hoped that the team could quickly recover their morale and then resume their offensive against the Forest team. After all, Bolton Wanderers was a Premier League team. How could they lose to a team ranked in the middle of the First Division?
But just two minutes later, his team suffered another heavy blow.
Nottingham Forest scored again!
This time, the Forest team took advantage of the Bolton Wanderers' indiscriminate bombardment to play an efficient counterattack. Wes Morgan drove a long shot to the front field. Rebrov stopped the ball and lobbed the ball into the Bolton Wanderers' penalty area. Jaskolainen and Crouch rushed to the ball at the same time.
If the Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper faced Eastwood, then he had more than a fifty percent chance of getting the ball because he could use his hands. When the football bounced high, he could jump up and directly collect it.
But now the man who snatched the opportunity with him was Crouch, the 2.01 meters tall Crouch!
Such a chance was not fifty percent against fifty percent! It was eighty percent against twenty percent!
The distance between Crouch and the football looked closer than the distance between Jaskolainen and the football. The Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper would get the ball … But he stretched out his long legs!
Jaskolainen saw the football suddenly fly in front of him, over his head, and then fell into the empty goal behind him amid the thunderous cheers of the City Ground stadium!
3: 1! Nottingham Forest was leading by two goals at home!
More fatal than this goal was the timing of the goal — it was less than two minutes after the last goal they conceded. Just as Bolton Wanderers had lifted their morale to equalize the score, they conceded another goal.
This third goal came so quickly that it completely stunned Bolton Wanderers. Even if the veteran Djorkaeff played, it would not change anything — they were bound to lose!
Listening to the singing in the City Ground stadium and watching the red wave set off in the stands, Allardyce spat unwillingly and reluctantly accepted the result.
Replacing Davies, replacing Okocha, and replacing him with a defensive midfielder and a center back … The arrogant Premier League manager had to lower his head in front of the First Division team, Nottingham Forest, and admit defeat.
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