George Wood found that the opposing number eight, Lampard, avoided him at one point in the first half, but he took the initiative to come to him in the second half. He could not figure it out.
But Wood did not think about these questions if he could not figure it out. In any case, Lampard had saved him a lot of trouble. He just had to wait here and defend.
In his mind, defending was a task that was several times easier than attacking.
He felt that Lampard was different from the first half. There were some changes and more hand movements. But he did not take it seriously, because he also had a lot of additional movements when defending, which were taught to him by the coaching staff and other teammates during training. In other words, Lampard thought he was provoking Wood, but Wood thought it was normal.
As a result …
Mourinho shook his head as he watched from below. He miscalculated. He should not have let Lampard do this kind of thing. This upright Englishman was not suitable …
Forget it. Don't force it if you can't do it. It was just an idea that he thought of on the spur of the moment.
Thinking of this, Mourinho got up and walked slowly to the sidelines, ready to signal Lampard to stop doing that and refocus his attention on how to break through the Forest team's goal.
At the same time, the Forest team launched an attack. Starting with Edwin van der Sar, he threw the ball to Chimbonda, and the Frenchman passed the ball to Ashley Young, who returned to the car to receive.
William Gallas forced his way forward, while Ashley Young and Arteta did a quick one-two combo. He passed the ball to Arteta and turned to run forward. The Spaniard understood and immediately sent an overhead ball over Gallas's head!
The football did not fall to Ashley Young's feet, but flew in front of him, which was in line with Ashley Young's hopes. He could use his speed to his advantage.
Gallas was already certain that he could not catch up with Ashley Young. The man who rushed to the flank was Carvalho, while Gallas quickly ran to the middle of the penalty area to play as the center back and help Carvalho make up the defense.
"Another quick counterattack! The speed of the Forest team's two flanks is no less inferior to Chelsea's Robben and Duff! "
Although Ashley Young was not as good as Ribéry in terms of brilliance and strength, he was still a regular in the England youth team. Attacking from the flank was one of his specialties. His breakthrough was like a gust of wind, setting off a red wave in the stands of the City Ground stadium.
Carvalho pounced on him aggressively, and Ashley Young slammed the football inwards with his heel while making a sudden stop and turning around. The Portuguese national team's main center back was not so gullible. When he saw Ashley Young lift his leg, he immediately braked. If the other side stopped, he would stop too!
"Not yet!"
It wasn't over yet …
After Ashley Young stopped and turned around, he immediately used his right foot to poke the ball towards the end line and changed his direction again.
Carvalho's reaction was still very fast. When Ashley Young moved, he followed suit. Although he was not as fast, he still had legs — he was now very close to the end line. Based on his experience, Ashley Young would definitely pass. He had the most passes among all midfielders in the Premier League last season!
Sure enough, when Carvalho stretched out his leg to block Ashley Young's pass, the England youth team's main side midfielder really passed the ball.
It was just that his pass route was a little higher than Carvalho's leg …
The football drew a high arc in the air and fell toward the Chelsea goal!
"Pass!"
Still affected by Carvalho's defense, the ball's arc was slightly high, which was not conducive to the striker's forward power in the contest.
Anelka, Mark Viduka, and Franck Ribéry. The Forest team's three players went in, along with Chelsea's three defenders and a defensive midfielder. The seven players in front of the goal looked crowded.
In the face of so many people squeezing in front of him, Čech quickly weighed in his mind. He thought that if he directly held the ball, he might face the possibility of losing it, so he simply hit it hard.
His fist hit the football and successfully hit the football out of the penalty area. However, the person who received the ball outside was not a Chelsea player, but Arteta in a red jersey!
"To hell with you …" Mourinho cursed on the sidelines.
Arteta did not stop the ball well the first time. The football fell in front of him and bounced up.
"Makelele —"
The veteran French defensive midfielder rushed up to intercept the ball regardless of his own safety, risking the possibility of being kicked.
Arteta was clearly in position to directly volley a shot. The football bounced up again, delaying his time. But it was just as well. He could directly volley it into the air!
Arteta did not see Makelele. He only had eyes for the football and the goal. The people in between did not exist.
"Volley a shot!!"
Čech's reaction was very fast. When he landed, he saw that it was a Forest player who received the ball. So, just as he landed, he jumped up from the ground and pounced in the direction of the flying football. But!
If Makelele had not blocked between Arteta and Čech, the ball would most likely have been saved by Čech. Unfortunately, when the football flew over, Makelele stretched out his leg to block it. The ball hit his knee, bounced, and changed direction.
This time, even if Čech was possessed by God, he could not do anything about the ball that flew in the opposite direction.
Everyone watched as the football passed through the crowd and flew into the other half of the goal.
Tang En, the fans in the stands, and the fans in front of the television, everyone jumped up with their arms raised.
"Nottingham Forest leads Chelsea by 2: 1!"
"Forest, Forest!!" A roar rang out at the stadium and in front of the television.
"Looks like Tang En's team's psychological advantage against Chelsea continues! Nottingham Forest is not afraid of Chelsea. "
"That's right, they're not afraid!!"
"Mourinho is facing a predicament. From the start of this season until now, ten rounds have passed, and Chelsea has not lost once. On September 22nd last year, in the seventh round of last season's Premier League, they lost to Forest at this stadium. Since then, 41 rounds have passed, and his team has not lost again in the Premier League! This is a remarkable result. As long as they win this game, they will create the second best consecutive undefeated record in English football's top league, second only to Wenger's Arsenal and tied for second with Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest. But now, Clough's successor has used his actions to tell Mourinho that even if Forest's previous record has been lost, it will not be so easy to catch up to them! "
"The former glory of the Forest team has to be defended by the Forest team itself!"
If Motson and Lineker had not mentioned this, in reality, no one would have remembered that record. Anyway, it had already been broken by Arsenal. Tang En also did not use this as a pre-match encouragement.
After Forest's players scored the goal, they did not think too much. Finally, they had the chance to score again. This time, they could not let it go! They were so excited that they collectively ran to the bottom of the grandstand, facing the box above. Under the lead of Arteta, who had scored, everyone lifted up their jerseys.
Including the goalkeeper, Edwin van der Sar, the unsociable Anelka, and George Wood, all 11 players wrote on their chests:
Get well soon. We'll be waiting for you, Freddy!
Although he had long known that they would do this, Tang En still felt a little touched when he really saw this scene. Seeing Anelka, who usually seemed to drift away from the team as a whole, and George Wood, who was always somewhat reserved, standing in the crowd with taut faces and lifting up their jerseys to show the blessings on their chests, Tang En felt that no matter how it looked on the surface, this team was already a whole.
When everyone was willing to think a little more for others, then others would also think a little more for you.
He led the applause, and everyone in the technical area and the substitutes' bench stood up and followed their boss to applaud and thank the 11 players.
Thunderous applause rang out in the stadium for a long time.
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"Freddy Eastwood, who has been out of action for seven months due to a serious injury, is in the box right now. We don't know how he feels when he sees this scene. But I have to say that this is one of the most touching celebrations I've ever seen. Borrowing their words, I also wish Eastwood a speedy recovery and a return to the field. He's such a likable lad. "
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Eastwood, who had just stood up and cheered with the others for the goal, suddenly fell silent.
Salimu stole a glance at her husband and saw that there was a twinkle in his eyes. She smiled and did not say anything, continuing to applaud.
Everyone in the box was the same as the 20,000 or so fans in the grandstand below. They did not cheer loudly or roar excitedly. They only smiled and applauded.
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