"Aaron Mitchell! He scored the most beautiful goal in the entire game! No, this might be the most beautiful goal in the entire UEFA Champions League this season! With a height of 2.02m, he passed four players in a row. This technique reminds us of Ibrahimović, who is also more than 1.9m tall, but Mitchell is taller than him … "
After scoring the goal, Mitchell was pinned down by his teammates and became the bottom of a human pyramid …
Looking at the man who was pressed at the bottom, old Mitchell was a little dazed. He did not shout and jump excitedly like the people around him. When the fans around him excitedly patted him on the shoulder and exclaimed loudly, "You have a good son! You have a good son! " He responded with a somewhat wooden and dry laugh, and quickly turned his eyes to the Barcelona goal.
Is that man really my silly son?
The son who always laughed with a "hehe" and had a somewhat strange tone, the son who was suspected of having "gigantism" because of his crazy growth in height when he was a child?
He had sent him to the Nottingham Forest Youth Football Academy to play football because his son liked to play football. At that time, he had never thought that his son would one day score in a top European competition, let alone score two goals in one go …
He was ecstatic when he scored the first goal, and this second goal … was such a beautiful goal. He felt that his brain was a little inadequate.
Number 9, Mitchell.
Yes, that was his surname. Looking at the face that was as bright as a flower, it was indeed his son.
All of this … is like a dream …
My son, in the blink of an eye, has become the big hero of Nottingham Forest!
I'm the father of the hero!
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Guardiola turned his head to look at his assistants around him and found that they also looked confused. It seemed that everyone had not recovered from the goal concede. There was really nothing much to say about being scored by the opponent in such a way.
But the game was not over, was it?
He got up from his seat, readjusted his emotions, and called Puyol over.
"There are still ten minutes!" He pointed to his watch and said to Puyol, "As long as we can score another goal, Nottingham Forest is finished! One goal! I don't want more, just one goal! "
Puyol nodded. He knew what to do.
"Tell the others to attack with all their might. Don't think about defense at this time. Score another goal for them! "
Puyol received the order and left. He called everyone to his side and repeated Guardiola's words.
"The competition isn't over yet! Now was not the time to be dejected! As long as we can score another goal, Nottingham Forest will have no chance! We still have the initiative! "
Barcelona had not given up yet, and Nottingham Forest was not too happy either. During the celebration of the goal, Dunn and Kerslake pulled the players who swarmed up to the sidelines and instructed, "Don't let your guard down, the game is not over yet! Put away your happy mood for me! Pay attention to defense! We'll switch to defensive counterattack! "
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After the start of the game, Barcelona launched a tidal wave of attacks on Nottingham Forest's half of the field. They knew that if they did not rise up, they would not have a chance.
Nottingham Forest, on the other hand, took the opportunity to retreat and began to fight back against Barcelona.
Both teams seemed to have abandoned the midfield — Barcelona directly passed long balls from the backfield, and Nottingham Forest directly played from the defenders to the forwards. Under such conditions, the football also began to fly around in the air. Barcelona used long passes that they were not good at. This was exactly what Nottingham Forest wanted.
Mitchell was completely exhausted after the goal. He did not even get up from the ground after celebrating the goal because he had cramps. So, he was replaced by Dunn with Ibišević. When he limped off the field with the help of the team doctor, he heard the fans in the stadium standing up and applauding him.
"Aaron Mitchell. He scored twice. If Nottingham Forest eventually beat Barcelona and knocked them out of the competition, then he would be the biggest hero. His performance in this game was perfect. Although the media's score after the game has not come out, the fans in the stadium have already given him ten points! Look at these fans standing up and applauding! Well done, Aaron Mitchell, who is only twenty years old! "
He could not believe that the scene he had imagined while lying alone in bed had become a reality. He looked up at the stands and slowly raised his hands to thank the fans for applauding. His eyes were already filled with tears. He felt that he was the happiest person in the world at this moment …
"Well done, Aaron." Dunn stood in front of him and looked at him with a smile.
Mitchell took a step forward and went up to give Dunn a hug.
"Go and rest. Everyone is waiting to hug you." Dunn gently patted him twice on the back.
Aaron Mitchell's tired face broke into a smile when he saw his teammates on the substitutes' bench winking at him.
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The exit over there was very warm, but the game here was still very intense.
Although Barcelona's offense was aggressive, it could not do anything to Nottingham Forest's impenetrable formation. It only looked strong. Their siege for a long time was fruitless. Instead, it caused Nottingham Forest to repeatedly counterattack and threaten their goal because of the empty rear defense. If it were not for bad luck, the Forest team would have more than 3: 1.
Guardiola stood on the sidelines and watched the game nervously. Every time the Forest team counterattacked, he would be very angry. But he could not find any other way but to be angry. Barcelona had to press on to attack, and the Forest team was bound to defend. They were not fools. Why would they not take advantage of such a suitable opportunity to defend?
So, what he had to pray for was not that his defense would not concede a goal, but that they would score as soon as possible. Just one goal would be enough to sentence the Forest team to death …
But Nottingham Forest did not give them the chance to score a goal.
Five minutes passed, and Barcelona could only take long shots from outside the penalty area. The offense they were most proud of could not even get into Nottingham Forest's penalty area.
As the end of the game neared, the Barcelona players became more anxious. The physical contact between the players on both sides also began to become more frequent, and it was different from the usual physical contact. It seemed that both sides were playing with anger every time.
Bojan was protecting the ball at the front of the penalty area but was knocked over by Wood from behind. The Barcelona fans used boos to express their dissatisfaction with Wood's action. The Barcelona players also gave up the game and raised their hands to signal for Wood to foul. Everyone was waiting for the referee's whistle, but the referee did not say anything!
Nottingham Forest did not care what the Barcelona players were doing at this time. Wood passed the ball to Lennon, and it was Lennon who dribbled the ball to launch a counterattack.
Only then did the Barcelona players react. Yaya Touré rushed towards Lennon and retaliated by shoveling him out of the penalty area along with the ball from behind!
Lennon held his ankle and rolled on the ground in pain. It looked like he was badly injured.
This time, the referee's whistle finally sounded. He ruled that Barcelona had fouled!
The Barcelona players were going to rush to the referee and ask him why he did not rule that Wood had fouled. But they collectively changed their target halfway and ran towards the sidelines, where Yaya Touré had fouled.
There, Yaya Touré and George Wood had their hands on each other's necks.
"Ah! Look what happened! George Wood and Yaya Touré had a conflict! "
Busquets was 1.89 meters tall. He did not know if he was trying to stop the fight or take the opportunity to vent … In any case, he rushed up and gave Wood a slap on the chest.
"Take your hand off me! Bastard! "
Seeing their captain being humiliated, the Forest team's teammates naturally could not let it go. Kompany pressed his head against Busquets's with an unkind expression. The two men were like angry bulls, their eyes red, and their noses snorted hot and humid air.
"Do you want to f * cking die?! Barcelona's little bastard! "Kompany scolded in English.
"Despicable, shameless black bastard!" Busquets replied in Catalan.
In fact, the Barcelona players had long been angry with the terrible field. When Messi left the field with an injury, some of the Barcelona players had already started to act rough. Coupled with the fact that they were behind in the score, everything was an eyesore to them now. They just did not have a chance to vent. Now it was all right. Nottingham Forest's "suspected foul" gave them such an opportunity. Of course, no one was willing to let it go.
"Hey! Stop fighting! "As he shouted, he secretly punched someone in the back.
"Damn it! Are you going to use violence now that you can't win? I'm not afraid of you! "
"Pull them away!"
"What do you want?"
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The players from both sides rushed into a mess. The scene was extremely chaotic.
The Forest fans in the stands also booed at Barcelona. During this time, coins, lighters and other miscellaneous items fell from the sky.
The police and security at the scene were on high alert. They were afraid that some extreme fans would jump down from the stands and rush into the fight. That would be terrible …
Dunn, who was on the sidelines, did not expect things to turn out this way. He was completely stunned. Kerslake was the one who shouted at the side, "George! You're the captain! Calm down!! "
The people on the field could not hear what he was shouting. The players on both sides of the game rushed to their heads. They wanted to teach the bastards in front of them a lesson.
Of course, there were still some people who were more clear-headed. Barcelona's Piqué and Forest's Woodgate risked being punched and rushed in to pull the players out.
Wood looked very angry. He kept looking for trouble with Yaya Touré. He did not curse. He just glared at the other player and looked for an opportunity to grab him in the crowd. From the looks of it, Yaya Touré would definitely be beaten up if he was caught by him.
Piqué obviously knew what kind of temper Wood had. He had seen Wood go crazy many times when he played for Forest. As long as one of his teammates was maliciously assaulted by the other team, he would be the first to find trouble with the other team. Perhaps this was the way England's captains were used to protecting their team … So when he rushed up, his first target was Wood. He hugged Wood's waist and pushed him away.
"George! George! "He shouted in English. "Calm down! Don't put yourself in danger! You're the captain! Leng … Jing! " He pushed Wood out of the fight with great difficulty. Wood was still struggling, intending to get even with Touré.
Touré had already been pulled outside by Puyol and was hugged tightly as well.
They believed that if they let go, the two men would rush together like Mars colliding with Earth to fight to the death.
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Tang En cursed in the stands when he saw the scene. However, the excited fans around him did not understand because he was using Sichuan dialect.
"F * ck your ancestors!"
He was not scolding the Barcelona players. He was scolding his own people.
John and Bill were red with excitement as if they had been injected with dog blood. They shouted and scolded loudly in the stands. Their target was, of course, the Barcelona players …
Tang En was helpless. He was in the stands and not in the technical area. Otherwise, he could have rushed in to stop the fight. Nottingham Forest's advancement was almost a foregone conclusion. The smarter way would be to lure the Barcelona players into a psychological imbalance and take the initiative to foul and get a card instead of putting himself in danger!
What are Dunn and David doing?
Pepe can't play in the next match. If you get a few more fouls in this match, how are you going to play in the semi-finals?
F * ck, did you guys give me stimulants?!
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The referee kept blowing his whistle to signal for everyone to calm down. The conflict suddenly started and then suddenly stopped. It was finally calmed down. However, Wood and Touré still needed to be hugged. Otherwise, it would be very worrying to see them fight to the death …
The team doctors had already rushed onto the field during the conflict. They checked and treated Lennon on the sidelines.
After the conflict ended, the referee called Touré and Wood to his side. The two men had unfriendly expressions when they walked together. However, they were still well-behaved in front of the referee and did not get into a fight again.
The referee took out the card from his pocket and took out the red one. He first showed it to Yaya Touré, who had maliciously fouled and shoved someone from behind. Touré wanted to protest to the referee. "Why didn't you blow the whistle when the opponent fouled our player?"
The referee ignored him. He turned around and showed the red card to Wood!
Wood had long known that this would be the result. He did not wait for the referee to do so, and he had already walked off the field first. His exit won the applause of the fans in the stands. To stand up for his teammates, in the simple values of the fans, this is a hero, because he stood up for all of us!
Kerslake saw Wood leave the field and hurriedly followed him. He escorted him all the way back to the locker room, afraid that he would wait in the tunnel for another battle with Touré. On the way back, Kerslake kept patting Wood's head, blaming him for being too impulsive. The coaches saw things from a different perspective than the fans.
Dunn lowered his head on the sidelines. He did not know what kind of expression he should make in response to all of this.
Guardiola, on the other hand, was even more agitated. He was still indignant at the "unfair treatment" his team had suffered. He grabbed the fourth official and asked angrily, "Why didn't you blow the whistle for their foul and blow the whistle for ours? And you even gave them a red card! Why did you only send off one player! Look at that Kompany! "
He soon found out why Yaya Touré was given a red card, and why George Wood was so angry.
Aaron Lennon was carried off the field on a stretcher. The team doctor, Fleming, who was next to him, made a gesture to the Forest team's technical area for a substitution. Lennon was badly injured and could no longer continue in the game.
"This is a very bad foul. It's not wrong to give him a red card!" The English commentator was indignant.
"This game is really … terrible." The Catalan commentator's voice was filled with helplessness. He knew that the game was completely over for Barcelona at this stage. There was no way Barcelona could advance …
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Wood and Touré were both sent off with red cards. Kompany and Busquets were also given yellow cards. Several other players were given verbal warnings. The conflict lasted for five minutes. By the time order was restored, the game had already reached the 90th minute mark and went straight into injury stoppage time.
The fourth official finally got rid of Guardiola's entanglement and signaled to the audience that the injury stoppage time was nine minutes!
Shrill boos rang out over the City Ground stadium again.
"Why the f * * k didn't you just add another forty-five minutes? Bastard referee!" The Forest fans in the stands angrily cursed the decision.
"Because of this conflict that lasted for five minutes, the injury stoppage time is also exceptionally long … Does Barcelona still have a chance?"
There was no chance.
Dunn replaced the injured Lennon with Rafinha. Nkoulou switched to the center back. The five defenders were like a thick chain, firmly locking up the goal guarded by Akinfeev. The Barcelona players were also affected by the conflict. They were agitated, their movements were out of shape, and their performance was off. When their offense was blocked, they chose to blindly shoot directly instead of continuing to organize their offense.
When the referee blew the long overdue final whistle, the boos in the stands turned into cheers in an instant.
All the Forest fans were celebrating the victory. They beat Barcelona 3: 1 at home. Not only did they avenge the first leg, they also proved to the world that Nottingham Forest, who had defended the Champions League twice, was still strong.
"The game is over! After eliminating the 0809 Champions League champion, Inter Milan, they also eliminated the 0910 Champions League champion, Barcelona! In the two seasons where they did not win the title, the champions were these two teams. Now that Nottingham Forest has defeated them one by one, they are truly the champions! And Tony Twain has also fulfilled what he said at the beginning of the season: Nottingham Forest has to first test whether this championship is good enough or not! "
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PS: Beating Barcelona must have surprised many people, right?
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