The camera panned to the rostrum of Bernabéu. It was just a routine action, but when it found that Florentino was not in his seat, the camera was fixed on him. The commentator also joked, "Florentino is late. He's late in the second half of such an important game. No matter what the reason is, Evan Doughty, who is sitting next to him, must have some ideas … "
As a result, the television broadcast gave Evan another close-up shot. He stared blankly at the field and did not show any obvious displeasure. However, looking at his straight face, one could still tell that the commentator was right this time.
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Tang En stood on the sidelines. The adjustments he made during the halftime had worked.
Real Madrid's players were not used to Nottingham Forest's crazy way of playing. In less than three minutes of the second half, Nottingham Forest had already committed two fouls, both on the ankle.
Ribéry was kicked once, and Ronaldo was kicked once. Real Madrid's offense was restrained. Real Madrid's players were still thinking about what was going on and what countermeasures they should take. Nottingham Forest, the hidden wolf, had taken action.
During the halftime interval, Michels asked Diarra to take on more tasks in the offense because Ribéry had become the main target of Nottingham Forest. If Ribéry could not do it, Diarra would be the one to instigate the offense.
Diarra had always claimed that he was good at both offense and defense. Unfortunately, most of the time, he was used as a purely defensive midfielder. In this game, he could finally enjoy the fun of organizing the offense. He decided to perform well in this game.
Facing Wood's frontal defense, Ribéry hesitated for a moment, but still passed the ball to Diarra.
After receiving the ball, Diarra turned around and shook off Gago, who was pouncing on him, and continued to dribble the ball forward.
This time, George Wood left Ribéry and pounced on Diarra.
Diarra saw Wood, but he did not pass the ball immediately. It seemed that he wanted to continue to control the ball and look for a better opportunity to pass the ball.
When Wood pounced on Diarra, it should have been the best opportunity to pass the ball. Unfortunately, Diarra did not do so. Off the field, Tang En laughed when he saw this scene. The corners of his mouth almost reached his ears, and he was just short of laughing out loud.
When Diarra saw Wood pouncing at him, he used the same trick and turned around. Sure enough, he always used this trick, relying on his physique as a defensive midfielder to separate the football from the opponent, adjust his center of gravity to deceive the opponent, and then suddenly turn in the opposite direction to get rid of it. The key to this pass was that as long as he could trap the opponent behind him, he would basically be halfway to success — defensive players were always good at trapping …
Unfortunately, his opponent was George Wood.
Before Diarra could even turn around, Wood had already rushed up to him at lightning speed. He used his body to his advantage and knocked Diarra's body sideways. Diarra immediately lost control of the ball. Both players had the chance to control the ball. If he tried to block the ball again, he would only be given a blocking foul …
Diarra wanted to use his own body to regain his position, but he was stuck in place by Wood. He could not move at all.
In the end, George Wood successfully intercepted Diarra's ball and passed it to Gago.
The Forest fans applauded Wood's defense from the stands. Tang En also applauded from the sidelines. If Real Madrid did not make any changes and persisted in playing like this, he believed that a goal would come soon.
Gago's forward pass was too obvious and was intercepted by Ramos midway.
Real Madrid launched another attack.
As expected, the football was passed to Diarra's feet again.
Diarra still did not send the ball out immediately.
Tang En continued to sneer.
Wood calmly faced Diarra.
This time, Diarra did not turn around. He planned to directly poke the football to the side and then speed up to bypass Wood.
Unfortunately, he underestimated Wood's body's reaction speed …
Just as he poked the football out, Wood's left leg shot out like a compressed spring. He kicked the football!
Diarra could not stop in time and crashed into Wood. The football was picked up by Bentley beside him.
The smile on Tang En's face deepened.
Diarra saw Bentley get the ball, and he was trapped in George Wood's cage. He immediately turned pale with fright.
He was not a fool. Of course, he knew the consequences of losing the ball in the midfield as a defensive midfielder …
He hurriedly dropped Wood and turned to pounce on Bentley. His movements were as agile as a cheetah. He covered a distance of less than ten meters in two strides.
Unfortunately, his opponent was not the kind of person who liked to stick the football to his feet and bypass one defender after another. After Bentley saw the black man pounce on him, he passed the football out. His target was Wood.
Diarra turned to pounce on Wood again.
Wood passed the football to Gago in front of him.
Real Madrid had just experienced an attack. Ribéry and Diarra were in the opponent's half of the field. There was only one line of defense and three defenders behind them … Ramos had already run past the center line. He had wanted to take the opportunity to assist.
Şahin saw that Gago had the ball and immediately showed his intention to receive it. He ran diagonally in the front field and signaled for Gago to pass the ball over.
Garay, of course, knew that Nottingham Forest's attacking midfielder was the organizer of their attack, so he ran with Şahin. Luis was defending against Mitchell, who was more than two meters tall. For a moment, no one was defending against Gago.
Gago saw a very obvious passing route. As Ramos plugged in to assist, there was a big gap behind him. This gap was fleeting. If he did not seize it, he would have to wait for the next time …
Matías Fernández also saw the gap. He shook off Ramos and plugged in at high speed.
Ramos noticed the problem. He also turned and ran back. Fernández was not the kind of player who was good at speed. He was confident that he could stop Fernández.
But when he put all his attention on the Chilean, he did not notice that behind him, there was a person sprinting at high speed like a shadow behind the two men in front of him …
In the middle of running, Fernández suddenly cut inside. Ramos followed suit.
At this time, Gago passed the ball.
A slightly curved ground ball quickly crossed in front of Fernández's feet. Neither he nor Ramos, who was behind him, touched the ball.
A pass error?
No!
Only then did Ramos realize that beside him, a figure had rushed over, received the ball, and changed direction! Just like that, he passed in front of him.
"Gareth Bale! A beautiful breakthrough! "
The commentator was excited. It was less than five minutes before the start of the second half. Nottingham Forest had another great opportunity.
"Gago's pass penetrated Real Madrid's defense! How wonderful! "
Bale received the ball and rushed inside the penalty area. Real Madrid's defenders panicked. Garay dropped Şahin and pounced on the Welsh full-back.
Bale took the opportunity to poke the ball to Şahin who was unmarked.
The ball was passed a little too far back. Although Şahin controlled the ball, he also lost the opportunity to shoot at the first instance. What was worse was that in order to receive Bale's bad pass, he had to turn his back to the goal …
Diarra had already returned to defend. He was ready to rush to Şahin to intercept the ball. Şahin was not in the penalty area at this time. Even if it was a foul, it did not matter. Şahin's posture reminded Diarra of the Forest goal in the first half. If he passed the ball back to George Wood …
He did not dare to think about it anymore!
Diarra gritted his teeth and rushed to Şahin. In terms of momentum, he had won.
But Şahin did not pass the ball back to Wood or Gago. He also did not turn around to shoot. He just turned his head and looked. His lower leg had already knocked the ball over at the same time.
A heel pass!
After Bale passed the ball to Şahin, he did not stop. He continued to rush forward with the momentum. If Şahin had any ideas, he would pass the ball to him. If Şahin did not pass the ball, his forward thrust could also help his teammates attract some of Real Madrid's defensive attention …
When he ran to a position parallel to Louis, he tilted his head, and the silver-white football rolled over.
At this time, the best choice was to use his right foot to shoot directly. But Bale was a left-footed player. He tilted his body and let the ball pass. Then he swung his left leg and directly … volleyed!
The ball drew a small arc and went straight to the near corner of the goal!
Nottingham Forest's counterattack this time was so fast that Real Madrid's defenders could not react, especially when they let Bale and Şahin play a two-on-one. Bale was actually unmarked and directly faced the goalkeeper …
Casillas made the fastest reaction he could make, but he was still half a beat too slow. The ball brushed past the gap between his fingertips and the goalpost and flew into the goal!
The ball hit the net and let out a sigh. That was the sigh in Casillas' heart … As the number one goalkeeper in the world today, he actually had his goal penetrated twice in a game …
"Oh, oh, oh!" The British commentator shouted wildly. What did they see? "At the Bernabéu Stadium! Nottingham Forest leads Real Madrid twice in a row!! "
"2: 1! Nottingham Forest leads again! "
"Casillas can do nothing. In the face of Nottingham Forest's well-planned attack, his efforts alone are really … insignificant!"
Tony Twain jumped up when he saw the ball enter the goal. He waved his arms and opened his mouth wide to shout along with those fans. It was like Pavarotti standing in front of tens of thousands of people singing "Nobody Sleeps Tonight", roaring, "Disappear, night! Stars sink. Stars sink! Victory at dawn! Victory! Victory!! "
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Florentino was not late because of the toilet diarrhea. He was just chatting with the Spanish Prime Minister casually outside. The Prime Minister held his hand and praised his team's performance tonight. He could not just walk away, could he?
It was not that he wanted to put on airs in front of others.
He politely and appropriately chatted with the Prime Minister about Real Madrid. The Spanish Prime Minister was the second in command of the King and was a very hardcore Real Madrid fan. He even had a Real Madrid membership card. The Prime Minister joked that Florentino was elected by him. Florentino could only laugh along.
The previous Prime Minister was an out-and-out Barça fan and did not like Real Madrid very much. When he was in office, Barça also ushered in a peak period in the club's history. However, Real Madrid had been up and down and its performance was very unstable.
Now that there was a new Prime Minister, Real Madrid's luck also improved. They entered the Champions League final and had the hope to win the tenth championship trophy in the club's history! This was really a good thing.
The Prime Minister also asked Florentino if Real Madrid had any plans to buy superstars this summer. This time, who did the new Galácticos have their eyes on …
Just like that, the two of them chatted … Five minutes passed.
When the Prime Minister found that the second half had already started, he ended the conversation apologetically. The two walked side by side to the passage of the stands.
When Florentino was still in the passage, he suddenly heard a burst of cheers coming from one side of the stands. The sound was not loud, but it was followed by louder cheers.
His heart suddenly beat fiercely. Did Real Madrid overtake the score?
At this moment, he still tried very hard to maintain the pace of his feet and not let himself overtake the Spanish Prime Minister. However, the Prime Minister was more anxious than him. He strode two or three steps to the stands.
Then he saw a scene that surprised him. In the huge stadium, the red people were gathering together, and it was in front of the Real Madrid's goal!
Obviously, a goal had just been scored on the field, and more obviously, the one who scored the goal was not Real Madrid …
The Prime Minister was stunned on the spot. Florentino Pérez walked up. He did not first look at what had happened on the field, but first looked at the big screen on the opposite stand. There was the latest score of the two teams.
1: 2.
The home team was in front, and the away team was behind …
The team in the lead was not Real Madrid!
Florentino's smiling face showed a surprised expression for the first time. It might be the only expression that changed on his face today. He looked at the field. The red Nottingham Forest players were gathering together to celebrate the goal, while his Real Madrid players were standing in the same place with their heads down, dumbfounded.
"This … What happened?"
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Evan Doughty now felt very proud and elated. Without Mr. Florentino, who was always smiling politely to the point of pride, he did not have to congratulate Real Madrid's equalizer with a hypocritical smile.
At this moment, he stood up from his seat, waving his arms and cheering for his team unscrupulously. He kept on shouting in English, "Well done! Well done! Pull them down! Pull them down!! "
Beside him, Allan Adams was shocked by his old friend's crazy behavior.
Fortunately, the Spaniards beside him could not understand his American English, which was muffled because of his excitement. Fortunately, Florentino was not beside him … which avoided more embarrassment.
After shouting, Evan Doughty turned to look at Allan who was sitting beside him, and was a little surprised, "You didn't stand up to cheer for this f * cking wonderful goal?"
"Uh, I cheered. I just sat down …" Evan's dirty words made Allan even more surprised.
"What a pity." Evan glanced at the empty seat beside him, "I really want to see what kind of expression that old man has on his face at this moment. Do you think he can keep his smile that seems to be carved on his face, Allan? "
Allan looked back, and then smiled at his old friend, "I don't know. But if you are interested, you can see for yourself. He is over there. "
Evan Doughty followed Allan's hint and easily found Florentino, who was standing there in a daze. Of course, he also saw the expression on Florentino's face, as if he had seen a ghost.
He sat down happily with a smile. At the same time, he tidied the collar of his suit, "I'm going to shake hands with him, and then tell him with a smile that he just missed the most wonderful goal of this game." When saying this, his face was shining with an unusual expression.
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"In the final of the 13-14 UEFA Champions League, Nottingham Forest scored a goal by Gareth Bale! Now they are leading Real Madrid by 2: 1! For Tony Twain, this is really a wonderful night! "
"I don't agree with you, Jerry. The second half has just started for five minutes. Real Madrid still has 40 minutes. With their attacking power, they can burst out 200% of their energy in the stadium they are most familiar with. So it is too early to say that Nottingham Forest has the advantage … "
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