champion godfather

Chapter 521
There was no goal, but Wood was not upset. He turned and ran back, high-fiving Arteta who covered him on the way.Ronaldinho stared at this man and found that his face was as calm as water, without any expression fluctuations at all.

What was he thinking about?Wouldn't he feel a pity that he didn't score this goal?Or... he thought he had a chance to threaten Barcelona's goal again?
If you really think so, then you are very wrong!

Valdez drives the ball out and Eto'o receives it and passes it to Ronaldinho.

The Brazilian is the core of Barcelona, ​​he just received the ball, George. Wood leaned up.

"George Wood is responsible for defending Ronaldinho. It is not surprising at all. If there is anyone in the Forest team who can cause some trouble for Ronaldinho, it may be the No. 13 in front of him. This is Wood It's the first time to defend Ronaldinho in a game! In last year's Champions League final, Wood was suspended for accumulating yellow cards and missed the match against today's No. [-] midfielder!"

Of course Ronaldinho knew that George Wood was famous for his defense, and he didn't dare to underestimate Wood's frontal defense.

After trying a false move, Ronaldinho found that the person on the opposite side was not impressed at all. He frowned and passed the football to Messi who was on the edge.

There was someone in charge of Messi, so Wood stopped running to join in the fun. He continued to follow Ronaldinho not far away, keeping his eyes on the Brazilian's movements at all times.

Messi singled out Forest's left-back Gareth Bale on the right, and Eto'o had inserted into the penalty area, ready to grab the point.

It seems that Barcelona wants to take the offensive routine of passing the ball from the side and grabbing points in the middle.

Just as the Nottingham Forest players were focusing their defensive attention on the goal, Messi feinted a shot, but passed the football back to Ronaldinho in the middle.

Ronaldinho wanted to take a long shot immediately after stopping the ball, but just as he stopped the ball, he saw George Wood appearing in front of him like a ghost!

The foot that was supposed to be swung up to shoot turned into a huge flaw at this time, because Ronaldinho briefly lost control of the ball.

George Wood saw the right moment and slammed his foot to knock the ball off the Brazilian's foot!
"Beautiful steal! It seems that Ronaldinho has met a strong opponent!"

Ronaldinho was a little surprised. He thought that he had fooled the man in front of him with his fake breakthrough inward just now, but he didn't expect that he would stare at him again as soon as he withdrew to catch Messi's pass.

This is the second time this season he has tasted this kind of taste - the first time was in the away game against Chelsea in the group stage, he was seen as weak and helpless by the opponent's Dutch defender Boulah Luz.

In that game, Mourinho asked Boulahrouz to press Ronaldinho close, and even used fouls to interrupt Ronaldinho's rhythm of taking the ball.This tactic was very successful. In that game, Barcelona's soul could not play a role at all. Last season's European champions also lost to Chelsea.

In this game, it seemed that Twain was planning to copy Mourinho's tactics, but he used George Wood, who was more aggressive in defense, better in stamina, and better in physical fitness, to mark Ronaldinho.

What the commentator said was right, Ronaldinho had encountered a difficult opponent this time.In the first match between the two sides, George Wood was suspended due to accumulating yellow cards. In that game, Ronaldinho galloped across the frontcourt of Nottingham Forest, playing with ease, and no one could challenge him what a threat.

If the Brazilian still plays this game with the experience of the previous game, Tang En believes that he will suffer.

After stealing the ball, Wood passed the football to Arteta. He did not follow up to participate in the offense again, but honestly waited behind for defense.

"George Wood is a defensive star rising from Nottingham Forest. His career is full of legendary experiences. Due to his stable and excellent performance in the team, he has been selected for the England national team, and as one of the 23 players, I have played in Germany. It is a pity that Eriksson believes in big-name players, such as Gerrard and Lampard. As a young man who participated in the World Cup for the first time, Wood did not get 1 minute of playing time." The Spanish commentator is telling the Spanish audience Introduce this young man who is still a little strange to them, "But looking at his current performance, it should only be a matter of time before he becomes England's main player in the future."

When the commentator introduced Wood, Nottingham Forest was attacking. Ronaldinho did not run back to participate in the defense. Like George Wood, he stayed where he was.He frowned and looked at the young man not far in front of him.

Through these two head-to-head confrontations, he could already give George Wood a simple judgment in his heart.

Excellent physical fitness, quick footwork, and decisive.Calm and steady, not easily fooled, once you make up your mind, you will never give up halfway... Such a midfielder is really difficult to deal with.

He reminded himself of the current head coach of the Brazilian national team, former captain Dunga.

It seems that I have to change my strategy.

Faced with this kind of person, if you still want to take more balls and dribble more, it will definitely not work. The result is either being cut off or being fouled.This will obviously interrupt the team's offensive rhythm. What is the most effective way?
pass the ball.

Ronaldinho decided to reduce the number of times he dribbles and the time he holds the ball, pass the football as much as possible, and try to pass it with one kick if possible.

After Rijkaard moved in, Barcelona has gradually formed a set of offensive tactics of its own, and now it is becoming more perfect. The lineup of players is stable and they cooperate with each other tacitly.Ronaldinho believes it will not be difficult to do so.

Now is a good time for Barcelona to create a new dynasty. How could it be possible to fall under the feet of a small midfielder?
Nottingham Forest's attack was won by Valdez, who threw the ball in his hand to launch a counterattack.Barcelona immediately turned from defense to offense.When defending, Barcelona may not invest many troops, but when attacking, they definitely have no shortage of people who rush forward.

Three passes and two downs were passed to Ronaldinho again.

This time, Wood still rushed up, Ronaldinho looked at the right side of Wood's body, as if he was going to break through there.When he saw that Wood's center of gravity was obviously leaning to that side, he suddenly passed the football to the other side!Wood didn't react, and stayed where he was and watched the football fly by his other side.

This is exactly what Ronaldinho is good at.

Seeing this scene, the Catalan commentator became excited: "Ronaldinho's pass fooled George Wood! This is the real football elf! It was just warming up just now... beautiful!"

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Tang En just shrugged when he saw Ronaldinho performing like this from the sidelines.He was even very happy that Ronaldinho did this, because the Brazilian who couldn't dribble, and didn't dare to dribble, lost his general threat.No matter how beautiful the pass is, you need the cooperation of your teammates. If Ronaldinho is in good condition, it cannot guarantee that everyone in Barcelona is in good condition.

George Wood has accomplished the task he gave him very well.

This kid is growing up every day.Facing the No. [-] midfielder in the world today, he is not timid at all. He is as calm and composed as if he is on the training ground.

Although he turned him from a porter into a professional player, these specific things are the result of the continuous efforts of Chris Lack and Albertini.He is very fortunate to have these good helpers by his side, which can make him, a "two-knife" coach, get to where he is today.

Albertini also leaned over and sat down beside Tang En.

The two didn't have any conversation, just looked at each other, and then turned their attention to the court again.

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Ronaldinho's pass was given to Messi, and Barcelona's intention in this game is obvious: if Ronaldinho encounters trouble in the middle, they will shift the focus of attack to Messi's side.Because the person in charge of defense at Nottingham Forest is Gareth Bale, who is still under [-] years old.

Rijkaard and the entire Barcelona coaching staff studied Nottingham Forest's game video and believed that Bale is a typical full-back who "heavy attack and light defense". It will cause a lot of space and be used by Barcelona.

Rijkaard and his coaching staff will study it, won't Twain?

Twain certainly knew Bell's characteristic - offense was stronger than defense.Then why didn't he use Leighton Barnes, who was more stable in defense, but Bell?It's very simple, Twain needs Bell's ability to attack and set the ball.However, in order to make up for his deficiencies in defense, Twain asked Bell not to rush to attack within 15 minutes after the start of the game, but to concentrate on defense, to withstand Barcelona's attacking in turn using the momentum of the home court.

Judging from the current situation on the field, Twain's arrangement is very correct.After the opening of the game, Barcelona continued to attack Bell's wing. If Bell still pressed for assists, the Forest team's defense would definitely be sieved by Barcelona.During normal games, George Wood can come over to make up for the vacancy left by Bell, but not today, as his task is even heavier.

As a young man, Messi is much more famous than Bell. The latter is only a little famous in the local area. The former can be labeled as the "successor of Maradona" - although this label is in Argentina. It is very cheap. In the 06 World Cup in Germany, many "successors to the world champion" appeared on the stage at the same time, but Messi is currently recognized as the most likely player to reach Maradona's level.

Bell didn't dare to be careless in the face of this famous Barcelona player.He kept in mind Tang En's advice to him before the game: "...Defense is what you need to focus on in the early stages of the game. Be careful of Messi."

Ronaldinho's side is temporarily unable to operate. Messi has taken on the heavy responsibility of Barcelona's offense. Facing the slightly nervous Bell, he seems to be able to handle it with ease.After all, he is someone who has seen big scenes...

Messi controlled his rhythm and deliberately slowed down to attract Bell to defend.Then, taking advantage of the moment Bell approached, he suddenly smashed the ball and accelerated to get rid of it!
Bell didn't expect Messi to make a breakthrough so quickly. He was caught off guard and turned around in a hurry, but his foot slipped and fell to the ground!
Just when the Catalan commentator was about to shout: "Messi broke through the defense of Nottingham Forest", Messi was blocked by a person.

When it was clear who that person was, the Catalan commentator was silent for a few seconds.

The person standing in front of Messi is not George Wood, who can't run to death, but an excellent player in the Barcelona youth academy, the main central defender of the Spanish national youth team, and the grandson of the former Barcelona vice chairman-Pique.

"Pique, once the pride of La Masia's defense, is now...our opponent."

When Messi was not a supernova who became famous in world football, he played in the same youth team as Piqué.They were teammates at that time, and Cesc Fabregas was with them. They had a good personal relationship, and they talked about their future ideals together after training.Play for Barcelona, ​​win all titles for Barcelona.It was almost all the dreams of La Masia teenagers at that time.

Messi is certainly a very talented player, but how many of those who can enter the main lineup of the Barcelona youth team are not talented?Is Cesc Fabregas, who is now the new core at Arsenal, less talented than Messi?
And this... Piqué.

Messi was in a trance for a moment, but immediately recovered his calm eyes. He seemed to see Piqué smiling at himself, as if saying: "Come on, kid. Just like we did on the training ground at La Masia." ...Let me guard you!"

Messi slowed down slightly and protected the ball. He is now on the edge of the penalty area. As long as he breaks in, Piqué will never dare to act rashly.

Piqué pointed half sideways at Messi, ready to turn around at any time.He understands Messi's strength and how powerful this kid who suffered from dwarfism was.

Messi made a false move to cross, hoping to trick Piqué into losing his focus.But Piqué was unmoved, and continued to turn half sideways, lowering his focus and staring at the ball at Messi's feet.

Out of the corner of Messi's eye, he suddenly saw Bell, who was knocked down by him just now, getting up and chasing after him. He realized that Piqué in front of him was just bluffing, and his real purpose was to delay time and wait for Bell to attack back and forth. Decided not to spend it with Piqué here, but to force a breakthrough!

Messi dialed the ball and broke inward with a slash. Piqué followed suit and leaned his body up, intending to prevent Messi from accelerating.

At this moment, Messi suddenly smashed the ball, stopped suddenly, and wanted to change from behind Piqué to break through!

Almost at the same time, Piqué also made an emergency stop, firmly planted his left foot on the ground, turned around quickly, and stretched out his right foot to tackle the ball!

Messi saw a leg suddenly appearing in front of his eyes, and it was too late to react. The football was stopped by Piqué, and he fell into the penalty area due to inertia!
There were huge boos from the stands at the Camp Nou as they wanted the referee to award a penalty.But the referee on the penalty area line saw the whole process clearly, and Piqué's defensive actions were crisp and neat, without any fouls.

After Piqué snatched the ball, he got up and kicked the football to Bell, who came back to meet him. Bell then passed the football to his teammate in front, and the Forest team reorganized their attack.

After completing the defensive task, Piqué looked back at Messi lying on the turf. He hesitated for a moment, then walked back and extended his hand to the former teammate.

Messi took Piqué's hand, got up, and ran back without saying anything.Piqué looked at his back, and quickly turned his eyes away, stopping on his Forest team teammates. Currently, the Forest team is attacking again, and this is what he cares about.

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"Pique's beautiful tackle successfully blocked Messi, and now is a great opportunity for the Forest team to counterattack. Just now, many Barcelona players rushed up to prepare to attack. They may not have thought that Messi's dribbling was cut off so easily. , not too many people returning to defense...God! The person who is dribbling the ball is-George Wood!"

The commentator was taken aback, but he read it right. At this moment, he was taking the ball to participate in the attack. The person who organized the forest team's counterattack was not Arteta, but the unexpected George Wood.

After Bale passed the ball to Arteta, George Wood suddenly dropped Ronaldinho and sprinted forward at full speed.Arteta sent the football to his feet with a tacit understanding.

The rhythm was a little chaotic when he caught the ball for the first time, but Wood quickly adjusted his pace and strode forward with the ball.He has one advantage, which Tang En discovered later after being reminded by Albertini, that is, Wood's dribbling steps are very fast, and his speed and rhythm are very good, and...he holds his head up, Rarely looked down at the ball.This kid has never relaxed his practice of basic skills, and it is all reflected at this time.

Harvey wanted to come up and break Wood's ball, but his body was not of the same weight as Wood's at all. Wood just turned everything around and separated Harvey from the football.Harvey kicked Wood's leg while running, and both of them staggered, but the results were different: Harvey staggered and fell to the ground, while Wood quickly balanced his body and continued to dribble.

"Stop him!" Puyol yelled in front of Wood, and Marcos rushed forward.

Puyol also pays attention to protecting Marcos at any time. If the Mexican is broken, he will rush to make up for it. He doesn't believe that Wood's footwork is good enough to pass two people in such a fast dribbling!
Just as Marcos rushed up, Wood suddenly passed the ball.He didn't pass to Franck Ribery and Ashley Young who were following up at high speed from the two wingers, but passed to Freddie Eastwood who was pulled to the line of the penalty area!
Eastwood swung his foot after receiving the ball and seemed to shoot directly. He scored many goals this season from this position.Puyol did not dare to neglect, and rushed forward to block the shot.However……

Eastwood's shot was fake, the pass was real, and he pushed the ball to Bendtner a little ahead.Zambrotta has been dragging behind, he knew that Bendtner would become a point of attack for the Forest team, this time he was expected!So the Italian pressed Bendtner without hesitation, oppressing him and preventing him from kicking the ball.

Unexpectedly, Bendtner didn't intend to shoot. After receiving the pass from Eastwood, he immediately pushed it horizontally...

"Two over one!" The narrator exclaimed.

That's right, it was the two-for-one between Eastwood and Bendtner, and it was also the continuous triangle pass starting from George Wood.

Eastwood broke out from the siege, he received the ball inside the penalty area, but he was not offside.Now he doesn't even have a Barcelona defender around him!
Marcos didn't have time to get back on George Wood's side, Puyol was in the place where Eastwood had been, but he missed.Zambrotta is entangled with Bendtner, but football is not here!
Eastwood saw the football rolling over. He looked up at Valdez, who was attacking in a hurry, swung his foot and volleyed vigorously, but the moment his foot touched the football, it turned into a volley!

"Shoot! Beautiful - goal! Freddie Eastwood!! He opened the scoring for Nottingham Forest! At the Nou Camp, they scored against Barcelona! Only 10 minutes into the first half , Nottingham Forest led Barcelona 1:0! What an unexpected start... Tony Twain said before the game that the game was on his track, maybe this time he wasn't looking away, he was... Seriously !"

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PS, generally speaking, the situation after the earthquake is gradually improving, but in Chengdu, which is only 92 kilometers away from the epicenter, every aftershock can make people tremble with fear.Especially when seeing the house shaking, the heart seemed to stop beating.

Just as I was hurrying to get out of this chapter, there was another aftershock in Wenchuan. I was sitting at home in Chengdu, and I felt the house shaking obviously.In panic, he left the computer again and fled downstairs.I wandered below for about four or 10 minutes before I dared to go home and continue to code.

I ask you to understand my feelings, it is really hard to express.But I will try my best to spare time to write new chapters. I can't guarantee that the update time will be as stable as before. I can only do my best.After all, the safety of yourself and your family is the greatest.

My greatest hope now is that there will be no more aftershocks in Wenchuan, the restless land will settle down, and people's hearts will also settle down.Now I really feel that I used to be bored, the ordinary life of surfing the Internet and playing games every day besides coding is so wonderful... When will I be able to sleep peacefully and sit in front of the computer for several hours with peace of mind? Words, instead of worrying about the sudden shaking of the house and rumors outside...

Hope, that day is not too far away.Because then it means everything is safe.

Finally, I would like to mourn for those compatriots who lost their lives, family members, friends, and homes in the earthquake, and pay the highest respect to all those who rescued day and night in the disaster area-you are real heroes!
Lin Haitingtao
2008.05.16 in Chengdu.

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