Chapter 15: Glory in Defeat

After the start of the second half, Leeds United's four midfielders directly began a large-scale sweep, trying to curb Nottingham Forest's attack with physical running, but Nottingham Forest, who had obviously played their own momentum, was completely unaffected, attacking smoothly into the penalty area.

In the 53rd minute, Nottingham Forest midfielder Sammy Collingam ran straight forward after passing the ball back, followed by Martin Britten and Krees-Cummons on the left and right behind him, and John Thompson and James Page, who were carrying the ball in the back, quickly all entered the Leeds United half, and the whole attacking intention was not concealed!

John Thompson watched the situation on the court, and dribbled the ball at his feet, and flew directly to Sammy Kolingan with a long pass to the ground before Douglas stepped forward to interfere, and saw that Colingan was about to reach the penalty area after receiving the ball, Tang Fei leaned directly on. Collingan obviously saw Tang Fei step forward, his left foot was raised, and his body ran quickly to the right, trying to rely on the speed to directly divide the ball. Tang Fei looked at such an obvious intention, he would not be fooled at all, his body retreated directly, blocking the person and the ball again, and before Collingan stopped the ball before it started, he took the lead and destroyed the sideline.

Martin Brittain from Nottingham Forest's right came up and tossed the ball. Britan watched his team-mates run around and took a few steps back to throw the ball out of the way through a rainbow and into the edge of the Leeds penalty area. Sammy Colingan received the ball again, and made a direct pass to try to pass the ball again behind Tang Fei, Tang Fei had long been wary of this kind of ball, and turned directly to Chris Brown, obviously after Tang Fei was able to keep up with Brown's speed, the relatively thin Brown completely lost his position, Tang Fei took the first step to kick the ball to his teammate Rui Marquis, and then passed directly to the frontcourt.

......The Leeds United fans in the stands also quickly burst into encouraging applause, obviously affirming Tang Fei who had just come on the field.

"David, it seems that the other side is still thinking about the good things behind him, and he doesn't want to think about why I want to replace Tang." On the sidelines, Wise finally smiled and nodded after seeing the defense this time.

But sometimes, there are always people who remind you from time to time to "encourage" him at all times.

"The head coach must have been thicker than me when he said this, and if he really made up his mind, he wouldn't have changed Tang in the second half, you say." On the bench, hearing Wise's loud words on the sidelines, Howson whispered to Pluton next to him.

David Pluton looked at Hausen with a smile, you think your voice is very small, but in fact, we are sitting on the upper hand, and Wise, who is not far away, was exposed in public, and turned directly to look at the two of them, obviously writing down this pen. Pluton felt that he had really suffered an unwarranted disaster.

In the 70th minute of the game, Nottingham Forest defender Page drove the ball to the midfield with a big foot after running directly, Commons and Douglas jumped up at the same time to fight for the header, apparently the handling of the high-altitude ball, the taller Commons was slightly better, and the air was ferried to teammate Collingam.

Collingan continued to move forward with the ball, while Britan on the left and Commons behind him were also ready to respond. I have to say that the cooperation between the frontcourt of Nottingham Forest is indeed very skillful. Douglas, who lost the scrum, also got up to chase back, and Nottingham Forest's two midfielders quickly followed up to make up for it.

Of course, Leeds United is not muddy, Tang Fei took the lead, the "defensive position" was directly stuck on Collingan's offensive route, Collingan, who had already fought several times, no longer dared to be small Tang Fei, this young man who played in the second half can always jam his own route in defense, Collingan, who had suffered a loss, saw that Tang Fei's formation had been opened, and it was obviously not the best strategy to force a breakthrough, and after seeing that Britán was also strictly guarded, he directly passed the ball to Commons behind him, and ran directly past Tang Fei's side.

For this scene, Tang Fei in his previous life didn't know how many times he had watched it on TV, and directly greeted Sean Deley, Tang Fei turned around and continued to guard against Collingan.

Commons saw that his teammate's tactics failed, and his opponent Sean pounced again, and leaned over with the ball directly. Sean didn't expect that the opponent not only didn't dodge but also leaned directly up, he didn't have time to think and stood up directly, and then pushed himself away a few steps vigorously, and immediately understood that Sean just wanted to exert himself, and saw that the ball had passed out of the space just now, and it was Chris Brown who suddenly pulled out of the penalty area who received the ball, Brown didn't have time to adjust more in the face of the flying ball, and it was a long shot, and the ball flew directly from Marques, who was defending him, and flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

When the time came to test Ankel Glenn, the main goalkeeper who only transferred this season did not hesitate for a moment, clenched his fists against the flying ball, and jumped straight out. The ball flew straight out of the penalty area with such a strong blow.

The crisis was not over yet, and on 84 minutes, Nottingham Forest left-back Julian Bennett dribbled along the touchline and turned straight inside when substitute Carlo was a little distance away from him, and then passed straight to Commons.

At this time, Commons was already being guarded by Sean, Commons knew that he couldn't stop the ball, and after missing the ball with his feet, he suddenly turned past Sean, and Sean was completely deceived by this imaginative action. By the time he was ready to continue the chase, Commons was already 10 meters away.

After Cammons brilliantly got past Sean, he was left with only two Leeds centre-backs. This time, Marquis handed over striker Brown to Tang Fei and stepped forward to block it himself.

Commons lowered his center of gravity and kept his feet on the ball, seeing Marquis go up and back, his heel slammed to the right, and the ball rolled straight to the right, where James Page had already cut in at high speed.

Page didn't show off his footwork much and strode straight into the box. At this time, Page was already unguarded, I saw him fine-tune with his left foot, pick up the ball with his right foot, and shoot the ball vigorously, at the moment when Page kicked the ball, a black figure directly swiped to Page's feet, and the other thigh was also kicked horizontally on the other side of the football.

"Bang", the huge sound resounded directly through the Leeds United penalty area, the ball flew straight into the sky like a missile, Page screamed and fell to the ground, holding his right leg and wailing loudly. At this time, Tang Fei, who had successfully intercepted, also lay motionless on the ground, silent. Players from both teams ran straight to the two who had fallen in the penalty area after the referee's whistle.

"Don, how are you?" Goalkeeper Ankel Gren was the first to run to Tang Fei's side, if it wasn't for Tang Fei's gear just now, he would definitely lose the ball again.

"How's that, what's going on, Don, can you still talk?" Captain Thompson looked at Tang Fei with a nervous face, Tang Fei at this time gritted his teeth with a hideous face, his eyes protruded, and sweat kept coming out on his forehead, everyone who watched was frightened, and Tang Fei couldn't move.

The team members who came up all looked at Tang Fei with worry and admiration, how much it hurt this time, just look at Paige who was still wailing next to him, because Tang Fei could endure without saying a word, he was really a tough guy.

On the other hand, the players of Nottingham Forest also looked at Page with both worry and amusement, on the one hand, Page is the main force of the team after all, if the injury is serious, it will directly affect the team's results; But when he turned his head and looked at Tang Fei, who was also lying on the ground, he would rather endure it than cry out in pain, and the players of Nottingham Forest all felt a blush, the gap was really big.

In the middle of the game, the referee found the captains of the two teams, and then made a penalty after some discussion: because Tang Fei and Page were fighting each other in the scramble, no one could say that they were fouled, so the referee could only award a corner kick based on the last ball flying out of the bottom line. At the same time, the medical teams of both sides also quickly entered the field, slowly lifted the wounded onto the stretcher and carried them directly to the outside of the field for treatment. Both teams made substitutions at the same time on the sidelines.

In the end, Leeds United held on to the score in the final moment, and although Leeds lost 0-2 to Nottingham Forest, the crowd in the stands still held the biggest applause to cheer for the fighters who had given their best in the second half. Especially for the injured players who left the field early, Tang Fei and Page's performance behind their feet was played on the big screen of the stadium without the slightest embellishment, and it was imprinted in the hearts of thousands of people who watched the game.

Tang Fei made a name for himself in English football for the first time with his injury, and at the same time, Tang Fei had his first nickname in football - "Iron Bone".

"Leeds United are still glorious despite defeat, Elland Road is back guarded" - Yorkshire Weekly

"Iron Bones Build the Iron Soul of Leeds United" - Daily Express

"Elland Road shines as a rising star in the back, and Germany's iron bones forge a strong defense" - The Guardian

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It's been three days since he returned to Leeds, Tang Fei was lying in the best hospital in Leeds, stretching lazily and comfortably, looking at his thighs that were wrapped into big white radish, he really lost his footing and became a big lame, but looking at the beautiful nurses around him, he was content, after all, even if he entered the hospital in his previous life, he would not have such an eye-catching nurse to take care of himself, hehe.

Thinking of the beauty, Tang Fei's mind unconsciously returned to the situation of calling home yesterday. Tang's father and Tang's mother repeatedly asked to come and take care of Tang Fei after hearing about Tang Fei's situation again, but fortunately, he was not seriously injured this time and would be discharged from the hospital soon, so he didn't let his parents come over, but he finally sent Zhou Lili, but as a little beauty, Tang Fei said that it didn't matter if he was broad-minded, but Tang Fei was deeply suspicious of Tang's mother saying on the phone that he would let Lily take care of himself, thinking of Lily who was crying to death while watching the TV series, Tang Fei felt that it was appropriate for him to take care of her.

Finally, in the call with Lily, Tang Fei finally knew the reason, in Tang's mother's words, in order to avoid some indiscriminate women appearing around Tang Fei after Tang Fei became famous, Tang's mother specially explained that Lily must be strictly guarded, and always pay attention to Tang Fei's every move on weekdays, and it is best to take down Tang Fei in one fell swoop.

After hearing these words, Tang Fei was completely OK, but thinking about Lily's thin skin, Tang Fei said that it was still possible for him to take the initiative.

Thinking that Lily was coming to Leeds City, Tang Fei felt that it would be better to rent a house outside first, but looking at his thighs, this task was handed over to his teammates, except for Johnny's unreliable existence, of course, or the ghost knows what kind of one he would find when the time comes.

Tang Fei looked at the branches swaying in the wind outside the window, according to the doctor's most detailed examination advice, he was very lucky not to hurt the main muscles and bones of his thighs this time, so he only needed to recuperate for 2 weeks before he could be discharged from the hospital.

However, Tang Fei, who is still lying on the hospital bed at the moment, doesn't know how famous he is after this game.