Chapter 36: Penalties

Nottingham Forest continued to stick to their passing strategy in the second half, with a posture of not giving up if they didn't pass the ball into the goal.

Steve has a good hand in his hand, and the most familiar should be the future Leicester City captain Morgan. Heidenward was in contact with "The Drinking Brother" Drinkwater during his debut at Barnsley, and this is his second exposure to the Foxes. Tall 183cm and 100kg in weight, strong in front defense, full of strength, and a big guy who is stronger than Haim.

The rest of Chris Cohen, Robert Sean, Liszt, Paul Anderson, etc. may not be famous in the future, but they are all national teams now; A member of the national youth team.

These people are generally concentrated in the central midfield, and they can fully meet the general passing requirements, but the backfield players of the Forest team are somewhat unqualified. Think about Morgan, how can such a strong player have any foot skills, Barcelona's control of football requires the goalkeeper to participate in the pass!

In the second half, Hydward asked his players to pull out the back line; Midfield line; The distance between the three lines of the forward line, football has the iron law of football, and the wider it is, the more conducive to attack; The narrower it is, the better it is for defense, and the same is true for the enemy. Opening up space for forwards Lawrence and Lukla is naturally more conducive to their offense, so they are required to be able to steal the ball from the defenders, and they have to go up and try it coldly! There are certainly no shortage of Forest's passes to defenders.

After Portsmouth tweaked his defence slightly, Glero quipped: "The turtle finally showed his head. ”

The game was exactly like this, Paul Anderson was tangled with Margery on the right side of the backfield, he was dribbling the ball, stepping on a few bikes in a row without shaking off Margery, who was staring at his waist. Liszt shook off Jonathan, who was watching him, and ran over to answer him, and the two found each other in the dense crowd, gazing affectionately at each other.

Margery glanced at Liszt, who ran to the vicinity, and in a flash of lightning, he let go of Anderson, who had been marking for several seconds, and moved half a step to get stuck in the path of the two people's pass. As if he had said it, Paul Anderson passed it straight to Margery.

The fans at the scene let out earth-shattering cheers, to prevent two, is this Superman? Anderson covered his head in annoyance, he had already made a passing move, how could he really pass it like a fool? If I bring it back, I can get into the penalty area with one breakthrough!

It takes time for the human brain to see it, to figure out how to do it, and then to issue the order to the hands and feet. Football is an instantaneous sport, and most players will only follow their physical instincts, and Anderson's subtle movements of his body expose him to pass the ball.

Margery broke the ball and a through ball was passed to Etuhu, but Portsmouth's counter-attack was too close to the flank, and the cross was crossed to a back post where no player rolled off the line himself.

The young man was not discouraged, and turned his head to look at Anderson, as if to say, "I can see through everything about you!" ”

Margery, a young man with a potential of 167, knew from the first time that Hydward was a player with excellent mental attributes. From the perspective of developing him, more attention will be paid to the cultivation of the field of consciousness in the future, and the decisiveness and anticipation of a central defender are quite important. Besides, this kind of player who plays football with his brain, his value rises rapidly, his career is long, and the older he gets, the more likely he is, so why not do it?

To train a player to make decisions and anticipate is to develop his ability to think in a split second on the pitch. When Hydward trained, he would have Margery play the ball and do some simple math problems at the same time, and gradually develop a good habit of kicking the body and thinking about it. Usually I will urge him to watch more psychological courses, regardless of whether it is useful or not, it is always a good thing to learn more.

Gloero in the commentary box applauded desperately: "Well defended, Margery!" He's only 16 years old, Portsmouth's young centre-back, and I see Fabio Cannavaro in him. ”

That's a pretty high rating, Cannavaro reached the pinnacle of his life in '06, he was the only defender to win the World Footballer of the Year so far, and the super defense that defused the attack with overhead kicks on the field in the World Cup finals and then contributed to the counter-attack goal is still remembered by every Italian.

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Edward on the bench was discussing his injury with Pierce, and since returning from that hospital trip, the world's second-oldest classical midfielder has been recovering from an injury until he was named in the squad at home to Nottingham Forest.

Pierce rubbed his knee and said, "Paul Anderson went crazy and hit Margery on the side." ”

Heidward also learned to rub Pierce's knees, "He is an England Under-21 international, and he naturally can't swallow this breath when he is humiliated like this, but the more Margery is attacked, the safer Ryan Williams' side will be." ”

"Ryan seems to be a little bigger, I think he's done a good job and there are no omissions, you can be a little more assured."

Jason Pierce is the team's vice-captain, 32 years old is the second oldest player on the team, and if Ward and Haim are still the same age and can speak in a commanding tone, then Pierce can only communicate. This is the inevitable effect of age, the vice-captain can be Ward's uncle at a few years old, how can he be arrogant when talking to his uncle.

Hydward wasn't ready to answer the question, and was silent for a while and asked, "Can you go up and play for a while?" ”

"The injury hasn't healed yet, but it should be okay to play for a few dozen minutes."

"Dozens of minutes?" He couldn't believe it, Ward had been in contact with the hospital a lot recently, and he had seen Pierce's knee film, which was still full of fluid, and the symptoms of knee synovitis had not been alleviated at all.

"I took a liquid before the game and took painkillers, so it's not a problem to stick around."

Hydward shook his head and refused, "You're not well yet, so don't take any chances." ”

Pierce was fully equipped, but with a little more protective gear on his knees than the others, and Portsmouth did indeed sign him up for this game.

'McVeigh really wants to see me play, I have to come back as soon as possible, he waited too long.'

Ward was silent, his eyes revisiting the situation on the field.

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Nottingham Forest are now in a state of long-term impatience and their passing has gradually turned into a boring football game.

In the 70th minute, Morgan received a return pass from midfielder Chris Cohen, and he was a little careless for the whole game, and when he stopped the ball, he used a little more force on the inside of his foot, causing the ball to move forward a few times.

"Morgan !!" Cohen, who was returning the pass, was shouting.

He turned his head and saw a blue shadow flashing by, and Portsmouth striker Lawrence stole the football like a fox.

The Irish took a swift step forward, a step to heaven and hell, and a step to draw a white line on the green field.

Jamaican centre-back Morgan subconsciously pulled it, as if he had lost some treasure. Lawrence fell into the box and slid forward half a metre.

The black-clad judge's finger pointed to the twelve-yard point, "Penalty!! ”