Facing Nottingham Forest for the second time, Heidward did not have the thrill of revenge and the pressure of relegation in the first time, which were two very different feelings, and he still remembers Lukvani who scored the penalty created by Lawrence in that game to bring the team a precious victory, and remembers the game of the youngster Ryan. Williams used his face to block the opponent's must-have goal, and at that time, Portsmouth's right-back was not yet an all-round Meunier attack, and the team did not have so much talent.

Ward made a bit of a rotation for the game, with Lawrence, Hleb, John and Frell all getting their chances, while Pierce, who had been recovering from a long-term injury, was on the bench. Steve's side continued their strategy against Portsmouth in the first half of the season, with three centre-backs and five defenders pressing high to attack, only this time they were more focused on Portsmouth's two flanks. The strategy was for the two wing-backs to try to push Jamie Vardy and Hleb out and then cut off contact with Lawrence from the retreating organisation with the wing-backs.

It's a well-designed move, and against other teams, Reading have Karakan who is good at getting forward and Southampton have Lallana, and they are destined to constantly take advantage of the gap between the three centre-backs, but Portsmouth's midfield, a Norris who can play a long-range shot is nothing but a Deler. Ali is just a milky kid. In Steve's mind, if that Brazilian Ricardo was still in Pompey, maybe he would still be afraid of three points, and now Portsmouth is here to give him points.

In addition to Anthony's type, a coach naturally has an inexplicably overconfident one like Steve, and reality has given him the best slap in the face.

If Hydward were to pick one word to describe Ali at this moment, the only thing he could think of would be the tiger, the tiger who came out of the gate, and the animal tamer who opened the cage was himself.

The first goal came in the 14th minute of the game, when Rudiger broke the ball at the back and handed it to John? Collingham, who didn't get any quick pressing from the Forest, had plenty of time and space to move forward, and then he glanced up and saw a pass that was both vision and penetrating, slicing through the Forest defence like a peach. Ali was quick to pick up and run faster than all the players before goalkeeper Kemp came out to try to narrow the angle of his shot, but the Englishman's shot bounced past the goalkeeper on the right-hand post and into the corner of the net.

Steve's team have an age-old problem of tackling very little, which is completely contrary to the football DNA that is ingrained in English, and the Academy coaches here will tell you that tackles are a big part of football, and that's what separates boys from men. On the contrary, tackles and rams have always been a part of Hydward's team, and this is true compared to every opponent, they are your enemy, and if you get into one, you have to fight back and fight harder.

The score remained 1-0 until the end of the first half, it was a warm afternoon, the sky was blue, and Portsmouth came in a considerable number of people in the away game, they erupted in fierce cheers after seeing Ali's figure, Heidward ran over and said some words of encouragement, and the two men hooked shoulders and looked very close. Dele was still in good spirits after 45 minutes, looking around the court, twisting his upper limbs and waist, tugging at his pants and bouncing around.

Martin, one of the Wonder Four? Mr. Atkinson's whistle restarted in the second half, and it wasn't long before Lawrence pushed the ball to Vardy, who turned and handed the ball to Ali in the centre circle, and he and John made a clean one-two, and the Forest team tightened up their guard over Dele, and the two players surrounded and chased after him, Ali had to cut inside to get rid of the defense, and the sharp-eyed John knew that his teammates were not good at carrying the ball and ran over to make a few beautiful passes.

The ball returned to his feet, Ali, who had been completely caught in the game, looked up and observed, and found Hleb on the right side with a long diagonal pass. Of course, Forest were very focused on their home stadium and still pressed the whole court, and after Hleb tried to break through to no avail, he chose to return the ball without being brutal. Freire ran over and over, his passes were nowhere near as precise as his team-mates, and even the simplest short pass was wrong, and the ball was a little short for Alli and ran towards Forest midfielder Musina.

Freire realised he had made a mistake, but it was too late to make amends, and he seemed to hear the puffs of air from the visitors' stands!

Ali also rushed towards the ball, he was determined like a bulldog not to let Mussi get the ball, he rushed hard, and made a good but very fierce tackle, Ali tackled his opponent, who flew up, he got the ball, and the Portsmouth fans roared and cheered.

The referee blew to stop the game, took out a yellow card from the jacket pocket, dangerous move, warning! Dele didn't choose to argue, in fact, except for the big action, the ball was completely towards the ball, and it didn't hurt anyone, he looked at the sidelines with some concern, Ali was worried that the coach would replace him like in the past.

"Well done!"

He saw Ward giving a thumbs up and shouting something, not a trace of dissatisfaction, but very happy.

"Ali, if you restrain your temper, I promise to relax my grip on you and do what you say." These are the exact words of the coach, and he remembers them very clearly.

The game continued, Dele's motivation was more sufficient, Vardy took the ball and quickly handed it to Lawrence on the inside, who took the ball and quickly passed the half, the Irishman now plays less like a striker more like a midfielder, Lawrence found Mendy on the left on the edge of the box, Portsmouth is pulling the opponent's defence, this is Hydward's usual trick, England Under-19 captain Liszt did not keep an eye on Ali, he and Mendy made a quick one-two, It was then up to the latter to give the ball to Lawrence, who retreated.

The Irishman didn't have any defenders on his side, and a few mutual pulls completely pulled the enemy's defense into a straight line, Lawrence didn't hesitate, fell to the ground and opened his body, and hit a small arc with his left foot to leap over Kemp, 0-2, an unusually beautiful shot.

Lawrence walked up and down with a terrifying atmosphere, the first half of the year was the penalty he created, half a season has passed, Nottingham Forest is unfortunately still him, Steve looked at the field was shocked into a cold sweat.

The final 30 minutes of the game turned into a tug-of-war, round after round, but Portsmouth tore through the Forest's defence again and again under Ali's thread, shaking their morale, but Steve's side did not.

In the end, Portsmouth won 0-2 to win seven consecutive league games, in addition to the excellent play of the forward line, it is worth mentioning that the defense led by Enyeama has not conceded a goal in four consecutive games, 377 minutes, of course, the best David in team history. James' 619 minutes are still a long way off, but it's at least a good start.