Chapter 188: Pills! What a pill!
After Nottingham Forest's goal, their fans cheered but didn't get much excited. In the eyes of fans, Nottingham Forest are two league levels above Coventry. Winning is a matter of course.
The most excited people in the stands were the real Portsmouth fans – the pseudo-Nottingham Forest fans. They cheered when they saw the one-goal defeat of Coventry, the arch-rival of the century.
The Portsmouth people in the stands hurried out a swear song to humiliate Coventry: "Oh, Coventry, they are so pathetic. They lose every week. The forty-five-year-old guy led a group of stupid donkeys on the field. So the loss is deserved. Oh, and they lose every week. ”
The excited Portsmouth people even lit fireworks sticks. What Coventry miracle does this group of Portsmouth people see? What old lieutenant? You were just lucky enough to win against Leicester. Ha, if you concede a goal this time, Nottingham Forest will end your FA Cup journey.
Nottingham Forest fans on the sidelines looked sideways: How do these Portsmouth people seem to love Nottingham more than we do?
Coventry conceded in the eighth minute and the players' confidence was dealt a serious blow. Maybe George Sr. was right, the players were too confident before. Underestimated the opponent.
Liu Yun, as the captain, applauded loudly to cheer for the players: "Forward, Coventry!" ”
Nottingham Forest were in high spirits after taking the lead, and the attack was sharper. The fierce midfielder Joel even mentioned the attacking position in the midfield.
Liu Yun has played more than a dozen games since coming to the UK. He knows that this is the so-called "opening three" in the Premier League. My team has taken the first axe, and we must hold on. Only by catching the opponent's second and third boards can they hope to equalize or even overtake the score in the remaining games.
He beckoned to Manla, motioning for him to return to his defense. He himself returned to his own penalty area to take part in the defence.
I have to say that Liu Yun has a big picture worthy of his captaincy.
Coventry gradually withstood Nottingham Forest's frantic attack. Despite being on the back foot, their defence didn't have any major holes.
Coventry defended stubbornly for 20 minutes, and the players worked together to defend. Trying to keep the goal from being breached again by Nottingham Forest.
In the 29th minute of the first half, Coventry launched a counterattack with a half-time break.
Alexander directly returned the favor with his human way, beating Nottingham Forest with a long pass from behind.
Manla starts and sps towards the ball in front of him.
He caught the ball. A vigorous forward trip, ready to use speed to eat the opponent's small steel cannon center back Jim.
Jim is experienced, and he knows in his heart that once Manla breaks through him, there is a good chance that he will form a one-on-one ball.
Little Steel Cannon Jim made a quick decision, pushed people, and committed a tactical foul! It has to be said that tactical fouls are also an art, with profound knowledge.
is like those officials who played boards in the yamen in ancient China. If a criminal has been bribed, the officials will thunder and rain so loudly that he will be beaten until his skin is open but his muscles and bones will not be hurt. The criminal who did not pay the bribe, and the officials would beat him, and his skin and flesh looked fine, but in fact, his bones and bones were broken.
Tactical fouls are somewhat similar to those used by officials in ancient China. Use the smallest movement to cause the maximum disturbance to the attacker.
Jim's push seems to be moving very little. If the referee is a bad-eyed man, he will even ignore this small action.
Manla was in the middle of a high-speed movement when Jim's push immediately lost her balance and fell to the ground. He lost this chance to go alone.
"Toot!" The referee's whistle sounded! Yellow!
However, the referee showed a yellow card not to Nottingham Forest's tiny cannon Jim, but to Coventry's Tower Manla!
The referee actually awarded Manla a fake fall?!
Alexander was already provocative on the field, and his teammates were misjudged by the referee, so he immediately led a group of players to immediately surround the referee and argue.
"It's obviously the opposing central defender who pushed someone and fouled! How do I judge my teammates for diving? ”
"He already had a chance to go it alone! What is diving for? Who would be so stupid? ”
The referee remained unmoved, and put his hand in front of his pocket. The meaning is obvious, if you pester me any more, you're going to have to pull out the cards!
Captain Liu Yun knows that there is no absolute fairness in this world.
Just like when you set up a breakfast stall, the relatives of the chengguan can occupy the road at will, but those unrelated vendors are chased by the chengguan all over the street.
How can there be any absolute fairness in this world?
The referee has already awarded the penalty, and it will only be self-defeating to dwell on it.
He ran up to his teammates and pulled the chatter out of the pressure.
"Go back, all go back to their respective places!" Liu Yun shouted at his teammates.
The captain spoke, and the Coventry players had no choice but to give up.
In fact, even those Nottingham Forest fans who were clear onlookers knew in their hearts that this time it was the referee who favored the team.
Portsmouth fans, who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic, shouted: "Dive! Diving! Diving! ”
The Coventry fans shouted in unison: "Whistle, whistle!" ”
In fact, the shouts of the Coventry City fans will be counterproductive, and such shouts will anger the referee and make him even more biased in favor of Nottingham Forest.
Liu Yun hurriedly waved his hand to the stands where the Coventry fans were, signaling them to stop attacking the referee.
At this time, Liu Yun played the role of a team captain. He is a leading player in the Coventry City team.
The two sides fought again, and the Coventry team organized a number of counterattacks. It's just that Coventry doesn't seem to have had a lot of luck. Liu Yun's long-range shot slid out of the goal, and Manla's header in the box was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
It was the 40th minute of the game.
Nottingham Forest attack in the middle! Striker Huntington receives a pass from a team-mate and breaks down the middle. On the edge of the box, he softly passed the ball to the fierce god Joel. Joel didn't blindly get up after receiving the ball, he knocked on the back foot and used the back foot to pass the ball to Jim, the better gunner.
Jim is a centre-back, but he likes to plug in the attack. At this time, he was at the front of the penalty area. His long-range shooting skills are widely regarded as the best in the Nottingham Forest team. Seeing Joel pass the ball to himself with the root of his back foot, Jim understood and directly hit the goal with a heavy kick!
The quality of this long-range shot from outside the box was extremely high! The ball goes straight to the top right corner of the goal! Even though Ru'an made a fish leap to save, it was a pity that he was half a beat slower.
2:0! Nottingham Forest take the lead again!
Ruan waved his arm and let out a frustrated snort. He resented himself, if he had jumped more decisively, he might have been able to save the ball if he had been quicker!
However, the wood is already in the boat, and even Ru'an's chagrin can't change the fact that Coventry City is 0:2 behind.
The Portsmouth people in the stands are excited again! They cheered loudly, even louder than the real Nottingham Forest fans.
Huntington, the fierce god Joel, and the little cannon Jim hug each other. Huntington shouted arrogantly: "In the next time, let's slaughter Coventry!" ”