Volume 4 Storm Volume 4 Storm Chapter 65 Good opponent

The draw with Chelsea widened the gap between Chelsea and Manchester United to the point where there are eight rounds left in the game, which is not easy to chase. Scholarly literature

Perhaps the only good news for Mourinho is the final eight rounds of fixtures. Manchester United need to host Nottingham Forest in the 33rd round. In the 34th round, Manchester United will play Chelsea away.

These two games are a matter of life and death for both teams. If United can win two in a row, the Reds will have an advantage of 11 points with four games remaining, and Chelsea will have almost no theoretical chance of winning the title.

But if United lose to Nottingham Forest and then to Chelsea, the points between the two sides are likely to be reduced to two points, and a defeat in one game will lead to Chelsea turning the tables.

The league has officially entered the sprint stage, and now it is the time for the bayonet to be red, and no one will show mercy.

Nottingham Forest's position is also less secure, so it is unlikely that Forest will be expected to rotate heavily when they play Manchester United.

Arsenal and Forest are now only six points apart, and Liverpool and Forest are only seven points apart, which is not big enough for Donn to sit back and relax.

In the next 31st round, Liverpool won at home to Arsenal, squeezing Arsenal into fifth place in the league and fourth for the Reds.

Nottingham Forest won a hard-fought 1-0 win at Bolton Wanderers, while Manchester beat Blackburn Rovers and Chelsea beat Watford 1-0.

Several teams emerged victorious, with the exception of the hapless Arsenal.

The situation has not changed, and Don must take his attention away from the league for a while and throw himself into another battlefield.

The quarter-finals of the European Champions Cup are about to begin. Compared to the other teams, Forest's luck has been exceptional. Their opponent is PSV Eindhoven, the weakest of them all.

Speaking of Eindhoven, there is another "old acquaintance" of Donn.

Chinese full-back Sun Xiang, who came to PSV Eindhoven on loan from Shanghai Shenhua for three months.

Before he crossed over, Sun Xiang was loaned to PSV Eindhoven in January this year, when he represented the team in the European Champions League. Therefore, he is known as "the first Chinese player in the Champions League".

That's a good name. But Don feels very sad, Japanese and South Korean players have already appeared in the Champions League, Park Ji-sung can even play the main team in a giant team like Manchester United, what about Chinese players? It is necessary to make such a big splash when it appears in the Champions Cup, and the gap between Japan, South Korea and Chinese football is no longer clear in one or two sentences.

However, in the world he is in now, the title of "China's first person in the Champions League" has been given to Sun Jihai.

Sun Jihai has benefited a lot from the forest team for more than two years, and he can receive the most advanced training in the most advanced football environment. When he returned to the national team, he suddenly felt like he stood out from the crowd, which also caused another kind of trouble - in the national team, Sun Jihai and other teammates were a little unable to cooperate. Coach Zhu Guanghu is also having a headache now, Sun Jihai's level is very good, and he is there. But his fit with the team has always been a problem. Summer is the Asian Cup, whether Sun Jihai is needed or not has become Zhu Guanghu's heart disease. Fans are very vocal about the use of Sun Jihai. Zhu Guanghu was a little hesitant.

Aside from the national team, Nottingham Forest's match with PSV Eindhoven was hyped by the Chinese media as a "Chinese derby in the Champions Cup". The initiator of this incident is none other than Tang En's "old friend" Tang Jing.

Don has always hated this kind of boring hype. Tang Jing didn't even know whether Sun Xiang would appear in Eindhoven's squad, so he couldn't wait to throw out the gimmick of "Chinese Derby". What's more, he didn't say this game on any occasion, and Sun Jihai would also appear on the list. He is very similar to see, if Sun Xiang didn't even enter the squad, or if he did, he didn't get a minute of playing time. What did Tang Jing say again?

Although PSV Eindhoven are the weakest of the eight teams, Donn is not taking it lightly. He and the coaching staff have done their homework before, and now is the time to come in handy.

After Don joined the coaching staff, Don began to focus on pre-game preparation, and Tang was clearly better at this than Don. The coaching staff will fully study every detail of the opponent, and then analyze the opponent's tactics based on these information and details, and formulate multiple sets of plans. Opponents like this. What are we going to do? What are we going to do with our opponents......

After everything is ready. Donn came to the Netherlands with his team.

PSV Aindhoven manager Koeman has decided to play Forest at home, and he certainly knows how his compatriot Rijkaard has been defeated. But Dutch pride prevents him from doing things like Tony Donn, stubbornly? If that's the case, before he loses, there will be boos over the stadium. Dutch fans are idealistic and would rather see their team lose in a flashy attack than in an ugly defend

Donn is glad he was able to meet such an opponent in the quarter-finals. The opponent wants to fight against him, and he can't ask for it.

What is Nottingham Forest's favourite local team? It's to press out those heroes who want to break them down with offense. The most troublesome are the weak teams that shrink the defense line and can't shrink out.

This season, Donn has had a tough time against the underdogs, but he hasn't had the upper hand against the strong. After the game against Everton, Done started the transformation of the team, but it was a long and systematic project. In the very utilitarian championship knockout stage, Donn still allowed the team to return to the defensive counter-attack that they do best.

The away game against PSV Eindhoven started as scheduled, and PSV Eindhoven really took the initiative to seek an attack as soon as they came up, but what about Nottingham Forest? The commentators who are familiar with them can also see at a glance the posture of the defensive counterattack.

Sun Jihai did not play, and Sun Xiang was also on the bench. Tang Jing in the press gallery looked at Tang En standing on the sidelines with disappointment.

"You just won't do what I want!" She muttered to herself viciously.

PSV Eindhoven's attack worked well twenty minutes ago and gave PSV Eindhoven fans hope of a home win over Nottingham Forest.

On two occasions, they almost got in the Forest's goal. But as Mourinho put it, being on the pitch "almost" equals defeat.

After a series of sieges on Forest's goal, only to miss out on goals, PSV Eindhoven's morale has dropped.

This is a chance for the Forest. Don whistled on the sidelines and waved his hand to signal the team to press forward, and he couldn't let go of any opportunity to counterattack.

The Forest's counter-attack is a "fast" word, and they usually shrink in the backfield to lure the opponent to attack. Once the ball is broken. The Forest players, who were still cruising just now, immediately became pioneers.

In the Premier League, Nottingham Forest may be the fastest counter-attacking as they have Franck, Petrov, Ashley Young and Allen Lennon, all of whom can be ranked in the top 10 of the 'Premier League Fast Horse'.

Don relies on such a lineup to be able to counterattack with ease, whether it is an individual dribbling raid or an overall advancement, their speed can make opponents jaw-dropping.

It took Donn two seasons to get his team to this level. Now away to PSV Eindhoven. He was confident that Koeman would suffer a big deal.

PSV Eindhoven instigated an attack, but their passing intent was too obvious, and for this penetration in the middle, Georg Wood got into position early and cut off the pass.

The next thing is simple, Wood passes the football to Van der Vaart as soon as possible, and Van der Vaart decides the direction of the fast attack. At the same time that Van der Vaart received the football. Forest's two wingers and two strikers quickly switched direction.

Left, center, right, all three directions can be selected. Van der Vaart took a look at the situation and decided to play on the left wing, where he passed the ball to Ribery.

After receiving the ball, Ribery did not rush along the flank. He allowed PSV Eindhoven, who was going to block him on the wing, to make a save. Franck Ribery dribbled straight down the middle, while Van der Vaart ran to the left and the pair made a simple switch.

Seeing Ribery coming down the middle, Cocu ran over to defend and he followed Ribery closely to deny him a chance to shoot.

Eastwood sees Ribery running in the middle. Knowing what to do, he stopped running forward and turned to meet Ribery. Franck Ribery passed the ball to Eastwood, who came up to pick him up, and PSV Eindhoven defender Alex followed closely to Eastwood to prevent him from turning.

Eastwood didn't even think about turning, and after he got the ball, Ribery ran without the ball and Cocu focused on Eastwood with the ball. He was going to cut the ball off with Alex back and forth. Unexpectedly, he had just pressed up, but Eastwood suddenly passed the ball.

Football is back at the feet of Ribery. At this moment, Ribery was at the edge of the penalty area, but no one was marking.

The Frenchman no longer hesitated and shot with his feet......

"Frank Ribery – the ball is in! Nice long shot! Gomez couldn't make a save, almost a dead end! ”

The Philips Stadium, which had been noisy just now, suddenly fell silent, and the fans of PSV did not expect that their team had besieged for a long time without scoring, and the opponent had a counterattack.

Don stood up from his seat and raised his fists aloft. Since Ribery was consciously placed in the middle by the coaching staff, he has become even more of a threat. This is a well-rounded midfielder who should not be confined on one wing.

Once the deadlock is broken, things are much easier.

PSV Eindhoven desperately tried to get it back, and in this case, there was more room for Forest's defensive counter-attack.

The first goal is coming, will the second and third goals be far away?

In the second half, Forest scored goals from Ruud van Nistelrooy and Van der Vaart. When Van der Vaart scored Forest's third goal

Fans at the Liverpool Stadium have already left the stadium early. Head coach Koeman looked at the score, and his face was grim.

What does it mean to be conceded three goals by an opponent in your own home game? The opponent has one foot in the door of the semi-finals. If you only 01,02, you can still fight together, and now you lose three goals, and the probability of wanting to turn the tables away is too low.

Looking at the glaring score again, Coman lowered his head.

Six days later, PSV Eindhoven arrived in Nottingham from the Netherlands, with a bit of tragedy. Because they have to score at least three goals away from home and keep Nottingham Forest out of the net to have a chance of extra-time. If you want to advance directly, you have to score more than four goals. It's too hard for PSV Eindhoven......

Yes, it's too hard.

The Nottingham Forest fans gave PSV Eindhoven a taste of what Barcelona had before. The Forest team is in an almost frenetic home atmosphere. Surprisingly did not choose to defend and counterattack. Instead, he held high the banner of attacking football and fought against the dying Eindhoven.

Maybe it's because Donn feels that his team's promotion is a foregone conclusion, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't defend and counterattack, it's better to use offense to please more spectators, and at the same time test how much energy the team will have if they attack with all their might. A score of 30 is really reassuring.

This game is very good, the two sides go back and forth, the attack is very lively, and the fans are also very enjoyable to watch. Goals from both sides were scored one after the other. As he continued to score goals, Koeman's mood also wandered back and forth between hell and heaven. PSV Eindhoven scored and he threw up his arms and shouted, feeling that things were going in the direction he wanted. Nottingham Forest's face immediately darkened when he scored, and his hopes of promotion were far away......

PSV Eindhoven scored first, after all, attacking the Forest team in full force. The line of defense cannot be as impregnable and without weaknesses as usual. The goal gave PSV Eindhoven hope but Forest equalised just five minutes later. Everybody's on the offensive anyway. There are a lot of holes in the backline, so it's up to us to see which side can catch as many as possible.

Next, Forest continued to work hard and scored another goal to give them an aggregate lead of 51. Basically, it has been announced that the game is over early.

PSV Eindhoven did not give up. They are still looking for a goalscoring opportunity.

Towards the end of the first half, they took advantage of a passing error at the back of the Forest to break the ball and launch a counter-attack to level the aggregate score at five

At half-time, Donn criticised the performance of the backline, arguing that even if the team focused on attack, it was not a reason for the backline to make mistakes.

Second. The two sides continued to play each other, but this time the Forest defence was slightly better. They didn't give Eindhor any more chances. In the 80th minute, second-half substitute Ruud van Nistelrooy scored the third goal for Forest with a header to lock the aggregate score at 6:

With 10 minutes to go, Coman was at a loss for the scoreline.

He knew he had failed.

When the final whistle sounded, the City Stadium erupted in a loud cheer. The commentator had to raise the volume of his speech in this noisy environment: "Unforgettable game, Nottingham Forest reached the semi-finals for the second year in a row! That's quite a feat! Tony Downe appears to be a coach who is good at playing cup games, and his first trophy was won in the English League Cup. Last season, they came close to becoming champions by reaching the final of the Champions League. This season, they have a chance to make it to the final again! But first, they have to beat Chelsea, who are their opponents in the semi-finals! ”

"Chelsea? That's a good opponent. Don said to Don and Chris Rac next to him after the game. We have a psychological advantage in beating them. ”

Chrisrak laughed, and Don smiled. Everybody knows what this psychological advantage is.

With that, Don turned his gaze to the stands. He knew that Mourinho was watching the game from the stands, but he didn't know if Moulinho was there at this time.

At the same time, in the stands.

Mourinho and his assistants were waiting in line to leave the stadium, and he didn't forget to look down.

He saw Don look up.

"Nottingham Forest......" he whispered the name. What a good opponent. ”

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