Chang Sheng chose to keep the draw, of course, because of the bad field.

However, he is also confident that his team can get a draw.

His confidence comes from his knowledge of Nottingham Forest.

The team is very good defensively, but the offense is relatively poor......

Or Tony. Why did Donn choose to use defensive counter-attacks as their usual tactic?

If they have good attackers, won't they choose offensive tactics?

With a perennial win against Tony. Donn understands that he is not a fanatic believer in defensive football, but that he is actually a pragmatist just like himself. He chose to defend against this kind of football, simply because this kind of football tactics are suitable for Nottingham Forest and are relatively easy to achieve.

That's all.

Absolutely nothing else.

So why is it a good fit for Nottingham Forest?

Nottingham Forest's defensive strength is one of the reasons.

On the other hand, Nottingham Forest's lack of attacking talent is also due to the fact that Nottingham Forest is lacking in attacking talent.

Tony. Donn's Nottingham Forest play 451, and everyone except the strikers has to drop back deep when defending to assist the defence.

Staying up front and in charge of the counter-attack is now Nottingham Forest's starting striker Adriano. Mock.

The striker also started playing for Nottingham Forest's first team last season.

He had been in the youth team and in the development squad until then.

He is only twenty-two years old today.

Small in stature and slightly thin, but with one feature, it is fast enough! Very fast!

So Tony. Don saw him put on the forward line and put him in charge of counterattacking.

When Nottingham Forest attacked, he found Mock directly in the backfield, and he used his speed to threaten the opposition defence after taking the ball.

Mock's 100-meter quadruple reached an astonishing 10.56 seconds. In today's Premier League, this speed can be ranked in the top three.

Nottingham Forest relied on Mock's speed to become fourth in the league last season and a dark horse in the Champions League this season.

An impregnable defence combined with Mock's razor-sharp speed is Lazio's main tactical style.

Their staffing must also meet both of these requirements.

First of all, it is natural to defend well, and secondly, the offensive and defensive transfers must be fast enough, and there are many direct passes and long passes, so the players' passing accuracy in the middle and long distances is very high.

Such teams are dominated by straight passes, and they are used to playing counter-attacks. How can you be good at positional warfare?

Therefore, the purpose of the frequent victory and contraction defense is to force Nottingham Forest to play a positional battle with them.

As a result, the only thing Nottingham Forest can rely on is a terrible venue.

But no matter how much Nottingham Forest does, it is impossible to dig the site into a mine-blown up, right?

It's too frustrating, but it will be punished by UEFA.

So the venue is terrible though. Lazio's players were also able to cope with it.

The situation was at a stalemate for a while.

Until the end of the first half, Nottingham Forest were unable to find the back of the net against Lazio.

Of course, the Lazio players also wore all the colours of their jerseys – all rolling around on the ground and looking very embarrassed.

But no matter how embarrassed they are, for the Lazio players, they can leave the pitch with their heads held high.

Because they didn't concede a goal in an extremely unfavorable situation!

Why is it so embarrassing?

Isn't it just to not concede a goal?

Right now. Their goal is halfway accomplished. In the second half, as long as they continued to defend like this and didn't concede goals, they won!

Yes. Facing so many disadvantages away from home, even if it's a draw, it's a win for Lazio!

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As a matter of fact. As they walked off the pitch, the Lazio players did look in good spirits. There was no fatigue from being pressed by Nottingham Forest for forty-five minutes.

On the contrary, it was the Nottingham Forest players who looked a little ...... at the end of the first half Dazed.

Yes, at a loss.

When the whistle blew at the end of the first half, the television broadcast gave a number of close-ups of the Nottingham Forest players.

In the close-up, these Nottingham Forest players have a little confused faces, their mouths open, and their eyes seem unfocused.

If you look at this scene alone, you would think that Nottingham Forest are the side behind and the visitors Lazio have taken the lead early......

The commentators in England also seemed unhappy with the result.

'In the first half we almost had the advantage but we didn't get a single goal! We have three great opportunities right in front of our door! The result? Once we squandered our own players, and on two occasions we were defused by the heroic Ter Stegen...... I don't think that's a satisfactory performance. There's a popular saying in football circles that 'wasted chances are punished'. There are so many chances, but Nottingham Forest didn't take any of them, so what will happen in the second half? That's really hard to say......"

In addition to the commentators for England, commentators from other countries also felt that Nottingham Forest had too many chances in the first half, but it was a pity that they did not catch one.

The Italian narrator was thrilled.

"The first half is over! 0：0！ Lazio kept the goal clean in an extremely unfavorable situation! It's remarkable! Lazio showed us their resilience in this game! People may forget that Lazio holds the record for the fewest goals conceded in a single season in Europe! Defensively, I don't think they're afraid of any team! ”

When Lazio went to Nottingham, they all thought that Lazio would definitely beat Nottingham Forest, and it was hard to say how many goals they would win, because they had already seen Nottingham Forest's defense, and even Lazio could only score one goal with all his might, and it would be even more difficult to score more goals.

But no matter what, you can win anyway.

Who would have thought that after coming to Nottingham, before the game started, Lazio players were injured in the warm-up. It casts a shadow over Lazio's prospects for this match.

The next situation made the Italian commentators dare not expect Lazio to win, and even began to worry that Lazio would lose a few goals away from home......

Although Nottingham Forest are the biggest dark horses in this group, and the other two teams have been held to a draw by them, they have not lost to them. Is Nottingham Forest going to be the first strong team to lose to Nottingham Forest?

The dangers of the game also kept the commentators in a constant state of high tension, fearing that Nottingham Forest's next attack would cause Lazio to concede a goal, or that the ball would bounce off the uneven turf and fly past goalkeeper Ter Stegen and into the Lazio goal......

I never expected Lazio to be in such an extremely unfavorable situation. Didn't concede a goal!

This excites the Italian commentators.

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Both the Lazio players and the Italian commentators were pleased with the result of the first half. Don doesn't think so.

His ideal situation is that in the first half, Nottingham Forest will completely end the suspense of this game, and make Lazio completely lose their fighting spirit.

But who would have thought that Lazio would be so tenacious. But the defense is very solid, and it ensures that their goal does not concede a goal!

This makes Tony. Don was upset.

He thinks the morale of the players is okay, and so is his tactics.

But he underestimated the tenacity of Lazio.

In the case of unfavourable venues, Lazio solved the problem with very concise defensive moves, trying to minimize the possibility of risk.

And in this game, Lazio's main goalkeeper, Germany's No. 1 national Ter Stegen, also played very well. Keep the goal in check.

Tony. Don counted a lot of things, but he didn't count the performance of the Lazio players.

When Lazio was warming up, a main player was injured, which would have made Tony. Donn felt that the victory was in his hands, because the accident would definitely have a big impact on Lazio's players. Make them even more timid in the game.

It helped Nottingham Forest to take the initiative and even score goals.

What else can Nottingham Forest do in this situation?

At half-time, there didn't seem to be much to adjust.

You can only watch the players play.

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Although there is some dissatisfaction in his heart, Tony. Don didn't show it.

At halftime. He was full of praise for the players' performance.

Affirming the players gives them confidence.

Then he told his players. Let them continue to play like that in the second half, but also work harder, and keep putting pressure on the Lazio backline.

'They were very tenacious in the first half, but it was just a resilient-looking balloon that we could poke through their protective shell and them hard if we put enough pressure on us!'

Tony. That's all Don can do now is to explain to his players, and then expect the game to be a bit dramatic with a bad pitch......

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And in Lazio's dressing room, Chang Sheng is also praising his team.

Because they were very tenacious in the first half.

For the tactical arrangement, there is not much to say about Chang Sheng, anyway, that's it, shrink the defense, and then end with a big foot. Try to minimise the possibility of accidents in your penalty area.

Don't think about anything else.

The more you think about it, the more miserable you die.

In the end, Chang Sheng told everyone with a serious face: "This game is the toughest game Lazio have faced this season. But that's not a reason for us to surrender. We can choose to lose cleanly in this game, but it shouldn't pose much of a threat to our group progression. But I still don't want to lose. It's a bad situation, I still don't want to lose, we can lose this game, no one blames us, but I still don't want to lose. I guess that's my stubbornness. This is also Lazio's stubbornness! ”

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