Chapter 239 The Cost of Defense (Part 1)

Martins' shot did not bring a goal. Maya checked the fans on the stage and might still shook their heads and sighed, but Mancini had seen hope because the airtight defense of Nottingham Forest finally had a loophole.

Moreover, this offense sent a positive signal to Inter Milan players - seeing Albertini to death, Nottingham Forest will fall into chaos both offense and defense.

Now the work is simple. As long as you try every means to prevent Albertini from controlling the football, it is equivalent to not letting Nottingham Forest not control the ball.

George Wood was not very helpful to Forest's offense. When Inter Milan made a big push to attack, he could defend the middle and help defend the two sides.

But what the Forest team needs now is not to defend, but to turn defense into offense. At this time, he is powerless.

Albertini was closely guarded by Cambiaso. Many of the Argentinian's actions were very close to fouls, which made him very uncomfortable. But he was powerless because the referee didn't yell, it was not a foul.

He is the captain, so he can't be angry because of this, otherwise the morale of the team will be in chaos.

Who can rely on now? If no one comes to relieve the pressure on him, he can only compete with the opponent's midfield defense alone. But thinking about his age, as the game time passes, he may have been dragged down by the young and strong Cambiaso in the future.

To Ashley Young or Frank Ribery?

They are all on the wing, and this position limits their performance, seeking cooperation on the wing pass, because playing too small can easily block the opponent.

Only George Wood has the best position, and you can pass the ball in the middle of the court, both left and right, front and back...

But does he still have to choose at this time?

Albertini passed the football to Wood, compared to him. There was no defensive pressure on Wood. Inter Milan players obviously knew that Wood's contribution to the offense was almost zero, so they did not arrange special people to keep a guard.

Seeing the football being passed to Wood's feet, Mancini whistled off the court, signaling his players to press on to push up, pressing Wood, forcing him to make a mistake.

This time, Peron came up to grab it, and Wood had no good way to face this aggressive Inter Milan player.

"Go past him!" Albertini shouted.

Wood remembered the scene of him passing Matrachi in front of the opponent's penalty area. He planned to use the same trick again.

But this time is different from last time.

Wood's dribbling may have to be the last time he could successfully pass Matrach, which has something to do with the opponent's lack of preparation. Rather than saying that he shook Matrach away, Matrach himself hit a wall, and then was pushed to the ground by the reaction force, and Wood picked up a bargain.

Really extraordinary skills? Wood has practiced those things in training, but this is completely different from showing what is being practiced on the court.

Wood wanted to push the football away. But he didn't expect that Veron made a quick move. The football he had pulled out happened to be stopped by Veron. Before he could have anything, Veron flew past him!

"George Wood's ball was cut off!"

There was a huge cheer from Meacha Stadium. They finally saw the scene of the number one evil person in their minds making a fool of themselves!

"It's so damn!" Seeing George Wood conceal the ball, Don stood up from his seat in shock.

Where is Wood's position? Mid-back! The midfielder is behind the midfielder! Conceding the ball at this position.

This means that Peron can now face a thin central defender directly. His breakthrough, long shot, or pass can pose a great threat to Van der Sar's goal!

This time the ball was intercepted. George Wood did not turn around immediately, but was stunned for a moment, then turned around and rushed towards Bellon.

Veron dribbled the ball, Wood chased from behind, and in a flash, both of them entered the penalty area. At this moment, Pique, who was blocking the road in front, did not dare to make a rash shot. He also had to pay attention to Adriano and Martins on both sides, for fear that Veron would suddenly split the ball out.

After entering the penalty area, Beron deliberately slowed down. He seemed to be observing the situation.

George Wood came to the scene, and he leaned against Bellon from behind, trying to intercept the ball.

How experienced is Perron? Seeing Wood leaning over, he immediately stepped forward to protect the football.

Adriano raised his arms high on one side of the penalty area, "Pass it to me!"

At this moment, he forgot the grudge between himself and Bellon. But I don’t know if Bellon didn’t see it or did he deliberately not pass it. In short, after he protected the football, he was not in a hurry to get the ball - he was waiting for Wood’s follow-up action.

Wood did not break the ball in the first attempt. Instead, he was pushed behind by Perron. This time, he pushed forward with force and stretched his foot to break the ball again. At the same time, his arm was put up...

Just when he was about to break the football, Bellon suddenly fell to the ground!

The referee's whistle sounded!

"Punishment!"

The Meacha Stadium was filled with joy.

"This is a penalty! There is no doubt!"

Wood was stunned. He focused all his attention on the intercepting ball. How could he foul?

Veron stood up from the ground and opened his arms to greet his teammates' hug. He successfully lured Wood into making one of the moves he wanted to see most. Wood might not think he had committed a foul, but in fact he pushed Veron down from behind...

Tang En sat down on the sidelines and covered her face in pain.

Wood turned around and wanted to argue with the referee, but was stopped by Albertini.

"If you still want a yellow card..."

Hearing the captain say this, he stopped.

"sorry. "

Albertini shook his head: "Why do you need to apologize? Just learn from this lesson. I will pass the ball to you next time, so don't look too prepared anymore."

"But, I..."

"Remember, George. Don't show it when you get the ball, even if you don't know what to do.

You have to be confident, confident and calm, and make people feel that you already have many ways to deal with the ball, so that your opponent can guess! If you think to yourself, ‘I don’t know what to do’, then you really don’t know what to do.

But if you keep calm and observe your opponent, you will naturally know what to do. "Albertini took this opportunity to make up for Wood's lessons.

"In fact, it's not that complicated. If you have a better pass route, pass the football over. If not, pass it to your nearest teammate. That's it."

Wood bit his lip and listened quietly.

"Don't take the penalty to heart. I don't know whether to enter or not. Even if I enter, it's just an equalizer. It's not a doomsday."

Albertini patted Wood and walked out of the penalty area. The opponent was about to have a free throw.

Wood glared at Bellon, turned around and walked out.

Adriano walked in with the football.
Chapter completed!