Chapter 38: Great Defense (One Hundred and Seven/One Hundred and Thirty-Four)

At the beginning of the first half, Lazio once again threatened Nottingham Forest's attack, and Messi's shot was finally dragged over the crossbar by Nottingham Forest's goalkeeper Peter Johnson.

Then the game fell into a stalemate, and the scene was not very good. Most of the time, Lazio was passing the ball. Occasionally, there would be direct dialogues between Lazio and Nottingham Forest. The scene was very intense, but it passed quickly.

Then it fell into a stalemate again.

The rhythm was not fast, very slow.

It was not until the end of the first half that Lazio suddenly exerted its strength.

Another round of fierce offensive hit Nottingham Forest.

Compared to their slow passing in the second half, when Lazio attacked the front of Nottingham Forest's penalty area, they would suddenly speed up the passing speed, and then pass forward at this time, hoping to break Nottingham Forest's defense.

Of course, they did not forget to rob Forest players if they lost the ball.

Even if they could not grab it and launch an attack directly, they had to interfere with Nottingham Forest's attack.

Prevent them from accurately delivering the ball to the forwards in the front court.

This is the most important thing.

Pressing in the front court does not necessarily have to snatch the ball every time to be successful. If the opponent's quick counterattack can be prevented, it can also be considered a success.

The last ten minutes of the first half were played at this fast pace.

However, until the end of the first half, Lazio still failed to break through Nottingham Forest's goal.

The first half ended with a score of 0:0.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, the English commentator seemed particularly excited.

"The first half of the game is over! Nottingham Forest successfully defended against Lazio's fierce attack! This is really amazing! For Lazio, it is not easy to prevent them from scoring in the entire first half. Especially under the premise that they had 14 shots in the first half! Nottingham Forest has once again proved to Europe that they are worthy of being the best defensive team in Europe this season!"

"Lazio once had a record of only conceding nine goals in a season. I think Nottingham Forest can try to impact it this season. So far in the Premier League,

they have only conceded one goal. Such defense is very terrifying!"

"I think Nottingham Forest should let the Italian team that values ​​defense see what real defense looks like! Even if Lazio once created a record of only conceding nine goals in a single season, I am afraid they will have to admit defeat in front of the rising star Nottingham Forest!"

The English commentator did not care that the football played by Nottingham Forest was incompatible with the mainstream. At this time, as long as they could stop Lazio - not defeat, but just stop, it would be a very gratifying thing!

What neither Real Madrid nor Dortmund have done. If Nottingham Forest can do it, how proud English football will be!

When Lazio was at its most glorious, Lazio was already the world SS in Europe.

All teams in Europe set defeating Lazio as their goal.

Any team that can defeat Lazio will be something worth bragging about for a long time.

If a player scores a goal against Lazio. It will inevitably become the focus of media reports. Maybe his own career will also change, and he will get the opportunity to enter a giant team from a small team?

Until now, although Lazio has not won the Champions League for three consecutive years and has been empty-handed for two consecutive years, as the former European SS, Lazio's remaining power is still there.

Especially this season, they were divided into the death group. Everyone thought they were finished, but unexpectedly they had two consecutive wins!

Such performance naturally made many people optimistic about them again.

If Nottingham Forest can prevent Lazio from scoring, it will definitely be a sensational news in Europe.

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During the halftime break, guests from all over the country were also very surprised by the first half.

Because in the fierce attack of Lazio. Nottingham Forest did not lose a single goal.

Before, everyone knew that Nottingham Forest's defense was excellent, but no one expected it to be so excellent. Facing Lazio, they can guarantee that they will not lose a single goal in the first half!

What level is this?

There are very few teams that can do this.

At least no team has been able to do it this season, whether in the league or in the Champions League.

Although the guests have mixed opinions on Nottingham Forest's style of play. But this does not prevent some people from starting to think that Nottingham Forest's football is not good-looking. But they can win.

So if the Forest team really beat Lazio with their defense, will more people realize that defending is not negative?

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On TV, while guests with different opinions were still arguing about Nottingham Forest's defensive tactics, Lazio and Forest were in their respective locker rooms, making adjustments and arrangements for the second half.

Chang Sheng naturally emphasized how to target the weaknesses of Forest's goalkeeper.

Then he told his players how to deal with Chen Jian and George Wood.

The defensive midfielder combination of these two people is really powerful.

No wonder they have only conceded one goal so far in the new season.

According to statistics, 67% of Nottingham Forest's opponents' attacks were ended in the midfield, which is very telling. Nottingham Forest's midfield defense is indeed their strongest point.

What if they break through Nottingham Forest's defense?

Changsheng's solution is a change in rhythm plus a pressure-type attack.

That is, to press forward in a big way and form a tidal attack.

Even if the attack fails and the opponent steals the ball, Lazio players will immediately follow up and steal the ball.

Anyway, the goal is to give Nottingham Forest's players a feeling that Lazio's attack is endless.

This sense of oppression will increase the active mistakes of Forest players.

Mistakes are the main weapon to destroy Forest's defense.

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At the same time, on the other side, Tony Twain was also cheering up his players in the locker room.

He had nothing to say about tactics. Everything was arranged before the game. No matter what tactics the opponent used in this game, Nottingham Forest's tactics would not change at all, that is, defensive counterattack.

The main thing is that Nottingham Forest sticks to this set and strives to achieve the ultimate, then they can succeed.

This is the belief that Tony Twain instilled in his team.

Although the team is not strong, Nottingham Forest has really created a miracle with this spiritual victory method.

He told his players how difficult it was to prevent Lazio from scoring any of their 14 shots in the first half.

"...How many teams this season can withstand Lazio's 14 shots without losing a goal? There has never been one, only us! They are a world-class giant, they have won eight Champions League titles in the past 16 years! But we made them helpless! Who is better?"

"Before the game, they often arrogantly said that they are invincible. If we don't believe it, we can try it. Well, we are here, and we made them unable to score in 45 minutes! Everyone has experienced it. This is Lazio's world-shaking offense. How about it? Is there too much pressure?"

"Just like that, keep going. As long as we can continue to maintain this performance of not losing the ball, then as time goes by, the game will become more favorable to us. Because this is Lazio's home court, if they can't even beat a fourth-tier team like us at home, then he We will be under tremendous pressure! Under the gaze of the whole world, they cannot accept the reality of being tied by us, and then they will become impatient... But please note that I am not asking you to kill Lazio at the last moment. Such a chance is very small, don't even think about it! Maybe their impatience is a trap? My previous analysis makes sense, right? Because they want to win at home, they will be impatient in the end, which will provide us with more opportunities-in this case, you all believe it, everyone believes it, because it is common sense. But if we believe it, we are doomed. Remember, your opponent is a super strong team, their head coach is cunning, and we must consider all situations in the penalty area. So even if they are impatient, we must defend steadily! As long as we defend, we will be the winner! "

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In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

The entire Nottingham Forest team listened to their leader Tony Twain and continued to defend. No matter how Lazio passed the ball back and forth outside, they just huddled in their own 30-meter area and did not go out.

There was only one fast striker left in the midfield to interfere with Lazio's ball control in the midfield. No one expected him to intercept the ball and launch an attack directly.

Facing Nottingham Forest's stubborn defense, Lazio still passed the ball backwards, and was slow and unhurried in the midfield and backcourt.

But once they approached the 30-meter area of ​​Nottingham Forest, they would suddenly speed up the pace.

Sometimes it was a pure quick transfer, and sometimes it was a sudden straight pass.

The purpose was to penetrate Nottingham Forest's "wall defense".

Ten minutes into the second half, it was basically the same rhythm.

Nottingham Forest thought it could handle it at first, and it was no different from the last ten minutes of the first half.

But later, gradually, they found something wrong.

Because Lazio's offensive was getting more and more fierce, and their defense line was retreating as a whole.

Although it was only a little bit, the feeling was completely different!

You have to know that Nottingham Forest's defense is on the 30-meter line.

No team has ever allowed their defense line to retreat, even if it is only one meter!

Their defense is very tenacious.

This time, facing Lazio's increasingly fierce offensive, Nottingham Forest was actually a little overwhelmed!