Godfather Of Champions

Chapter 867: The Heart of the Lion King

Not everyone will sit in the stands before the game and wait for the game to start.

When the referee blew the kick-off whistle, people in the stands were gradually coming in to find their seats.

When these people were still looking down in the rain for the seat number corresponding to the ticket, they heard a deafening cheer ringing in their ears. It feels like a tsunami is coming, and it feels like there is an earthquake at my feet, and I can't even stand still.

"boom--!!"

These people raised their heads blankly, looking at the surrounding crowd who jumped up and raised their arms, and then looked down the field.

What do they see?

The player on the side wearing the red jersey is running excitedly!

There was a voice on the live broadcast, suppressing the cheers: "1:0, Nottingham Forest leads! Goal scorer Aaron Mitchell!"

These people didn't react until now-just when they were busy looking for seats, Nottingham Forest actually scored!

"It's so fast! The TV broadcasts have not kept up... We can only watch the replay. After the kick-off, Shaheen passed the football back to George Wood, and Wood split the ball to the side... Fernandez After a two-to-one with Gago, he continued to advance. Gago passed the ball from the top. It was very beautiful and precise! Fernandez received the ball... he passed directly! Aaron Mitchell's topping The goal is scored-the goal is scored!!! It took only twenty seconds! This is the fastest scoring record in the FA Cup final and the fastest scoring record in the Cup final at Wembley!!!"

The narrator shouted excitedly.

Dunn in the rain also waved his fists, celebrating the goal with the people around him.

In the locker room, he told the players to fight for the first goal and score as soon as possible to drag the game into their track. He didn't expect the team to give him such a big surprise-he even scored the goal within 20 seconds of the start.

"No matter what the final result of this game is, Nottingham Forest and Aaron Mitchell have used this goal to leave their names in the history of the FA Cup!"

After scoring a goal, Mitchell ran to the forest where the fans concentrated in the rain. Below, he kept waving his arms to signal the fans to shout louder and louder. He likes to hear such cheers.

The Forest team scored so early that Spurs did not expect. The game had just begun and their defense hadn't even had time to organize. The Forest team took advantage of such a little time difference and caught Tottenham by surprise.

Harry Redknapp's face is even more gloomy than the sky in London now, and he has nothing to say about such a goal from the sidelines.

He previously thought that after continuous high-intensity combat, the Forest team would adopt a strategy of slowing down first, attracting the opponent to attack and then counterattack defensively.

Unexpectedly, Tony Dunn’s team played so resolutely in the opening offense, which was completely beyond his expectation.

There is of course luck in scoring such an early goal. But at this time, what is the point of saying that the other party is lucky?

What is behind is behind, and what is ahead is ahead. This is the fact. The game will also undergo some very subtle changes.

In the game against Dunn's team, the most feared thing is to let them lead. The forest team can continue to attack and counterattack defensively. No matter what they do, it will be a torture for their opponents.

How should Tottenham respond?

Attack?

Redknapp is not so stupid. Pressing out to attack means opening the door to welcome the Forest team to score a few more goals. He decided to defend firmly first, anyway, the disadvantage of one ball is nothing, as long as there is a chance, there is no need to worry about equalization.

The first is to stabilize the players' mentality, not to panic, not to let the Forest team take this opportunity to score another goal, it will be difficult to play this game if it is two goals behind.

He stood on the sidelines, shouting loudly into the court and gesturing to calm down the players.

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Seventeen minutes later, Spurs used a corner kick to equalize the score. The scoring man was Michael Dawson. Facing his former club, he was merciless. The header was so accurate and ruthless that Akinfeev didn't even react. A group of people watched the football go in. The splashes of water even fascinated some people's eyes.

Tottenham’s equaliser made the Spurs fans excited. When they fell behind, these people have been worried that the championship will be given to Forest in this way. Now it seems that Tottenham still don't want to give up.

After Tottenham scored, Dunn did not intend to stabilize the defense first, but urged the two full-backs to continue to attack.

Redknapp also sees Dunn's meaning. If the Forest team wants to attack, there will inevitably be space in the rear, so Tottenham must also attack. How can they seize these spaces without attacking?

A wonderful confrontation in the history of the FA Cup final kicked off.

In the thirty-ninth minute, Tottenham hit a fast break by seizing the opportunity of the Forest right back Rafinha to press the assist and not return to the defense in time. When Pavlyuchenko faced Akinfeev one-on-one, he made a fake move. Akinfeev slipped, lost his center of gravity, and lost the best time to pounce the ball. Pavlyuchenko easily dangled Akinfeev and sent the football into the empty goal.

Tottenham's 2:1 overtake!

The cheers of the Spurs fans rang from the stands. When the Forest team scored at the beginning, they never thought that Spurs would be able to overtake in the first half.

But their cheers lasted only two minutes. Forty-two minutes, Mitchell used his personal skills to face the attack of three Tottenham defenders in the frontcourt. As a result, he was put to the ground by Dawson. The referee awarded the Forest team a frontcourt. Direct free kick.

Bell stood in front of the ball, and Forest fans began to sing "Bell's Song."

The ball is about 28 meters from the goal, and the wall is very tight. As a Premier League team, everyone knows the power of Gareth Bale's free kick.

George Wood and Gago squeezed into the wall and stood near the corner of the goal. It looks like Bell will shoot the ball at the goal from this angle in a moment. So Tottenham's wall leaned desperately towards the corner, trying to squeeze out the two men from the Forest team.

After the referee blew the whistle, Wood and Gago evacuated as expected. The gap they left was filled by Tottenham’s wall in an instant... But no one thought that Bell did not shoot the football at this angle, but instead. In the opposite place, bypass the other end of the human wall and fly directly to the far corner of the goal!

This is obviously one of the free kick tactics that has been practiced numerous times before the game.

Goalkeeper Gomez was deceived by the tactics of the Wall and Forest. When Bell took a free kick, he even shifted his focus to the close corner. When the football flew over from the other end of the human wall, he was powerless and could only watch the football fly into the far corner of the goal!

"2:2! The first half is not over, the two sides have scored a total of four goals! What a wonderful first half!"

Tottenham fans were misfired, and this time it was Forest fans' turn to sing in the rain.

Of course, some fans of the Forest team find it strange. Tony Dunn has always been conservative in important games. Why did he suddenly fight his opponents in this game? They worry that if the attack continues, the Forest team will fail.

In fact, Dunn's idea is very simple, he intends to use this game to test how the team's offensive power. To play a team like Real Madrid, it is impossible to play defense alone.

At the end of the first half, the two sides battled to a 2:2 tie. The tempo of the game is very fast from start to finish, which makes the fans enjoy watching.

Such a wonderful game appeared in the FA Cup final, but many people did not expect it. Football is becoming more and more utilitarian nowadays, as long as it is the final, it must be dull. Nottingham Forest takes it to the extreme.

Unexpectedly, Dunn suddenly changed his face, making everyone unable to adapt.

Is he going to hold high the banner of offensive football in this game and play against Tottenham Hotspur?

Redknapp must think so, because he told the players during the intermission to continue to strengthen the offense in the second half, to seize the space left by the Forest team after pressing the offense.

But at the same time in the dressing room of Nottingham Forest, Dunn said to his men with a smile on his face: "We will counterattack defensively in the second half."

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The situation in the second half changed, which also made Redknapp unexpected.

His team pushed out to attack, but soon he discovered that Nottingham Forest did not also push out, but contracted the line of defense and put on a defensive counterattack...

The commentator was very disappointed with this change and started to black Dunn again: "Tony Dunn must be scared, afraid that the team and Tottenham will continue to attack like this, continue to lose the ball and affect morale, or simply lose the game. I think He couldn't stand this kind of defeat. So he chose to keep the team conservative... It's a pity that only the first half of this final is good..."

Redknapp is not a fool. Seeing Dunn shrinking the line of defense, he knew he was going to defend and counterattack. If he still pressed out, it would be death.

So he also recycled.

No wonder the narrator would lament that the first half looked better.

After 20 minutes of fighting between the two sides, Redknapp finally couldn't stand it and took the lead in pressing it out.

They circled the forest team's goal for ten minutes to no avail. The forest team retreated like a tortoise.

Just as Tottenham were about to take a breath, the dagger hidden in their hands suddenly stabbed out!

Akinfeev did not kick the ball with a big foot, but toss the ball to launch an offense, which was a purposeful counterattack.

Gago made a long pass after receiving the ball. Mork quickly plugged in to catch the ball. He didn't continue to dribble the ball forward. Instead, after taking a glance at the situation ahead, he chose to pass the ball diagonally to the front of the penalty area.

Mitchell followed with long legs, and the person following him was Michael Dawson!

Mok's pass was a bocce ball, which rolled quickly on the slippery turf. Mitchell's speed is not fast, but it is not bad compared to the central defender, and his long legs are a useful advantage. For example now...

Mork's pass is a bit forward. It is difficult to catch such a ball, let alone control it.

But Mitchell didn't want to control it at all!

When the football reached the top of the arc, the 2.02 meters Mitchell suddenly flew out and tackled the football!

Michael Dawson never expected that this big man would tackle outside the penalty area! He froze for a moment, and just lost the target like this.

Gomez, who was originally planning to attack and then discovered that Dawson was following the target and chose to retreat, obviously did not expect Mitchell to choose to tackle directly outside the penalty area...

What does he tackle for? He is not a defender!

In the next second, football told him Mitchell's plan.

Mitchell successfully tackled the football and flew directly to the goal after the football changed its direction!

I said before that footballs roll extremely fast on slippery turf. Gomez didn't expect Mitchell to shoot directly... directly from outside the penalty area!

Gomez couldn't make a save, and the football flicked past his fingertips! Wiping the turf and quickly rolling towards the goal...

Dawson bypassed Gomez and flew towards the football, intending to make a clearance.

He was a step late, kicked out, and the football sprinted past his feet. Hit the goal post and miss the goal.

"3:2! Mitchell scored twice!"

Mitchell has become a hero in the hearts of Nottingham Forest fans. He raised his hands and thanked God for giving him such an opportunity-scoring two goals in the FA Cup!

My childhood dreams are becoming reality one by one.

The players in Nottingham Forest were very excited, they surrounded Mitchell and patted his head and shoulders.

Their goal this season is the Triple Crown, the league championship has been won, and now the FA Cup final is leading Tottenham 3:2, and victory is in sight. Winning two championships will inevitably greatly boost their morale and confidence.

But Dunn was only excited for a while, then shouted again from the sidelines to remind the team to pay attention and step up the offense. One goal is not safe...

Redknapp also knew that Dunn would do this. While the Forest team was fighting for a goal, he waved his hand-Tottenham continued to attack. It is about to capture their goal before the Forest team scores!

He almost succeeded.

Modric's long shot bypassed Akinfeev's ten fingers, but hit the beam and flew directly out of the bottom line.

The fans of the Forest team were shocked in a cold sweat.

The more rain it rains.

But Dunn completely left his wife's pre-match instructions behind him. He stood upright on the sidelines, letting the heavy rain fall from his head, and he didn't mean to go back. He is using this way to motivate the team.

His players are playing in the rain, and he, the coach, has to accompany them in the rain.

After more than 20 minutes of silence, the two sides began a fierce confrontation again, and the game became increasingly fierce.

However, due to the constraints of the weather, the excitement of the games on both sides was greatly reduced. Active turnovers began to increase with the decline in physical strength, and the following game was simply horrible.

But Dunn and Redknapp are still watching very intently. They don't look at the scene, they look at something deeper. Everyone is making mistakes, it's up to who can catch the other's mistakes first.

In the eighty-first minute, Nottingham Forest took the lead in catching Tottenham’s error. Substitute Mitchell’s forward Abang Rahora assisted from the wing and Shaheen followed up with a shot from the center.

This goal basically sentenced Tottenham to death.

Then Tottenham was struggling for a while, but still failed to break the Forest goal. Because Nottingham Forest began to shamelessly return to defense after two goals, and no chance was left to Redknapp's team.

Since the stoppage time, the fans of the Forest team sang and danced on the stands in the rain. They sang Queen's "We Are The Champions" and announced their victory in advance.

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, the fans' singing turned into thunderous cheers.

The substitute players of the Forest team rushed into the court under the leadership of Dunn and hugged the players on the court.

"Congratulations Tony Dunn! He finally won the first FA Cup championship in his coaching career! In all the competitions he participated in, except for the UEFA Cup, he won all the championships he can win! This is really history. A moment of sex! The most successful head coach in England in the last ten years engraved his name on this England’s oldest trophy! He and his team are making new history!"

Dunn was surrounded by the players, once again raised his shoulders, and raised up to parade.

He stretched out his arm to point to the sky-the last champion left!

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On the second day after the game, some media used his action to make a picture of the title, with the text:

Nottingham Forest sword points to the European champions!

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