This will be the first time Messi will play at the new home court in Nottingham Forest. How many are the five-star stadiums?

When Messi stepped onto the court to warm up, he leaned over and touched the turf.

Others think that he is just performing a certain religious ritual, and only those who are familiar with Messi will be surprised-Messi never does this action before going on the court...

Only his teammates who are familiar with him laughed at him: "The quality of the grass is very good, this is not the bad vegetable field."

The treatment Barcelona has received in urban stadiums has long been spread all over the world, and many people have used it for talks. Teammates also know what Messi is doing.

Messi tried to run two steps, but the feeling of potholes in different depths did not appear. The grounds are level and the quality of the turf is also great, just a little short.

Although three seasons have passed since that game, Messi still can't forget the feeling of playing on such a venue. Half of his energy is devoted to not getting hurt. Tony Dunn may be the most despicable head coach he has ever seen, and he can come up with such an idea. He would never play under such a coach for the rest of his life. He believed that every move of Dun En had insulted the beautiful and sacred football in his mind.

For George Wood, his mood is much more complicated. He admitted that if Wood had become his teammate, it would be a great thing, but he felt very uncomfortable with Wood's defensive action that always seemed to be directed at his legs.

Whenever Wood ran towards him, he would feel chill in his knees.

However, every time he played against Wood, he would be extremely excited. You must know that the person in front of you needs his all-out effort to defeat the opponent. Every master hopes to have such an opponent in the game. The contest with them is the greatest pleasure besides winning the championship.

Since that game, Nottingham Forest has never met Barcelona again, and England has played against Argentina for the first time. Messi is really eager to face George Wood once and then defeat them.

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The fans in the stands began to make their preparations, pulling up banners in the stands, holding up portraits, and then starting a chorus. They sang England’s team anthem, and some even sang a cheering song from Nottingham Forest.

Dunn set the venue here, hoping to use the help of the enthusiastic Nottingham fans to put great psychological pressure on Argentina.

Although it was just a warm-up match, Dunn did not want his team to lose to Argentina. In his mind, this has nothing to do with the Falklands War, and nothing to do with the 30-year old grievance between Britain and Afghanistan.

He just wants to fulfill his promise. Nottingham Forest defeated Barcelona, ​​and now it is England's turn to defeat Argentina.

As the captain of England, George Wood stood in the center of the field holding a triangular team flag, waiting to exchange the flag with the captain of Argentina Messi.

John in the stands looked at Wood in the middle of the venue and exclaimed: "So it looks like he is really a leader..."

"Hey, when I watched him do nothing against Fabregas in Vilford, I knew he would have today!"

"Don't brag! When I saw him daring to punch Coreymore, the head coach of the first team, I knew that this kid must be a great future..."

A group of people began to brag about how prescient and insightful they were.

Fat John didn't participate, he laughed straight beside him. I think of the past twelve years ago, when George Wood was still an unknown person in the youth team, and Nottingham Forest was still struggling in the first division. Tony Dunn was depressed in the youth team.

Who would have thought that one day, Nottingham Forest will become the Triple Crown, Tony Dunn will be famous for coaching England, and George Wood wearing the England national team jersey, wearing the captain's armband and shaking hands with Messi?

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Wood felt the pressure on his hands increased a bit, and he looked at the short man opposite.

Messi was looking up at him, eyes flashing with excitement.

He knew the meaning of those eyes and movements, so he did not show any weakness to increase his strength, tightly squeezing Messi's hand.

Thirty-four-year-old Kaka is old, and 28-year-old Messi is at the top.

The secret rivalry between the two ended quickly. They can't always hold the other's hand, otherwise some bad rumors will appear in the media the next day...

Wood lost when to pick the side and England got the kick-off right. This is what Dunn wants.

The wind is blowing in Nottingham at night, and the temperature is cool, which is suitable for football matches.

Players from both sides stand on the court according to their positions and wait for the kick-off.

Dunn also stood on the sidelines, waiting for the game to start. People like him are Argentina coach Maradona.

With a whistle from the referee, the British-Arab war that has attracted worldwide attention has begun.

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Dunn’s tactics designed for the England team were defensive counterattacks, which surprised many people. Although he has always insisted on defensive and counterattack at the club, his tactics in England are indeed mainly attacking, which is very strong. The scores of 4:0, 3:2, and 3:1 in that game can explain the problem. They scored 32 goals in the European Cup qualifiers. Dunn changed his conservative image in the club and conquered the discerning fans with constant goals.

But in this game, Dunn asked the team to collect collectively and use a quick counterattack against Argentina.

Is he afraid of Argentina with Messi, Aguero, Higuain and Mascherano?

Look at England's starting lineup today.

In the frontcourt, Dunn shot the offensive combination of Rooney, Abang Raho, Walcott and Downing. These four are all speed players. While Rooney and Abangraho did not withdraw their defense at all in the game, they were at the forefront and waiting for the pass from behind.

Dunn did not arrange man-to-man defense in the backcourt. Even for a horrible figure like Messi, George Wood did not mark the entire time. England uses regional defense tactics. After any Argentine player takes the ball in England's third defensive zone, he will be surrounded by at least two English players, one to grab the ball and the other to wait for the opportunity, as long as the Argentine player holds the ball slightly away from his body. A little further away, the second man immediately cut the ball.

This trick was tried repeatedly in the Forest team, and now the England team has used it equally well.

Argentine players are troubled by a defense like the Englishman. Unless they can stick the football to their feet, they may lose possession of the ball with a small mistake.

Look at Higuain's retracement, the football bounced on his toes, only five meters away from him, it is not a big problem to stop the ball like this in normal times, he only needs a big step to catch up. , But today this set does not work. Immediately after the football was ejected, it was snatched by the England defender Richards who was following Higuain.

Without Messi, he thought he would have a fair one-on-one duel with George Wood today, a contest between the captain and the captain. Unexpectedly, Tony Dunn would not give him such an opportunity at all. When he got the football, whoever was closest to him pushed forward. He tried to control the ball and got rid of the first defensive player. The second one appeared within one foot, and he quickly pulled back the allocated football. , The first person turned over and jumped up again, so he was like turning around in circles.

He tried hard to jump forward and finally broke through and went straight to England's penalty area. It was only before the penalty area line that he could not pass the ball and break through. After hesitating, he was surrounded by the English players, who was in control of the football.

Finally found a gap for the pass, and when the football was brought forward, the linesman raised the flag-the forward was offside!

Wanting to break through by himself, he hit an iron plate again. Three defensive players lay in front of him. Even if he is strong, he cannot succeed every time.

So he shifted to the two sides.

Some of the teammates who catch the ball have the choice to hit the goal directly from a small angle. For example, forwards like Aguero and Higuain were all thrown out by Joe Hart. To guard such a ball, as long as the angle is blocked. There is no difficulty.

When Messi's pass is relatively large, the receiving teammate needs to run close to the sideline to control the football. At this time, Argentina will choose the most common offensive method of wing pass. However, the quality of their crosses is not very high, most of the crosses are topped by the tall England central defender. Occasionally, two of Argentina's three forwards are too short. Tvez is 1.68 meters and Aguero is 1.72 meters. Although Higuain is 1.84 meters tall, he is not good at headers.

In order to get their striker to fight for the ball in Argentina's wing pass, they must pass low, but the low pass can't bypass England's defense, and the high pass can bypass England's central defender and Argentina's striker. The effect will be greatly reduced.

Either the top is too high, or the top is biased, and even the number of tops to the door frame is counted.

The Argentine is obviously not suitable for this style of play.

They plan to infiltrate from the center with a short pass, but they will encounter blockades. The two layers of defense in England can be seen clearly from the stands. The intervals are very short, like a device for filtering pure water. When the Argentine offensive penetrated like water, there was nothing clean.

In the end, the Argentina team had no choice but to take a long shot. If the defenders hadn't blocked it with their hands, the football would have been able to fly to the goal, but Joe Hart was in great shape and saved those shots that were within the goal frame. .

Of course, occasionally there will be one or two opportunities that make the Argentine feel like a treasure.

"Joe Hart throws the ball away!!"

Aguero Cheetah usually rushed up, he almost could make a successful shot, if it wasn't for George Wood to shovel the football out in front of him... Aguero hit Wood's leg and flew out, lying on his back On the ground, he patted the turf vigorously, obviously regretting not grasping this opportunity.

Forty minutes in the first half of the game, England has taken very few shots. 80% of the time, the audience only saw Argentina bombarding the 30-meter area surrounding England, and the number of shots was far ahead. .

The narrator was a little dissatisfied with the situation. As rivals, how can they allow the Argentine team to be so domineering?

"Tony Dunn has played this game again... But England is by no means a weaker, and Argentina is not a good stubborn. This way of giving up offense is completely dead, and Argentina can't score with 15 shots. It does not mean that they have 20 feet or two. Fifteen shots can't get in. A defensive counterattack without offense has no future!"

The narrator yelled. The TV broadcast happened to give Dun En a close-up. He stood on the sidelines with no expression on his face, and no one could see his intentions.

He has confidence in his team's defense. Does he think that a 0:0 game with Argentina will be acceptable to everyone?

The narrator was dissatisfied with this. The atmosphere of the Crimson Stadium made Dunn very satisfied. It is not surprising that the Forest fans who are used to playing Dunn in the Forest team are not surprised, and they know that whenever this happens, it means that the balance of victory is leaning towards them a little bit.

So as long as the England team has a chance to counterattack, no matter whether it succeeds or not, there will be cheers in the stands.

This is also the reason why Dunn chose the Crimson Stadium-the fans here understand him, and will not easily dedicate his boo.

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Messi quickly discovered why the turf on the Crimson Stadium is so short today...

Near the end of the first half, England intercepted Argentina's ball once.

In fact, England had a lot of counterattacks before, but there were not many effective shots in the end, and even fewer threats to the Argentine goal.

But this time is different.

They didn't make a long pass straight forward from the backcourt. After receiving the ball, Wood looked at the situation. The Argentine central midfielders hesitated and did not come up to him for the first time. After Wood made a move to pass the ball sideways to the side, Mascherano moved his weight to the side of his body very cooperatively, ready to hit the receiver.

Then Wood wrapped the football with his right foot, and then moved forward with his left foot, making a straight breakthrough from the middle!

Wood, who strode the ball quickly, ran from the penalty area to the middle circle in a flash.

The Argentine players hurriedly retreated, while the England players were struggling to press on.

There was a huge cheer from the stands again, and the English fans saw what they wanted to see most.

"Charge! St. George!!" the fans roared frantically.

Downing, Walcott, Rooney, and Abangrajo rushed to four different points in four lines. The involvement of the four made Argentina's defense full of loopholes. Wood was observing the situation ahead while running at high speed. Walcott was taken care of. Who made the "little tiger" famous?

With a flick of his ankle, the outside of his left instep passed the football to the left. Mascherano, who returned to the defense, intended to shovel and destroy the pass, but he underestimated the speed of the football on the turf. When he flew out, the football had already rolled past his toes.

On hard ground with short turf, the football rolls faster. It quickly passed Mascherano and rolled to the left.

Tangning jumped in at high speed and just caught the ball.

Mascherano, who was lying on the ground, was helpless even if he wanted to return to defense.

Wood's mission is complete, but he continues to run forward to support the team's offense. At the same time, mental pressure was put on Argentina's defenders who were already at a loss, thinking that he was looking for an opportunity to shoot long.

This scene did not happen. After receiving the football, Tangning faced up against Fazio, the tall central defender who had defended him, and then forced an inward breakthrough after a false shot.

Fazio has a strong body and an excellent header, but his speed is not his strong point. He fell to the ground and stretched his leg to touch the football, but the football bounced and hit Tangning's calf facing bone and flew forward. Instead, it helped the opponent's breakthrough...

Tangning raised the speed to the highest point and was able to recover the football on the low line. Then he didn't hesitate and swept the football to the center of the penalty area!

Rooney ran by, and Abangraho ran by. Is it another unsuccessful counterattack?

The football passed to the penalty area near the penalty area, where there was no Argentine defender.

Tangning, who finished the cross and fell out, didn't feel sorry for it. He stared into the court, his eyes gleaming.

"This is George Wood!"

It was right to continue forward, Wood appeared in front of the ball. There is also no Argentine player beside him-who would go and mark an off-ball player personally?

He volleyed directly against the football!

Argentina's goalkeeper Ustari encountered the football, but Wood's shot was heavy. He just reflexively stretched out his left hand and touched the football with a single palm, but could not change its flight trajectory.

The football line changed slightly and hit the net!

1:0!

In the forty-two minutes of the first half, Argentina had a possession rate of up to 64%, with 17 shots, but none of them scored. England has taken just five shots to lead by one goal.

This is the defensive counterattack!

Seeing the England players hugging and cheering and celebrating, the proud former world champion also had to bow his head.

Perhaps for them this goal was a surprise, but for the English players, it was indeed inevitable. They even thought that the goal came a little later...

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