Godfather Of Champio Chapter 162: Wall Part 2

Chapter 162: Wall Part 2

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Although McClaren had guessed correctly that Wood was still too inexperienced, he did not expect Tang En to make the entire team focus on defense in order to dispel this unstable factor. However, inside Nottingham Forest's walls, any mistake of letting his opponent get past him, by any player, would not be a fatal one. That was because there would always be someone beside him to fill in for him.

Think back to the match played between France, the host, and Paraguay, the weakest country among the top sixteen teams, during the 1989 World Cup quarterfinals: Paraguay had played their defense almost to perfection, but in the end, it was all for naught.

Tang En felt that this result was because Paraguay's defense had been too passive, and overly reliant on the individual skills of the goalkeeper, Chilavert, and the full backs, which were few in number. In contrast, the current Nottingham Forest was truly relying on the entire team for defense. Tang En would never leave the deciding factor of the team's defense to the goalkeeper, because by the time the opponent's forward made his shot at the goalpost, it often meant that ninety percent of his defense would have already failed.

Nottingham Forest would not give Middlesbrough's players the opportunity to fortably control and retain possession of the ball. As soon as they entered Nottingham Forest's defensive region, they would immediately feel that the match's pace had been raised by more than hundred percent! If they did not quickly pass the ball, stop the ball, and dribble the ball, it was highly likely that the ball underneath their feet would be snatched away from them.

The once pointed out that, the deciding factors that could break the balance of top matches were possibly: the manager's decision during the match, the performance of the individual star players, a counterattack, a place kick and a crucial mistake. Aside from the factor of "the manager's decision during the match