Chapter 756: Once Every Goal
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Ibi?evi? finally scored a goal. The reporters who watched the ga thought that they did not have to worry about what they were going to write in their reports later.
But the Bosnian’s performance was not over yet.
He had a long shot that almost breached the goal before the end of the first half. The ball just brushed against the goalpost and skimd out.
This ti, the comntator stopped mocking him for his poor shooting skill. Instead, he exclaid, “He almost scored the second ti!”
The Nottingham Forest players congratulated Ibi?evi? during the halfti interval as he finally broke out of the goal drought. Then they discussed with great interest about the wager between the boss and Carl Spicer. They encouraged Ibi?evi? to build on the effort. Everyone looked forward to seeing Carl Spicer’s bald look.
Twain smiled as he watched the players make use of the half-ti break to have so fun. He felt that the ga had been won, and no additional words were needed to be said. Norwich City and Nottingham Forest were basically not on the sa level at all. They could not even prevent the Forest team from winning the ga at their own ho ground with a two-goal lead.
Nottingham Forest slowed down a little at the start of the second half and consciously retreated.
Because Twain knew that Norwich City, who trailed at ho, would definitely launch a counterattack. They did not care about the gap in strength between the two teams. All they knew was that being “shaved clean” at their ho ground was not sothing to be happy about.
It was the Forest team’s chance to continue to widen the score difference. As long as Norwich City wanted to attack, then they were bound to leave gaps at their back. Once they seized one or two chances, they could end the ga early.
It was also one of Nottingham Forest’s usual tactics—to obtain the lead in the away gas and then retreat to lure their opponents to attack as they waited for the chance to fight back. As long as they could be in the lead, the tactic was almost tried and tested.
As expected, Norwich City pressed ahead. They desperately needed to score a goal—no one wanted to lose at ho, much less a defeat without a single goal scored.
Nottingham Forest patiently circled Norwich City in the midfield and backfield.
It was not until the ga entered the sixty-seventh minute that after George Wood intercepted the ball and did a one-two combination with Cohen, the ball was passed to Eastwood in front.
The Norwich City players rushed back to defend, and Eastwood did not give them the chance. He handed the ball over to Bentley on the other side.
Bentley kicked and crossed the ball.
In the middle of the field, Ibi?evi? plugged in at a high speed, jumped high, and gave a powerful and accurate header!
The Norwich City goalkeeper, Ward had not even reacted yet—when Bentley received the ball, he glanced at the goal while Ibi?evi? was still outside the penalty area….
“What a GOOOOAL!!! Clean and beautiful goal! With a swift counterattack, Nottingham Forest once again showed us what they do best with a quick give-and-go offensive. And Ibi?evi? hamred it ho. He appeared at the most opportune spot in the most important mont. The goal was effortless for him!”
“It was his second goal of the ga! Amazing, he hadn’t scored a goal for four gas in a row and had been criticized for not being able to score. I did not expect him to break out in this ga!”
After the goal, Ibi?evi? ran again to the cara and made the sa celebratory gesture as he did when he scored the first goal. Then he was hugged by his excited teammates.
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Twain high-fived the people around him off the pitch to celebrate. Then he swept his glance across the press box in the stands and said to Dunn next to him, “If I had known that Ibi?evi? would score in this ga, I would have sent a ticket to Carl Spicer. I wonder if he’s watching the live broadcast of the ga? I’ve now won a tenth of the victory! Ha ha!”
“Whether he wins or loses, Spicer’s goal has been achieved—he’s famous from the hype.” Dunn said to him.
“I don’t care what his purpose is. I just want him to make a fool of himself.” Twain shrugged and put his arms around Fleming, the team doctor next to him.
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After Ibi?evi?’s second goal gave Nottingham Forest a three-goal lead, they slacked off a little and were less aggressive in the offense. They did not even fought for so of the opportunities. The ga was deadlocked in the midfield at one point.
Twain look at the ti. Unknowingly, the ti almost reached seventy-five minutes.
He walked to the sidelines, cleared his throat, and yelled toward the field, “Ibi! Ibi!”
Ibi?evi? heard his roar and turned his head over.
“Have you run out of energy?” Twain asked aloud, “Do you want to bring you off?”
Ibi?evi? shook his head and signaled that he could still run. He found his form after much difficulty. He did not want to be replaced so early.
“Then continue to look for opportunities to score goals!” Twain raised his fists and waved. “3:0 is not enough!”
After giving the latest instructions to Ibi?evi?, Twain cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted, “Show more drive! Don’t hold back in the face of such an opponent! Score as many goals as you can score for !!”
His voice was loud. Not only did the Norwich City fans behind the technical area heard, the mbers of the Norwich City coaching unit next to it and the Norwich City players close to the sidelines on this side also heard.
They suddenly gave rise to a sense of anger of being “looked down upon!”
The Norwich City fans behind the away team’s technical area began to make noise and changed tack to scold Twain, while they sent a ssage to the players on the pitch, “We’re f**king being looked down upon, and you’re still playing half dead! Get your spirits up! Get at least one goal into those scumbags from Nottingham Forest!”
The Norwich City manager, Worthington was furious and disgusted with Tony Twain’s arrogant way of publicly making such remarks. As the manager of a Premier League team, he could not accept such an insult in any way.
He must fight back and make that bastard, Twain know whose ho ground he was on now!
He began to send the team on a task and deploy two offensive players, showing that he wanted to score a goal in his own ho ground!
If everyone knew what he thought before the ga, they would think how pathetic his thinking was now—before the ga, he wanted to get at least one point at ho. With a little bit of luck, it would not be hard to defeat Nottingham Forest which had just one striker to score goal...
The Norwich City team beca crazy like they were a pack of wild dogs at ho, foaming at the mouth and roaring as they pounced towards Akinfeev’s goal.
So, when Ibi?evi? scored the fourth goal against them, only then they suddenly woke up to the fact that they were all tricked by Tony Twain!
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This was what happened at that ti...
As soon as they saw the entire Norwich City team all fired up and pressed ahead to attack as if they were on stimulants, the Nottingham Forest team collectively retreated with tacit coordination and compressed the defense. They did not give Norwich City much of a chance and also gave Norwich City the illusion that Nottingham Forest did not want to continue the attack after a three-goal lead. With only ten minutes left in the ga, it would be strenuous and unrewarding to go on the offensive with all of their might.
It was the practice for most teams.
Norwich City did not suspect anything. They just wanted to score a goal at ho to save so face. Therefore, they did not care about the gaps in the back. From the strikers down to the defenders, they all pressed on and charged ahead.
On two occasions, when they fought for two corner kicks for the team through a barrage of bombardnts in front of the goal, the goalkeeper, Ward even ran in one go to stand near the center circle, as if he was considering whether to rush up to join in the action...
Everyone at the Carrow Road Stadium did not realize how dangerous the situation was with only five minutes left in the ga.
Finally, in the eighty-seventh minute, Nottingham Forest seized the opportunity after Norwich City fully pressed up and Akinfeev had pounced on the shot to imdiately throw the ball to launch an attack.
Tiago did not hold the ball too much in the midfield. He did not even make an adjustnt and directly passed the ball to Bentley. Then Bentley made a straight pass.
Ibi?evi? entered into the opponent’s half of the field from the side and he was not offside!
“Not offside! Not offside at all!” The comntator continuously yelled out. Now Ibi?evi? had already received Bentley’s pass, and he was dribbling the ball toward Ward’s goal He beautifully went alone into the enemy lines!
When the Norwich City players, who waited in front for a second opportunity to attack, turned to see that it was not their man who had the ball, but a Nottingham Forest player, they were in a state of shock.
However, with the nearest Norwich City player nearly twenty ters away from Ibi?evi?, how could they make it in ti?
A group of people chased back pointlessly, while they watched Ibi?evi? run further away and closer to the goal.
Ward bravely struck but was also unsurprisingly swung to the ground with a feint from Ibi?evi?. Next up in front of Ibi?evi? was a wide-open goal, unrestricted and waiting for him.
Without hesitation, Ibi?evi? kicked the ball in.
“A hat-trick!!! Oh, my God! This is too... incredible!” The comntator got up from his seat, leaned over to look below. His mouth was agape. He could not believe what he saw.
Not only could he not believe it, even the Nottingham Forest side was incredulous—they thought Ibi?evi? had his big break out with two goals scored in the ga. They did not expect him to put on a hat-trick!
Two goals were not considered new. A hat-trick could only happen serendipitously.
Even Tony Twain held his head in his hands and laughed in disbelief.
Ibi?evi? ran in front of the cara for the third ti after the goal and made his sowhat exaggerated celebratory gesture.
“Is this the Ibi?evi?, who had ‘scored a lifeti’s worth of goals in one season?’ A hat-trick! Hope he isn’t only play outstandingly in this ga... If his form stays every ga, Tony Twain will wake up laughing every ti he dreams!”
“Norwich City collectively pressed on at the last minute and wanted to score at least one goal. But they did not expect Nottingham Forest to seize the chance. They completely forget who their opponent is. It’s not any other team, but Tony Twain’s Nottingham Forest! You can’t even relax the protection of your own goal for a second, playing against them! Otherwise this is the end of the ga...”
He was right. At present, there were only the cheers of the away fans at the Carrow Road Stadium. The ho fans collectively lost their voices. They frenziedly rained curses on the arrogant and conceited Tony Twain just now but did not expect to imdiately lose their own goal. The first people to calm down guessed that the “mass ridicule” which was so loud that everyone could hear was actually Tony Twain’s deliberate use of psychological tactics. He just wanted to make the Norwich City people lose their composure in order to give Nottingham Forest a chance to score at least one more goal...
That horrible man! He was still not satisfied with a three-goal lead. His desire and pursuit for victories and goals seed endless. When would he stop? It must not be because he was satisfied, but because... he was dead.
After expressing so surprise for Ibi?evi?’s hat-trick, Twain happily celebrated with the people on the sidelines.
Those Norwich City fans who first cald down, had guessed right. His loud comnts to his team on the sidelines just now was done to provoke his opponents, causing them to press on the attack and leave their defense empty.
He thought that it was not enough to just score only three goals against an opponent like Norwich City... The team needed a big win to boost morale and motivate their fighting spirit.
He was reluctantly satisfied with…. four goals.
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The ga ended in this way. Norwich City had its head shaved at ho by Nottingham Forest. A score of 0:4 was not a fiasco, but it was an utter loss of face.
After the ga, Tony Twain beca a supporting character instead. The leading figure was the Bosnian striker, Ibi?evi? who completed a hat-trick.
Nad as the ga’s best player, Ibi?evi? held a bottle of champagne as a prize as he was surrounded by the reporters in the mixed zone. The reporters were intrigued by the reasons for his breakout.
Ibi?evi? offered no fresh explanation. He only said, “Manager Twain had given the confidence to be in the starting lineup for five gas in a row. He had been under a lot of pressure. I thought I had to do sothing to help him share the pressure, so I scored.”
Pierce Brosnan huddled up and asked, “Can you talk about your celebratory gesture? What does it an since you’ve never done it before in Germany? I saw that you had used the sa celebratory gesture in all three of your goals...”
Ibi?evi? recalled Twain’s expression and laughed, “It’s actually an action for a slap in the face. I just exaggerated it a little.”
“A slap in the face?” The bunch of reporters stared blankly—what kind of celebratory action was this?
“Why a slap in the face?” A reporter for asked first, “Who are you giving the slap to?”
“Soone said I can’t score twenty goals in a season, so I’m going to give him a slap in the face for every goal I score.” Ibi?evi? continued to laugh and added, “At least twenty tis.”
Hearing him say so, all the reporters were in a frenzy.
Pierce Brosnan heard these remarks and sighed inside—ah such a good young guy, and he’s already corrupted by bad examples after he has only been with Tony Twain for more than a month...
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