363 The War Between Two Men 3 Part 2 (2/2)

This was almost a replica of Chelsea's goal before. The difference was that Chelsea's goal was unexpected, and the Forest team's attack was traceable. Anelka ran towards the right side, which spurred Chelsea's defensive attention. There was naturally a lack of defensive strength on Ribéry's side. Arteta delivered the ball in a very timely and accurate manner.

Ribéry was also determined to do his best as if he was in competition with Robben on ball-stopping skill. He stopped the ball firmly with one foot! But unlike Robben, who stopped the ball in front of himself to facilitate his acceleration and seamless action, Ribéry directly parked the football at his foot and remained still.

”This stopping of the ball...” Lineker wanted to say Ribéry's stopping was not ideal, even though it might look impressive to be able to stop the ball securely with a more than thirty meters long pass. But what of it? It was not conducive to his next move, and could be considered as having ”stopped him dead.”

Paulo Ferreira must have thought so too. He reckoned that this was a good chance to intercept the ball, so he rushed up without hesitation. At that time, Ribéry suddenly lobbed the ball at his feet forward!

Ribéry's volley strength was so powerful that the football went far!

Was this a pass?

No!

After the football went out, Ribéry quickly got into action and bypassed the stupefied Ferreira!

This was a complete surprise to Ferreira, and also to Lineker's surprise. Normally speaking, this was a stop-dead ball. Ribéry basically had no space to make his next move. But Ribéry had unexpectedly chosen the most direct method, which was to kick the football far away and then, while Ferreira could not respond in time, he suddenly started to accelerate and bypass the Portuguese full back!

”What a terrific breakthrough! There was not much technique required, but it was very effective!” Motson shouted out what Lineker wanted to say. There was indeed no technical skill to kick the football as far away as possible from the opponent. It also put the ball far away from oneself. He would have to then rely on ultra-fast speed to pursue to take advantage of the full back's slow turn.

”Nottingham Forest has a chance! Ribéry single-handedly cut through the middle and into the penalty area!”

Carvalho dropped Mark Viduka and went to aid with defense, but Ribéry suddenly stopped the ball. Then he urgently spiked the ball the other way and swung past him. After he swung past, Ribéry did not continue to dribble the ball. He shot a volley on the spot!

Čech judged the direction of his shot correctly. However, Ribéry shot was a fast rolling pass, which was the most annoying for a goalkeeper. The tall Czech goalkeeper landed on the ground at a slower speed than the football rolling forward... and the result was--

”A genius shot! Franck Ribéry! He has equalized the score to 1:1 for the Forest team!”

”This is the best comeback for Chelsea's goal; the same method, but way more exciting! Even after he bypassed two players in a row, Ribéry's speed and skill were at the top of the game! As the latest star player of the French national team, he has once again proved his ability!”

The atmosphere of the City Ground stadium was ignited by the goal. The torrential currents of red in the stands smothered the Chelsea fans' blue squares.

Tony Twain, who had been standing erect on the sidelines, did not jump when he saw Ribéry's goal. Instead, he vigorously pumped his fist.

The moment he had waited for was finally here. From the moment Mourinho wildly celebrated in front of his eyes, he had been waiting for this: the moment of revenge.

Now we're even again, Mr. Mourinho!