City Square Stadium.

The audience was packed with stands, and Nottingham Forest fans were looking forward to the game. They were shouting the name of Nottingham Forest, the names of stars who liked them, and various slogans representing victory.

The two teams have already stood up and are just waiting for the game to begin.

Livermore stood in the middle.

His face was shining with perseverance and ferocity, and he looked at the opposite side, as if he was looking at the enemy of life and death.

Livermore was also a little excited. He has not started for a long time. The last start dates back to last season, and there is only that game. He doesn't want to review his performance.

Now different.

Recalling the hard training over the past ten days and the head coach's look of expectation and trust, Livermore hopes that the game will start soon.

He didn't want to wait for a minute or a second.

Livermore looked at the coach's seat and looked at the figure sitting firmly. He was even more eager for the game to begin.

Finally, the long-awaited whistle sounded.

The competition officially begins.

"This is the 29th round of the Championship, with Nottingham Forest playing against Millwall at the City Square Stadium!"

"Sky Sports" commentator Paul Scott began the introduction, "As the first game after an international match, fans are still looking forward to it. Nottingham Forest is a highly-watched team, but perhaps the one that attracts fans more is Millwall. After Christmas, their news always attracts attention."

"For example, their young Chinese coaches, such as their good results after Christmas, are certainly inseparable from the latest news - David Livermore started!"

The lens turns to Livermore.

"Livermore is a very strong player. His skills are very rough and his ability to cooperate is not strong. He has not performed well for several seasons. However, Millwall's new coach may think that Livermore has potential. Although he is 24 years old, he is still favored by this new coach."

"In this game, Livermore starts, we should pay attention to his performance..."

Paul Scott's words seemed neutral, but he could hear them from his tone. He was not optimistic about Livermore's performance.

Hart is the same.

Hart has coached at Nottingham Forest for three seasons. When he coached Norwich before, he was also in the English Championship League. He has studied all the opponents of the English Championship thoroughly.

Millwall is no exception.

Hart can almost name all the players of Millwall. Livermore played for a shorter time, but five seasons ago, many media called him the "future midfielder genius". At that time, Livermore was only nineteen years old and could already represent Millwall's first team, so he would naturally be on Hart's list of players to pay attention to.

Livermore spent five seasons to explain what it means to be 'from genius to waste'. Hart doesn't think 'waste' still has the chance to become 'genius' again.

That only happens in movies and novels.

So Livermore is not a player who can pose a threat to Nottingham Forest.

As the head coach, Hart cares about the overall situation. Millwall's team is still very strong, especially for a period of time after Christmas. Their performance was quite outstanding. As a mid-range team, they only tied one surprising game, and the league rankings also rose rapidly.

Millwall cannot be underestimated.

But Hart is still very confident that he has enough reasons to think Nottingham Forest will win.

One is home games. The advantage of home games is too great. The team will perform better in familiar places. The voices of fans' support will also make the players on the court more motivated.

Second, the other party’s condition is not good.

News in the media before the game is very unfavorable to Millwall, and all kinds of negative news will definitely affect the other party's condition.

In addition, Hart doesn't think that the opponent's young coach will have any coaching ability. In terms of on-site command, he must have more advantages.

The last point is David Livermore.

Hart couldn't understand why the opponent chose to let Livermore start. In his opinion, this player can only be used for defense and has no effect on offense. The opponent is equivalent to one less offensive player.

This is so good for Nottingham Forest!

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The nottingham Forest player's ideas are basically the same as Hart's ideas.

Although most of them did not know Livermore, Hart did not point out that Livermore was not threatening, and they saw a lot of pre-match reports.

David Livermore?

A strong and poorly skilled bull!

Livermore can still have some effect on the defensive end, but nottingham Forest doesn't care at all.

The same is true for the game.

Since Zhang Yang emphasized defense, Livermore, as a midfielder, spent most of his time in his own half and did not run too far.

Fifteen minutes before the game, he didn't even catch a ball in the frontcourt.

Nottingham Forest players were even less concerned because Livermore's performance was the same as they imagined.

As time goes by, the game gradually becomes more intense.

The pace of the game has accelerated, and the offensive and defensive transformation of both sides has accelerated. The fast-paced situation has also made fans frightened.

Nottingham Forest completed a wave of offensives, and it was Millwall's turn to counterattack immediately after conceding the ball from the wing.

Millwall's offense was launched on the wing.

Joey Healy dribbled the ball across the center line and then called the ball to Jody Morris. Mosley saw that the pace was a little fast, so he passed the ball back to Marvin Elliott.

Elliott took the ball and took two steps forward, and immediately passed it to the right.

Josh Simpson received the pass, and saw that there was no chance, he passed it again to follow Darren Ward.

Millwall's continuous passes demonstrated his cautiousness on the offensive end.

However, in a fast-paced game, the players will automatically speed up. After Darren Ward received the pass, he saw the opponent's forward fighting and immediately drove the ball to the frontcourt with a big foot.

The football landing point was a bit forward, Jody Morris failed to catch up, forward Neal Harris didn't have time to run back, and the opponent's defender stopped the ball in front of the penalty area.

In dangerous positions, defenders will not be able to dribble the ball.

He quickly handed the ball to his teammates, but at this moment, Jody Morris rushed out and grabbed the ball again.

Suddenly the situation became tense.

But Jody Morris didn't have much chance. Almost all the players in Nottingham Forest were in their own half. Just using the human-sea tactics can make the goal very stable.

Jody Morris paused the ball and changed the line to the right to dodge the opponent's interception. Seeing that there was no chance, he decided to hang the ball forward.

Just as he was about to pass the ball, he noticed Livermore who was following.

Morris couldn't help but think of what the head coach said before the game, "If you have the chance, you can choose to pass the ball to David. His long-range shot is very powerful and enough to pose a threat to the opponent's goal."

Zhang Yang is just a suggestion.

The court is changing rapidly, and other players cannot take special care of David Livermore, which is equivalent to a waste of opportunities, but you can try it now because Livermore has no defense.

———

No one defends Livermore.

This is not a mistake, but a last resort.

Millwall had several players inserted, and Nottingham Forest's defense was attracted by Jody Morris, Neil Harris and others. When Livermore inserted, no one rushed over.

First, it's too late.

Second, they have other ‘more important’ defensive tasks.

Nottingham Forest players think so, and they don't think Livermore can create a threat. When they saw Morris pass the ball to Livermore, they breathed a sigh of relief, and the defense against others was tighter.

Almost everyone who noticed this scene was waiting for Livermore to pass the ball.

Everyone thinks so.

Livermore rarely shot, and he almost dribbled the ball by himself, so he would definitely hand it over to other teammates.

But this time Livermore didn't!

The moment he received the pass, Livermore was a little excited. The game experience told him that it seemed that he should be handed over to others, but for ten days of training, he told him that he should do it alone.

Now is the opportunity!

Livermore couldn't help but look at the Nottingham Forest goal. His position was about twenty-five to thirty meters away from the fans, which was still relatively far for ordinary players.

But Livermore wants to give it a try.

He did this.

At the attention of everyone on the court, he kicked the ball forward and the football rolled forward at a slow speed.

Many people were stunned.

"Sky Sports" commentator Paul Scott let out a 'puff' laugh, "What is he doing? Is the passing?"

Other media reporters also said, "It must be a mistake!"

"Maybe he wanted to pass the game, but he didn't have the strength to kick!"

"A mistake!"

"It's really interesting!"
To be continued...