Tang En realized that he had made more than one mistake. The game had already been in progress for more than twenty minutes, and since the Bolton Wanderers had taken the lead, the Forest team had not immediately organized a counterattack. But this was not because they did not want to, but because they could not.
The problem lay in his deployment and formation of his players.
He had let Rebrov play forward, and had originally hoped to use the Ukrainian's speed against Bolton Wanderers' sluggish defense. He did not anticipate that the ball could not be passed to Rebrov's feet at all from their own backfield. And Rebrov was not great at being the first player to intercept long passes.
