David Miller and his "White Rose" partners were standing in the north stand of Flanders Stadium, looking blankly into the stadium.
The eyes are a little unfocused and unfocused.
At the top of the stands diagonally in front of them, there is a large screen that displays some basic information about the game:
Game time, names of both sides, score.
In the 76th minute of the game, Leeds City 0:3 Catalonia United.
Ninety minutes ago, the same group of people stood here in the north stand of Flanders Stadium, imagining the scene of the game.
How will their Leeds City perform when they meet Catalonia United?
There are optimistic people who say that we can definitely beat Catalonia at home.
The reason is also very simple, because Catalan United will definitely underestimate the enemy, and this is Leeds City's opportunity. As long as we can take the lead and score first within the first fifteen minutes of the game, we can disrupt Catalan United's defensive deployment and let the original
With strong offense and weak defense, they fell into chaos. Taking advantage of the situation, it may not be impossible to defeat Catalonia United at home!
There are also some who are not so optimistic, but still optimistic people think that Leeds City can at least score a goal at home.
The reason is that the opponent underestimated the enemy. Leeds City is good at attacking. The difference between their previous group is that they are not so optimistic. They feel that Leeds City should be able to score goals after attacking for a while after the start of the game. But this will also anger the opponent.
This allows the opponent to change from underestimating the enemy to going all out. Once a team of Catalan United's level is fully fired, it will be difficult for Leeds City to block their attack.
So regardless of the final result of the game, Leeds City will at least score a goal.
The rationalists believe that regardless of whether Leeds City can score a goal, if they can draw with Catalonia at home, it will be a great victory.
Of course, there are also pessimists, who think that Leeds City will definitely lose this game, so I advise everyone not to be too inflated, lest the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. People who hold this view have been suppressed by others. Everyone feels that this
This statement is simply "if you grow up in others' ambitions, you will destroy your own prestige".
So when everyone thought about the game before the game, most people were still optimistic.
As a result, when the score of 0:3 is thrown in front of them, it is like cold rain hitting their faces.
No goals, no victory.
Both the score and the scene vividly reflected the gap between the two teams.
ˆThe strength gap between the Premier League champions and La Liga runners-up.
The difference in strength between a civilian team and a super wealthy team.
Catalan United’s main forward Emond Pettersson scored twice, a header and a long shot, which made Leeds City’s defense lose their temper.
Victor Campuzano also scored a goal.
It was the 29th minute of the first half when Catalonia scored their first goal.
Twenty-nine minutes ago, Leeds City's performance was quite tenacious. Facing the powerful Catalan United at home, they still used their own style to contend with the opponent.
Hulle and Camara both had opportunities to shoot to threaten the Catalan United goal.
It seems to have really proved that Leeds City can really defeat their opponents against Catalonia, which is strong in offense and weak in defense.
But after Swedish superstar Pettersson scored, the situation took a turn for the worse.
Pettersson suddenly fired a shot 30 meters away from the goal, and the football flew forward very quickly against the turf. This kind of shot that flew close to the ground made the goalkeeper particularly uncomfortable, because the taller goalkeeper would fall to the ground faster than them.
Going out slowly.
By the time Van der Ven fell to the ground and made the save, the football had already flown into the goal behind him.
Catalan United leads Leeds City by one goal.
Just six minutes after this ball, Campuzano performed a "divine performance" in the frontcourt. He first received the pass from Rosas, then turned and led forward, easily wiping out the defense when turning around.
His Leeds City midfielder Salif Seydoux then used a change of direction to feint past the centre-back Ben Grist who came up to cover.
At this time, he had already entered the penalty area. Goalkeeper Van der Ven abandoned the goal and attacked the ball at his feet. Campuzano easily lobbed the goal into the empty goal.
When the football flew into the goal, the always noisy Flanders Stadium seemed to be quiet for a few seconds.
Faced with such a goal, all Leeds City fans were speechless.
Spanish TV was cheering: "Oh oh oh! Campuzano! He defeated Leeds City by himself!"
Matthew Cox sighed: "This is the difference in personal strength between players. In front of Campuzano, Seydoux and Grist are like two stupid wooden piles, watching each other pass in front of them.
Fall, but can’t do anything about it..."
He was not mocking the two Leeds City defenders, but simply stating the fact that in front of the flexible Campuzano, Seydoux and Grist's reaction was indeed too slow.
But because the facts are so cruel, even stating the facts sounds like he is making a mockery...
This goal greatly damaged the morale of the Leeds City players. After all, even the home team fans in the stands had been silent for a while, not to mention the Leeds City players who were talking directly to their opponents on the field.
They had watched the Catalan League game videos before the game, and they had studied them repeatedly under the leadership of the coaching staff, not to mention the Catalan League games that they usually watched through TV broadcasts or social networks.
But no matter how many videos of their opponents’ matches they have watched, none of them were as shocked as playing against Catalonia United on the pitch.
This is the home ground of Leeds City, but here, they feel the gap with Catalan United.
The home court advantage has been filled up by the huge strength gap between the two teams...
After conceding the second goal, the entire Leeds City team was in a panic for a while.
Had it not been for Pettersson's several wild shots, they might have taken a four-goal lead in the first half.
After adjustments at halftime, Leeds City's performance finally improved and gradually improved.
But at this moment, Pettersson seized the opportunity and scored with a header, ruthlessly interrupting Leeds City's momentum.
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Clark sighed, turned his back, and said to his assistant coach Sam Landill: "We have such bad luck!"
By saying this, he is definitely not shirking responsibility and simply blaming the three-goal deficit on bad luck.
But this is the fact.
He spent ten minutes during the halftime break to rebuild the players' shattered confidence. He used the match between Vesuvius and Catalonia in the last round of the group stage as an example to encourage the players to learn from Vesuvius.
In that game, Vesuvius fell behind by three goals at halftime. Although they failed to win the game in the end, they still recovered two goals.
So now Leeds City is only two goals behind, why can't they also catch up by two goals?
We were able to play 2:2 against Catalonia United at home. Although we didn’t win, it was definitely a satisfactory result.
Vesuvius’ performance in the last round of the Champions League group stage played an exemplary role and greatly inspired the confidence and morale of the players.
After the start of the second half, Leeds City's performance was better than before.
Hullet even had a shot that scored the opponent's goal. At that time, the entire Flanders Stadium was cheering so loudly that everyone ignored the referee's whistle.
As a result, the video referee team ruled that Hu Lai's ball was offside, and the goal was invalid...
Judging from the video replay, it was indeed offside. At that time, Hulay was behind the last Catalan United defender, which can be said to be quite obvious. However, Hulay was still very determined to score the football into the goal, and regardless of
Everyone went to celebrate the goal as if there was nothing wrong with the ball.
Hence, he tricked his teammates into celebrating excitedly with him, and the fans in the stands cheered even more, ignoring the linesman's flag raised high and the referee's whistle...
Although there was no final goal, Leeds City's morale improved.
The result was at this moment, Pettersson, who had been squandering opportunities since scoring in the first half, scored...
If you don’t advance early, you won’t advance late. It happens when Leeds City finally gains momentum!
No wonder Clark felt that way.
In the first half hour, Leeds City actually played well, but losing two goals in five minutes was too demoralizing, especially the second goal conceded was such a beautiful solo breakthrough.
As a result, the confidence and morale that Leeds City had built up in the first half hour plummeted.
Finally adjusted after halftime, and gradually improved in the second half. At this time, another goal was conceded...
"There is something wrong with our midfield defense, Tony." Landil said to him from the side, "Sedu and Adams are no match for Rosas and Campuzano..."
Clark said helplessly: "Of course I know, Sam. But we don't have the right cards to play now."
“We can replace Vieira and let him and Seydu strengthen the defense.”
“Who’s going to come out? Adams? He’s the only one we have in the midfield who can organize the offense. Kamara and Walsh? Or Lasky, Hu?”
Landier said: "Replace Lasky. Let Kamara and Hu play forward."
Clark thought for a moment and added: "Substitute Lorenzo and replace Lawler to strengthen the offense!"
Landier glanced at Clark and replaced right back Josh Lawler. This is to play three backs...
I proposed to replace Vieira because I just wanted to strengthen the defense and avoid conceding the ball again. As a result, you just wanted to continue attacking with this adjustment!
Quinn, who has excellent height, plays as a left back, but he can also play as a center back.
So replacing Lawler, Quinn will be placed in the center to partner with Ben Grist and Teddy Bradford to play a back three.
This is not at all to strengthen defense and prevent further conceding...
But this is indeed the characteristic of the man in front of me.
So Randhir didn't say anything, nodded, turned around and ran to shake people.
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Soon Leeds City completed the substitutions. The team's high center Lorenzo replaced right back Josh Lawler. Another midfielder Jose Vieira was substituted at the same time. Polish forward Laski lowered his head.
, sitting on the bench very depressed.
In this game, he had no performance in front of the defense line composed of Fortune and Jimenez, and failed to provide enough support to Hulay. This made Hulay more surrounded and unable to even catch the ball a few times.
There is nothing to say after being replaced.
I chose Leeds City before because I thought I could play in this team, especially playing in the Champions League. It has always been Lasky's dream.
Now after playing two games in the Champions League, he discovered that the Champions League of his dreams was not that easy to play...
On this stage filled with superstars, Leeds City was ruthlessly crushed by Catalonia, and he, a young Polish talent, was nothing more than an inconspicuous sidekick.
