Chapter 39 Leeds City, which is mainly anti-customer
The noise above the Holy Family Stadium was very loud, as if a strong wind was blowing in the stadium.
This kind of noise is not the 80,000 Catalan United fans singing the team song before the game, nor is it the cheers of cheering for their team's performance.
This is the voice of Catalan United fans expressing their dissatisfaction.
“The game has just begun. Unexpectedly, the first threat to the goal was not the home team Catalonia United, but the visiting team Leeds City!” He Feng said excitedly.
"From the very beginning of this game, Leeds City, who were playing away from home, took the lead and launched threatening attacks... It can be seen that the Leeds City players seemed very relaxed, and it was not like they were participating in a life-and-death battle..."
Yan Kang said next to him.
Before this game, when they saw Clark giving up the home league game against the Highlanders, everyone knew that Leeds City wanted to focus on the Champions League. After all, if they want to compete for the qualifications for the Champions League knockout rounds, the remaining two group matches
You must win completely - although even if you win completely, it still depends on Vesuvius's face in the end - but if you can't even win a complete victory and you can't do your own thing well, what qualifications do you have to fight for the qualification of the group?
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Hence, Leeds City will definitely compete with Catalan United in the away game.
But everyone thinks that under such a background, Leeds City's players will be nervous and may not be able to exert their full strength.
After all, this is an away game. Catalan United’s home stadium can accommodate the largest number of people in Europe, and it is also an equally terrifying home stadium.
A life-and-death battle, or an away game against the powerful Catalan United.
It’s easy to imagine how much pressure Leeds City players are facing.
Under such circumstances, they may not perform very well.
And maybe Tony Clark will also choose a relatively conservative tactic, such as letting his team defend solidly on the road and then wait for opportunities to counterattack.
It’s not like they don’t have the conditions to fight like this. Both Kamara and Lasky have good individual combat capabilities and can completely defend against counterattacks.
But when the game started, those who had made these guesses discovered that Tony Clark was even crazier than they imagined - he actually still asked his team to attack in such an important game!
At the home court of Catalan United, they launched a fierce attack on Catalan United!
And what they didn’t expect was that... Leeds City’s offensive really overwhelmed Catalonia!
Zhang Qing said with a smile in front of the TV: "It seems that our communication with the coaching team and the Leeds City coaching team is effective."
Hearing his words, Yong Jun, who was sitting next to him, also laughed: "Ha! If the Catalan United fans find out about this, I'm afraid your team will inevitably be scolded..."
During the exchange between the coaching teams of both sides, Saria's head coach Casas highlighted the current weak point of the Catalan United team in the midfield, which is their defensive midfielder Pedro Insua.
This point coincides with Clark's opinion.
In fact, after the first fight, Clark also discovered this.
In fact, he knew before that compared to Rosas and Campuzano, Insua was the weakest in Catalonia's midfield combination.
But he didn’t expect that the strength could be so weak.
In the past, he felt that no matter what, he was also the main midfielder of Catalonia and a Spanish international, so he was not something Leeds City could easily deal with.
As a result, in that game, aside from the three goals conceded, Leeds City was actually not completely at a disadvantage in the situation. There were also times when they were able to play back and forth with Catalonia United.
Especially when he made an adjustment and made a desperate move to put Jay Adams on top, which resulted in a goal.
This shows that Catalonia’s midfield defense is not as strong as everyone thinks.
And when they played against each other, Leeds City was still missing midfielder Pete Williams.
Now Williams has already returned to the team and has returned to his normal level after going through the adaptation period after recovering from his injury.
With Williams and Adams here, they can put more pressure on Catalonia's midfield defense.
This is indeed the case in today’s game.
Williams and Adams took turns attacking Catalan United's defensive midfielder Pedro Insua, seizing control of the midfield as soon as possible, and confronting them head-on in the area where Catalan United is best at.
This not only surprised the viewers in front of the TV, but also Leeds City’s opponent, Catalan United head coach Jose Bernal.
He was obviously not prepared for this.
So Catalan United was pushed back by Leeds City's offensive right from the start.
This is why the scene at the Sagrada Familia is so noisy.
Catalan United, which is famous for its offense, was pinned down by Leeds City at its home court within a thirty-meter area of half-court. How could this not make Catalan United fans furious?
There were a lot of boos mixed in with the noise, but I don’t know whether these boos were for Leeds City or Catalonia...
Or, both.
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Pete Williams ran forward amidst the huge noise. At the same time, he turned his head and looked around to observe the situation on the field.
Because Leeds City's attack was too fierce, it pushed Catalonia's midfielder in front of the penalty area, almost pressing against the back line.
This means an opportunity for the attacking side.
After the game started, Catalonia seemed not to expect that Leeds City’s attack could be so fierce, so they were not prepared and were a little panicked...
If possible, we should try our best to seize this opportunity and threaten their goal... After all, it will not take long for them to recover from this panic.
Don’t underestimate the self-adjustment ability of super wealthy families...they can definitely do it.
Thinking of this, Williams first went to find Hu Lai to see where Hu Lai was.
Hullet discovered that Catalan United center back Jimenez was next to him - he had already run into the penalty area and was standing next to Jimenez.
After confirming Hulay's position, Williams raised his hand to ask for the ball from his teammates.
Charlie Porter passed the football to him from the right wing. He did not pass the ball to Hulay, but moved it to the left and gave it to Kamara over there.
Kamara kept playing the ball from the wing and kicked the ball from Williams directly to the center of the goal and made a cross!
Hulay and Jimenez were entangled in front of the goal and took off at the same time.
In the end, Jimenez relied on his physical advantage to push the football out first.
“Ouch!” He Feng and Yan Kang exclaimed at the same time, feeling sorry for Hu Lai.
“Catalan United’s defense against Hulay still did not relax in this game... I think Clark may let Hulay take on the task of attracting the attention of the opponent’s defense in this game, and then create scoring opportunities for other teammates. For example, La Ski, such as Kamara. At the same time, both Williams and Adams have the ability to score long shots from outside the penalty area..."
While the two were talking, Williams had already run to the landing point of the football, picked up the football with the inside of his foot, and passed it to the left again.
But this time it’s not the left wing, but the left flank!
Because Kamara is no longer outside the penalty area, but has entered the penalty area!
He is driving diagonally toward the baseline, and Williams is looking for him with his foot!
“Williams! Good shot!” Matthew Cox cheered loudly.
"Ismail Kamara made a diagonal pass! Williams passed the ball a little too wide..." the French TV commentator spoke quickly, "But Kamara can catch it! He caught it! Kamara
He just picked the football back with his feet!"
Just when the football was about to fly out of the baseline, Kamara kicked the football back.
The football drew a parabola, just over the head of the Catalan United right back Pablo Osqui, who was catching up. He could only "look back at the moon" and watched the football being passed by Kamara to the Leeds City striker.
Laski!
Fortune, the French center back of Catalonia United, was right in front of Laski. When he saw Laski trying to shoot with his feet, he put his hands behind his back and stepped forward to block it.
He is experienced and knows very well that at this time, he only needs to interfere with the opponent's shot, and does not necessarily have to block the ball. If he opens his arms and lets the opponent kick the football into his hands, and is awarded a penalty kick, it will be troublesome.
Big...
His step forward to interfere really had an effect.
Lasky did not stop the ball to adjust, but chose to shoot directly.
However, there is no way to guarantee the accuracy of such a hasty shot.
So Lasky's kick missed his grandma's house and flew towards the back line of the goal.
"Lasky shot... oops..."
He Feng yelled in regret, but before he could even yell out, he saw a familiar figure suddenly appear behind him!
Yan Kang next to him shouted in surprise: "It's Hu Lai!!"
“Hu! It’s Hu!!”
“HUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!”
Amidst the roars of commentators from different countries, Hulay appeared in front of another Catalan center defender Jimenez. He almost knelt on the ground to face the football kicked by Lasky.
Possessed... rush to the top!
Jimenez was a little behind him, staring blankly at Hulay lying on the ground with his arms raised - he thought Hulay was offside!
Catalan United goalkeeper Carlos Cordero was originally blocking Lasky's shot from the front, but now he found that there was someone hiding in the grass in front of his goal. He did not bother to consider whether Hulay's goal was offside.
, quickly turned over and rushed back!
But it’s still a step too slow!
Hu Lai hit the football at a very low height and knocked the football towards the goal that was very close!
Cordero failed to touch the ball!
The football just flew into the Catalan United goal!
At the 17th minute of the game, Leeds City, who were visiting the Holy Family Stadium, led Catalonia 1:0!
The noise above the Holy Family Stadium is getting louder, and it is likely to be upgraded to a super typhoon!
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