The Flanders Stadium was filled with people and the boos were loud.
Almost no one in the stands could still sit and watch the game. Leeds City fans stood in front of their seats. Some were pointing at the stadium and shouting curses, and some were stunned with their heads in their hands.
The few fans at London Bridge were cheering.
The score on the big screen reveals what caused this:
0:1
Leeds City, playing at home, fell behind.
Game time: 27 minutes.
Just a minute ago, the London Bridge players just scored a goal to equalize the total score. Now the London Bridge players are celebrating wildly.
"Staud is indeed a very good head coach..."
In a box above the west stand of Flanders Stadium, an obviously older man expressed this emotion.
He is none other than Pierre Brunt, the head coach of Sevilla Navigators.
The middle-aged man sitting next to him is his assistant coach Jorge Reno.
Renault nodded after hearing this: "He moved De Heli from the wing to the center, which really surprised Leeds City. As a result, Grist was extremely embarrassed when facing the flexible and fast De Heli..."
Contrary to what people expected, London Bridge, which was lagging behind in the total score, did not launch a fierce offensive against Leeds City at the beginning of the game, but played steadily and seemed not in a hurry.
The second thing that people didn't expect was that London Bridge head coach Julian Stodd changed the game to 442 and asked Dehli to partner with Aiken. Dehli, who was originally a winger, came to the center and played with Leeds.
City defender Ben Grist faced off. Park Soon-tae, who scored in the first round, did not start and sat on the bench to watch the show.
Leeds City's main center back Ben Grist is tall, has excellent header ability, and good frontal defensive ability. However, because of his tall stature, he is a bit clumsy, slow to turn, and slow.
So Stood made a fuss about this, allowing Deheli, who is not tall but has nimble feet and fast speed, to attack Grist.
At the same time, let Aiken frequently retreat to serve as a "wall" for Deheli and cooperate with him.
So although London Bridge did not rush and attack immediately, the quality of the attack was very high.
Grist received a yellow card in the 19th minute for making excessive defensive moves against Dehli.
This yellow card is very fatal. As a central defender, receiving a yellow card so early will be a huge destabilizing factor for him in the next game.
Afterwards, Grist became very reserved during the game, and now he did not dare to do the usual casual sitting movements.
Not long after he received the yellow card, in the 26th minute, Deheli successfully broke through Grist, causing Leeds City goalkeeper Van der Ven to abandon the goal. He passed the football to the center, and the following center Ai
Ken faced the empty goal and scored with ease.
The total score was tied at 3:3.
"But this is good. This game is much better to watch." Navigators head coach Brent said.
His assistant Renault couldn't help complaining: "We are not neutral fans. What does it have to do with us whether the game is good or not?"
Brent laughed and asked: "Who do you hope to meet in the final?"
Another Europa League semi-final second leg match has ended. Sevilla Navigator defeated Foss 4:2 away from home and reached the final with a total score of 7:3.
From this astonishing score, we can see how dominant Sevilla Navigator is in the Europa League.
Foss participated in the Europa League last season as the French Cup champions. Their victory this time was considered by many French media and fans to be a sign of the revival of the former giant Foss.
Especially this season, they reached the semi-finals of the Europa League and performed very well, which seems to prove this view.
As a result, such a former giant team that "wanted to be revived" was defeated by Sevilla Navigator 3:7 in the semi-finals...
Even if we lost to the Navigators 1:3 away from home in the first round, it was an away game after all.
As a result, Fox actually lost 2:4 when they returned to their home court, conceding more goals than they conceded in the away game...
Sevilla Navigator's strong performance in the semi-finals made everyone think that they were the favorites to win the championship.
"I hope Leeds City can reach the final," Leno said.
Brent nodded, he didn't ask why, because he knew the reason.
Leeds City is a team with very distinctive characteristics and strong offensive firepower.
But at the same time, their shortcomings are also obvious, that is, they are strong in offense and weak in defense.
In the first round of the semi-finals, Leeds City focused on defensive counterattacks and conceded two goals.
In this game, they still wanted to defend and counterattack at the beginning, but they still couldn't hold on.
Playing against a team like this in the final is obviously better than playing against a team like London Bridge that has no obvious shortcomings.
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After London Bridge equalized the total score, they did not pursue the victory and thought about taking the lead in the total score.
Instead, they continued to deal with Leeds City steadily.
In other words, they launched a defensive counterattack instead, hoping that Leeds City would be able to attack under pressure and London Bridge would be able to attack them with a counterattack.
Leeds City has really stepped up their attack.
After watching the game for a while, Brent and Leno looked at each other in the stands.
"Leeds City's offensive focus is not on Hu..." Leno said.
Brent nodded: "Obviously, the Leeds players passed the football to Laski."
Renault lowered his head and took out his mobile phone to look through it and said: "Lasky's recent form is indeed good. He scored four goals in four games."
As the two coaches observed, when Leeds City is attacking, everyone is more willing to pass the football to Laski than to Hulay.
Even Hulay himself actively used his movements to tear apart London Bridge's defense in order to create opportunities for Lasky to score goals.
The focus of London Bridge's defense was originally on Hu Lai.
After all, Hulay has been in very good form recently, scoring three goals in three games, with the same efficiency as Laski.
Especially in the first round clash between the two sides, Hulay scored twice and scored the winning goal.
And even if London Bridge saw that Leeds City players were passing the ball to Laski more often, they would never dare to let go of Hulay to attack Laski.
Their defensive focus is still on Hu Lai.
In comparison, any London Bridge player would consider Hulay a higher threat.
Because Hu Lai has a stronger ability to seize opportunities.
To score the same goal, Lasky may need five chances, while Hulay may only use three or even two chances.
How dare London Bridge players change their defensive strategy so easily?
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Although Leeds City stepped up their offensive, London Bridge responded well, so the score did not change. For a period of time, it was still 0:1, with Leeds City playing at home falling behind.
The game time passed minute by minute, and seeing that there were only five or six minutes left before the end of the first half, Leeds City launched an offensive again and hit the penalty area of London Bridge.
Pete Williams had just turned around and got rid of the defense of London Bridge captain Montgomery Montgomery. He passed the football to Hu Lai who was pulled outside the penalty area to receive the ball.
At the same time, after he passed the ball, he rushed straight from the left side of Hu Lai, seeming to want to play a one-two with Hu Lai and hit the wall to cooperate.
Unexpectedly, Hu Lai just pretended to catch the ball, but cleverly missed the football between his legs!
Lasky penetrated the ribs and entered the penalty area, just in time to catch the ball missed by Hu Lai!
"Lasky—!!"
With the shouts of Matthew Cox, the stands of Flanders Stadium burst into cheers!
London Bridge's defense was first attracted by the movement of Peter Williams, and then was restrained by Hu Lai.
After passing the football, Hulay did not stop where he was to watch the show, but quickly turned around and pushed forward from the center. His run made London Bridge center back Tim Martin dare not leave him to defend Laski.
——He was afraid that Lasky would pass the football to Hulay again. After all, Hulay was a greater threat in front of the goal than Lasky who was holding the ball!
So when Lasky ran to catch the ball, there were no London Bridge players around him!
"Lasky received the ball behind the London Bridge defence! Solo!"
Since setting the goal of scoring 20 goals and allowing all the players on the team to have "red peppers" at the end of the season, Laski has been practicing shooting for himself to improve his shooting skills. He just hopes that in the future
At this time, a perfect opportunity will not be wasted.
Now he faced the attacking London Bridge goalkeeper Alberto Bueno and took a very calm shot!
Although Bueno quickly fell to the ground to save the ball, the football still stuck to the turf and ran past his armpit!
He didn't stop!
"Lasky——!! The ball is scored!! A wonderful cooperation! Before the end of the first half, Leeds City pulled one back! The total score was 4:3 to regain the lead!"
Laski, who scored the goal, ran over and hugged Hulay, who missed the ball to him. The two then ran to Pete Williams, who was passing the ball, arm in arm.
The three of them hugged each other in the restricted area of London Bridge.
Then more Leeds City players came in, pushed past the London Bridge players, and celebrated right under their noses!
The Leeds City fans in the stands jumped up from their seats, raised their arms and shouted.
The entire Flanders Stadium burst into cheers, like a volcano erupting!
