David Miller, John Falkingham and Levine and other "White Rose" fans organized the group to stand in the north stand of Flanders Stadium and looked at the field in stunned silence.
Not just them, but actually the fans in the stands on all sides of the stadium also behaved like this.
Only the Widgerston fans in the southwest corner stand pointed at the pitch and couldn't hide the smiles on their faces.
Matthew Cox is a well-informed and experienced commentator, but now he is at a loss for words when facing the scene in front of him.
He said in an uncertain tone: "Leeds City's home game against Widgerstown is about to start. Players from both sides are already in place... Well, it should be Widgerston's players who are already in place. I don't know about the Leeds City players.
Our current position is considered to be in place..."
In the TV broadcast, Widgston's players were all standing in their respective positions, with the forward at the front, but they did not enter the center circle because they were not kicking off the ball. The midfielder was some distance behind the forward, and behind him was a row of players.
Four defenders formed a line, and in the end the goalkeeper stood in the penalty area, but not in front of the goal. Instead, he walked slightly outside and reached the line of the penalty area.
This is the standard player position before kick-off of a game. Through this position, it is often possible to clearly see at a glance what formation the team is adopting.
Different from Wiggerston, Leeds City's players did not stand like a normal team, but all stood on the center line... not "all", but not too different.
Eight Leeds City players were concentrated on the center line near the center circle.
Hullet, who kicked off the ball, stood in the center circle. Outside the center circle, there were seven other Leeds City players on the left and right sides, including four on the left and three on the right.
Behind the center line, apart from goalkeeper Van der Ven, there are only two players, one is center back Teddy Bradford, and the other is midfielder Jay Adams.
“What formation is this? 118?”
“What crazy idea did Clark, the ‘madman’, come up with?”
The reporters in the media gallery asked this question after looking at each other, and some people had already lowered their heads to record on their mobile phones:
"...Leeds City head coach Tony Clark is called 'madman'. And in the game against Widgerston, he once again exceeded our expectations of him and showed an even crazier side: his
Before the start of the game, the team concentrated on the center line. This scene not only stunned the reporters in the media box, but also shocked the opponent Wijston..."
The camera showed a close-up of Wigston's head coach Roger Biller. He frowned and looked at the field with confusion and confusion.
Obviously, this 66-year-old handsome man cannot understand the operation of the young man next door.
Then the TV broadcast cut to the home team's coaching bench on the sidelines. The home team's head coach Tony Clark, who was standing on the sidelines waiting for the game to start, was talking to his assistant coach. However, because the two of them covered their mouths the whole time when they were talking,
So no one knows what the two of them said.
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“Tony, sometimes I really wonder if you are a distant relative of Hu...”
“Why do you say that, Sam?”
“Because Hu just said that casually, you actually let the whole team practice such tactics. If you weren’t related to him, why do you dote on him so much?” Randhir covered his mouth with one hand and shrugged with the other.
Clark covered his mouth and smiled: "But you have already seen the specific effects of this tactic in training. It is indeed effective."
Judging from the results, Hu Lai’s whimsical kick-off tactic really worked.
Although everyone thought he was joking when he brought it up at first, few people took it seriously.
Only Tony Clark and Matt Dawn thought they could give it a try according to Hulay's advice.
So the whole team actually cooperated with Hu Lai and implemented the tactics he casually mentioned on the training ground...
“The question is not whether it is effective, the question is whether you believe what he says, Tony...”
"Anyway, even if what he said is wrong, we won't have much loss. This tactic is not complicated to train. It can be used as an adjustment during training." Clark covered his mouth and shook his head with a smile on his face.
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“The game hasn’t started yet, and the players from both sides are already in place. But the situation on Leeds City’s side is a little different..."
He Feng's voice came out from the speakers. Wang Guangwei and Zhang Qinghuan, who were sitting in front of the projection screen, felt a strong sense of déjà vu.
That's why this scene seems familiar, as if I've seen it somewhere...
"Hu Lai..." Qin Lin shook his head and sighed.
Zhang Qinghuan thought about it and slapped his thigh: "Isn't this the scene when we played the FA Cup with Poseidon in the Chinese League One? It's just that at that time we used a corner kick tactic, but now Leeds City is kicking off..."
“‘Tiannu Scattering Flowers’ style kick-off?” Wang Guangwei also recalled.
Zhang Qinghuan nodded: "I guess this must be Hu Lai's idea!"
Wang Guangwei covered his face and laughed: "At first I thought he was just messing around in Flashing Star, because Director Zhao is his godfather. Now it seems that he also has a godfather in the UK..."
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The players on the Widgston field, after the initial shock, looked at the Leeds City players in front of them with mocking eyes.
It was as if the players they were competing with were not players from a professional team, but a group of clowns who usually performed in the circus to make people laugh.
What are you doing? Get together and wait for the whistle to sound, then climb up and set up ladders?
Even a fool can see that Leeds City want to rush forward after kick-off and then take advantage of the chaos to win.
But then wouldn’t there be nothing behind them?
As long as we can intercept their passes and counterattack directly, Leeds City will probably kick off twice in a minute...
This way of kicking off the ball is simply nonsense!
Some people also cast their eyes on Tony Clark on the sidelines.
Some people on the Internet said that this person is a "madman". Many Widgston players were still a little confused. Now they all agree that Clark is indeed a "madman".
Because the average person's mind cannot think of such a stupid "tactic".
At this moment, Hu Lai, who was standing in the center circle with a football under his feet and preparing to kick off, said loudly to a group of Wijston players who couldn't hide the smiles on their faces: "Guys, I advise you to start the game in a moment."
Don't move the ball. Because you will be back here to tee off soon, so why waste your energy?"
Hearing what Hu Lai said, several Widgston players on the opposite side looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
It’s like hearing a funny joke.
When they look at Hu Lai, they are no longer looking at a clown, but an idiot. Don't think we don't know what you want to do? Don't you just want us to stand still and let you attack?
But you actually think that just saying a few words can make us stand still?
How stupid this is!
They just laughed out loud when they heard a clear whistle!
Game start!
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Hulai turned around and passed the football back when the whistle sounded.
And when he passed the ball, the Leeds City players who were originally standing on the center line were like 100-meter runners who heard the starting gun, rushing towards Widgerston's penalty area!
Hulai himself quickly turned around to follow after passing the ball.
Widgerston's forward John Joe passed him by and accelerated towards Leeds City center back Teddy Bradford who received the ball behind Hulay. The latter just stepped on the football and let it pass.
Go aside.
Jay Adams next to him took a step forward and kicked the football that was stepped on by Bradford.
One long pass!
Almost as soon as the football flew out, John Joe was flying in the air, stretched out his foot to block it, and missed it!
The football flew high into the air and flew straight to the left side of the frontcourt.
There, Leeds City’s centre-back Ben Grist turned around, turned his back to the direction of attack, and jumped up!
Grist is the tallest player on the pitch in Leeds City, standing at 1.95 meters tall and with outstanding heading ability.
The most important thing is that Leeds City rushed forward in such a swarm that it disrupted Widgerston's defense. They watched helplessly as Grist jumped up and headed the ball, but no Widgerston player around them came up to interfere.
Fight for the top.
Grist easily headed the ball and rubbed the ball backwards.
After touching the ball, Grist looked back and saw that Kamara had already rushed into the penalty area in the direction of the flight of the football.
He knew that he had completed the task assigned to him by his boss, and he laughed while he was still in the air.
The first difficulty in this tactic is to accurately pass the football to Grist's head and make full use of his height and good header.
So the long pass was given to Adams who has good long passing ability.
But if Grist cannot smoothly pass the football to his teammates who come in behind, then the tactic has failed.
Grist certainly didn’t want everyone’s well-arranged tactics to fail because of him. Seeing that he had not betrayed everyone’s trust, the honest central defender felt relieved in his heart.
“Grist back! Leeds City hit the ball into Widgerston’s penalty area! Ismael Kamara ran in!”
With Cox’s exclamation and the cheers getting louder and louder from the stands, Kamara caught up with the football that bounced forward after landing.
Widgerston’s centre-back Paul Godric quickly pounced on Kamara, intending to block it.
At the same time, goalkeeper Karen Nugent also quickly moved to the near corner of the goal, lowered his center of gravity, spread his arms, and tried to block Kamara's shot angle.
Kamara, who caught up with the football, did not shoot, but used the outside instep of his right foot to flick the ball in the air directly to the center!
Godric tried to jump up to head the ball to clear the ball, but his hasty jump was not high enough and he failed to touch the ball... In other words, he missed the ball!
"Eh? Opportunity!" He Feng became excited when he saw this scene in the studio, because he also saw Hu Lai who had already intervened in front of the door behind Godric who was taking off!
Hu Lai also took off, facing the football that Godric missed, and gave him a lion's head shake!
Behind him, Liam Feeney, another central defender of Widgston, did not take off at all, but watched helplessly as Hulay, who was close at hand, completed the header. Perhaps he himself did not expect this.
The ball actually hit the goal!
Goalkeeper Nugent had no time to pounce back at this time. He could only turn around in embarrassment, watch the football fly into the goal he was guarding, and then look up to the sky in annoyance and sigh.
The entire Flanders Stadium was in a state of excitement!
Cox roared amidst huge cheers: "What an incredible goal! Leeds City scored in just ten seconds! This is the fastest goal in the Premier League so far this season! Unbelievable! Leeds City scored
The nonsense-like tactics actually had miraculous results! The Wiggerston players seemed to be stunned by Leeds City's full attack, and almost everyone didn't know how to deal with it..."
Hulay, who scored the goal, did not run to the corner flag area to make his signature celebration this time. Instead, he ran towards Kamara who passed the ball to him and hugged him to celebrate the goal.
Not just him, other Leeds City players also swarmed over and hugged each other.
They don't have to run too far because they have been fighting all the way to the frontcourt since the kick-off and haven't even gone back yet.
Everyone worked together to turn Hu Lai's whimsical idea into reality, and really used this joke-like tactic to score and take the lead!
