The world-famous Rose Derby is about to ignite the war, and players from both sides are about to enter the stadium.
At this time, in the visiting team's locker room, Leeds United head coach Pochettino held a tablet and showed a photo to all the players.
This photo is a bit far away, but you can clearly see the people in the stands.
Gao Shen, Su Qing and Gao Ming, and the senior leaders of Leeds United were all sitting in the chairman's stand.
Not far away from them, Manchester United's boss Ratcliffe and Manchester United's senior officials sat.
Although they are separated from each other, the actual distance is not far.
"He said he believed we could help him save face in the stadium, so he chose to sit there!"
Pochettino pointed to the depth in the slab.
The reason why he dared to take out this photo, dare to show it in front of the players at this time, and say these words is because he knows better than anyone else what the players in this locker room and Leeds United think.
How lofty is the position of the middle and high level.
Gao Shen's words can make everyone in the locker room fight for him!
As expected, everyone, including Haaland, was ignited the moment they saw the photo.
The grievances between Leeds United and Manchester United, and the grievances between Gao Shen and Ratcliffe will all converge in this Rose Derby.
"I hope that when you walk into the stadium, you must turn your head. You can definitely see him cheering for you!"
After saying that, Pochettino sent every player out of the locker room.
If you are truly powerful, you don't need to say anything impassioned at all.
Even the calmest tone can make everyone's blood boil.
Just like Leeds United at this moment.
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After Gao Shen found his seat, he did not sit down directly.
There were many acquaintances around, including Ferguson, including his specially invited friends such as Sacchi and Valdano, all sitting nearby, so he went over to say hello to them.
When the game was almost over, he returned to his position and stood in front of the guardrail.
When the players from the two teams walked out of the tunnel under the leadership of referee Anthony Taylor, the Leeds United players did not forget to turn around, as if they could accurately find the advanced position in the crowded stands.
, waving towards him.
Gao Shen was a little surprised at first, but immediately smiled and waved to them.
"Hey, come on!!" Gao Shen shouted loudly.
Even though he knew that the players couldn't hear him, he still shouted.
After hearing this, Ratcliffe, who was not far away, snorted disdainfully.
"You are so promising, you make a fuss, and you don't have the slightest bit of grace."
Even though he and Gao Shen were as good as brothers just now, in fact, the more he looked at him, the more he found Gao Shen disgusting, and the more he felt disgusted and disgusted in his heart.
Anyway, it doesn’t look pleasing to the eye.
"Have you been warned?" Ratcliffe turned his head and asked the Manchester United CEO beside him.
"I told the dressing room that they will go all out in this game and win Leeds United at home no matter what."
Ratcliffe nodded with satisfaction.
"When the game ends later, we will arrange some programs to entertain our guests."
"OK."
"The point is Gao Shen, hold him back and I'll have a good chat with him," Ratcliffe ordered.
The other party immediately nodded in agreement and left the table to arrange many matters.
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Since it was a game at 16:30 in the afternoon, the sun was setting in the west, and one side of the stadium was backlit.
After the first half, although the two sides changed sides to fight again, the sun had basically set, and the other side would not be affected by then.
Therefore, choosing the right side will give you a slight advantage.
Maguire was once a central defender for Leeds United, but after moving to Manchester United for a sky-high price, he has now become the captain of Manchester United.
This time, he represented Manchester United and came out to challenge Leeds United, and he won.
Manchester United took the advantage in the first half.
This immediately caused the more than 70,000 Manchester United fans in the stadium to cheer hoarsely.
Taking advantage from the very beginning, what could be better than this?
Players from both teams returned to their own half and set up their positions.
Manchester United still adopts a 4231 formation.
Goalkeeper: De Gea;
Defense: Luke Shaw, Maguire, Lindelof and Wan-Bissaka; inferior
Midfield: McTominay and Matic partner as a double midfielder, with Martial, Lingard and Daniel James in front.
Center: Rodrigo.
This is also the main lineup that Manchester United has won six games unbeaten in the Premier League during the past period.
In particular, midfielder Lingard performed very well and became the number one contributor to Manchester United's recent rebound. In addition, Daniel James on the right also performed very actively and even pushed Greenwood into the starting lineup.
Leeds United still adopts their best 433 formation.
Goalkeeper: Alisson;
Defense: Alphonso Davies, Ruben Dias, Militao and Achraf; inferior
Midfield: Declan Rice deep, Enzo Fernandez and Valverde in the centre;
Forwards: Rashford, Haaland and Sancho.
Leeds United also used their main players, and there were basically no injuries.
Declan Rice was injured at the beginning of the season and Joan Armene performed well, but after his return, the England midfielder gradually regained his main position.
Regardless of age, experience, or game performance, Declan Rice is currently better than Joan Armene.
Both teams played with their main lineups, and neither team showed any mercy.
This makes this Rose Derby full of gold.
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"Viewers, welcome to the 14th round of the 20/21 Premier League season."
"Now we are at Old Trafford, and the two teams we are playing against are Manchester United and Leeds United at home."
"This world-famous Rose Derby is about to begin."
"Beep!"
"Okay, with the whistle from referee Anthony Taylor, the game begins."
"Leeds United took the lead in serving, and Haaland directly passed the ball back to the defense."
"Manchester United's frontcourt is pressing forward, it seems they are at their home court..."
"Militão directly made a long pass to the frontcourt, looking for Rashford."
"Rashford beat Wan-Bissaka and headed the ball down, but the second point was controlled by Matic."
"Manchester United won the ball."
"But we saw that Leeds United's frontcourt was actively pressing, and the entire formation began to press forward."
"This is Leeds United's signature tactic."
"Manchester United retreated steadily, and Solskjaer's team was better at defensive counterattacks."
"Some people say that this is a battle between spear and shield, but we must also note that Manchester United has conceded a lot of goals in the past few games, which we also need to be vigilant about."
"The ball was on United's right, but Leeds pressed hard."
"Enzo Fernandez applies pressure."
"Matic passed the ball back, then moved it to the left and handed it to Luke Shaw."
"Luke Shaw took the ball forward and Sancho came over quickly."
"Leeds United's players are very fast and have a very strong defensive awareness."
"Luke Shaw passed forward and wanted to find Martial in front of him."
"Oops, the ball was not passed well."
"Valverde intercepted midway and Leeds United switched from defense to offense."
"Passed to Sancho."
"Sancho passes the ball again..."
"Have the opportunity!!!"
"Haaland broke into the right side of the penalty area and kicked the goal!"
"This shot hit central defender Lindelof and did not pose a threat."
"The Leeds players signaled that it was a handball."
"Slow-motion replay showed that the shot did hit Lindelof's hand, and his hand was slightly open, but the referee Anthony Taylor obviously believed that this was not an intentional handball and did not recognize it.
Leeds United's penalty request."
"The game started at a fast pace from the first minute."
"Although it failed to score a goal, Leeds United suddenly intercepted the ball and then counterattacked, playing very threateningly."
"Especially when Valverde intercepted the ball and then passed it to Sancho in succession, and then passed it behind him, the whole process was very fast. Manchester United's entire midfield had no time to defend, causing Haaland to directly face the two central defenders.
"
"As we said before, Manchester United's biggest hidden danger is actually their defense."
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Although the opening shot failed to threaten the goal and did not result in a penalty kick, Leeds United's players still performed very bravely and continued to press and press from a high position to put pressure on Manchester United.
The focus is on the midfield and frontcourt.
As Gao Shen analyzed before the game, Manchester United's double midfielder configuration lacks organization and ball-playing ability, and their height has led to their weakness in the range of activities.
Leeds United took full advantage of this, constantly attacking and pulling repeatedly.
The shortcomings of Manchester United's double defensive midfielders are also fully exposed.
For example, in the 2nd minute, when Matic got the ball, he faced the pressing pressure of Enzo Fernandez, but could not find the path for the ball, and had to turn around and pass it back to central defender Linde.
Love.
As a result, Rashford quickly rushed to Lindelof and put pressure on him, which scared Lindelof and quickly passed the ball forward.
This pass went directly to the feet of Declan Rice.
Leeds United's midfielder stopped the ball steadily, as if it was a wonderful pass sent to him by Manchester United.
A minute later, Rashford pressed Wan-Bissaka step by step, but Haaland followed Lindelof and Enzo Fernandez also stepped forward quickly, causing Wan-Bissaka to keep driving towards the baseline.
As a result, by carrying it with me, I almost crossed the bottom line.
Fortunately, Wan-Bissaka reacted quickly enough and kicked the ball out of bounds.
It turned into a frontcourt throw-in for Leeds United.
Leeds United's pressing tactics brought huge trouble to Manchester United. Bad
However, the Red Devils adopted a tactic of staying near the penalty area and were still able to barely block it.
Leeds United had also been mentally prepared for such a scene.
There was no rush and slowly started a war of attrition with Manchester United.
As Pochettino said to Gao Shen before the game, the advantage of Manchester United's midfielders is physical confrontation and frontal defense. Facing such a team, we should find ways to fight them, keep pulling and forcing them to move.
Defensive line, or attacking.
Therefore, Leeds United played very patiently and had a very unified thinking.
