When Manchester City slaughtered newly promoted Swansea City 6-0 at home, there was also a game taking place in Leeds, 60 kilometers away.
In the second round of the British Championship, Leeds United faced Middlesbrough at home.
Middlesbrough is a traditional strong team in England. After being relegated from the Premier League, it has not been able to successfully upgrade.
As the first home stadium of the new season, more than 38,200 people flooded into the Elland Road Stadium, almost every corner of the stadium that could seat people was filled.
This is actually due to the operation of the new management.
For example, the maximum refund of 50% of the ticket price allowed Leeds United to sell 30,000 season tickets.
Let alone the English Championship, even in the Premier League, there are only a handful of teams that can sell season tickets to this amount.
At least Chelsea and Tottenham both said they were very envious.
Thirty thousand season tickets were sold, not to mention individual tickets. More than 8,000 individual tickets were sold out after deducting some requests from away fans. The remaining tickets were sold out as soon as they were released.
This creates a rare grand occasion at Elland Road.
In order to better create a home atmosphere, Fernando Lucas also specially prepared some ingenious activities and performances for the fans who came to watch the game, ensuring that all fans attending the game would feel that their tickets were worth their money.
This also greatly enhances the atmosphere of Elland Road Stadium.
More importantly, the mayor of Leeds and government officials were also invited to attend Leeds United's first home game of the new season, accompanied by Su Qing and Fernando Lucas. This was also Su Qing's masterpiece.
After all, she comes from a ministry background and knows how to deal with government officials.
Interestingly, the live commentator for this game was Eddie Gray, Leeds United’s presidential advisor.
The Leeds United legend is particularly satisfied with the home atmosphere created by the team's new management, which he believes will help the team embark on a virtuous cycle.
That is, the home atmosphere is good, more fans attend the stadium, and the revenue on match days increases significantly. The club has more money to introduce better players, thereby improving competitiveness and attracting more fans to attend.
Although Leeds United's ticket prices are not high, a large part of its match-day revenue comes from fans' consumption in the stadium.
Previously, Gaoshen invested nearly one million pounds in renovating major consumer venues and sales stalls in the stadium.
But in the final analysis, the results on the court will speak for themselves.
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After defeating Southampton in the away game last week, Leeds United also have high hopes for returning home this round.
Eddie Gray pointed out that he hopes to see Leeds United effectively improve the problems exposed last week.
In the first home game, Leeds United obviously played more steadily.
Sarri's passing and controlling of the ball was also reflected at the beginning of the game. The players' passing and passing back and forth between each other proved that this team is completely different from the previous White Roses.
In the fifteenth minute, right back Klein made a very quick forward move and formed a cooperation with Bolasie on the right.
After the Congolese winger dribbled the ball into the right side of the penalty area, he suddenly passed the ball back. Klein stopped the ball and passed it to the front point.
Bolasie's header in front of the goal!
With a height of 1.85 meters, a strong body, coupled with excellent explosive power and jumping ability, Bolasie has excellent aggressiveness in front of the goal, and defenders cannot stop him even if they want to.
What was even more unexpected was that just fourteen minutes later, Leeds United created another opportunity.
Adam Lallana passed the ball from the left, and Benteke overwhelmed Mildersbrough's two central defenders and headed the ball to the back post.
Bolasie came in at high speed, stopped the ball and pushed the shot without anyone defending him, and scored another goal, scoring twice!
In half an hour, Leeds United took the lead by two goals!
After changing sides in the second half, in the 60th minute, Benteke got the ball in the frontcourt again, blocked the central defender with his body, and passed the ball back to Paulinho who came in behind. The Brazilian rushed into the penalty area.
Without stopping the ball, he faced Benteke's counterattack and shot directly, breaking Middlesbrough's goal again.
Three to zero!
For a moment, the entire Elland Road stadium was in a state of chaos!
After that, both teams made consecutive substitutions, and Sarri also replaced Icardi, Kondogbia and other players, but in the end neither team scored again.
Leeds United defeated Middlesbrough 3-0 at home and won two consecutive games.
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A week later, in the second round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Bolton away.
The big win over the newly promoted team in the first round seemed to make Bolton a little forgetful.
So much so that head coach Owen Coyle actually set up a 4-4-2 formation at home, hoping to fight Manchester City to the death.
Both sides fought fiercely at the beginning, and Bolton was not a weakling.
Manchester City took the initiative and continued to apply pressure.
Gao Shen also made adjustments in this game.
Because Robben was injured, he arranged for Suarez to play on the right.
So there is a situation where Van Persie and Suarez start at the same time, and the positions of the two forwards are not fixed and are very flexible.
In the 18th minute, Robin van Persie suddenly appeared on the right. After receiving the ball, he passed it to the unguarded Suarez.
The Uruguayan forward fired a low shot from the edge of the small penalty area and broke the Bolton goal.
Just eight minutes later, Zabaleta advanced on the right, suddenly entered the penalty area, and returned the ball. David Silva followed up and hit a rebound ball that went straight past Bolton goalkeeper Jaaskelainen.
He got sideways into the goal.
Two to zero!
In the 31st minute, after Van Persie retreated to get the ball, he sent a direct pass. Gareth Bale dribbled the ball wildly from the left and passed the ball low to the goal. Suarez calmly followed up and pushed the ball.
Success, three to zero!
After that, Manchester City continued to launch a fierce attack on Bolton.
Especially in the 37th minute, Gareth Bale created a corner kick. David Silva took the corner kick directly and fell to the outside. Yaya Toure's long shot was blocked by
The goalkeeper made a flying save but the ball was very hard and it still got into Bolton's goal.
Four to zero!
The overall situation is decided!
After a change of sides in the second half, Suarez made a beautiful backheel hook pass just 38 seconds into the game and passed the ball to Van Persie's feet without anyone expecting it.
The Dutch center got the ball past the goalkeeper and pushed the ball into the empty net.
Five to zero!
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crazy!
Everyone feels that Manchester City went crazy at the beginning of this season!
They slaughtered Swansea 6-0 and defeated Bolton Wanderers 5-0 away from home. Today's Manchester City is like Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea last season, playing completely crazy!
The skilled team not only scored a lot of goals, but also had a very fierce offensive, which made everyone watch in awe.
However, some experts have warned Gao Shen and Manchester City that they must be careful about falling into the same mistakes as Chelsea last season if their form improves so quickly.
Carlo Ancelotti's team also had an exciting start to the season last season, but then their performance plummeted.
Gao Shen expressed his gratitude for such a reminder, but Manchester City will not become the second Chelsea team.
But within the team, Gao Shen still paid enough attention to it.
Whether it is the coach or the players, he repeatedly reminded everyone that neither Swansea nor Bolton are strong teams.
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When Manchester City returned to Manchester from the away game, Gao Shen received news from Leeds United.
In the third round of the British Championship, Leeds United is still at home and their opponent is Hull City, which ranked 11th last season.
A week later, more than 38,000 fans flooded into Elland Road Stadium again, making it full again.
This time, even Hull City's away game tickets were not given, and the entire stadium was filled with Leeds United fans.
With the support of the fans at the scene, Leeds United also held high the banner of offensive football from the first minute.
In just 17 minutes, Bolasie sent a cross to Benteke, helping the Belgian center to pull a green onion in the penalty area and header the goal, opening the scoring for Leeds United!
After that, there was a certain stalemate between the two teams, but in the 40th minute, Woodgate, who came on the field wearing the captain's armband, took advantage of a corner kick and scored a header for Leeds United!
This goal once again ignited the passion at Elland Road, and he was stood up and applauded by the White Rose fans.
Today is also a big day for Woodgate to once again dress as a Leeds United fan and appear at Elland Road after an absence of seven years.
The Leeds United fans at the scene were cheering for Woodgate's goal!
After changing sides in the second half, Bolasie took advantage of a counterattack in just two minutes to tear apart Hull City's defense at lightning speed and scored with a single goal, 3-0!
This assist came from Paulinho.
Everyone can clearly feel that Leeds United's overall operation is becoming smoother and smoother.
Especially with the activation of Paulinho in the last two rounds of games, the operation of the entire midfield has become more and more dynamic.
Kurzawa on the left has been performing well, and Klein on the right is even more active. Together with Paulinho, the only thing about Leeds United that people can't let go of now is new aid Paul Pogba.
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But everyone believes that this talented midfielder, who has high hopes from Gao Shen, will definitely break out.
In the 68th minute, Adam Lallana sent a cross from the left, Benteke headed the ball over, and Paulinho shot forward, once again helping the team break through Hull City's goal.
Four to zero!
In the end, Leeds United defeated Hull City 4-0 at home.
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Three days later, the English Championship ushered in a midweek match, and Leeds United also ushered in the first test of the new season.
An away game against the relegated Premier League team West Ham United.
As a relegated Premier League team, the Hammers have been protected by the parachute policy this season. Their overall strength is the best among the English Championship teams. Facing such a team, Leeds United is also under great pressure.
Don't look at the White Rose's three-game winning streak, but one of them is a newly promoted team, and two are mid-range teams. Neither of them has encountered a real challenge, but West Ham United is different from all teams. This is the return team this season.
The Premier League's number one favorite.
Facing such a powerful team, everyone at Leeds United tensed up their nerves.
At Upton Park Stadium, Leeds United still played against the visitors and tried to launch a wave of attacks in the away game. However, not long after the start, West Ham United took the lead.
From a free kick resulting from a quick counterattack, Kevin Nolan assisted former Chelsea player Charlton Cole and scored with a header, opening the scoring for West Ham United.
