Leeds United will definitely be familiar to fans who have more experience in the Premier League.
Back then, Leeds United had many talented young players such as Kewell, Bowyer, Hart, Rio Ferdinand, Viduka, Alan Smith, Woodgate and Robbie Keane.
Dubbed the "Young Guard" by the British media, they are a force that cannot be ignored in European football.
Unfortunately, things are no longer what they used to be. Due to the financial crisis caused by improper strategies in 2004, Leeds United was relegated to the English Championship and has been in trouble ever since.
Now? They are just a team that has just climbed back into the English Championship. Therefore, it is perfect to overthrow the rebuilt Liverpool in the summer and use them as a friendly match to find a confident opponent.
"Hello everyone, I am Mike, the host of British Sky TV. Welcome to watch today. I will bring you this live broadcast. The two sides fighting in this game are Steven Gerrard and Artus Lee.
Led by Liverpool against the English Championship team Leeds United."
It has to be said that Li Yi's current reputation in Europe has really reached an unprecedented height.
British Sky TV, as one of the largest pay TV stations in Europe, today is just a friendly match between Liverpool and Leeds United. Logically speaking, it is impossible for them to broadcast it live. Now Sky TV stationed a commissioner to conduct live broadcast, which is no exaggeration.
But it's no wonder, after all, this game is the first official game for the highly-prestigious Li Yi after joining Liverpool. After thinking about it for a while, Sky TV boss Hummeldoch felt that he couldn't wait to watch Li Yi perform.
There must be a lot of viewers in the UK, so I chose to live stream it.
Looking at how full the Anfield stadium is today, it can be predicted that his choice is still the right one.
Today, Anfield, which has only 45,362 seats, has a total of 54,000+ spectators. Although it is still far away from the stadium attendance record, considering the nature of this game, it can be seen that for this new Liverpool
, what high hopes Liverpool fans have given.
Moreover, Hummeldock, who made the decision to broadcast the game live, would never have imagined how wise his decision to broadcast the game was because of some things in the game. To exaggerate, because of the live broadcast of this game, Sky TV
After the game, his reputation increased by more than a little bit. Of course, these are all things for later! Let’s not talk about it for now.
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"Okay, the players from both sides have already entered the court. Let me first introduce to you the lineups of both sides.
Leeds United's roster for this game is goalkeeper No. 1 Paddy Kenny, 4 defenders No. 2 Lee Peltier, No. 3 Adam Drury, No. 4 Tom Lees, and No. 5 Jason Pearce.
2 defensive midfielders No. 7 Paul Green and No. 8 Rodolphe Austin, 3 forwards No. 10 Luciano Bezio, No. 11 Luke Varney, and No. 16 Danny Pugh, top
Up front is No. 18 Andy Gray.
Let's take a look at Liverpool.
Liverpool's goalkeeper today is No. 1 Rene Adler, who was just introduced from Borussia Monchengladbach in the summer.
The right back is Liverpool's old player No. 3 Glen Johnson, and the left back is No. 26 Piszczek, who was hired from Dortmund in the summer. The two central defenders are No. 16 Daniele De Rossi and No. 2 Thiago.
-Silva.
The two defensive midfielders are No. 10 Artus Lee and No. 8 Red Army captain Gerrard.
Looking at the frontcourt again, Rodgers is a bit interesting today. In this lineup, we see that he has moved the original Liverpool's main center No. 7 Luis Suarez to the left winger position, and the right winger is also from Dortmund.
No. 11 Marco Reus. The attacking midfielder is Kaká, the former World Footballer of the Year.
At the front is Italy's main center No. 9 Mario Balotelli, who has become very popular this summer.
Well, the game has begun, let’s get into the game together.”
Balotelli knocked the ball back gently, signaling the start of the game.
The lineup for today's game has not changed much compared to the previous intra-team match. The only change is that Suarez replaced Olic and appeared in the main lineup.
After the game started, regardless of whether this Liverpool team was a temporary piece of gold and dollar team, in short, because of the advantage in personal ability, it didn't take long. In less than 1 minute, the Red Army took the initiative on the field.
right.
He retreated slightly into the midfield and took the ball from Gerrard. After joining Liverpool, Li Yi touched the ball for the first time in an official game and was born!
Perhaps in order to make this first touch of the ball deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Li Yi did not stop after getting the ball, and started the long-distance running mode with a single lunge.
With a feint of center of gravity during the march and two consecutive small changes of direction, Li Yi, who was dribbling forward with the ball, easily passed the two Leeds United defenders who were pressing forward before he knew it.
After a slight adjustment and some messy breathing due to running too fast, Li Yi started the full-field analysis. Li Yi took the ball unhurriedly and approached Leeds United's third defensive player, center back Li Si.
Seeing Li Yi, who was completely unguarded and just "walking" toward him with the ball on his outside instep, Li Si's nerves were tense.
Just kidding, although today is the first time I played against Li Yi, Li Yi's name has already been well known. Li Si will not rush forward rashly because of Li Yi's seemingly full of loopholes in dribbling.
However, although Li Si's abacus was good, it was difficult to achieve his goal. Because if he didn't move, Li Yi would move!
Step by step, Li Si kept retreating. When Li Si didn't realize that he had retreated into the penalty area, Li Yi, who had been leisurely dribbling the ball, suddenly started.
The arch of his right foot suddenly moved towards the middle of the ball. Li Yi seemed to be using his speed to beat his opponent without any fake moves. But just when Li Si had no choice but to take two steps back again to leave room for prediction and planned to turn around and chase after him, Li Yi stretched out
His right foot suddenly accelerated, and instantly caught up with and passed the ball that he had thrown away. He gently pushed the ball back with the outside of his foot. Then, under Li Si's surprised eyes, Li Yi comfortably reached the left side of the penalty area.
Near the corner, he sent a cross.
Balotelli! Balotelli, who is considered by many fans to have no other merits except for picking up missed shots, at this moment, showed the world his outstanding sense of touch in front of goal.
A second ago, he was chatting and spanking with Pierce, the other opponent's central defender. He didn't know when to start, but at this time he had deftly appeared on the path of Li Yi's pass.
After resisting and reacting, Balotelli chased Pierce beside him. Balotelli was a little outside the small penalty area, facing Li Yi's cross, and directly kicked the ball out of the air!
There was a muffled sound of "touch", and outsiders could clearly see that the ball obviously deformed the moment it came into contact with the instep of Bashen. Then, the ball did not rotate at all, like a cannonball, and headed towards the Leeds United goal.
Fly in the direction.
Unfortunately, after another "Bump!" blast, Leeds United goalkeeper Kenny turned into a gaze king and was about to watch the ball enter the net. The goalkeeper's kick was bound to go in, but it accidentally hit the crossbar!
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"Uncle Baker, look, look, I said, that black uncle is really unreliable, he is just an idiot! He can't even kick a ball like this, huh! And he still brags to me that he is a genius! If it were Art's place,
Si went to play and scored all 10 goals!”
Although it is said that no coincidence can ever be written, Li Yi finally experienced the power of coincidence a few days ago.
Li Yi never imagined that after he said goodbye to the little boy Jack from the orphanage a week ago, they would say goodbye so quickly!
Wasn't Jack adopted before? What a coincidence, the family that adopted Jack happened to be Li Yi's neighbor Aunt Susan's family!
One day when he came home from training, Li Yi was speechless after seeing his little friend Jack!
Later, because his adoptive parents got along very well with Li Yi, Jack also took advantage of it and ran to Li Yi's house when nothing happened.
After going back and forth, Li Yi himself didn't expect that he would actually have a relationship with this little fan who was less than 10 years old! No, it was a friendship!
Well, today because I was really helpless with Jack, Li Yi called Baker to be a volunteer and took Jack to Anfield to watch his game.
The words he just despised Balotelli came from little Jack's mouth.
"Little Jack, actually it's difficult to kick this kind of ball!" They say that children's words are unbridled. It's okay for a child to scold Bashen, but Baker himself didn't dare to follow suit, even though he thought so in his heart.
Not only that, after Jack expressed his feelings, Baker had to help Balotelli find a solution against his will.
Like a little grown-up, Jack looked at Baker with a sideways glance and said casually, "Humph, how difficult is this kind of ball? You don't know, Artus was playing basketball that day, and he was so accurate every time he kicked it!"
Well, in the end, Baker was defeated in this round of confrontation with Jack.
His eyes returned to the field. The unusual Balotelli didn't care too much after missing the opportunity. He casually glanced at his right foot that kicked the ball away. Balotelli turned around and raised his big flag at Li Yi.
thumb.
No matter how he fights with Li Yi off the court, to be honest, Li Yi's passing is really nothing to say.
Balotelli has never tried, which player can turn passing into an art like Li Yi. In cooperation with Li Yi, he does not need to pay attention to other magic horses at all. As long as he can run out
Opportunities, Li Yi's passes never fail.
"It's okay, I can run anyway. I have 10 opportunities in a game, kicked 7 away, and I can still score a hat trick!" Outsiders would never have imagined that Balotelli, who was running back at this time, was thinking like this.
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However, Balotelli never thought about it. In fact, when he had this idea, he had already fallen under Li Yi's pomegranate skirt.
The game continued. Although they worked hard enough, their strength was not at the same level as Liverpool's. Leeds United's offense was quickly overwhelmed by Liverpool's defense headed by his sister-in-law + De Rossi.
With a beautiful sliding tackle, Li Yi, who had predicted the opponent's intention in advance, easily pocketed Leeds United's midfielder Bezio's cross pass.
After getting up, he knew that Leeds United had already retreated back to half-court. Li Yi was not in a hurry, took the ball, and advanced towards Leeds United's front line at a leisurely pace.
Perhaps it was because Li Yi's initial ax blow was too shocking. As soon as Li Yi dribbled the ball past half-time, he was chased and intercepted by two big men from Leeds United.
Double team? With a confident smile on his face, he looked at the opponent player not far in front of him. Li Yi did not rush in. After making a breakthrough fake move, he handed the ball to Gerrard not far away.
Underfoot.
After receiving Li Yi's pass, the Jie team saw that the crowd in the frontcourt was too dense, so they knocked back and passed the ball back to the back line.
My sister-in-law, De Rossi, Piszczek, Gerrard, and Li Yi, the ball was at the feet of the five of them. It kept bouncing back and forth. Finally, after more than 20 seemingly useless kicks, it reached the foot.
, the ball returned to Gerrard's feet again.
After all, Leeds United is not a strong team. With Liverpool's series of mistakes, their defense unknowingly revealed a small gap.
After getting the ball, he did not kick the ball. Gerrard, who happened to raise his head to observe the situation in the frontcourt, was keenly aware of the gap.
Gently pushing the ball away from his body to leave room for movement, Gerrard moved the ball away with a big kick.
As the original offensive hub and midfield metronome of the Red Army, Gerrard is not as abnormal as Li Yi in terms of long passes, but in actual games, the difference is not too big. Therefore, waiting for the Leeds United defender
After the line reacts, it is too late to chase back!
Because when Gerrard passed the ball, Suarez, who had worked with the Jays for more than a season and had a good understanding, had already started in time and moved to the flight path of the ball.
He half-turned and stopped the ball with his chest. Using that stop, Suarez got rid of Leeds United's centre-back Lees, who had finally caught up with him, and entered the Leeds United penalty area.
Facing the goalkeeper who was mid-attack, Leeds United center back Pierce who was rushing towards him not far away, and Leeds who was chasing after him after being thrown away, Suarez calmly fired a low kick and succeeded in hitting the near corner.
In this way, after Leeds United held on for 5 minutes, the city goal finally failed. The score on the field was changed to 1-0 by Liverpool.
How did the Liverpool fans present cheer to celebrate the new Red Army's first goal? Needless to say, let's talk about the Red Army coach Rodgers.
When the team scores a goal, it stands to reason that Rogers should at least be happy, not to mention exaggerated celebrations. However, it is strange that after seeing Liverpool score this beautiful goal, Rogers did not look happy at all.
It’s no wonder that there was not much suspense about the outcome of this game before the game. What? If the Premier League ranked fourth last season and introduced many strong players this season, Liverpool would not be able to beat a team that just came from the English League.
As a team promoted to the English Championship, all members of Liverpool's team should go straight to the train.
Rogers was unhappy because he couldn't see what he wanted to see after the game started.
First of all, his biggest concern is defense.
Well, Leeds United is really weak. Although the game has only started for a short while, Rogers can already conclude in advance that this game will not leave too many opportunities for Liverpool's defense to perform.
Let’s talk about the offense. Isn’t Li Yi’s long-distance attack in the opening look good? It’s good! But that’s still not what Rogers wants to see! Li Yi used his personal ability to almost mess around with the opponent’s defense and sent a fatal cross...
It's useless! Unless Li Yi can replicate this performance no matter which opponent he faces or in any game, in Rogers' view, Li Yi's breakthrough has no reference significance.
In addition, during Liverpool's attack, they failed to produce even the teamwork that Rogers wanted to see!
Therefore, based on the above information, although Liverpool seemed to be playing well in the previous few minutes, it was not what Rogers wanted.
"Hey!" Rogers sighed softly, and sighed to himself, "It seems that the opponent is weak, which is not a good thing! I just hope that the next two opponents will be better!"
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The game continued quickly. After conceding a goal first, the mentality of the Leeds United players showed a slight change.
Because with Suarez's goal, a multiple-choice question was kicked in front of them.
In the next game, will it be an offense? Or a defense?
Attack? Think about the previous attacks. Maybe after Leeds United pressed out, they were beaten to a pulp before they could score!
What about defense? In a friendly match, after conceding a goal first, they still defended. How can they go back and explain to the fans? Furthermore, even if they defend, they may not be able to defend for long. Suarez's previous goal can explain something.
question.
Therefore, after some confusion, the Leeds United players were even more confused on the court.
Therefore, Liverpool's second goal came quickly.
Moreover, this new goal finally allowed Rogers to see a hint of the Liverpool team.
The starting point of this ball was also Gerrard.
After picking up the ball in the midfield and attracting double-teams from the opponent's players, Team Jie passed the ball to Li Yi on the side. After Li Yi got the ball, he didn't even look at it, just kicked the ball out and accurately distributed the ball to the right.
Luo retreated to the feet of Royce near midfield.
With a stop and a dunk, Royce got rid of the Leeds United left back No. 3 Adam Drewry who had been sticking to him like a dog skin plaster. However, Royce did not choose to go down, but passed the ball to the ball and quickly
Li Yi penetrates from the front.
Taking advantage of the moment when he stopped the ball, he moved the ball forward. Li Yi started quickly and got rid of Leeds United midfielder Paul Green with 3 times of 5 divided by 2. Li Yi once again took the ball and appeared in front of Li Si.
Perhaps in order not to knock the opponent out of his shadow, Li Yi, who faced Li Si one-on-one and had 5 methods with a breakthrough success rate of no less than 80%, did not choose to forcefully attack.
After using a fake move to deceive the opponent's center of gravity, Li Yi knocked his heel and left the ball to Royce who was inserted in the back row.
Royce's handling of the ball successfully showed the world his excellent foot skills.
After getting the ball, he pushed the ball toward the center with the outside instep of his left foot. Royce chose to force a cut inside.
However, just after the Leeds United defense sounded the red flag and sent out three defenders to surround Royce, they suddenly discovered that it was ridiculous. Royce actually passed the ball!
Moreover, the target of the pass was none other than Li Yi, who had quietly touched the wing after knocking the ball with his heel just now.
There was no defensive player in a radius of 10 meters. After Li Yi comfortably stopped Royce's side kick, he pretended to look up at the situation in the opponent's penalty area, then flicked his ankle and swept the ball towards the center of the penalty area.
God Ba! This time, God Ba appeared at the right place at the right time.
In the end, with Leeds United's two central defenders guarding each other, Balotelli scored with a header and smashed Li Yi's cross into the Leeds net.
2 to 0.
It wasn't over yet. Three minutes later, Liverpool, already leading 2-0, quickly made a comeback. After cleverly intercepting the opponent's pass in the midfield, Li Yi sent a fatal direct pass without making any adjustments.
And it was Balotelli, a young man who looked like 2B, who stepped in at the right time and successfully countered offside.
With no one watching, Balotelli didn't even bother to shoot after passing the opponent's goalkeeper, and took the ball directly into the Leeds United goal.
3-0, less than 10 minutes into the first half, Liverpool was overwhelming and established a huge lead!
All of this seems to indicate that in the new season, the Red Army will become a force that no one can ignore.
