“For Leeds City’s goal just now, seven of their players rushed forward. In contrast, North London Wanderers only had five players to defend... It can be said that there are spaces everywhere in their penalty area.
.So it is absolutely normal to lose the ball... Hu was as free as a fish released into the sea in the North London penalty area. When Battersby went to defend Williams, Hu who was running diagonally was not blocked.
A North London Wanderers player approached him, and until he almost caught the pass, Menaye went up to defend, but it was too late... The defense of the North London Wanderers was terrible this time, and
On the other hand, Leeds City’s attack was so beautiful!”
Matthew Cox commented on the offensive and defensive performance of the two teams after the goal. He mercilessly criticized the defensive performance of North London Wanderers, while Leeds City's overall offensive made him disapprove.
Absolutely.
"Although Coach Clark's tactical style is controversial, he still insists on this style of play. As Leeds City players become familiar with and master his tactics, Leeds City's offense in the game is now better than in the first half of the season.
More threats! Of course, we cannot ignore another factor in this change, which is the arrival of Hu. Since joining the team in the winter transfer window, he has played 13 games for Leeds City and scored eight goals.
, Such a performance is really unbelievable..."
“With this goal, Hu Lai surpassed captain Lorenzo Esposito and officially became the top scorer in the Leeds City team!” He Feng announced excitedly.
Yan Kang smiled and said: "It only took him 13 games in less than half a season to accomplish this achievement! In terms of scoring efficiency, Hu Lai is not targeting anyone..."
The two men burst out laughing in a studio in the capital.
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After celebrating with his teammates, Hulay slowly ran back to his own half. In the process, he did not forget to applaud the Leeds City fans in the stands.
Matthew Miller saw him applauding and shouted: "Well done, Hu! You are the best!!"
When the father heard his son shouting, he took a deep breath. In the end, he couldn't say anything, so he had no choice but to spit it out again.
Levin in front looked back at their boss and signaled to him with his eyes: When are you going to boo?
David frowned and shook his head: What a boo!
It's already the fourteenth minute now... When the game restarts, everyone's attention will finally be withdrawn from Hulay's goal, maybe it will be three or five minutes later. What's the point of booing then?
The reason why the boos must be made at the thirteenth minute has a special meaning, otherwise they could have booed at any time. But that would be completely inconsistent with their purpose...
It is a happy thing for Leeds City to take the lead, and David Miller is no exception. But why did this goal happen in the 13th minute...even if you were one minute later?
He looked up at the sky, feeling helpless.
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Similarly looking up at the sky is Sean Barnett.
He didn’t expect that he was in such good condition today. He tried hard to score a goal, but it was his opponent who scored first, and it was the Chinese striker who made such nonsense in front of him before the game!
Today I go home, Flanders should be my stage, I am the protagonist of this stadium!
Even though I have left, I am still a hero here, a superstar in the eyes of Leeds City fans! Look at the warm welcome they gave me back, which Leeds City player can enjoy such treatment as me?!
Why did such a bastard appear on my territory?
Originally, Sean had nothing to say about his likes and dislikes towards Hu Lai. After all, he and Hu Lai were incompatible with each other. Even if Hu Lai scored five goals in three games as soon as he came to Leeds City, he didn't take it to heart.
No matter what, he firmly believes that a foreign player cannot shake his status in the hearts of Leeds City fans.
But the conversation between Hu Lai and him before today's game made him very unhappy.
An unknown person who just came to the Premier League and didn’t even know the situation, how dare he point fingers at me!
Who does he think he is?!
Sean finally looked away from the sky, but when he just turned his head, he saw Hu Lai smiling at him in the opponent's half!
Not just a smile, but a wink!
A rush of blood surged to the top of Sean Barnett's head, and he almost burst through the Tianling Gai and burst out.
He tried to take a deep breath to calm down his emotions, and then stared at the other person.
Great, you pissed me off.
Soon you will know the consequences of irritating me!
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“North London Wanderers launched an attack from halfway and passed the ball to the center...Sean! Oops! He hit it high! This ball shouldn’t be! It was ridiculously high! He used too much force when shooting..."
The football flew high over the crossbar and landed on the upper level of the north stand behind the goal.
Although his kick was substandard, the Leeds City fans in the stands did not boo or gloat, and some even applauded him and comforted him.
If it had been anyone else, there would be no chance of receiving such treatment.
When Sean turned around and ran past Pete Williams in annoyance, the latter snorted at him: "You don't deserve such treatment!"
Shaun turned his head and glanced at Williams before running away.
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After taking the lead in the opening 13 minutes, Tony Clark did not slow down the pace, but stood on the sidelines and let his players continue to attack.
Leading by one goal is too dangerous. We must strengthen our offense and strive to score more goals to further expand our lead.
So Clark, who appeared on the broadcast screen at this time, looked solemn and even a little nervous.
If there is a new fan watching a Leeds City game for the first time, who knows nothing about this team before, and does not recognize the face of Tony Clark. When he sees this, he will definitely think that Clark must be North London Wanderers.
head coach.
No matter how you think about it, it is hard to imagine that this is the performance that the head coach of the leading team should have...
Comparatively, Sky TV’s Premier League commentator Cox is more used to it, and he also understands why Clark behaves like this.
After all, before this, Leeds City had indeed led by one goal several times, only to be equalized by opponents' goals.
So based on Leeds City's tactical style, it is completely understandable that their head coach would be worried when they were only leading by one goal.
"Clarke asked his team to continue attacking. There are nearly seventy minutes left in the game and anything is possible. Leading by only one goal is indeed far from safe... The North London Wanderers side have obviously stepped up their attack. From Manchester
There is bad news. London Bridge is one goal ahead of Tramed in the away game. At this current score, London Bridge will be tied with Rangers in points, although it will still be ranked behind Rangers with a goal difference disadvantage.
Later, but there are still two rounds left in the league, who knows what will happen?"
As Cox's voice sounded, the broadcast gave Allman another close-up shot.
The Swede in the camera is waving his arms on the sidelines and shouting anxiously into the court.
This is how a head coach of a lagging team should behave...
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Oman asked his players to press forward and use their stronger overall strength to overwhelm Leeds City, especially to start a faster and fiercer fight in the midfield to regain the dominance.
In response, Tony Clark asked his players to make full use of the width of the pitch and perform various cross-pass transfers instead of fighting with the opponent in the middle of the midfield.
At the same time, North London Wanderers' midfield formation can be flattened, allowing their players to be spread across the width of the pitch, increasing the distance between players and making it impossible for them to communicate effectively.
This way, it not only broke the North London Wanderers' midfield pursuit and interception, but also created more offensive opportunities.
But this requires one person to do the series connection, otherwise it will become simply passing the football from one side to the other. Everyone only sees the football flying sideways, but it cannot be converted into a forward attack.
Fortunately, Leeds City have Pete Williams.
This talented player, who is four years younger than Sean Barnett, showed composure and calmness far beyond his years in the game.
As the team's midfield commander, he constantly moves to support and organize the midfield.
"Williams' performance in this game was also very active. I don't know if it was because of his reunion with his former teammate Sean. After Sean left the team, Peter is currently the only pride of Leeds City fans.
His performance has not lived up to the expectations of the fans. After a difficult time in the first half of the season, he has come out of his sluggish state. Leeds City is currently only one win away from relegation, which is also true for him.
Excellent performance goes hand in hand!”
When Pete Williams got the ball in midfield again, Sean Barnett, who was retreating to defend, suddenly rushed up and tried to use his speed advantage to catch Williams off guard.
He did get close to Williams quickly, forcing the opponent to turn around and protect the ball.
"Ah! This is a direct dialogue between two generations of talented players from Leeds City! But I think this will only make Leeds City fans more sad! Because these two people once wore the same jersey and fought side by side at the Flanders Stadium.
.Now they are each their own masters, fighting for the ball..."
The Leeds City fans in the stands were shouting like crazy for this scene.
"Listen to those cheers, Pete!" Sean, who was standing behind Williams, whispered through gritted teeth. "When you leave the team one day, there will be as many people cheering for you now as there will be when you leave the team.
Scolding you... so you have to make them think it's the club's fault that you left..."
As he spoke, he kept moving his hands and feet, pulling on Williams' arms and shoulders, and kept kicking from behind, trying to steal the football that Williams was protecting.
Williams did not answer, or he was too focused on protecting the football to have the energy to argue with Sean.
He controlled the football and tried to turn around. He first turned slightly sideways and looked at Charlie Potter who was approaching him on the left wing.
After making Sean behind him think that he was going to pass the football, he suddenly used the outside instep of his left foot to move the football to the left of his body and turned to the left at the same time!
When he turned around, he did not directly carry the ball forward, but suddenly stopped for a moment while stepping on the football.
Almost at the same time, Sean Barnett came in from the side.
It was at this moment that Williams passed the sliding tackle of Barnett.
Barnett was completely lying on the ground, unable to do anything to the football that was so close at hand.
After passing Barnett, Williams took the ball forward and charged forward!
At the same time, the Leeds City fans in the stands cheered loudly.
“Nice turn! Williams got rid of Sean!”
In the excited voice of the commentator, Williams did not distribute the ball to both sides, but directly broke through with the ball and quickly reached the 30-meter area of the North London Wanderers.
“Get up there!!!” Orman pointed at Williams in the coaching area and roared.
North London Wanderers central midfielder Andy Waterfield has been ordered to leave.
Facing this international player who had long been selected for the England national team, Williams was not timid. He swung his right foot and tried to shoot, but he only made a weak tap behind the football! Then he took advantage of Waterfield to lift his foot.
When blocking, move the football to the right and continue to break through!
Watfield quickly caught up after reacting and reached out to pull Williams.
Williams raised his hand to hold the opponent, resisted his interference, and then raised his right foot again!
This is no longer a fake act!
With a muffled bang, the football flew toward the North London Wanderers goal amidst the roar of the fans!
“Pete Williams!”
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Almost as soon as Williams shot the football out, Hulay, who was originally standing on the line of the penalty area and on the same line as the North London Wanderers defenders, suddenly stepped forward and rushed towards the goal.
The football flew low against the turf just a little ahead of him.
Rangers goalkeeper Lame made a save simultaneously with Williams when he shot. He fell to the ground and dived sideways!
Then successfully blocked the football!
But Lame was not happy about it because he failed to catch the football!
He felt the football hit his palm and bounce out again!
Fell to the ground, he struggled to get up and control the football...but right after him, a figure filled his eyes from far to near!
While he was watching in horror, the figure rushed towards him and raised his foot to touch him!
The football flew past Lame's fingertips and flew into the... goal behind him!
"Oh oh oh oh oh!! Hu!!! He scored twice! It's incredible! This is his third brace in the Premier League this season!! It was only twenty-seven minutes into the game, half
Less than an hour later, he had already helped Leeds City gain a two-goal lead at home!"
Cox exclaimed at the game broadcast in the studio.
The Flanders Stadium is like an active volcano erupting!
Especially when Hu Lai turned 180 degrees in the air and landed in front of the corner flag area, countless magma turned into cheers and soared into the sky!
Shaun Barnett looked at this scene from a distance, feeling a little lost: