Chapter 104: Winning

Leeds United's quick process of practicing the team's new tactics surprised everyone. After the game against Everton, they had a week to wait for Fulham to arrive at home, but the team only took three days to practice the new 4-2-3-1 tactics well.

Of course, this is not because of how outstanding Leeds United players are. Even those giant teams cannot be familiar with a new tactic and applied within a few days. The tactical style of a team cannot be developed in one or two days, so that is unscientific.

However, the front-end tactics of the back midfielder used by Leeds United last season actually have many similarities with the current 4-2-3-1, and the main change is just the frontcourt.

Leeds United used the 4-3-3 formation front midfielder. At that time, Zach Thompson had much less tasks in the front. At that time, Simon Grayson's requirement for him was that as long as he could complete the delay of the opponent's offense and find opportunities to score long-range shots, he didn't have to worry about anything else. Although there are many tasks now, Zach Thompson's personal ability is much stronger than before. Now "Shak" is really a model of excellent offense and defense. He even did such a job as organizing offense, and it seemed that he could not complete any tasks.

However, this time, because the forward was only one Teves at the forefront, he naturally could not go into the air without a height advantage. All attacks must be completed from the ground as much as possible. In addition, Jonny Hausen on the left and David Bentley on the right were both inserted in the back to attack. Zach Thompson should pay more attention to the route and timing of passing the ball to them. In addition, some trivial matters are not very important.

On Friday before the match against Fulham, Simon Grayson brought good news to the team. Leeds United has officially reached an agreement with Newcastle to buy Croatian right-back Met Fulsarico for 12 million pounds. When playing against Fulham, the Croatians will watch the game in the stands and will participate in the team's joint practice next Monday.

This news is good news for Simon Grayson and Leeds United, but it is not good news for the current right-back Conorri, which means that his position will be replaced. With the financial resources of the "Young Guards", it is impossible to spend 12 million pounds to buy a super substitute, which is really too luxurious.

However, 29-year-old Conorri doesn't care. He still talks and laughs with his teammates. Since his debut since Portsmouth, he has played for Derby County, Sheikh United and Leeds United. Most of them have played in low-level leagues, England League Two, A League, and Champions League. Now he is very satisfied with being able to play in the Super League with Leeds United. He really feels that his personal ability is far from enough to serve as the main right-back of a Premier League team. Since the team has bought new players, he will be a substitute. If he doesn't help transfer to the Championship and League One team, he will be a hot item with experience in the Super League.

Simon Grayson originally wanted to comfort Connoli and encourage him to stand in the last shift, but he was moved by Connoli's words as soon as he mentioned the conversation. This is simply a revolutionary brick. Wherever he needs to move, it is okay to stay as a substitute for such an obedient player!

The English Premier League has played twenty rounds. So far, the "Youth Guards" have not seen the sensational "big collapse" that the media keeps promoting. Leeds United is still ranked among the top in the standings. It also ranks at the second highest position in the standings. Its 49 points were only 2 points less than the top "Gunners" Arsenal, the defending champion "Blue Moon" also has 49 points, because of the goal difference, Leeds United was pushed to third place, Tottenham and Manchester United ranked fourth and fifth with 44 points and 42 points respectively.

These five teams are basically the number one group in the English Premier League this season. The "Red Army" Liverpool and the "Blue Army" Chelsea both performed poorly and were ranked sixth and seventh. This season, it is very likely that both teams will compete for the qualification for the Europa League next season, because their points and Leeds United have expanded to more than ten.

Halfway through the season, Simon Grayson knew that his team would face more difficulties in the second half of the season, but he still wanted to compete. Naturally, he should not expect the league championship. Only a wealthy team with strong enough strength can be remembered. However, if he can get the top four as a newly promoted team and qualify for the Champions League next season, it would be perfect.

So before the game against Fulham, even if the "Young Guards" are having difficulties at the moment, Simon Grayson still gave the team the order to win at home. It would be a crime not to score points on a team like Fulham that is on the verge of relegation!

After playing Fulham, Leeds United will be at the White Hart Lane Stadium to play against Tottenham Hotspur. Boas is not old and his heart is so bad. In order to ensure the team's combat effectiveness in the league, they have voluntarily given up on the League Cup. They have only lost three games so far, only Manchester City, Liverpool and Norwich City have won them. If it weren't for too many draws, they wouldn't have been widened.

Leeds United's single striker, now it is naturally only the "Beast" Tevez can be competent, with captains Jonny Hausen, Zach Thompson and Bentley lined up behind him.

The desperate old man on the court, Dean Whitehead, also played again, but the people standing by him were still a little unfamiliar. Even Leeds United fans saw him appearing and remembered that there was such a person in their team. He was the Irish midfielder Glenn Verland who Leeds United bought from Stoke City in the summer for 1.6 million yuan.

29-year-old Glenn Veran has rich experience in playing games, but he is also a player with no characteristics. His physical fitness is average and his various skills are average, such as dribbling, shooting, receiving, free kick, heading, long shot, marking people, passing, stealing, etc., everything is good and everything is timid, and he is a unimaginable player with no characteristics. This is in contrast to Zach Thompson's "everything, everything is good".

Originally, Simon Grayson bought him to play as a substitute for his midfield, but Jonny Hausen, Bentley, Snold Grass and others were in good shape this season and were not injured at all. They reduced their personnel in the middle of the midfield to give Zach Thompson more room to play, and even Whitehead had fewer chances to play, let alone Glenn Villan. In the first half of the season, he only played a League Cup game for Leeds United.

This time, Dean White and Glenn Welan, two midfielders who had not played many times, all played together. In the eyes of Leeds United fans, they felt that this should be the arrangement made by the head coach from the perspective of rotating players. However, Simon Grayson was really helpless. Apart from "Shake", there was no good defensive midfielder in the team.

I don't know if Leeds United can indeed play the greatest combat power in the new formation, or if Fulham is not adapted to Leeds United's new tactics, or the cheers at Elland Road stadium scared them, Fulham is not in good shape after the game starts. Their players have not entered the game at all.

When the game was 7 minutes later, Jonny Hausen actually grabbed the pass from the opponent's central defender to the fullback on the left.

"Bang!"

Captain Leeds dribbled the ball and cut inside. Facing Fulham's Algerian central defender No. 32 Rafik, he simply dribbled his right foot and then drove forward and rushed over!

"Jonny! Jonny! Jonny! It's time to shoot! It's time to shoot!"

As the commentator shouted quickly, Jonny Hausen pushed his left foot arch decisively, and the ball rolled into the distant corner... 1:0!

Elland Road Stadium became a sea of ​​cheering, and Leeds United fans laughed excitedly, jumping one by one!

Fans are almost used to their team scoring goals in a short time after the game begins. Leeds United is the team with the most goals among the twenty English super teams. Of course, they conceded a lot of goals, otherwise their ranking should be higher.

According to statistics, the "Youth Guards" are the easiest to score goals in the first ten minutes of the game. They are often able to fully enter the state at the beginning of the game and rely on speed and impact to score goals. As long as they score, they will definitely win in the end. Even if Leeds United can score in the first half, they will win.

However, once Leeds United cannot score goals in the first half, their chances of failure will be very high.

Even based on this data statistics, the media also summarized a conclusion of "Leeds time", which means that when facing Leeds United, the ten minutes after the start of the game is the most dangerous, and the "Youth Guards" at this time are also the most difficult to prevent.

Moreover, according to the analysis of many professionals, they have also found out the reason why "Leeds Time" appears. This is because Leeds United is mainly composed of young players, and young players are in a very excited state when they first entered the game, which determines that they can perform at a super level during this period of time. Other teams must be careful of Leeds United's "three tricks".

But Fulham didn't seem to care much about the so-called "Leeds time", so they got tragedy as soon as they came up!

However, professional relegation professionals like Fulham seem to be very capable. When they face strong teams like Leeds United, they never thought of trying their best to fight. Teams like Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham Hotspur can beat them at will, but when they face weaker opponents, Fulham will not be polite at all.

Simon Grayson under the court smiled and applauded Jonny Hausen's goal. He believed that this game should be won. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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