Chapter 125: Don’t be afraid of legends!

After defeating the "Red Army" Liverpool, Leeds United has become famous now. Countless media have scrambled to sway the flag and shout for the "Leeds Miracle" in English football that the "Young Guards" may have created, as if there is no news topic in Leeds United.

Currently, Leeds United is 2 points behind the Gunners as one game less, and as long as they make up for the game, they are likely to jump to the first place. After all, their opponents in the round of the game less are Sunderland, which is currently the last point in points. They are indeed very likely to defeat this opponent to create history.

If the newly promoted Leeds United finally wins the championship, this "Leeds miracle" will happen. In today's era of "money football" rampant, how wonderful and tempting is a fairy tale of a newly promoted team winning the championship?

"The team's single-season goal record is created by Leeds United!"

"101 goals! The young guards lost their goal, aiming at the championship!"

"Leeds time, Leeds miracle, Leeds phenomenon!"

"Miracle! Simon Grayson copied Manchester United's '92 Golden Generation' and built a championship team with young players!"

"After the season is over, the supermarket will be opened! Many Leeds United players have been favored by the giant teams, and the "Three Leeds Musketeers" will be disbanded after the season!"

Countless news about Leeds United have been heard, and it is true or false. The atmosphere in the "Youth Guards" team is not so calm. Fortunately, head coach Simon Grayson drew a big pie for the team, which finally stabilized everyone. This big pie is... the champion!

This is the case on the football field. If a player wins the championship, he is the champion player. A player who has won the championship has a kind of spiritual power that ordinary players do not have. Moreover, the accumulated experience in winning the championship will be more valuable and is a treasure that many teams will compete for.

As a player himself, having a high value for money will not only give you more topics to discuss when you retire in the future, but even if you transfer to other teams, your value will be greatly improved.

So Leeds United is still relatively stable at the moment, but these unfavorable factors are temporarily suppressed by Simon Grayson. He doesn't even know when it will break out. He just hopes that the team can keep winning, and the continuous victory will cover up everything.

Leeds United's focus has shifted to the league without realizing it, and the Europa League is not taken seriously. After all, it is just the Europa League, not the Champions League, and its value is not as valuable as the English Premier League.

The performance of the "Young Guards" this season is indeed amazing enough. Countless fans around the world will think silently when they see the English Premier League standings. The top five are...

Arsenal: 23 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in 31 games, 55 goals conceded 16 points and 72 points

Leeds United: 23 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses in 30 games, 101 goals conceded 35 points and 70 points

Manchester United: 22 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses in 31 games, 79 goals conceded 19 points and 70 points

Manchester City: 21 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses in 31 games, 69 goals conceded 33 points and 69 points

Tottenham Hotspur: 20 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses in 31 games, 66 goals conceded 35 points and 66

Fans familiar with the English Premier League will involuntarily be amazed by the achievements made by the "Youth Guards". 101 goals have set a record of England's team's goals in a single season, and they may even surpass Arsenal to become the leader.

Fans who are not familiar with English football will first feel confused, and then they will think about what stars Leeds United, the English team that was once famous many years ago, now has?

In short, no matter who it is, it is impossible to ignore the existence of the "Youth Guards". This newly promoted team has changed the pattern of the Premier League. A team mainly consists of young players has caused a youth storm in the English football world.

Just four days have passed between the "Young Guards" and the "Red Army". Leeds United welcomed the "Blue and Black Army" Inter Milan at home.

Although Inter Milan is no longer the Champions League king created by Mourinho, it is not as good as the "snake elves" that dominated the Serie A stars when Mancini was coaching. However, the wealthy teams are still there, and many veterans have been retained in the team. Their strength is still not to be underestimated. Any opponent who dares to underestimate them will die miserably.

Although Stramajoni is young, he is very smart. After coaching the team, he turned out the tactical styles of Mourinho's time, which also made Inter Milan have a certain degree of competitiveness again. Veterans who have already learned the tactics have also regained their youth. Veterans such as Milito, Sneider, Cambiaso, Zanetti, Macon, Lucio, and Cesar are all in excellent form this season.

In addition to these veterans, Inter Milan's new stars such as Pazini, Fernandinho, Coutinho, Ranozia and other players also have strong strength.

In addition, Stramachoni changed Mourinho's tactics to a standard 4-3-1-2, and consolidated the team's defense with three central defenders or midfielders with excellent defensive abilities. In the front, only Sneider or Coutinho was responsible for delivering shells to the forward line. Inter Milan has really played the "defensive counterattack" to the extreme now.

It’s a pity that this tactic did not exert all its combat effectiveness at the beginning of the season. The young coach Stramajoni is not well-known in the team. The "Blue and Black Army" was suppressed by Tottenham and Atletico Madrid by one point in the Champions League group stage, but playing the UEFA Cup is very easy for Inter Milan.

Before the game, many European bookmakers were unanimously optimistic about Inter Milan, and everyone recognized Leeds United as the dark horse of the UEFA Cup this season. This time it was really over.

In the top European leagues, almost every team that is expected to compete for the domestic league championship will not give up the domestic league for the sake of the Europa League, unless the team is super strong and can take into account both sides. However, the chance of such a team appearing in the Europa League is too small, and the "Youth Guards" are obviously not the kind of team with strong overall strength enough. It is even unknown whether they can qualify for the Champions League next season. How can such a team still expect them to do their best in the Europa League?

Besides, Leeds United captain Jonny Hausen has not returned from injury yet. Even if Simon Grayson sends the strongest lineup as much as possible, how difficult it will be to defeat Inter Milan when the team's lineup is not complete?

The outside world's analysis is reasonable and well-founded. Leeds United's management also made a decision. The team should still focus on the domestic league. Even if they cannot win the league championship in the end, they must get the qualification for the Champions League next season. That is related to tens of millions of bonuses, which is particularly important for Leeds United now.

Bielhof and his team did acquire Leeds United, but they still owed a high debt of 200 million pounds. Only by operating Leeds United can they ultimately make a profit. If the venture capital is lost, it will lose. If it is done well, it will have to be paid back. With the Germans' careful calculations, how can they be willing to waste their efforts after buying Leeds United with great difficulty?

For one reason or another, Leeds United also rotated a large scale when playing against Inter Milan, with only Zach Thompson, Pivkowski, Tevez, Ben Parker, Ody, Dawson, and Ronegan playing the starter, and the others used Conori, Bentley, Papachi and others to replace them.

What Simon Grayson didn't expect was that even though his team was beyond recognition, the tactical style of "Young Guards" did not change much, so the team's best "Leeds Time" was actually preserved.

Just 2 minutes into the game, Pivkovsky dribbled the ball along the baseline on the left side. He just pulled the ball back with his left foot and knocked the ball in with his heel. He passed the ball by one and easily passed the former world's number one right back Maicon.

When Pivkovsky accelerated to reappear in the small penalty area, Cambiaso, who returned to defense, arrived. Unfortunately, the Argentine midfielder was really old. He slowed down his foot during the tackle and failed to touch the ball in the end, but tripped the Swedish young player.

"Beep————”

The German referee Manuel Graffie, who enforced the law in this game, decisively awarded a penalty kick. The referee, who was only 39 years old, was very determined when he was refereeing it!

After the "Beast" Tevez set the ball down, he kicked the ball into the blind corner in the lower left corner of the goal with his right foot. Cesar judged the right direction and failed to touch the ball... 1:0, Leeds United, who played at home, took the lead.

This sudden surprise made Leeds United fans very happy. They were not optimistic about their team before the game, and just wanted to not lose too ugly. Unexpectedly, "Leeds Time" played its role again, and this role...is still continuing!

At 11 minutes after the game, Leeds United got a set piece opportunity on the right side of the top of the Inter Milan arc. After Zach Thompson took the stance to shoot, he kicked the ball directly in front of the small penalty area on the left side of Inter Milan.

Inter Milan players were all lined up with people. When they turned around, Ben Parker had already inserted the ball from the left and shoveled the ball into Inter Milan's goal six meters away... 2:0!

Leeds United, which has seen the rhythm of big victory, is now full of excitement. If they can defeat Inter Milan and enter the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, it will be an amazing breakthrough for the "Young Guards".

I didn’t expect that... the former European overlord was really easy to bully!?

After the game started again, Inter Milan suddenly made a strong attack. Fernandinho's long-range shot hit the ball on Odi and bounced out of the baseline...corner kick!

After Sneijder kicked out this corner kick, he found Pazini in the middle with an extremely accurate look. With a "bang", the Italians smashed into the goal of Leeds United. Ronegan couldn't even make a reaction, and the goal was already in.

After the score on the court became 2:1, Leeds United began to adopt a stable style of play. The team mainly set up defense first and then waited for an opportunity to counterattack. Inter Milan also played a defensive counterattack tactic. They didn't think they had to beat Leeds United away and score a away goal. Even if they lost the game, it didn't matter. When they returned to home, they would have a greater chance.

With the joint "work" of the two teams, the game became extremely dull. In this game, the two teams only had 13 shots combined, which shows the negativeness.
Chapter completed!