Chapter 173 Extremely Fierce

On the night of the match against Arsenal League Cup, the hotel conference room of Leeds United gathered all the coaches of the "Youth Guards", and Simon Grayson held a coaching meeting.

"Guys, I won't say much about today's game. Shaq did not play the role we imagined in the new position. I hope everyone can find out the reasons. I think Shaq's ability on the offensive side is enough. The reason why he is not good is the problem of our tactical arrangements. Let's talk about any ideas if you have any."

Simon Grayson put forward the only topic of the meeting straight to the point, then clicked on the laptop on his portable computer, and the video of the game was played on the screen. Eric Black also turned on his laptop, and the video of the game was also played, but the content was different. It was recorded by a dedicated person only for Shaq.

A group of coaches watched the video for a long time, and then spoke...

"Shak's condition is fine, this kid is still as stable as a machine!"

"Sora's running position blocked Shaq's breakthrough line, and there was a shot in front of him where Carlos blocked Shaq's breakthrough line, forcing Shaq to have to make short passes."

“Shak’s activity space is not enough!”

"Sora and Carlos are moving forward too many times, and they do not form an organic connection with Shaq who is located at the back."

"Ashley, this little guy, has inserted a lot of times. Not only is his own defensive position unreasonable, but he also squeezes Shaq's space for retreat. Here... Ashley and Shaq both ran together!"

"Hey, Shaq's shot was wrong. There were too many defensive players in front of him. You should choose to try to break through or divide the side!"

As Leeds United's strength becomes stronger and stronger, Simon Grayson's coaching staff has also become larger. Now Chris Sally, the youth training manager, no longer needs to take care of the first team, and can take care of the little guys under him with peace of mind. In addition to assistant Eric, who came to London this time, there are three coaches who are quite knowledgeable about tactics.

Originally, the League Cup match with Arsenal was to test the team's tactics, so Simon Grayson naturally had to bring some of the most skilled tactical qualities in his coaching team to find problems. Now it has achieved results.

After watching the video several times, after discussion and argumentation, the reason for Shaq's performance in the game was found. It turned out that Tevez and Ameobi in front of him limited his performance, and the young player Ashley Hood had too many forward shots.

Although the two major strikers of Leeds United have done their jobs, after Shaq lost space, he could only pass the ball when he was supposed to break through, while Ashley Hood's excessive insertion squeezed Shaq's depth of retreat. This caused some chaos in the team's midfield.

After finding the cause of the problem, it became simple to solve it. Leeds United's coaching staff quickly put forward adjustments to the team's tactics. First, it is the forward line. No matter who plays the forward, it must pull the side to give way to Shaq in the middle, giving him room to exert impact and extraordinary people. Then it is Ashley Hood's forward insertion must be restricted. After he runs up, it will affect the team's defensive stability.

The forward pulls the side, and the two full-backs who are originally in front have to retreat to the midfield. The two full-backs also need to move backwards to become defenders. Although such adjustments will affect the team's attack power to a certain extent, the more stable defense line and the increase in the thickness of the midfield will follow.

This adjustment is beneficial and disadvantageous to Leeds United now, but what will happen will be? It will take a while to wait until the game to test it out.

Four days later, when the 22nd round of the Premier League came, Leeds United had already completed the adjustment of tactics and lineup. The "Youth Guards" who appeared at the Emirates Stadium four days later was already different from before, not only in terms of tactics, but also in lineup.

Because the two forwards need to pull the edges, run flexibly and feed Shaq in the middle, Simon Grayson can only choose a technical forward, rather than a tactical center like the "Black Big" Ameobi, or a technical shooter like Nelson Oliveira. So in addition to the "Beast" Tevez, the other person who appears on the front line is...Pivkovsky!

The Swedish boy "Second God Tower" is very tall, but his footwork skills are very outstanding. As he has accumulated enough experience by firmly seizing the team's main position this season, his ability to grasp the opportunity of incisiveness and the accuracy of crossing have been significantly improved.

In the midfield, David Bentley appeared in the right forward position, but Bentley's breakthrough ability was still not good, but his running and a spiritual pass were still Simon Grayson's first choice.

The Gunners did not change much this time, except for French central defender No. 6 Laurent Kschelini entered the starting lineup, and goalkeeper Fabianski was replaced by Szesny.

In the view of "Professor Wenger, if Leeds United still plays their new tactics this time and pushes Shaq to the frontcourt, they will die without a burial place, because this time he has really understood his opponent's tactics.

When Wenger saw the Leeds United's position, the old Frenchman smiled. He found that Simon Grayson was really bold and actually took out the immature tactics again. Wenger calculated it very much but didn't expect that Simon Grayson was not a fool, so how could he not modify the immature tactics?

It only took 6 minutes to play. Pivkovsky cut into the Arsenal penalty area along the baseline. After encountering obstacles, he did not make a cross. He hit his heel and sent the ball near the right sideline. Bentley, who followed up, comfortably got the ball, and then kicked the ball into Arsenal's small penalty area without anyone defending.

Bentley's cross does not have much arc, low, flat, fast, and accurate!

In the blink of an eye, the ball flew into the Arsenal small penalty area, and the ball flew almost to the small penalty area line, which made Szesney very uncomfortable. If he attacked, he would probably not touch the ball. If he guarded in front of the goal line, it would be too dangerous once the opponent hit the ball.

Szesney, who hesitated for a while, chose to attack when he saw three people protecting him.

But at this moment, a white figure suddenly ran out from the rear point on the left. Her white figure was almost above lightning and rushed out of the cracks of the three Arsenal defenders!

broken!

As soon as he saw the speed of this Leeds player, Szesney knew who had arrived... Shaq!

Shaq, who is famous in England, has several special skills, and this header is one of them. With his outstanding physical condition and awareness of the ball's landing, Shaq scores only second only to his "Shaq goal".

"Dong!"

Shaq shook in front of Virmulen, and jumped into the air with the power of sprinting, a top half higher than the others. The head behind him was only reaching Shaq's buttocks.

Even Szesny's raised hands were not as tall as Shaq's head!

Several Arsenal players seemed to be paying tribute to Shaq in the air, watching him shake his head and push the ball towards the upper right corner of the Arsenal goal... 1:0!

"goallllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Shaq raised his arms high in excitement and ran to the corner flag on the left, where there was the most hardcore fan organization of Leeds United...Service help!

If this goal is due to Shaq's personal ability, then Shaq's second goal in this game is completely the result of Simon Grayson's tactical adjustment.

When the game reached 16 minutes, Jonny Hausen received a pass from Tevez on the left and ran forward along the wing from the place that had just crossed the center line. He arrived outside the penalty area on the left of Arsenal, and passed the ball to the nearest free throw point in the middle.

Shaq, who was sprinting wildly, kicked the ball!

"Bang!"

At the same time as the sound of the sound was heard, "Shak goal" appeared again, and the ball was shot from Szesney's right hand into Arsenal's goal... 2:0!

Although the Gunners were ready for a long time and they had thought about how to organize Shaq to score, they did not expect that Shaq would have such a large space in this game. Both forwards of Leeds United gave way to him in order to fully demonstrate his personal abilities. As a result, Shaq completed the "scoring twice" in 16 minutes, and this reality directly hit the Gunners.

The mentality of the Arsenal player with no morale has changed a lot. Even Vermallen, who has the captain's armband, made a mistake in the 22-minute period. When Pivkovsky broke through, he pulled down the Swedish boy with his hands, and the place where he fouled was in his own penalty area... a penalty kick!

After Tevez took the penalty kick, the score became 3:0. At this time, the game only took 24 minutes, and Leeds United had already scored three goals!

But all this was just the beginning of a nightmare. At 38 minutes of the game, Bentley made a straight pass from Pivkovsky in the penalty area on the right, while Shaq in the middle pulled the opponent's two central defenders outside the penalty area and forced Arsenal to empty the penalty area in the middle. But Pivkovsky's pass was sent to this position.

Leeds captain Jonny Hausen, who ran up from the left, pushed the ball with his right foot arch towards the ball, and the ball rolled into the blind corner of the lower left corner of the Arsenal goal...4:0!
Chapter completed!