Chapter 190 Shaq who crushes everything! (12)

When each season is at the end of the day, the highlight is no longer the leagues of various countries, because the leagues are scored one by one. Basically, by the end of the season, the final championship can be seen, and even if the situation is unclear, you can see a rough idea.

But the UEFA Champions League is different. As the highest-level league in the world, the level of the Champions League is even higher than that of the World Cup. However, because the styles of the World Cup are very different and the meanings of the national team are all participating in the competition, the weight of the World Cup is more important than other competitions.

However, for clubs of all sizes, it is obviously more important to the Champions League, especially for Leeds United!

In the history of Leeds United, their best result in the Champions League was that they reached the semi-finals in 2000. This season, led by Simon Grayson and driven by Shaq's 12 goals in 10 Champions League games, the "Youth Guards" once again reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, and they will have the opportunity to create new history.

However, the opponent in the semi-finals Bayern Munich is not an opponent that can be easily defeated, and it can even be said that... it is difficult to win!

As the defending champion of the Champions League this season, although Bayern Munich has changed its head coach, Guardiola's coaching ability is no worse than the old coach Heinx, and his coaching philosophy is also more advanced than the old coach. On the premise of fully respecting many Bayern stars, Guardiola has vigorously promoted young players and promoted the renewal speed of the Bundesliga giants. Bayern Munich this season is more dynamic, more competitive and more combat-oriented than last season!

In the German League One, Bayern Munich has been ahead of Leverkusen, who ranked second in half this season, and now he has won the league championship this season, waiting to complete the defensive career in the Champions League. After the reform of the Champions League, no team has been able to complete the defensive move, and even Barcelona, ​​who was called the "cosmic team" at the time, could not do it.

Under Guardiola's training, Bayern Munich also has a spirit of killing gods and killing Buddhas this season. Although it is not as prominent as Leeds United's unbeaten record, it has never lost any game they want to win, especially when the season is at the end of the season. Bayern's lineup is still complete.

"Glass men" like Robben are currently in a healthy state, not to mention Ribery, Thomas Muller, Tony Kloss, Schweinsteiger, Ram and other powerful players.

Facing a full-form Bayern Munich, Simon Grayson and his disciples also had a headache. Fortunately, the "Young Guards" first fought at home, which would allow them to gain some advantages in the game.

Perhaps it was because of the German's pragmatic personality that many Bayern Munich's stars did not start a war of words before the game. They just came to Leeds calmly. Head coach Guardiola no longer liked to put pressure on the referee before the game as he used to coach Barcelona. He even praised Simon Grayson in an interview with reporters.

"Simon Grayson and his team have achieved impressive results this season. They have not lost a game so far, and we have to be careful in front of them to have a chance."

But no matter how Guardiola shows weakness, Simon Grayson knows that Bayern Munich is definitely not a good man and a woman. They will never hold back at the Elland Road Stadium, and will not have any fear of the "Young Guards" because... they are Bayern Munich!

While preparing, Simon Grayson, Eric Black and a group of coaches from the coaching staff added some new changes to Leeds United's tactics after repeated argumentation.

Because the "Young Guards"'s midfield lineup is quite strong. The attack lineup composed of Shaq, Tevez, Pivkowski, and Jonny Hausen has impact, speed, skills, and strength. It also has tacit cooperation with each other, so Leeds United has always used its own strength to shake the opponent's defense line and has almost never used any conspiracy.

But this time when he faced Bayern Munich, Simon Grayson instinctively felt that his team's offense also needed to be suppressed. Guardiola was originally a very outstanding head coach, although he was just a junior. However, the results he achieved at Barcelona were enough to make many seniors look up to him. Not everyone can win the honor of the "Six-Crown King" and not even "Old Sir" Ferguson failed to lead Manchester United.

Simon Grayson knows better that a head coach with a deep knowledge of offense must have a very good set of defense when building his team's defense line. At least no matter what kind of offensive methods the opponent uses, he will have a strategy to deal with it.

In this way, although the offensive lineup of the "Young Guards" is strong and Shaq's personal ability is already very perverted, it is not a big threat to Bayern Munich.

So Simon Grayson injected new elements into his team's offense.

It is said to be a new element, but it is actually just a change in the team's tactics evolution in the past. Now it has only been officially mentioned in the team's offensive routine, that is, young player Ashley Hood's rear attack.

Seventeen-year-old Ashley Hood started to make his mark in the first team last season. After Leeds United changed its tactics to push Shaq to the front midfielder this season, this little guy occupied the main position in one fell swoop.

What surprised Simon Grayson was that Ashley Hood seemed to be born with Shaq. This kid always knew when to help Shaq organize the offense, when to help him intercept the opponent's offense behind Shaq, and was able to rush up to cooperate with Shaq when Shaq needed his help the most, or... complete the shot!

This season, Ashley Hood has played 26 games for Leeds United in a stable midfielder position, and has 5 substitute appearances. The little guy has also won 7 goals, 9 assists, and averaged 5.64 interceptions per game. It is simply a reduced version of "Shake". He has been highly expected by countless Leeds fans, hoping that one day when Shake leaves the team, Ashley Hood can take over Shake's burden.

Before the battle with Bayern Munich, Simon Grayson proposed a new task to Ashley Hood, and even pulled the kid to his office to explain the tactics of the day, when to defend at his own position, when to rush up to help Shaq share the offensive task, and when to rush directly to the front as a sudden cold arrow to attack the team.

In fact, Ashley Hood has deeply understood these things in the game. This kid's football talent is second only to Shaq among the players Simon Grayson has seen. This tactical explanation only made Ashley Hood turn his vague consciousness into a clear routine.

After explaining to Ashley Hood, Simon Grayson told other players about the new changes in the team's tactics and it was over. He believed that with the level of Shaq, Tevez, Jonny Hausen and others, they would definitely know how to use the team's new tactics to bring benefits to the team. Just like after Shaq was pushed to the front midfielder, Tevez took the initiative to make sacrifices, creating Shaq who is shining today.

The Elland Road Stadium finally ushered in a full-scale Bayern Munich at 19:30 on April 23.

Guardiola had the strongest lineup in this game, with German strong center Gomez standing at the forefront of the team alone. Although the German center's goal efficiency is not outstanding, his strong body and comprehensive skills allow him to adapt to any head coach's tactics.

Behind Gomez is a powerful offensive combination composed of Ribery, Robben and Thomas Muller. Although this combination is old and young, the strong attack power they showed was already a booster that pushed Bayern to the top of Europe last season. This season, under Guardiola's training, this combination became more powerful. After the connection between the three became close, it was called a "dream combination" by the German media. When Ribery's bravery, Robben's speed, and Thomas Muller's aura were merged together, Bayern's attack power was also greatly improved.

Later on, although the low-key midfield combination of Kloss and Schweinsteiger did not have much excellence, they had a stable, plain and tough style, which not only provided protection for Bayern's defense line. It also played the role of a midfield engine and delivered shells to the attack group ahead. These two people were also the most inconspicuous but most important components of Bayern Munich's precision war machine.

Ram and Rafinia are separated from each other on the back of the defense. They are all full-backs with strong defensive capabilities and able to provide assistance to the midfield during attack. Badstuber and Breno, a pair of young central defenders. They are also the steel defense line cultivated by Bayern themselves. They have strength, speed and perseverance. They are the solid foundation for Bayern Munich's rise in recent years.

The 28-year-old German goalkeeper Neuer, who was standing in front of the goal, was dug from Schalke 04 for a high price of 24 million euros of about 18.5 million pounds, and was unanimously optimistic about becoming Kahn's real successor. Doyle's joining allowed the Bundesliga giants to fill the last gap in their lineup territory. Bayern Munich also started their journey to dominate Europe again after Neuer's arrival.

Although they are playing at home, facing such a powerful Bayern Munich, Leeds United, which has performed amazingly this season, still seems to be a little confident.

"Meeting a super giant like Bayern in the Champions League semi-finals is a rare opportunity for our Leeds United to accumulate experience and a crisis. Regardless of whether Barcelona and Real Madrid have admitted it, the team with the strongest combat effectiveness in Europe in recent years is Bayern."

"As the defending champion of the Champions League, Bayern has reached the Champions League final three times in the previous four years. After losing to Inter Milan and Chelsea, they finally defeated their old domestic enemy Dortmund in the Champions League final last season and won the championship trophy."
Chapter completed!