Fox in the Penalty Area

Listening to the shouts from the Leeds City fans in the stands of the visiting team, and watching Hu Lai's celebration, many London Bridge fans stood in a daze.

They really didn't expect their team to overturn at home!

It's like watching a boxing match. Facing the stormy fist attack from London Bridge, Leeds City can only dodge with their heads in their arms and defend passively.

It looks like London Bridge will win on points.

Unexpectedly, Leeds City seized the gap between London Bridge's punching and breathing, opened up the space, and then it was a clean...straight punch!

The fist hits the London Bridge gate!

bang.

The London Bridge fell to the ground in response, and Leeds was directly captured by the city!

Anyone who supports London Bridge will be shocked to see this scene.

The head coach of London Bridge, Todd, did not kick the air to vent his anger and dissatisfaction after losing the ball this time. He just raised his head and looked at the sky speechless...

He knew that going all out to attack would risk being counterattacked by the opponent.

But he never imagined that the same thing would happen in this game... three times!

The first goal was also because London Bridge pressed the attack after leading, and was counterattacked by Leeds City...

Isn't the efficiency of this Leeds City counterattack too high?

Especially their main striker, Hu Lai... this sense of smell in front of the goal is simply top-notch!

For the ball just now, most of the players would not want to run forward until the last moment of the game. Anyway, their teammates have already scored a single goal... If the goal is not scored, it has nothing to do with him. What he can do is done to the extreme, and no one will blame him.

But Hu Lai turned around and rushed forward immediately after landing, without any hesitation.

That's why when Laski missed a single shot, Hu Lai was able to appear in the most critical place, like a god descending from the earth, to make up the football for the goal.

If he was half a second later, the ball might have been cleared by Tim Martin...

With such an opponent, Todd is also very helpless.

In fact, he has already seen Hu Lai's efficiency once in the league. In the eleventh round of the league, London Bridge played against Leeds City at home. In that game, London Bridge defeated the opponent 3:2, and Hu Lai scored a goal in the game.

At that time, there were not many opportunities for Hu Lai. He was under the key care of the London Bridge defense line throughout the game.

Stoud still attaches great importance to the World Cup Golden Boot and the last Premier League Golden Boot.

As a result, under such a tight defense, Hu Lai still scored a goal.

That was one of his few shots in the game.

However, when the two teams met for the second time, Hu Lai's performance was not so outstanding.

The whole game was in a mediocre state and no goals were scored.

At that time, Stroud thought it was normal. Everyone has bad form in the game, so don't pay too much attention to it.

But now Stodd understands—that kid saved all his form for the League Cup!

Because in the eleventh round of the league, Leeds City was still playing in the Champions League and did not completely give up the league, so Leeds City still has the strength to cope with the league.

But in the second half of the league, after Leeds City obviously shifted their focus to the Europa League, the league became more and more perfunctory-as long as they could not be relegated.

Now that Leeds City has reached the semi-finals in the Europa League, all fools know that they must be aiming for the final championship.

Thinking about it now, maybe at that time Leeds City had already made up their minds to hit the Europa League championship. That's why they act so casually in the league...

If Leeds City brings their state in the Europa League to the league, it is really hard to say whether London Bridge will be able to retreat in the away game.

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While London Bridge coach Todd was speechless, Leeds City coach Clarke hugged excitedly with his coaching staff colleagues.

"Clark hugged his coaches, they were very excited! Before the game, few people could have imagined that Leeds City could win the away game! Although the game is not over yet,

But Leeds City is indeed getting closer and closer to victory! ’ said Matthew Cox.

He is a British commentator. His attitude towards this civil war is strictly neutral. Whoever reaches the final represents British football.

The only pity is that the two teams met too early. If they can meet again in the final, then his mentality will be more peaceful.

Cox thought that Clark and the others were simply happy to lead.

But it is not.

Taking the lead is certainly gratifying, but more importantly, it verifies the feasibility of their plan to transform the team in the future.

Defensive counterattack is possible!

The outside world always thinks that Clark is a lunatic, as if he has no reason, and all activities only follow his own instinct. Remember that one out is one out.

But in fact, he is a very cautious person, especially in choosing the direction.

In the matter of whether to win the league championship last season, he also verified it with the Stan Park Rangers first, and found that Leeds City could beat the Stan Park Rangers in an away game, and only then did he gain confidence and determination. Going to grab the league championship.

When they were eliminated from the Champions League this season, they decided to use the Europa League to complete the "curve to save the country" strategy, which was first verified by Catalan. He found that this team was capable of beating Catalonia in an away game, so he decided to tell the whole team about his ambitions.

So in fact, every step he takes is a decision made after careful consideration, and it is definitely not just a momentary decision.

Now the game against London Bridge is used by him as an opportunity to verify his tactical thinking for the new season.

Hu Lai's goal gave him hope.

Because there is an efficient shooter like Hu Lai, the pressure on Leeds City's defense is actually much less than people think-they don't need to stay until the 89th minute before letting the striker attack and score a goal.

This is the biggest tactical role of Hu Lai.

Because the ultimate goal of all football games is to score goals.

In order to be able to score goals, countless coaches in history have tried their best to think about various tactics.

And Clark's possession of Hu Lai means that he holds strategic nuclear weapons.

From this point of view, those critics are right. Hu Lai has no tactical role, he just has a strategic role...

After the celebration, Clark withdrew from the excitement and began to instruct assistant coach Randall: "Next, defend, but give London Bridge the impression that we still have the ability to counter them..."

Randyll nodded to show that he understood, and ran to the sidelines to whistle and gesture to the Leeds City players who had finished celebrating.

In front of the coaching bench next door, Todd was also making a last-ditch effort. He replaced the exhausted Park Chun-tae with William Sutton, who was only 18 years old.

This is the last substitution. He originally planned to use it to delay time after taking the lead...

Now it has become a desperate move.

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After the game restarted, London Bridge launched a crazy offensive towards Leeds City's goal from the kick-off.

Leeds City retreated across the board, and even Hu Lai went back to participate in the defense.

Fans at London Bridge booed them in the stands: "What about the 'attack or die'?! What about the 'attack madman'?!"

In the end, London Bridge could only hang the football from the sidewalk into the penalty area again and again, or simply shoot from long distances.

The high ball was thrown into the penalty area and was basically pushed out by Leeds City's high school defender Ben Grist.

There are basically no long-range shots that can hit the goal frame. They either hit high and miss, or are blocked by Leeds City players desperately.

There were even long-range shots that hit their own teammate Aiken and deflected out of the baseline-they didn't even give them a corner kick.

Five minutes later, the score was still 3:2, and the fourth official held up a sign for four minutes of stoppage time on the sidelines.

These are the last four minutes of London Bridge.

But in fact, even if they equalized the score in these four minutes, they have missed the best opportunity-they failed to take advantage of the home court to win Leeds City, and they planted a mine for the second round.

Originally, in the plan of the London Bridge fans, the opponents with one win and one draw in the league this season have never lost at home. This game is a pass with a small win of one goal, and two goals can be satisfactory.

As a result, not only did he fail the pass, but he also overturned the car.

2:3 and 3:3 are actually not too different...

Four minutes of stoppage time passed quickly.

London Bridge failed to score against Leeds.

"The game is over--!" Cox announced loudly at the same time as the whistle sounded, "In the two rounds of the semi-finals of the Europa League, Leeds City defeated London Bridge 3:2 in the away game and advanced for them The final has laid a solid foundation! It is also worth mentioning that this is the first time in the history of Leeds City that they have defeated their opponents at Southfield Stadium, home of London Bridge!"

The Leeds City players off the field rushed onto the field, while the Leeds City players on the field cheered and celebrated the victory.

Although there are two rounds in the semi-finals, they are all full of confidence in returning to the home game in the second round.

The most difficult level has already been stepped on by them!