Fox in the Penalty Area

Latest website: Leeds City vs. Madrid Pirates match has begun.

Zhou Zijing is sitting on the bench, watching the game.

He really failed to get a chance to start in this game.

The only good news is that he has entered the squad for the 18-man competition, so that somehow he still has a chance to come off the bench in the game...

Just now, Zhou Zijing got a close experience of Hu Lai’s influence on this team:

Before the players from both sides played, there was a link where the live broadcast DJ of the Leeds City Club led everyone to chant the names of the players.

In the past, this link was limited to home team players.

The away team players skip directly.

But today, before reporting the name of the home player, DJ first led everyone to shout: "Let us welcome the wandering home, LAAAAAAAAI——"

The 30,000 fans yelled in unison: "HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!"

Unlike the sound after Hulai scored, this was a roar that prolonged the sound.

If the short "HUUUUU" is a thunder, then this "HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU" is a continuous rolling thunder, echoing in the sky of the Flanders Stadium for a long time.

It also echoed in Zhou Zijing's heart.

There was even a layer of goose bumps on his arm!

Before coming to Leeds City, Zhou Zijing did not fail to see how Leeds City fans expressed their love for Hulai through live TV or online video.

He knew that when Hulay played, the fans of Leeds City would shout loudly. At the time, he wondered what was so strange about it? Who has never seen it before!

But when he was in the Flemish stadium and felt this scene at the closest distance, he still felt that he was hit by the soul.

He couldn't help but fell into a certain trance-if one day in the future, when I play, there will be so many fans who will prolong their voice and call out my last name...

That would be so cool!

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Not only the fans, but even the Leeds City players in the player tunnel before the start of the game, they greeted Hu Lai one by one, greeted each other, and exchanged greetings.

Everyone had a smile on their faces and they were talking and laughing happily.

I don't know which sentence mentioned an interesting story in the past, and there was a burst of laughter in the player channel.

The atmosphere before the game can't be more harmonious.

Even the commentator Matthew Cox who saw this scene couldn't help but complain: "Ladies and gentlemen, audience friends, what you are watching is the friendly game before the 2027-2028 season. The two sides are facing Leeds City. With the Madrid Pirates..."

Guys, the Champions League group stage has become a friendly match.

The focus of He Feng and Yan Kang's attention is on Hu Lai's popularity: "It can be seen that although Hu Lai has left, Hu Lai's popularity in Leeds is really good. Every Leeds player who walks over will greet him. , Let’s talk a few more words..."

"This is the'Return to Hometown', He Feng!" Yan Kang laughed loudly.

This game is sure to be very refreshing for his conscious and honorable Chinese fans.

This kind of friendly atmosphere is really intoxicating.

But after the opening whistle blew, everything changed.

The appearance of Wenqingmaimai was torn off and replaced by...crazy.

As Hulai knows, at the beginning of the game, Leeds, who took advantage of the home court, launched a fierce offensive against the Madrid pirates.

There have been two shots in the first six minutes, averaging once every three minutes.

Although the two shots were not within the range of the goal frame, the expression of Valentin, the assistant coach of the Madrid Pirates on the sidelines, was a lot more serious:

"They don't think about whether the space behind them will be countered by us?"

"If you think about it, it's not Leeds." Parotti said calmly. "Offensive is their life. What they are best at is offense, and they can only offense. What they believe in is to penetrate the opponent's defense before being scored by the opponent."

"But the previous Leeds city was able to attack like this because they had Hu. Now Hu is on our side..." Valentin speculated. "If we continue to play like this, as long as we can withstand their three-handed opening, the balance of victory will lean toward us."

Parotti nodded, agreeing with the opinion of his first assistant.

It is true.

A large part of the success of Leeds City in the first two seasons is that they have a super efficient shooter.

The existence of Hu Lai makes Leeds City's life-threatening style of play actually very safe, because they can always open the opponent's goal before being penetrated by the opponent.

Once Leeds City leads, the opponent will have to put more troops into the offense in order to equalize the score, so the defense will inevitably be empty.

Leeds can score more goals.

Their offensives are often like an avalanche, as long as they break through a little bit, they can form a disaster that completely bury their opponents.

It is precisely because of this that Parrotti will not be just a "shooter" who is relatively better able to score goals, as some people think.

Think about it, your team has a player who can always score the ball. Wouldn't it start the game with a score of "1:0"?

What a tactical advantage this is, it doesn't require professionals, even a pseudo-fan should know.

Now that Leeds has no such players, the most important cornerstone of the onslaught strategy has been lost.

Leeds did not perform well in the league this season, and the offensive weakness is related to this, and it has a lot to do with it.

Clark tried many combinations of personnel and tactics, but the effect was not very good.

The main reason is that the player's state is not stable enough and his performance is not up to expectations.

Forwards like Camara and Laski, of course, do not play soy sauce in every game. They also perform well at times, but they can't continue this state forever.

The same goes for Zhou Zijing, another Chinese striker in the team.

He once played off the bench in a game against London Mars, scored a goal and contributed an assist, and his performance was very eye-catching.

However, in the next league match with Burleigh, Zhou Zijing, who started the game, performed mediocre, without any dazzling performance.

The player's state is unstable, and the coach's tactics are useless.

After all, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

The Leeds City players who are accustomed to playing with Hu Lai seem to have not passed the window period after Hu Lai left.

So in the face of Leeds City's onslaught after the opening, Parotti remained unmoved and did not make any adjustments.

Just sit on the sidelines and watch the game with the assistant coach.

His only concern is that the Leeds City fans were too kind to Hulay before, which would make his players think of underestimating the enemy, thinking that this is a very easy away game to deal with.

But seeing Hulai and Ramirez in the locker room before the game reminded the players that there is no big problem in this regard.

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Tony Clark’s formation for this game is 433. The starting center is Poland international Dominic Laski, the left forward is Ismail Kamara, and the right is the newly introduced Sweden international Frey this season. Derek Soderbergh.

The two people pulled very open, and they both acted close to the sideline, making full use of the width of the venue.

Pete Williams organizes the offense in the center.

Jay Adams and Junpei Morikawa played midfielder behind him, and Junpei Morikawa was mainly responsible for interceptions and sweeps, providing protection for the two midfield partners.

Adams is responsible for supporting Pete.

This is the lineup of Leeds City in the midfield.

The only personnel change is the addition of Soderbergh.

He is the most expensive player Leeds introduced this summer. The club spent 42 million euros to dig him from La Liga stronghold Valentia. This transfer fee makes him the transfer king of Leeds this season.

The Sweden international is fast and good at dribbling, but average shooting skills. He is a typical winger.

As a former Valentia player, Soderbergh played against the Pirates in La Liga and was very familiar with this team.

In turn, the pirates are familiar with him.

His strength is indeed stronger than Charlie Porter in this position, and his performance after the transfer has not disappointed. It is in line with his worth and everyone's expectations of him.

But to say how outstanding his abilities are... not so much.

The value of 42 million euros is the king of transfers in Leeds, but the pirates in Madrid are at the middle and lower level, and this value is a lot.

As a right winger, Soderbergh faced the strongest side of the Madrid Pirates-the left wing composed of Tonini and Yon.

Yon is now in the defense zone, ready to defend Soderbergh.

He is confident not to allow Soderberg to break through from himself.

But Soderbergh's choice made Yon a little surprised-the Swedish international did not entangle Yon here, but directly transferred the long ball to the other side!

The football crossed the field directly and was picked up by Camara on the left.

When the football was still flying in the air, Leeds right-back Farek Quinn decisively moved forward from the full-back position.

A posture to cooperate with Kamara.

When Camara received the ball, he had already ran behind him and was still accelerating forward, and he didn't mean to slow down and stop.

With this run, the Pirates' right-back Ira Susta retreated behind him-he was afraid that Camara would pass the ball directly behind him and let Quinn sprint.

With the retreat of Ira Susta, Camara only needs to face a Portuguese midfielder Silviglio who is not very defensive.

He didn't hesitate and took the football to the center!

A sudden acceleration started, leaving Silvelioka behind him who hadn't reacted!

Seeing that Silviglio couldn't stop Camara, the pirate captain Juan Ramirez decisively stepped up to make up for the defense.

Camara took advantage of his opportunity to pass the football to Pete sideways.

After passing the ball, he suddenly changed to a straight line and ran towards the penalty area.

Joaquin Bella stepped forward to defend Pete.

Pete used his skills to guard the football in front of him, blocking the harassment of Joaquin Bella behind him, and then passed the football forward to the center Laski who was pulled out.

Although this Polish striker is not a completely powerful center in terms of size, he is definitely not a thin type like Hulay.

At the same time, on the basis of having a good physical confrontation ability, he also has excellent foot skills.

This makes his center more versatile.

He turned his back to the offensive direction and made a posture to turn around from his left side before catching the ball, and let the pirates center-back Kepa Amanteji follow him to move the center of gravity there.

After the football came, Lasky sent the football behind him with the outer back of his right foot...

The football rolled into the penalty area from the other side.

This is not to get rid of, but to pass!

There was a lot of cheers in the stands of the Flanders Stadium.

Just saw Camara, who had just turned into the penalty area, appeared behind the football, and he caught up!

Another pirate center defender, Riva Moreno, followed the football and turned around. He saw this scene and quickly shoveled into the football, ready to destroy the ball by Camara!

But Camara moved faster than him. He stretched out his right foot and gently pulled the football to the left. Moreno shoveled away!

Then his left foot slid out the football that was pulled very quickly, and he passed Moreno like this!

The pirate goalkeeper Haywell did not hesitate when he saw this, and immediately abandoned the goal to block Camara's shooting angle!

His teeth and claws ~ www.readwn.com ~ huge body basically blocked all possible shots for Kamala.

But Camara didn't shoot!

He passed the football sideways with his left foot!

"Lasky——!!!"

The Polish striker, who followed up in the middle, took advantage of everyone's attention to be attracted by Camara, and has ran to the most deadly place.

And Armantji was completely left behind by him!

Seeing Laski stretched his foot and pushed lightly, the football was pushed into the goal!

The cheers of the Flanders Stadium almost reached its peak!

Only twelve minutes into the game, Leeds City leads the Madrid Pirates 1:0!

(End of this chapter)