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Chapter 302 The Perfect First Half
In the locker room, McAllister did not explain the tactics, nor did he emphasize how important this game was--at this point in the league, all that should be said has already been said, and it is impossible for him to come up with any secret weapons now. Presumably Nottingham Forest is the same--after playing 47 games, who can have anything left to hide?

"Today's game task is at least two goals, preferably three goals, and better is four or five... That's it."

McAllister simply finished talking about the tactics, and then the players started to do their own things. Long Bisheng sat on a chair with his eyes closed and rested, Howson looked around and didn't know what he was looking at, Huntington was warming up endlessly, and other players were also in different shapes.

Everyone knows that they have only one way left, defeating Nottingham Forest, at least two goals, and strive for three goals, this is the goal-as for the tactics?The tactics used in the last dozen or so rounds of the league are the current tactics.

McAllister didn't think Nottingham Forest had anything else to hide, but Davies seemed destined to surprise him, finding someone in Nottingham Forest's starting line-up that surprised him.

The forwards have not changed much. Welsh forward Robert Earnshaw and Nigerian veteran Adeborah are their forward partners. One is 1.7 meters tall and the other is 1.9 meters tall. A typical combination of one tall and one fast. The midfielder also stands in parallel. The goalkeeper is still the 30-year-old local goalkeeper Paul Smith, and that strange person appears in the defense.

"Isn't the guard you're playing with Morgan Luke Chambers? A 19-year-old kid?" McAllister asked his assistant coach.

"That's right, Aaron Mitchell, a 19-year-old central defender promoted from the Forest youth team, with a height of [-] meters." McDonald replied.

McAllister frowned: "The same height as the dragon? Does Davis want to use this 19-year-old kid to keep an eye on our dragon?" When he said this, he completely forgot that Long Bisheng was only one year older than Mitchell.

"Perhaps. Although Morgan is an excellent central defender, he is [-] centimeters shorter than Long." McDonald nodded.

"Defenders need more experience and judgment, and this guy is very light, only 82 kilograms." After looking through the information, McAllister said: "If Davis really puts his hope of marking the dragon on this little guy, then he will lose badly."

Can this defender who has only a few appearances in the British Championship match the top scorer Long Bisheng?Just kidding, height alone is not enough. Even David White, a member of the England national team who also has a height of nearly two meters, lost in a mess against Long Bisheng. In two games, Long Bisheng scored four goals. Although Long Bisheng is young, his professional game experience is about to reach [-] games!This is quite rare among young players.

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Obviously Davis knew this too. It was their captain Wes Morgan who was in charge of defending Long Bisheng in the game. This black defender had excellent physical fitness, was no lighter than Long Bisheng, and had excellent confrontation ability. At the same time, he was also very experienced. He had played the main force in Nottingham Forest for more than three seasons, and he had never played a game in both the English Championship and the League One.

Long Bisheng collided with his opponent "bang bang". Even this strong black man couldn't stand Long Bisheng's collision at this point. Although he should have the advantage in physical fitness in theory, Long Bisheng did not play in the last game. With his excellent recovery ability, he has already reached his peak state.

But when Long Bisheng was confronting Morgan, Leeds' crosses from the wing were pushed out one by one by the 19-year-old central defender. His height of [-] meters made it easy for him to do this, and McAllister found that this big man of [-] meters moved quite quickly, and his ability to judge the landing was also very good.

"Change to the ground!" McAllister yelled towards the field. Now that Long Bisheng and Morgan are entangled, then use speed to attack the opponent's defense line. Hooper's speed will definitely make that kid flustered.

Hooper dribbled the ball straight to the penalty area, and sure enough Mitchell came up to meet him. Hooper first made a fake move to break to the left, and then immediately flicked the ball to the right to break through!

Mitchell's reaction was much faster than he expected. He immediately turned around, took a step with his long legs, stopped in front of Hooper, and then stretched out his foot to poke the ball away.

The ball rolled sideways, and Long Bisheng rushed out from the penalty area to get the ball first, then grabbed Morgan behind him, turned around and forced a shot!

The ball was blocked by Morgan stretching his foot, and then changed direction and flew to the center of the goal. Smith, who had already thrown to the left, stopped his body forcibly, then turned around and stretched out his hand to press the ball on the goal line.

"Damn it!" McAllister rubbed his face, sighing at the attack.

"Gary, that little guy is not slow!" Long Bisheng was not frustrated by the failure of this attack, but turned to Hooper and said.

"But he will definitely have weaknesses, otherwise he wouldn't just play less than ten games in a season!" Hooper nodded affirmatively.

Nottingham Forest's attack, the long pass from the backcourt was robbed by Huntington in front of Adebola, and Faye took the ball in the middle and immediately distributed it to Gerera on the wing.

Guerrera broke through with the ball, and then he did not pass a long pass into the penalty area, but distributed the ball to Hooper who was inserted in the middle. Hooper made a fake move to transfer to Howson's feet after taking the ball, and then passed the ball directly to Long Bisheng at the front of the penalty area.

Long Bisheng stopped the ball under his feet, and then knocked it to the middle. Hooper jumped in at high speed and swung his feet while running. Mitchell came up to meet him, and was about to block Hooper's direct shot with his body!
But Hooper did not shoot, he stopped the ball cleverly, and then went straight into the penalty area!
Since Mitchell rushed out of the penalty area, the penalty area of ​​Nottingham Forest is now blank!
"Hooper made a straight pass... Long Bisheng turned around and rushed into the penalty area, and Morgan was stopped by him! Kick shot! Goal! Goal! Goal! Dragon! Dragon! Dragon! No. 16 minutes of the first half, the top scorer in the British Championship.

Amidst the huge cheers at Elland Road Stadium, Long Bisheng did not celebrate, but rushed into the goal to hold the ball out, and then rushed to the center circle. His celebration was just a high-five with the teammates he encountered!

In fact, he didn't need to do this. It was only 6 minutes into the game, and there were more than 70 minutes before the end of the game. He could celebrate this goal-his No.30 goal in an official game this season.But he wants to save every second because his team is still one goal behind.

The Leeds fans in the stands sang their team loudly. The loss of the last game did not make them lose confidence, because their top scorer was absent in the last game, and their top scorer in this game came back-and immediately recovered a point, which gave them every reason to believe that they would definitely be able to complete the reversal at home!

This goal also brought incomparable courage and confidence to the Leeds players-the mentality of being one goal behind and two goals behind is absolutely completely different. The gap of one goal may be made up at any time!

Facing Leeds' aggressive attack, Nottingham Forest's players could only retreat and passively defend in their own half. The lead in the first round certainly gave them a considerable advantage before this game, but it made them seem a little concerned about gains and losses, especially when the lead became a goal. It is inevitable that players will not be unified. Some want to attack and some want to defend.And their opponent, Leeds, has already let go of everything, and the whole team has twisted into a rope to attack!
Under the ferocious attack of Leeds, Nottingham Forest's defense obviously couldn't bear it. It was unbearable until the No. 403 minute of the first half, when the young Mitchell made a fatal mistake.

Two to zero!Before the end of the first half, Leeds United recovered everything they lost in the away game. Now they and Nottingham Forest are on the same starting line again. The fate of both parties will be decided in the second half!

The Leeds fans in the stands greeted the Leeds players who came off the field with applause so enthusiastic that they almost slapped their hands. The Leeds players held their heads proudly.They are proud of the warm applause they earned through their almost perfect performance in the first half, and they are worthy of the warm applause.

As for the Nottingham Forest players who were leaving the field, Leeds fans booed unceremoniously. Leeds players almost ended up mixed with Nottingham Forest players, and it was difficult for them to applaud and boo accurately.

McAllister looked at his players proudly. Although the game is not over yet, the performance of the players so far is perfect. Considering that they were hit by the failure to directly advance to the Premier League and the away loss to Forest, it is even more commendable to have such an outstanding performance.

At this time, he saw Davis, the head coach of Nottingham Forest, approaching him and congratulated him with a smile: "Your team played a perfect first half."

"This doesn't seem like good news to you," McAllister said after frowning.

"There's still 45 minutes in the second half, isn't it?" Davis smiled lightly, then waved to McAllister and walked into the tunnel.

McAllister bit his lip, thought for a while, and followed into the player tunnel.

(End of this chapter)