green waist king

Chapter 8 Mighty Burnley
On August 2015, 8, the English Football Champions League, Leeds United played at home and ushered in the first round opponent of the league, Burnley.

Inside the Elland Road Stadium, as far as the eye can see, there is a sea of ​​white, and the cheers of nearly [-] fans make the stadium vibrate.

Leeds United is the only professional football club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
So for Leeds United fans, the team is their belief. This belief is passed down from generation to generation, and the loyalty to the team is incredible and timeless.

Even in the team's worst circumstances, the support of these fans is still fanatical and will always be there.

In the eyes of Leeds people, it is perfect and represents the whole city.

From the point of view of the combination of city and club, no city in the world can do it.

Ferguson once said that Leeds United fans are the most terrifying group in the world, and Leeds United's home stadium is also one of the most terrifying home stadiums in Europe.

During the warm-up before the game, Mo Yang could feel the enthusiasm of the fans. The cheers made his ears rumble, so that he made frequent mistakes.

However, there was no laughter or booing from the fans in the audience, which shows the tolerance and support of the fans of the Blancos for their team.

After a while, the warm-up was over and the players returned to the locker room.

Seeing Mo Yang's bewildered expression, Bielsa knew that he was right not to put this kid in the starting line-up. This kid still needs time to adapt to this hot game scene.

At 12:30 noon, the game officially started and Burnley got the ball.

After reading the information of the two teams, Andy Gray, the on-site commentator, said inconceivably: "What we are seeing now is a brand new Leeds United, guys, I can't imagine that the average age of this group of boys is only 21 years old, and Burnley they The average age is 30, so it looks like today is a battle between old and new."

The fans cheered loudly. Although there were not many faces they knew on the field, they looked forward to the performance of these new players.

After the start of the game, Burnley's players fought very fiercely, all of them looked like hungry tigers, as long as the ball was not under their feet, they would immediately press high.

This led to a bit of a white-hot trend at the beginning of the game.

Andy Gray looked at the fierce performance of the Burnley players, his face was full of admiration, and said: "Although Burnley has been relegated, their lineup is basically the same as in the Premier League. We can see the young players of Leeds United. Under this kind of fierce pressing, the boys seemed to be in a hurry, the midfielder couldn't organize an effective attack at all, and Bielsa was in trouble."

Both Hernandez and Clichy are offensive midfielders. Faced with the current situation, they sometimes have difficulty even getting the ball out.

Phillips is busier and has become a firefighter running around. Relying on his strong body and excellent defensive skills, he has disrupted Burnley's offense several times.

On the sidelines, Frank on the coaching bench was fidgeting, looking at Bielsa who was squatting in the coaching area with a calm face from time to time.

Before the game, Bielsa's offensive method was to rely on the two wings of Harrison and Costa to attack. After advancing to the opponent's penalty area, they directly hit the ribs and interspersed with each other, or directly passed the ball to let Wood play the role of a high center forward. .

But now the midfielder can't hold the ball at all, so the offensive method arranged by Bielsa is directly abolished.

On the bench, Mo Yang was so nervous that he was sweating all over his body. He felt that his jersey was already a little wet before he played.

On the other side, Burnley coach Dyche folded his arms, chewing gum in his mouth, with a smile in his mouth, looking confident.

"Crazy coach, ha ha!" Dyche glanced at Bielsa who was squatting next to him, and spat out the chewing gum in his mouth fiercely. He will win this game.

Although his team has not scored yet, he has figured out how Leeds United will attack during this time.

Ignoring the midfielder and simply attacking with both wings flying together is pure nonsense.

After modern football entered the 21st century, the development trend has become more and more diversified. Every position on the field is no longer a single function, and the midfielder is the most important thing. Whoever can grab the control of the midfielder will win the balance. Will lean towards it!

In the past few years, various clubs in the five major European leagues have been constantly looking for excellent midfielders to strengthen the team's control in the midfield.

On the field, under the crazy pressure of the Burnley players, Leeds United's goal was in jeopardy, being pressed in the middle and backcourt. In the past 10 minutes, there was not a single shot, and the number of times they even advanced to the opponent's midfield was very few. .

Once again breaking the ball out of the sideline, the panting Phillips looked at Mo Yang on the bench with his arms crossed.

At this moment, he really wanted to disregard the rules and run off the court to drag Mo Yang up.

Compared with Mo Yang, Hernandez and Clichy, the two guys in front of them, are just two pieces of shit in terms of offensive organization.

The fans are also anxious for their own team!
I thought that the team had a new look and would have a new improvement in offense, but I didn't expect that compared with last season, it looked worse.

Unable to attack for more than 20 minutes, being pressed by the opponent in one's own half and rubbing wildly, what kind of bullshit coach's bullshit tactics are these.

The on-site commentator Andy Gray was exhausted by the boring game of more than 20 minutes.

I thought it was an attacking battle, but it turned out to be a unilateral crush, which was boring.

He took over the 20-minute data of both parties from the assistant and casually looked at it.

Suddenly, his eyes stayed on Leeds United's 65% ball possession rate, and at the same time, a shocking thought suddenly popped up in his mind, "I buy it! Could this be Bielsa's? Purpose?"

Thirty minutes into the game, the pressure from Burnley was mounting.

Leeds United is like a flat boat shrouded in a storm, which may be overturned by the stormy waves created by Burnley at any time.

But with the passage of time, although the small boat of Leeds United was crumbling, it stubbornly resisted the pressure and did not lose points, but the game was too ugly.

In stoppage time in the first half, Burnley no longer pressed and seemed to give up their offense.

Dallas holds the ball and slowly advances along the sidewalk. It can not only delay time, but also look for opportunities to see if it can plan an attack and save face.

But just after halftime, Burnley midfielder Jones and right-back Trippier suddenly attacked and surrounded him on the sideline to press.

Dallas spread out his hands, resisting the tall Jones behind him, and while Trippier came to grab the ball, he kicked a pass to Clichy who was not far away.

Clichy's attention seemed to be a little distracted, he stretched his feet in a hurry, but missed the ball, and missed it directly, and was picked up by Burnley midfielder Marney.

On the bench, the moment Marney took the ball, Mo Yang suddenly stood up from his seat, covering his face with his hands, and Bamford beside him was a little puzzled.

"Danger!" On-site commentator Andy Gray stood up suddenly with his hands on the table, "Leeds United's left side is empty, this is Burnley's last chance!"

At this moment, the offense and defense were switched instantly, which caught all the players of Leeds United by surprise and rushed to their own half.

Marny received the ball, without hesitation, he kicked a long pass directly.

Almost at the same time, Burnley's two forwards, Dennis and Barnes, started together, like two sharp knives straight into Leeds United's defense.

The football fell into the no man's land on Leeds United's left side and rolled towards the bottom line. After Trippier inserted the ball at high speed and took the ball, he took advantage of the situation and made a strong move, directly passing Phillips who stepped forward to defend, forming a three-on-two situation in an instant.

"Dallas is still chasing back, very fast!"

"Trippier has two choices, will he kick the cross or will he cut inside?"

"If he chooses to cut inside, he is likely to be blocked by Dallas who is chasing back!"

As Andy Gray's voice fell, Trippier made a choice. He cut in decisively and directly faced the tall Koch who came out of the penalty area.

But the moment the two were about to make contact, Trippier flicked his left foot and made a diagonal pass towards the front of the penalty area.

At the same time, Jones rushed to slap on the horse, shot the ball without stopping, and the ball went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

"The ball is in!"

"Veteran Jones from Burnley!"

"He suppressed the ball, full of power, tricky angle, Silvestri can't do anything!"

"Dallas paid for his aggressiveness!"

"Burnley attacked for nearly 45 minutes, and they finally scored their first goal!"

On the sidelines, Bielsa shook his head and smiled wryly, then turned and walked directly into the player tunnel.

The fans booed constantly!

It's my own team who booed, and Burnley is booed too!
The game was so ugly!

On the pitch, Phillips, Aylin and others shook their heads and smiled wryly, watching the Burnley players celebrate wildly, feeling extremely aggrieved.

(End of this chapter)