green winger

Chapter 349 The Miraculous Breakthrough

After the start of the second half, the players of Leeds United immediately launched a targeted attack on Manchester United according to the arrangement of the coach O'Reilly. Just as O'Reilly judged, Phil Neville even though he was in a one-on-one situation Kewell did not take advantage of the slightest advantage, but his offensive ability did not bring too much trouble to Leeds United. On the contrary, it allowed Leeds United to draw more troops to guard against Giggs.

On the other side, Fowler and O'Reilly launched a wild bombardment towards Brown's waist. Under the impact of the two flipping around, the young Brown also showed an invincible state, but the Leeds United players did not expect What's more, after more than 30 minutes of attacking, they failed to achieve the slightest effect.Leeds United, which had the upper hand, completed four shots in these 10 minutes, three of which were on target, but they were all resolved one by one by the French goalkeeper Butters, who was about to become a god, which also made Leeds United gradually. Into the impetuous atmosphere.

Viduka pulled out his arm angrily in the fight with Blanco, but Blanco who fell down in response caused the Australian star to get a yellow card. The boos all over the sky not only failed to make Leeds United make progress but made The physical contact between the players of the two teams became more and more frequent. Even Kenny and Gary Neville were full of gunpowder before.Seeing such an unfavorable situation, O'Reilly, unable to attack for a long time, anxiously commanded the players on the sidelines, hoping to achieve results.

No. In the 708th minute, Dacourt bypassed Ryan Giggs and held the ball to advance. At this time, the situation on the field was not good. His precise judgment won a chance for Leeds United. After observing, he suddenly made a long pass and hoisted the ball to the side.At this time, Kewell quickly accelerated towards the ball. Although he seemed to be staggering under the pressure of Phil Neville, it was enough.

Good balance and a strong desire to attack allowed him to successfully get the ball. He failed to gain an advantage in several collisions. Kewell also did not stubbornly choose to take it by himself. After making a few fake moves, he suddenly sent the ball forward. Go, just when Phil Neville saw this and wanted to turn around and chase after him, Alan Smith suddenly jumped in quickly and firmly controlled the ball under his feet. This bad boy with white hair attracted the attention of all the fans at this moment look.

Born in a small town called Roswell, 6 kilometers east of Leeds, the boy who liked motocross the most when he was a child and won the championship in bicycle cross-country races, but changed to football because the cross-country races cost too much Peacock worked hard to create a piece of sky that belongs to him. Smith, who participated in the UEFA Champions League for the first time in the 1999/2000 season, has no feeling of stage fright at all: "I like the European arena very much. You can compete with world-class players like Maldini here." When asked about England defenders and Italian defenders When asked about the difference, Allan replied: "They defend in a completely different way. I like playing with Italian defenders. They defend you differently than our defenders. Most of the time, the Italians don't let you feel them. The presence of the Premier League defenders is pressing everywhere. They will follow you wherever you go. The Italians will stand a yard away from you and attack you after they are spotted. The Italians will not mind letting you go. You turn around, but when you get close to the football, they move and our defenders don't let you turn at all."

As this bad boy said, he doesn't like the defensive style of Premier League defenders, so Alan Smith raised his speed to the fastest before Johnson approached. His sudden explosion made Manchester United unpredictable .After Keane and Fowler joined, Alan Smith, who could only retreat to the midfield and was greatly compressed in playing time, almost made people gradually forget what he had done amazingly. On Christmas in 1996, Alan began to represent Leeds United. In his first game in the reserve team, his style of play took shape: he tried his best in both offense and steals. On the other hand, his stubborn temper and unyielding character eventually evolved into rough fouls.

You must know that in the 2000/2001 season, Smith actually received 8 yellow cards and 2 red cards in the league, which made the defenders afraid to compete with this kid.Coach O'Reilly also said: "Defenders don't like to play with Alan. They always like to tackle the striker and grab the ball, but they like things completely reversed. Alan often pushes the defender away, and then they Just chasing after him, Alan made them make mistakes so often that in the end they just wanted to cry."

"Maybe his angelic face is more suitable for his childhood, this kid is tough enough." Smith even fought with Arsenal's famous tough guys Tony Adams and Keown.In this regard, Smith said: "If you want to do your best in the game, there will inevitably be fights. It doesn't matter who the opponent is, and I didn't think about who. Well, forget about that night." But Adams did not Holding grudges, he became good friends with Smith instead: "Don't kick me again, you kid is too powerful."

According to Smith's own account, one day in November 1998, Smith, who was at home in Roswell at the time, received a call from Leeds coach David O'Leary telling him to go to Liverpool immediately.At that time, Smith just thought that O'Leary just wanted him to go to Anfield to experience the atmosphere of the Premier League game, but the next day he found himself included in the substitute lineup.In the second half of Liverpool's game against Leeds, he received instructions to play: "I thought the physiotherapist might want me to do some sprinting or something, but he made me ready to play." And Smith just came off the bench for the first time. Scored Liverpool's goal with one touch of the ball. "Those short minutes or two felt like years to me. When the ball went in the goal, I didn't know what to do and I didn't remember it. What was I thinking at the time, I just remember my teammates hugging me.” Smith is very grateful to his mentor O’Reilly for promoting him: “Obviously, we highly value the role of the coach. Opportunities clear the way for us to move forward."

When Smith started cutting inside, the first reaction of the Manchester United players turned out to be what this kid wanted to do! ?

And when Smith has successfully completed the inside cut, Manchester United's defensive players reacted badly!

That's right, it's really bad!
Because you are late!

When Irwin and the others wanted to step forward to intercept, Smith made a sudden kick. No one thought that the player who only scored two goals this season would be so confident. They did not choose center Vidu Card, did not choose to pass to the team's shooter Wang Kenny, but chose to kick himself brazenly!At this moment, the ball flew high above Blanco's head as if by divine help, and the goalkeeper Butters was taken aback by the sudden tendency to fall, followed by cheers from mountains and tsunami, and the whole Elland Road Stadium trembled!

"GOAL!!!!!! Alan Smith!!! A nearly perfect long shot! He equalized the score for Leeds United!!! It's amazing!! Who would have thought that Leeds United would use such a Way to tie the score!? I’m afraid they didn’t even think of it! Of course, except for Alan Smith! This bad boy from Peacockland! He really has a big heart!!!”

"This is a sudden long pass from Duckett. His vision is extremely broad, and he made a wonderful cooperation with Kewell without making a sound!! And Alan Smith on the other side is also In this way, his keen sense of smell made him stand out at the most critical moment of Leeds United! He is a child of Leeds!! He is a child of this place!!! Give Blanco the slightest chance!! A long-range shot took Manchester United away from Elland Road and the dream of three points was shattered!!!”

"I am afraid that the most depressing thing at this time is not the Manchester United coach Ferguson who is hammering his seat on the sidelines, but the French goalkeeper Butters who has kept the goal for nearly 10 minutes! The bombardment defense is outside the door!! But at the moment he is sitting in front of the door helplessly, yes, Manchester United has not lost yet! But the suddenness of this goal broke Manchester United's previous determination to strictly guard against defense!! Really Unbelievable course change!!!”

"After the goal, Alan Smith ran to the sidelines and did a beautiful backflip!! Oh, he is so light!!! Then he hugged the coach O'Reilly!!!! In 98, O'Reilly must have never thought of his substitution. The replaced substitute broke Liverpool's goal with the first touch! Today, four years later, in the Rose Derby, Leeds United vs. In the rivalry match, the player he picked up with one hand gave him another surprise!!!!"

"The deafening cheers almost made me forget where I was!! You in front of the TV must be very surprised why my voice is getting louder, but now I want to tell you that it is Elland Road The cheers from the Leeds United fans on the pitch were so loud!! I almost thought I didn’t have my headphones on! It’s unbelievable! This is really a blessing for the Leeds people! This sudden surprise made everyone feel excited Crazy!!!!"

At this time, not only the tens of thousands of fans of Leeds United, but even the players on the field were caught up in excitement and shouting. Kenny hugged Smith excitedly and didn't know what he was talking about!
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