football big winner

Chapter 584 Leeds United is getting better
The Kearney training base is known as the best training base in England. At the moment, in the tactical room of the office building of the Kearney training base, Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger is leading the coaching staff to study the next round of opponents in the league, Leeds United.

On the tactical screen, clips of the latest Leeds United games are being played at the moment, while other coaches are holding a small stack of data about Leeds United games collected by the scouting team.

"Guys~~~ What do you think is the difference between the recent Leeds United and the previous Leeds United?" Wenger asked.

"Leeds United's ball possession rate has dropped very significantly. Before the 22nd round, Leeds United's ball possession rate was close to 60.00%, but in the last round against Manchester City, the ball possession rate was only about 50.00%." ​​The first to speak was the assistant coach Patrice, who has played for Arsenal longer than Wenger and is Wenger's most important right-hand man.

"Although Leeds United's ball possession rate has declined, their offensive efficiency has improved by more than one level. From the game against Everton, Leeds United began to gradually increase. In recent rounds, Leeds United's number of shots ranked first in the league," Primorac added.

"However, Leeds United's offensive efficiency and number of shots have increased, but their shot success rate is quite low," continued another coach Banfield.

"Leeds United have also changed defensively. The defense line cooperates more tacitly, and the division of labor between each other is clear, but at the same time they can effectively complement each other, and the connection is closer." Then the topic was transferred to the defense line.

"It's normal. Don't forget that the head coach of Leeds United is from Italy." Walking out of Cagliari, Li Yi will naturally be branded with Italy, but Italy didn't admit it before, but with Li Yi's outstanding performance in leading the team, Italy now doesn't deny it.

"I have to say that Jens, a compatriot, is a very good young man." Speaking of which, Leeds United's highest evaluation is now goalkeeper Adler.

Although the German goalkeeper is only 23 years old, his stability and maturity are far from being measured by his age. Last season, some people satirized Leeds United for spending 700 million euros to buy a goalkeeper who barely played in the Bundesliga. You must know that 700 million is the highest expenditure of Leeds United in recent years. Kompany's joining this season is only 700 million euros.

But now, the whole world thinks that Leeds United has made a good deal, and Leverkusen is often ridiculed because of Adler's outstanding performance, and even Leverkusen wanted to activate the buyback clause last summer.

Speaking of which, Arsenal is also short of goalkeepers. Lehmann is old. Although Almunia is good, he is not a top goalkeeper, not even a first-class goalkeeper.

So for Adler, Arsenal is actually greedy, but with Adler's current worth, it is impossible for Arsenal to pay this money, or it is impossible for Arsenal to pay this money.

At present, the German transfer market gives Adler a value of only 500 million euros, but this is just Germany's prudence. If it really comes to the transfer market, it will definitely double it, and even if it doubles it, it is impossible for Leeds United to sell it.

How do you say it?A good goalkeeper tops the top half of the team, and in today's football, there are really not many good goalkeepers. That one is not a baby bump, especially a good goalkeeper like Adler who has performed so well at a young age.

You know, it is no longer a day or two for Manchester United to top Adler. If Manchester United makes a move at that time, Arsenal really can't compete.

"With the arrival of the Chinese, the current Leeds United has become more efficient, and the offense and defense have become more balanced." The assistant coach finally concluded.

"Yeah~~~ The current Leeds United is completely different from the Leeds United we played against in the first half of the season. In less than two months, Bruce Lee has completed the transformation of the team unconsciously." Wenger sighed.

The current situation for Arsenal is quite serious. After losing points in some games that shouldn't be lost, there is no advantage in the standings. However, at this time, they are still facing a difficult Leeds United.

Of course, Leeds United's difficulties are not limited to the players. To be honest, the most difficult thing for Leeds United to deal with is their head coach, the guy who makes him envious or even jealous.

At the age of 59, I am still struggling to pursue the Champions League trophy, but the little guy who has just turned 26 has already won two Champions League trophies, and has led two different teams to win the championship for two consecutive seasons, becoming the first head coach to complete the defense.

While Arsenal was studying Leeds United, Li Yi also led Leeds United's coaching staff to study Arsenal in the office building of Thorpe's training base.

Compared with Leeds United's increasingly offensive and defensive balance, the Leeds United coaching staff has studied a lot of Arsenal's problems. For example, their defense, Gallas, Senderos and even Kolo Touré have various problems, especially Gallas and Senderos. It is not an exaggeration to describe these two as time bombs.

In terms of midfield, Arsenal's core is undoubtedly Cesc Fabregas. In order to give Fabregas an empty space and determine the core position, Wenger even sent Vieira away.

Fabregas' performance did not disappoint Wenger, and he quickly grew up to take over the burden of the team. At only 21 years old, he has become an indispensable presence in Arsenal.

Fabregas has contributed a lot to Arsenal's ability to lead the standings this season, but at the same time this is also Arsenal's biggest problem now, relying too much on Fabregas.

Therefore, in the next game against Arsenal, defending Fabregas is the top priority. As long as Leeds United can freeze Fabregas, then Arsenal's offense will be abolished in half.

Of course, freezing Fabregas is not an easy task, and Li Yi never thought that it could be done. Li Yi's idea was to prevent Fabregas from comfortably holding the ball.

This is also Li Yi's consistent starting lineup against the opponent's core. It is too rare to freeze a top player, even if the team has the best defensive player in football today.

So Li Yi never forced his players to freeze the opponent's core. The method he used most often was to entangle the opponent and prevent the opponent from taking the ball easily.

In the Leeds United team, this task is obviously to be handed over to Matic. Matic is tall and heavy, and his speed is not too slow. He is most suitable for entangled Fabregas.

Of course, Li Yi also has options. If Matic can't entangle Fabregas enough, then Li Yi is going to let Kompany move forward and kick the midfielder. Anyway, Li Yi has many choices.

Willful, to be honest, Leeds United's defense is enough to make Arsenal envious, Pepe is brave, Kompany is a leader, Pavon is stable, even Cahill is about to enter the top ranks.

(End of this chapter)