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Chapter 249 Simple Tactics

This summer, the most shocking thing in European football is nothing more than the former helm of the "Galaxy Battleship". The former Real Madrid chairman Florentino came out again and became the chairman of Real Madrid, the best club of the century.

When Lafayette made a move, he made an extraordinary move. Before the European transfer window opened on July 500, he had already finalized two transfers in lightning speed—Italy, AC Milan, and Brazilian midfielder Kaka, with a transfer fee of 380 million euros; England, Manchester United, and Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo, with a transfer fee of [-] million euros!
On these two players, Real Madrid spent nearly 6000 million euros!This big deal immediately shocked the whole of Europe and even the world. You know, even though Abramovich and Pei Wei spent nearly [-] million pounds in the transfer market back then, they introduced more than two players, basically forming a strong team!
But thinking about the identities of these two people, so much transfer fee seems to be worth it-Kaka is the last superstar that the gradually declining AC Milan can afford, and only Inter Milan’s Ibrahimovic can compare with him in terms of fame in the entire Serie A. The only one who can compete with him in terms of fame is Newcastle’s Messi. Messi, who helped Newcastle beat Manchester United face-to-face in last season’s Champions League final, is this year’s World Player of the Year.

You have already poached the top cards of Serie A and the Premier League, and you want to poach my quasi-top cards, what a joke!Now that Serie A is in decline, the Premier League and La Liga are fighting to the death in the Champions League. If Newcastle lets Messi go, then Real Madrid will really dominate the world.

However, seeing Florentino’s generosity, Pei Wei was also secretly startled. La Liga’s membership system is really extraordinary. At least the chairmen don’t spend their own money, so even in the recent global economic downturn, they can continue to spend a lot of money—private people can’t compare with the public. Didn’t you see that Abramovich dare not spend money casually now?

The most important thing is that the situations of Messi, Kaka and Ronaldo are different. Kaka personally does not want to leave, but Berlusconi, the owner of AC Milan, wants to earn this transfer income. Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United does not want to let Ronaldo go, but Ronaldo himself is determined to leave-and Messi?He himself didn't want to leave Newcastle, and Pei Wei was not short of the tens of millions of euros, so naturally Florentino couldn't move it.

After failing to acquire Messi, Florentino turned his attention to Ligue 500. The talented striker Benzema became his third target, [-] million euros. Benzema joined Real Madrid, and the "Galaxy II" has basically established its prototype.

Instead of Leeds before, Real Madrid's crazy moves this year will definitely have an impact on them, just as it has become difficult for European giants to buy players during the transfer period this season-Real Madrid's money-burning moves have invisibly increased the value of European players a lot-but for Leeds United, which is still playing in the British Championship this season, it has no impact.

The price changes of top players will not affect the transfer market of second-tier league players. Although they are all professional players, before you become famous, ordinary players and first-class stars are people in two worlds.

The 09-10 season of the British Championship kicked off on August [-]th. The British Championship this season is also very lively. Just look at the team names and you can find some familiar names.

In addition to Leeds United and Leicester City, which used to be Premier League teams but have only been promoted from League One this season, there are Nottingham Forest among the 24 Championship teams this season-two European Champions Cup winners, Derby County, Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday, Reading, Sheffield United...

These teams have all had impressive performances in the Premier League, but now they are gathering in the English Championship, fighting for three promotion places-a cruel reality.

Among them, Middlesbrough, West Bromwich and Hull City were relegated from the Premier League last season. Sheffield United, Reading and Preston are the teams that failed in the Championship play-offs. Try to protect the middle reaches.

Leeds United's first match was against last season's No.7 Cardiff City team who was only one step away from participating in the play-offs.

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In the past, Leeds United fans could proudly say: "Cardiff City? What team is that? I don't know it!" But after consecutive relegations, the pride of Leeds fans has gradually faded away. You know, their team is now a newly promoted team in the English Championship, and their opponent is a strong team that won No.7 last season!
The Leeds of today are not the Leeds of the past.The current Leeds are just an ordinary team that has started all over again, with the most realistic goal of entering the Premier League.The brilliance of the past has gradually faded from them. After relegation, Leeds fans experienced two play-off losses and one relegation to League One. Even the most fanatical Leeds fans have to admit that it is not something that can be done within a year or two to restore the glory of the former Young Guards. The reason why Naples was able to jump two levels to enter Serie A after relegation and quickly become a strong team is because they have money. Even so, it took them seven years. character, Leeds United may have to wait seven years.

The first half of the game clearly showed the gap between Leeds United and the Championship team. At Ninian Park, the home team suppressed Leeds United with wave after wave of attacks. If it weren’t for the brave performance of the two central defenders, Huntington and Mister Xie, then Leeds United might have been beaten by their opponents in the first half. record.

During the intermission, McAllister immediately adjusted his tactics, instead of being passively beaten-Leeds United's passable defense in the League One seemed a bit insufficient in the Championship.

More importantly, the four defenders of Cardiff City are generally not tall, all of them are only around 1.8 meters. Long Bisheng's height advantage is very obvious. The few threatening attacks in the first half were initiated from his side. At the same time, his running in the first half was not useless. At least the opponent's defenders have been dragged down to a significant decline in physical fitness.

After the start of the second half, Leeds United gradually turned the situation around. Long Bisheng's impact in the frontcourt allowed Gary Hooper to gain more space. Although the cooperation with Long Bisheng was not a tacit understanding, the shooter who scored 24 goals last season was not a vagrant. Soon he immediately used his speed and skills to continue to cause trouble for Cardiff City's defense!
It was an extremely simple tactic again. Delph accurately distributed the ball in the middle to Howson on the wing. Howson made a pass at a 45-degree angle.

Enkelman was originally one of the famous goalkeepers in the Premier League. Unfortunately, after the famous mistake on behalf of Aston Villa in 03 (directly stopping a teammate's return pass into his own goal, this scene has been played repeatedly on TV as a classic goalkeeper mistake), it went from bad to worse. At the golden age of 32, the goalkeeper had to be reduced to the British Championship to guard the goal. However, in the British Championship, he can perform at his level. Cardiff City would not have supported them to the end of last season's Championship.

After making this wonderful save, Enkelman did not feel the slightest joy. Leeds United used this simple tactic to threaten his goal several times in the second half, which made the Finnish national goal very annoyed and yelled at the defenders.

In fact, the defenders of Cardiff City worked very hard, but the difference in height of nearly [-] centimeters made them suffer a lot in high-altitude balls. Long Bisheng's header ferry was very accurate, and he could always reach the gap in their defense line. If they focused on the players who came in from behind, then Long Bisheng's direct header would also be very threatening...

In the No.706 minute of the second half, Leeds United finally equalized the score through a long pass. The goal was the top scorer in League One last season, Long Bisheng.

Howson's breakthrough from the wing got a free kick. Delphi drove the ball to the back point. Long Bisheng overwhelmed the two defenders with a header from a small angle. Enkelman did not respond to the header that was close at hand.

In the first game of the new season, Leeds United relied on simple and rough long pass tactics to score a precious point in the away game. Two years later, Leeds United won their first point in the English Championship.

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