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Chapter 251 New Core

Last season, Middlesbrough's relegation was a complete accident. No one expected that Middlesbrough, which has young talents such as Downing, O'Neill, Huth, White, and Mido, would suffer relegation. Fortunately, after the relegation, most of Middlesbrough's main players remained, such as England internationals Downing and White, Germany's Huth and others.

Such a lineup is quite strong in the British Championship, especially their defense. If there is a defensive line in the British Championship team that is not afraid of Long Bisheng's height advantage, then it must be Middlesbrough-Robert Huth is 1.8 meters tall. That's all, David White, who was selected for the England national team last year and is known as John Terry's successor, is 1.9 meters tall!This is the tallest defender Long Bisheng has encountered so far in the UK, and he is two centimeters taller than Kisnobo of Leicester City!
Although he is still about four centimeters shorter than Long Bisheng, the difference is basically negligible.

But McAllister doesn't seem to be worried about this: "Long, although White is two years older than you, his physical fitness is not as good as yours. His weight is only 82 kg, which is considered thin, while your weight is 93 kg! You will have the absolute upper hand in physical confrontation, but you should pay attention to Huth. This German is much stronger than White. If I were the head coach of Middlesbrough, then I would choose to let him watch you."

But obviously, Middlesbrough's head coach, former England international Southgate, doesn't think so.

In the first two rounds of the English Championship, Middlesbrough won two consecutive victories without bloodshed. Downing's sharp breakthrough from the wing to win the English Championship can be said to be unstoppable, and the former CM demon, the French striker who played for Arsenal, Aliadiere also seems to have rejuvenated after coming to the English Championship. He scored four goals in two rounds and ranked first in the scorer list alone!
Downing's instigation in the midfield, Brazilian striker Alves' cover in the penalty area, and Aliadiere's keen grabbing point, Southgate believes that no line of defense in the British Championship can resist the joint attack of these three people!

Although Leeds United also has promising new stars such as Delphi, Howson and Long Bisheng, Southgate knows that no matter how good a new star is, except for a few talents, their performance at the age of 20 is not stable at all. At the same time, they lack experience to make themselves better on the court!
After the match started, Long Bisheng quickly discovered who was watching him.

Not the resolute German, but another tall and thin young man who looks a lot like former Liverpool center "Bamboo" Crouch!

Of course, this young man is two years older than Long Bisheng, and he also has two appearances for the England national team, while Long Bisheng has not played for the Chinese team once.

But this does not mean that Long Bisheng thinks that he will be far behind. At least after two confrontations, Long Bisheng feels that he can beat the guy in front of him.

The reason is simple—although White is only four centimeters shorter than Long Bisheng, he is eleven kilograms lighter in weight!Moreover, Long Bisheng didn't have much fat on his body, the eleven kilograms were solid muscles!

Although Long Bisheng looks simple and honest, he will not let go of any place where he can give full play to his advantages. After discovering this, Long Bisheng began to take the initiative to find White for physical confrontation. At first White was very happy, thinking that he did not need to go to the opponent, but after bumping into him a few times, White began to complain in his heart.

Southgate looked at the field quietly. During this time, Middlesbrough seemed relatively passive, but he was not worried-Downning effectively suppressed Leeds United's left from the right. Kilkenny and Michalik could only defend in the half court under Downing's quick breakthrough. One thing - so while Long Bisheng had the upper hand in physical confrontations, Middlesbrough's gates were not much threatened.

It is not defense, but offense that decides the outcome of this game!If one side can score first, then the initiative will be firmly in his hands!

On this point, Southgate has sufficient confidence in his team!
Downing is 25 years old, Aliadiere is 26 years old, and Alves is 28 years old. They are in the peak period of the best players. How can they show their strength on the field that these 20-year-old boys from Leeds United can compare?

Downing quickly got rid of Michalik's defense from the side, and then directly lobbed the ball into the penalty area before Kilkenny returned to the defense. The 1.9-meter-tall Alves overwhelmed Huntington with a header to ferry, and Aliadiere received the ball comfortably in the penalty area.

Seeing that Aliadiere had already assumed a shooting posture, Misterxie rushed over, trying to block the opponent's shot with his own body!
It seems that Mister Xie rushed over, Aliadiere smiled slightly, dunked the ball back, and then shot with his left foot!

He obviously underestimated Misterxie's agility. After he missed the shot, Misterxie quickly turned his body around and shoveled his kick completely out of feeling, which happened to stop Aliadiere's shot halfway!
Before Aliadiere came up to make a supplementary shot, Huntington had already come up and kicked the ball out. Southgate on the sidelines raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.

Southgate also has a little understanding of Mister Xie. He himself believes that this 25-year-old guy who is still playing in the British and African Union is the weakest link in Leeds' defense. Now judging by his reaction and agility, it seems that he should not be underestimated.

The ball flew far to the frontcourt. Long Bisheng supported White with his body, and his arms moved back to slow down White's take-off speed. Then he jumped in front of him and threw the ball to the right.

Immediately after Howson received the ball, he made a diagonal pass and passed the ball to the middle of Middlesbrough's defense line and the goalkeeper. Hooper accelerated the impact, and Huth was fighting for speed!

Huth's speed is not too fast, but his body is much better than Hooper's. Under the constant interference, Hooper's speed was forced to slow down, and the goalkeeper who attacked was ahead of him and sent the ball out!
"Damn it, it's time to play positional warfare again." McAllister thumped the ground in displeasure. Although Leeds United are no longer afraid of playing positional warfare after having Dragon Biwin, the opponent's two central defenders have excellent air defense capabilities in this game. It was another excellent counterattack opportunity just now...

Delphi controlled the ball in midfield, but Middlesbrough's defense had been successfully organized, and he couldn't find a good way to do it in a hurry. He had to look for possible gaps while trying to keep the ball.

At this moment, Delphi saw Long Bisheng running out of the penalty area, and he immediately passed the ball with a straight pass. Long Bisheng stopped the ball under his feet, felt White's squeeze behind him, and then suddenly turned around!
White was pushed away by Long Bisheng, but Huth rushed over immediately, Long Bisheng rushed over with the ball before he had time to react, and hit Huth fiercely!

Huth, who thought he would not lose to anyone in the confrontation, met his opponent. The two of them had a good fight with the ball between their feet, and Huth was completely defeated!
The ball rolled into the penalty area, and Long Bisheng forced his way past Huth. He caught up with the ball with two big strides, and shot before the goalkeeper attacked!
"boom!"

Huge cheers erupted from the stands at Elland Road, the ball flew into the bottom corner of the goalkeeper's fingertips, and Leeds United opened the scoring!

"Tarzan! Tarzan! Tarzan! Our ape Tarzan! He is mighty! Unstoppable!"

The Leeds fans sang songs for Long Bisheng, Long Bisheng raised his hands high, and his teammates rushed forward and surrounded him!
Three goals in three games, compared with the gradual and stable start of last season, Long Bisheng's start of this season is undoubtedly extremely brilliant!

Seeing this scene, McAllister nodded secretly: "It seems that it is right to send Jermaine away. A team does not need two cores!"

At that time, when the contract between Beckford and the club was not negotiated, McAllister considered transferring Beckford. In his opinion, Long Bisheng had grown up and was capable enough to become Leeds' chief striker. Compared with Beckford, he was physically better, younger and more promising!And as long as Beckford is around, Long Bisheng cannot shake his status. After all, the status that Beckford spent three years building cannot be shaken by Long Bisheng in one year!
Now it seems that selling Beckford and bringing in Hooper, in addition to being more flexible in tactics, also has a positive effect on the good atmosphere of the locker room. After all, the gap between healthy competition and vicious competition may be only a thin line.

And Long Bisheng did not disappoint him - as a forward core, the most effective proof is his contribution to the team's offense!In this regard, Long Bisheng performed flawlessly in the first three rounds of the league!Three goals and one assist established his new core position!Few injuries and plenty of physical strength can also ensure his number of appearances. The only thing that worries McAllister is who should fill his vacancy when he is going to participate in the World Youth Championship!
(End of this chapter)