Chapter 783 Collective Charge
David Miller, John Falkingham and Levine, the "White Rose" fan organization, stood in the north stand of Flanders Stadium and looked at the field in stunned silence.
Not just them, but actually the fans in the stands on all sides of the stadium also behaved like this.
Only the Widgerston fans in the southwest corner of the stands pointed at the pitch and couldn't hide the smiles on their faces.
Matthew Cox is a well-informed and experienced commentator, but now he is at a loss for words when facing the scene in front of him.
He said in an uncertain tone: "Leeds City's home game against Widgerstown is about to start. Players from both sides are already in place... Well, it should be Widgerstown's players who are already in place. I don't know about the Leeds City players. Our current position is considered to be in place..."
In the TV broadcast, Widgston's players were all standing in their respective positions, with the forward at the front, but they did not enter the center circle because they were not the ones kicking off the ball. The midfielder is some distance behind the forward, and behind him are four defenders in a line. Finally, the goalkeeper stands in the penalty area, but not in front of the goal. Instead, he walks slightly outside and reaches the line of the penalty area.
This is the standard player position before kick-off of a game. Through this position, you can often see clearly at a glance what formation the team is adopting.
Unlike Widgerston, Leeds City's players did not stand like a normal team, but all stood on the center line... not "all", but not too different.
There are eight Leeds City players concentrated on the center line near the center circle.
In the center circle stands Hu Lai, who kicks off the ball. Outside the center circle are seven other Leeds City players on the left and right sides, including as many as four on the left and three on the right.
Behind the center line, apart from goalkeeper Van der Ven, there are only two players, one is center back Teddy Bradford, and the other is midfielder Jay Adams.
"What formation is this? 118?"
"What crazy idea did Clark, the 'madman', come up with?"
The reporters in the media gallery asked this question after looking at each other, and some people had already lowered their heads to record it on their mobile phones:
"... Leeds City manager Tony Clark is called 'madman'. And in the game against Widgerstown, he once again exceeded our expectations of him and showed an even crazier side: his Before the game started, the team concentrated on the center line. This scene not only stunned the reporters in the media box, but also shocked Wijston, the opponent..."
The camera showed a close-up of Wiggerston's head coach Roger Biller. He frowned and looked at the field with confusion and confusion.
Obviously, the 66-year-old coach couldn't understand the operation of the young man next door.
The TV broadcast then cut to the home team's coaching bench on the sidelines. The home team's head coach Tony Clark, who was standing on the sidelines waiting for the start of the game, was talking to his assistant coach. However, because the two of them covered their mouths the entire time they were talking, So no one knows what the two of them said.
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"Tony, sometimes I really wonder if you are a distant relative of Hu..."
"Why do you say that, Sam?"
"Because Hu just said that casually, you actually let the whole team practice such tactics. If you weren't related to him, why do you dote on him so much?" Randhir covered his mouth with one hand and shrugged with the other.
Clark covered his mouth and smiled: "But you have already seen the specific effects of this tactic in training. It is indeed effective."
Indeed, judging from the results, Hu Lai's whimsical kick-off tactic really worked.
Although everyone thought he was joking when he brought it up at first, few people took it seriously.
Only Tony Clark and Matt Dawn thought they could give Hulay a try.
So the whole team actually cooperated with Hu Lai and implemented the tactics he casually mentioned on the training ground...
"The question is not whether it is effective, the question is that you believe what he says, Tony..."
"Anyway, even if what he said is wrong, we won't have much loss. This tactic is not complicated to train. It can be used as an adjustment during training." Clark covered his mouth and shook his head with a smile on his face. .
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"The game hasn't started yet, and the players from both sides are already in place. But the situation on Leeds City's side is a little different..."
He Feng's voice came from the speakers, but Wang Guangwei and Zhang Qinghuan, who were sitting in front of the projection screen, felt a strong sense of déjà vu.
That is why this scene seems familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere...
"This kid Hu Lai..." Qin Lin shook his head and sighed.
Zhang Qinghuan thought about it and slapped his thigh: "Isn't this the scene when we played the FA Cup with Poseidon in the Chinese League One? It's just that at that time we used a corner kick tactic, but now Leeds City is kicking off..."
"'Tiannu Sanhua' style kick-off?" Wang Guangwei also recalled.
Zhang Qinghuan nodded: "I guess this must be Hu Lai's idea!"
Wang Guangwei covered his face and laughed: "At first I thought he was just messing around in Flashing Star, because Director Zhao is his godfather. Now it seems that he also has a godfather in the UK..."
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After the initial shock, the players on the Widgston court looked at the Leeds City players in front of them with mocking eyes.
It was as if the players they were competing with were not players from a professional team, but a group of clowns who usually performed in the circus to make people laugh.
What is this for? Get together and wait for the whistle to sound, then just climb up and set up ladders?
Any fool could see that Leeds City wanted to rush forward after kick-off and take advantage of the chaos to win.
But then wouldn’t there be nothing behind them?
As long as I can intercept their pass and counterattack directly, Leeds City will probably kick off twice in a minute...
This way of kicking off the ball is simply nonsense!
Others set their sights on Tony Clark on the sidelines.
Some people on the Internet said that this person is a "madman", and many Widgerstown players were still a little confused. Now they all agree that Clark is indeed a "madman".
Because most normal people cannot think of such a stupid "tactic" in their minds.
At this moment, Hu Lai, who was standing in the center circle with a football under his feet and ready to kick off, said loudly to a group of Wijston players who couldn't hide the smiles on their faces: "Guys, I advise you to start the game in a moment." Don’t move the ball because you will be back here to tee off soon, so why waste your energy?”
After hearing what Hu Lai said, several players from Wijston looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
It was like hearing a funny joke.
When they look at Hu Lai, they are no longer looking at a clown, but an idiot - don't think we don't know what you want to do? Don’t you just want us to stand still and let you attack?
But you actually think that just saying a few words can make us stand still?
How stupid is this!
Just as they laughed, they heard a crisp whistle!
The game begins!
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When the whistle sounded, Hu Lai turned around and passed the football back.
When he passed the ball, the Leeds City players who were originally standing on the center line were like 100-meter runners who heard the starting gun, rushing towards Widgerston's penalty area!
Hu Lai himself quickly turned around and followed after passing the ball.
Widgerston's forward John Joe passed him by and accelerated towards Leeds City center back Teddy Bradford who received the ball behind Hulay. The latter just stepped on the football and let it go. Go aside.
Jay Adams next to him took a step forward and kicked out the football that was stepped on by Bradford.
Long pass!
Almost as soon as the football flew out, John Joe was flying in the air, stretched out his foot to block it, but missed it!
The football flew high into the air and flew straight to the left side of the frontcourt.
There, Leeds City's starting center back Ben Grist turned around, turned his back to the direction of the attack, and jumped up!
Grist is the tallest player on the field in Leeds City. He is 1.95 meters tall and has outstanding header ability.
The most important thing is that Leeds City rushed forward in such a swarm that it disrupted Widgerston's defense. They watched Grist jump up to header, but no Widgerston player around them came up to interfere. Fight for the top.
Grist easily headed the ball and rubbed the ball backwards.
After finishing the ball, Grist looked back and saw that Kamara had already rushed into the penalty area in the direction of the flight of the football.
He knew that he had completed the task assigned to him by his boss, and he laughed while he was still in the air.
The first difficulty in this tactic is to accurately pass the football to Grist's head and make full use of his height and ability to header the ball.
So the long pass was given to Adams, who has good long passing ability.
But if Grist can't smoothly pass the football to his teammates who come in from behind, then the tactic has failed.
Grist certainly didn't want everyone's carefully laid tactics to fail because of him. Seeing that he had not betrayed everyone's trust, the honest central defender felt relieved in his heart.
"Grist - back! Leeds City hit the football into the Widgerston penalty area! Ismael Kamara ran in after him!"
With Cox's exclamation and the cheers getting louder and louder in the stands, Kamara caught up with the football that bounced forward after landing.
Widgerston centre-back Paul Godrick quickly pounced on Kamara, intending to block it.
At the same time, goalkeeper Karen Nugent also quickly moved to the near corner of the goal, lowered his center of gravity, spread his arms, and tried to block Kamara's shot angle.
Kamara, who caught up with the football, did not shoot, but used the outside instep of his right foot to pick the ball from the air directly to the center!
Godric tried to jump up to head the ball to clear the ball, but his hasty jump was not high enough and he failed to touch the ball... In other words, he jumped!
"Eh? Opportunity -!" He Feng became excited when he saw this scene in the studio, because he also saw Hu, who had already inserted himself in front of the door, behind Godric who was taking off. Lai!
Hu Lai also jumped up, facing the football that Godric missed, and hit his head with a lion's head!
Behind him, Widgston's other centre-back Liam Feeney didn't take off at all, but watched helplessly as Hulay, who was close at hand, completed a header. Maybe he himself didn't expect that the ball could actually hit the goal!
At this time, goalkeeper Nugent had no time to pounce back. He could only turn around in confusion, watch the football fly into the goal he was guarding, and then look up to the sky in frustration.
The entire Flanders Stadium was boiling!
Cox roared amidst huge cheers: "What an incredible goal! Leeds City scored in just ten seconds! This is the fastest goal in the Premier League so far this season! Unbelievable! Leeds City scored The nonsense-like tactics actually worked wonders! The Wiggerston players seemed to be stunned by Leeds City’s attack. Almost everyone didn’t know how to deal with it..."
Hulay, who scored the goal, did not run to the corner flag area to make his signature celebration this time. Instead, he ran towards Kamara who passed the ball to him and hugged him to celebrate the goal.
Not only him, but other Leeds City players also swarmed in and hugged each other.
They didn't have to run too far because they were all the way to the frontcourt from the kickoff and hadn't even gone back yet.
Everyone worked together to turn Hu Lai's whimsical idea into reality. He really used this joke-like tactic to score and take the lead! (End of chapter)