Chapter 1009 Leeds City, which mainly turns against visitors
The noise above the Holy Family Stadium was very loud, as if a strong wind was blowing in the stadium.
This kind of noise is not the 80,000 Catalan United fans singing the team song before the game, nor is it the cheers of cheering for their team's performance.
This is the voice of Catalan United fans expressing their dissatisfaction.
"The game has just begun. Unexpectedly, it was not the home team Catalonia United that threatened the goal first, but the visiting team Leeds City!" He Feng said excitedly.
"From the very beginning of this game, Leeds City, who were playing away from home, took the lead and launched threatening attacks... It can be seen that the Leeds City players seemed very relaxed, and it was not like they were participating in a life-and-death battle..." Yan Kang said next to him.
Before this game, when they saw Clark giving up the home league game against the Highlanders, everyone knew that Leeds City wanted to focus on the Champions League. After all, if they want to compete for qualification for the Champions League knockout rounds, they must win the remaining two group matches - although even if they win, it still depends on Vesuvius's face in the end - but if they even win If you don’t do it well, what qualifications do you have to qualify for the group if you can’t do your own thing well?
Therefore, Leeds City will definitely compete with Catalonia in the away game.
But everyone thinks that under such a background, Leeds City players will be nervous and may not be able to exert their full strength.
After all, this is an away game. Catalonia's home stadium can accommodate the largest number of people in Europe, and it is also an equally terrifying home stadium.
A life-and-death battle, or an away game against the powerful Catalan United.
You can imagine how much pressure Leeds City players are facing.
Under such circumstances, their performance may not be very good.
And maybe Tony Clark will also choose relatively conservative tactics, such as letting his team solidly defend on the road and then wait for opportunities to counterattack.
It's not like they don't have the conditions to fight like this. Both Kamara and Lasky have good individual combat capabilities and can completely defend against counterattacks.
But when the game started, those who had made these guesses discovered that Tony Clark was even crazier than they imagined - he actually still asked his team to attack in such an important game!
At the home court of Catalan United, they launched a fierce attack on Catalan United!
And what made them even more unexpected was that... Leeds City's offensive really overwhelmed Catalonia United!
Zhang Qing said with a smile in front of the TV: "It seems that the communication between our team's coaching team and the Leeds City coaching team is effective."
Hearing his words, Yong Jun, who was sitting next to him, also laughed: "Ha! If the Catalan United fans find out about this, I'm afraid your team will inevitably be scolded..."
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During the exchange between the coaching teams of both sides, Saria's head coach Casas highlighted the current weak point of the Catalan United team in the midfield, which is their defensive midfielder Pedro Insua.
This coincides with Clark's opinion.
In fact, Clark also discovered this after the first fight.
In fact, he knew before that compared to Rosas and Campuzano, Insua was the weakest in Catalonia's midfield combination.
But he didn't expect it to be so weak.
In the past, he felt that no matter what, he was also the main midfielder of Catalonia and the Spanish international, so he was not something Leeds City could easily deal with.
As a result, in that game, despite the three goals conceded, Leeds City was not completely at a disadvantage in the situation, and there were times when they were able to play back and forth with Catalonia United.
Especially when he made an adjustment and made a desperate move to put Jay Adams on top, which resulted in a goal.
This shows that Catalonia United's midfield defense is not as strong as everyone thinks.
Moreover, Leeds City was missing midfielder Pete Williams when they played against each other.
Now Williams has already returned to the lineup and has returned to his normal level after going through the adaptation period of just recovering from injury.
With Williams and Adams here, they can put more pressure on Catalonia's midfield defense.
This is indeed the case in today's game.
Williams and Adams took turns attacking Catalan United's defensive midfielder Pedro Insua, seizing control of the midfield as soon as they came up, and facing off against Catalan United in the area they were best at.
Not only did this surprise the viewers in front of the TV, but even Leeds City’s opponent, Catalan United head coach Jose Bernal, was also surprised.
He was obviously not prepared for this.
Therefore, Catalan United was suppressed by Leeds City's offensive from the very beginning.
That's why the scene at the Sagrada Familia is so noisy.
Catalan United, which is famous for its offense, was pinned down by Leeds City at its home court within a 30-meter area of half-court. How could this not make Catalan United fans furious?
The noise was mixed with a lot of boos, but I don’t know whether these boos were for Leeds City or Catalonia...
Or maybe, both.
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Pete Williams moved forward amidst the great noise. At the same time, he turned around and looked around to observe the situation on the field.
Because Leeds City's attack was so fierce, it pushed the Catalan United midfielder in front of the penalty area, almost pressing against the back line.
This means an opportunity for the attacking side.
After the game started, Catalonia United did not seem to expect that Leeds City's offense could be so fierce, so they were not prepared and were a little panicked...
If possible, we should try our best to seize this opportunity and threaten their goal... After all, it will not take long for them to recover from this panic.
Don't underestimate the ability of super wealthy teams to adjust themselves... they can definitely do it.
Thinking of this, Williams first went to Hu Lai to see where Hu Lai was.
It was discovered that next to Hulay was Catalan United center back Jimenez - he had already run into the penalty area and was standing next to Jimenez.
After confirming Hulay's position, Williams raised his hand and asked his teammates for the ball.
Charlie Porter passed the football to him from the right. Instead of passing the ball to Hulay, he moved it to the left and gave it to Kamara who was there.
Kamara kept playing the ball from the wing and kicked the ball from Williams directly to the center of the goal and made a cross!
In front of the goal, Hulay and Jimenez were entangled and took off at the same time.
In the end, Jimenez relied on his physical advantage to push the football out first.
"Oops!" He Feng and Yan Kang exclaimed at the same time, feeling sorry for Hu Lai.
"Catalan United's defense against Hulay still did not relax in this game... I think Clark may let Hulay be tasked with attracting the opponent's defensive attention in this game, and then create scoring opportunities for other teammates. For example, La Ski, such as Kamara. At the same time, both Williams and Adams have the ability to score from long range outside the penalty area..."
While the two were talking, Williams had already run to the landing point of the football, picked up the football with the inside of his foot, and passed it to the left again.
But this time it's not the left wing, but the left rib!
Because Kamara is no longer outside the penalty area, but has entered the penalty area!
He was cutting diagonally towards the baseline, and Williams was looking for him with his kick!
"Williams! Good shot!" Matthew Cox cheered loudly.
"Ismael Kamara made a diagonal pass! Williams passed the ball a little too wide..." the French TV commentator spoke quickly, "But Kamara can catch it! He caught it! Kamara He just picked the football back with his feet! ”
When the football was about to fly out of the baseline, Kamara kicked the football back.
The football drew a parabola, just over the head of the Catalan United right back Pablo Osqui, who was catching up. He could only "look back at the moon" and watched the football being passed by Kamara to the Leeds City striker. Lasky!
Catalonia's French center back Fortune was right in front of Laski. When he saw Laski trying to shoot with his feet, he put his hands behind his back and stepped forward to block it.
He is experienced and knows very well that at this time, he only needs to interfere with the opponent's shot, and does not necessarily have to block the ball. If you open your arms and let the opponent kick the football into your hands, and you are awarded a penalty kick, you will be in big trouble...
His step forward to interfere really had an effect.
Lasky did not stop the ball to adjust, but chose to shoot directly.
But there is no way to guarantee the accuracy of such a hasty shot.
So Lasky's kick missed his grandma's house and flew towards the back line of the goal.
"Lasky shot... oops..."
He Feng yelled regretfully, but before he could even yell out, he saw a familiar figure suddenly appear behind him!
Yan Kang next to him shouted in surprise: "It's Hu Lai!!"
"Hu! It's Hu!!"
"HUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!"
Amidst the roars of commentators from different countries, Hulay appeared in front of another Catalan center defender Jimenez. He almost knelt on the ground to face the football kicked by Lasky. Lean over...reach the top!
Jimenez was just a little behind him, staring dumbfoundedly at Hulay lying on the ground, raising his arms at the same time - he thought Hulay was offside!
Catalan United goalkeeper Carlos Cordero was originally blocking Lasky's shot from the front, but now he found that there was an ambush in the grass in front of his goal. He did not bother to consider whether Hulay's goal was offside. , quickly turned over and rushed back!
But it’s still a step too slow!
Hu Lai hit the football at a very low height and rubbed the football towards the goal that was very close!
Cordero failed to touch the ball!
The football just flew into the Catalan United goal!
In the 17th minute of the game, Leeds City, who were visiting the Holy Family Stadium, led Catalonia 1:0!
The noise above the Holy Family Stadium is even louder, and it is likely to be upgraded to a super typhoon!
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