Chapter 36: Opening Warm-up

Inside the Liberty Stadium, the temperature has begun to drop to about 8 degrees Celsius, but the cold weather still can't stop the enthusiasm of the fans. Before the game, the team's assistant coach David Gitis kept telling everyone to warm up comprehensively.

Standing on the sidelines of the pitch, Tang Fei, who had already completed the warm-up, looked at the Swansea players opposite while preparing to play, looking at this team that is still struggling in League One, I believe that commentators all over England would not have thought that a few years later, they would have galloped directly on the pitch of the Premier League, and even won a cup championship.

And just as Tang Fei was watching the Swansea players wander around the world, Swansea striker Lee Trende at this time was also looking at Tang Fei.

Lee Trende is well aware of his quality and believes he can be a top player in both League One and the Championship, and there have been teams who have wanted to bring him in, but in the end he stayed at Swansea.

As a player whose strength is far beyond the league level, Lee Trende has always been in League One, on the one hand, relying on his super strength, and on the other hand, it is also related to the opponent's data collected by the team, knowing himself and his opponent, so every time he can always find a way to easily break through the opponent's door.

For today's opponent Leeds United, Swansea attached great importance to it before the game, and the strength of both offensive and defensive ends was very strong, but fortunately, due to the ban time in the previous period, the Leeds United midfield at this time was not perfect.

As for Trende, his opponent today should be the young central defender Tang Fei opposite. Before the game, Swansea head coach Kenny Jaccott and Trende specially studied Tang Fei, after seeing all the game information, Trende, who has faced countless defenders, has determined that Tang Fei's strength is definitely the top level in League One, especially the extremely accurate card position, the league has never missed so far, this point even the head coach Kenny Jaccott felt cold in his heart after watching it, coupled with Tang Fei's iron-blooded combat style, he is definitely the biggest opponent of the team's goal today.

Fortunately, Tang Fei is not without flaws, after watching so many videos, Kenny Jaccott found that Tang Fei will not step forward to steal after being stuck, but constantly slows down the opponent's speed, and then his teammates come forward to respond and destroy the attack. Especially after seeing a few clips after Tang Fei made a steal, Kenny Jaccott has determined that Tang Fei's biggest fear may be a one-on-one breakthrough. So today's 451 formation is not only to fight for possession in the midfield, but also to create opportunities for Trende to break through with the ball.

As the referee kept looking at his watch, the players of both teams were already in their positions, and when the clock turned to 15:00, the game officially began. Swansea attacked first, and Swansea, who were aiming for three points, gave Leeds United a disadvantage in the opening game.

Just two minutes into the game, Swansea were awarded a free-kick from a centre circle position. Captain Gary Monk swept the prospect and crossed straight to the edge of the box on the right. As soon as Andy Robinson stopped the ball, he felt that Leeds United left-back Ben Parker had stepped forward behind him and couldn't turn around, so Robinson passed the ball to right wing-back Kevin Amankwach, who was inserted on the right flank.

After getting the ball, Amánkwach saw that there was already someone in front of him, and immediately cut inside directly and suddenly passed a ball to the middle.

Seeing that Darren Platley in the middle was about to get the ball, Howson and Westlake both ran out of the front of the penalty area to intercept. But as soon as they ran to the opponent, the expressions of the two changed color directly, and I saw Platley smiling at the two of them, but there was a leak at his feet, and the ball rolled directly to the feet of Leon Brinton who had been inserted next to him.

As a player who will continue to follow Swansea all the way to the Premier League, Brinton has begun to show his talent.

As soon as he got the ball and saw his team-mates Thomas Butler and Lee Trende in the box pull away the two Leeds centre-backs respectively, Brinton suddenly fired a long-range shot that flew straight into the top right corner of the net from the gap.

At this time, Wise on the sidelines was already nervous and began to sweat, and he was just about to return to the coach's box when he saw the opponent launch his first attack. If the opponent scores at the beginning, then the next game will not be very good. Fortunately, at this time, Ankel Gren had already run directly to the ball, and directly took off into the air and slapped the ball out.

As soon as he hit the ball, Ankelgren's face changed, he didn't expect Ankelgren to fight the ball out with such a strong long-range shot, but the ball only bounced not far in front of him. As soon as the ball landed, Ankel Gren, who had not had time to get up, saw that the Swansea striker had taken the lead and was ready to shoot.

With such a good chance at the beginning, Trende didn't even think about picking up his right foot and preparing to shoot. said that it was too late, that was fast, although Tang Fei, who had been staring at the opponent, was temporarily thrown away by Trende under surprise, but with his good explosiveness, he still kept following Trende's back, seeing that the opponent was ready to shoot, Tang Fei fell directly to the ground and slid the tackle, and the ball finally hit Tang Fei's leg and popped up the bottom line.

Watching the ball fly out of the bottom line, Trende shook his head with a wry smile, it's a pity that he didn't take such a good opportunity. But looking at Tang Fei who was still on the ground, Trende really began to face up to his opponent. In the English League, such an opportunity is basically equivalent to scoring a goal, but I didn't expect Tang Fei to really be able to keep up with his explosiveness and speed, it's really not easy. However, after all, he is an offensive player, and he will always take advantage of the attack, and I believe that there will always be goals.

Then, amid the disappointed sighs of the Swansea fans, Trende slowly ran back into midfield.

Looking at Trende's back, Tang Fei, who had just stood up, also trembled in his heart, he didn't expect the opponent to ask himself in an instant, fortunately, his physical fitness was good, otherwise he would have been scored by the opponent.

Wiping the sweat on his forehead, Tang Fei communicated with his teammates at the back again, and especially told Trende to defend more tightly. After seeing the strength of the opponent, everyone couldn't help but nod heavily. Coach Wise on the sidelines finally breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Tang Fei with relief, and returned to the coach's seat.

Escaping this catastrophe, Leeds United began to slowly gain their feet, and then continued to entangle with their opponents in midfield to compete for the ball in the game.

In the ninth minute of the game, Leeds United had a good chance. Leeds United backfielder Parker tossed the ball to Sean, who picked up the ball and dribbled down the left flank. Just past the halfway line, Sean made a long pass directly forward in an attempt to hit behind the opponent's right-back.

At this time, Thompson on the left was running in front of him to receive the ball, and Amankwach behind him was constantly shortening the distance between the two. As an England player of Ghanaian roots, Amankwach has unusual speed and explosiveness, and although the loss of position allowed Thompson to take the lead, Amankwach eventually overtook Thompson and kicked the ball back into midfield.

Flying back to the halfway line, Hausen got the ball one step ahead of his opponent. As Leeds' standout performer in recent games, Howson is rising to the top of manager Wise's heart. In this game, Hausen, who continued his good form, saw that there was an empty space in front of him, and after advancing 30 meters with the ball, he passed straight to Flo, who had run to the right side of the penalty area.

As soon as he secured the ball, Flo made a direct right turn to get past the defender behind him. But obviously, Alan Tate, although not as strong as captain Monk, is not a general, running close to Flo after turning, while jamming his inside path and shooting route, while constantly colliding with Flo, and finally after Flo took a little big step directly to the right side, and finally was picked up by the oncoming Amankwah.

In the first ten minutes, the two teams fought straight together, and the fans and spectators in the stands were enthusiastic, constantly shouting and cheering for their teams, so that the atmosphere in the free stadium reached its peak as soon as the game started.

In the 12th minute, Swansea's right winger Andy Robinson crossed with the ball and was blocked out of line. Right wing-back Aman Kwah stands on the line change and prepares to toss the ball. Seeing that the penalty area was tightly guarded, Amánkwach threw the ball to Robinson again and then ran straight to the baseline.

Robinson took just two steps with the ball and after attracting the attention of Richardson and Andy Hughes, he passed directly behind him, and happened to get stuck in front of offside and back to Aman Kwah.

Amankwah, who ran to the bottom line, immediately cut inside to the sideline of the penalty area after taking the ball, and after sweeping the penalty area, he picked up his right foot, and the ball flew straight to the front of the goal.

Facing Swansea's attack again, Tang Fei followed in the footsteps of Trende step by step. Seeing the ball flying forward, goalkeeper Ankel Gren had already attacked to get the ball, Tang Fei directly resisted Trende next to him, but he didn't want a person to suddenly appear behind his teammate Marquis.

Swansea left winger Thomas Butler took advantage of the opponent's carelessness to run directly to the ball, met the flying ball, and shot directly at the back of the goal without stopping the ball, and the Leeds United goalkeeper who ran to the front of the goal was no longer able to make a save.

Seeing the ball flying towards the goal, Tang Fei could only jump up directly in the risk of oolong, his body was in the air, and he barely half-turned around and stretched out his right leg to kick the ball.

"Bang!" Huangtian lived up to his wishes, but the ball was still destroyed by Tang Fei in addition to the bottom line.

......Seeing such a thrilling moment, especially Tang Fei's two consecutive wonderful defenses, the stands first marveled and then thundered applause.

Once again, Tang Fei was blocked from a great opportunity, especially the unwavering gaze of the Leeds United players, and the Swansea players in the front field felt the difficulty of this battle.

Lee Trende felt like he was gradually boiling, and it was getting more and more interesting how long he hadn't met such an opponent in League One.