Chapter 200: Away Battle at Nottingham Forest

Leeds continue to lead the Championship table after a thrilling home victory, while Blackburn Rovers also won this round of the league with a two-point gap between the two sides.

The difference of two points, that is, a matter of one game, the competition for the Championship title this season, no one dares to jump to conclusions until the final round of games.

However, what is certain is that whether Leeds United or Blackburn Rovers end up winning the title, the other team can also be promoted directly.

After all, the third-place points gap has been stretched to 7 and 9 points respectively by the two teams.

If nothing else, with the current form of Leeds United and Blackburn, the other Championship teams can only compete for the last promotion spot, and cannot pose any threat to these two teams.

After the game, Lu Feng unsurprisingly won the best player of the game, and it was precisely because of his wonderful performance that he helped Leeds United win the game, with a rating of 9.7, which also represents everyone's recognition of Lu Feng.

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After the game, as is customary, all Leeds United players were given a day off.

And Klopp Leeds United's coaching staff did not sit idle, and began to study the new tactical system, in order to maximize the strength of Lu Feng.

And from the training after returning from the holiday, every player clearly felt the change in the team's tactics.

It turned out that Leeds United's previous formation was similar to the 442 diamond position, and the Land Breeze and Robert were the two fulcrums, but now, after adjustment, the formation has become 4411.

The front is Robert's only fulcrum, and Lu Feng has become the existence of a free man in the front court, with an amazing range of activities.

From the front court to the midfield, as long as Lu Feng is willing, Lu Feng can be wherever he wants.

It can be said that this tactic was created for Lu Feng.

Many Leeds United players are envious, a team around a player to build tactics, what kind of treatment is this, it is estimated that only the leading stars of the major giants have.

And Lu Feng is just a newcomer who has just been transferred, and now he can have such treatment.

Among the players, Robert is the one who thinks the most.

Before, he was originally worried that Lu Feng would snatch his main position, so he was angry with Lu Feng.

Now, the current tactical arrangement proves that the team still needs him as a striker very much, and his main position has not been shaken. His previous worries were all unnecessary.

However, Lu Feng's treatment made him unwilling. He has been with the team for more than two years, and has made great contributions to Leeds United, and even turned down an offer from a Premier League side in exchange for the team to build a strategy for him.

But now, Lu Feng has been in the team for less than a month in a few years, and he has only played two games, and he has an absolute core, and the treatment of the whole team to build tactics around him, how not to make him jealous.

However, even if he was jealous, Robert had to admit that Lu Feng's strength was indeed very strong.

Whether it's the playmaking skills, or the ability to shoot and score, it's very good. Not to mention the speed of the land breeze, that speed simply made him palpitate, is this still the speed that ordinary people can have.

So even Robert didn't object, the other players didn't have an opinion, tactical training, and that began.

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A week later, Leeds United travelled to Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest, similar to Leeds United, is a team that once dominated the last century, and in the United Kingdom, it is also a little famous.

Compared to Leeds United, Nottingham Forest is even more brilliant, not only with the league title, but also the Champions League.

However, after a brief period of glory, Nottingham Forest, like Leeds United, also quickly sank, hovering in the second league, that is, the Championship, and for a while, Nottingham Forest even fell to League One.

This season, Nottingham Forest's performance is much worse than Leeds United, which has begun to revivenation.

At the moment, they are in mid-table table in the Championship with no danger of relegation and, of course, are far from the promotion zone.

This game, before the game, was ridiculed by the British media as a contest between two down-and-out teams, because both teams, historically, were once powerhouses that should be in the top league.

The only difference is that Leeds United have begun to revivenation, while Nottingham Forest are still sinking.

This is the second meeting between the two teams this season, at the start of the season, at the home of Leeds United.

The two teams staged a goal-scoring battle, with Leeds United eventually winning hard-fought victory.

As for the outcome of this game, the media and forecasting agencies are biased in favour of Leeds United, who have been in really good form of late, while Nottingham Forest are much worse.

However, the clash between the two teams will definitely be good to watch, and there will be no fewer goals.

Because, Nottingham Forest is the only team in the Championship that has been insisting on attacking, which is also the reason for their mediocre season.

As the saying goes, offense wins the fans, defense wins the champion. If a team wants to do well, it just has the ability to attack, that's not enough.

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Jurgen Klopp fielded the same starting line-up for this game as in the previous game.

It's just that Lu Feng's position has changed and he has become a shadow striker. Behind him, there is a forward Silva.

In front of him is the striker Robert.

Seeing such a formation, although everyone was a little surprised, they could also understand it, after all, Lu Feng's performance in the last game was clear that Lu Feng could assume the role of organization.

In this game, Klopp sent such a formation, obviously wanting to continue to use the playmaking ability of the Land Breeze to avoid Leeds United's midfield attack from a stalemate after Silva was frozen.

Everyone understands this.

As for the effect, everyone is looking forward to it.

After all, many British media have different voices about Lu Feng's performance in the last game, and the task is that Norwich made a defensive mistake that gave Lu Feng a chance to perform.

In this game, Nottingham Forest can't give Lu Feng such a chance again.

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The game was sunny and the winter sun shone on the players, which was extremely comfortable. The weather was good, the pitch was in good condition, and it was the perfect place for both teams to play their attacking abilities.

With the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

Although it was an away game, Doredes United was aggressive as soon as they came up, showing an anti-away posture.

Starting with Silva and Land Breeze, their offensive was incessant.

And finally in the fifth minute, the successive attacks forced the Nottingham Forest defenders to make mistakes and actually scored an own goal.

'It's a good start to the game with Leeds taking the lead, 0-1. Even though everyone knows that there will be no shortage of goals in this game, no one expected that the first goal would actually appear in the form of an own goal. ”

The narrator's voice was tinged with a hint of banter.

'It's a really bad start for Nottingham Forest and hopefully their players' confidence doesn't take a hit, the own goal is a bit of a morale hit. After all, the game has just begun, and anything is possible. ”

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Nottingham Forest's players are certainly unaffected, they are an attacking team and this season, they have conceded no fewer goals than their goals, and their players are getting used to it.

Even if it was an own goal, the Nottingham Forest players did not take a single blow, but took the initiative to comfort their defenders, and, after the game restarted, continued to launch another wave of attacks towards the Leeds United goal, and the master and apprentice equalised.

However, how could Leeds United give them that opportunity?

Leeds United, who were ahead of the pack, kept the situation firmly at their feet and continued to create chances thanks to Silva's excellent possession and organisational skills.

In the 27th minute, Hernandez crossed from the wing. Lu Feng headed home from the middle and Leeds doubled their lead.

Away, 2-0 lead.

After scoring the goal, Lu Feng seemed very excited, which means that after three games in the UK, Lu Feng has scored goals, and his state is very hot.

Even the narrator couldn't help but praise Lu Feng.

'Lu Feng is in really good form, he has scored in every game since he joined Leeds United, and it seems that he doesn't have to adapt to the environment at all, he can score goals everywhere he goes.

When Lu Feng joined Santos from China, it was the same, and he didn't need to adapt to score goals.

If Lu Feng can maintain this state, I dare to say that among the top strikers in the future, there will be more Lu Feng such a Chinese name. ”

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Leeds scored two goals in the opening half hour, and Nottingham Forest seemed stunned.

Leeds United, led by Silva and Lu Feng, have played all forms of attack vigorously, from quick counter-attacks to positional battles.

For Lu Feng, there doesn't seem to be anything he's not good at. Whether it is the organization or the offensive breakthrough, it is done very well.

Even in this game, most of Leeds United's attack was initiated by Silva.

However, Lu Feng's excellent individual ability still shattered Nottingham Forest's weak defensive line.

Under his leadership, Leeds continued to put pressure on Nottingham Forest after leading by two goals.

In the 42nd minute, Silva's long-range shot was saved, and Robert scored the third goal of the game to make it 3-0.

"Before the end of the first half, Nottingham Forest conceded three goals, which is probably something that all Nottingham Forest fans did not expect. Compared to Nottingham Forest's attack, their backline is simply too problematic to withstand the test of Leeds United. ”

When the British commentator said this, the TV camera cut to the faces of the Nottingham Forest fans in the stands. One by one, they held their heads in their hands, looking confused.

They really didn't expect Leeds to attack so violently and tear through their well-organized defences with ease.

What they didn't expect was that Nottingham Forest, which has always been proud of attacking, didn't score a single goal in the first half of the game.

Well, in fact, I can't say that, after all, the first own goal was scored by a player from Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest today, what's going on?

Many fans of Xinzhou have such questions, can many of them still play at the beginning of the season, or at the home of Leeds United.

No one could answer the fans' questions, and the commentator's voice continued to sound.

'If Nottingham Forest are to get back into the Premier League, there has to be a change in tactics. Although their attack is good, their defense is really poor, and with such a defense, it is too difficult to get points consistently in the league.

Looking at all the league titles, the defense without exception has done a good job. Hopefully, Nottingham Forest's manager and club management will be aware of this problem, although Nottingham Forest's game is good, but it is the right thing to return to the Premier League. ”

For the remainder of the first half, Nottingham Forest also produced a rather dangerous attack.

If it weren't for Leeds United goalkeeper Reina's quick reaction, he might have really allowed the opposing striker to score a goal.

However, Nottingham Forest failed to score in the end.

With a score of 0-3, the players of Nottingham Forest walked to the dressing room with an unwilling face.

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At the beginning of the second half, Nottingham Forest made two substitutions in a row, obviously unwilling to lose the game at home.

However, there are some things that cannot be solved by substitution.

Even after the second half, Nottingham Forest attacked like a wave, but they were never able to break through Leeds United's goal.

Because of Silva and Lu Feng, the two of them firmly controlled the pace of the game.

It was only when Jurgen Klopp replaced Silva in the 65th minute that things changed.

The reason why Silva was replaced was because of the previous successive games, which made Silva a little tired, resulting in a little injury on the field.

Although Silva said he could still hold on, Klopp replaced Silva out of a safe position.

After Silva was substituted, Leeds United's midfield was less in control. Lu Feng alone really can't completely control the pace of the game like Silva.

As a result, Leeds United pulled a goal back in the 70th minute by the Nottingham Forest striker.

After the goal, Nottingham Forest, as if he saw the hope of equalizing, attacked desperately, and really almost equalized.

In the 89th minute, Nottingham Forest took advantage of a corner kick to make it 2-3 in the next game.

Klopp, who was on the sidelines, was so angry that he scolded when he saw this scene.

Nottingham Forest was naturally not satisfied, and hurriedly fished the football out of the goal for Leeds United to kick off.

In the closing stages, Leeds all returned to their own half to defend in an attempt to hold on to that late lead.

Luckily, Nottingham Forest couldn't find the back of the net in the final minutes.

In the end, the score of the game was fixed at 2-3, with Nottingham Forest losing at home to Leeds United away.

Leeds United, thrilling to score three points!

(End of chapter)