Chapter 79: Hold Your Ground

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The fans were enthusiastic and it was clear that the start to the campaign with one win and one draw had built strong confidence in the team's future.

The flag with Xu Yifei's name fluttering everywhere shows the huge expectations of the fans for the young captain.

The moment he walked out of the player's tunnel, the deafening cheers and shouts on the scene made Xu Yifei's ear drums tingle faintly.

The fans were so enthusiastic that Xu Yifei and his teammates felt a little pressure in their hearts.

They know that in this situation, there is no room for loss, and even a draw is unacceptable to the fans.

With this pressure, Leeds played cautiously after the opening and did not dare to push forward with impunity.

On the contrary, Sheffield Wednesday, who was playing away, invested two forwards and three defenders, and a total of five players pressed in the frontcourt, so that Leeds United only had the ability to parry for a while, but had no backhand.

Fortunately, Leeds United's defensive end passed smoothly under the auspices of Xu Yifei and there were no mistakes, so although the scene was ugly, the goal had not yet been tested.

But everyone knows that this is not the way to go. The so-called long night dreams are many, maybe whoever makes a mistake in passing and receiving the ball and let the opponent catch it, it will be too much to regret.

Xu Yifei shouted "not good" in his heart, but seeing his teammates nervous and nervous, he was powerless to turn the situation around.

In this case, he can't make a long pass or kick wide, which would basically mean giving up the ball.

At present, the most reasonable way is to grit your teeth and persevere, and build up the strong confidence of your teammates through successful passing and cooperation again and again.

In the 2nd minute, Charlie. Taylor's return pass was too small, and he was almost stolen by the opponent's striker to form a single knife, but fortunately, Xu Yifei's attention was highly concentrated, and he kicked the football out of the sideline one step earlier.

Charlie. Taylor suddenly came to his senses, broke out in a cold sweat, and then smiled apologetically at Xu Yifei, walked over and whispered in the captain's ear: "Thank you for helping to solve the siege, you didn't let me make a big mistake, let's go have a drink after the game!" “

"Don't get complacent too soon!" Xu Yifei said solemnly, "Your every move was clearly captured by the TV broadcast camera, think about it!" “

Taylor was stunned when he heard this, and said dejectedly: "At halftime, will the boss scold me?" “

"It's so easy for you to think about." Xu Yifei grinned and showed a bright smile, "If you continue to make mistakes like this, I'm afraid there will never be a chance to be scolded by the leader!" “

Reaching out and scratching the back of his head, Taylor's face turned cold and he whispered, "I know what to do, thank you, Captain!" “

In the front row of the Li Wei stands, Yang Dahai was already impatient, and said to Qin Siyong beside him: "How did Liz do it?" How can you play so cringely at home? It's been 5 minutes and the ball hasn't even crossed the halfway point! “

Qin Siyong glanced at his partner, pulled him back to his seat, and said, "Will the strong enthusiasm and high expectations of the fans become a burden for the players?" “

Yang Dahai patted his head: "What you said is reasonable!" “

He then shouted to the shouting fans in the stands, as he did to the policemen maintaining order: "Sit down, stop arguing!" “

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Ten minutes later, the Leeds players were finally focused on the game at hand, and their psychological pressure was temporarily put out of the clouds.

This can be seen from their action on the ball, stopping, turning, and getting rid of the ball are more calm, and the ball is of course more reasonable.

The confidence came, and of course the running response was more positive, and Leeds United finally stabilized their ground.

Coupled with the fact that McCormack and others have withdrawn from the midfield without the ball in the front, Leeds' numerical advantage in the midfield has been very obvious.

In the 12th minute, Xu Yifei took the ball to get rid of the opponent's entanglement and passed the ball forward to Luke for the first time. Murphy.

Since he didn't touch the ball for a long time, Murphy's movements with the ball looked a little stiff, but fortunately there was no one around him to press, otherwise he would have lost the ball inadvertently.

After winning the ball for the second time, Murphy pushed forward with the money while looking up to see the situation on the left, center and right in front of him.

Sheffield Wednesday's first Leeds attack didn't take much into account, with none of the five players up front even coming back to defend.

However, Leeds United's two full-backs, Mowatt and Bayram, due to inertia, did not step forward in the first place.

The fast break will definitely not be able to play, and Murphy simply passed the ball back to Xu Yifei behind him before the opposing player pressed up.

Qin Siyong's eyes lit up in the stands, and he said to Yang Dahai: "It seems that Liz has stabilized his position and is ready to launch an offensive." It's a pity that the fans didn't have anyone to cheer them on. “

"Isn't it easy to cheer for someone?" Yang Dahai stood up and shouted at the court: "Lez, come on!" “

The Leeds fans around him were so led by him that they stood up one after another to cheer up the team.

Soon, the cheers resounded throughout the audience.

Xu Yifei was not in a hurry or slow, and continued to organize passing and cooperation in the midfield.

But Bayram and Mowat, who came back to their senses, couldn't bear it anymore and took the initiative to ask Xu Yifei for the ball.

Even manager McDermott waved frequently from the sidelines, allowing Leeds to return the favor to Sheffield Wednesday as soon as possible.

The consensus was irreversible, and Xu Yifei decisively distributed the ball to Mowatt on the left side.

was pressed in the half by the opponent, already full of upset, coupled with the physical energy accumulated for more than ten minutes, he finally had a chance to break out at this moment, Movat still hesitated?

After dribbling the ball, Mowatt directly used his speed to eat the opponent's right midfielder raw, and when Sheffield Wednesday's overall defense had not yet been deployed, he had already killed half of the court and went straight to the left side of the penalty area!

McCormack seemed to have never seen Mowatt's speed, and with a stunned expression on his face, he actually forgot to rush forward to answer in the first place.

As a result, Mowat's pass went over Sheffield Wednesday's box and went untouched.

Just when people thought that this attack was about to end without a problem, suddenly a white figure on the right side of the road quickly pierced into people's field of vision.

Byram sped forward as Mowat started and tried to meet on the right.

After taking the ball, Baram found himself in front of him in an endless expanse, and immediately picked up speed and slashed towards the penalty area.

McCormack finally came to his senses from the shock and ran to the middle of the penalty area to pick up.

Meanwhile, Mowatt waited on the left side of the penalty area, pulling the opposition defenders.

In an instant, Leeds United formed a three-on-two situation in front.

The moment Biram burst into the penalty area, Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Kirkland attacked and combined with central defender Zayat to form a front and back interception for Beyeram.

The outside of his right foot slammed the ball in reverse, flicked the ball of his forefoot and created a rare gap in front of Zayat, and Biram got up to shoot.

Kirkland reacted quickly and knocked the ball off the line with his left knee.

Leeds United win the first corner.