There is a saying in the football world called "nemesis", obviously two teams with little difference in strength, but one of them is difficult to beat the opponent. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 For example, the German team has been unable to beat the Italian team for 44 consecutive years; Brazil also lost their temper against France for 48 consecutive years.

Obviously, it cannot be said that the German team is inferior to the Italian team, and the Brazilian team is inferior to the French team, but they just can't defeat their old enemies for a long time.

Speaking of which, Birmingham can be regarded as Leeds United's nemesis. The last eight meetings between the two teams have not drawn any of them, and all of them have been won and lost, while Birmingham have won all eight of them! Among them, there are many big scores such as 4 to 1 and 3 to 0!

The last time the White Rose took advantage of Birmingham was back in a Premier League game a decade ago. On January 1, 2003, in the 22nd round of the 2002/2003 Premier League season, Leeds United sat at home. Colwill scored twice to win 2-0 against visiting Birmingham City. Since then, though, White Rose haven't picked up any points against Birmingham......

Leeds United have been suppressed by Birmingham City for ten years, and facing this opponent again, the whole team is of course holding back their strength to give Birmingham City a little color.

It just so happened that today's game in Birmingham was also hit hard by the flu, and the camp was full of injuries. Unwilling to risk playing with a key player out of the game, Clark promoted four young players to the starting line-up in one go.

However, it can also be understood that the opponents did not take Leeds United's defeat to heart.

Xu Yifei obediently stationed at the front of the penalty area, mobilizing all his attention and paying close attention to the opponent's midfield attackers' every move.

From the perspective of formation, the Birmingham team and Xu Yifei are opposite the 34-year-old veteran Wade. Elliott, his level is as high as level 45, which is 26 levels higher than Xu Yifei!

The Birmingham players seemed to have a natural psychological advantage against Leeds United, and immediately after the opening, they launched wave after wave of onslaught.

Especially the 18-year-old midfielder Nathan. Redmond, although only level 31, is the most active, taking advantage of his speed and plenty of energy to make frequent difficulties on the left flank.

In the first minute, Redmond won the ball on the left and drove straight into the 40-yard area to face Leeds' right wing-back Tom. Lis's defense, decisively crossed the middle.

Wade. Elliott is experienced and preemptively initiates the response. Xu Yifei reacted to scramble, Elliott had already controlled the football and looked up at the goal.

"Oh no, he's going to shoot from a distance!" Xu Yifei hurriedly rushed over to block it, but unfortunately he was still a step too late.

Luckily, Elliott's shot flew straight into the stands, otherwise it would well have been a goal down for Leeds!

"It's so dangerous......" Looking at the football flying high in the stands, Xu Yifei had palpitations.

Behind Xu Yifei was the famous Levi stand, and the fans suddenly erupted in exclamations.

The Levi Stand is the highest stand at Elland Road Stadium, and is the site of the greatest coach in Leeds United history, Don Brown. Named after Levi, it can accommodate more than 10,000 spectators. The exclamations of more than 10,000 fans at the same time were like a sonic bomb, shaking Xu Yifei's ears numb and his body trembling.

After finishing the shot, Elliott and Redmond smiled and gave each other a thumbs up, showing no frustration.

Leeds United's goal kick, goalkeeper Ashtang took the precaution and fired a big kick straight into the field.

Birmingham took advantage of the numerical advantage in midfield and quickly grabbed possession. After three passes and two downs, the ball was at Redmond's feet again.

Redmond repeated his old trick and ran wildly with the ball down the left.

Elliott dropped back into midfield and tried to play a one-two with Redmond to get past Lees.

Xu Yifei learned the lesson of the last time and firmly followed Elliott around, but unexpectedly, he was attracted by the other party to the middle circle!

Redmond saw a large gap at the edge of the box and moved straight diagonally before Lees could get up.

Birmingham center Zikic picked up the ball at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and after a slight adjustment, he suddenly hit the goal with a powerful kick!

The football flew like a cannonball towards the Leeds United gate.

Fortunately, the ball was played relatively correctly and was held tightly by Ashtang, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

In the 4th minute, Birmingham made a comeback. It was Redmond who passed the ball on the left again, and Elliott carried Xu Yifei and transferred the ball to the right rib of the penalty area. Raffer. Morrison followed up, didn't stop the ball, and directly fired a tricky low shot, and the football flew to the door of Leeds United again!

"Oh!" In the stands of Levi behind the goal, the fans erupted in exclamation again. There were even a lot of fans who nervously stood up and kept their eyes fixed on the flying football.

Ashtang was highly focused, flying to save the ball off the line.

"Wow!" Relieved fans immediately applauded Ashtang's brilliant save.

In just four minutes, Birmingham had already fired three shots on goal, two of which were directly tested by Ashdown. Leeds United's No. 2 goalkeeper finally couldn't help it, and he shouted at Xu Yifei: "Damn, you should stay honest in the youth team!" It's the senior team, it's the FA Cup, it's not where a kid like you who hasn't grown up is supposed to be! ”

Listening to his teammates' very harsh words, Xu Yifei couldn't make any rebuttals. The opponent's 3 shots on goal were all opportunities created by directly penetrating him.

The only thing he has to do is to block the opponent's attack at the edge of the penalty area, and use practical actions to block the mouths of opponents and teammates!

More than 1,000 Birmingham fans who came to watch the away game excitedly stood up and sang for the players, and their singing was like a sarcasm, stimulating the nerves of Xu Yifei and every Leeds fan at the scene.

In the coach's box, Birmingham head coach Lee Lee. Clarke's face is relaxed, while Mick. Jones immediately took out his mobile phone and hurriedly talked to Neil who was lying on the hospital bed. Warnock to make contact.

"Neil, we're in a bad situation right now." Jones made no secret of it, "In the first 4 minutes, the opponent has already had 3 shots on goal!" ”

"What's the score on the field now?" Warnock asked directly the question of his greatest concern.

"The score hasn't changed yet, it's still 0-0, but the situation on the field makes me very worried, especially Xu, who has done nothing at all at the edge of the penalty area, you see, should we make a substitution as soon as possible?"

"Substitutions? Xu is the only defensive midfielder we can field, who do you want me to trade for him? Besides, since the score has not changed, why do we blindly make substitutions? Wait! ”

"But ......," Jones did not give up.

Warnock was a little displeased, and directly interrupted the assistant's words: "Mick, I know you don't think much of Xu, but he is only 16 years old, very young, we should be a little more patient with him." ”