Chapter Twenty-Four: Don't Be Proud of Victory!
Time flies! After a hard week of work by Michu and others, it was competition day again in the blink of an eye! This time the team is playing away again, but according to the reports collected by the team before, Leeds United's opponent Northampton's recent form is very different from Leeds United's, and the successive points loss make Northampton, which aims to win the championship at the beginning of the season, have a very difficult time!
But even against a team that is in such poor form, Michu still seriously completed the pre-game preparations before the game!
Especially in the use of formations, Mi Chu and others had a heated discussion before the game.
Poyet and the others looked through the fixtures and suggested to Michu, "The team is in much better shape than Northampton at the moment, and I think we should consider a certain degree of rotation in the next game with the current squad full of personnel."
After all, we have a few games in the next games against the main opponents who have been promoted, and we should let the main team rest when the conditions are still possible, and also allow the substitutes to get a certain degree of recovery and adjustment! Boss, what do you think? ”
Poyet and the coaching staff understood what Michu meant. But in Michu's view, although the team will face Bournemouth, Doncaster, Brighton and other teams at the top of the table in the next fixtures, Michu is a little uneasy about Poyet's idea of large-scale rotation, especially under the idea that he must win against a weaker team, Michu is reluctant to rotate.
"The tacit understanding and state of the team's current main team are very ideal, but I'm not saying that we have a fluke mentality because the opponent is in the bottom of the standings, and you look at our schedule," said Mi Chu also took out the schedule in his hand,
'We've got two home games after this away from home, against Cheltenham Town and Southend United, both of which are not very strong and can be described as points boys! So I think it's much better to rotate players at home against these two teams than away from home! After finishing speaking, Mi Chu felt that he was very reasonable, and there should be applause here!
But seeing that Poyet and the others were a little silent, Michu couldn't help but feel a little upset himself, what if these guys insisted on rotating the lineup?!
But fortunately, everyone after the daze didn't argue with Mi Chu about anything, which is equivalent to acquiescing to Mi Chu's idea that it is feasible, and there is no applause just because these guys are not good at slapping horses!
The game came as scheduled, and sure enough, Northampton's form was as stable as ever! It's really a consistent!
The team was demoralized and Leeds made a big bet.
Shortly after the break, Leeds United opened a gap on the right flank, and Ben Parker, who had the assist, delivered a pinpoint cross that was headed over the head of the opposition centre-back and was slotted home by Beckford!
The game after 1-0 was even more one-sided, with Muller and Reuss scoring one after another, and if it weren't for the opposing goalkeeper's successive saves at the end of the game from Delph's tackle and Holson's powerful volley, the game would have turned into a slaughter!
But at the post-match press conference, Michu didn't seem satisfied!
"Coach Michu, is Beckford, who was injured in the second half, in condition? Will Beckford's absence due to injury have an impact on the team's results? A reporter who didn't know where the newspaper was asked at the beginning, if there was no episode of Beckford's injury, Michu would be in a good mood, but now Michu just looked at each other gloomily, and Poyet, who was on the side, picked up the water on the table and drank it!
After a long silence, Michu gritted his teeth and said, "I think it was a rough foul,"
Mi Chu didn't care about the opponent's head coach's round eyes, "The opponent could have stopped before the foul, but he chose to pass the ball!" I'll admit Beckford's speed is fast! But you can't blow up an overtaking Porsche just because you're driving Alto!
Beckford was rudely brought down by the opponent when he had already won the ball, if it weren't for the hidden actions of the opposing players, I believe that our referee who is aware of it will never let go of this kind of unsportsmanlike thing! ”
After listening to Mi Chu's answer, many reporters raised their hands and were ready to ask questions, but Mi Chu ignored them, and after signaling to the opposing coach, he turned around and left the scene of the press conference, leaving a group of stunned reporters behind him.
Beckford's injury cast a shadow over the victory! Leeds United, who were proud of their full squad before the start of the game, had to move on despite losing the team's sharp knives!
The chemistry that the team had built up so hard was gone, and the post-match check-up exacerbated the impact, with Beckford set to be sidelined for at least three weeks.
However, fortunately, the team's opponents in the next few rounds are not in very good shape, and Michu is confident that the team should still be able to score points steadily when the team has the advantage of being at home!
Sure enough, Leeds United easily won 2-0 at the bottom of Cheltenham United in the next home game, in this game Michu carried out a certain scale of rotation, the team's substitutes also lived up to expectations, Kandour's brace is Leeds United has risen to 4th place in the table. The shadow of Beckford was forgotten for a while.
Leeds United are satisfied with the team's form, and the fans and media have blown the team to the sky, what is the ambition to win the title! There are almost no rivals! State Tiger! The British are really afraid of bragging about it!
In this good situation, Southend United, who came away, is simply not enough for Leeds United to stuff their teeth in everyone's eyes!
Michu himself heard the fans say in the fast food restaurant, "I see Leeds United in this state!" Recently, the tiger has been terrible! How to start this game, you have to score two goals! ”
"That's right, I bought Leeds United before and it didn't make me a lot of money! I think it's at least three goals! ”
Mi Chu smiled noncommittally, leaving two red-faced fans scrambling to pay for Mi Chu!
However, the official game was far from as easy as expected before the game, and Leeds United, who rotated again, were helpless against Southend's tight fences, and it was not until the second half that it was possible to score from a free-kick from substitute Reuss to get the three points!
After this game, Michu had to face the fact that Leeds United gradually began to win the attention of their opponents when facing middle and lower teams!
But this is something Michu doesn't want, and in the face of Southend's bucket formation, Michu knows that this situation will be used more and more by opponents in the next fixtures, but fortunately the team has not added new injuries after these two games! Gain momentum and score, there is nothing better than this!