Chapter 59: QPR is coming!
In the following game, as the players recovered further and the coaching staff summed up the failure of the team's tactics in the previous game, Thomas also saw the team finally return to the familiar 4231 formation in the second game against Queens Park Rangers.
The centre-back is still Huntington's partner Koscielny, Delph's position is no longer a midfielder, but a central midfielder, and the duo of the two midfielders has become last season's main Callson and Kilkenny, and the central striker continues to be started by Giroud.
Seeing such a starting lineup, Thomas nodded with satisfaction, "This is like words!" Let these Londoners taste our awesomeness, too" The friend on the side of Thomas's statement also strongly agreed.
Although the strength of the opponent is much stronger than the Swindon team in the previous game, you must know that the opponent is the favorite team to win the Championship this season. But after returning to the formation that the players are most familiar with, fans, including Thomas, are very relieved, after all, Leeds United last season was a big kill in the end!
The other side obviously didn't want their main players to risk injury in this kind of warm-up game, so QPR's head coach Jimmy Gilton naturally sent a large number of substitute players, which made the strength of the two sides even more diminishing.
With the different attitudes of the two sides towards the game, it was only natural that Leeds United's players played well in the first half, after all, the tactical play that Michu and the coaching staff had painstakingly studied was not so vulnerable.
Ben Parker's continuous insertion and Giroud's continuous involvement made Reus's activities on the left side very frequent, coupled with the continuous move of Delph to the left side after being liberated by Michu, Leeds United's attack continued to form huge pressure on the opponent on this side, and the Elland Road stadium also resounded with huge cheers, in Thomas's view, the tacit understanding of these combinations could not achieve such an effect even if Beckford was replaced.
And the thing that made Thomas and others happy in the first half of the game was the change that Michu made to Delph, and the phrase "stacks of dead people alive" could not be more apt for Delph.
The defensive pressure on Delph after the premise of the position has been significantly reduced, and the strong offensive characteristics of the young man under this premise have been greatly brought into play.
Whether it is interspersed with dribbling in the middle, or the performance after switching sides with Reus, it shows that Delph is in good shape, and this kind of performance seems to a group of Leeds United fans such as Thomas It is obvious that it is because of the change of position, I really don't know if the head of the manager in the last game against Swindon was squeezed by the goal, a good young man has to arrange someone to play what central midfielder, look at the performance of the young man in this game, Thomas feels that the level of the manager is just like this!
The reason why Thomas and others can have such an idea is mainly because Delf is a high-quality product produced by Leeds United's own academy, and fans have always loved such players, and when they see that Michu's transformation of this kind of player is not successful, of course, they will be a little dissatisfied, if Michu insists on continuing to use Delph in this game, I really don't know how much pressure Leeds United fans will give the coaching staff!
Although the strength of the substitutes of the Queens Park Rangers team is obviously lower than the main players of Leeds United, but as the old saying goes, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and the Queens Park Rangers team has also formed a big threat to Leeds United by using a few set-piece opportunities in the front, and at this time the two central defenders in the Leeds United penalty area plus Giroud who returned to the defense made Leeds United's defense a little flustered but not an actual threat, and Pantilimon's height made the landing points in the small penalty area basically controlled by him. The performance of both sides on set-pieces is really beautiful, and the defense is wonderful! This also drew bursts of cheers from the audience.
In the second half, Michu also obviously took into account the physical factor, out of attention to player protection, a large number of substitutes began to come on the game one after another, both sides began to deploy troops, and Queens Park Rangers also took the opportunity to send some of the main players.
As the opponent's main force came on the field, the situation began to reverse, and Thomas also noticed that Michu, who had been sitting and directing the game in the first half, also stood on the sidelines, Queens Park Rangers gradually grasped the initiative, obviously after withstanding the attack of Leeds United, Magilton chose to exert his strength in the back, and several attackers in the front court of the opponent also began to exert their power frequently, and the back line led by Marquis and Ankerberg obviously became a little difficult, not as solid as the first half.
"That young man is amazing! In the second half of the game, it was up to him to take the ball by himself, how Pluton and Johnson were the same as the stakes, oops! It's time to shoot! Because it was a warm-up match, the names of the players were not printed on the jerseys of both sides, but the long-range shot of the opponent's youngster who slid out of the door still shocked the home team fans into a cold sweat!
Thomas unconsciously looked a little anxious, Leeds United's current situation is very passive, although the opponent is the main battle, but their own players should not be in such a bad state! It seems that Queens Park Rangers were not as weak as they were in the first half.
Fortunately, the opponent has obviously just resumed training, and it is not very important for a friendly match, which makes Leeds United's goalkeeper not suffer too much insult, and at the end of the second half, the opposing coach Magillton obviously asked the team to slow down the pace of attack, due to the loss of possession, Leeds United only honestly followed the rhythm of the opponent's game, and several times wanted to speed up the pace and had to squat in their own half because they couldn't grab the ball.
Although the Queens Park Rangers' monkey-like behavior is unpleasant, but the main force of Leeds United has been replaced, and even if Marquis has the intention to kill the enemy, they will not be able to return to the sky!
Although Leeds United was very embarrassed in this game, the approach of being able to let the players feel the strength of the Championship team before the start of the season still made Thomas feel that the team's coaching staff had obviously put a lot of thought into preparation.
Considering the one-sided situation in the second half, Thomas felt that his team was lucky not to lose by a big score at home, but what kind of sparkling game would have been played if the main players of both sides were on the field at the same time? Thomas can't help but look forward to the meeting between the two sides after the start of the season! After all, the opponent is a non-negligible opponent on the way to Leeds United's promotion!