Chapter 68: Smooth sailing

Leeds United's first Championship game of the 2009-2010 season was played at Elland Road on Saturday, and the Leeds United's stadium was packed to capacity.

Leeds United's outstanding performance in the opening match was the reason for the fans' active support, and for a while, Elland Road Stadium was lively.

The opponent's starting list Michu has just been obtained not long ago, and neither side has the habit of announcing the starting list in advance.

Therefore, when Michu got the list, he also looked at it carefully, but he didn't have any specific impression of most of the other team's players, Michu didn't feel that there was anything missing in Poyet's pre-match report, but that he didn't feel that he had any intuitive understanding of the people on the list.

After all, Michu himself doesn't have any memorable skills, but the few starters on the roster still correspond to the team report prepared by Poyet under his own careful consideration.

Among them, Tarabut, nicknamed Moroccan Messi, is the most impressive person in Michu.

However, Michu remembered that this man played football very well, but that was a few years later, and Michu still wanted to see if this young man was an offensive finisher, as the world calls it, and also wanted to see how good his footwork was when he was younger.

The rest of the people, Mi Chu, didn't bother to take a closer look at them one by one, after all, before this, the team's tactical play and starters had been determined.

Michu habitually stood on the sidelines to direct the game, and Kilkenny, the captain of the field near the center circle, was shouting to his teammates at this time, and the game officially began after the whistle of the referee on duty, Niro.

With the team's new formation performing well against Newcastle United, Delph continued to play in the team's back-to-back position in the opening kick-off.

Kilkenny's midfield partner was replaced by the more physical Plutton, but it didn't take long for Michu to realise that he might be too conservative.

The opposing strikers Hirguson and Tarabut had far less impact on the team's defence than Andy Carroll and Ameobi in the previous game, so Delph could calmly take the ball and organize the attack at the back.

Tarabut on the starting line-up is named Shadow Striker and is actually the heart of the attack up front.

In the Q.P.R opening after the opening of the several front-court attacks, the young man's skills are really good, several times to get the ball smoothly get rid of the Leeds United midfield's siege, the performance is very amazing!

Often a change of direction can get rid of defenders, the success rate of one-on-one breakthroughs is very high, and the level of flashing and moving in a small area is also very good, and Leeds United had to play a twelve-point spirit to deal with it in the half.

But it may also be because he is overconfident in his dribbling, so even if Tarabut gets rid of Kilkenny and Delph, he will not immediately pass the ball to a team-mate in a better position, and always think about passing one after another.

Q.P.R. central midfielder Craig Gardner has repeatedly complained to Tarabut about the opponent's non-passing, and Tarabut only shrugged his shoulders in response to these complaints.

Michu looked at his mouth as if to say, "Your position is not good, how can I pass it to you" Gardner also wanted to step forward to theorize, but fortunately, his midfield partner Mahon stopped him in time, and the situation did not continue to evolve.

You must know that the game has only started for about 15 minutes, and Michu has already thought of a way to deal with this unruly young man, so he took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to quickly recruit Kilkenny and whispered to him.

Kilkenny immediately conveyed Michu's instructions to his two midfield partners, "Listen, the boss said, let's rest assured that this kid is too obsessed with his skills" Delph and Pluton nodded at the same time,

"But don't be too aggressive when you don't put your foot down, and we're counting on him to continue to be the team's offensive finisher," Kilkenny said with a sly smile.

Michu really can't understand the thoughts of Q.P.R's head coach Jimmy Magilton, since he put such a Tarabut who is incompatible with the rhythm of the whole team and only knows how to cover his head in the starting lineup, and has not found a way to restrain him, looking at the current effect, Michu feels that even if he covets Tarabut's dribbling ability, he should not be put in the starting lineup, and the effect may be better as a surprise soldier!

However, it is beneficial to be disadvantageous to the enemy, and Tarabut not only plays the role of an offensive finisher in the attack, but also drags in the defense, which also makes Delph more assured to devote himself to the attack in the front court.

"With this assistant, do I have a reason why Leeds United is invincible?" The more Mi Chu looked at the other party, the more he liked it

Delph's forward pressure made the Q.P.R's defensive pressure in the backfield increased sharply, and the opponent's two central midfielders Gardner and Mahon had to run all over the field to make up for the leaks, although in terms of the number of people in the middle of the midfield, both sides were 3 people, but due to Tarabut's slackness in defense, the numerical advantage of Leeds United in the middle became more and more obvious, and Leeds United's attack became more and more smooth for a while.

And Q.P.R's offense is one and the other, pass the ball to Tarabut, that is, the meat bun beats the dog and there is no return! But as the team's best dribbling master, not handing the ball to him is equivalent to Q.P.R cutting off his own arm when attacking!

Magilton's move was a complete failure in Michu's opinion, and if he had known this, Q.P.R would have bothered to do so many things.

However, this is not something to worry about, the current team's offense is when the wind is smooth, Mi Chu sat down on the sidelines and watched the performance of his players quietly.

Several of Leeds United's attackers in the midfield with strong support, gradually began to play a real strength, Giroud whether in the header or in the ground coordination has completed his role as an offensive bridgehead, and his sense of coordination, which is completely inconsistent with his height and size, also made several people around him play extremely freely, Leeds United's attack is more smooth.

In particular, Reuss played better on the left flank, and with Delph and Giroud in the middle, Reus got more opportunities on the wing, whether it was with Ben Parker's side-to-play or his own choice to one-on-one past the opposing defenders, he was like no one.

The right side of Q.P.R. has completely turned into a Royce corridor, whether it is facing a defender Gardner or full-back Rolands, whether it is a stop-and-go change of direction, or a one-two combination, Reuss plays a good game! Mi Chu couldn't help but look at Magilldon who was sitting on the bench not far away, how could there be such a big gap between players with the same technical characteristics!

If Mi Chu hadn't raised his eyes and looked at the scoreboard, the score would still be 0-0 at this time! His team did not have this period of pressure to take the lead.

It's not the team's style to be scoreless like this, and when suppressing the opponent, you must not give the opponent the slightest chance to counterattack, which is the decisiveness that Leeds United should show!

So Mi Chu once again stood on the sidelines and asked his players to continue to press, and Mi Chu's dancing on the sidelines also attracted a lot of laughter!

However, at the end of the day, it is Muller who knows what it means to cut through the mess best, with Reus and Giroud both tending to operate on the left flank, and Delph and Kilkenny pressing from time to time, the pressure on the right side of Q.P.R has increased dramatically, and all defenders have focused their attention on the right side.

Muller got a lot of space and plenty of chances on the left side of the opposition, but because the ball never moved to his side, the advantage on this side did not turn into a more threatening attack!

I don't know if it was too much fear of Leeds United's attack on the left or carelessly forgetting the ghostly characteristics of Muller's movement, and the players in charge of marking Muller missed Muller several times.

As the game approached 40 minutes, Leeds suddenly picked up the tempo of the attack, and Kilkenny cut off Rolands' ball and dribbled straight through the halfway line.

Although Tarabut chose to chase back uncharacteristically this time, his goal was to interfere with Delph's catch.

So Kilkenny chose to give the ball to Giroud, who had already wandered out of the box, and Giroud did not stop the ball and knocked it directly to Reuss on the left, who was ready to cut inside with a tapplet of his ankle.

Gardner, who defended him, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, but he didn't dare to be careless, and he was about to prevent Royce's inner line, and the fullback Lamech behind him was also afraid of Reus's breakthrough and closed the position to the inside early.

But this time Royce just pretended to cut inside the feint to achieve the purpose of attracting the opponent's defensive center of gravity to the middle, at this time he chose to avoid the crowded crowd in the middle, and stuffed the ball to Ben Parker who was plugged in at high speed at this time, because the right fullback of Q.P.R has adducted the defense, so the gap on the right side is very large, and the tacit understanding between Royce and Parker is very deep, and the pass that seems to be a long eye in the back of the head and Parker's insertion fits very well in time, and it is too late to make up for the defense at this time.

Parker's cross was a little slow, and the arc of the pass was a little high, although it seemed that the landing point was looking for Giroud who was outflanked in the middle, but Giroud in the middle failed to reach the ball, and the fans on the scene almost made a sound of annoyance when they saw the ball cross the outflanking point in the middle.

But just as the opponent's left wing-back Connolly was about to clear the ball with a big foot, a white figure suddenly rushed out of the diagonal stab, and the unmarked Muller stepped in just at the right time, just when the ball was about to fall, Muller rushed to the ball.

Since he had been away from the left wing of Leeds United's attack, Muller's timely outflanking did not attract any attention from the opposition before, although Q.P.R. left wing-back Connolly could not be said to be completely unresponsible, and this unscrupulous pot was decided.

As for whether Parker's pass was too powerful or intentional, it was difficult for anyone but him to figure it out.

However, the scene of the boiling scene at Elland Road still makes people feel very happy.

After all, the siege of the half, if it is really the result of a draw, Leeds United will inevitably be impatient in the second half, if the opponent sticks to it, the final result is really hard to say.

But Muller's blow seemed to pierce the window paper, and Michu no longer had to worry about the opponent completely recoiling from the defense, after all, Q.P.R was the one who was behind.

And after that goal, it didn't take long for the first half of the game to end.

For the first half of the players were happy, the fans were satisfied, and Michu was naturally very happy. As for the visitors, they didn't have such good luck!