This round of League One ushered in a big event, that is, Leeds United at home to Nottingham Forest!

If it had been placed in the past, the collision between these two teams would definitely cause the whole UK to look sideways, after all, the first team in the history of the Champions League to win two consecutive titles was Nottingham Forest! The history of both teams determines the quality of the game! It's a pity that the two teams that fell to League One are a pair of difficult brothers!

At the Riverside Stadium in the first half of the season, Leeds United lost by three goals on the road. Leeds United's record has been steadily improving since the Riverside Stadium, and Michu's side have not tasted defeat except for an FA Cup defeat after the New Year!

Especially after the small home win in the last game, it is only 2 points away from the promotion zone, and Nottingham Forest has not been consistent since then, but after the adjustment, the form since the new year is also surprisingly good!

Not only is the league ranked 2nd, but the FA Cup defeated the opponent Wolves to successfully advance to the next round!

It's a clash between two teams that are on a hot streak! Although it is desperate for the team to win the opponent at home, the current strength of the team is still not enough to open up the offensive battle with the opponent. Although in the previous team training session, the team unanimously praised the performance of the two new signings, and the members of the coaching staff, including Poyet, also strongly recommended Michu to play 442, as a player introduced by himself, Michu needs these two people to play in line with their value at this time more than anyone else!

But once these two play out of order, and it's on their first home game day, it's too many times in a place like England where one becomes a god and one hell! The impact of this consequence on the future growth of the two of them can be devastating!

Michu will not risk his core players being hit because of this inconsequential game now! Those who achieve great things are not informal! So Mi Chu resolutely ruled out the interference and decided not to arrange the two to enter the starter.

At the same time, the team's pre-match reports and preparation content have been steadily improving according to Michu's requirements, and the statistical data is becoming more and more accurate and timely. But looking at the increasingly thin face of Peter, the team staff member he assigned to be in charge of this work, Michu felt deeply guilty, and it seemed that the budget in this area must be increased!

Due to the persistence of the last home game to get 3 league points, Michu directly followed the lineup of the previous game. Beckford burst forward, behind him from left to right, Delph, Holmen, Thompson, the two central midfielders are homegrown player Pluton and captain Kilkenny, the back line is Klemm, Huntington, Marquesga Richardson from left to right, and the goalkeeper is Anco Green. This is the most effective set of lineup for implementing defensive counterattack tactics in the first few games, and it is the best configuration of the team in terms of tacit understanding and stability!

And the two Germans on the bench will be their biggest change and backhand!

Match day came as scheduled, and Michu already knew before the game that the tickets for the home game of the current Elland Road Stadium had been sold a week ago, and the attendance of the stadium directly showed the fans' recognition and support for the team's successive victories!

When the team bus arrived at the stadium, there were already many fans waiting at the entrance to express their support for the home team!

Many people are asking for autographs from players, even Reus and Muller are no exception, and the two still look a little shy in front of the media cameras!

A reporter asked Michu, who was standing next to the player, in a loud voice, "Coach Andrew, do you have any confidence in the team's victory in this game?" ”

"I have a lot of confidence in my team at all times! Nobody wants to be a loser! I think this is the common sentiment of everyone! ”

'Is there a chance that the new signings will be able to play? Will they have a chance to appear at Elland Road for the first time? What do you expect from them? Seeing the two of them looking at him, Mi Chu faced the reporter who asked the question seriously, it was a small woman.

"The two of them are here to help the team, not to be spectators! For their use, you can wait until the game starts to observe for yourself, and I apologize for informing you of the team's tactics! The team's press officer immediately stepped forward to signal the interview to end!

Royce and Muller are their own daggers hidden in the shadows! Killing the enemy invisibly is the most important thing!

In fact, the players already knew the starting list for the next day the day before the match day, and Michu specially informed the two of their own arrangements and ideas, Reuss was nothing, and Muller actually said that he was very angry! It wasn't until he was on the team bus just now that he was willing to pay attention to Michu, what a joke!

Sofia also came to the stadium today, and Michu arranged Sophia and Muller's wives in a VIP box of the team, as a coach, Michu was eager to prove himself at this time, especially in the presence of Sophia!

Soon the game was on.

Sure enough, due to the pre-match arrangement, the team took the initiative to give up possession after the opening. Michu's arrangement is that the team's half-court 30-meter area is an expanded "penalty area", and the opponent can consciously let the opponent control the ball from 30 meters away!

Of course, the more than 20,000 home fans who attended the game did not buy this style of play, but Michu disagreed! Isn't that the same in the previous games?

With the continued pressure of Nottingham Forest, the opponent has a lot of chances to get off the ground! This is something that Leeds United can exploit, as long as the team can catch the opponent's mistakes and play a quality counter-attack!

That's right, this is Michu's wishful thinking! But in the 20th minute of the game, a tactical corner kick of the opponent was opened, because most of the players on this side were marking in the penalty area, and the defense at the top of the penalty area was relaxed, causing the opponent's midfielder Nilco to find a gap at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and the powerful shot drilled into the dead corner of the goal along the turf! At this time, Michu found that his team was in some trouble, after all, the team's tactical training in recent weeks has been the main defensive counterattack tactics! Leeds United, who conceded the first goal, had to press the attack aggressively!

After taking the lead, Nottingham played conservatively, Leeds United's attack began to be sluggish, only to see that after Leeds United's attack in the opponent's half was destroyed, Nottingham's players took advantage of Leeds' air defense to attack quickly, and finally fortunately was destroyed by Richardson who returned to defend near the baseline! This kind of attack is not counterproductive, and more and more counterattacks are beginning to appear!

The opponent won a corner, and for a time the penalty area was crowded with opposing players, and the two central defenders of Leeds United were attracted to the front point, and the opponent's corner kick was issued, and under a complex blocking tactic of the opponent, the ball was smashed into the goal by the opponent's center forward! The opposition obviously came prepared, and there was obviously a huge problem with the set-piece defence!

At this time, Michu did not know that the opposing team was the team with the most set-piece goals in League One! Michu is under tremendous pressure at this time! The home fans didn't want to play their own team, and this happened at the beginning, except for the fans of the away team, all of them became silent!

At this time, the team is playing more and more chaotic, the original tactics have not been able to play at all, and now the situation of two goals behind is not expected by many players before the game, and the team holder often advances to the front court after the ball will not be divided, and the team's offense is particularly jerky!!

Michu stood on the sidelines several times and shouted at the players, his idea was to get the team to run more, but the players were completely blinded!

"Leeds didn't play like the way the home team did it do! Nilko's header looked like it had smashed Andrew's team! Could it be that Leeds United fans are paying to see their team humiliated? The fans at the scene took advantage of this momentum and roared loudly to vent their dissatisfaction, and the stands behind Michu even shouted insults to the team and coach! Thinking about the fans at the opening time, and then looking at them now, Michu feels that if there is no on-site security, he may be eaten alive!

Michu looked back at Poyet, who also seemed helpless, and the tormenting first half was finally over amid the boos of the fans! For Michu, perhaps he is pleased that the team has only conceded two goals!