On 7 August 2009, Leeds United's first Championship game was just two days away.

For the players of Michu and Leeds United, it has been a long time to wait for this day, and tomorrow Michu's team will go to St James' Park in Newcastle City, where they are waiting for the "Magpies" Newcastle United, who were just relegated last season!

In the first game of the season, the former Premier League team who had just been relegated last season fought against the newly promoted Malize United, and Michu really just wanted to greet the family of the FA official who arranged this game!

Michu didn't even have to think about it to know how eager to win the team that awaited him tomorrow.

Obviously, the opponent will definitely take advantage of the home power to kill Leeds United at St James' Park, after all, Newcastle has just been relegated, and coach Chris Hughton will definitely show the team's determination in front of his own fans, after all, in the eyes of these people, Leeds United is the best opportunity for themselves to take Liwei, these guys must want to prove that they are the hegemon of the Championship!

The first game is an away game, and he has to face such a strong opponent, Michu is really helpless about this, but he can't just admit defeat in the first game of the season, Leeds United has always been a team to be slaughtered.

If Mi Chu takes the initiative to show weakness, then he will not become an autumn persimmon, let others pinch it! Then the morale of the team will definitely plummet, Newcastle United can't afford to lose this game, why not Leeds United!

So for such an opponent, Michu had to brace his spirits, and more than a week ago, Michu specially called the coaches for an internal meeting to determine how to deal with the situation that was going to happen.

"Boss, this is the opponent's information, I have marked the possible starting line-up of Newcastle United and the characteristics of the first-team players according to your request," Poyet handed out the report compiled according to Michu's request to everyone present in turn.

For a fan who has been immersed in the Premier League for many years, most of the starters in Newcastle United are familiar to him.

At this time, Michu looked at the familiar names in the report, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, Andy Carroll, Alan Smith, Joey Barton, Colocchini, Jose Enrique, Steve Harper, Krul, Foster and other players have accompanied Michu through their own green years in Premier League match days, looking at these familiar names, Michu's eyes are full of his twenties, and he can't help but sigh again!

"The opponent's formation is mainly 442, and the players who played in the Premier League last season have basically not left, so our opponents are basically the same as last season's main framework," Poyet said, pulling Michu back from distant memories, Michu listened carefully to the opponent's analysis.

"Obviously this is bad news for us! After all, the strength of the opponent is still far above the average of the Championship.

The opposition's tactics revolve around Andy Carroll, a centre-forward who has a superior header that makes him a great tactical fulcrum."

Michu smacked his tongue unconsciously, "Newcastle Giroud? ”

Poyet smiled and continued, "So their tactics tend to be to choose direct long balls from the back and wide crosses, and whether Andy's choice is to go straight to goal or to head the ball, their tactics can work well.

For Joey Barton in the midfield, I believe everyone is very familiar with it, with accurate long passes, fierce defense, and he is definitely a very good midfielder when he is focused, but if he is emotional, he is also very easy to make mistakes!

Anyway, I think the opponent is very tough, and playing away from home, I think we need some luck" Poyet obviously did a lot of homework, and Michu listened to his analysis while carefully flipping through the report,

For a while, only the sound of flipping through the paper was left in the conference room, and after looking through it for a while, Michu opened his mouth to say his thoughts, "Since it is an away game and the opponent is clearly coming with the posture of winning all three points, I think no one will object to the team's use of defensive counterattack tactics on the weekend, right?" ”

Seeing that everyone was looking at him quietly, Mi Chu continued, "I also carefully read this report just now! I think Gus was right in his analysis, if we want to turn the tables away from home, we have to contain Carroll's connection with the others," Michu then said what was on his mind.

Michu's intention is to change the team's tactics to a pseudo-Christmas tree formation of 4321, which is an improvement on the team's 4231 formation, but different from Carlo Ancelotti's famous Christmas tree formation.

Michu's biggest change in tactics was Delph's position in midfield, and although some people didn't understand it when they heard this, Michu continued to speak.

'I know Delph hasn't been doing as well as I could have done before, so I'm going to have Holson in midfield with him in a double midfield, while Kilkenny will drop back deeper and be ready to support the front and protect the back line as much as possible.

In this arrangement, I think Delph and Holson will be able to mark the opposing midfielders Nolan and Joey Barton when defending, and Kilkenny's retreat to a deeper position will also allow Carroll to break the connection with the midfield as much as possible, but such a change will have to sacrifice some of Delph's attacking ability.

In this game, as long as Delph can hold the ball on the counter-attack, then we can advance to the opponent's front court in the attack, which can also release a certain amount of defensive pressure on the team in the half. ”

"Why not a back three, so that the team's defense will be more solid, and Delph will be able to provide the counter-attacking speed that Muller can't provide, wouldn't that be a better result?" Poyet was the first to raise his doubts.

"I believe everyone has read the report, here facing the characteristics of the opponent's midfield is very clear, the opponent's midfield has a strong long-range shooting ability, and too flat formation will make the opponent's midfield and back line can continue to press, if it is pressed for too long, it is obviously not conducive to the team's defense.

And if we show weakness on the road, we will look very ugly on the day, and I don't want the team to be bullied by everyone in the future.

This arrangement will allow the team to have more leeway when attacking, once Delph can sort out the ball in a deep position, then I believe that at that time we will be able to penetrate the opponent's defense in the middle, whether we can break the defense in the middle will be the key factor in determining the final result of our game!

And the opponent's St James' Park stadium is very long, and the width of the stadium will obviously be insufficient, so we have to find a way in the middle! Michu said his thoughts firmly.

"But Delph's previous performance in this position doesn't make people feel very comfortable to hand over such an important matter to him, in case he can't play what you said, wouldn't we be very passive," someone said worriedly,

"I personally believe that his skills and abilities can be done, the key is whether he is willing to believe in himself, and I hope you can believe in him.

If he's obsessed with his future being on the wing, there's nothing I can do," Michu paused at this point, "and I'm sure that as long as Delph plays half of his strength, Joey Barton will give our mid lane commander a big gift" Looking at everyone's puzzled looks, Michu left a sly smile!