Chapter Seventy-Six: Strange Old Rivals!

Upton Park was 100 per cent full at 3pm on September 23, with 45,402 West Ham United fans crowding the 45,402-seat stadium in anticipation of their team's first win of the season.

The outside media and professionals are unanimously optimistic about Leeds United, which can not affect the fans of West Ham United in the slightest, they feel that since their team can play Leeds United at Upton Park last season a 2:1, then there is nothing wrong with this season, your Leeds United strength has been strengthened, our West Ham United has also been recruited, we still have the advantage of home stadium, why can't we play those super teams and Leeds United, the same promotion horse as us?

In his pre-match press conference, West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce said: "We and Leeds United are old rivals, so we don't have a psychological burden against Leeds United, we don't have any pressure at all, we will do our best to get our first win in the Premier League!" ”

Sam Allardyce is certainly not a fool, and he will not really mean that today's West Ham United can easily beat Leeds United, but he must use this to boost morale, and the same promoted Maledes United has performed very well in the new season, but West Ham United has not won even one game so far, which is quite unfavorable to the team's relegation goal, Leeds United is the team's opponent in the English Championship last season, and the "Hammers" really want to get the first win of the new season, This is the ideal goal, as long as they get past this hurdle, West Ham United may be able to win back-to-back victories!

"Big Sam" played his calculations well, but as soon as the game started, he suffered a blow to the head!

At the beginning of the game, Leeds United, who were playing away, kicked off first, and after the ball came out of the middle circle to the feet of Zach Thompson, Zach Thompson handed the ball back to Red on the back line, and then the ball was passed by Dawson, Red, Bentley, Papac, Bentley, Zach Thompson, Ameobi, Tevez and others, and then sent to the left captain Jonny Hausen.

After Jonny Hausen won the ball, he made a decisive inward cut, dribbling the ball around West Ham United's Ivory Coast right-back De Moore, and suddenly fired a shot on the left side of the top of the West Ham penalty area!

"Tom!"

The ball flew out of Jonny Hausen's feet with good power and speed, but unfortunately the Leeds captain's long-range shooting ability was mediocre, and this kick could not press the ball down, and the ball flew higher and higher with a left-hand arc, and finally flew off the baseline......

"Oh---"

There was a roar of laughter at Upton Park, as the Hammers seemed to be laughing at Jonny Hausen's long-range shot!

The West Ham United players also showed a relaxed expression on their faces, this Jonny Hausen seems to be the same as before, his breakthrough ability, dribbling ability, and vision are all very good, but his shooting skills are still the same, and there is no crosshair at all!

At this time, Sam Allardyce on the field looked in the direction of Simon Grayson on the other side with complicated eyes: This is ...... What is Simon, this old boy doing? How did their team's tactics come to be like this? Controlling patiently and then looking for attacking opportunities and finally finishing the shots is no longer the style of play of the Championship team, could it be that in just three or four months, Leeds United have been reborn as a real super team? However, this ...... Is it possible?

"Bang!"

West Ham United goalkeeper Robert Green drove a big ball up front, and Zach Thompson quickly found the spot, only to be flanked by two West Ham United players, forward Kevin Nolan and ...... Michael Owen!

The former "golden boy" Owen is now a 32-year-old veteran, and the injury-plagued Owen has been mixed with Manchester United for three years, and finally failed to continue to get the care of the "old man" because of his state, and this season he joined the thirsty West Ham United as a free agent, only because of injuries, until this game he got the starting position for the first time.

Irving's heading ability is almost negligible, although Kevin Nolan's height is the same as Zach Thompson, but his physical fitness is far worse than Zach Thompson, Zach Thompson just carries Owen with his back, pushes Kevin Nolan with his shoulder, and waits for the ball to fly over and then rushes upward......

"Boom!"

The ball was pushed back by Zach Thompson with his forehead!

"Good!"

The Leeds United players applauded Zach Thompson's header loudly, and "Shaq" really deserved to be the player entrusted by the manager with the core of the team, and this individual ability is really too strong to say.

Ameobi raised his left foot to unload the ball, but he also reached out to Zach Thompson and gave a thumbs up, grinning, and then completed the action of turning with the ball, and after seeing three opponents in dark red jerseys in front of him, he stretched forward with his long right leg and stabbed the ball directly into the empty space five meters in front of him.

"Mine!"

The short "beast" Tevez roared, and a pair of small short legs "poof" turned upside down, and caught up with the ball in the blink of an eye!

"Smack, smack, smack!"

Tevez's dribbling is characteristic, touching the ball very quickly, and the ball is always a metre in front of him, which also allows him to complete the action of changing lines quickly.

Pulling the West Ham United defender in front of him, Tevez ran two steps and made a feint, but in fact he took the ball along an oblique straight line and rushed into the opponent's penalty area!

After entering the big forbidden area, the "beast" can really show his minions at any time!

"Bang!"

Tevez didn't even look at West Ham United goalkeeper Robert Green, and fired a shot straight away, and the ball flew diagonally into the top left corner of the West Ham goal!

In this game, Zach Thompson once again filled Tevez's shooting, long shot, speed, and explosiveness, and a "super beast" appeared in front of the world again!

"Huh!"

Robert Green just made a leap and the ball hit the white net behind the goal and sank in......

“goal！！！！！！！！！！！”

Tevez laughed and raised his right hand, stretched out his right index finger and ran to Ameobi, who gave him the assist, and then the two of them hugged and hugged Zach Thompson who ran up together.

In Upton Park, West Ham fans were dumbfounded, and the whole stadium was silent...... It's only been less than two minutes, why did this goal go in?

"Ball...... The ball went in? The game was only two minutes underway...... We're already behind...... Hey, it seems that Leeds United's luck is as good as the legend says! ”

That's right, luck!

It's just luck!

West Ham United are comforting themselves with such reasons, but the coaches of the coaching staff off the field are already extremely serious.

Sam Allardyce really understands this time, Leeds United's old rivals have really changed, they have become a completely different team from last season's English Champions League, this team's technical and tactical level has improved too much, far behind their West Ham United!

Looking at the two Leeds United attacks just now, the first time they showed ball control and patience, the whole attack process showed the delicacy after careful polishing, and the goal just now showed the speed and strength of Leeds United, and once again clearly showed that they are improving towards fine tactics.

Leeds United may have attacked early on with a behind-the-back kick in the past, and that tactical play is really simple and straightforward, and the threat they can pose is limited, but this time they finally scored through the combination of Ameobi and Tevez's ground passing, supplemented by strong individual ability.

This...... It is enough to show the real strength of the current Leeds United, they can win Manchester United, they can win Fulham, they can win Bolton, they can win Manchester City, they can win Dynamo Kyiv, they can win Red Star Belgrade, it is really not a simple sentence "good luck" can explain.

Before I knew it, Sam Allardyce was sweating on his forehead!

Sam Allardyce can muster up the courage to shout the slogan of victory to the former "Young Guard", but he really has no confidence to win the Leeds United team in front of him, and even he has a hunch that Leeds United is in such good shape today, and his luck is quite good, maybe his team will usher in a big defeat!

Sam Allardyce's hunch was quickly confirmed, when Leeds United launched a wave of attacks, Bentley and Tevez's shots were used by West Ham United defenders to use their bodies, and the initiative of the game had completely fallen into the hands of Leeds United just ten minutes into the game.

In the 14th minute of the game, Leeds United's attack hit Zach Thompson from Tevez on the right to Zach Thompson in the middle, and then hit the captain Jonny Howson on the left side of the middle, and then Jonny Hausen sent the ball to West Ham United's small penalty area with a low flat kick...... 2:0！

Belch!

Sam Allardyce couldn't help but smile wryly after seeing this goal, now he already knew the outcome of this game, the "Young Guards" in front of him was indeed no longer something that the "Hammers" could stop, and because he and the team had miscalculated Leeds United, they could have lost at least four or five goals in this game.

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