Chapter 173: Extreme Cruelty (Guarantee 1)
Chapter 173 is extremely ferocious
On the night of the League Cup match with Arsenal, all the coaches of the "Young Guard" were gathered in the conference room of the hotel where Leeds United stayed. Grayson held a coaching meeting.
"Guys, I won't say much about today's game, Shaq didn't play the role we imagined in the new position, I hope you can find out why, I think Shaq's ability on the offensive side is enough now, the reason why he didn't play well is still a problem with our tactical arrangement, if you have any ideas, just talk about it."
Simon? Grayson got straight to the point and put the only topic of the meeting, then clicked on his laptop and the screen played a video of the game. Blake also opened his laptop and played the same video of the game, but the content was different, it was recorded by a special person and only for Shaq.
A group of coaches watched the video for a long time, and then they spoke......
"Shaq's state is fine, this kid is still stable like a machine!"
"Sora's run blocked Shaq's breakaway, and there was a shot in front of him where Carlos blocked Shaq's breakaway, forcing Shaq to make a short pass."
"Shaq doesn't have enough space to move!"
"Sora and Carlos have moved forward too many times and have not formed an organic connection with Shaq, who is further behind."
"Ashley's little guy has a bit of a lot of plugs in the back, not only is his own defensive position unreasonable, but it also squeezes the space for Shaq to retreat, here...... Ashley and Shaq both ran together! ”
"Hey, Shaq's shot was not at the right time, there are too many defenders in front of him, he should choose to try to break through or split the side!"
With Leeds United getting stronger and stronger. Simon? Grayson's coaching staff has also grown in size, and now Chris? Sully, the youth director, no longer needs to take care of the first team, and can take his little guys with peace of mind, this time in addition to his assistant Eric, there are Salzano and Gareth? Taylor and Laurentian are three coaches who have studied tactics quite a lot.
Originally, the Carabao Cup match with Arsenal was a test of the team's tactics, Simon? Naturally, Grayson had to bring in a few of the most tactically literate people on his coaching staff to find problems. Now it's working.
After watching the video several times, after discussion and argumentation, the reason for Shaq's abnormal performance in the game was also found, it turned out that it was because Tevez and Ameobi in front of him restricted his play, and the other was the teenager Ashley? Hood has too many pre-thrusts.
Although Leeds United's two major strikers have done their jobs, after Shaq ran out of space, he could only pass the ball when he was supposed to break through, and Ashley? Hood's over-insertion squeezed the depth of Shaq's retracement. This caused some confusion in the midfield.
The reason for the problem was found, and it became simple to solve it, and the coaching staff of Leeds United quickly proposed adjustments to the team's tactics, first of all, the forward line, no matter who played the striker, he had to pull the side to make way for Shaq in the middle, to give him space to play impact and pass, and then Ashley? Hood's forward thrust must be restricted. When he runs up, it will affect the team's defensive stability.
The strikers pulled the wings, and the two wing-backs who were originally in the front had to retreat to the midfield. The two full-backs will also be moved back to the back, although this adjustment will affect the team's attacking power to a certain extent, but it will also be followed by a more solid backline and an increase in the depth of the midfield.
This adjustment has both advantages and disadvantages for the current Leeds United team, but what the effect will be will have to wait until the game to test.
Four days later, when the 22nd round of the Premier League arrived. Leeds United has completed the adjustment of tactics and lineup, and the "Young Guards" who appeared at the Emirates Stadium four days later have been very different from before, not only in terms of tactics, but also in terms of lineup.
Because the two strikers need to pull the side. Need to run nimble and feed Shaq in the middle, so Simon? Grayson can only choose a technical forward, not a tactical center like "Black Big Man" Ameobi, or Nelson? Oliveira is such a technical goalscorer, so in addition to "The Beast" Tevez, another one who appears up front is ...... Pivkovsky!
The Swede is a tall man with excellent skills at his feet, and with the experience gained from his position in the team's main position this season, his ability to cut inside and the accuracy of his crosses have improved significantly.
In midfield, David? Bentley appeared in the right midfield position, Bentley's breakthrough ability is still not successful, but his running and a spiritual pass, or Simon? Grayson's top pick.
"Gunners" Arsenal have not changed much this time, except for French central defender No. 6 Laurent? Kescherini came into the starting line-up, with goalkeeper Fabianski replaced Szczesny.
In the opinion of "Professor" Arsene Wenger, if Leeds United still play their new tactics this time and push Shaq to the front, then they will have no place to die, because he has really eaten the opponent's tactics thoroughly this time.
The old Frenchman smiled when Arsene Wenger saw Leeds United's position, and he found Simon? Grayson was really bold enough to take out that immature set of tactics again, Wenger still didn't expect it, Simon? Grayson is not a fool, so how could he not modify his immature tactics?
After only 6 minutes of the game, Pivkowski cut along the bottom line to the Arsenal penalty area, he didn't cross after being blocked, and sent the ball to the right sideline with a heel knock, and Bentley who followed up comfortably got the ball, and then kicked the ball into the Arsenal small penalty area with a "bang" kick when no one was guarded.
Bentley's cross doesn't have much arc, it's low, flat, fast and accurate!
In the blink of an eye, the ball flew into the Arsenal penalty area, and the line of the ball flight was almost close to the small penalty line, which made Szczesny very uncomfortable, and if he attacked, he would probably not touch the ball, and if he stayed in front of the goal line, once the opponent hit the ball, it was too dangerous.
Szczesny, who hesitated for a moment, still chose to attack when he saw that there were three people to protect him: Kescherini, Sargna, and Vermaelen.
But at this moment, a white figure suddenly ran out sideways from the left rear point, and the white figure was faster than lightning, and came out of the gap between the three Arsenal defenders!
Broken!
As soon as he saw the pace of the Leeds player, Szczesny knew who had arrived...... Sark!
The England Shaq has several skills, and this header is one of them, with his excellent physical condition and awareness of where the ball lands, Shaq is second only to his "GOAL" in the number of headers.
"Boom!"
Shaq shook himself in front of Vermaelen, jumped into the air with the power of the sprint, and was a body taller than the others, and the head of Vermaelen behind him was only up to Shak's buttocks.
Even, the hand raised by Szczesny who jumped up was not as high as Shaq's head!
Several Arsenal players watched as if they were saluting Shaq in the air, as they shook their heads and headed the ball into the top right corner of the Arsenal goal...... 1:0!
“GOALLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Shaq excitedly threw his arms high and ran to the corner flag on the left, where Leeds United's hardcore fan organisation was ...... Service helps!
If this goal is due to Shaq's personal ability, then Shaq's second goal in this game is completely Simon? Grayson's tactical tweaks have paid off.
With 16 minutes to go, Jonny? After receiving a pass from Tevez on the left, Hausen raced forward from just over the halfway line down the flank to just outside the Arsenal box on the left and sent the ball near the central penalty spot.
Shaq, who rushed frantically to catch up, faced the ball with a kick!
"Bang!"
At the same time as the explosion, "Shaq GOAL" appeared again, and the ball was slammed into the Arsenal goal by Shaq from Szczesny's right hand...... 2:0!
Although the "Gunners" have been prepared for a long time, they have also figured out how to organize Shaq to score, but they did not expect that Shaq would get so much space in this game, Leeds United's two forwards all gave way to him, in order to let him fully show his personal ability, as a result, Shaq completed the "brace" in 16 minutes, and this reality directly hit the "Gunners" dizzy.
The morale-barred Arsenal players have changed their mentality, and even Vermaelen, who wore the captain's armband, made a mistake in the 22nd minute, pulling down the Swedish boy with his hand when Pivkowski broke through, and the place where he fouled was in his own big box...... Penalty kick!
After Tevez scored the penalty, the score became 3:0, and at this time, the game was only 24 minutes played, and Leeds United had already scored three goals!
But all this is just the beginning of the nightmare, when the game went on for 38 minutes, Bentley passed directly to Pivkowski in the big penalty area on the right side, and Shaq in the middle pulled the opponent's two central defenders outside the big penalty area, and forced Arsenal to empty the big penalty area in the middle, but Pivkowski's pass was sent to this position.
Leeds captain Jonny running up from the left? Hausen pushed the ball with the arch of his right foot, and the ball rolled into the bottom left corner of the Arsenal goal...... 4:0!
At this time, the fans of the "Gunners" showed desperate expressions one by one, and the "professor" couldn't help but curse in his heart: Miscellaneous! Shit! You've scored four goals in the first half, how many more do you want to score!? (To be continued......)