Chapter Sixty-Four: A Difficult First Half

Leeds United were the leaders on the pitch, but the circumstances of the game worried Simon Grayson, and his fears soon became reality.

On 27 minutes, City, who had been tempo in attack and defence, seized a chance to play on the counter-attack, when Leeds United's captain Jonny Hausen was seen through the line when he passed the ball, and Yaya Toure made a tackle to keep the ball in front of Bentley.

"David!"

Yaya Toure was still on the ground and didn't get up, and his long legs swept the ball towards the left wing.

"Smack...... Boom! ”

David Silva scrambled to the flank, his lanky body made a nimble turn, and the little Spaniard immediately slotted the ball forward with his right foot, and kicked it hard with his left heel.

And then--

David Silva rushed up along the flanks like a bolt of lightning, and because of the position, Leeds United's backline was too far forward, and there was no one to defend David Silva at this time.

When Reid ran diagonally to intercept, David Silva used his nimble left foot to dunk the ball to his right front, and a flexible change of line dodged Reid and continued to rush towards Leeds United's penalty area.

"David Silva! David Silva! Red is trying to catch up, but he can't catch up with David Silva! He can't catch up! It's in the forbidden area, it's in the forbidden area! Adjust your pace...... Shot! ”

"Tom!"

Just 15 metres from goal, David Silva decisively picked up his left foot and blasted the ball out!

Red, who was chasing behind David Silva, had actually used his strength to feed, but if he couldn't catch up, he couldn't catch up, even if David Silva was running with the ball, he still couldn't catch up, until the opponent completed the shot and the ball flew out, Reid's figure finally caught up, but ...... It's already late!

David Silva shot with the outside of his left foot, so he kicked the ball with a left-hand arc, and the speed of the ball was so fast that the outstretched right hand of Ronegan was only about a foot away from the ball, and he watched the ball fly into the goal......

“goal！！！！！！！！！！！ goal！ goal!goal!goal!!!!!!!”

At Wembley Stadium, Manchester City supporters shouted wildly, they have absolute confidence in their team, it is not difficult to play a promotion horse like Leeds United, even if the team is unlucky to concede a goal first, but how do you look at it?

"David Silva! Brilliant goal! He dribbled the ball almost 50 meters away near the halfway line and finally scored with a powerful shot! The score was 1-1 drawn, but I think City may have started to lift the Community Shield! In this game, the balance of victory has never been tipped in Leeds United's side! ”

Simon Grayson shouted to Bentley in front of him: "Tell everyone to shrink!" Everybody except Tevez gave me back to defend and stop pressing. ”

"Understood!"

Bent nodded forcefully, turned around and went to inform the others.

Simon Grayson shook his head helplessly off the field and sat back in his position, his team really has too big a gap when playing against an opponent like Manchester City, when he played against the "Gunners" Arsenal, Leeds United was able to fight with the opponent with a tough style of play, but that was because Arsenal was really too "soft", and when they met a champion-level team like "Blue Moon", they really didn't have much chance, The gap in strength is really too big to make up for it, and if it weren't for the luck of his team, David Silva might have broken through his own door twice!

On the other hand, Mancini just stood up and smiled and clapped his hands after David Silva's goal, even if he cheered for his disciples, now he is not the manager who started from scratch when he first came to England, but the dignified English Premier League champion coach!

With a good hand, playing a promoted club like Leeds United, there's nothing to be happy about equalising after conceding a goal, or even a goal or two ahead of them, because they are the defending champions this season!

After the equaliser, Manchester City played more calmly, and they had the patience to play slowly with Leeds United, but their defence was still solid.

In the 31st minute, Leeds United launched an attack from the right, Bentley crossed the ball to the far end, Ameobi in the middle of the duffled shot, and the "beast" Tevez who ran to the left was the real killer move, but this time the Manchester City team was not so easy to make mistakes, Srna appeared in front of Tevez and headed the ball out.

Aguero did not rush to break through after taking the ball and turning around, but watched the situation a little and played a long ball to the left.

It's not that Aguero doesn't want to take the ball forward, but just three meters in front of him, Zach Thompson is already standing there!

At this time in the first half of the game, Aguero and Zach Thompson also had a few chances to make a move, but except for the beginning of the game when Zach Thompson rushed up to intercept David Silva and gave him such a chance, Aguero really couldn't get rid of Zach Thompson's entanglement at other times, Aguero now has only one feeling, this kid nicknamed "Shaq" is really like Joe Hart and Richards They said, it's really hard to entangle!

It's not that Zach Thompson really suppressed Aguero, but Aguero is not the kind of powerful striker, and he doesn't have the kind of impact that the team can attack the opponent every time he hits him, so when Zach Thompson can continue to entangle him, Aguero adopts a roundabout strategy, and the current avoidance is just for the sudden outbreak later, not to mention that the Manchester City team has too many attack points, and Aguero has not yet reached the time to fight.

"Bang!"

The ball flew out from David Silva's feet, and his cross was a low cross, just over 20 centimetres above the ground, and flew very fast in front of goal.

"Dzeko! Dzeko! ”

The 1.93-meter-tall Bosnia-Herzegovina center forward has an enviable strong body, and his speed is also extremely fast, and he has been the top scorer in the Bundesliga in the sports battle, and his awareness and running position are absolutely excellent, when David Silva's ball passes, Dzeko has run to the ball!

Ball to ...... People are here!

"Smack!"

Dzeko didn't shoot hard at the ball, but poked it out with his toes, and David Silva's pass was so fast that it was enough to change the course of the ball.

Dzeko's idea is good, but he still underestimates the Leeds United defenders, or should he underestimate Ben Parker, who is known as the "Leeds Three" along with Zach Thompson and Jonny Hausen!

The ball flew out...... A white figure flashed in the air!

"Smack!"

Ben Parker rushed sideways and used his calf to knock the ball down in the air!

"Bang!"

As soon as Ben Parker hit the ground, he kicked the ball away with a big kick......

"Dzeko shoots...... Yes! Stopped! Leeds United's No.19 ...... Left-back, Ben Parker! The young man, who is only 20 years old and a player developed by Leeds United, has been dubbed the 'Leeds Three' along with Shaq and Jonny Hausen, who represented England in the Summer European Championships, and he has been doing quite well in this game! ”

"Ben Parker! This twenty-year-old boy saved the gates of Leeds! Leeds United are a team that has a knack for developing young players, Shaq and Jonny Hausen are already very good, and Ben Parker was also impressive, providing an assist for Tevez with his back-to-back cross, and now he is back in time to intercept Dzeko's must-score goal...... Let's take a look at the slow-motion replay...... Dzeko stabbed ...... This angle should be towards the dead corner of the lower right corner of the Leeds gate, which is very tricky! Ben Parker intercepts! Hey, this ball is so beautiful! If he can continue to play this eye-catching performance in this game, Ben Parker has a bright future ahead of him! I'm sure maybe Hodgson will draft Ben Parker for England next time. ”

Dzeko looked at Ben Parker, who was half a head shorter than him, with a strange expression, he really didn't expect that his shot like that would be blocked, and that kick was definitely able to avoid the opposing goalkeeper, but he couldn't avoid this left-back...... Ay!

Mancini saw Ben Parker's return defense off the field, and suddenly had a feeling that his eyes lit up, and in the championship team he built himself, he is still very satisfied with the team's midfield configuration, with Aguero, David Silva, Nasri, Dzeko, Yaya Toure, Balotelli and other stars, the "Blue Moon" midfield is really strong enough.

Only this back line, Mancini still has such and such dissatisfaction, which can be seen from the fact that Srna, Isla, Bochetti, and Srna he bought this season are all defenders, but even with these four new signings, plus Klich, Kompany, Richards and others, Mancini still has a little regret about his team's back line.

But when Mancini saw Ben Parker's performance, he suddenly felt that he could get scouts to pay attention to the Leeds United left-back.

As the game continued, Manchester City's attack began to hit Leeds United's backline continuously, and they tried to tear apart the opponent's defense through various means, David Silva's breakthrough, Sergio Aguero's retreat, Dzeko's header protection, Nasri's sudden pass, and even Yaya Toure ran up and stuffed it straight when he was fine.

However, Leeds United's defense still stopped all of Manchester City's attack, when Leeds United resolutely put out the iron bucket formation, Jonny Howson and Bentley protected Zach Thompson on both sides of Zach Thompson, plus a whole line of backs behind them, as well as the retreat of Snodgrass and Ameobi in front, such a defensive formation composed of ten players, even Manchester City had no way to take them for a while.

Zach Thompson's stubbornness gave Sergio Aguero more room to move, and he also actively dropped back to help the team organise the attack, but for the Manchester City players, apart from a long-range shot from time to time, they really didn't have a good way to threaten the Leeds United goal.

"Di-Di-Di-Di-"

As the clock ticked by, referee Webb's whistle finally blew and the first half of the game was over.

"At the end of the first half, the score was still 1-1, but we can fully see that Manchester City have completely grasped the initiative of the game, and then it will be up to Mancini to make adjustments at half-time, as long as they score one more goal, then they will win this game!"

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