Chapter 82: I'm here to observe my opponent!

In Leeds United's home game against Sunderland, Leeds United were heavily defended by Sunderland, and the new manager of the "Black Cats" this season, Brian McDermott, did not take a stand at all, and set up defensive counter-attacking tactics for his team at Elland Road.

Leeds United are indeed a promoted team, but their performance this season has been truly impressive, with seven wins and only one defeat in eight league games, even if they have not faced a strong opponent in this period, it is enough to prove that this team is definitely a strong team if not at championship level.

Brian McDermott coached Reading last season and led the team to the Super League, this bald head coach has a pragmatic coaching style, he and Simon Grayson also have experience in the game, naturally do not think that the mediocre Sunderland team was a super team last season, they can easily win when they meet the "Young Guard", Leeds United is now in addition to the more mature and powerful "Leeds Three Musketeers", there is also a "beast" Tevez, and Ameobi, a "big black man" who has entered the peak of his career, the strength of Leeds United...... Above Sunderland!

Brian McDermott's scruples proved to be justified, and in this game, Leeds United launched a powerful attack from the start, and everyone wanted to beat Sunderland with the advantage of home field!

With Simon Grayson establishing the position of Zach Thompson's tactical core, the current Leeds United has become more and more proficient in the use of new tactics, and the "Shaq", who was originally in everyone's impression of being a strong midfielder, is now developing in the direction of a qualified midfield commander, and has not lost his defensive advantage, it should be said that the current Zach Thompson is more like an all-round midfielder.

In the past, Zach Thompson was almost always helping the team defend in games, and the number of passes in each game may even be in the single digits, but after the start of this season, because of the rapid improvement of personal ability, although Zach Thompson mainly plays the role of a midfielder, the number of passes has increased a lot, especially when Simon Grayson changed the tactics of Leeds United, Zach Thompson has almost 50 passes in each game, That's already the stats of a qualified playmaker.

What surprised Simon Grayson the most was that while the team's core player "Shaq" began to gradually dominate the team's attack, his defensive tasks were still very good, even better than last season, with almost 10 tackles and six or seven headers per game.

The fundamental reason why Zach Thompson can perform better and better is his strong running ability and the larger range of motion given to him by the head coach, Zach Thompson runs an average of 12.6 kilometers per game, which is absolutely the best of all players.

In addition to these, Zach Thompson's long-range shooting ability is also excellent, after becoming the top scorer of Leeds United last season, Zach Thompson's goals have decreased a lot this season, and he has only scored 2 league goals so far, this is not that Zach Thompson's goalscoring ability has declined, but because the current Leeds United no longer need to rely on him to score, it is enough to have Tevez and Ameo than them.

Can run, pass, grab, and score, what is such a midfielder who is not an all-round midfielder?

Zach Thompson has been playing an increasingly important role for Leeds United, and his performances have been consistently excellent, but even so, Leeds United still struggled to meet Sunderland's tight defence at home.

In this game, it was not until the 41st minute that Zach Thompson launched a counterattack on the spot after a steal in the front court, and the ball was passed by Zach Thompson to Jonny Hausen on the left side, and the Leeds captain swept the ball and stuffed the ball directly into the feet of the "black big man" Ameobi in front of the penalty area......

"Tom!"

Ameobi was given a bonus to Zach Thompson's shot in this game, and at this moment, he saw the ball from Jonny Hausen and fired a shot that arced in the air and fell into the Sunderland goal...... 1:0！

Leeds United's goal, let the Elland Road stadium cheer, but also made the away Sunderland team feel frustrated, they did it well enough, but the opponent still seized such a chance that is not a chance, just three seconds before the goal, the ball was still controlled by them, who thought that after the "Shaq" steal in the front, immediately through Jonny Hausen, Ameobi turned this opportunity into a goal, they are really fast!

With this goal, Leeds United opened the door to victory, took the initiative in the game at their home stadium, and scored another goal, and the "Young Guards" were already in an absolute advantage.

Simon Grayson had a smile on his face off the field, but he could clearly see that the reason why this goal would occur was based on a steal from "Shaq" in front of the court, and he instigated an attack on the spot, which made Ameobi finally score the goal.

Seemingly...... With Shaq, we will be even stronger than we imagined!

The camera camera turned around, and suddenly locked on an emaciated and old face in the stands, an old man watching the game with gold-rimmed glasses...... Wenger!?

Seeing this face appear on the big screen of Elland Road Stadium, Simon Grayson couldn't help but be stunned...... Damn, what is this old guy doing again?

Simon Grayson really doesn't have a crush on "Professor" Arsene Wenger, the Frenchman has been thinking about his players since last year, and no one else would have a crush on such a person.

When Zach Thompson came to prominence, Swansea first made an offer of 1.5 million pounds to him, and then the Frenchman wanted to buy Zach Thompson and Jonny Hausen for 40 million pounds, in fact, Simon Grayson knew that the damn Frenchman was joking with himself at that time, 40 million pounds had already exceeded the value of Shaq and Jonny Hausen, otherwise Arsenal would not have made an offer of 12 million pounds for Shaq this summer.

In fact, even if these two boys add up to about 30 million pounds now, but it also depends on whether Leeds United sells them, and the two of them have no liquidated damages clause, and any team that wants to get them must first go through Leeds United's consent.

It's just that fools will sell them!

But now it seems that this damn old French thief who likes to "steal" the new stars of other teams is obviously a thief to his own players!

Although his team had broken the deadlock in a difficult game, Simon Grayson was in a bad mood at half-time, his face was always black, and he didn't speak well when he laid out the second-half tactics for the players, and the Leeds United players thought that the manager was dissatisfied with the team's performance in the first half.

But...... Sunderland really played very tenacious, but unfortunately, our manager was very dissatisfied, so let's try hard again in the second half!

So, Sunderland in the second half was tragic!

With 46 minutes to go and just a minute into the second half, Leeds took advantage of the first kick-off to attack, first probing Jonny Howson from the left, then trying again, then quickly moving to the right, and when Sunderland's formation moved again, Bentley sent the ball to Zach Thompson in the middle.

"Smack!"

"Sora!"

Zach Thompson didn't stop the ball and pushed the ball directly with his left foot to the feet of Ameobi in front of him!

After the "big black" ran up diagonally to receive the ball, Sunderland's central defender Bramble stopped it, but Ameobi did not rush to break through, but after a sharp stop, he kicked the ball accurately under Bramble's crotch.

Thinking that Ameobi was going to play Brazil, Bramble quickly turned around and stuck in position, and when he did all this, he realized that he was wrong, Ameobi had no intention of breaking through him, and there was no need for that, "The Beast" Tevez had appeared in front of the ball like a ghost.

At this time, Bramble suddenly remembered that when they were preparing for the game before the game, manager Brian McDermott explained to them a common tactical combination of Leeds United, Ameobi attracted the attention of the opponent, and then used his header or ball protection ability to send the ball back to the space next to him, and "The Beast" Tevez completed the final kill.

This is not the first time Leeds United have used this tactic, and they have even scored five or six goals through this tactic, and the individual characteristics of the attacking combination of Ameobi and Tevez have been closely combined.

"Tom!"

In the Sunderland penalty area, Tevez took two more steps to the left, made a feint with his right foot, and then slotted the ball into the bottom left corner of the Sunderland goal with his left foot.

“goal！！！！！！！！！！！！”

Tevez laughed and ran in front of Ameobi, jumping on top of the big black man............

“2：0！ Ha, the second half has just begun, Sora gave Carlos the assist, and now we are two goals ahead, we won this game! ”

After taking a two-goal lead, Leeds United still seemed to feel unsafe, their offensive did not weaken at all, but increased a lot, and under great pressure, the visitors, who had lost their morale and confidence, conceded again.

It was just five minutes after Tevez's goal, and on 52 minutes, Tevez received a through pass from Bentley on the right sideline, flicked left and right along the baseline, dribbled past three Sunderland defenders, and finally used his left foot in the right penalty area to pocket the ball into the far corner of the players...... 3:0！

"The game is over and now we're three goals ahead! The team's performance this season has been fantastic! That's great! ”

After taking a three-goal lead, Leeds United finally relaxed, they still have to save some strength to deal with the next Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, the current "young guards" have begun to mature, they will no longer be like the beginning of the season, after gaining an advantage to score more goals, that is not necessary at all, as long as they can win the game.

After the game, "Professor" Wenger could not escape the pursuit of reporters, although he had already left the field early, but was still caught by Sky Sports reporters in the parking lot.

"Hehe, I'm not here to look at a certain player, Leeds are already a strong team, they have the capital to keep any player, I'm just here to observe our opponents in the next round of Arsenal...... Of course, Leeds United are already able to be Arsenal's opponents! They have such strength! ”

Arsene Wenger's words surprised Sky Sports reporters, although the "Gunners" have missed the championship in recent years, their strength is still quite strong, and they can almost guarantee their qualification for the Champions League next season every season, such a team...... Are they already looking at Leeds United?

Is the Young Guard really still a promoted polo team?

Is their goal really just relegation!?

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