Chapter Twenty-Five: New Life is Fierce!

After taking the lead, Leeds United shrank more the field, Simon Grayson told them before the game, Birmingham's attack is very strong, but their defense is also very fragile, Leeds United is not without a chance to beat their opponents in the away game, but their first thing to do is to defend, as long as they handle their own defense well, the opportunity to score will naturally come.

Now the game has developed according to the manager's prediction, which has also made the Leeds United players more confident and more thorough in the implementation of the manager's tactical arrangement.

Leeds United's contraction defense also reduced Wang Tiezhu's defensive pressure, and he didn't even need to go head-to-head with the opponent anymore, but even so, Wang Tiezhu still played a big role in defense, still pushed out three corner kicks from the opponent in the rest of the first half, and also had a big foot clearance.

Leeds United's tight defence still won them a very valuable counter-attacking opportunity!

In the first minute of first-half stoppage time, Connoli took advantage of the counter-attack to receive Jonny Hausen's ball and sent the ball high from the right to the feet of Pugh on the left!

Pugh, a player from Manchester United's academy, is still very level, and his wandering around over the years has also made great progress in his individual ability, before bringing the ball to the small penalty area, facing the attacking Birmingham goalkeeper Villas-Boas, he calmly used his right foot that he is not good at to dunk the ball, shook off Villas-Boas and pushed it with his left foot, and the ball rolled into the close goal...... 2:0, the "Young Guards" who were fighting away turned out to be already leading by two goals!

Leeds United was jubilant on the bench, with Simon Grayson and Green Snowing laughing and hugging excitedly, and Simon Grayson was a little reserved when Luciano Bezio opened the scoring for the team, but now that he is two goals ahead, he and the team have seen the hope of victory, and there is no need to keep a tight face.

What's more, the first half of the game is about to end, and at halftime he has time to adjust his team, and this is when it is time to release his emotions.

At half-time, Simon Grayson praised his players for being able to lead Birmingham City by two goals away from home, which is really good for Leeds United today.

Simon Grayson then stressed the need for his team to continue to hold on in the second half, reminding them that with every minute that passes, they will be one step closer to victory, and everyone must be united in their tactical thinking.

At halftime, Chris Hughton made another adjustment to the Birmingham team's tactics, and he also removed a defender and sent a midfielder, and the team's battle became 352, in order to increase his team's midfield control and finally win this game, at least not to lose!

Chris Hughton's calculations were very good, but after the start of the second half, Leeds United, who were playing away, shrank even harder, and under the command of captain Jonny Hausen, the team even set up a bucket formation, except for one Beccio cruising in the front, everyone retreated to the vicinity of their own penalty area.

Leeds United's move is indeed just right, although the Birmingham team playing at home in the cheers of the fans played the attack vigorously, shooting again and again, but there were almost no shots that could really threaten the Leeds United goal, until the 88th minute of the game, Judham Rooney scored a face-saving goal, but it was too late, and finally could only lose 1:2 at home to the visiting Leeds United.

Chris Hughton himself smiled wryly when the whistle blew at the end of the game, they really lost to themselves in this game, the team looked down on their opponents from the beginning, and the team's mentality became more anxious after conceding two goals in the first half, they completed 11 shots in the whole game, while the opponent Leeds United had only five shots, but Birmingham only had two shots on goal from 11 shots on goal, and only one goal was generated, while Leeds United also only had two shots on target, but scored two.

Obviously, the Birmingham team is still stronger than their opponents, even if they take it a little bit more seriously, and they may be the winners of this game, but ...... There are no ifs in football games!

Speaking to reporters in front of home coach Chris Hughton in his post-match press conference, Simon Grayson said: "Birmingham are a formidable opponent and to be able to win away from home is sure it will give my team more confidence. Now we have three wins in a row, but I believe this is not the end of the line, my team and I are getting better and we will have a better record! ”

When the reporter asked Simon Grayson: "Why did Wang Tiezhu get into the starting lineup so quickly, his passing ability is not strong, is it because he is from the Leeds United academy so he has received special care?" ”

Simon Grayson was very disgusted by this reporter who harbored evil intentions, which was obviously to provoke the internal unity of his team, but on the surface he laughed and said: "Why don't you let Shaq play the starter?" He can give us multiple interceptions in every game, and he can also provide 10 aerial duels, and even if his passing ability is a little worse, his defensive ability is more than enough to make up for it! And you've all seen how good Shaq is when he's going head-to-head with his opponent! I believe that Shaq is a talented defensive midfielder and his future is bright and ambitious! ”

When Simon Grayson had high hopes for Wang Tiezhu, Wang Tiezhu was in the bathroom of the locker room happily watching another skill point he had obtained, and then he was very careful to add this skill point to the defensive position, through today's game, he has found that he has a deficiency in the position, otherwise he should be able to complete more steals.

When the whole Leeds United team returned to the Thorpe Arch training base, Wang Tiezhu was warmly welcomed by Melissa, even though it was already dark, this beautiful girl still waited in the parking lot, because she had already made dinner at Wang Tiezhu's house, and wanted to pick up Wang Tiezhu home in person, which was also a reward for Wang Tiezhu's outstanding performance at St Andrews.

After a day of rest for the whole team the next day, Leeds United did not resume training until Tuesday, Wang Tiezhu, who had a good performance in two consecutive games, has completely won the respect of his teammates, and everyone has already experienced the difference between Wang Tiezhu's presence and absence, and having him can really improve Leeds United's defensive ability by at least one notch, so when Wang Tiezhu appeared in the starting lineup of Leeds United at home against Nottingham Forest in the eighth round, no one had any objection to this, because of the nickname "Shaq" The young man is really powerful, and his attitude towards training and competition is indeed admired by everyone, and playing against a strong opponent like Nottingham Forest is exactly the time when a strong opponent like him is needed to make a career in the future.

Nottingham Forest was once a formidable force in English football, and the 'Red Forest' led by Brian Clough dominated European football in the 70s, and even today, Nottingham Forest is still a fighting force.

Steve McLaren's Nottingham Forest are making a comeback this season, although McClaren's experience in charge of the England national team has been unpleasant, and his subsequent trip to Wolfsburg has been disgraceful, and he has not been favored by the superteam again.

McClaren, who returned to England, was brought in by Nottingham Forest, perhaps because the man who had been a player was more adaptable to traditional English football, and he really showed his ability in the English Championship.

Nottingham Forest are now second in the Championship table with 16 points from seven games, five wins, one draw and one loss, just two points less than Portsmouth, who are in first place.

Especially Ismael Miller, who joined this season, has now been trained by McClaren to be a killer who scored 5 goals in 7 games, you must know that this black big man used to be a striker who could not even guarantee the main position in West Bromwich Albion, but under McClaren, he became a majestic marksman.

In his pre-match press conference, McClaren, after all, was the former head coach of the England national team, and he looked ahead to the game after announcing his starting line-up: "After Ismael matures, there is no one in the current English Champions League who can stop me and my team from moving forward, and I believe that Ismail will give my team more motivation to move forward, and we will definitely go to win this game." ”

Simon Grayson was cautious: "We've won three league games in a row, but we have a lot of problems that need to be solved one by one, and it is obviously not the right time to meet Nottingham Forest at this time, but my team and I will try to continue our winning momentum as much as possible." Ismael Miller is a very talented striker, just like Zach Thompson on our team, but the difference is that Shaq is a bit younger, and in terms of age, Shaq clearly has a bigger future. ”

It seems that Simon Grayson is unwilling to pose Wang Tiezhu and Ismail Miller to play against the table, but in fact this is not the case, when Simon Grayson reappeared in the home team's locker room, his face was full of murder, gritted his teeth and whispered: "Listen to me, this game must be won for me, otherwise, you will wait for this week's training volume to double!" ”

The Leeds United players looked at the manager in surprise, they really didn't know why their boss went out to a pre-match press conference and came back like this.

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