Chapter 153: The First Battle of "Team Universe"

With the rise of the "Young Guard" in the past two years, the young boys in the team have also become internationals in their respective countries, and as the World Cup in Brazil is getting closer and closer, these young people have begun to firmly hold the main position in their respective national teams.

Like Red, John? Fleck, Snodgrass and others are like this, and the "second in the tower" Pivkovsky has become Ibrahimovic's forward partner, but unfortunately the Swedes are unfortunate and were eliminated in the European qualifiers for this World Cup, but Nelson? Oliveira's Portugal team in the final round, with Cristiano? A hat-trick by Ronaldo eventually secured the cut.

Nelson? Oliveira didn't score, but he was also influenced by his teammate Cristiano? Ronaldo's praise: "Nelson is a very promising lad, he is motivated, hardworking, and not greedy at all, willing to make maximum sacrifices for the team, I believe his future will be bright!" ”

After being praised by the top stars in world football today, Nelson? Oliveira also seemed to have regained his confidence, with the Portuguese netting a brace in Leeds United's home game against Bolton Wanderers in the eighth round of the Premier League on 19 October.

Just, Nelson? Oliveira still hasn't been the protagonist of the game!

On October 19, there is still only one protagonist at Elland Road Stadium...... Sark!

With 35 minutes into the first half, Shaq blasted Pivkowski's pass into the back of the net from the right side of the arc of the Bolton penalty area.

And this goal...... It's already Shaq's third goal of the game!

35 minutes ...... Hat-play!

Just five minutes into the game, Shaq was facing Bolton Wanderers at the top of the penalty area. Oliveira's cross went into the bottom left corner of the goal.

With 22 minutes to go, Shaq hit Ben again from the penalty spot. Parker's set-piece headed into the Bolton goal.

Leeds United fans were going crazy, and the commentator was even yelling: "8th! This is Shaq's eighth goal in eight league games this season! An average of one goal per game! That's an amazing percentage of goals. Even the appearance of the striker is enough to be praised, but Shaq, a midfielder, has done it! And in addition to these 8 goals, Shaq also has 4 assists in hand, I can't believe that such a good player could be cultivated by our Leeds United team, Shaq is definitely a genius who shocks the world! ”

This afternoon. It was destined to be a moment to be remembered by Leeds fans, after Shaq's hat-trick, Tevez "The Beast" also burst out, and then his goal tally went from one to two, and then from two to three, until three minutes of stoppage time, he received Shaq's pass and quickly turned and pushed into the far corner in the penalty area, locking his goal to ...... 5！

In addition to Shaq's three goals, Tevez's five, Nelson? In addition to Oliveira's two goals, Pivkowski also scored a goal. In the end, the "Young Guards" rewrote the team's score record with a record score of 11:2, which was also the most scored game in the history of the Premier League, and also equaled the record of the "Red Devils" Manchester United 9:0 in 1995 to slaughter Ipswich.

While the team's supporters were still buzzing about the magical 11:2, Simon? Grayson "brutally" canceled the team's day off after the game, and he gathered everyone at Thorpe's Arch training base on the second day of the game, although it was just a simple warm-up, but the players were not idle all day, they were always ...... Watch the video!

Watch the video of the game!

Watch the video of the best team in the world, Barcelona!

Because. The "Young Guards" are about to welcome Barcelona, one of the biggest teams in world football, at home.

The Leeds United players certainly didn't just watch the day's footage. But in Simon? Under Grayson's guidance, he took a closer look at Barcelona's tactical play and the holes they might have when defending.

Barcelona is one of the most attacking teams in world football today, and their possession tactics were actually a template for the "Young Guard" to learn. Grayson's pursuit of possession combined with the characteristics of his own team's players to create a set of strong ball possession. The new tactics of faster, more active running, and more flexible tactical play, especially the tactical play with everyone at the core of Shaq, have never been used before, and now the team's tactical play has been completely formed, although Leeds United is now inferior to Barcelona in terms of player experience and achievements. But it is not without the power of a war.

And for this match against Barcelona, Simon? Grayson also prepared early, he quietly rotated his main players, just waiting to field his team's strongest lineup in this game.

Simon, so to speak? Grayson has been preparing for this game for a long time, and his goal is to beat Barcelona on his home turf, because this is not a simple game, but an opportunity to completely sublimate the "Young Guard".

Of course, Barcelona is not an easy team to win, and whoever is their opponent should first prepare for defeat, because this team is really ...... It's too strong!

Although he no longer has the invincible style of the "Universe Team" when Guardiola, the Argentine coach Gerrardo, who is now in charge of Barcelona? Martino, however, is also a great manager, and after taking charge of Barcelona, he made some reforms that made the "Cosmos" stronger and more terrifying.

In fact, Barcelona's frontcourt configuration around Messi is already very perfect, like a powerful firepower group is intimidating, Messi in the middle is the most powerful nuclear weapon, Villa or Pedro on both sides and Chilean Sanchez The main task is to be responsible for covering, and from time to time a few cold shots to create a threat.

The midfielder is responsible for scheduling, Xavi is responsible for command and scheduling, and Iniesta is responsible for backup fire support.

But with the opponent's continuous study of the Barcelona model, as well as the team's own desire to win, maintaining the team's combat effectiveness has become a problem faced by every Barcelona coach. Martino, on the other hand, made a timely change in his team, allowing his team to abandon meaningless possession and take a big step in the pursuit of efficiency.

The first thing "Tata" did was to use Mascherano, who was originally on the fringes of Barcelona but the Argentine, how could the newcomer "Tata" not take care of his hometown?

There is Messi in the dressing room to help control, but Xavi, Iniesta, Pique and other representatives of the La Masia system will not easily agree with a new head coach, Messi can only do as an intermediary between the two sides to maintain the relationship, but Mascherano is different, he will enhance the voice of "Tata" in the locker room.

With Mascherano, Barcelona's midfield hardness has suddenly improved, which naturally improves the team's efficiency, as for Busquets, "Tata" gave him a new task, which is to be between Mascherano and Pique, not only to become a central defender when defending, but also to become a defensive midfielder when the team is attacking and intercept the opponent's counterattack with Mascherano.

After making these adjustments, Barcelona's efficiency has really improved, the number of goals has not decreased compared to before, but it has become better defensively, and this team is no longer a team that only relies on possession to delay time to defend, although this is somewhat contrary to the traditional Barcelona style, but modern football is like this, no improvement means elimination.

For this match between the "Young Guards" and the "Cosmos", the English media unanimously regarded it as a test of the true strength of Leeds United, and this game will be used as the ultimate test to test whether the "Young Guards" who have been extremely ferocious in the past two years have the strength of a championship-level team.

'Leeds United are aiming for the league title this season, but despite their current good performance in the table, they still need to prove that they are champions.

'Barcelona will teach Leeds United a good lesson away from home and show them how gorgeous football should be played.

"Compared to Barcelona, Simon? Grayson and his disciples are not well-known, and they will most likely make a name for themselves with their home advantage and recent hot form. ”

Almost all the media went over to Barcelona this time because this team is really too strong!

Gerrardo? Martino and his team also came to Leeds with full confidence, and when interviewed by reporters at the airport, "Tata" had a serious face and said it with a relaxed look.

'We take this game against Leeds United very seriously because it will be related to the Champions League group standings, and now only we have two teams in Group G who have won all of them, while Schalke 04 and Rapid Bucharest have lost two games, so this game is particularly important, my team and I are ready to fight."

Barcelona's well-deserved core, "Little Flea" Messi also expressed considerable confidence: "We have been in good form this season, although Leeds United are strong, we are confident that we will take a win here. ”

It's good to have confidence, but "Tata", Messi and the whole Barcelona seem to have forgotten that they are no longer facing the previous Leeds United team, which was bullied by others, but the ...... "Young Guard" who has disrupted the English Premier League, the world's first league, in the past two seasons, and even has the ambition to win the championship! (To be continued......)