Chapter Eighty-Eight: Provocation

Due to fixtures, Liverpool, who failed to qualify for Europe last season, played a round of make-up matches before coming to Elland Road, where they comfortably beat Blackburn Rovers 3-1 at home before arriving at Leeds with a high spirit.

At this time, there has been a lot of change in the Premier League standings, the "Gunners" won the rematch match, and Tottenham Hotspur drew 1:1 with West Bromwich Albion away, so the "Gunners" overtook Tottenham Hotspur to reach the top.

The "Reds" Liverpool is because of one more game, with 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses with 25 points rose to the third place, they are already one point more than Leeds United, if they can win at Elland Road Stadium, the "Reds" will completely occupy the third position.

Before the Reds left Liverpool, their attack had already begun, and Steven Gerrard "Bun" said in an interview with Liverpool Communications: "Leeds United are a very strong team and we will face a tough game away from home! I know both Shaq and Jonny, these two youngsters are very strong, but I think Shaq has a bigger role for Leeds United, he is the tactical core of Leeds, and he can attack and defend and has a strong individual ability, I think he is a bit like me, but I am definitely not that strong at his age, Shaq is a real talent, he will not stay in Leeds forever, it is too small for him! ”

Gerrard's words are by no means untargeted, the "Reds" banner man is playing psychological warfare with Leeds, not only to sow discord between Zach Thompson and Jonny Hausen, but also to make Leeds fans lose confidence in "Shaq", regardless of whether the goal is achieved, he can be regarded as showing favor to Zach Thompson, this kind of double thing is really not surprising that this kind of double thing happened to the 32-year-old Gerrard.

Liverpool's Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez also stepped up to help: "Shaq is a great lad and I believe that if he can join us, then our fighting power will be doubled!" Ha, think about it, if we had Steven, Lucas, Aquilani and Shaq in midfield, I don't think there would be any team in the world that we couldn't win. ”

Suarez's words are a bit crazy, but what he said is also true, and Liverpool fans are a little looking forward to this bright prospect, if the "Reds" can really bring a fierce general like "Shaq" under his command, then Liverpool's rise again will become unstoppable.

When the Liverpudlians have begun to play psychological warfare, Simon Grayson is still scratching his head for his team's attack, and the game against the "Gunners" made Simon Grayson understand a fact, although Leeds United is currently performing well, it is only because the opponents in the Premier League do not know them very well, but as the schedule deepens, especially after the "Professor" Wenger found a way to beat Leeds United, the current "Young Guard" has no secrets in the eyes of other teams. Leeds United's tactical literacy is still too poor!

Simon Grayson, who is a little anxious, has been leading the team to practice tactics in recent days, the coordination routine of "Beast" Tevez and "Black Big Man" Ameobi has been fixed, and the team's left attack system has been finalized, and now only the right side of the attack can make a fuss.

Unlike Jonny Hausen and Ben Parker on the left, Leeds United's right side is significantly weaker, and the level of Snodgrass, Bentley, Connolly and others is much worse, even if Zach Thompson in the middle runs here to help, their ability to create chances is far inferior to that on the left.

Simon Grayson's tactics for Leeds United are to focus on two wings, and the offensive routines are designed on the side, as for the middle, he actually did not give up, with Ameobi, Tevez, Zach Thompson three capable players in, he will not give up the middle, but this season Zach Thompson has more and more tasks, both to defend and help the team organize the attack, and it is really a bit difficult for him to rush up to attack, Zach Thompson has scored just two goals in 10 league games this season because of the defensive pressure down the middle, with four goals in four games for England.

In response to the situation on the right side, Simon Grayson put forward some new requirements for Bentley, Bentley's breakthrough ability is too weak, which makes Leeds United's right attack can only rely on passing, and Simon Grayson's requirements for Bentley this time are the quality of the pass, Beckham did not have any breakthrough ability when he played for Manchester United, but his right side is definitely stronger than Ryan Giggs on the left side to create opportunities, which is mainly because of Beckham's excellent passing skills and awareness, Although Bentley is not young anymore, it is unlikely that he will be able to practice the skills of Beckham, but he can still improve the quality of the attack by using more ideas.

As for the real want to make up for this shortcoming...... Then there is only one way to continue to bring in reinforcements!

The new season has also played 10 league games, plus the Europa League, League Cup and other competitions, some of Leeds United's problems have been exposed, Simon Grayson really has no way, to solve the disadvantage of the right side, the most ideal way is to introduce a strong breakthrough ability of the right wing-back, so as to solve the lack of breakthrough ability on the right side, while continuing to keep Bentley's pass.

However, how can a right wing-back who suits the tactical requirements of his team be so easy to find?

Simon Grayson took a fancy to the Croatian prodigy of the "Magpies" Sime Vrsariko, but Newcastle only spent 3.1 million pounds to buy the Croatian rookie a year ago, and after a season of training, he also successfully entered the Croatian national team with an outstanding performance, and now how can he sell the promising prune who is only 20 years old?

Aside from the possibility of bringing in reinforcements from the transfer market, there is not much Simon Grayson can do, and it is not so easy to dig into the potential internally.

After two days of practicing the new tactics, Bentley's passing quality has indeed improved a bit, but this is also based on the fact that Tevez and Ameobi have assigned their experience to the right side, and it is really hard to say how much of a role Bentley's passing can play in the game.

Before the match with the "Red Army", the new "Three Lions" squad was also announced, because this time it was at home to play two friendly matches with Croatia and Chile, Hodgson also selected a lot of young players again, Leeds United only Zach Thompson was selected, but Arsenal's 20-year-old Wilshere, Manchester United's Chris Smalling, Chelsea's Sturridge, Blackburn's Scott Dahn and other young players have been selected.

The Three Lions are set to travel again, but England fans are still focused on the Premier League for the time being, with Leeds United's home stadium at Elland Road welcoming the Reds as scheduled on 14 November.

Before the game began, the commentator at Elland Road was stirring up the emotions of the fans: "Ha, Liverpool was still provoking our team before, Gerrard and Suarez have sent a signal of goodwill to Shaq, but how can we Leeds United sell the core of our team because of a little immediate interest?" Besides, Shaq's current value is not something that a declining giant like Liverpool can afford, and judging from Shaq's huge contribution to our team, even if there are 50 million pounds in front of Simon, I believe he will not be tempted! Merely...... Liverpool's boss is also an American boss, they haven't made any big money in the transfer market in the past two years, they are all eating their old books! Still want to buy Shaq? Ha, go dream! ”

There was a burst of laughter in the Elland Road stadium, although the "Young Guards" is actually not very strong, only one "beast" is a high-priced star, or the installment down payment is only 6 million pounds, compared to the "Red Army" is far worse, but what grade is the "Red Army", that is the number one giant in the history of English football, if they compare with a promoted polo team like Leeds United, it will be laughed off by others.

When the laughter in the stadium rang out, Steven Gerrard, the flag of the "Reds", was also greeting Zach Thompson and Jonny Hausen in the players' tunnel.

Gerrard just said hello to Jonny Howson, and his attention was still on Zach Thompson: "Hey, Shaq, let's go to London after this game, shall we?" ”

"Yes, you can!" Zach Thompson smiled and nodded, "Once we've beaten you in the game, we'll report to London together." ”

Gerard laughed and said, "It's not just the two of us, but Downing will also go along." However, it is not certain who will win! ”

Zach Thompson smiled, turned his head to look at his good brother Jonny Hausen who had walked forward, and couldn't help but sigh slightly, after the "Three Lions" squad was announced, Captain Leeds had no good face, Jonny Hausen was excluded from the England squad, which made him suffer a lot.

Originally, Jonny Hausen was a player with high morale and high requirements for himself, after having played for England in the European Championships, he could not even be selected for the England team now, which is obviously the "Three Lions" coach Hodgson is dissatisfied with his recent performance, but what can be done about this, if you play in a big team, it is easy to have a good performance, but Jonny Hausen has never thought about transferring to other teams, His biggest dream was to have a stand named after him at Elland Road Stadium one day, so why would he choose to leave in order to be named in the England team?

Pierced in the wound again by Gerrard, Jonny Hausen sighed helplessly as he walked forward for a hundred years, perhaps...... Only a freak like Shaq can shine no matter where he is!? This kid...... What a genius!

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