Chapter 127: Between Mortal Enemies

The starting lineup of the "Young Guards" is not surprising, after all, their lineup is only one set of three or two people, and there are only so many people who can play, no matter how they are arranged, they can't come out.

On the forward line are the old duo of Ameobi and Tevez, and Nelson? Oliveira in Simon? Grayson still photographed the "big black man" in his heart, which has nothing to do with the player's personal ability, just because Simon? Grayson trusts Ameobi more, and no manager will give up on a player he trusts in a crucial battle.

The forward line is followed by captain Jonny? Hausen, Pivkowski left and right, Jonny? Hausen is Leeds United's dribbling king, averaging 2.88 dribbles per game is enough to show how sharp he is on the left, while the Swede has not played many games, playing only eight league games and four cup games this season. Thompson used his teammate's bonus skills to show quite amazing attacking ability on the right side, although he was a little worse in passing. Grayson still hopes he can bring the right side of the team alive as well.

Sitting in the center of the audience, naturally there is only one "Shaq" Zach? Thompson, but now no one will doubt his ability, this is definitely a top two, top super all-round midfielder, the "Young Guard" midfielder with him, supplemented by support on the back line, both defense and offense are basically enough.

Two full-backs or Ben? Parker, prunes? Vrsarico, as one of the "Three Musketeers of Leeds" Ben? Parker has always been very good, with strong assist ability and can go up and down. Although Vrsariko is a little less capable of assisting, he has a better sense of filling in and can be in Zack? Thompson made up for it in time when he rushed up. If you go up and get an assist once in a while, the effect is amazing.

The centre-back duo of Dawson, Redder and Odi has gradually developed a tacit understanding, and the three have a clear division of labor but can take care of each other, and the recent reduction in goals conceded by Leeds United is also due to them.

Goalkeeper Ronegan has played a total of 52 games for Leeds United and Ireland in various competitions this season, conceding 50 goals and not conceding 27 games.

This main lineup of the "Young Guard". It really makes Benitez, the opponent's manager, envious, not to mention who is strong and who is weak, at least this set of lineups is very neat, which is like the Blues he is now coaching, not only is the lineup not complete, but also one or two have not put their minds on this season, like Lampard, Terry, Essien, Cech and others are looking forward to the return of the "madman" Mourinho next season!

When Benitez entered the Elland Road stadium and saw the picture on the big screen of the scene, he was immediately stunned............ Jose Mourinho!?

Damn it!

Rafa Benitez is well aware of his role and knows he has no long-term plans at Chelsea. It's just a transitional role, and the future leader of the "Blues" will be Jose Mourinho, but ...... Can't you just wait a little longer? This game starts with Leeds United, a bitter rival, why are you embarrassed to distract the team at this time?

Benitez felt like he had eaten cockroaches, and he felt that a haze seemed to have hung over the team, and Mourinho's presence would definitely disturb the team's normal state, but what could he do?

Once the match began, Benitez's big fat face was always purring and not smiling. The director at Elland Road Stadium is also a wonderful person, almost whenever the game on the pitch is not so tense. He will certainly give Mourinho the camera and will be happy to do anything that will have a negative impact on the Blues.

Rafael Benitez's tactics for Chelsea for this game were to play counter-attacking and play away from home against the team that has scored the most goals and broken goals in the league so far, and the Spaniard's head has not yet been watered.

The Spanish waiter has also taken a closer look at Leeds United's attacking line-up, according to the stats. Leeds United's goals are mainly concentrated in the "Beast" Tevez, "Big Black" Ameobi and Shaq, but in fact, Leeds United's offensive theme is still their "Leeds Three Musketeers" on the left side, no matter how this offensive routine is changed, the "Leeds Three Musketeers" are still the foundation.

In terms of Leeds United's assist stats, captain Jonny? Hausen has 22 assists in all 44 games he has played. Tevez had 20 assists in 46 games, and Zach? Thompson had 18 assists in 53 games. Parker had 17 assists in 47 games and Ameobi had 14 assists in 32 games.

From these statistics, Benitez saw the true essence of the opponent's strong attack, which is an offensive system based on the "Leeds Three Musketeers", on which everything is built, so ...... Knowing the true lineage of the opponent, you will naturally be able to make targeted arrangements.

In this game, the right side of the "Blues" was heavily fortified, and even Essien was transferred to the right-back position by Benitez, plus the Israeli veteran Jussi, as well as Frank Lampard and Alex's tilt to the right, Chelsea really tried their best to defend on the right side.

With such a tight defence, Leeds United's attack on the left did not come into play for the first time until the 10th minute. After Hausen burst to the bottom line with the ball on the left side, he made a sharp stop and turned around...... Out of the ball!

"Smack!"

The ball was sent back to Ben by the Leeds captain to follow up behind him. At Parker's feet, the latter dribbled along the left corner of the six-yard box at Chelsea, attracting Frank Lampard to defend him before suddenly slotting the ball across to Shaq.

"Tom!"

Zack? Thompson struck up early, flicked his left leg and rotated his body 90 degrees from left to right, kicking the ball out like a chain kick and sending a huge arc through the air towards the left-hand post of the Chelsea goal.

"Shaq! Shot...... Oops, out of the ordinary! ”

There was a sigh in the stadium of Elland Road, they all thought that there was hope for this goal, but they did not expect that in the end, it did not hit the frame of the goal.

Zack? Thompson grinned: I'll rub! It's just a little bit worse! Well, I'll have to control it a little bit more next time.

In the next few minutes, the "Young Guards" fighting at home attacked more ferociously. And they also seemed to be on the same page as the opponent, and the more I couldn't score on the left side, the more I had to play from here, and the game seemed to be in a stalemate.

But just 16 minutes into the game, Leeds United was counterattacking, and the ball was suddenly lost to Zack? Thompson kicked it down the right. "The Beast" Tevez leans on Ashley after receiving the ball? Cole, passing the ball back to the follow-up prunes? Vrsarico.

Waiting for Ashley? Cole turned his head and pounced again, and Sime stuffed the ball diagonally to Pivkowski in front of the left. Vrsariko didn't cross but sent the ball back into the box on the right side of the Chelsea box............

"Bang!"

A muffled sound!

Leeds United's heavy gunner Shaq is firing again!

This time, the ball didn't go wide!

"Whew!"

In the blink of an eye, the ball had flown diagonally in front of the Chelsea goal, and it was headed for the top left corner of the Chelsea goal!

It's a pity――――

"Bang!"

Cech, who was in good position, moved two steps laterally. I knocked the ball to the other side with both fists!

"Bang!"

Without waiting for the Chelsea players to rehabilitate, Ben on the left? Parker rushed up and sent the ball into the Chelsea box with a blistering cross!

This time, the ball flew straight to the back post, and after a sharp drop, it landed just outside the small box on the right side of Chelsea, where a short white figure burst out from behind and flicked his head into the Chelsea goal. This time Cech finally failed to react.

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！ Header scores! Carlos -- Tevez! ”

The 'beast' laughed and ran after the goal, having just taken advantage of the Chelsea backline's habitual offside position. It's a great feeling to rush out from behind and put the ball in unguarded, Ben? Parker's cross is really accurate!

That's ...... Behind!?

Benitez's face became even darker, and he had already spoken and spoken to his team, repeatedly emphasising how sharp Leeds United's attack on the left flank. But in the end, the goal was still initiated by the opponent from the left side, this routine has long been clear, but it still makes people score, does this mean that the individual ability of ...... "Blues" players is no longer as good as the opponent!?

Thinking of this, Benitez subconsciously denied the idea. But he immediately realized that he seemed to have finally grasped the fundamentals, and the quality of the players of the "Blues" was indeed inferior to their opponents!

Now Chelsea, several famous stars in the team are already old, Frank Lampard is 34 years old, Ashley? Cole is 32, Malouda is 32, Terry is 32, Cech is 30 and Essien is 30............

Almost all of the 'Blues' team created during Jose Mourinho's time are now veterans who are over 30 years old or about to turn 30, and although these people have excellent individual ability, they have also made a name for themselves and accumulated a wealth of experience over the years, but in fact, they ...... They're old!

Mourinho's children...... Old!

Chelsea...... Old!

After realizing this, Benitez suddenly came to his senses, he felt that it was really not a wise choice to be a firefighter to take over the "Blues" at this time, compared to Leeds United, Chelsea are like a toddler old man, how can they keep up with the pace and rhythm of their opponents?

Benitez smiled bitterly, but he would not easily admit defeat and made a gesture to captain Frank Lampard on the pitch...... Foul Tactics!

Since my personal ability is not as good as yours, then I have to use foul tactics to contain your attack!

Frank Lampard was stunned when he saw Benitez's gesture, he didn't expect this game...... This game with Leeds United, this game between himself and his little brother Shaq, only played ten minutes, and his team was forced to use foul tactics.

But...... It doesn't matter, anyway, with the relationship between Chelsea and Leeds United, it's normal for this game to be played out.

10+1, forgot? (To be continued......)