Chapter 60: The Jedi Strikes Back

Leeds United's main tactics this season are still 4-3-3 formations, but there have been significant changes from last season.

The first is the combination of Ameobi, Beccio, and Tevez on the front line, the characteristics of these three players can be said to be different, Ameobi's role is mainly in tactics, as the team's offensive bridgehead, Ameobi's main task is to contain the opponent's defense, and Argentine striker Beccio was already the team's main striker last season, although his goals are not many, but they are all critical, and the most important thing is that he has a strong ability to assist, is a typical technical striker, It's more about organising your team's offense rather than scoring goals.

As for the real scorer, there is actually only one "beast" Tevez!

The "Young Guards" is not a "blue moon", and Leeds United does not have strong strikers such as Aguero, Dzeko, Adebayo, and Balotelli on the front line, let alone David Silva, Nasri and other midfielders with strong scoring ability.

Throughout the summer training camp, Simon Grayson's attacking routine for the team was centered around Tevez, with the likes of Ameobi, Beccio or Snow's Glass all playing around Tevez.

The feeling of the stars holding the moon made "The Beast" really feel 36,000 pores all over his body, and even told the media a week before the Community Shield: "I feel happy at Elland Road, I have rediscovered the joy of playing football and I believe I will achieve better results with my team-mates...... Manchester city? Hehe, City's dressing room is messy, and Simon is a manager who has a lot of control over the dressing room, and Leeds United's dressing room is very organised, and each of us knows what we need to do every day, and we all know what we need to do...... Goal? Is it hard? I'm in very good shape right now, I know a lot about City's back line and I'll score goals in the game! ”

In contrast to Tevez's high profile, Leeds United's three midfielders are all very low-key.

In an interview with reporters, Jonny Hausen, the captain of the England national team and the European Championship, showed his style of a general: "Manchester City is a strong team, their strength is stronger than us, it is a fact, but the strength of the strength is not the only factor that determines the outcome of the game, we will strive for victory!" ”

Zach Thompson, who is very fierce on the pitch, is very low-key off the field, and he doesn't like these sports reporters disturbing his life from the bottom of his heart, so these reporters have not been able to interview the real pillar of Leeds United, "Shaq".

And the new transfer Bentley did not have the arrogance of the past, just said "I will do my best to fight", so simply sent off the reporter, the twenty-eight-year-old Bentley was once a famous crazy boy in the entire English football world, but now he is a little back to basics, but his aura is not as strong as it was at the beginning.

In fact, the performance of the three main midfielders of Leeds United, who was determined by manager Simon Grayson, is absolutely related to their own position, and even more related to the team's tactics this season.

This season, Simon Grayson has made a lot of changes to the team's midfield, and even Zach Thompson, Jonny Howson, and Bentley have completely different positions and divisions of labor.

Zach Thompson will naturally live up to his name of "Shaq", mainly responsible for defensive tasks, and captain Jonny Howson is still the leader of the midfield, his position in front of Zach Thompson on the left side, will be used as the hub of the team's offensive and defensive conversion, the status and role of the two of them in the team are irreplaceable, can be said to be the main force of the iron fight.

Bentley, who had just transferred to Leeds United, was entrusted by Simon Grayson with the task of organizing the team's attack and launching a fatal blow!

This is definitely a heavy use for Bentley, and the reason why Simon Grayson will do this is also because he noticed the occasional flash of inspiration from Bentley in training, in addition to the regular passing and diligent running, Bentley's quite accurate through ball is really sharp, and Leeds United has three players in the front line, which is equivalent to setting up three cannons in front of the opponent's defense, as long as there are cannonballs, they can immediately fire at the opponent's goal.

And the most important thing is that Simon Grayson decided after thinking carefully for a long time that the team's tactics this season are still attack-oriented, and he knows best what his team's defense looks like, conceding 39 goals in 46 games in the Championship, and facing the attack of these super teams after coming to the Super League, even if he concedes a few more goals, it is normal, and his team wants to be relegated or even strive for the top, how to rely on a strong attack to achieve the goal, as for the team's defensive quality…… Well, it can only be decided by how well Zach Thompson and the defenders play.

The lesser of two evils is still very easy to understand, in the first season of promotion to the Premier League, Leeds United did not have unlimited financial resources to support a large-scale transformation of the team, and Simon Grayson could only take care of the end.

While Leeds United were actively preparing for the Community Shield, Manchester City seemed to be relaxed and Mancini and his disciples were preparing for the game with confidence.

As the champion of the English Premier League last season, the "Blue Moon" certainly has the capital and the strength to relax, this team has gone through the brutal competition with the "Red Devils" Manchester United last season and has the last laugh, the team's self-confidence and overall strength have been greatly improved, and without the "beast" The black sheep to make trouble, the dressing room has become much calmer.

The most important thing is that Manchester City is really stronger this season than last season, and the "kun" who transferred from last season has perfectly replaced Tevez's role, and even played even better, with 23 goals and 10 assists in 34 games convincing, if you consider that this is his first season for Manchester City, everyone believes that Aguero will perform even better this season.

After last season's run-in, Mancini, who was originally good at adjusting the team's attack, has adjusted the attacking power of Manchester City's midfield to a shocking point, and the whole team is like a volcano about to erupt, the Manchester City attack line composed of Dzeko, Aguero, David Silva, Nasri, Balotelli and others is enough to tear any opponent apart, and Joe Hart, Kompany, Richards, Klich, Toure Brothers' defense is already quite solid, The addition of Italian centre-back Bochetti and Croatian right-back Serna Srna this summer has further strengthened the defence.

This season, Manchester City, who are both offensive and defensive, will certainly not aim for the English Premier League title alone, and they will also strive to achieve something in the Champions League, thus creating a big Manchester City era.

For this Community Shield game, the media in England still hyped it fiercely, and even said that it was "Manchester City's revenge battle", because Leeds United narrowly defeated Manchester City with a score of 3:2 in the FA Cup last season, but at that time, the "Blue Moon" and the "Red Devils" were frantically competing for the Super League title, and the "Young Guards" were just facing a team composed of substitutes and young players, but this would not affect the hype of the reporters. It's been a summer, and the first official game of the new season will of course have to be hyped up, and any topic that can be hyped will not be missed.

However, Mancini apparently did not regard this game as a so-called "revenge battle", and even did not take Leeds United into account at all, but announced his team's starting lineup early: Sergio Aguero, Dzeko, David Silva, Nasri, Yaya Toure and De Jong formed the team's central midfield, and the back line was led by Vincent Kompany Gail Klich, as well as Italian defender Salvatore Pochetti and Croatian defender Srna, who only moved to the team this season.

As soon as the starting list of "Blue Moon" was announced, his domineering and self-confidence were thoroughly displayed, which is not afraid of the opponent's study of his own lineup at all, and has an absolute belief in victory!

Leeds United coach Simon Grayson smiled wryly when he looked at the list in hand, it can be said that this squad is not actually Manchester City's strongest squad, Balotelli, Kolo Toure, Richards and others with outstanding individual ability did not play at all, and even their England international James Milner did not play.

But such a semi-main lineup is enough to give Leeds United a headache, not to mention anything else, just an offensive lineup composed of Aguero, Dzeko, David Silva, and Nasri, what should the "Young Guards" use to stop their attack?

"Shaq" is indeed strong enough, and Ben Parker is also a new fullback star with good offense and defense, but in addition to the two of them, Clegg Dawson and Red have good potential, but they are all real rookies at the moment, just rely on them...... Can it be done?

Just thinking about it, Simon Grayson shook his head and vetoed it...... This road doesn't work!

When he met Manchester City in the FA Cup last season, Simon Grayson also came up with a way to use lethal tactics to fight hard with his opponents, but Manchester City did not exert any strength at all, but even then Leeds United only won by one goal, and now it is ...... It's hard, it's hard!

Simon Grayson thought about it, his team has only a dead end against the current "Blue Moon", unless the opposing stars are collectively dumb, otherwise as long as one person flashes the starlight, the "Young Guard" will inevitably fail.

In the end, the helpless Simon Grayson just came up with a solution that was not a solution, and that was to ...... Put together!

Since it is inferior to the opponent everywhere, then don't have any thoughts of winning in this game, just fight hard, as long as the team can play its own style and show its strength, there is nothing to be ashamed of losing to the Super League champion, losing to the strongest team in England last season!

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