Elland Road Stadium, home team dressing room.

George looked at his tactical board, clasped his hands on his chest, and was very conceited and snickering.

"Is George stupid?" Chris Casper arched Colin McGee on the side.

"You're stupid." McGee ignored Casper and replied before continuing to talk to Graveson.

George Li turned his head and looked at his players, the morale of the players was not high, after all, they had already lost two league games in a row, and if they lost again, they would lose three times in a row.

"Cheer up, there is still a gap between the strength of Butmouth and us today, we just want to try the new formation, everyone work hard and seize the opportunity."

In the last game against Tottenham, Leeds United lost 2-4 away and were beaten 3-0 in the first half. George Lee broke the jar directly in midfield, tried a new formation, put on a back three, and put six people in the midfield. Sure enough, in the second half, Leeds United turned the situation back, grabbed the initiative in the midfield, and used the numerical advantage to press high in the midfield, and achieved good results. But because the hole dug in the first half was too big, two goals were scored in the second half, one goal was conceded, and the game was still lost.

The Leeds United players were a little more energetic when they heard George Lee's words, especially Milner, who usually plays less, and Nigel de Jong, who has just transferred from Ajax and started today, are very excited.

Instead, it was Layton Bynes in the corner, looking a little lost.

Originally, Baines took advantage of Hart's injury and has been the team's starter. But in the last game, after George Lee switched to a back three, Baines suffered.

George Lee's back three is not a three-centre-back, but a centre-back plus two wing-backs. The requirements for the two full-backs are relatively high, they are full-backs when defending the position, and when defending the opponent's counterattack, they must have the task of both central defenders.

Mills on the right is okay, 180 cm is not short, and he belongs to the kind that can be played by central defenders and full-backs. However, Baines's height of 170 is too difficult to play at centre-back, and the last game against Tottenham Hotspur conceded in the second half was because Baines's aerial duel was unsuccessful and was scored by Robbie Keane.

So this game happened to coincide with Mateo's injury, so George Lee arranged for Mathieson, Mateo, and Mills to start as Leeds United's defensive combination, and Baines could only sit on the bench.

Although George Lee had spoken to Baines after the last game, Baines was young after all, and it was certainly impossible to say that he had no ideas.

Today's Leeds United's starting goalkeeper is still Paul Robinson, Robinson agreed to the proposal to transfer to Manchester United this summer, and it can be regarded as a good break with Leeds United, and the rest of the games are also ready to be played seriously. Lee also joked with him, asking him to take over the 34th round of the league against Manchester United and perform well, opening the eyes of the new club.

Leeds United's midfield was a bit odd today, with the other four in a square position, with Eric Barker and Thomas Graveson in the back two and Alan Smith and new Nigel de Jong in central midfield.

This is the new formation that George Lee tried in the second half of the last game, and the four midfielders of other teams are in a diamond-shaped position, but he is good, and he is directly square in a square position, not even a saucer.

When the team is attacking, when there are many players on this side, they stay behind and become the last line of defense together with the central defenders. But you can plug in, or when the opponent has obvious vacancy, boldly step forward, don't worry about leaving a central defender, because the team has two backs, under the continuous pressure of the team's high position, don't worry too much about your side being blown up directly behind you.

When the two midfielders are in the opponent's half, they can obviously have an extra point to make their team's attack more fluid. When the opponent wants to attack deeper, let one of the midfielders retreat to the central defender position to participate in the defense, so that the team maintains a back four position, and the two full-backs do not have to lean too much in the middle, exposing the side to the opponent.

Finally, the team's lone striker was Norwegian Daniel Bratten, and Oscarson was confined to the stands today because of the flu.

Sean Ellaouy, Layton Bynes, Matthew Kilgallen, Gary Kelly, Morten Pedersen, Aaron Lennon and Jan Arneson sat on the bench in substitute vests.

Leeds United started younger, and the substitutes were even younger. Except for Kelly, all of them are young men in their 20s.

George Li looked at the team and couldn't help but sigh that the Young Guards of the year were back.

After the opening, sure enough, Leeds United took the initiative on the pitch.

Although Portsmouth has a 352 formation, 2 of the 5 people in the midfield are wings, and the 3 people who actually participate in the midfield competition are Patrick Borg, Gary O'Neal, and Amdi Faye, of which Borg is still the front midfielder, so most of the defensive tasks are pressed on O'Neill and Faye, and the result is that these two people are miserable, and the ball basically can't pass through the feet of the two of them, and then go to the front.

Leeds United's Smith, Frenkie de Jong, Graveson and Barker are all aggressive players, and Portsmouth's midfielders will face at least two Leeds players as soon as they get the ball.

Portsmouth's players played the ball wide and were not dominant. The one on the wing of Leeds United's back three will definitely be the first to come up, and the two midfielders will also rush over to help with the scramble, and the other midfielder will retreat to the central defender position and give his place to the retreating central midfielder.

Portsmouth's head coach, Croatian Velimir Zajec, took a look at the report given to him by the assistant coach, and the opponent's No. 20, who had just transferred Nigel de Jong, and what kind of attacking midfielder he was, all retreated to the midfield position. Angry, Zayage crumpled the paper and tossed it aside.

De Jong is also playing for the first time, playing Tottenham in the last game, De Jong did not arrange to play when he first came, and he did not even go to London, and arranged housing and apartments in Leeds.

Today is also to seize the opportunity to cash in, he came out of Ajax, he knows that there are two bigwigs sitting in the coach's box. He is also very satisfied with coming to Leeds United, there are still a few fellows in the team, especially Davies takes good care of him, and the two positions are conflicting, but De Jong knows that Davies will not play for Leeds United for a few years. Van Persie invited him to a nightclub on crutches and in a plaster cast on the second day of his arrival, and when he went, it was said that the team's captain Smith was also there, and Smith said that for Van Persie's sake, he would take good care of De Jong in the dressing room in the future.

But De Jong didn't understand why Smith was the captain, but the captain's armband was worn on the arm of the team's No. 5, called Matteo.

With 26 minutes played, it was De Jong's precise sliding tackle that cut off the ball at Patrick Borg's feet.

The Czechs were tackled to the ground by De Jong, but the referee was on the sidelines, saw clearly the ball that had touched first, and then signaled for the game to continue.

The ball was picked up by Graveson, who sent a long pass to the right that was close to the ground and to Mills.

Mills stepped forward and then made a one-two with Buck past O'Neal.

Then it was in front of Portsmouth's penalty area, but the opposing defender defended up, and Mills didn't have a chance to go further, so he chose to split the side and gave Milner who was inserted on the wing.

Milner was almost dribbling along the touchline when Portsmouth's defence came on again.

Milner could only pass back to Mills, who in turn gave it to Buck, and Portsmouth's defense changed the target to Leeds United's defender Buck.

But today Leeds were the two midfielders, with Barker crossing straight to Graveson.

Graveson was very comfortable today, with a Nordic brother in the midfield position with him, helping out with the ball, combing and sharing some of the work that should have been done by him.

When Graveson received the ball, there were no defenders around him and Graveson gave the ball to Glen Charles on the left.

Portsmouth had little to do on the left flank, having previously focused on the right, with Leeds shifting their focus to the understaffed side of the defence with just a few simple passes.

After Glen Charles got the ball, there was only one defender in front of him, Primus.

Leeds United striker Brattén slickly ran towards the penalty spot and took away another defender, Deziu.

One-on-one.

If Glen Schal doesn't choose to eat Primes alone, he probably won't mix in the Premier League in the future, and go back to his hometown to sell sweet potatoes.

Stop the ball and slow down, break the step, pluck the ball and cut inside, hit the goal directly, and shoot into the far corner.

Glen Charles didn't use feints, but relied on speed and acceleration to flash an angle to hit the goal.

Portsmouth's goalkeeper Hislop made a save, but the angle was too tricky, and the ball bounced in front of him, but he just didn't touch the football, watching the ball roll over his hand, and even the gloves on his fingertips could feel the ball on it, but there was no way to change the direction of the ball.

"Gooooooooal, Jesper Glenschal~." Sky TV commentator Andy Hinchcliffe shouted passionately.

"Leeds changed the score in the 28th minute, and the goal was scored by Leeds United's number 7, winger Glen Charles from Denmark, and a very, very good in-cut shot." Hinchcliffe continued.

'Yes, a great goal, but Leeds have been working together a lot before. It took a short time to hit the ball from the right side to the left, and then the player's individual ability to score the goal. The pass is beautiful, the shooting is wonderful. Hinchicliffe's partner Mark Pugachev said.

'We saw Leeds players hugging together and celebrating, and the number 20 who was holding Smith outside was Nigel de Jong, who Leeds just brought in in the winter window, from Ajax. The goal just now was initiated by his tackle. Hinchcliffe introduces the fans to Leeds' new signings.

"Yes, yes, De Jong we saw today, he was very positive after he came on the field, he was there in attack and defense, his presence reminded us of Davies, who is also from the Netherlands, and now it seems that Davies can recuperate from his injury."

In the stands, the head of the Leeds United fans, the shirtless Mike, was shouting Leeds United slogans with the rest of the home fans.

“Marching on together！”

“Marching on together！”

“Marching on together！”

Behind Mike, Helen and Wendy also hugged each other, dancing and shouting slogans and singing.

Especially Wendy, who was originally shy, is no longer the same as she was when she watched the game quietly.

If George Lee saw this scene, he would definitely be surprised.