In the quarter-finals of the Europa League, Leeds United's home match against Roma began.

"Whew~"

George Lee let out a breath and felt that the real Europa League had begun, and in the previous games, he felt that the strength of other teams was not on the same level as Leeds United.

Even Stuttgart, who caused a lot of trouble for Leeds United, George Lee didn't feel that he was strong, but in the end, Mario Gomez did pose a big threat to him.

As soon as the game began, Roma, wearing yellow and red jerseys, gave Leeds United a dismount.

Simeone Perrotta and Rodrigo Tadei, who have strong ball handling, are constantly standing in the midfield to connect Roma's attacks, especially Simeone Perrotta standing in the position of the left waist, because of the presence of Roma's left winger Amantino Mancini, so Mills is not too afraid to go over to help press.

And the two central defenders, Mathieson, have been sticking to Roma's striker, Vincenzo Montella.

Montella, known as the "Little Plane", is the kind of dexterous striker, so George Lee didn't dare to let Albuchesten mark for fear of being eaten because of his slow turn.

Before the game, George Lee had wanted Mills to partner Mathieson as a central defender, because Roma generally don't have a high number of forwards, so Kelly or Milner could play right wing-back.

But George Lee thought about it for a while and gave up, and the centre-backs not only need to be involved in defence, but also have a big role in attacking set-pieces.

On the pitch, Perrotta and Tadei were constantly looking for two gaps in Leeds to make a pass.

In the 3rd and 5th minutes of the game, Roma threatened Leeds United with two long-range shots in succession, both of which went just over the crossbar.

Then in the 7th minute of the game, Roma's Aquilani pushed the ball out to De Rossi's feet, De Rossima passed to Tadei on the right, and the Leeds United midfielder immediately began to surround Tadei, but Tadeyi passed the ball to Perrotta from a small gap.

Perrotta stopped the ball and saw that the two central defenders of Leeds United did not come up, and directly fired another long-range shot. Although the angle of this ball is not very tricky, it is full of power and speed.

Fortunately, Van der Sar has been vigilant after two long-range shots just now, and has been staring at the Roma players with the ball.

By the time the ball reached goal, Van der Sar was already in position, fell to his knees and held the ball in his arms.

"Kevin, come back a little bit and help the midfielder."

Li saw that the situation on the field was towards Roma, and quickly asked the team to strengthen the defense of the midfield, and could not let the unscrupulous midfielder on the opposite side pass like this.

Today, Leeds United put Parker, Graveson and Smith in midfield, and Glen Shire, Romerdal and Kevin Davies up front.

Van Persie sat on the bench today, and at first the fans and spectators were very strange why Van Persie, who was in hot form recently, did not play, and there was no news that Van Persie was injured or had conflicts with the manager.

The camera also frequently pointed at Van Persie, who was sitting on the sidelines, trying to dig out some news from his face.

But Van Persie let them down, smiling and chatting with his teammates, and talking to a few other coaches.

After Roma ran out of three axes, the game began to enter the rhythm of Leeds United.

Today's Leeds United are different from the past, not using the high press they are best at dealing with Roma, but taking the initiative to let Roma attack.

Leeds began to limit the tandem of Tadej and Perrotta in the middle, and Roma did not have the same smooth attack as they started out, relying on Mancini Jr.'s individual ability on the left flank.

But Mancini Jr. is a bit of a lonely, he can get past a Leeds player, but he will find that after passing a player, other Leeds players will immediately make up for it, and then the person he has just passed will immediately post it. Then he was dispossessed and he ended up lost on his left flank.

At the same time, Leeds United strengthened the link between Roma's two midfielders, De Rossi, Aquilani and the front, because of Davies's retreat, and the Roma team was gradually suppressed.

Once Roma's attack was suppressed, Leeds found a respite and began to counter-attack.

Rome attacked today with a lot of thunder and little rain. The main reason for this was that their 'Wolves' Totti went off with a serious injury against Empoli in February, when his left ankle was bent almost 90 degrees outward. The final diagnosis was a moderate fracture of Totti's fibula, which connects his left calf to his ankle, with collateral damage to the ligaments and joint tissue of his left ankle. Season reimbursement is a certainty, and it is even more likely that you will have to miss the World Cup.

Because of Totti's absence, Roma's attacking ability in the front court has been greatly affected. Normally only Mancini Jr. can only rely on his individual ability, but today he was limited.

If it is said that Roma is here on the wing, it depends on the footwork of Mancini Jr. Nalez United's wing today is to have two speed-type "sharp knives". In order to allow Romedahl and Glen Charles to play to their strengths at the same time, George Lee did not hesitate to put Van Persie on the bench.

In the 15th minute of the game, Leeds United launched an attack, and Romedal, who rarely had a chance in an important game, followed George Lee's pre-match instructions and came to the middle of the road.

Receiving the ball from Gravisen, a break to the right brought Roma defender De Rossi to the right.

Then Romedalard used an acceleration to shake off De Rossi, who was following him, and killed to the right.

De Rossi hurried after him.

But with De Rossi's departure, the depth of Roma's midfield defense was disrupted, leaving a large gap behind Perrotta and between the defender's defense, and Aquilani alone could not afford such a large area.

When Romedale broke down the flank, Leeds Smith and Kevin Davies were also quick to cut in in the middle, looking for the gaps in Roma's current defence.

Aquilani was still struggling with which of the two to chase, when he saw a bald head in white clothes following all the way behind. But this bald head is fast, just running towards Aquilani, and deliberately rhythmically fast and slow, pretending to be waiting for the ball.

Aquilani had a big head and subconsciously looked at Graveson and handed over the task of defending Smith and Davies to the two central defenders.

Leeds United's two front-court players also had a clear division of action, with Kevin Davies running a little faster and leading Roma's two centre-backs, Filipe Mexes and Cesare Bovo, into the box, while Smith sneaked behind them.

The Italian team's vaunted defence was finally completely pulled apart by Leeds United's counter-attack, with Leeds United's front-line players making the most of their width and space.

Romedale curled a low ball with his good right foot into the middle of the box and the ball got in front of Smith before Roma left-back Christian Zivo and De Rossi could meet.

The ball bounced twice as it came to Smith, slowing it down.

Smith stepped forward and slammed his instep into the middle of the ball.

"Whoosh~" flew towards the goal.

Leeds United fans behind the goal saw the ball flying towards them and raised their hands to start celebrating in advance.