0143 A good start
Leeds continued to make changes here, bringing on Robin van Persie with Albchesten.
Barcelona is desperately trying to replace the striker to strengthen the attack, and has just replaced Silvinho with Giuli. Leeds United, on the other hand, are desperately trying to put on defenders to strengthen their defence.
On the pitch, Barcelona have four strikers and Leeds United have six defenders.
Baines had just returned from cutting in from the left and found himself occupied by Mathieson. He motioned for Mattheeson to return to his place, and Mattheison said that his place was also taken.
Baines can only move to the full-back position and combine with Parker to sweep the midfield.
In the closing stages, Barcelona finally found a bit of attacking touch, and the combination between Samuel Eto'o, Ronaldo, Giuli and Gudjohnsen began to increase.
It was hard to play in the Leeds United pile.
In the 77th minute, Barcelona backfield Puyol made a long pass, Eto'o was in the crowd, stopped the ball and turned to hit the goal on the right side of the penalty area. Mathieson's interference shot wide of the near corner.
In the 80th minute, Gyuli crossed and it was Samuel Eto'o who volleyed slightly over from 25 yards down the middle.
In the 83rd minute, Deco made a direct plug and found Gyuli on the side, and Gyuli's long-range shot grazed the far corner of the post after a series of inward cuts.
In the 85th minute, Mills fouled Ronaldinho and his set-piece from 25 yards on the left side of the box was kicked too squarely by Ronaldo. Held firmly by Leeds United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar.
In the 87th minute, it was Ronaldo's shot that was saved by Van der Sar, and Gudjohnsen's follow-up shot was kicked into the side-netting.
"Whew~"
The exclamations of the fans in the stadium came one after another, and they never stopped.
Leeds were in constant danger in front of goal, but they didn't score.
George Li off the field also kept wiping the sweat on his head, and then drank water, after all, he stood on the sidelines and the loss of water was quite fast.
As the clock ticked by, George Lee and all the Leeds United fans were waiting for the clock to pass before they could claim their first UEFA Super Cup title.
If they can win, Leeds United will have accomplished two feats this year, winning the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. Especially the winners of the UEFA Super Cup, being able to beat the Champions League is an affirmation of their strength.
If the game ends like this, most people will be happy with Leeds.
After another failed attack by Barcelona, Leeds substitutes and substitutes have begun to line up, hooking each other's shoulders and waiting for the game to end.
It's just that the Leeds United players on the pitch are a little dissatisfied. In addition to playing a few counterattacks in the first half, he was pressed by Barcelona in the second half, and Leeds United players usually pressed high in the Premier League and the League Cup, and counter-attacked in the front. I've also fought defensive counterattacks, but I've never been so angry.
Van der Sar takes the ball in the back of the net and passes it to Mills on the right.
"Fight back!" Smith shouted in midfield.
This sentence was decisively echoed by all the Leeds United players on the pitch.
Mills and Parker went one-two, passing Ronaldo, but the Brazilian was reluctant to defend. One is that the score really can't be recovered, and the other is that he uses all his physical energy on offense, and the constant breakthrough with the ball, running and passing have consumed a lot of his physical energy, and just after a summer of indulgence, Xiao Luo's physical state will recover, and he now has no strength to chase Mills anymore.
Mills crossed the middle and gave the ball to Smith.
Smith flicked the ball and tucked it directly behind Max and Puyol, where Kuyt, who had already stepped forward.
Barcelona has been attacking, so the defense line is pressed very forward, and Kuyt is still in his own half at the moment of passing, so there is definitely no offside.
Kuyt ran wildly with the ball all the way, and although he played the whole game, he still had plenty of energy to keep running.
All the way to Barcelona's goal, Valdés had already attacked.
Kuyt made a direct feint to deceive the Barcelona goalkeeper, and then took a step into the penalty area.
Finally, just as he was about to shoot with his foot raised, Puyol was brought to the ground by the returnee.
The referee rushed over, signaled the penalty and showed the Barcelona captain a yellow card.
It stands to reason that it should have been a direct red card, but it was the last time, and Leeds United obviously won here, so the referee let Puyol go.
"Phew~"
The whole stadium was booed, Leeds United fans thought that Barcelona used foul means to destroy Leeds United's must-score goal, and Barcelona fans here thought that Leeds United had to attack and score at this time to express their dissatisfaction.
Although the fans on both sides booed, Puyol on the field still took the initiative to pull up Kuyt, who fell to the ground.
There is no way for him to foul, after all, as the captain of Barcelona, he can only use all methods to organize the opponent to score. And Kuyt also received the other party's kindness in a friendly way, and reached out to Puyol.
The crowd then began to give the two players a round of applause.
Soon, Kuyt was pulled up, and he didn't pretend to roll on the ground for a while or anything, pretending to be pitiful.
After all, it's the last time, and the outcome is decided, and there is no need for it.
Smith dropped the ball to the penalty spot and prepared to take the penalty. None of the other Leeds players came to the vicinity of the box, so it didn't matter if they got in or not.
Barça's men won't attack anymore, and they don't need to make up for a second penalty kick.
As a result, Smith scored the ball very steadily.
3 to 0.
Smith didn't even celebrate after the goal and began to go back to his own half.
Valdés kicked the ball into the midfield and sent his teammates to kick off the ball in a hurry to end the uncomfortable game early.
In the whole game, Valdés was attacked by Leeds United a few times at the beginning, and then he didn't show his face much, and Barcelona was always controlling the game, but he still lost the game 0-3.
Van der Sar didn't make many actual saves in the whole game, but he always opened the goal, because Barca's shots here were not in the woodwork.
After Barcelona kicked off, the referee ignored the stoppage time and just blew the whistle to end the game.
Then the players and coaches who came to Leeds United rushed into the stadium and began to celebrate, and the players here at Barcelona did not lie on the ground, but walked off the pitch one by one with their heads bowed and walked towards the dressing room.
Only a handful of Barcelona players stayed on the pitch to shake hands and give Leeds United players a handshake and high-five, with Smith volunteering to exchange shirts for Puyol after a brief celebration.
Most of the other players quickly exited, after all, Leeds United are full of British, Dutch and Nordic players, and Barcelona are dominated by Spanish, Portuguese and South American players.
Rijkaard, after taking office, cleaned up a large number of Dutch players left by Louis van Gaal.
Then it was time for the awards ceremony, where Smith lifted Leeds United's third trophy of 2006 in front of the Leeds United fans.
This is also the third major trophy won by George Lee since taking charge, following the 05/06 English League Cup and the 05/06 UEFA Cup.
At the same time, it is also a good start to the upcoming 06/07 season.