Epland Road Stadium, September 13.

"The Champions League theme song has sounded, and at the same time as the Champions League is playing, athletes from both sides are starting to enter." Sky TV commentator Martin Taylor kicked off the first match of Group B of the 06/07 Champions League season.

"Leeds United's home game against Inter Milan starts right away." Taylor's partner is his old friend, Ian Dark.

'At the same time, we also have former Leeds United player Lucas Radbe here to watch the game today. Taylor began to introduce today's guest speaker.

"Hello everyone, I'm Radbe." The South African centre-back couldn't have simply introduced himself.

'Let's take a look at Leeds' starting XI today. Today, Leeds United's starting goalkeeper is still Van der Sar, and the backline is replaced by Milner because of a strain suffered by Mills in previous training, and the partners are Woodgate, Albuchesten, Mathieson and Baines, a back five style of play. ”

"The midfield is a combination of Parker, Graveson and Smith. Up front, Kuyt partnered Robin van Persie. ”

"Let's look at Inter again, they are a standard 442 formation. The goalkeeper is Cesar, and the back line from left to right is Grosso, Materazzi, Córdoba and McConn. In midfield are Figo, Patrick Vieira, Stankovic and Zanetti. The forwards are Crespo and Adriano. ”

"Lucas, what do you think of the Leeds squad today?" Taylor asked about Radebey, who had previously played for Leeds United, in the 03/04 season when George Lee was acting manager, he was still playing for Leeds United, and then he retired at the end of the season to coach Leeds United's reserve team for a year.

"George Lee is a very thoughtful coach, and we see that he will send out a back three, a back four, a back five depending on the needs of the game, and today the back five is basically a priority to stand and defend, maybe Leeds United's best high pressing, full-court pressing will not be so obvious."

'It's true that Leeds usually play with a back five when they play against strong opponents or particularly important games.

"The game starts soon, let's wait and see......"

Just as Smith and Zanetti were picking sides, George Lee, who was standing on the sidelines, was drinking his second bottle of water of the day.

"George, are you nervous?" Kidd asked with concern.

"Nope." George Lee said casually.

"Then why do you drink so much water, what if you want to pee in the middle of the game?"

"Damn, don't say it, I really want to go."

"It's not kick-off yet, you hurry up."

Then George Lee ran into the players' tunnel to go to the toilet under the watchful eyes of the fans.

"We saw Coach Lee suddenly running towards the players' tunnel, is there something wrong?"

"Probably. The game is about to start, how can he return it, maybe something he forgot to take. ”

The three commentators watched George Li run back, which was also very strange.

At the same time, I was surprised by Inter Milan's head coach Roberto Mancini, who was also very curious to see the young head coach running towards the players' tunnel.

It wasn't until Leeds kicked off here and the ball was back at the feet of Albchesen at the back that George Lee ran out of the tunnel again, still holding a notebook.

George Lee arrived at the dugout and threw his notebook to Casper.

Casper picked up the notebook and saw that the cover read "Players' Tunnel Fire Patrol".

"Why are you giving me this?"

"Isn't this a demonstration with something in hand, otherwise I'm embarrassed."

"Did you zip up?" Casper kindly asked.

"Pulled, pulled, specially looked at it."

After saying that, George Li began to look back at the field, and the game had just begun.

Seeing that Leeds United was conducting a transmission at the back, and Inter Milan was not pressed here, he turned back to his assistants and said.

"Don't say it, as soon as the background music of this Champions League just now, I became nervous."

"Then don't you have to go to the toilet every time the Champions League game starts?"

"No, no...... Strike...... It's a pity ......"

While several people were still discussing the toilet, Leeds United took the lead here.

In the 4th minute of the game, Leeds United made a wide shift and the ball moved from the right to the left. Baines stopped the ball near the touchline and handed it to Graveson.

Gravison faced Vieira's tackle and played the ball to Smith in the middle with a foot pick.

Smith flicked the ball to the right and hit the goal with his feet.

It wasn't Smith's powerful volley, but a big arc of banana balls with the inside instep.

The ball flew towards the far corner, and Cesar, who was already in the near corner, saw Smith's shot and flew towards the far post, but did not touch the ball.

But the ball was a pity, and the ball flew out of the bottom line against the post.

Smith hugged his head directly after seeing the ball fly out, and it was a pity to even bring the home fans.

The exclamation was followed by a round of applause for their captain.

Smith also raised his hand high, and after two slaps, he began to retreat, after all, the tactical requirements laid out by the head coach today are mainly defensive.

It's okay not to win, but you can't lose.

It was George Lee's first Champions League game since Leeds United, and it was still at home, so a loss would have a big impact on the team's morale.

In the 12th minute, when Leeds United was passing at the back, Parker's pass was wide, and he was tackled by Stankovic and passed to Adriano.

King Meazza leaned on Albuchesen and then turned with his left foot to blast a shot, but luckily the ball was on the right track and was firmly held by Van der Sar.

"Pass the ball carefully, what do you want to do Scott!" Seeing the mistake of his back, Li was also very angry off the field.

He also didn't want to be led by his opponent at the beginning, and he was still the kind of strong team that would be in trouble once he was led by them.

Li was angry and nervous, and he was scared out of a cold sweat, and he opened a bottle of mineral water and poured it down.

Van der Sar, on the other hand, said loudly to the Danish centre-back: "Jam him, jam him, don't let him turn around." ”、

In the video given before the game, there were many left-footed bursts of goals after Adriano took the ball and turned around.

This Brazilian striker, who is very good in all aspects, is the Adriano that Lee least wants to meet at this time. If it was a year or two later, Lee wouldn't have to worry about Adriano at all.

It's just that even without Adriano and Ibrahimovic on the Inter bench, it can be a more difficult master to deal with.

After each shot once, both sides began to control the pace of the game with each other, neither wanting to push the game too fast.

Leeds United are here to defend and don't want to be counter-attacked by Inter. Inter Milan here is too many veterans, don't waste your energy too early.

Therefore, the scrambling and running of the two sides have converged a lot.

Leeds United, in particular, have not seen much of their interspersed running in the league before, and in most cases they are standing still and waiting for passes, so as to avoid too many passing mistakes.

In the 39th minute of the game, Vieira at Inter Milan suddenly stepped forward after winning the ball, causing chaos in the midfield of Leeds United. When he came to the box to distribute the ball to Crespo in the box, the ball was poked away by Woodgate.

This change in rhythm highlights Inter Milan's experience, and the veterans on the field will change the tempo of the game through the analysis and judgment of the middle of the game, and pose a threat to the opponent.