First loss of the 0154 season
"Boss, did you miss me?"
On the sidelines, Glen Schal, who has moved to Bayern, stood on the sidelines, taking advantage of the warm-up to greet George Lee and a group of other Leeds United coaches.
"Think, think."
George Lee is telling the truth, after the team's tactical changes this season, they lack wide knives, and it is difficult for the offense to be effective when encountering dense defense.
Although the team's record is very good, with 6 wins and 2 draws in the league, and 1 win and 1 draw in the Champions League group, the form of qualification is very good.
But now there is a lot of injury on the kick-off team, especially the wide players. It's like playing Arsenal in the last game, and the right winger was injured twice, especially the absence of the main striker Van Persie, which reduced Leeds United's offensive firepower a lot.
"It's a pity, I'm not a starter, so I can't have a good fight with you."
"Let's go warm up, and be careful that your manager puts little shoes on you."
"No, I told him I was here to spy on information, and he was happy to do it."
"Get out."
George Lee finally got rid of Glen Charles and started looking at Bayern's on-field lineup.
First, I looked at the starters who didn't wear tank tops.
The goalkeeper is definitely the captain of Bayern Munich and Germany, Kahn.
In the words of the defender, George Lee saw the future captain of Bayern Munich and Germany, Lahm. Brazil's main central defender Lucio, Belgium's tower Van Bitten, and the right wing-back should be Sagnol.
In midfield, Demichelis, Van Bommel, Salihamidzic and now a teenager Schweinsteiger started together.
The forwards were Mackay and Podolski.
Comparing his own lineup, George Li found that Leeds United was a completely worthy opponent, but after the recent increase in injuries here, the overall strength has decreased a lot.
For today's game, George Lee pulled Smith back into midfield, allowing Pedersen to appear on the left side of the team's starting line-up.
The forward's words today were for Kevin Davis to be up front, putting Kuyt on the right.
The other two midfielders are Frenkie de Jong and Graveson.
At the back, from left to right, are Mathieson, Glenqvist, Albcheson and Mills. After the last game, Woodgate had another thigh problem and George Lee had to field the only two centre-backs to play.
Sure enough, after the start of the game, it began to move closer to Bayern's advantage.
This remains Leeds United's recent problem.
The side cannot be opened, and with the advantage of no speed on the side, even the attack in the middle with the team has been affected.
Leeds first tried to rely on Pederson on the left to open up the situation with a long pass, but the ball flew into the box and was snatched by Van Bitten to the first point and pushed out of the danger zone.
Then, he changed the focus of the attack to the right side, trying to tear down Bayern's defense through a small combination of Smith, Kuyt, and Davies. Only here they were met by the defence of Demichelis, Van Bommel, Lahm and Lucio. In terms of defensive toughness and technical tactics, Leeds United did not have the slightest advantage.
In particular, Brazilian defender Lucio, in the face of Leeds United's high pressure, was even able to break through Leeds United's high defense with the ball and hit the midfield to attack.
In the 16th minute of the game, Lucio suddenly came out with the ball, came to the midfield and handed the ball to Mackay in front, Mackay made it back to Podolski in front of the Leeds United penalty area, and Prince Porti shot directly with his left foot, and the ball flew off the bottom line by grazing the crossbar.
21 minutes into the game, it was Lucio again. A sudden steal cut off Smith's ball, and then after getting rid of Gravesson's defense, he passed the ball to Salihamidzic on the left, and the Bosnian passed the ball to the middle under the pressure of Mathiessen.
Fortunately, Van der Sar attacked in advance and held the ball in his arms before Mackay, which was considered to have defused Bayern's attack.
Leeds were the most dangerous attack in the first half when it was a corner kick.
Granquist received a corner kick from Pedersen and put the ball on the post at the front point, but Kahn, who reacted in time, reached out and blocked it, and touched the bottom line.
After that, Leeds didn't have too good attacking chances.
It's not so much that Leeds are not attacking well, or that Bayern's defense is too good.
After Sagnol, who was on the right side, found that Pedersen did not have the ability to break through, he even threw the task of defending this side to Demichelis, and cooperated with Salihamidzic to constantly attack on the right side.
Fortunately, Leeds United, a pair of Nordic centre-backs, played fairly stable today and did not give Bayern too many opportunities to hit the goal.
In the first half, Podolski had the most shots, except for one shot from inside the box that was blocked by Albuchesen with his body, and there were four long-range shots from outside the box, but none of them hit the woodwork.
In first-half stoppage time, Bayern's Schweinsteiger cut inside on the left flank and after making a feint to shoot straight into Mackay, who was waiting in the box.
The Dutch striker picked up the ball and spun around in one go, then lifted his foot to push the ball into the far foot of the Leeds United goal.
It's just that the ball was signaled offside by the referee, which can be regarded as a cold sweat for George Li off the field.
^^^
Leeds United's good distance seemed to run out in this defensive run out in the first half.
In the second half, Bayern coach Magath made two substitutions in a row against Leeds United's defense.
Pizarro and Santa Cruz were replaced by Podolski and Mackay, respectively.
The substitution also played a role in determining the direction of the game.
On 75 minutes, Lahm received a return pass from Schweinsteiger on the left through one of his own cuts.
Rahm then adjusted the ball to his right foot on the left side of the penalty area and crossed the ball into the box with the inside of his right foot.
Santa Cruz and Albuchesen battled for the header, but neither man could get the ball in full.
After jumping to the ground, the ball rolled down Santa Cruz's thigh to the side.
It was Pizarro and Granqvis, but Pizarro reacted first and when the ball rolled to him, he chose to fall to the ground and shoot.
And Granquist failed to organize Pizarro because he was one step too slow.
Leeds United's last line of defence, goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar rushed to the ground to save the ball.
But it was a full shot, and the ball rolled under Van der Sar's armpit into the Leeds United goal against the goal.
After that, George Lee also began to deploy troops, replacing Bowyer, Arneson, and Charlotte, who has been in hot form recently, failed to rewrite the score.
In the end, with this goal from Pizarro, Bayern defeated Leeds United 1-0 at home.
Leeds United also returned to England with their first defeat since the start of the season.
However, what George Lee didn't expect was that this defeat would bring bad luck to Leeds United for more than ten days.