Was Kuyt Lee George's first choice?

No, it can only be said that when George Lee chose a striker, the most suitable one to meet his tactical needs was definitely Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a striker who now plays for Inter Milan.

It's just that George Lee and the Swedes are only a little bit away from being able to work together, and in the end, because Leeds United's background is not as rich as Inter Milan's, Ibrahimovic rejected Leeds United and chose Milan City.

So, not counting Ibrahimovic, just talking about so many teams in the Premier League, who does George Lee think is the striker who best fits Leeds United's tactical needs?

That's Fernando Torres.

It's not Chelsea's "Monster" Drogba, or "Holy Child" Torres.

As for the reason, that's one, comprehensive.

It's not that Kuyt isn't well-rounded, it's just that Torres' six-pointed star is a little bigger.

To say that Kuyt is also the envy of other teams and the striker who has always wanted to have. Extremely high attendance, injury-resistant physique, wide range of movements, and excellent fitness are all that can meet the striker needs of a Premier League team alone. Not to mention that Kuyt also won the Eredivisie Golden Boot, and only came to Leeds United with a good number of goals.

But compared to Torres, who has just arrived at Liverpool this season, Kuyt's comparison alone feels almost meaningless.

You don't see Kuyt's powerful shot after winning the ball up front and using his body or speed to get rid of the opposition's defence, but you can see Torres do it. You don't see Kuyt take the ball with his back, distribute it to his team-mates and then immediately cut in to his team-mate's through ball and then push it into the far corner, but you can see Torres do that. You don't see Kuyt figming past the goalkeeper and then scoring the empty net, but you can see Torres doing it.

In short, Torres is a typical striker, a typical all-round striker. At least that's when he was at Liverpool.

Therefore, when the game reached the 12th minute, after Liverpool scored the first goal, George Lee already needed to figure out how to limit Torres immediately, and he could not wait for the break.

The process of scoring goals is simple.

Mascherano cut off Sneijder's advance with a ferocious defence. This is a ball that can be blown for fouls or reasonable charges, Sneijder was hit on the back by Mascherano with the shoulder behind him when he dribbled the ball, and after being hit like this when he was pushing at high speed, Sneijder lost his balance and fell to the ground after stumbling two steps.

The ball was picked up by Mascherano and the referee saw this and first put the whistle in his mouth, and after thinking for a while, he did not blow it, but signaled for the game to continue.

The ball was quickly passed to Alonso, the heart of Liverpool's playmaker, and the Spaniard's long missile-like pass found Liverpool's front tractor.

Because the switch between attack and defense was abrupt, Leeds United's midfielder Parker did not return in time in front of him. In the backline, Mathieson and Woodgate first retreated to the defensive position. By the time they saw that the target of the pass was Torres, it was too late to go up to defend Torres.

Torres first stuck in the position, even if Mathieson was a relatively strong central defender, but Torres was still leaned on and there was no way to jump.

Torres leaned on Mattieson with his back to prevent him from stretching his legs and jumping, and stopped the ball with his chest. He then immediately left contact with Mathieson, pulled the ball back and turned to face the Leeds defence.

When Mathieson saw Torres turn, he immediately wanted to take a step forward to break the ball.

But he underestimated Torres, and the Spaniard wiped past the other side of Mathieson's outstretched leg with a single start, leaving only a red figure for Mathieson.

After Mathieson was passed, Woodgate stepped forward to make up for it.

Today, in order to target Torres, George Lee specially did not play two high school defenders, but partnered Woodgate and Mathieson, two central defenders with the ability to chase back, in order to be able to limit the arrow figure opposite.

Woodgate stopped in front of Torres, who learned the lesson of Mathieson and did not stretch his legs, but kept an eye on Torres' movements.

But Torres didn't dwell on it much.

If you want to guard against me, it has nothing to do with whether you stretch your leg or not, if you stretch your leg, I will pass over to the other side of you, and if you don't stretch your leg, I will pick one side to go over.

Left!

Torres made a direct swipe and accelerated past Woodgate from the left.

Woodgate hurried after him.

But Torres struck a left-footed slam into the box and Woodgate was too late to brake.

After deducting Woodgate, Torres is completely defenseless.

There was only Leeds United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar in front of him, and the Dutchman rushed to the scene and pounced on Torres.

At this time, the ability to save is to be able to better block the angle of Torres' shot. Van der Sar is also experienced, and he has already saved when he saw Torres smash the ball, and he didn't wait for a moment.

But Torres had clearly expected Van der Sar to do the same, and he used a little more force when he smashed the ball, so Torres took a step sideways so that he could shoot from a wider angle.

Torres opted for the top right corner of the goal, an option he didn't choose.

If he hadn't moved one more step, even the only angle in the upper right corner would have been sealed for Van der Sar.

The swing of the right foot is not much, but the power of the shot is very good.

As if calculated, the ball flew around Van der Sar's outstretched hands and into the top right corner of the goal.

1 to 0.

Fernando Torres again, the first meeting of the season, Liverpool beat Leeds United, who have been unbeaten in more than 50 games, thanks to Torres' goal.

Today it was Torres again, and it was the perfect embodiment of his individual ability that gave Leeds a heavy blow at the beginning.

After the goal, Torres was also very excited, running past the Leeds United dugout to the team's dugout and high-fived manager Benitez in celebration.

However, Torres' quality is clearly much better than Viduka's, and there is no additional movement when running past the Leeds United dugout.

Seeing Torres after the goal, George Lee has already begun to scratch his head.

All of Liverpool's players are well-rounded and have no obvious shortcomings, so George Lee did not have a particularly targeted tactic when arranging his tactics, but wanted to look for opportunities to make changes through the progress of the game.

But who knows that he hasn't seen the opponent's loopholes here, but the team's defense line has exploded.

And it was Liverpool who scored through a very simple combination.

What George Li can do now is really nothing to do except scratch his head. He needs a little time and discussion to lay out the tactical limit Torres.

"Chris, I need your data, quick."

When Casper heard this, he immediately cut out the on-field statistics. He knew what data George Li needed, and the tacit understanding between the two might be able to read each other's needs with just one look.

"Give me five minutes and I'll take a look at the stats in La Liga."

"No, I'll give you three minutes."

George Li was really in a hurry this time.