With 25 minutes remaining, Leeds changed Barton for Pederson.

The team is now handing over the defence to the defenders, with the midfield trio becoming Barry at the back, Pederson at centre-back and Kuyt dropping back into midfield.

Even if 10 men were playing, Leeds United did not take it here, but played more actively, trying to rewrite the score again.

"Gareth, Gareth!"

Gareth Bale and Barry both looked back at Leeds United captain Edwin van der Sar today.

Van der Sar found out that there was something wrong with what he was shouting, but he didn't care so much, first in the direction of Barry, and said, "Big Gareth, don't be too behind, go forward, go forward." ”

Then, too, in Bale's direction, he said, "You too, little Barres." ”

Van der Sar has just received instructions from the head coach to give the team the initiative to attack. If you can't press Chelsea to play, then the team can only be slowly worn to death by the opponent, and the more Chelsea shrink the defense, the more Leeds United will have to attack, and they will have to press it thoroughly.

Now the team's defense is basically handed over to two central defenders.

Fortunately, Chelsea's two full-backs have no intention of inserting, and the attacking players on both wings are not the kind that hug the wings, otherwise the two central defenders may run to death.

But that's it, Leeds are still a bit helpless in the face of Chelsea's defence.

Once Pedersen came on the pitch, there were very few opportunities to get the ball, and even when he got the ball, he couldn't organize the attack well, because as soon as he got the ball, he was immediately surrounded by Chelsea's midfield.

On 72 minutes, Pederson lost the ball in a confrontation with Claude Makelele and the ball was snatched away by the Frenchman.

After winning the ball, Claude Makelele opted to push forward because Ballack and Frank Lampard were still a little way away, while Leeds United dropped a lot here because Parker's play in midfield was too hard.

No one expected that Makelele would choose to break through with the ball so confidently, and by the time the Leeds United players found out, they were already taken by the French midfielder not far in front of the Leeds United penalty area.

Albchesten, who glanced at Drogba next to him, and saw that his team-mate Glenqvist had already started to make his way to the African striker, before defending Makelele.

However, Makelele also knows his own level of shooting, and it is already his limit to be able to bring the ball here.

So after making a gesture to make a shot, Makelle passed the ball directly to Ballack, who was running up on the left.

Albuchesen said "no" when he saw Makelele pass the ball, and whether the ball was passed to Ballack or Frank Lampard, it was certainly more dangerous than his own.

It's just that Ballack's catch didn't stop well, and the ball stopped a little bit forward.

It was this action that made Leeds United's defense immediately make up for it.

Previously, in order to cooperate with Pedersen's ball, Blake stepped forward. As soon as he found out that the ball had been cut off by Chelsea, he ran back down the right and waited until Claude Makelle was about to shoot before he finally ran close to the team's defence.

The ball was then passed to Ballack in front of him, and the stop was too big, giving Blake one last chance to make up for it.

A tackle behind Ballack.

The leg magically didn't touch Ballack's leg, but stabbed the ball in front of Ballack.

After touching the football and successfully tackling the ball, he brought down the German because of the inertia of the tackle.

“NICE！”

"Yay!"

This successful defense detonated the crowd, and no one would have imagined that someone would chase all the way to complete this crucial defense at this time.

And after falling to the ground, Ballack also got up immediately, looking at the young player who had just destroyed his attack in surprise.

I clearly remember that when I switched from defense to offense just now, Blake was still far away from him, so how could he kill him back in a while.

"Are you alright?"

Frank Lampard ran over to ask Ballack, stopping by to pick up the ball on the touchline.

"It's okay, it's a good ball."

Ballack didn't say much that a man like him would not do something like him to fall to the ground and cheat fouls, and the German captain disdained to do such a thing.

Then Lampard also glanced at Blake, who had just gotten up from the ground and was patting the grass clippings off his pants.

He was running on the other flank, keeping an eye on Makelele and Ballack on the left, and he saw with his own eyes how Blake "poofed" from the front court to the depths of his own half. The speed was indescribable, and it should not be slower than Robben's.

Frank Lampard turned his head to look behind him and Arjen Robben came back to help the team's defence, and the former team-mate played well today, scoring a brilliant goal in the first half.

Therefore, Robben was also heavily targeted in the second half.

"Huhuhu~"

Robben was gasping for air, and after he was taken care of in the second half, although he had a lot of opportunities to get the ball, he had been in a hard battle, and as soon as he started, he would be immediately trapped. Even if he can still use his footsteps and movements to get rid of it, but once there are more people, he can't find the other party's vacancy.

^^^

George Lee off the field is also very anxious, although Leeds United is not dominant in numbers, but it is still taking the initiative to attack, which will cause the team's physical consumption to increase. This is not evident offensively, but defensively the team needs to increase their movement to make up for the lack of one.

Just like Blake's defense just now, although the process is very exciting, but it is still very tiring for Blake, once or twice can work, so what if there is a third time?

If you don't know it, you will be beaten by Chelsea as an effective counter-attack.

George Lee also spotted Robben's gasp, not the first time he saw "Peter Pan" holding his knee in the middle of the game.

Not only Robben, but the other Leeds United and Chelsea players on the pitch were in a dead-ball state and took time to rest.

"It's not going to go on like this, someone still needs to stand up." George Lee thought.

This is the disadvantage of the captain of the team is the goalkeeper, and the goalkeeper as the captain cannot encourage and infect other teammates through his performance unless he makes a good save.

If it's Smith, he can boost the morale of his teammates with a scramble and a shot.

But if Van der Sar has a good performance, it proves that Leeds have holes in the rest of their defence, and his performance is risky, and no one dares to take that risk at this time.

In the next ten minutes of the game, both teams could not increase their attacking speed, and even if the two teams made substitutions, the large amount of physical exertion had made the players who had played almost the whole game unable to keep up with the rhythm of the players who had just come on.

In order to avoid disjointedness, or even mistakes at the back that directly lead to conceding the ball, the passes on both sides are now dominated by the ball at the feet, and there is no such dangerous through ball.

Everything seems to follow the script of a 1-1 ending.

Even if everyone on the field was not satisfied with the score, they were a little unable to run.

Terry received the ball from Bridge, made a slight adjustment and kicked it forward, trying to find Drogba in front of him. It's a good option not only to get the ball out of the danger zone, but also to try to play an attack.

The ball was a little too big for Terry, and Drogba watched it fly over his head, ran two steps and then gave up.

The ball was picked up by Van der Sar near the penalty area, and Van der Sar was just about to take two shots to delay the time.

However, a man dressed in white was waving at him.