Elland Road stadium where Leeds United is playing, around 4pm.
The referee on duty, Howard Webb, blew the midfield whistle, and Leeds United's home game against Middlesbrough entered halftime.
Alan Smith patted his former teammate Mark Viduka on the shoulder, thinking that he didn't have a few words to say before the game started, so it was still time to say hello now.
Who knew that Viduka immediately threw Smith's hand away and angrily accelerated his pace into the players' tunnel.
"Captain, what does he mean?" Van Persie passed by and said to Smith.
"How do I know? I might be in a bad mood."
At this time, an interview with Viduka from yesterday's TV station was played on the big screen.
"I will give George Lee a little insight and prove to him what a real top center is."
"No, I'm not going to be intimidated just because I played for Leeds United before."
"I will score goals. If one or two is not enough, I will score three."
Van Persie and Smith did not enter the tunnel, but stood on the sidelines watching the TV report.
"Let's go, what are you two looking at?" Assistant coach Brian Kidd urged the two of them to return to the lounge.
The scoreboard on the sidelines reads 3:0, with the home team in front and the visiting team behind.
Just 5 minutes into the first half, Leeds United's Romedal broke through Middlesbrough's defense, went down to the penalty area and passed from the bottom line. The passing point was a bit behind, and the Middlesbrough goalkeeper was stationed deep, and the ball flew. Near the penalty spot.
After Smith stepped in, he volleyed and hit a rebound ball. Middlesbrough goalkeeper Schwarzer made a slow save and the ball flew into the lower right corner of the goal.
1 to 0.
After 9 minutes, Leeds United made a comeback. It was Romedal who broke through from the wing again. He used his speed to beat the opponent's defender Quedru. He passed the ball from the corner of the penalty area. Just like the previous ball, the ball did not go into the small penalty area. , flying towards the penalty spot again, Van Persie volleyed directly with his left foot, sending a world wave. Middlesbrough goalkeeper Schwarzer had no reaction and watched the football fly into the goal.
2 to 0.
Schwarzer's nightmare was not over yet. In the 40th minute of the game, Leeds United won a set kick on the right side of the penalty area.
It was Romedal who won this set piece for Leeds United again. Romedal blasted Middlesbrough's left wing today. No one could stop him. He beat Middlesbrough's left back Kuei again and again. Drew, the French defender was disgraced and embarrassed by the Danes today.
Ian Hart took the set kick and hit it directly.
3 to 0.
The first half of this game was completely Leeds United grinding Middlesbrough to the ground. Middlesbrough's two forwards Hasselbaink and Viduka basically had no chance to attack, and the ball was controlled by Leeds. Join your feet.
Middlesbrough finally grabbed the ball and immediately faced Leeds United's counterattack.
He kicked the ball out in a hurry and couldn't organize the offense well.
In short, this is not like a game between fourth and fifth in the league. Most people may believe that Leeds United is fifth in the league, but if Middlesbrough is fourth, no one will believe it.
"Why don't Viduka and the boss deal with it?" Van Persie was still discussing this with Smith in the tunnel.
"No, it's just that he doesn't adapt to the coach's tactical requirements."
"Just because he is asked to run more, he doesn't want to?"
"It depends on the individual. I think running a little more is fine."
"Yes, look at the general grid of No. 36. It won't kill him if he runs more. When they attacked in the first half, he was always there waiting for the ball."
"Did you see it? Why didn't I see it?"
"You've been fighting for the ball in their midfield, so you don't have time to watch."
"I'll tell the boss that you are lazy and have time to watch other things."
The two people returned to the dressing room in a long-winded manner. Since Smith, as a local leader, took Van Persie to experience several nightclubs and bars in Leeds, the relationship between the two people has skyrocketed.
George Li saw two people slowly entering the locker room.
"You two won't get lost, right? Robin just came this season, I can understand. Alan, you don't know him anymore, either?"
"The two of us were just discussing on the road how to cooperate well and score three more goals in the second half."
"Yes, yes..." Van Persie could only follow Smith's nonsense.
"Then you two work hard. If you can't make three, let Alf give you two extra practice next time." George Li didn't follow them either. Since they wanted to act, he would accompany them.
Smith looked around, found Romedal, and said.
"Dennis, you were so brave in the first half, can you pass a few more good balls to us two in the second half?"
"I'm afraid that won't work. You have to find Ernest."
Because before the third goal in the first half, Romedal was violated and fell down. It may not have affected him at the time, but just after returning to the locker room, the team doctor found that Romedal’s ankle might have been affected a little, so he suggested that Romedal Dahl will not play in the second half, so Lee George is going to replace Derwig in the second half.
"Oh, dear Ness, can you help us two poor people?" Smith immediately stared at Derwig.
Because Derwig's Norwegian name is quite convoluted, most people on the team call him the nickname he had in Norway, "Ness".
Jan Arnesen, who came to Leeds United with him and is now in the youth team, is called "JR".
Van Persie also immediately took Derwig's hand and whispered.
"Use your speed to eat up the full-back, like Dennis did in the first half, and then..."
"You assisted me, I will take you to the nightclub next time." Smith began to develop his warm and hospitable spirit again.
"Ahem~"
George Lee interrupted Smith with a fake cough.
"If this is what the captain does, then I'm going to call Dominic and ask him to come back early."
Mateo was still recovering from injury, and Kelly did not play, so the captain's armband continued to be worn on Smith's arm.
Others on the team, such as Robinson and Hart, who have played for the team for several years, and Graveson and Davis, who have just joined but are relatively famous, did not participate in their chat.
Robinson and Hart didn't like bragging with them, but Davis and the others saw that Lee George was slowly transitioning the captaincy to Smith.
Mateo probably won't be able to play for long. If it's not due to injury, he will slowly fade out of the team's main lineup and may not appear in the team's lineup next season.
Kelly, on the other hand, serves as a substitute more often because Mills is more in line with Lee George's tactical requirements.
Lee George chatted with Kelly. This veteran has played for Leeds United for more than ten years. He is regarded as the "glue" of the team due to his fun and humorous personality. Kelly often jokes between trainings to ease the game. and the intensity of training. Therefore, George Lee hoped that Kelly would not leave Leeds United, and Kelly also agreed to continue playing for Leeds United until his retirement.
^^^
In the second half, the two sides changed places to fight again.
Leeds United continued to maintain a high-pressure style of play, but Middlesbrough had no way to break it. They still blindly played the ball forward, hoping to break the deadlock with the personal performance of Viduka and Hasselbaink.
Albuchesson and Matheson cooperated with Graveson, but they did not achieve any results.
Only in the 59th minute of the game did Middlesbrough replace Baldwin Zenden with Stuart Downing.
After coming on the field, Downing used two sharp breakthroughs to slightly threaten Leeds United's defense.
However, although Tangning's offensive performance was not bad, her defense was a bit worse.
Derwig, who replaced Romedal, after a short period of adaptation, began to use speed to destroy Middlesbrough's left wing just like Romedal did in the first half.
Derwig's approach was more direct than Romedahl's.
When Romedal breaks through, he not only uses speed, but also uses some rhythm changes. Not only will he hit the bottom, but he will also cut inside sometimes.
Dervish is the same, relying on speed, and facing Quadreu will be a blast.
Several times, he just waded the ball behind Quedru, then used his own speed to catch up with the ball, and then went down to the bottom and passed the ball to the center.
However, the quality of the passes was really not high, and because the method was too simple, they were confiscated by the Middlesbrough goalkeeper in advance.
In addition, Van Persie and Smith each wasted an opportunity, so when the 70 minutes went on, the score was still 3-0.
After 70 minutes, George Lee replaced Van Persie and Smith with Pedersen and Oscarson after the ball went out of the sideline, ultimately delaying Derwig's first nightclub experience.
But after these two substitutions, the situation on the court suddenly changed.
It wasn't that Middlesbrough counterattacked, but that Leeds scored again, and it was 3 more goals.
In the 71st minute, it was Dervish's breakthrough again. After using his speed to eat up Quadreu, he passed the ball in advance without reaching the bottom line. This time, he didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but he used too much force in the pass. point, the ball was passed to the back point.
Oscarson didn't have many chances to play after the start of the Premier League. Although the Iceland forward was taller after he came on, he did not have much advantage in the confrontation with the Premier League center backs, so his role was not very obvious. Therefore, when Lee sometimes makes substitutions, when replacing Van Persie, he will use a midfielder instead of Oscarson, and instead push Smith to the front.
But this time Oscarson took his chance and didn't go looking for the Middlesbrough centre-back.
Of the two Middlesbrough centre-backs, Southgate is keeping an eye on Davis, who is attacking, while Rigott is preparing to defend Derwig who breaks through.
Who knows whether Derwig made the cross early this time or later.
Oscarson directly pressed on Middlesbrough's right back Parnaby, jumped up, shook his head, and headed the ball into the Middlesbrough goal.
4 to 0.
In the 73rd minute, Middlesbrough had just kicked off. After the ball returned to the backcourt, Southgate directly tried to pass it to Viduka in the frontcourt. As a result, Albuchesson headed the ball away and gave it to Graveson.
Gravesen made a through pass to Grenchar on the left.
Because today Leeds United's offense was concentrated on the right, and Glenchard on the left basically had no performance.
This time he seized the opportunity. After continuously cutting in from the left in front of the penalty area, he shot from the inside corner. A curved ball hit the middle post and bounced into the goal.
5 to 0.
However, it's not over yet.
In the 88th minute of the game, it was a set kick at the same position as Leeds United's third goal.
This time it was Derwig who was pulled down.
Quedru was depressed for the entire game today, first about Romedal, and then about this guy named Derwig, whose name he had never heard of. The two men turned the left road of Middleburg into a public toilet, allowing people to come and leave whenever they wanted.
In the end, Quadreu pulled Dervish down after another breakthrough by Dervish.
He received his second yellow card of the game and was sent off.
As soon as I walked back to the bench, I heard the cheers of Leeds United fans.
The goal was scored by Pedersen.
Hart gave up the opportunity to take the set kick to Pederson.
The Middlesbrough goalkeeper doesn't know anything about Pedersen. He doesn't know what the characteristics of Leeds United's No. 12 are as a penalty taker. He can only tell that Pedersen should use his left foot, but nothing else is known.
Pedersen used his strength to tell the Middlesbrough goalkeeper that his characteristics are fast, accurate and ruthless.
A full moon scimitar strike from the left foot.
If you can't go to Madrid to see Beckham, then you can come to Elland Road to see me, Pedersen.
Schwarzer fought hard to save, but to no avail, dead center.
6 to 0.
Finally, before the injury time was over, referee Weber blew the whistle early to end the game.
After hearing the end of the game, George Li kept shouting to the players on the field.
"Shake hands, shake hands... Give me all to shake Viduka's hand..."
