"Depend on!"
Seeing the referee stop the game, George Li was so angry that he kept jumping on the sidelines.
If the referee had not called this foul, Davis would have directly faced the goalkeeper.
"Kevin Davis is indeed the best defensive forward in the Premier League. This hard work is what I admire. I saw it in the game against Bolton last season." Lee George said to himself assistant coach, Brian Kidd said.
"Actually, spending 2 million is still beneficial. At least our defender will not be injured, and it can also make the opponent's defender come off the field." Kidd pointed to the court.
Mateo on the court limped two steps and then fell to the ground again.
The team doctor began to enter the hospital. Mateo was often injured before and had numerous major and minor injuries. The collision just now probably caused another injury.
After Mateo came off the field, the game continued. Blackburn withdrew a defensive midfielder to the back line. Now Blackburn basically only had to take a beating.
But the football game is so magical. Although Leeds United was playing against Blackburn, it was Blackburn who scored the first goal.
In the 18th minute, Blackburn won a set kick opportunity in front of the Leeds United penalty area.
The person who took the set kick was Blackburn full-back Andy Todd. Although the position of this set kick was not very good, it still had an angle that could directly hit the goal. Leeds United also attaches great importance to the defense of this ball. Van der Sar, who has just arrived at the team, keeps directing the team's players to form a wall. There are five players in the wall, including Kevin Davis. They all lined up inside the wall, leaving Van Persie alone in the frontcourt preparing to attack.
But there was a problem with this well-prepared defense and the large wall of people. Andy Todd was not known for his footwork. His free kick hit Alan Smith who was lined up in the wall. On the head, a refraction change occurred.
Van der Sar was moving to the right, and suddenly the ball went to the left, and towards the upper left corner.
Although Van der Sar has rich experience, he can only push his right foot on the ground and touch the ball with his left hand when facing this situation. But there is really no way to touch the football and he can only watch the ball fly in.
"Ah~" Smith, who had just jumped up to block the football, screamed in pain after being hit by the ball on his head. Then he held his head after landing. When he raised his head again, he saw that Blackburn's players were already celebrating the goal. The ball is gone.
1 to 0.
Blackburn took the lead despite being at a disadvantage.
Smith scored Leeds United's first goal of the new season, but it was an own goal.
"Todd hit the goal and hit the Leeds United player. Wow~, the ball went in... The ball went in. Van der Sar had no time to touch it. The goal was Blackburn's Andy Todd. ..."
Commentator Taylor was stunned for a moment, and then shouted out that the goal came too suddenly.
The Leeds United coaching bench on the sidelines was also stunned. The ball just went in. It was too easy.
I've been pressing you here for almost 20 minutes, and there's been no movement at all. You can just kick it, and that's nothing.
"Alan, Alan..." George Li shouted towards Smith on the court.
Smith rubbed his golden and white hair while looking at George Li.
"It's okay, keep hitting me like this, put more pressure on them, don't give them any room to counterattack..."
Smith nodded, then found Graveson and Davis and told them.
Originally, after Van der Sar came, the captain should have been given to Van der Sar, because Van der Sar is not only experienced, but also as a goalkeeper, he will not leave the game under normal circumstances, which is relatively stable for the team. You might find a player who can only play for 45 minutes to be the captain. After half a game, the team's captain will be replaced.
However, Van der Sar voluntarily gave up the captain's armband and insisted on making Smith the team captain, because everyone knew that George Lee valued Smith highly.
The game restarted and Leeds United continued to tighten their press.
Mark Hughes, who was standing on the sidelines at Blackburn Rovers, was stunned.
You've seen a team's left back chasing the ball all the way from his left to the far right, and then back to the left.
Yes, this is what Leeds United left back Baines did on the field just now. He chased the ball from Blackburn's right midfielder Emerton to the left back Nell, and then chased the ball to Emerton. .
Leeds United pressed forward with the whole team, constantly compressing Blackburn's space.
Finally, hard work pays off.
In the 39th minute of the game, Scott Parker made a sudden attack and cooperated with Smith to steal the ball from Blackburn and directly launched a counterattack.
Glenchard counterattacked with the ball, constantly changing the direction to confuse the opponent's full-back Todd, leaving him in the dilemma of turning or not turning. The moment Todd made up his mind, Glenchard Passed the ball out, trying to cross in front of the penalty area to the advancing Smith.
Smith gritted his teeth and sprinted desperately, trying to distance himself from his former teammate Mateo, but Mateo knew Smith too well and kept making small moves along the way, but did not give him a chance.
Smith got the ball, but he stopped the ball with his left foot. When he got the ball, he was not facing the goal, so he wanted to use his right foot to get rid of the defense.
But as soon as Smith moved the ball away, Mateo stretched out his leg to poke the ball, and the ball rolled outside the penalty area.
Just as Mateo took a breath, he found that the ball was next to a person passing the white jersey again.
The white jersey has the number 16 written on the trouser legs. Looking further up, the most obvious thing is the shining bald head, which shines with golden light under the afternoon sunset.
Graveson!
The Dane, who usually doesn't push forward, appears here.
Last season, because he played as a defensive midfielder, Gravesen usually did not press too high during counterattacks. He always stood in front of the two central defenders to help the team when the counterattack failed. Make a transition and turn into a position.
But today is different. Today, because "Wild Boar" Davis was injured, the team replaced Parker as the starter. Graveson's task has changed. He can penetrate very deep.
So when the team counterattacked, Graveson also started to move forward. Although he was not fast, Graveson was also an experienced player. He kept looking for openings and finally got the ball in front of the penalty area. This is also due to his performance last season. When Blackburn deployed defensive tactics, they did not specifically specify his defense.
Gravesen kicked hard, and all his strength was used in this shot.
Blackburn goalkeeper Friedel had no time to react, and the ball went to the right side of the goal. Because Leeds United's attack just now was on the left, he stood relatively to the left, and he was helpless against this shot.
A powerful and heavy shot, the ball seemed to penetrate the net.
After scoring, Gravesen stood there with his hands raised, waiting for his teammates to come over and hug him in celebration.
1 to 1.
Leeds United equalized the score, or the word "equalize" is not appropriate, because Leeds United has always had the advantage.
But no matter what, it's good to score goals.
"Go on, don't let them breathe!"
After Lee George scored, he continued to keep the team alive, hoping to score another one before the end of the first half to take the lead.
