Thirteen days later, Leeds United came to Zagreb, Croatia, for the second leg of the third round of the Champions League qualifiers.
When the second half just started, Kuyt received a half-high curved ball from Milner from the right, got in from the middle, and pushed the ball into the goal before the opponent's goalkeeper attacked to block it.
The entire Maximilian Stadium in Dinamo Zagreb was completely silent, and the home fans were speechless.
The score on the courtside scorer was 1 to 2, with the home team in front.
There is also a total score on the side, 1 to 5.
After scoring a goal as a substitute in the second half of the last game, Kuyt, who got the chance to start today, continued to perform well in the second half and scored his second goal since joining Leeds United.
The Dutch forward has won high praise from all his teammates through his performance.
Even his competitor Kevin Davis pointed out in a media interview: "Kuyt is a very good player. Dirk can do everything I can do on the court, and Dirk can do it." Things I can’t do, like running the whole game non-stop and always being where I’m supposed to be.”
After scoring, Kuyt was still running and celebrating with his hunched posture, constantly waving back to let his teammates join him.
The other teammates caught up with him one after another, patted his back, touched his hair, and made his already curly hairstyle a mess.
Lee George did not join the celebrating team. He stood beside the team doctor and kept asking about Van Persie's injury.
Just now, before the end of the first half, Leeds United's leading forward Robin Van Persie injured his thigh in a fight. For insurance purposes, George Lee replaced Van Persie with Lennon.
During the halftime break, the team doctor conducted simple treatment and examination on Van Persie.
After the start of the second half, he came to George Li to report the situation.
It should be a minor strain, not an injury like groin strain that often affects a player's career, so George Li was relieved.
The main reason is that Leeds United will play the European Super Cup against Barcelona in 4 days, and he does not want to lose Van Persie at this time. After all, the Dutch striker is a key figure in Leeds United's attack.
While the discussion was taking place, Kuyt scored.
After George Li simply said "Yes", he began to discuss the injury with the team doctor again.
He does not believe that Dynamo can come back at this time. The initiative in the game has been in the hands of George Lee since Robin van Persie's first goal in the last game.
In the first half, if Modric's long-range shot had not been missed after Van der Sar's save, and was scored by Dynamo's right winger Bosniako, Leeds United would not have allowed their opponents to score a single goal.
Woodgate, who returned to Leeds United, replaced Albucheson in the starting lineup.
Compared to the Danish defender, Woodgate's one-on-one defense is more stable.
With Woodgate, Matteisen can even go deeper into the opponent's half to participate in the attack when attacking.
In the first half, Dynamo forward Eduardo fell into a disadvantage in the confrontation with Woodgate. All kinds of methods were used, and he didn't get any advantage at all. He was completely targeted.
Woodgate, who is positioned at the end, often gives orders to his teammates when defending. The advantage of this is that the command of the entire rear no longer relies on Edwin van der Sar alone. After all, the goalkeeper is not a defender and has a free hand in the defense. A backbone is needed. This is something that the previous combination of Matheson and Albuchesson did not have.
After finishing the conversation with the team doctor, George Li returned to his seat and began to prepare for substitutions in preparation for the next game.
First, in the 71st minute, Smith was replaced by Lee Bowyer, Milner was moved to the left, and Bowyer was placed in the center.
In this way, two former Leeds United players have made their official appearances after returning to the team.
Immediately afterwards, George Lee replaced Graveson with Joey Barton in the 78th minute, letting the team's playmaker also take a rest.
In the last ten minutes or so, Dynamo did not give up. Under the leadership of team captain and midfielder Modric, they launched attacks in the direction of Leeds United's goal again and again. It's just that there was no gain against Leeds United's solid defense.
On the contrary, in the 87th minute, due to excessive pressure, the defense was empty.
Was beaten into a counterattack by Leeds United.
Lennon, who also returned to Leeds after being loaned out for a season, made a one-stop breakthrough on the right, used his speed to get rid of Dynamo's elderly left-back, entered the penalty area, then went to the bottom line and passed the ball in an inverted triangle to the penalty spot. nearby.
Bowyer imitated his younger brother Smith and stepped in to hit the goal.
It's just that due to the lack of competition training last season, and my physical fitness is a bit unable to keep up as I get older, plus I rushed too hard when I first came here. There was no power when shooting, and the ball did not fly towards the goal, but rolled to the left.
Milner, who was following on the left, was running when he suddenly found a ball under his feet.
He quickly adjusted his steps and took a shot with his left foot.
After the ball was pounced by the opponent's goalkeeper, it still flew into the goal.
3 to 1.
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"Boo~"
The Leeds United senior management, who was far away in Monaco, once again opened a bottle of champagne after seeing the goal in his hotel suite.
This is already the fourth bottle of champagne that Mike Lee has opened. He opens one bottle every time Leeds United scores a goal, and he also opens one bottle during halftime.
Because they were going to watch the European Super Cup, several shareholders of Leeds United came to Monaco in advance.
They first spent money wildly in casinos and nightclubs, and then today they went to the presidential suite to watch the Leeds United game.
"It seems that we can enter the Champions League without spending a lot of money, and we don't have to be like the Russian..."
"That's right." "He's just a fool."
Jim Li's words were echoed by several other brothers, which made his face even more rosy due to drinking too much.
"We're going to kill Barcelona in a few days."
"Kill Barcelona." "Give the Catalans some color."
Several old men had started singing, but no one understood what they were singing.
On the other side, Tony Wilson and David Li took a sip of champagne and continued to discuss the acquisition of foreign teams under the MCO mode.
^^^
In a large square in Leeds, Milner's goal was being replayed on the big screen, and the fans in the square had already begun to link arms and drive trains and circle.
The game is about to end, and their team will return to the Champions League again after six years. They are extremely happy.
Although they had guessed that the team would advance when Leeds United won 3-0 at home more than ten days ago, they are still extremely excited at this time.
Standing a little outside the square, there were two girls looking at the big screen.
"So, Charlotte won't be playing?" Wendy asked Helen in a low voice.
"The three substitution places have been used up, and Charlotte can't play." Although Helen also wanted to see her brother play, she was more sensible and understood that the team needed to replace the main players at this time to avoid injury and absence. Next game.
"That's a pity." Obviously Wendy is still very upset about Charlotte not being able to play.
"There will be a chance......"
Just as Helen was comforting Wendy, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.
The entire square was covered by one voice.
"We're back!"
