"Boss, did you miss me?"
On the sidelines, Grenchar, who has moved to Bayern, stood on the sidelines and greeted Lee George and other Leeds United coaches during the warm-up.
"Think so, think so."
What George Li said is true. After the team's tactics changed this season, they lacked a sharp edge on the wing, and it was difficult for the offense to be effective when encountering intensive defense.
Although the team's current record is very good, ranking first in the standings with 6 wins and 2 draws in the league, and also has 1 win and 1 draw in the Champions League group, the qualifying form is excellent.
But now there are widespread injuries in the kick-off team, especially among the wide players. Just like the last game against Arsenal, two right wingers were suddenly injured, especially the absence of main forward Robin van Persie, which reduced Leeds United's offensive firepower a lot.
"It's a pity that I'm not the starter, so I can't compete with you, the leader."
"Go and warm up quickly. Be careful that your head coach puts on small shoes for you later."
"No, I told him I was here to gather information, and he was happy to do so."
"roll."
Lee George finally drove away Grenchar and began to look at Bayern's lineup.
First, I looked at the starters who were not wearing vests.
The goalkeeper must be Kahn, the double captain of Bayern and Germany.
As for defenders, George Lee sees the future double captain of Germany's Bayern Munich and Germany, Lahm. Brazil's main central defender Lucio, Belgium's Van Buyten, and the right back should be Sagnol.
In the midfield, Demichelis, Van Bommel, Salihamidzic and Schweinsteiger, who is still a teenager, started together.
The forwards are Makai and Podolski.
After comparing his own lineup, George Li found that Leeds United was completely worthy of its opponents, but after the recent increase in injuries, its overall strength has dropped a lot.
For today's game, George Lee pulled Smith back to the midfield, allowing Pederson to appear on the team's starting left.
As for the forward, today we put Kevin Davis at the forefront and Kuyt on the right.
The other two midfielders are De Jong and Gravesson.
On the back line, from left to right are Matheson, Granqvist, Albchesson and Mills. After the last game, Woodgate's thigh problem occurred again, and Lee George had to send the only two central defenders to play.
Sure enough, after the game started, it began to move closer to Bayern's advantage.
It remains Leeds United’s latest problem.
The wing cannot be opened, and without the advantage of speed on the wing, the team's attack in the middle is also affected.
Leeds United first wanted to rely on Pedersen on the left to open the situation with a long pass, but after the ball flew into the penalty area, Van Buyten grabbed it and pushed it out of the dangerous area.
Then, the focus of the attack was changed to the right, hoping to tear through Bayern's defense through the small-scale cooperation of Smith, Kuyt, and Davis. But here they encountered the defense of Demichelis, Van Bommel, Lahm and Lucio. Whether it is defensive hardness or technical tactics, Leeds United does not have any advantage.
Especially Brazilian defender Lucio, facing Leeds United's high pressure, was even able to break through Leeds United's high defense with the ball and reach the midfield to launch the attack.
In the 16th minute of the game, Lucio suddenly broke out with the ball. After reaching the midfield, he handed the ball to Ma Kai in front. Ma Kai returned to Podolski in front of the Leeds United penalty area. Prince Bolti shot directly with his left foot. , the ball missed the crossbar and flew out of the baseline.
In the 21st minute of the game, it was Lucio again. He suddenly grabbed the ball and intercepted Smith's ball. Then after getting rid of Graveson's defense, he passed the ball to "Angel Wings" Salihamidzic on the left. The Bosnian was pressed by Matteisen. Passed the ball to the center.
Fortunately, Van der Sar struck out early and grabbed the ball before Ma Kai, and finally defused Bayern's attack.
Leeds United's most threatening attack in the first half was the opportunity to take advantage of corner kicks.
Granqvist received Pederson's corner kick and hit the ball inside the post at the front point. However, Kahn, who reacted in time, reached out to block it and it hit the baseline.
After that, Leeds United didn't have much chance to attack.
It's not so much that Leeds United's offense is weak, or it can be said that Bayern's defense is too good.
After Sagnol on the right discovered that Pedersen had no breakthrough ability, he even handed over the task of defending this side to Demichelis, and cooperated with Salihamidzic to continuously launch attacks on the right. .
Fortunately, Leeds United's pair of Nordic center backs performed fairly steadily today and did not give Bayern too many opportunities to score.
It was Podolski who scored the most goals in the first half. In addition to one shot inside the penalty area that was blocked by Albchesson with his body, there were also four long-range shots outside the penalty area, but none of them hit the goal frame. Inside.
In the stoppage time of the first half, Bayern's Bastian Schweinsteiger suddenly cut in from the left. After making a fake shot, he passed the ball straight to Ma Kai who was waiting in the penalty area.
The Dutch forward received the ball and turned around in one go, then raised his foot and pushed the ball into the far foot of the Leeds United goal.
However, this ball was flagged as offside by the referee, which shocked Li George into a cold sweat on the court.
^^^
Leeds United's good defense seemed to run out in this first half.
In the second half, Bayern head coach Magath made two consecutive substitutions in response to Leeds United's defense.
Replaced Podolski and Makai with Pizarro and Santa Cruz respectively.
This substitution also played a role in determining the direction of the game.
In the 75th minute of the game, Lahm made a forward pass and received Schweinsteiger's back pass from the left.
Then Ram adjusted the ball to his right foot on the left side of the penalty area, and passed the ball into the penalty area with the inside of his right foot.
Santa Cruz and Albuchesson competed for the header, but neither of them reached the ball completely.
After taking off and landing, the ball rolled to the side along Santa Cruz's thigh.
That was the position of Pizarro and Granqvist, but Pizarro reacted first. When the ball rolled to him, he chose to fall to the ground and shoot.
Granqvist was a step too late and failed to organize Pizarro.
Leeds United's last line of defense, goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar quickly went to the ground to pounce on the ball.
But after all, it was a full shot, and the ball rolled into the Leeds United goal from Van der Sar's armpit close to the goal.
After that, George Lee also began to mobilize his troops and replaced Bowyer and Arneson. Charlotte, who has been in hot form recently, failed to change the score.
In the end, with Pizarro's goal, Bayern defeated the visiting Leeds United 1-0 at home.
Leeds United also returned to the UK with its first defeat since the start of the season.
However, what George Li did not expect was that this defeat would bring bad luck to Leeds United for more than ten days.
