On November 4, Leeds United played against Middlesbrough at home in the 11th round of the Premier League.
Li George took the initiative to make adjustments to the team's lineup.
Smith returned to the team's midfield position, and Lee Bowyer appeared on the left side of the team.
In the team's defensive midfielder, Scott Parker returned to the starting lineup after his comeback, and his partner was Nigel De Jong. The task given by George Lee to De Jong is to constantly sweep the midfield, and at the same time pay attention to learning Parker's position and playing style. Because today Mills on the right will appear in the midfielder position, De Jong does not need to play the midfielder position, he plays the central midfielder position.
Gravesen is taking a rest today, and he has been suffering from the Danish bald head recently. After Parker is absent and Smith's position has changed, he is both a father and a mother. He has to carry the entire Leeds United midfielder by himself.
The left back is still Ben Thatcher. Until Baines comes back, the 31-year-old veteran will still have to stick to the left side of Leeds United.
Fortunately, today's opponent Middlesbrough only has one fast horse on the wing, which is Stuart Downing. However, the task of defending him is Leeds United's right wing, so Thatcher will not be destroyed by the opponent's speed today.
"In this way, it feels like I have been working in vain for several months, and Alan has returned to the midfielder. If I had known this, I would not have sold Glenchard. Anyway, he was on the bench at Bayern." George Li stretched his waist. Raise your hands high.
"The money they get on the bench is higher than what we get here." Brian Kidd quickly added.
"Yes, but you reminded me, do you want to talk to Tony and re-sign the contracts of several main players and raise their salaries? After all, we are a Champions League team and the league leader. I don't want to ask anyone next summer. They were all poached by other teams.”
"And Charlotte and the others, they must keep an eye on me." Kidd now attaches great importance to Charlotte.
"I know, I will give Charlotte, Young, Fabian, and Casper a raise." After listening to Kidd's words, George Lee also agreed to raise the salaries of several young people on the team. This group of young people is the future of the team, "Oh, by the way. Looking at Thatcher's performance, should we mention Danny to the first team?"
"No need for now, Leighton will be back for the next game, and Mattison can also play on the left." Kidd advised George Lee not to mention Danny Rose to the first team for the time being.
George Li was discussing tactics with Kidd while watching the game on the court.
On the field, Leeds United, who returned to their old tactics, found a familiar rhythm of the game. Davis, Kuyt, Smith and Bowyer kept attacking Middlesbrough's defense in the frontcourt.
Southgate, who just retired this year, seamlessly became the head coach of Middlesbrough in the summer. According to media reports, Southgate does not even have a coaching qualification.
However, Southgate, who has just become a coach, has shown a style of robbing the rich and giving to the poor. It can win against strong teams like Chelsea and draw with Arsenal, but it can also lose four goals against Portsmouth.
So when Leeds United's offense has been weak recently, many media are actually optimistic that Middlesbrough can score points against Leeds United.
However, just 24 minutes into the game, Leeds United slapped everyone with a solid slap in the face with practical actions.
"Pa~"
Kuyt clapped his hands and signaled Mills to throw the sideline ball to him quickly.
Mills picked up the ball on the ground, threw it with both hands, and threw it to Kuyt who was close to the sideline.
When Kuyt got the ball, he was already behind the Middlesbrough defense.
When Austrian full-back Pogatz discovered it, Kuyt had already walked away.
The wings are open, and Leeds United can move forward from the center, and Smith is the first to bear the brunt.
Davis, who was originally at the front, just saw Kuyt receiving the sideline ball and was about to run forward to help his teammates open up space. Just as he was about to start, he saw Smith running past him. .
When he started again, he was already pulled away by Smith.
Davis saw that De Jong was still in the center circle. In order to prevent disengagement, he slowed down and prepared to run to the right side of the penalty area to meet Kuyt, leaving Smith in the penalty area.
Before Kuyt reached the penalty area, Robert Huth, who transferred to Middlesbrough because he had no chance to play at Chelsea in the summer, defended him.
Then Kuyt and Davis hit the wall and entered the penalty area again.
At this time, Smith was already in position in front of the goal, with Davis behind him and De Jong at the top of the penalty area.
Kuyt has several passing points and is very threatening.
At the same time, he can also choose to hit the goal himself, because he is now directly facing the goal in the penalty area, but the angle is a bit small.
In the end, Kuyt chose a method that almost no one expected.
He passed the ball towards the back of the Middlesbrough goal.
A man wearing a white No. 11 jersey used his head with little hair and a high hairline to rub the ball into the goal.
Because he rushed too fast, he almost hit the goal post after the top. He grabbed the doorpost with both hands and slowed down his speed.
Lee Bowyer lowered his head again, confirmed that the ball was already in the goal, and then began to celebrate his goal.
Bowyer came to the sideline, put his right hand to his ear, and began to listen to the cheers of the home crowd.
"Goooooooooal!"
"Good!", "Nice!"
Bowyer once again felt the passion of the Elland Road fans.
At this time, other Leeds United players also came over and made the same gesture together.
The home fans once again burst into loud shouts to cheer for their home team players.
After celebrating, everyone in Leeds United began to walk towards their own half, and Bowyer said to Smith halfway.
"MD, fuck me, is this how Leeds United football plays now?"
"You're older, don't be so desperate next time, you almost hit the goalpost with your head just now."
"screw you."
Bowyer pushed Smith, and Smith pushed Bowyer.
Then Bowyer pushed Smith again.
The two of us pushed each other all the way to our own half, and then I looked up and found that everyone on the team, including my own coaching staff, were looking at the two of them.
After all, he had a criminal record. Bowyer was the first to understand what was going on. He quickly hugged Smith's shoulders in a friendly manner and smiled at the others.
"Huh~"
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
We haven’t played it yet, but Leeds United, who have shown their feelings, will continue to work hard.
In the subsequent games, in addition to Bowyer, Kuyt, Smith, and Davis all scored.
In the 88th minute of the game, Arnesen, who came on as a substitute, passed the goalkeeper and scored an empty goal. The score was fixed at 5-0.
A hearty victory dispelled the haze hanging over George Li.
Seeing that the team's offense is no longer constipated, Li George is also confident that he can compete with the two teams in the next 12th round of the League Cup with Manchester United and Chelsea.
"Let's go, let's go, shake hands with Southgate, and go back to study how to fight the old man."
George Li hummed a song and left.
Only a few other members of the coaching staff were left standing there stunned.
Especially new to Martin and Howe.
"The head coach's singing is really ugly." This was the first reaction in the two people's minds.
