Charlotte surged forward with the ball, but Huddlestone came up to block it.
Charlotte didn't go up either. After seeing Huddlestone coming up, they saw the opponent's full-back Lee Young-pyo also standing higher.
If you move forward, you can use your speed to get rid of Huddlestone, but if you do that, you will be surrounded by the opponent.
Charlotte made a diagonal pass and found Kuyt in the ribs.
Kuyt appeared in a good position, with the center back retreating, the midfielder in front, and the full-back on the wing. When Kuyt got the ball at a key part of Tottenham's defense, there was no one around to defend him.
Davis, who was at the front, took a look and realized that his teammates were not in a good position.
He ran directly towards Tottenham's left center defender Jin, trying to take him away.
However, Tottenham's two central defenders cooperated very well. King did not choose to go to Davis because Davis was by his side. Instead, he went directly to defend Kuyt, leaving the task of defending Davis to his teammates. Dawson.
Dawson immediately filled King's original position to guard Davis.
Kuyt turned around, saw Davis running and saw an opportunity. In particular, Jin did not choose to defend Davis, but came towards himself, which proved that Davis might be unmarked, and as long as the ball was passed, it would be a one-shot.
He was just about to pass the ball, but when he saw Dawson's movement, he felt that the opportunity Davis had had was gone in a flash.
However, Tottenham's defense focus here is on Kuyt and Davis, completely missing one person.
Alan Smith.
Kuyt made a diagonal pass to the left and passed behind Davis. Everyone in Tottenham thought that Kuyt's pass was wrong.
But no one thought about Smith behind him.
Because Smith hasn't played this position for too long in the past two months, people have always thought that he is now a left player, and they have completely forgotten about Smith.
Smith, who plays as a central midfielder, cannot let him go forward so calmly, otherwise you will bear the consequences.
Two seasons ago, Smith was assigned to the central midfielder position by Lee George. Since then, teams across the Premier League have known that there are three players who play as central midfielders and are even better at scoring than the forwards. They are Chelsea's Lampard, Liverpool's Gerrard, and Leeds United's Smith.
Lampard has two Premier League titles, Gerrard has a Champions League, and Smith is also good in terms of honors, including a League Cup, a UEFA Cup, and a European Super Cup, all of which he won as captain.
This season, George Lee tried to put him on the left. Maybe some teams in the Premier League have forgotten the fear of being dominated by Smith in the previous two seasons.
This is the case with Tottenham, and Martin Jol is used to thinking that Smith will continue to play on the left today, because that is how Smith has played for a month, and he has played well. Smith had 1 goal and 1 assist in two games. In the FA Cup game, Smith was rested and did not play.
Back on the field.
Smith received the pass at the top of the penalty area.
He stopped the ball with the inside of his left foot. Because he was too relaxed, Smith even stopped the ball and bounced it.
But it doesn't matter. Smith still feels that the volley will be more powerful when the ball is off the ground.
Play football with all your heart.
Dawson, who was closest to Smith, even saw the deformation of the ball when Smith's instep hit it.
"Dong~"
The ball flew towards the side that Tottenham goalkeeper Czerny did not block like a shell.
Because he was so well prepared, the goal was as vast as the sea in Smith's eyes, so Smith chose the far corner.
The ball whizzed past Czerny's ear like a gust of wind, and the Tottenham goalkeeper had no reaction.
The ball flew into the goal and hit the side netting inside the goal.
1 to 0.
Leeds United gave their opponents a wake-up call.
Although their manager is sleepy, Leeds United told Tottenham that they are in good spirits.
"Aha~"
After entering, Smith came to the corner, greeted some Leeds United fans who had followed him to London, and saluted them.
"Here we go with Leeds United!"
"We're gonna give the boys a hand!"
"Stand up and sing for Leeds United!"
"..."
Although they were away from home, Leeds United fans sang songs to celebrate their goal.
"Here we go with Leeds United..."
Their singing resonated with George Lee and everyone else on the bench, and they all sang along with the fans.
Only Chris Casper, sitting next to Lee, covered his ears.
"George, please, stop singing."
The unwritten rule of the Leeds United coaching staff is don't listen to George Lee singing, it will be a disaster.
But George Li ignored Casper and continued singing.
She sang until her face turned red and refused to stop.
Until the other players stopped, only George Li was still intoxicated.
"Okay, okay." Kidd covered his mouth and told him to stop singing.
"Woooo~" George Li's mouth was covered, and there was nothing he could do.
A goal was scored shortly after the opening, which boosted Leeds United's morale and began to no longer be conservative.
Leeds United's attack made Tottenham even more difficult to cope with.
Seeing the team's advantage getting bigger and bigger, George Li also broke away from the excitement just now, his eyes were red and he continued to direct the game with a black circle on his head.
...
^^^
Ferguson picked up the newspaper delivered in the morning and opened the sports section that concerned him most.
"Leeds United reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup"
Ferguson saw the news he most wanted to see.
Last night, he went to bed early and did not watch the Leeds United game because he was busy and tired recently.
So when he got up early in the morning, he read the newspaper to see if his disciples had won.
"Sure enough, this kid won."
Ferguson just saw a headline and a picture and put down the newspaper because he already knew the result.
As for the process, he would rather understand it from his own team's analysts rather than reading it from this kind of newspaper.
Thinking of Leeds United winning another victory in the Europa League, and their morale in the league is also high.
We are 1 point ahead in the league, is this kid really going to win the championship?
Ferguson found it incredible when he thought about it.
Just two days ago, he led Manchester United to a 7-1 victory over Roma in the Champions League quarter-finals. The joy of completing a huge comeback suddenly disappeared.
Ferguson took a sip of black tea and tried to recall that his disciple's opponents in the next league seemed to be teams in the middle and lower reaches.
Could it be that this kid really wants to win the championship?
Ferguson still doesn't believe it's true.
I continued to take a sip of black tea, thinking about opening the newspaper and taking a closer look at how Leeds United won.
"Ha~"
After thinking for a long time, Ferguson still did not get the newspaper, but thought about the current environment of the Premier League.
Chelsea changed owners and won two league championships; Leeds United changed owners and may win the championship this year; West Ham United changed owners and successfully avoided relegation.
Now it is said that Manchester City next door is about to change its owner. If this continues, can the sky in Manchester be guaranteed to be red in the future?
If the boss is willing to invest, he will achieve results.
Slowly, why did the atmosphere of the Premier League become like this? With the injection of capital, teams that were not strong in the first place sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, forming a new force to threaten the old strong players like themselves. Team.
The strength gap between teams is getting smaller and smaller, there are more and more young head coaches, the pace of games is getting faster and faster, and tactical innovations are becoming more and more frequent.
Arsenal's French coach is no longer Ferguson's only favorite opponent. Foreign coaches such as Mourinho and Benitez, and young local coaches like Li George are all on the rise.
"What will the Premier League look like in the future?"
Ferguson murmured to himself again, and then made up his mind to open the newspaper and take a look at the match between Leeds United and Tottenham described in the newspaper.
Halfway through, he picked up the tea cup again and was about to take a sip.
Ferguson's wife stopped him.
"We're long out of tea, you've already drank from an empty cup three times, Alex."
