Is Kuyt George Lee's first choice?
No, it can only be said that when George Lee chose a forward, the most suitable one that could meet his tactical needs was definitely forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who currently plays for Inter Milan.
It's just that George Lee and the Swede were only a little short of being able to work together. In the end, because Leeds United's background was not as rich as Inter Milan, Ibrahimovic rejected Leeds United and chose Milan City.
So, excluding Ibrahimovic, just talking about so many teams in the Premier League, who does George Lee think is the forward who best meets Leeds United’s tactical needs?
That's Fernando Torres.
Either the Chelsea "Warcraft" Drogba or the "Holy Child" Torres.
As for the reason, it is one, comprehensive.
It's not that Kuyt is not comprehensive enough, it can only be said that Torres' six-pointed star is bigger.
It should be said that Kuyt is also the forward that other teams envy and have always wanted to have. A very high attendance rate, a physique that is not easily injured, a wide range of running, and excellent physical fitness. These alone can meet the forward needs of a Premier League team. Not to mention that Kuyt also won the Eredivisie Golden Boot and only scored a good number of goals when he came to Leeds United.
But compared to Torres, who just came to Liverpool this season, Kuyt feels almost meaningless when compared alone.
You can't see Kuyt taking the ball in the frontcourt and using his body or speed to get rid of the opponent's defense and then take a powerful shot, but you can see Torres doing this. You can't see Kuyt receiving the ball with his back, passing the ball to his teammates and then immediately running forward to receive the through ball from his teammates, and then pushing the ball into the far corner to score, but you can see Torres doing this. You can't see Kuyt using a fake move to pass the goalkeeper and then score an empty goal, but you can see Torres doing this.
In short, Torres is a typical forward, a typical all-around forward. At least that was the case when he was at Liverpool.
Therefore, when the game reached the 12th minute, after Liverpool scored the first goal, Lee George already needed to find a way to restrict Torres immediately. He could no longer wait for the halftime break.
The process of scoring a goal is simple.
Mascherano cut off Sneijder's advance with a fierce defense. This is a ball that can be called a foul or a reasonable collision. When Sneijder was dribbling the ball, Mascherano behind him used his shoulder to hit his back. Sneijder was hit like this while advancing at high speed. De lost his balance, stumbled and fell to the ground after two steps.
The ball was taken by Mascherano. After seeing this, the referee put the whistle in his mouth. After thinking for a moment, he did not blow it but signaled for the game to continue.
The ball was quickly passed to Liverpool's playmaker Alonso, and the Spaniard found Toretti at the front of Liverpool with a long pass like a cruise missile.
Because the transition between offense and defense was sudden, Leeds United's midfielder Parker had not yet retreated in time. The defensive line of Mattison and Woodgate first retreated to the defensive line. When they saw that the target of the pass was Torres, it was already too late to defend Torres.
Torres was stuck in his position at first. Even though Mathisen was considered a relatively strong central defender, Torres was still unable to take off due to his support.
Torres leaned in front of Matteisen with the back of his body, not giving him a chance to stretch his legs and take off, while stopping the ball with his chest. Then he immediately left contact with Matteisen, pulled the ball back and then turned to face Leeds United's defense.
After Mattison saw Torres turn around, he immediately wanted to take a step forward to steal the ball.
But he underestimated Torres, and the Spaniard wiped out the other side of Mathisen's stretched leg as soon as he started, leaving only a red figure for Mathisen.
After Matteisen was passed, Woodgate stepped forward to cover the defense.
Today, in order to target Torres, George Lee specifically did not play two high school defenders. Instead, he paired Woodgate and Matteisen, two central defenders with the ability to track back, in order to limit the opposing arrow figures.
Woodgate stopped in front of Torres. He learned Matteisen's lesson and did not stretch his legs, but kept staring at Torres's movements.
But Torres didn't dwell on it.
If you want to guard against me, it doesn't matter whether you stretch your legs or not. If you stretch your legs, I will pass by you on the other side. If you don't stretch your legs, I will just pick one side and pass by.
left!
Torres made a direct pass and accelerated past Woodgate from the left.
Woodgate hurried after him.
But after Torres entered the penalty area, he immediately dunked with his left foot. At this time, it was too late for Woodgate to brake.
After dunking on Woodgate, Torres was completely defenseless.
There was only Leeds United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar in front of him. The Dutchman rushed out and pounced on Torres.
At this time, the purpose of saving is to better block the angle of Torres' shot. Van der Sar is also experienced. He already saved Torres when he saw Torres smashing the ball without waiting for a moment.
But Torres had obviously expected this from Van der Sar. He used a little more force when smashing the ball, so Torres moved a step laterally so that his shot angle could be wider.
Torres chose the top right corner of the goal, a choice he didn't have.
If he hadn't taken an extra step laterally, even the only angle in the upper right corner would have been blocked by Van der Sar.
The range of swing of the right foot is not large, but the force of the shot is very good.
As if calculated, the ball bypassed Van der Sar's outstretched hands and flew into the upper right corner of the goal.
1 to 0.
It's Torres again. The first time the two teams met this season, Liverpool relied on Torres' goal to defeat Leeds United, which had maintained an unbeaten record of more than 50 games.
Today it was Torres again, and it was another perfect manifestation of his personal ability that gave Leeds United a heavy blow at the start.
After scoring the goal, Torres was also very excited. He ran past the Leeds United coaching bench to the team's coaching bench and high-fived coach Benitez to celebrate.
However, Torres's quality is obviously much better than Viduka's, and he made no additional moves when running past the Leeds United coaching bench.
Seeing Torres after scoring, George Lee was already scratching his head.
All Liverpool players are very comprehensive and have no obvious shortcomings. Therefore, when Li George arranged his tactics, he did not have any specific tactics. Instead, he wanted to look for opportunities to make changes during the game.
But who knew that he hadn't seen the opponent's loopholes yet, but instead his team's defense was blown apart.
And it was Liverpool who scored through a very simple cooperation.
There is really nothing George Li can do now except scratch his head. He needed a little time and discussion to lay out tactics to limit Torres.
"Chris, I need your data, quick."
After Casper heard this, he immediately cut out the screen showing the statistics on the field. He knows what data George Li needs, and the tacit understanding between the two may be able to understand each other's needs with just one look.
"Give me five minutes and I'll take a look at the data from La Liga."
"No, I'll give you three minutes."
George Li was really anxious this time.
