George Lee walked out of the locker room and prepared to go to the court to continue the second half of the game.
In the tunnel, he saw Gerrard, the captain of his opponent Liverpool, pulling Alonso and Torres and talking about something. Alonso has been at Liverpool for several seasons, and there is no problem communicating with Gerrard. However, Torres has not been with the team for a long time, and he still needs to at least ask Alonso to help translate when it comes to communication.
George Li walked past the three of them, and Gerald and the others immediately stopped communicating and signaled to let George Li pass first.
"Bye, try your best in the second half."
George Li waved his hand and laughed softly again.
To be honest, he wasn't really worried about what amazing big plan these three people could come up with, but he just heard the general content of their discussion before passing by.
Gerrard wanted Torres to retreat a little, so that they could support Torres more easily. If they blindly moved closer to Torres, then their midfield would be out of touch, and Leeds United would seize the opportunity to counterattack.
If it was really so easy to counterattack, George Li wouldn't have anything to worry about. Instead, he would just have to defend well and counterattack.
But the actual situation is that behind Gerrard and Alonso, there is Mascherano, who is ranked number one in the Premier League.
If it weren't for West Ham United being so stupid, they managed to get two good Argentinians from South America, but they were poached by Manchester United and Liverpool not long after they started playing.
Although Mascherano is not very tall, he covers a large area, has accurate blocking, and has excellent stealing ability. Otherwise, he won't be changed to a central defender after moving to Barcelona in the future.
If you are a little over 1.7 meters tall and can play as a central defender, you must have a very strong ability.
Of course, only George Lee knows about Mascherano playing central defender in the future.
What George Li just did was not considered an eavesdropping tactic, after all, he overheard it inadvertently. He could only hear the exchanges between Liverpool players, and Li George felt that these things were of little use after hearing them. If the tactics deployed in the midfield were feasible, then in the second half, Li George had prepared a big gift for Benitez. .
^^^
Not long after the start of the second half, Liverpool did not dare to attack rashly. Leeds United's counterattack in the last period of the first half still gave a certain deterrent to their opponent Liverpool.
Torres finally heard the captain's instructions and shrank appropriately to a place not far in front of the team's midfield. After receiving the ball several times, only once did he try to get rid of the breakthrough, but the ball was intercepted by Parker who was marking him. In other times, Torres often passed the ball to nearby teammates after getting the ball instead of choosing to attack himself.
Little has changed here at Liverpool, but a lot has changed here at Leeds United.
The first one discovered was Liverpool's left-back, Norwegian Riise.
In the first half, Milner was always in front of him, but in the second half, he found that the front man on the right side of Leeds United had been replaced by Charlotte Black.
After several contacts, Riise encountered the same feeling as Finnan did later in the first half.
Why does your kid always run to the middle?
You went to the middle, should I follow you?
If I follow, who will defend on the wing?
If I don’t follow, what should I do if I miss someone in the middle?
During the halftime break, the head coach didn't explain much, and just said that he should pay attention to the opponent's wide players cutting inside.
Just when he was thinking about this, Leeds United's offense came to him.
Sneijder received the ball from Smith from the left and immediately passed it to Blake in the ribs of the Liverpool defense.
After Blake got the ball, he directly broke through the gap between Riise and Carragher. When he broke through, it was worse, he chose to be closer to Riise.
Riise had no choice but to go and defend.
This action gave Kuyt an opportunity behind Black. The Dutch simply chose to pull wide, because that's what the coach arranged, and as expected, the defensive players there had left.
In fact, George Lee didn't pay special attention to doing this when breaking through, letting the opponent's full-back move around, but it was a method that Black came up with himself.
As soon as Kuyt reached a deserted area on the wing, the ball was passed by Black.
Without hesitation, Kuyt kicked the ball with his backhand and passed it behind Riise.
The Norwegian has been stunned by this series of passes and cooperation. It seems that the ball is coming towards him, but it just can't reach his feet.
As soon as he turned around, Blake had already crossed Liverpool's defense and reached the right side of the small penalty area. After just adjusting his kick, he volleyed a very threatening shot.
Fortunately, the ball was blocked by Reina in time, blocking all the angles of the front point, and directly blocked the ball out of the baseline with his legs.
"Watch your position, John." Reiner quickly said to Reise after standing up, seeming a little dissatisfied.
The ball just now was indeed very dangerous. Fortunately, Blake used his right foot. If Blake had been given more preparation time to adjust his left foot to shoot into the far corner, he might have scored.
"Don't leave anyone out." Hyypia also helped Reina speak up and accused Rise.
Riise spread his hands helplessly. He had already worked hard to defend, but he didn't know why his teammates still blamed him.
"Stop talking and pay attention to defense." Gerrard came to his penalty area and saw that something was wrong. He quickly signaled his teammates to stop talking. He was afraid that if he continued to talk, there would be conflicts.
Benitez was also taken aback by Leeds United's attack just now. He felt Leeds United's changes in the second half, but he would not make rash changes before he fully understood.
He has turned the team into a powerful La Liga team since Valencia with a set of 4231. He has a special preference for this formation. Under normal circumstances, he will not change the formation at will.
The corner kick was taken by Sneijder, and the ball was pushed away by Liverpool's center back Carragher. Because Leeds United's two midfielders did not have an absolute advantage in height today, Leeds United could not take advantage of the set-piece attack. To cheap.
Matthiessen and Woodgate hurried to their own half.
After the ball was headed away by Carragher, it came to the outside of the penalty area and was picked up by Alonso. He passed the ball forward with a big foot, hoping to find Torres at the front. They scored a goal this way in the first half. But this time, Torres was occupied in advance by Milner, who stayed behind, and failed to succeed again.
The ball was passed by Milner who occupied the position first to Baines who was defending on the other side. Leeds United's two central defenders returned to the defensive line and the team reorganized their attack.
Baynes continued to control the ball at his feet. He waited until his teammates were in position before passing the ball to Smith.
After Smith received the ball, Alonso immediately followed up. Seeing this, he did not dare to take the ball more. Instead, after observing the situation, he passed it to the feet of Kuyt, who was unmarked.
Kuyt?
Benitez was surprised when he saw Kuyt coming to midfield to receive the ball.
I have never seen a striker drop so deep to receive the ball before, and it was not a counterattack but a normal push. What to do with Leeds United's attack in front, who will participate?
The Liverpool coach looked up again, and he saw a tactic he had never seen before. Leeds United's two wingers were desperately running towards the center.
