After the game against Fenerbahce, Leeds United rushed back home without stopping to prepare for the League Cup final three days later. Their opponent will be Tottenham who are playing at home.
Because the final is located at Wembley Stadium in London, and Tottenham is located in North London, Tottenham has an advantage in this game from the perspective of fans.
It's just that the game is not about who has the most fans. It mainly depends on the actual strength of the two teams to determine the outcome.
However, facing the upcoming game, Leeds United has encountered some difficulties here.
Charlotte Black, the young right back who previously performed well inside, suffered from the flu and may miss the League Cup final.
When this news came out, Tottenham's coaching staff breathed a sigh of relief, because Tottenham had not yet prepared a response to the new full-back style used by Leeds United in previous games.
Although as early as last season, George Lee proposed a defensive midfielder style of play, the effect was not as brilliant as the last game against Fenerbahce.
Although Baynes has tried several times on the left, his position is still on the left, and he does not have the ability to completely liberate the team's original midfielder like Black.
This is the problem that many Premier League teams encounter now. Leeds United players change their positions a lot on the field. They can always create a numerical advantage with more players and fewer players through not much running, so as to master the defense and offense. initiative.
After the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 knockout rounds, both the BBC and Sky TV interviewed several football authorities, and the analysis concluded that this is a new tactical change, and the measures to be taken need to be looked at next. In a few games their opponents had no methods.
After watching the show, Tottenham's head coach Ramos smashed the remote control in his hand.
This group of so-called experts obviously just stand and talk without hurting their backs. If Tottenham can't do anything with Leeds United's tactics, it means that George Lee's tactics are very smart; if they can effectively target Leeds United's new tactics in the next game Tactics, then Leeds United’s opponents can just use it and copy the homework.
And the people who copy the homework are not stupid. They will improve the answers in the process of copying the homework, making the answer to the question more perfect.
In fact, Ramos is not helpless. In the last game, Fenerbahce's tactics in the second half of the first half were very good. It is to attack the left wing, which is Leeds United's right wing, so that Leeds United's overall formation cannot be positioned well.
However, Tottenham's head coach looked at the cards in his hand and found that not to mention players like Carlos, he didn't even have a decent main force on the left.
The right wing is a little better. There is Chimbanda who has good assist ability and can go forward. The team's right midfielder is okay, but Ramos can only use the word "not bad" to describe Lennon. Because Lennon was sold to Tottenham by Leeds United this season, and Leeds United is not short of money. If the team's players are not as good as Lennon, Leeds United will sell you to Tottenham.
There is a big gap on the left. Tottenham's left back is going to send the unknown Hatton. As for the left midfielder Ramos, he said that he still has to consider who to consider.
It has reached the sprint stage in the second half of the season, and all Premier League teams have more or less injuries. At this time, especially those teams that operate on multiple fronts, they have to compete for the thickness of the overall lineup.
There is a very obvious example. Arsenal, which was second in the league in the first half, fell behind after the New Year, and the fall was still serious. It has been caught up and surpassed by Chelsea, and they have to start fighting to retain their Champions League spot. .
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Before the game, many reporters outside Wembley Stadium were interviewing fans and spectators who were preparing to enter the stadium.
Among them, a lucky ITV female reporter interviewed Manchester United coach Ferguson, who was watching the game as a spectator today. When asked what he thought of his disciple's new use of full-backs, Ferguson responded this way.
"Before George Lee did this, or until now, I think the best full-back is Maldini. I have played against him several times and I have watched many of his highlights. The impression he gave me is that he is grounded. With a solid defensive ability and attitude, and then cooperating with the offense as much as possible.”
"For the players themselves, defense is the top priority and offense is secondary."
"Although Brazil's Carlos and Cafu have excellent offensive abilities, it is undeniable that defense is the foundation of a full-back."
"Although there are many full-backs with outstanding offensive abilities in football now, I still like the kind of full-backs who can do their job well, like Heinze and Brown in our team, who can do a good job of wing defense. A full-back who can also shrink in the center to help the center back fill the space. If I need a full-back to participate in the attack, I only need a winger to come in."
"Going back to Leeds United, you have been talking about how excellent the young right back is, but have you noticed that after he came to the defensive midfielder position, Leeds United's entire right wing, like Robben, Milner and the two centre-backs did a lot of defensive work for him."
"Their defense starts as soon as the ball is lost in the frontcourt. They press constantly and use their numerical advantage to threaten your counterattack. As long as you cannot organize a decent offense, their own defensive pressure will be reduced."
"Today it is said that the boy named Charlotte Black will not play. You can see if Leeds United can change their tactics."
"So you media should stop praising and praising a young player. This will make him get lost in those words."
"What you are talking about all day long is not based on how good a player is, but how good the coach who came up with this tactic is."
“Why are their coaches so good, you ask?”
"I taught you..."
After Ferguson said the last words, he went into the field to watch the game.
The female reporter couldn't quite understand what Ferguson meant by these words, but she knew that it was big news that she could interview Ferguson.
The subsequent games also verified what Ferguson said in the interview. Leeds United did not send Blake here, but used Milner as the right back. However, Milner also tried to come to the midfielder position to help Barry during the game.
It's just that today Barry did not push his position very far forward. He and Milner formed a double midfielder most of the time to restrict Tottenham's midfielders Jenas and Huddlestone.
The two midfielders with strong impact had no room to move under the cooperation of Leeds United's double midfielders. Instead, they made a mess of their team's offensive organization.
In the 31st minute of the game, Leeds United opened the scoring through a through ball after Robben cut in from the right, helping Smith, who was offside, to open the scoring.
In the 66th minute of the game, Barry found Kevin Davis in the frontcourt with a long pass. Davis tipped the ball to Arneson who came in from the left. After getting the ball from the wing, Arnesen took the ball and passed it to Baines behind him. Baines advanced about ten meters without being marked, and then shot a long shot past the Tottenham goalkeeper. Ni's door.
2-0, not many goals, but the scene was completely one-sided.
It seems that Milner and Barry are the defensive midfielders in most cases here at Leeds United, but Baines' goal also shows that Leeds United's left back can also cause threats and damage in front of the penalty area.
The positions on the field are becoming more and more blurred. Is this George Lee’s current football philosophy?
After watching Ferguson's interview and watching the replays of the Leeds United and Tottenham games, other Premier League managers found that they had not yet figured out the first move to deal with Lee George, but the second move had already been made.
It’s difficult!
