In the second half, the game changed places and the two sides no longer had the one-sided situation like in the first half.
Manchester United made timely adjustments in the midfield, replacing Fabio, who was tormented by Bell and Ibrahimovic in the first half, and replaced him with Wes Brown.
When George Li saw this substitution, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Once upon a time, he really wanted to get this player who could play as a right back or a central defender, but Ferguson just refused to sell him.
At this time, Manchester United seems to be preparing to start a lineup change, and Brown has gradually lost his main position.
But as Leeds United continues to become stronger, they are also constantly replacing players, and they no longer need to introduce Brown.
One is that Brown's injuries have continued to increase in recent years, which has caused his technical and tactical level to drop a lot. Another thing is that Brown is getting older. At the age of 30, he can no longer meet the needs of George Lee, whether he is playing as a center back or a right back.
Being unable to meet Lee George's tactical needs does not mean that he cannot play in the game against Leeds United. Although he is no longer the kind of right back who can play up and down, he can still do his job as a defensive full-back.
In the second half, Leeds United's attack on the left encountered problems.
Bell also wanted to continue to use his speed advantage to threaten Manchester United's defense on the left like in the first half, but the experienced Brown knew that some of them could not keep up with the opponent, so he used his experience and position to block Bell's breakthrough.
After several failures, George Li began to shift the focus of his attack.
In the 58th minute of the game, Leeds United used its fierce high-pressure defense to complete a defensive steal on Carrick in the Manchester United half.
After two simple passes, the ball came to Manchester United's penalty area.
It was Sneijder who had the ball. As soon as he got the ball, Manchester United's entire defense became nervous, not because of how powerful Sneijder was, but because there were so many places where Sneijder could pass the ball.
Ibrahimovic in front, Bale on the left, Robben on the right, and even he himself has a long shot that can threaten the opponent's goal.
But just when the entire Manchester United team was trying to defend the above-mentioned people, they forgot about one person.
In previous seasons, every Premier League team would have made arrangements before the game to defend against Alan Smith's forward penetration when facing Leeds United. But as Leeds United's offensive firepower increased in the past two seasons, and Smith's position moved back, people began to ignore him.
But the captain of Leeds United took advantage of everyone's inattention and launched a fatal forward attack into the heart of Manchester United.
Sneijder took advantage of the gap left by Ibrahimovic's advance and knocked the ball horizontally to Smith.
No. 17 Leeds United came to a familiar position. Without stopping the ball, he took a powerful and heavy long-range shot.
The ball whizzed past Evans' ears. He could feel the speed of the ball very fast. He watched Smith raise his leg to shoot. When he turned his head towards his team's goal, he saw Foster falling to the ground and the ball had already reached the goal.
3 to 0.
The balance of power was broken again in the second half, and it was Leeds United who seized this opportunity.
Yes, you can change tactics and lineups in the midfield and conduct targeted defense against my offense, but can you do it in an all-round way and involve all of me?
Smith was very happy after scoring the goal. He came to the corner and hugged his teammates who came to celebrate together. First, after moving to the back of the midfield, he no longer scores as many goals as in previous seasons. He needs to take into account all aspects of the team's offense and defense. Second, they knew that the team had an important arrangement today. Smith kept looking at the team's coaching bench while celebrating with his teammates.
Although George Lee was also celebrating with the assistant coach and substitute players in the coaching bench, Smith looked away after taking one look.
It was obvious that George Lee was not the person Smith was looking for.
Finally, Smith saw the man in the vest, Sean Wallace, at the corner kick.
Wallace was clenching his fists and waving there, also happy that his team had scored a goal. His eyes met with Smith's, and he found that the captain was smiling and nodding towards him.
Leeds United coaching box.
After celebrating, several assistant coaches began to encourage George Li.
"Quick, quick, where's Sean?"
"It's almost time for him to play."
"I'll call him..."
George Li grabbed Sheridan who was about to run to call Wallace. He found that these assistant coaches did not take it too seriously. He had just communicated with several assistant coaches before the game and said that he was going to let Wallace play without affecting the game. As a result, these people were all very excited.
In private, I gave Wallace extra practice and extra practice, and I also talked about tactics. The most outrageous thing was Chris Kasper, who played the video. He actually took Wallace back to his home and played the video for Wallace all night. He analyzed Manchester United's current lineup from beginning to end. Laishi came to training on the second day with two black circles on his head, and he was very weak during the second day of training.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, it's a bit early now." George Li waved his hand and told several people that there were still 30 minutes left and it was not time for Wallace to play.
Under normal circumstances, after the game reaches 3-0, there will be basically no surprises in the game, so after Smith scored this goal, all Leeds United players and staff were looking forward to it.
Shaun Wallace is able to make so many people look forward to playing, not just because he is the son of the manager, he is the minor owner of Leeds United. It was his outstanding performance on the training ground and his outstanding performance in the youth team in the first two years that made everyone at Leeds United want to show their outstanding young players to the whole of England.
However, things often change when there are more people looking forward to it.
In the 62nd minute of the game, not long after Smith scored, Manchester United got a goal back through the cooperation between Rooney and Berbatov.
The coordination is very simple, it is the defensive counterattack that Ferguson is best at, the dog holding the Frisbee.
Evra received the pass from Scholes after stealing the ball and started to advance forward.
When he came to Leeds United's left rib position, he made a direct pass. Here at Leeds United, Blake was defeated in the jam with Berbatov, and the opponent tipped the ball to Rooney.
Rooney pushed the ball from a tricky angle and broke through the gate guarded by Van der Sar.
"oops!"
"I just said that Sean should be allowed to go up directly. You have to delay."
A group of people here at Leeds United began to complain about George Li. George Li really had nothing to do with them.
He also wants Wallace to play, but that must be done without affecting the outcome of the game. If the game is not over for one minute, then Manchester United will have a chance to make a comeback, so Leeds United need to establish a large enough advantage and reduce the risk of this comeback as small as possible, so that Wallace can appear.
Otherwise, if Manchester United really makes a comeback, not only will George Lee be under a lot of pressure, but he may even destroy an outstanding young player.
In the following game, Leeds United began to attack Manchester United desperately, trying to expand the score.
Until the 79th minute of the game, commotion began in the stadium. The commotion started in the stands behind the Leeds United coaching bench, and then gradually spread.
Ferguson was also attracted by the commotion. He saw a young player on the Leeds United bench starting to run towards the middle of the sideline.
The player took off the substitute's vest, revealing the name and numbers on the back of the jersey.
"Wallace, 5"
