Chapter 766: Leeds United Is in Trouble!
While Manchester City slaughtered the newly promoted Swansea 6-0 at home, Leeds, 60 kilometers away, also had a game going on.
Leeds United host Middlesbrough in the second round of the Championship.
Middlesbrough is a traditional strong team in England. After being relegated from the Premier League, they have not been able to upgrade successfully.
As the first home stadium of the new season, more than 38,200 people poured into the Elland Road Stadium, almost filling every corner of the stadium where people could sit.
This is actually due to the operation of the new management.
For example, a maximum refund of 50% of the ticket price allowed Leeds United to sell 30,000 season tickets.
Let alone the English Championship, even in the Premier League, there are only a handful of teams that can sell this amount of season tickets.
At least Chelsea and Tottenham have expressed their envy.
30,000 season tickets were sold, not to mention loose tickets. More than 8,000 loose tickets were deducted from some away fans' tickets, and the rest were sold out as soon as they were taken out.
This also formed a rare event on Elland Road.
In order to create a better home atmosphere, Fernando Lucas also specially prepared some ingenious activities and performances for the fans who came to watch the game, in order to make all the fans feel that the tickets are worth the money.
This also greatly enhanced the atmosphere at Elland Road Stadium.
More importantly, the mayor of Leeds and government officials were also invited to attend Leeds United's first home game of the new season, accompanied by Su Qing and Fernando Lucas, which was also Su Qing's masterpiece.
After all, she came from a ministry and knew how to deal with government officials.
Interestingly, the live commentary guest of this game is Eddie Gray, the chairman consultant of Leeds United.
The Leeds United star is particularly satisfied with the home atmosphere created by the team's new management. He believes that this will help the team embark on a path of virtuous circle.
It means that the atmosphere at home is good, there are many fans in the stadium, the income of the match day has been greatly increased, and the club has more money to introduce better players, thereby improving competitiveness and attracting more fans to enter the stadium.
Although the ticket price of Leeds United is not high, a large part of the match day income comes from the consumption of fans in the stadium.
Before Gao Shen invested nearly one million pounds, it was to transform the major consumption places and sales booths in the stadium.
But to say a thousand words and ten thousand words, in the final analysis, we still have to rely on the results on the court to speak.
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After defeating Southampton in an away game last week, this round is back at home, and Leeds United also has high hopes.
Eddie Gray pointed out that he hopes to see Leeds United effectively improve the problems exposed last week.
In the first home game, Leeds United obviously played more steadily.
Sarri's pass and control of the ball was also reflected at the beginning of the game. The players interspersed and passed each other back and forth, which proved that this team is completely different from the previous White Roses.
In the 15th minute, right back Klein made a very fast forward move and formed a cooperation with Bolasier on the right.
After the Congo winger dribbled the ball into the right side of the penalty area, he suddenly passed the ball back. Klein stopped the ball and passed it to the front point.
Boracier's header in front of the goal!
With a height of 1.85 meters, a strong body, coupled with excellent explosive power and jumping ability, Bolassier has a very good aggressiveness in front of the goal, and the defenders can't stop him even if they want to.
What is even more unexpected is that after only 14 minutes, Leeds United created another chance.
Adam Lallana's pass from the left,
Benteke overwhelmed Mildersburg's two central defenders and flew the header to the back point.
Bolasier jumped in at high speed, stopped the ball and pushed the shot without anyone defending, scored another goal and scored twice!
In half an hour, Leeds United led by two goals!
After changing sides in the second half and fighting again, in the 60th minute, Benteke took the ball in the frontcourt again, blocked the central defender with his body, and returned the ball to Paulinho who inserted in the back. The Brazilian rushed into the penalty area, Without stopping the ball, facing Benteke's return, he shot directly and broke through Middlesbrough's goal again.
Three to zero!
All of a sudden, the entire Elland Road Stadium was blown up!
After that, the two teams made continuous substitutions, and Sarri also replaced Icardi, Kondogbia and other players successively, but in the end both sides failed to score again.
Leeds United defeated Middlesbrough 3-0 at home and won two consecutive victories.
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A week later, in the second round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Bolton away.
The first-round victory over the newly promoted seems to make Bolton a little carried away.
So much so that head coach Owen Coyle actually put up a four-four-two formation at home, wanting to fight Manchester City to the death.
Both sides fought fiercely at the beginning, and Bolton was not an underdog.
Manchester City took the initiative and continued to exert pressure.
Gao Shen also made adjustments in this game.
Due to Robben's injury, he arranged for Suarez to play on the right.
So there was a situation where Van Persie and Suarez started at the same time, and the positions of the two forwards were not fixed, they were very flexible and changeable.
In the 18th minute, Van Persie suddenly appeared on the right. After receiving the ball, he passed it to the unguarded Suarez.
The Uruguayan striker fired a low shot from the front of the small penalty area and beat Bolton's goal.
Just eight minutes later, Zabaleta sprinted forward on the right, sprinted into the penalty area, and returned the ball, followed by David Silva with a bounced ball straight past Bolton goalkeeper Jass Kleinen. The side got into the goal.
Two to zero!
In the 31st minute, after Van Persie retreated to get the ball, he sent a direct pass. After Gareth Bale dribbled the ball from the left, he passed the ball low and flat to the goal. Suarez followed up calmly and pushed. Success, three to zero!
After that, Manchester City continued to launch a fierce attack on Bolton.
Especially in the 37th minute, Gareth Bale created a corner kick. After David Silva took the corner kick straight away, it fell to the outside. Yaya Toure's long shot was caught The goalkeeper flew to make a save, but the ball was very hard and still got into Bolton's goal.
Four to zero!
The overall situation is settled!
After changing sides in the second half and fighting again, Suarez used a beautiful heel hook pass in just 38 seconds of the opening, and passed the ball to Van Persie's feet when no one expected it.
The Dutch center got the ball past the goalkeeper and shot an empty goal.
Five to zero!
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crazy!
Everyone thinks that at the beginning of this season, Manchester City went crazy!
The 6-0 slaughter of Swansea and the 5-0 away victory over Bolton, Manchester City today is like Ancelotti's Chelsea last season, completely crazy!
The high-skilled team not only scored a flood of goals, but also had a very fierce offensive, which made everyone mesmerized by watching.
However, some experts reminded Gao Shen and Manchester City that they should be careful not to fall into the same mistakes as Chelsea did last season when they are in such a fast state.
Ancelotti's team also had an exciting start to the dream last season, but then their performance plummeted.
For such a reminder, Gao Shen expressed his gratitude, but Manchester City will not become the second Chelsea.
But in the team, Gao Shen still paid enough attention.
Whether it is to the coach or to the players, he has repeatedly reminded everyone that neither Swansea nor Bolton are strong teams.
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When Manchester City returned to Manchester from the away game, Gao Shen received news from Leeds United.
In the third round of the British Championship, Leeds United is still at home, and their opponent is Hull City, which ranked 11th last season.
A week later, more than 38,000 fans flooded into the Elland Road Stadium again, and it was full again.
This time, Hull City was not even given away tickets, and the entire stadium was full of Leeds United fans.
With the support of the fans at the scene, Leeds United also held high the banner of offensive football from the first minute.
In just 17 minutes, Bolassier sent a cross for Benteke, helping the Belgian center to pluck green onions in the penalty area, and scored with a header, opening the scoring for Leeds United!
After that, there was a certain stalemate between the two teams, but in the 40th minute, Woodgate, who played wearing the captain's armband, took advantage of a corner kick and scored a header for Leeds United!
This goal ignited the passion of Elland Road again, and he was applauded and cheered by all the White Rose fans.
Today is also a big day for Woodgate to appear at Elland Road wearing a Leeds United fan after a seven-year absence.
Leeds United fans at the scene are cheering for Woodgate's goal!
After changing sides to fight again in the second half, in just two minutes, Bolassier took advantage of a counterattack and tore through Hull City's defense with lightning speed, scoring a single-handed goal, 3-0!
This assist came from Paulinho.
Everyone can clearly feel that the overall operation of Leeds United is becoming more and more smooth.
Especially with the activation of Paulinho in the last two rounds, the operation of the entire midfield has become more and more dynamic.
Kurzawa on the left has been performing well, Klein on the right is even more active, plus Paulinho, the only thing Leeds United still can't let go of is the new aid Paul Pogba up.
But everyone believes that this talented midfielder who Gao Shen has placed high hopes on will definitely usher in an explosion.
In the 68th minute, Adam Lallana sent a cross from the left, Benteke flew the header, and Paulinho shot forward, helping the team break through Hull City's goal again.
Four to zero!
In the end, Leeds United beat Hull City 4-0 at home.
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Three days later, the English Championship ushered in the midweek game, and Leeds United also ushered in the first test of the new season.
An away game against the relegated Premier League team West Ham United.
As a relegated team from the Premier League, the Hammers have been protected by the parachute policy this season. Their overall strength is among the top teams in the English Championship. Facing such a team, Leeds United is also under great pressure.
Don't look at the White Rose's three-game winning streak, but one of them is a newly promoted team, and two are mid-range teams. Premier League's number one favorite.
Facing such a powerful team, Leeds United also tensed their nerves.
At Upton Park, Leeds United still turned away from the guests, trying to launch a wave of attacks away from home, but not long after the opening, West Ham United took the lead.
A quick counter-attack free-kick saw Kevin Nolan set up ex-Chelsea player Charlton Cole for a header to open the scoring for West Ham.
Leeds are in trouble!
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