Episode [305]: Lewandowski’s Responsibility

The last warm-up match in South Africa was against Internacional, Alexandre Pato's old club.

It is a pity that Alexander Pato is currently recovering from injury in Brazil and did not come with the team.

In South Africa, Leeds United's performance is very poor.

No wonder so many media and fans now claim that Leeds United is finished, completely finished.

Even Leeds United fans are very worried!

Leeds United sold their main players this season, and there have been no decent introductions so far. Leeds United fans are naturally very worried.

Look again, Leeds United's performance in South Africa is actually one draw and two losses. The most important thing is that the players Leeds United's opponents are not strong!

Even these teams can lose, and Leeds United's strength is really far behind.

Although the state and strength shown by Mesut Ozil and others are very good, they are really very different from Luka Modric and others.

If Zhong Cheng insists on using these people, Leeds United's results will definitely drop significantly in the new season!

Leeds United fans are putting pressure on the Leeds United club, hoping that they can introduce some powerful stars to strengthen Leeds United. Leeds United needs more powerful players in the new season.

Zhong Cheng has not experienced these effects now. He is facing a match with the Brazilian International Team.

Zhong Cheng’s starting lineup for this game is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng

Back four [from left to right]: Patrick Evra, Kompany, David Luiz and Lichtsteiner

Double defensive midfielder: Stephen Mbia and Sami Khedira

Midfield three [from left to right]: Gareth Bale, Mesut Ozil and Cristiano Ronaldo

Single striker: Lewandowski

This is Leeds United's starting lineup today, and many people even speculate that this is Leeds United's main lineup for the new season. If this lineup is used as the main lineup, Leeds United does still have some strength, but it is still far behind if they want to compete for the Premier League championship.

Because the candidates for positions such as Mesut Ozil, Mbia and Khedira are really too different. These are unstable factors. There is simply no way for Leeds United to compete with the Red Devils, Manchester United and Khedira. Blues Chelsea, Reds Liverpool and Gunners Arsenal compete.

At this time, the media in the British mainland are predicting the form of the Premier League in the new season. They believe that the teams that have the strength to compete for the league championship are the Red Devils Manchester United, the Red Army Liverpool and the Blue Army Chelsea. Other teams are worse, even Arsenal.

Leeds United is competing for the top six positions in the league to ensure qualification for next season's UEFA Cup. Of course, these British mainland media believe that it is very difficult for them to get this position, because there are teams such as Sheffield Wednesday, Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur competing with them. Leeds United There is really no competition anymore.

Although the newly promoted Leyton Orient is the powerful champion of the English Championship, this is the Premier League after all. Leyton Orient may be able to avoid relegation, but they do not have the strength to qualify for the European competition. At most, they are ranked around tenth. results.

These media all predicted this. Obviously they are not optimistic about Leeds United.

Of course, Zhong Cheng is not paying attention to these media reporters now. The game is played out one by one, and it is not enough for them to just talk about it casually.

Just like today's game, many people are still optimistic about their Leeds United team. Although Brazil International is pretty good, there is still some gap between them and Leeds United.

But what was surprising was that the Brazilian national team scored a goal just after the game started.

The forward of the Brazilian International Team is very fast. He received the pass from the midfielder just at the beginning of the game, and then dribbled the ball forward at high speed, breaking through the defense of Khedira in the Leeds United midfielder.

This time, Khedira did make a big mistake. He failed to intercept the ball.

In fact, this interception was not too difficult, but Khedira really failed to intercept it and was easily passed by his opponent. Before Khedira could enter the game, he was broken through by the opponent.

After the opponent passed Khedira, he gently pushed the football forward, and then took a long shot thirty meters away from the goal.

What a bold artist!

This kick was very powerful, and it seemed to fly into the sky and was about to hit the plane in the sky. But the football suddenly fell, and it fell very fast, directly into the upper right corner of the goal.

Zhong Zheng's reaction was already very fast, like lightning.

Unfortunately, Zhong Zheng still didn't touch the football. The angle of the kick was too tricky.

The Brazilian Internacional Team gave Leeds United a powerful blow.

Of course, this was a kick to the world, a kick to the magic ball, and there was quite a bit of luck involved.

However, this goal also exposed Leeds United's problem, that is, Khedira's performance in the defensive midfielder position was still a bit poor today, and he has not yet entered the game state. If this is his normal performance, it will not be a good thing for Leeds United.

Of course, Zhong Cheng knew very well that this was not Khedira's usual behavior, and today might be a bit of a special situation.

The Leeds United players have been training really hard recently to reserve physical fitness for the new season.

Khedira came to Leeds United for the first time, and it is understandable that he was a little overwhelmed. Mesut Ozil has trained with Leeds United and they can adapt.

Zhong Cheng was very aware of Khedira's strength, and he did not blame Khedira.

Of course, this incident also served as a reminder to Khedira that he must enter the game quickly in the future. Otherwise, the problem would be huge. After all, Khedira's position is very critical. If he makes a slight mistake, he will be caught by his opponent, which is very dangerous.

After this mistake, Khedira quickly entered the state.

The players of the Brazilian International Team all thought that Khedira's strength was very poor and that he was a weakness of Leeds United. They all attacked Khedira's team crazily. I want to taste the sweetness again.

However, the players of the Brazilian International Team soon discovered that this German guy was very difficult to deal with.

Khedira blocked their way like a wall, making their attack very difficult. They are stuck in Khedira's defense and it is difficult to break out.

The players of the Brazilian International Team seemed to recognize this and attacked Khedira crazily.

The effect was very unsatisfactory, but Leeds United's offense picked up, and their counterattack was very fierce.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale are still the magic weapons of Leeds United's offense and counterattack. These two people are very strong, very fast on the wing, and their personal abilities are very strong. They can Even if he works alone, he can also cooperate with his Leeds United teammates.

It was very difficult for the players of the Brazilian International Team to defend. Gradually, Leeds United controlled the rhythm of the game and began to frequently attack the Brazilian International Team's goal.

Sure enough, as soon as he straightened his waist, the situation changed.

The coaching staff of the Brazilian International Team have all seen how powerful Khedira is. It seems that they were really lucky at the beginning of the game.

Now Leeds United is in control of the situation, frantically besieging the Internacional Brasil goal.

The Brazilian Internacional team did not defend, they still attacked Leeds United.

This is the case with South American teams. They advocate offense and have offense and risk-taking factors in their bodies. If they don't attack, they will be very uncomfortable.

In the Brazilian League and the Argentine League, everyone sees almost all offensive battles. No matter how different the strength of the two sides is, they both attack and do it!

This is the characteristic of some South American teams!

This is the case now. The Brazilian Internacional team is locked in a fierce battle with Leeds United, and their overall strength may not be as good as Leeds United. But in terms of the personal strength of the players, they think they can still compete with Leeds United, because they can always perform at a super level and score some incredible goals with the help of someone's flash of inspiration or overwhelming luck. Goal.

This is why there are so many fairy goals in the Argentinian and Brazilian leagues.

And today, the goal that Brazil International scored against Leeds United was a magic kick.

Internacional and Leeds United were locked in a fierce battle, attacking like crazy. The defense was actually relatively empty, and Leeds United had many opportunities.

In the 21st minute of the first half, Leeds United's chance came.

Mesut Ozil in the middle saw the space in the backcourt after the Internacional Brasil team pressed forward, and directly sent a precise through ball, stuffing the football behind the Internacional Brasil defender.

Cristiano Ronaldo drove forward at high speed into the penalty area. After receiving the ball, he suddenly cut inside laterally, dodged past the defender of Internacional and volleyed the football directly towards the goal of Internacional.

The ball was very fast, but the goalkeeper of the Internazionale de Brazil was a divine servant.

The goalkeeper of the Brazilian Internacional team fell to the ground like lightning, and actually intercepted the football with one palm, and the football immediately rebounded. The Brazilian internationals at the scene were very excited and excited, but unfortunately they were confused the next moment.

The football actually fell to the feet of Lewandowski who followed up. Lewandowski easily pushed the shot into the empty goal. Leeds United equalized the score one to one.

Lewandowski appears where he should appear most, which is also a task that Zhong Cheng hopes Lewandowski can complete frequently in the new season.

Lewandowski's position is very important for Leeds United. They need a striker with comprehensive abilities who can have the commanding heights and stand up in the frontcourt. What's more important is that he has good grabbing points. Ability, especially the ability to grab the second point.

Yes, Zhong Cheng does not need the forward to have too strong the ability to attack with the ball.

Because he is surrounded by Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale. Obviously Lewandowski doesn't have many opportunities to attack with the ball. After he gets the ball, he mostly delivers the ball to both sides and the defender Mesut Ozil next to him, and he rushes into the penalty area himself. Go grab the spot, or grab the second spot.

Just like now, support Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale at any time, detect the shots of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale and so on.

It would be difficult if a striker like Cristiano Ronaldo came to Lewandowski's position. The distribution of ball rights in Leeds United's frontcourt will cause some serious problems.

Of course, Zhong Cheng also hopes that Lewandowski has a certain ability to impact with the ball, as long as he doesn't dominate.

Today, Lewandowski did very well!

Therefore, when Zhong Cheng sees this, it is feasible for Lewandowski to serve as the team's main forward in the new season. Zhong Cheng does not necessarily have to introduce a powerful forward!