Episode [048]: Leeds United's Main Lineup for the New Season

Danny Blind and Ten Carter both stayed at Leeds United.

And Leeds United also played another warm-up match with Ten Carter's Ajax. Last year, the two teams had a warm-up match, but at that time, Ajax's head coach was not Ten Carter, but Dan. Ni Blinder.

During this warm-up match, Danny Blind also sat on the sidelines to watch.

Zhong Cheng's lineup is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng

Back four [from left to right]: Evra, Vermaelen, Ivanovic and Sagna

Single midfielder: Mascherano

Three forwards [from left to right]: Ribery, Modric and Joaquin

Twin forwards: Luca Toni and Carlos Tevez

This lineup can be regarded as the main lineup of Leeds United in the new season. Of course, there may be one or two places that need to be fine-tuned, and there will be many games in the new season for Leeds United, so other players also have opportunities, and the chances of playing will not few.

In this game, Zhong Cheng will focus on Tevez!

Carlos Tevez did not perform very well after being loaned out, and he has yet to score a goal. This is somewhat beyond Zhong Cheng's expectations. Could it be that Carlos Tevez is really homesick?

From the beginning of the game, Leeds United took the initiative and overwhelmed halftime.

The two wings flew together, and Zhong Cheng directly changed his tactics, from defensive counterattack to high pressing, and began to press the opponent in the frontcourt, very active.

Under such circumstances, it is very difficult for the Ajax team to pass the halftime. They rarely pass the halftime. Ten Carter on the sidelines was very shocked. He did not expect the game to be like this. The strength is also too bad, right?

Ten Carter believes that Barcelona will be able to pour the football out with three or two kicks and quickly pass the half-time. But it was difficult for Ajax. Ajax used more raids on the two sides to drive straight in. But these two wings were restricted. As soon as they got the ball, at least three people surrounded them from different directions, and they were very fast.

More importantly, the running positions of these people are very reasonable, cutting off the forward or lateral diagonal pass line of the player with the ball, and he can only choose to pass back. Therefore, it is difficult for Ajax to pass the half.

Ten Carter was shocked. He really didn't expect that Leeds United would be so different from the previous tactics. This is amazing. If they continue to play like this, Ajax will be more dangerous.

Ajax is not an Italian team. Their tactics are generally confrontational, no matter who the opponent is? Even if they want to defend, the defense is relatively poor. Because they haven't trained much and their defensive tactics are not complicated, it is very difficult if they choose to defend and counterattack.

However, at this time Ten Carter still chose to let the team retreat and defend.

Yes, that's what Ten Carter has added to Ajax this season. He still has some confidence in the offense of the Ajax team, but the defense is a bit poor. Therefore, after Ten Carter came to Ajax, the first thing was to strengthen the defense.

Ten Carter knows that as long as they can defend now, Ajax's chance in the second half of the game will come.

It is obviously very energy-consuming for Leeds United to play like this. If they continue to play like this, Leeds United will definitely be finished in the second half of the game, or even self-destruct.

Ten Carter is signaling his players to strengthen their defense and try to keep the goal. At the same time, it is also to check the training results of the Ajax people during this period.

Ajax's defense is indeed good, at least much stronger than last year.

Danny Blind on the sidelines was also surprised when he saw this. Not long after Ten Carter accepted the team, Ajax has changed so much. It seems that Ten Carter really has some strength.

At this moment, Leeds United launched an attack on the field, stealing the ball in the frontcourt, Modric directly slanted the football, and directly stuffed it directly at the foot of Joaquin on the wing. Joaquin glanced at the penalty area, and suddenly swung his leg to pretend to pass. The inspector pushed the football forward, and an acceleration threw the defender off the bottom.

After hitting the bottom, Joaquin directly passed the football in an arc to the vicinity of the penalty spot in the penalty area.

Luca Toni, who was rushing forward, seemed to have a tacit understanding with Joaquin. The moment Joaquin passed the ball, he took two steps back, instantly opening the distance between him and the Ajax defenders. Moreover, Ajax's central defenders were all rushing towards the goal. Luca Toni suddenly stopped and retreated. They were very passive and the brakes were too late.

Before the Ajax centre-back could turn around and pounce, Luca Toni, near the penalty spot, leaped high and slammed the football into the top right corner of the goal with a header. Ajax's goalkeeper reacted quickly, but the ball was faster, and the football flew into Ajax's goal without any suspense.

Zhong Cheng stood up directly and applauded non-stop. The ball cooperated well.

Di Matteo immediately came to Zhong Cheng's side and said, "These two really have a tacit understanding. We don't have to worry about the new season."

Zhong Cheng also nodded, and then said: "Now it depends on whether they can integrate into our Leeds United system. If they integrate, then our season will be awesome!"

Di Matteo also looked at the stadium fascinatedly, thinking in his heart, these two must integrate into the team, definitely!

Ten Cate frowned tightly, the combination of Luca Toni and Joaquin really caught him off guard. Facing Ajax's dense defense, these two performed very well, and they were full of power.

At this time, Ten Carter waved his hand, signaling the Ajax players to attack and face Leeds United.

The Ajax people rushed out, but they still had a limited number of passes through the midfield. Leeds United's press in the frontcourt was really too fierce. But as long as halftime is passed, Ajax's offensive threat is very great, and the Ajax people have caused trouble for Leeds United.

But fortunately, Leeds United's defense performed very well and defended well.

Moreover, the goalkeeper of Leeds United, Zhong Zheng, performed very well. He was a servant of God twice in a row, destroying Ajax's good chance for fear of going out.

At halftime, Leeds United led 1-0.

The second half of the game has just begun, and Leeds United scored another goal. It was still Luca Toni who scored the goal, but this time it was not Joaquin who assisted, but Ribery. What Ribery sent was not a high ball, but a low ball.

Luca Toni is not only strong on the head, but also works on the feet.

Face the pass. Luca Toni made a half-turn and shot, sweeping the football towards the back post. The Ajax goalkeeper had no time to react and watched the football bounce off the inside of the goal post and into the goal.

Two to zero, just after the start of the second half, Leeds United took a two to zero lead.

Ten Carter couldn't help shaking his head. He could tell in this game that there was a gap between Ajax and Leeds United. No wonder they were able to win the UEFA Cup.

Of course, Ten Carter will not admit defeat.

Ten Carter signaled the Ajax players to attack immediately, attack fiercely, try to score goals, and even equalize the score to overtake the score.

Zhong Cheng frowned slightly. Tevez's performance was far from satisfactory, and he was invisible for many times in this game. And when it's time for him to grab, he always takes a few shots slower, looking very lazy. It is also because of this that Ajax has so many opportunities to threaten the goal of Leeds United.

After sixty-five minutes of the game, Zhong Cheng couldn't bear it anymore and directly replaced Tevez with Darren Bent.

Darren Bent wants Bivers to be better, his running is to be more aggressive than Weiss. But this guy also has some problems. He is more willing to participate in the attack. His characteristic is speed. He is always ambushing in the Ajax defense line, in between offside and offside positions, frantically signaling Leeds United. The players pass behind.

Pass it on and on.

Although there may be a lot of offsides, as long as they catch it once or twice, Leeds United will win for sure.

Looking at Darren Bent's performance, Zhong Cheng knew that this guy was more suitable for defensive counterattacks. It seems that this position should be more suitable for Olic or Cavani, especially Cavani.

Darren Bent's performance on the court was still good, and he had many shots. However, Ajax's offense is also very good, threatening Leeds United's goal many times.

Zhong Cheng frowned tightly, this gave Ajax too many opportunities.

Zhong Cheng felt that a substitution was still needed at this time, so Zhong Cheng directly replaced Darren Bent with Edinson Cavani, and asked Edinson Cavani to partner with Luca Toni.

Darren Bent was a little dazed when he left the field. He was replaced in the second half of the game. He hadn't played for long before he was replaced. What's going on? Is the boss not satisfied with himself?

Darren Bent walked off the stage in doubt, his eyes were fixed on Zhong Cheng.

Zhong Cheng immediately waved to Darren Bent, signaling Darren Bent to come over. Darren Bent immediately ran to Zhong Cheng, his eyes fixed on Zhong Cheng.

Zhong Cheng patted Darren Bent on the shoulder and said, "Don't think too much, you performed very well. I want you to come down, just to see what it's like for Edinson and Luca to work together? The new season is about to start, we are running out of time, I want to try some more risky combinations, we have too many games in the new season, I hope you can understand!"

Hearing what Zhong Cheng said, Darren Bent understood.

In fact, even if he didn't understand, he had to pretend to understand at this time, otherwise her Leeds United career would be over. Darren Bent is not a fool, he will not fight against Zhong Cheng.

Of course, there must be some discomfort in his heart.

However, Zhong Cheng's explanation still satisfied him, so he didn't express any dissatisfaction. And Darren Bent is very confident in himself. He firmly believes that he is no worse than anyone else. He will definitely be the main force in the new season. He will form a combination of one high and one fast with Luca Toni.

Darren Bent came off the field and sat on the bench, staring at Edinson Cavani on the court. He wanted to see what this guy deserved from the boss. chance.

Darren Bent's eyes had been on Edinson Cavani, and soon he knew why Zhong Cheng gave Cavani a chance. Because Cavani, like Olic, runs aggressively in the frontcourt, spares no effort, and all rush up crazily.

Darren Bent knew that this was the effect Zhong Cheng wanted. Sure enough, the Ajax team had fewer offensive opportunities. But Leeds United's offensive opportunities have also been reduced, and there are even fewer threats to go straight into the opponent's heart.

Darren Bent nodded immediately, Cavani has his strengths, and he Darren Bent also has his advantages. According to Darren Bent, he has a higher chance of becoming the team's main force in the new season. As for Tevez, let's forget about this guy. He had a lot of opportunities to play in these warm-up matches, but his performance was mediocre, even a little lazy. Zhong Cheng obviously wouldn't start him.

At this time, Edinson Cavani aggressively grabbed the ball on the field and broke the football under the feet of the Ajax players. Cavani directly passed the football into the ribs of the Ajax penalty area with a diagonal pass. Franck Ribery, who rushed up, suddenly buckled horizontally, and then shot the football directly into the far corner.

The Ajax goalkeeper touched the football, but the football flew into the Ajax goal.

Three to zero, Leeds United is leading three to zero.

However, at the end of the game, Ajax got a direct free kick in the frontcourt. Ajax made a beautiful arc and directly broke through the goal guarded by Zhong Zheng, one to three.

In this game, Ajax won 3-1.