"Marcelo, what's wrong with Yang? I found that he was not in a good state today. Did you scold him?"
During the training the next day, Frank discovered that Mo Yang had deserted during the training and kept stealing glances at Bielsa. His expression and behavior were very much like a guilty thief.
"No!" Bielsa adjusted his glasses and was a little confused.
In fact, he had already discovered it and was planning to talk to Mo Yang after the training.
Young players who are in excellent form can easily become inflated and then start to indulge, which is the beginning of disaster for a player.
If Mo Yang was in the same situation, then he would definitely wake up the little guy severely.
These two people had no idea that Mo Yang was simply guilty!
Ever since he had that conversation with Pere yesterday, he felt a little guilty when he saw Bielsa. He always felt a little sorry for the old man who loved and cared for him so much.
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On August 20, in the third round of the English Championship, Leeds United challenged Bristol City away.
Because the players are not very accustomed to the new formation of 4231, Bielsa still uses the 352 formation for this game.
After the game started, although Leeds United's control of the midfield was not as strong as Mo Yang's on the court, they still comprehensively suppressed Bristol City offensively.
Less than ten minutes into the game, Bamford successfully countered offside, received a long pass from Hernandez, faced the goalkeeper alone, and scored with a light shot.
Then the game became intense, and the two sides started to attack each other. Faced with Bielsa's crazy offensive tactics, Bristol City miraculously persisted until the second half, tenaciously holding on to the score without conceding any more goals.
But in the 80th minute of the second half, Mo Yang came on as a substitute, and the game officially announced that it had entered Leeds time, ushering in the real climax.
Mo Yang transformed into a precision guidance launch pad, constantly delivering various artillery shells to the attacking trio of Bamford, Harrison, and Costa in the frontcourt.
In the next ten minutes, Bristol City collapsed and were brutally massacred by Leeds United, who scored four goals.
Bamford scored two goals in a row and was capped again, captain Cooper and the suspected gay Wood also scored a goal each, and Mo Yang also received an assist.
The other two goals were also attacks planned by him, and his performance was perfect.
Let the teams in the English Championship once again see the terrifying efficiency of Leeds United's young midfield commander and the strong dominance of the midfield.
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In the fourth round of the league on August 22, Leeds United welcomed Sheffield Wednesday, a traditional strong team in the British Championship, at home.
Sheffield Wednesday's full name is Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. It is an English team with a long history. It was once the largest football club in England and had the most supporters, nicknamed the Owls.
After the game started, Sheffield Wednesday's aggressiveness made Bielsa frowning while squatting on the sidelines.
In just five minutes, the void in the back half of Leeds United's two wide wings was exposed.
He was exploited repeatedly by Sheffield Wednesday, breaking through the defense three times in a row and almost losing the ball.
Bielsa did his homework before the game and studied Sheffield Wednesday.
He knows that this is a team that advocates offense very much. Their game data over the years proves it. The total number of goals per season has reached an average of 70.
But their weakness is also very obvious, that is, the defensive end is somewhat poor. The average number of goals conceded per season is close to 70, which is almost the same as the number of goals scored.
But in this situation, he has no good solution.
352 has extremely high requirements for the two wingers. They must not only be able to go up, but also be able to go down. They need wing players who can attack well and defend well.
Harrison and Costa's offense is okay, but their defense is average.
"Wow!" The fans at the scene suddenly became commotion and roared.
"Sheffield Wednesday once again penetrated Leeds United's defense. This is a problem with the head coach's formation. The hidden dangers of Leeds United's two wide backcourts have actually been there since the first round against Burnley.
Exposed!" Andy Gray said helplessly into the microphone in the studio.
On the field, in the 32nd minute of the game, Leeds United launched an attack from the left wing. Harrison held the ball and passed directly to find Bamford in the penalty area.
But Bamford is not Wood. He was squeezed by Sheffield Wednesday's two tall central defenders and couldn't find the goal anywhere, so he immediately lost the ball.
After Bamford and others saw that they had lost the ball, they immediately started pressing in the frontcourt.
But it was useless. Sheffield Wednesday directly copied Mo Yang's long pass from the last game. Although the accuracy was completely incomparable to Mo Yang's, the ball also flew smoothly to the ribs of Leeds United's left backcourt.
Sheffield Wednesday's striker Forestieri had been waiting for this pass for a long time and rushed to catch up.
After receiving the ball, he cut inside directly and shot into the far corner before Cooper and Koch could return to defense, helping Sheffield Wednesday score the first goal.
"GOOOOAAAAAAAL!!!!"
"Frestieri! This is already his fourth goal this season. In front of his speed, Leeds United's defense is like a shy ***, which can be broken with just one poke!" Sheffield
Hall, the on-site commentator sent by the TV station, shouted excitedly.
Andy Gray on the side heard this and rolled his eyes. This is a bullshit metaphor. He is a vulgar guy. The quality of his local station colleagues needs to be improved.
"Leeds United can't continue like this, otherwise they will definitely concede goals again. Both Sheffield Wednesday forwards are fast forwards and have a strong impact on the defense. Bielsa must make adjustments!" Andy Gray muttered.
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"what to do!"
Taking advantage of Sheffield Wednesday's celebration time, Bamford ran to captain Cooper and asked.
Cooper also looked worried, as there was too much space between his left and right ribs.
"How about we both pull back?" Harrison and Costa also walked over, with a bit of embarrassment on their faces. They also knew that this gap had something to do with their lack of ability.
"Absolutely not! Without you two wingers in the frontcourt, their pressure will be reduced a lot, and they will be even more unscrupulous." Phillips came over and strangled Harrison and the two's thoughts of retreating.
"Following the old man's arrangements before the game, we continued to put pressure on them in the frontcourt and midfield, and used offense and goals to make up for the hidden dangers caused by the two gaps!"
"Hey, didn't I say that as long as we always score one more goal than them, we won't lose even if we are scored ten goals!" Cooper winked at a few people mischievously, and then laughed.
"Ha ha……"
Hearing the captain's words, everyone in Bamford burst into laughter. Only a lunatic like them could say such crazy things.
"Kelvin, don't lean too far forward. Pull back. Do you understand what I mean?" Cooper turned to look at Phillips and winked.
Phillips nodded and smiled a little reluctantly. In fact, he was also very unwilling. He is a defensive midfielder, but no matter how large the defensive coverage area is, he cannot cover both ribs at the same time. It is really powerless.
The announcer noticed that the Leeds players were gathered together, talking and laughing, and immediately cut the camera.
"Haha, it seems that the Leeds players were not affected by this conceding goal!" Andy Gray also laughed after seeing it.
Sheffield Wednesday celebrates the end, waiting for kick-off in the center circle.
After Bamford kicked off, Wood directly distributed the ball to Costa on the right.
Costa advanced with the ball and saw that Harrison on the left was unguarded, so he directly passed the ball with his big foot.
After Harrison received the ball, he quickly ran along the wing toward the baseline.
Sheffield Wednesday's left back Pudil is a strong Czech man with a height of 185cm and a weight of 81kg. He is slow and slow to turn. He was eaten alive by Harrison with his speed.
"Oh, Harrison passed Pudil. The clumsy Czech defender was like a swaying stupid duck in front of the flexible Harrison!" Andy Gray explained passionately, "Harrison didn't go down, so he was inside.
Cut it and passed the ball to Hernandez at the top of the key."
At the top of the penalty area, Hernandez received the ball and was forced to pass back to Klich behind him.
After Clichy received the ball, he also faced the double defense of Sheffield Wednesday players. Just when he was about to pass the ball back to the backcourt for the team to reorganize the attack, he suddenly saw that Sheffield Wednesday's defender on the right was missing. Costa
Was waving to him.
Immediately, Clichy kicked the ball over. Sheffield Wednesday's players found that their defense had missed someone, and they were immediately desperate. It was too late to make amends.
Costa caught the ball in the ribs of the penalty area on the right side, adjusted, and shot directly into the upper left corner of the goal with his left foot.
As soon as the ball flew out, Costa felt that the ball was there!
"Sheffield Wednesday missed a man! Costa received a pass from Clichy on the right side of the penalty area and shot straight away!" Studio Andy Gray stood up with eyes wide open.
All the Leeds fans stood there, not daring to blink, their throats seemed to be blocked by something, and they watched intently as the ball flew toward the goal.
With a "Bang!" sound, the ball hit the goalpost hard and hit the heart of every Leeds fan.
Following this muffled sound, more than 40,000 fans all let out a loud roar of annoyance.
"Oh! The Elland Road goalpost denied my team's goal! It was almost, what a pity!" Andy Gray looked regretful.
On the sidelines, Bielsa was so angry that he did several squats and stood up, his face full of anger.
"Damn it, after the game I made sure to ask the staff to change this damn goalpost. It has denied us three goals since the first round! This guy is definitely a traitor!" Frank was so angry at the coaching bench.
He pointed at the goal and yelled.
On the bench, Mo Yang held his head in his hands and felt regretful that the ball did not go in.
But when Mo Yang saw the bounced ball being taken by a Sheffield Wednesday player, his pupils shrank and his face became horrified.
Almost as soon as the Sheffield Wednesday players got the ball, Mo Yang's brain instantly simulated several extremely threatening offensive lines.
"Can't see! Can't see!"
Mo Yang thought indifferently and looked nervous, causing Sol Baba, Alioski and others next to him to look over inexplicably.
But unfortunately, it was captain Vincent Sasso who had the ball for Sheffield Wednesday.
Although this Frenchman is a central defender, he has a very good ball-playing ability and is extremely experienced in the game.
After Sasso got the ball, he stuffed the ball directly in front of forward Forestieri who started quickly from the front of the penalty area.
At the same time, Sheffield Wednesday's two wingers also started from the wings and quickly followed up.
When the fans at the scene saw this scene, their hearts sank suddenly, and they continued to boo, trying to use this method to interfere with Sheffield Wednesday's offensive players.
After Forestieri brought the ball to midfield, he suddenly passed it to Bannan who quickly came in from the left wing, directly forming a three-on-one situation.
"Bannan is very fast. He has Gareth Hooper on his right and Wallace who is quickly outflanking him on the right, while Leeds United only has Koch!" Andy Gray was already in despair. This goal was bound to be scored.
On the field, Koch, who had been hanging at the back, was almost crying. This was no longer two men advancing and retreating, but three men advancing and retreating. This was destined to be a dead end.
Koch had no choice but to retreat while getting stuck between Bannan and Hooper, trying to delay some time for his teammates to return to defense.
But unexpectedly, as soon as he returned to the penalty area, Bannan kicked his foot into the penalty area. The ball rolled past him. He stretched his legs but couldn't reach it.
In front of the goal, Silvestri attacked and faced Garry Hooper, but before he could fall to the ground to save the ball, Hooper missed the ball and was immediately shocked.
Wallace, who came in from behind on the right, outflanked the ball and shot into the empty goal, causing the net inside the goal to tremble.
"GOOOOAAAAL!!!!" Sheffield Wednesday commentator Hall jumped up and roared, "35 minutes into the first half, just over three minutes after the last goal, Leeds United conceded the goal again! It was Wallace who scored!