Chapter 42: Leeds topped the list and Mo Yang became a nickname
Five days later, on October 22, in the twelfth round of the English Championship, Leeds United faced the away team Cardiff City at Elland Road.
Cardiff City's form has been ups and downs since they were promoted to the English Championship in 2003, but after 2010, this team with little honor has become a regular in the top six of the English Championship.
Starting in 2010, the top six teams in the Championship have qualified for the promotion play-offs for three consecutive years. Unfortunately, they were defeated in the play-offs three times.
It was not until 2013 that Cardiff City won the English Championship and returned to the top league after 51 years. It was also their first time participating in the Premier League. However, sadly, they were relegated two rounds early in 2014.
Although this team doesn't have any famous players, it still plays ball control.
In this game, because Mo Yang's physical fitness test was barely enough to play the entire game, Mo Yang continued to start.
After the game started, Cardiff City's weaknesses were completely exposed under Mo Yang's huge field view.
Although Cardiff City's team controls the ball well, its wing defense and through ball defense are really weak, and its players also make frequent mistakes.
All this game has become a game for Leeds United's attacking players to collect statistics.
At first, Mo Yang took advantage of Cardiff City's weak defensive weaknesses on the two flanks, constantly sending exquisite through balls to Harrison and Costa, allowing these two guys to cross or cut inside to hit the goal.
However, Cardiff City is very capable of fighting for high-altitude balls, and Bamford, a weakling with a small body, cannot fight for the ball at all.
After discovering this, Mo Yang changed his strategy and attacked directly from the middle.
Under Mo Yang's sharp through ball, Cardiff City's defense collapsed, and the rhythm of the game was completely controlled by Mo Yang. It was impossible to attack, let alone defend.
By the time the game was over, Leeds United had scored an unprecedented 9-0.
Bamford took the shot for the third time, Wood scored twice, and except for Mo Yang, almost every player on the offensive line scored a goal.
Mo Yang's assists in this game were three, which once again allowed Wei Bowen and the others to see what Mo Yang's efficiency is and what a super-effective midfielder is.
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Two days later, on October 24, in the thirteenth round of the British Championship, Leeds United went to the Macron Stadium to challenge Bolton in a double match.
Bolton Wanderers are also one of the founding members of the English Football League. As one of the seven founders of the English Football League, they are the only club that has not won the top league championship.
In this game, Bielsa directly rotated, and Moyang and Bamford were all replaced.
When the game started, Mo Yang was dumbfounded. Rather than saying this game was a challenge, it would be more suitable to describe it as a bloody battle.
In Mo Yang's eyes, Bolton's style of play is very chaotic, with chaotic offense and chaotic defense.
The performance of the midfielder was also like a mystery. There was clearly a good opportunity to attack, but Bolton's midfielder passed the ball directly back to the backcourt. However, when there was no opportunity to attack, he insisted on rushing forward, all in the opposite direction.
"Don't these two midfielders have a grudge against the club?"
This was simply unbelievable to Mo Yang, and he said in his heart what a magical team.
Bolton is a team that any fan who pays attention to the Premier League will know about them, because in the ten years before two seasons, this team has always been a team in the middle and upper reaches of the Premier League, and it is a tough bone that can break teeth.
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Since 2002, Bolton have been in the top 8 of the Premier League every year, and even got the opportunity to represent the Premier League in the UEFA Cup in the 2004-05 and 2006-07 seasons by finishing sixth and seventh respectively.
But starting from the 2007-08 season, Bolton began to decline from a mid-to-upper-tier Premier League team, and was eventually relegated to the English Championship. In the past few years, the decline in the English Championship has also been obvious.
In the end, Leeds United won the game with a score of 3-0. The reason why they only scored 3 goals was because Leeds United players were warned.
Bolton used killing tactics to warn Leeds United to stop. If you score a goal, we will take one down. If you are not afraid of death, just come.
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After two rounds of games, because Brighton was tied with Preston in the relegation zone in this round, Leeds United overtook Brighton with 28 points and topped the league list by one point, sending Leeds fans into a frenzy.
On October 30, in the fourteenth round of the league, Leeds United welcomed Blackburn Rovers at home, who were relegated with Bolton Wanderers in the 2011-12 season.
Although they were relegated back to the Championship, Blackburn's performance was completely opposite to that of Bolton.
This team, which defeated Manchester United to win the Premier League championship in the 1990s, quickly recovered after a season of decline.
After the start of this season, although Blackburn's performance was sluggish and currently ranked fifth from the bottom in the league, Bielsa did not dare to be careless.
As expected, Blackburn performed quite strongly once the game started.
Blackburn's style of play still has traces of the Premier League. They like to control the ball in the opponent's half, but when faced with Leeds United's pressing, they simply couldn't control the ball.
After Mo Yang observed it, he found that Blackburn's offense on both wings was very strong, and the players basically had the ability to shoot from long range, but the defense on the wings was comparable to that of Cardiff City, which was simply terrible.
Mo Yang tried to connect Harrison and Bamford on the left wing to launch a quick attack, and almost scored.
So in the next few dozen minutes, Mo Yang stared at Blake's two wingers and frantically planned the attack, constantly using precise guidance to send the ball over Blake's goal, allowing Bamford and others to compete for the top.
Finally, in the stoppage time of the first half, Bamford successfully scored a goal.
It also allowed Mo Yang to once again discover another weakness of Blackburn, which is their weak ability to compete for high-altitude balls.
So the second half was simple. Bielsa directly changed the formation and replaced high center forward Wood, playing 352 with two forwards.
Then Leeds United became a completely different team. Through Mo Yang's precise mobile turret, he continued to launch balls in every corner of the stadium for high-altitude bombing. In just ten minutes, Wood, who is good at headers, scored two goals.
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At the end of the regular time of the game, the referee did not even give additional time and blew the whistle directly. Leeds United won Blackburn again with a big score of 5-0.
Through these three rounds of near-massacre games, Leeds United once again shocked all the English media that paid attention to them.
Let fans and the English media see the diversity of Leeds United's attack.
At the same time, it also allowed Mo Yang to go from a 3-star player to a 5-star player based on the small books of scouts sent by clubs in the five major leagues.
[Leeds United wins three consecutive victories with a huge score!] - Leeds Sports News
[Let Yang tell you, what is the traditional British high-altitude bombing with missiles!]——Daily Mail
[Three games, 5 assists, and planned 21 effective attacks. The efficiency of this Chinese is terrifying!] - The Guardian
[Leeds United this season is no longer a Championship-level team. Their offensive and defensive abilities are already comparable to some mid- and lower-tier teams in the Premier League, especially their Chinese midfielder, Yang, this
The 18-year-old’s performance on the court is phenomenal, he should go to the Premier League!] - The Times
This is the first time that the three major British media have reported on Mo Yang. Mo Yang's reputation in the UK has also begun to skyrocket, and he has entered the attention of more people.
In China, after this period of fermentation, more and more Chinese people know about Mo Yang, and even many young people will get up in the middle of the night to watch Mo Yang's games in the British Championship through external networks.
Anyone who has watched Mo Yang's game will be immediately attracted by Mo Yang.
Now Mo Yang has gained a lot of fame in China. The most intuitive manifestation is that Mo Yang's "Shudu Renjia Restaurant" has been pulled out by the powerful netizens, causing business to become even more popular every day.
Even Bai Lele’s ‘Fan Zui Hotpot Restaurant’ next door has become popular.
But the biggest beneficiary is Bai Lele. He is now one of the rare anchors with millions of fans on the Huya Live Broadcasting Platform. Fans can only directly contact Mo Yang through this extremely dirty demon king.
Hanwazi and Tiewazi have now become one of the most frequently used Internet terms.