The noise in Elland Road was interrupted by Berbatov's goal. After a short silence, the friendly Leeds United fans gave their more enthusiastic blessings to Berbatov who was surrounded by Manchester United players to celebrate.

The TV broadcast also began to replay the whole process of the goal just now.

"Berbatov played this ball so cleverly. It's hard to imagine that I can see this kind of inspiration that is almost only possessed by South American players in an Eastern European player. He completely fooled Mascherano." Lineker praised Berbatov's dribbling just before shooting. "Berbatov was in good shape today. When Cristiano was tightly guarded by Leeds United, he stood up and dealt a heavy blow to his old club!"

"Yes, although Manchester United did not score in the first 20 minutes, they still had the advantage on the field, and now they finally got something." Leeds United's lag made Blackwell a little happy, and the tone of his voice was The tone unconsciously rose a few points, "It seems that Li's unconventional adjustment today did not achieve the effect he expected. After Berbatov took the initiative to withdraw from the front line, the disadvantages of Leeds United's single defensive midfielder were revealed."

"Well." Blackwell's analysis was recognized by Lineker, "This is indeed an objective problem. It depends on how Li adjusts it next. Maybe withdrawing Toure to the defensive midfielder position is a good choice..."

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Li Shiguang also noticed this problem. Even he felt that Berbatov had played very smartly in the past few minutes. His withdrawal made Mascherano a little hesitant.

But unlike what Lineker said, he did not intend to change his tactical intentions.

Once Toure was withdrawn to the defensive midfielder position, Leeds United would lose an important fulcrum in the midfield and frontcourt. It would be very difficult to break through Manchester United's defense by relying on Bale's single breakthrough or a straight pass from the midfield and backcourt!

After a brief thought, Li Shiguang called Kompany to the sidelines before the game resumed.

After Milner left the team, Li Shiguang did not let the older Cannavaro take over the captaincy, but let Kompany, who was young but very calm on the field, become the new captain of Leeds United.

Handing Kompany a bottle of water, Li Shiguang began to talk about his intentions: "Vincent, after the kick-off, if Dimitar still retreats very deep, then you should also move your position forward. You don't need to follow him very closely. Just keep him in your defensive range and don't let him pass the ball easily."

"Yeah." Kompany responded after spitting out the water in his mouth.

"Also, you should communicate with Javier before and try to cut off the connection between Dimitar and Scholes. Don't panic, guys, we are only one goal behind. What I said in the locker room before the start remains unchanged. We should organize the attack according to the original plan!"

Kompany threw away the water bottle in his hand, nodded heavily and returned to the court.

After the game resumed, Kompany followed Li Shiguang's request and began to consciously follow Berbatov.

After Kompany seized the opportunity to intercept the ball several times, Berbatov also knew that he was on the list of his old teammates to be strictly guarded. In desperation, he had to return to the front line and wander around the penalty area.

Seeing that the middle was too stuck, Manchester United began to focus on the wing again.

In the 35th minute, Scholes suddenly shot a cold arrow from the outside, but Neuer made a great effort to save it from the bottom line, and Manchester United got another corner kick.

It was Giggs who took the penalty, but this time he kicked the ball directly into the penalty area.

After all, the opponent was caught off guard just now, and Leeds United had already taken precautions. Except for Podolski who stayed near the midfield, other Leeds United players found their own targets to defend.

Especially Berbatov who scored the goal before, Mascherano had already run several times in and out of the penalty area with him!

In this situation, Giggs chose to pass the ball to the back post of Leeds United.

Kompany, who was standing there, jumped high to compete for the header and headed the ball out before Rooney.

The ball fell at Lahm's feet, and then he did not make any extra moves, but directly passed the ball to Toure who was already running towards Manchester United's half.

As soon as Toure received the ball, Carrick, who was opposite him, quickly came up to him, but perhaps because he was afraid of receiving another yellow card.

, Carrick did not choose the most direct way of falling to the ground to tackle, but squeezed over with his body, trying to block Leeds United's counterattack through reasonable collision.

And Toure understood Carrick's intention, stepped on the ball with one foot, and made a 180° turn. While turning, he gently pushed the ball to the other foot and took the ball to Carrick's left.

"Wow-----" Toure had just completed this action, and Eddie Gray's exclamation came from the microphone at the scene: "What did I see! Marseille turn! Yaya Toure used a standard Marseille turn to pass Carrick who rushed up to steal the ball, Leeds United's quick counterattack!"

Amid the cheers of the fans around him, Toure caught up with the football with his long legs and began to rush towards Manchester United's goal with big strides. Behind him, Bale, Ribery, and Torres all began to run quickly towards Manchester United's half.

On the other hand, Manchester United was a little slower. They didn't start to defend until Carrick was passed by Toure.

In this comparison, Leeds United formed a 5-on-3 situation in a short time.

Toure had just run through the midfield with the ball. Seeing Vidic coming up, he pushed the ball to the left and sent the ball to Bale who was running at high speed.

Bale, who was unguarded, rushed to Manchester United's penalty area with the ball!

Seeing Bale's extremely fast speed, Ferdinand, who had already returned to the penalty area line, had to rush towards Bale. He wanted to force Bale to the bottom line.

As he thought, Bale didn't intend to cut inside at all. He really wanted to take the ball to the bottom line.

But Bale was too fast. When Ferdinand rushed over, he pushed the ball forward with his left foot, instantly passed Ferdinand who was about to kick the ball, and then kicked the ball hard with the inside of his left foot, sweeping the ball to the front of Manchester United's goal.

When Ferdinand rushed out just now, Bale had already looked up and saw the situation in the penalty area clearly. At this time, Gary Neville was the only one wearing red in the penalty area of ​​Manchester United, but on the Leeds United side, Podolski and Ribery had already stood in position, sandwiching Gary Neville in the middle.

Bale kicked the ball very cunningly, and he passed a half-high ball.

Because Neville's sight was blocked by Podolski standing in front of him, he did not see the moment when Bale passed the ball.

When he saw it, the football had passed over Podolski's head and was flying to the back of the goal.

There, Ribery, who had been suppressed by Ronaldo for more than half an hour, caught the ball.

Seeing this scene, Eddie Gray's familiar exclamation finally appeared at Elland Road today: "Ribery!"

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