Fox in the Penalty Area

David Miller and his "White Rose" partners were standing on the north stand of the Flanders Stadium, staring blankly at the stadium.

His eyes are a little distracted and unfocused.

At the top of the stands obliquely in front of them, there is a large screen that displays some basic information about the game:

The time of the game, the names of the two sides, and the score.

In the 76th minute of the game, Leeds City 0:3 Catalan United.

Ninety minutes ago, the same group of people stood here in the north stand of the Flanders Stadium, imagining the scene of the game.

How will their Leeds City perform when they meet the Catalan United?

There are optimistic people who say that we can beat Catalonia at home.

The reason is also very simple, because Catalan will definitely underestimate the enemy, and this is Leeds City's opportunity. As long as we can take the lead and score the first goal within 15 minutes of the game, we will be able to disrupt the defensive deployment of the Catalan United and throw them into chaos. Taking advantage of the situation to cover up the kill, it may not be impossible to beat Cathay United at home!

There are not so optimistic, but still optimistic people think that Leeds City can at least score a goal at home.

The reason is that the opponent underestimated the enemy. Leeds are good at attacking. The difference with the group before them was that they weren't quite as optimistic yet. I feel that Leeds City should be able to score a goal after attacking for a while after the start of the game. But it will also irritate the opponent, so that the opponent will turn from a state of underestimating the enemy to going all out. Once a team of Catalan United's level is fully fired, it will be difficult for Leeds City to block their attack.

So regardless of the final result of the game, Leeds City will at least have a goal.

Reasonable people think that regardless of whether Leeds City can score or not, if they can draw with Catalonia at home, it will be a great victory.

Of course, there are also pessimists, who think that Leeds City will definitely lose this game, so I advise everyone not to be too inflated, lest when you get it, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment-people who hold this view have been suppressed by others, everyone I think this kind of statement is simply "growth others' aspirations and destroys one's own prestige".

Therefore, when everyone imagined the game before the game, most people were still optimistic.

As a result, when the score of 0:3 was thrown in front of them, it was as if icy rain hit their faces.

No goals, no wins.

No matter the score or the scene,

Both bloody reflected the gap between the two teams.

The strength gap between the Premier League champions and the La Liga runner-up.

The strength gap between a civilian team and a super giant.

Catalan striker Edmond Paterson scored twice, with a header and a long shot, which made Leeds' defense lose their temper.

Victor Campusano also scored a goal.

When Catalan United scored the first goal, it was the 29th minute of the first half.

Twenty-nine minutes ago, Leeds City's performance was still tenacious. Facing the powerful Catalan United at home, they still used their own style to compete with the opponent.

Both Hou Lai and Kamara had the opportunity to shoot and threaten the Catalan goal.

It seems to really prove that Leeds City can really beat the opponent against the Catalan United, which is strong in offense and weak in defense.

But after the Swedish superstar Paterson scored, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

Paterson suddenly fired a cannon 30 meters away from the goal, and the football rushed forward against the turf. This kind of shot flying close to the ground makes the goalkeeper especially uncomfortable. Because tall goalkeepers will fall to the ground slower than they can fly out.

When van der Ven fell to the ground and threw himself out, the football had already flown into the goal behind him.

Catalan United lead Leeds City by one goal.

Just six minutes after the ball, Campsano put on a "god-level performance" in the frontcourt-he first received a pass from Rosas, then turned around and took it forward, and easily wiped it when he turned around He passed Leeds City midfielder Salif Seydoux who was defending him, and then used a change of direction to feint past central defender Ben Grist who fell to cover the defense.

At this time, he had already entered the penalty area, and the goalkeeper Van Deven abandoned the goal to attack the ball at his feet, but was easily lobbed by Campsano for an empty goal.

When the football flew into the goal, the Flanders Stadium, which had been very noisy, seemed to be quiet for a few seconds.

Faced with such a goal, all Leeds City fans have nothing to say.

Spanish TV was cheering: "Ooooh! Campsano! He beat Leeds City alone!"

Matthew Cox sighed: "This is the gap in the personal strength of the players. In front of Campsano, Seydoux and Grist are like two stupid wooden stakes, watching each other pass by in front of their eyes." Fall, but can't do anything..."

He was not mocking the two Leeds City defensive players, but was just stating the fact that Seydoux and Grist reacted too slowly in front of the flexible Campsano.

But because the facts are too cruel and ruthless, even just stating the facts sounds like he is mocking...

This goal has greatly affected the morale of the Leeds City players. After all, even the home team fans in the stands have been silent for a while, let alone the Leeds City players who are directly talking to their opponents on the field.

They watched the video of the Catalan United game before the game, which was studied repeatedly under the leadership of the coaching staff, not to mention the Catalan United games they usually watch on TV or on social networks.

But no matter how many opponents' game videos they watched, they were not as shocked as they were when they actually played against Catalan on the court.

This is Leeds City's home court, but here, they feel the gap with Catalan United.

The home court advantage was filled by the huge gap in strength between the two teams...

After losing the second goal, the whole Leeds City team was in a panic for a while.

If Paterson hadn't shot a few times, they might have led by four goals in the first half.

After the adjustment at halftime, Leeds City's performance finally improved and gradually improved.

But at this moment, Paterson seized the opportunity to score with a header, ruthlessly interrupting the momentum of Leeds City.

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Clark sighed, turned his back, and said to his assistant coach Sam Randyll: "Our luck is too bad!"

He is definitely not shirking responsibility by saying this, simply blaming bad luck for the reason for the three-goal deficit.

Rather it is.

During the half-time break, he spent ten minutes rebuilding the confidence of the players who had been knocked down. He used Vesuvius' match against Catalan United in the last round of the group match as an example to encourage the players to learn from Vesuvius.

In that game, Vesuvius fell behind by three goals at halftime. Although he failed to win the game in the end, he still recovered two goals.

So now Leeds City is only two goals behind, why can't they also recover two goals?

It was able to play 2:2 with Catalan United at home. Although it did not win, it is definitely a satisfactory result.

Vesuvio's performance in the last round of the Champions League group stage played an exemplary role, which greatly encouraged the confidence and morale of the players.

After the start of the second half, Leeds City's performance was better than before.

Hu Lai even had a shot to break the opponent's goal. At that time, the entire Flanders stadium was thundering with cheers, so that everyone ignored the referee's whistle.

As a result, the video referee team ruled that Hu Lai was offside first, and the goal was invalid...

Judging by the video replay, it was indeed offside. At that time, Hu Lai was behind the last Catalan defender, which can be said to be quite obvious. But Hu Lai was still very determined to hit the football into the goal, and ran to celebrate the goal desperately, as if the ball was no problem.

Therefore, he tricked his teammates to celebrate with him excitedly, and the fans in the stands cheered even more, ignoring the flag raised high by the linesman and the referee's whistle...

Although it failed to form a goal, the morale of Leeds City has risen.

As a result, at this moment, Paterson, who had been squandering opportunities after scoring in the first half, scored a goal...

Don't enter early or late, but enter when Leeds City is finally gaining momentum!

No wonder Clark felt that way.

In the first half an hour, Leeds City actually played well, but conceding two goals in five minutes was too demoralizing, especially the second conceding goal was such a beautiful solo breakthrough.

As a result, the confidence and morale accumulated in the first half hour of Leeds City plummeted.

The halftime break was finally adjusted, and the second half gradually improved. At this time, another goal was conceded...

"There is a problem with our midfield defense, Tony." Randyll said to him from the side, "Sedou and Adams are not opponents of Rosas and Campusano at all..."

Clark said helplessly: "Of course I know, Sam. But we don't have the right cards to play right now."

"We can bring Vieira on and let him strengthen the defense with Seydoux."

"Who's coming off then? Adams? He's the only one we can play in midfield. Kamara and Walsh? Or Lasky, Hu?"

Randyll said: "Take Laski off. Put Kamara and Hu at the forwards."

Clark thought for a while and added: "Put Lorenzo on, and Lawler off, and strengthen the offense!"

Randyll took a look at Clark and replaced right back Josh Lawler. This is to play three backs...

I proposed to replace Vieira, just to strengthen the defense and avoid conceding the ball again. As a result, your adjustment simply means that you still want to continue to attack!

Although Quinn, who is of outstanding height, plays left back, he can also play center back.

So replacing Lawler would put Quinn in the middle to play a back three with Ben Grist and Teddy Bradford.

This is not at all to strengthen the defense and prevent continued loss of the ball...

But this is indeed the characteristic of the man in front of him.

So Randyll didn't say anything, nodded, turned around and ran to shake people.

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Soon Leeds City completed the substitution. The team's high center Lorenzo replaced the right back Josh Lawler, and another midfielder Jose Vieira was replaced at the same time. The Polish striker Laski hung his head down. , very depressed sitting on the bench.

In this game, he did not perform well in front of the defense line composed of Fortune and Jimenez, and failed to provide enough support for Hou Lai. Hu Lai was surrounded even more, and he couldn't even catch the ball a few times.

Naturally, there is nothing to say about being replaced.

I chose Leeds City before because I thought that I could play in this team, especially in the Champions League - participating in the Champions League has always been Lasky's dream.

After playing two Champions League games now, he realizes that the dream Champions League is not so easy to play...

On this star-studded stage, Leeds City was ruthlessly crushed by Catalan United, and he, a young Polish talent, was nothing more than an inconspicuous secondary.