Chapter 135 Strong confidence!

After a month and ten days of rest, Leeds United's new season training camp is about to begin. With Simon Grayson's good dance, this team, which has been further strengthened for £18 million, is really more competitive.

On the front line, "Beast" Tevez, "Black Big" Ameobi, and Nelson Oliveira, these three forwards with different styles will be the arrowheads of the "Youth Guards" in the new season.

In terms of midfield, Zach Thompson, Jonny Hausen, Philip Pifkowski, Snowdgrass, John Fleck, Barnetta, Bentley, Glenn Willan, Hammett Altentop, are all very combat-effective. In addition, a 16-year-old talented boy, Ashley Hood, and the newly joined German genius Kevin Vogt, this thickness really makes Simon Grayson quite satisfied. In fact, he is most satisfied with his team, which is the midfield configuration.

Compared with the talented midfielder, although the back line is weaker, it is much stronger than last season. Ben Parker, Met Fersarico, Clegg Dawson, Red, Madias Carruzo will form a new defense line. In addition, Conori and Odi play as a substitute, and Chris Farley, who has just been promoted from the youth team and praised by Chris Sally, this lineup is enough to cope with the game, not to mention Kevin Vogt, Hammit Altentop can also participate in the back line in a friendly manner, and the thickness is relatively enough.

In the goalkeeper position, Andy Ronegan or Simon Grayson's first choice, Paul Lachuca, the substitute, is just an insurance policy, and the new 16-year-old boy from the youth team, Kovami Artta is just an apprentice, but he is just here to make up the numbers. It is really hard to find a good goalkeeper, and even if he finds the price, it is not something that the "Young Guards" can afford.

In general, Simon Grayson is quite satisfied with the twenty-five players in his first team. After all, the "Youth Guards" are not a wealthy team. They mainly rely on internal potential and resell players to enhance their strength. They cannot often play big money like buying "Beasts". Even if the Plums and Nelson Oliveira have spent a lot of time on the team, they are just investing in the future.

On July 10, when the largest individual group in Leeds United, the "Swordsman Group", returned to the Thorpe Arch training base one by one, and then exchanged the commemorative photos left after various romantic encounters on vacation, these kids began training for the new season. Ben Parker's new contract was signed, and he received an annual salary of 2.6 million yuan like Male Fursarico, and Reid's salary increased to a maximum salary of 3.7 million pounds. The "Swordsman Group" will not be absent in the new season. It made a group of young boys very happy.

The training intensity on the first day was not very strong, mainly to test the physical condition of the players. Fortunately, except for a "wild beast" who is not very professional and has gained ten pounds, the weight of the others has not changed much. There are even "Three Leeds Musketeers" who have lost weight. The three boys spent a holiday in Brazil, and they could not find Brazilian girls to vent their desires at all times. However, they enjoy the charm of beach football every day in Brazil, and the three of them are in very good condition.

After three days of training, Leeds United went to Hampshire to play a friendly match with the local Aldershot team. In the small home "entertainment court" with only 7,500 people, Leeds United easily hit a 3:1 opponent. The only goal the opponent scored was that Leeds United specially gave the opponent to save face in the 83rd minute of the game.

After this game, the "old" players of Leeds United discovered that their team's strength seemed to have been further enhanced. I won't talk about the four new players, after all, they have played in other teams, but even the 17-year-old guy Chris Farley, who just came to the youth team, performed very well. He was not very fast, but his skills were quite comprehensive. He was also very stable in defense. After the game, he was affectionately called "small book" by everyone, meaning "small book" and Parker.

In the next few friendly matches, Leeds United also played a legato, and they all won away, 4:1 against Romania Galati, 4:1 against Groningen, Netherlands, 3:1 against local amateur team Barnett, 5:1 against Milton, 4:0 against Bournemouth.

After six friendly matches, Leeds United's condition has become smoother and smoother, especially in terms of offense, the team's strong firepower last season, which has made Simon Grayson quite satisfied.

"Black Big" Ameobi scored 5 goals, Snold Grass scored 4 goals, Zach Thompson scored 3 goals, and "Beast" Tevez scored 2 goals, of which Tevez only played two games, and the goal efficiency was quite high.

Leeds United is in a very good state in the new season. The most direct impact is that the team's season ticket sales have risen well. 16,000 season tickets have directly brought the team more than 12 million pounds of revenue, and it is still increasing.

The "Swordsman Group" is getting bigger and bigger, and has become the biggest force in the locker room of Leeds United. Before the new season begins, the team reassigned the jersey number once. After the team cleans up those old qualifications, the boys of the "Swordsman Group" have also successfully taken the lead.

Zach Thompson got the No. 5 jersey as he wished, Jonny Hausen got the No. 7, Ben Parker No. 3, Plum No. 2, Red No. 4, and Clegg Dawson chose No. 16. He liked No. 5, but in this team... who can compete with Shake!?

The new John Flake likes the No. 10 jersey, Kevin Vogt got No. 8, Madias Carruzzo got No. 6... Almost everyone got the number they like, the new round of jersey sales also sparked a hot topic, and Leeds United's fiscal revenue increased.

After a week off at Thorpe Arch base, Leeds United ushered in the seventh friendly match of the new season, the last friendly match, and the most important one, because the opponent is...ac Milan!

The initiator of this friendly match is AC Milan. If it were this time last year, even if AC Milan had declined, they would still not play a warm-up match with Leeds United. However, with the outstanding performance of the "Youth Guards" last season, even former giant teams like AC Milan think they can test the strength of their team.

Leeds United attaches great importance to this friendly match, and even Leeds fans seem crazy. At present, the expanded Elland Road Stadium can only accommodate 34,000 spectators. In order to watch this match between Leeds United and AC Milan, 32,000 spectators came to the scene.

What made Leeds fans feel incredible is that the "Youth Guards" have sent their strongest lineup in this game, but the game only started in 2 minutes and 51 seconds. Belgian international Hazard, who AC Milan bought from Lille last winter, broke into the penalty area on the left.

Red closely pressed against Hazard to defend, but unexpectedly, Hazard suddenly stopped suddenly and pulled the ball directly on the outside of his right foot!

"Bang!"

Red had no time to react, so he bounced out his right foot and blocked it. As a result, the ball hit his right instep and bounced upwards and drew a strange arc, and flew to the middle of the goal with a "whisper". Ronegan, who was blocking the near corner, had no time to adjust his gravity, so he took a hand with his left hand... It was empty!

"goallllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Hazard ran excitedly, and scored so quickly and easily, which really made him very excited!

The Elland Road stadium was quiet, and Leeds fans all seemed very silent. The team's strength must have been further enhanced this season, but even so, he lost the goal within "Leeds time" less than three minutes of the game. Could it be that the gap between his team and the giant team is so big?

And... this is just a declining AC Milan!

For a moment, Leeds fans were not confident enough, but the situation on the court was ever-changing. After Leeds United re-telephoned, Pivkovsky, who dribbled the ball from the right, was tripped in front of the penalty area on the right of AC Milan.

When serving the set ball, Ben Parker stood in front of the ball and made a look like he was going to directly hit the ball towards the AC Milan goal. At the moment of touching the ball, he turned his ankle and pushed the ball against the ground and steadily outside the top of the penalty area facing the goal!

"Bang!"

Zach Thompson leaned his body and his right foot to push the ball forward. He stood there motionless and swung his left leg, and with a "bang", the ball flew out and rushed straight to the upper right corner of the AC Milan goal like a missile.

Amelia, standing in front of AC Milan's goal, reacted very quickly. She made a leap in the air with her body bounced to the left. Unfortunately, his reaction was still a beat slower. Zach Thompson's long-range shooting ability has reached the strongest in football history. When he organically combined his catch and shot, his power was no less than a long-range heavy gun!

"Swish!"

The ball made a pit in the white net behind the goal!

"Shak...far shot! The ball is in! The ball is in! Beautiful long shot! Wonderful set-piece tactics! So beautiful! This is definitely a world wave!"

In the Elland Road Stadium, Leeds fans finally recovered from their anger, shouting and jumping one by one, and cheering wave after wave of cheers at the call of the commentator...

It only took 7 minutes to get the goal. Leeds United took advantage of the corner kick opportunity and Wang Tiezhu received the ball from Ben Parker from the right, and topped the ball towards AC Milan's right goal. Mex, who was guarding the goal, caught him off guard and pushed him with his head. The ball flew in... 2:1, only 13 minutes. Leeds United, who played at home, easily completed the reversal.

At 18 minutes of the game, Jonny Hausen dribbled the ball from the left and passed the ball in front of the goal. The "Beast" Tevez pushed the ball four meters in front of the goal and scored a dead corner in the lower left corner... 3:1!

In the 31st minute, Leeds United made a wonderful pass by Tevez in the counterattack. After the Dutch young player dribbled the ball and ran 30 meters, he scored a scooter outside the penalty area on the right side of AC Milan...4:1!

The "Young Guards" who were completely crazy had no intention of stopping. They continued to attack with the crazy cheers of home fans. Piskovsky dribbled the ball in 37 minutes and cut inside, then pulled the ball into the goal with his left foot...5:1!

As the first half approached, Tevez and Piskovsky made a counter-offside cooperation within five meters. The "Beast" kicked the ball from Amelia's left arm and into the goal of AC Milan... 6:1!

The game was like this, and AC Milan's big names had already become numb. When the midfield whistle sounded, they all left the stadium with a stern face. They still didn't understand why they were so much behind at once. Allegri also frowned. He had done research on the "Youth Guards" before the game, but after the game began, Leeds United made him feel unfamiliar. The defensive tactics against Shaq were originally useless at all. This kid seemed to no longer organize the team's offense. Only by kicking two feet at critical moments, the ball would be adjusted from left to right, or from right to left, or he suddenly launched an attack from the middle.

Leeds United's tactical changes made Allegri feel helpless, but Simon Grayson's adjustment during the halftime break made Allegri feel that he was insulted because... Leeds United's substitution!

It's normal to substitute people!

However, Leeds United replaced nine players at once. Except for centre-back Madias Carruzzo and goalkeeper Ronegan, everyone else was replaced.

Damn!

There is no limit on substitutions in friendly matches, but I don’t take you to play like this. It’s too unpretentious!?

Face is earned by oneself!

AC Milan has been beaten like this, who is still considering whether to save face or not?

The big names of AC Milan also seemed to be angered. In the second half of the game, the "Little Pharaoh" Salave, Hazad and Nocerino scored one goal each, but in the end they lost to the "Youth Guards" with a score of 4:6.

After the game, the fans in Elland Road Stadium sang and danced and did not disperse. It was not until the team's players had to come out to thank him again. Then the Leeds fans left reluctantly.

While walking, fans were still savoring excitedly that the team still defeated an opponent like AC Milan with a score of 6:4 when the team did not exert any effort in the second half. This is enough to prove that the team's strength has indeed improved a lot, and they beat the opponent 6:1 in the first half, which is really too tough!

In the new season, the "Youth Guards" is indeed worth looking forward to!

With such strength, Leeds United can not only attack the championship in the English Premier League, but also try to go further in the Champions League!

The atmosphere in the home team's locker room was relaxed. Leeds United players were smiling and talking to each other about some things that happened in the game. They won this game against AC Milan so easily, which can be regarded as a real test of how strong the "Youth Guards" in the new season are.
Chapter completed!