Chapter 61 "Shaq", top it up!

Although Leeds United made bold statements before the game, saying that they only respect and fear the upstarts in the English Premier League, but after actually getting on the field, the "grassroots aura" engraved in their bones was exposed.

At the beginning of the game, the "Youth Guards" who took the lead in kicking the ball also controlled the ball with a downed foot, but under the pressure of Manchester City, they were quickly forced to pass the ball back to their defenders. "Blue Moon" is worthy of being the overlord of twenty super teams. When this team became serious, the pressure they brought to Leeds United was very huge, and there was a real gap in strength between the two sides.

In this game, Mancini arranged a 4-2-3-1 formation, with powerful shooter Dzeko standing in front, behind him, David Silva, Aguero, and Nasri to share the tasks of organizing offense, breakthrough, and franchise. Behind these four people are Yaya Toure and De Jong two powerful midfielders. The strength and luxury of this midfield lineup are really shocking. The oppression brought by these stars to Leeds United is unprecedented, and even captain Jon Hausen made mistakes.

Just one and a half minutes into the game, Jonny Hausen, who was unwilling to be suppressed by his opponent, rushed forward with the ball with great strides. As a result, when he faced De Jong, because the breakthrough movement was a little bit bigger, De Jong would force his next passing route to change. The ball that was originally to be passed to Snodgras was directly sent to Kompany's feet by him.

Seeing Jonny Hausen making a mistake, Zach Thompson couldn't help but smile bitterly. He added Jonny Hausen's explosive power and speed to full value today. He originally hoped that his good partner could make greater contributions to his team's offense, but he did not expect that Jonny Hausen made a small mistake at the beginning of this game. It seems that Manchester City can break Manchester United and Chelsea's monopoly to win the Premier League championship. His overall strength has reached an astonishing height under the pile of countless money.

Immediately afterwards-

Manchester City's counterattack is coming!

"Bang!"

Kompany kicked hard, but instead of sending a long pass, he pushed the ball to David Silva on the left with his foot bow. Under Mancini's training, the Belgian guard is now an all-round central defender who can have strong dominance in defense and can also have a broad vision to control the team's rhythm during offense.

David Silva, a hero who won the Manchester City championship last season, pulled the ball directly to his left forward and launched an attack along the sideline.

Reid appeared in the right back position of Leeds United in this game. After careful consideration, head coach Simon Grayson placed Red, who had a stronger overall strength, on the right back. Conorri's strength was still a little worse, and the more experienced Irish international Odi was replaced by Red's central defender.

Simon Grayson has fully considered Manchester City's strong attack power, but when he saw David Silva breaking through Red's defense with just a simple rhythm change, he still smiled bitterly on his face...

"David Silva breaks through! Leeds United's right-back Red is still too young... Ah, Red is actively chasing back! This New Zealand player is still very tough!"

The cheers of Manchester City fans sounded at Wembley Stadium. The short Spanish midfielder has proved with his superb skills and strong strength that the 24 million pounds Manchester City has spent on him are not in vain.

"Bang!"

The ball flew up!

After David Silva passed Red, he immediately made a cross. Red's back chase did not cause any interference to him. The ball flew very low and was very fast, but the landing point was not very good. He was hit by Leeds United goalkeeper Ronegan directly with two punches.

"Huahuhuhuhu..."

There was a lot of applause at Wembley Stadium. The fans of "Blue Moon" were very satisfied with David Silva's performance. His performance was like usual, and he could often easily break through his opponents, but the quality of the crossing was not very high afterwards. However, Mancini did not use his cross, but he was attracted by his fast speed, delicate skills, strong shooting ability, full of aura, fast foot frequency, strong directional acceleration ability, and a left-footed player. He was flexible and smart enough, capable of both left and right sides, and could also play in the middle, with a broad vision and a big bearing that can connect the team's midfield and frontcourt. As long as David Silva is on the court, Manchester City's midfield and frontcourt will be very close.

Three minutes later, Manchester City launched another attack, but this time they did not fight back, but completed through positional battles.

The ball first flicked a shot under David Silva's feet on the left. Seeing that Red was very cautious in defending, David Silva did not choose to break through by himself, but handed the ball back to Yaya Toure behind, and then the ball was sent to Nasri's feet on the right front court.

Nasri, the "Duck" who became famous in the "Guller" Arsenal, is regarded as a superstar of the French team. After transferring to Arsenal for £12 million from Marseille, he was trained by "Professor" Wenger. Three years later, he doubled his value to Manchester City, and he has become a real star. Nasri's basic skills are extremely solid now, not only has stronger ball control ability, but also has combined other people's balls and got rid of it on the spot.

His skills are also very good, and his sense of rhythm is very similar to his predecessor Zidane. He has a balanced ability in both left and right feet, and has a very good long shot ability. He can kick a high-quality long shot anytime and anywhere. Even when making a free kick, it is enough to just run two steps, but his explosive power has never been very good, which is very similar to Zidane. It is naturally reasonable to be praised by the French as the "new Zidane".

The moment he received Yaya Toure's pass, Nasri made only two moves, stopped the ball with his right foot, then turned around and pushed the ball into the penalty area on the right side of Leeds United!

Nasri's two moves were very simple, which every football player or even ordinary people would play football, but the speed was very fast. Ben Parker, who defended him, had no time to react, and the effect of this pass was also amazing. When the ball rolled into the penalty area against the ground, Aguero, who had never touched the ball after the game began, appeared.

Aguero, hiding behind Dzeko, was like a ghost, wandering near the Leeds United penalty area line through constant running. He could not only restrain Leeds United's defensive power, but also liberate himself. Just like this time, a tacit understanding between Aguero and Nasri formed, and a counter-offside faced the goalkeeper directly came.

"Nasri's beautiful pass...Aguero successfully counterattacked...Stepping! Shooting!"

"Bang!"

Aguero, who ran diagonally on the ball route, let the ball pass, then swung his right foot and kicked the ball towards Leeds United's goal...

"ah!"

Critical moments—

Ronegan reacted quickly, and roared and rushed out to a fish on the right side. He saw that the ball touched the ball with his right hand. The ball that had changed its flight route reached Red's feet. The latter quickly turned around and kicked the ball far away from the sideline.

"oh----"

At Wembley Stadium, Manchester City fans sighed in annoyance. No such goal was scored. Is Manchester City's luck too bad or Leeds United's luck too good?

"Leeds goalkeeper Ronegan performed really well. He has resolved the danger twice in a row. However, Manchester City has taken the initiative in just a few minutes after the game starts. This is not a good thing for Leeds United. They cannot rely on goalkeepers to block the opponent's attack every time!"

Everyone who watched this game had a feeling that Leeds United and their opponents were really not on the same level. Both attacks from "Blue Moon" posed a threat. Leeds United's goal was dangerous. This is definitely a reflection of the strong strength of the Premier League champion. If you continue to play like this, waiting for Leeds United will definitely be a failure.

Simon Grayson frowned hard. He was really at a loss now. In the past, Leeds United could use Zach Thompson as a powerful midfielder to limit the opponent's core organization. In today's game, Simon Grayson's task for Zach Thompson was to guard Aguero. Unexpectedly, Manchester City did not focus on Aguero at all, but used David Silva and Nasri to make trouble from two sides respectively. The task of organizing and mobilizing the team's offense was handed over to Yaya Toure and captain Kompany to complete. Zach Thompson just left Aguero a little, but the Argentine striker almost broke through the goal of Leeds United. Leeds United is really passive now. If you continue playing like this... it's dangerous!

But who should their town team treasure "Shaq" guard against?

Simon Grayson frowned and kept thinking. There is Zach Thompson, a midfielder who can really play a defensive role in their team, while Manchester City has David Silva, Nasri, and Aguero, who can create threats, and they seem to not go to the middle road at all. In this way, Zach Thompson's defensive role will be even smaller!

"Bang!"

At 8 minutes into the game, Manchester City completed an attack. Dzeko beat Clegg Dawson in the penalty area and pushed David Silva's pick pass, pushing the ball towards the upper left corner of the Leeds United goal, but the ball was just above the measurement.

Seeing this, Simon Grayson gritted his teeth and began to adjust. He called Captain Jonny Hausen: "Jonny, go and tell Bentley to withdraw and watch David Silva. You can also withdraw and stare at Nasri! Let Shaq push me up! The whole middle lane is his, attack and defense are his! Also, let Robert retreat a little bit and help organize the attack! Go!"

Simon Grayson slapped Jonny Hausen's back hard and asked his captain to convey the latest instructions. He really had no good idea now. The initiative in the game has been lost, and he can only give up the tactics he had planned before. Although Jonny Hausen and Bentley's defensive ability is only average, as long as they can limit David Silva and Nasri, Manchester City's offense should not be so efficient!

Fighting Aguero?

Humph, come and try it out and see if our "Shaq" is vegetarian!
Chapter completed!