"Valverde intercepted midway and Leeds United switched from defense to offense."

"Passed to Sancho."

"Sancho passes the ball again..."

"Have the opportunity!!!"

"Haaland broke into the right side of the penalty area and kicked the goal!"

"This shot hit central defender Lindelof and did not pose a threat."

"The Leeds players signaled that it was a handball."

"Slow-motion replay showed that the shot did hit Lindelof's hand, and his hand was slightly open, but the referee Anthony Taylor obviously believed that this was not an intentional handball and did not recognize it.

Leeds United's penalty request."

"The game started at a fast pace from the first minute."

"Although it failed to score a goal, Leeds United suddenly intercepted the ball and then counterattacked, playing very threateningly."

"Especially when Valverde intercepted the ball and then passed it to Sancho in succession, and then passed it behind him, the whole process was very fast. Manchester United's entire midfield had no time to defend, causing Haaland to directly face the two central defenders.

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"As we said before, Manchester United's biggest hidden danger is actually their defense."

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Although the opening shot failed to threaten the goal and did not result in a penalty kick, Leeds United's players still performed very bravely and continued to press and press from a high position to put pressure on Manchester United.

The focus is on the midfield and frontcourt.

As Gao Shen analyzed before the game, Manchester United's double midfielder configuration lacks organization and ball-playing ability, and their height has led to their weakness in the range of activities.

Leeds United took full advantage of this, constantly attacking and pulling repeatedly.

The shortcomings of Manchester United's double defensive midfielders are also fully exposed.

For example, in the 2nd minute, when Matic got the ball, he faced the pressing pressure of Enzo Fernandez, but could not find the path for the ball, and had to turn around and pass it back to central defender Linde.

Love.

As a result, Rashford quickly rushed to Lindelof and put pressure on him, which scared Lindelof and quickly passed the ball forward.

This pass went directly to the feet of Declan Rice.

Leeds United's midfielder stopped the ball steadily, as if it was a wonderful pass sent to him by Manchester United.

A minute later, Rashford pressed Wan-Bissaka step by step, but Haaland followed Lindelof and Enzo Fernandez also stepped forward quickly, causing Wan-Bissaka to keep driving towards the baseline.

As a result, by carrying it with me, I almost crossed the bottom line.

Fortunately, Wan-Bissaka reacted quickly enough and kicked the ball out of bounds.

It turned into a frontcourt throw-in for Leeds United.

Leeds United's pressing tactics brought huge trouble to Manchester United. Bad

However, the Red Devils adopted a tactic of staying near the penalty area and were still able to barely block it.

Leeds United had also been mentally prepared for such a scene.

There was no rush and slowly started a war of attrition with Manchester United.

As Pochettino said to Gao Shen before the game, the advantage of Manchester United's midfielders is physical confrontation and frontal defense. Facing such a team, we should find ways to fight them, keep pulling and forcing them to move.

Defensive line, or attacking.

Therefore, Leeds United played very patiently and had a very unified thinking.

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Chapter completed!