Chapter 177 Boas fell on the road (guarantee 1)
Chapter 177 Boas lying on the road!
After returning to Leeds, Leeds United did not immediately enter the league, because the away game against Nottingham Forest in the fifth round of the FA Cup and the League Cup final against Tottenham Hotspur were all on the schedule.
There is nothing to say about the game against Nottingham Forest. Leeds United only used half of their strength, and with the "two goals" of Barnetta, Jonny Hausen and Shaq, they defeated their old opponents in the England Champions League away with a score of 4:0.
Forest coach Holloway really sighed after the game: "It's hard to imagine that Leeds, who played in the Championship with us three years ago, is now so powerful! Simon and his team are creating the 'Leeds Miracle' step by step. I believe that with their current state, they will win at least two championship trophys this season."
Horowey's tone was a little sour, and no one could face it calmly. Three years ago, Leeds United were still competing for the quota to enter the Premier League like Nottingham Forest. Now the "Youth Guards" are already the biggest favorite in the Premier League championship. Simon Grayson has also transformed into a famous European coach. His players have all grown into star players one by one, but he, who has coached Nottingham Forest for six years, is still standing still.
There are even news that the "Red Devils" Manchester United has sent an invitation to Simon Grayson, hoping that he can coach at Manchester United next season. You should know that it is the number one giant in English football. The infinite glory and championship background left by "Sir" Ferguson has been defeated by Moyes this season. The old Scottish man who has entered the board of directors can no longer give his fellow villagers more support, and can only follow the public opinion and start choosing Moyes' successor.
Simon Grayson did not say anything mean, but instead encouraged his former opponents. Now his vision is already different, like Nottingham Forest... They are no longer opponents, but rather a beautiful memory.
After finishing the game with Nottingham Forest, Simon Grayson led the team to prepare for the League Cup final with Tottenham Hotspur.
This season, Boas' luck is still a little worse, or it should be said that Tottenham is not a champion team. Although the lineup is very strong, their performance in the league can only be said to be average. At present, Tottenham Hotspur is ranked fifth in Leeds United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal. Although there is one less game, if you win the game, you can still surpass Arsenal and rise to fourth place. However, this result does not make much progress compared to last year. You must know that this is the result of Boas's spending 65 million pounds in the transfer market!
According to media reports, Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levi has decided to let Boas leave at the end of the season. Last summer, he wanted to sell Gareth Bale to Real Madrid at a high price. As a result, Boas repeatedly guaranteed that his team could win the league championship and kept Beldor for a season. Moreover, Levi also borrowed huge amounts of funds from the bank to invest in Boas, but the result...
Levi is really dissatisfied with Boas now!
But Boas had no good idea. He originally wanted to take advantage of the chaos in the league after the retirement of the "Old Sir" and attack the champion. However, he didn't expect that there would be another Simon Grayson without "Old Sir". Leeds United's performance this season was simply terrifying and irresistible. The Premier League has played 26 rounds now, and Leeds United still has 22 wins, 4 draws and 70 points unbeaten. What's even more terrifying is the team's attack power. After two-thirds of the season, they scored 109 goals, which is already the second most goals in Premier League history. The one who scored the most goals was the "Youth Guards" last season. They scored 119 goals at the time, but that was the result of the whole season!
Boas finally led the team to the League Cup final. He thought that he would not return empty-handed this season, but they met Leeds United again. All Boas could do was to lead the team to prepare early.
The current "Youth Guards" are really powerful and troublesome. Just think about their offensive lineup composed of Tevez, Pivkowski, Jonny Hausen, Shaq and others in the frontcourt. It will make people feel irresistible, especially Shaq who was pushed to the front midfielder position on January 15 this year. The performance of this monster is really daunting. In 9 games, only when they first played the front midfielder did not score goals in the away game against Arsenal. After that, they scored goals in every game, and there were many, which was very scary... 16!
16 goals in 9 games!
What is this concept?
The average number of goals scored by Shaq reached 1.77. If you consider that Shaq would score more goals in a certain game, it would be when you would face a Shaq who had an eruption like a volcano.
Leeds United has a lot of stars, but the most threatening one is definitely Shaq!
This season, Shaq has scored 32 goals and 10 assists in 25 league games, including Cup and Champions League, and scored 47 goals in 41 games, with an average goal rate of more than one. In the first half of the season, Shaq played in the midfielder who was even further back. Now that he is at the front midfielder, the level of threat he posed to his opponent has definitely been rolling around several times.
League Cup final...will he score another goal?
When Boas thought of this problem, he felt so annoyed that his heart was on fire...
On the contrary, Simon Grayson felt a sense of happiness at this time. Until now, the "Youth Guards" have performed well on many fronts. The League Cup has reached the final with Shaq and a group of substitutes. This time, I have to kill Tottenham and Tottenham to win the trophy. It is definitely a sin to miss the trophy in front of my eyelids.
So, Simon Grayson told the players his decision when he was talking to the players... and went all out to win the League Cup!
After hearing the head coach's words, Leeds players' mood became more and more intense. Of course, the value of the League Cup champion is not high. Even if the prize is only 100,000 pounds, it is not much if it is evenly divided. But even if this championship trophy is not valued, it is also a champion, right?
When the league is over and the league championship trophy is over, Leeds United can at least be called the "double champion"!
The "Youth Guards" who were determined to win the championship started their performance in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium on March 2.
Yes, it's just a performance!
As soon as they started, Leeds United took the initiative in the game very strongly. They cooperated and ran through their habitual passes, control and running. They had already taken over the game ten minutes into the game.
In the 27th minute, Leeds captain Jonny Hausen shot from a small penalty area on the left side of Tottenham Hotspur, and the ball was sent into the opponent's goal from the near corner... 1:0!
Eight minutes later, Shaq made Jonny Hausen's shot into Tottenham's empty goal... 2:0!
In the 45th minute, Pivkovsky dribbled the ball from the right to Tottenham Hotspur's penalty area and passed it across the goal. Shaq, who was in line from the back point, used his body to hold back the strong Tottenham Hotspur No. 30 Senegal's black defender Papa, and pushed the ball into the goal with a arch one meter in front of the goal... 3:0!
Seeing that the team was able to expand their advantage again as the first half was approaching the end of the first half, Simon Grayson hugged his assistant excitedly. Now he felt that his decision to push Shaq to the front midfielder was too wise. Shaq's consecutive goals were the best proof.
In fact, Simon Grayson also borrowed Barcelona's tactical style from this. Messi actually played a virtual center in Barcelona. Although Shaq is currently playing as a front midfielder, his actual role is also a virtual center. However, his physical condition is better and his skills are equally comprehensive, Shaq is more suitable for this position than Messi.
Of course, Simon Grayson did not completely copy Barcelona's tactics. He made huge changes in the midfield and frontcourt. Leeds United did not have Xavi, and Iniesta, a player who could use the pass from the middle to break through and directly threaten the opponent. But Jonny Hausen has extremely strong breakthrough ability, and David Bentley's pass is also extremely accurate. Especially Shaq in the middle needs space for movement. The larger the space for movement, the greater the role Shaq can play, which is why the "Young Guards" that are now invincible.
Leeds United's three goals scored Tottenham's temper to lose all their temper, and they completely lost their confidence and fighting spirit.
Fortunately, Leeds United was not so aggressive in the second half. However, when the game was 62 minutes into the game, Pivkovsky was tripped by Croatian defender Korluka in the penalty area and got a penalty kick. Shaq scored the penalty and completed a hat-trick.
When the final whistle was blown by the referee, the Wembley Stadium was full of cheers from Leeds fans. Although winning the League Cup was nothing, the team was so calm and composed and defeated a strong opponent like Tottenham Hotspur with a score of 4:0. The domineering attitude he showed really made people feel excited.
After the game, Boas walked into the player channel with a peaceful look on his face. He knew that his coaching career at Tottenham Hotspur was about to come to an end. The contrast between his bleak back and Simon Grayson, who was surrounded by reporters in a high spirit in the distance is so clear... The king is successful, the bandit is defeated!
Once upon a time, when Boas first arrived at the "Blue Army" Chelsea to take over Mourinho, he was full of energy and ambitions. Unfortunately, his only situation at young age ruined his new life at Stamford Bridge. After that, although he picked up the coaching post at Tottenham and began to attack the Premier League championship, Boas and his senior brother Mourinho were still much worse than that. His not calm enough mentality made him fall on the road to success... Perhaps one day, this young and talented Portuguese will make a comeback.
Boas is a young man who is very popular with Fatty, but he still lacks background and his mentality is too tender... it's really too tender! I hope he will show his talent again one day!
Chapter completed!