Starting with Real Madrid

On May 30th, the Dragon Stadium in Porto, Portugal.

Champions League final, Leeds United vs Paris Saint-Germain.

Before the game, many famous football figures, including Gao Shen, Ferguson and Wenger, were very optimistic about Leeds United.

This is really no accident, or partiality.

It is because of a natural defect of Paris Saint-Germain that Gao Shen mentioned before.

Ligue 1 is too comfortable!

Many people may think that it is not good to be more comfortable?

After Paris has achieved the best in Ligue 1, they can devote more time and energy to the Champions League. Doesn't this have an advantage over other teams?

Yes, this does have certain advantages.

But on the other hand, the league environment that is too comfortable lacks the pressure of competition, and the players are too relaxed. They can win casually and take the lead, even if they are slightly distracted, it doesn't matter. This is for any team and any player. , are not good things.

For example, in Gao Shen's previous life, he always felt that Mbappe's joining and staying in Paris was really not seeking to make progress.

Even before the deep travel, Mbappe has improved, but it is far from meeting the expectations of the outside world.

And the whole world knows that in that age group, it should be the stage where players increase the ball the fastest, but Mbappe's increase is too slow.

In this life, Mbappe was in Leeds United, and later moved to Real Madrid. Every year, he made progress by leaps and bounds.

The same situation is with Harland, last season and this season are almost like a different person.

This is what the league environment honed out.

Even like Rashford, during the critical period of ball growth, he encountered a sharp rise in height, which caused his entire technical characteristics to change, and his career was seriously affected.

But this season, he still played out, and he has made great progress.

People can say that Rashford did not meet the expectations for him back then, but the momentum of improvement after adjustment is absolutely surprising.

From this point of view, Neymar really shouldn't join Paris.

Similarly, there are Pogba, Varane, Kanter and others.

From a purely competitive point of view, they really shouldn't do this, but if they look at their entire career, or even life, they did nothing wrong.

This is not only because Paris has given enough money, but also because they have returned to their home country.

A lot of people miss this point.

But it is undeniable that when Greater Paris has a group of outstanding superstars, how can they ensure their concentration when they work hard and easily score a big score against their opponents in Ligue 1?

Gao Shen's suggestion is competition, competition within the team.

This has indeed played a certain effect, but from the perspective of Paris as a whole, it is still not enough.

Especially in the past two years, the Ligue 1 has really shown a decline, and it has become more and more obvious that the gap with the four major leagues, especially the gap with the Premier League, is getting bigger and bigger.

This is why Gao Shen is very supportive of the Qatar consortium's acquisition of the Premier League team.

If it doesn't work, these stars will let them transfer to Tottenham.

But as far as this Champions League final is concerned, it is very, very difficult for Paris to break through Manchester City.

Gao Shen even felt that if the big Paris met Real Madrid instead of Manchester City, they would probably have to stop.

In the Champions League final, facing the young and energetic Leeds United, Paris immediately exposed problems.

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As soon as the game started, Leeds United launched a crazy fast-paced pressing and pressing, especially the strengthening of the Paris midfielder's pressing, which directly made the Ligue 1 team unable to keep up.

In just over 2 minutes, Leeds United completed a steal on the right.

After Ashraf steals the ball, he quickly passes the ball to Valverde, and he sprints forward at the fastest speed, taking away the Parisian defenders and creating opportunities for Sancho.

Valverde passed the ball to Sancho, who dribbled a wide inside behind Ashraf.

At this moment, the two attackers of Leeds United completed a very clever movement coordination.

Harland moved forward in the middle, attracting the defensive attention of the Paris central defender. Rashford deliberately lagged behind Harland. From behind Harland, ran a zigzag line, from the right side of the top of the arc to the right side of the penalty area.

At this time, Sancho cut in with the ball and sent a direct pass.

Rashford went straight to the right side of the penalty area, caught up with Sancho's pass, and hit the goal with his right foot.

This shot was saved by goalkeeper Navas, but failed to form a goal.

But Leeds United's fast-paced offense and defense are still very sharp, and the players' running positions are also very thoughtful.

The insertion of Rashford, Harland, Sancho, and the team's two full-backs, together with midfielders Enzo Fernandez and Valverde, made Leeds United's entire midfield attack and two Sideways, are all very tightly knit together.

Under this kind of exquisite running position, Paris' defense was directly broken into cracks.

Do not believe?

Look at another attack organized by Leeds United more than a minute later.

It was Sancho who took the ball on the right rib, was forced by Pogba to break through, and was forced to go diagonally to the right line.

But just after crossing the center line, Sancho suddenly accelerated and dribbled the ball diagonally into the penalty area from between Pogba and Bernat.

Throughout the process, Pogba tried to physically suppress Sancho several times, but failed to stop the England winger.

Sancho sprinted all the way, forcing the ball out of the two defenders.

After rushing to the outside of the penalty area with the ball, Sancho saw Marquinhos coming up and immediately passed the ball across to Harland.

Harland faced the goal, but there was Varane in front of him, so he didn't stick to the ball. Once he stopped, he passed the ball horizontally with his left foot, and passed the ball from behind Sancho to the right side of Leeds United. .

At this moment, Ashraf inserted along the right line at an extremely fast speed. After catching up with Harland's pass, he rushed to the bottom line with great strides, and passed the ball low and flat with his right foot to the front of the goal.

Rashford slapped his horse and rushed to meet the incoming ball.

If Navas had divine help at the critical moment, he tried his best to save the ball and directly saved the ball to the bottom line.

At this time, the game had just passed 4 minutes.

But anyone can see that Leeds United has almost broken the goal of Paris.

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Seeing Leeds United preparing for a corner kick, Wenger shook his head and sighed.

"Sancho can be regarded as a player with weak physical confrontation ability in Leeds United, but Pogba still can't hold him down."

Wenger regrets this.

This is not Pogba's lack of physical confrontation, but the whole habit of playing football.

Pogba played in Ligue 1, and he has developed a habit inadvertently, that is, he does not need to do his best to suppress his opponents, or just like just now, with a player in Ligue 1, Pogba only needs to be light. With a light lean, the opponent is disarmed.

If it really doesn't work, let it go, there is Bernat behind him.

But the problem is, now they are facing Sancho, Leeds United!

The reason why a habit is a habit is because it always appears inadvertently.

If Pogba had put enough pressure on Sancho just now, the England winger would not be able to break through at all. Most likely, he would have to make an emergency stop to protect the ball, and then pass back, or even staggered, his steps were messed up, and the ball was lost. up.

Whether in Leeds United or Real Madrid, Pogba can do it.

But two years after joining Paris, he can no longer do it.

This is the impact of the league environment.

On the other hand, Sancho's physical confrontation is indeed not strong, even a little weak, but he has been used to this level of physical competition for many years in the Premier League, so after he was squeezed by Pogba, instead of conceding the ball, he continued to fight. Bring it forward.

This is how the league environment trained him and brought him confidence.

In the two attacks of Leeds United just now, they both played their own fast pace, and at the same time made their opponents exhausted.

More importantly, Harland, as a high center forward, has shown irreplaceable value.

That is, he is using his advantages in speed, impact, strength confrontation and body, forcing Paris to focus his defense around him.

One on one?

Varane can't guard Harland.

When the opponent's defense gathers toward the center, that perimeter inevitably loosens up, creating more room for offensive players to roam around the center.

For example, with a ball just now, Rashford went around behind Harland and went straight into the right side of the penalty area.

The second ball was Harland's retreat. After pulling out the defensive player, he split the ball to the right. Ashraf made a pass to find Rashford in front of the goal.

The routines are ever-changing, but they are basically in the high center.

"This is what you said at the beginning, the tactics of the big center era!" Ferguson was convinced.

When Gao Shen proposed the era of the big center, everyone was still skeptical. Even the head coaches such as Guardiola were trying to play without a forward. Running forward.

But now, with the success of Leeds United, everyone has clearly seen this trend.

With or without a center forward, the difference is really too big.

"To be honest, with the current strength of Leeds United, the age structure of the team, and the lineup configuration, I really can't think of anyone who can stop Leeds United in the next few years?" Wenger said in admiration.

All of Leeds United's current situation seems to be accidental, but in fact, if you dig deeper, you will find that it is almost all Gao Shen's deployment and continuous accumulation in the past few years.

Including this group of young players, including a series of software and hardware such as the scouting system and youth training system created by Leeds United~www.NovelMTL.com~ All of these add up to create the current Leeds United.

If it is said that professional football is really a so-called system, then which club's system can compete with Leeds United next?

As far as the current situation is concerned, there is really no!

Perhaps, in the future, Manchester City, Real Madrid, or Tottenham, Newcastle and other teams will have such strength, but Leeds United may wreak havoc in European football for a long time, because this team is too scary!

"Back then, I told you that when Harland's youthful lineage grows up, we will be invincible!" Gao Shen said with a very confident smile.

He is somewhat domineering now.

But Leeds United's momentum has already been achieved, and there is no need for Gao Shen to hide his strength and bide his time.

At this time, almost in response to Gao Shen's words, Leeds United threatened to attack again on the pitch.

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