Before the match, Li Shiguang had already guessed that Blackwell would definitely park the bus and then look for a counter-attack opportunity, but Li Shiguang, who was very familiar with various tactics, was not afraid of you parking the bus at all!

Therefore, in today's match, Li Shiguang did not use his usual 4-2-3-1 formation, but instead adopted a 4-4-2 formation. He also made some slight adjustments in the midfield and forward areas.

Considering that if the opponent crams too many players in the back line, making it difficult to break through the middle and flanks, then high balls might be a good attacking tactic. Therefore, Dzeko, who is 1.93 meters tall, made his first league start since joining Leeds United, and he was paired with Leeds United's main striker Falcao.

The attacking midfield position is still held by veteran actor Deisler. After five days of rest, his physical condition has returned to its peak.

Ribery and Bale were positioned on the left and right wings respectively, while Li Shiguang fielded the tall, strong, and tough Yaya Toure in the defensive midfield position. His powerful long-range shot was a key weapon to break the deadlock when the game was in a tense situation!

As Li Shiguang predicted, West Bromwich Albion's defense retreated deep after the start of the match and paid great attention to defending the area within 15 meters of the penalty area. As soon as Deisler or Falcao got the ball in this area, two or three West Bromwich Albion players would immediately surround them to press them.

Whenever this situation arises, the two players, seeing that it's not easy to turn around, don't rush forward. Instead, they pass the ball back to the backfield and slowly pass it around until West Bromwich Albion players press forward to intercept it, at which point Leeds United will pass the ball forward.

This situation continued for almost 10 minutes. West Bromwich Albion fans already harbored deep hatred for Li Shiguang, and the game had been rather unexciting during this period. So now, whenever Leeds United passed the ball back, a chorus of boos and curses would immediately erupt from all around.

"What are you bragging about? You think you can score against us three like this? Are you going to try and score from the backfield?"

"This Leeds United team doesn't look very good. How could Chelsea lose to a team like this?"

"It seems that Ferguson is really getting old. He can't even beat these young guys who just keep passing the ball back to the team."

"Looking at it this way, Blackwell doesn't seem so bad after all; at least West Brom won't pass it back."

"Dude, if you don't understand football, you don't have to watch, really! West Brom are all defending in their own half right now, including their forwards. How are they going to pass back? Pass it into their own goal?"

But no matter how loud the boos were, Leeds United's attacking rhythm remained steady. As soon as they got possession, under the deliberate control of Toure and Deisler, the pace would immediately slow down, and they would advance slowly into West Brom's half.

Gradually, perhaps due to a change in mindset, or perhaps because the cheers from the surrounding fans gave the West Brom players confidence, Li Shiguang keenly noticed that the West Brom players began to subconsciously press forward.

Glancing at Blackwell on his right, Li Shiguang felt that he didn't seem to have noticed the problem, so he took advantage of a dead ball to call Deisler over and whispered a few words to him.

After the restart, from a bird's-eye view, you would see that Leeds United's entire formation had shifted back slightly.

But clearly, neither Blackwell nor the West Brom players realized this.

In the 17th minute, Bale's breakthrough on the left wing was intercepted, and West Brom immediately launched a counter-attack. The entire team's formation immediately pressed towards Leeds United's half. After being pressed for more than 10 minutes, seeing their home team had an excellent counter-attack opportunity, the surrounding fans became excited. For a moment, the cheers and encouragement in The Hawthorns Stadium reached a climax!

The attack went smoothly, with West Brom quickly passing the ball to the vicinity of Leeds United's penalty area. However, the final shot was blocked by the onrushing Schmeichel, who dived to catch the ball securely.

Without hesitation, he immediately got up from the ground and kicked the ball out with a long pass, which accurately found Dzeko near the center circle.

Dzeko didn't waste any words. After blocking the defender's position, he jumped high and headed the ball to Deisler, who was directly in front of him. Deisler didn't look around before receiving the ball, but after seeing Dzeko pass the ball in his direction, he glanced at the front.

Without any adjustment, as the ball rolled in front of him, he quickly pushed it out with the instep of his right foot, making a through pass that sent the ball flying towards the right flank of West Bromwich Albion's defense.

Two seconds later, Ribery's sprinting figure appeared on the television broadcast!

West Bromwich Albion's defense is now completely exposed, while Leeds United's time from Schmeichel kicking the ball out to Ribery's high-speed run to receive it was less than 5 seconds. So when Ribery received the ball, there was no defender directly in front of him!

"Beautiful!!! A deadly through ball!!! A classic one-on-one chance, now Ribery only has that poor goalkeeper in front of him!!! Scoring a ball like this is as easy as drinking water for him!!!" From Herre Geddy's choice of words, you can tell that in his mind, this was already a sure goal.

West Bromwich Albion fans realized the danger was approaching and booed loudly in an attempt to distract Ribery, who had already run into the penalty area.

But let alone Ribery with all attributes at +5, even without this +5, he wouldn't have missed such a one-on-one opportunity. Facing the West Brom goalkeeper who came out, Ribery faked a shot and then cut inside, directly getting past the goalkeeper and putting the ball into the empty net.

Watching Ribery celebrate with a knee slide on the field.

West Bromwich Albion fans, who had just been mocking Li Shiguang's arrogant pre-match remarks, fell silent, watching in anguish as the Leeds United players celebrated.

In the coaching area, Blackwell's face had turned a deep purplish-red. Damn it, he'd been holding on for almost 20 minutes, hoping for a counter-attack opportunity, but it was the opponent who scored first through a counter-attack. Ugh, this is troublesome. To equalize or win, they have to attack.

But looking at his teammates on the field, they were now frustrated because of the goal they conceded.

Blackwell's mood sank to rock bottom once again.

Most of these are young players that Bates, the veteran coach, promoted from the youth team during the summer transfer window to save costs. They couldn't even manage to equalize against weaker opponents in the previous few games, and now, facing a stronger Leeds United, how easy is it for them to come back?