On one hand, Li Shiguang kept waving his hands from the sidelines, signaling his disciples to press forward.
On the other hand, today's midfielders and forwards are all young people who are not even 20 years old. Letting them take the lead and then retreating to defend is definitely more painful for them than taking them down.
29th minute.
Rodriguez crossed from the right wing again. Torres, who had drawn most of the defensive attention at the near post, cleverly let Rodriguez's low cross pass to the far post, where Reus, who was following up, didn't hold back this time and gently pushed the ball into the empty net.
Less than half an hour into the game, Leeds United scored two goals.
This left Fulham manager Sanchez on the sidelines somewhat bewildered. Before the match, he had been thinking of taking advantage of Leeds United's weakness to finish them off, so when arranging tactics in the locker room, he kept asking the players to launch a fierce attack after the start of the match.
Unexpectedly, the backlash came so quickly...
After taking a two-goal lead, Leeds United slowed down their attack and relied on a relatively solid defense to maintain their two-goal advantage going into halftime.
Fifteen minutes later, the two sides switched sides and resumed play.
Sanchez made substitutions during halftime, and made two substitutions at the start of the second half, clearly unwilling to lose the game away from home.
His substitutions were effective.
In the 63rd minute, Heskey helped Fulham pull one back through a corner kick.
However, after Li Shiguang made adjustments, Fulham did not cause any further trouble.
Ultimately, Leeds United secured a home victory against Fulham thanks to two first-half goals, maintaining their lead at the top of the league table.
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