He was fouled in the box, and Leeds were awarded a penalty, which Rodrigo converted. …who won an aerial duel with Tyrick Mitchell, flicking the ball on for Summerville. Patrick Vieira’s Londoners were centrally compact but vulnerable in wide areas, which Sam Greenwood exploited with a diagonal switch to the advanced right-back Rasmus Kristensen… Summerville and Gelhardt exchanged passes, but Palace recovered their shape. Roca dropped between right centre-back and right-back, and Crysencio Summerville, playing on the right wing, moved into the vacated central midfield space Roca then broke the Palace press with a vertical pass to Summerville, who received on the half-turn and drove forward. The principle was the same but the pattern looked different against Palace in Perth eight days later. …only for the ball to fall at the feet of Adam Forshaw, who threaded a diagonal pass through for Daniel James to chase.įrom an angle, James managed to beat the goalkeeper at his near post. The 20-year-old let the ball run through his legs, to Rodrigo, but a defender blocked it… … Harrison drove inside, playing a pass to the feet of Joe Gelhardt. Harrison can advance further forwards, and the Spaniard found him with a pass down the line… Roca dropped deep in the left half-space as they built from the back. Pascal Struijk was shoehorned in, and did quite well at times in possession, for the draw with Crystal Palace a week ago that concluded the trip.Ĭheck out Leeds’ opening goal against Brisbane. Leif Davis had a go three days later against Aston Villa but has since been sold to Ipswich Town of League One. Marsch tried Jack Harrison there, on paper at least, in the first tour game against A-League side Brisbane Roar.
![another word for running out another word for running out](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/story_medium/public/thumbnails/image/2015/01/16/12/drunk.jpg)
This happened more on the left than the right, but that is due to the absence of a high-quality natural left-back ( Stuart Dallas is still out after breaking a leg in late April). This was notable in central midfield (namely new boy Marc Roca), with a player dropping either between or beside the two central defenders and acting as the quarterback. Rotating positions and issues at left-backĪlthough Marsch likes a 4-2-3-1, this is by no means fixed positionally, and in all three matches, Leeds rotated positions.
![another word for running out another word for running out](https://i2-prod.chroniclelive.co.uk/incoming/article9042396.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/JS61259177.jpg)
Having analysed those three tour fixtures in Australia, here are five things to look out for from Marsch’s Leeds in the coming season. Aggressive, high pressing and reactive counter-pressing are the defensive cornerstones. It’s a style that massively suits one Patrick Bamford, as the strikers are often fed through-balls. Marsch typically deploys a 4-2-3-1 shape, with the three behind the striker attacking narrowly, the full-backs providing the width, and a strong emphasis on vertical play along the ground. In terms of tactical identity, Leeds have a head coach who has clearly been influenced by his time as an employee of the Red Bull group, having coached more than 200 games for its clubs in New York, Salzburg and Leipzig.