thefictionvixens Chapter 411
Chapter 411
Strangely, Grant is not the only one who has this strange idea.
Before the game started.
When the players of both sides were still warming up on the field.
In the studio of Sky Sports.
Lineker and Jon, old friends of the fans, were also discussing this issue before starting today's official game commentary.
"Jon, Leeds United will play West Ham United the day after tomorrow. Although the results this season are average, the violent Hammers have always been stronger when facing strong opponents. Now the competition in the league is so fierce, do you think Li will simply give up the FA Cup..." Lineker said with some concern.
"Well... it's possible." Jon nodded solemnly, "Last year, Li chose to give up the FA Cup after the schedule became increasingly tight. Maybe it will be the same this year... After all, our league is not like other leagues. The teams ahead are too tight..."
Seeing that Jon's analysis was consistent with his own, Lineker felt a little regretful: "Hey..., if that's the case, wouldn't you, a Chelsea fan, be laughing your face off?"
"That's not the case." Jon shook his head with a smile, "Of course I'm happy that Chelsea won. But if they only beat Leeds United, who played with all substitutes, then Grant can only say that he was lucky."
"That's right." Lineker nodded in agreement, "After all, Chelsea is almost out of the game in the league, and Grant can only rely on the FA Cup and League Cup to please the boss..."
Jon: ? ? ?
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On the grass of Elland Road Stadium.
Li Shiguang was personally leading the players in pre-match warm-ups. Simeone, whose job was taken away by Li Shiguang today, was a little idle.
He walked around the field for a few laps.
Simeone suddenly approached Li Shiguang and Rivaldo, and pointed his mouth towards the opposite half: "Boss, why does that idiot Grant look at us for no reason? Is he trying to poach people from us?"
Following the direction of Simeone's mouth.
Li Shiguang subconsciously looked at the opposite side, and indeed saw Grant craning his neck to look at his half.
But what's interesting is that after Grant found out that he was looking at him, he immediately retracted his gaze, turned his head, and began to pretentiously direct his players to warm up.
Li Shiguang pursed his lips. When Mourinho was there, when encountering such a situation, the superiors and subordinates had to smile slightly and nod to each other...
Who knew that Grant would turn his head directly and not even give a polite smile.
This idiot is really rude!
Even if it's true as Simeone said, if you want to poach players from me, you have to at least leave a good impression on me, otherwise who the hell would sell players to you!
But it's obvious.
In this regard, Li Shiguang thought too much.
The reason why Grant intentionally or unintentionally looked at the half-time of Leeds United was very simple. He just wanted to judge Li Shiguang's starting lineup today from the intensity of the warm-up of each Leeds United player.
So when Li Shiguang turned his head and looked at him.
Grant, who was guilty of being a thief, reacted immediately to avoid Li Shiguang's gaze, instead of greeting Li Shiguang with a polite smile.....
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Twenty minutes later.
The players of both sides had finished warming up and returned to their own locker rooms.
Li Shiguang was going to give a long-lost pre-match speech today to cheer up the players and let them know his determination to win the FA Cup.
Before the warm-up, Simeone had announced the starting lineup in the locker room, so at this time, the eleven starting players had already changed their equipment and sat in their positions, looking at Li Shiguang, who had not stood in the middle of the locker room with a serious expression while waiting for the game to start for a long time.
The locker room gradually became quiet. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he seemed to feel that it was his facial expression that made the atmosphere in the locker room a little dull.
Li Shiguang quickly clapped his hands vigorously, raised a warm smile at the corner of his mouth, and spoke.
"Relax... Relax, boys... Don't be so serious! This is not the final..."
"Hahahahahahaha..."
With Li Shiguang's ridicule, the atmosphere in the locker room became much more relaxed than before, and the players also laughed together.
"But I still have to say... this is an important game!" Then, Li Shiguang changed the subject and scanned the faces of each player, "Sitting in this locker room are players who have joined this team since I took over Leeds United, such as your captain, Vincent. There are also players who just joined our team a few days ago, such as Alexander.""Over the past three years, with everyone's joint efforts, we have accomplished many miracles and won some honors! League Cup, League One Champions, Premier League Champions... Guys, we have created a lot of history that Leeds United's predecessors could not create!"
"Two years ago and last year, perhaps because of the lack of strength or because the schedule was too tight, I had to give up the fight for the FA Cup. But this year! We are strong and powerful! We are invincible! In the league and the Champions League, we are leading the way, at least until now, we have achieved very good results!"
"Then I think the time is ripe! This year, I don't want to give up the FA Cup again! The last time Leeds United won the FA Cup was in the 1971-1972 season, which is 36 years ago..."
As Li Shiguang's speech deepened, and as his voice became louder and louder.
Visible to the naked eye.
The players in the locker room, whether they were starters or substitutes, gradually became flushed.
In the locker room, where only Li Shiguang's voice could be heard, the players' breathing could be clearly heard.
"Guys, it's been 36 years! More than 50,000 fans sitting in the stands outside have been waiting for 36 years!" Li Shiguang's face flushed red. At this point, he gritted his teeth tightly and shouted in a way that seemed to be forced out of his throat, "Guys, I don't think they can wait any longer... This year, we can win this damn FA Cup, is there any problem!?"
"No problem!!!" The players shouted in the locker room.
"So now, in the visiting team's locker room next door, there are a group of Londoners sitting there, who are the first strong enemy we face on the road to winning this FA Cup! Guys, tell me, what should you do!?"
After Li Shiguang's voice fell, the locker room fell into silence.
Then.
Captain Kompany stood up and looked at the door fiercely, as if the Chelsea players were standing outside the door, and led the roar: "Tear them apart!!!"
"Tear them apart!!!"
In response to him and Li Shiguang.
It was the sound waves of more than 20 strong men that were enough to overturn the locker room...