thefictionvixens Chapter 233
Chapter 233
"Boss, this bastard is attacking us again."
Standing in the middle of the training ground and watching Simeone coming over, Li Shiguang knew who the bastard he was talking about without having to guess.
He took the notebook handed over by Simeone and took a look.
Sure enough, the front page headline of the sports section of the Manchester Evening News published an article titled "Leeds United, a weak successor, an illusory declaration of winning the championship", and the author's name in small print below was Charles Walters.
Since he was criticized by Li Shiguang at the press conference last time, he hasn't seen this damn writer for a long time.
After taking a quick look and finding that there was still nothing new, Li Shiguang returned the computer to Simeone after criticizing Leeds United for wanting to win the championship this season.
"Boss, I'm going to find Lind and ask him to help write a counterattack!" Simeone took the computer and said angrily.
Of course, he was surprised that Li Shiguang shook his head and rejected his proposal: "Don't worry about him, he's just a clown. Competitive sports must rely on results. The uncrowned king is always uncrowned. Do you understand what I mean?"
"But this kid is too arrogant. Every time we can't win the game, he will jump out and bark twice!"
"Hahaha, who cares, don't you think it will be more comfortable to slap him in the face with the championship in the end? Let's go to training. The next game can't be a draw again."
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On Saturday, the entire Leeds United team came to the Valley Stadium with the determination to win and challenge Charlton away.
Considering that the opponent's strength is not very strong, and after playing Charlton, Leeds United will go to Milan to play the first round of the Champions League quarterfinals with AC Milan, so Li Shiguang made a lot of rotations in this game, including putting Sun Jihai in today's starting lineup.
For Li Shiguang, this game is just a simple league game, the kind that plays 90 minutes and gets three points and leaves.
But for the Chinese fans who were watching the game in front of the TV in the middle of the night in faraway China, it had a little bit of extraordinary meaning. Because Charlton rented a player, Zheng Zhi, from China in this winter window.
It was in Charlton's match against Newcastle United last week that Zheng Zhi got his first start after coming to Charlton, and through this game, he directly conquered the hearts of coach Alan Pardew and Charlton fans.
Because he not only scored a goal in the last game, but also created a penalty for the team near the end of the game. Charlton also defeated the visiting Newcastle United with these two goals and won the extremely important three points on the road to relegation.
The unintentional rotation created a Chinese derby. When Li Shiguang saw Zheng Zhi in the opponent's starting list, he almost laughed out loud.
His eyes kept jumping between Cannavaro, who was arranged by himself to rest on the bench today, and Zheng Zhi, who was arranged by Alan Pardew as the shadow striker.
I secretly complained in my heart: "Damn, it's a good thing that I made a rotation when I was going to play in the Champions League, otherwise this would be too much. Zheng Zhi almost realized how powerful his future assistant coach is many years in advance."
Even when facing Leeds United, which almost played with all substitutes, Charlton did not get any benefits in the home game.
Zheng Zhi did not continue his wonderful performance in the last game. Under Mascherano's defense, Zheng Zhi did not get any good opportunities.
On the contrary, Sun Jihai got an assist through a two-on-one cooperation with De Bruyne. In the end, Leeds United also took away three points from the Valley Stadium with Podolski's header, and continued to put pressure on Manchester United.
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After playing Charlton, Leeds United will usher in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinals.
Completely different from the last round against Barcelona, now the outside voice, except for the Italian media, basically most people are more optimistic that Leeds United can easily get AC Milan.
The reason is very simple.
Leeds United defeated the defending champion Barcelona both at home and away.
AC Milan had a very difficult time against Celtic, a recognized underdog in the round of 16.
In the two rounds of 180 minutes, the two teams played 0:0.
In the end, AC Milan barely made it to the quarterfinals thanks to Kaka's goal in the overtime of the second game.
And their recent performance in the league is also mediocre. They were defeated 2:1 by their city rival Inter Milan, and tied 1:1 with Roma last week.
Based on this state, most people are not optimistic about them, which is understandable.
But it is estimated that only Leeds UnitedShiguang knows that this is all appearance!
In his previous life, after watching the Champions League final this season, Li Shiguang's perception of football changed a little bit.
Because sometimes, a world-class player can really carry a team forward!
For example, Kaka in AC Milan now!
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April 4, 2007, San Siro Stadium.
The two teams that will face off tonight have already lined up in the stadium.
Ancelotti, who always looks like a good guy wherever he goes, didn't let Li Shiguang wait too long. After the home team's bench arranged the last work before the start, he hurried over, took the initiative to shake Li Shiguang's hand and joked: "Li, good evening, you have to let the Leeds United boys go easy on you later!"
Although they are opponents, this fat man with a gentle smile really doesn't make people feel any hostility.
Li Shiguang could only smile and cooperate with him: "Good evening, Carlo, then let's make a deal, you tell your players to kick the ball into their own goal when the game is about to end, and I will tell them not to attack too hard, hehehe."
"That won't work." Hearing Li Shiguang's words, Ancelotti shook his head, "This year I'm just looking at the Champions League to make some bonuses, you have to leave me a way out."
Li Shiguang was still preparing to chat with Fatty An for a few more words.
But Simeone suddenly popped up from the side: "Two big guys, you have finished guessing the sides, I say you should also take your positions? The long guns and short guns over there are pointing at you, don't say I didn't remind you, you don't want this overly unbelievable conversation just now to be heard by those reporters...?"
"Get lost!"
The two laughed and cursed at Simeone at the same time, then separated their hands and returned to their respective positions, waiting for the referee's opening whistle at ease...