thefictionvixens Chapter 176
Chapter 176
Li Shiguang, who was in Leeds, had not yet thought that Calderon had been forced into a corner by his two moves and was ready to reopen negotiations with him.
He was concentrating on preparing for the match against Chelsea, which was also the first time Li Shiguang and Mourinho faced each other this year.
There is no doubt that the match between Leeds United and Chelsea on Saturday is definitely the top priority of this round of the Premier League in the eyes of the outside world. In the past few days, the Thorp Arch Training Base and Cobham Training Base were always surrounded by reporters and fans. Everyone wanted to hear the views of the two coaches who had some grudges before on this game before the game.
But Li Shiguang and Mourinho, two recognized trolls in the English media, seemed to have agreed on it and did not show up at the gate of the base at all.
Until Friday afternoon, a reporter finally caught Mourinho driving out of the main gate at the entrance of Cobham Base. As soon as the microphone was handed over to him to ask what he thought about tomorrow's game, the Portuguese first asked Li Shiguang if he had expressed his opinion on tomorrow's game. After learning that Li Shiguang had not made any comments, Mourinho also ignored the reporter's microphone, quickly rolled up the window and drove away from the scene.
This time, the abnormal behavior of the two head coaches who have always been tough opponents attracted everyone's attention.
Lineker also made a special analysis on his Twitter.
"Today, the 19th round of the Premier League has basically ended. Manchester United quickly adjusted their status after last week's defeat. 10 minutes ago, they just took away 3 points from Villa Park with three wonderful goals. Ferguson also successfully won the half-time championship of the Premier League this season. Congratulations to them! But I know that everyone is actually focusing on the Christmas Eve battle between Leeds United and Chelsea tomorrow night. Interestingly, the game is about to start tomorrow, but the two most angry coaches in the BIG5 have not appeared in everyone's vision for a whole week, and the two have not expressed any opinions on tomorrow's game, which is not common. I boldly make a prediction that Li Shiguang and Mourinho should be sitting in their offices at this time, watching the opponent's game videos over and over again, thinking about how to win tomorrow's game worth 6 points!"
Li Shiguang didn't know whether Mourinho was doing this.
But he was really hit by Lineker.
The players had already finished today's training and left work.
But Li Shiguang did not go home after training like he did a few days ago. He even rejected Chen Guanhai's invitation to dinner and went straight back to his office, watching the Chelsea game video that he had studied over and over again in the past few days on his computer.
To be honest, there will be a game tomorrow, but unlike the last time against Manchester United, Li Shiguang really didn't find any big flaws in Chelsea's lineup.
If you have to say it, Shevchenko, who was introduced in the summer for 50 million euros, seems to be a little uncomfortable with Mourinho's tactical system. But even if Shevchenko is in poor condition, the increasingly fierce Drogba next to him is enough to make Leeds United's defense suffer.
But in Li Shiguang's opinion, the real terrifying point of this Chelsea team is their midfield and backcourt.
The Premier League has already played 18 rounds. With Cech injured and absent, the back line composed of Ashley Cole, Terry, Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira has only conceded 11 goals in total, which is only one more than Manchester United, which ranks first.
Li Shiguang knows that the main reason why Manchester United concedes less goals is their strong offensive power. This season, Manchester United often suppresses opponents in the game.
But Chelsea is not like that! Mourinho originally focused on defensive counterattacks!
In front of this iron-like back line, Mourinho also arranged Makelele and Essien as two barriers to sit in the back midfielder position, and even in front of these two, there are Lampard and Ballack who are both offensive and defensive.
With this kind of midfield and backcourt configuration, Li Shiguang has seen too many times from the video that the opponent's attack was disrupted in Chelsea's half, and then they intercepted the ball and handed the ball to Drogba who was waiting in front, and the Warcraft simply pushed all the way to complete the goal!
After frowning and watching for a while, Li Shiguang turned off the computer, leaned back in his chair and rubbed his temples, and began to calculate Mourinho's approximate arrangements for tomorrow.
From the current lineup of Leeds United, the right side guarded by Mills is undoubtedly the biggest shortcoming.
If nothing unexpected happens, Mourinho will definitely look for a breakthrough from his right side.
"If that's the case..." Li Shiguang suddenlyHe opened his eyes, picked up a pen and started drawing on the paper in front of him.
Soon, a 4-3-3 formation appeared under his pen, and all the names were marked.
The three people in the front are Drogba in the middle, Robben and Shevchenko on the left and right.
The three midfielders are Lampard, Essien and Makelele in a diamond position, but Essien's position is mobile. When Chelsea attacks, he will most likely run to the central midfielder position.
The backcourt must be the unshakable Terry four-man team. Due to Cech's serious injury, Mourinho can only send veteran Carlo Cudicini to the goalkeeper position.
After drawing this formation, Li Shiguang frowned more tightly, his eyes stared at the names on the paper, and the pen in his hand also rhythmically tapped the table, making a crisp sound.
About a minute later, he suddenly moved the pen back to the paper, and then drew a heavy circle on the position of Chelsea's right back. Looking at the name Paulo Ferreira, Li Shiguang began to make calculations in his mind.
"Since you are likely to attack my right side, I can only find the thinnest point on your thick board and keep drilling."
Indeed, although Chelsea's defense line has no obvious loopholes, compared with Ashley Cole on the left side, Li Shiguang thinks that Ferreira's point will be easier to break through!
The Portuguese's advantage is his accurate position selection and abundant physical strength when defending, and speed is not his strong point. If Bale and Ribery make a position swap tomorrow, and let Bale and Lahm keep attacking Ferreira, there may be unexpected gains.
"Huh~"
After thinking it through, Li Shiguang stood up from the chair and prepared to leave the office to solve his own dinner.
But before he walked out from behind his desk, the door of the office was suddenly pushed open by Allen in a hurry with a "bang". Allen then covered the phone in his hand and said to Li Shiguang excitedly.
"Boss, Calderon called again..."