Football: Rebirth 04, I Create a Black Shop in Football

The team's success was a big success.

Compared to the big win in this round, Li Shiguang was even happier about the failures of two other direct competitors.

Arsenal lost 2:3 to West Ham United at home, while Liverpool tied 1:1 with Birmingham at home. In this way, Leeds United finally expanded its lead over the two teams to 4 points, at least increasing its error tolerance.

It's February.

While major European leagues are in full swing, the top 16 of the Champions League will also start at the end of the month.

When he saw the schedule for this month, Li Shiguang swore that this was the first time he thanked the English Football Association for its schedule.

Leeds United's schedule in February was very easy, with only one League Cup second-round match against Arsenal and three Premier League matches.

And the most important match against Liverpool was scheduled three days before Liverpool's Champions League match, which made Li Shiguang very happy, because he knew that Benítez would definitely have to make a choice. If he fought hard with Leeds United, the away game in Portugal three days later would probably be difficult...

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On the first weekend of February, Leeds United came to the Macron Stadium to challenge their opponent Bolton in the 25th round of the Premier League away.

Because the two teams played against each other in the League Cup last month, and Bolton suffered a big loss at the hands of Alonso in the last game, Allardyce particularly emphasized the defense in the middle in this game. Facts also proved that they seemed to have found some methods, and Leeds United's offense did not achieve much effect throughout the first half.

As the situation was not getting better, Li Shiguang made adjustments after returning to the locker room, replacing Rivaldo and Camoranesi with Ribery and Falcao who had just recovered from injury, allowing Leeds United to focus on the flanks in the second half.

After the two sides changed sides, Li Shiguang's tactics were effective immediately. After focusing on the flanks, Leeds United's attack was much smoother. Ribery and Bale frequently used their speed to create killing opportunities on both sides of Bolton's penalty area. I thought the goal was just around the corner, but Pique, who started the game, was sent off by the referee in the 57th minute for a shovel from behind, which ruined Leeds United's good situation.

There was still about half an hour before the end of the game, and Li Shiguang was not so arrogant as to think that Kompany, a central defender, could handle the current situation. In desperation, he could only replace Berbatov with Silva.

For a moment, the situation on the field changed. Bolton used their numerical advantage to launch a wave of siege on Leeds United's goal, but the forwards' ability to seize opportunities was too poor. Several close shots were confiscated by Schmeichel because they were too straight. This situation of thunder without rain also made Allardyce on the sidelines anxious and cursed.

As the saying goes, those who do too much evil will perish by themselves. Bolton, who wasted too many opportunities, was finally punished.

At the last moment of the game, after Bolton's corner kick was once again picked up from the air by Schmeichel, he immediately threw the ball to launch a counterattack. After receiving the ball, Bale ran all the way and finally faced the goalkeeper and calmly pushed the ball into the goal.

In the end, Leeds United won the game.

In another game that ended a few minutes later, Arsenal also defeated Birmingham away and continued to threaten Leeds United in terms of points.

But in this round of games, everyone's attention is not on Leeds United or Arsenal, but on Stamford Bridge, because there, the leader Chelsea will face the challenge of Liverpool!

The ending of the game was exactly as expected. Liverpool failed to overturn the powerful Chelsea away from home. Drogba broke Liverpool's defense into pieces. In less than 70 minutes, Chelsea was already two goals ahead.

In the 83rd minute, something that made Benítez feel more uncomfortable than losing the game came. Deisler got his second yellow card of the game for pulling Lampard down. He was sent off after two yellow cards, which also meant that he would miss the next game against Leeds United. When Benítez thought of this, his face became even uglier.

After losing this game, Liverpool was overtaken by Blackburn, who came from behind, and the gap with Leeds United reached 7 points. In everyone's opinion, they were actually getting further and further away in the battle for the top four.

And there is the upcoming Champions League game, Benítez knows very well that he must make a choice...

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Three days later, Leeds United visited Highbury Stadium and saw Arsenal's starting lineup. Li Shi

Guang was also relieved.

Wenger, like in the last game, still sent out a full substitute lineup, which clearly meant giving up the League Cup.

He was under more pressure than Benítez, because their opponent in the Champions League round of 16 was the more powerful Real Madrid.

Seeing Wenger's loyalty, Li Shiguang also gave him face. After taking the lead in the first half, he made substitutions in the midfield, replacing all three midfielders. The score of 0:1 was maintained until the end of the game. Leeds United advanced to the League Cup final with a total score of 2:0 in two rounds.

Their opponent was Manchester United, who had defeated Blackburn earlier.

After three days of rest in Leeds, Benítez brought his Liverpool to visit Elland Road Stadium. Deisler did not come to Leeds with the main team because he received a red card in the last game. In order to preserve his strength for the Champions League game three days later, Benítez did not send all the main players in this game, which made Chiellini, who had already established a foothold in Liverpool, miss the first game with his old club after the transfer.

As the saying goes, take advantage of his illness to kill him. Li Shiguang had no idea of ​​supporting the brother team in the league to participate in the Champions League to win glory for the country, so at the beginning of the game, Leeds United, under his command, launched a siege on Liverpool with the home advantage.

In the 14th minute, Toure got the ball in the frontcourt and used his body to resist Carragher who was defending him closely, and then passed the ball to Alonso who was running at high speed. Then, Alonso's explosive shot showed Benitez another way of being consistent. Of course, after scoring, facing his mentor and old club who brought him to the Premier League, Alonso did not choose to celebrate, but just ran back to his own half silently.

Then, Liverpool, who were one goal behind, began to organize an attack and tried to counterattack. Gerrard also had two powerful shots that scared Schmeichel into a cold sweat, but after all, the shot was too straight and Schmeichel struggled to save it.

At the end of the first half, Liverpool's attack was cleared by Silva in the penalty area. Alonso, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, kicked the ball to the frontcourt before Kuyt. Falcao took the lead in the header with Hyypia because he stood in position in advance. After getting the ball, he did not be greedy, but directly passed the ball to Camoranesi who was running at high speed on the right.

Then it was Camoranesi's personal performance time. Facing the attacking goalkeeper Dudek, he made a clever lob shot and successfully scored his first goal after joining Leeds United.

In the second half, Liverpool gave up struggling early. After seeing that the game was still unable to score a goal after about 70 minutes, Benítez successively replaced several main players including Gerrard to save some strength for the Champions League three days later.

The score of 2:0 was also maintained until the end of the game...