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

After the match with Tottenham, the entire Premier League will have a long vacation, and then Leeds United's next game will have to wait until early March to compete with Manchester United for the League Cup! This week, everyone's focus is still on the European arena, but the two-day schedule of the Champions League has given English fans a blow, because except for Arsenal's home draw with Real Madrid and entering the quarterfinals with away goals, Liverpool and Chelsea were both eliminated in the Champions League. What fans can't accept the most is that Chelsea at least took a draw at Camp Nou, while Liverpool was beaten 0:2 by the visiting Benfica at home, and they didn't score a goal in two games and were shamefully eliminated. In fact, in Li Shiguang's opinion, English fans should really thank the current Premier League teams. Regardless of whether they win the championship or not, at least one Premier League team will reach the Champions League final every year. You know, in a few years, starting from the 2012 season, for a full 6 years, English fans will never see any Premier League team enter the Champions League final again.

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Time quickly came to March, and the attention of English football gradually withdrew from the European arena to the domestic arena. There were still 3 days before the match between Leeds United and Manchester United, and the supporters of both sides had already started to spray each other on major platforms.

"Leeds United should first consider how to keep their top four position! Forget about the League Cup!"

"Manchester United is at the bottom of the Champions League group, hehe, dog head."

"Oh, so what, at least we played in the Champions League!"

"Manchester United is at the bottom of the Champions League group, hehe, dog head."

"The guy above, is this all you can type? Although we were eliminated in the group, at least we have basically secured a place in the Champions League next season, unlike you guys who are still struggling!"

"Manchester United is at the bottom of the Champions League group, hehe, dog head."

"The guy above, where do you live?"

"Manchester United is at the bottom of the Champions League group, hehe, dog head."

"You TM....................."

In fact, the League Cup is really a chicken rib in England. In the hearts of fans, its importance is only higher than the Community Shield. The reason why this game has received so much attention is largely because the League Cup may be the only trophy that these two teams can compete for this year. To put it simply, whoever loses will get nothing for the whole year.

In contrast, the fans of Leeds United are more rational. They all know that Leeds United's biggest goal this year is to qualify for the Champions League next season. As for the League Cup, it would be best if they can get it, but they won't curse if they don't.

But for Manchester United fans, this year can be regarded as a dark year.

They were eliminated from the FA Cup by Liverpool, and even more outrageous was eliminated from the Champions League at the bottom of the group. As for the league, although Manchester United is only 12 points behind Chelsea and still has hope of winning the championship, everyone knows that Chelsea has no cup games to play now. There is no need to say how terrifying it is for Chelsea to deal with the league with all their strength. Therefore, in the hearts of Manchester United fans, there is a reason to win this game!

In addition to the mutual scolding of fans from both sides, this kind of trash talk before the game is of course inseparable from the analysis of major English media.

For example, Manchester United's mouthpiece, Manchester Evening News, analyzed the two teams in an earlier column: "Leeds United's recent state is pretty good. In February, they achieved three wins and one draw. But if you study it carefully, you will find that this record is a bit exaggerated, because among their four opponents in February, Liverpool and Arsenal retained their strength because they had to play in the Champions League, and did not go hard with Leeds United. Everton knows that they were not in good shape, and the core midfielder was injured and absent. So after watching the four games, the only team that can be regarded as having played a serious game with Leeds United is Tottenham, but Leeds United did not win this game. But Manchester United, on the other hand, was in such a good state in February that they not only won all four games, but also had a goal difference of more than 3 in each game. What's more, there is a big gap between the strength of the two teams' head coaches and players! So in summary, we think Manchester United has an 80% chance of winning this final!" Although the outside world is generally more optimistic about Manchester United's ability to win the final, Ferguson did not underestimate the enemy. In recent training, Manchester United's players

They all felt the pressure from Ferguson. Not only was his face extremely serious, but he was also very strict about the execution of tactics. If the players made a mistake in training, they would be stopped by the old man and scolded. In this atmosphere, even Ronaldo and Rooney, who usually like to joke during training, have restrained themselves a lot in recent days.

But what they didn't know was that after finishing training, Ferguson did not go home as usual, but returned to his office and watched the recent game videos of Leeds United over and over again until late at night. For several days in a row, the lights in Ferguson's office were the last to go out in the Carrington base.

The reason why the old man attached so much importance to this game was that unlike those mouth-cannon players who expressed their opinions on the Internet or in newspapers, Ferguson had actually fought with Li Shiguang. He knew how difficult that young man was. He knew that he had to use all his strength to win the final.

Moreover, Manchester United has not won any championship for two years. For Manchester United today, the League Cup, which is not very valuable, is an honor that cannot be lost!

Like Ferguson, Li Shiguang also has reasons not to lose. After all, this is the first cup championship he has led the team, and as the outside world says, this is also the only championship that Leeds United can fight for this season.

In this relatively tense atmosphere, the time came to March 1st, and the final of the 2005-2006 English League Cup was about to start!

"Ladies and gentlemen! I am Lineker, the live commentator tonight! It is an honor to meet you all today at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff! Tonight, Leeds United and Manchester United meet here, and 90 minutes later, one of them will lift the trophy of this season's English League Cup!!!"

"Now, let's welcome the two teams with the warmest applause and cheers!!!"

As Eddie Gray's voice fell, the Leeds United players in white jerseys and the Manchester United players in red jerseys walked out of the player tunnel under the leadership of the referee.

At the same time, as if they had made an appointment, Li Shiguang and Ferguson also looked at each other at the same time, and both saw the fighting spirit in each other's eyes.

The decisive battle! It's about to start!