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

The game was played in a different way.

The development of this game was exactly the same as what Li Shiguang remembered. The powerful Juventus was defeated by Arsenal's endless running. The 19-year-old Fabregas fully demonstrated his talent in this game. One pass and one shot helped Arsenal win the game. Juventus returned to Turin in disgrace after conceding two goals to prepare for the second round next week.

Throughout April, Leeds United and Arsenal can be said to be inseparable.

In the 32nd round of the Premier League, Leeds United was tied by Blackburn on the road, but Arsenal won 5:0 against Aston Villa at home. After two consecutive draws, Arsenal has narrowed the gap with Leeds United to 2 points.

In the 33rd round of the Premier League, Leeds United, which was in poor form, was tied at home again, but fortunately, Arsenal lost to Manchester United away in this round, and Leeds United narrowed the score gap to 3 points.

In the 34th round of the Premier League, Arsenal defeated the visiting West Bromwich Albion at home with a semi-main lineup. After this game, West Bromwich Albion became the second team to be relegated this season after Sunderland. On another field, Leeds United ended its three consecutive draws and finally won a victory away from home, still maintaining its lead over Arsenal, and after this game, Leeds United once again surpassed Tottenham and came to the third place in the standings.

In the 35th round of the Premier League, both teams won at the same time. After this round of games, even Li Shiguang had to admire Wenger.

You should know that in these 12 days, Arsenal played a total of 4 games, including two crucial Champions League semi-finals. In this case, Wenger used his ability to use his players to the extreme. Not only did he win one and draw one in the Champions League and reach the final, but he also took into account the Premier League and continued to keep pressure on Leeds United.

In this tense and intense atmosphere, the 2005-2006 Premier League season finally came to an end.

Since Chelsea had won the league championship in advance after defeating Manchester United 3:0 at Stamford Bridge in the last round of the league, the attention of the last round of games was mainly focused on the battle for the top four between Tottenham, Leeds United and Arsenal and the relegation battle between Birmingham and Portsmouth.

The relationship between Birmingham and Portsmouth is not that complicated. Since the two teams were not direct opponents in the last round, and Portsmouth is now 2 points ahead of Birmingham, as long as Portsmouth does not lose this game, they can successfully avoid relegation.

But now the relationship between Tottenham, Leeds United and Arsenal is a bit complicated.

After entering April, Tottenham's state plummeted. During the period when Leeds United drew consecutively, they suffered several defeats. Although they adjusted later, they were still overtaken by Leeds United.

Now Leeds United ranks third in the standings with 65 points, Tottenham is 1 point behind, and Arsenal is 2 points behind Tottenham in fifth place. The three teams now have their own advantages.

First, Arsenal, who are ranked last, actually, if Arsenal can beat Barcelona in the final half a month later, then no matter what their final ranking in the league is, they can directly participate in the Champions League next season as the defending champion, but Wenger dare not gamble, after all, it is Barcelona, ​​and Leeds United is easier to deal with.

Then Li Shiguang's situation is very simple, as long as he does not lose the game against Arsenal, he will secure the Champions League spot.

The advantage of Tottenham is that they don't have to fight like the other two teams in the last round. Their opponent is West Ham United, which ranks 9th. To be honest, the possibility of a car overturn is not very high.

Since May 1st, the media and the Internet have never stopped discussing the focus games six days later, but when everyone focuses on the game.

On the morning of May 4th, an explosive news broke out in Italy and quickly spread to the world football!

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May 4, 2006, Thursday, sunny

Li Shiguang arrived at the Thorp Arch training base at around 9 o'clock in the morning as usual.

He was busy these days preparing for the crucial match against Arsenal on Sunday. After all, this match not only affects whether Leeds United can get a place in the Champions League next season, but also affects the task issued by the system to Li Shiguang. If he gets into the top four of the Premier League, he can get the platinum treasure chest rewarded by the system.

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"It's been a long time since I opened a treasure chest!" Li Shiguang muttered as he rubbed his aching shoulders and just opened the office door.

He made himself a cup of tea, sat down and turned on the computer, and the phone on the table rang.

"Mr. Li! You are amazing!" As soon as he put the phone to his ear, Raiola's excited voice came out from inside, "No wonder you reminded me before! You knew about Moggi's activities before, right?"

Li Shiguang was a little confused when he heard Raiola's description at first, but when he heard Moggi's name, Li Shiguang reacted immediately and took the phone in front of him to take a look. Damn, it turned out to be the 4th. I was so busy during this period that I forgot the date. Today is the day when the phone gate broke out!

Just 5 minutes ago, Raiola, who had finished breakfast, received the newspaper delivered today. As usual, he lit a cigar and sat comfortably on the sofa. Raiola spread out the "Gazzetta dello Sport" on the coffee table.

But just a glance at the big headline on the front page, Raiola was attracted by the content.

Because "Gazzetta dello Sport" used two pages to report the call records of Juventus General Manager Moggi and Serie A referee designated Paileto for six seasons. After reading the whole article, it gave detailed evidence that Moggi bribed Paileto to designate a referee to whistle Juventus's game in order to manipulate the result of the game.

After reading it, Raiola had only one thought in his mind. If the above news is true, then Serie A is over. This kind of bad match-fixing incident will definitely destroy the image of Italian football.

Just as he subconsciously put the cigar into his mouth, Raiola suddenly remembered that Li Shiguang had told him in Turin a few months ago that something might happen in Italian football and asked him to make some preparations in advance, so he quickly put out the cigar that he had just smoked for two puffs, took out his mobile phone and called Li Shiguang.

He was so curious. How could Li Shiguang, an Englishman, know such a secret in Italian football so long in advance?