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

The game was a big success.

After a day off, the players returned to the team and headed to London on Wednesday morning under the leadership of Li Shiguang.

That night, Leeds United played their main force and defeated West Ham United with a two-goal advantage away from home.

After this round of games, it was officially announced that the 2005-2006 Premier League season was halfway through.

On the standings.

Chelsea topped the list with 17 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss and 52 points without any suspense, taking the title of half-time champion.

And Manchester United, who just lost 0:1 to Chelsea at Old Trafford, ranked second with 12 wins, 5 draws, 2 losses and 41 points.

The third place is Tottenham with 12 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses and 40 points.

Then the fourth place is Leeds United, which has reached 32 points after a wave of five consecutive wins.

Below Leeds United are the traditional powerhouses Arsenal and Liverpool. The status of both teams has improved in recent league games. Like Leeds United, they have also won a wave of consecutive victories. Now they have 30 points. Arsenal ranks fifth with the advantage of goal difference, and Liverpool ranks sixth.

In the individual list, Falcao and Deisler both squeezed into the top ten of the scorer list. Falcao ranks behind Henry and Van Nistelrooy with 11 goals, and Deisler ranks ninth with 5 goals.

But in the assist list, Deisler is far ahead with 7 assists, and behind him is Lampard who has 4 assists.

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In recent days, major media and independent football people have published their mid-season summaries of Premier League clubs and their opinions on winter transfers in newspapers or social platforms.

Among them, the most talked-about and discussed club is definitely Chelsea, which is now firmly at the top of the list. Chelsea in the "Mourinho Year" is indeed strong. They not only dominate the Premier League, but also make it to the top 16 in the Champions League. Earlier, Mourinho gave up the League Cup and publicly mentioned in an interview that if he had to choose a domestic cup competition, he felt that the FA Cup would be more valuable.

And in people's opinion, with the Russian's financial strength and his support for Mourinho, Chelsea may have some reinforcements in the upcoming winter window. As long as Chelsea can maintain its current momentum in the second half of the season, it is hoped that it will complete the feat of the treble.

And to everyone's surprise, the second most discussed club is not Manchester United, which ranks second, but Leeds United, which only re-entered the top four after the 18th round of the game.

In the opinion of experts, Leeds United's state in this half of the season seems to be a bit up and down. Although they won Chelsea, which is in its heyday, and tied Manchester United at home when no one was optimistic about it, in the subsequent intensive schedule, Leeds United still paid the price for their young and weak lineup. They once fell outside the top 10 of the standings. They did win in these rounds, but the test of the schedule came again. In the eyes of most people, Leeds United may usher in another wave of injuries.

In addition to evaluating the Leeds United team itself, some experts who seem to have ulterior motives even criticized Li Shiguang's remarks at the beginning of the season that the goal was the top four. They said that the reason why Leeds United did not perform well in the middle was because Li Shiguang's wild words caused him too much pressure, and then he gave this pressure to the players of Leeds United, which led to the collapse during that period and the team's performance plummeted. These people pointed out in their articles that Li Shiguang should retract his unrealistic fantasies. If he is not strong enough, he should not fight hard. Leeds United has just returned to the Premier League. It is the right choice to retain its strength to impact the Europa League qualification next season or the League Cup championship that the strong teams do not value.

Li Shiguang will naturally ignore these people's remarks. He will only go at his own pace!

Of course, in addition to some pessimistic voices, Leeds United also has its own fans, such as Leeds United's famous Norman Hunter!

The day before the game with Chelsea, Norman Hunter wrote in the sports column of the Yorkshire Post: "The appearance of Lee guarantees the stability of the entire Leeds United team. There is no doubt about this. No rebuttal is accepted! All those who criticize Lee are those who have not seen him train or command the game on the spot! Lee is definitely one of the most talented football coaches I have ever seen. In my opinion, his attainments in on-the-spot command are even not inferior to Ferguson and Wenger. This has been seen since the last time they

It can be seen from the confrontation between the two. Some people even criticized him for putting too much pressure on the players. I would like to ask those who say this, what do you think football is? Is it a child's game? Tell me, which competitive sport does not have pressure? How can there be progress without pressure? As for the injury wave caused by the schedule that everyone is worried about, I don’t think there is any need to worry too much. So far, I have not heard any news that Leeds United will sell players in the winter. And looking at Li’s operations in the previous two transfer periods, I have reason to believe that Leeds United will definitely strengthen after the winter window opens! To be honest, I am very much looking forward to it. After all, all the players Li bought before have performed very well! ”

Li Shiguang read this article on the way to Stamford Bridge. While thanking the old man for speaking out, he also secretly said sorry to the old man in his heart, disappointing him! Because tomorrow, I will start selling players! But don’t worry, I believe that after seeing my signings, you will still be full of confidence in Leeds United!

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Because this round is an away challenge to Chelsea, the two coaches who have been hot topics recently and have old grudges have naturally become the objects of media interviews. Facing these crazy reporters, Mourinho is naturally very high-profile, and has been emphasizing that he will definitely win Leeds United at home to avenge the first round of away losses.

But the reporters found that compared with Mourinho’s high profile, Li Shiguang was uncharacteristically. After arriving in London the day before the game, he had been locking himself in the hotel room, even the previous away games. During the game, he did not see anyone near the hotel during his unshakable walk after dinner, which disappointed some reporters who had already mastered Li Shiguang's habits.

So it was not until the next day when Li Shiguang led the team to Stamford Bridge and got off the bus that Li Shiguang was caught by reporters. Facing the long guns and short guns in front of him, Li Shiguang just said lightly that Leeds United would definitely go all out in this game and strive for victory, and then walked straight to the locker room.

But when the starting lineups of the two teams came out, fans and reporters found that Leeds United's lineup was not in line with going all out at all! Because Li Shiguang, in addition to letting Chiellini and Deisler continue to start, all other positions were substitutes!

In the end, facing Chelsea, which was much stronger than them and had the home advantage, although Leeds United's substitutes tried their best, they were still taken away by Chelsea with a wave of 3:0.