novelhk Chapter 204
Chapter 204
"Damn, it went in. This card was not wasted!"
Seeing the football fly into the opponent's goal, Li Shiguang, who had not felt this kind of excitement for a long time, subconsciously touched his chest.
After the temporary game ended and the score was reversed, the morale of the Reading players was completely hit the bottom after the restart. In the remaining time, they could no longer organize a threatening attack against Leeds United.
Soon, the short 3 minutes ended not quickly, and the referee James blew the whistle to end the game.
Leeds United took three points from the Madejski Stadium without any danger!
Two days later, Leeds United ushered in the last game in these eight days. They will face the challenge of Portsmouth at Elland Road.
This game was played better than the game against Reading a few days ago. At least Leeds United scored the first goal.
In the 29th minute of the first half, Leeds United seized the opponent's passing error. After Alonso intercepted the ball in the midfield, he did not choose to carry the ball forward himself, but quickly handed the ball to Modric beside him. After all, Li Shiguang specifically explained before the game that after the game started, all the offensive organizations of Leeds United would be handled by Modric! Modric was also very strange. In the past, when he and Alonso played at the same time, Leeds United generally played a dual-core style. He and Alonso both had strong ability to organize offenses, and the right to pass the ball was equal. Today was the first time that Li Shiguang specifically emphasized before the game that all the balls should be handled by him! However, after the halftime break of the game against Reading a few days ago, Modric felt that he seemed to have some breakthroughs, especially in long passes and free kicks. In the past two days since returning to Leeds, he clearly felt that his free kicks were much better than before, and the fake human wall specially used for free kicks on the training ground suddenly lost its effect on him. In addition, the accuracy of his long passes has also improved a lot, almost to the point where he can hit the ball wherever he points!
For example, now, when Alonso intercepted the ball, Modric had already seen the running positions of his teammates. Podolski on the left and Ibrahimovic in the middle had already pulled out of position, and there was a large gap in front of them waiting for him to open up.
So Modric didn't stop the ball at all, and slightly blocked the ball in front of his body with the outside of his right foot, and then threw his arms and sent a long pass in the direction of Podolski's running.
Accompanied by the cheers of the fans on the scene, the football quickly crossed the Portsmouth defense line and landed directly in their penalty area.
Facing this cake that had been fed to his mouth, Podolski had no reason to waste it. After slightly adjusting his pace, he took advantage of the rebound of the ball when it landed and directly sent the ball into the Portsmouth goal with an unreasonable volley.
In the end, Leeds United also won a 1-0 victory over Portsmouth at home with Podolski's goal.
After completing this slightly tight schedule, Leeds United finally had a week of buffer time, but Li Shiguang did not slack off. He only gave the players one day off, because in the next half month, they will usher in three games that may determine whether Leeds United will gain anything this season!
On February 11, Leeds United will go to London to challenge Arsenal away.
On February 16, Leeds United will go to Hertfordshire to complete the make-up match with Watford. Under the assumption that Manchester United can beat Charlton in the next round, the win or loss of this make-up match will determine whether Leeds United can top the standings with the advantage of goal difference!
Then on February 22, Li Shiguang and most of the players of Leeds United will usher in the first Champions League knockout match in their lives. They will travel to Camp Nou to play the first round of the round of 16 with the defending champion Barcelona!
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On Tuesday, after a day off, Li Shiguang was back to busy training.
On the training ground, he was supervising the players running laps while recalling the Arsenal game video he watched last night. Suddenly, Simeone ran over from the sidelines with his inseparable notebook.
"Boss, I have some good news here. Do you want to hear it?"
"What's the matter? Look at your wretched energy. Is that French bird releasing a new movie?"
"Yes, yes, yes, I just a few days ago...ah! No!" Li Shiguang answered too quickly. It was too late for Simeone to react. "I'm suing you for defamation, boss! I'm already the father of three children. I've long gotten rid of this kind of low taste!"
Looking at Simeone's flushed face, Li Shiguang also grinned: "Hahahahahaha, okay, okay, then tell me, let me hear what's new."It's not gossip, it's business." Simeone handed the computer to Li Shiguang first, and then continued, "Henry was injured again after the game the day before yesterday. If nothing unexpected happens, he will not be able to play in Saturday's game! "
Hey! Sure!
Looking at the news report on the computer, Li Shiguang's face lit up, and suddenly he felt that Saturday's game would be much easier. Henry has indeed been injured frequently this season, but Leeds United didn't meet him the last time the two teams played against each other. This time it's finally his turn!
But in this case, if Wenger doesn't change the formation, Adebayor should play on Saturday. It seems that I haven't seen him start for a long time, and I don't know how he is doing recently.
Last year, Adebayor was still Arsenal's iron main force, but this season, as Van Persie's condition is getting better and better, Wenger, who advocates teamwork, has gradually put Adebayor on the bench. In most games, Arsenal's starting striker combination is Henry and Van Persie.
Thinking of this, Li Shiguang returned the computer to Simeone and quickly ordered: "Diego, look for Emmanuel's game videos during this period on the Internet. I want to watch them after the training is over."
"Okay. "Simeone nodded and prepared to walk to the sidelines, but before turning around, the obscene smile was on Simeone's face again, and then he asked Li Shiguang, "Boss! I suddenly remembered, how do you know that bird? You are not married yet, hehehe, could it be that?"
"Fuck you!"
"Hey hey hey hey... If you have something to say, just talk it over, don't touch me~ Boss!"
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London, Colney Training Base.
The players are training under the leadership of assistant coach Patrice, and Wenger did not appear on the training ground.
At this time, the professor was sitting in the club's physiotherapy room and asked the other person with a worried look on his face: "Sergio, how is Thierry? Can he play on Saturday?"
The man in the white coat on the opposite side also shook his head helplessly and sighed.
"Hey... Arsene, don't have any illusions about Saturday's game, he will definitely not be able to play! But we will try to get Thierry available to play in the Champions League on the 21st..."