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

After five minutes, the referee's whistle announced the end of the offensive battle.

The moment the whistle sounded, almost all the players lay down on the court at the same time. The fast-paced offense and defense in 90 minutes drained the players' physical strength. In the last bit of time, players on both sides had cramps.

As the host, after hearing the whistle, Li Shiguang also took the initiative to walk towards Wenger and wanted to shake hands with him.

Holding Li Shiguang's hand, Wenger smiled helplessly, and then said in a calm tone: "Congratulations, Li, your decision today is great, and the Leeds United players are also full of resilience. I am looking forward to our next match at Wembley!"

Li Shiguang was very pleased with Wenger's words, and he also replied happily: "Thank you for your praise, Arsene."

Then the two exchanged a few more words, and Li Shiguang turned around to greet his players lying on the court.

Looking at the back of the young man in front of him, Wenger's heart couldn't help but surge a little.

Before Leeds United beat Chelsea and tied Manchester United away, Wenger once laughed at Mourinho and Ferguson in private, laughing at them for not being able to take down a young man who had only coached for a full year. But when he really played against Li Shiguang today, he felt how difficult it was to deal with the young man in front of him. In Li Shiguang, he seemed to see himself when he had just obtained his coaching certificate more than 20 years ago. He was also very open and never considered retreating.

When shaking hands with him just now, Wenger even had a strange thought in his mind. If it weren't for the red card forcing Li Shiguang to take the first shot, the final result of this game might be hard to predict!

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After taking the players around the field and thanking the fans around him, Li Shiguang was blocked by a group of reporters on the way to the locker room. As soon as he stood still, 7 or 8 microphones were extended in front of him.

Today's game is undoubtedly wonderful. Whether it is Leeds United at home or Arsenal visiting, the performance of the players of both teams on the field is remarkable. But what everyone wants to know most is why Li Shiguang dared to make such a substitution adjustment with no retreat in such a big disadvantage after Maicon was sent off with a red card. Moreover, the magic of Li Shiguang's substitution is that the equalizing goal scored by Deisler was assisted by Vardy who came on as a substitute.

"Mr. Li, everyone is actually curious about one thing. When Maicon got the red card and left the field, everyone thought that Leeds United should stabilize their defense first and then look for opportunities to counterattack. Why did you make a decision that went against everyone's opinion?" The first person to ask the question was a reporter from The Times.

Hearing this question, Li Shiguang did not hesitate and answered directly: "In my opinion, there is no difference between losing one goal and losing ten goals. In that situation, if you focus on defense, you will definitely lose. But if you tilt the focus to the offensive end, there may be a surprise. Of course, the boys did give me and the fans a surprise, didn't they?"

Then, Li Shiguang's old acquaintance, Lind of the Yorkshire Post, also spoke up, but he did not ask questions, but said emotionally: "Mr. Li, I must express my gratitude to you from the perspective of a Leeds United fan. Today, after falling behind by one goal and one less player, I saw that the players on the field did not give up. They are still running with all their might and constantly looking for opportunities to attack. This unyielding spirit seems to remind me of the old Leeds United. Thank you for letting Leeds United regain the unyielding spirit of the past!"

From Lind's words, Li Shiguang could feel the love and expectations of an ordinary fan for his hometown team.

This also made Li Shiguang feel a lot of emotion. Once upon a time, he was also one of the thousands of ordinary fans, supporting his hometown team and his motherland team. It was just that there were some bad apples who brought too many dirty things to the football field, which should have been pure, making thousands of ordinary fans sad in the stands and in front of the TV.

Looking at Lind, Li Shiguang seemed to see himself. For a moment, he even thought that he had some abilities now. If he had the opportunity, could he also help his motherland make some progress in football?

But this is just an idea. If there is a chance in the future,

Let's talk about it later!

Then, Li Shiguang's expression became more serious, and he said solemnly: "Mr. Linde, journalist friends, everyone knows that I am a Chinese. In the far east, my hometown, there are too many stories of people who never give up and persevere when encountering difficulties, and my father has used these stories to educate me since I was a child. So, when I became the head coach of Leeds United, I also tried to pass on these spirits that I understood to the boys of Leeds United. I agree with what Mr. Linde just said, but I must emphasize that even the fans in the stands have not given up and are still cheering for us, so we have What qualifications do we have to give up the game? "

The next day, this wonderful offensive battle occupied the front page headlines of various media in England. While major media were praising Li Shiguang's reverse thinking substitutions that allowed Leeds United to tie the Premier League giants again, the Yorkshire Post took a different approach. Lind wrote a news release describing the changes in all aspects of Leeds United after Li Shiguang came to Leeds United. Li Shiguang's words yesterday, "The fans have not given up, so what qualifications do we have to give up the game?" became the title of Lind's article. For a time, Li Shiguang's reputation in Leeds was once again raised a lot.

But the limelight of Leeds United and Li Shiguang only lasted for two days. In the middle of the week, after another game ended, the English football world was in an uproar.

Because in the Champions League, Manchester United, who was at Old Trafford, did not beat the visiting Villarreal, which led to them having to beat Benfica away in the last round of the group stage in order to qualify!

This year's Premier League BIG4 is really strange. Except for Chelsea, which is making progress in the league and the Champions League, the other three teams are in a difficult situation. Arsenal and Liverpool are doing well in the Champions League, but their league results are criticized, while Manchester United is the opposite of these two teams.

In the league, Manchester United is doing well now and is firmly in the second place, but in the Champions League, their situation is not very good.

In fact, when Li Shiguang saw the Champions League grouping before, he thought that Manchester United's group should be the easiest and it would not be a problem to qualify in advance. But now there is only one round left. Villarreal has already secured a place in the qualifying. For the remaining three teams, Manchester United and Lille have 6 points each, and Benfica has 5 points. In this case, in the last round, Manchester United must beat Benfica away, and Lille cannot win at the same time, so that Manchester United can advance to the round of 16.

But Li Shiguang does not have so much time to worry about Ferguson, because soon, they will face the challenge of Tottenham at home again.

But in the past few days, he found that Daisler was starting to act up again.