blogombal Chapter 448
Chapter 448
There were not many goals in the four games yesterday.
Today's four Champions League round of 16 games.
Except for Arsenal's 0:0 draw with defending champion AC Milan at home.
The other three games were all goal-scoring battles.
Celtic lost 2:3 to Barcelona at home, Fenerbahce won 3:2 against Sevilla at home, and Leeds United beat Lyon 7:2 away.
A total of 19 goals were scored in the three games, and the fans of the neutral and three winning teams were very excited.
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Since the day after tomorrow is the 27th round of the Premier League, after resting in Lyon for a night and returning to Leeds, Li Shiguang did not give the players a holiday. It's not that he didn't want to, but now the competition between the three teams for the league has gradually entered a white-hot stage, and there is no room for relaxation.
February 23rd afternoon.
The 27th round of the Premier League begins.
Leeds United faced the challenge of Derby County at Elland Road. Facing the second-to-last team in the Premier League, Leeds United, who had just returned from a big victory in France, had no reason to fail.
Torres and De Bruyne scored one goal each in the first and second half, and won three points without bloodshed.
It is worth being happy about.
Not long after the game ended, good news came from another field. Arsenal was tied by Birmingham away.
In this way.
Leeds United, who won all three points, once again overtook Arsenal and returned to the top of the Premier League standings.
Of course.
The most eye-catching thing about the game between Arsenal and Birmingham was not the final 2:2 draw.
But Eduardo's broken leg, which could not be changed even if Li Shiguang appeared, and Arsenal captain Gallas' sit-in protest after the game.
In the evening, Li Shiguang saw the report on TV that Wenger was interviewed after the game.
To be honest.
This was the first time Li Shiguang saw Wenger like this.
The elegant temperament has long gone, and what remains is endless anger and a series of swear words that would have to be muted if it was broadcast on TV in other countries.
Wenger's loss in this game is not small.
The team captain was caught in the whirlpool of public opinion, the young talent he trained was wasted, and the score was surpassed by Leeds United again... It's no wonder that Wenger, who has always been elegant, got so angry in the media interview.
But Li Shiguang actually stood on Wenger's side in this matter.
Let's not talk about other things.
As for Martin Taylor's tackle on Eduardo, there is no need to watch the TV replay. Li Shiguang, who had witnessed it in his previous life, still remembers it vividly. That was not a tackle at all, it was definitely a tackle on a person!
When he was a fan, Li Shiguang sneered at Martin Taylor. Now that he has become a member of the Premier League and even a club owner with some power in the Premier League, Li Shiguang has no intention of keeping silent.
It's better to remove this kind of black sheep from the team of professional players as soon as possible!
Turn off the TV.
Li Shiguang did two things.
One was to call FA CEO Bullingham, severely condemning Martin Taylor's dangerous behavior on the court, and demanding that the FA must issue a ticket for Martin Taylor's malicious foul, and at the same time put pressure on Birmingham Club, asking them to impose internal penalties on Martin Taylor.
Bullingham did not reject Li Shiguang's request, because in addition to Li Shiguang, he had received no less than five calls tonight demanding heavy penalties for Martin Taylor. Since the incident, the FA has also received countless fans' complaint emails about Martin Taylor.
After ending the call with Bullingham, Li Shiguang immediately turned on his computer and logged into his Twitter account. Soon, he wrote a long article criticizing Martin Taylor's malicious foul.
As the owner and head coach of Leeds United, Li Shiguang's Twitter account has many fans. He personally led the rhythm, and the consequences can be imagined. Countless fans forwarded Li Shiguang's article and ran to the official Twitter of Birmingham Club to demand heavy penalties for Martin Taylor.
Birmingham didn't last long.
In order to calm the anger of the fans.
Just after the FA announced a five-match ban for Martin Taylor, they also posted on their official Twitter that they would add another three-match ban for Martin Taylor after the FA's ban ended....
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For Li Shiguang, Eduardo's broken leg incident was just an episode. Leeds United became the beneficiary.
After the 27th round of the Premier League.
The top four in the standings have changed again.
Leeds United ranked first in the standings with 62 points. After Manchester United beat Newcastle United 5:1, they are tied with Arsenal.The two teams both have 61 points, but they are ranked second by the advantage of goal difference.
Chelsea is the most miserable.
After three consecutive draws, they have been overtaken by Liverpool and lost the fourth place in the standings!
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A week later.
It is March.
On the first day of March, Li Shiguang led the Leeds United team to Manchester to challenge Manchester City away. Just like the previous game, it was 2:0 again. With Adriano's double goal, Leeds United won three more points and continued to lead the standings.
Like Leeds United, Manchester United, who is in good form, won 3:0 away from Fulham and continued to put pressure on Leeds United.
But Arsenal is different.
Perhaps affected by the last game, the whole team was in no shape in this home game against Aston Villa.
In the 26th minute of the game, Gallas even scored an own goal in the penalty area to help the opponent take the lead away from home.
Finally, in the 90th minute, Bendtner scored a goal for Arsenal, barely keeping one point.
But in this way.
The gap between them and Leeds United was widened to three points. If Arsenal can't win the games against BIG4, especially the games against Manchester United and Leeds United, then they will completely bid farewell to the battle for the Premier League championship in the 2007-2008 season!
After the game with Manchester City, Li Shiguang gave the players two days off.
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March 5.
The second round of the 2007-2008 Champions League round of 16 was rekindled.
After training that day, Li Shiguang took Simeone and Rivaldo to his home for a meal.
After dinner, the three of them discussed the lineup for tomorrow's home game against Lyon, and then came to the living room, waiting for the upcoming game.
Today's four games.
To be honest, they are all full of suspense.
I thought Chelsea was the most stable, but they only got a 0:0 draw in Greece last week. Although they returned to Stamford Bridge today, no one dared to say that they would definitely beat Olympiacos.
At nine o'clock in the evening, the referees on duty for the four games blew the whistle to start the game almost at the same time.
There were only two TVs in Li Shiguang's living room.
So today Simeone brought two laptops from the base.
The three of them just leaned on the sofa.
Two TVs, two computers.
Watching these four games that will determine the eight teams' Champions League journey this season at the same time...