blogombal Chapter 250
Chapter 250
UEFA did not let everyone wait too long for the semi-finals.
On Friday, UEFA held the semi-final draw ceremony in Switzerland.
AC Milan played against Bayern Munich, while Manchester United drew Chelsea.
This result is acceptable to English fans. Although the two Premier League teams will love and kill each other in the semi-finals, for the Premier League, at least they will be guaranteed to enter the final.
Li Shiguang did not pay too much attention to these news that had nothing to do with him. He put all his energy on the 34th round of the Premier League against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
There was originally a strong dialogue between Chelsea and Manchester United in this round of the Premier League, but due to the influence of the FA Cup semi-finals, this game was moved to May.
For Leeds United, as long as they can successfully beat Tottenham Hotspur at home, they will take the absolute initiative in the championship.
After putting all his energy back into the league these days, Li Shiguang found something very beneficial to Leeds United when studying the schedule, especially after the draw for the Champions League semi-finals on Friday. When Li Shiguang learned that Manchester United had drawn Chelsea, he could almost imagine Ferguson pointing at the TV and cursing!
Because Manchester United will play four games with Chelsea from April 26 to May 19, for almost 20 days, and every game is a game they cannot lose!
Although the media are now praising Manchester United, Li Shiguang knows Ferguson. This stubborn old man must be having a hard time now.
Manchester United can now be said to be advancing in the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League. At first glance, it seems that they will complete the feat of winning the triple crown again this season!
But as the saying goes, the route to the top is a cliff. If they are not careful, they may lose all four.
Let’s not talk about the league. The competition between Manchester United and Leeds United has reached a white-hot moment. Whoever loses points in the next game will most likely lose the title. Now every league game is a tough battle for Ferguson!
In the FA Cup, Manchester United and Chelsea will face their top four opponents on Sunday. Strictly speaking, their opponents are not very strong.
Manchester United will play Watford and Chelsea will play Blackburn. If nothing unexpected happens, these two teams should be able to reach the FA Cup final.
You must know that Chelsea has basically lost the title in the league. The FA Cup and the Champions League are also Mourinho’s only two hopes this season. Once they enter the final, the two teams will definitely have no reason to give up the championship, so this is another tough battle!
As for the Champions League, let alone, it is a tough battle among tough battles!
In summary, Li Shiguang suddenly felt a little fortunate that Leeds United was eliminated by AC Milan in the Champions League. At least he could focus on the league, unlike Ferguson, who wanted to grab everything but was afraid of missing everything!
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As Li Shiguang expected, the two FA Cup matches kicked off on Sunday afternoon.
After 90 minutes, Watford lost to Manchester United 1:4. Although Chelsea tied with Blackburn 1:1, Lampard scored a long shot shortly after entering the overtime, and finally helped Chelsea win another ticket to the FA Cup final.
Li Shiguang was very happy to learn the result.
In the evening, he also stepped into the Elland Road Stadium with a happy mood, but after the game, his happy mood was at least cut in half.
Tottenham Hotspur is very lame this season! How lame is it? After 33 rounds, they are now ranked eighth in the league with 49 points, 10 points behind Arsenal, who is fourth. Liverpool, Everton, and even Bolton are ahead of them!
They were still in the top four last season.
After the rise of Leeds United led by Li Shiguang, their ranking in the top four dropped by one, and then this season Bolton, led by Allardyce, rose to prominence and dropped their ranking by one, which made head coach Martin almost lose his hair.
But the poor Tottenham Hotspur gave Li Shiguang a hard lesson today.
Leeds United had a good start.
Just 2 minutes into the game, Leeds United got a corner kick. Modric's corner kick went straight to the back of the penalty area. Ibrahimovic, who got rid of the opponent's defender, made a big circle and jumped high at the back point, and smashed the ball into Tottenham's goal with his head.
1:0, Leeds United took the lead at home!
Ibrahimovic's goal also ignited the passion of Elland Road. The moment the ball hit the goal, Elland Road was filled with thunderous cheers!
A few days ago, fans witnessed the team's victory in the Champions League here.Although they lost, Ibrahimovic helped Leeds United take the lead at the start, showing the fans that the team's mentality did not seem to be greatly affected by the Champions League defeat.
But the time of happiness is always short.
Just 4 minutes later, Tottenham took advantage of Leeds United's mistakes in the frontcourt to form a quick counterattack. Robbie Keane drove straight in after receiving a pass from his teammate, and faced Schmeichel calmly pushed the ball into the lower left corner to equalize the score.
1:1, the game was played for 6 minutes, and the two sides returned to the same starting line.
Leeds United fans who watched this game today are destined to experience the mood of an elevator.
In the 29th minute, Torres received a straight pass from Rivaldo on the right rib of the Tottenham penalty area, broke through the bottom line and swept across the middle. Ibrahimovic used his long legs to block the ball into the net before the Tottenham defender.
2:1, Ibrahimovic scored twice and helped Leeds United take the lead again!
But 5 minutes later, Tottenham equalized the score again. Robbie Keane broke into the penalty area and was knocked down by Alves. The referee gave Alves a yellow card and also gave Tottenham a penalty kick. Robbie Keane scored the penalty kick himself and also scored his second goal of the game!
The two sides tied 2:2 in the first half.
After returning to the locker room, Li Shiguang spent 5 minutes to emphasize the importance of this game. He hoped that the players could be more focused on the court.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Li Shiguang's training in the locker room seemed to have played some role.
In the 60th minute, Podolski on the left received a long pass from Alonso, broke into the penalty area and pushed the ball into the near corner.
3:2, the German teenager helped Leeds United take the lead again.
But today's Tottenham seemed to not play football unless they fell behind. As soon as Leeds United scored a goal, they came again.
7 minutes later, Robbie Keane again, with the same quick counterattack, the Irishman who got a single shot broke into the penalty area and easily passed Schmeichel, completing his hat trick in this game.
3:3, Leeds United was tied by the tenacious Tottenham for the third time.
In the following 20 minutes, neither side made any progress, and Li Shiguang's deployment of troops did not play a good role. Facing the completely retreating Tottenham, after 4 minutes of stoppage time.
Leeds United had no choice but to swallow the bitter fruit of only getting 1 point at home.