20demayo Chapter 315
Chapter 315
After reading the stack of faxes that Allen took out, Li Shiguang was too tired to complain.
Nine Leeds United players who were called up this time were injured!
Although it was true as Allen said, they were all minor injuries and would be fine after two or three weeks of rest, this large-scale injury still made Li Shiguang more angry about this international friendly match.
"Fuck, none of these national team coaches are worry-free. Look at this, the strain caused by cramps is fucking outrageous!" Li Shiguang handed Modric's injury report to Allen, cursing non-stop, "Luka didn't even have cramps in the Champions League, but he got cramps in a friendly match with the national team? Who is Croatia's head coach? Is he mentally ill? Let the players play the friendly match as the World Cup final?"
"Am I fucking in conflict with September? Six people were injured on the international match day at this time last year, and this year, nine people were injured! Seeing the current good situation, almost half of the main lineup was injured. How can I play!"
Seeing Li Shiguang's rage, Allen didn't dare to breathe.
He could only silently put away the fax thrown on the table by Li Shiguang, and comforted him: "Calm down, boss. It is indeed unavoidable that injuries are easy to occur on international match days at the beginning of the season. Fortunately, at least there is no serious injury like Sun last year."
No wonder Li Shiguang was so angry.
The high-speed train of the new season was braked in the last round of the league, and Li Shiguang was ready to make up for it in this weekend's game.
But now it seems.
This weekend's game is expected to be another tough battle.
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At the weekend, Li Shiguang led the injured Leeds United to the Elland Road Stadium to welcome the challenge of Fulham.
The game has not started yet.
After seeing the starting lineups of both sides, the two commentators sitting in the studio couldn't help but start commenting.
"Jon, if I remember correctly, it seems that Leeds United also went downhill after the international match day in September last year, and they didn't gradually catch up until the end of October, right?" Lineker asked worriedly.
Jon next to him had already retrieved the data of Leeds United at this time last year.
After Lineker asked, he immediately analyzed: "Indeed, Leeds United also suffered a wave of injuries at this time last year. However, at that time, Leeds United's lineup was still a little weak, and the depth of the bench could not support three-line operations, but this year is different. Several young players in Leeds United performed very well in the previous few games. Maybe they can help Li get through this difficult time smoothly."
"I can only say I hope." Jon's words did not reduce Lineker's worries. "From the starting lineup of Leeds United today, Lee is still worried that the frequent schedule will affect the players. He didn't even send Adriano, who was not injured, to the field today."
"Of course!" Jon nodded, "Long-distance flights have a great impact on players, okay? Besides, the Champions League group stage this season will start in four days. Lee should focus on this game four days later."
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Jon's analysis is correct.
Leeds United is now two points ahead of Chelsea and Arsenal in the league, and Fulham, the opponent in this game, has not won a single game in the previous three rounds and is not in good shape.
After the return of the main team, after the evaluation of the team doctor, Li Shiguang decided to let the main players who were not injured take a full rest before the Champions League group stage next week to avoid a crash in the Champions League.
So in this game, except for Neuer in the goalkeeper position, Li Shiguang basically sent out substitutes in other positions.
Hummels and Silva partnered as central defenders, Mills on the left and Sun Jihai on the right.
Mascherano and Kroos are the double defensive midfielders, and James Rodriguez and De Bruyne are in front of them.
The two forwards are Reus and Torres.
A standard 4-4-2 formation.
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Accompanied by a drizzle of rain, the game kicked off with the referee's whistle!
Although they played with a substitute lineup, the young players of Leeds United did not show their fear at home. They were aggressive from the start and launched wave after wave of attacks amid the cheers of more than 50,000 spectators at Elland Road.
13th minute.
Mascherano intercepted the ball in the midfield, and Leeds United launched a quick counterattack. After a few passes, the ball came to Rodriguez at the right half of the field. Then Rodriguez directly kicked the ball and the ball also went to the back point of Fulham's penalty area!
Rodriguez originally found Reus who was quickly inserted at the back point.
But Fulham center back BrandBull jumped high and headed the ball as it was falling, but what excited the Leeds United fans in the stands was that Bramble's hasty jump caused him to miss the correct spot when heading the ball. The ball did not fly to the bottom line as he imagined, but flew to the gate guarded by his own goalkeeper Kirkland!
This sudden change made Kirkland, who was paying full attention to Royce, have no time to react.
He could only watch the ball fly past him and into the goal behind him!
"Gooooooooool! 1:0! Leeds United took the lead! Rodriguez's precise assist found Bramble, helping Bramble complete this wonderful own goal........." Seeing that Leeds United was leading, Lineker jumped up and cheered immediately.
After taking the lead, Leeds United did not retreat immediately.
On the one hand, Li Shiguang kept waving his hands on the sidelines to signal his disciples to press forward.
On the other hand, today, the front court is full of young people who are not even 20 years old. It is definitely more uncomfortable for them to retreat to defend after they take the lead.
29th minute.
It was Rodriguez who made a cross from the right again. Torres at the front attracted most of the defensive attention and then let Rodriguez's low pass slip to the back point. Reus, who followed, did not hesitate this time and gently pushed the ball into the empty goal.
Less than half an hour after the start, Leeds United scored two goals.
This made Fulham coach Sanchez on the sidelines a little confused. Before the start, he was still thinking about taking advantage of Leeds United's illness to kill Leeds United, so when arranging tactics in the locker room, he kept asking the players to launch a fierce attack after the start.
Unexpectedly, it was backfired so quickly...
After taking a two-goal lead, Leeds United temporarily slowed down the pace of attack and entered the halftime break with a two-goal advantage relying on a relatively stable defense.
15 minutes later, the two sides changed sides and fought again.
Sanchez made adjustments during the halftime break. He even changed two players at the beginning of the second half. He was obviously unwilling to lose the game away from home.
His substitutions also worked.
In the 63rd minute, Heskey helped Fulham score a goal through a corner kick.
But after Li Shiguang made adjustments, Fulham did not make any more waves.
In the end, Leeds United defeated Fulham at home with two goals in the first half and continued to lead the standings....