Tyrant of green giants, signed Guardiola at the beginning

Halftime is over.

Leeds United fans were already celebrating during the break as the team advanced to the League Cup final.

The British commentators and game commentators were all surprised by the trend of this game.

I thought Liverpool came to the away game to stage a comeback.

Leeds United should be struggling to support themselves at home.

The first half of the first half was as expected.

But the trend in the second half was disappointing.

Leeds United not only overtook the score.

The total score lead also changed from 3 goals to 4 goals.

Is it because Liverpool is too hip?

Or is Leeds United's strength extraordinary?

Returning to the locker room, Shen Hao made formation adjustments.

From 4222 to 4312.

Jamie Redknapp plays central midfielder.

Guardiola retreats.

Apart from this, no other adjustments were made.

He returned to the court early and sat on the coach's bench waiting for the game to start.

When the Leeds fans saw him coming out, they started singing his praises.

In their eyes, the Chinese young marshal is not only handsome and handsome, but also has an outstanding aura.

Who doesn't want his team to be unique?

At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool further improved their offensive rhythm and speed.

To be fair, the forward combination of Morientes and Baros did not exert the expected strength at least at Elland Road today.

Apart from Baros scoring goals and Morientes playing some fulcrum roles, it is difficult to see any difference in their performances.

Both were on the verge of success last summer.

A shining European Cup venue.

One is the main firepower of Champions League runner-up Monaco.

But Baros' performance in the Premier League fell below expectations.

Morientes returned to Real Madrid and sat on the bench for half a season and then came to Liverpool. It seemed that his form and ambition were drained away by the water dispenser in the first half of the season.

Both forwards seem to need their teammates to put opportunities into their mouths before they can flourish.

It is extremely difficult to expect them to create opportunities and threats under intensive defense, or even directly convert goals.

Compared with Liverpool's repeated wide cross attack.

Obviously, after the midfield adjustment, Leeds United's offense is full of more technical content.

When Gerrard and Biscayne started a crazy frontal press, Leeds United performed fast and smooth passing cooperation in the midfield and backcourt.

De Boer, Redondo, Guardiola, and the support of the full-backs, they constantly passed the ball in short and medium distances while running in a small area, allowing Liverpool to counterattack and attack.

The passing area is very close to the goal, and it seems that Leeds United will be in disaster if they are not careful.

Liverpool fans also often look forward to the team's ability to steal the ball in the frontcourt and then go straight to the yellow dragon.

But the Liverpool players just couldn't steal the ball.

When they pounce too hard, Leeds will have more space to break forward!

Benitez became more and more frightened as he watched.

As a Spanish coach, he looked down upon the roughness of English football.

Toughness, speed, and physical fitness are all advantages.

If the overall technology can be raised to a higher level, Premier League teams will become very scary.

But this process needs to be gradual.

So he introduced Luis Garcia and Xavi Alonso, hoping to use Spanish football wisdom and footwork skills to transform Liverpool.

He is still on the way.

But I didn't expect to see Leeds United use the entire team's skills to launch a dimensionality reduction attack on Liverpool at Elland Road!

More smooth and delicate passing, flexible and skillful running, and more precise control of rhythm and timing.

It looks like an ordinary long pass, but when the scene changes, people sigh. This is a reflection of the vision and precise footwork of the pass.

As the game approached the 65th minute, Liverpool's pressure in the frontcourt was reduced, and Leeds United played smooth passing cooperation in the backcourt.

Jamie Redknapp received Kilgallon's pass and faced Gerrard's pressing option and passed the ball back to Guardiola.

After a kick from De Boer and Redondo, the ball returned to Guardiola's feet. At this time, Biscayne and Gerrard pounced on Guardiola again, but the front line failed to block it. .

Guardiola sends a direct pass.

Gerrard and Biscayne turned around and saw that Jamie Redknapp was already more than 15 yards away from them. After taking possession of the ball, he quickly dribbled forward.

Gerrard and Biscayne chased back together.

Jamie Redknapp passed the ball to the ground before he even stepped into the dangerous area.

Because Lennon has started to increase his speed, and Liverpool's defense is also retreating, there is considerable space behind him.

Jamie Redknapp wasted no time. The further forward he went, the narrower the passing lane, the smaller the space for Lennon to break into, and the slower the counterattack would be.

Pass the ball at just the right moment.

Lennon picked up the ball from the inside on the right and immediately sped up.

Hamann had no time to help defend. Traore just moved towards Lennon, but Lennon dribbled and accelerated and succeeded in breaking in from the outside.

Traore turned around and went back to defense to no avail.

Lennon stepped into the penalty area and turned inside.

Carragher and Pellegrino returned to defense at full speed.

Batistuta slowed down his pace and opened up the distance between him and the two defenders.

Pellegrino had just moved towards Lennon's inroad and saw Lennon passing the ball to the center of the penalty area before he got close.

Batistuta adjusted his pace, swung his right leg when the football rolled in front of him, bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and blasted out!

When Dudek flew to save, he only felt a light and shadow passing before his eyes.

When I regained consciousness, the football was already spinning in the goal.

The Elland Road stadium was filled with cheers!

Batistuta once again "played extremely strong" and rushed to the sideline with a passionate roar.

"Batistuta! Our God of War! Liverpool conceded three goals at home and also conceded three goals on the road!"

"If you want to ask about England's goal-scoring machine, it must be my God of War, Old Batty!"

In the chat box on the live broadcast page, countless fans in white gave Barty likes and shouted awesome!

Leeds United leads Liverpool 3:1.

The total score is 6:1 lead.

The gap became five goals.

Benitez and Liverpool fans are desperate.

Can't beat it!

Shen Hao showed a faint smile on the coaching bench.

The team's performance did not disappoint him.

At the same time, he has no more expectations for Liverpool.

In terms of team lineup structure, Leeds United gave full play to their technical and tactical strength.

At the same time, it also withstood Liverpool's fierce and continuous offensive.

Of course, this is partly due to Liverpool's forward stretch, and also due to organizational shortcomings such as the lack of more ideas and ideas in the midfield.

Leeds United's shortcoming is still in the thickness of the lineup.

This started to show after 70 minutes of the game.

Liverpool's endurance is obviously stronger, while Leeds United's lineup is static defense and waiting for opportunities to counterattack.

However, the midfield operation speed has declined, and there are situations where the team is not in place or can't keep up at critical moments during the continuous movement of the regional defensive blockade.

Guardiola and Redondo are the most obvious.

In the 73rd minute of the game, Gerrard advanced to the right area of ​​the penalty area to receive Finnan's pass. He didn't stop the ball and directly kicked the goal!

The football flew into the upper right corner of the goal like a precision-guided cannonball!

Sullivan couldn't do anything with the ball.

"Gerrard scored from a long shot! The Liverpool captain performed very well today. It can only be said that he was unable to support Liverpool and affected the final result."

"Alas, our veterans seem to have some physical problems."

"So this requires Brother Hao's ability to control the overall situation. If we return to the Premier League at the end of the season, it is essential to improve the quality and quantity of the lineup!"

"It comes down to money."

...

The total score became 6:2.

Leeds United still holds a big advantage.

At this time, Shen Hao pointed his head at the coaching bench and pointed at Seth Johnson, Gregan, and Danny Pugh.

Assistant coach Feiningan assigned tasks to the three players after taking the field.

Leeds United then made a substitution.

Guardiola, Redondo and Batistuta were substituted.

Substitution for Leeds United.

Liverpool also made substitutions.

Benitez removed Hamann, Gerrard and Morientes.

Liverpool obviously can't come back.

Benitez made no effort.

The game enters garbage time.

With nearly 20 minutes left, there was nothing exciting about the game.

Liverpool did not give Leeds United any space to counterattack. Even Lennon knew to save energy and stopped rushing.

Occasionally make a breakthrough to show his strength, and then pass the ball back to kill time.

The final whistle blows.

Shen Hao stood up. He was the first to high-five the three players who were substituted. Then he walked to shake hands with Benitez who left the field in a hurry. He finally entered the field and high-fived the players before leaving.

Leeds United fans sang his praises.

They sang "We love you, Leeds, Leeds, Leeds!"

Changed to "We love you, sink, sink, sink!"

The sound of "Shen" sounded like shouting slogans with great momentum.

Shen Hao was interviewed in the mixed zone after the game.

"We are indeed happy to advance to the League Cup final, especially after eliminating a strong team like Liverpool, but the cruel thing about competitive sports is that there is a huge difference between the runner-up and the champion. Even though we performed well in the final, we did not win the championship in the end. , what will we gain? Poor praise, warm comfort?

No, what we want is to create brilliance and greatness!

Only when we win the championship will we truly smile with pride.

Therefore, Leeds United cannot relax now and there is nothing to celebrate. "

Shen Hao said this, but Leeds United fans were already partying in the bar.

Fleet Street gave Leeds United high praise.

"Leeds United come back from the abyss even stronger!"

"The young coach of China has created a group of young stars that are unstoppable in the League Cup!"

"Leeds United's return to the Premier League is just around the corner. Before that, they have to compete for the championship with the top teams in the League Cup in the League Cup final!"

"Manchester United or Chelsea? Leeds United are waiting for the final opponent to be announced."

The next day, the team resumed training.

It doesn't take long and I get off work very early.

In the evening, Shen Hao, Tang Jinyu, and Chen Hao sat in their familiar seats in the Elland Road bar, drinking Texas beer.

The bar was doing brisk business and was almost full.

Guests who come here know that Shen Hao doesn't like to be disturbed.

Everyone is watching the live broadcast of the match between Manchester United and Chelsea.

Shen Hao was not interested.

Their location itself also had no view of the bar's ceiling-mounted TV.

"Mr. Tang, I want to buy back the Elland Road stadium this summer. You must include this part in your financial expenditure plan."

Tang Jinyu did not hesitate and said: "No problem. In fact, I also have this idea. I originally planned to tell you at the end of the season. After the Elland Road stadium is bought back, whether it is reconstruction or self-operated development, it will do more good than harm to us."

Chen Hao said at this time: "Brother Hao, I plan to talk to the two abandoned players in the team in a few days."

Shen Hao took a sip of wine and said casually: "Okay."

While the three of them were playing cards and chatting, someone suddenly came to Shen Hao's table.

The three of them looked at the visitor together.

A short old man with a round face and white hair and beard came into view.

The clothes are very high-end, and you can tell at a glance that they are not street clothes.

Chen Hao said casually: "No autographs, no photos, please don't disturb us."

He paid attention to their poker game again, only to find that both Shen Hao and Tang Jinyu were smiling meaningfully.

Shen Hao placed a 20-pound chip in front of the card and said with a smile: "If the former Chelsea boss wants to take a photo with me and needs me to sign his autograph, then I will give him this face."

Upon hearing this, Chen Hao looked back at the white-haired old man, who smiled and said, "Gentlemen, you don't mind if I join your game."

Chen Hao and Tang Jinyu looked at Shen Hao together. Shen Hao glanced at the bar and said, "Go and change the chips yourself. Let's play casually. The upper limit is 500."

The old man went to the bar to exchange chips.

Chen Hao asked in a low voice: "Is this old man the former Chelsea boss?"

Tang Jinyu said: "Ken Bates sold Chelsea to Abramovich last summer. He personally made a net profit of 1700 million pounds. He has been in charge of Chelsea for 21 years. Although this transaction did not make much money in terms of time span, he bought Chelsea at the time. Chelsea only spent £1."

Chen Hao raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

Bates changed the chips and returned to the table. He looked at it and pulled up a chair himself.

The game continues.

Shen Hao introduced Tang Jinyu and Chen Hao to Bates without introducing himself.

There is no need to pretend to be confused while pretending to understand.

Bates came for him.

After introducing himself, Bates saw that Shen Hao was silent, so he patiently played cards.

Tang Jinyu and Chen Hao lost more and more, while Shen Hao and Bates took turns to reap the rewards.

About an hour later, Bates said: "Leeds United has to repay 700 million pounds of debt this summer. After being promoted to the Premier League, it will receive 1225 million pounds of broadcast rights revenue. It seems that it is more than enough to cope with the debt, but you have to To pay promotion bonuses to many players in the team, which is about 400 million pounds, plus the pressure of the salary system that doubles the basic salary of many players’ contracts, Chairman Shen, I think you need a strong foreign aid.”

The corner of Shen Hao's mouth raised, and he said calmly: "You failed to acquire Sheffield Wednesday, so you set your sights on Leeds United? Do you know what our strength is?"

Bates smiled and said: "I know some, but certainly not all. Last year you acquired Leeds United for 1200 million pounds. I can pay 600 million pounds for only 20% of the shares."

Shen Hao chuckled.

"Hahaha, you're really funny. Fleet Street said you were treacherous, cruel, and shameless. I said you're a little bit bad at math."

Bates wasn't angry either.

"How to say?"

“What is the club’s most important asset?”

"Players."

“How much is the Leeds United first team worth?”

Bates was silent for a moment and said: "You don't think Guardiola and Batistuta can create transfer value, do you?"

Shen Hao shook his head.

"When you play cards, just play cards. If you're talking about business, you should do your homework first and then come back. Take the last shot and get rid of it."

Shen Hao pushed the chips in front of him.

Bates also pushed the chips.

Tang Jinyu and Chen Hao have already lost completely.

Only then did Bates discover that Shen Hao said the upper limit was 500.

In fact, each of the three of them has 300 chips.

Show your cards.

Shen Hao flushes.

Bates smiled.

He is a gourd.

Bates won all the chips.

Shen Hao smiled at him and said, "You played well, good night."

After saying that, he left with his two companions.

Bates asked the waiter to collect the chips. In less than two hours here, he won 900 pounds, but he was not even willing to tip.

He sat in deep thought.

Suddenly I remembered that not long ago Fleet Street had laughed at Shen Hao's attempt to sell Lennon for a sky-high price of 2000 million pounds!

If Lennon can indeed sell for 2000 million pounds in the end... his purchase of 500% of Leeds United shares for 20 million pounds does seem fanciful.

Guardiola and Simeone are no longer worth anything.

As far as performance this season.

If one million pounds is given away, there will definitely be teams rushing to take over.

Not to mention those top league teams.

As far as the English Championship teams are concerned, they will definitely take the lead!