Li Shiguang, who was in Leeds, had no idea that Calderon had been driven to a dead end by his two moves and was preparing to reopen negotiations with him.

He is focused on preparing for the match against Chelsea, which will be Li Shiguang's first encounter with Mourinho this year.

Without a doubt, the Leeds United vs. Chelsea match on Saturday is considered the most important game of this round of the Premier League. In the past few days, the Thorpe Arch and Cobham training grounds have been surrounded by reporters and fans, all eager to hear the opinions of the two managers, who have a history of some animosity, on the match.

But Li Shiguang and Mourinho, two notorious critics in the English media, seemed to have conspired to avoid showing up at the stadium entrance.

On Friday afternoon, a reporter finally caught up with Mourinho as he drove out of the main gate of the Cobham training ground. As soon as the reporter handed him the microphone and asked him what he thought about tomorrow's game, the Portuguese first asked Li Shiguang if he had expressed his opinion on the game. After learning that Li Shiguang had not made any comments, Mourinho ignored the reporter's microphone, quickly rolled up the car window, and drove away.

The unusual behavior of these two head coaches, who are usually known for their head-on confrontations, has attracted everyone's attention.

Rheinkel even did a special analysis on his Twitter account.

"The 19th round of the Premier League has basically concluded today. Manchester United quickly adjusted their form after last week's defeat, and just 10 minutes ago, they took 3 points from Villa Park with three brilliant goals. Ferguson has also successfully secured the mid-season Premier League title. Congratulations to them! But I know that everyone's attention is actually focused on tomorrow night's Christmas Eve battle between Leeds United and Chelsea. Interestingly, the match is tomorrow, but the two most fiery managers in the BIG5 have been absent from the public eye for a whole week, and neither of them has commented on tomorrow's game, which is quite unusual. I'll make a bold prediction: right now, Li Shiguang and Mourinho are probably sitting in their offices watching the opponent's game footage over and over again, thinking about how to win tomorrow's 6-point game!"

Li Shiguang did not know whether Mourinho was doing this.

However, he was right, just as Rheinkel had predicted.

The players had already finished their training for the day and gone home.

But Li Shiguang didn't go home after training like he had in the previous days. In fact, he even declined Chen Guanhai's dinner invitation and went straight back to his office, where he watched the Chelsea match videos that he had been studying over and over again in the past few days on his computer.

To be honest, the match is tomorrow, but unlike the last time he played Manchester United, Li Shiguang really couldn't find any major weaknesses in Chelsea's lineup.

If we have to nitpick, Andriy Shevchenko, who was brought in for €50 million in the summer, seems to be a bit out of place with Mourinho's tactical system. However, even if Shevchenko is not in good form, the increasingly fierce Drogba next to him is enough to give Leeds United's defense a hard time.

But in Li Shiguang's view, the real threat of this Chelsea team lies in their midfield and defense.

The Premier League has played 18 rounds, and with Petr Cech injured and out, the defense consisting of Ashley Cole, John Terry, Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira has only conceded 11 goals in total, just one more than Manchester United, who are in first place.

Li Shiguang knew that the main reason Manchester United conceded so few goals was their powerful attack; this season, Manchester United often pinned their opponents in their own half.

But Chelsea is different! Mourinho's style has always been based on counter-attacking football!

Moreover, in front of this ironclad defense, Mourinho also deployed Makelele and Essien as two defensive midfielders, and in front of these two, there were Lampard and Ballack, who are good at both offense and defense.

With this kind of midfield and defense setup, Li Shiguang had seen too many times in the video how the opponent's attacks were disrupted in Chelsea's half, and then they would lose possession and pass the ball to Drogba, who would simply push forward and score!

After frowning and looking at it for a while, Li Shiguang turned off the computer, leaned back in his chair, rubbed his temples, and began to mentally calculate Mourinho's approximate arrangements for tomorrow.

Given Leeds United's current squad, the right flank, guarded by Mills, is undoubtedly their biggest weakness.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Mourinho will likely try to find a breakthrough on his right flank.

“If that’s the case…” Li Shiguang suddenly opened his eyes, picked up a pen and started drawing on the paper in front of him.

Soon, a 4-3-3 formation appeared on his paper, and he labeled them all.

The three players in front are Drogba in the center, Robben on the left and Shevchenko on the right.

The midfield trio consists of Lampard, Essien, and Makelele in a diamond formation. However, Essien's position is flexible, and he will likely move to the central midfield position when Chelsea is attacking.

In the backfield, it will definitely be the unchanging Terry quartet. As for the goalkeeper position, due to Cech's serious injury, Mourinho can only field veteran Carlo Cudicini.

After drawing this formation, Li Shiguang frowned even more, his eyes fixed on the names on the paper, and his pen tapped rhythmically on the table, making a crisp sound.

About a minute later, he suddenly moved his pen back to the paper and drew a heavy circle on the right-back position for Chelsea. Looking at the name Paulo Ferreira, Li Shiguang began to make plans.

"Since you're most likely going to attack my right flank, then I'll just have to find the weakest point on your thick plate and keep drilling in."

Indeed, although Chelsea's defense did not have any obvious weaknesses, Li Shiguang felt that Ferreira was a better target to break through compared to Ashley Cole on the left wing!

The Portuguese player's strengths lie in his accurate positioning and abundant stamina in defense; speed is not his forte. If Bale and Ribery were to switch positions tomorrow, allowing Bale and Lahm to constantly attack Ferreira's side, it might yield unexpected results.

"Phew~"

After figuring it out, Li Shiguang stood up from his chair, preparing to leave the office to get his dinner.

But before he could even step out from behind his desk, the office door was suddenly pushed open by Allen in a hurry. Allen covered his phone and said excitedly to Li Shiguang.

"Boss, Calderon is calling again..."