"Gareth Bale! Gareth Bale! He's crushed Chelsea with his speed!! He's given Leeds United the lead!!!" As the ball rolled into the net, besides the deafening cheers at Elland Road, Eddie Gray's roar blared from the speakers, "Ladies and gentlemen, cheer for Gareth! I thought I just saw a white lightning bolt, and everyone else is just following in his footsteps!!!"

"Is this what you meant by having few opportunities to perform?" Jon asked Reinkel, who was beaming with joy, with a strange expression as he watched Bell running to the sidelines and celebrating wildly with Li Shiguang on the TV screen.

"Hahaha, I admit I can make mistakes too." Lineker couldn't hide the smile in his eyes as he looked at the slightly regretful Jon. "But we also have to be reasonable. Seventy percent of the credit for Leeds United's goal should go to Lahm. Without his interception and long pass, Bale wouldn't have been able to get the ball so easily past Ferreira."

Jon nodded, glancing at the TV that switched the camera to the dejected Chelsea players: "Indeed! And I feel Shevchenko has a problem with his thinking. In that attack just now, he could have clearly passed the ball to Drogba, who was in a better position. The key is that I also saw Drogba waving at him for the ball."

That's absolutely right!

The atmosphere on the benches of the two teams at this moment was worlds apart.

An enraged Mourinho pointed at Leeds United's penalty area, yelling at Shevchenko, "Andrei, can't you see Didier's position?! There's such a huge gap in the middle of the box! I could have asked my grandma to come up and play, and she would have passed the ball! Tell me, what were you thinking just now?!"

Shevchenko naturally saw his coach yelling at them from the sidelines. Although he was too far away to hear what Mourinho was saying, Shevchenko knew from his expression that it wasn't anything nice...

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After a while, urged by the referee, the Leeds United players finally stopped celebrating and started running back to their own half. When they returned, Drogba and Shevchenko had been waiting for them in the center circle for quite some time.

After both sides were in position, the referee blew the whistle to restart the game. Drogba passed the ball back to Essien behind him, and the game resumed.

Including stoppage time, there are only about 5 or 6 minutes left in the first half. It will be quite difficult for Chelsea to equalize in such a short time.

However, just to be on the safe side, Li Shiguang reminded each of the Leeds United players individually during the celebration that they absolutely could not let their guard down once the game restarted. They absolutely couldn't let Chelsea seize the opportunity to equalize in the remaining time of the first half!

Indeed! After Essien received the pass, the entire Chelsea team quickly sprang into action, seemingly trying to equalize the score before the end of the first half.

However, this time their attack didn't involve repeatedly passing the ball around in the middle to look for opportunities like before.

To save time, Chelsea played a rather simple and direct style. Essien launched a long pass directly to the left wing, where Robben used his speed to outpace Mills, and after creating half a body length ahead, he forced a cross.

However, thanks to Li Shiguang's reminder, the Leeds United players remained highly focused after returning to the field.

Although Silva was slightly thinner than Drogba, who was attacking from the center, after learning his lesson a few times, he didn't choose to go head-to-head with the Ivorian this time. Instead, he circled around to the side and stood in front of Drogba, leaping high to head the ball out of his penalty area.

Mascherano, who had retreated to the edge of the penalty area, won the first ball.

After stopping the ball, Mascherano turned around and saw Lampard and Essien rushing towards him. Startled, Mascherano quickly passed the ball to Alonso, who was waving on the left.

Alonso then glanced up and decisively kicked the ball long towards the center circle. Ibrahimovic, who had gained a slight advantage in his duel with Carvalho, immediately headed the ball to Torres.

Seeing this, Lineker's commentary grew even louder: "Here we go again! Leeds United don't seem content with just a one-goal lead going into halftime; they've launched another quick counter-attack!"

However, Chelsea were well-prepared defensively this time. As soon as Torres brought the ball within 25 meters of the goal, he was pressed by Ashley Cole and Terry. His attempt to break through failed, and the ball was poked out of bounds by Terry.

As the first half drew to a close, and seemingly unwilling to let the game lose its suspense too early, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half just as Leeds United threw in the ball.

"Alright! The first half is over. Leeds United are currently leading Chelsea by one goal at home thanks to Bale's goal in the 42nd minute! Both teams have given us a fairly exciting 45 minutes! The tactics devised by managers Li Shiguang and Mourinho today were quite targeted. In the first half, they both exploited each other's weaknesses, but in the end, Leeds United succeeded first! Mourinho has 15 minutes to make adjustments, and I look forward to seeing Chelsea's changes in the second half!"

During Lineker's lengthy summary, the players from both sides gradually entered the players' tunnel.

The only slight difference was that Mourinho turned and walked into the players' tunnel the moment the referee blew the whistle. Li Shiguang, however, stood on the sidelines, patting each player who passed him on the shoulder. Only when Schmeichel, who was at the back, came over did he turn and walk with him into the players' tunnel…

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The atmosphere in Chelsea's dressing room was slightly tense. Mourinho was the first to return. When the players came in, he was drawing the team's formation on the whiteboard, and had drawn a long arrow on each of the two flanks.

After all the Chelsea players had entered the dressing room, Mourinho first went over and closed the dressing room door himself. Then he returned to the middle of the dressing room, pointed to the whiteboard next to him, stared intently at Shevchenko sitting behind him, and spoke in a cold tone.

"Andrei, did you not hear the tactical instructions I gave you in the locker room before the match? Do you need me to repeat them to you separately?"