This season, Mourinho has been mercilessly defeated twice by Lee Sedol, and his mood has hit rock bottom. However, the media reporters have no intention of letting the poor Portuguese man off the hook.

Anticipating that he might be bombarded with questions from reporters, Mourinho refused to attend the post-match press conference, even knowing he would definitely be fined by the FA, and instead sent his deputy Morais to deal with the reporters.

But the media reporters weren't about to let him off so easily. Mourinho, who had only left the locker room after the press conference was supposed to be over, was spotted by some swarms of reporters.

As soon as Mourinho came out, a group of reporters rushed up to him, shoving their cameras and microphones at his face!

"Joseph, you have lost to Li twice in less than a month. What do you have to say about the result of today's match?"

"Mr. Mourinho, after Chelsea's defeat today, they have been overtaken in the standings by Leeds United, who have a game in hand. Do you think Chelsea still has a chance to defend their Premier League title this season?"

"Mr. Mourinho, do you think Chelsea's loss today was due to bad luck?"

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How the hell could you guys stop me from doing this?!

Don't you guys ever go home from work?

Looking at the group of eager reporters in front of him and listening to their heartbreaking questions, Mourinho really wanted to ask them if they had ever seen a fist the size of a casserole dish. He never expected that even after sitting in the locker room for almost an hour, these reporters would still catch him!

"It seems everyone is very dedicated, still squatting at Stamford Bridge at this hour." Knowing he couldn't escape if he didn't speak up, Mourinho first made a sarcastic remark before returning to the reporters' questions, "Chelsea's players all played very well in today's game, but they didn't persevere until the end. The opponents did better than us in that respect, which is why they ultimately won."

"As for defending the Premier League title, I can only say that the league is still long, and none of us know what will happen next. In the coming period, Chelsea will devote some of its energy to the Champions League, since the draw for the round of 16 is tomorrow."

After uttering those two sentences, Mourinho ignored the reporters who were still raising their hands to ask questions, turned his back on them, and hurriedly left the scene.

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The next day, the entire Leeds United team had a day off, but Li Shiguang did not return to Leeds with the others. After lunch, he and Simeone went directly from London to Zurich, Switzerland, to attend the Champions League Round of 16 draw that evening.

Of the four Premier League teams that made it to the Champions League group stage this season, apart from Arsenal, who have been on a downward spiral since the beginning of the year, the other three teams advanced to the knockout stage as group winners.

When Li Shiguang and Simone arrived at the venue, many bigwigs were already chatting in small groups.

Ferguson and Florentino, who were chatting at the back, were the first to spot Li Shiguang. Just like last time, the old man immediately waved and beckoned Li Shiguang over.

Li Shiguang waved to the two old men and, with a broad smile, led Simone forward to greet them: "Long time no see, Mr. Perez. How are you doing? Are you enjoying your retirement?"

"Hahaha, you little rascal, you're making fun of me as soon as you get here, aren't you?" The two were taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter at Li Shiguang's teasing. But after laughing, Florentino still blinked and looked at Calderon, who was standing at the front chatting with Platini. "But thanks to you, I've actually had a pretty comfortable time these past two weeks."

Li Shiguang followed Florentino's gaze and saw Calderon, so he naturally understood what Florentino meant. It seemed that the expensive purchase of Maicon had put a lot of pressure on Calderon. If Real Madrid didn't make any progress this year, he would be in big trouble!

After teasing Florentino, Li Shiguang didn't forget Ferguson standing next to him: "Alex, what are you laughing at? Don't forget, you were involved in this too! Winning against Chelsea yesterday is repayment for helping to raise the price before!"

Hearing Li Shiguang's illogical words, Ferguson rolled his eyes at the young man he both loved and hated, and jokingly teased him: "That won't do. It's not like if you beat Chelsea, Manchester United will have the championship in the bag. If you really want to repay me, let Leeds United suffer three consecutive defeats starting from the next league match!"

The four of them chatted happily for about ten minutes before the sound system in the venue finally came on.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Switzerland tonight. Please take your seats, the lottery ceremony is about to begin."

Upon hearing the sound, the four stopped talking, and Li Shiguang and Simeone sat down in the seats arranged for Leeds United, ready to wait for the draw ceremony to begin.

According to the Champions League Round of 16 rule of avoiding teams from the same league or group, Leeds United, as group winners, will inevitably face one of the eight second-placed teams in the Round of 16, excluding Arsenal and PSV Eindhoven from their group. However, since four Premier League teams have reached the Round of 16, regardless of the avoidance method, one Premier League team will face the winner of another group! Among the remaining six second-placed teams, Celtic from the Scottish Premiership and Lille from Ligue 1 are relatively weaker, and they are the two opponents that Li Shiguang most hopes to draw.

The drawing ceremony began quickly, as arranged by the host.

The first team drawn was Porto from the Portuguese league, and their opponent was none other than Mourinho, who led them to the top of European football three years ago. This is also Mourinho's first time facing his former club since arriving in the Premier League!

AC Milan was drawn next, and Celtic, whom Li Shiguang had been longing for, was also drawn. Glancing at Galliani after seeing the draw results, Li Shiguang could only curse inwardly that he was incredibly lucky!

Wenger was also quite lucky. After Porto and Chelsea were drawn into their groups, Arsenal's only opponent was PSV Eindhoven, who seemed like an easy target.

Ten minutes later, Li Shiguang looked at the match information on the big screen with a twitching mouth, and kept lamenting to Simone that he was really one of the unluckiest people in England!

After Chelsea and Arsenal were both drawn against relatively weak opponents, Li Shiguang's remaining hope, Lille, was drawn by Manchester United.

Among the Premier League's Big Four, Leeds United is the most affected.

Because they were drawn as one of the two strongest teams among the remaining second-placed teams in their group...