The September curse: Leeds United plunges into another slump!

2-0, Mourinho avenges his loss as Chelsea defeat Leeds United to advance to the fourth round of the League Cup!

Li Shiguang appears to be firing another shot! He says Leeds United must make choices regarding the absurd schedule.

Leeds United vs. Liverpool: Two consecutive losses vs. two consecutive draws – who will emerge victorious in the next round?

The day after the League Cup match against Chelsea, Leeds United's performance was met with a barrage of ridicule in both traditional media and online.

People seem to automatically ignore the fact that Leeds United fielded a reserve team after losing the game.

The most outrageous thing is that even Mourinho bluntly stated in a post-match interview that from the moment he saw Leeds United's starting lineup, he knew that Lee Shi Guang probably wanted to give up on the League Cup.

Li Shiguang didn't care about any of that.

After giving the team a day off, Leeds United resumed intensive training.

September 29th.

Leeds United hosted Liverpool at home.

Li Shiguang had already used the system to check the team's overall condition before the match.

No matter what.

The two consecutive losses have somewhat dampened the team's morale.

After winning against Sporting Lisbon, Leeds United's hot streak has somewhat subsided, and Li Shiguang currently lacks a morale booster to improve the team's overall performance.

Fortunately, Liverpool, who had drawn two consecutive matches, weren't much better off.

The two sides played a dull game at Elland Road Stadium.

In the first half, Leeds United opened the scoring through a through ball from Sneijder, with Ibrahimovic receiving the lead.

But after the second half started,

Gerrard equalized for Liverpool in the 79th minute with a powerful long-range shot from outside the box.

final.

The two sides shook hands and agreed to a draw on Elland Road, each taking one point.

After this round of matches, the Premier League standings have changed again.

Leeds United have lost one and drawn one of their last two matches, and have slipped to third place in the standings with 16 points.

Manchester United, on the other hand, shook off their early-season slump and, after a five-game winning streak, overtook Leeds United with 17 points, climbing to second place in the standings.

The most surprising result was Arsenal's decline, which was attributed to selling their captain this summer and making no significant signings.

Arsenal have yet to suffer a defeat since the start of the season.

Like Manchester United, after a five-game winning streak, they climbed to the top of the standings with 20 points!

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Four days later.

The Olympic Stadium in Rome.

Li Shiguang led Leeds United to an away game against Roma.

In Li Shiguang's eyes, this was the only team in the group that could pose a threat to Leeds United.

Spalletti's Roma is in great form right now.

At the start of the season, they avenged their loss to Inter Milan at the San Siro Stadium with a penalty from De Rossi, winning the Italian Super Cup. In the first five rounds of Serie A, Roma also displayed excellent form, achieving three wins and two draws, accumulating 11 points. With a superior goal difference, they topped Serie A, ahead of Inter Milan.

The two sides were evenly matched, and the game was very close.

The match was nearing its end, and the score was still 0-0.

Finally, unable to bear it any longer, Li Shiguang used a game-winning card on Torres, whom he had substituted into the game in the second half.

To be honest...

The system's products are indeed of high quality.

After Li Shiguang used the game-winning card on Torres, he immediately opened the system and checked Torres' personal attributes.

He discovered that in addition to Torres having his shooting accuracy and shooting power maxed out, even his individual form had become incredibly hot under the influence of the game-winning card!

really.

The game has just entered stoppage time.

Torres received a pass from Kaká on the left wing and used his speed to outpace Cicinho, who rushed to defend him.

After breaking into the penalty area, facing Juan's defense, Torres flicked the ball to the right with his right foot, and then shot despite Juan's harassment from the side!

The shot was powerful and heavy. Even though Roma goalkeeper Curci reacted in the shortest possible time, he still couldn't reach the ball. The ball grazed the left post and went into Roma's goal!

final.

Leeds United secured a narrow 1-0 away victory against Roma thanks to Torres' goal, achieving their second win in the European group stage.

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Because they had to travel to Manchester three days later to play Manchester United in the ninth round of the league, the entire Leeds United team did not return to Leeds, but instead traveled directly from Rome to Manchester.

From any perspective, this match is the highlight of this round of the Premier League.

So, while the players from Leeds United and Manchester United were still on the plane after just finishing their Champions League group stage matches.

English media and online fans from both sides have already reacted to the match.

Traditional media like newspapers are fine; people mostly just express their own opinions.

For example, the Manchester Evening News, a mouthpiece of Manchester United, wrote in its sports column: "This round of the Premier League will feature the highly anticipated match between Manchester United and Leeds United! Undeniably, Leeds United displayed formidable strength at the beginning of the season. We must acknowledge that after three years of coaching by Lippi, this team has become a force to be reckoned with in the Premier League! However, as September arrives, they seem to have fallen into a slump. Since returning from Portugal, Leeds United have failed to win a single match, and in yesterday's Champions League group stage game, they only managed a narrow victory against Roma thanks to a stoppage-time goal from the outstanding Torres! Manchester United, on the other hand, has had a slow start but has since bounced back, achieving a five-game winning streak in the league. We have reason to believe that, playing at home, Ferguson will be determined to avenge last season's last-minute loss of the Premier League title!"

Correspondingly.

Leeds United also received strong support from the Yorkshire Post. Norman Hunt wrote in his column that Leeds United's poor performance in the first two games was simply due to an overly tight schedule. For example, after playing the Europa League match against Sporting Lisbon last week, the Leeds United players didn't get any rest. After flying, they immediately had to play the league match against Reading! The League Cup loss to Chelsea was actually due to rotation adjustments made by Li Shiguang, as evidenced by the away win against Roma!