When the riots ended and the Leeds United players returned to the field...

Benzema looked at Ibrahimovic and Adriano, who were standing in the center circle preparing to kick off, and wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the two of them had a bit more of a murderous aura and... excitement about them.

In fact, Leeds United only conceded one goal, and the game had only been going on for ten minutes. If the manager being attacked with a water bottle only made the players angry, it was far from enough to make them fight desperately.

Li Shiguang's bowl of chicken soup, overflowing with hot oil and promising tripled bonuses for winning by five or more goals, thoroughly ignited the players' killing intent.

Benzema kept his eyes on Ibrahimovic.

But Ibrahimovic had no idea about Benzema; at that moment, the Swede's sharp eyes were fixed only on Lyon's goal!

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"Alright... Osato acted quickly and, with the help of the staff, quelled the disturbance." Lineker seemed quite angry, and directly inserted his personal opinion into the live broadcast, "Hopefully, this little incident won't affect the Leeds United players' performance. If it does, Leeds fans, I hope you won't disappoint me in the next round..."

Jon rolled his eyes at Lineker. Although he also found the Lyon fans' behavior somewhat distasteful, it wasn't appropriate to say such things on a live broadcast.

So they quickly steered the conversation back to the competition.

"It seems alright. In the limited footage I saw earlier, I noticed that Lee wasn't actually affected. During the brief break in the game, he even pulled Kaká and Zlatan aside to discuss tactics! Hopefully, Leeds United can turn the tide as soon as possible!"

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As Osato returned to the field, checked his watch, and blew the whistle, the match, which had been interrupted by a minor incident, resumed.

The game begins.

Spurred by the bonus promised by Li Shiguang, the entire Leeds United team launched a furious attack on Lyon's half and quickly reaped the rewards.

Based on match time.

It was only three minutes after Benzema scored.

The Leeds United players on the field gave a resounding slap in the face to the Lyon fans behind the bench who were still hurling insults!

Fourteenth minute.

Alonso dribbled diagonally across the halfway line.

At this point, Leeds United's three lines were very tight, with Ibrahimovic and Adriano, who were at the forefront, dropping back to a position about 30 meters away from Lyon's goal.

Under their leadership, Lyon's defense had no choice but to adopt a defensive posture.

Alonso was dribbling the ball to the right, and as he crossed the halfway line, Ribery on the right wing also stepped back a few steps to receive the pass from his teammate.

Ribery made this move.

This naturally attracted the attention of Grosso, who was marking him, and the Italian immediately moved closer. In addition to Grosso, Revié, who was playing as Lyon's left center-back today, also subconsciously moved forward a few steps.

At this point, the narrow area on the right side of Lyon's midfield was already packed with players. Including Toulalan, who was also moving towards this area, both sides had committed five players to this position, making passing extremely difficult.

Even Norman Hunt, sitting in the studio with a god-like perspective, was getting anxious: "He can't dribble anymore! Xavi has to pass the ball back or to the other half immediately! Otherwise, once Toulalan gets into position, Leeds United's attack will be over!"

Perhaps in the minds of many fans who follow Leeds United's matches...

Although Alonso is a key player for Leeds United, he is often not involved in organizing attacks.

More often than not.

He was always there to control the tempo in midfield and protect Modric.

But not doing it doesn't mean Xabi Alonso won't do it!

As a midfield master-level player with S+ talent in Li Shiguang's system, although he has not yet reached his peak, organizing attacks is still a piece of cake for Xabi Alonso!

So, just when the commentators and fans were worried that Alonso wouldn't be able to pass the ball out.

He found an opportunity among the crowd!

While Toulalan was still two or three steps away from completely blocking his passing lane, Alonso subtly pointed forward with his left hand.

He turned around without hesitation when he saw the white figure that had been facing him.

Alonso made a quick decision, lifting his right foot and flicking the ball under his feet at lightning speed!

A fast lob pass.

The ball was sent directly down the right flank behind Lyon's entire defense.

Adriano, who turned and ran back immediately after receiving Alonso's instruction, also successfully beat the offside trap and received Alonso's pass on the left side of Lyon's penalty area!

Adriano wasn't the only one who turned around.

When Alonso passed the ball.

Leeds United's entire midfield and attack quickly sprang into action.

When Adriano received the ball and looked up into the penalty area, there were already two or three teammates wearing white jerseys inside!

Without hesitation, the Brazilian crossed the ball, sending it in a triangular fashion towards Lyon's penalty area.

Leeds United's attack transitioned from slow to fast extremely quickly.

Although Lyon's players reacted a beat too late, they were doing their best to chase back, with all the defenders sprinting toward their own goal.

As a result, Adriano's cross, which was somewhat of a back pass, caught Lyon's defenders completely off guard, leaving them unable to stop their forward momentum.

This left Ibrahimovic, who was standing right on the edge of the penalty area, completely unmarked!

The next second!

The Swede controlled the ball with his chest, then unleashed a stunning shot with his right foot!

When Ibrahimovic made a shooting motion.

Simeone had already jumped up from the bench, but he immediately covered his face in pain.

Because Ibrahimovic's shot was blocked by Squillaci, who bravely blocked the shot himself!

However, because it was a passive block, Squillaci didn't block the ball very far, and it landed just outside the Lyon penalty area.

While everyone's attention was focused intently on the football.

A white figure appeared at the point where the football was about to land!

"Xabi Alonso!!!" Reinkel exclaimed!

Yes.

After passing the ball, Alonso did not stand still.

He also ran quickly towards Lyon's penalty area.

The football fell from the sky.

The Spanish midfielder judged the ball's trajectory well.

Lift your foot.

Swing your leg.

Shot.

"Bang!!!"

A tremendous sound erupted in front of Lyon's penalty area, and the football flew like a flash towards the left side of Lyon's goal.

Goalkeeper Coupet made absolutely no reaction to Alonso's powerful shot....

He could only watch helplessly as the football slammed into his own goal...

1:1!

In the 14th minute, Alonso helped Leeds United equalize!