Leeds United fans have been happy for the past month or so.
In the 26th round of the league, Tevez scored twice, while Sneijder also provided two assists, as Leeds United easily defeated Plymouth at home.
In the 27th round of the league, Leeds United faced Crewe away from home. Thanks to Sneijder's free kick and Milner's long-range shot, Leeds United once again defeated their opponents by two goals.
In the 28th round of the league, Leeds United defeated Coventry 2-1, with Schmeichel scoring his first goal for Leeds United.
In the 29th round of the league, Leeds United, back at home, thrashed Cardiff City 6-1. Adebayor scored 5 goals, while Sneijder not only had 5 assists but also scored a goal himself.
In the 30th round of the league, Leeds United won 1-0 away against Stoke City, with Tevez scoring the only goal.
In the 31st round of the league, Leeds United also won by a single goal away from home against Burnley.
Leeds United, who have won seven consecutive games since the start of the second half of the season, remain in first place with a staggering 84 points.
Sunderland followed closely with 79 points.
The Championship rules stipulate that the top two teams in the standings at the end of the season are directly promoted to the Premier League, while teams ranked third to sixth participate in a play-off to win the other promotion spot.
Wigan Athletic, currently ranked third, has only 59 points. With 15 rounds remaining in the league, Leeds United, who are 25 points ahead of Wigan Athletic, have practically secured their place in the Premier League.
February 8, 2005, was Lunar New Year's Eve, a traditional festival in China.
This is Li Shiguang's first Spring Festival since his rebirth, so after returning to Leeds last night after the game.
Li Shiguang asked his assistant Allen to invite the most famous Chinese chef in Liz to his home to cook a New Year's Eve dinner. He wanted to take a break and enjoy an authentic Chinese meal during the Spring Festival.
After waking up from his afternoon nap, Li Shiguang was reflecting on his achievements over the past month.
In the 6 matches, the system issued a total of 3 tasks, all of which were golden treasure chests.
He successfully obtained 3 talent realization cards, bringing his total to 4 cards, which he hasn't used yet.
With a six-game winning streak over the past month, Leeds United has become a darling of the media and fans.
After each match, newspapers would publish numerous articles praising Leeds United, and Lee Shih-shih would become synonymous with a genius coach in the media's eyes.
As the team's head coach, Li Shiguang actually knows his team very well.
First of all, the substitute lineup is not very useful; those players have an overall rating of D to D+ in the system.
Then, in his starting lineup, although they were basically all geniuses, even after Li Shiguang's training over this period, everyone was only hovering around the C+ level, with the highest being Sneijder, who was only B level.
He also discovered a problem: the higher the players' attribute points, the slower their improvement after training!
This dashed his hopes of hoarding the peak Drogba template experience card and talent realization card for a crucial moment, since in his plan, he should sell 3-4 players after the season to completely pay off the club's current debts.
However, if things continue at the current pace, these players' market value will inevitably fall short of Li Shiguang's desired price.
Finally, and most importantly, since Li Shiguang took over the team, Leeds United has been implementing a high-pressing tactic.
It's important to know that Klopp's tactics put a tremendous strain on the players' physical reserves.
Leeds United's starting lineup is young and energetic, so it's hard to tell much from their first few games.
However, although they won the last two matches, the 1-0 scoreline speaks volumes. The most obvious one is that the players' physical reserves couldn't keep up, and this situation was reflected in the system panel in real time.
When Li Shiguang opened the system to check the player attributes, apart from Schmeichel, the other starting players' match condition had changed from being hot to just average.
Li Shiguang now has two choices.
First, in subsequent matches, Leeds United might abandon the high-pressing tactic and instead use Mourinho's practical defensive counter-attacking style, parking the bus in every game. However, if they do this, Leeds United's matches will likely become less entertaining, and players like Adebayor and Tevez, whom they plan to sell, may not have many opportunities to perform, thus affecting their market value.
Secondly, by using the Talent Realization Card, Leeds United can bring back the peak of the four players in the central axis to the present. This way, Leeds United should be able to maintain their current form until the end of the season, and these players should also be able to fetch a good price when the summer transfer window opens.
The answer is self-evident. With that in mind, Li Shiguang decisively selected the "Activate Talent Redemption Card" after the names of four players: Adebayor, Tevez, Sneijder, and Milner.
As for why Kompany and Chiellini were not chosen.
Because it's cheap. The most valuable defender this season, Lucio, is only 12 million euros. This market price is far from Li Shiguang's target price.
After using the Talent Realization Card, Li Shiguang quickly opened Milner's attribute panel to take a look.
[James Milner] (Talent Realization Card in use)
Age: 19
[Offensive Threat]: 85
[Defensive Strength]: 95
[Body Balance]: 91
[Long-range transmission accuracy]: 88
[Short pass accuracy]: 94
[Shooting Accuracy]: 89
[Disc Accuracy]: 82
[Shooting Technique]: 90
[Speed/Top Speed]: 89/93
[Consciousness]: 92
[Leadership Awareness]: 97
[Injury Tolerance]: A
[Talent]: A
[Current Match Status]: Intense
[Transfer Value]: €20 million
[Remaining peak period]: 7 years
[Remaining Contract Term]: 6 years
[Potential]: High
[Player Evaluation]: Capable of playing in multiple positions, possessing a strong physique, excellent footwork, and outstanding leadership. Most importantly, he is a football evergreen with an exceptionally long peak period.
Overall Assessment: A
Because Milner is a product of Leeds United's own youth academy, his previous contract only had a release clause of 6 million euros.
After Li Shiguang took over Leeds United, he renewed Milner's contract for another four years, extending Milner's contract to six years and increasing his release clause to 25 million euros.
Seeing that the transfer value, which was of most concern to him, had changed to 20 million euros, Li Shiguang nodded in satisfaction.
Just as I was about to check the attributes of the next player.
A perfectly fluent Chinese voice came from downstairs.
"Boss, the food is ready, we're heading out now!"
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