"Bang!"
After the post-match press conference.
The first thing Li Shiguang did after returning to the locker room was to slam the tactical splint in his hand onto the ground.
After receiving the notification from Simeone, no one left early; all the Leeds United players waited for Li Shiguang in the locker room.
The locker room was full of people, but it was so quiet that you could only hear each person breathing.
Walking to the center of the room, Li Shiguang looked around at his players, forcibly suppressing the anger that was about to rise to his head, and spoke.
"I'm curious, besides Ferreira and Fabio, who among you has ever won a top-flight league title? Huh?"
Faced with Li Shiguang's question, the locker room fell silent. After a long while, captain Kompany stepped forward with a stiff upper lip: "No, boss."
Li Shiguang stared intently at Kompany: "Very well, Vincent, then tell me, do you want the championship?"
"Yes!" Kompany answered without hesitation.
After receiving the answer, Li Shiguang looked around and asked, "And what about you?"
"think..."
"I guess so..."
Upon hearing the question, the players all lowered their heads and gave a sparse response.
"Speak louder! Are you even men?!" Seeing the players' behavior, Li Shiguang finally lost his temper, slamming his hands heavily on the table in the center of the locker room and roaring, "I can't hear you!!!"
Spurred on by Li Shiguang's words, these young people, who all had the potential to become world-class stars, raised their heads and roared, "Yes!"
Several people were even so provoked by Li Shiguang that their eyes turned red!
"Alright, since you all want to win the championship." Seeing that the players were no longer as dejected as before, Li Shiguang softened his tone again, "Tell me, with this kind of performance today, do you think you can win? Do you even deserve to win the championship?"
"We only got one point today. There are still four rounds left in the Premier League this season. If Chelsea can't stop Manchester United in the rescheduled match next month, then I'm sorry, but barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Premier League title will be slipping away from us."
"If we're lucky and Chelsea manage to beat Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, or at least draw with them, then theoretically we still have a chance to win the title! Why do I say theoretically? Because your lousy performance on the pitch today made me feel for the first time that the league title is already a distant dream, understand?"
After being bombarded with Li Shiguang's criticism, the Leeds United players, who had just raised their heads, slowly lowered them again.
Of course, except for Ibrahimovic!
"Boss, that's not how it is. I think we really gave it our all today!" Looking at Li Shiguang, the young Ibrahimovic had a unique arrogance on his face.
“Of course, I agree with you, Zlatan.” Li Shiguang was actually quite happy that someone was willing to talk back to him, which at least proved that the players still had fighting spirit. “Brothers, even now, I think you have done your best on the field.”
"But! You guys only gave it your all physically, were you really fully committed to the game? You took the lead and got tied, you took the lead and got tied! Were you even focused on the football field? Quick counter-attacks! Hahaha, I really never thought we'd be tied repeatedly in this way during a 90-minute match!"
"Have you all forgotten who the boss is in England when it comes to this kind of thing?! Huh?!"
Finally, Ibrahimovic was persuaded by Li Shiguang's words and lowered his head in embarrassment.
In his mind, the boss was right; those two goals were really stupid. The opponent took advantage of his lack of concentration, which ruined the good situation they had in their grasp.
As the backbone of the team's defense and captain, Kompany knew that Li Shiguang's words had hit the nail on the head, and he had nothing to say.
Standing up in shame, Kompany bowed slightly to Li Shiguang: "I'm sorry, boss."
“I accept your apology, Vincent.” Li Shiguang gave a serious look at each player in the locker room.
He knew it was time to reduce the sauce over high heat.
Li Shiguang then raised his voice, stood on the table in the middle of the locker room, and shouted hoarsely, "You have indeed let me down, you have also let down the more than 50,000 fans who came to the scene today, and the people you have let down the most are yourselves!"
"Think about all the hard work you've put in this past year, think about all the injuries you've suffered on the football field this past year, do you think you can live up to yourselves if you don't win this championship?"
The players also noticed their head coach's appearance.
Looking at Li Shiguang's face, which was already flushed red, and listening to Li Shiguang's roar.
These young men, most of whom were only in their early twenties, suddenly felt a surge of heat rush from their navels to their heads. They all stood up from their seats as if they had lost their minds, slamming whatever they were holding onto the ground and roaring, "I'm sorry!"
very good!
Looking at the dressing room where the juice had been collected, Li Shiguang slowly stepped down from the table and softly uttered the last words he wanted to say that day.
"I'm going to Anfield next week, and I hope to see a massacre!"
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"Damn it, have these Leedsians gone mad today?"
Benitez angrily threw down the water bottle in his hand, his murderous gaze fixed on Torres, who had run to the bench and was celebrating wildly with Li Shiguang.
Time: 87 minutes and 29 seconds.
Location: Anfield Stadium, Liverpool.
Matchup: Liverpool vs. Leeds United.
Live score: 1:5
The electronic screen at the top of Anfield Stadium clearly displays the results of the two teams' matches over the past half hour since the start of the game.
Just after Torres scored Leeds United's fifth goal of the day.
The sounds from the stands at Anfield Stadium, which can also hold more than 50,000 spectators, have changed from initial boos to angry shouts, and now to silence and early departures!
Not only Benitez, but Liverpool captain Gerrard was also on the pitch, hands on his hips, watching his celebrating opponents with a look of frustration.
Just as Benitez just said.
Gerrard felt that Leeds United players were completely insane today!
From the moment the referee blew the whistle to start the match, this group of people never stopped running, swarming around every Liverpool player like mad dogs.
About several tens of seconds later, the Leeds United players' celebration was stopped by the referee, and the players returned to the field.
Finally freed from the crowd, Li Shiguang had time to look up at the electronic screen above him, and then he suddenly felt that he had learned something important in his career.
Be the head coach.
Sometimes you have to scold them!
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