"He's back! The epitome of violent aesthetics, he's back!!" Although Adriano had breached his own team's goal, the long run that spanned almost the entire pitch still left Jon flushed. "Adriano!! This man who perfectly combines speed and power has scored his first Premier League goal!! From the moment he started dribbling forward, Chelsea sent at least five players to try and intercept him halfway, but they couldn't stop this heavy tank that had already started moving!!"
This goal captivated not only the commentators and fans in front of their televisions.
At Wembley Stadium.
"Gooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!" As the ball flew into Chelsea's goal, the stadium's loudspeakers roared, "Leeds United have scored!! The score is now 2-0!! The goal scorer is number 18, Adriano Wright—!!"
"Ribeiro—!!"
The 90,000 fans in the stands responded in unison to the commentator's roar, including even Chelsea fans wearing blue jerseys.
At this moment.
It doesn't matter who's a fan anymore!
All the audience members stood up at the same time.
Let's give a warm round of applause to Adriano for such a wonderful performance!
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Adriano was equally ecstatic after scoring. He didn't even bother to celebrate with his teammates, who always wanted to celebrate with him. He sprinted along the sideline, his face contorted with rage, roaring all the way back to the Leeds United bench.
After embracing and celebrating with Simeone and Rivaldo, Li Shiguang kept looking at his beloved player, whom he had spent 35 million euros on.
As Adriano ran to the bench, Li Shiguang hugged him tightly: "Well done! Didico! This is the real you!"
Adriano, with his head buried in Li Shiguang's shoulder, remained silent.
But Li Shiguang could feel Adriano's body trembling slightly. As Adriano's head coach and the person who personally brought him to Leeds, Li Shiguang could understand Adriano's feelings at this moment.
Three whole years!
Starting from the death of his father after the 2004 Copa America, Adriano had been tormented for three years. In the first two years, with the help of his teammates and Moratti, he was still able to play normally. But last year, Adriano had completely lost himself.
Over the past year, Adriano has been tormented by illness and alcohol. No one can understand his feelings; only he knows what he has been through. When he learned a few months ago that Moratti had dropped him, Adriano even considered retiring altogether.
Fortunately, Li Shiguang's appearance saved the Brazilians.
To this day, Adriano still doesn't know why the depression that had plagued him for so long suddenly disappeared, and disappeared completely, as if he had never had the illness at all.
But none of that matters anymore.
Adriano felt the warmth of Li Shiguang's embrace, and the force of the man who had pulled him out of hell patting his back.
He knew that Li Shiguang was not lying; he really was like Deisler, able to experience a second spring in his career at Leeds United!
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Adriano's goal put Leeds United 2-0 up at halftime.
Back in the locker room, Li Shiguang praised the players' performance in the first half with a big smile.
"You all played brilliantly for the first 45 minutes! I'm not just referring to the two-goal lead, but also to how well you executed my tactical plan, and I'm very happy about that!"
After praising the players' performance in the first half, Li Shiguang began to make tactical arrangements for the second half.
Taking into account the rules of the Community Shield.
Li Shiguang used all six substitutions in the locker room in one go.
After all, compared to the upcoming league and Champions League matches, the Community Shield is far less prestigious. With a two-goal lead going into halftime, he certainly didn't want his players to suffer even the slightest injury in this kind of game...
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"Alright, viewers, welcome back!" After finishing the opening remarks, Lineker received a notification from the director through his headset: "The second half is about to begin, and contrary to our analysis during halftime, Leeds United are the first to make adjustments in the second half!?"
Jon heard the director's reminder, glanced at the computer screen, and gave a wry smile. He continued, "Indeed, Lee made the first adjustment in the locker room, and he used all six substitutions at once!"
"Jon, what do you think Lee means by this? Does he look down on Mourinho so much?" Lineker asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Probably not." Jon shook his head. "Look at Lee's substitution strategy. The others were all like-for-like substitutions, nothing special. But Hummels replacing Kaká clearly indicates a five-man defense, so the second half is unlikely to be as exciting as the first!"
Blinking his small, bright eyes, Lineker's expression suddenly became interesting. He gripped the microphone and whispered to the person next to him, "Hey, Jon, do you think Lee didn't even want to win this game? He scored two goals in the first half, but then deliberately gave up attacking in the second half, letting Chelsea equalize?"
"Why don't you want to win?" Reinkel's words left Jon a little confused.
"Have you forgotten what the media said about the Community Shield?"
"An ominous battle?"
"Yes, Li is from the East, maybe he believes in this! Hahahaha!"
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There was indeed this curse before the Community Shield.
Since its name change in 2002, the Community Shield champions had lost the subsequent league title race for three consecutive years, until Chelsea broke this so-called curse two years ago.
However, Li Shiguang didn't care about any of that.
After Leeds United adopted a defensive strategy in the second half, Chelsea, who continued their relentless attack, still failed to find any good opportunities. It wasn't until the 87th minute that Lampard finally broke through De Gea's defense with a direct free kick from the attacking third, pulling one back for Chelsea.
But after that, Leeds United never gave Chelsea another chance.
After four minutes of added time, the referee blew the final whistle to end the match.
final.
Leeds United defeated Chelsea 2-1 thanks to goals from Lahm and Adriano in the first half, winning the 2007 Community Shield!
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