Kolarov's stunning long-range strike not only gave Leeds United a two-goal lead, but also completely extinguished Chelsea's already dwindling fighting spirit.
In the remainder of the game, Grant tried to ignite the team's fighting spirit with his shouts and substitutions, but Leeds United didn't give them many opportunities, and Chelsea's occasional organized attacks were rarely able to truly threaten Neuer.
After the 85th minute, facing Leeds United who had used all their substitutions and were launching another fierce attack, Chelsea had no choice but to retreat again and park the bus in their own half.
The game has reached this point.
Everyone knows there's no chance of a miracle; Leeds United will be 100% guaranteed to advance to the next round of the FA Cup!
In the Sky Sports studio.
Jon's tense face relaxed as Chelsea tightened their defense again, looking somewhat resigned.
As a Chelsea fan, he felt a deep sense of disappointment and frustration: "Completely outplayed! Absolutely completely outplayed! This is the ugliest Chelsea game I've seen since Mourinho left! Whether it's the players' form or the power struggle between the managers, Leeds United won decisively today! We should think about what new things Grant has brought to Chelsea!? Mourinho's counter-attacking style is genuine! But Grant... all he has is ugly, passive... defense!"
"Let's congratulate Leeds United! Without a doubt, under Lee's leadership, they gave Chelsea no chance and successfully qualified for the next round of the FA Cup!"
Just like Jon said.
After three minutes of added time, Clattenburg, disregarding Leeds United's continued attack with the ball, blew the final whistle to end the match!
Leeds United defeated Chelsea 2-0 at Elland Road, advancing to the next round of the FA Cup! They will face Huddersfield Town, the League One side that beat Oldham Athletic yesterday, at Elland Road in mid-February!
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With the conclusion of this round of the FA Cup, Leeds United's January matches are all finished. Starting next month, Li Shiguang will shift his focus to the upcoming Champions League Round of 16.
at the same time.
With January drawing to a close, the 2007-2008 winter transfer window is about to close.
Unlike the English Premier League, whose transfer market has been exceptionally hot in recent years.
The winter transfer windows in other major leagues were relatively quiet, with the signing of Sneijder by Inter Milan for 20 million euros considered the biggest deal.
However, for fans, the player transfer market wasn't very interesting.
But in Spain, a truly spectacular show is unfolding.
Early January.
Marca broke the news that Real Madrid's current president, Ramon Calderón, has been abusing the power granted to him by Real Madrid members to enrich himself since taking office last year, using the club's credit cards to purchase personal items, calling him a "beggar in a tie."
Actually, if it's just this kind of seemingly nonsensical news...
The outside world will just treat it as a joke, laugh it off, and then it'll be over.
On the one hand, Calderon isn't really a beggar, and even if he used the club's credit card, a few hundred or a few thousand euros wouldn't be a big deal to anyone.
On the other hand, since Calderón took office, Marca, Cope radio, and other media outlets have been attacking him.
The reason is quite simple.
A year and a half ago, after Florentino was forced to resign due to pressure from the team's poor performance, the election for the new president of Real Madrid was actually a major battle for market share among various Spanish media outlets.
When a media outlet truly "grows big," their desires extend beyond simply "reporting news." They strive to control the club, because once this goal is achieved, the media outlet will have inexhaustible news resources and can leverage the club's enormous influence to generate profits for the media.
This situation is even more evident in world-class clubs like Real Madrid!
Therefore, during the election for the presidency of Real Madrid, various media outlets would create public opinion for the presidential candidate they were close to, hoping to gain benefits later!
Interestingly, Calderón was not favored by any media group at the time. Even AS, the mouthpiece of Real Madrid, preferred another candidate, Mir, because his policies were more in line with Florentino's superstar approach.
However, after Calderón's victory, AS chose to change its stance in time. With a powerful backer, Calderón naturally became indifferent to the attitudes of other media groups. For more than a year, Marca, Cope Radio, and El Mundo have never stopped attacking Calderón.
This report initially didn't cause much of a stir.
Even Calderón, unlike before, didn't give a special interview in AS to respond.
But to everyone's surprise, Marca was serious this time!
Just one week after exposing Calderon's misuse of public resources, Marca published another article targeting Calderon and his close aide Mijatovic.
The details of the leak were quite outrageous.
Marca detailed all of Calderón's signings since taking over, revealing that apart from the €40 million acquisition of Maicon from Leeds United, all other transfers were more or less shady! Calderón and Mijatovic reaped huge profits for themselves! In addition, Calderón also tried to evade paying personal income tax through various means.
Furthermore, this article in Marca was not fabricated at will.
They even listed various pieces of evidence below, including an interview with a woman named Cristina who works for Real Madrid. In the interview, the woman mentioned that there were many shady dealings in Real Madrid's signings in the past two years, and that she had several contracts with completely different prices!
When this well-documented report was published, the whole of Spain went crazy!
Anyone with eyes to see knows that this is no small matter for Marca; to put it bluntly, they are aiming to oust Calderón!
If not handled properly.
It's possible that Calderon and Mijatovic will not only step down, but also face imprisonment...
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