On the way back to the locker room.
Li Shiguang looked at the dark blue number 10 jersey in Adriano's hand, a mischievous smile on his lips: "How about it?"
He recalled the thoughtful look on his face when he parted ways with Benzema.
Adriano smiled. "Looks pretty good...at least it's piqued his interest."
“That’s good…” Li Shiguang nodded in satisfaction. “Didiko, I didn’t realize that… If you want to stay at Leeds United after you retire, I think you could go and learn management from Allen.”
"Don't joke with me, boss." Adriano casually draped the Benzema jersey he had just received over his shoulder. "By the way, I also have a question. If you're interested in Kalim, why don't you just have Allen make an offer to Lyon? With our strength, I believe Kalim will be interested once he finds out! I can tell he's an ambitious player."
Anyway, with the injury recovery card still in his storage space, Adriano is sure to be Leeds United's starting striker. In addition, Ibrahimovic will be sent away by him at the end of this season, so Li Shiguang has no intention of hiding it from the Brazilian who is already devoted to him.
“You submitted an offer, why didn’t you?” Li Shiguang pouted and rolled his eyes. “Alan made an offer during the winter transfer window, but Lyon’s management was a bit greedy and gave us a price we couldn’t accept.”
Hearing Li Shiguang say that...
Adriano immediately understood why he had been given such a task.
"Hehehe, so that's why you asked me to talk to Kalim? Boss, I have to remind you, bypassing the club to contact players privately is not allowed!"
"Who contacted you privately?" Li Shiguang shrugged and spread his hands. "What does your personal relationship between the players have to do with the club!"
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The match is over.
This scoreline also means that Leeds United are very close to reaching the Champions League quarterfinals, and the 90 minutes at Elland Road next week will basically be garbage time.
But Li Shiguang himself was still seething with anger.
He was criticized by French media in various newspapers and websites for two days, and after the game, he was even pelted with water bottles and verbally abused by fans at the stadium.
Now that we've won by seven goals, it wouldn't be Li Shiguang's style not to take full advantage and thoroughly humiliate these French media outlets!
In the locker room, in front of all the players, Li Shiguang called Allen and instructed him to triple all the bonuses given to the players for this game. Then, he brought Kompany to the post-game press conference.
Earlier.
Houllier has concluded his press conference.
To avoid an awkward encounter between the two coaches, UEFA staff at the scene only notified Li Shiguang to attend the press conference five minutes after Houllier left.
Unlike the somber atmosphere at the previous press conference where Houllier attended, this time the atmosphere was different.
As soon as Li Shiguang and Kompany stepped through the door, the non-French media couldn't sit still. By the time Li Shiguang sat down, at least a dozen hands were already raised in front of him.
He fiddled with the microphone in front of him.
Li Shiguang wore a smile that made the French media below, who hadn't raised their hands, grit their teeth in envy: "It seems the gentlemen are quite excited. The last time I've seen a scene like this was in my elementary school classroom."
The reporters were amused by Li Shiguang's joke, but they didn't lower their raised hands.
Li Shiguang glanced around, pointed to a reporter whose clothes had the Mirror logo on them, and said, "Sir, congratulations, you have earned the right to ask the first question."
The first one to ask a question.
I'll definitely choose the English media.
The reporter called out by Li Shiguang straightened his clothes, stood up with his notebook in hand, which contained questions he had prepared beforehand.
"Hello, Mr. Li, I am a reporter from The Mirror."
“I remember you, Mr. Wesley, don’t I?”
“It’s me.” Wesley smiled, glancing down at his notebook. “Mr. Li, before today, I knew that many people on various channels were criticizing your remarks during your interview with my French colleague. I would like to ask you, what is your response to these criticisms?”
Li Shiguang has not yet answered.
Wesley felt all sorts of unfriendly stares coming at him from all directions, clearly from his French counterparts.
There's nothing we can do about it.
The Wesley question is like putting all the French media present who had previously criticized Li Shih-shih on a hot plate and roasting them over and over, making them very uncomfortable.
It's already 2:7!
What more do you want from him?!
Besides, Li Shiguang was already incredibly arrogant before the match even started. Now that we've got this result, isn't he just going to piss and shit on our heads?!
The French were right.
Li Shiguang certainly wouldn't waste Wesley's excellent assist opportunity.
He cleared his throat dramatically, ignoring Wesley who was asking the question, and instead looked directly at the French media with a smile. He held the microphone closer to himself and spoke with utter arrogance: "Isn't my response clear enough? Ninety minutes, seven goals, that's my response! I said that Leeds United could finish this series in just one round, but some friends just didn't believe it."
When Houllier was interviewed earlier, it was known that the veteran coach had a heart condition, so both French media and media from other countries tried to avoid mentioning today's score.
But the first thing Li Shiguang said when he arrived was to clearly explain the seven goals.
This number was like a sharp sword, piercing the hearts of every French journalist sitting below, making their faces turn red with anger, yet not one of them dared to raise their head and meet Li Shiguang's gaze!
This is the reply I received from Li Shiguang.
Wesley sat down with satisfaction. He liked Li Shiguang's personality. Once he gained the advantage, he would definitely fire away and wouldn't stop until he had infuriated his opponent!
"Mr. Li, what are your goals for the Champions League this season?" After Wesley sat down, a Spanish journalist wearing a Marca logo stood up and asked, conveniently ignoring the second leg match next week. "We all know that Leeds United reached the Champions League quarterfinals last season, so do you think Leeds United will make a breakthrough this season?"
"Leeds United's goal is always the championship... After all, Kaká, who eliminated us last season, has now joined Leeds United." Li Shiguang joked before becoming serious. "As everyone knows, we've made significant investments this season and strengthened every position... Of course, those who know me know that no matter what kind of competition Leeds United is playing, my goal is always the championship!"
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