After securing all three points against Liverpool, Leeds United will return to Elland Road for two consecutive home games.
Already riding high on morale, and with the added advantage of playing at home, Leeds United cruised to two 3-0 victories against Blackburn and Charlton. This three-game winning streak brought Leeds United to 26 points, elevating them to 6th place in the league, just 2 points behind 4th-placed Bolton.
Moreover, there was a small surprise during this period. Li Shiguang discovered another small change in the system. After the last-minute equalizer against Arsenal, all Leeds United players triggered a temporary event that boosted morale. Originally, this temporary event was supposed to last for two weeks and should have ended after the Blackburn match. However, the day after winning against Blackburn, Li Shiguang was pleasantly surprised to find that the buff had been extended for another week.
However, he remembered that Ribery had also triggered a temporary event last time, but the buff duration did not increase due to winning the game. Why would it increase this time?
To confirm his suspicions, Li Shiguang, who had originally planned to rotate his squad, fielded his strongest lineup again against Charlton. After establishing an early advantage in the first half, he only made substitutions at halftime. The next day, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the buff's duration had increased by another week.
Now Li Shiguang was certain that this kind of temporary event triggered by the entire team could continue indefinitely as long as the winning streak was maintained. However, he also knew that remaining undefeated in football was already a great achievement, let alone a winning streak, especially under the FA's unreasonable schedule, where almost no team could maintain a perfect season!
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With the Christmas holidays fast approaching and the Premier League season nearing its halfway point, Leeds United are about to face another tough stretch of matches.
Starting with their next match against Manchester City, they will play three league games and one League Cup game in half a month. In the last of the three league games, Leeds United will travel to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea, who are currently far ahead in the league.
It has to be said that Chelsea are truly terrifyingly strong this season. After their upset at Elland Road in the first round, they achieved an impressive record of 15 wins and 1 draw in the following 16 rounds. Now, with the Premier League season not even halfway through, they have already reached a terrifying 46 points, leading Manchester United, who are ranked second, by a full 9 points.
In my memory, the past two Premier League seasons have been dominated by Chelsea. After defeating Chelsea, Li Shiguang thought his little butterfly flapping its wings might have some impact on the established history, but looking back now, he was just overthinking it...
Having already been tricked once before, Li Shiguang plans to make some adjustments based on the actual situation when facing this kind of schedule again. If the players' physical reserves are not sufficient before facing Chelsea, then Li Shiguang may choose to give up this game and focus on preparing for the League Cup match later.
Leeds United have now reached the quarterfinals of the League Cup, where they will face Bolton, who are in good form recently. Lee Shi Guang is determined to give it his all in the League Cup.
Of the two cup competitions in England, the FA Cup is the one that the big clubs value more. When the schedule is too tight, the big clubs will basically only send their reserve team or even youth team players to compete in the League Cup. Therefore, the League Cup is mainly a competition between mid-to-lower-table Premier League teams and some teams from lower leagues.
Li Shiguang had already made up his mind: he would do his best to fight in the two matches against Manchester City and Birmingham, and then, regardless of what others thought, he would let Chelsea off the hook in this match to give the main players a rest. Moreover, after the match against Manchester City, the Premier League winter transfer window would open, and when the new signings arrived, they could also get a chance to experience the pace of the Premier League.
Speaking of new signings, Li Shiguang has identified two targets for the right winger position after much consideration.
On Tuesday morning, after arranging strength training for the players in the gym, Li Shiguang returned to his office. A new batch of scouting reports had arrived, a report from the scouts stationed in South America that reminded him of the situation. Upon seeing the report, Li Shiguang even scolded himself in front of Lina, "What an idiot! I didn't even think of him!" Lina, standing nearby, was completely stunned.
The photo in the scouting report is of Angel Di Maria, who just turned 17.
Looking at the shy, youthful-looking boy in the photo, Li Shiguang checked his attribute panel using the system and found that the young Di Maria's overall rating had reached C+. Although Li Shiguang felt that Di Maria's current abilities might not be able to keep up with the intense pace of the Premier League, he still decided to sign him. If all else failed, he could put him in the youth team to train for a while before promoting him to the first team. So Lina immediately sent an offer email to Rosario Central.
As luck would have it, after reviewing the scouting report and finding no particularly promising players, an offer from Inter Milan to buy Milner led Li Shiguang to turn his attention to Italy. A moment later, a right-wing player in his prime, whose price shouldn't be too high, suddenly came to mind.
That's Mauro Camoranesi, Juventus' starting right winger.
Because he was a die-hard AC Milan fan in his previous life, Li Shiguang can be said to know all about these Italian powerhouses. Even after Serie A gradually declined, Li Shiguang never gave up his attention to Serie A.
Moreover, this is a very special period, because next May, Gazzetta dello Sport will break the "Calciopoli" match-fixing scandal that will shock the world of football. Juventus, AC Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio and other clubs involved in the scandal have been punished to varying degrees by the Italian Football Federation in the following seasons, with Juventus receiving the most severe punishment.
Li Shiguang recalls that Juventus was relegated to Serie B in the 2006-2007 season and deducted 17 points. At the same time, the club's leader, Girouddo, and general manager, Moggi, were banned from participating in football-related affairs for five years. After Juventus' relegation, Camoranesi did not choose to seek a transfer but instead played in Serie B for a year with the club. It wasn't until 2010, at the age of 34, that he transferred away from Juventus, where he had stayed for eight years.
After deciding on this candidate, Li Shiguang dialed Allen's number and asked him to fly to Turin immediately to visit Mogi...
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