Allen was cleaning up his handiwork with cleaning tools, while Lind across from him still had an incredulous expression.
In the camera footage, Li Shiguang looked confident with a calm smile, as if his earlier statement that Leeds United would take all 3 points at home was a matter of course.
After Allen finished cleaning up the water stains on the ground, Lind also recovered from his surprise.
"Mr. Li, I'm actually a Leeds United fan too. As a fan, I'm genuinely happy to see your confidence in Leeds United." After a pause, before Li Shiguang could speak, Lin De continued, "But as you know, Chelsea are the defending champions, and they just won the Community Shield this afternoon against Arsenal. They're at their peak right now. Mourinho is also a tactical genius and has been playing in the Premier League for a year. Compared to you, he seems to have more experience in the Premier League. Our Leeds United, on the other hand, seems to have only three players left in last season's title-winning squad. I'd like to know what makes you so confident?"
After listening to Lind's question, Li Shiguang thought for a moment, his smile widening. Lind: "My confidence probably comes from our training over the past month or so, and perhaps also from the more than 20,000 fans at Elland Road. I know my team very well; the boys are all very talented players. Under my guidance, even though they are just a newly promoted team in the Premier League, they are quite competitive. As for what you just said about Mourinho being a tactical master, well, if you consider only playing counter-attacking football as a tactical master, then well, in that case, Blackwell should also be considered one of the tactical masters, right?"
Li Shiguang's words once again left Lin De, who was on the other side, speechless with astonishment.
This wasn't the first time Lin De had interviewed Li Shiguang, but in the past, it had always been a group interview at a press conference. Li Shiguang's image at press conferences was always one of composure, calmness, and neither servility nor arrogance. Sometimes, even if a reporter's question was somewhat aggressive, Li Shiguang would just smile and let it go, at most not answering at all.
Who knew that in a private interview today, Li Shiguang would reveal an image even more arrogant than Mourinho! But on second thought, it makes sense. How could an owner and manager who could lead Leeds United back to the Premier League in just one season be an extremely low-key person?
After asking the questions he most wanted to know, Linde's questions became more formulaic.
More than an hour later, Lin De, having finished the interview, hurriedly said goodbye to Li Shiguang. He needed to rush back to the newspaper to write the article and try to get it published by tomorrow morning. After all, it was rare to see Li Shiguang so aggressive outside the arena, and this was quite a big news story!
The next day was destined to be an eventful one for Chelsea and Leeds United fans.
This morning, Mourinho's comments after yesterday's match were published on the front pages of major newspapers.
Mourinho: Sorry, Lee what?
Mourinho: Why should I study a team that was promoted from the Championship?
Mourinho: Leeds United are too young; they still need to learn.
A powerful Chelsea could cost Leeds United their first Premier League defeat!
These highly aggressive news headlines directly provoked the anger of Leeds United fans, who unleashed a torrent of criticism against Mourinho and Chelsea on social media! Chelsea fans, already accustomed to their manager's volatile temper, also rallied to Mourinho's support on social media.
Then at noon, news of Lee Shih-kwang's interview with the Daily Mail yesterday began to air on local Leeds television, and the Daily Mail also began publication.
After witnessing Li Shiguang's arrogance, Lind wrote a highly aggressive press release on the front page of the Daily Mail. The extremely sarcastic title, "Haha, is Mourinho a tactical genius?" reveals the twisted smile on Lind's face as he wrote the article.
Less than half an hour after Li Shiguang's interview aired, Leeds United fans uploaded the entire interview video directly online.
When Chelsea fans saw Li Shiguang in the video, with a confident smile on his face, calmly saying, "Heh, is playing only counter-attacking tactics enough to be considered a tactical master?", they witnessed for the first time someone even more arrogant than their manager.
So in the afternoon, an even larger online flame war began to spread.
Li Shiguang, one of the culprits behind this verbal altercation, had finished his morning training and was sitting in his office thinking about Leeds United's starting lineup against Chelsea!
As we all know, Mourinho is a representative of pragmatic football, especially at this stage. It seems that he can park the bus against any opponent, and the idea of "1-0 is enough" seems to be deeply rooted in his heart. So whether it was Porto before or Chelsea now, the game is often not very exciting. So Wenger dislikes him, not only because he thinks that he is too arrogant, but also because his own football philosophy is completely opposite to Mourinho's!
Li Shiguang had actually heard about Mourinho's comments that morning, but he didn't think much of it at the time because he was in training.
Back in his office, Li Shiguang suddenly wondered if he could take advantage of Mourinho's current complacency.
He sorted through the cards he had that he could use.
He had been saving this Drogba template card for a long time and planned to use it on Falcao. He wondered if Terry and Carvalho could withstand the impact of this miniature version of Drogba.
Then the only recovery card will undoubtedly be used on Deisler. Deisler, who is rated A+, is still quite impactful, and if you put him on the wing, he also has an incredibly accurate cross.
I can start with a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Falcao at the front, Berbatov behind him, Bertov on the left, and Deisler on the right.
Milner and Yaya Touré will start as the two defensive midfielders.
Milner's main job is interception.
After Li Shiguang's deliberate transformation over this period, Yaya Touré has successfully adapted from a defensive midfielder to a defensive midfielder. Moreover, Li Shiguang needs to use Touré's strong physique to counter Drogba, and Touré also has good passing ability, which is something Li Shiguang values.
As for the defense, from left to right, they are Lahm, Kompany, Chiellini, and Maicon.
The goalkeeper is still Kasper Schmeichel.
In Li Shiguang's imagination, if Mourinho underestimates Chelsea and allows them to attack, then his highly impactful lineup can seize the opportunity to launch a quick counter-attack.
Once Leeds United score first, let's see how Mourinho will break the deadlock!
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