Chapter 659 Team Leader
Chapter 659 Team Leader
After defeating Manchester City 3:0, Leeds United finally ushered in a rare rest period. Li Yi was also very generous, directly giving the players two days off.
For these two days of vacation, Li Yina also made full use of them, went to Norwich again, and took Jiang Ying out again for two days and two nights.
In order to stay with his girlfriend for one more night, Li Yi stayed in Norwich for two nights, and flew back to Leeds by himself early the next morning.
For this reason, Li Yi was often complained by his cousin Liu Yao. You know, Liu Yao arranged a job for Li Yi, but Li Yi didn't even go home and went straight to Norwich, and even turned off his mobile phone, so that Liu Yao would not be able to find him.
Not to mention that, Li Yi, who returned to Leeds from Norwich early the next morning, also went directly to the club and returned home after training that day.
Complaints are complaints, but Liu Yao still supports Li Yi in her heart. If she is not by Li Yi's side, she will not know the pressure Li Yi is under. What outsiders see is only the superficial scenery, and the pressure under the scenery is only known to those who are really by her side.
Before Liu Yao felt that she was extremely proud of having such a big brother, but this year, Liu Yao was a little worried and felt sorry for Li Yi.
It is no exaggeration to say that Li Yi is definitely the one under the most pressure among all the head coaches. This is related to Li Yi's skin color and nationality, as well as his age.
After all, there are very few head coaches at Li Yi's age, let alone Li Yi's current achievements as a Chinese.
Let's say that Li Yi, who came back from the holiday, was at the club except for dinner and sleeping. Leeds United is currently in a good state, but this good guy needs Leeds United's continuous victory, because there are still a group of hungry wolves watching behind him.
In the No.14 round of the league, Leeds United will be a guest at Fratton Park to challenge Portsmouth.
In fact, Li Yi did the same. In this game, Leeds United played the main force, and after the start of the game, they also moved in the direction that Leeds United favored.
Suarez, who has not scored in several rounds, opened the scoring for Leeds United in this game. Suarez received a through from Modric and successfully completed the goal.
When the first half ended, Leeds United rewritten the score to 2:0. It is said that in recent rounds of the league, Leeds United has maintained the rhythm of scoring two goals in the first half.
However, Leeds United only scored two goals in this game. It seemed that Leeds United would not score in the second half. Fortunately, Leeds United defended very well and did not give Portsmouth any chance to keep the score of 2:0 until the end of the game.
With the end of the game, Leeds United ushered in another wave of consecutive victories. Since losing to Chelsea in the tenth round, Leeds United has won another four consecutive victories.
However, this was not what made Li Yi happiest. What made Leeds United happiest was that its competitors fell behind. None of the four major clubs in the Premier League won this round.
Chelsea and Liverpool drew with their opponents at the same time, and Arsenal was even worse, losing 3:0 to Manchester City. Because they did not find a suitable candidate, Mark Hughes was able to stay in Manchester City.
In this regard, Li Yi was very depressed. He was ready to accept the title of "communist killer". As a result, Mark Hughes miraculously stayed in Manchester City and also killed Arsenal.
It is said that Wenger's team has lost a lot recently, not to mention the 0:3 defeat to Manchester City in this game, and the last round lost to Aston Villa at home.
With the end of the No.14 league round, Manchester United and Arsenal have theoretically withdrawn from the championship. After losing to Leeds United, Manchester United lost to Arsenal. Coupled with this round of draw, they are currently behind Leeds United by 14 points.
Not to mention Arsenal, after losing this round, Arsenal currently only has 23 points, two points less than Manchester United, and can be called the worst existence among the four giants.
Chelsea and Liverpool have the same points, but with the tie in this round of the league, they are 6 points behind Leeds United and currently rank second and third with 33 points.
Based on the current situation, if Arsenal can't adjust their status, then the chance of falling out of the top four this season will be very high. Although Arsenal has the BUFF bonus of fighting for the top four, Arsenal's opponents are too strong.
The team led by Ferguson is in better shape as it progresses. On the contrary, Arsenal often fall behind in the late stage, so the current situation of Arsenal is really not optimistic.
In fact, the four giants of the Premier League this season are not optimistic, because Leeds United's performance is really good. They only lost one game in the fourteen rounds of the league, and firmly occupy the top of the standings with an absolute advantage of 39 points.
It is conceivable what the situation in Leeds is like at the moment. Leeds United fans are even happier than Christmas. It is no exaggeration to say that Leeds United fans watch the league standings twice a day, watching their favorite teams in the standings.
Fans can keep watching the standings with a happy mood, but Li Yi and his disciples can't, because they know very well that if they are not careful, they will be overtaken by the team behind them. If they want to keep their current position, they must try their best to win all possible games.
However, before the next round of the league comes, Leeds United needs to finish the fifth game of the Champions League group stage. Leeds United will welcome the opponent Marseille in the first group stage at home.
After four rounds, Marseille and Eindhoven each won a victory from their opponents, so Marseille and Eindhoven still retain the hope of appearing, but this round is a life-and-death battle between the two teams.
If Marseille can defeat Leeds United, then Marseille's points will come to 6 points, and if Marseille wants to keep their hope in their opponents, they still need the help of Eindhoven. The Dutch giants must at least draw with Atletico Madrid.
Of course, the most ideal result is that Eindhoven beats Atletico Madrid, and then Marseille beats Leeds United. In this way, Marseille will face Atletico Madrid in the last round, and their fate is completely in their own hands.
But this is only an ideal result, and the ideal is only an ideal. The reality is often cruel and skinny. When the game came to No. 30 minutes and Leeds United winger Royce broke the deadlock, Marseille's hopes were almost shattered, let alone another stadium Atletico Madrid had already taken the lead.
The following developments were completely in the opposite direction of what Marseille and PSV Eindhoven hoped. Atletico Madrid expanded their lead, and Leeds United also expanded their score in the second half.
Although both of them moved back a goal later, this goal did not change the fact that they were out. In the end, the fifth round of the Group D group match ended with two 2:1.
With these two 2:1 victories, Leeds United and Atletico Madrid have qualified together, while Marseille and Eindhoven can only compete for the Europa League qualification.
(End of this chapter)