Chapter 661 The end of the group stage
Chapter 661 The end of the group stage
In the No.16 round of the league, Leeds United ushered in Middlesbrough at home. According to the original historical development, Middlesbrough will be relegated after the end of the season.
Judging from the current performance, Middlesbrough's performance is still good, at least it has not fallen into the relegation zone, and Middlesbrough's lineup is not bad.
Of course, a good lineup does not mean a good game. This has been fully proved by Real Madrid, so a team with good players needs a good head coach.
Although Southgate is good, he is not a talented head coach like Li Yi. He needs time and experience to accumulate.
This point was fully proved in the game. Leeds United, who played at home, suppressed Middlesbrough from the very beginning of the game. This suppression was not only about strength, but also pre-match preparation and tactics.
Although they are all old opponents in the league, they are not unfamiliar with each other, especially Leeds United has changed very little compared to last season. Of course, Middlesbrough has not changed much.
Therefore, the two sides directly skipped the trial stage. After the game started, Leeds United launched a fierce attack and broke the situation on the field in the 4th minute.
Although Li Yi's team is good at scoring goals in the opening game, it can be seen from Middlesbrough's reaction that they are not prepared enough, and they still know that their opponent is good at opening the game and are not prepared.
After gaining the lead, Leeds United immediately changed their tactics and gave up the ball to force Middlesbrough to attack. Although this is one of Li Yi's regular tactics, it needs to be carefully considered when it can be used on that team.
Southgate's team was calm at first, but facing Leeds United's unmoved, Middlesbrough's players still couldn't hold back their attacks.
Counterattack, Leeds United's counterattack can be said to be very sharp. Owen ushered in his second goal in the league, and it was the national team teammate, England heartthrob Beckham who assisted him.
Marseille is halfway through the season, and Beckham's time in the Premier League is getting less and less. In this regard, Beckham also cherishes his time in the Premier League more and more.
Therefore, Li Yi also tried his best to arrange for Beckham to appear in the league, and even seldom replaced him in the game, even if the team had already secured the victory.
Originally, Li Yi wanted to reduce Beckham's playing time as much as possible this season. In addition to preventing Beckham from being too tired and getting injured, he also wanted to give young players more opportunities to play.
But after Beckham took the initiative to find Li Yi and had an in-depth exchange, Li Yi made a change. Of course, after making the change, Li Yi also found a few young players in the team. Li Yi had made a promise before, and if he wanted to change now, he had to make it clear to them.
Beckham will leave next season, and Kanter will be transferred to the first team. In fact, this in-and-out has not changed much. At that time, Jonnyhausen had been excluded from the team lineup by Li Yi, so he still needed signings.
Li Yi has already made arrangements for the signing of the midfielder. De Bruyne, the core midfielder of the Belgian national team in the future, this Belgian teenager has just been mentioned to the first team by his club Genk this season, and he is currently only a substitute player.
So at this time, it would not cost Leeds United much to make a move. In addition, Corleone made the move under Li Yi's instructions. The two sides have basically agreed on the transfer fee.
Of course, it's not difficult to convince a few young players, as long as Li Yi promises that he won't recruit heavily next season, that's enough.
Falling behind by two goals was a huge blow to Middlesbrough's morale. As the saying goes, taking advantage of your illness will kill you. After the game restarted, Leeds United changed their tactics again.
Pressing all the way, killing the suspense of the game in one go, so when the first half ended, the score on the field had become 3:0.
After all, they are all Premier League teams, so face still needs to be given, not to mention that there are still players in the team who were under the account in the past. Li Yi made adjustments to the starting lineup shortly after the second half started.
In the end, Leeds United did not score in the second half, and Middlesbrough failed to make any useful changes at halftime, and the score of 3:0 remained until the end of the game.
Six consecutive victories, as Leeds United won Middlesbrough, the league once again ushered in a six-game winning streak, but this round of the league's four giants all won, but the point difference has further widened.
Because Chelsea lost in the last round of the league, Liverpool drew again, and Chelsea lost to Arsenal. This time the London derby ended in a sought-after victory, while Liverpool drew 1:1 with West Ham United at home.
Therefore, now Leeds United is 2 points ahead of No. 8 Liverpool and 3 points ahead of No. 9 Chelsea. As for Arsenal and Manchester United, they can be ignored because both teams are very far away.
After the Middlesbrough match, Li Yi generously gave the players a day off. Although there was still the final round of the Champions League in the middle of the week, this last round did not affect Leeds United's first position in the group.
Li Yi even considered letting the young players of the youth team go to the Champions League for a round. In fact, Li Yi really did this. After the team regrouped, several young players were transferred to the first team.
Seeing Li Yi's actions, Marseille almost cried. Immediately after Marseille, everyone from the chairman to pig's feet, down to the players and fans, began to appeal to Leeds United to pay attention to the spirit of competition.
They have no hope of the Champions League, but the Europa League can still compete, and for PSV Eindhoven and Marseille, the Europa League is also very attractive.
To Marseille's appeal, Li Yi answered very well, but in fact, when the main lineup came out, Marseille really cried. There were actually three players in the starting lineup who were transferred from the youth team.
The crying of the Marseilles means the laughing of the Eindhoven people, but when the game started, the Eindhoven people couldn’t laugh anymore, because Leeds United scored a goal soon,
And the player who scored the goal officially jumped up from the youth team, the young England center Harry Kane. At the same time, the Tottenham management has been crying, because Harry Kane belonged to Tottenham a few months ago.
This is not over yet, Eindhoven immediately launched a counterattack, but they found that a small figure finally appeared on their way to attack.
Even this small figure gave Eindhoven a fatal blow. In the No. 308 minute of the first half, Kanter sent a long pass after stealing the ball. Leeds United quickly counterattacked, and Lennon single-handedly rewritten the score to 2:0.
When the game ended, Eindhoven cried completely, because the final score on the field was 3:1, and the reason why Leeds United won this victory was because of the outstanding performance of several young players.
On the other side, it was obvious that Atletico Madrid finally drew 0:0 in Marseille. With this game, Marseille got its wish and occupied the third position.
(End of this chapter)