Chapter 666 The Price of Willfulness
Chapter 666 The Price of Willfulness
Willfulness comes at a price. In the 19th round of the league, Leeds United went to Manchester again. Of course, the opponent was not Manchester United, otherwise Li Yi would not have directly given the players two days off. Another team in Manchester, Manchester City.
And when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score was 2:2. Although the score was tied, if you look at the game, Leeds United almost lost.
In the past, Leeds United led their opponents 2:0 in the first half, but this game was reversed. When the first half ended, Manchester City played Leeds United 2:0.
The two-day holiday before the game has a great impact, especially in Europe's biggest festival of the year. Li Yi can understand this, so he didn't get angry. He just hoped that the players would work harder in the second half.
The holiday was decided by Li Yi, and he had prepared for the worst, so even if he lost, Li Yi had nothing to say. Of course, it is not Li Yi's style to just admit defeat, nor is it Leeds United's style.
Besides, Li Yi also used cards to ensure this game. In this way, coupled with the fact that the players realized their shame and acted bravely, their performance improved in the second half. Coupled with Li Yi's hanging up, the score was finally chased to 2:2.
It is still very reasonable for God to reward hard work. Leeds United almost lost the game because of the two-day holiday, while other teams that trained hard normally won the victory they deserved.
Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool all beat their opponents, as for Arsenal?This season's championship basically has nothing to do with Arsenal. Now Wenger should consider how not to strengthen the team in the future, and strive to compete for the top four seats in the second half of the season.
Although the result of the last game of the half was not perfect, Leeds United's performance was perfect for the whole half. After the 50th round, Leeds United scored 2 points and ranked first in the standings, leading No.8 Liverpool by [-] points.
No.2 Liverpool has 42 points, No.3 Chelsea is one point behind Liverpool and has 41 points, No.4 is gradually catching up to 38 points, as for Arsenal, 32 points already speaks for itself, and is 18 points behind Leeds United.
Even Arsenal is not ranked fifth. Aston Villa is currently ranked fifth in the standings. Martin O'Neill's team has performed very well this season, leading Arsenal by 3 points after the [-]th round.
Compared with Leeds United winning the half-time championship, the media only reported on the draw between Leeds United and Manchester City, and many media also insinuated that Mark Hughes was incompetent, and Leeds United could not win in such a poor state.
At the same time, the media vowed that Leeds United will definitely fall behind in the second half of the season, because after half a season, other teams in the Premier League have thoroughly studied Leeds United.
For the farting of the media, Leeds United immediately responded to the game two days later. In the No. 20 round of the league, Leeds United ushered in Aston Villa, who was in excellent form at home.
Martin O'Neill's team has been unbeaten for seven rounds, and the record of 4 wins and 3 draws is enough to prove the team's recent state. It is no wonder that O'Neill was full of confidence when he came to Leeds.
"Leeds United is a strong opponent, but we have done well recently. For the next game, as long as we maintain a good state, I think we can take away a satisfactory result at Elland Road Stadium."
Compared to O'Neill's self-confidence, Li Yi's performance disappointed the media: "Aston Villa has been doing well recently, but we have encountered some problems."
Hearing Li Yi's words, those who didn't know thought that Leeds United had a losing streak, and then looked at Leeds United's record. In the last ten rounds, they had 8 wins and 2 draws. Are you sure you have encountered a problem?
So the English media had reason to suspect that Li Yi was lying, but when Li Yi spoke ironically, his expression was so sincere, and his eyes were full of sincerity.
England was skeptical, but domestic reporters were sure. Li Yi was ironic, but they wouldn't expose it, because it made them feel superior.
In the past, when Chinese sports media came to Europe, they only treated them coldly and had an embarrassing position, but this situation began to change dramatically after Li Yi appeared. Now the Chinese media can proudly stand aside, and even get preferential treatment during interviews with Leeds United.
This also made the domestic media even more afraid to offend Li Yi, because there were real examples ahead, and any media that offended Li Yi had already been blacklisted.
Although Li Yi considers himself a generous and kind-hearted person, in fact, in the eyes of the media, Li Yi is a guy who will take revenge.
And when the game really started, the Leeds United players also told Aston Villa with facts that you have been in a good state recently, but we are even better, especially after experiencing the last game.
Because they almost lost the game during the two-day holiday, this made the players train harder after their return, trying to get back to the field in the next round, but Aston Villa hit it at this time.
No, you can't blame Aston Villa, the schedule is so arranged, you can only blame the FA.
After the start of the game, Leeds United immediately launched a strong attack at home. With the excellent record of Leeds United and the hot market, Elland Road Stadium has a more terrifying home atmosphere.
In fact, this is also understandable. The Elland Road Stadium can no longer satisfy the hot football market of Leeds United. Every game is a war for fans without season tickets.
Therefore, fans who can come in to watch the game this time may not be able to come in the next game. Fans without season tickets will naturally explode all their enthusiasm, and fans with season tickets will see others so enthusiastic, so naturally they cannot show weakness.
Amidst the frantic shouts of the fans, Leeds United quickly broke through Aston Villa's goal, but this was not a goal in a sports game, but a chance for a free kick.
Neither Beckham nor Bell played in this game, so the free kick opportunity fell to Modric's feet, and the Leeds United midfielder had a rare opportunity for a tactical free kick.
With Modric's goal, the game can be said to have completely fallen into the rhythm of Leeds United, so soon, Leeds United expanded the score, sweeping away the decline of 0:2 in the previous half.
Although Leeds United quickly rewritten the score to 2:0, this does not mean that Aston Villa has no power to fight back, but it is a pity that they encountered Adler who is in good form, and Van Dijk and Pavon also cooperated more and more tacitly.
After half a season, Van Dijk has made great progress. The combination of him and Pavon is now enough to deal with any team in the Premier League.
Therefore, the score of 2:0 was maintained until the end of the first half, but in the second half, Aston Villa still broke through Leeds United's goal, but Aston Villa's goal no longer affected the game, because before Aston Villa scored, Leeds United had already scored 3 goals in this game.
(End of this chapter)