Zurich, Hardtrum Stadium.
On the pitch, Leeds United players were warming up, but the home team Grasshopper Zurich had not yet come out.
Lee George was chatting to some Leeds fans behind the bench.
"This stadium...oh oh, it turns out..."
"The plan is to start construction in 2007, right..."
"We...can definitely win..."
While chatting, Grasshopper Zurich players wearing their home jerseys also began to enter the stadium to warm up.
George Li returned to the coaching bench.
Brian Kidd on the side kissed George Lee and asked him what he was talking about with the fans.
Then George Li told him with a smile.
"Brian, you know, some of the fans supporting us behind are actually not our Leeds United fans."
"Who else can they be? If they are Grasshopper fans, they will be beaten to death by Mike and the others if they sneak into our Leeds United fans."
Mike is the head of the die-hard Leeds United fans, and this time he flew from the UK to Switzerland to cheer for Leeds United.
"Don't you know, they are fans of FC Zurich, and they are here to cheer for their rivals in the same city."
"It seems that the derby between these two clubs should also be exciting."
"They told me an interesting story, do you want to know?"
"Tell me."
At this time, several other coaches gathered around, heard their conversation, and wanted to know the content of Li's chat just now.
When George Li saw people gathered around him, he stopped arousing their curiosity and started talking.
It turned out that in order to prepare for the 2008 European Cup co-hosted by Switzerland and Austria, the government decided to modernize the Hardtrum Stadium, the home stadium of Grasshopper Zurich. In the next few years, Grasshopper Zurich will temporarily move to the Letiz Arena, the home of FC Zurich, and then demolish and rebuild the Hardtrum Stadium.
But this redevelopment project, which was approved the year before last, may now be delayed due to local laws and opposition from residents, while the demolition plan for Hadtham Stadium is in the process.
"It sounds a little complicated." Chris Casper didn't seem to understand.
"It sounds a bit like the San Siro stadium shared by AC Milan and Inter Milan." It was Edwin van der Sar who spoke. The Dutch goalkeeper is not going to start today because of a finger injury. Lee George is going to let Scott Carson play a rare game today. Back to the starting lineup.
Van der Sar has played for Juventus before, so he is relatively familiar with the Milan duo's stadium.
"Yes, AC Milan calls it San Siro and Inter Milan calls it San Siro."
The speaker was Edgar Davis. He was just warming up nearby when he saw the coaches gathering together. He ran past the class to see what was going on, and then heard their chat.
Davis played for AC Milan for two seasons.
"It's like Old Trafford needs to be renovated, and Manchester United needs to share Elland Road with us." George Lee compared it to his own team.
"Then why don't they use Manchester City Stadium and come so far to Elland Road?" Casper's brain circuit seems to be different from others, and his focus is different.
"It's gone, it's gone. Warm up when it's time to warm up." George Li drove away the people gathered and went to see the players of Grasshopper Zurich on his own.
Li had watched some Grasshopper Zurich game videos given by Casper and Walsh before. Most of them were from the Swiss domestic league. They looked a bit different from the current Leeds United.
The subsequent games also confirmed Li's view.
Leeds United were on the offensive in the first half. Although Robin van Persie was injured and could not play, his good brother Alan Smith played bravely and scored two goals in the first 15 minutes.
In the 7th minute of the game, Smith received Romedal's cross in front of the penalty area. After deceiving a defender with a fake shot, Smith shot again and broke the Grasshopper Zurich goal, making Leeds United's European League champion. The brigade got off to a good start.
After scoring, Smith lifted his jersey and covered his head, revealing the vest underneath.
Van Persie, who was watching live TV in the UK, threw away his crutches, jumped in front of the TV with one foot, and watched Smith carefully on the TV.
As a result, Van Persie was so angry that he almost broke the plaster.
There was nothing written on Smith's vest.
What's even more outrageous is that Smith knew that Van Persie was watching the live broadcast. After celebrating with his teammates, he grabbed the camera and pointed it at himself, then stuck out his tongue and made a face.
"Are you angry? Are you angry?"
Van Persie looked at Smith's mouth movements on TV and could already guess what he was talking about.
In the 14th minute of the game, Leeds United made a comeback. Romedal again ate the opposite full-back alive and passed to the back point near the baseline in the penalty area.
Smith moved very smartly. When he saw Kevin Davis going to the front post to compete with the goalkeeper, he ran towards the back post.
Romedal's pass was also very smart, just pointing backwards.
Smith jumped high and beat the Grasshopper defender to head the ball in.
After scoring, Smith picked up his jersey again and ran towards the camera.
After watching Van Persie's gritted celebration, Smith extended two fingers to the camera.
After that, although Grasshopper, who was playing at home, wanted to counterattack, the ball just couldn't come out. Usually the ball was intercepted by Leeds United when it reached the midfield.
When Leeds United failed to attack and got a corner kick. Mills, who did not participate in the corner kick attack and stayed in his own half, saw goalkeeper Carson suddenly run behind him.
"What are you doing out here?" Mills asked Carson.
"I've only received a few passes from you, and I stayed behind to catch the wind. I was so cold that I came out to run."
After saying that, he saw his team's corner kick. Hart's corner kick was headed into the Grasshopper Zurich goal with a head shake from Matteisen at the front point.
"Ah~, scored again." "Good goal!"
Carson jumped onto Mills. Although Mills was also 1.8 meters tall, Carson was 10 centimeters taller than him and almost couldn't hold him.
After Carson hugged Mills, he started running toward the goal.
Because counting the start of the game, Grasshopper is about to kick off for the fourth time, and everyone has to get back to their positions.
"I'm so angry. I just came out to do some activities and I have to go back again." Carson scolded as he ran.
In the first half, Leeds United led Grasshopper at home 3-0 with goals from Smith and Matthiessen.
When George Lee walked back to the locker room, he saw the two FC Zurich fans pretending to be Leeds United fans again, and then started to think about another thing.
Back in the locker room, George Lee also said a few words casually, because judging from the first half, Grasshopper really did not have the ability to deal with Leeds United's high pressing style.
After finishing speaking, George Lee continued to think about the reconstruction of the Hadtrum Stadium in Grasshopper Zurich.
"Brother, come here." George Li called a club staff member.
"Coach, what are your orders?"
"Is the chairman watching the game upstairs?"
Leeds United's first game back in Europe, team chairman Lee Mack and team general manager Tony Wilson also came to Switzerland to watch the game.
"Yes."
"In a moment, help me ask him if there is a large open space on the southwest side of our Elland Road stadium, all the way along Elland Road."
^^^
In the second half, Leeds United continued to chase Grasshoppers, but they were a little unlucky. They attacked for 45 minutes and took more than a dozen shots. Except for Kevin Davis, who scored a goal through a supplementary shot. There will be no more achievements.
4-0, Leeds United blocked Grasshopper Zurich, and Grasshopper didn't even have a shot.
Carson, who rarely gets a chance to start, may have a runny nose due to the wind blowing on the court today.
Everyone on the team happily returned to the locker room to start celebrating. When they opened the door, they found that the team's president and general manager were already waiting for them inside.
Tony Wilson praised the team's performance today, with rainbow farts one after another.
Then Mike Li carried George Li out of the locker room and took him to a corner.
"What do you want that land for?"
