Just as the fight intensified under media reports, the entire Leeds United team, led by Lee George, came to Switzerland to challenge Basel in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals away from home.
After the team left the UK, Leeds United held a media conference to inform fans of the specific situation at the time by reading out Smith's previous statement.
Subsequently, Leeds Police also released the testimonies of other patrons of the nightclub at the time. Some nearby guests testified that they also heard inappropriate remarks from the two North London fans.
Subsequently, the limelight began to change, and some of the media who were on the opposite side of Leeds United began to cease reporting, while other media who were on the side of Leeds United at the time began to continue reporting.
The two North London fans involved also had their workplace and residential address exposed by some paparazzi. Then they received intimidation from Leeds United fans, which made them miserable.
It is said that these two people are still engaged in the financial industry, and then they hit the target of Mike Li.
Mike Li directly used his connections in the industry, allowing the two men to flee back to London in despair a week later.
Because of this incident, the murder of Leeds United fans in Istanbul was mentioned again.
In April 2000, the day before the UEFA Cup semi-final, two Leeds United fans, Kevin Spector and Christopher Loftus, who went to Turkey to watch the game, were stabbed to death in a street fight. . This moment caused a violent impact. For example, in the first round of the match, Leeds United fans shouted words such as "murderers" and "scum" at Turkish fans. For example, in the subsequent second leg of the match, Leeds United banned Galatasaray fans from coming to the UK to watch the game to avoid further violence.
Since Leeds United is currently participating in the Europa League in Switzerland and is unable to be interviewed, some media approached other people in the football industry.
But without exception, they all sided with Smith this time.
The first person to speak out was Leeds United's other mortal enemy, Manchester United's coach and George Lee's teacher, Ferguson.
When Ferguson spoke on behalf of Manchester United, he supported his disciples.
"I think Coach Li's approach is correct, and there is no big problem with his players' approach."
"They did not distort the facts and everything they said was true."
"We at Manchester United have also encountered this kind of thing. To this day, when the Munich air disaster is mentioned, some extreme fans from other teams will use hand gestures to imitate the movements of a plane collision to mock Manchester United fans."
"We must unite to condemn and resist this uncivilized behavior."
The Munich air crash in 1958 dealt a heavy blow to Manchester United at the time. Eight players, one coach and one trainer were killed. Two other players were forced to retire due to injuries. The then head coach Matt Bass He was seriously injured and hospitalized for more than two months.
Manchester United once entered a period of reconstruction.
So no matter how deep the feud between Manchester United and Leeds United is, they still stand together this time to resist this uncivilized behavior.
Then, Liverpool captain Gerrard was also asked about this matter during an interview.
"We have encountered this twice at Liverpool. I can only say that the fans who were injured or died are innocent. We should not insult or disrespect them."
"In the Heysel tragedy in 1985, more than 30 people died and more than 300 people were injured. Liverpool lost the European Champions Cup. British teams were banned from participating in European competitions for 5 years, and Liverpool for 7 years."
"In the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, more than ninety people were killed and more than two hundred injured."
"I don't want football to bring conflicts and insults to people. Only when we face these problems correctly can football civilization progress."
Finally, Arsenal coach "Professor" Wenger also began to come forward.
"I'm not proud that Arsenal have such fans."
In such a short sentence, he expressed his attitude.
Then after the media saw that the coaches and players of the Premier League teams were so united, they had no choice but to humanize those uncivilized spectators and behaviors and phenomena, and then let them be punished.
For example, after a fan wearing jersey No. 97 with "Not Enough" written on it was exposed, he was banned indefinitely from all English clubs.
Spurs fined two fans and banned them from attending games for three years. One of them was the Tottenham fan who insulted the fans who lost their lives in Istanbul in Leeds a few days ago, and the other was for making fun of the Hillsborough disaster at Liverpool fans during the game.
In short, in the latest round of the Premier League, all fans have become more civilized. Apart from cheering for the home team, there are very few heckles and taunts.
Leeds United were also in Switzerland, defeating Basel 2-0 and returning to the UK with victory.
Immediately, George Lee accepted an exclusive interview with David Walsh, a famous sports reporter from The Sunday Times.
The reason why Walsh was chosen is because after the incident, Walsh immediately stood on the side of the Leeds United players and has been helping Smith and others to speak out.
The reason is that David Walsh once had a 12-year-old son who died in a car accident 11 years ago. His son John was a Liverpool fan, and his schoolbag, pencil case, and desk calendar all belonged to Liverpool. But such a 12-year-old child died in a car accident on the day Liverpool won the championship.
Therefore, Walsh hated the disrespectful and insulting behavior of those two North London fans.
In the exclusive interview, George Li first thanked the coaches, athletes, media, etc. who spoke out for this. Then he called on all fans to watch the game in a civilized manner and work together to create a harmonious and civilized viewing environment to avoid the recurrence of previous tragedies.
The next day, David Walsh’s exclusive interview with Lee was published on the front page of The Sunday Times. The first sentence of the opening line was what Liverpool’s legendary coach said, “Football is not about life or death, but football is about life and death. Football is higher than life and death."
Subsequently, Leeds United Chairman Mike Lee and General Manager Tony Wilson stated in front of the media that if Leeds United reaches the final of the UEFA Cup this season, Leeds United will invite the families of the two Leeds United fans who died that year to watch the game in the Netherlands. Witness Leeds United's championship-winning moments.
Tony Wilson even almost shouted, "You'll never walk alone."
Fortunately, Mike Li gave him a nudge and didn’t finish his sentence.
In short, all aspects of preparations are now complete, and Leeds United will not be able to reach the UEFA Cup final.
However, although Leeds United is singing all the way in the League Cup, they have encountered a little problem in the league.
