Stamford Bridge, visiting team's dressing room.
George Li returned to the locker room angrily, overturned the table in front of everyone, and then kicked the tactical whiteboard angrily, turning the tactical whiteboard around.
"What are you afraid of? What exactly are you afraid of?"
"We are afraid of our hands and feet, so we can't move forward." George Li kicked the overturned table hard again.
Then he turned around and found Smith with his head hanging down.
"Captain, what's wrong with you?"
"I..." Smith faltered.
"Are you taking drugs or selling drugs? You went to the police station twice and that's how you ended up?"
Smith continued to lower his head.
"Keep your head up, you're the captain of the team, if that's what you look like. I don't mind subbing you, and I don't mind changing the captain."
George Lee looked around again and found Van Persie who was also in poor condition.
After the two people returned to Leeds after the first leg of the Europa League, they were summoned twice by the police, and then followed by the media who smelled the smell. They are now in no condition.
"I said, what you did was not wrong. If it were me at that time, I might have beaten those two bastards. But you can't affect the game or training just because of this."
"I can continue to explain to you at a press conference that it is because of the previous events that have affected your state."
"However, I hope to be able to tell all the media during media interviews later that we have come out of the predicament and that the previous off-field matters have passed."
After returning from Switzerland, Leeds United encountered problems in two consecutive league games.
First, they lost to Manchester United 0-1 away from home.
Then, in the 32nd round of the league, they were tied 0-0 at home by Charlton.
The main reason is that the team's two core players received interference from the outside world and were distracted on the training ground and the competition field.
Then, the form of these two players affects others.
In fact, George Lee discovered this problem after the game against Charlton, but he still hopes that Smith and Van Persie can adjust themselves.
But he found that these two people still had not adjusted back to their state.
In the first half of today's match against Chelsea, it was due to previous pass errors by Smith and Robin van Persie that the first goal was conceded.
In the 27th minute of the game, Smith's casual pass was intercepted by Essien, and Chelsea quickly launched a counterattack.
After Essien passed the ball to Lampard, Lampard immediately found Drogba in the frontcourt with a long pass.
The Ivorian firmly blocked Albuchesson behind him and distributed the ball to Crespo who was next to him.
Crespo got the ball in the penalty area and hit the goal directly.
After Van der Sar made the first save, the ball did not roll far away.
Drogba, who was following up, shot into the net.
Chelsea leads 1-0.
Logically speaking, Mourinho would definitely arrange for the team to strengthen defense at this time, but Mourinho did not do so today.
He learned before the game that Leeds United has been in poor form recently. Typically, they become weak when they are strong and not strong when they are weak. After scoring a goal, the team once again stepped up its attack and wanted to expand the score.
Just 5 minutes into the game, it was Drogba and Crespo who broke through Leeds United's goal again.
In front of the penalty area, Drogba still picked up the ball with his back and passed it to Crespo who inserted through the gap between Albuchesson and Mills.
Crespo passed horizontally and hit the goal.
This time Van der Sar did not pounce on the football, and the ball flew directly into the far corner of the goal.
2 to 0.
After that, Chelsea's offensive continued unabated and they were still attacking Leeds United.
Fortunately, after conceding two goals, Van der Sar promptly directed the team's defense to make adjustments, and through his high and low blocks, he ensured that the goal would not lose any more goals.
The team's defense is temporarily safe, but Leeds United's offense has no solution.
Smith seemed to have lost his soul, running around like a headless fly on the court without purpose or goals, let alone tactics.
When he gets the ball, he just rushes forward, regardless of where his teammates are.
After finally getting the ball outside the penalty area, I just raised my foot to shoot, most of which were missed.
"How can we compete with others for championships and reach the UEFA Cup final in your state?"
"Mr. Chairman, he boasted so much. If I hadn't stopped him, he would have bought a ticket to the Dutch finals."
"With the way you are, let alone the semi-finals, if we play TM Basel at home in the next game, I think we will be overturned."
"Just watch us being overturned at home. When people talk about comebacks in the future, they will talk about us."
"I will take you to the Netherlands and sit in the stands and watch them play the UEFA Cup final together. Is this team building? What do you think?"
"If we continue to lose, we will fall out of the top three and out of the top four. Will the story of last year have to happen again?"
"Speak for yourselves."
The players all screamed after hearing this.
"No~" "Go to hell~" "Ah~"
Everyone seemed to have woken up after being scolded. The thought of losing the Champions League qualification at the last moment last year was very uncomfortable.
"Play for me. If you keep doing this, I will sell you all this summer."
"Roar~"
The players walked out of the locker room one after another and returned to the field.
Then George Li sat on his seat as if he was out of strength.
"Huh~" After scolding him, he himself felt relaxed.
"Are you feeling comfortable?" Brian Kidd asked George Lee.
"It feels good, hoo~" George Li exhaled again.
"Do you think there's still room for action in the second half?"
"It doesn't matter in the second half, as long as they can get back to their form. Our bow was too tight before, and now this happened, I feel like the bow has been stretched, and then it is tighter. If we are not careful, it will really break this time. There are still a few games to play."
"Do you want to make a choice?"
"let me see."
This is indeed something that George Li needs to consider. At the same time, under normal circumstances, this is also a matter that needs to be communicated with the team's coaching staff and even the team's senior management. But in Leeds United, the third situation does not need to be considered, because Li's requests will be met by the club.
Leeds United are now ranked third, only 4 points ahead of Liverpool behind them. If they lose this game with Chelsea and Liverpool win this round against West Bromwich Albion, they will be only 1 point behind.
The gap between Leeds United and Chelsea now means that they have basically withdrawn from the possibility of competing for the championship.
"Guarantee the top three in the league, and then strive for the UEFA Cup."
"Top three?" Kidd asked George Li.
"The top three is the final bottom line, otherwise we might not be able to play in the Champions League next year."
"Huh?" Kidd was stunned for a moment. He didn't understand why the fourth-placed team in the league couldn't play in the Champions League. Even if they were to play in the qualifiers, the third- and fourth-placed team would play together.
"If Arsenal..." George Lee began to tell Kidd about the various possibilities that would happen next.
