After Leeds United pulled a goal back, the morale of Leeds United began to rise, especially after Alan Smith got rid of his inner demons and regained his strength.
Mourinho began to focus on defense to prevent Leeds United from scoring another goal.
He quickly called back Robben, who was getting ready to play, and told him not to play again, and then called back Makelele, who was warming up, to prepare to strengthen the defense.
Subsequently, Chelsea made substitutions, with No. 7 Mani cutting off and No. 4 Makelele coming on.
Mourinho's idea is to use Makelele to form a double midfielder with Essien, and then Lampard is in front and puts Joe Cole on the wing to organize the attack.
But Mourinho underestimated Leeds United, underestimated George Lee, and underestimated Alan Smith.
In the 70th minute, Smith scored his second goal of the game with a header from a corner kick.
This gives all Leeds United fans hope again.
But then, a dramatic scene happened on the court.
Shortly after Chelsea kicked off, Leeds United counterattacked again. After Smith received a through ball from Robin van Persie, he almost scored alone.
However, the referee blew the whistle because he saw the linesman raise his flag.
After Smith scored two goals in a row, his condition was so good that he didn't even hear the referee's whistle to pause the game.
After that, he continued to dribble the ball. It was not until he passed Cech and scored the ball that he realized that something was wrong.
After he turned around, he saw the referee Foye holding a yellow card and chased him.
Because Smith had already received a yellow card in the first half, this was his second yellow card. The referee then showed Smith a red card and sent him off.
No matter how Smith explained it to the referee, the referee refused to change his decision.
In the end, Smith could only end sadly, leaving a lonely figure.
Behind him were other Leeds United players who continued to argue with the referee.
Smith walked halfway, suddenly noticed something, took off the captain's armband from his arm, handed it to Baines, and asked him to take it to Van der Sar. He did not choose to hand it over to Van der Sar himself. He believed that his performance was not worthy of being the captain of the team in this game.
As soon as he came to the sidelines, Smith, who had his head lowered, immediately felt a hand pat on his back.
"Well done, Captain."
It was George Li who spoke. At least George Li was satisfied with Smith's performance in the 20 minutes of the second half.
In fact, George Li didn't care much about this red card. The most important thing was that the "tough guy" Smith was back.
Smith sat down on his seat and did not take the water Kelly handed him. Instead, he covered his head with a towel.
In the end, in this game, the 10-man Leeds United lost to Chelsea 2-3. In the final stage of the game, Terry scored a header through a set kick and exceeded the score again.
Mourinho also scored 3 points at home in a thrilling manner, while Li George once again saw the team's hope of reaching the top three in the league.
The next day, Alan Smith became the focus of the media's attention again in this game, but Li George could see that Smith was not affected again this time, at least from his attitude and performance in training.
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In the 34th round of the league, Leeds United defeated visiting Manchester City 1-0 at home.
In this game, Alan Smith was suspended from the stands, but other Leeds United players performed well. Although it was only 1-0, Leeds United suppressed the entire game.
How can we tell? From the shot ratio, Manchester City's score is 0, because they did not have a shot from the beginning to the end. Note, it's not within the goal frame, it's the number of shots.
Van der Sar did not appear on camera a few times throughout the game.
Then, Leeds United will start preparing for the second leg of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, and Basel also flew to the UK a few days in advance to start adapting to training.
However, just two days before the game, George Lee dragged Eddie Gray, Chris Kasper and scout Harry Maddison to the City Stadium in Manchester to watch Manchester City's home game against Newcastle United. .
"Who do you have your eye on? Take us to watch the game today."
Gray was very curious and asked George Li specifically before the game started. Although Li didn't say it, he could probably guess that it was a Manchester City player, otherwise he wouldn't have come to watch the Manchester City game just because the game against Manchester City had just ended.
They already experienced it twice last season. One time, after just finishing a game with West Ham United, he went to watch the West Ham United game again. That time it was to inspect Matthew Upson. It was also after that inspection that George Lee gave up the idea of bringing in Upson. Intend. Another time, after the last round of the league, George Lee introduced Kevin Davis, the striker of Bolton Wanderers they were playing against at the time. The English forward also performed well for Leeds United this season. Although he did not score many goals, his functionality can enrich Leeds United's frontcourt play.
"Ben Thatcher and Joey Barton."
"What!"
Not only Gray, but also Casper who was operating the computer next to him was shocked. The other Madison's eyes were widened and he couldn't speak.
"Don't you think these two people fit the temperament of our team very well?"
The three of them stopped talking, knowing what was going on.
If the temperament is suitable, it definitely does not match the temperament of the current Leeds United head coach. After all, he looks like a gentleman on the outside. But when it comes to the team's lineup, these two players are so consistent. The three people sitting next to Lee once thought that George Lee no longer selected players based on nationality, but based on "quirks". "Dirty" is the first element.
Seeing that they were silent, George Li continued to speak.
"Actually, there is someone I want to check out at Newcastle, but I don't know if he will play today."
The three people turned to look at the Newcastle players who were warming up on the field.
"Bramble?" Gray guessed.
"Jenas?" Casper guessed.
"Kieron Dyer?" Madison also tried to guess.
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"Quick, quick, next game, the car is already waiting for us in the parking lot." Before the game between Manchester City and Newcastle was over, Li urged the other three people to leave quickly to avoid congestion after the game.
"George, do we really want to fly to Southampton?" Casper tried to ask, after all, he had the plane tickets for the four of them.
"What?" The other two uninformed people were shocked again, because George Li asked them to come out to inspect the players and asked them to spare a day. They thought it was over after watching the game between Manchester City and Newcastle. Now I heard that I have to rush to Southampton.
Departing from Manchester Airport, many airlines offer direct flights to Southampton Airport. The price of direct flights is usually much higher than the price of other methods, but Li George still insists on going.
The four people drove all the way and finally arrived at Southampton in the evening.
When they entered St. Mary's Stadium, the game between Southampton and Millwall was already in the second half.
At this time, Southampton was making substitutions, and a young player who looked like a monkey was getting ready to play.
Gray and Madison stood at the entrance of the audience passage, holding their knees and gasping for air.
Kasper, the former professional player, was slightly better, panting and looking at the big screen.
"Gareth Bale,
