Leeds City, Elland Road Stadium.
The UEFA Cup quarter-final between Leeds United and Basel at home has reached the 75th minute of the second half.
The scoreboard on the sidelines read 3-0, with the home team in front.
At this time, the two sides were making substitutions. Leeds United replaced Alan Smith, who performed brilliantly today, with Morten Pedersen.
Smith had just handed the captain's armband to Van der Sar, and then slowly walked off the field to greet him with applause from the audience.
In the last game against Manchester City, Smith did not play due to a red card, so he broke out in this game.
Continuous external media opinions have not brought down the young new Leeds United captain, but have made him more mature.
Today, he answered all questions with three goals.
After hugging the head coach, Smith returned to the bench and high-fived his teammates one by one.
At this time, the overall situation of the game has been decided. Leeds United now leads 5-0 with a total score of 5-0. The game is over in less than 20 minutes. It can be said that Basel has no possibility of comeback.
George Li also sat back in his seat and began to wait for the game to end.
At this time, Chris Casper on the side handed the computer to his assistant, came over to sit next to George Li, and spoke to Li quietly.
"You insisted on taking us to Southampton the day before yesterday. Are you really going to inspect Gareth Bale?"
"Yes." George Li replied.
Of course I went to see Bell, who else could I go to see. Theo Walcott was bought by Arsenal in the Cup in January this year for 5 million pounds plus additional clauses. It is said that the maximum amount may be increased to 12 million pounds.
"Are you sure it's really him?"
"What exactly do you want to say?" George Li was confused by the question.
"I don't think that child is suitable for us here, really."
"Why?" George Li was very curious. Not to mention that he knew about Bell's future achievements, not to mention that he took them to watch Bell's game for a while. It was also Bell's professional debut. Why did Casper think so? Bale is not suitable for Leeds United.
"Have you ever thought that he looks like an animal? I don't know if you have ever read books about Eastern mythology. There is a story about a very powerful monkey with a stick that beat hundreds of thousands of people. But him."
"..."
"You first took us to inspect Ben Thatcher, Joey Barton, and even though the guy from Newcastle didn't play, judging from your purpose, they probably weren't very good either... .No, a good-natured player, plus that weird-looking kid from Southampton.”
"..."
"As your good friend, I'm telling you this. If you are really violent... I can introduce you to a psychiatrist recommended by my friend."
"roll!"
"You really don't have to..." Casper asked again.
"roll!"
Casper left in despair. At this time, Brian Kidd came to George Li's side and started talking to him.
"What did Chris tell you?"
"Some things outside of the game, small things." George Li was really afraid that Casper, a big mouth, would talk nonsense everywhere.
"I thought he was telling you about the players on the field."
"Which one?"
"Here, it's the one who just came up."
Kidd pointed to the No. 17 that Basel had just played.
George Li took a closer look at the player. The name on No. 17 was "RAKITIC".
Yes, Rakitic is still young. He has just replaced Japanese midfielder Koji Nakata.
"What did you see?" George Li asked Kidd.
"The physical condition should be good. Judging from his few passes, his ability to read the game is very good."
As soon as he finished speaking, Rakitic showed another side of him, breaking through the door of Van der Sar with a long shot in front of the penalty area.
After scoring, Rakitic did not celebrate, but ran back directly with the football in the goal.
^^^
The next day, just as the Leeds United team was immersed in the joy of reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, George Lee received a very bad news in the office in the afternoon.
When Li George received a call from Stuart Gray, the current reserve team coach, he immediately rushed downstairs to the reserve team's competition venue.
"Where are the people?" Lee asked Stuart Gray as soon as he arrived.
"He was sent directly to the hospital. The team doctor saw that he was in the same place and sent him directly to the hospital."
"You continue to direct the game, I'll go to the hospital." After saying that, he left immediately.
Stuart Gray continues to stay and direct the games between Leeds United reserve team and Nottingham Forest reserve team.
On the way to the hospital, George Li called the team's doctor and the team's youth training director, Frank Gray, who was watching the game at the time, and finally figured out what was going on.
Derwig was injured again. Due to the lack of first-team game opportunities, Derwig was often seconded to the reserve team to play reserve team games.
Then Derwig fell to the ground because he was fouled by his opponent not long after he came on the field in the second half. Then he fell to the ground holding his knees.
George Li went directly to the hospital in Leeds city.
When he came to the ward, he found that Derwig was not in the ward. Only the Norwegian boy who accompanied Derwig and Jan Arnesen, who was also playing in the reserve team, were waiting.
"Where's Ness?" George Li asked Arneson.
"Going for other tests."
"What do you think of the previous results?"
"Teared cruciate ligament."
Li George was stunned. A torn cruciate ligament is one of the injuries that hits athletes the hardest, not to mention that this was Derwig's second time.
George Lee couldn't help but feel pity for De Versch. He thought that when he was in Norway, he saw the talented young player Jan Arnesen by chance, and then he wanted to introduce Arnesen with the attitude of giving it a try. , when he went directly to talk to the club, Sparta Sapsborg recommended Derwig to him.
Although Leeds United was a relegation team in the Premier League at the time, compared to a small Norwegian team like Sparta Sapsborg, it was definitely not on the same level.
Therefore, Sparta Sarpsborg is very willing to have its players selected by Leeds United, so that they can at least get a transfer fee. Although the money is not worth mentioning for Leeds United and Lee George, it is a lot of money for Sparta Sarpsborg, which can be used to improve many aspects of the club.
Later, Derwig and Arnesen came to Leeds United together. The two were strangers to each other, so they lived and trained together. However, Derwig was in the reserve team and Arnesen was in the youth team. Not long after that, Derwig was transferred to the first team, got some playing opportunities, and had amazing performances.
However, after Christmas last season, Derwig tore his cruciate ligament in a game against Manchester City and was reimbursed for the season.
After recovering for more than half a year, Derwig came back again. After his comeback, Derwig's proud speed was gone. He even wanted to change his playing style, but was educated by Li.
George Li recalled scenes from Derwig.
It reminds me of Derwig's last-minute goal in the game against Manchester City.
I remembered that in the game against Arsenal, Derwig used his speed to beat the opponent's full-back.
Reminds me of the crappy bike Derwig rode in the match against Roma.
Reminds me of Derwig sitting on the back of his scooter, holding a pizza and pretending to be a delivery boy.
...
"Dong dong~"
There was a knock on the door of the ward.
George Li quickly looked up, thinking it was Dervish who had returned from inspection.
As a result, it turned out that it was a man in a suit who came with a Nottingham Forest player.
The man in the suit grabbed George Li's hand as soon as he came in.
"George, apologize quickly."
George Li was stunned, why should he apologize?
At this time, the Forest player next to him quickly bowed and said loudly, "I'm sorry!"
"Coach Li, George..." the middle-aged coach immediately realized something was wrong, because the person opposite was also named George, "George Wood really didn't mean it. He trained very hard, even though he was not very talented. , but he always insisted on practicing more..."
The middle-aged coach kept explaining to George Li, hoping to get forgiveness and forgiveness from the other party. After all, one of his young players injured a professional player of the other party, and he also heard on the way here that it was a cruciate ligament. tear.
From the other party's words, Li George heard that the other party cared about this young player, and then began to size up the young player.
Judging from his face, the young man is very young, probably only sixteen or seventeen years old, but he is very tall and looks to be in good physical condition. He has a wheat-colored complexion and not exaggerated muscles. He is wearing a red jersey of the Forest team with trousers on his legs. The number printed is No. 55.
Forest, Wood, No. 55.
George Li seemed to have thought of something and immediately asked the opposite coach.
"Coach, what's your last name?"
"Twain, Tony Twain."
