Lee George came to the sidelines and shook hands with Bayern head coach Magath.
This is the fourth game of the Champions League group stage. Leeds United drew 0-0 at home with Bayern. They now have 1 win, 2 draws, 1 loss and 5 points.
On the other side, Inter Milan had 1 win and 2 losses before this round, but if Inter Milan can defeat the Miners in this game, it will overtake Leeds United and rank second in the group.
After the handshake was completed, George Li hurried to Casper's side and waited for the results of the game on the other side.
"Hey, Inter Milan won!"
Just when Li returned to the coaching bench, he heard several other members of the coaching staff talking.
Now, Leeds United is ranked third in the group, 1 point behind Inter Milan.
George Li directly chose to turn around and started walking to the locker room.
Now counting this game, Leeds United have not scored in three consecutive games.
After losing to Bayern in the third round of the last Champions League group stage, Leeds United scored a goal only in the third round of the League Cup when most of the substitutes played in four games over ten consecutive days. Or the little-known South Allianz.
Thank God, the penalty kick caused by Arneson's breakthrough into the penalty area was scored by Pedersen. Otherwise, we really wouldn’t be able to win against this English League One team.
Li George walked in the player tunnel and thought for a moment that since losing to Bayern last time, he had a goalless draw with Charlton in the away game, giving away a valuable point to the league deputy captain. Then there was another 0-0 draw with Tottenham at home. While maintaining their unbeaten streak in the league, they also gained three consecutive draws in the league.
When it comes to today's game, George Li really feels like he's gone crazy.
Kuyt, who had scored a lot of goals in the team's training and warm-up matches, has been failing to score recently no matter how hard he plays. Every time he has an opportunity, either his final kick is a little weak and he misses the shot, or he is miraculously beaten by the goalkeeper. Block the ball.
Also, Smith, who switched to the left wing this season, struggled in George Lee's tactics. After no longer playing in the middle of the midfield, he couldn't rush up at all on the wing. He could only control the ball under his feet and wait for his teammates to intervene.
However, after Smith changed positions, the attack in the middle also lost its impact. Because Graveson did not have the speed advantage, he could only respond a little when he inserted into the attack. He could not see the killing power of Smith in the previous two seasons. Grabbing points and shooting after entering the penalty area.
As for Van Persie, Lee George felt helpless. Van Persie, who suffers from injuries every year, suffered an injury very early this year. The injury occurred less than two months after the start of the season.
Coupled with the injuries to wing players such as Milner, Baynes, and Mills, Lee George has very few wing options.
I rubbed my face hard with my hands to wake myself up a little.
no!
We need to think of a way, we can't go on like this.
I walked back to the locker room and saw the players taking a rest. Each player was also working very hard and was breathing heavily. Some were desperately drinking water, some were shirtless and wiping sweat. Mattison had even fallen down in the locker room and started snoring.
Smith saw George Lee coming in and stepped forward to wake up Tyson with a kick.
"Uh... I fell asleep?"
Mattison woke up hazily, and then asked himself.
This sentence brought a little life to the lifeless locker room, and several people secretly laughed.
"It's okay, you can continue to rest." George Li continued to let the team members relax, and then he found a place to sit down.
"Boss, sit down..." De Rong quickly sat a little further away to make room for George Li.
"You all tell me, is there something wrong with the team's tactics? Why can't we score?"
George Li took the initiative to ask the players, because the heels do not follow the feet, only the feet themselves know.
The team coach assigns tactics to the players, but whether the tactics can be implemented still depends on the players.
So George Li now takes the initiative to ask the players to raise it to see if there are any problems with his tactics.
All the players looked at each other and seemed hesitant to speak.
It's not that they all have opinions, it's just that they are not satisfied with their team's recent results. They have not scored in three consecutive games. Is that something played by a team ranked at the top of the league?
If you insist on saying that we entered the League Cup, all the players won't even mention that game.
In the home game, both sides of the goal frame were knocked out of focus in the first and second half, and they couldn't score a single goal.
"Let me say it first." Captain Smith spoke first. After all, the captain's role must be shown at this time, "I don't like playing on the left very much. I prefer to appear in the middle. The left limits my range of activities. I don't I like the feeling of controlling the ball under my feet, and I have to protect the ball and watch where my teammates are. It doesn't have the same thrill as in the previous two seasons of entering the penalty area and just hitting the goal with one kick."
"Oh, the pleasure..."
"Hahaha~"
The other players laughed as the coach caught the key words in Smith's words.
"Coach, I want to ask this full-back what I need to pay attention to after he moves up to the same position as my midfielder..."
De Jong is not Parker. He rarely plays as a defensive midfielder because he was an attacking midfielder when he was at Ajax. Now he is used as a defensive midfielder, but he finds one of his teammates coming up. Now, should I step aside a little or continue to hold my position firmly? I also need to get to know him again, especially now that I have this opportunity, I can say it casually.
Although there are tactics lessons before the game, most of the time the coaches are laying out targeted tactics, and the players below just need to listen carefully.
After coming to the field, just execute the tactics according to the coach's intention. If there is something wrong, the coach will shout loudly off the field or bring it up during halftime.
It’s rare that everyone can speak freely behind closed doors like now.
Li George talked a lot with the players, and the discussion did not stop until the staff reminded Bayern that the media interviews there were about to end and Li was required to attend the home team's reporters' interviews.
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The next day, the Leeds United scouting department received a call from head coach Lee George just after he got to work.
Chief scout Steve Walsh rushed to the head coach's office with his assistant Nick Gray.
As soon as he entered the office, he saw the team's general manager, Tony Wilson, already sitting on the sofa. There was a cup of coffee on the table that was almost bottomed.
"You are here..." Seeing the two people coming in, Wilson said hello first, and then pulled up the cup.
"Mr. General Manager, do you have any instructions?"
Wilson drank the last bit of coffee and put the cup on the table before speaking.
"You have a job now. Coach Li has a big job for you. You can finally get busy."
Li, who was standing by the window, turned back and said to Walsh and Gray.
"I need a winger, the strongest kind. I can get it without winter, but I want the strongest kind, do you understand?"
In fact, George Li already has two alternative targets in mind, but now he still wants to listen to other people's opinions.
After chatting with the team members, he discovered that he could not blindly arrange tactics according to his own ideas, as if he knew that his tactical ideas were very advanced and would become mainstream in the future. But he ignored whether his team players could execute according to his own ideas.
Similarly, in terms of signings, he has more than ten years of forward-thinking vision and can find any players he needs. But this time, he wanted to listen to the thoughts of other members of his team.
And Walsh and Gray also looked at each other, full of excitement.
It's finally time to show off your abilities. It turns out that you only need to investigate a certain player or a certain team according to George Li's request, and there is almost no need to use other brains.
Then show the relevant videos and analysis reports to George Li, and he will tell them whether they need to follow up.
But this time, judging from George Li's tone, it seems that they have to bear more here.
"That boy from Southampton, what price is acceptable to you?" Wilson asked George Li.
And Walsh immediately guessed that before he arrived, the general manager and head coach were discussing Southampton's young player Gareth Bale.
This player was finalized by George Lee at the end of last season. His scouting department has been following up. Every once in a while, a report will be handed over to Walsh, who will forward it to George Lee after reading it. .
Now that the head coach has said this, the transfer department must have started making offers to Bell.
"They are all British teams. Let me just say it in pounds sterling. The initial fee is less than 10 million. You can see for yourself the additional fees."
Hearing what Li said, Wilson also nodded. Although the price is a bit expensive for a 17-year-old youngster, since George Li said so, it must not be wrong.
"You guys should work hard, my checks here are already going moldy."
Wilson left a few words to the two people in the scouting department and left.
And there are only two words in Walsh's mind right now.
"Winger, the best."
