Without any miracles happening, Leeds United suffered their second defeat of the season on the road.
0-2, Ibrahimovic's two goals helped Inter Milan enter the top 16, and also blocked Leeds United from the knockout rounds.
After the game, many Leeds United players were lying on the ground, and some were sitting on the ground watching the Inter Milan players celebrate.
They were unwilling to give in and ended their Champions League journey this season.
Young Bynes, Carson and Lennon, who came on as a substitute, were all secretly wiping away tears.
"Don't cry, stand up."
Smith came to Bynes' side, pulled up his teammate, and began to comfort him. Little did he know that his own eyes were also red, but he didn't cry.
After George Lee shook hands with Mancini, he came to the court to comfort his players.
Several members of the coaching staff except Kidd came to the court to find Mills and Milner was there to comfort them. The other members of the coaching staff were packing their things silently.
Schmeichel and Haaland looked at each other and smiled. Their coaching careers at Leeds United were about to end.
After Christmas they will head to clubs in Norway and Denmark to coach.
It is really a pity not to be able to move forward with Leeds United.
However, in the three years at Leeds United, they also won good honors, including 1 UEFA Cup, 1 European Super Cup, and 1 League Cup.
But it's a pity to be eliminated from the Champions League.
McGee, on the other hand, was looking at the data on the computer with Casper, and had already begun to analyze the reasons for the defeat. Both of them will continue to work at Leeds United.
Sheridan, Martin, and Howe all put away their disappointed emotions and prepared to leave.
Although they lost the Champions League, Leeds United will continue this season.
The players on the field also stood up one by one, packed their clothes, and began to leave the field one by one.
Smith even came to the front of the Leeds United fans who followed him and bowed to the fans who came from afar.
George Li watched all this from afar.
When it was all over, he walked with Smith to the locker room.
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When the two came to the locker room, they didn't speak each other, they just walked side by side.
"Can we still come next year?" Smith sniffed and finally said to his head coach at the door of the locker room.
"Okay, but for the top two in the league, we don't even have to play in the play-offs." George Li also made a little joke in order to lighten the atmosphere.
"Then I'm going to work hard, boss."
"Go in." George Li motioned for Smith to go into the locker room.
The two entered the locker room one after another and found that the team's chairman Lee Mack and general manager Tony Wilson were already waiting for them in the locker room.
"Coming?" It seemed that Mike Li was talking to the players about something, and he stopped when he saw George Li coming in.
When Wilson saw George Li coming in, he took the initiative to pull George Li outside the door, leaving Mike Li to continue speaking inside.
The two walked outside the door.
Seeing that there were still some people outside, Wilson pulled George Li away to a place where no one was around.
"Here." Wilson took out a cigarette and handed it to George Li.
"I don't smoke." George Li refused. He now wanted to know why Wilson pulled him out.
"Mike said that everyone must feel bad after being eliminated, so he came to comfort the players for you. After all, you must also feel bad."
"Is that all? Then I'm going to listen and let him comfort me." George Li prepared to leave.
"No, I have other things to do." Seeing George Li about to leave, Wilson quickly grabbed him.
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
"As for transfers, let me first talk about being eliminated from the Champions League. What do you think?"
"I still say that a successful club is not developed overnight. Although I didn't have high hopes for this Champions League, I am not willing to be eliminated like this."
"Then buy it. Who told you not to spend money this summer?" Wilson lit the cigarette himself and started to smoke it slowly.
"Now in addition to wingers, I also need a good midfielder."
"Gone?"
"There may be a few other young players, like Bell mentioned before, they must be won by me." When Bell was mentioned, George Li's eyes lit up.
The next time he has the Welshman, he will definitely beat Maicon when he meets Inter Milan.
"There's no problem with that, it's just..." Wilson took a deep breath of cigarette again, but some words were harder to say.
“Is it...” George Li vaguely guessed something.
"Yes, someone might want to leave."
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After returning to the league, Leeds United began to devote themselves wholeheartedly to the league.
After the team was eliminated from the Champions League, although there was a brief loss, it recovered immediately.
Under Li's suggestion, the team did the following things.
First, the club president attended the summary meeting in the team's locker room and proposed that if after the last Champions League group match, the team enters the UEFA Cup as third in the group, the team will increase the prize money for the Intercontinental Cup.
And he said that he would be equally happy if he could defend the UEFA Cup.
Then the club's general manager began to renew the contracts of several main players and potential players of Leeds United.
Especially when Charlotte Black saw the 5,000 pound weekly salary written in her contract, she even thought of buying a cool motorcycle.
However, when he saw that the head coach sitting across from him was his future brother-in-law, he immediately put away this unrealistic idea and decided that it would be more practical to buy a bag for his girlfriend.
After Charlotte left, Wilson even asked George Lee.
"Is the offer too small? Will he be poached by other teams? After all, Rooney went to Manchester United for more than this price. I have always felt that Charlotte's potential is no worse than Rooney."
"You think highly of him, but do you think he will go somewhere else?"
After saying that, George Li smiled evilly at Wilson, and Wilson smiled maliciously when he saw it.
After completing the contract renewals for most of the players, George Li also let go of his worries. He was afraid that after the team was eliminated, the players would have the idea of leaving away.
After all, although Leeds United's current situation is not bad, it still faces some wealthy clubs in other countries. George Li cannot guarantee whether his players will leave.
It was like something Wilson just told him a few days ago.
Just when George Li was about to continue discussing the matter with Wilson, George Li's phone rang.
It's Helen calling.
"What's wrong......"
"Invite us to dinner?"
"Are they all going? Is his salary enough for so many people?"
"Okay, okay, I'll ask them."
"Where to eat?"
"Go...okay..."
Wilson watched George Li cut off the phone call, and then prepared to get up and leave, because he just heard that Helen seemed to be having dinner with George Li, so he thought he would not disturb the two of them since he was off work now.
"Tony, don't leave." George Li stopped Wilson.
"What's wrong?"
"Helen told me that Charlotte got a new contract and wanted to treat us to a meal together to thank us."
"The whole team?" Wilson was curious. After all, Charlotte was not the only one to sign the contract, and the one he signed was the cheapest one. It was not his turn to treat him.
"No, just a few family members, a few people who are relatively close to me."
"You mean a family member?" Wilson exclaimed. He was very happy that the other party could treat him as a family member. He had ordered the meal today, even if it was fast food.
"That's right, why don't you ask Mike if he's free?"
"Okay, where is the hotel?" Wilson decided to ask more clearly. After all, he attached great importance to this dinner, and he must take care of it by then.
"Charles Fried Fish is their main store, the one where Mr. Black is." George Li said the location of the dinner.
"Charles...fish fry..."
"dislike?"
"No... Karl gave it to me before, and it tasted pretty good."
Wilson looked at his suit, already wondering if it was necessary to change into something like sportswear.
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This meal in the evening is a feast for the guests and the host.
Facing a large table of high-calorie food that they couldn't usually eat, Mike Li and Wilson, two people who were usually in suits and ties and used to eating in high-end restaurants, drank three dozen beers.
In the end, Mike Li, who drank too much, even suggested that fish and chips would be served at the club's Christmas dinner this year, but he would have them delivered from the store during the club dinner.
He also asked Olson and the others if there were any other well-known fast food restaurants in Leeds. He told them their names and they would order them together when the time came.
As a result, Olson reported a dozen pizza restaurants, burger restaurants, etc. at once, while Anne on the side added five dessert shops.
"OK! OK!" Mike Li said that he would satisfy them when the time comes.
And the "Aunt Tony" that the children called behind her was already holding Mike Li's arm because she drank too much and started snoring.
