George Li returned to his home and saw his home clock through the light of the street lights outside.
11:45pm London time.
He threw the car keys and house keys on the shoe cabinet at the door, and dragged his tired body directly upstairs.
"Huh~"
When I got to my room, I lay down directly on the bed. As soon as I kicked off my shoes, I didn't take off my clothes or cover myself with a quilt, and fell asleep directly.
"Ah sneeze~"
After sleeping for who knows how long, George Li finally woke up from the cold.
I picked up my phone and saw that it was only 3:30.
I realized that I couldn't sleep like this because I would catch a cold.
He decided to go to the bathroom and take a shower before going back to sleep.
Turn on the faucet and let the shower water stand for a while until the hot water comes out. George Li washed his face with cold water at the sink to wake himself up a little.
He picked up a handful of water with his hand and splashed it on his face.
George Li raised his head and glanced in the mirror.
"Ah~"
He let out a scream and was immediately startled by what he just saw.
Because what he saw in the mirror was not himself, but the figure of Tottenham coach Martin Jol.
He quickly shook his head and looked in the mirror again. There is only George Li himself in the mirror now, without Martin Jol.
"Damn it!" He muttered to himself, and then George Li went to take a shower.
Hot water poured continuously on Li's body along the shower head. It should have been a very comfortable feeling, but now George Li felt chilled all over.
For no other reason than that I was frightened by the figure in the mirror just now.
After returning to bed, George Li was completely sleepless. He tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. His mind was still full of the same thing just now.
Why does Martin Jol show up?
Because tomorrow's Europa League quarter-finals will be the fourth meeting between Leeds United and Tottenham in the past month.
First, in the 30th round of the league, Leeds United won away 3-1; then in the first leg of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, Leeds United defeated their opponents 2-1 at home; and then in the FA Cup, Leeds United was defeated by Tottenham 1-0. Knocked out.
In short, George Lee has been studying the tactics of the game against Tottenham in recent games, has been guiding the game against Tottenham on the court, and has been shaking hands with Martin Jol after the game.
Tomorrow's game against Tottenham is very important.
George Li still couldn't sleep and decided to try the legendary sheep method.
One sheep, two sheep, three sheep...seven Martin-Yols, eight Martin-Yols...
George Li lifted the quilt and sat up.
No more sleep!
^^^
"Ah~"
At White Hart Lane, George Li stood in front of the coaching bench, covering his mouth with his hand and yawned.
This morning, I didn't fall asleep after all, I just squinted on the bus for a while.
The effect is there, at least my mind is a little clearer; the effect is not too obvious, because I am still yawning.
After three games, both sides already know the basics and can't hide anything at all.
George Lee even feels that he knows Tottenham better than he knows his own team.
I don’t know how many tactical meetings I have spent studying Tottenham with my assistants.
George Lee glanced at Tottenham's coaching bench, and when he saw the figure of Martin Jol, he shivered. Thinking about what happened last night again, George Li quickly shook his head, trying to forget about it.
Both sides are holding their breath now and want to win this game. First of all, the winner can advance to the semi-finals and hit the UEFA Cup championship. More importantly, it can greatly improve morale and prepare for the next sprint in the league.
Leeds United want to win the league title, while Tottenham want to break into the top six and enter the European Division.
Leeds United started today with Van der Sar, Charlotte, Albacheson, Matthias, Baines, Parker, De Jong, Smith, Kuyt, Pedersen, and Davis.
Graveson was injured in a previous game and will be sidelined for some time. Mills was suspended due to accumulated yellow cards.
Woodgate, on the other hand, has an old problem and strained his thigh muscle again.
Out of assurance for the midfielder, George Lee withdrew Smith to the center and chose Pederson on the left.
Although there were other options, he was prepared to defend and hold on to the one-goal lead today. As long as you don't lose, you can advance to the top four.
"I really want the game to end early. I really don't want to shake hands with Martin Jol." George Lee continued to yawn and said to his assistants.
"Here~" Chris Casper took a can of coffee and handed it to George Li. This was what Li asked Casper to buy from the vending machine just now.
"Tons, tons, tons~" George Li drank the entire can of coffee in one go, and then continued to talk to the other assistant coaches and substitutes, "I even know how many calluses he has on his right hand now."
"How many?" Casper just likes to get to the bottom of things.
"Do you know, I was in the bathroom last night..."
George Li almost told the horror story last night, but then he thought about it and let it go. After all, he kept thinking about a man for nothing, which always gave people an abnormal feeling.
"What happened to you in the bathroom last night? Diarrhea?" Brian Kidd asked with concern. He could tell that George Li's expression was a little abnormal today.
"Almost, constipated."
In the end, George Li did not choose to tell the truth.
Then, he tried to focus on the competition. He didn't know whether it was the coffee or the competition that made him nervous, but in short, he was not sleepy now.
After the opening, Tottenham took the initiative here. Jenas, with the cooperation of Huddlestone, controlled the rhythm of Tottenham's midfield in the midfield. Keep passing the ball to Robbie Keane and Defoe in front, or Malblanque and Tenio on the wing.
But Tottenham still has the same problem, unable to open the wings.
Keane and Defoe were firmly watched by Leeds United's two central defenders and midfielder Parker, and there was no chance of running out of space.
Then Jenas had no choice but to play the ball to the wing and look for opportunities.
However, Malbranque and Tenio are really poor in breakthrough ability. It can be said that Leeds United's opponents Baines and Charlotte Black are better than them in breakthrough.
Charlotte has now become the new favorite of Leeds United fans, and there is a vague feeling that it has surpassed Smith.
After getting more opportunities to play, Charlotte's strength has become more and more surprising.
The winger is not only decisive in defense and has excellent physical fitness, but can also participate in the offense. As a full-back, he has already had three assists this season.
If the three assists are not impressive enough, the two goals can be said to be the most outstanding offensive firepower among the full-backs. Not to mention that Charlotte did it mostly off the bench.
Not only that, the young man is also handsome. The way he pretends to be cool after scoring a goal is simply not something that the Leeds United fans, who are known as the most fanatical in England, would like too much.
Malbranque received the ball from Jenas and tried to drive past Charlotte.
The Frenchman made a start, but Charlotte took a step back from the original distance and continued to maintain frontal defense against Malbranque.
Malbranque made a breakthrough and found that he could not get rid of his opponent, so he stopped and thought about changing his approach.
But Charlotte didn't want to give him a chance.
If you stop, I'll come up.
He took a step forward with his right foot, blocking Malbranc's path from the sideline to the baseline, forcing the Frenchman to go to the middle.
But Parker has already made up for it in the middle.
Because De Jong is still in the defensive midfield position today, Parker can easily go to the wing to cover the defense without worrying about the vacuum in front of the defense.
Just when Malbranque was about to go to the center, he saw Parker and quickly dunked the ball back to the left with his right foot.
But Charlotte was just waiting for him.
He stretched his right foot again and intercepted the ball.
After stealing the ball, Charlotte ignored Malblanque who fell on the ground and pushed forward directly.
