"Robin, why don't you come down and touch the trophy?"
Smith held the UEFA Cup trophy and said to Van Persie, who was now in the first row of the stands.
Real Madrid's record this season is not bad. They have the same points as Barcelona in the league. They won the league championship based on the relationship between victory and defeat. In the Champions League, they were eliminated by Bayern in the round of 16.
Van Persie also had some regrets after going to Real Madrid. He went to Real Madrid for the Champions League, but ended up going home after just one round.
But there is no regret medicine in this world.
Van Persie made a friendly "come on" gesture towards Smith in the stands.
Smith smiled and handed the trophy to Baynes beside him, and walked up to chat with Van Persie.
Graveson, who was also celebrating, also saw this scene, so he came over and started chatting with Van Persie.
Gravesen is also preparing to move to Real Madrid at the end of this season, which was negotiated between the two clubs at the end of the season. Real Madrid now needs to strengthen the midfield. They have not found a suitable replacement after Makelele left, and Graveson's performance at Leeds United also impressed Real Madrid's senior management.
So next season Van Persie and Gravesen will be teammates again.
"The boss just let you go?" Van Persie asked Graveson.
"He must have found a replacement, otherwise he wouldn't be so generous." Graveson had already taken off his championship short-sleeved shirt and hung it on his shoulder. He had just wiped his forehead with it because it was too hot. Sweat on.
After all, he has a bald head, and the water on his head cannot be locked at all.
"Do you think we will be in the same group in the Champions League next season?" Smith said to the two of them maliciously.
The excitement of winning the title has passed, and this is not the first time Leeds have won the League Cup, they just won one last season. Therefore, the Leeds United players did not celebrate grandly, but took their families to take photos one by one looking for the trophy.
"It's okay, you can finish third in the group, and then go get the UEFA Cup, so you can keep it forever." Van Persie said jokingly.
"Get off here!" An angry Smith reached for Van Persie, trying to pull him down.
And Graveson also went to help, after all, he is still a Leeds United player.
Just when Van Persie was about to be pulled off the court by the two of them, two people behind hugged Van Persie, preventing Van Persie from actually being pulled down.
Van Persie looked back and saw that it was his two teammates from the national team, Sneijder and Van der Vaart.
"Thank you, Wesley and Rafael, are you here to watch the game too?" Van Persie patted himself and said to his two national team teammates.
Graveson below also recognized these two people and quietly introduced them to Smith.
"We are here to cheer for Coach Li. After all, he used to be the coach of our youth team. So did Nigel, so we are Leeds United fans today." Van der Vaart and Robin van Persie said.
After listening to Graveson's introduction, Smith looked up at the two men.
Sneijder also smiled and nodded towards Smith.
"Fortunately, Leeds United won, right? Even if a fool missed a penalty kick." Van Persie was still talking about Smith in a roundabout way.
That's how two people are, good brothers are good brothers, but they always want to take advantage of each other.
Smith could only feel angry below, while Graveson snickered on the side.
"Let's go have a drink together, how about Robin?" Van der Vaart invited.
"Okay, for George Lee!"
"For George Lee!"
The Dutch national team's frontcourt trio just left the court. Before leaving, Sneijder took the initiative to say goodbye to Smith, leaving Smith confused.
"He's not going to come to our team, is he?"
Smith looked at the back of Gravesen who had walked away, and then at Sneijder who had walked away, and suddenly thought.
^^^
Leeds United's double-decker bus slowly drove into the Elland Road stadium.
This time has been delayed for a while than expected because the celebration on the road was so crazy. It was even crazier than the celebration after winning the UEFA Cup last year, with fans blocking the streets to greet their heroes.
The main reason is that after winning the previous league, Leeds United immediately went to Scotland to prepare for the UEFA Cup. Therefore, apart from the fans' own celebrations, the club did not prepare any celebrations. They were preparing to celebrate together after winning the UEFA Cup.
"Would it be embarrassing if we didn't win the championship?"
When George Li was preparing to enter the stadium, he asked his brother, Mike Li, the chairman of the team.
"No, you won't lose against the Spanish, right?" the chairman of Leeds United said casually.
"But it was really close at the time. If Van der Sar hadn't played so bravely, we would have lost." George Li was a little helpless that his brother was so ambitious.
"We won in the end, right." Mike Li patted his brother, indicating that it was his turn to play.
Members of the coaching staff before George Lee slowly appeared one by one and entered the Elland Road stadium to greet the cheers of the fans.
Afterwards, George Li slowly walked into the stadium and waved to the fans.
Then, the players appeared after the coaching staff.
Edwin van der Sar was the first to appear. Because of his heroic performance in the UEFA Cup penalty shootout, Leeds United fans welcomed their hero with the warmest applause.
Gary Kelly, Ben Thatcher, Uris Matheson, Scott Parker...
Fans gradually discovered that today's entrance ceremony was in the order of players' numbers, not in the order of substitutes and main players.
After Thomas Graveson, the team's captain Alan Smith entered the court.
It's just that the fans didn't see Smith holding the trophy in his hand. They just walked into the stadium casually and made a blindfolded gesture.
This action was done when he returned to the team after missing the penalty kick in yesterday's penalty shootout. He didn't dare to watch the last penalty kick at that time. He also used this action to laugh at himself about his performance yesterday.
But the fans didn't think so. They still gave their captain screams, cheers and applause.
Danny Mills, Aaron Lennon...
Until the last one, Grant Wall, the Leeds United youth team goalkeeper wearing No. 55, walked into the field. The fans in the audience also gave the youngster warm applause. Seeing so many people watching him, the young man could hardly walk.
During the days when Van der Sar and Carson were injured, Schmeichel Jr. played several games as the team's main force, while Wall also appeared on the lineup as a substitute.
Until all coaches and players had finished playing, the players did not see the trophy. Logically speaking, this is the time to display the trophies the team has won this season.
"Next, let's bring out the UEFA Super Cup trophy that Leeds United won this season."
The DJ at the scene shouted passionately, and the fans also wanted to see what form the trophy would appear in.
From the player tunnel, Bill Rose slowly entered with the trophy.
Fans finally found out that the leading role in the team's end-of-game celebration was several of the team's presidents and directors.
"Now, let us welcome Jim Lee...he brings this season's League Cup trophy..."
Jim Li walked off the field holding the UEFA Cup trophy in both hands. To show off, the old man even had a cigar in his mouth.
He came to the center of the court, put the trophy on the table, then stood next to Bill Rose, took out a cigar and handed it to Rose.
Ross took the cigar and Jim Li lit it for Ross.
The movement of the two people resonated with all the fans in the stadium, and screams came one after another.
"Finally, what we are about to usher in is the Premier League Championship trophy of the 2006/07 season...bringing him out is..."
Before the DJ could finish speaking, his voice was drowned out by the fans.
Mike Lee and Tony Wilson slowly entered the stadium carrying the league trophy together.
"Can we have a show like this every year?" Wilson asked Michael.
"You have to ask George, he is the one who determines the team's performance." Mike Lee answered Wilson's question while waving his hand.
"Can you increase your investment? I'll buy people soon and clear George's shopping cart."
"I am the one who paid for it!" Mike Li grabbed the trophy, turned it around to show it to the fans in the stands, and placed it in the middle of the table.
Three trophies, shining brightly under all the lights at Elland Road.
