After Leeds United won the game against Reading, Leeds United once again started their unbeaten streak.
And most of the games ended with a win. Except for the unexpected 0-0 draw at home by Fulham in the 10th round of the league after Reading, all other games were won.
In the 11th, 12th and 13th rounds of the league, they won Everton, Aston Villa and West Ham United respectively. In the 3rd and 4th rounds of the FA Cup, most of the main players took turns to win.
What's even more gratifying is that in the Champions League, Leeds United's first four group stage games all ended with victory. The team topped the list with 12 points in the group, and also qualified for the group stage two rounds ahead of schedule.
Maybe it is because the opponents are relatively weak. Even though the team suffered extensive injuries, George Li still led the team to win in all competitions with high morale.
It's just that Parker, Albucherson, and Kevin Davis have been added to Leeds United's injury list.
Fortunately, the new 352 formation created by George Li in response to injuries worked well, and while the team was winning, he was constantly improving this formation and tactics.
Perhaps it was because Helen was studying abroad, so George Li didn't have to take time out for dates and had more time to think about his formation.
No, before the 14th round of the league, the entire Leeds United team was supposed to take a break at home. After all, the team had just flown back from the Czech Republic after finishing the game against Slavia Prague. The team decided to train again after a day's rest in preparation for the next round of Premier League highlights.
It's just that George Li couldn't stay at home. After sending his two sons to the team for training, he came to the conference room.
The conference room was cleaned by the cleaning staff of the training ground, and the floor was spotless.
In contrast, the whiteboard was still painted messily. It can be said that except for the members of the Leeds United coaching staff, no one else can understand it.
George Li first took down the chess pieces representing the players one by one and put them into the slots below. Then he picked up the whiteboard eraser and prepared to erase everything written on it.
After doing all this, he did not take any further action. Instead, he pinched his chin with two fingers and began to think.
Until someone knocked on the door of the conference room, Sean Wallace and Carl Olson walked in. Wallace was holding a cup of coffee in his hand, and Olson was holding two paper bags.
Wallace came over and put the coffee on the table, and Olson also put the paper bag on the table. The difference is that Olson left a paper bag in his hand.
"Go ahead, I'll take you back after training. Maybe I'll be able to watch your training after I finish here early."
George Li took a sip of coffee and said to his two adopted sons.
When the two young men heard this, they turned around and left.
After George Li saw them leaving, he opened the paper bag and took out a sandwich.
This was what George Li brought to Wallace after he asked the two of them to go to the restaurant for breakfast first. It was just a simple sandwich and coffee. Usually when there is training, they will choose to go out early to have breakfast at the training ground. Even at home, they usually don't cook much. For dinner, they are frequent visitors to Charles Fish Shop.
It’s just that George Li doesn’t eat fried fish very much.
Holding the sandwich in one hand, he started playing with the chess pieces and drawing with the other hand.
Of particular note is that the chess piece that George Li used as his opponent today is blue.
^^^
On November 24th, the weather in Yorkshire was not very beautiful in the afternoon.
Fans waiting to enter the stadium outside Elland Road were holding umbrellas, but the continuous drizzle did not affect the enthusiasm of Leeds United fans.
Leeds United fans, mostly wearing white jerseys, jumped in and sang the team anthem.
Li George stood on the sidelines in a windbreaker and looked at the Chelsea players warming up on the court.
Familiar players include Terry and Lampard, as well as players who have just arrived at Chelsea this season, such as Benheim, Sidwell and Belletti. These are today's starting players.
Even more unfamiliar is Chelsea's head coach, Israeli Avran Grant.
A head coach who has coached the Israeli national team for many years came to Portsmouth last year and became the team's director of football department, partnering with Harry Redknapp.
After one season, he came to Chelsea and became the head of the football department.
Just two months later, he succeeded Mourinho as the team's head coach.
George Lee knows that Grant is destined not to succeed Mourinho. But what to say about today's game, George Li is not sure.
After all, although Mourinho is gone, the cards left to Grant are still available.
The team's lineup is indeed at the top level of the Premier League, and Leeds United is currently suffering from serious injuries. Maybe it really ended Chelsea's unbeaten streak.
The unbeaten streak ended against Liverpool before. I don't know how Grant's level compares to Benitez this time.
At the beginning of the game, Chelsea kicked off first. Shevchenko immediately returned the kick and passed the ball to Sidwell, who was wearing Chelsea's No. 9 jersey but playing in the midfield.
Now all the Premier League teams have learned well. When facing Leeds United at kick-off, they must not pass the ball back too deep, otherwise it will be difficult to pass the ball out.
So Sidwell chose to cross the ball and passed it to Lampard on the side.
After receiving the ball, Lampard looked at the left rear, preparing to wait for Ashley Cole to intervene before passing the ball to his England national team teammates.
Seeing that Cole had begun to move forward, he was ready to pass the ball.
However, his pass was unsuccessful. As soon as he raised his foot, he was hit to the ground by a person rushing out from the side.
"du~"
The referee's whistle was very decisive and a foul was given directly.
The action was not big, just a collision foul, and the game had just started, so there was no need to take out the card.
Because it had just kicked off and the players on both sides had not yet entered the state, after Leeds United committed a foul, no Chelsea players came around.
Lampard got up and finally saw the man who fouled him.
White jersey, number 17. Old enemies.
Today, Alan Smith was placed in front of the two defensive midfielders by George Lee, moving to his preferred central midfielder position. It is because Sneijder has not recovered yet, and there are more players on the wing, but there is a shortage of players at the central midfielder position, so Smith finally got what he wanted.
What's more, the opponent was Lampard for a few days, and Smith was in an excited state from the beginning.
It was a direct blow to Lampard.
Both sides were relatively tight after the opening, and there was no open and close attack. They were all testing each other.
After testing for more than ten minutes, Leeds United attacked first.
After Leeds United pushed the ball into the midfield, they encountered Chelsea's pressing defense. Joey Barton chose to bypass the central defender and passed the ball directly to Edwin van der Sar who came outside the penalty area.
Chelsea's just-shrunk defense immediately pounced out again, which gave Leeds United a chance.
Although Van der Sar was not used to playing like this before, he couldn't help but the head coach asked him to do so, and he got used to it after playing for several seasons.
A big foot looks for the wing, this time looking for the right wing of Chelsea's defense.
Because Ashley Cole on the left is indeed difficult to deal with, Leeds United's main attack after the opening was Chelsea's right.
Facing Bell on the left side of Leeds United today, Belletti really couldn't keep up.
Van der Sar passed the ball directly behind Belletti, and Belletti watched helplessly as Bell surpassed him step by step from behind, and then chased the football to the bottom line.
After a few games, Bell found that he still preferred to play on the left.
I am better with my left foot, but I can also directly kill the goal on the left.
Who says you have to reverse your foot to cut inside? Bell feels that he can still perform well on the left.
Since the position was changed, Bell found that the left back he played before really chose the wrong position. He should play as a winger, and he should be closer to the opponent's goal to be more interesting.
In fact, Bell was also careful. He found that if he went to the right, he could only serve as a substitute for Robben, because the two players have basically the same effect.
But it's different on the left. The team's captain Alan Smith has always wanted to return to the center. As long as the captain returns to the center, sooner or later the left wing will have to be named "Bei".
Bell got rid of Belletti and swept the ball directly into the penalty area from the edge of Chelsea's penalty area.
In order to avoid the attacking goalkeeper, Bell's cross was placed relatively far back, heading in the direction of the penalty spot.
Kuyt and Terry struggled for a long time. Seeing that they couldn't get rid of each other, they simply chose to pass the ball.
Benheim, who was at the back, did not perform well in the Community Shield between the two teams, and Leeds United found a loophole from him and scored a goal to win.
This time he still didn't have a long memory, maybe he forgot the fear of being dominated by Leeds United.
He failed to keep an eye on Arneson, whom he should be keeping an eye on.
Arnesen fell to the ground before Benheim and shot.
The ball speed is not very fast, but the angle is very tricky.
Chelsea goalkeeper Cudicini pounced on the first shot and blocked the ball to his right.
But they forgot that there is one person who is best at grabbing the second point.
After Kuyt passed the ball, he still did not forget to run towards the goal and finally seized the opportunity.
He firmly stuck Terry behind him and poked the ball into the back goal.
1 to 0.
Leeds United took the lead.
After seeing the goal, George Lee off the court said to himself: "Mourinho is gone, I don't have that feeling anymore."
