Football: Rebirth 04, I Create a Black Shop in Football

The injured players in Leeds United have just recovered, so this international match day did not have much impact on the team. Only Schmeichel was called up to the national team. Li Shiguang also took advantage of the international match day to give the team a three-day holiday, so that everyone can have a good rest and spend time with their families. After a half-month break, Leeds United will finally welcome the game against Manchester United at home this week. There is never a lack of topics in the strong dialogue of the Premier League. This game is the most watched game in this round of the Premier League. Since last week, some media have been predicting and analyzing this game. The Daily Mail column wrote, "There is no doubt that this is the focus of this round of the Premier League, and fans are looking forward to seeing a wonderful game. Judging from the recent game data of the two teams, even though Manchester United lost to Arsenal at home before, in our opinion, Manchester United, as the league leader, is still the side with a greater chance of winning. Leeds United's recent performance in the league is a bit worrying. In the last two games against opponents who are not very strong, Leeds United has only achieved 1 loss and 1 draw. After 7 rounds of the league, they have opened up an 8-point gap with Manchester United, which ranks first!"

In addition to traditional media, the rapid development of Twitter in England has also provided fans with a more convenient soil to express their opinions. Now more and more discussions about football on the Internet have begun to shift from major forums to Twitter.

So this week, you can see fans of both sides arguing in various blogs predicting the win or loss of this game.

"Haha, Leeds United will definitely lose this game. We didn't lose to them last season!"

"Bullshit, have you selectively forgotten the game in the League Cup final where Leeds United turned the tables?"

"I mean, we haven't lost to you in the league yet!"

"What a coincidence, you're going to lose this weekend!"

"Impossible, look at your attacking line, it's been silent for almost a month, and both goals in the two games came from long shots from the defensive midfielder. With this level, you still want to break through Ferdinand and Vidic's defense?"

"Haha, I'm really laughing to death, you don't care who scored the goal, even if it was scored by Schmeichel, it was still a goal, which law stipulates that the defensive midfielder can't score a goal, funny!"

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Manchester United is in really good shape since the start of this season. Like Leeds United, they have won two consecutive games in the Champions League and are now ranked first in Group F; in the league, Manchester United has achieved a record of 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss with 16 points, ranking first in the Premier League rankings.

Affected by the wave of injuries, with one game less, Leeds United only achieved 2 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses and 8 points in the league, and now only ranks 12th.

If we only look at the results since the start of the Premier League, Leeds United is indeed at a disadvantage.

But Li Shiguang knows very well that Ferguson is not much easier than himself.

Indeed, just as Li Shiguang thought, Ferguson has had a difficult time during this period. Manchester United and Leeds United are also fighting on three fronts, but Ferguson has more pressure than Li Shiguang. Last season, Manchester United failed to qualify in the Champions League group stage, which made him very angry, so he did not dare to take the first two Champions League group matches this season lightly. Although he won them smoothly, the intensive schedule also affected Manchester United's status in the league.

If Li Shiguang hadn't scolded the English Football Association at the end of last month, it would probably be Ferguson himself who jumped out to scold. When he saw the news that Li Shiguang was fined, he even had the urge to help Li Shiguang pay half of the fine...

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Finally, the time came to October 14, 2006.

At 6:30 pm, there was still nearly half an hour before the start of the game. The Elland Road Stadium, which had been increased to more than 50,000 seats, was almost full. Even the square outside the stadium was full of fans who could not buy tickets and could only watch the game on the big screen in the square.

As the focus of this round of the Premier League, major TV stations in England also chose this game to broadcast.

In the studio of Sky Sports TV, Lineker was sitting behind the table introducing the starting lineups of the two teams.

"Good evening, fans and friends, thank you for watching this game today on Sky Sports. Now let me introduce the starting lineups of both sides today.

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“First, Leeds United played at home. Today, Li still arranged the 4-4-2 formation that he used most this season. ”

“In the goalkeeper position, perhaps because Schmeichel Jr. just returned from the national team, the starting player today is young player Neuer; in the defense line, left back Lahm, right back Maicon, and two central defenders are Cannavaro and Kompany; in the midfield, Li made some changes today. Mascherano and Yaya Toure started in the defensive midfielder position, and Bale and Ribery were separated on the left and right. The change in Leeds United's midfield today surprised me. I will analyze it with today's special guest later; then the two players on the front line are Torres and Podolski, and Ibrahimovic, who has performed well recently, did not get a chance to start! This is a bit strange, isn't it? ”

Li Shiguang's lineup today surprised Lineker a little, which was very different from what he had guessed before.

But after all, it was a live broadcast, so he temporarily suppressed the idea of ​​discussing Leeds United's lineup with the special guest next to him, and continued to introduce Manchester United's starting lineup.

"Next, let's take a look at Ferguson's lineup. Manchester United also played 4-4-2, but the difference from Leeds United was that their midfield was a diamond formation, which was also the formation Ferguson used most this season. The goalkeeper position is still the veteran Van der Sar; the defenders are Evra, Vidic, Ferdinand and Gary Neville; in the midfield, Carrick is the single defensive midfielder, the left and right wingers are Giggs and Ronaldo, and the central midfielder is Scholes; the two forwards are Rooney and Berbatov, and this is also the first time Berbatov has returned to Elland Road since coming to Manchester United! ”

After introducing the lineups of both teams, Lineker immediately put down the information in his hand and asked the special guest sitting next to him about his doubts.

"Hello, Kevin, welcome to the Sky Sports studio today. I am very curious. As the former head coach of Leeds United, you also played against each other once last season. I believe Leeds United is still very familiar to you, so what do you think of Li's unusual lineup today? "

Yes, the person sitting next to Lineker today.

It was Kevin Blackwell who has not found a new job since he was fired from West Bromwich Albion...