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Chapter 230
As March approaches, the Premier League has officially entered the final 10 rounds of competition.
Now the situation is becoming clearer and clearer. Manchester United and Leeds United, who both defeated their opponents at the weekend, are leading the standings with 70 points each.
At this point in the league, the media in England almost all believe that this year's champion will be born from these two teams.
In addition, in previous years, the Premier League's battle for the top four was also a good gimmick after entering the late stage of the league. But this year, there is nothing much to watch. Liverpool, which has been in good form recently, is catching up with points in the back and is about to pose a threat to Arsenal, which is ranked fourth. Unfortunately, in this round, they met Manchester United, who was holding their breath to compete for the championship. After losing the game, Liverpool was pulled 5 points behind Arsenal.
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Seeing that there seemed to be no big waves in the domestic league, the media briefly reported and then turned their attention back to the second round of the Champions League round of 16 in the middle of the week.
In the second round, Leeds United and Chelsea became the first two teams to play among the four Premier League teams.
Although many people still believed that Barcelona could make up for the disadvantage away from home before the game, at the very least they could drag the game into a penalty shootout.
But Li Shiguang, who returned to his own territory, did not give Rijkaard even the slightest chance.
From the moment the referee blew the whistle, Leeds United was determined to defend the previous advantage.
And having tasted the sweetness last week, Li Shiguang went all out this week and directly put Mascherano and Toure in the position of the defensive midfielder. Facing the fierce pressing of these two people, even Xavi and Deco did their best and did not get any benefits.
In the second half, Barcelona, which had been unable to score, became more and more anxious. Rijkaard could no longer care about Leeds United's sharp counterattack. He stood on the sidelines and kept waving in the direction of Leeds United's goal, signaling his players to press forward.
In this situation, in the 81st minute of the game, Leeds United seized the opportunity of Barcelona's failed corner kick to complete a counterattack. When Ibrahimovic received Neuer's long pass in the center circle, Puyol was the only one around him.
After passing Puyol, Ibrahimovic drove straight in, facing Valdes' attack, and calmly pushed the ball into Barcelona's net!
This goal also completely killed the game. After the symbolic 2 minutes of stoppage time, Leeds United stepped on the defending champions and entered the quarterfinals of the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League!
This ending also surprised everyone. No one expected that Leeds United would double-kill the powerful Barcelona in this series...
Today is destined to be a carnival day for English fans. After Leeds United successfully advanced, good news soon came from Stamford Bridge. Chelsea defeated the visiting Porto 2:1 and successfully entered the quarterfinals!
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After the second round of the match with Barcelona, Leeds United's next match will be on March 17th. In between is the evil international match day. In addition to the players called up by the national team, Li Shiguang also gave other players who were not selected for the national team two days off.
Since Shakira has been busy running around the world for concerts recently, Li Shiguang did not consume too much energy and lay comfortably at home for two days.
On Friday, Leeds United ended the holiday and resumed training. As soon as Li Shiguang walked into the training ground, Simeone came up with a smile: "Boss, Wenger has been sprayed these days."
This week, the second match day of the Champions League is Manchester United and Arsenal. Manchester United, who returned to their home court, defeated Lille without any suspense and advanced to the quarterfinals. Just when the fans thought that the four Premier League teams had a chance to reach the quarterfinals this time, Arsenal turned over!
Back at home, they were tied 1:1 by Eindhoven, and finally lost to their opponents with a total score of 1:2 and were eliminated.
You know, in order to concentrate on the league and the Champions League, Wenger took the initiative to give up the FA Cup last month. As a result, the league championship is far away, and the Champions League was eliminated in the round of 16. Theoretically, Arsenal only has one League Cup left this season to compete for the championship..
As soon as the game ended, Arsenal's official website was directly bombarded. Countless Gunners flooded into the official website to leave messages, criticizing Wenger and the entire management of Arsenal. Coupled with the media's fanning the flames, to be honest, Wenger's life these two days is really hard.
Li Shiguang usually doesn't like to read these gossips, so he didn't pay attention to them. Today was the first time he heard about Wenger, so he nodded and answered casually: "Uh... In competitive sports, being bad is the original sin, and it's understandable to be criticized for losing the game."
"AndI also heard a piece of gossip. Allen told me yesterday. Do you want to hear it, boss?" Simeone seemed to feel that it was not enough, and laughed sinisterly again, but this sentence was a bit annoying.
Li Shiguang was really impressed by this gossip king. He rolled his eyes at Simeone and kicked him on the butt: "If you have something to say, come on, don't you need to train?"
Simeone smiled and dodged Li Shiguang's attack, then slowly said: "Boss, you know the policy of Wenger's one-year contract for players over 30 years old?"
"Yeah."
"I heard from Allen that Henry's recent contract renewal negotiations with Arsenal seem to have been shelved because of this matter!"
What the hell? Henry went to Barcelona this year?
Simeone's words reminded Li Shiguang, and his already vague memory gradually became clear.
After reacting, Li Shiguang quickly instructed Simeone: "Call Allen and ask him to come over. ”
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About ten minutes after Simeone finished the call, Allen came to the training ground and saw Li Shiguang training with the players. He did not come in directly, but just shouted to Li Shiguang on the sidelines: "Boss, are you looking for me?"
After hearing Allen's voice, Li Shiguang handed the work to Simeone, and then came over. After asking Allen to sit down, he asked: "Allen, Diego just said that Henry did not agree to Arsenal's contract renewal conditions?"
"Yes! Raiola told me." Allen nodded affirmatively, "They have a small circle, and his agent Dani is also in it."
"She took the initiative to bring it up?" Li Shiguang found it a little unbelievable.
Allen nodded as usual: "Yes, Henry's contract only has one year left. If she can't reach an agreement with Arsenal this time, she has to find a new home for Henry quickly, and I also heard that Laporta has contacted Dani privately. "
"Hey, this is interesting..." Hearing Laporta's words, Li Shiguang touched his chin and muttered softly.
Although he didn't quite understand why his boss suddenly remembered to ask about Henry, to be on the safe side, Allen still asked one more question.
"Boss, from what you said, you don't want to buy Henry, do you?"