Thinking of this, Klopp no longer hesitated and turned to look at the bench.

So, soon, Leeds United made a substitution adjustment.

Lu Feng and Silva were replaced one after another.

When they left the pitch, the Leeds United fans gave both of them a huge round of applause.

Whether it was this game or the previous games, the performance of Lu Feng and Silva was obvious to all, and the fans naturally spontaneously applauded them.

With the landfall and Silva off in quick succession, Leeds United deployed two defensive midfielders in midfield to ensure they could hold on for the final few minutes.

After a game in which he was three goals down at half-time, Jurgen Klopp is now cautious.

Bristol City can be reversed with a three-goal lead, and they can't afford to take it lightly if they are three goals ahead. Well, purely in terms of strength comparison, the strength comparison between Leeds United and Bristol City is not much different from the strength comparison between Southampton and Leeds United.

However, Klopp still overestimated Southampton.

Until the end of the game, Southampton were not able to threaten the Leeds United goal.

In the end, they lost 3-0 on the road.

This result was a surprise to many.

What about Southampton's promise to go all out and win?

Southampton said that as long as they don't take Leeds United lightly, it's no problem?

After the game. Lu Feng said this in an interview with reporters.

"I don't know what the use of them talking so much before the game, no matter how good they say, the winner of this game is Leeds United.

They once said before the game that they could win this game as long as they didn't underestimate the enemy, and I don't know who gave them so much courage, could it be Liang Jingru?

Besides, isn't such a statement the biggest enemy? Which team can say with such certainty that if they play well, they will definitely win the game?

Real madrid? Barcelona? Bayern Munich? Or Manchester United Liverpool? Can any team do it? ”

Facing Lu Feng's smiling rhetorical question, the reporters were speechless.

What Lu Feng said seems to make a lot of sense. Is there a team in this world that can guarantee victory over the opponent without taking it lightly?

On the football field, you can't win on paper alone, otherwise, is there anything else to watch in a football game?

Whichever side has the best superstar and strength will win.

So what is it like, just bring in reinforcements every season, and then award the championship trophy according to the strength on paper.

In other words, Southampton's statement that they can easily win against Leeds United as long as they do not underestimate the enemy is itself an idea of underestimating the enemy.

So think about it this way. Southampton is to blame for losing this game! keeps saying that he is not underestimating the enemy, but he still underestimates the enemy, he deserves it!

Southampton's recent record has been poor after their former manager was hospitalised with a sudden illness, and they have begun to slip in points after they could have challenged for European qualification this season.

Many Southampton fans and supporters have also regarded the FA Cup as Southampton's last hope.

After all, the league is not playing well, and as long as they win the FA Cup, they can still break into the Europa League like last season.

They miraculously reached the semi-finals of last season's Europa League, losing 4-2 to Napoli in the semi-finals.

Considering the contrast between Napoli and Southampton, it's not a shame to say.

But it is clear that Southampton's current FA Cup quarter-final defeat has undoubtedly given Southampton a blow to the head, and they can no longer afford to leave anything to chance.

Perhaps, Southampton, returning with a defeat, will fall into a new crisis.

It is said that Southampton's hierarchy have lost trust in assistant coach Plekov and are unhappy with the team's record during his interim tenure as head coach, with a win against Chelsea in their last game keeping him in the position of acting head coach for the time being.

But now, Southampton was eliminated by Leeds United in the FA Cup, which was expected to be highly, and his "firefighting" career is over, which is naturally a matter of course.

But that's not what Leeds players care about, it's what kind of opponents they will face in the FA Cup semi-finals.

Leeds United are now in the last four and are just two wins away from FA Cup titles.

Now that it has come to this point, there is no need for Klopp to remind them that the Leeds United players will naturally go all out to compete for the title.

Everyone has won so many games that it makes no sense to give up instead of having two games left.

Compared to other Leeds United players, Lu Feng's desire for the FA Cup title is a little more intense.

It's not because the FA Cup is the oldest competition in the UK and the title is weighty.

Rather, once Leeds United win the FA Cup, they will be able to participate in the Europa League, which is simply an irresistible temptation.

Lu Feng is full of hunger for what is said to be the most competitive Premier League, but it is also even stronger for European games.

Even though the Europa League is only a second-tier competition between European clubs, and he may not meet the big names of European giants, he is thrilled to play against those well-known teams in other leagues.

If they don't win the FA Cup, then it won't be until at least next season for Leeds to have a chance at Europe.

Now, seeing that the opportunity for the European war is in front of him, how can Lu Feng not be happy.

......

At the same time, another FA Cup match of the day came to an end.

Compared with the small fight between Leeds United and Southampton, the attention of the other game is undoubtedly higher.

The two sides in this game are Wolves, known as the "Big Bad Wolves and Giant Killers", and the other is the Premier League giants with a wide fan base - Arsenal.

In the end, after a fierce game, Wolves lived up to the title of "giant killer" and successfully defeated Arsenal with a score of 1-0 at home and successfully broke into the semi-finals.

In the next two games, Liverpool beat West Ham United 2-1 at home, while Middlesbrough lost 2-0 at Newcastle.

The final FA Cup semi-finals were unexpectedly met by the British media.

Of course, the FA Cup is a frequent event as an unpopular event, coupled with the intensive schedule of the Premier League giants, the elimination of the FA Cup is naturally reasonable, such as Arsenal and Manchester City, which are semi-main lineups and strategic abandonment.

Another example is Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and the like, which met other Premier League teams with good strength, and unfortunately caused an upset.

As for Manchester United... It was after a hearty double red meeting with Liverpool that they lost 1-3 to Anfield.

As a giant team, Liverpool's promotion to the FA Cup semi-finals is a matter of course. As a giant killer, Wolves is not weak, and they have been unbeaten against Arsenal three times this season, including the FA Cup, and have achieved two wins and one draw, breaking into the FA Cup semi-finals, which is also reasonable.

Although Newcastle's strength is weaker, the FA Cup has gone all the way, and the signing luck is really good, and it has not encountered any strong opponents, so it is natural to advance all the way.

Leeds United, although they were crowned as dark horses for a long time, but they really reached the semi-finals in the end, which was also a big surprise.

At the end of the day, Leeds United is a Championship team and should have a quality gap with Premier League teams, although they are in first place in the league.

I never thought that along the way, although they went through hardships, they still couldn't stop the pace of their victory, and on the way to promotion, they stepped on the corpses of two Premier League teams.

In particular, before the quarter-finals, most people were optimistic about Southampton, believing that Leeds United's dark horse was expected to end.

Unexpectedly, Leeds United's performance simply slapped all those who were not optimistic about their performance in this FA Cup quarter-final in the face!

Next, Leeds United will have to wait quietly for the draw for the semi-finals.

From the perspective of the four teams, the strongest is undoubtedly Liverpool, as a Premier League giant, the remaining three teams are not Liverpool's opponents in theory, and after the other "big6" teams have been eliminated, Liverpool's call to win the championship is also the highest.

Then there are Wolves and Newcastle. In terms of league standings and superficial strength, Wolves are a bit stronger than Newcastle, but when you consider the very different performances of Wolves against mid-table and lower-tier teams and big teams, the two teams are almost five or five points in strength.

The weakest is naturally the Championship team Leeds United.

Judging from the strength on paper, in fact, it may be barely counted as similar to Wolves and Newcastle, especially under the leadership of the attacking axis of the land breeze and Silva who can fully play the main role of the giants.

However, the comprehensive strength of a team cannot only look at the star players and one side. Leeds United's defensive problems are already well known.

Unlike Leeds United's previous opponents, among the other three teams in the FA Cup semi-finals, even Newcastle's attacking ability, which seems to be the most inferior, can completely make Leeds United's fragile backline unable to parry.

Therefore, even if the grouping has not yet come out, many people already think that Leeds United's FA Cup road is about to come to an end, and the FA Cup championship should unsurprisingly fall into the hands of Liverpool.

Unless, the Wolves, known as the "killers of the giants", can stop Liverpool, but this possibility is not very likely.

The two teams have met once this season in the Premier League, with Liverpool winning 3-2 on the road. Of course, it is undeniable that in that game, Wolves also posed a great threat to Liverpool.

However, if you can defeat it once, you will naturally have a second time.

Therefore, unless Liverpool draw Wolves in the semi-finals, there will be a spot for Liverpool in the final anyway.

......

While the media and fans are talking about the FA Cup semi-finals and the draw and even the final title, the whole Leeds United team has no extra heart to think about this issue.

After a short day off, they quickly returned to their normal training to prepare for their next league game.

Anyway, the draw for the FA Cup semi-finals hasn't been out yet, and even the opponent doesn't know who it is, so what's the point of talking too much about the games that haven't started yet.

Even if you want to discuss it, you have to wait until you know who your opponent is.

Even if everyone wants to win the FA Cup, they always have to eat one bite at a time, and they can't be in a hurry.

At the moment, we still have to play the next game well, don't win the FA Cup in the end, the league has lost the championship with such a big points advantage, then it will be laughed at and the big teeth will be laughed at.

Despite playing a game against Southampton in midweek, Jurgen Klopp did not rotate for the weekend's trip to Cardiff City.

Because the game against Southampton looked like a scorching situation, but in reality, it didn't take much energy on Leeds United, and the players were in excellent form and fitness, so why should there be any need to rotate in such a situation?

At present, due to the loss of points in the last round of Leeds United, the points gap between Leeds United and Blackburn has narrowed from 7 points to 4 points, although there is still an advantage, but it is not too big, this game, Klopp naturally did not dare to slack off.

In the end, Leeds United, who played with the main team, also beat Norwich City with a score of 3-1 away from home.

In this game, Lu Feng did not score, but contributed an assist, but the focus of this game was not him.

Robert, who was stimulated by the excellent performance of Lu Feng's joining, was in great shape in this game, completed a hat-trick, and scored three goals in 20 games to help Leeds United win easily.

As for Lovich, just scoring a face-saving goal at home towards the end of the game did not change the outcome of the game.

On the other side, Blackburn also won easily, and the difference between the two sides remained at four points.

While waiting for the next round of the league, the highly anticipated FA Cup semi-final draw for Leeds United has also been released.

The moment they saw the draw results, many Chinese fans couldn't help but get angry and scolded the FA for being shady.

FA Cup semi-finals, Liverpool against Newcastle and Leeds United against Wolves.

"Damn, the FA is really shameless!"

"Look, I knew it was the result of the draw, and I will know when the top four list comes out."

"It's the rhythm of getting Liverpool and Wolves to the final."

"As far as the FA's urine is concerned, I should have known it a long time ago."

"Let's congratulate Wolves on winning the FA Cup!"

"Well, I don't think Leeds are without fun... There's still a chance. ”

“......”

For a while, not only the fans, but even many media also had a lot of complaints about the results of such a draw.

"Although it has long been known that the so-called draw results are not fair, it is really surprising that the FA is so blatant."

"Actually, you can't blame the FA, who let the Premier League giants be eliminated one after another, the FA has no choice, they also want to have a good meal."

"What's the need for such draws and games, it's better to send the trophy directly to Liverpool, and it can also save some energy for Liverpool to impact the Champions League."

“......”

(End of chapter)