It wasn't until six or seven minutes left that they came to their senses and realized they were only one goal behind.

It's hard to get all three points now, but you can't lose.

To be able to get a draw, at least one point. For teams facing relegation, this point is perhaps the most crucial and will play a crucial role in the final moments.

But they only remembered it at this time, and it was too late!

When they rallied up their morale to storm Leeds United's goal, they found that they were no longer the Leeds United side they had thought they were looking for.

This Leeds United team is strong in their beliefs and their morale is high.

Exhausted?

You don't see anything like that in them!

In the last few minutes, despite the indiscriminate bombardment of Leeds United in Birmingham, there was still nothing they could do.

Jurgen Klopp was also calm enough, he waited until stoppage time to use up his third substitution, and there was no fear that the team would not be able to hold up before stoppage time and collapse completely.

Jurgen Klopp also has faith in his own team, which really lives up to his trust.

In the final stoppage time, Jurgen Klopp took advantage of the substitution to delay the time.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, many Birmingham players stood on the spot, and seemed to be a little unacceptable to this result - we obviously have a good chance to win all three points at home!

Eleven minutes into the game, we had a double lead in terms of score and numbers. It's like a great thing!

Why? Why are we the losers in the end?

Unlike the Birmingham players, the Leeds players cheered one by one at the end of the game, and people on the bench and in the dugout ran onto the pitch to celebrate the hard-won victory with the Leeds United players on the pitch.

Jurgen Klopp on the sidelines looked at the Leeds United players celebrating wildly on the pitch with a relieved smile on his face.

......

Leeds City Television's sports news programme that night featured Leeds United's away game against Birmingham City, which was the focus of the episode. The two commentators are boasting, both of whom are Leeds United legends.

A guest said as he watched the highlights of the game.

"I have to say that I was surprised by the process and the result of this match."

"Yes, no one expected that Leeds United would be hit with a penalty and a red card just eleven minutes into the game."

The guest next to him nodded yes.

"But Leeds United had a good game for us, two wonderful goals, and helped Leeds United to a difficult victory."

"Yes, Lu Feng's performance this season is phenomenal in the Brazilian league, the Championship, and even the Chinese national youth team. not only helped Santos win the championship of the Brazilian League, but also led the Chinese youth team to win the championship of the Asian Youth Championship.

Lu Feng is probably the most cost-effective transfer for Leeds United over the years. ”

"Yes, I heard that Leeds United only spent a few million to take him away from Santos, but according to Lu Feng's performance this season, it is estimated that his worth has already reached tens of millions."

"Yes, according to Lu Feng's current performance. Maybe in a few years, Lu Feng will become the hottest striker in the whole of Europe, and I don't know if Leeds United will be able to keep Lu Feng by then. ”

"Don't worry about this problem for the time being, at least, Leeds United can be promoted to the Premier League this season, and the inland wind will not leave for a few years. Leeds United brought Jurgen Klopp to coach, and the goal is definitely not as simple as promotion. ”

"That's right, maybe with Leeds United's performance this season, Leeds United can win the FA Cup and the Championship and become a double."

"I've played for Leeds United before and I want Leeds to get better, but at the moment it's not a big hope. Leeds United's fitness problems have been evident in recent games. Jurgen Klopp can't solve this problem, so even if Lu Feng's performance is good, Leeds United's results could collapse. ”

"It's a problem, but I'm sure Jurgen Klopp will be able to solve it."

"You have a lot of faith in Klopp."

'Well, he's also a champion coach and the Leeds team has improved so much under his tutelage and I'm looking forward to seeing the Young Janissaries back in the Premier League.'

“......”

The two guests had a good chat on the show, but how did Klopp solve his fitness problems? This is a question that many people are concerned about. The two guests just mentioned it and didn't say anything more.

So how exactly will Klopp solve this problem?

I'm afraid only Klopp himself knows the answer.

......

After beating Birmingham City away, Jurgen Klopp gave his players two days off in one go to give them plenty of rest.

On the morning of the resumption of training, the Leeds United players spotted a number of young faces on the training ground.

It turned out that Klopp promoted several young players from the youth team in one go to train with the first team.

For Klopp's arrangement, although the Leeds United players were a little surprised, they were still acceptable.

After all, everyone in the team is not in good shape right now, and rotation is imperative. Klopp's involvement of young players in training also helps the players get to know each other.

Fortunately, the next opponents are not too strong, and even if some players are rotated, Leeds should be able to win the game.

In this way, it can also buy more rest time for the main players.

After the training was over, Lu Feng continued to stay for more training, and he returned to the rhythm he was used to.

Previously, because of the reason for learning a driver's license, his training was interrupted for a long time, but now, with the driver's license in hand and the sports car driving, Lu Feng naturally will not forget his duties.

He's a player, a player with a dream.

Lu Feng is also happy to do this, and it is such a passionate thing to fight for his dreams.

For this reason, he stayed here today for special training.

Now Leeds United is a day, the morning training is over, the disbandment is at noon, everyone goes home to rest.

So Lu Feng had the whole afternoon to use the first team's training ground without anyone disturbing him.

For others, Klopp also forbade them to train because they were not in good shape.

But for Lu Feng, Klopp has no such requirements, he knows that there is no problem with Lu Feng's physical fitness, this is not Klopp's casual decision, this is the conclusion of the medical team's tracking and observation of Lu Feng's body.

So he was relieved and bold to let Lu Feng use the first-team training ground for his own training.

But something is wrong today.

Lu Feng stayed alone to practice, everyone was used to it, and his teammates were all done quickly.

Lu Feng was really the only one on the training ground.

But after a while, when Lu Feng had already started practicing, a few uninvited guests suddenly appeared on the training ground.

When they appeared on the training ground, Lu Feng stopped his training and turned to stare at each other.

Lu Feng's eyes widened, there are actually people who will come to practice?

You must know that although Lu Feng has not been in Leeds United for a long time, he has long been accustomed to practicing alone.

However, today, there is not one, but many.

The team's young players, Hernandez, Gomez, and the new players from the original youth team who joined today, as well as Robert.

Robert actually came, too?

Several people saw Lu Feng and said hello to Lu Feng, and then began their own training.

"Why are you here?" Lu Feng asked Gomez curiously.

"It's not just you want to win, we want to win, all of that, we have to improve ourselves." Gomez replied.

Lu Feng nodded, that's fine.

After watching it for a while, he restarted his training, and the training ground, which was deserted after the usual daily training, was particularly lively today.

In the distance, Klopp smiled as he looked at a group of young people who were training on the training ground.

These guys, they're really trying.

Well, if this momentum can be maintained, I'm afraid that Leeds United's return to the Premier League will surprise those Premier League giants.

As for the way to upgrade, Klopp never thought about it.

He doesn't think there is a way for his team to be promoted.

The next day, the morning training session was a regular intra-team game.

It is divided into the main group and the substitute group. The yellow vests in this game are almost all players who are sure to start the game.

When the group came out, everyone found that many young players wore yellow vests that symbolized the status of the main force!

Jurgen Klopp took one look at the players and said: "Considering our fitness problems, I will only use conditional rotation for the next game and I will give more players the opportunity to play.

Whoever performs and is in better physical condition is eligible to start. I hope that in the next games, we can all work together and win every game. ”

On that note, the first-team players were mentally prepared when they saw the young players yesterday.

They are well aware that Klopp is doing the right thing.

At the same time, they are not worried about their main position being snatched away, most of them are some young players, such players, if they can really compete for the main team, they will already be in the first team.

To put it bluntly, Klopp did this to give the main players of the first team more time to rest, and secondly, to let the young players play more games and feel the rhythm of the game.

Naturally, no one has an opinion on such an arrangement that is beneficial to everyone.

Even, in training games, many veteran players also personally explain various game experiences to young players.

The atmosphere in the whole Leeds United team is extremely harmonious.

......

Ahead of the Derby game, Leeds United's starting line-up was revealed and everyone saw that unlike the starting line-up against Birmingham City last time, Leeds United had made a big change this time.

'Leeds have six more changes to their squad. Yes, that's right, Klopp rotated the starting line-up for this game! A number of key players, including Robert, the heart of the attack, did not start. ”

"Jurgen Klopp actually used rotation! This is really a big surprise to everyone.

But that's not the most surprising thing, the most surprising thing is that Jurgen Klopp actually used four young players instead of substitutes, which is really surprising.

Although everyone knows that Leeds United's bench is relatively weak, they are obviously more reliable than young players, is Klopp's move to abandon the league and focus on the FA Cup? ”

Before the game, the news media were attracted by Klopp's starting line-up.

Jurgen Klopp took them by surprise with his rotation and started so many years ago.

It's like what those on-site reporters and hosts said.

No one could have imagined that Jurgen Klopp would start the youngster, many of whom had not even played a single Championship game. Such a move is unimaginable for a team that is competing for the league title.

These young people, the first time they represent the team, are they not nervous? Can they handle such pressure? Or has Leeds decided to abandon the league?

In response to these questions, Klopp also prevaricated with words such as "I will only know the result naturally after the game, and I believe in my players".

In fact, he doesn't know if it's too risky to have such a starting lineup, but is there anything he can do now other than believe in his own players?

Compared with Leeds United's main lineup, the substitute lineup is a group of old, weak and sick people, which is the reason why Klopp chose to reuse young players.

There are times when a manager is really not as good as people think, as if he can do anything.

Their tactics need to be executed by the players, and the state of the players is not 100% mastered by them, and there will always be some surprises.

Moreover, even something like the starting line-up that the manager can control, there will be all kinds of surprises. For example, the injuries of the players, the fitness situation, and the suitability of the position, etc.

As the saying goes, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. It's not that Klopp doesn't want to put out a better starting lineup, it's just that after countless comparisons, he made such a choice.

God knows how many black strands of Klopp's gray hair turned white for the sake of this starting list. It can be said that in the past few days, the pressure on Klopp is not small at all.

Although the championship of the league is not important, if you can win the championship, who will be willing to win the runner-up. Therefore, the league can get more points, and Klopp is still unwilling to lose points.

At the same time, Klopp has also made up his mind that after the end of this season, he must bring in more large reinforcements. At the very least, a good bench should be ensured.

Otherwise, when it comes to the multi-front battle in the Premier League, according to the current Leeds United's thin lineup, I am afraid that it can only guarantee that it will not be relegated.

But relegation has never been Klopp's goal.

(End of chapter)