4.032 Challenger Liverpool
Now Inter Milan's supervision period has not passed, so they hope to be able to go on loan first, and Li Chengfeng does not want to let go of this player who has not yet played at a low price, so he agreed to the loan. As for the loan fee, Inter Milan also want to be able to offset it with a voucher. This Li Chengfeng has no opinion, Inter Milan still has some young good seedlings.
In the end, Li Chengfeng chose Zaniolo among the three young men offered by Inter Milan, a tall and thin midfielder who can play in the middle and on the wing, which can be regarded as a supplement. It's not just Pepe who will leave for the new season, captain James Milner, who is about to turn 33 years old, and has gradually reduced his appearances last season, and will be more rotated players in the new season, and the team's midfield needs to be replenished.
He was hesitant to reclaim Tonali on loan at Brescia early, but his style of play was central, and Leeds didn't have a place for him when he wasn't technically mature enough. Rather than sit on the bench at Leeds United, it is better to stay at the heart of Serie B, Leeds United give Brescia millions of euros a year for the partnership, and they naturally need to do their duty as satellite clubs.
Leeds United now have five satellite clubs, of course, due to their late start, they are basically small clubs in the second or even third tier, but it is a great opportunity for Leeds United's youngsters to develop.
In addition to Lenglet and Pepe, Leeds United's team eventually left, and Piatek did not play at Leeds United, and Li Chengfeng loaned him to Genoa in Serie A for a loan fee of 2 million euros with no buyout clause. The team's current strikers include Mbappe, Alle and Luka Jovic, Salah can also play as a striker, and Li Chengfeng promoted a young player from the second team and did not continue to buy people.
As for Lenglet's position, Li Chengfeng used a special talent clause to sign Brazil's Militão, who will compete with De Ligt for a third centre-back. The best defender in the Brazilian league, Militão is only 20 years old, and there is still a lot of potential to be tapped.
Youngster Moussa Dembele moved to Ligue 1 side Lyon for £20 million and impressed the Frenchman with a good loan spell last season.
Leeds United's last transfer was to buy defender Florentino from Portugal's Benfica II team, and an 18-year-old who had never even played in the Portuguese Super League cost Li Chengfeng tens of millions of euros. Of course, his potential is still enough, although Li Chengfeng can have a better choice in terms of cost performance, he still chose a Portuguese.
Li Chengfeng hates Mendes, who always encourages Mbappe to transfer to Real Madrid, and hopes to find a new capable agent in Mendes' backyard to find Mendes some trouble. The potential youngster with the same name as the Real Madrid president has entered Li Chengfeng's field of vision, and he is playing in the position of N'Golo Kante, who is likely to leave. And even if he fails to kick out, a lesson for him should be a lesson for the president of Real Madrid, and he can also be angry, otherwise how could someone take the same name of their child as his ex-girlfriend.
Leeds United basically kept the core of the squad, but there were no reinforcements, and they were clearly weaker than other rivals. Liverpool and Manchester City both spend more than £100 million. Liverpool have brought in Brazilian international Alisson for a record price, along with midfielders Keita, Fabinho and Shaqiri. Manchester City have also brought in goalkeeper Cillessen from Barcelona to make up for their shortcomings, as well as Leicester winger Riyad Mahrez. United did not add to the fragile backline, but they also spent a lot of money to bring in Brazilian midfielder Fred. Chelsea brought in Li's former assistant Maurizio Sarri as the head coach, he did a good job in Italy, and also brought his own descendant Jorginho from Napoli, but Li Chengfeng is not optimistic about their prospects, Italy and England football environment is completely different, and it is completely unknown whether Sarri's stubbornness can adapt.
In contrast, only Leeds United not only did not have a strong addition, but instead lost Pepe, leaving the team's prospects less bright. In contrast, perhaps only Tottenham, who is a dime a dime, is more critical than Li Chengfeng.
However, Li Chengfeng understands Levy's approach, Tottenham's new stadium can be put into use this season, and the team's income will increase a lot, which is the long-term plan. Leeds United will also go this way, the research of the new stadium has already begun, if it goes well, it can start construction in a year or two, although the bank is willing to provide a large amount of low-interest loans, but Li Chengfeng still wants to keep more money just in case.
As for the results of the new season, Li Chengfeng is still very confident, Leeds United is the champion team, and the team's young people are all in the growth period, and the current Leeds United is definitely stronger than last season.
It looked like things were going on as Li Chengfeng expected, with Leeds United beating promoted Fulham 3-0 away in the first game.
Leeds United used a 4-2-3-1 instead of the 4-3-3 they used more last season, with high striker Alli starting the game and Mbappe lying in ambush behind him. It's also about giving Mbappe a chance to score, with Alley up front to draw attention, and Mbappe has more space to sprint and shoot.
Robertson set up Leroy Sane's opener in the first half, and a few minutes later, Mbappe set up Robertson's shot to make it 2-0. In the second half, Mbappe finally got the score, Kimmich's long ball from the back counter-attack assisted Mbappe to seal the win.
In an easy game, Mbappe excelled with a pass and a shot, and a dangerous shot from Alle's header was saved by the Fulham goalkeeper.
Before the game, Fulham's manager also vowed to beat Leeds United. It's no wonder he thinks so. It was he who led Leeds United to promotion from the Championship to the Premier League a few years ago, only to be sacked in a turnaround, and then it was Li Chengfeng who took over and created a legend. Of course, this kind of thing is not convincing to this arrogant person, and he always wants to find a place one day.
This season, Fulham has spent hundreds of millions of pounds on reinforcements, and the team has been greatly improved, although it is not as good as Leeds United, but football games are not guaranteed to be won by strength, and this is Fulham's home stadium, and he still has some expectations.
However, Li Chengfeng used the bloody reality to tell him why he is the best coach in the world, and he wants to challenge himself with a patchwork lineup with no run-in at all.
The win over Fulham was just a small splash, with Leeds United's home game against Liverpool in the second round of the league being the highlight. Since Jurgen Klopp took charge of Liverpool, the team has been on the right track, and the squad has steadily improved every year. After finishing fourth in the Premier League last season and returning to the Champions League, Liverpool have brought in Alisson and Keita this season, plus Maguire last winter, the team's strength has been greatly improved, and it also has the strength to challenge for the title.
However, Liverpool is only a challenger, and Li Chengfeng knows the weaknesses of his opponent. They have good attacking prowess, but they still have weaknesses defensively, such as Harry Maguire. Maguire is tall, not slow, has a strong frontal defensive ability, has good passing, and has a good ability to push. However, he is too tall and not flexible enough, and it is not so easy to deal with particularly flexible attackers, and Klopp's high pressing style of play magnifies his weaknesses.
Leeds United's squad is full of nimble attackers, such as Kylian Mbappe, Mohamed Salah and Leroy Sane.
"This guy [Maguire] is very slow, you can find space from his position." Li Chengfeng told the players who were ready to play, "Don't be merciful because he used to be our teammate." ”
At the start of the game, both teams with an emphasis on high pressing started a battle in midfield, and the first 20 minutes were all twent, and there were few chances. Until the 22nd minute, Alexander-Arnold crossed the ball from the right side at 45 degrees, Ederson collided with Mane in the process of picking up the ball and got out of his hands, and the ball rolled into the goal, but the referee ruled that Mane had fouled the goalkeeper and the goal was invalidated.
However, Leeds United soon returned the favor, and in the 25th minute, Keita's return pass was broken and Salah won the ball on the right and cut inside with his left foot, and the ball hit the crossbar and bounced.
Leeds began to target Maguire's weakness, and Salah picked up the ball on his flank and tried to break through in succession, leaving Maguire very embarrassed. And when Lovren tried to assist him in defence, Mbappe came alive again.
Finally, Liverpool's defence made mistakes. In the final moments of the first half, Salah took the ball to face Maguire's defense, leaned on his position and turned to pass him, facing Lovren, who came over to set up the defense, and gave the ball to Mbappe in time. Mbappe was brought down when he was about to break through with the ball, penalty!
James Milner converted the penalty to make it 1-0 and give Leeds United the lead at home.
Jurgen Klopp made adjustments in the second half, and the formation did not dare to press too high, and they did not have Van Dijk, who could penetrate the defense and quickly chase back. However, their defence has become solid, and even if Maguire makes a mistake, Leeds players have little room to attack, and their new goalkeeper Alisson is really good and reacts very quickly, disintegrating a lot of Leeds attack.
In the 49th minute, Leeds United launched a counterattack with a long pass from the backfield, Robertson inserted the ball on the left side and crossed to Salah who followed up in the middle, Salah had no angle to shoot after passing Alisson, he controlled the ball and knocked on the right side of the penalty area in the middle, and Ali outflanked the shot and missed.
In the 53rd minute, Leeds United won a free kick opportunity on the right side of the penalty area, Milner took the penalty directly to the goal, the ball went straight to the top right corner of the goal, Alisson flew to save the ball.
In the 84th minute, Sane crossed from the left, Salah headed the goal, and Alisson lifted the ball over the crossbar with one palm.
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