Leeds United achieved fantastic results in the first half, but Li Chengfeng did not dare to take it lightly, with Manchester City's attacking power, once they let them play form, even if it is not impossible. When the two sides met for the first time in the league, Leeds United were beaten into a sieve by Manchester City. And even if Leeds win the game and let the opponent close the gap, the next leg will be just as difficult to play.

Li Chengfeng repeatedly emphasized at halftime that the players should also go all out to play in the second half.

However, at the beginning of the second half, Guardiola did not make any adjustments, which made Li Chengfeng a little strange. Manchester City need to attack now, and their current on-field lineup can't fully play their attacking power, if it were Li Chengfeng, they would definitely make adjustments at the beginning.

Li Chengfeng pondered Pep Guardiola's thoughts, perhaps because he thought that losing away from home was also an acceptable result, and wanted to wait until Leeds United was more physically exhausted before sending a new force, and it would be enough to pull back one or two goals to close the gap? It doesn't seem to be his character.

More likely that he was indecisive and took too much care of the players' feelings, so give them a step?

Li Chengfeng didn't care too much about this kind of thing, and it had no effect on Leeds United. However, there was an accident on the field, which gave him some headaches.

In the 51st minute, Salah suddenly walked to the sidelines to be treated by the team doctor, which should have been a left groin injury and could not continue to persevere.

Li Chengfeng could only choose to make a substitution, replacing Pulisic, the American teenager is Li Chengfeng's key target.

Pep Guardiola finally made a change, replacing Gundogan with Raheem Sterling to strengthen the attack.

Raheem Sterling's presence has made City's attack more dangerous and direct, and they have more energy and energy than Leeds United, who are leading by a big score. The frenzied attacking frenzy in the first half made Leeds United physically exhausted and it was impossible to maintain that intensity anymore, more on defence and more chances for Manchester City.

In the 58th minute, De Bruyne shot from distance, but it was blocked by Kante, and Ederson held the ball. In the 66th minute, Sanchez made an inverted triangle pass from the left, De Bruyne won the ball and passed through, and Silva was offside. In the 75th minute, Raheem Sterling crossed from the right flank, and Jesus hit the target with a barb. In the 83rd minute, De Bruyne crossed diagonally from the right side of the box to the middle of the box, and Silva was slow to follow up and did not get the ball.

City's best chance came in the 84th minute when Sanchez's cross from the right of the box was met by Gabriel Jesus in front of goal, but the linesman ruled that Sanchez was offside when he received the ball and the goal was disallowed.

The referee's decision made Li Chengfeng breathe a sigh of relief. Don't underestimate this goal, the importance of away goals Li Chengfeng has experienced many times. Besides, the advantage of three goals is much greater than the advantage of two goals, and it is not easy to score goals in a football match.

The decision also deflated City, and their attack stopped, and they never played a threatening attack again.

At full-time, Leeds United beat Manchester City 3-0 at home and had a big advantage over the two legs.

An unexpected victory, Leeds United won an unexpected victory, but Li Chengfeng did not dare to completely relax, this season Manchester City has had several big wins of more than 4 goals in a single game, and even Leeds United is one of them. Li Chengfeng didn't want to be a backdrop again. In the next league, Li Chengfeng once again rotated all the main players and prepared for the second leg of the match with Manchester City in a few days.

Leeds United's youngsters also won 2-1 away at Bournemouth, with Bruno Fernandes and Nicolas Pepe scoring goals each to help Leeds United. Leeds United's Woodmouth loanee Wilson had a mediocre performance and was replaced by Manchester United's veteran Joshua King in the 60th minute.

However, Wilson has been in good form this season, scoring eight goals and being Bournemouth's top scorer despite missing more than two months due to injury. Bournemouth are also preparing to implement the £10 million buy-out clause on his loan contract at the end of the season, which could be regarded as his final contribution to Leeds United. At Leeds United, which is full of talent, he really can't play much.

Well-rested, Leeds United were able to play the second leg against Manchester City, as did Manchester City, who also made significant changes in their last league fixture, losing away to derby rivals Manchester United. Both sides started the contest in the best possible form.

City lined up in a 3-4-3 formation, reducing a centre-back and adding a midfielder. Is it just that with Manchester City's defense, can it hold Leeds United's attack? You know, as long as Leeds United can score one goal, Manchester City need to score five goals to advance. Could it be that Pep Guardiola still thinks that Manchester City can completely suppress Leeds United with attack?

It's not going to be a broken jar, Li Chengfeng smiled, Guardiola hasn't used the back 3 style of play much, although this can increase the control of the midfield, but it also undoubtedly weakens the defense. However, this is also exactly what Li Chengfeng meant, he didn't think about defense in this game, with the current situation of the two teams, as long as Leeds United can score a goal against Manchester City away from home, Manchester City can announce GG.

However, it was good luck for Manchester City in this game, and just four minutes into the game, Manchester City scored. Fernandenio made a steal in midfield, then went straight to Sterling, Sterling turned and sent it through, Sanchez took the ball on the right side of the penalty area, crossed the middle, Jesus inserted a point to hit the goal. 1-0！

Leeds United is still a little careless and slow to get into the state, although Li Chengfeng has repeatedly emphasized the need to concentrate, but not every player can get into the state immediately.

However, after conceding this goal, Leeds United's performance improved, and the players put away their minds and focused more on the game, of course, there was also the credit of Li Chengfeng's roar on the sidelines.

However, it was fearsome for Manchester City to attack with all their might, and they quickly held Leeds down and got a number of chances. Li Chengfeng, on the other hand, avoided its edge, let Salah and Sane on both wings recover, strengthen the midfield, and rely on the counterattack of the front trident to maneuver with Manchester City.

De Bruyne won the ball at the back and shifted to Sanchez on the left, and Robertson stepped forward to clear the ball. Fernandinho won the ball in midfield, sent it over the top to the penalty area, and Ederson struck to take the ball into his arms.

Sane took the ball on the right side of the front, cut the pass inside, hit Fernandinho and popped up, Laporte took the ball on the left side of the backfield and gave it to Fernandinho. Leeds United steals at the back, Mbappe counters with the ball, crosses the halfway line, and gives the ball to Sane who follows up, Sane returns to Mbappe, and shares the ball on the right side of Salah. Mohamed Salah's pick-and-roll ball was met by Otamendi who leaned over to head it away. Mbappe took the ball in the midfield, split the ball Ali with his left foot and hit the left post and popped up!

City almost narrowed the gap to a goal in the first half, and in the 43rd minute, De Bruyne picked up a cross in the box, Ederson abandoned the goal and punched the ball, the ball hit Milner's body and flew towards the goal, Sanchez took the opportunity to receive the ball and pushed it home. The referee then signalled that Sanchez was offside and the goal was disallowed.

Pep Guardiola was very angry with the referee's decision, arguing with him and being sent off with a red card. Manchester City have lost their manager, is there still a suspense in the game?

At the end of the first half, Manchester City led Leeds United 1-0, but Li Chengfeng was not worried. Leeds United have two goals left in their lead, and even if that goal isn't blown away, Li Chengfeng is still confident.

City played too aggressively in the first half. It's not the intensity they're used to, and Li doesn't think they can hold on longer than Leeds United, who have been at this pace for almost a whole season, and they're used to it.

Yibian fought again, Li Chengfeng was not conservative, moved the formation forward, and started an attack with Manchester City. Manchester City went through the madness of the first half, and their physical strength declined significantly, and they are not known for their physical strength, often using passing to replace running, and they can't really run as well as Leeds United, who are used to mad dog tactics.

Leeds United quickly ended the suspense of the game, in the 58th minute, Mbappe took the ball in the midfield, divided the ball Salah, Salah found Sane diagonally, and burst into the penalty area with the ball, Bravo attacked from Sane's feet, made a mistake, he didn't take the ball, Salah came up to take the ball past Bravo, and pushed into the empty goal. 1-1！

Manchester City are finished, they have to score four goals in the remaining time to progress, can they do that?

Of course it couldn't be, and the Manchester City players apparently recognised it, and they were immediately deflated, their running was out of energy, and Leeds began to take control.

In the end, Leeds United capitalised on a mistake by Mbappe to score another goal to win 2-1 away at Manchester City and advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League 5-1 over two legs.

Leeds United's opponent in the Champions League semi-finals is Roma, a team that Li Chengfeng did not expect. He originally thought that the opponent would be Barcelona, who beat Roma 4-1 in the first leg and lost 0-3 in the second leg because they were eliminated due to a lack of away goals.

Is Rome so strong? The shocked Li Chengfeng found the video of the second leg of the match between the two sides, and carefully studied it with the coaching staff, trying to find the reason why Roma was able to beat Barcelona, but he was relieved.

Barcelona's elimination was entirely self-inflicted, not how strong Rome was. The big win in the first leg made Barcelona look down on Roma, who were too lax and were scored by a blitzkrieg from the Roma before they could get into the game.

It can be seen that Barcelona want to defend their advantage, but defending is really not what Barcelona are good at. And that goal gave Roma confidence and made them even more crazy, and the aging Barcelona were lost in the crazy scramble of the Romans, and then suddenly collapsed, allowing Roma to take control of the situation and lose the game in such a mess.

(End of chapter)

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