The match against Arsenal was played at home in Birmingham, which was an advantage for Li Chengfeng. Arsenal are well-known away bugs, and have been that way since Arsene Wenger's time. Li Chengfeng also has a lot of experience in dealing with such an Arsenal, which is nothing more than strengthening the pressing and increasing the intensity.

Arsenal's current squad has no advantage compared to Birmingham, and the perennial buckle rope makes them have to find some second-rate players, or young people, and when their giant halo assistant fades, it is not even as attractive as Birmingham, who can often play in the Champions League in recent years.

There are a lot of shortcomings in the current Arsenal squad, especially in the backline, who can stand an average fatal mistake per game. Dealing with teams like this requires picking up the tempo and putting constant pressure on their defence, and sooner or later they will show their flaws. It's not hard to do, there is a less defensive player in midfield

Birmingham's Prince Gong, Birmingham want to attack Arsenal's defence too directly.

Less than 20 minutes into the first half, Arsenal defender Mav came up and Birmingham City striker Joelinton took the opportunity to score a goal to make it 1-0.

Although Arsenal equalised in first-half stoppage time through Iwobi's assist striker, in the second half, Arsenal's defenders made a series of errors under Birmingham's attacking pressure, and Birmingham extended the score to 3-1.

Although Arsenal pulled a goal back in the end, Birmingham still won 3-2 against Arsenal to secure the final Champions League spot.

Poor Arsenal, they can concentrate on playing in the league next season.

Arsenal's situation is worse than expected, with sluggish results affecting the team's income, and the decline in income has prevented the team from spending heavily and the lack of investment has made them even less competitive. The key is that their management does not have the vision to Taobao, nor does they do business, buying low and buying high, and the situation is getting worse and worse.

However, Arsenal still has a chance, after all, it is a London team, and there is a modern stadium, and the income on match day is still very high, even if the commercial sponsorship has fallen a lot, the annual income is still much more than the average Premier League team. If they can change a set of smart management, there is still a chance to rise, of course, it is better to change the boss.

After the domestic competition of the two worlds, it is about to be the Champions League final. Li Chengfeng has been preparing for this match for two months, starting when the opponent in the semi-finals is confirmed to be Roma. The same can be said for Real Madrid, who also abandoned their domestic game early on, concentrating on the Champions League in an attempt to replicate Li Chengfeng's feat of Manchester City's Champions League triumph.

Li Chengfeng hopes to use a Champions League title to reassure Leeds United players that they can stay in the team for the sake of glory and become part of the process of Li Chengfeng's giant team. Maybe not everyone will be able to sacrifice for the sake of honour, but as long as some people can do it, Leeds will have a much better chance of becoming a giant.

In fact, Leeds United and Real Madrid are quite similar, both play 4-3-3, the two wing liberos have a strong impact, and the center striker is proficient in scoring goals. The difference is that Real Madrid's midfield is more controlled, while Leeds United are strong in impact.

Li Chengfeng naturally wants to play to his strengths and avoid weaknesses, and Leeds United, who are hungry for honor, is also more aggressive than Real Madrid. As soon as the game began, the young Leeds United began to press aggressively, especially against the opponent's Klos's lack of athleticism, arranging for Milner to interfere with it, so as to prevent Real Madrid's midfielders from calmly organizing counterattacks.

Li Chengfeng's mad dog tactics looked effective, Real Madrid struggled to organise an attack in front of Leeds United's pressing, but their counter-attacks were still sharp, and it only took a few seconds to get to the front, and then the front trident used their individual ability to play a small area of combined attack. Although simple, but the threat is great, Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo, French footballer Karim Benzema, and European golden boy Isco are all very capable and well-rounded players.

However, Leeds United soon suffered a blow, and in the 26th minute, Salah was injured in the shoulder while scrambling with Ramos, and although the Pharaoh returned to the pitch after a team doctor's examination, Li Chengfeng saw through his golden eye that he could not last long.

It has to be adjusted, but who will replace it? Li Chengfeng hesitated. Salah's form in this world is bursting, with a 40+10 performance in all competitions, and the team is undoubtedly in the thighs.

Such a player can be replaced at will, or in this kind of important game. Li Chengfeng looked at the bench and replaced him with Nicolas Pepe, or Christian Pulisic?

No, Leeds United's right wing-back Kimmich is very good at organising the attack, but not defensively. Normally, Leeds United can ignore the defense by directly blowing up the opponent through super attacks on the right side, but Pepe and Pulisic do not have this kind of deterrent, and they are afraid that Leeds United's right side will become a weakness.

Or bring on Joe Gomez and push Kimmich into midfield? However, Kimmich is not good at the right midfield position, his direct attacking threat is not enough, and the organization he is good at will be limited under the opposition's direct defence. Maybe Kimmich could play in the back and Milner in Salah's position. But the lineup of such a team has changed too much, and it has rarely practiced this style of play before, Li Chengfeng doesn't know how far they can play, and Gomez's current ability wants to play in a game of this level, and it is a little more tender.

Li Chengfeng decided to go with the least impactful solution, and he brought on Fernandes to push Milner into a right midfield position, while Fernandes appeared in the middle to interfere with Kroos's ball. Leeds United's formation has also begun to recycle, without Salah, the biggest threat, if the pressure on Real Madrid is not enough, and they still insist on playing high, they will die a miserable death.

Salah walked off the pitch crying, but the Madridians didn't get happy for long and soon got revenge. In the 37th minute, Carvajal was kicked by Robertson and sprained his ankle during a scramble on the wing, unable to continue the game and was replaced by Nacho.

Nacho? Li Chengfeng watched him play and thought about it. This is not a full-back, he is better at the central defender position, and his attacking ability is far worse than Carvajal's. Real Madrid's full-backs have almost half of their assists now, and Leeds could defend a little easier and perhaps open a gap with him.

However, before Li Chengfeng could make arrangements, Leeds United conceded the goal. In the 43rd minute, Isco crossed from the right side at a 45-degree angle, Ronaldo jumped high in front of the goal and shook his head to attack the goal, Ederson pounced on the ball, and Benzema volleyed through the net from close range. Fortunately, the linesman raised the flag to signal that Ronaldo was offside, and the goal was ruled invalid, but it also scared Li Chengfeng into a cold sweat. If a goal is conceded at this time, the tactics of both teams will have to be completely changed in the second half, which is very bad for Leeds United.

In the second half of the game, Leeds United opened the game on Nacho's side at the request of Li Chengfeng to test his form, and by the way, also limited Isco, who was mainly active on the right side.

Leeds United quickly got the back of the net and in the 55th minute, Milner took a corner kick from the right, Van Dijk beat Ramos's header and Mane volleyed home in front of the goal, 1-0!

Zinedine Zidane, who was behind, made adjustments, replacing the underperforming Isco with Bale, and went toe-to-toe with Leeds United, wanting to use Bale's impact on the flanks to suppress Leeds United's attack on the right.

As the head coach who single-handedly discovered Bale in this world, Li Chengfeng knows what he is capable of. Although he is often injured, he can always pose a threat when he is healthy and must not be ignored.

But before he could make adjustments, Bale scored. In the 64th minute, Marcelo crossed from the left, and Bale, who had just come on as a substitute, vacated the golden hook upside down, and the ball drew an arc and fell into the net, 1-1!

This kind of goal makes Li Chengfeng feel very helpless, this kind of world wave makes Bell come again and is afraid that he will kick it off, but this time he scored a goal, which is really speechless.

However, adjustments are still needed, and Li Chengfeng asked Kimmich to step forward less frequently, rely more on passing to attack, and be more stable defensively.

As for the attack, without Kimmich's help, Milner, who had gradually become a sapper, could no longer create too many threats, and Li Chengfeng asked Fernandez to come forward to assist in the attack and took over the responsibility of the organization.

In the 70th minute, Fernandes passed, Sane pulled the gap with his left foot in front of the penalty area and hit the ground hard, the ball hit the post and bounced into the goal, 2-1, Leeds United took the lead again!

In the 74th minute, Benzema made a wonderful pass, Ronaldo faced Ederson alone, and Robertson made a key tackle at the moment of Ronaldo's shot to block the ball from the bottom line!

In the 83rd minute, Bale swooped in from 25 yards out, and Ederson jumped up to pull the ball off the line.

In the final stage of the game, it was almost Real Madrid besieging Leeds United's goal, and even Mbappe returned to the half to help defend and work hard for the team's Champions League title.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the exhausted Leeds players collapsed on the turf one by one. They all couldn't believe that they really persevered, Li Chengfeng couldn't believe it, Real Madrid's final attack was too crazy, and that desperate momentum made him seem to see the previous Barcelona.

However, Leeds United finally persevered and won the hard-won Champions League. It was Lee's fifth Champions League title, seventh European title, and one of his most accomplished titles. But he believes this is just the beginning, and Leeds United will become a top club under his leadership, not just on a competitive level, but also commercially.

(End of chapter)

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