Hampton Park Stadium in Glasgow.

The 06/07 Europa League final has reached the last five minutes of extra time.

The players on the field have reached the stage of exhaustion, and they no longer have the strength to sprint. The managers of both sides have also used up all the substitutions, and there are no more extra tactics.

It can be said that the rest of the game is left to fate and depends on luck.

George Lee stood on the sidelines, feeling that he was out of breath, he had never experienced such a tense and intense game.

In his three seasons in charge of Leeds United, he has not played extra-time, but he really hasn't played extra-time in the final or in the final round.

Perhaps, there will be a penalty shoot-out to play.

The game would go this way, which he didn't expect.

When it comes to preparation, Leeds United are well prepared for this game. After the league ended, there was little celebration and the next day they rushed to Glasgow, Scotland, to prepare for the UEFA Cup final.

However, their opponents, the Spaniards, were much more prepared.

Coming to Scotland earlier than Leeds United to prepare for the game, and the league ended earlier than Leeds United, the team got more time to rest.

While George Lee and his assistants were working on the Spaniards, their opponents were also looking at Leeds United.

It cannot be said that Leeds United have been beaten lightly after winning the last edition of the UEFA Cup and the league title just now, and they can only accept the Spaniards more prepared.

Witnessed by the 50670 audience, the Spaniards carried forward the spirit of daring to fight, and came up to play against Leeds United.

In the 28th minute of the game, Espanyol's left midfielder Rivera broke through from the left and forced to carry Mills' marking to the middle.

After cutting sideways into the middle, he flashed past Mills, pulled away a bit of angle and fired from 20 yards.

The ball deflected after touching Albuchesen's leg and Van der Sar did not touch the ball and could only watch it fly into the back of the net.

Almost no one could have imagined that it would be Espanyol who would take the lead, and Leeds United, who had been so strong in the second half of the season, fell behind.

A team that was able to snatch the Premier League title from Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal was actually led by a team in the middle of La Liga.

But the Spaniards are quietly unbeaten in 15 games in the UEFA Cup this season, and 21 games unbeaten when you count the qualifying play-offs.

The Spaniard, like Liverpool in the Premier League, bursts with amazing energy in cup competitions.

In the following game, Leeds United launched a fierce attack and began to bombard the Espanyol goal.

Finally, before the end of the first half, he cut through the same left side of Smith, received a sideline ball from Baines and went straight into the penalty area.

A powerful shot from the left side of the box equalised.

In the second half, Leeds continued to control the tempo of the game, and in the 61st minute of the second half, they scored another goal through a wonderful combination to complete the comeback.

On the counter-attack, Kuyt latched on to Graveson's pass and crossed wide down the right flank, where Kevin Davies scrambled to slot the ball into the back of the net before the goalkeeper could make a move.

The tide is tilting in Leeds' favour, as they move closer to defending their UEFA Cup title.

But they underestimated the resilience of their opponents.

The Spaniard had a long-range shot in the closing stages of normal time when Honatas fired into the bottom right corner from 25 yards out after linking up with Pandiani's kick against the wall.

The two teams had to go into extra time to decide the winner.

George Li clasped his hands and watched intently at the performance of the players on the field.

It stands to reason that Leeds United's players have a physical advantage, as the Premier League has a higher intensity and more confrontations than La Liga. However, because Leeds United had just finished the league before, they did not have as much physical reserves as the Spaniards, so the two teams were no longer able to run except for a few players who were replaced.

On the field, the two sides are already bayonet-wise, basically driving the ball to the opponent's half without stopping, and then looking for offensive opportunities through the opponent's mistakes.

It's just that both sides carefully survived the last few minutes without giving their opponents any chance.

The game went into a thrilling penalty shoot-out.

At this moment, the overall strength of the team is irrelevant, all beings are completely equal, and the goalkeeper will play a key role.

Van der Sar held the kettle and kept dipping water on his head to calm himself down. Leeds United's goalkeeper coach Nigel Martin is talking to him.

Beside them, it was Chris Casper who was taking a notebook and recording something, and then telling Van der Sar the information that had been sorted out, presumably the habit of some Espanyol players to take penalties.

George Lee and his other assistants were discussing the order of their team's penalty kicks.

^^^

A few minutes later, all but two goalkeepers were in midfield and lined up for the penalty shoot-out.

Leeds striker Kevin Davies was the first to take the penalty, who opted to push the ball into the bottom right corner of the net, and although Espanyol goalkeeper Ilesos was right, Davies' angle was too tricky and he was slotted.

The Spaniard was then the first to take the penalty by Luis Garcia, but his shot into the bottom left corner was saved by Edwin van der Sar.

1 to 0.

In the second round, Leeds United's Bynes and Espanyol's Pandiani each scored penalties.

2 to 1.

In the third way, Mills came first. Leeds' bald right-back set the ball up and dropped back for a long distance.

After a long run-up, Mills deformed his movements on the final shot and kicked the ball away.

When it was Espanyol's turn, Honatas' shot was once again pared by Van der Sar, and the ball flying to the right of the goal was once again saved by Van der Sar.

2 to 1.

Everyone on the field almost held their breath as they watched the crucial next round.

This was the case with the Leeds players in midfield, the Leeds coaching staff and the substitutes off the pitch, Helen, Annie and Mrs. Black in the stands, Ferguson, Jim Lee, Mack Lee, Tony Wilson and others in the box, Leeds fans inside and off the pitch, and all the spectators in front of the TV.

There's nothing quite like a penalty shoot-out.

Kuyt set the ball up and took a few steps back, learning the lesson of Mills kicking the ball away and not running too much.

The lack of a run doesn't mean there isn't a lot of power, and Kuyt opted for the left side of the net, while Ilesos pounced on the right.

As the ball flew into the net and hit the net, Kuyt made a simple gesture of celebration.

After that, the Spaniard's Toryon also managed to fool Van der Sar and score the ball.

3 to 2.

The pressure came to Leeds United's player who took the last penalty.

Leeds United's No.17 slowly walked out of the wall.

After taking two steps, he made a grimace at his teammates with serious expressions behind him.

"I thought I didn't need to play, but it still had to be up to the captain to ......"

Then he turned and raised his left hand high, and the yellow captain's armband shone brightly.