Leeds United's first game after New Year's Day was against Speed's former club, Bolton. At Bolton's Reebok Stadium, Leeds United got 2-0 away to a great start to 2008.

Immediately after the game against Bolton, George Lee led the team to Wales for the third round of the FA Cup. Leeds United's opponents will be Cardiff FC in Wales.

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George Lee stands on the lawn of Cardiff City's sports grounds, his hands on his chest. It's just that his eyes didn't stop on the athletes running back and forth on the court, but kept staring at the lawn.

It stands to reason that a manager shouldn't be in the middle of a game to desert like that. But the game has been going on for more than 80 minutes, and there is not much time left, and the score of "0:3" is very conspicuous on the bonus card on the sidelines, and the game is almost no suspense.

Leeds United came to play today with a pure substitute line-up, and all the main players in the previous game against Bolton did not play and were all on the bench. Even Smith, Parker, and Kuyt, who had been in full attendance in previous games, did not make the squad and were left at Leeds by George Lee. Arjen Robben and Barry, who have just returned from injury, are now on the pitch, although they were only substituted in the second half.

He didn't have to care about the game, and George Lee didn't want to go back to sitting in the dugout, he just stood on the sidelines and thought about it.

As the season progresses, especially into the second half of the season, the fixtures here at Leeds United become more intense. The league, the Champions League and the League Cup were originally going to be played, and now the FA Cup is being played, Leeds United is now a four-tier battle, and George Lee doesn't know if he needs to make a trade-off.

It's still January, the Champions League knockout rounds haven't started yet, and when the Champions League starts again next month, Leeds United is still fighting on such a multi-front front, which could cause a collapse. Fatigue can lead to injuries, and the cold weather in the winter can also make players more susceptible to injuries. Like half of Leeds' main players injured in the previous stage, George Lee didn't want it to happen again, and it was too difficult to endure when the team was unavailable on the wing.

It was also the successive injuries at that time that caused Leeds United to drop points, so they are now only behind Manchester United and Arsenal, including Chelsea and Liverpool.

So if the team can give up the League Cup and FA Cup now, they can go all out to the league and the Champions League.

"Do you want to give it up?" George Li said silently.

Just when he was hesitating, the field suddenly became lively, and the coach's seat behind George Li was also lively.

"It's coming!"

George Li hurriedly raised his head and looked into the field.

Leeds youngster Danny Rose passed the ball to Bale, who started his show in front of his hometown fathers.

He first got rid of Cardiff's right midfielder who came up to tackle, and then accelerated past the opponent's midfield. Cardiff's defence immediately tensed, having been disgraced by this fellow many times before.

Bale didn't slow down in front of the opponent's defense, rushed towards the opposite central defender, and when he was about to collide with the opponent, he changed direction and wiped it out.

It seemed that Cardiff's men had been waiting for a long time, with their right-back leaning towards the middle of the pitch as soon as Bale was activated. Seeing that Bale was about to get rid of the centre-back, the right-back chose to tackle Bale.

Bale toes a little bit and points the ball past his opponent, then jumps himself to avoid the tackle.

Such a brilliant one-stop breakthrough instantly sparked the enthusiasm of all the players on the field, and Cardiff's fans stopped supporting their home team, but kept heathing Bale to hit the goal.

Bale made a shot in front of all the fans back home. Everyone thought Bale was going to shoot, and that included Cardiff's goalkeeper, who came out of the net and vowed to save the goal.

I saw Bell swing with his left foot, and then chose to knock horizontally.

"No shots, no ......" Cardiff's goalkeeper was dumbfounded.

Kevin Davis, who followed down the middle, gently fed the ball into the already unguarded goal, making it 4-0.

Instead of shooting, Bale passed the ball to Davis, who had a better grasp of the goal, a move that also drew Davies's affection for Bale.

After the goal, Davis immediately hugged Bale who passed the ball to him.

"Thanks, boy." The strong Davis held Bale high.

"Put me down, Kevin." Bell was almost carried on Davis's shoulders.

The Leeds United coaching staff also praised Bale's move.

Sheridan, who is the first assistant coach, was the first to speak: "This kid can, knowing that Kevin has just come back and urgently needs a goal to get back into shape." ”

Speed added: "Don't forget, we're playing in Wales today!" ”

Speed was also from Wales and it immediately occurred to him that if he could score a goal-scoring goal on home today, it would go down in history.

Bell was born in Cardiff and is the nephew of Cardiff's famous striker Keith Pike. Bale's footballing talent was already evident at an early age, with his left foot particularly proficient and his tendency to be calm and confident on the ball. When Gareth Bale was in primary school at the age of nine, he first caught the attention of Southampton scouts when he played a five-a-side football tournament for Cardiff Public Service Football Club.

Until Gareth Bell entered high school, he played a number of other sports in addition to football. Because Gareth Bale's soccer skills were particularly prominent, his PE teacher had to set special rules for Bale, including not allowing him to kick with his left foot or pass the ball with one touch. At the same time, Bell began professional training at the Southampton Satellite Academy in Bath, and Bell's physique, endurance and technical level have gradually been greatly improved. At the age of 16, Bale helped the school's football team win a regional tournament called the Cardiff & Vail Senior Cup. In the summer of 2005, Bale graduated from high school in the summer of 2005 with a First Class grade in the British Baccalaureate in Physical Education and was awarded a special sports scholarship from Southampton Satellite College.

Bale was then drafted by Southampton and joined Leeds United until the end of the season.

'He's not the only Welshman who has done well as well. George Lee walked back to the coach's seat and high-fived his colleagues in turn.

It's already the fourth, so there's no need to celebrate.

Several coaches also looked at Charlotte Black, who was running to Bell to celebrate. This is another brilliant Welsh youngster who has been involved in two of his previous three goals, one of which was a direct assist for Arjen Robben in a similar manner to the pass Gareth Bale had just slotted, with just a touch to get the ball in.

"It seems that the League Cup and FA Cup cannot be given up for the time being."

After celebrating with the other coaches, George Li once again looked back at the rotation players of the teams who were working the field, some of them were under 20 years old, and some were already in their 30s; Some of them usually participate in the rotation, and some usually have almost no playing time.