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Chapter 216 Iron Heart
Four consecutive victories in the league and three consecutive cup victories. Leeds United won all the seven games in September. Of course, such a brilliant record will not be missed. Therefore, before the start of Leeds United's away game against Peterborough on October [-], the FA awarded the best coach of September in the League One to the head coach of Leeds United, McAllister.

McAllister, who won this award, did not look very excited. The title of the best coach of the month is nothing at all. More importantly, the most famous "best coach curse" in English football...

There is a very interesting phenomenon in English football, that is, every team that won the best coach of the month will always either lose the game or tie the game after the coach wins the title-at least most of the coaches are like this.

In fact, it is reasonable to put it bluntly. If you can win the best coach of the month, your team must have performed exceptionally well last month, and the state of a team will always have peaks and valleys. After a month of outstanding performance, there will inevitably be a certain degree of weakness.

McAllister did not escape this curse. In this game, Leeds United lost without temper. The state of five consecutive victories suddenly disappeared in this game. They lost to Peterborough [-]-[-] in an away game.

After losing this game, Leeds United slipped from the top position and fell to fourth place. This year's League One competition is extremely fierce. The gap between the top teams is only two to three points.

After losing this game, McAllister found that Long Bisheng was a bit tired on the field. After all, after becoming the main force, Long Bisheng ran the most and fought the most times. It was under his cover that Beckford's goals during this period increased sharply. Long Bisheng's outstanding performance made McAllister forget that he was a rookie who played for the first time. In order to adapt to the English league, Long Bisheng consumed a lot more energy in each game.

What's more, Long Bisheng was the player who played the longest in September. He played more than one of the two cup games when the main players were all rested. In such a dense League One stadium, even the old League One players don't have the energy to play all the games, not to mention that Long Bisheng is still a rookie.

So in the second round of the England Championship three days later, McAllister did not even let Long Bisheng enter the squad, and let him rest in Leeds. Leeds United, who played as a full substitute, lost [-] to [-] in the away game to Rotherham, ending their journey in this cup.

This measure played a good role. In the tenth round of the league, Leeds United ushered in a typical Leeds-style victory this season-Long Bisheng scored the first goal, Beckford scored twice, and Leeds United defeated Brighton 1-2 at home. The ranking returned to the third position, with the same points as No.[-] and No.[-], only a disadvantage in goal difference.

In the No.11 round of the league, Long Bisheng once again opened the scoring for Leeds United, but Leeds United lost [-]-[-] to Millwall in the away game. Under the shouts and intimidation of the most notorious football hooligans, the players of Leeds United were a little soft-footed. Beckford, who has always been soft in style, even lost himself under the fierce pressing of the opponent's defender. In this case, Long Bisheng's efforts were also powerless.

However, the state of Long Bisheng cannot be concealed by Leeds United's defeat. On the field, Long Bisheng rushed from left to right, messing up Millwall's defense line, and the opponent's defenders were defeated one by one under his impact. General nerves.

Sometimes for a professional player, psychological quality is more important than technical skills. Long Bisheng's recent outstanding performance on the field is expected by McAllister. After all, he is also a shooter who has scored [-] goals in Serie B. It is normal to have such a performance in League One, which is lower than the average level. But facing the most notorious football hooligans in the world, it is impossible for most world-class stars to be able to maintain such steely nerves and psychological qualities.

Long Bisheng, who was born in a military family, has such qualities. Although he is usually gentle, he has a big heart under his gentle appearance.

McAllister certainly knew what this meant. Former England international Stuart Pierce, nicknamed "Heart of the Oak Tree", under his encouragement, his teammates never lacked fighting spirit, and Long Bisheng also possessed such qualities.

So although Leeds United's ranking slipped to fifth place after losing this game, they quickly returned to the winning track.

In the No.12 round of the league, Leeds United played against Leyton Orient at home. In the first half, Leeds United launched a frenzied attack. The strong and continuous pressure caused the opponent's defender to gradually collapse. Long Bisheng and Beckford's double ghost hit the goal to force the opponent's defender to score an own goal. Leeds tied the score.
This is a powerful head-shaking attack. When Howson passed the ball into the penalty area, Long Bisheng had already thrown off the defense of the opponent's defender through continuous and rapid running. Long Bisheng, who was unguarded, shook his head and attacked the goal. The ball quickly flew into the dead corner of the goal, and the opponent's goalkeeper did not respond.

"Tarzan! Tarzan! Tarzan!"

At the moment when the ball flew into the goal, the stands of Elland Road raised their arms, and the Leeds fans burst into cheers. They shouted the nickname Long Bisheng loudly, and gave Long Bisheng all the best words of praise they could think of!

So far, Long Bisheng has scored seven goals in the league, three of which are the first goals for the team, and two are lore before the end!Although his goals are not as many as Beckford, who is currently ranked first in the League One scorer list, he is obviously better than the latter in terms of gold content!
And anyone with a discerning eye can see that after Long Bisheng became Beckford's partner, Beckford's scoring rate has increased significantly compared to last season. Without his strong restraint in the penalty area, Beckford would not have won so many scoring opportunities!
Beckford is indeed an excellent shooter, but he seemed a bit "soft" in the game, and Long Bisheng made up for this shortcoming of Beckford to some extent, allowing Leeds United's overall striker strength to increase geometrically.

In the No.13 round of the league, Long Bisheng once again showed his role to the team.

Walsall's defense in the away game was extremely tenacious. They managed to maintain the tie until the beginning of the second half, but Long Bisheng stumbled through Walsall's defense line with the ball after the start of the second half, and then made the opponent's goalkeeper helpless with a strong shot.

The fourth goal in four consecutive games!Including three first goals and a lore!The cheers of "Taishan" at Elland Road Stadium were endless. Long Bisheng opened his arms and listened to the landslide and tsunami-like shouts from the stands.

In England’s home stadium, the fans stand is the closest to the stadium—otherwise Cantona would not have kicked that Crystal Palace fan directly—at such a close distance, the shouts of tens of thousands of people have the most shocking effect.

After breaking the stalemate, the next game was much easier. The teenager Delph scored twice in the next game, including a World Cup 30 meters away. Leeds United won two consecutive victories again and jumped to second place in points.

The only regret of winning such a [-]-[-] victory is that Long Bisheng was kicked and injured his right foot during the fight before the end of the game. The team doctor diagnosed that he would have to rest for a week.

The role of Long Bisheng seems to be more reflected when he is injured. In the No.14 league round, Leeds United, who lacked Long Bisheng, did nothing in the away game for 10 minutes.

South United striker Hyde scored the only goal in the No. 18 minute. While ending Leeds United's two-game winning streak, it also increased Leeds United's away game losing streak to three games-Leeds United's recent away games.

In the next round of the league, Leeds United played away again. The only thing that reassured McAllister was that Long Bisheng returned from injury in time to catch up with the game against Cheltenham.

Long Bisheng did not disappoint the fans of McAllister and Leeds. He scored his eighth league goal of the season in No.309 minutes, and this goal was also the only goal in this game. [-]-[-], Leeds United ended their away losing streak!
"Dragon has now become an important member of our striker. If it weren't for his continuous goals, our current situation would not be so good." McAllister said after the game: "This 20-year-old boy has a heart of steel. We are lucky that we got him in the summer transfer market. It will not be a dream for us to enter the British Championship this season."

(End of this chapter)