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Chapter 221 The struggling Macalister
"Li Erlong?" Long Bisheng almost forgot about this big ruffian from Qingdao Haifeng.

"Yeah, and Lao Liu and Lao Xie are very concerned about you. Let me take it for you, and also let me bring some good things for nourishing blood and qi. I came in a hurry and put them in my sister's bedroom. I will ask Xiaoshan to bring them for you tomorrow. These are not available abroad. Food supplements are worse than medicine supplements." Lu Dashan said.

Long Bisheng was moved. He and this group of people had only been teammates for less than half a year. At this time, they still thought of him like this. This kind of friendship is very rare, especially the old wild ginseng. Now it is not easy to buy wild ginseng that is more than dozens of years old in domestic pharmacies. This is a great favor.

Thinking of this, Long Bisheng felt a little ashamed. After leaving Qingdao Haifeng, he didn’t even bother to go back to Qingdao to see them. When he had vacations, he would go home or visit Yunjia first. After all, it was the place where his career started. How could he do this.

"Brother Lu, the schedule of League One is very tight. When this season is over, I will definitely go to Qingdao and have a good drink with you!" Long Bisheng suddenly said to Lu Dashan seriously.

"That's great!" Lu Dashan laughed loudly: "In the past, when they dragged you to drink, you always pushed back and forth. This time, you offered to drink with them. I think Lao Li and the others will laugh out loud!"

Lu Dashan said a few more words about taking a good rest and recuperating, and then got up to leave. In the next few days, Lu Dashan came very frequently, and every day he brought over stewed tonics. He raised his younger sister and grew up with excellent cooking skills. In addition, although Lu Xiaoshan studied western medicine, he also dabbled in traditional Chinese medicine. Long Bisheng drank tonics and was full for the past few days.

After staying in Leeds for a few days, Lu Dashan will also return to China. Now the domestic league is also coming to an end. It is a time of intense tension. Qingdao Haifeng has rushed to the Super League this season.

Being a professional player has its glory, but at the same time, they also have difficulties that ordinary people can hardly see...

Lu Dashan left, and Lu Xiaoshan still came to help Ning Xi take care of Long Bisheng whenever he was free. With Long Bisheng's physical fitness, the stitches were quickly removed from the wound and he recovered very well, but the bleeding that night could not be repaired in a few days. After he was discharged from the hospital, he still had to rest for a while.

Sometimes it is only when you lose that you understand the preciousness of having it. For the Leeds United team, what they did not expect was that after losing Long Bisheng, they actually missed the big man who joined this season so much.

After Long Bisheng was injured, although McAllister was a little distressed, he was not too anxious. After all, he still had two substitute forwards, Suwenmi and Snodgrass.

McAllister had a good idea, but he never thought that without Long Bisheng, Leeds United's offense would become so weak!

In fact, the signs of lack of offensive power have been exposed in the last few rounds of the league. Although Long Bisheng has recently scored consecutive goals to help Leeds United win one victory after another, his outstanding performance also covered up another thing - since Beckford scored twice in the tenth round, he has failed to score in five league rounds!In these five league rounds, Long Bisheng scored four goals and helped Leeds United win three games—unknowingly, Long Bisheng had replaced Beckford and became the focus of Leeds United's offense!
The absence of a striker due to injury is not a big loss for a mature team, but if the absent striker is the only goal point recently, then it is a fatal absence!What's more, the current Leeds United is definitely not a mature team!

On November [-]th, in the FA Cup, Robinson scored a penalty kick in stoppage time to help Leeds United draw at home. Suwenmi and Beckford served as the starting strikers, but the two seemed to be comparing their condition on the field.

On November [-]th, in the fourth round of the League Cup, Leeds United lost [-]-[-] away to the Premier League team Derby County. Beckford and Suowenmi once again did nothing for the whole game. What's more, Suwenmi was also injured.

In desperation, in the No.16 round of League One on November 4th, McAllister could only send Beckford and the young player Snodgrass as a partner, but the Irish teenager Snodgrass gave McAllister a surprise. In just [-] minutes of the opening, he opened the scoring for Leeds United with a wonderful turnaround shot in the penalty area!

This goal made McAllister happy. For him, there is no problem in being eliminated from the cup. As long as the league can continue to win, entering the British Championship next season is more important than anything else!

But no one thought that Beckford's poor state dragged down the entire Leeds United team. In the next game, Beckford's state was still not good, and he missed a shot that was almost close at hand.

Two goals from Hasfield in the second half silenced the Elland Road supporters, and as the final whistle sounded, Leeds United lost the game at home and slipped from second place to No.4!

Beckford still hasn't broken his scoring drought, and his top scorer position has been surpassed by others-for a whole month and a half, he failed to score in six league rounds, which is a shame for a shooter!

Fortunately, Beckford is still a man who knows his shame and is brave. In the next few days of training, he performed even harder, and before the FA Cup make-up three days later, he took the initiative to find McAllister and asked him to start the game, regaining the feeling of shooting!

McAllister agreed to Beckford's request. In fact, he can only choose to believe in the team's top scorer last season!When Long Bisheng was unable to participate in training for a short period of time, and it would take some time to regain the rhythm of the game after participating in training, Beckford was the only reliable striker under him!

Suowenmi likes to fight alone too much, and Snodgrass is too young...

Although Leeds United's weak striker has been alleviated this season, it still seems to have a weak foundation. Long Bishengyi was absent, and all the problems on the striker were immediately exposed!
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Beckford scored!
Finally, after winning three consecutive games, McAllister got such good news that Beckford's hard training during this period was not in vain. In the make-up match of the FA Cup, Beckford made a killing in the away game and announced his return with a beautiful hat-trick!

After seeing Beckford score the third goal on the field, McAllister breathed a sigh of relief - even if Long must win, he will have to rest for a while, but as long as Beckford breaks the scoring drought and recovers, Leeds' offense will not misfire!

Sure enough, in the No.17 round, Beckford continued his good form in the FA Cup, scored twice, and with the goals of Delph and Suowenmi, Leeds United beat Hartlip [-]-[-] at home and returned to third place.

McAllister heaved a sigh of relief. He knew that as long as a shooter like Beckford regained the feeling of shooting, goals would come in a steady stream!

He was not wrong in his judgment. In the No.18 round, No.19 round, No.20 round, and No.20 round, Beckford scored in four consecutive games. The top scorer of last season has completely returned!
But compared with Beckford's feat of scoring six goals in five league rounds, Leeds United's results in these four league rounds made everyone smash their eyes.

Round No.18, lost 19-20 away, Round No.20, lost [-]-[-] away, Round No.[-], lost [-]-[-] at home, Round No.[-], lost [-]-[-] away...

Four consecutive defeats!Longest losing streak of the season!Beckford scored goals again and again, and Leeds United lost again and again!

Only then did McAllister realize that Long Bisheng was not on the field. Although Leeds United's goals were greatly affected, the impact on their defense could not be ignored!

Long Bisheng’s wide-ranging running on the field and active fighting in the frontcourt not only make the offense more flexible, but also relieve a lot of pressure on the defense. With his containment in the frontcourt, the opponent must leave at least one tall defender and a faster defender when attacking to reduce the pressure on the back line. To prevent Beckford’s counterattack during offense, a strong defender is enough!
Beckford's recovery can make up for the loss caused by Long Bisheng's absence to a certain extent, but it cannot play the same role as Long Bisheng on the defensive end!Not to mention that in the defense after Leeds United took the lead, Long Bisheng, who returned to the penalty area to help defend, could even make the opponent's high-altitude attack useless!

At this time, McAllister knew what the lack of Long Bisheng meant to the current Leeds United!
McAllister is struggling. For Leeds United, a four-game losing streak in League One is almost an unforgivable sin. Although everyone knows that Long Bisheng's absence has a lot to do with it, but as a head coach, can you not win without a striker?

McAllister, who once won the best coach of the month, is now besieged on all sides, and even the top management of Leeds United have begun to be dissatisfied with his recent performance.

The only thing that keeps him motivated to continue is that Long Bisheng has resumed training...

(End of this chapter)