Chapter 167: What? Chelsea is going for fourth?

Live broadcast room.

The bullet comments are sparse.

-【Balkan Peninsula fans, seeing this scene would be heartbroken... Where is Uncle Mihá's signature move?】

-【I only want to see the Champions League semi-finals, I don't want to see whatever Bundesliga, if the broadcast had a progress bar, I'd drag it to ninety minutes to see the result.】

-【Xhaka has improved a lot this season, he's gelled well with Mönchengladbach, but he's about to join Arsenal... Professor said to pair him with a destroyer-type midfielder, he could be used as half a Li Kang.】

-【Fake news? Does Arsenal have money? And a destroyer-type midfielder? Can injured Coquelin even get up?】

-【Yes, Wenger has sunk a fortune, heard it's fifty million euros! To bring Xhaka to the Premier League, Mönchengladbach's sporting director says we still need to buy a midfield wonderkid next season... Buy more lottery tickets!】

Xhaka's progress is astonishing, his defensive work is also becoming more and more in place, aside from his love of eating cards.

The Swiss national team built around him as core, preparing for the 2016 European Cup,

People gave him the nickname: 'High-spec version of Çalhanoğlu with super vision.'

Terrifying long-pass ability.

Broad vision.

Extremely high accuracy violent long shots.

No matter how he is fouled, he won't suffer serious injury—his body is like reinforced steel.

Strong aerial dueling ability...

All these traits added up... plus the tough Baumgartlinger beside him.

He is simply 'invincible in the Bundesliga.'

This golden duo may not be good at playing against the wind.

But with the wind at their backs they can be godlike.

Xhaka's ability to control the tempo of the match is exactly the same as Li Kang's.

Time passed second by second.

Leverkusen's players felt like they were playing against a Champions League-level powerhouse!

Son Heung-min and Kiessling's shots were repeatedly neutralized by goalkeeper Sommer.

Li Kang couldn't alone seize the loophole in the 'Favre tactical legacy' when they first met; his teammates couldn't keep up with his timeline.

Mönchengladbach head coach Schubert has already perfected all the shortcomings.

Dino paced back and forth anxiously.

Ground penetration? Overall footwork can't match Mönchengladbach players.

Long balls and lofts? The tall players of both teams are actually quite similar.

The opposing Sommer is practically the Morata of goalkeepers... the stronger the opponent, the stronger he gets.

BayArena, smoke and mist filled the air.

Red marine illumination flares, venting the emotions of both sets of fans.

The score remained stuck at 0:1!

Time reached the 89th minute.

The thirty-meter zone.

Li Kang, in a plain manner, seized the trait of Xhaka's weak dribbling ability.

In this trait, the two are extremely similar.

But Leverkusen's number 10 is faster than Mönchengladbach's number 29!

Smack.

Li Kang easily stole the ball.

Before Baumgartlinger could win it back, he sent out a long through pass.

After receiving the ball, Son Heung-min charged into the opponent's penalty area.

It was useless.

Christensen, who was completely blown away by a Korean in the first leg, has made rapid progress; with his long legs he forcefully thwarted the breakaway, kicking the ball out over the baseline.

How exaggerated is the progress of this Chelsea youth academy product?

The usually stingy Mönchengladbach came up with 20 million euros, wanting to buy him outright.

Chelsea certainly wasn't happy about that.

Christensen certainly didn't want to return to Stamford Bridge either, because next season Mönchengladbach will play in the Champions League while Chelsea won't!

This match left a deep impression on Leverkusen's players.

All opponents are improving,

Last round they narrowly beat Hoffenheim.

This round they might narrowly lose to Mönchengladbach.

The last corner kick opportunity.

Bei lai yin's three great beasts still gave Li Kang a strong hand.

Brandt took the corner kick.

The football traced a beautiful arc in midair, falling toward the Mönchengladbach penalty area.

Li Kang leapt high and headed the ball toward goal!

Inside the box, all the tall players just stared in awe at that unbelievable leaping height and hang time...

No world-saving drama.

Sommer's five-finger gate was breached!

1:1!!!

Home fans cheered wildly.

Away fans were furious.

Lewokusen teammates, passionately celebrating.

Li Kang hurriedly picked up the ball from the net and ran back to the center circle.

We must seize the remaining time.

He only ran halfway...

Beep! Beep-beep~

The main referee also blew the whistle signaling the end of the match at that moment.

Bei lai yin's Lion fought a hard draw against the Prussian colt.

The Tuopu Laotou in the stands stomped his feet in anger: 'A bunch of idiots, what's there to celebrate? Is that all you've got? We only leveled the score!'

Dino and Shuboting linked arms and slipped into the passage.

The two were good classmates with a twenty-year age gap.

"Senior Andele, quickly teach me how to beat Real Madrid in the semi-finals... Let's go have a drink first."

"There's no need to discuss this; your players have made no progress over most of the season, a team lacking ambition. Without Li, Lewokusen would have already fallen out of the championship-contending top tier."

"Andele, there are no reporters nearby!"

"Dino, I'm dead serious—if Li had initially joined Menxing, the Champions League title would still have some hope."

Shuboting was in good spirits, drawing with Lewokusen had met his psychological expectation.

At least qualifying for the Champions League next season is secured.

Eh... looking back, we could still educate Tuchel's Dortmund again.

Lewokusen training base.

Tuopu Laotou, dragging his sickly body, gave the players a stern talking-to.

"A bunch of idiots, you think advancing to the Champions League semi-finals is thanks to your own ability?"

"Is drawing level with Menxing in the dying moments really something to be proud of? Do you deserve to win the championship?"

"Arrogance is the most terrifying enemy."

"The whole team, run ten laps as punishment!"

Lai Nuo pulled a long face and led the way in starting to run...

Dino quickly supported Tuop: 'Chief, don't panic, based on Menxing's current strength, they'll definitely be able to blast Bayern once! Our league points are very...'

Lewokusen's head coach jumped up in anger: 'You damn well run ten laps too!'

Compared to Majiate, Tuopu Laotou's punishment style is gentle.

The team held no grudge; instead, they began to worry about the old man's condition.

After disbanding.

Li Kang carried Brandt back to the first-team dormitory.

The system notification sounded softly.

【Ding, congratulations on completing the weekly Bundesliga random loot box task!】

【Congratulations on obtaining: Menxing Geladebahe·Golden Loot Box!】

【The loot box is opening...】

【Congratulations on obtaining: Woerfugang·Kelai fu 'Iron Gate God' module (defective)!】

【Teershitegen should not have met Nuoyiner, Kelai fu should not have met Saipu-Maie.】

【Additional attribute added: goalkeeping increased by 30%, other attributes decreased by 50%.】

【Special effect: none.】

Li Kang's mood inexplicably became somewhat excited and pleased; he hurriedly threw the module into the furnace.

Five days later, the Champions League semi-final is about to officially begin!

Sitan fuqiao.

Abu was very irritable.

He patted Xidingke on the shoulder.

"If we fail to secure Champions League qualification for next season... is Chelsea still attractive to Li?"

"Fight for fourth! Does Qierxi still have a chance to fight for fourth? Asenna is already second!"

"Place?"

"Fighting for fourth, securing sixth means: obtaining fourth place in the Premier League allows direct entry into the Champions League group stage next season; if sixth place, then next season one can play in the Champions League qualifying playoff."

But!

In recent years, the Premier League's performance in foreign competitions has been too weak.

According to this season's Premier League European competition points, only the top three teams can qualify for next season's Champions League group stage; fourth place goes to the Champions League qualifying playoff; fifth place to the Europa League group stage; sixth place gets nothing.

Xidingke's forehead broke out in a cold sweat: 'We'll do our best!'