Because the European Championship qualifiers delayed nearly two weeks of major leagues, Barcelona's three weeks before the second meeting with Lyon were still steady and firm, but with Simon Grayson's adjustment, the team began to turn their energy to the Champions League, and their performance in the league was not so crazy.

On March 2, Barcelona defeated Osasuna 2:0 away, and Shaq scored twice in the game.

On March 14, the players who played in the European Championship were in a normal state after returning to the team. In addition, Simon Grayson began to deliberately let Gimenes, Acosta take turns to replace Rivero, and Batista came on the court to win some rest time for his central defender combination, so Barcelona was tied 0:0 by Mallorca on the road.

Although Barcelona had the advantage in the whole game in 90 minutes and completed 21 shots, even Shaq, who had completed 10 shots, only hit the ball within the goal range twice. This made Simon Grayson finally accept the result with a wry smile, and even Shaq's condition was affected, let alone the others!?

Fortunately, Barcelona's stars are all the best in their respective positions, otherwise they would not have achieved what they are today. Each of them has a way to adjust their state. Just three days after being tied by Mallorca away from home by 0:0, Barcelona made those outsiders who question whether the team is starting to get tired shut up.

On March 17, Barcelona welcomed Girona at home. In the game, Barcelona fully demonstrated their strong combat power again. They won a big victory at home with a score of 5:0, and Shaq once again staged a hat trick in the game.

Next, in the second game with Lyon, Simon Grayson put his own pair of centre-back combinations on the bench. Argentine centre-back Acosta and 20-year-old Gimenes from the youth training camp got the starting opportunity and played the whole game. The result was... Shaq's double score and a header from Gimmenes gave Barcelona three leads in the game, but in the end, Lyon tied the score in 90 minutes, and the two sides tied 3:3.

After this game, Simon Grayson had a very deep understanding of the team's two substitute centre-backs. Acosta was very good at handling details. Gimenes's strength was that he could provide better support for the team's offense, but... both of these young people were still a little bit younger. Compared with Pedro Batista, who was almost the same age as them, their awareness was not a little bit worse in terms of experience, but in general, they had potential. After training, they could still be used as Rivero and Batista's ideal substitute.

In order to continue to hone the young people, in the 28th round of the La Liga, Simon Grayson gave Gimenes another chance. He partnered with Batista and appeared at the central defender position, and the price Barcelona paid for this was... he lost a goal. Fortunately, the team defeated the opponent 3:1 away with Shaq's hat trick. Simon Grayson could bear the price he paid to cultivate young people.

Taking advantage of the European Championship qualifiers to start again and now coach Manchester City, former Barcelona legend Lauderup also came out to praise Shaq: "It is obvious that Barcelona has gained a talented player, and Shaq's existence has become a symbol of Barcelona. The team will conquer one opponent after another under Shaq's leadership, and they will have the opportunity to win all the trophys. Of course, if Shaq comes to Manchester City to play football, we are willing to pay any price."

The twenty teams in the entire Premier League still long to have Shaq, and the facts have proved that both Leeds United and Manchester United have created a dynasty based on owning Shaq. Although it has not been a long time, at the stage when they own Shaq, they are the well-deserved kings in European football.

Manchester City also wants to establish a dynasty that belongs to them and create a great Manchester City era!

But it is obvious that this is unlikely, at least until they hire Simon Grayson to coach.

UEFA took this opportunity to draw the Champions League quarterfinals. This time, the opponents that Barcelona met were not only strong, but also made these two games have countless highlights and gimmicks, because the opponent was... Youth Guards, Leeds United!

The current Leeds United head coach Mihailovic was invited by Bielhof to Leeds United after Simon Grayson resigned as head coach of the "Three Lions" and won the Champions League championship last season.

After the Sevilla coach took charge of the youth guards, he did not buy people and burn money. In the past few years, Leeds United had exhausted all its economic accumulation. In the past two years, there was no money that he had smashed in the transfer market. The only big name he bought was the Argentine midfielder Eric Lamela, who dug from Liverpool. He only spent 33 million euros in total, but by selling Ben Parker and Mark recycled 60 million euros.

Leeds United, whose strength has weakened, is now performing average in the Premier League. Currently, they are only ranked sixth in the league. Chelsea are ranked first. They are 3 points more than Arsenal who plays two games less. Manchester City's two champions have also withdrawn from the championship competition. The "Red Army" has even dropped to the tenth place. They have invited Gerald, who has retired, to coach in the winter transfer period, but "bun" is not omnipotent, and he still needs to prove himself.

But no matter what, Leeds United, which is the defending champion of the Champions League, has stars such as Jonny Hausen, Ashley Hood, Phil Jones, Eric Lamela, Pifkowski, Oliveira, Wijnaldum, Mets Firsariko, Kear, Hamshik, Chris Farley, is still very strong, and their performance in the Champions League has proved this.

During the group stage, Leeds United scored 5 wins and 1 loss in Group H, and obtained the right to qualify as the first in the group. In the first round of knockout match, they encountered the Serie A team Roma. The Youth Guards 1:0 away, 2:0 at home, and 3:0 in two rounds to win a complete victory.

In addition to the relationship between Leeds United and Simon Grayson, Shaq, Ben Parker, Mark and others, even Simon Grayson cannot guarantee that Barcelona will defeat their opponents 100%. After all, his "Solar System Tactics" were once familiar to Leeds players, and Shaq has no secrets in front of Jonny Hausen and others. So... If there is any team in today's European football that is "brutal Simon" cannot guarantee that they will win, then only Leeds United, because the "Red Devils" were almost completely sufficient last summer. Now his only foundation in staying at Manchester United is Mata and Subotic, but Leeds United still has several of their former disciples!

Although it is not the first time he has faced his former club, Simon Grayson still feels a little complicated. He worked diligently in Leeds United at the time, and even because Chairman Ken Bates sold the team to Bielhoff, it caused the coaching position to be unstable. Looking back on the little things he had in the past, he felt complicated. I believe no one could have thought that the world-renowned "brutal Simon" still had such a period of embarrassment. If Simon Grayson wants to coach which team, he is afraid that the opponent's head coach will be fired immediately after one sentence is released.

Before facing Leeds United, Simon Grayson had to lead the team to play two La Liga games with peace of mind, with opponents being La Coruna and Huesca. He temporarily put aside his annoyance and carefully adjusted his team's condition.

In the 29th round of the La Liga on April 3, Barcelona defeated the visiting La Coruna with five goals from Shaq at home, with a score of 5:0. However, after the game ended, Simon Grayson was quite angry because at 62 minutes, Fabregas was taking care of his jaw due to a fierce competition from his opponent, and he needed to miss four weeks. Not only did he not have the chance to play in two rounds of matches with Leeds United, but he even missed the King's Cup final with Valencia.

Fortunately, there are still many midfielders in Barcelona now. Busquets and Krissettigue can replace Fabregas' absence, and even Simon Grayson can also use Ganso to play the midfielder, withdraw Vasquis from the left to the midfield, and then send Renardi.

And Simon Grayson... really did that!

In the away game against Huesca, Simon Grayson arranged for Ganso to play the midfielder, retreating Vasquis to the midfield, and let Italian left winger Rinaldi go to the left. In fact, after the Italian winger came over in the winter, although he was not as starry as Vasquis in his limited number of appearances, he played well in 6 games for Barcelona. Although he scored only 1 goal, he contributed 6 assists to the team. He can still look forward to the future.

What made Simon Grayson pleased was that although Vasquis was a little uncomfortable with returning to the central defender, he did not give Shaq a lot of passes that threatened to pass directly, but he gave more passes to the two sides, which gave Rinaldi on the left and Salomon on the right. As a result, in the 45 minutes of the first half, Shaq received crosses from both left and right respectively. In 28 minutes and 32 minutes, he scored two goals in front of the small penalty area to help the team lead 2:0.

At the beginning of the second half, Barcelona launched another offensive on the right. Salomon's return pass near the bottom line on the right created a cross opportunity for Raphael who followed up. Shaq headed the ball and completed a hat-trick, and the score became 3:0. This score also became the final result of the game.

As the season enters the late stage, the team can explore more and more tactical styles, which of course made Simon Grayson happier. He lost a Fabregas, but allowed the team to make a sharper cross from the wing. This can be regarded as a loss!?
Chapter completed!