The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 049

049 Footsteps in the Champions League
The 2004-05 Champions League season opens three days later on August 7 when Leeds United face Derbyshire in the first round.

At this time, the Leeds United website also updated the Leeds United first team list for this season. The list is as follows:

Goalkeeper, Scott Carson, 189cm tall, 87kg weight, 19 years old, No. 1.

Goalkeeper, Elavi, 178cm tall, 73kg weight, age 21, number 25.

Goalkeeper, Zhong Zheng, height 194cm, weight 90kg, age 18, number 77.

Right-back, Sagna, 176cm tall, 72kg weight, age 21, number 3.

Right-back, Gary Kelly, 18cm tall, 82kg, 30 years old, No. 2.

Left-back, Chimbonda, 182cm tall, 75kg weight, 25 years old, number 12.

Left-back, Danny Pew, 183cm tall, 71kg weight, 21 years old, number 13.

Centre-back, Gerard Peeker, 192cm tall, 82kg in weight, 17 years old, No. 5.

Centre-back, Boumsong, 190cm tall, 84kg in weight, 25 years old, No. 33.

Centre-back, Vermaelen, 185cm tall, weighing 78kg, 18 years old, No. 15.

Michael Dubury, centre-back, 185cm tall, 85kg, 29 years old, No. 14.

Centre-back, Clark Carlisle, 190cm tall, 79kg weight, 25 years old, number 32.

Centre-back, Kilgaron, 186cm tall, weighing 78kg, 20 years old, number 35.

Lower waist, Las Diarra, 173cm tall, 70kg weight, 18 years old, No. 6.

Back waist, Albertini, 180cm tall, 77kg weight, age 32, number 4.

Back waist, Richardson, 180cm tall, 75kg weight, age 22, number 16.

Front waist, Luca Modric, 174cm tall, 65kg weight, 18 years old, No. 10.

Midfielder, Jamie Winter, 178cm tall, 68kg weight, 18 years old, number 22.

Midfielder Simon Walton, 185cm tall, 80kg weight, 16 years old, number 20.

Left-back, Frank Ribery, 170cm tall, 72kg weight, 21 years old, number 7.

Right Vanguard, James Milner, 176cm tall, 70kg weight, 18 years old, No. 11.

Avant-garde, Alan Lennon, 165cm tall, 68kg weight, age 17, number 17.

Forward, Huntelaar, 183cm tall, 83kg weight, age 20, number 9.

Forward, Michael Ricketts, 185cm tall, 78kg weight, 25 years old, number 39.

Vanguard, Nicklas Bendtner, 193cm tall, 85kg weight, age 16, number 19.

Vanguard, Olich, 182cm tall, 85kg weight, 25 years old, No. 19.

This was the 26-man list of Leeds United this season. There were already quite a few 26-man lists. Although many teams had 32-man lists, Zhong Cheng felt that these people were enough. Moreover, many of them were versatile and specialized. Zhong Cheng decided that there was no need to bring in new players.

Zhong Cheng directly announced that this season Leeds United’s recruitment has been completed, Leeds United closed the door on the transfer.

After this news came out, everyone was laughing at Zhong Cheng crazily, claiming that Zhong Cheng’s reinforcements were all dog shit, and they were teasing Zhong Cheng, claiming that if Zhong Cheng used this lineup to play in the Champions League, Leeds United would lose to nothing.

Zhong spent around 4.6 million in the transfer window, the most expensive of which was £ 2 million on Olic. Huntelaar followed by Modric and Giorluka for £ 1 million, followed by Zimbonda for £ 350, 000 and Vermaelen for £ 200, 000 for a total of £ 4. 45 million.

This is incomparable to the tens of millions of pounds in the Premier League. After joining Chelsea this season, madman Jose Mourinho has spent hundreds of millions of dollars. This is naturally incomparable to Zhong Cheng and Leeds United.

Moreover, Leeds United are not on the top of the Champions League. This season, many Champions League teams have spent tens of millions of pounds to lure in players and tens of millions of pounds have been spent by many Champions League teams.

Leeds United are really drizzling compared to these teams. Of course, Leeds United are spending a lot on the transfer market, at least they are not the least expensive team in the Champions League.

However, they were rated by the British media as the worst-selling team, Bradley Wilson said. Although Olic was a Croatian country, his worth of 2 million pounds was too high. It was not in line with his strength, let alone Huntelaar and Modric. They all thought that Zhong Cheng was spending money recklessly. This was all to bring Leeds into a pit.

Bradley Wilson wrote in his column: “Madman Roja has spent so much money on the transfer market, bringing in players who have not proven themselves, and even a lot of players who have no professional league experience, are just fledgling brats, these guys can adapt to the Champions League is a ghost. “Actually, we can see from Madman Roja’s reinforcements that Leeds United are finished. Madman Roja has ruined Leeds United!”

Bradley Wilson added: “Madman Loria is a visa-free maniac, As we all know, after acquiring Leeds United, Madman Loria is burdened with huge debts, “But you don’t have to deduct it like that. In the transfer market, Madman Loria has a total of nine players who are visa-free. Not to mention the three players who came out of the youth team and reserve team, he has brought in 15 players this season. Nine of them are visa-free. How crazy is that?”

Bradley Wilson added, “and almost all of that player in front of us are young players, Several of them are amateurs, Of his nine former visa-free players, only Albertini was over 25, 32, 25, and the rest were 17 and 21 years old. With these visa-free young amateurs, where did Mad Roja get the courage to claim to be a genius, where did he get the courage to claim that he wanted to make Leeds United a big club? Even an ignorant and fearless madman would not dare to do so. Madman Roja is really crazy to the point of losing his mind. ”

No, Ridley Wilson hasn’t let Zhong Cheng off, “According to our calculations, there are only two players over the age of 30, six players between 25 and 29 (including 25 years old), seven players between 20 and 25 (including 20 years old), 11 players between 16 and 20 (excluding 20 years old) and two players only 16 years old. This team is a bunch of kids. What can such a team do? To the Champions League crying?

Bradley Wilson claims: “This team, with an average age of 21.35, is the youngest team in the Champions League. Can such a team adapt to the high intensity of the Champions League?” You know, the Champions League is one of the most competitive leagues on the planet. Relying on these brats who haven’t grown up and grown up, Leeds Lenovo wants to survive in the Champions League. This is a big joke.

Bradley Wilson said loudly, “Does anyone else dare to say that Leeds United will be able to relegate? In my opinion, Mad Roja is dead. Mad Roja is dead, Leeds United is dead!”

Countless media outlets reproduced Bradley Wilson’s story, They all echoed, claiming that Madman Loria was simply too crazy and acted according to the rules of football. A team like this could not make it into the top ten even if they went to the youth league or the reserve league, let alone the Champions League. Madman Loria was completely foolish and courting death.

The local media in Yorkshire also had huge doubts about Zhong Cheng. They questioned Zhong Cheng one after another and called for him to scram, scram out of Leeds United and return Leeds United to the fans.

The Leeds United fans gathered together to curse Zhong Cheng crazily, burning all kinds of posters, burning Zhong Cheng’s No. 0 shirt, cursing Zhong Cheng every day outside the Leeds United Club building, and even some people halfway to block Zhong Cheng, smashing Zhong Cheng’s glass.

In fact, just two days before the start of the Champions League, there were death threats on the Leeds United website, telling Zhong Cheng to resign and leave Leeds United within 10 days, or else they would have to assassinate him and tear up the tickets.

This matter caused a huge stir. Countless Leeds United fans supported these terrorists. This shocked the fans of the British Continent. It turned out that Madman Loria was so unpopular at Leeds United.

Seeing this, Zhong Cheng was extremely angry, claiming that he must dig out this bunch of rubbish and bring it to justice.

–Division Line–

Leeds’ day was noisy and chaotic, as if the season was about to begin.

Zhong Cheng has been very angry lately. Long ago, Zhong Cheng implemented closed-door training, allowing the players of Leeds United to get rid of the clamor and seriously get into the preparation for the new season.

In the first game of the new season, Leeds United face Derbyshire at home.

It was a very strong team, and there was a grudge between Derbyshire and Leeds United that could not be resolved. This was mainly due to the feud between coaches Don Livy and Bryan Crawford, who were direct opponents of Don Livy’s Leeds United and Bryan Crawford’s Derbyshire during that time.

Don Reeve’s team lost to Brian Crawford’s Derbyshire by a point to the Premier League title. And during that time, Brian Crawford was frantically attacking Don Rivy, criticizing his tactics for being too rude, unsportsmanlike, and a retrogression in football. The grudge between the two of them, and the grudge between Derbyshire and Leeds United, arose from this.

Once upon a time, there was a movie specifically written about this matter. It was called “Demon League”, also known as “Damn League”.

Although the feud between the two teams is not as fierce as the feud between Leeds United, Liverpool and Manchester United, nor as fierce as the feud between Derby County and Nottingham Forest, this match will certainly be very popular. This is a historical legacy of the two teams.

For this match, Zhong Cheng only had one goal, and that was to win.

The day before the competition, Zhong Chengshi was interviewed by Yorkshire Post reporter Kelly Fox. In this interview, Zhong Chengshi expressed his determination to win.