The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 105
105 I Will Definitely Not Let You off
October 30, 2004, Strauss-Wigan, Great Manside.
Today is the 16th round of the Champions League this season. Wigan Athletics, who are now top of the Champions League, play Leeds United, who are third.
At this time, Wigan Athletics was in the limelight.
Leeds United’s victory over Arsenal was supposed to be a big win, but during this period they encountered a lot of troubles, causing Leeds United to fall into disarray and have a bleak future.
First, Leeds United’s president and head coach Roja’s “shovel” remarks caused a lot of controversy, causing everyone to question the morality of the madman Roja, attracting countless fans and media reporters to criticize, but also suffered from the Football Association’s suspension.
Second, David Seaman stood up for Aldrich and was accused of showing off, which attracted countless fans’ dissatisfaction, a lot of criticism and abuse, as well as Elavi’s dissatisfaction.
Later, Bradley Wilson claimed that Leeds United players had taken banned drugs and caused a huge commotion, with almost all of England denouncing Leeds United and Zhong Cheng. This has attracted the FA’s investigation team, but also brought great trouble to Leeds United.
In the end, Leeds United insider Allah Wei revealed that the Leeds United players had indeed taken drugs and stabbed Zhong Cheng and the Leeds United Club in the back, allowing everyone to see Allah Wei’s ruthlessness. It also raised doubts about the use of drugs by Leeds United players.
Together with the feud between Leeds United and the Leeds fans, and the miscellaneous matters, Leeds United are really troubled.
During this period of time, Leeds United Club was in complete chaos.
Under such circumstances, how could Leeds United face off against Athletic Wigan, who was in the limelight?
In this match, Zhong Cheng followed the team to the arena, but he sat in the stands and watched the match. Leeds United’s head coach was Brandan Rogers, DiMatteo, Ortega and the others assisting him in this match.
In this competition, the drug test was extremely harsh.
This is not only for Leeds United, but also for Wigan Athletics. The English Football Association is always afraid of another drug scandal in football.
Last year, a national drug scandal broke out in English football. The English football world was even called the “big poison nest”. It was said that there were a lot of players in English football who took drugs and banned drugs. Last year, four or five players were found to be drug addicts and drug addicts.
Further afield was Ferdinand, who was severely punished by the FA for evading drug tests in September 2003. The FA suspended Ferdinand for eight months and fined him £ 50, 000 for evading drug tests allegedly for taking drugs.
There was also a young man who threatened Ferdinand, claiming he had mobile phone footage of him taking drugs. The man claims to have filmed a minute-long video of Ferdinand taking drugs at a restaurant.
The incident was later confirmed and Ferdinand was suspended.
It can be seen that there have been so many such incidents in English football recently that it is no wonder the FA attaches such importance to them.
This time, all the players on both sides underwent a drug test and it was normal. This was a relief to the FA. If it was revealed that the Leeds United players were taking drugs, it would be difficult to do so.
In this match, Leeds United, who were in chaos, naturally did not have the strength to contend against the popular Wigan Athletics. In the end, Leeds United lost 2-0 away to Leader Wigan Athletics.
Leeds United also welcomed their first three consecutive Premier League defeats of the season!
After this match, Bradley Wilson stepped forward. Look, Leeds United, who did not take the drug, was so weak. This proved that Leeds United had taken the drug before.
At this moment, Ellawi continued to say that the Leeds United players were taking drugs, but he did not produce convincing evidence. Eravi was repeatedly ask for evidence, but he remained silent. This also aroused the suspicion of many people, perhaps Elavi was lying. However, some people were adding fuel to the fire, and such suspicions quickly dissipated.
Countless people were denouncing the use of drugs by Leeds United. This matter even spread to England, Spain, Italy and other places. The media in these countries also reported the use of drugs by Leeds United, which became another major scandal in English football.
This made the FA very unhappy. They really hated Zhong Cheng and Leeds United, and even more hated Bradley Wilson. This damn fellow was roasting the FA on the stove.
In the meantime, the FA investigation team has been following up in detail. Many of the investigators have even stayed at Leeds United. However, the news is not bad. Leeds United do not seem to have taken any banned drugs.
In the 17th round of the league, Leeds United returned to the road to face Burnley.
Zhong Cheng was still sitting in the stands. The head coach of the team was still Brandan Rogers. Leeds United overtook Burnley in the first goal. In the end, Leeds United lost 1-2 at home, ushering in four consecutive defeats in the Premier League this season.
What is even more worrying is that Leeds United’s central defender, France’s fringe international Boumsong, suffered a serious injury in the game and will be out for at least two months.
This was really a house leak, and it was raining all night!
In the 18th round of the league, Leeds United went away to face Preston. This was a team in the middle of the league. It should be easy for Leeds United to defeat them, but Leeds United still lost. The score was 3-4.
It was the best game ever played by Brandan Rogers, but they still lost. Ribery did very well in this game, scoring two goals and sending out an assist, allowing everyone to see how powerful Ribery was.
Right now, countless people firmly believe that Ribery is a super-confident player with great potential, and now he is the most outstanding player in the Leeds United Club Formation who is in the limelight. Even during his time at Leeds United, Ribery’s performance was very eye-catching. This made many teams fall for Ribery.
Now that Leeds United were in a tornado, many teams believed that Leeds United could not dodge this storm. Even if they dodged, Leeds United would be doomed. There was no chance of leveling up this season, and there was also the possibility of relegation.
How could a team like this retain talent like Ribery and Pique? So at this time, many teams offered to join Leeds United, hoping to bring in Ribery and Pique. Moreover, the bids of these teams were very low. They were all here to rob them by fire.
At the end of the 18th Champions League match, Leeds United faced five consecutive defeats in the Premier League this season.
Ranked first in the Champions League is still Athletic Wigan, they are now 39 points, the top of the list. Following closely behind was Ipswich’s 36 points, followed by Reading’s 34 points. Ranked fourth and fifth, Sunderland and West Ham scored 31 points, and sixth was the Queen’s Park Ranger, who scored 30 points.
Leeds United, on the other hand, were ranked seventh in the league with 29 points, which was comparable to falling out of the leveling zone. They are very far from the top of the league, Wigan Athletics, which is very big. There was also a gap of seven points between him and Ipswich, who had levelled up directly. However, they were very close to the Queen’s Park Ranger in the upgrade area, only one point away.
Leeds United might not have no chance of leveling up!
After these three rounds of matches, Zhong Cheng’s suspension would also end. In the next round, Zhong Cheng would return to the court. This was undoubtedly good news for Leeds United. Perhaps after Zhong Cheng returns to the field, Leeds United’s record will recover.
However, most of the media and fans were not optimistic about Zhong Cheng, they all thought that even if the madman Roja came back, they would not be able to recover, unless they took the drug again, otherwise Leeds United would be finished.
Yes, there are still people frantically attacking Leeds for taking drugs.
Even recently, the FA investigation team announced that Leeds United did not take the drug, which was entirely speculation in the media. The FA also warned some media not to make up stories, tried to be realistic and named Bradley Wilson.
This naturally made the media very unhappy. They were still criticizing Leeds United and Zhong Cheng for taking banned drugs.
Moreover, in the next round of the league, Leeds United will face the second-ranked Ipswich, and Leeds United’s defeat is certain.
However, Zhong Cheng’s first return game was not the Champions League, but the Carling Cup.
Just three days later, the fourth round of the Carling Cup will begin and Leeds United will face Everton, who are ahead of Moyes, at home. This match, Zhong Cheng’s return, attracted a lot of attention, attracting countless media reporters.
–Division Line–
Dick O ‘Connor looked at Shazad Tanville and sneered, “Do you still believe that lunatic?”
Shazad Tanville said calmly, “I never believed him!”
Dick O ‘Connor immediately leaned forward and said coldly, “Then you’re still going against me for him?”
“You’re wrong,” Shazad Tanville said. “I didn’t do it for him, I did it for Leeds United!”
Dick O ‘Connor laughed out loud as if he had heard an extremely ridiculous joke, “For Leeds United? What a tragic joke! Now that Leeds United have lost five consecutive times and fallen out of the demotion zone, is that what you did for Leeds United? Are you demoted for Leeds United?”
Shazad Tanville said: “Leeds United are only a point away from sixth place and levelling up is not impossible.”
Dick O ‘Connor smiled angrily, “A team that lost five games in a row, a team that suffered a lot of scandals. Do you think he’s going to level up? Are you crazy, Tamar?”
Shazad Tanville said calmly, “You know the team’s current predicament, so don’t cause trouble for the team now. I believe Leeds United will survive this. Leeds United’s previous defeat was also due to the suspension of Madman Roja. Now that he has returned, it is not impossible for him to return to the beginning of the league.”
Dick O ‘Connor shouted, “You said you weren’t the rookie lunatic?”
Shazad Tanville didn’t say anything.
Dick O ‘Connor glared at Shazad Tanville and said, “So you must go against me?”
Shazad Tanville shook his head and said, “Leeds United needs a quiet environment. Please stop!”
Dick O ‘Connor stood up in an instant. “You dare to imagine that I will drive that damn lunatic away, right nearest!”
With that, Dick O ‘Connor left angrily.
Shazad Tanville sighed as he looked at Dick O ‘Connor’s back.
Madman Loria, I hope you don’t disappoint me. If something really goes wrong with Leeds United, I will definitely not let you off!