The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 1087
1087 Leeds United King’s Landing in Hillsburg
March 5, 2009, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, Hillsburg Stadium!
Yes, the Hillsborough Stadium!
This is Sheffield Wednesday’s home court, once praised as “one of the best stadiums in England”!
But what made her famous around the world was not her facilities and buildings, but the famous “Hillsborough tragedy”, which had made her famous around the world today.
On April 15, 1989, when Liverpool played Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semi-final, the stadium had an accident, a huge accident.
At that time, the match had already begun for a few minutes, but because of the unreasonable design of the entrance to the stadium and other problems, there were still many fans who did not enter the stadium. This made many fans outside the stadium very angry and angry.
There were too many people hesitating and the entrance was too narrow. There were many Liverpool fans who did not enter the stadium. Organisers decided on the spot to open the C-door, which was originally used as an exit, and let the Liverpool fans in.
Liverpool fans are in a hurry now that the game has begun. However, the current organizational order was extremely chaotic, and there were no staff to guide them. As a result, more than 5, 000 Liverpool fans have poured into a small underground tunnel leading to the stands.
In order to prevent soccer hooligans from causing trouble, the organizers set up some barbed wire fences here and divided the stands into several small areas. The underground passageway connects Area 3 and Area 4.
Originally, the capacity of these two small areas was 2,200 people, but the actual capacity was less than 1,700 people.
In the beginning, more than two thousand people poured in, and there was an endless stream of fans pouring in from behind. At this moment, Liverpool’s shot hit the goal post, causing a commotion in the stadium. The fans who did not enter the stadium rushed into the stadium and crazily squeezed forward. In an instant, the stadium was packed with people.
Many of the people in front of them were directly squeezed onto the barbed wire fence, unable to move. The fans behind them did not know what was happening and continued to crazily squeeze forward. This caused many people in front of them to be squeezed to death on the spot. Many people even heard the sound of their sternum being broken by the barbed wire fence …
Afterwards, the situation became more and more chaotic, and there was a serious stampede. In the end, someone managed to escape by breaking through the barbed wire fence in front of them!
This tragic incident resulted in 96 deaths and more than 200 injuries!
This was the “Hillsborough tragedy” that shocked the entire world!
The youngest fan to die in the tragedy was only 10 years old, and the youngest was now Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard’s cousin, Jon Paul Gillhewley, who was only two years older than Steven Gerrard.
The two have played together since childhood and are loyal to Liverpool. They both dream of becoming Liverpool players when they grow up. After Gerrard became a Liverpool player, he said many times, “I played for Jon Paul. He made me a professional!”
It was for this reason that Steven Gerrard rejected many wealthy clubs and stayed at Liverpool, never wanting to leave.
Almost 20 years have passed since this tragedy, and the 20th anniversary of the “Hillsborough tragedy” will follow. This place has already felt endless desolation ahead of time!
Wearing a white suit, Zhong Cheng slowly walked into the stadium.
This was not the first time Zhong Cheng had come to this stadium, but his mood today was different from before. Zhong Cheng seemed to have seen that group of cute fans on the stands!
There were 96 empty seats on the grandstand today. There were no tickets sold. This was to commemorate those undead who had lost their lives on this stadium. At the same time, it was to warn people that life was more important than everything else. Please cherish your own lives.
Zhong Cheng raised his eyes and sighed.
May there never be any more tragedies in world football. May everything be fine!
Zhong Cheng put both of his hands into his pockets and slowly walked towards the coaching seat. Then, he sat on the coaching seat very calmly and quietly.
The shouts of the fans on both sides of the arena continued, and the atmosphere at the arena was extremely hot. Sheffield Wednesday’s fans were frantically attacking Leeds United. Everything was normal, as if no one had imagined it …
“Welcome to Hillsborough, boss,” said Sheffield Wednesday’s bald coach, Dimatteo, as he walked toward the visiting team’s bench with vigorous steps. “Welcome to Hillsborough, boss!” He extended his right hand to Zhong Cheng.
Zhong Cheng immediately stood up and stretched out his right hand. He smiled bitterly and said, “Robert, you’re wrong. I’m not your boss now. Your boss is-Kramer!”
Hearing this, DiMatteo was slightly stunned, and then turned to look at the VIP box in the ballpark.
In the VIP box, Sheffield Wednesday’s chairman, Kramer, was sitting quietly, but his eyes were fixated on Zhong Cheng, almost spitting fire.
‘”Damn it, Kramer, you’re dead today! Your Leeds United are dead today!” Madman Loria roared in his heart.
Kramer gave Dimatteo a mission, he must defeat Leeds United!
DiMatteo immediately turned around and looked at Zhong Cheng. He smiled and said, “In my heart, you will always be my boss. Without you, there would be no such thing as me today!”
Zhong Chengshi shook his head slightly and said, “You really are flattering me. You are very powerful yourself!”
DiMatteo shook his head modestly. His heart was filled with respect and sincerity. Without him, there would not be DiMatteo right now. DiMatteo was extremely grateful in his heart.
Zhong Cheng immediately said, “Even if you look at me like this, I will not show mercy!”
DiMatteo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, “Boss, don’t worry. I won’t show any mercy. I’ll let you see how powerful I am!”
Zhong Cheng patted DiMatteo’s arm and said, “Really? Then let me see how strong your Sheffield Wednesday team is!”
DiMatteo nodded firmly and said, “You will definitely see it!”
After saying that, DiMatteo nodded to Zhong Cheng. Then, he turned around and walked back to his coaching seat, ready to start the match.
Zhong Cheng looked at DiMatteo’s back and the corner of his mouth slightly rose. DiMatteo had grown a lot, but Leeds United would not show mercy in this match.
The commentators on the pitch are presenting the starting lineups of the game to live and television fans, as players from both sides are already on the pitch. The starting lineup for today is as follows:
Home: Sheffield Wednesday, Coach: DiMatteo, Formation: 4-4-2
Goalkeeper: Steklenberg
Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Robert Carlos, Saul Campbell, Heitinga and Wilhah
Four midfielders “from left to right”: Van der Vaart, Nigel de Jong, Sneijder and Rivaldo
Twin strikers: Huntelaar and Vieri
Today, Sheffield Wednesday’s starting lineup was basically their main lineup. However, they had made some adjustments in their positions. The most noticeable change was naturally their front lines. Vieri and Huntelaar started at the same time today, which was beyond Zhong Cheng’s and the commentators’ expectations.
Reyes didn’t have a chance to face Leeds United again today because he was injured.
To tell the truth, Reyes and Leeds United still have a story to tell. Everyone wants to see Reyes in front of Leeds United. Reyes did well in the first leg of the season and they wanted to see if Reyes would hand in such an answer today?
Who knew that Reyes had suffered a minor injury while warming up for the game, so he couldn’t play today.
Winger Cafu was also relaxed as he was suspended for the weekend to prepare for next week’s game, so the Dutchman was named in the starting line-up.
The Dutchman, Stam, is about to retire because of his age. That’s why he gave up his first-team spot to his compatriot Wilhah.
As for the striker Ronaldo, he was sitting on the bench today, waiting for an opportunity.
Yes, this is the starting lineup for home team Sheffield Wednesday.
Zhong Cheng felt a little regretful because he wanted to face Reyes. Reyes has performed well since arriving at Sheffield on Wednesday this season, scoring double-digit goals and assists, scoring 10 goals and sending 11 assists.
Unfortunately, this fellow Reyes couldn’t play this match. This was really, really regretful.
Following that, they were all introducing the starting lineup of the visiting team Leeds United, as follows:
Guest: Leeds United, Head Coach: Zhong Cheng, Formation: 4-1-3-2
Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng
Four defenders “from left to right”: Ivanovic, Compani, David Lewis and Lixi Steiner
Single waist: Yaya Toure
Three avant-garde “Left to Right”: Marco Royce, Tony Clos and Cristiano Ronaldo
Double strikers: Levandovsky and Edison Cavani
In this round of matches, Leeds United’s lineup had undergone a great change. The main reason was that there were a lot of players who had won cards recently. Many of them had accumulated yellow cards and were suspended.
Patrick Aver was suspended at the back because of a yellow card build-up, Glen Johnson was rotating normally and Lichtsteiner was replacing him. Mbia’s red card suspension is still in effect at the back, and Sedu Keita has accumulated a yellow card suspension, which is why Yaya Toure started today.
Gareth Bale and Luca Modric were both substituted because of minor injuries.
Diego Milito, who was at the front, was suspended because of a yellow card.
So, Leeds United are playing their derby opponent Sheffield on Wednesday with an incomplete formation. No wonder DiMatteo is so confident because this is not the strongest Leeds United team!
Looking at Leeds United’s remnant formation, Cramer in the VIP box was very excited, “Madman, you still haven’t lost this match? Hahaha, you’re fucking dead!”
Kramer was extremely excited, as if he had already seen Zhong Cheng being trampled under his feet and begging for mercy. As long as he thought about it, Kramer would be so happy that he couldn’t breathe!
Kramer was really too excited. He had been waiting for this day for a long time!
At this moment, the referee of the match, Martin Atkinson, immediately blew the whistle at the beginning of the match. The first team to kick off was the home team Sheffield Wednesday. They wore blue and white stripes and attacked from the right side of the TV screen to the left.