The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 1130
1130 A Highly Efficient Combination of Fronts
On May 24, 2009, at 7pm, the crowd at Leeds Crown Stadium was crowded!
Leeds United will play Middlesbrough at home in the Premier League’s final game of the season. Middlesbrough are on the verge of relegation after a poor season.
The team did well last season. Middlesbrough beat Manchester City 8-1 at home in the final round. However, they were indeed going to be demoted now.
Of course, the Middlesbrough people were definitely unwilling to be demoted. They were going to fight hard.
The Middlesbrough man also hoped that, like last season, he could stage a world-shaking match in the final round. Long live Middlesbrough for victory and relegation.
Of course, Zhong Cheng would definitely not give up.
This game is about whether Leeds United can secure fourth place in the Premier League this season, so why would Zhong Cheng give up this game?
Arsenal are still looking forward to it, and we can’t give up on this game!
In the last Premier League game, all matches are played at the same time, so there are now ten matches kicking off at the same time.
Right now, everyone had no leisure to care about the other opponents’ matches. Their goal now was to win this match, they had to!
In this match, Zhong Cheng was ranked as one of the all-star players that could be ranked right now. This was a crucial match.
The starting lineup of Leeds United for this match is as follows:
Home: Leeds United, Head Coach: Zhong Cheng, Formation: 4-2-3-1
Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng
Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Ivanovic, Gary Cahill, David Louis and Lichtsteiner
Double waist: Stephen M’Bia and Yaya Touré
Three avant-garde “left to right”: Gareth Bale, Tony Clos and Cristiano Ronaldo
Single forward: Diego Milito
This is the starting lineup for Leeds United today. It’s a big change. Patrick Aver has been suspended from the defensive line for a cumulative yellow card and is not on the roster today. Centre-back Kompani is out of action with a minor injury and will start next weekend ‘s Champions League final at Leeds United against Manchester United.
Right-back Glen Johnson has also been suspended from the game after accumulating yellow cards. He was replaced by Lichtsteiner, the Swiss international.
Sedu Keita suffered a minor wound on his back and Zhong Cheng gave him a break, starting Stephen M’Bia.
Luka Modric’s injury on the defensive line is not good, Zhong Cheng is not risky, after all, this is the last game of the most important Champions League final, so substitute player Tony Klose appeared in the starting line-up.
The striker did not change, it was still Diego Milito.
Diego Milito has done well for Leeds United, who have scored 19 goals so far this season and are second in the Premier League, with Leeds United’s Cristiano Ronaldo at the top with 24 goals.
Yes, the Premier League strikers have not been strong enough this season and the only one scoring 20 is Cristiano Ronaldo.
Diego Milito and Didier Drogba still have a chance to break through to 20.
So, Leeds United have a problem this season. Their strikers are in the top two of the Premier League shooters, but they are only fourth, which is not normal.
It could be seen that after this season ended, Zhong Cheng still had a lot of things to deal with.
This was the starting line-up for Leeds United’s game, followed by the starting line-up for visiting Middlesbrough, as follows:
Visiting team: Middlesbrough, head coach: Southgate, formation: 4-3-1-2
Goalkeeper: Temble
Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Pogatz, Whitey, Rigoth and Taylor
Three midfielders “from left to right”: Tangning, O ‘Neill, Digard
Single front waist: Tongqiayi
Twin strikers: Alfonso Alves and Aliadiere
This is the starting lineup for Middlesbrough today. You can tell from this lineup that Middlesbrough are eager to attack.
Yes, they played three men in midfield, but they weren’t defensive. Both Tangning and Digard are good wingers and will push forward. The real defender is O ‘Neill. Actually, O ‘Neill is not a 100% defensive player. He has the ability to dispatch teams in the middle.
The Turkish national team captain on his front waist, Toncayi, used to be a right winger and his speed was very fast. Here, he was more like a second striker than a front waist. So, Middlesbrough’s formation could actually look like an offensive 4-3-3. Isn’t this a crazy offensive?
Yes, Middlesbrough are aiming for victory in this game. They only have a chance of relegation if they win.
So, at the beginning of the game, Middlesbrough launched a ferocious attack and surrounded Leeds United.
Although Zhong Cheng also hoped for a victory, he wasn’t in a hurry at this moment. Since Middlesbrough had attacked, Zhong Cheng could only let nature take its course.
To tell the truth, Middlesbrough’s attacks were still very strong, especially on Tangning’s side.
Tangning’s speed was very fast. He was also the number one star of the Middlesbrough team. Previously, there were many rich clubs that wanted to buy Tangning, even Manchester United and Chelsea.
Tangning is indeed strong. She was once England’s hottest new star. She was selected to the England national team in 2005, but her injury in 2006 seriously affected her future.
Although Stewart Tangning had made a mistake after recovering from her injury, her reputation was not as good as before.
Stewart Downing has repeatedly applied to the club for a transfer this season, but has been stripped of it, so he remains at Middlesbrough.
With a bang, Tangning received O ‘Neill’s pass from the middle. Suddenly, she dodged and pushed the ball. A crotch-piercing shot passed through Lichtsteiner, caught up to the football, and suddenly hit the pass.
The football flew into Leeds United’s box. Unfortunately, Alfonso Alves didn’t steal David Louis and the football was ejected by him.
Alfonso Alves has been at Middlesbrough for almost two years but he has never proven himself.
Alfonso Alves, a tall and strong Brazilian striker with well-balanced left and right legs, is capable of breaking through with the ball and has a keen sense of smell, attracting the attention of the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United and Bayern Munich.
Speaking of which, Alfonso Alves couldn’t even play in Brazil at first. He then left Brazil for Sweden and joined Ibrahimovic’s former club, Malmo, where he soon made Malmo’s fans forget about Ibrahimovic, who had failed to score nine goals in a row, where Alfonso Alves had his first glory in his career.
Here he had played a good show of nine people scoring a goal in a row, and led the Malm ö team to the championship of that year. And then like his predecessor, Ibrahimovic, Alfonso Alves burst into action after being poached to Holland, where he set a record for the most goals in a Dutchman League game. He scored seven goals in the same game alone and remains the holder of the record for the most goals scored in a Dutchman League game.
This fellow became the best striker in the Dutchman League in 2006/07, scoring 30 goals in the league. He has scored 34 goals for Helenfen this season, a year in which he has been chased by big clubs such as Chelsea.
Just before the start of the 2007-08 season Middlesbrough brought in the Brazilian striker from Dutch side Helenfen for a record £ 16 million.
Many claim that Alfonso Alves is Adriano’s second, Vieri of Brazil.
However, after arriving at Middlesbrough, the player did not prove his worth. Last season, he scored only seven goals for Middlesbrough and only six in the Premier League.
Alfonso Alves has scored only four goals for Middlesbrough so far this season.
Middlesbrough made a huge loss!
At this time, Chelsea and other clubs were rejoicing that they did not bring in this super parallel importer back then. Looks like he’s only abusing vegetables in northern Europe and Holland. He’s not Adriano’s second, Brazilian Vieri.
This match reflected this point. Against David Louis, Alfonso Alves had no chance at all and was stared at by David Louis.
For this match, the Middlesbrough players could only watch Stuart Downing and Tonchay.
The two of them really did well, especially the Turkish captain Toncayi. Although his speed had decreased as he got older, he was the first striker of the Middlesbrough team this season. He had scored 11 goals in various competitions, which was very good.
Just a moment ago, Tongchai received the return ball from Aliadiere and shot it with one kick. Unfortunately, he didn’t have the strength to play, and the football was directly held in Zhong Zheng’s arms.
Middlesbrough have had such a terrible season at the frontlines and Alfonso Alves and Aliadiere are just too trash. Alfonso Alves is not bad compared to Alfonso Alves, who has only scored half of Alfonso Alves’ league goals, or two, so far.
Aliadiere has had more than 30 appearances this season and has often started in the starting line-up, which makes him drunk.
Now that Southgate was able to get Aliadiere to start, it also showed how bold he was!
Looking at Middlesbrough’s forward goals this season, you can see why Middlesbrough will be relegated this season. Who will be relegated if you don’t relegate the main striker’s scoring efficiency?
Although Middlesbrough were attacking crazily and besieging Leeds United, there weren’t many truly threatening offensives. Alfonso Alves and Aliadiere were both stuck in midfield by Leeds United and had little chance of winning.
Middlesbrough’s chances came from both Tonchay and Stuart Downing, but they couldn’t tear through Leeds United’s defensive line, so Middlesbrough didn’t score and their defence was in jeopardy.
Seeing this, Zhong Cheng felt that the Leeds United team was stable. As long as nothing unexpected happened, the Leeds United team would definitely win this match.