The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 1185
1185 Leeds United’s Prospects Are Bleak
Before Zhong Cheng could get a reply from Inter Milan, their third warm-up game of the new season had begun.
Leeds United face Bundesliga club Stuttgart in their third warm-up game.
In this match, Hedilla was going to face her old boss.
Hedilla’s adaptability after arriving at Leeds United was very strong, and he quickly merged with the team. This shocked Zhong Cheng and Albertini.
It was as if Hedilla was supposed to belong to Leeds United.
This fellow and the team did not have much time to run into each other, so he completely merged into the team.
Albertini was shocked, “Indeed, there are always geniuses in this world!”
Actually, Albertini was a genius, but he rarely saw someone like Hedilla join the team seamlessly.
After Hedilla arrived, Leeds United’s waist straightened up.
To tell the truth, Leeds United’s warm-up results in the first two games weren’t very good, one draw and one loss. Right now, there are a lot of media reporters staring at Leeds United, claiming that Leeds United is doomed.
Now everyone wants to see just how bad Leeds United are?
The match attracted a lot of people to watch it on the spot.
Zhong Cheng’s starting list for this match was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng
Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Patrick Aver, Compani, David Louis and Lichtsteiner
Single waist: Hedilla
Three avant-garde “left to right”: Gareth Bale, Mesut Özil and Cristiano Ronaldo
Twin strikers: Diego Milito and Levandovsky
Yes, the starting lineup for today’s Leeds United game is like this. At the beginning of the game, Leeds United took the initiative and frantically surrounded Stuttgart.
This was beyond the expectation of the Stuttgart people. This made their hands and feet in a hurry, not knowing what to do.
Yes, Leeds United are always attacking like crazy, which surprised the fans. Why is Leeds United like this?
What shone in front of everyone was still Mesut Özil. This fellow played in the middle of the field like a breeze. His interlacing movements and passing organization were extremely awesome. It was a completely different style from Luka Modric, but this guy’s ability to pass lethal balls was very strong.
Many people were shocked!
A lot of media reporters knew that Mesut Özil was doing very well in Leiden East, but that was only the Champions League. Who would have thought that this fellow would perform astonishingly after arriving at Leeds United? It seemed that he had minimized the impact of Luka Modric’s departure!
Stuttgart are tired of defending now!
Leeds United’s attack was fierce, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale were in excellent shape today and Stuttgart are on the verge of collapse.
At this moment, in the 29th minute of the first half of the match, Mesut Özil suddenly made a diagonal backward pass, stuffing the football into the right rib of the forbidden area.
He, Mesut Özil, dribbled the ball from the centre to the left, pulling at Stuttgart’s defence. Then he twisted his body and sent out a backward oblique plug. The ball was extremely difficult, but Mesut Özil’s pass was very accurate.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s forward insertion was very timely, catching up with the football and shooting directly!
None of Stuttgart’s defenders had time to pounce on Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo slammed his foot into the football.
The football flew at top speed towards the goal of Stuttgart Club.
The speed of the ball was really too fast, just like lightning!
The Stuttgart goalkeeper reacted immediately, but the ball was too fast. He had no choice but to score a goal for Leeds United.
To tell the truth, Leeds United’s attack was very strong.
Zhong Cheng already knew this, their club’s Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo’s finishing ability is very strong. Actually, the finishing ability of the players on the frontlines was not that bad. As long as the players on the frontlines could play the role of fulcrum, and then be able to snatch points or detect leaks in the middle of the line, it would be fine.
That’s why Zhong Cheng sold Diego Milito.
Leeds United don’t need centre-forward finishers because he’s more likely to play for Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo, get involved in defence, get first place and so on.
So that’s what both Lewandowski and Diego Costa can do now.
Of course, if the center’s finishing ability was stronger, Leeds United’s tactics would be changeable and would not easily fall into an impasse. Even if Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale are held back, Leeds United will be able to score goals.
A strong forward with a strong scoring ability is naturally a good thing for Leeds United.
But taking a step back, even without a strong striker, Leeds United could accept it and their tactics would not be affected too much.
Moreover, Levandovsky’s termination ability was still very strong, very comprehensive, and he was only slightly immature now. Give him some time, he will definitely become a super striker.
After conceding the goal, Stuttgart tried to counter-attack, but Leeds United’s defence was simply too strong. The Stuttgart Club really haven’t found any good opportunities and the Stuttgart fans are very anxious.
Isn’t Leeds United finished? Why is it like this?
At this moment, the game was going on. Leeds United’s attack was very ferocious. Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale were two opponents who took turns attacking, making the Situ Clan’s goalkeeper very busy.
Leeds United were really, really strong. They were also constantly threatening Stuttgart’s goals, but they didn’t expand the score at the end of the first half.
Leeds United were out of luck, with Cristiano Ronaldo having two excellent scoring chances dispelled by the Stuttgart goalkeeper.
After the first half of the match, Zhong Cheng was still satisfied with the result.
Just as the second half of the game began, Leeds United made a large number of substitution adjustments.
Goalkeeper: Simon Mignolet
Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Danny Ross, Gary Cahill, Matts Hummels and Kyle Walker
Single waist: M’Bia
Three avant-garde “left to right”: Eden Azar, Tony Clos and Marco Reus
Twin strikers: Diego Costa and Hulk
Yes, Leeds United had replaced all eleven players. It could be seen that Zhong Cheng really didn’t care about the outcome of this match. His current goal was to train, otherwise, he wouldn’t have replaced so many players in such a large area.
Because this was a warm-up match, there was no limit to the number of substitutions, but all of them were replaced. However, a player can only play once. He definitely can’t play like an amateur game. After a while, he gets tired and goes to rest. After that, he comes on as a substitute.
Leeds United’s large-scale substitution shocked everyone.
Stuttgart only changed one or two players to strengthen the offense. They didn’t want to lose just like that, even though it was a warm-up game.
When they saw Leeds United undergo a massive turnover, they knew that the opportunity had come.
Yes, the Leeds United defensive line was indeed a little unstable after the substitution.
Stuttgart used this period of time to attack Leeds United frantically, and Stuttgart’s Serie A strength was displayed. The Leeds United players were unstable and their defensive line suffered a huge blow.
Stuttgart scored in the first five minutes of the second half.
This was the midfielder’s front waist kick in the forbidden area. Leeds United’s defensive line was unstable, giving the opponent a chance. The football flew towards the lower right corner of the goal at a very crafty angle.
Leeds United goalkeeper Simon Mignolet was blocked, and it was too late to save when the ball flew into the lower right corner of the Leeds goal.
Stuttgart equalised 1-1.
When Stuttgart saw the goal, their morale was high. They were frantically attacking Leeds United, wanting to continue attacking and win the game.
However, at this time, the Leeds United players had stabilized their defensive line and did not give Stuttgart any more chances. Instead, the Leeds United had obtained more chances to counterattack and began to frequently threaten the Stuttgart defensive line.
The performances of Marco Reus and Eden Azar were excellent, continuing the performances of Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo. Of course, there was still a gap between these two players and the two substituted players. They could threaten Stuttgart’s goal, but the threat was not too great.
At this time, Leeds United fans are cheering for Leeds United, hoping that Leeds United can win the game.
However, it was at this moment that an accident occurred on the court.
Stuttgart got a corner kick. To be honest, there was no threat from the corner kick. The attacking Simon Mignolet should be able to hug the football easily. But Simon Mignolet unexpectedly got rid of it.
The football landed at the foot of Stuttgart’s centre-back who was ambushed in the penalty area. This fellow’s second reaction was not fast, but he still stabbed the football.
The football flew at top speed towards the empty goal of the Leeds United goal.
The ball was really very fast, and it was so close that Simon Minho was not in position. There was really nothing he could do about it. The football flew into the empty goal.
The Stuttgart Club overtook Leeds United 2-1.
There was really nothing to say about the ball, it was the Leeds United’s own mistake that caused the ball to fall. This is not the technical and tactical aspect of willingness, this is the player condition and physical condition of the reasons.
It was the players from Leeds United who had trained so hard recently that they were in such a situation.
After that, Leeds United frantically counterattacked, but unfortunately did not score a goal.
In the end, Leeds United lost 1-2 to Stuttgart.