The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 1274
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1274 Cultivate with Care and Focus on the Future
The next day, the whole world was reporting about Cristiano Ronaldo defending his title as European Footballer of the Year.
Cristiano Ronaldo Super Fire.
Cristiano Ronaldo is featured in the world’s leading media.
However, Cristiano Ronaldo did not care about that. Cristiano Ronaldo has now flown back to Leeds, England. Back at Leeds, England, Cristiano Ronaldo had a few days off to rest.
Leeds United’s main players are alive for the holidays and are resting.
However, Zhong Cheng did not have time to rest. He flew directly to Greece because the final round of the Champions League group stage this season was about to start. Leeds United played Olympiakos away.
Now that Leeds United had locked onto the top spot in the group, it was meaningless to know what the outcome of the final round would be.
In this match, Zhong Cheng did not bring all the main players over. He even sent some people from the youth team and the reserve team to participate in this match.
Therefore, Cristiano Ronaldo and the others did not come to Greece, but went back to Leeds United.
When Zhong Cheng arrived in Greece, he immediately joined up with the team.
During this period of time, Albertini had been leading the team.
When he handed over to Albertini, Zhong Cheng said, “How is it? How is the team?”
Albertini immediately said: “Almost there, alright. There are some minor problems, but the problem is not big, will not affect the next game.”
Zhong Cheng nodded slightly and said: “The result of the next match is not important. We should give some young people and opportunities to let them feel the atmosphere of the Champions League. It will be very helpful for their growth.”
Yes, only Zhong Cheng would do that, giving these young players so many chances.
In the last Champions League match, Zhong Cheng let some young players play. This match was still the same. It was really rare for a head coach to do so.
After all, the other coaches were different from Zhong Cheng. Zhong Cheng was not only the head coach of the team, but also the president of the team. He had to think about the long-term future of Leeds United.
Albertini immediately said, “Well, I understand what you mean!”
Albertini also agreed with Zhong Cheng, which is good for the future of Leeds United.
Zhong Cheng patted Albertini on the shoulder and said, “Alright, let’s go rest. We still have a very heavy competition task tomorrow.”
After saying that, Zhong Cheng walked into the temporary office and started to get busy.
Zhong Cheng wanted to take a look at the information in his hands and understand the current state of Leeds United and the situation of his opponent, Olympia Cos.
Julia Oliveira made a cup of tea for Zhong Cheng and turned to leave.
That night, Zhong Cheng stayed up until three or four o’clock in the morning.
The next evening, Zhong Chengshi led the Leeds United team to the Carles Cakis Stadium to face off against Olympiakos, the owner of the stadium.
Olympiakos are now second in the group with seven points, but they have yet to make it to the next round. Their competitor, Standard Liege, is only four points, but he has a chance to surpass Olympia Coase.
As long as Standard Liege wins in the final round and Olympiakos loses to Leeds United, Standard Liege has a chance to squeeze Olympiakos out of the group by a goal margin and advance to the last 16 of the Champions League this season.
Because the two teams had the same outcome, Olympiakos defeated Standard Liege 2-1 at home, and Standard Liege defeated Olympiakos 2-0 at home.
Therefore, Olympiakos had to score at least one point in the final round to be safe.
Olympiakos will never let Leeds win this game.
The Olympiakos fans knew this as well. From the start of the game, they had been shouting crazily, threatening to disrupt Table Leeds United with all kinds of noise. They wanted Olympiakos to win.
And today’s lineup set up by Leeds United gave Olympiakos a chance to win.
Zhong Cheng’s starting list today is as follows:
Guest: Leeds United, Head Coach: Zhong Cheng, Formation: 4-1-3-2
Goalkeeper: Simon Mignolet
Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Danny Ross, Leonardo Bonucci, Matts Hummels and Kyle Walker
Single waist: Paul Pogba
Three avant-garde “Left to Right”: Eden Azar, Tony Close and Hulk
Twin strikers: Diego Costa and Lukaku
This was the starting line-up for Leeds United today. Did you see that? This was a full substitute lineup. From this, it could be seen that Zhong Cheng’s intention was not to win this match. Zhong Cheng was training the lineup and nurturing these young players.
No wonder the Olympiakos think their team will win this game. Leeds United’s lineup is too young. Perhaps this lineup would be very awesome after a few years, but right now, this lineup was really not strong.
The Olympiakos Club launched a ferocious attack at the start of the match.
Yes, seeing such a lineup, the Olympiakos Club naturally wanted to attack crazily. To tell the truth, they did not put this lineup in their eyes. They believed that they would win without a doubt.
Olympiakos did occupy the summit and surrounded Leeds United.
However, Zhong Cheng, who was sitting on the sidelines, was not in a hurry at all. He was even sitting on the Diaoyutai Stage steadily. Zhong Cheng was happy to let Albertini direct the match.
Without a last resort, Zhong Cheng would not make a move, leaving the match to Albertini.
Albertini was filled with gratitude, and Zhong Cheng had spared no effort in nurturing him. Which head coach would have such a good chance?
No wonder his two senior brothers, Brandán Rogers and DiMatteo, are doing well.
Albertini is very serious and this is a very, very rare opportunity for him and he will not waste it.
Albertini reminded Leeds United’s players to watch out for defense and be sure to hold on now and prepare for a fatal blow to the Olympiakos.
Yes, the Leeds United are now playing something they are very familiar with, defending against counterattacks.
The Olympiakos felt they were on the verge of breaking through Leeds United’s defenses and they stepped up their offense.
At this moment, Leonardo Bonucci, who was in the middle of the forbidden area, suddenly grabbed the exact spot and cut off the football. Then he gently pushed the football forward and it rolled under Paul Pogba’s feet.
Paul Pogba didn’t even turn his head to look. Instead, he took advantage of the situation and swept the football to the side of the field with his senses.
Because before catching the ball, he glanced at it roughly twice and instantly learned about the situation on the field. He heavily suppressed the emptiness behind Olympiakos, especially when the two full-backs had both been suppressed. The wings were very empty.
Paul Pogba immediately sent the football out and it rolled to the feet of winger Eden Azar, who immediately pulled the ball and turned to make a quick breakthrough.
The Olympiakos were stunned. The fans roared, their voices extremely shrill.
The centre-back of Olympiakos immediately moved sideways and rushed forward.
Eden Azar scored a goal and passed the opponent. Without even giving the opponent a chance to foul, Eden Azar was too nimble and fast, like an arrow with a string.
The Olympiacos’ expression instantly collapsed. One of them was in a terrible mood, terrible to the extreme.
Eden Azar quickly caught up to the football and cut inside.
The other centre-back couldn’t care less, he could only care about the situation in front of him. He gave up the defenses behind him, leaving a lot of space for him to intercept Eden Azar.
Eden Azar swiftly swayed under his feet and swept the soccer ball very quickly towards the huge gap in the middle of the forbidden area.
The Olympiakos centre-back was already fully focused on preventing Eden Azar’s cross, but the football rolled past him and into the huge space behind him.
The Olympiacos’ face instantly collapsed.
Diego Costa faced the rolling football and twisted his ankle, pushing the football to the lower right corner of the goal.
The Olympiakos goalkeeper jumped out but didn’t touch anything.
The ball rolled straight into Olympiakos’ goal and Leeds United took a 1-0 lead. Albertini was delighted, the ball played well, this group of youngsters are really good.
Especially Eden Azar, who was on the side. Wasn’t this guy the next Leo Messi?
Leeds United fans applauded the young Diego Costa for his first goal since joining Leeds United.
After that goal, Leeds United’s game was getting better and better.
Leeds United put on a defensive counterattack and waited for Olympiakos to attack.
After dropping a ball, it was even easier for Olympiakos to kick because they had already been pushed to the edge of the cliff. Everyone had to fight to the death now. At this time, they no longer had the hesitation they had before. Everyone was attacking crazily.
Yes, the Olympiacos had some divergent ideas before. Some people thought that a draw could guarantee their advancement, so why were they so radical? Some people thought that Leeds United’s lineup could not threaten them at all, and it was extremely easy to win a match, so they had to win!
Previously, they were hesitant, but now they had no other choice. There was only one way out, and they had to win.
So now Olympiacs is twisted into a rope.
Olympiakos has displayed a very powerful energy. Indeed, no team can be underestimated. When it came to the moment of life and death, any tiny character would be able to explode with powerful energy.
Now, Olympiakos’ attacks were very ferocious.
Albertini stood on the sidelines, his eyes fixed on the pitch. He could feel the changes on the pitch. The Olympiakos had truly risked their lives, and if they did not succeed, they would be able to do so.
Such a team is really difficult to deal with, Albertini only on the sidelines to remind the Leeds United players to pay attention to defense, must withstand.
At this time, the two centre-backs of Leeds United showed themselves. The two of them performed very well, their appearances were very high, and they completed a lot of interceptions and steals. They looked like top centre-backs, making Olympiakos almost vomit blood.
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