The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 179
179 Who Did I Provoke?
“3-0, Leeds United exploded in Derbyshire, locking on to an additional leveling spot!” -The Times
“Strong Leeds United have crushed Derbyshire and are well on their way to the Premier League!” -The Mirror
“Madman Roja has succeeded in his March Revolution and Leeds United are on their way to the Premier League!” -The Sun
“Fantastic manager! Madman Loria has brought Leeds United to the Premier League!” -The Guardian
“Crazy Leeds is attacking. He’s setting a second league record!” -Liverpool Echo
“Three goals against Derbyshire. Leeds United are on the verge of leveling up!” -Manchester Evening News
“Is the Premier League ready? Madman Loria is coming!” -London Evening Standard
“The most successful chairman, the most successful head coach, the most successful season!” -Yorkshire Post
The next day, The major media in the British Continent reported on this matter one after another, The attention paid to the first year of the crown was simply too high, many teams are even surpassing Premier League teams, and the audience is very, very large, It has attracted the attention of countless foreign fans. Currently, a lot of foreign fans regard Leeds United as their home team. Because Leeds United has been the most talked about and publicized this season, and Leeds United has a certain legend, there are a lot of foreign fans in Leeds United.
Especially the fans from China, now almost half of the Chinese fans are loyal fans of Leeds United, because the head coach and president of Leeds United are Chinese, they look at Leeds United with a sense of familiarity.
Now Leeds United are very popular in China, now that they see Leeds United going to the Premier League, they are naturally very excited, they are cheering for Zhong Cheng!
Leeds United’s influence in the world is even higher than many teams in the Premier League now, they upgrade to the Premier League, this is the will of the people of the world, no one can stop!
At this time, countless people were praising Zhong Cheng. Countless people were curious about him. On the Internet, there were search terms about Zhong Cheng and Madman Loria that were ranked in the top ten, and even ranked first in China!
Lizzie’s on fire, fire!
The Leeds United fans were very happy and excited, because the team’s promotion to the Premier League was imminent, they were singing a war song for Zhong Cheng, support Zhong Cheng!
This was the happiest period of time since Zhong Cheng took over the Leeds United whip. Zhong Cheng hoped that this kind of day would continue!
He’s going to conquer the Ellen Road Stadium!
–Division Line–
There are still seven games until the end of the league and Leeds United have 85 points to top the table. Ranked second was Sunderland. Wigan Athletics did not withstand the pressure. They were tied in this match. Sunderland scored 78 points and Wigan Athletics ranked third with 76 points.
Ranked fourth was Ipswich with 73 points, fifth was Preston with 64 points and sixth was Reading with 60 points. Derbyshire, previously ranked sixth, are now ninth in the league with 58 points after losing to Leeds United.
No wonder the people of Derbyshire hated Zhong Cheng and Leeds United so much that they shattered their dream of leveling up in Derbyshire.
Leeds United now lead third place Wigan by nine points and three victories. Now that there are seven rounds left in the league, Leeds United have a lot of points to lock onto the top two ahead of time and get a spot for direct promotion!
Right now, Leeds United’s goal was to reach the top two as soon as possible and make sure to advance.
At this time, the Super Football Training System’s “Mission” bar issued a new mission. This time, there were still two missions:
Task 1: Lock on to Premier League qualifications ahead of time
Quest Description: Get the top two of the Champions League before the end of the season and get a spot to directly upgrade to the Premier League
Mission time: before the 46th round of the Champions League 2004-2005 season
Mission reward: Shang Cheng is on the shelves, Intermediate Physical Fitness Catalyst
Mission failure penalty: Huntelaar seriously injured for three months
Mission 2: Hegemon Crown
Mission Description: Winning the Champions League 2004-2005
Date of assignment: prior to 9 May 2005
Mission reward: “Mall” on-shelf, complete script for 2010 movie “Lost in the Way” (required)
Punishment for Mission Failure: Huntelaar is heavily injured for a season
When Zhong Cheng saw these two missions, he did not feel anything. This was something Zhong Cheng could imagine. However, the punishment for failing these two missions made Zhong Cheng wonder who Huntelaar had offended. Why was he always injured?
Previously, the punishment for failing a mission was that Huntelaar was injured for a month. Now, there are two more punishments. One is that Huntelaar was injured for three months, and the other is that Huntelaar was injured for a season. Oh my God, what is the grudge between you and Huntelaar, Lord System? Are you going to treat him so cruelly?
If Huntelaar had known about this, he would have been speechless and asked the heavens, “Big brother, who exactly did I find to provoke?”
Huntelaar was one of his subordinates, and Zhong Cheng would not let Huntelaar get hurt. Zhong Cheng’s previous goal was to win the Premier League title and advance directly to the Premier League. Therefore, without these two missions, Zhong Cheng would also go all out.
What surprised Zhong Cheng now was that he had an “Intermediate Stamina Catalyst”. If he could obtain this item, perhaps the players of Leeds United would have more stamina in reserve for the new season. This way, Leeds United would have more protection in the Premier League next season.
In any case, these two tasks must be completed.
–Division Line–
After the 39th round of the Premier League, the Champions League entered a short off-season. The International Day of Matches had nothing to do with Leeds United. Zhong Cheng had been preparing for the fortieth round of the Premier League.
As soon as the International Day of Matches passed, the month of April began.
On 2 April 2005, Zhong Cheng’s Leeds United waited for their opponent Wolves to arrive at home at Ellen Road Stadium, The Wolves were relegated to the Premier League last season and their strength was not bad. But this season, their results were terrible. They were only 14th in the league with 51 points, 9 points behind sixth place. It was very difficult for them to upgrade this season.
However, the Wolves still had a chance of leveling up, so they were still chasing after him like crazy. They did not give up, even against Leeds United, who were ranked first in the league.
If the Wolves want to level up now, what they need most is victory!
At the beginning of the game, the Wolves ferociously pounced towards Leeds United. The Wolves’ attack did not have much chance under Leeds United’s steel defense. Instead, Leeds United seized two opportunities to counter-attack, allowing Huntelaar and Modric to break through the Wolves’ goal.
In the end, Leeds United beat Wolves 2-0 at home and scored three points.
After this round, the Football Association officially announced the Champions League’s best coach award for March. Zhong Cheng regrettably did not have three consecutive games. Sunderland coach Mick McCarthy scored the best match in March. Sunderland won three consecutive wins, bringing Sunderland to second place in the league. Sunderland’s Argentine midfielder Julio Alca won last month’s player of the year, and Sunderland won both.
But that’s true. The Sunderlanders did really well last month, and Zhong Cheng wasn’t upset. The award should be given to Mick McCarthy.
In this round, Sunderland still won. They now have 81 points, closely followed by Leeds United, who have 88 points. Now, the two teams are likely to directly obtain promotion spots.
By now, Leeds United were 12 points ahead of third-placed Wigan Athletics!
Yes, Athletic Wigan lost again in this round. Athletic Wigan has made another mistake and dropped the chain at the most critical moment.
Last season, Wigan Athletics was once the champion of the league. It was a pity that they lost their first place in the league because they dropped the chain at the critical moment. They did not expect that they still did not learn a lesson. Wigan Athletics was caught up by Ipswich. The two teams were tied. Wigan Athletics is in trouble now.
On April 6, 2005, Leeds United continued to play at home against Sheffield United, who were ranked ninth.
Sheffield United have been quiet this season, and although they are now in ninth place with 63 points, they are only two points behind West Ham United, who are sixth in the league, and can advance to the top six in one game. Therefore, this match is also very, very important for Sheffield United.
Now that they are away against Leeds United, Sheffield United are desperate to win the game. However, Sheffield United were able to endure the start of the game, unlike the other teams, which attacked ferociously from the start. Sheffield United chose to defend, they retreated!
In this way, it was also a bit anxious for Leeds United to lock onto the top two as soon as possible in order to win.
After half a game of stalemate, Leeds United were the first to be unable to sit still. The Leeds United attacked crazily, pressing down on Sheffield United’s goal.
Sheffield United knew that Leeds United would not be able to attack, and after attracting them out, Sheffield United’s chance came.
However, the current Leeds United was no longer the same as the previous Leeds United. The current Leeds United offensive was another brush. Their offensive had threatened Sheffield United’s goal, but it had shocked the Sheffield United team.
Fortunately, their luck was good and Huntelaar’s shot missed the goal slightly.
After this experience, Sheffield United became even more cautious. Leeds United were very powerful.
The Leeds United continued to attack crazily, attacking Sheffield United, wanting to get three points. However, their luck was not very good. After a few good chances, they all missed the football by themselves. The Lizzie’s luck was terrible today.
In the thirty-ninth minute of the second half, Sheffield United’s midfielder randomly kicked in the corner of the restricted area and the football flew into Leeds United’s goal.
The moment the goal was scored, Sheffield United were stunned. They did not expect the goal to be scored. They were all stunned.
When he saw this ball, Zhong Cheng was truly speechless.
In the end, Leeds United were inexplicably eliminated by Sheffield United at home, losing three precious points!
