The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 231

231 World Famous Star Processing Plant

Still Belgium, Ghent!

The weather today is nice and sunny, but the temperature is not very high. Moreover, it was blowing in the breeze. It was relatively cool, and it was a good day for the competition.

Today’s pre-season friendly between Leeds United and Ajax will take place at Ghent’s home Stadium of Hulas Oten, which is not big enough to accommodate more than 12,000 people.

Today, this place was filled with fans. They were all here to watch this match.

Local fans in Ghent rarely have the chance to see such a game, so the Ajax-Leeds game is attractive to them. Although the stadium is not completely full, looking down, you will still feel that the stadium is full.

There were some fans wearing Ajax jerseys in the stands, and it could be seen that Ajax had a lot of fans in Ghent. As for Leeds United’s fans, they naturally did, although their reputation was not as profound as Ajax’s. However, in the past two to three years, the Leeds United youth training storm had attracted the attention of countless people, sucking in countless fans.

The fans on both sides are very different now, but the atmosphere between them is very harmonious.

Of course, there were more ordinary fans on the scene. A large number of them were wearing Ghent football jerseys, while some of them came to the scene in casual clothes.

The atmosphere of the game seemed to be very friendly. The fans were here to enjoy the joy of football, not to fight.

To be able to play in such an atmosphere, the players on both sides seemed to feel that they were back when they were young. They were all playing for the first and most real happiness of football.

–Division Line–

Zhong Cheng made some adjustments to the starting lineup of Leeds United today. The formation is: 4-1-3-2

Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng

Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Evra, Vermaelen, Pique and Gary Kelly

Single waist: Las Diarra

Three avant-garde “Left to Right”: Ribery, Modric and Lennon

Twin strikers: Huntelaar and Darren Bent

When the Leeds coaches saw this lineup, they knew that this should be the main lineup of the Leeds this season. Perhaps it would be a minor change in position. For example, Darren Bent was still competing with Olich, and Lennon’s position was not secure.

However, this is probably the case with Leeds United’s starting line-up for the new season.

Zhong Cheng wore a white suit and quietly stood on the sidelines. This match, he wanted to see how his main players were doing. If things don’t go well, the starting lineup at Leeds United will have to continue to adjust.

Meanwhile, Ajax coach Danny Brind’s eyes were fixed on the starting lineup of Leeds United. Danny Blinder also exclaimed, “What a bunch of young guys!”

Yes, the Leeds United lineup is really too young. The oldest of them is Gary Kelly. Apart from that, they are all young people in their eighties and twenties. They are so young that they are really terrifying.

Danny Blinder wondered if this group of young Lizzie players could really make it into the Premier League? To be honest, Danny Brindt does not believe Leeds United will be able to relegate to the Premier League.

Danny Brind is confident in the game as he looks at the starting lineups at Leeds United.

Ajax’s lineup today was a four-three-three formation. The starting line-up was as follows:

Goalkeeper: Marten Stricklenberg

Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Maxwell, John Heitinga, Cholluka and Hatem Trabelsi

Three midfielders “left to right”: Sneijder, Dejon and Maduro

Three strikers “from left to right”: Marcus Rosenberg, Charles Stearth and Babel

This is the starting lineup for Ajax today, including new recruits Marcus Rosenberg and others. Marcus Rosenberg joined Ajax for € 5 million this season after his agent, Alexander Dahlin, rejected an astronomical offer from the Russian Central Army of Moscow.

Marcus Rosenberg was mediocre in his early days and didn’t play much for the team. But the Swedish striker has been reborn since his Euro 2004 substitute appearance, when he scored three goals on the bench.

Last season, he won the Swedish Premier League’s best striker and also the king of assists, which naturally attracted the attention of countless European giants.

Marcus Rosenberg’s Swedish seniors Larsen also recommended him to Barcelona, which also invited him to try out.

But Marcus Rosenberg’s agent, Dakhlin, believes there will be no chance of Marcus Rosenberg joining Barcelona, so he rejected the offer and prompted Marcus Rosenberg to join Ajax.

That’s why Marcus Rosenberg came to Ajax.

Marcus Rosenberg has been valued by coach Danny Brind since arriving at Ajax and is now one of the team’s starting lineups.

Marcus Rosenberg had a great chance at the start of the game when he caught Sneijder’s long, accurate pass from the side and suddenly picked up the ball. After passing Gary Kelly, who was about to snatch it, he glanced at the restricted area and directly crossed.

A curved kick quickly sent the ball into Leeds United’s penalty area.

In the Leeds box, Greek center Charles Stearth, who is 191cm tall, jumps high to head home from Vermaelen.

Charles Stearth is the main center of the 2004 European Cup winner Greece. He scored three goals in that tournament and performed well.

At this moment, Charles Stearth jumped high into the sky like a spreading eagle.

Although Vermaelen, who was tall and had a hard injury, could make up for it with a bounce, he was still slightly inadequate against a header like Charles Stearth.

With a bang, Charles Stearth smashed his head into the football and it flew towards Leeds United’s goal.

In front of the goal, Zhong Zheng quickly leapt sideways, his body as fast as lightning!

With a clang, the football smashed into the lower edge of the beam in the upper right corner of the goal and quickly bounced into the goal.

Zhong Zheng’s figure was already very tall, his reaction was also very fast, but he still didn’t touch the ball. Charles Teas’s heading was really too tricky!

Ajax scored 1-0.

Danny Brind was both happy and helpless as he watched Charles Stearth score.

To tell the truth, Charles Stearth was a strong center, but he was not suitable for Ajax’s 4-3-3 formation because Ajax’s offense was to advance quickly, not only on the wings, but also on the center. Obviously, Charles Stearth couldn’t do it. He was only tall and had a header. Speed and possession weren’t his strengths at all. He couldn’t meet Ajax’s standards.

In Danny Blinder’s opinion, Charles Stearth’s most suitable formation was four or four or two. He had to work with a forward who was fast enough to take the ball and bring it with him.

Apparently, Ajax couldn’t satisfy Charles Stearth. Ajax’s tradition was four to three, and they wouldn’t change it for a Charles Stearth.

In Danny Brinder’s mind, Charles Stearth could only be a substitute center, and when the team couldn’t break through or the traditional method didn’t work, he would send Charles Stearth up to bombard them.

In other words, Charles Stearth was only a player who enriched his team’s style of play. It had to be said that Charles Stearth chose Ajax wrongly.

Wasn’t it a little ironic that Danny Brinder broke Leeds United’s goal from Charles Stearth today?

Zhong Cheng kept nodding as he watched Charles Stearth’s performance. This fellow really dominated in heading, but in other aspects, this fellow was too bad. This was a typical column center. However, his ability to play under his feet still needs to be improved, but it seems that he has not improved since then.

Therefore, Zhong Cheng had originally had some interest in Charles Stearth, but now, he had no interest in Charles Stearth.

After scoring the goal, Ajax’s attack surged forward like a tide, and they played happily on the side. However, their problems gradually came to light. Even Charles Stearth in the middle couldn’t keep up with the pace of the two wings. Often, opportunities had already appeared. It was precisely because Charles Stearth didn’t follow up that he missed out on many good opportunities.

At this time, Leeds United seized the opportunity to retaliate.

Ribery received Modric’s diagonal cross from the side, then cut through and swept the ball to the centre, where Huntelaar failed to grab a spot. But second, Darren Bent scored the goal, and Leeds United equalised 1-1.

Darren Bent really did well, scoring goals in succession. It looks like he’s going to squeeze Olic into the bench.

Ajax’s right-back Tunisia international Hatem Trabelsi stared at Ribery with his eyes full of admiration and doubt. How could Ribery be so strong at such a young age?

Hatem Trabelsi was not a trivial person. He was very famous. He was a star right-back and was selected for the Tunisian national team at a very young age. After joining Ajax, his performance was excellent, attracting the attention of many wealthy families.

Last year, Hatem Trabelsi went to Arsenal for a trial training session, but Wenger has a very high opinion of him. After the trial, Wenger has confirmed the arrival of Hatem Trabelsi and is even ready to sign a contract.

However, Hatem Trabelsi failed to complete his contract with Arsenal for personal reasons and returned to Ajax to continue playing.

Zhong Cheng did know that this fellow had joined Manchester City in the future and had performed well.

However, he had been toyed with by Ribery a few times today, but he had also caused a lot of trouble for Ribery, and the two of them were locked in a fierce battle.

In the 22nd minute of the second half of the game, Leeds United suddenly changed the direction of their attack. Milner, who was on the other side, quickly moved horizontally and suddenly passed the football horizontally.

Modric, who was following in the middle, shot out from the top of the arc of the forbidden area with a swing of his leg.

The soccer ball flew out like a loud tail arrow towards the upper right corner of Ajax’s goal.

The tall Marten Stricklenberg, known as the “Van der Sar successor”, immediately threw himself sideways. Unfortunately, it didn’t touch the football. The football flew into the net and bounced back quickly …