The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 244

244 Zhong Cheng’s First Premier League Game

Before the start of the new season, the air in England was already filled with a strong smell of smoke.

A great war was coming!

Blackburn have arrived at Leeds and are preparing for a very important Premier League opener. The whole Blackburn team was looking forward to this match, very serious and valued it.

In an interview before the Leeds Premier League, they were severely harmed.

Especially Bellamy. At this moment, his heart was filled with anger. He wanted to ruthlessly ravage Huntelaar and let Huntelaar know that he didn’t have the strength to pretend to be ferocious!

Blackburn were filled with rage as they waited to teach the Leeds United a lesson and win the game.

The Blackburn came to Leeds, where they were naturally “welcomed” by Leeds United fans, and the Blackburn did not tire of it.

Blackburn are furious, they want to ruthlessly trample Leeds United and let them know how powerful the Premier League team is!

Right now, there were a lot of media reporters rushing towards Leeds. They wanted to watch this match at close range. They wanted to see just how strong this new Leeds United army was. What kind of kick could this bunch of kids led by Madman Loria get when they fell to the ground?

At this time, Zhong Cheng seemed to be very calm. This match was just an ordinary league match for him. He did not look down on it, nor did he place too much importance on it.

Zhong Cheng had always stressed that if the players of Leeds United treated him calmly and used their best strength to play a good game, they would undoubtedly win this match!

Yes, Zhong Cheng was so confident now!

The Leeds United players are meticulously training and they know how humiliating and belittling they are now. They were suppressing all of this in their hearts. They wanted to use their actions to counterattack. They wanted to use their strength to ruthlessly slap these people in the face and make them shameless!

Under such circumstances, the match between Leeds United and Blackburn was about to arrive.

–Division Line–

In 2005-06, the Premier League kicked off last season between Manchester United, third in the Premier League, and Everton, fourth in the Premier League. This game is Everton’s home court.

The English Community Shield was played between Premier League number one and number two last season. The Premier League opener was played between number three and number four. The top four of the Premier League were played last season.

Everton had a bad start to the season. They had played in the Champions League qualifiers before, but they lost both legs and could not play in the Champions League this season. However, they still have a chance to play in the UEFA Cup.

Everton are due to play in the third round of the UEFA Cup qualifiers, which will take place in the middle of next week. After Everton’s game against Manchester United, Everton had two important games.

There was no way Zhong Cheng could watch Everton’s home game against Manchester United because he was currently preparing to play against Blackburn.

Everton’s game against Manchester United is ahead of the rest of the match, which is more than an hour ahead of the same day’s game.

Before the match, there was a brief opening ceremony and a cultural performance. However, this time wasn’t long. After all, the most important program today was the competition.

The fans can’t wait any longer for Everton to play Manchester United.

At the start of the game, Manchester United went head-on towards Everton’s goal, and Cristiano Ronaldo was still the same show-off who wanted to finish 11 players on the pitch.

However, you have to admit that Cristiano Ronaldo’s footwork is really awesome. His possession fake moves are simply awesome, even giving the opponent a feeling that we are not from the same planet.

Many of the team’s defenders were dumbfounded by Cristiano Ronaldo and couldn’t find where the football was?

Cristiano Ronaldo had a good time, but his partner, Van Nistelrooy, was furious. The damn brat had fun on his own, but he often missed fighter jets. As the king of the small forbidden area, Cristiano Ronaldo was always outstanding every time he found an opportunity and a vacancy …

Van Nistelrooy was furious. This is not your own performance. This is not juggling football!

However, Manchester United were the first to score.

However, the goal had nothing to do with Van Nistelrooy or Cristiano Ronaldo. Brute force, you’re right. Little Fatty Lu received a pass from his teammate Paul Scholes at the front of the restricted area. He gently moved forward, then shot forward with great force, sending out a world wave and blasted open the old owner’s goal.

After scoring, Rooney did not celebrate!

Moyes was filled with helplessness when he saw this. This was originally a player he had nurtured, but it was a pity!

At this moment, Moyes thought of Zhong Cheng. If Lu Little Fatty was a Leeds United player, he wouldn’t have casually attacked Lu Little Fatty, would he?

Not long after the second half began, Manchester United attacked again.

The attack came from Cristiano Ronaldo’s side. This fellow’s dazzling movements and overwhelming movements directly stunned Everton’s full-back. Even though the two of them came forward to defend, he still managed to slip through the gap between the two of them.

When Cristiano Ronaldo went into Everton’s box, Van Nistelrooy was completely empty in the middle and the ball was very easy to pass. Van Nistelrooy went empty-handed.

But Cristiano Ronaldo still didn’t pass the ball and used a fake fancy gesture to pass Everton’s goalkeeper. But Cristiano Ronaldo has already reached the bottom of the box and has lost his space to shoot.

Van Nistelrooy was also stuck at the centre of the line at the back of the line, so there was no chance for him to do so. Van Nistelrooy’s lungs were about to explode with anger, and his face was gloomy.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s cross was blocked by the goalkeeper, but it landed at the feet of Paul Scholes, who shot straight into the empty goal.

Manchester United beat Everton 2-0 and got off to a good start.

But Manchester United’s van Nistelrooy is not happy at all, even furious. After the match, he didn’t give Cristiano Ronaldo a good look and went straight back to the dressing room.

–Division Line–

The game between Leeds United and Blackburn was about to begin when Manchester United beat Everton.

Wearing a white suit, Zhong Cheng stood upright by the side of the field.

This caused countless female fans to scream crazily. Countless women were calling for Zhong Cheng to give birth to a monkey. There were even many women who shouted, “Tonight, my family is unguarded. Come on, shoot!”

Zhong Cheng turned a deaf ear to this. His eyes were fixed on the pitch. The players of Leeds United were already standing in their seats.

Leeds United sent out a 4-1-3-2 formation today, starting as follows:

Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng

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

Single waist: Las Diarra

Three avantgarde “left to right”: Ribery, Modric and Milner

Twin strikers: Huntelaar and Darren Bent

The lineup is very similar to last season’s, with only two changes in position, one at left-back and Evra replacing distant Chimbonda. Another is striker Darren Bent replacing Olich.

Darren Bent is faster and better at scoring.

However, Olich’s defensive momentum and motivation were stronger. In this match, Zhong Cheng chose Darren Bent and Huntelaar as partners.

Zhong Cheng waved his hand from the sidelines and commanded the Leeds United players. This match was extremely crucial. He had to use all of his strength to play well!

At this time, the Blackburn players were also in position. Their formation was 4-4-2, and their starting line-up was as follows:

Goalkeeper: Friedel

Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Taylor, Gary, Matteo and Graco

Four midfielders “from left to right”: Tecroft, Foley, Emmotton and Thompson

Twin strikers: Dikov and Bellamy

This was Everton’s starting lineup for the game. It could be seen that Blackburn were a team that pursued speed. Whether the two of them were tall or not, they were not even tall. They were both very short.

Bellamy was only 173cm tall, and Dikov was only 168cm tall. These were two very fast players. Obviously, Blackburn was also a good counter-attacking team. However, their formation battles were also quite formidable. Most of their methods were to directly hit the back of the defender and the ribs of the two forbidden areas. This was to maximize the speed of their attackers.

–Division Line–

With a beep, the competition began.

At the beginning of the match, neither side seemed to have rashly attacked. Each of them was calm and collected. It could be seen that they were testing each other, and did not kowtow to each other at first glance.

Zhong Cheng had studied Blackburn’s style of play before the game. The opponent’s two strikers were too fast. Leeds United’s defensive line definitely couldn’t be pressed down. Once they were pierced through, Leeds United could only place their hopes on Zhong Zheng.

Now that he knew Blackburn’s style of play, Zhong Cheng was not in a hurry.

In Zhong Cheng’s eyes, this match was more about patience. Let’s see who was the first to lose their composure and attack first.

It was clear that this situation was beneficial to Zhong Cheng and Leeds United because they were acknowledged to be at a disadvantage and it was reasonable for them to lose this match. It would be acceptable if they could draw, or even win.

Blackburn, however, was different.

Everyone is optimistic about them and thinks they will win this match, and they think so themselves. It was clear that they could not tolerate a draw. So, no matter what, Blackburn would at some point take the initiative to attack.

Therefore, Blackburn was bound to lose in terms of patience.

Now, Zhong Cheng was waiting, waiting for Blackburn to lose his composure, waiting for them to attack, and then Lizzie United gave the Blackburn a fatal blow.

Although Zhong Cheng was young, his prestige in the Leeds RUF was very high. Zhong Cheng had demanded that the Leeds players strictly execute this tactic. Right now, this tactic was executed perfectly.

Mark Hughes furrowed his brows on the sidelines, as if he could see Zhong Cheng’s intentions. Mark Hughes stood up, crossed his chest, and paced the field. He was thinking, should they break the current balance and launch a ferocious attack at this moment?