The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 337
337 It’s Time to Start Reinforcing
On December 3, 2005, in the 15th Premier League match, Leeds United defeated Birmingham on the road. Leeds United conceded a goal first and with goals from Crespo and Pique, they reversed the score 2-1 and scored three points.
A week later, Leeds United continued their road trip to Blackburn.
Zhong Cheng led the team on a series of road trips, The Leeds United players had some physical problems, or was it because of the aftermath of that super-intense game against Manchester United. In this game, the Leeds United players were very positive, but in the end, Leeds United lost 1-0 to Blackburn on the road.
It was the second time Leeds United had lost to Blackburn this season.
The last time they lost to Blackburn was in the Carling Cup this season, when the defending champions were eliminated in the first round and swam in the first round.
After losing this round, Leeds United were nine points behind Chelsea. And in Chelsea’s condition, it is difficult for Leeds United to surpass Chelsea.
And Manchester United have caught up and are only one point behind Leeds United. At the same time, Liverpool are only three points behind Leeds United. Leeds United are in a very dangerous situation.
At this time, Leeds United’s main focus was on the final round of the UEFA Cup group stage in the middle of the week. This game was very important for Leeds United and they had to draw at least once.
In this match, Zhong Cheng was still suspended, so he had no way to lead the team.
Rogers is still leading the team, but Rogers is very unstable. Leeds United fans do not know what Rogers is leading this time. Will he lead the team to victory, or will he lead the team to defeat?
Leeds United fans had a question mark in their hearts!
At this time, Leeds United fans naturally hoped that Rogers would lead the team to victory.
Before leaving, Zhong Cheng said to Rogers, “This game, play well. We don’t have much pressure now. Even if we lose, we still have a chance to qualify. So you need to relax and lead the team, okay?”
Rogers kept nodding, indicating that he knew.
In this match, Zhong Cheng still did not follow Leeds United to the away game. This match was completely left to Rogers, who had full control over it.
This naturally attracted a lot of criticism. Some Leeds United fans thought that Zhong Cheng was too irresponsible. How could such an important match be given to Rogers? Others thought that Zhong Cheng was not bad. He was very dedicated to the training of Rogers and the others. He was a very good head coach.
Anyway, at this time, everything was said.
Although, Zhong Cheng let Rogers relax, there was no pressure. But Rogers was still under a lot of pressure. He felt like he was about to be crushed.
However, Rogers was also full of confidence. He believed in himself.
Not long after the game began, Leeds United took the lead, scoring Rogers’ very Crespo. Rogers breathed a sigh of relief, but he quickly panicked because Marseille quickly equalised.
And before the end of the second half, the Marseille team had overtaken them 2-1.
In the second half of the game, Rogers made the whole team attack crazily, but Leeds United still did not score a goal. In the end, Leeds United lost the game away from home.
When he lost this match, Rogers’ heart almost jumped out of his throat. The Leeds United fans who had come all the way from afar were cursing at Rogers. This guy, Rogers, had actually ruined a good situation.
Seeing Leeds United being eliminated like this, the Leeds fans were naturally very angry. Rogers was made a scapegoat by Leeds United fans. Even Zhong Cheng was scolded. They thought that Leeds United was eliminated because of Zhong Cheng’s irresponsibility. They were simply courting death by letting the team go to Rogers.
Leeds United fans cursed at Rogers and Zhong Cheng. But soon, they realized that they had made a mistake. Because Leeds United are not eliminated, they are mistaken.
This Tamar is awkward!
Leeds United were third in the group with six points and third in the direct group.
Seeing Leeds United qualify, Rogers heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he hadn’t become a sinner for the ages.
However, at this time, Leeds United fans were still cursing at Rogers crazily. If it wasn’t for this guy, they wouldn’t have been shocked.
Fortunately, the result was not bad. Leeds United were not eliminated and they still had a chance to move forward.
After the UEFA Cup group stage, So all 32 of them were born, Monaco, Hamburg and Prague qualify for Group A, the Palermo, Spanish and Moscow Locomotive Group B qualify, Bucharest, Di Xing, Lance and Hertha Berlin of Group C qualify, Middlesbrough, Group E: Strasbourg, Rome and Basel, Group F: Marseille, Sofia Levski and Leeds United, Group G: Fast Bucharest, Donetsk Miners and Stuttgart, Group H: Seville, St Petersburg: Zenit and Bolton.
There are 24 teams and eight other teams in the Champions League group three this season: Bruges, Thun, Udinese, Lille, Schalke 04, Rosenberg, Real Betis and Atmedia.
This is the top 32 of the UEFA Cup this season, and the draw for the knockout round of the final 32 is coming up.
As the head coach of Leeds United, Zhong Cheng naturally went to UEFA headquarters to participate in the drawing of lots ceremony.
Here, Zhong Cheng was naturally the two guys he wanted to see the most, Allardyce and McClaren. Moreover, McClaren had been taught a lesson by Zhong Cheng before, and the Bolton team had suffered a terrible loss.
At this moment, when McClaren looked at Zhong Cheng, his eyes were filled with resentment.
Zhong Cheng didn’t have the leisure to visit these two fellows at all. His mind was completely focused on the forthcoming drawing of lots ceremony.
The drawing of lots this time turned out to be like this:
Letterkes against Strasbourg, Moscow Locomotive versus Seville, Atmedia versus Sofia Levski, Basel versus Monaco, Hertha Berlin against Bucharest was quick, Lille versus Donetsk miners, Leeds against Bucharest, Rosenberg against Zenit St. Petersburg, Schalke 04 against Spain, Udinese against Lens, Bolton against Marseille, Bruges against Rome, Real Betis against Ekmaya, Thune against Hamburg, Stuttgart against Middlesbrough and Prague against Palermo.
This is the hottest game of all, Leeds United’s opponent is Planet Bucharest.
Leeds United and Bucharest were really fated. In the elimination round before the group match, Leeds United’s opponent was from Bucharest. That opponent called Dinamo Bucharest. Now that the top 32 elimination matches are over, Leeds United’s opponent is actually from Bucharest. Call Bucharest Star.
Leeds United are only a short distance away from battling Bucharest. In this way, they will be able to beat all three of Bucharest’s top three.
The UEFA Cup final 32 knockout rounds will not be played until late February, and Leeds United have no UEFA Cup matches in this period of time.
At this time, the door to a winter transfer is about to open.
Now many people thought that Leeds United should add some players in the east window, especially in the front waist. There was only one Gourcuff. This was not enough.
Fortunately, Olich, Ribery, Alexander Song and the others were able to play in this position. Actually, the most important thing is that Modric is almost fully recovered. Now that Modric is undergoing recovery training, he will be able to return to the court very soon.
After Modric returned to the stadium, there was already a good gap between Modric and Gourcuff at the front waist. There would be no chance of a match if there was one more person. So, it’s useless to bring in a front waist at this time?
On the contrary, Zhong Cheng felt that there was still a need to bring in a strong player from the back.
However, there weren’t many powerful backbones in the world football world, and that was a scarce resource in the world. How could Leeds United get rid of such a player?
This was also why Zhong Cheng had been looking for some young and promising waist backs.
However, Alexander Song and Diaby are still too young this season, which is why Leeds United conceded so many goals this season. Alexander Song and Diaby are still too young, although they have great potential, but they are not mature yet.
In the competition, they were able to perform with two eyes, but they would also have problems because of their experience. That was why Zhong Cheng wanted to find an experienced waist.
Just like Davis on loan last season, let’s see if we can get another one this winter.
Actually, Everton’s Lee Tie was not bad at this time.
Lee Te was a regular roster player in Everton, but Moyes had high hopes for him. However, Lee Te did not have much talent in offense and seemed to have suffered injuries recently, so there was no place for Lee Te in Moyes’ plan.
This Li Tie is exactly the type Zhong Cheng wants. In the back position, Zhong Cheng needs a pure defensive player, just like last season’s Russ Diarra.
After Li Tie came, he only needed to be in charge of defending the rear line and sweeping the area. The offense could be handed over to the teammates beside him, so he could defend with all his might.
In fact, Zhong Cheng even hoped that the main defensive team would not have any offensive abilities at the back, so that he would not insert himself forward. He would always be at ease defending from the back, so that there would not be any emptiness at the back due to the defensive back inserting attacks.
Now, Li Tie agreed with Zhong Cheng’s request.
The only question now was, how was Li Tie’s injury? Will Lee Tie fall to the ground in the second half of the season? If he could play, Zhong Cheng was hoping to give Li Tie a try on loan for half a season. If Li Tie performed well, it wouldn’t be a problem for Zhong Cheng to sign him.
The relationship between Zhong Cheng and Moyes was pretty good. If Zhong Cheng really wanted to bring in Lee Tse who wasn’t part of Moyes’ plan, it should be very easy.
Zhong Cheng suddenly turned to his assistant Julia Oliveira and said, “Julia, go to the transfer department and ask them to inquire about Everton’s Lee Tse’s injury.”
Julia Oliveira was stunned for a moment, and then she said, “Okay, I see, boss!”