The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 380

380 The Two Wings of the Ideal Fly Together
Real Betis’ attack was mainly from the wings, especially Joaquin on the right!

The 2004-2005 season, last season, was a truly mature year for Chinatown, with 13 assists, second only to the yellow submarines’ Argentine midfielder Ricardo Riquelme, on the La Liga assists list.

It was precisely because of his excellent performance that Real Betis won the fourth place in the Spanish league last season and entered the Champions League this season.

However, Real Betis have had problems this season. Their bench depth is poor, leading to their elimination from the Champions League this season, and the league is now in the relegation zone.

However, Hua Jin’s performance was still outstanding.

To tell the truth, Zhong Cheng had some thoughts about Joaquin. He hoped to intercept him halfway and get the 24-year-old Spanish winger to Leeds United before Valencia, so that he and Ribery could fly on both wings!

Zhong Cheng seems to remember that Joaquin left Real Betis this summer and joined La Liga side Valencia.

Zhong Cheng had taken a fancy to Hua Jin. He was preparing to dig into the wall!

But now, Watkin was a match for Leeds United, and this guy was very active.

No, Kapi directly kicked the ball to the side and rolled it towards Joaquin, the typical Spanish winger. His role was to cross from the bottom, not to cut into the goal.

Watkin’s shooting ability is not strong, scoring ability is not very outstanding, but his crossing is very accurate. However, he did not have the ability to move widely, because his field of vision was not very wide, and he rarely sent out penetrating straight shots.

His ribbon ability is very strong, one-on-one on the side is easy to play you to death. But he’s not the same type as Cristiano Ronaldo. Watkin’s footwork is very simple and practical. He can often use the simplest, most direct and effective movements to get past you. He can barely see the gorgeous and cool technology beneath Cristiano Ronaldo’s feet.

Hua Jin’s most powerful weapon was his speed. Although his absolute speed wasn’t very fast, his 100-meter sprint speed wasn’t top-notch either. But he and Kaka’s characteristics are very similar, that is, the combination of human balls is very abnormal, even their dribbling speed is faster than their flying speed, so once you let him get the ball up, congratulations, nightmare descends!

Also, Watkin’s biggest weakness was his poor heading ability. However, in his position and style of play, he did not seem to place much emphasis on heading ability.

Before the match, Zhong Cheng had told Evra Watkin about his abilities, so Evra understood Watkin very well.

Seeing that Joaquin was about to take the ball, Evra immediately leaned over and prepared to stick his body to Joaquin, not giving him a chance to speed up the pass. He didn’t want to have a nightmare!

However, Watkin gave Evra a nightmare!

Watching Evra rush up, Watkin, who was thinking about football, immediately gave up on stopping the ball. Watching Evra rush in front of him, Joaquin stretched out his leg desperately and stabbed the football forward. The football quickly rolled over Evra’s side.

Watkin ran in an outer arc under Evra’s stunned gaze and walked around Evra’s side.

Evra could only feel a gust of wind blowing by his ears, and he exclaimed in his heart, “My God, it’s too fast!”

On the sidelines, Zhong Cheng roared loudly, “Defend! Don’t let him easily pass!”

Leeds United centre-back Gary Cahill has also heard Zhong Cheng’s repeated warnings that Joaquin rarely cut inside. Therefore, seeing Evra get caught, he rushed out and used his entire body to block Watkin from crossing.

However, Hua Jin’s speed was very fast. He caught up to the football and directly kicked it.

The football drew a wonderful arc into the Leeds United box. And Joaquin was very thoughtful in passing the ball. He wasn’t very strong in passing the ball. He kept the ball in the air behind Gary Cahill.

Hua Jin directly gave him a front point!

Danger, very dangerous!

In the back of the box, Real Betis striker Alfonso held Pique tightly to prevent him from charging forward.

The soccer ball flew forward. Another Real Betis striker swiftly stabbed the ball from behind the line in the restricted area. He saw the ball coming and kicked it with his legs. His entire body flew out into the air and smashed into the flying soccer ball.

“Olivia, jump to the top!” Mark Lawrenson exclaimed.

With a bang, Oliveira’s forehead smashed into the ball, which flew like a fish towards Leeds United’s goal.

In front of the goal, Zhong Zheng took a deep breath, kicked his legs, and shot out like an arrow.

Leeds United’s starting goalkeeper today was Michelle Minolai, but the current goalkeeper is a dialectic. Minolai was injured in a save not long after the game started and was replaced by Zhong Zheng, who is now guarding the goal.

‘”Aldrich swooped down … beautiful! He actually swooped down! My God, this is a super goalkeeper. He should be in England now, Eriksson. Did you see that? Aren’t you going to call him up for England?” Eddie Gray said.

Now Eriksson’s life is not easy, Eriksson was frantically criticized and questioned by BBC commentators, but also attracted countless media reporters’ collective ridicule and criticism, even England fans also think that Eriksson should scram.

At the beginning of the year, the FA made it clear that Eriksson would no longer be England’s head coach after the 2006 World Cup, with Middlesbrough’s Steve McClaren as head coach.

England’s record is bad, the goalkeeper’s position is a weak link, now Leeds United have a Minolai, all England fans are calling on Eriksson to call Zhong Zheng into the England national team.

Earlier, Eriksson had refused to recruit Zhong Zheng because of his lack of experience, which infuriated England football players, who were frantically attacking Eriksson. At this moment, Eddie Gray was sounding unfair to Zhong Zheng again.

Zhong Zheng’s current display of strength is indeed satisfactory for England.

This time, Zhong Zheng threw the football out of the baseline and gave Real Betis a corner kick!

Joaquin drove the corner into Leeds United’s box, but the ball was pushed out by Gary Cahill in the box and quickly flew out of the box.

The football came under Maniche’s feet. Maniche seemed to feel someone rushing up from behind him. He did not turn around and directly passed the football back to the side. Evra didn’t stop the ball on the side because he saw Ribery stuck in front of him. He passed the ball over the head and moved the ball on to Ribery’s path.

Ribery’s speed was so fast that he rushed up and attracted the crazy screams of the Leeds United fans.

Amidst the screams of the fans, Ribery rushed past Luis Fernandez like a gust of wind and chased after the football.

Luis Fernandez tried unsuccessfully to pull Ribery.

Zhong Cheng stood quietly by the side of the field and kept applauding. He seemed to have seen the hope of scoring a goal.

The biggest difference between Ribery and Joaquin is that Ribery can cross from the side, but he himself prefers to look for space for his shot.

Seeing the full-backs of Real Betis being left behind by him, Ribery naturally chopped inside and charged towards the restricted area of Real Betis. Real Betis centre-back Nano immediately moved sideways to block.

Ribery pretended to cross the ball horizontally. Suddenly, his ankle moved the soccer ball to the baseline and he turned around to go down in the forbidden area. Nano immediately moved sideways to catch up. However, just as Nano’s center of gravity changed, Ribery’s left foot gently pulled the football towards the center of the area. The football quickly moved sideways in front of Nano and rolled towards the center of the forbidden area.

Ribery dodged and moved horizontally in front of Nano, catching up to the football.

Nano immediately turned around and used his body to carry Ribery, interfering with his shot.

However, Ribery was very resolute, carrying Nano while swinging his leg and shooting. With a bang, the football flew towards Real Betis’ goal at high speed.

The fans of Real Betis were shocked and cried out in alarm.

With a slap, Real Betis goalkeeper Contreras fell to the ground and threw the football away. The fans of Real Betis were very happy and excited.

But in the next moment, their expressions changed. The football directly bounced back to Huntelaar’s feet in the restricted area. Huntelaar had already used his body to squeeze centre-back Juanito behind him. Facing the ball, he gently raised his leg and easily padded the football to the empty goal.

Contreras, who could not get up, had no other choice but to fly into Real Betis’ goal. Leeds United took the lead at home 1-0.

Zhong Cheng waved his fist on the sidelines, thinking that Ribery and Huntelaar had given him a thumbs up. These two were in good condition.

Then, Zhong Cheng turned his head to look at Hua Jin. This fellow was truly not bad. He hoped that Hua Jin could come to Leeds United this summer. In this way, Leeds United would really fly on both wings.

To tell the truth, If Joaquin came, the one who would benefit most would be Nicklas Bendtner, who was on the bench. This way, Leeds United would have more passes. Joaquin was also a master of passes, and his passes would be very accurate. As a high center, Nicklas Bendtner should get more appearances next season.

Leeds United took the lead 1-0.

However, this was obviously not enough. After all, this was their home court. If they went to Real Betis’ home court in the next round, it would not be safe for them to have a one-goal lead.

After gaining the lead, Leeds United were naturally more at ease as they counterattacked.

At this moment, Real Betis was hesitating. They didn’t know if they were going to attack quickly to score a goal, or just wait until the end of the match to leave the problem to the next round at home?

This was a question worth pondering!

Although, the away goal is very important. But facing Leeds United’s defense and counter-attack, Ipeta was really worried that they wouldn’t be able to steal the chickens and lose the rice. If they lost another goal in this match, then Real Betis would find it even harder in the second leg!

Hesitating, Iputa was hesitating.

At this moment, Real Betis was still attacking. Joaquin on the side laid the football down. His speed was extremely fast. It was like a bolt of lightning. The Leeds United fans on the scene were all shocked.

Fortunately Evra did well and a slippery shovel cleared the football’s bottom line.

After the sideline ball was thrown out, Watkin kept on shooting and directly crossed. The ball was beyond the expectations of most people on the pitch and Gary Cahill’s reaction was noticeably slower in the penalty area. By the time he reacted, Real Betis striker Oliveira had already rushed out and jumped high without anyone to defend, shaking his head and attacking the goal!

Hiss! On the sidelines, Zhong Cheng sucked in a breath of cold air!