The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 519
519 This Lineup Is Still a Bit Thin
The day before the game, Hamburg coach Thomas Dole also gave an interview to media reporters.
Thomas Dole said: “This game is very important to me. It is also my first Champions League game as a coach. It is a new beginning for me and I hope to make a good start for this new beginning!”
Yes, it’s also the first time Thomas Dole has played in the Champions League as a coach.
Thomas Dole used to be a famous German player, a former German international. After retiring, he chose to be the head coach. Today, he is only 41 years old. He can be called a young and promising young general.
However, compared to Zhong Cheng, this Young Marshal was much older.
Zhong Cheng is only in his twenties, and many professional players at his age have just made their debut at his own club, and Zhong Cheng is the Premier League and UEFA Cup double champion coach, this guy is a monster.
Thomas Dole naturally couldn’t compare to Zhong Cheng. However, compared to the other football coaches, he was really a young coach, and he led Hamburg into the Champions League as soon as he made his debut. He was also a young and promising young coach.
Thomas Dole added: “Leeds United are a fantastic team. To be honest, I still think their results last season were a myth. They were amazing, especially their head coach Loria. He was too young for us to believe!”
Thomas Dole couldn’t understand why Zhong Cheng was so powerful.
Thomas Dole said: “Although Leeds United are amazing and they are amazing, our Hamburg team is not bad either. This is our Hamburg team’s territory, I think we can beat them, definitely!”
Thomas Dole was very confident, as could be seen from the way he spoke.
Thomas Dole added, “Is that so?” We haven’t brought in any big names this season, but our Hamburg team hasn’t lost any of their strength. “Yes, Raphael is very strong. He can be considered a phenomenal player. We didn’t want to let him go at that time, but he has made up his mind. There is nothing he can do!”
Thomas Dole’s heart ached when he thought of Van der Vaart’s departure.
This was the only genius player that their Hamburg team could bring out, and it was even more so their Hamburg team’s thigh. Now that he was gone, it still had a big impact on Hamburg.
However, Thomas Dole said: “Now that we have coached Hamburg, we have minimized the impact of Raphael’s departure. The current Hamburg team is a more holistic team and we are confident of winning against United. Absolutely!”
The Hamburg fans were naturally very excited when they heard Thomas Dole’s words, and they were full of confidence in this match. Hmph, what the fuck, Madman Loria? You’re just a lunatic. How can you fight against our powerful Leeds United?
Hamburg fans are full of confidence in the game.
The next day came very quickly. Countless Hamburg fans rushed to their home stadium at People’s Park. Today, they came to support their home team and ruthlessly assaulted Leeds United. They wanted to see Madman Loria in pain. They were here to demonstrate against Zhong Cheng.
Hamburg fans quickly stuffed the seats on the People’s Park pitch as if they had completely taken over the pitch.
Yes, there weren’t many Leeds United fans on the road today.
The Leeds United fans on the road look like only a few hundred, but that’s quite a lot for the expeditionary army. Sometimes, when they go abroad to play away games, many teams only have dozens of fans accompanying them.
Although this match had a special significance for the Leeds United team, there weren’t many fans present today.
However, the Leeds United players were still full of energy.
The Leeds United players knew what this game meant to them, so they came with only one goal in mind, and that was to win!
–Division Line–
September 14, 2006, People’s Park Stadium, Hamburg, Germany.
Zhong Cheng had already walked out of the dressing room. He was now standing in front of the coaching staff, staring at the players on the field. The players on both sides were currently performing a solemn and sacred ceremony to prelude the national anthem.
At this moment, Zhong Cheng had already seen the starting lineup of the Hamburg team, because the players were already on the field.
The starting lineup for today is as follows:
Home: Hamburg, Coach: Thomas Dole, Formation: 4-4-2
Goalkeeper: Kish Stein
Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Volcker Schmidt, Artuba, Reinhart and Caridi Boulahrouz
Four midfielders “from left to right”: Madavikia, Rafael Wiki, Marcus Karl and Borowski
Double strikers: Guerrero and Laurent
This is the starting lineup for Hamburg today, their main goalkeeper, He didn’t appear on the roster today. He was replaced by second goalkeeper Kish Stein, who was two years younger than him. This guy was very tall, but his reaction wasn’t slow. The only thing that was lacking was his movement speed. Therefore, he was a bit slow in attacking. He was a goal-line goalkeeper.
Then there is the Iranian player Madavikia, who has been playing left-back for the team, who appeared in the left-back position today. Although he had been playing left-back for the team, he was playing left-back for the Iranian national team, and Madavikia’s passing was very good, especially the passing.
Because this fellow passes the ball well, and his face is more handsome, is called “Asian Beckham” by Asian fans and Bundesliga fans, this fellow is also a major player in the Hamburg team formation, his assists are also one of the Hamburg team’s scoring methods.
Today, Madaviglia is now a left-wing striker. How is he doing?
Guest: Leeds United, Head Coach: Zhong Cheng, Formation: 4-1-3-2
Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng
Four defenders “from left to right”: Gareth Bale, Vermaelen, Compani and Sagna
Single waist: Mascherano
Three avant-garde “Left to Right”: Franck Ribery, Luca Modric and Joaquin
Twin strikers: Luca Toni and Darren Bent
This was Leeds United’s starting lineup for today. Goalkeeper Zhong Zheng appeared in the starting lineup. His injury was finally healed. Simon Minolet was sitting on the bench waiting for an opportunity.
Gareth Bale appeared in the starting lineup at full-back today. Evra suffered a minor injury when he went to the national team, but he hasn’t fully recovered yet. Zhong Cheng didn’t put Evra on the roster at all today.
There has been no change in the midfield position, this is the main line-up.
In the vanguard, the starting line-up was still England’s Darren Bent, while Zhong Cheng’s loan Carlos Tevez was sitting on the bench, accompanied by his brother Edison Cavani.
The pressure on the two of them was extremely great, and they were all being frantically questioned. Especially Tevez, who was almost drowned in doubt.
However, Zhong Cheng had always been supporting him, which made him very touched.
Tevez is now trying his best to integrate into the team and England. Fortunately, he has Mascherano by his side. Otherwise, Tevez would have been anxious to leave Leeds United and return to Argentina.
Looking at the starting lineup of both teams, Zhong Cheng felt that Leeds United had a great chance.
Hamburg’s defense was weak in the middle. Rafael Wikipedia played in the back, but his body was not strong and his speed was relatively fast. He is the Swiss international and is also a left-back in the national team’s three-man midfield. His offensive talent is clearly better than his defensive prowess.
Marcus Carr was a strong man with a height of 187 cm, which made him a typical defensive waist. However, this fellow was only 20 years old at a very young age and did not have much experience. Not all young players are as talented as Leeds United. This little fellow will definitely be a breakthrough point for Leeds United to pierce through Hamburg today.
The two Hamburg centre-backs were tall, one 191 cm tall, one 194 cm tall, one 24 years old and one 30 years old. Their air defense capabilities were definitely very strong, but their ability to turn around and chase back was limited.
So, this hamburger team seems to fit perfectly, but there are still some problems.
Perhaps Thomas Dole was too afraid of Italian centre-forward Luca Tony today, so he sent two very tall centre-backs to defend Luca Tony.
Seeing this, Zhong Cheng was slightly delighted. Darren Bent had a chance in this match.
Darren Bent’s speed and agility are a nightmare for the two tall centre-backs. However, perhaps Thomas Dole will tell the full-back to move to the centre to restrict Darren Bent.
This way they might have to give up on wing defense and let your Leeds United wing pickup because they have high defenses in the middle and they are very good at defending against the air. On the contrary, they are afraid that you will walk on the ground, so they will definitely set up a trap for Leeds United and let you pass.
However, Zhong Cheng did not need to worry about this. On the other side, Ribery and Gareth Bale’s breakthrough abilities were very powerful, and their game style was more of an inner cut than a cross. If Hamburg gave up on this side, then Hamburg would undoubtedly be courting death!
Therefore, when he saw the starting lineup of the Hamburg team, Zhong Cheng felt that this match should be stable.
At this moment, the fans on both sides of the arena were shouting loudly, waiting for the start of this match. However, the shouts of the Leeds United fans were completely suppressed by the voices of the Hamburg fans. Today, the Hamburg fans almost filled up the stadium that could hold more than 50,000 people.
Indeed, the Bundesliga fans are guaranteed to play, and today is a weekday, so many people have come to the scene, the German football market is really ideal.
At this moment, the referee from Italy blew the whistle at the beginning of the match: Du!
The first team to kick off was the home team, Hamburg. They weren’t in a hurry to attack at first, but were instead testing the ball with their hands. They were prepared to feel the bottom of the Leeds United team first, and then they were attacking crazily.