The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 554
554 Champions League Group Qualifies Early
Leeds United drew away to Chelsea 0-0.
Leeds United only scored one point in this match. Most importantly, they injured two generals. Zhong Cheng could not accept this result. The goddamn referee ruined the game, ruining the Leeds United victory.
The Leeds United fans were also very dissatisfied. After the game ended, they were cursing the referee crazily. The referee of the game was simply a piece of shit. It was him who ruined the game.
In this respect, Chelsea fans are rarely on the same side as Leeds United fans. They are cursing the referee crazily. If it weren’t for the referee, the outcome of this match would definitely be different.
After the game, Zhong Cheng said: “It was a terrible game. Everything was terrible. Our condition, the atmosphere and everything in the game. More importantly, our players were injured again. It was terrible for our Leeds United team!”
Zhong Cheng added: “We should have won this match. Chelsea also have serious problems.” It’s a pity that we didn’t grasp this opportunity. This really makes me sad. More importantly, the injuries to Mascherano and Yaya Touré have had a huge impact on us. It was a terrible game!
Zhong Cheng often used the word “terrible” to describe this match. It could be seen how uncomfortable and unhappy Zhong Cheng’s heart was!
Chelsea coach José Mourinho said after the match: “I don’t know what to say about this match. The referee of this match only has a few games of experience in refereeing? Was it humiliating for such a trash referee to appear on the Premier League stage? I think we should pay attention to the referee profession, not everyone can come up to enforce the law, I hope that the FA can consider this issue properly, really!
The reporters were all shocked. They didn’t expect José Mourinho to be so angry. Moreover, he dares to directly berate the referee. Isn’t he afraid of being heavily punished by the FA?
José Mourinho added: “The difference in the level of the referee’s business is really something I’ve never seen before. If it wasn’t for the fact that he’s not involved, who would believe that he could be on the Premier League stage? Even if he were to take charge of the Champions League, he wouldn’t be qualified to do so, right?”
José Mourinho added: “Chelsea were supposed to win this game and get three points, a step further from Manchester United. But all of this was destroyed by the referee of this game. We really don’t know what the motives of some people are.”
Hiss, now everyone is sucking in a breath of cold air. This José Mourinho guy really dares to say it. I wonder, what kind of punishment will José Mourinho receive next?
Zhong Cheng glanced at José Mourinho. This fellow was indeed the number one and second fellow of God. He was not afraid of anyone. There was only one word, and that was hatred, hatred!
Zhong Cheng admired this annoying fellow.
“I hope the FA will test their referees in the future and not let these scum and scum get involved in the Premier League, you know? It will only ruin the Premier League!” José Mourinho concluded.
Both Leeds United and Chelsea were dissatisfied with the outcome of the game.
After this round of matches, Leeds United had 24 points, still ranked third in the league. However, fourth-placed Arsenal and Leeds United have the same points, just a little bit of tea on goal, so Leeds United’s third place in the Premier League is very uncertain.
Chelsea had only 29 points, which was a gap created by the first-placed Manchester United. Manchester United now had 34 points, five points ahead of second-placed Chelsea and 10 points ahead of third and fourth-placed Leeds United and Arsenal.
The gap is very, very big and this season’s form is really too severe for Leeds United. This season has been very, very difficult, and Fairy Alex United are in such a terrible situation.
However, in the eyes of the outside world, Zhong Cheng was already amazing enough to be able to lead the team to such a result under such a terrible situation. Zhong Cheng had also proved his ability to coach. This fellow was definitely not a gangster.
Zhong Cheng didn’t have any other thoughts at the moment. He directly led the team to Germany.
Zhong Cheng is leading the team to the fifth round of the Champions League group stage. After the first four rounds, Leeds United were ranked first in the group with three wins, one loss and nine points. Porto and CSKA Moscow were also two wins, one draw, and one loss and seven points. However, Porto scored more goals, so Porto was ranked second and CSKA Moscow was ranked third. Hamburg, on the other hand, had four negative points and zero points and had been eliminated.
In this round of matches, Leeds United’s opponent was Hamburg, who had already been eliminated.
Hamburg are now hopeless, even if they want to play in the UEFA Cup, because they now have zero points, the third-placed CSKA Moscow has seven points, even if Hamburg win the last two rounds, they will not get third place in the group.
The hamburgers have given up at this time, but they still want to fight for the team’s honor.
However, it is clear that the premise is that their league can not be a problem, so, the Hamburg team’s first priority is still the league. Therefore, at this time, the Hamburg team did not line up all the main force.
Leeds United’s results have yet to ensure that they get out of this group. However, Zhong Cheng still made a rotation in this round. Luca Tony and Joaquin and the others are resting this match. The two of them have been playing a lot lately and can rest for a while.
Shao Jiayi, Nicklas Bendtner and the others appeared on the starting line-up.
For Leeds United, there was only one goal in this match, and that was to win. In this way, the initiative to qualify would be in the hands of the Leeds United players themselves. Therefore, Leeds United still had a goal for this match.
At the beginning of the game, Leeds United attacked crazily, changing the normal course.
This season, Leeds United’s positional offensive ability was much better. Their offense was very smooth. Although it wasn’t Barcelona’s super pass-and-control flow, their pass-and-back was still very good. At least Hamburg couldn’t find the north right now.
In the nineteenth minute of the first half of the game, Edison Cavani, who was catching the ball at the front of the forbidden area, suddenly turned around and instantly shook the Hamburg players away. Then, he directly raised his foot and bombarded the goal at the front of the forbidden area, fiercely smashing the football into the Hamburg team’s goal, 1-0.
Edison Cavani scored again. This guy typed in a good situation.
Who else dares to say that Edison Cavani is a parallel importer now? Now he has gradually adapted to the new team and the new league. Although he is still a little immature sometimes, his strength and potential are still very strong.
In the seventh minute of the second half, Shao Jiayi pounced from the side and the football quickly flew towards Nicklas Bendtner in the restricted area. Nicklas Bendtner overwhelmed the opposing centre-back with a header and the football flew straight into Hamburg’s goal.
Nicklas Bendtner still showed his worth and genius.
As the game progressed to this point, this match was also a guarantee of victory, and the Leeds United team’s qualification was in sight.
In this match, the Hamburg team really did not have much strength to resist. It could be seen that they were really reluctant to fight.
At the end of the second half, Leeds United got a corner kick. Shao Jiayi drove the corner kick out and Kongpani, the centre-back in the restricted area, smashed the ball into Hamburg’s goal, 3-0.
Shao Jiayi’s performance today was not bad. He directly sent out two assists and his performance was very eye-catching.
However, Shao Jiayi still had obvious shortcomings, that was, his physical fitness was not very strong, his ability to resist was somewhat lacking, and his speed was slightly slow. However, everything else was fine. It was not bad to be able to play a rotating substitute for Leeds United.
However, Shao Jiayi’s footwork could be considered to be unparalleled, and his performance was not bad.
At the same time as the game was over, the other game was over. The Moscow Central Army lost 2-0 to the Porto team, which allowed Leeds United to advance from the group.
At the end of this round, the ranking was like this. Leeds United were four wins, one loss, and 12 points, ranking first in the group. Second in the group was Porto, who were three wins, a draw and a loss of 10 points. Ranked third in the group was CSKA Moscow, who were two wins, one draw, two losses and still had seven points, while Hamburg, at the bottom of the group, had five losses and zero points.
At this time, the suspense of Group G’s qualification had already been revealed. It was Leeds United and Porto who had qualified from this group. Even if CSKA Moscow won the game and Leeds United lost, they wouldn’t be able to reach Leeds United’s score and they wouldn’t be able to beat Leeds United. Moreover, even if the Moscow Central Army won and Porto lost, their points would be the same as Porto’s. However, in terms of victory and defeat, the Moscow Central Army was at a disadvantage because they drew away with Porto and lost to Porto at home.
So, at this time, two teams from Group G were born: Leeds United and Porto. However, there is still a suspense as to who will be the first in this group.
It was still hard to tell. In the last round, Leeds United were going to challenge Porto on the road. This was the group’s championship match.
In the final round, as long as Leeds United remained undefeated, they would be the first in the group. Porto, on the other hand, needed to win their home game against Zurich United in order to have a chance of winning first place in the group.
At this time, both teams were hoping to get first place in the group. Because the first place in the group will have some advantages in the knockout rounds. The first thing they had to fight was the second place in the other groups. The strength of the second place in most groups was weaker than the first place in the group. There were only a few exceptions. The second in the group was stronger than the first in the group. Therefore, they naturally hoped that they would be able to face a weaker opponent. This way, it would be easier for them in the knockout rounds and it would be easier for them to advance.