The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 581
581 The Leeds United That Was Remembered
The 6-0 win over Reading allowed Leeds United to close the gap on the table with Manchester United. Manchester United’s 2-2 draw with Newcastle United slowed their progress.
Leeds United now have 51 points, while Manchester United have 54 points. There is only a three-point gap between Leeds United and Manchester United at the top of the league. This gap is very small. Leeds United fans are very excited. They see hope of catching up with Manchester United.
At the same time, Chelsea, who were behind Leeds United, also had problems. They drew 0-0 with Aston Villa on the road, so their points were now 46 points, a gap of more than five points from Leeds United.
Now, it looks like the momentum is coming from Leeds United.
Carlos Tevez did a very good job in this match. It could even be said to be astonishingly good, astonishingly amazing. Carlos Tevez not only scored his first goal for Leeds United but also scored a hat-trick in a stunning display.
However, after the game ended, the media chose to ignore Carlos Tevez and did not give him any coverage. It was as if Carlos Tevez did not play in the game, as if he did not exist.
Only the local media in Yorkshire praised Carlos Tevez for his excellent performance, claiming that he was another super genius that Zhong Cheng had unearthed. Now that this was the beginning, Carlos Tevez would definitely kill off all sides in the upcoming matches!
The Leeds United fans were excited. Carlos Tevez’s performance reminded them of the same scene in Edison Cavani. Carlos Tevez was about to launch a face-smacking counterattack, right?
Of course, no one said anything about Carlos Tevez taking drugs at this time. These media reporters have also learned their lesson and are no longer fooling around. They directly chose to ignore it, simply blocking any reports of Carlos Tevez.
He didn’t mention anything about it!
This made Carlos Tevez very depressed, this group of cowardly turtles. How lofty and righteous were they when they questioned and humiliated him? But now? All of them were dumb and scared? A bunch of cowards!
Carlos Tevez wished this bunch of damned fellows could jump out and continue to fight him crazily, so that he could kick even harder in the upcoming matches. After all, humiliation was the motivation!
These damn cowardly turtles!
Media reporters had very little coverage of Leeds United’s match. Some of them had just mentioned it. What about Leeds United’s 6-0 victory over Reading at home? And then … then there was no more. It was over.
Seeing these media reporters’ reactions, Zhong Cheng smiled. These damned media reporters had finally learned to be smart and even knew how to endure.
Zhong Cheng did not care about this matter. Judging from Carlos Tevez’s current situation, he was gradually getting better. This was definitely a good thing for Leeds United, a super good thing.
This time, Leeds United had more options in front of them, and after Olic left, there would not be any openings in their front lines.
There really wasn’t much need to lure in strikers now. Zhong Cheng still hadn’t thought about whether to lure in players this winter because the current lineup was really good.
Although there were only Modric and Yaya Touré on the front waist line, they were relatively thin, but there were still some people who could run away. Most importantly, Gourcuff, who was heavily injured last season, was already able to walk down the field and recover very well. He would be able to return to the team soon.
So, for now, Leeds United’s lineup is pretty good. There’s really no need to reinforce them!
After this match, the Premier League ushered in a short off-season. Because of the arrival of international competition day, some players from the national team will leave the team and report to the national team for more than ten days.
However, Leeds United will not be disbanded at this time because they will have two games to play during the off-season. One is the third round of this season’s FA Cup and the Premier League team has officially entered the FA Cup. The other is the first leg of this season’s Carling Cup semi-final against Arsenal at home to Leeds United.
At this time, Leeds United still had a lot of players on the national team. For example, Zhong Zheng, who was in the goalkeeper position, had to report to England. Sagna, Pique, Compani, Vermaelen, Ivanovic, Evra and Gareth Bell at the back, Mascherano, Modric, Ribery, Joaquin and Shao Jiayi at the midfield, Luca Toni and Darren Bent at the front.
Look at how many people have left Leeds United this time. It’s like walking half of the team. Leeds United is really a big international player now.
However, many international players go to the national team to play substitutes, the main national team players are not particularly many. But these Leeds United players have a bright future ahead of them because they are still young, very young.
Zhong Cheng was really speechless when he saw so many people walk out of the team.
Originally, Zhong Cheng was prepared to leave some players behind and let them finish the FA Cup match before leaving. However, Zhong Cheng did not do so because it would make the Leeds United players more tired and prone to injuries. For the sake of the safety of the players, Zhong Cheng did not let them stay.
There are really not many people left in Leeds United ‘s first team now, Zhong Cheng could only send some people to the reserve team and youth team. This time, there were Azar, Debraune, and even Lukaku and Kurtuva. These people were from 91 and 92 years old, and even Lukaku was from 93 years old. They were very young. The oldest Azar would only turn 16 a few days later.
However, Azar has already played for Leeds United’s first team in the Premier League. Normally, Azar has a few days a week to train with Leeds United’s first team. This is the envy of other teammates.
Now that they had arrived at Leeds United’s first team, they were very happy. However, they knew that they did not have many chances to play for Leeds United’s first team. They were all here to feel the atmosphere.
On January 6, 2007, Leeds United went away to face West Ham in the Champions League.
West Ham United are miserable. Their club is owned by the Icelandic consortium. They wanted to make big changes and charge into the Premier League two seasons ago, but they have not succeeded. They are still in the Champions League.
To tell the truth, West Ham United are quite strong. They are still a strong team in the Champions League and their chances of breaking through to the Premier League are very high.
The current situation of Leeds United was that both the main players and the rotating main players had gone to the national team to report. The current Leeds United was more like a miscellaneous army of youth and reserve team players.
Zhong Cheng’s expectations for this match were not very high. He hoped that the young players from Leeds United could feel the atmosphere of the FA Cup and give them more opportunities to grow and learn.
To tell the truth, Zhong Cheng himself didn’t think that Leeds United would win. However, Zhong Cheng’s requirements for the team were still very high. He had to let them play out some of the tactics he had set up. They were required to first stabilize their defenses and oppress their opponents as a whole.
To be honest, these requirements are very high for some youth team players.
But contrary to Zhong Cheng’s expectations, this group of young people really did a good job. Moreover, they were led by the Big Brother Sect of the first team. They played very well.
Although West Ham had always held the absolute advantage in the game, Leeds United’s goal was fairly solid. Simon Minolet’s performance was really good, blocking the West Ham striker’s shots.
West Ham were unable to take down the ball for a long time. On the contrary, Leeds United players seized the opportunity of a counterattack in the 22nd minute of the second half. Azar drove the ball forward at high speed on the side and then passed it diagonally into the restricted area.
Edison Cavani, who was behind the box, jumped straight to the top and smashed the ball into West Ham United’s goal. Leeds United led 1-0.
The West Ham Alliance naturally accepted this result. They were soldiers overwhelming, and the rear was empty. Leeds United had a chance to widen the score, but failed to grasp it. To be honest, West Ham United controlled the rest of the game. Leeds United did not have many chances to retaliate, and they were even suppressed to the point of collapse.
However, in the end, Leeds United managed to defend a one-to-zero advantage, and Leeds United won.
To tell the truth, Zhong Cheng was extremely shocked that the Leeds United team had won thanks to this group of younger youths. The young men from Leeds United gave him a big surprise, a big surprise.
At this time, the outside world was boasting about Azar, who had performed well in this match. Right now, countless media reporters had smashed Azar into the sky, claiming that Azar was the true son of Leeds United, and the next generation of Heavenly Kings was Azar.
This naturally attracted countless envious gazes, as well as countless diggers.
At this time, there were a lot of big clubs seducing Azar. The four big clubs in the Premier League had moved out one after another to rob Azar.
Azar is not the only player in Leeds United ‘s youth team, Apart from Azar, Manchester United have also taken a fancy to Bogba, Arsenal to Debrone and Danny Ross, Chelsea to Kurtuva and Lucaku, and Liverpool to all of them to seduce the youngsters.
Even Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur are ready to take action.
Seeing these people, Zhong Cheng was extremely unhappy and angry. This bunch of damn rubbish was actually seducing their outstanding young players. This was simply courting death!
Zhong Cheng directly posted an announcement on the official website that none of the young players from Leeds United would be sold and that they would remain at Leeds United. Leeds United have a contract with them and he warned some people not to act recklessly or we’ll see you in court.
This shocked some people, but some people didn’t care about this. So what if they took these players to court? The advantages outweigh the disadvantages.