The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 584
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584 The Opportunity Was Right in Front of Him, What a Pity!
Tim Collins went to contact Bresciano and Palermo.
Zhong Cheng is now leading his team to the 24th Premier League game of the season when Leeds United play away to Newcastle United.
It was already January 20 and there were only a few days left before the transfer window closed. Zhong Cheng hoped that he could deal with Bresciano as soon as possible.
The situation in the league was that Leeds United were ranked third in the league, but their position was not very stable. Chelsea were only three points away from them, while Manchester United were five points ahead of them, making it difficult and easy to go on. Every match was incomparably important to Leeds United.
However, this round is very beneficial to Leeds United.
Why?
Because this round, Chelsea and Manchester United’s opponents are not weak, are very strong.
Chelsea are six points behind Liverpool, now fourth in the Premier League, in their away game against the Reds, and the Liverpool man is clearly hopeful of taking a step further. Most importantly, the teams behind them, such as Arsenal Sheffield on Wednesday, are chasing them very closely. If they lose, they will lose fourth place in the Premier League and miss next season’s Champions League game.
Therefore, at this time, the Liverpool team is absolutely unwilling to lose, is bound to die against Chelsea. The same goes for Manchester United as they face Arsenal away in this round.
Yes, Manchester United against Arsenal.
Arsenal are now at the centre of their four-game race and if they can’t bite Liverpool in front of them they will be crippled this season.
These two matches were not easy to play, but Leeds United were easy to play this round.
Newcastle United are now ranked 14th in the Premier League and are on the verge of relegation. They are certainly not strong and Leeds United should be able to win this match.
In the 24th Premier League round, Leeds United play on Sunday and Chelsea play on Saturday. That means Leeds United play a day later than Chelsea and Manchester United play two hours later than Leeds.
On Saturday, Zhong Cheng watched the match between Liverpool and Chelsea on TV. Liverpool controlled the rhythm of the game, but Chelsea’s counter-attack was also very sharp, but the result was a 2-0 victory over Chelsea.
Seeing this result, Zhong Cheng heaved a sigh of relief.
The next day, Leeds United were away to Newcastle United. Zhong Cheng had arranged for a full-fledged lineup under the current conditions. The lineup was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng
Four defenders “from left to right”: Aver La, Compani, Pique and Sagna
Single waist: Mascherano
Three avant-garde “left to right”: Gareth Bale, Yaya Touré and Watkin
Twin strikers: Luca Toni and Edinson Cavani
Modric is still recovering from his injuries, and Ribery has no hope of making a comeback. Leeds United only have this kind of squad.
Sagna are now firmly at right-back and veteran Gary Kelly is retiring at the end of the season.
Gary Kelly had mentioned this matter to Zhong Cheng many times. Zhong Cheng had repeatedly asked him to stay. After this season, Gary Kelly was only 32 years old, and his physical condition should be able to play well for a few years. However, Gary Kelly’s iron heart was already there, so Zhong Cheng had no choice but to shed tears and bid farewell to Gary Kelly.
At the end of the season, Leeds United are looking to bring in a right-back.
At the beginning of the game, Leeds United had obviously stepped up their offense. Leeds United had increased their speed.
Newcastle United’s defensive strength in midfield was not bad, but their strength was indeed slightly inferior to Leeds United’s. Leeds United, who took the initiative to attack, managed to control the situation and frequently attacked Newcastle United’s goal.
The Newcastle United players wanted to attack, but they couldn’t. The Leeds United players were very oppressive when attacking, and they had a lot of physical contact. Even the players who were used to playing in the Premier League were unable to handle it.
In the thirty-ninth minute of the first half, Leeds United, who had been attacking for a long time, finally scored. In the box, Luca Toni was used as a cover for Edinson Cavani to head into the ball. Edinson Cavani did not head directly into the goal, but ferried the ball to the line of the restricted area. He followed Yaya Touré ‘s kick and the ball broke through Newcastle United’s goal.
Newcastle United coach Roddle shook his head when he saw the ball.
Leeds United’s control of midfield and football was simply too strong. This goal was actually not defended by anyone beside Yaya Touré. It’s not Newcastle United’s defensive weakness. It was because Leeds United’s rotation was too fast. Although Yaya Touré was tall and big, his speed wasn’t slow.
Newcastle United defender Parker was slightly slower and gave Yaya Touré an easy shot.
On the sidelines, Zhong Cheng kept applauding. This goal was finally scored, and the second half of the match would be much easier.
However, what Zhong Cheng did not expect was that before the end of the first half, Leeds United scored another goal.
Leeds United got a free-kick from the right, with young Gareth Bale standing right in front of the ball and a wonderful left-footed arc that sent the ball into Newcastle United’s goal. Newcastle United goalkeeper Harper didn’t react at all.
2-0, Leeds United had a 2-0 lead in the first half.
Seeing this, Zhong Cheng was very satisfied. There was no big problem for Leeds United to win this match. This way, Leeds United would be able to widen the gap between their scores and Chelsea’s, or even narrow the gap between them and Manchester United.
Gareth Bale, who scored the goal, received endless cheers.
The commentator exclaimed, “My God, this young boy is really amazing. This arc ball reminds me of David Beckham.” Unfortunately, he is not a player from England, he is a player from Wales, a genius, he is a genius. Crazy Roja’s eyes are too shocking. Why are all the players he cares about so much?
Newcastle United were also shocked. Madman Roja was amazing.
Right now, there is a popular saying in the transfer market that if you want to lure reinforcements, you have to look at Madman Loria’s actions first. Yes, a lot of clubs are taking Zhong Cheng as their benchmark now. As long as Zhong Cheng has his eyes on players, they will have to interfere.
The club that valued the players was trying to make a fortune by raising their prices.
The situation was slightly better now, but if Zhong Cheng’s judgement of people continued to be so good, it would be very difficult for him to attract reinforcements in the future.
At the beginning of the second half, Leeds United had obviously slowed down their offense and started to defend against the attack.
Newcastle United were overwhelmed, attacking crazily, trying to change the situation. However, Leeds United’s defense was simply too formidable, and Newcastle United would find it very difficult to break through Leeds United’s goal.
On the contrary, Leeds United’s counterattack caused Newcastle United to tremble in fear, as if every counterattack was going to break their goal, which made them very worried.
However, even so, the Newcastle United would still attack crazily. Losing the game would be a terrible thing for them, and they might even fall into the relegation zone. Therefore, fighting Leeds United was the best choice.
Newcastle United attacked like crazy, but it didn’t work out as well. Time was indeed running out, and gradually the Newcastle United did not have much confidence.
At this moment, Rogers said, “Boss, we will definitely win this match!”
Zhong Cheng shook his head slightly and said, “The competition is not over yet, don’t let down your guard!”
As soon as Zhong Cheng finished speaking, a shocking change occurred on the field. When Aver pulled Zhong Zheng back, he did not observe the position of Zhong Zheng in advance. Instead, he relied on the inertia in his mind, believing that Zhong Zheng would definitely stand in that position and directly sent him back blindly.
Because at this time, Newcastle United’s Duff was frantically trying to get close, Aver could only choose to pass back. After the football was passed down, Aver felt that something was wrong, because the position of Zhong Zheng Station was far too different from what he had imagined.
Moreover, Aver was very powerful in passing the ball. The speed of the ball was very fast.
Zhong Zheng stood at the near post, and Aver La did pass the football to the far post. The Leeds United fans were stunned, their minds filled with questions. What was going on?
Zhong Zheng was even more anxious, running crazily over to intercept him.
Unfortunately, Zhong Zheng did not touch the football. The football rolled straight into the far corner of the goal and Newcastle United scored a goal.
Aver, who scored an own goal, was very annoyed and squatted down with his hands over his head. Then, a fist fiercely smashed into the turf, venting the gloom in his heart.
Zhong Cheng stood there with a gloomy expression, while Rogers was stunned. Oh my God, he really didn’t expect such a change to happen here in this competition?
Rogers couldn’t help but turn his head and glance at Zhong Cheng. In his heart, he wrote a big word for Zhong Cheng!
Zhong Cheng came to the side and shouted loudly, “Focus, the match is not over yet. Everyone, get serious. If anyone doesn’t want to kick, tell me, I will let him down to rest!”
Zhong Cheng was not criticizing anyone, he was just reminding everyone to be serious and not let their minds drop.
Newcastle United are very excited, they scored a goal, pulled back a goal, let them see hope. After the game resumed, Newcastle United launched an even more ferocious attack, crazily attacking the Leeds United.
After conceding a goal, the Leeds United players panicked briefly. However, they quickly stabilized the situation, the defense was very strong, Newcastle United’s attack gradually no longer moved, this match seems to be about to end in this situation.
Time was running out. Seeing that the match was coming to an end, something strange happened again.
Duff’s inadvertent pass from the wing pierced through Leeds United’s defensive line and quickly rolled towards the back of the box.
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