The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 585
585 Shouldn’t We Give Up?
Duff’s winger inadvertently passed the ball through Leeds United’s defensive line.
However, this ball didn’t seem to pose much of a threat!
Because the football was rapidly rolling out of the bottom line on the other side, the danger was about to be lifted.
Leeds United fans heaved a sigh of relief. The game was coming to an end. Leeds United were going to beat Newcastle United to three points.
However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred.
Nzobia, who was behind the box, slid out quickly and hooked the ball back just as it was about to cross the bottom line. The ball was like a save, not a pass or a shot at all. But the ball was very fast and flew towards the middle of the restricted area.
Pique swung his leg to clear the encirclement, but Pique missed. The football hit his foothold and quickly changed directions, sneaking into Leeds United’s goal.
The speed of the ball was really too fast. It was like a bolt of lightning. Moreover, it was so close to Pick that he was unable to react at all. The football smashed into his leg, changed directions, and rolled into the goal.
Newcastle United equalised 2-2 before the game ended. And both goals today were Leeds United’s own goal. Their luck was really good.
Seeing this, Zhong Cheng was truly speechless. Looks like they really didn’t have the life to win this match.
Who was to blame for the last goal? Odd Peeker?
Obviously, that’s impossible. This ball is very difficult to deal with. This ball can only be blamed on luck.
Yes, in the end, Leeds United scored two own goals in a two-goal lead and were tied 2-2.
Yeah, 2-2, Leeds missed a good three-point chance,
After this match, Zhong Cheng was extremely depressed. This was a great opportunity given to Leeds United by the heavens. Unfortunately, they did not grasp this opportunity.
After the game ended, Zhong Cheng said, “It was really a strange game. It was as if an invisible hand was controlling the game. It just didn’t want our Leeds United to win.” These two concessions were too unexpected. It was our Leeds United’s bad luck today, wasn’t it? However, I believe that we, Leeds United, will not encounter this kind of situation again in the upcoming matches!
To tell the truth, Zhong Cheng was still very angry in his heart. In the end, he had actually played like this.
Newcastle United were naturally very happy. They had just picked up a point in this match. They were really lucky. They were celebrating like crazy, as if they had won this match.
Zhong Cheng did not stay here for a moment. They left Newcastle United and went straight back to Leeds United. In the car, the Leeds United were concerned about the Manchester United game. Now that the Manchester United game was almost half over, the score between the two sides was still 0-0.
Zhong Cheng was speechless. If Manchester United ended the match with such a score, then Zhong Chengzhen would be very depressed because it was their best chance to narrow the gap between them and Manchester United.
Right now, the Leeds United players are in a very low spirits. Only then did they realize how stupid of a thing they had done.
Now the Leeds United players are listening carefully to Manchester United’s game against Arsenal.
After the first half of the match, the two sides were still tied 0-0. Hearing this score, all the Leeds United players present sighed, and all their words and emotions were contained within this sigh.
Zhong Cheng was also speechless as he turned around and looked out of the car window.
Not long after, the second half between Manchester United and Arsenal began. What Leeds United couldn’t accept was the goal from Manchester United, with Cristiano Ronaldo’s winger breaking through and shooting straight into the air, 1-0.
Hearing the score, the Leeds United players were very upset.
If Manchester United win this game, the gap will continue to widen, and Leeds United will have a hard time catching up to Manchester United.
At this moment, the Leeds United players regretted not being able to defeat Newcastle United. If they took this match, their situation would not be as awkward as it is now.
Zhong Cheng’s mind is also a little bit floating, no matter what the score between Manchester United and Arsenal this game, his mood will not be good. If Manchester United win, the difference will be even bigger. If Manchester United lose, then Leeds United miss out on a very, very good opportunity to close the gap with Manchester United …
No matter what the result was, Zhong Cheng could not be happy.
It was strange that Leeds United were unable to seize the opportunity to defeat Newcastle United.
From the twentieth minute of the second half, The interior of the stadium changed drastically, Arsenal have gradually come to grip with the game, And in the 27th minute of the second half, Thierry Henry caught a pass from Fabregas in midfield, then drove the ball high in the middle of the lap and three men into the Manchester United penalty area, shooting a low kick, sending the football into the Manchester United goal and equalizing the score.
Sure enough, the Spear King was still the Spear King, and his strength was extremely formidable.
After Arsenal equalised, the momentum was even stronger, and the Manchester United gradually realized that the game was out of control, the defence was a little messy, a little unbearable.
In the thirty-ninth minute of the second half, Arsenal used a world wave from Fabregas to knock Manchester United open the goal and beat them 2-1.
After conceding the goal, Manchester United tried to counter-attack, but they were a bit unlucky. In the end, Manchester United lost 2-1 away to Arsenal and missed the chance to widen the gap.
Hearing that Manchester United had lost, the Leeds United players heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, they weren’t pushed back by Manchester United. However, they felt extremely regretful after that. If they defeated Newcastle United, the situation would be different.
I’m sorry, I’m sorry!
The Manchester United-Arsenal game is the final in the Premier League, and after that, the Premier League is over.
After the 24th Premier League match, Manchester United were naturally ranked first in the league. Their points remained unchanged at 57 points. The second-placed team was still Leeds United. Their points were 53 points, or did they narrow the gap with Manchester United. The difference between the two teams was only four points.
The third ranked team was still Chelsea. Their points were still 49 points, unchanged. Ranked fourth was Leeds United. Their score was 46 points, only three points behind Chelsea. Chelsea were in danger.
Ranked fifth was Arsenal, who scored 45 points, one point behind Liverpool. Ranked sixth was Sheffield Wednesday, with 43 points.
This is the current situation in the top six of the Premier League. The difference between the points is not very big, which makes the Premier League this season even more chaotic.
The Premier League is about to enter its final stages, and the most intense and unexpected period will come soon. Perhaps the Premier League rankings will undergo earth-shattering changes in this period of time, it is not certain.
At this moment, Chelsea’s head coach José Mourinho is in a very bad situation. It is said that Abramovich is very dissatisfied with Chelsea’s current results, they seem to have begun to choose a new coach, ready to replace José Mourinho at the end of the season.
It is said that Abramovich is currently in contact with Capello, Heinks, Mancini and Ranieri and other coaches, is preparing to replace José Mourinho.
The relationship between Abramovich and José Mourinho seems to have fallen to a freezing point.
It was because Andrei Shevchenko’s chances at Chelsea were too few. This satisfied Abramovich. José Mourinho simply didn’t give him face. This was simply courting death.
In any case, the internal problems of the Chelsea team were very chaotic and complicated. Even the dressing room gradually became chaotic. Chelsea shouldn’t have done much this season, and this successive defeat is certainly related to these reasons.
Zhong Cheng did not care about this now. Leeds United had already drawn twice in a row, and he was also very unhappy in his heart. Zhong Cheng directly canceled the usual vacation and had the Leeds United players come to the training base to train. At the same time, Zhong Cheng also gave these players a meeting to correct the minds and minds of the Leeds United players, so that the Leeds United players would take the next match seriously.
During this period of time, Leeds United had shown some signs of fatigue, and it was normal for their results to slip slightly. However, Zhong Cheng hoped that the Leeds United players could get through this fatigue period as soon as possible and return to normal.
Injuries within Leeds United are now acceptable, with the exception of a serious injury to Ribery.
Now that Modric is recovering, he should be able to do so in the next week. Gourcuff has also returned to the training ground. Although he hasn’t returned to training with the team yet, he has already started his individual recovery training. Zhong Cheng believed that Gourcuff would soon return to Leeds United. With him, Leeds United’s situation would be much better.
Next up, the Premier League is going to take a short break and the next round will be in ten days. In these ten days, Leeds United will play two matches, one is the fourth round of the FA Cup, Leeds United against Watford. One was the Carling Cup semi-final second leg against Arsenal.
After playing against Arsenal, Leeds United will play Liverpool at home two days after returning to the Premier League. Three days after Liverpool’s game, Leeds United face Aston Villa away.
Therefore, during this period of time, Leeds United still had a lot of tasks. The following tasks were very heavy. Leeds United were fully prepared for these matches at this time. Leeds United would not give up on the Carling Cup. As for the FA Cup, Zhong Cheng and the coaching staff were still discussing it.
There have been too many games for Leeds United this season, Leeds United often suffered injuries. In the eyes of many Leeds United coaches, this was because the Leeds United’s line was too wide. They wanted to give up a game to ensure the physical condition of Leeds United players. Otherwise, Leeds United would most likely collapse.
Zhong Cheng was also thinking about this!