The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 592
592 Excellent Archery, a Natural Archer!
January 31, 2007, the last day of the winter transfer.
Leeds United face visiting Liverpool at home and claim they are here to take three points. The Elland Road Stadium, which can accommodate 30,000 fans, is packed. There are also a lot of fans from Liverpool who are on the red side.
To tell the truth, this camp is still very big, it can be seen that today is a lot of Liverpool fans. At this moment, the atmosphere at the scene was already very hot. Now, they were all waiting for the start of the match.
Very, very many media reporters also came to pay attention to this match.
The Premier League’s second home game against the Premier League’s fourth.
The BBC broadcast the match live, with Mark Lawrenson and Eddie Gray commenting on it.
The atmosphere of today’s match was really incomparably hot!
The Leeds United fans jumped up excitedly, singing Leeds United’s team song and cheering for their team.
At this time, Zhong Cheng had already walked out of the players’ passageway. He looked extremely masculine and handsome in his formal clothes. The female fans at the scene all cried out in alarm. They were like wild cats in heat, screaming excitedly and shouting Zhong Cheng’s name.
Zhong Cheng waved his hand to the fans, and the female fans all screamed in shock, their voices trembling crazily, as if Zhong Cheng was waving at her.
Then, Zhong Cheng walked towards the coaching seat of the visiting team.
Looking at Benitez in front of him, Zhong Cheng smiled and extended his right hand to Benitez, saying, “Welcome to the Elland Road Stadium, Mr. Benitez!”
Benitez held Zhong Cheng’s hand and said, “You won’t welcome me when I take away the victory.”
Zhong Cheng chuckled and said, “It doesn’t exist. Think too much, Mr. Benitez. We will win this match!”
The corner of Benitez’s mouth twitched as he said coldly, “Is that so? Then I’ll wait and see!”
Zhong Cheng smiled again and said, “Alright, we, Leeds United, will definitely not disappoint you!” After saying that, Zhong Cheng turned around and quickly walked back to his coaching seat.
Benitez narrowed his eyes as he stared at Zhong Cheng’s back and thought, “Brat, after the match, you won’t be able to be magical!”
Rafael Benitez then turned around and looked straight into the stadium.
“Now that the players on both sides have walked out of the tunnel, we can now introduce the starting lineup for today!” BBC commentator Mark Lawrenson said immediately.
“Yes, let’s take a look at today’s match. What kind of lineup did both sides put up?” Eddie Gray, a BBC commentator, said the same thing.
The starting lineup for today is as follows:
Visiting team: Liverpool, head coach: Rafael Benitez, formation: 4-4-2
Goalkeeper: Jerzy Dudek
Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: John Lithur, Sammy Hyypia, Jamie Carragher and Steve Finnan
Four midfielders “from left to right”: Luis Garcia, Mohamed Sissoko, Steven Gerrard and Dirk Kuyt
Twin strikers: Peter Crouch and Craig Bellamy
This is the starting line-up for Liverpool today. Benitez has actually put out a four-four-two formation, which is a little unexpected. They also played a high-and-fast combination in the front line. This was a very traditional arrangement in England.
However, Peter Crouch was not an ordinary high center. Although he was over two meters tall, his feet were still very skilled and flexible. Most importantly, his speed wasn’t slow at his height.
This is a very characteristic high center, a killer with relatively stable scoring efficiency.
Bellamy, who was beside him, was extremely fast. This fellow ran like the wind. Such a combination of fronts was quite dangerous.
Leeds United fans trembled in their hearts when they saw such a combination of strikers.
Home: Leeds United, Coach: Zhong Cheng, Formation: 4-1-3-2
Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng
Four defenders “from left to right”: Evra, Compani, Pique and Sagna
Single waist: Mascherano
Three avant-garde “Left to Right”: Bresciano, Luca Modric and Joaquin
Twin strikers: Luca Modric and Edinson Cavani
This was the starting line-up for the Leeds United team today. Zhong Cheng had a good reputation as a Formation Transformation. It was still a 4132 formation. However, everyone familiar with the Leeds United team knew that when it came to defense, the Leeds United team’s formation would often change to 4411, or even 451.
Leeds United’s formation changes and personnel changes are very frequent, which is a headache for all other coaches. At the same time, they were also shocked. Zhong Cheng’s tactic of changing positions and changing formations was beyond this era. They believed that Zhong Cheng was indeed a genius.
Today, Leeds United’s lineup is not much beyond everyone’s expectations.
However, it was surprising that Luka Modric, who had recovered from injury, was on the starting line-up. Of course, the appearance of new addition Bresciano on the starting line-up shocked everyone. This guy was on loan, and Zhong Chengzhen trusted him so much?
Anyway, when they saw these two people, many people still had a lot to say.
When Leeds United fans saw this line-up, they were also a little worried. Is Bresciano on the team? Wouldn’t it be a bit too radical to just let him start?
“Wow, Loria is very bold today. He actually sent out Bresciano. This is really beyond our expectations. I wonder what will happen to Bresciano’s debut show today? We’ll wait and see!” Eddie Gray said immediately.
Du!
At this moment, the referee of this match blew the whistle for the official start of the match.
The first to kick off was the visiting team, Liverpool, who did not probe and directly chose to attack. It was because they knew that Leeds United would choose to defend and retaliate as soon as they arrived, so there was no need to probe.
Sure enough, Leeds United recycled it at the start of the game.
However, although they had recalled it, the offensive nature of their defense was still very strong. The intense pressure and collision caused the Liverpool players to frown. Leeds United’s defense was like a meat grinder, causing them to feel extremely uncomfortable.
Moreover, Leeds United’s defensive movements were very strong and the Liverpool players were restricted to some extent.
On the sidelines, Benitez’s expression did not change at all when he saw this, because he had already anticipated such a situation and was prepared for it.
Since the frontline attack was unable to advance, they would directly fly in the air.
That’s why Benitez is sending Crouch and Bellamy on a high-and-fast team today.
Xabi Alonso, who was in the back, aimed at Crouch, who was in front of him, and sent the ball to Crouch’s head with a long kick. Crouch shook his head and threw the football to Bellamy, who was accelerating at the side.
This time, Crouch had shown his strength. He was trying to suppress Kong Pani, who was behind him, and swung his head.
The Liverpool fans were excited and shouted Crouch’s name. But Bellamy failed to catch up with the ball, which was cleared by Leeds United full-back Evra.
Bellamy gave Crouch a thumbs up, signaling that he had passed well.
At this time, the Liverpool fans burst into a series of screams of horror. The screams were very loud.
The soccer ball that was cleared flew straight to the front court and to the side.
The winger was Bresciano, who had just arrived at Leeds United. Bresciano was a very comprehensive player. His speed, strength and physical fitness were both very good and very average. However, he was very ferocious in his football.
After taking the ball, Bresciano was ready to start. He swayed the Liverpool defender in front of him and then quickly knocked the football towards the middle. The football rolled directly at Luka Modric’s feet in the middle.
Bresciano immediately sped up and rushed forward, attracting the Liverpool defensive attention. Then Luka Modric, who was in the middle, sent the ball to Watkin, who was inserted in the other side, with a diagonal kick.
Bresciano had successfully attracted the attention of many people and created a space for Watkin.
“Defend! Go up and block his pass!” On the sidelines, Benitez shouted loudly. The space around Watkin was very big. This guy had a good passing ability. If no one went up to limit it, he would easily pass the ball with great accuracy.
Benitez and Liverpool fans were worried and nervous as they shouted for defenders to block Joaquin’s cross.
After Joaquin caught the ball, some Liverpool players rushed over and quickly rushed towards Joaquin. Hua Jin ignored it and directly sent the ball back to the front of the forbidden area with a backward kick.
“Luka Modric! Luka Modric is coming up. He’s got a long shot. Liverpool are in danger.” Mark Lawrence immediately exclaimed.
Liverpool centre-back Jamie Carragher was shocked as he sprinted out and lunged madly at Luka Modric, who had already seen him shoot with a bow and arrow.
With a bang, Luka Modric’s right leg hit the ball, but it was not a heavy bombardment of the goal, but a simple projection of the ball into the forbidden area. The football flew over the head of Carragher, who was rushing out ferociously, and quickly flew behind him.
“Ah, dangerous!” All the Liverpool fans screamed in horror.
The soccer ball flew towards Edison Cavani, who was stuck in the air. Edison Cavani saw the ball coming and kept on shooting. He shot sideways and hit the soccer ball fiercely.
With a bang, the football shot towards Liverpool’s goal like a loaded cannonball.
This shot was extremely difficult, but Edison Cavani’s kick was very beautiful. He ate very well and exerted a lot of strength. This fully demonstrated Edison Cavani’s strong sense of smell and instinct as well as his excellent shooting skills!
With a bang, the football shot into the upper left corner of the goal like a white light.
Dudek threw himself sideways in front of the goal, but before he could do so, the football flew into Liverpool’s goal.