The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 706
706 We Saw Kaka’s Shadow
Leeds United’s new stadium looks like a white rose blooming in the southern outskirts of Leeds during the day.
The white rose belongs to the symbol of Yorkshire, England!
Although there were no local media and fans in the UK who called Leeds United this way before, Zhong Cheng had called Leeds United “White Rose” many times since he took over. Leeds United fans also agreed, because the white rose was Leeds’ symbol.
Moreover, there was a white rose on the emblem of Leeds United.
Also, the grudge between Leeds United and Manchester United stems from the Rose War, the famous red-and-white rose war in British history. So using white roses to symbolise Leeds United is easy for Leeds fans to accept.
More importantly, Leeds United’s home shirt was also white, which proved the point of the White Rose. Therefore, the Leeds United fans agreed with the White Roses very much.
This was also the inspiration for the design of Leeds United’s new aura field.
At night, the roof of Leeds United’s new stadium, where the petals are placed, will light up and the entire stadium will turn yellow, looking a little like an ancient Chinese crown from afar.
The crown was inspired by the ancient Chinese culture, and the designers combined Chinese and Western styles.
And this yellow is not a random choice, because yellow is the second representative color of Leeds United, Leeds United’s emblem is a large number of yellow, and even Leeds United’s away shirts are yellow for many seasons.
Therefore, there was a good reason to use this yellow color.
Although, in the eyes of many people, the design of the crown is a bit too upstart and vulgar. However, Zhong Cheng claimed that Da Xu and Da Ya had directly decided on this design.
Yes, this design is selected from many, many designs.
At the very least, Zhong Cheng and Leeds United’s internal and sample surveys of Leeds United fans showed that the design had the highest approval rating, so Zhong Cheng finally decided on the design.
Many Leeds United fans now call the new stadium the “Rose Bowl” and “Crown Stadium”.
Of course, the signature rights of this stadium have not been formally implemented. In the end, what the stadium is called will still have to be decided on the day the stadium is completed and put into use.
This stadium was finally going to be built, so Zhong Cheng was naturally very excited and excited.
When the foundation was laid, Zhong Cheng would definitely appear at the scene. This was a memorable event for Leeds United in the new century, and Zhong Cheng had to attend.
Preliminary preparations for the stadium were left to Tolliver Burch and Zhong Cheng Real Estate. Right now, Zhong Cheng did not have the energy to care about these matters. He was currently leading the Leeds United team to face the third opponent of the Asian tour, the South China Football Team in Xiangjiang.
The Xiangjiang South China Football Team was the champion of the Xiangjiang League last season. The current head coach was Brazilian Mi Lu. He still attached great importance to this match. After all, Leeds United was the king of English football last season and directly won all the championships in England. Such a team was naturally very strong.
Leeds United are far stronger than their upcoming rivals Liverpool, Fulham and Portsmouth in the Barclays Asian Championships.
“Our opponents are very strong. They are one of the strongest teams in the world today. It is very helpful for the growth of our South China Football Team to play against such a team. I believe this match will enlighten us,” Milu said.
Asked by the media, Milu said: “Yes, Mr. Loria is very strong. I have been studying his tactics. He is a great football coach and I can learn something from him.” “Of course, we will definitely go all out in this match. In this match, our South China Football Team has a chance to win. After all, this is our home ground!”
The fans in Xiangjiang were very concerned about this match. On that day, many fans came to the Xiangjiang Stadium to watch this match.
The Xiangjiang Stadium is home to the South China Football Team and is a very big stadium in Xiangjiang.
Before the competition, Zhong Cheng also gave an interview to the media.
At this moment, Zhong Cheng’s appearance was filled with Asian faces. Most of them were from Xiangjiang and China. There were also media reporters from Japan and South Korea. On the other hand, there were very few journalists from Britain and other countries. It seemed that this matter was not of much concern in Europe.
The Asian side attaches great importance to this matter. Leeds United, the English league treble, has naturally paid great attention to visiting Asia.
Zhong Cheng said: “This game is an important one for our Leeds United. We are trying to fit in the squad for the new season. Let more of the players in the Leeds United squad play and find the conditions to prepare for the upcoming new season.”
The media reporters nodded their heads in succession. This was already quite good. At the very least, they did not say that the South China Club was unimportant. And every day reporters think Zhong Cheng is telling the truth. Isn’t Leeds United preparing for the new season?
Zhong Cheng also said, “I have heard of the South China Football Team. They are an old and strong team from Xiangjiang. Although there have been some problems in recent years, they seem to have been solved. Last season, they were champions, so their strength should be acceptable!”
Zhong Cheng said, “I really don’t know much about this South China Football Team. Who are the players inside, what are their playing methods, or did I just read the information collected by the club recently? To be honest, this is a team with a lot of characteristics. I hope they can continue to maintain their strength.”
Japanese and Korean media reporters all thought that Zhong Cheng was just giving face to the South China Club. How could a small club like Xiangjiang be so powerful? Even any top league club in Japan and South Korea could stop this South China club. Zhong Cheng was too polite.
Zhong Cheng continued: “For this match, our Leeds United stars will play, but we will also give many rookies a chance. After all, there are not many opportunities. I hope these young people can seize the opportunity and perform more so that they can stay at Leeds United in the new season!”
Zhong Cheng’s words were already very clear. This competition was the Leeds United’s tournament to inspect the young people.
Media reporters did not think it mattered. After all, the young players of Leeds United were also very strong.
However, the South China Club players were naturally very unhappy when they heard this. How could a group of youngsters compare to them, even though they were much weaker than the Leeds United first team players. However, compared to your group of young players, they are much more formidable.
The South China players all made up their minds to play this game properly, forcing out the first-team players from Leeds United to let the Leeds United people see how powerful their South China team was.
In particular, South China’s several foreign players, Terry Schutz and Dedinho on the frontlines, were extremely unconvinced. They believed that they were not much inferior to the Leeds United players.
Leeds United were actually so arrogant. They wanted to teach Leeds United a lesson!
Under such circumstances, the match between Leeds United and South China Club began.
Chen Wanting and members of the women’s football team of the Sha Tin Sports Association came to the Xiangjiang Stadium to watch the match. They were all wearing Leeds United jerseys to cheer for the Leeds United team.
Today, Zhong Cheng released a 4-1-3-2 formation, starting as follows:
Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng
Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Patrick Evra, David Lewis, Compani and Sagna
Single waist: Mohamed Sissoko
Three avant-garde “Left to Right”: Samir Nasri, Luca Modric and De Braune
Twin strikers: Robert Levandovsky and Alexander Pato
This is the starting lineup for Leeds United today. Some of them are regular players, some are new players and some are from the youth team.
It was obvious that this was a miscellaneous army, but not many people dared to underestimate the Leeds United. Their strength was still very strong. At least on the central axis, the Leeds United still had some main forces, such as Kompani, Mohamed Sissoko, and Luca Modric.
There were only two rookies in the vanguard, but Alexander Pato’s name was very famous in the vanguard. This fellow’s performance in last year’s Club World Cup shocked the world. At that time, a lot of European giants had taken a fancy to Pato.
Pato helped Brazil win the Club World Cup final over Barcelona. At that time, many people called Pato another Kaka. There were really too many teams throwing football at him. AC Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Arsenal and Manchester United all wanted to buy him.
However, only after that did the whole world know that Pato had been valued by Zhong Cheng of Leeds United a few years ago, and he had directly bought him out and signed a contract for several years. Pato was a player on loan at Leeds United to Brazilian International and the world was shocked.
Mad Roja’s gaze towards the young man was already so sharp? You bought Pato years ago? Oh my God, is this crazy Roja human or not?
Anyway, many people were stunned, completely stunned.
So although Pato has just arrived at Leeds United, many fans know him and are looking forward to him. They wanted to see what kind of performance Pato had when he fell to the ground, and what kind of vision Zhong Cheng had when he fell to the ground?
After the start of the match, the South China team had almost no offense and was suppressed.
In the 15th minute of the first half, Luca Modric sent out a beautiful straight kick. Pato used his abnormal speed to directly cross the South China team’s defensive line. He went to the game alone, shook the goalkeeper, and sent the football into the empty goal.
Pato’s first performance was so eye-catching, like a comet sliding through the night, shining brightly!
The fans in Xiangjiang have remembered the name Pato. It looks like they will often see the Brazilian score in the Leeds United squad in the future.
After that, Samir Nasri did a great job on the wing, crossing after a series of breakthroughs, and Robert Levandovsky headed home from behind, 2-0.
South China also had a few chances, but both Detinho and Terry Schutz were stared at by Compani and David Louis, so they didn’t have any chances.
The second half of the match had just begun, and Pato had come for another thousand li ride, completely conquering the fans in Xiangjiang. They seemed to have really seen Kaka’s shadow and were shouting Pato’s name.
Then in the second half of the game, Edison Cavani and Kompani contributed in succession, 5-0, Leeds United beat South China Football Team, showing a very strong performance.
This was also the biggest score since the Leeds United Asian tour. South China lost a bit miserably!