The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 751
751 Arsenal in Full Swing
Now that Leeds United had won two consecutive victories, even though their rankings were still relatively low, they still attracted the attention of more people. Was Leeds United really going to start a journey in reverse order?
Many Leeds United fans were aware of their strength. The four consecutive defeats at the beginning of the season were not a manifestation of their strength. Now that Zhong Cheng had returned, Leeds United had returned to normal, and Leeds United’s results should be normal.
Right now, countless people were watching Leeds United’s results!
And then there was the seventh Premier League game. In this game, Leeds United were still fighting away. They were going to challenge Newcastle United.
Newcastle United now have nine points, ranking ninth in the Premier League!
To be honest, Newcastle United are much better than Leeds in the league rankings. However, there was not much difference between the two teams in points, and one game could equalize the difference between the two teams.
So, at this time, Leeds United fans and outside fans are very concerned about this game, Leeds United can usher in their three consecutive victories?
During this match, Zhong Cheng welcomed the good news that Leeds United’s important player, Absolutely Superstar Franck Ribery, had begun to resume training on his own.
This is really good news for Leeds United!
There have been too many injuries at Leeds United these days. It’s all because of the damn FIFA virus, which has cost Leeds a lot of key players.
The Leeds United team doctor and the Sports Medicine Therapeutics Science Laboratory are very busy, helping the Leeds United players recover scientifically and recuperate.
However, Kompani’s injury is very serious. He will be absent for at least two months. This is very, very bad news for Leeds United.
Under such circumstances, Leeds United welcomed the game against Newcastle United.
Zhong led the Leeds United players to the provincial James Park stadium to face Newcastle United. In this match, Zhong Cheng still arranged a 4-1-3-2 formation. The list was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Zhong Cheng
Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Patrick Aver, Gary Cahill, Ivanovich and Bakari Sania
Single waist: Sedu Keita
Three avant-garde “Left to Right”: Samir Nasri, Luca Modric and Joaquin
Twin strikers: Luca Toni and Edinson Cavani
Newcastle United attacked Leeds United at the start of the game with a frenzied attack from their home court. In the first half, Newcastle United center Viduka really received a cross from the winger, heading in and scoring a goal.
Newcastle United have a one-goal lead at the end of the half-time game!
This made the Newcastle United fans very excited. It also made many media reporters think that Leeds United really had no other choice. It seemed that Leeds United was really going to have a relegation battle this season.
After the second half of the game, Leeds United’s offense did not improve at all. On the contrary, Newcastle United’s offense was very sharp. Many people believed that Newcastle United would definitely win.
However, in the 22nd minute of the second half, there was a sudden change in the situation on the pitch!
At first, Leeds United’s back, Sedu Keita, fired a long shot from a distance of 33 meters from the goal, sending out a world wave. He showed off his superb long-range shooting to all of England as the football flew straight into Newcastle United’s goal and Leeds United equalised.
Five minutes later, Samir Nasri, who was on the wing, made a succession of breakthroughs and suddenly crossed the ball into Newcastle United’s penalty area, where Luca Toni jumped high and crashed the ball into Newcastle United’s goal.
2-1, Leeds United overtook the score!
Finally, towards the end of the game, Leeds United had the chance to get a corner kick. Watkin opened the corner kick, and in the chaos in the restricted area, Ivanovic swept the football into Newcastle United’s goal, 3-1.
Leeds United beat Newcastle United 3-1 and slapped a lot of people in the face.
Leeds United barely managed to turn Newcastle United around with three points.
At the end of the game, Liverpool lost the title and the Liverpool man was forced to draw by his opponent.
The Barclays Premier League gang are talking about Arsenal with 17 points. Liverpool were second with 15 points. Third was Sheffield on Wednesday, fourth-placed Manchester United, who really came from behind with 14 points.
Chelsea are still 11 points away from seventh place.
Jos é Mourinho’s position is really unstable and he’s really going to die.
Leeds United, on the other hand, won three consecutive victories and still scored nine points. They were ranked tenth in the Premier League and were in the middle of the Premier League.
Most importantly, Leeds United are only two points away from Chelsea, five points away from Manchester United and eight points away from Arsenal.
However, the difference in points was much smaller than before. Now, Leeds United really had a chance to enter the Premier League Champions League.
At this time, no team dared to underestimate Leeds United. The evil Leeds United had returned.
In the eighth Premier League round, Leeds United will face Arsenal at their home Stadium of Ellen Road. This is the best chance for Leeds United to narrow the gap between them and Arsenal.
This game is really, really important for Leeds United.
It was a game that had to be won so Leeds United could reach the Premier League title faster.
However, before this match, Leeds United still had one more match to play.
This is the third round of the Carling Cup of England this season. At this time, the Premier League teams have joined the team and Leeds United are going to participate.
In this round of matches, Leeds United played Plymouth at their home Aylan Road Stadium!
Plymouth are now in the Champions League, a team that has been in the Champions League in recent years, and when Leeds United were in the Champions League, Plymouth was in the Champions League. At that time, their strength was quite strong, and they had reached the top of the Champions League in several rounds. Unfortunately, they did not persevere and could not level up successfully.
However, in recent years, their results have declined. They are the teams in the Champions League that have no chance of leveling up and relegating without worries. Their strength is average!
Now the Champions League has played seven rounds. Plymouth are ranked 13th in the Champions League and are in the middle. This is also a manifestation of their strength.
So this team is not very strong and Leeds United should be able to win easily.
This season, Leeds United’s main focus is on the Premier League and the Champions League, the Carling Cup and the FA Cup. Leeds United will not spend too much energy on substitutes and young players to see how far they can go without a clear goal.
The Carling Cup and the FA Cup are the battlefield for Leeds United.
Therefore, Zhong Cheng’s starting list for this match is as follows:
Goalkeeper: Simon Mignolet
Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Gareth Bale, Matz Hummels, Ivanovic and Jerome Boateng
Single waist: Stephen Mbia
Three avant-garde “from left to right”: Eden Azar, Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri
Both strikers: Robert Levandovsky and Alexander Pato
This was the starting lineup for Leeds United in the Carling Cup. It was obvious that it was a substitute lineup and the Leeds United’s goal was clear.
The Leeds United players played well in this game, but the Plymouth players also created some problems for them.
In the nineteenth minute of the game, Leeds United broke through the opponents’ goal, while Robot Bulls was Brazilian Alexander Pato, who used his speed to tear through the opponents’ defensive line and deliver the football into the opponents’ goal.
In the twenty-first minute of the second half, it was still Alexander Pato, who shook two people in succession after catching the ball and then kicked the ball into the opponent’s goal.
Alexander Pato is very young, but he seems to be stronger than everyone present. It seems that Alexander Pato has the strength to be the starting lineup of Leeds United.
Leeds United fans can be very excited, Zhong Cheng found another genius.
Before the season, there was a lot of media scepticism about Alexander Pato like Robert Lewandowski, but now that they saw the strength of Alexander Pato, they were speechless and their faces were swollen.
Alexander Pato has now scored four goals and is doing very well. It was already very, very close to completing the goal of ten goals. Zhong Cheng was going to complete another mission.
After this match, Zhong Cheng did not relax. Instead, he became even more nervous.
In three days’ time, Leeds United will welcome Arsenal to their home stadium at Ellen Road. Arsenal are very strong and have been very strong this season. They seem to have poached a few players from Leeds United and their strength has increased. They are now firmly at the top of the Premier League.
This match was very important to Leeds United, and Zhong Cheng continued to demand these three points.
Moreover, this match was a six-point one for Leeds United, so Zhong Cheng naturally hoped to win against Arsenal.
However, Arsenal are not the dominant team, Arsene Wenger said before the game: “Whoever our opponents are, we have only one goal right now, and that is to win because our ultimate goal is to win the Premier League this season!”
Arsenal are in excellent shape, showing off their superb momentum in the Carling Cup at home to Newcastle United 5-0 at Emirates Stadium in midweek.
Arsenal are in a really good condition now. It’s really, really difficult for Leeds United to beat them. Zhong Cheng and Leeds United have to be careful.
At this moment, the English media were also very concerned about this match. Everyone was waiting for the official start of this match!
Arsenal coach Ars è ne Wenger has also brought the Arsenal players to Leeds a day earlier and is clearly taking the game very seriously. Before the game, he had a saying: “Don’t underestimate Leeds United at any time, or you will lose!”
Ars è ne Wenger is very cautious!