The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 852
852 Leeds United Line Up
March 31, 2008, Leeds, England, sunny!
Today is the 28th Premier League game of the season. Leeds United play Chelsea at home.
Before this match, there were rumors that Leeds United would lose.
Because at this time Leeds United’s internal instability, just rumors that their chief striker Luca Tony is about to leave, this is a huge impact on Leeds United.
Leeds United fans and Leeds United players are bound to be greatly affected, so the Leeds United internal instability, this game, Leeds United how to play?
And now they have to face a strong Chelsea team, this game Leeds United will certainly lose.
Moreover, Leeds United had already won 23 consecutive victories, and the pressure of these consecutive victories was so great that they were almost out of breath. Now that they had encountered such a difficult problem, Leeds United naturally could not withstand the pressure. They would definitely lose this match.
Many bookmakers in Europe are offering odds that Chelsea are in the lead and believe Leeds United will lose the game. Leeds United are unstable, how can they fight against Chelsea?
Zhong Cheng started the game, Luca Tony was still at the front, Levandowski and Alexander Pato were waiting for the chance on the bench.
On the Chelsea side, Grant attached great importance to the instructions of President Abramovich, directly pushing Drogba on the bench and pushing Shevchenko out of the starting line-up.
Yes, everyone knows very well that Abramovich likes Shevchenko, and that even led to a fight between Abramovich and José Mourinho. The fire cord is Shevchenko.
Under José Mourinho, Didier Drogba was the main player and Shevchenko was the substitute. Didier Drogba scored 22 goals in 36 Premier League appearances last season, while Shevchenko scored five goals in 17 appearances.
However, after José Mourinho left this season, Grant took over. He followed Abramovich’s instructions and placed Drogba on the bench to straighten Shevchenko out as the main striker of the team. Shevchenko has made 19 appearances for Chelsea so far and scored five goals. Didier Drogba has only made ten appearances for Chelsea and scored five goals.
Therefore, from this point of view, who was right in the battle between José Mourinho and Abramovich?
Didier Drogba’s performance last season was stunning. Everyone thought that Didier Drogba would definitely become Chelsea’s main centre-forward this season. They did not expect Chelsea to put a striker who had been on the bench for more than 20 seasons.
Chelsea fans are now calling on Chelsea executives to let Didier Drogba return to the starting line-up. They have been calling for this for a long time but Drogba is still on the bench.
No wonder countless clubs have been interested in signing Didier Drogba since last summer, and Didier Drogba himself is keen to leave Chelsea. AC Milan are said to have offered Didier Drogba 22.5 million euros in the hopes of signing him.
But even if Abramovich prefers Shevchenko, he is unwilling to sell Drogba!
So, Drogba has been benching!
Didn’t Didier Drogba sit on the bench for today’s match?
To be honest, Didier Drogba really doesn’t want to stay at Chelsea anymore. He wants José Mourinho to come back and join him.
At this time, there was a lot of news that many teams were negotiating with José Mourinho and that José Mourinho would soon be out of the mountains.
Didier Drogba is now waiting for José Mourinho to come out again.
At this moment, the balance on the pitch was broken.
Leeds United relied on an ultra-fast counter-attack from the winger, Franck Ribery Ence, to pass the ball sideways in the middle after dinner and roll it to the feet of midfielder Luca Tony, who scored Chelsea’s goal, 1-0.
Yes, Leeds United scored first.
Leeds United did not have the internal chaos they had imagined. They played very well and very precisely. Leeds United scored in the 22nd minute of the first half.
Grant stood on the sidelines pacing back and forth as he desperately wanted to replace Didier Drogba. However, Big Boss Abramovich was not easy to explain, so he just held on and didn’t change people.
Leeds United scored again in the 15th minute of the second half.
This time, it wasn’t Leeds United’s sharp counterattack, but Leeds United’s positional attack. After Leeds United passed the ball back and forth, Luka Modric easily picked a cross at the front of the small box, where Luca Tony headed the ball over and Edinson Cavani leaned sideways to sweep the ball into Chelsea’s goal, 2-0.
At this time, Grant shook his head. He knew that the match was over.
At this time, Grant traded Drogba for Shevchenko. However, Didier Drogba did not play very well, and it could even be said that the entire Chelsea team did not perform very well. In the end, Chelsea lost 2-0 to Leeds United under Grant.
Leeds United have won the game and their winning streak continues. This is the 24th consecutive Leeds Premier League win of the season!
The media reporters and fans were stunned. Was Leeds United going to be heaven defying this season?
Could it be that Leeds United’s next game of the season will end with a total victory? Are they going to make history?
Now that the Premier League is in its 28th round, there are still 10 matches left in the Premier League. If Leeds United win the last ten matches, then they will have 34 consecutive Premier League victories this season. This is incomparably shocking.
Of course, Leeds United’s winning streak would be a fool’s dream.
Yes, everyone thinks Leeds United’s winning streak has come to an end. No matter what, Leeds United can’t continue winning. The rest of the Premier League are not vegetarians.
After this round of matches, Leeds United naturally topped the Premier League. Arsenal are tied, so the gap between Leeds United and second place has been widened. Leeds United are now eight points ahead of second place.
Arsenal, Manchester United and Sheffield all scored 64 points on Wednesday. The competition between the three teams is very, very fierce. They are all competing for second place!
After the game against Chelsea, Zhong Chengshi led the Leeds United players away from Leeds and away from England. Leeds United flew to Milan, Italy. Yes, they were going to play in the second leg of the Champions League knockout round against AC Milan.
In the first leg, Leeds United won 2-0. Now they have a huge advantage. As long as Leeds United don’t concede, they will be able to win and advance to the next round.
Of course, as the defending champion, AC Milan’s strength was naturally very strong. They would definitely not admit defeat. They wanted to attack Leeds United frantically to win this match.
At home, the Rossoneri were naturally the starting lineup of the H squad and it was clear that Ancelotti wanted to win the game directly.
The Rossoneri attacked frantically and surrounded Leeds United at the start of the game.
Meanwhile, Leeds United had put on a defensive posture at this moment. Now, they had an absolute advantage. They could play defensively because they had a 2-0 lead at home. As long as they held on, the winner would be Leeds United.
Moreover, Leeds United are very good at defending and counterattacking. This is to use their strongest place against the Rossoneri. This game is very beneficial for Leeds United.
The Rossoneri attacked frantically at the start of the game, but the result was not ideal.
Leeds United’s defense is really good, their defense is very reasonable. Moreover, the Leeds United had the initiative. Their defensive strength was very high, their oppressiveness was very high, and the positions between their defensive teammates were maintained very, very well.
The Rossoneri really don’t have much to do. Although Kaka is in a good condition, he has fallen into a quagmire in the game and his advantage is very difficult to unleash. The Rossoneri played very awkwardly and did not see much hope.
At the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0!
Seeing this, the Rossoneri fans were very worried and in a very bad mood. They did not see much hope in this match. Carlo Ancelotti was also very anxious on the sidelines. Leeds United’s defensive line was really well set up. They were really strong.
After the second half of the game, Leeds United launched a ferocious attack and frantically surrounded Leeds United. The Rossoneri’s attack in the second half was much sharper, and Leeds United’s threat also came up. Kaka became more and more active in the second half as he frantically surrounded Leeds United.
Kaka had three excellent chances in five minutes. Two were thrown by Zhong Zheng and one was blocked by Pick.
The players of Leeds United were really determined to keep the goal in sight.
However, in the 87th minute of the second half, Leeds United’s goal was still broken. Sure enough, it was Kaka who scored!
However, the Rossoneri’s goal came too late and time was running out.
At the end of the day, the Rossoneri are frantically attacking, However, they were still unable to break through Leeds United’s goal. Leeds United relied on their tenacious defense to secure victory. Although they lost 0-1 in this match, Leeds United eliminated the defending champions Rossoneri 2-1 on aggregate, advancing to the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season!
Leeds United were naturally very excited and happy. Leeds United defeated the defending champion and entered the last 16. Their luck was really good.
At this time, Zhong Cheng ignored these matters and immediately led his team back to England.
Leeds United have just returned to England for this season’s FA Cup knockout game, where they face Cardiff City at home.
Were Cardiff City really strong? Leeds United had a full substitute lineup, with Levandovsky and Alexander Pato appearing in the starting lineup. However, Lewandowski did not score a goal in this game, but he gave two assists. Alexander Pato and Gareth Bale scored one goal each. Leeds United beat Cardiff City 2-0 at home and entered the last four of this season’s FA Cup.
This was beyond the expectations of many people, including Zhong Cheng!