The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 958
958 International Competition Day off
Leeds United beat Blackburn 3-0, reversing their previous decline.
After the first three rounds, Leeds United’s result was two wins and one loss. Although it seemed like a good result, it could also reflect the current Leeds United’s poor condition.
Their form has fluctuated a lot, which is different from Leeds United in the last few seasons.
The biggest problem for Leeds United this season is running-in. Yes, the Leeds players are in good physical condition and Canales has done his job well.
However, the Leeds United players still lack time to fit in, which has led to their current problems.
The Leeds United problem is very serious now, if not solved, Leeds United at the beginning of the new season is likely to be volatile results, like a wave in the sea, higher and lower.
Now Leeds United just need more time to fit in.
However, after this round, the Premier League will be suspended for half a month.
With international day approaching, all players in the Leeds United team with international assignments are leaving the team.
There were a lot of people who left Leeds United this time because Leeds United were already a big international player. The goalkeeper Zhong Zheng was going to England. He was now England’s number one international and naturally had to report to the national team.
Simon Mignolet is still young and has not been called up to the national team, but it is said that the Belgian national team has been eyeing Simon Mignolet. This time, it did not succeed. The next time, most likely, Mignolet will go to the Belgian national team to report.
Therefore, the next Leeds United may be going to the youth team to play in the future.
Leeds United have moved more at the back, right-back Glen Johnson to England, Lichtsteiner to Switzerland and centre-back Gary Cahill to England.
Perhaps it was because Gary Cahill had been a central defender for Leeds United’s national team for a while and had performed well that he was selected for England this time around, but he was also a fringe international.
But this is a great opportunity for Gary Cahill, he has finally joined the England team, even if he wants to go to England to see the water dispenser, he is still eager to go, this is his good opportunity.
Then Kompani and David Luis, the centre-back partners who performed well at the Beijing Olympics, went to Belgium, where Kompani was a former Billy player. And the Belgian Football Association had already given David Luis Belgian citizenship to recruit him. Now that David Luis had finally chosen to play for the Belgian national team, they naturally immediately recruited David Luis into the Belgian national team.
Ivanovic also went to Seville, left-back Patrick Evra also went to France, and Leeds United’s defence was almost over.
This meant that the Leeds United defensive line was formidable!
Sure enough, the defensive players of the Leeds United defensive counterattack teams were all popular!
Midfielder Sedu Keita went to his own national team and Mbia was supposed to return to the national team, but he stayed in England to take care of his family because there was something wrong with his family and did not go to the national team this time.
The midfielder Gareth Bale went to Wales, Luca Modric to Croatia, Cristiano Ronaldo to Portugal and Hulk to Belgium.
Even the Belgian Football Association wanted to recruit the very young Eden Azar into the Belgian national team, focusing on training Eden Azar, so that he could feel the atmosphere of the national team at such a young age and familiarize himself with the Belgian national team. However, after some consideration, they gave up, because Eden Azar was indeed too young.
At the front, Diego Milito went to Argentina, Edinson Cavani went to Uruguay and Alexander Pato stayed at the club because he was too young to play for Brazil.
But look at that. Almost all of Leeds United are gone!
Leeds United is indeed a big international player!
Originally, Zhong Cheng had wanted to use this off-season of the International Competition Day to properly adjust his lineup, You see, there are too few players left in the Leeds United team. Even Zhong Cheng has to transfer some players from the reserve team and the youth team to train together in order to ensure the condition of these players who don’t have a national team mission.
Zhong Cheng shook his head and said, “This FIFA virus is really too torturous. I wonder what these players will look like when they come back this time.”
Yes, what Zhong Cheng was most worried about was the health of the Leeds United players.
Zhong Cheng did not want Leeds United’s players to get injured on this international day. If they were really injured, it would be even more difficult for Leeds United to match up. This would affect Leeds United’s performance in the new season.
Therefore, Zhong Cheng was still worried!
Albertini said: “Yes! FIFA has always been the enemy of the club, but there is no way, who called us rich clubs? There are many international players!”
Zhong Cheng smiled bitterly. Was Leeds United a wealthy family?
Leeds United have a long way to go!
Of course, now that Leeds United have superstars, the only difference is the Champions League title.
As long as Leeds United win the Champions League, they will be forced to upgrade to a big club.
Don’t you see what the Chelsea people have been after all these years?
The Chelsea players are also very well-known and there are many superstars in the club, but they are unstable and cannot be called rich. Why are they so crazy about the Champions League and why are they so keen on winning the Champions League? Didn’t he want to become a well-deserved wealthy family and sublimate his club’s prestige?
The Champions League title is a good thing!
So now that Leeds United are ahead of Chelsea in winning the Champions League, there is no need to gossip.
Now Leeds United are aiming for the Champions League title!
Of course, it is still very, very difficult for Leeds United to win the Champions League this season, because there are problems with the running-in of Leeds United this season, the European Cup and the Olympics.
Because Leeds United are the Youth Guards, their main force is almost all Olympic age players, so their club will walk a lot of players to participate in the Olympic Games. Some of the other big clubs have lost at most one or two players because each team in the Olympics can only have three overage players.
Other teams could only send one or two over-age players, while Leeds United wanted to send a group of over-age players, so the Olympics had a huge impact on Leeds United.
That’s why Leeds United are so lacking in fitness!
Zhong Cheng said: “Forget it, bullshit rich family! We are still a long way off. I hope that Leeds United can make a difference in the Champions League this season and even win the Champions League!”
Albertini turned his head and stared at Zhong Cheng in a daze.
Before this, Zhong Cheng had always insisted that Leeds United’s focus this season was on the Champions League, but he had never mentioned winning the Champions League. Today is the first time Zhong Cheng has called out the goal of winning the Champions League, Albertini is shocked.
Albertini could tell that Zhong Cheng was not joking, but very serious!
Albertini frowned, not as relaxed as before. If Leeds United are the target, then Leeds United will be busy this season!
Albertini also felt a tremendous pressure!
Zhong Cheng patted Albertini on the shoulder and did not say anything else. He continued to observe the training of the Leeds United team. Because Zhong Cheng usually didn’t go out to train himself, he only worked out the general direction and some training details and outlines, and then handed over the specific training to his subordinates’ coaches.
Right now, Zhong Cheng’s Principal Assistant Coach, Nai Smith, was leading the training!
Nai Smith Zhong Cheng was extremely trustworthy. This was truly a genius of the training class. He was simply Zhong Cheng’s right hand man!
Looking at the players training on the field, Zhong Cheng was very satisfied.
When Leeds United players go to the national team, Leeds United also have a warm-up game during this period. They are going to stay in shape through the warm-up game.
After all, there are still some players in the Leeds United team who don’t have a national team mission.
This time, Leeds United had arranged for an opponent to be a fifth-level England team. The opponent’s strength was not very strong. Of course, Leeds United’s lineup was perfect, and there were even teenagers on the starting line-up.
The starting lineup for Leeds United’s game is as follows:
Goalkeeper: Simon Mignolet
Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Danny Ross, Matts Hummels, Stephen M’Bia and Kyle Walker
Single waist: Paul Pogba
Three avant-garde “left to right”: Eden Azar, Tony Carlos and Marco Royce
Twin strikers: Levandovsky and Alexander Pato
This lineup was really too shabby for Leeds United, because these players were too young. Their average age was not over 20. They were even called Leeds United’s U18 or U19 youth team, and even Paul Pogba and Lucaku could still play in the U16.
In this match, Leeds United’s opponents were all adult players. Each of them had a very strong physique and excellent fighting ability. This was also a test for these young Leeds United players.
However, Lucaku, who was very young, was really able to withstand it. Although he was at a disadvantage, the gap was not too big. The opposing players were all shocked. Was this guy really a U16 player? This fellow must have changed his age!
In this match, the Leeds United players were a little panicked and timid at first. It was raining down on them, but as the game progressed into the Leeds United game, they played better and better. Gradually, they recovered their declining momentum and began to control the game.
The Leeds United youngsters are showing off their strengths, agility, speed and skill. They are using their strengths to control the game.
Alexander Pato scored twice in the first and second half using his speed and dribbling to receive a precise pass from midfield and substitute Lukacu scored a goal.
In the end, Leeds United defeated their opponent 4-2 in the warm-up match. The Leeds United players performed very well and Zhong Cheng was very satisfied.
