Marseille coach Eric Gerets is ready to face Leeds United.

Eric Gerets was a representative of the Belgian national team of the European Red Devils when he was young, playing for the Belgian national team in World Cup and European Championships several times. He was also a meritorious player at the club and played for the Belgian giants Standard Liege and Eindhoven.

After retirement, he began his coaching career, coaching teams such as PSV Eindhoven, Wolfsburg, Galatasaray and Marseille.

In 2007, Eric Gerets became head coach of Marseille.

Marseille finished third in the Ligue 1 last season, much better than the previous manager, Albert Emmon, and the team is very satisfied with Eric Gerets, who made it into the Champions League this season.

After all, Eric Gerets has led Galatasaray to the Turkish League title and has played in the Champions League many times. Now Marseille are hoping to have a head coach with experience in the Champions League.

So now Marseille executives are satisfied with Eric Gerets’s coaching.

Eric Gerets told reporters before the game: “It’s clear that our opponents are very strong. They are the leaders of the Premier League and have been in the last eight of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons. They are very strong!”

Moreover, in the year when Leeds United won the UEFA Cup, they had played against Marseille. At that time, Leeds United had won and held a very big advantage.

Of course, the current Marseille team was no longer the Marseille team of the past, and had undergone great changes.

And now the head coach of Marseille has become Eric Gerets.

In addition to that, there have been player deals between Leeds United and Marseille, such as Samir Nasri, who was brought in by Leeds United last season.

Of course, the Marseille team is still angry about this matter!

The Leeds Alliance was really too careless back then!

Shortly after Leeds United brought in Samir Nasri, Arsène Wenge came looking for him. He wanted to bring in Samir Nasri, but he took out more money.

Unfortunately, Samir Nasri had already signed with Leeds United!

At that time, the Marseille Club had no choice but to watch a large sum of money slip away from their eyes. Their mood was naturally very bad, and they also hated Leeds United and Zhong Cheng to death.

Now is the time for Marseille to take revenge!

Marseille fans are hoping that the team can win their home game against Zurich United and let the world know how powerful their team is.

Eric Gerets continued in front of reporters: “Our Marseille team has only one goal in this game and that is to win. Yes, we are confident of winning against Zurich United. We are ready!”

The Marseille players were similarly confident and showed their confidence in front of the media reporters.

The Marseille fans were also confident in this match, and now they were looking forward to this match.

Zhong Cheng led the Leeds United players to Marseille two days ahead of schedule.

Zhong Cheng had come early to adapt to the weather and the venue!

The weather in Leeds was not very good these two days. It was a little strange. The weather in Marseille is not bad, but it is a little hot.

The Leeds United players are now adapting to the field!

The Leeds United training ground was closed. They didn’t give the reporters any chance to interview. The reporters were all waiting outside, waiting for the Leeds United training ground to end, and then they would properly interview the Leeds United!

At the end of the training, Zhong Cheng was interviewed by media reporters!

Zhong Cheng said: “This is the first round of the Champions League this season. We, Leeds United, naturally want to make a good start to the new season. We are away. It is indeed difficult for us, but we, Leeds United, have never been afraid of difficulties!”

The media reporters nodded their heads in succession. Indeed, it was like this. There was nothing to be dark about!

Zhong Cheng continued: “We have encountered a lot of problems recently. Injuries to the players are the biggest problem at the moment. We have lost a lot of key players, which has a great impact on our strength. However, even so, we are still full of confidence in this match!”

Almost every head coach thought so before the game, so the media reporters were naturally not surprised!

Zhong Chengshi continued, “I really have nothing to say about the performance of the Marseille team. They have some strength, but I don’t think they can threaten our Leeds United team!”

The local media reporters in Marseille despised Zhong Cheng in their hearts. This guy didn’t know anything, he was just bragging.

Zhong Cheng also said, “Of course, we have a chance of losing this match. The Marseille team is still strong. However, as long as our Leeds United don’t make any mistakes, the Marseille team will have no chance!”

Like Eric Gerets, Zhong Cheng was confident in his team.

Of course, Zhong Cheng also mentioned the injury of the Leeds United players. This had a great impact on the Leeds United team. Zhong Cheng also bombarded these damned national teams, especially the Portuguese national team’s Belgium national team.

Leeds United’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Compani were both injured, so Zhong Cheng was naturally very upset.

It was precisely because of these things that Leeds United’s match against Marseille was filled with many surprises.

There were a lot of people following this match. Everyone wanted to see just how much damage these players’ injuries had on Leeds United, and whether they would cause Leeds United to lose their way or even shake their foundations.

After all, Leeds United’s absolute main players Cristiano Ronaldo and Compani are both injured, both offensively and defensively affected.

At this time, media reporters have claimed that Leeds United this season is over, at least at the beginning of the new season, Leeds United is going to be sad. If Leeds United were to fall too far behind, they wouldn’t be able to catch up in the second half!

Everyone is also speculating what kind of performance Leeds United will have in the next few months and how they will be able to get out of the Champions League?

Leeds United’s chances of winning the Champions League have dropped a lot because of injuries to their players. Leeds United are about to fall out of the top 20. It can be seen that many people are not optimistic about Leeds United winning the Champions League!

However, at this moment, the Leeds United players were full of confidence. When they were interviewed by the media reporters, they all believed that Leeds United did not have any problems. In this match, Leeds United would definitely be able to easily defeat Marseille and win.

The competition had yet to begin, but the smell of gunpowder was full.

The people on both sides of the arena couldn’t wait to see this match officially begin.

September 17, 2008, Marseille Verrodham Stadium, France.

The weather in Marseille today is very good. The sun is shining brightly. Although it is still a little hot, it is still very good as a whole. It is suitable for playing football and watching football!

At this moment, the spectator stands were packed with fans from both teams!

There weren’t many Leeds United fans on the road today. After all, this was an expedition. However, there were still close to a thousand people following the team to the away game!

The away expeditionary army still looked very imposing. They were dressed uniformly, waving the flag of the Leeds United, and cheering on the drums. They were all very excited and excited.

Of course, the majority of the fans are still the home team Marseille!

The Marseille fans wore their home team’s white shirts and dyed the stadium a white ocean. The Marseille fans were all screaming excitedly, singing the team song of the Marseille team, and even humming “Marseille” to cheer for the team!

The atmosphere was very good, of course it belonged to Marseille.

At this moment, Marseille’s head coach Eric Gerets walked out and arrived at the stadium. He kept waving to the fans. The fans were very excited and shouted for Marseille.

“Hello, spectators, fans! This is the BBC, we are the familiar Mark Lawrenson!” BBC commentator Mark Lawrenson said immediately.

“Hello everyone, I am the familiar Eddie Gray!” Eddie Gray said.

“Today we are bringing to you a game in Group D of the 2008-2009 Champions League, against Lyon in Ligue 1 and Leeds United in the Premier League. Mark Lawrenson said immediately.

“Now that the players from both sides have walked out of the tunnel, let’s introduce the starting lineup for this match!” Eddie Gray said.

The starting lineup for today is as follows:

Host team: Marseille, head coach: Eric Gerets, formation: 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper: Mandanda

Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Taivo, Hilton, Zubal and Bonard

Double waist: Sana and Sheru

Three avant-garde “left to right”: Mbami, Ben Alpha and Kone

Single forward: Nyon

The Marseille team seems to have saved a hand today because Eric Gerets’s trusted short-legged Tiger Walbuena did not appear in the starting lineup. Instead, he sat on the bench. It seems that Eric Gerets has saved a hand and is preparing to attack later in the second half!

The starting lineup for Leeds United today is as follows:

Guest: Leeds United, Head Coach: Zhong Cheng, Formation: 4-1-3-2

Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng

Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Ivanovic, Gary Cahill, David Louis and Lixi Steiner

Single waist: Sedu Keita

Three avant-garde “left to right”: Gareth Bale, Luca Modric and Samir Nasri

Twin strikers: Diego Milito and Alexander Pato

This is the starting lineup for Leeds United today, which is somewhat unexpected. Why didn’t Patrick Evra start, but Ivanovic?

It was also beyond everyone’s expectations that Samir Nasri would be the winger instead of Marco Royce, a genius who had recently emerged. Looks like Zhong Cheng still hopes to use Samir Nasri against the Marseille team!

Alexander Pato appeared in the starting lineup, replacing the injured Edinson Kavani, while Hulk and Lewandowski sat on the bench, waiting for an opportunity.

At this moment, everyone’s gazes were fixed on the referee on the field.

The referee team for this match is from Austria. The referee is Klaus Plautz of Austria. His two assistants are Austrians, Bernard Caughner and Armin Eddell. The fourth official is also from Austria, and his name is Drahta.

Everyone was waiting for the kick-off whistle from Clark Ploates.