The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 972
972 Devil Race Schedule and Rotation
Media reporters swarmed forward and surrounded Van Gaal.
Speaking to reporters, Van Gaal said: “Leaving Sheffield Wednesday wasn’t an accident. In fact, there were differences between me and Kramer very early on. Our goals are different, I need to move forward step by step, and Kramer wants to move forward.” To tell you the truth, he underestimated football. Football did not succeed casually!
The reporters nodded in agreement with Van Gaal’s words.
Van Gargh continued, “I don’t agree with him. Huntelaar is just a guide. Even without Huntelaar, things will pop up and cause me to quit!”
The reporters understood. It turned out that Kramer had wanted to fire Van Gaal a long time ago!
Van Gaal continued: “Of course, my dismissal has something to do with Huntelaar.” To tell you the truth, Huntelaar’s performance in the first game of the season was very unprofessional. His performance disappointed me. Recently, he was a bit proud of his favor and seemed to feel that he was above the whole team. This is not allowed by any coach, so this is the conflict between me and him!
Media reporters thought about it and felt that Van Gaal was right. Compared to the previous seasons, Huntelaar was a bit off this season, as if he really thought that he was the boss of Sheffield Wednesday.
Van Gaal continued: “Huntelaar and Cramer are on good terms, and it is said that they are on good terms because of their girlfriend.” Their girlfriends are on good terms with each other. Huntelaar reportedly left Leeds United to join Sheffield Wednesday because Huntelaar’s woman wanted him to come here and his girlfriend became Kramer’s lobbyist!
The reporters were shocked. They really didn’t expect Huntelaar to join Sheffield Wednesday for such a reason.
Van Gargh continued, “It was said that Huntelaar and his girlfriend were already planning to get married again, and Kramer gave Huntelaar’s girlfriend a lot of things, real estate sports cars …”
Hiss, the reporters sucked in a breath of cold air!
This was an outright bribe! I didn’t expect Huntelaar’s girlfriend to be a gold digger!
Van Gaal said: “Well, that’s not all there is to it. Huntelaar left Leeds United to join Sheffield Wednesday for a number of reasons. The situation is very complicated, but the two of them have similar interests in general. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been good friends.”
After saying those words, Van Gargh didn’t say anything else and directly turned around to leave.
The reporters were extremely shocked. They really didn’t expect Van Gaal to make such a big news when he left!
The next day, news of Huntelaar leaving Leeds United for Sheffield Wednesday spread throughout the continent, and countless people were discussing Huntelaar.
Albertini said beside Zhong Cheng, “I didn’t expect Claus to leave Leeds United for such a reason!”
Zhong Chengshi chuckled and said, “Yeah, I didn’t think of that either. But no matter what the reason, he chose to leave Leeds United. He has nothing to do with us now. We need to focus on the next match!”
Albertini frowned slightly and asked, “You discovered him and raised him. Are you willing to let him go?”
The corner of Zhong Cheng’s mouth curled up slightly and he said, “There are many things like this on this planet. Man is a thoughtful animal. Everyone has their own choices and won’t change because of your thoughts. What he makes is his own business. I just need to do what I have to do. For example, in the upcoming tournament!”
Albertini was slightly stunned.
Zhong Cheng patted Albertini’s shoulder and said indifferently, “Do your best to do the current thing. Don’t be disturbed by unimportant things. We are in a very bad situation now.”
Then, Zhong Cheng and Albertini crossed paths.
Albertini nodded slightly and said, “Yes, do your best back then!”
Over the weekend, Leeds United went away to face Fulham,
Fulham are now 16 th in the Premier League with two four-and-six points. They are not far from the relegation zone and they are not very strong.
However, Fulham’s strength wasn’t weak either. They did this almost every year, but they didn’t demote. This meant that they were still very strong.
Therefore, this team cannot be underestimated!
Sometimes Fulham could defeat some strong teams, but when faced with some weak teams, they would lose inexplicably and their results would fluctuate.
Zhong Cheng would naturally take this match seriously. After all, Leeds United’s results were terrible, and they didn’t even make it into the top four of the Premier League.
However, at this time, Zhong Cheng still carried on the rotation, because they have to prepare for the second round of the Champions League group match in three days.
In the second round of the Champions League group stage, Leeds United faced Eindhoven at home. Eindhoven lost to Atletico Madrid 3-0 in their first home game. Leeds United had to win this game, otherwise they would be under the weight of Atletico Madrid.
Therefore, Zhong Cheng had to take turns to ensure his victory in the next round of matches in the future.
Zhong Cheng’s formation today was still 4-1-3-2. The starting list was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng
Fourth Guards “Left to Right”: Patrick Aver La, Gary Cahill, David Lewis and Lich Steiner
Single waist: Yaya Toure
Three avant-garde “left to right”: Gareth Bale, Luca Modric and Hulk
Twin strikers: Levandovsky and Alexander Pato
This is the starting line-up for Leeds United today. The slightly injured Patrick Aver is finally back on the bench and Ivanovic is sitting on the bench waiting for an opportunity.
Yaya Toure took Sedu Keita’s place at the back. Sedu Keita didn’t even make it into the bench today. Instead, he sat in the stands. Stephen Mbia was sitting on the bench backing Yaya Toure.
Avant-garde Hulk appeared in the starting lineup, Marco Royce was on the bench and Samir Nasri was also on the bench.
The striker is Levandovsky, who started today, and Diego Milito is sitting on the bench, preparing for the second round of the Champions League group stage three days later.
In this match, Zhong Cheng was confident. After all, Fulham’s strength was not very strong.
Very quickly, the match between the two sides officially began, and Fulham controlled the rhythm of the match.
Yes, Fulham saw the Leeds United rotation and thought they had a chance to look forward, control the midfield and put pressure on the Leeds United defence frequently.
The Leeds United players did well, defending firmly and not giving the Fulham players much of a chance. Although the Fulham players controlled the pace of the game, there weren’t many attacks that were really threatening.
Zhong Cheng was not in a hurry. On the contrary, the Fulham manager was in a hurry because they didn’t have many chances. Even if the opportunity came out, it was resolved by Leeds United. The Leeds United players were too strong.
The game is going on, Leeds United are getting more and more counter-attacks, the Fulham people are a little worried.
Fortunately, the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half.
After the first half of the match, the two sides drew 0-0.
Very quickly, the second half of the match between the two sides began. There was no substitution on the side of Leeds United.
Zhong Cheng naturally believed in these players. They played badly in the first half, and Zhong Cheng believed that they could win.
Leeds United scored at the start of the second half.
This was Luca Modric’s chance to get a free kick in the front court. Luca Modric hit the ball with his own saber and a beautiful arc directly opened Fulham’s goal. Fulham’s goalkeeper didn’t have a chance at all.
This corner kick was really beautiful. It really smelled like an Albertini deciduous ball.
Zhong Cheng couldn’t help but turn around and say to Albertini beside him, “You’ve trained quite well. This kid is ready to start!”
Albertini was very pleased with himself but said humbly, “It’s mainly because Luca’s talent is very high. He is really a player born for football!”
Looking at Albertini’s stinking appearance, the corner of Zhong Cheng’s mouth rose slightly, and he didn’t say anything else.
The Fulham Club were naturally unconvinced when they saw the team concede the ball. They played better this game and controlled the pace of the game. How could they lose with just a set-piece?
Fulham immediately launched a frantic counterattack that threatened Leeds United’s goal ferociously.
You don’t have to say that Fulham’s offense was really threatening and equalised in the 20th minute of the second half.
This time, it was Fulham’s long-range shot from the front of the restricted area. It was refracted and the football flew into Leeds United’s goal. Zhong Zheng was powerless.
The Fulham players who scored were very excited. They continued to attack crazily, wanting to score another goal in one go and win the game.
Fulham are frantically attacking, the whole team is frantically pressing down, striving for the goal!
To tell the truth, their results were very good, creating a lot of trouble for Leeds United. However, their defence is becoming more and more empty and Leeds United are happy to see that.
The Leeds United are confident in their defensive prowess and are waiting for a counterattack.
The Fulham manager was also paying attention to this point, constantly reminding the Fulham players to pay attention to defense. However, at this moment, the Fulham players were all silent on offense. They thought that if they worked harder to take care of you, they would be able to break through the Leeds United goal and win this game.
However, in the 30th minute of the second half, Leeds United’s goalkeeper Zhong Zheng launched a quick counterattack. After Hulk caught the ball, he accelerated his breakthrough. Then, he crossed 45 degrees from the side. Lewandowski, who was behind the forbidden area, was unguarded and easily jumped to head the ball.
Bang! The football flew like a loaded cannonball towards Fulham’s goal.
The Fulham goalkeeper reacted immediately but was still unable to touch the football. The football flew into Fulham’s goal. This was Lewandowski’s first Premier League goal of the season and it was also used by Leeds United to defeat Fulham.