Episode [340]: Champions League Group Penultimate Round

After the match against Tottenham Hotspur, Zhong Cheng led Leeds United to Spain.

Leeds United is going to participate in the penultimate round of this season's UEFA Champions League group stage.

At this time, Leeds United has won the right to qualify for the group stage.

Prior to this, Leeds United had three wins and one tie, with 10 points, holding the top spot.

The second-ranked Sevilla has three wins and one loss, with nine points. It ranks second in this group and continues to get the right to qualify!

Ranked third is Slavia Prague with one win, one draw and two losses, with four points. Ranked fourth is Steaua Bucharest, who has four losses and zero points, ranking last in the group.

At this time, both Sevilla and Slavia Prague have a chance to qualify for the group stage! Now it is Sevilla and Slavia Prague to compete for another place in the group.

Yes, at this time Leeds United have already paid in advance.

Because Slavia Prague, ranked third in the league, won the next two rounds, their points are only ten points. If the Arsenal team loses all the next two rounds, the Arsenal team will also be 10 points. If Sevilla loses in the next two rounds and the points do not reach 10 points, Leeds United and Slavia Prague will join hands to advance.

If Sevilla's points in the next two rounds exceed 10 points, Sevilla will get a place to qualify. The other one happened between Slavia Prague and Leeds United, who have the same points. The condition for qualifying in the UEFA Champions League group is to look at the points first. If the points are the same, it depends on the home and away wins.

And Leeds United has an absolute advantage against Slavia Prague, because they won one win and one draw against Slavia Prague, without losing. Leeds United has an advantage in the battle, so it should be Sevilla and Leeds United.

In the remaining two rounds, Leeds United will play against Sevilla, which means that no matter what the result of this game is, one of the two teams must have more than 10 points, so there is no situation where three teams qualify for 10 points at the same time.

If Leeds United beats Sevilla, then Leeds United will qualify as the top of the group; if Sevilla beats Leeds United, then Sevilla and Leeds United will qualify together;

Therefore, the remaining UEFA Champions League is actually not very important to Leeds United!

Because Leeds United has won the right to qualify for the group in advance, and now they have to do is to compete for the first place in the group.

However, it is clear that Zhong Cheng's current focus is still on the Premier League.

Yes, now Leeds United is still relatively low in the Premier League. For Zhong Cheng, who has actually won the Premier League title, since the UEFA Champions League group stage is about to qualify ahead of schedule, their focus should be on the league.

Moreover, this weekend, Leeds United will go away to challenge Chelsea!

This game is very important. Chelsea and Leeds United have the same points now. This game is also worth six points. Zhong Cheng naturally hopes to beat Chelsea and strive to enter the top four of the Premier League as soon as possible and catch up with the top team.

Therefore, when flying to Spain this time, Zhong Cheng did not bring the strongest team with him!

Yes, Zhong Cheng had reservations in this game, and the Leeds United players had just experienced the international match day, and their physical fitness also needed to recover, so Zhong Cheng let them stay in Leeds United to rest, waiting for the weekend and Chelsea.

Although Zhong Cheng did not lead the strongest players to the away game, it does not mean that Zhong Cheng gave up this game.

Before the game, Zhong Cheng said in an interview with media reporters: "Yes, I did not bring our strongest players in this game. This is not to say that Leeds United does not pay attention to the UEFA Champions League, because we have already won the right to qualify for the group. Our focus should be on the league, because in the league, we are still far away!"

The media reporters nodded one after another, seeing that Zhong Cheng's ambitions this season are also very, very big.

At this time, Zhong Cheng continued: "The players I brought are also very strong. I brought them here. I am not here for tourism. We are here to win! Yes, Sevilla is very strong, but our Leeds United team will be stronger!"

Zhong Cheng's indomitable appearance naturally made the Sevilla fans very upset. Zhong Cheng is too arrogant, and the Sevilla team will definitely overthrow Leeds United.

Sevilla's coach Manolo Jimenez said before the game: "What we see now is not only the hope of qualifying from the group, we also see the hope of becoming the first in the group. Yes, Leeds United is very strong. We lost to them in the first round, but this does not mean that they will definitely be able to beat us!"

Manolo Jimenez said: "For this game, we in Sevilla are very confident, please believe us, our Sevilla has entered the best state, this season, our Sevilla will shock the world!"

Manolo Jimenez is full of confidence in this game. It seems that he has really thought of a countermeasure against Leeds United.

Zhong Cheng ignored the Sevilla people. To be honest, Zhong Cheng did not pay special attention to this game. The victory or defeat is not important to Leeds United. Zhong Cheng has already set his sights on the upcoming weekend's league.

In Zhong Cheng's view, the foundation of the Premier League's foothold!

Of course, Leeds United also has high expectations in the UEFA Champions League this season, but the group has qualified ahead of schedule, and Leeds United can pass on the focus of work. This is not to say that Zhong Cheng has given up the UEFA Champions League, and they still have very high goals for the UEFA Champions League.

The game was too difficult, and Sevilla fans packed the entire stadium. They knew that this game was related to whether they could advance in advance. They all came to the stadium to cheer for Sevilla.

In this game, Zhong Cheng's starting lineup for Leeds United is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Simon Mignolet

Back four [left to right]: Danny Rose, Ivanovic, Hummels and Glenn Johnson

Single midfielder: Stephen Mbia

Three strikers [left to right]: Gareth Bale, Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri

Forwards: Robert Lewandowski and Aleksander Pato

Before the game, the media reporters in England were still criticizing Robert Lewandowski, claiming that Lewandowski is a super big parallel importer. He has been in Leeds United for such a long time and has won so many opportunities to play, but now his goals are still zero!

This is the worst player Zhong Cheng has ever introduced. Even Edinson Cavani and Carlos Tevez, who were sprayed very hard last season, are not as bad as Lewandowski.

This guy has so many opportunities to play, and the statistics have zero goals and three assists!

What is it that such a garbage striker is not a parallel import? It's just a big joke that such rubbish wants to succeed Luca Toni!

Right now, the pressure on Robert Lewandowski is enormous.

Albertini came to Zhong Cheng's side, and said worriedly: "You still send him to play now, will this harm him, he will be crushed by the pressure too much!"

Albertini was really worried that Lewandowski would not be able to handle it, the pressure was too great. Even when he was young, he might not be able to bear the pressure he is facing now.

Albertini can see that Lewandowski is very talented, but isn't this a bit of a spoiled seedling?

Zhong Cheng shook his head slightly and said: "You still underestimate Robert, Demi! This guy is much stronger and prouder than we imagined. Now the pressure here may be a very big trouble for him, but it is not enough to crush him. Instead, it will become the driving force for progress! Under such high pressure, he will not collapse, but will make a gorgeous turn!"

Hearing Zhong Cheng's words, Albertini frowned slightly, he still didn't quite believe Zhong Cheng's words.

Zhong Cheng naturally saw it, he didn't want Albertini to agree with him. He just smiled slightly, patted Albertini on the shoulder, and said: "Demi, don't worry too much, we have to trust him, what he needs most now is our support! Not worry and doubt!"

Albertini was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Lewandowski on the court, then at Zhong Cheng, sighed and said, "Perhaps, you are right!"

Today, the Sevilla team ranked a 4-4-2 starter, the list is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Palop

Back four [from left to right]: Crespo, Dragunescu, Facio and Dani Alves

The midfield four [from left to right]: Adriano, Marty, Paulson and Jesus Navas

Double striker: Fabiano and Canoute

This starting lineup has changed a lot from the first round of the match between the two sides, especially in the midfield. It seems that Manolo Jimenez was very satisfied with the team's defense in the last match, and also made some adjustments in terms of offense, that is, the Brazilian Adriano appeared in the starting list.

This Adriano is not the king of Inter Milan, but a small winger, the Adriano who will join the Barcelona team in the future.

Obviously, Manolo Jimenez's tactical play in this game is to fly with both wings. Obviously he thought of Jesús Navas, who was marked to death in the last match, and this time it was obviously to liberate Jesús Navas.

No wonder Manolo Jimenez was so confident before the game. It turned out that he thought he had found a way to beat Leeds United.

Zhong Cheng was also slightly taken aback when he saw such a starting list. Naturally, it was obvious at a glance that Manolo Jimenez's idea, to be honest, this tactic is really good. This guy Adriano is not here to make up the numbers, he is very fast and has a strong assist ability. And he can go up and down, he can also play as a full-back, and his defense is relatively good.

Manolo Jimenez was able to put Adriano on the starting list at this time, he is still very courageous, this guy is still very capable.