Episode [422]: Leeds United on All Fronts
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On March 31, 2008, Leeds, England, the weather was fine!
What will be played here today is the twenty-eighth round of the Premier League this season. Leeds United will face Chelsea at home.
Before this game, there were rumors that Leeds United would lose.
Because at this time, the Leeds United team is already unstable internally, and it has just been reported that their chief striker Luca Toni is going to transfer and leave. This has a huge impact on Leeds United.
The fans of Leeds United and the players of Leeds United will definitely be greatly affected. In this way, Leeds United is unstable internally. How will Leeds United play in this game?
And now they have to face the powerful Chelsea team, and Leeds United will definitely lose this game.
Also, Leeds United has won 23 consecutive victories, and the pressure of these consecutive victories is almost overwhelming them. Now that they are still facing such a problem, Leeds United naturally cannot bear the pressure, and they will definitely lose this game.
The odds offered by many betting companies in Europe are also Chelsea's advantage, by a large margin. They also believe that Leeds United will undoubtedly lose this game. Leeds United is unstable internally, how can they fight Chelsea?
In this game, Zhong Cheng is still the main starter, Luca Toni is still on the front line, Lewandowski and Alexander Pato are sitting on the bench waiting for the opportunity.
On Chelsea's side, Grant attached great importance to the instructions of the chairman, Mr. Abramovich, and directly pressed Drogba on the bench, excluding Shevchenko to start!
Yes, everyone knows that Abramovich likes Shevchenko, and even the fuse that caused Abramovich and Jose Mourinho to break up was Shevchenko.
Under Jose Mourinho, Drogba was the main force and Shevchenko was the substitute. Drogba scored 22 goals in 36 appearances in the Premier League last season, while Andriy Shevchenko only scored five goals in 17 appearances.
But after Jose Mourinho left this season, Grant took the position. He followed Abramovich's instructions and put Drogba on the bench, righted Shevchenko, and took the position of the team's main striker. Shevchenko has made nineteen appearances for Chelsea so far, scoring five goals. And Drogba only played ten times for Chelsea, scoring the same five goals.
So, in fact, from this point of view, who is right in the battle between Jose Mourinho and Abramovich.
Drogba's performance last season was very amazing. Everyone thought that Drogba would definitely become Chelsea's main center forward this season. No one expected that Chelsea would put a striker who had surpassed 20 a season on the bench.
Now Chelsea fans are appealing to Chelsea executives to let Drogba return to the main starting lineup. They have called for this a long time ago, but Drogba is still sitting on the bench.
No wonder since last summer, countless clubs wanted to introduce Drogba, and Drogba himself was very willing to leave Chelsea. It is said that AC Milan even offered Drogba 22.5 million euros, just hoping to introduce Drogba.
But even if Abramovich prefers Shevchenko, he is not willing to sell Drogba!
Therefore, Drogba has been on the bench now!
Didn't Drogba sit on the bench in today's game?
To be honest, Drogba really doesn't want to stay in Chelsea anymore. He wants Jose Mourinho to come back quickly so that he can join him.
At this time, there is a lot of news circulating in the outside world, saying that many teams are negotiating with Jose Mourinho, and Jose Mourinho will soon come out.
Now Drogba is waiting for Jose Mourinho to come out again.
At this moment, the balance on the court was broken.
With a super fast counterattack, Leeds United directly cut in from Franck Ribery on the wing. After the meal, they crossed the football across the middle. The football rolled to the feet of Luca Toni in the middle. Luca Toni sent the football into Chelsea's goal, 1-0.
Yes, Leeds United scored first.
Leeds United is not as chaotic as everyone imagined, they are playing very well and very rigorous. In the 22nd minute of the first half, Leeds United scored first.
Grant stood on the sidelines and kept pacing back and forth. At this time, he really wanted to replace Drogba. But the big boss Abramovich is not easy to explain here, so he just persevered and did not change.
In the 15th minute of the second half, Leeds United scored again.
This time it was not Leeds United's sharp counterattack, but Leeds United's positional attack. After Leeds United passed the ball back and forth, Luka Modric at the front of the small penalty area easily passed the penalty area. In the penalty area, Luca Toni headed the ball and Edinson Cavani directly volleyed the football into Chelsea's goal, 2-0.
By this time, Grant couldn't help shaking his head, he knew the game was over.
At this time, Grant replaced Shevchenko with Drogba. However, Drogba's performance after playing was not very good. It can even be said that the performance of Chelsea's entire team was not very good. In the end, under the leadership of Grant, Chelsea lost to Leeds United 0-2.
Leeds United won this game, and their winning streak continues. This is the twenty-fourth consecutive Premier League win for Leeds United this season!
The media reporters and fans at the scene were stunned. Is Leeds United going against the sky this season?
Is it possible that the following games of Leeds United this season will end with a complete victory? Are they going to win the championship like history?
Now the Premier League has entered the twenty-eighth round, and there are still ten rounds left in the Premier League. If Leeds United wins all the last ten rounds, then Leeds United's winning streak in the Premier League this season will reach 34 games, which is extremely amazing.
Of course, it is simply a dream for Leeds United to win such a winning streak.
Yes, everyone thinks that Leeds United's winning streak has come to an end. In any case, it is impossible for Leeds United to continue winning streak. Other teams in the Premier League are not vegetarians.
After this round of competition, Leeds United naturally topped the Premier League table. In this round, Arsenal drew, so the gap between Leeds United and the second place has been widened again. Now Leeds United is eight points ahead of the second place.
And Arsenal, Manchester United and Sheffield all scored 64 points on Wednesday. The competition between these three teams is very, very fierce. Now they are all competing for the second place!
After the match against Chelsea, Zhong Cheng led the players of Leeds United to leave Leeds and England. Leeds United flew to Milan, Italy. Yes, they were going to participate in the second round of the UEFA Champions League knockout round against AC Milan.
In the first round, Leeds United won 2-0, and now they have a huge advantage. As long as Leeds United keep a clean sheet in this game, they will be able to win and advance to the next round.
Of course, as the defending champion AC Milan team is naturally very strong, they will definitely not admit defeat, they are going to attack Leeds United crazily and win this game.
At his own home court, the Rossoneri are naturally the main starters. It can be seen that Ancelotti wants to win this game directly.
At the beginning of the game, the Rossoneri attacked frantically and besieged Leeds United.
At this time, Leeds United is in the posture of defending and counterattacking. Now they have an absolute advantage. They can safely play defensive counterattacks, because they are leading 2-0 at home. As long as they hold, the winner is their Leeds United.
And Leeds United are very good at defensive counterattacks. This is to use their strongest point to face the Rossoneri. This game is very advantageous for Leeds United.
At the beginning of the game, the Rossoneri sieged frantically and pressed heavily, but the effect was not very satisfactory.
Leeds United's defense is really good, and their defense is very reasonable. And it still takes the initiative. Leeds United's defensive intensity is very high, the oppression is very high, and the positions between the defensive teammates are maintained very, very well.
The Rossoneri really didn't have much to do. Although Kaka was in a very good state, Kaka was stuck in the quagmire during the game, and it was difficult to bring out his advantages. The Rossoneri played very awkwardly, with no hope in sight.
At the end of the first half, the score was still tied at zero to zero!
Seeing the fans of the Rossoneri here are very worried and in a very bad mood. They can't see any hope in this game. Ancelotti is also very anxious on the sidelines. Leeds United's defense is really well arranged, and their strength is really strong.
After the start of the second half of the game, Leeds United launched a fierce attack, frantically besieging Leeds United. In the second half of the game, the Rossoneri's offense was much sharper, and the threat of Leeds United also came up. In the second half of the game, Kaka became more and more active, besieging Leeds United frantically.
Kaka got three excellent chances in a row in five minutes, two were saved by Zhong Zheng, and one was blocked by Pique.
The players of Leeds United are really united as one, trying their best to keep the goal.
However, in the 87th minute of the second half, Leeds United's goal was still broken, and it was Kaka who scored the goal!
However, the Rossoneri's goal came too late, and time is running out.
In the last time, the Rossoneri were crazy to attack, but they still failed to break through Leeds United's goal. Leeds United clings to the victory with their tenacious defense. Although they lost this game 0-1, Leeds United eliminated the defending champion Rossoneri with a total score of 2-1 and advanced to the quarter-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League!
The people of Leeds United are naturally very excited and happy. Leeds United defeated the defending champion and reached the top 16. It is really lucky.
At this time, Zhong Cheng didn't pay attention to these things, and he immediately led the team back to England.
Just returned to England, Leeds United ushered in this season's FA Cup knockout match, Leeds United faced Cardiff City at their home court.
Is the strength of the Cardiff City team really strong? Leeds United has a lineup of all substitutes. Both Lewandowski and Alexander Pato appeared in the starting list. However, the high-profile Lewandowski did not score a goal in this game, but he sent two assists. Alexander Pato and Gareth Bale each scored a goal. Leeds United defeated Cardiff City 2-0 at home and directly reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup this season!
This was beyond the expectations of many people, including Zhong Cheng!