Nine Hundred and Thirtieth Chapters Digging the Corner of Leeds United

When Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 3-0 at the Nou Camp, which aroused worldwide excitement, Leeds in the far north of the UK, in the seventh round of the Premier League, Leeds United played at home against Queens Park Rangers, which aroused the attention of the UK. .

If you want to say that the biggest dark horse in the Premier League this season, then Leeds United deserves it.

After the first three rounds, this declining team ranked third in the Premier League. It has already attracted a lot of attention, but everyone feels that it is difficult for the White Rose to persist for a long time, and it will definitely fall.

Unexpectedly, Leeds United still performed very tenaciously after entering September.

First, in the fourth round, they drew 1-1 with the London team Fulham in an away game, and then at home, with Icardi's goal, they defeated Reading 1-0, but soon, in the sixth round The away game drew again with Aston Villa 1-1.

After six rounds of matches, everyone was surprised to find that only two teams in the Premier League remained unbeaten.

One is the summer heavy signings, Chelsea, which Mourinho re-entered and took charge of, and the other is Leeds United, which earned more than 100 million in the transfer market this summer.

However, due to the two draws in September, Leeds United's ranking has been overtaken by the Manchester duo and dropped to fifth place in the league, but it still beats Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Liverpool and other strong teams.

In the seventh round, Leeds United sit at home and face the bottom-ranked Queens Park Rangers.

After investing a lot of money this summer, the London team has not only failed to improve their performance, but has gone from bad to worse, and even became a favorite for relegation.

At the same time, Everton, who was originally ranked second, drew with Wigan Athletic in the away game 2-2.

Manchester City beat Sunderland 3-0, Manchester United beat Newcastle 3-0 away, the Manchester duo successfully counterattacked and climbed to the second and third places in the league, while Chelsea defeated Norwich 4-1, Continue to lead.

At Elland Road Stadium, if Leeds United can defeat Queens Park Rangers, they will enter the top four of the league again and rank fourth in the standings. The points are tied with Manchester United and Manchester City, but if they lose this game or draw, They will drop to seventh place.

There is no doubt that this is a crucial game.

But to everyone's surprise, Coutinho assisted Pogba to score a goal in just five minutes of the game, taking the lead in prying open the goal guarded by former Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar and opening the scoring for Leeds United.

Twenty-two minutes,

Salah made another victory, and this time it was Pogba who assisted, Leeds United led by two goals.

Afterwards, the two teams played very hard, but until the 85th minute, Jorginho took over the pass from Cancelo, who came off the bench, and scored another victory for Leeds United, 3-0!

In the end, Leeds United defeated Queens Park Rangers with a score of 3 to 0, further stepped Mark Hughes into the relegation zone, and successfully reversed Everton and Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and other players who were one step ahead. The team in the game is ranked fourth in the league.

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Gao Shen received the news after he returned to Madrid after playing Barcelona, ​​and after Valdebebas disbanded the team.

His first reaction was...

"Why isn't Mark Hughes in get out of class yet?"

Carlo and the others were well aware of the little grudge between Gao Shen and Mark Hughes, and they all laughed.

It has to be said that the probability of Mark Hughes getting out of get out of get out of class is constantly rising, and he has even become the first popular candidate for get out of get out of get out of get out of class in the Premier League this season.

There is no other reason. Queens Park Rangers invested tens of millions of pounds this summer and are now ranked twentieth in the league.

Investors are not fools, can they accept such results?

What's interesting is that another team that has invested a lot of money, Liverpool's current situation is not very ideal.

After Rodgers signed a lot of money, Liverpool failed to maintain a strong position. Now they are ranked near the middle, which is not good for Rodgers, but the Liverpool management is still more patient with him.

The main reason is that Rogers is adjusting and running in.

It's all reorganization, so it's natural to give some more running-in period.

"I didn't expect that Sarri would play so well this season." Zidane was also very surprised.

He is also familiar with Sarri and knows that the Italians are capable, but it is by no means an easy task to bring the newly promoted to this level. can do it.

"Yes, we are also very surprised, but this is also a happy trouble." Gao Shen smiled wryly.

Happiness is definitely happiness, but there are still many troubles.

Sarri's coaching performance is outstanding, and he has attracted the attention of many teams. The outstanding performance of the players has also attracted the attention of the team.

This is the fate of Leeds United.

"Leeds United's offensive channel on the left is quite well organized, and the right is gradually taking shape. This Cancelo is very powerful." After Carlo finished speaking, he looked at Gao Shen with a little more admiration in his eyes.

Cancelo is a highly hand-picked player, and Leeds United's current main right back is Trippier, and he is also performing quite well.

The combination of Coutinho, Kurzawa and Pogba on the left was established by Sarri last season, but Adam Lallana became Coutinho.

At the beginning of the season, many people thought that Leeds United's performance would decline sharply. After all, Coutinho may not adapt to Leeds United, and his strength is also open to question, but who would have thought that Coutinho would directly play at a high level when he came. , Continuing the outstanding performance in the Spaniard last season.

But Gao Shen expects more from him than that. He told Lucas, Borrell and Sarri that after Coutinho's confidence is cultivated, he will perform even better.

The setback at Inter Milan has dealt a big blow to Coutinho's self-confidence, and he needs to slowly regain his confidence.

Originally there was only one left wing, but now with the emergence of Salah on the right wing, especially the performance of the two right backs, Trippier or Cancelo, Leeds United's right wing is also performing very well.

Salah even won the reputation of Egypt's Messi, which shows his outstanding performance in the Premier League.

"A few days ago, people from the technical team also got to know Salah with me, saying that it was Valdano who asked them to focus on this talented winger who has performed well in the Premier League." Carlo looked at Gao Shen with a wry smile.

Everyone also thought it was funny.

Real Madrid wants to poach the corner of Leeds United, how does Gao Shen deal with himself?

It has to be said that Courtois was dug from Leeds United.

At the beginning of the season, many people expected him to serve as a substitute for Casillas, but unexpectedly, this kid grabbed the main force as soon as he came.

He really shines when given some sunshine, Gao Shen gives him a chance to perform, and he makes almost zero mistakes, making Casillas helpless even if he wants to regain the main position, and is forced to play in the cup.

With a beauty like Courtois in front, it is not surprising that Real Madrid are eyeing Leeds United players again.

"I am a very realistic person, as long as I have enough money." Gao Shen was straightforward.

Zidane and others also laughed.

Who said no?

Enough money, what can't be sold?

Leeds United has no bargaining power or chips now!

The team is disbanded, and the coaching staff will also have a three-day vacation. Gao Shen invited Carlo and Zidane to travel to England.

Not just to see Leeds United, but more importantly, to meet Norman Foster in London.

The concept design that the old man personally participated in came out, and Gao Shen and others were invited to take a look and study it together.

Similar to the design of this large-scale building, there is actually a relatively complicated process, the purpose is to ensure the interests and cooperation of both parties.

Generally, before formally putting into design, a conceptual design will be given first, which is to carry out layout and design according to Party A's requirements, site, space, function, etc., and basically express it by hand-painting.

According to the current process, the training base will probably not start until next summer, and the construction period is expected to take one year. Currently, Leeds United is actively communicating with the government and actively contacting the construction party.

According to the profound idea, inviting Chinese construction companies to undertake the construction can reduce the budget a lot, but many government procedures are more troublesome. After all, the British government also has to consider its own interests, such as labor conditions and so on.

This is by no means something that can be done overnight.

In other words, it is a conservative estimate that the Leeds United training base will not be put into use until at least 2014.

But it just so happens that this summer's transfer income, the final balance payment, will also be in 2014.

Only now did Gao Shen really understand why it took so many years to build a football stadium for Tottenham Hotspur.

Such trouble in Leeds, let alone in London?

...

The next morning, Gao Shen boarded the flight to London with Su Qing, Zidane and Carlo.

At the same time, Lucas and Borell, who were far away in Leeds, also brought their assistants and went south from Leeds to London.

At noon, the two sides met in a hotel in London and had lunch together.

Lucas also brought the latest news.

Leeds City Council has come up with a whole new requirement.

"In the northern area of ​​our new training base, isn't there a very old railway bridge?"

Gao Shen frowned, "Is there?"

"Yes." Su Qing nodded, "It's on the edge of the small overpass in the north. It is too old and has been abandoned. Now there is a whole row of bridge arches spanning east and west, and the railway bridge is also overgrown with weeds."

"That's right." Lucas nodded, "The Leeds City Government means that they plan to build a strip-shaped municipal park in the south of the abandoned railway bridge, and revitalize this abandoned ancient cultural relic."

"Both sides?"

"No, the north side is the main road, and the south side is about two kilometers away. They hope that we will design it together, and then they will allocate funds for renovation."

Gao Shen knew it well, in fact, it was not too much to have such a request.

Manchester City did more for Manchester City Council to build that training ground.

At the very least, this park is funded by the city government.

"Does Norman Foster know?"

"I told him two days ago, and he said he would discuss it with the team."

Gao Shen nodded, he was still looking forward to Norman Foster's design.

He wanted to see what kind of works this design master would produce according to his requirements.