Episode [163]: They Are All the Future of Leeds United

Samir Nasri soon received the news that he could officially negotiate a contract with Arsenal.

Samir Nasri was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

Samir Nasri knows that he has little chance of staying at Leeds United. With the presence of Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, Marco Reus, and Eden Hazard, he There's really no chance of staying.

And he doesn’t want to stay as a substitute!

Samir Nasri wanted to leave at the beginning of the season, but the door to summer transfers had been closed when he originally wanted to leave.

At the very beginning of the league, he still wanted to stay and compete with people like Gareth Bale and Marco Reus, and wanted to get a main position. However, later he discovered that things were not as he imagined.

Leaving is a foregone conclusion, so why force it?

Later, Samir Nasri was found by Arsene Wenger, and Arsenal wanted to introduce him. Then Samir Nasri told Zhong Cheng that he wanted to leave.

To be honest, when he made this request to Zhong Cheng, he was very nervous.

After all, Samir Nasri had heard of Ellawi of Leeds United, and now he has long since stopped working in the football industry and has changed careers.

Think about it, the talented goalkeeper from Leeds United's youth training stayed in the reserve team for more than two years because of Zhong Cheng's words, and finally changed his career. Now no one knows where he is.

Samir Nasri is really afraid that Zhong Cheng will treat him like this.

However, Zhong Cheng is still relatively easy to talk to. As long as Arsenal's offer satisfies him, he can let him go. Samir Nasri was relieved at that time.

However, Samir Nasri is also a little worried. He is afraid that Arsene Wenger will suddenly give up on him and break his promise.

However, things got better later and many teams were interested in him, so he was really relieved.

Arsene Wenger did not disappoint him, and now he is finally taking him away. And Arsene Wenger promised Samir Nasri the main force of the team.

Now Samir Nasri can't wait to move to Arsenal immediately.

However, the winter transfer has not yet come, and Samir Nasri has not yet gone to Arsenal for a medical examination, so there are still a few days before Samir Nasri will join Arsenal.

However, Samir Nasri has now gone to Arsenal's training base for a physical examination.

As long as he undergoes a physical examination and waits until January 1st, Samir Nasri will be able to officially join Arsenal.

They are still doing it secretly, so the outside world really doesn't know that Leeds United's Samir Nasri is going to transfer to Arsenal.

If they really knew, the outside media would have already made a fuss.

Now, Zhong Cheng doesn't want this news to spread out like this, which will have an impact on Leeds United's preparations. Leeds United's results are not very stable now.

Although Leeds United is ranked in the top two, the teams behind are all staring at it, and there is nothing they can do!

Now Zhong Cheng is waiting for the Leeds United players to prepare to face Stoke City. Of course, Samir Nasri is no longer in the Leeds United team at this time.

Now Zhong Cheng is leading Leeds United to face Stoke City at his home court.

To be honest, Leeds United is also showing some fatigue now. Even Christie Ronaldo, who is in hot form, is also showing some fatigue and is no longer as sharp as before.

This game is very important for Leeds United. If they lose, they may not be able to maintain their second place in the league, or even lose their third place in the league.

In this game, the Leeds United players naturally worked very hard to score goals.

But at the end of the first half, Leeds United was attacked by Stoke City. Yes, Leeds United also suffered a counterattack from Stoke City.

At the end of the first half, Leeds United trailed 0-1.

After the second half of the game started, Zhong Cheng lined up some of his main players and launched a counterattack.

Zhong Cheng kept pacing on the sidelines. This game was very suspenseful!

Yes, Zhong Cheng already felt that this game was about to end, the rhythm was wrong!

On the pitch, the Leeds United players were naturally very excited. Every one of them got excited and surrounded Stoke City, but the effect didn't seem to be very good.

The game time is getting shorter and shorter, and the Leeds United players are getting anxious. If they don't score a goal, Leeds United will lose this game. Leeds United fans are also very anxious.

Stoke City fans are very excited, they are going to win, they are going to defeat Leeds United.

Unfortunately, at the end of the game, Leeds United equalized the score. The goal was scored by Lewandowski who came on as a substitute. Zhong Cheng's substitution worked wonders.

The Leeds United fans at the scene were very excited and excited. They all jumped up crazily and celebrated enthusiastically.

However, Zhong Cheng was not satisfied with the result of this return match!

Yes, Leeds United was tied with Stoke City at home, and Leeds United only got one point.

At this time, Liverpool beat Newcastle United 5-1 away from home, Arsenal beat Portsmouth 1-0, Chelsea was tied 2-2 away by Fulham, and Manchester United defeated Middlesbrough 1-0. Hull City lost to Aston Villa 0-1.

The 20th round of the 2008-2009 Premier League season has officially ended. The Red Army Liverpool ranked first in the league with 44 points, the second ranked Red Devils Manchester United with 42 points, and the third ranked Leeds United with 41 points. , ranking fourth is Chelsea with 41 points.

In this round of competition, Chelsea did not seize the opportunity. If they could defeat Fulham, they would not only surpass Leeds United, but also return to the second position in the league. Unfortunately, they were defeated by Fulham. There was a draw.

The competition in the Premier League is so fierce now that almost every round of demerits will change the top four rankings of the Premier League. This is the Premier League.

The 20th round of the Premier League has ended, and the time is almost coming to 2009.

Entering 2009, the international match day in European football has arrived again, and some players are going to compete on the international match day. However, English teams still have competitions.

The Premier League will only start its 21st round on January 10th. However, during these 10 days, Leeds United still has two games to play.

The first game was on January 3, when the third round of the English FA Cup began. The Premier League teams fully entered the English FA Cup. Leeds United faced Barnsley at their home court. Then on January 7, the semi-finals of the English League Cup began. In the first leg of the semi-finals, Leeds United faced Manchester United.

Yes, some players from Leeds United have gone to the national team, and those who remain are substitutes and young players.

At this time, the FA Cup should be relatively easy to get upset.

Regarding the English FA Cup, Zhong Cheng does not have too many demands this season and can go as far as he can. Therefore, in this game, Zhong Cheng fielded some young players, and there were even many very young players.

Leeds United's starting lineup for the match against Barnsley is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Simon Mignolet

Back four [from left to right]: Danny Rose, Gary Cahill, Mats Hummels and Kyle Walker

Single midfielder: Paul Pogba

Midfield three [from left to right]: Eden Hazard, Toni Kroos and Marco Reus

Two forwards: Lewandowski and Lukaku

Yes, this is Leeds United's starting lineup for this game.

When seeing this starting list, Barnsley was very confident. This was simply a victory given to them by Leeds United!

The players of Leeds United are very young, and there are even young players like Paul Pogba and Lukaku playing. And there are super young players like John Stones sitting on the bench. In this game, Leeds United are just a bunch of kids!

Many media said before the game: "You can't get anything with a bunch of kids!"

Just after the game started, Barnsley naturally took the initiative in the game and besieged Leeds United. They firmly believe that under such high pressure, the young players of Leeds United will not be able to persist for long.

As long as Barnsley continues to attack like this, Leeds United will definitely collapse immediately.

But in the fifteenth minute of the first half, the young players of Leeds United broke through Barnsley's goal, and the goal was the young player Lukaku!

Lukaku doesn't look like a young player at all. This guy is really in good shape and looks like an adult.

For this goal, Lukaku received an exquisite pass from Toni Kroos in the middle, and then blasted past Barnsley's goal.

At this time, many fans gave Lukaku the title of "Little Warcraft", claiming that he was the younger Drogba!

Therefore, many people now envy Zhong Cheng and Leeds United.

How can Leeds United have so many talented young players? Leeds United are so lucky.

Of course, everyone knows that this comes from Zhong Cheng's superior vision. However, everyone is still very envious and envious.

At the end of the first half, Barnsley equalized the score.

At the beginning of the second half, Leeds United forward Lewandowski received a cross from the wing in the penalty area and scored with a header, helping the team once again exceed the score 2-1.

Seeing this, Barnsley fans realized that this Leeds United team is still very difficult to deal with. These young people are really very capable.

In the 29th minute of the second half, Leeds United's Toni Kroos crossed the middle and hit the opponent's central defender directly. The referee did not hesitate to award a penalty kick. Leeds United forward Lewando With a burst of kick, Fitzgerald sent the football into the opponent's goal, three to one.

The Barnsley team took advantage of the chaos and scored a goal towards the end of the game, changing the score to 2-3, but they were unable to save the defeat.

In the end, Leeds United defeated Barnsley 3-2 at home and advanced to the fourth round of the English FA Cup this season.

The result of this game was beyond Zhong Cheng's expectation. Zhong Cheng thought that Leeds United would be finished and eliminated directly. It seemed that Leeds United was very lucky!