Episode [198]: Leeds United’s Opponents’ Problems

After unifying his thoughts, Zhong Cheng immediately led the team to the away game to face Middlesbrough.

It's clear that Leeds United's focus is on the Champions League.

Since the UEFA Champions League and this FA Cup match are so close, Zhong Cheng did not lead the main players of Leeds United to the away game. The main players of Leeds United stayed at Leeds United to rest and prepare. The first leg of the UEFA Champions League knockout round against Real Madrid.

When facing Middlesbrough in the FA Cup rematch, Zhong Cheng sent out some young players. Leeds United's starting list is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Simon Mignolet

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

Single midfielder: Yaya Toure

Three midfielders [from left to right]: Eden Hazard, Toni Kroos and Hulk

Two forwards: Lewandowski and Edinson Cavani

Yes, the only player who can be considered the main player in this game is Edinson Cavani. Originally, Zhong Cheng was not allowed to play even by Edinson Cavani, but it was Edinson Cavani who requested to play.

After weighing the left and right, Zhong Cheng still let Edinson Cavani play.

Edinson Cavani has not played many games recently, and his performance is not very good, so it is actually quite good to let Edinson Cavani find his condition now.

In this game, Edinson Cavani's performance was really good. He drove the entire Leeds United team. The main one, Edinson Cavani, is the focus of the Middlesbrough team. He helps other Leeds United players attract a lot of energy and creates more space for his teammates.

In the 18th minute of the first half, it was Edinson Cavani's sudden change forward that helped Lewandowski tear apart the Middlesbrough defense, allowing Lewandowski to Ski met a superb through ball from Toni Kroos in the empty space before Lewandowski fired home from the reverse corner to give Leeds the lead.

But the Middlesbrough team was not blocked and performed very well. In the following game, he scored two goals in succession, helping the team to overtake the score before the end of the first half.

In the second half of the game, Leeds United worked harder and besieged Middlesbrough frantically. Lewandowski headed the ball over, and Toni Kroos, who was following him, pretended to swing the ball from the front of the penalty area and suddenly passed the ball diagonally to the ribs of the penalty area. Marco Reus, who came up diagonally, kicked it directly. The explosive shot helped the team equalize the score.

Seeing this, Zhong Cheng frowned!

To be honest, on the one hand, Zhong Cheng wants to give up the FA Cup game so as not to distract Leeds United and devote more attention to the Premier League and UEFA Champions League. On the other hand, he does not want to Being eliminated is a good place to train newcomers. At the same time, we need a champion to be at the bottom. I don’t want all four to be empty this season!

However, Zhong Cheng also knows very well that it is actually very difficult to win the FA Cup. It is not much easier than the league and the Champions League.

Therefore, Zhong Cheng is a little confused at this time.

Many times, people are like this, and greed can't be restrained and comes out. Many times, people cannot control their greed, thus ruining their lives.

But at this moment, reality helped Zhong Cheng kill his greed.

Not long after Leeds United scored, Middlesbrough quickly scored again and exceeded the score again.

Seeing this, Zhong Cheng knew that Leeds United had no chance in this game. And Zhong Cheng didn’t want to have any more chances, because this game told Zhong Cheng that the FA Cup is a single game, and the chance is very high. Even in this game, Leeds United tried their best to win After winning the game, can Leeds United win every subsequent game without any problems?

If Leeds United is fully committed to all-round preparations, Zhong Cheng believes they can do it. However, this consumes a lot of energy. Obviously, Leeds United cannot put all their energy into the FA Cup. Even Zhong Cheng is not willing to invest more experience in the FA Cup.

Therefore, at this time, it is the best choice for Leeds United to lose this game.

Zhong Cheng just let nature take its course at this time and did not make any other resistance. This game depends on the players on the court. The result depends entirely on them.

Naturally, these young people on the court did not give up. They attacked frantically in an attempt to equalize the score or even overtake it. However, at this time, the leading Middlesbrough team was retreating across the board, united as one, and the young men of Leeds United really didn't have much to do.

The main reason was that Zhong Cheng didn't make any adjustments on the sidelines. This was to let the Leeds United players know that Zhong Cheng had actually given up in this game.

Later, Zhong Cheng responded, but everyone could see that this was not a fight, but a trial of new tactics. The young players of Leeds United sighed in their hearts, their chances were much less now. ah.

In the end, Leeds United lost to Middlesbrough 2-3 away from home and were eliminated from the FA Cup and missed the next FA Cup match. The young players of Leeds United are in a very low mood, but the other players of Leeds United are much more relaxed.

The psychological pressure has been relieved a lot. They don't have to carry too many things, so they are naturally much more relaxed.

Removing some baggage is very important for the main players of Leeds United, so that they can face the next game more easily.

This is really important for Leeds United!

What the Leeds United players want now is to devote themselves wholeheartedly to the Champions League. Leeds United is going away to face the powerful Real Madrid team.

Of course, Real Madrid's lineup is very strong, but Real Madrid's combat effectiveness may not be strong. This is where Leeds United's opportunity lies.

This season, too many things have happened in Real Madrid. Real Madrid's internal situation is now more complicated than Leeds United's internal situation, many times more complicated.

Real Madrid's biggest problem is that their president, Calderon, has had problems and is now dismissed. He is also facing a prison sentence ranging from six months to three years. Real Madrid is already in a mess due to Calderon. Many people in the team are just worms who only take money and do nothing, leaving Real Madrid in shambles.

Although Calderon has now resigned, there are still many problems left behind.

For example, he introduced Juande Ramos, the head coach of the team. At the end of last year, when Calderon was still in charge, he replaced Schuss, who he supported at the beginning of the season, with Juande Ramos. Ter, but not long after this guy took over, Calderon resigned.

This is very embarrassing for Juande Ramos. He was labeled as a Calderon faction, but he is still in the Real Madrid team. The Real Madrid lineup has many enemies of Calderon. Now they It was to shift the muzzle to Juande Ramos and target Juande Ramos everywhere.

At this time, it is difficult for them to replace Juande Ramos, because after Florentino Perez comes back, he will definitely bring a new coach. At this time, it is not easy to replace Juande Ramos. It's not cost-effective to find a transitional coach, and at this time, few head coaches are willing to accept the mess of Real Madrid and become an overcoach.

Therefore, Juande Ramos still remains as the coach of Real Madrid, not because the club's top management trusts him, but because they have to keep him until the end of this season.

It just so happens that Juande Ramos' contract with Real Madrid is actually only half a year. After the season is over, he will leave without getting a penny.

This is naturally the best thing for Real Madrid.

This season, Real Madrid's top management no longer has much hope for Real Madrid, so there is nothing to keep Juande Ramos. This is the best option at this stage.

Juande Ramos did a pretty good job with Tottenham Hotspur before, but he didn't have any amazing results. So this season he was fired after not working for Tottenham Hotspur for long, but it seems that Juande Ramos' departure from Tottenham Hotspur is not simple.

It is said that Tottenham Hotspur have reached an agreement with their favorite coach Redknapp, and they are going to change coaches. That's why Juande Ramos was temporarily fired. Speaking of which, Juande Ramos himself is also very miserable.

Also, the current players within Real Madrid actually have great prejudices against Juande Ramos. Some of the club's stars were very opposed to Juande Ramos' joining because Juande Ramos His reputation is too small, even worse than Schuster's. Schuster can't manage the team. Is Juande Ramos feasible?

Anyway, these superstars of Real Madrid do not believe in Juande Ramos and are very disgusted with him. There are many factions in the club's locker room. After Juande Ramos came to Real Madrid, he had no way to control the locker room. Therefore, Real Madrid is also very chaotic now. For Real Madrid, the lineup is not as good as it looks on paper. It looks very strong, but in fact it is not particularly strong, and it is even very easy to deal with.

Therefore, now that Leeds United's opponent is Real Madrid, Zhong Cheng is not nervous at all, because their opponents actually have many problems, and Leeds United's chances are great.

Of course, Zhong Cheng will still be very serious. He wants to set an example for the Leeds United players. Leeds United must not take this game lightly. Leeds United cannot make any mistakes, Leeds United must win this game.

Yes, Zhong Cheng wants the Leeds United players to go all out and there must be no problems.

The players of Leeds United are also very serious about this game. Their goal is to win the Champions League. Even if they face Real Madrid, they will not be timid. For the sake of the championship, they can fight to the death with any opponent.

Not long after Zhong Cheng returned to Leeds, he led the main players of Leeds United to the airport and flew directly to Madrid, Spain, where they were preparing to play against Real Madrid.

The Leeds United players were all very serious when they were sitting on the plane. They knew that the big battle was coming, and none of them had any intention of joking. They were all taking a rest seriously and were preparing to face off against Real Madrid. .

The players of Leeds United firmly believe that Leeds United will win!