Episode [300]: Leeds United Are Really Going to Be Destroyed
Zhong Cheng still hasn’t agreed to Jose Mourinho!
Yes, Zhong Cheng still doesn't want to send away Diego Milito. This guy has only been here for one season and still has a contract with Leeds United, so there is no rush.
However, over the next two days, Diego Milito was in a daze during training.
Zhong Cheng finally saw that Diego Milito really wanted to leave Leeds United.
Zhong Cheng also doesn’t understand why Diego Milito left Leeds United. Isn’t it good to stay at Leeds United? Leeds United is a very promising team!
It's a pity that Zhong Cheng is not Diego Milito, and I don't know what he thinks in his heart!
Zhong Cheng now needs to carefully consider this issue.
In the next two days, Zhong Cheng asked the Leeds United players to reduce their training workload because their first game in Cape Town was coming. Reducing their training volume is to allow them to have a good rest and prepare for this warm-up match.
This is also the first warm-up match of the new season for Leeds United.
Zhong Cheng attaches great importance to this warm-up match. Indifferently, what Zhong Cheng values is not the results, but the process. Zhong Cheng wants to see how the Leeds United players are falling? See how their physical condition is when they fall to the ground?
Zhong Cheng has a lot of things to observe.
Leeds United's opponent in this game is Cape Town Ajax. This club is not very strong, which should not cause much trouble to Leeds United.
actually not!
After the game started, Leeds United actually fell behind.
Zhong Cheng understood clearly that the high-intensity training of the past few days had a very, very big impact on them, so much so that they were passive in this game.
However, the defense of Leeds United players was still very good, so although the scene was passive, Leeds United still did not concede a goal. Of course, Leeds United did not have many counterattack opportunities. Those few counterattack opportunities were a reflection of the following abilities of Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo.
In the 39th minute of the first half, Leeds United lost the ball!
Simon Mignolet's save was an accident. He slapped the football directly on the back of David Luiz and bounced directly into the goal. Leeds United fell behind 0-1.
This score was something no one expected.
After losing the ball, Leeds United obviously stepped up their attack and wanted to equalize the score as soon as possible.
At this time, Mesut Ozil performed very well, which made Albertini and others nod, claiming that Mesut Ozil can take over Luka Modric's class. Of course, there are still some problems with his cooperation with the Leeds United players, but these problems are not major and will be almost resolved after more than half a month of training.
However, at the end of the first half, Leeds United still failed to equalize the score.
In the second half of the game, Leeds United made a large number of substitutions. Many young players appeared on the court, such as Kyle Walker, Danny Rose, Mats Hummels, Toni Kroos, Eden Hazard and Diego Costa, among others.
In the second half of the game, Leeds United had a full substitute lineup.
These young players of Leeds United obviously do not have the dominance and control of their seniors, but their impact is stronger and they play with more passion.
However, the physical condition of Leeds United players is indeed not in the best condition. They created some opportunities, but failed to seize them.
Instead, it allowed the opponent to seize an opportunity and counterattack successfully before the end of the game.
Yes, Leeds United's first warm-up match of the new season was a 0-2 loss to Ajax Cape Town. After the game, media from all walks of life looked down on Leeds United, claiming that Leeds United was really doomed.
Without Luka Modric, Yaya Toure, Seydou Keita and others, Leeds United's system has completely collapsed. In the new season, Leeds United will have to rely on these young people for anything. Arrived.
At this time, there are countless people claiming that Leeds United are finished.
Of course, everyone thinks that if Leeds United does not introduce some super powerful players this summer, Leeds United will really sink this season.
It seems that it is true that everything that flourishes must eventually decline!
Now countless people are waiting to see Leeds United's jokes!
Zhong Cheng didn’t care!
Losing this game is not a big deal. The results of the pre-season warm-up match are not the most important. The most important thing is that Leeds United must find problems, correct mistakes, and then be stronger in the new season.
Therefore, Zhong Cheng did not pay much attention to the defeat in this game.
However, the training intensity of Leeds United has really increased!
The Leeds United players have begun a miserable life again, and this physical reserve training is really killing people.
Zhong Cheng paid little attention to this and left it entirely to his assistant Canales.
Zhong Cheng, on the other hand, is discussing the tactics of Leeds United in the new season with Albertini, Nai Smith and others. Of course, the general tactics will not change, but some fine-tuning will be made. After all, the current players of Leeds United are different, and they cannot exactly follow the same rules as before.
Moreover, Zhong Cheng proposed training to strengthen positional offense.
Now Leeds United is already a strong team. Many clubs will choose to defend and counterattack when facing Leeds United. If Leeds United continues to defend, then the average of Leeds United this season will definitely be higher. To explode.
Therefore, Zhong Cheng prepared a set of offensive tactics.
This set of offensive tactics has been practiced by Leeds United before, but it is not as specific as it is now. Zhong Cheng reintegrated this tactic and reset it according to the characteristics of the current Leeds United players.
Zhong Cheng made fine adjustments after discussing with Nai Smith and others, and then came up with a set of offensive tactics. Zhong Cheng drew up these training plans, and then handed them over to Albertini and Nai Smith, asking them to instill this set of tactics into the Leeds United players as soon as possible, so as to achieve the goal within one or two months. Practice this tactic.
The Premier League in the new season will be even more difficult!
The training of Leeds United players is even heavier. Even the veteran players of Leeds United feel that the training tasks are much more than before. Leeds United players are too tired to say anything these days.
Soon, Leeds United ushered in their second warm-up match in South Africa.
Leeds United's opponent in the second warm-up match was Ajax of the Netherlands. Yes, it was the real Ajax club, not a satellite club.
The Ajax club is quite strong. They are a giant in the Eredivisie and once won the UEFA Champions League. However, after the Bosman Law came out, the Ajax club became the European club. It is the youth training factory of the five major leagues. Many stars trained by Ajax have left the Netherlands and gone to the five major European leagues. In this way, the best players have left, and the Ajax club is left with some second-rate players. Therefore, their strength is now worse than those of the top giants and powerful teams in Europe.
However, their youth training is still very famous.
However, after Zhong Cheng came out, the name of Europe's No. 1 youth training cradle has changed. Now everyone is staring at Leeds United. Leeds United has recently emerged with countless super new stars, making all clubs want to Poached from Leeds United.
Facing Ajax this time, Zhong Cheng also has no performance requirements. Zhong Cheng just hopes that the Leeds United players can show their current state and level to their best, so that he can take a good look, and then Prepare for the next stage of training.
In this game, the players of Leeds United were in much better condition than in the previous game, but their physical condition did not improve significantly and they were still tired.
Yes, after all, Leeds United has recently increased its training intensity. Zhong Cheng and the others can understand why the Leeds United players are so tired.
The Ajax club is obviously much better than Ajax Cape Town.
Ajax controlled the rhythm of the game and could be said to be besieging Leeds United, but Leeds United's defense was really strong. Ajax failed to break through Leeds United's goal.
The first half was uneventful and Ajax failed to score against Leeds United.
Therefore, after the first half of the game, the two sides were tied at zero to zero.
At the beginning of the second half, the game took a sudden turn. Cristiano Ronaldo attacked Ajax's goal twice in a row. Both opportunities were very, very good, and he was about to score.
Unfortunately, Ajax's goalkeeper made two magical saves to keep the goal.
When Zhong Cheng saw this, he could only shake his head helplessly. Leeds United's luck was not good today.
After missing these two opportunities, Leeds United never got a good chance again, but Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale still threatened the opponent's goal.
However, the two men were replaced not long after the second half of the game.
Leeds United is now playing with a group of young players. Just like the last game, these young players play with more passion and are more eager to score and win. They attack like crazy. Toni Kroos sent several very good through balls. Unfortunately, Diego Costa did not cooperate well with his teammates and failed to score.
The Ajax club has also strengthened its offense, but Leeds United's defense has remained very good. Ivanovic performed very well and was very eye-catching. He was considered one of the best players in this game.
Ajax really wanted to break Leeds United's goal, but Leeds United's defense was indeed very strong. Ajax tried their best but still failed to break through Leeds United's goal. In the end, the game ended in a 0-0 draw.
The result of this game naturally attracted another wave of criticism and ridicule. They believed that Leeds United's season was really over. After these two games, Leeds United's performance is very, very mediocre. If Leeds United still performs like this in the new season, it will be very difficult for them to reach the top six of the Premier League this season.
Now countless media claim that Zhong Cheng destroyed the heyday Leeds United for money. If Zhong Cheng keeps the money in his hands and does not introduce some powerful players in the transfer market, Leeds United will really be doomed.