Episode [438]: No One Can Stop Leeds United

In the twenty-third round of the Premier League, Zhong Cheng led Leeds United in the away game.

Leeds United challenge Portsmouth.

Portsmouth currently has four wins, two draws and 16 points and 14 points, ranking last in the Premier League and favorites for relegation, six points behind Hull City in the safety zone. The season is still long and Portsmouth are obviously unwilling to be relegated.

But their strength is indeed limited, and now they encounter Leeds United again, they will definitely not have any good results. But this game is at their home court, and the Portsmouth people naturally want to win.

Portsmouth has naturally fielded the strongest lineup they can currently field. Their minimum goal at home is to score points, and one point is acceptable.

Portsmouth naturally hopes that Leeds United will still maintain its defensive counterattack posture, so that they can get a chance.

Zhong Cheng led the Leeds United players to the away game. He arranged a full substitute lineup to let the main players of Leeds United rest. This lineup is naturally what the people of Portsmouth want to see, and they seem to have seen the hope of winning the game.

Therefore, Portsmouth people are full of confidence.

But in the 15th minute of the first half, Leeds United's winger Eden Hazard seemed to be possessed by Messi. He kept flashing around on the wing and finally passed three people. Pretending to kick and shoot, the inverted triangle passed the football back to the front of the penalty area.

Lewandowski followed up and fired a low shot into the goal.

One to zero, Leeds United leads Portsmouth.

Portsmouth still underestimated the strength of Leeds United's substitute players. These substitute players have also experienced bloody battles and their strength is good.

Of course, Lewandowski is the main force of Leeds United and he played today. This was a request he made specifically to Zhong Cheng. He wanted to start this game.

Zhong Cheng didn't ask so many questions and just let Lewandowski start.

The Portsmouth people shook their heads when they saw this. They felt that there was no chance in this game. The Leeds United people were really strong and there was no way they could win.

But the Portsmouth people did not give up, they continued to attack.

If you can't get three points, you can at least get one point, right?

Yes, that's what Portsmouth people think. They can get at least one point in this game.

The Portsmouth people did create some trouble for the Leeds United people, but the threat was still not enough, and Leeds United's defense was still impregnable. Leonardo Bonucci performed very well and was very stable.

In the third minute of the second half, Leeds United expanded the score.

Leeds United midfielder Toni Kroos sent a good through ball. The ball rolled to the feet of Vardy who was advancing forward. Vardy blasted the ball into the Portsmouth goal. goal.

2-0, Leeds United defeated Portsmouth in the away game and got three points.

Getting these three points is very important for Leeds United so that they can secure their position at the top of the league.

The current situation is naturally very tense for Leeds United.

Because the teams behind have been putting great pressure on Leeds United, they must open up the gap with the teams behind them as soon as possible.

The twenty-fourth round of the Premier League will be played on January 30, which is the game at the end of January. Leeds United returned to their home stadium, the Crown Stadium, and their opponent was Blackburn Rovers, which was not very strong.

Blackburn Rovers have 27 points, ranking 14th in the Premier League, in the middle and lower reaches. Some strength, but probably not very strong. But Leeds United definitely cannot be underestimated.

Of course, there is some good news, that is, in this round of competition, the second-ranked Chelsea team will face off against the fourth-ranked Leyton Orient, and Chelsea will challenge Leyton Orient away. Also, Arsenal will face Manchester United at their home stadium.

Therefore, this round of games should be a good opportunity for Leeds United to widen the gap between them and the teams behind them. Regardless of whether there is a winner or loser in these two games, Leeds United can at least distance itself from the two teams, which is a very good thing.

Of course, the premise now is that Leeds United must maintain victory.

At the same time, the next round of matches is also very tense for Leeds United. That is, Leeds United will challenge Leyton Orient away from home in the next round of their game.

Yes, Leeds United will challenge Leyton Orient in the next round.

The Leyton Orient club is very strong, and Leeds United must fight to the death with the opponent. Therefore, the importance of winning this round of competition is self-evident.

In the twenty-fourth round of the league, Leeds United must win.

At this time, Zhong Cheng led the Leeds United players to appear at the Crown Stadium. They were facing Blackburn.

To be honest, Blackburn's team was actually quite good last season and performed well for a period of time. But, again, their bench is not deep enough, and some of their main players are injured, so their current results are naturally very bad.

Facing such a team, Leeds United naturally has one goal, which is to directly kill the opponent and get three points.

Now three points are very, very important for Leeds United. Leeds United wants to win in any game.

In this game, Leeds United has a half-main and half-substitute lineup because it has to prepare for the next round of games. In the next round, Leeds United will face Leyton Orient.

Of course, in the next round of competition, Leeds United also has a very big advantage.

Because in this round of competition, Leyton Orient Club is going to fight Chelsea. The next round of competition will definitely be very tiring. This is Leeds United's opportunity.

At this time, the game between Leeds United and Blackburn Rovers was played one day earlier. The games between Chelsea and Leyton Orient, Manchester United and Arsenal will all be played one day later, so the game between Leeds United and Blackburn is now played.

In today's game, Leeds United has a semi-main lineup, and the starting lineup is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng

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

Single midfielder: Sami Khedira

Midfield three [from left to right]: Eden Hazard, Toni Kroos and Cristiano Ronaldo

Double forward: Ruud van Nistelrooy and Alexander Pato

This is the starting lineup for this game. It can be seen that Leeds United wants to rest some of the main players, and also wants to win this game without fail.

Three-pointers, Leeds United are very, very persistent in three-pointers.

At this time, people from Chelsea, Leyton Orient, Manchester United and Arsenal must be sitting in front of the TV and watching this game, because this game is very, very important to them. They are all Hope Leeds United lose.

Of course, they also know in their hearts that this is difficult because Leeds United's opponents are not strong.

However, after the game started, Blackburn players still caused a lot of trouble for Leeds United, threatening Leeds United's goal one after another, and Zhong Zheng performed well and blocked the football continuously.

Of course, Leeds United's defensive players performed well, but unfortunately Black himself mostly shot from long range and did not penetrate into the penalty area at all. Moreover, their long-range shooting skills in this game are still very, very good. Their shots are really powerful.

It can be seen that Black is in very good condition today. They are really here to take away the victory today. At this time, Blackburn also needs to avoid relegation. After all, next year's competition is still so long. Who knows what will happen in the end?

Therefore, Blackburn Rovers are also in great need of three points.

Blackburn played very well, and it can be said that they gave Leeds United a disincentive at the beginning of the game. It's a pity that Black himself is still a little behind the level and failed to score a goal.

The opening twenty minutes had passed, and Blackburn had finished their three-game attack. The Leeds United players had adapted to Blackburn's rhythm and routine, and now Blackburn had no chance.

People from Chelsea, Manchester United, Leyton Orient and Arsenal in front of the TV couldn't help but shake their heads. If Black had not been unlucky in this game, there was really no way for them to win this game. At the same time, there was a chance of losing. It's very, very big.

These people were extremely disappointed. Black himself really failed to live up to their expectations.

These people naturally know that if this continues, who else can contain Leeds United? Leeds United is already very good, and more importantly, very stable. If they continue like this, what else will other teams do?

Although they no longer had any expectations for the Blackburn team, these people did not leave the TV. Their eyes were still staring at the screen and continued to watch the game.

Yes, these people still hope for a miracle to happen.

From the second half of the first half, Leeds United began to fight back. Black himself was tired of defending at this time, and had no way to continue attacking. He could only follow the footsteps of Leeds United and eat dust from behind.

Seeing this, Zhong Cheng on the sidelines felt that there was no problem in this game. Leeds United would definitely win this game.

Sure enough, at the end of the first half, Leeds United's wing player Cristiano Ronaldo and Toni Kroos in the center played one-twos in a row and directly penetrated Blackburn's defense. Cristiano ·Ronaldo went directly into the penalty area and sent the ball into the Blackburn goal with a low shot.

One to zero, Leeds United took the lead.

Sure enough, Blackburn can't cause any trouble to Leeds United.

At the end of the first half, Leeds United took the lead. At the beginning of the second half, Leeds United still took the initiative. Black himself tried to resist, but in the end he failed to make waves. The game was still controlled by Leeds United, and Blackburn had no chance at all.

In the 26th minute of the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo made a comeback, but was brought down by Black himself at the front of the penalty area. Leeds United got a direct free kick from a good position. Cristiano Ronaldo stood in front of the ball. He took a deep breath and blasted a heavy shot directly into the goal instead of an elevator ball.

This was beyond the expectations of the Blackburn goalkeeper and the wall. The football flew past the edge of the wall and quickly hit the lower right corner of the goal.

Two to zero.