Episode [180]: Footsteps of the Premier League

The sudden loss of Leeds United caused the entire English Championship to boil. They thought that Leeds United would not lose, and they would win like this!

Leeds United has put a lot of pressure on the Championship teams. Their strength has made many people lose hope of winning the championship. It seems that this season's Championship has already been booked by Leeds United. .

However, this round of the game Leeds United lost, which is what everyone loves to see.

It turns out that Leeds United will also lose, which makes other teams in the Championship full of confidence, especially Sunderland.

During this period of time, the state of the Sunderland team is really good. Mick McCarthy has trained the Sunderland team to become a victorious coach. Since mid-February, the Sunderland team has They have not lost yet, they have won 8 consecutive victories, and the strong wind is like Leeds United!

Now Sunderland is only 4 points behind Leeds United. The Sunderlanders have seen the hope of winning the Championship. Their ambitions have begun to grow. They want to overthrow Leeds United and win the Championship this season. champion!

Sure enough, as Zhong Cheng expected, Mick McCarthy is a formidable guy!

At the most critical time, the Sunderland team stabilized their position and won a wave of 8 consecutive victories, which is really impressive. Now Zhong Cheng has to grit his teeth, they have to withstand the onslaught of Sunderland, this season's Championship, they Leeds United must win!

Now it is a very critical moment. At this time, no one wants to lose, and everyone wants to win.

On April 9, 2005, in the forty-second round of the English Championship, Zhong Cheng led Leeds United to an away game to challenge Watford. Watford is now ranked 20th in the English Championship, fifth from the bottom position, but their points are 45 points, only one point more than Gillingham and Brighton, which are the fourth and third from the bottom. Yes, Gillingham and Brighton have the same 44 points. Nottingham Forest, ranked second to last, has five more points, and Watford is still deep in the relegation zone.

Here I have to talk about Brighton. Since Kevin Blackwell's Brighton was defeated by Zhong Cheng's Leeds United, Brighton, who is in the middle, has never recovered. After losing, Kevin Blackwell was stunned by Zhong Cheng. He became the laughing stock of the whole of England. Perhaps because of his lack of ability to withstand pressure, Brighton seemed to be relegated in his hands.

At this time, the Brighton executives couldn't bear it anymore, and finally fired Kevin Blackwell after the last round of the game. Brighton has also become the first team in the Championship to fire its employer twice this season, and now Brighton is cleaning up the mess left by Kevin Blackwell.

Now, the fans of Leeds United are all rejoicing. Fortunately, Zhong Cheng pissed off Kevin Blackwell, a fool, otherwise Leeds United would have to go to League One!

Closer to home, Zhong Cheng now faces the relegation team Watford.

To be honest, the more this time comes, the more difficult it is for the relegation team to play, because they have to fight you desperately.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the game, the Watford team played desperately. The moves in the game were very big and rough, even crazier than Leeds United. Zhong Cheng was very nervous and worried on the pitch.

Sure enough, in the 22nd minute of the first half, Ribery was injured and left the field. But the injury is not serious, just rest for a week. But he couldn't play this game, Zhong Cheng was very angry and kept complaining to the fourth official on the sidelines.

In the 36th minute of the first half, Leeds United's iron man Lars Diarra was seriously injured and announced that he would be reimbursed for the season. And the referee issued a verbal warning to the offending player, Zhong Cheng was furious at the time, this was a red card action in the absolute sense, a very bad action, but the referee turned a blind eye, only gave a verbal warning, Zhong Cheng did not rush It would be good to go up and send the damn referee to the hospital.

An angry Zhong Cheng yelled wildly on the sidelines, and even mobilized Leeds United fans in the stadium to humiliate the referee and embarrass the referee. The referee sent Zhong Cheng to the stands with a gloomy face.

In the second half of the game, the Watford team not only did not restrain themselves, but became even more brutal. In the 15th minute of the second half, Leeds United's main goalkeeper Zhong Zheng was injured. The injury was not particularly serious, but he had to rest for two weeks. Seeing this, Zhong Cheng was going crazy.

The referee only thought that the offender had shown a yellow card, and the Leeds United fans were very angry, cursing the referee's 18th generation of ancestors, and frantically throwing hard objects into the pitch. The Leeds United players on the field were also very angry. At one point they surrounded the referee and almost made trouble.

Facing the battle, the referee almost peed out of fear.

Watford and the referee irritated Leeds United. Their actions became more and more serious. In just seven minutes, Leeds United received five yellow cards.

Leeds United's face was gloomy, and everyone realized that this game was abnormal!

The fans of Leeds United shouted frantically: "Black whistle! Manipulation of the game! Black screen! Match-fixing! Match-fixing!"

The forehead of the fourth official on the sidelines was covered with cold sweat. In his heart, he was crazily cursing his colleagues on the pitch. This rubbish has been done too much. According to the current attention of Leeds United, it will definitely cause big trouble after the game , Damn stupid pig!

The fourth official is also rejoicing that this game is not Leeds United's home game, otherwise it would be difficult for them to leave the stadium safely.

In the 86th minute of the game, an angry Milner tackled the Watford striker on the penalty area line, but the referee awarded a penalty and gave Milner a red card.

Seeing here, the people of Leeds United are no longer shouting, and they have no energy to shout.

In the end, Watford won the game with this controversial penalty!

After the game, in front of the media, Zhong Cheng lashed out at the damn referee crazily, swearing all over his mouth, and even greeted the 18th generation of the ancestors of the rubbish referee.

These words came out of Zhong Cheng's mouth, and naturally received the attention of countless media, and instantly spread throughout the entire British continent, arousing great attention and repercussions. Immediately, the whole of England was paying attention to this game, Almost everyone who watched the live broadcast and video of this game can be sure that there is something wrong with the referee, because the rubbish is so obvious that he has no brains.

This incident attracted the attention of the FA. The next day, the FA directly stopped the referee for three times. An investigation team was set up to investigate this guy. It quickly came to a conclusion that this guy was suspected of manipulating the game and was arrested. Penalty of life ban and fine. Moreover, the FA also sent the referee to the police. This guy will stay in prison for a while in the future.

However, the FA also issued a verbal warning to Zhong Cheng. It is very inappropriate to criticize the referee after the game this season. And this also damages the authority of the referee. Thinking of this guy's overall performance in the game, the FA always confirmed that Zhong Cheng's red card was valid, but Zhong Cheng was only suspended for one game. In the next game, Zhong Cheng Cannot appear on the sidelines to direct Leeds United.

And the result of this game is also considered valid, and there will be no rematch at another date!

In order to appease Leeds United, the FA did not impose any punishment on the fans of Leeds United, because after the end of this game, the fans of Leeds United could make a mess.

Therefore, the attitude of the FA is to quell this matter as soon as possible, not to let this matter continue to ferment, and expand its influence.

There is no way, Leeds United can only admit it!

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Fortunately, other competitors of Leeds United lost in this round. Sunderland, Ipswich Town and other teams overturned at the same time in this round. The difference between them is that there is no indentation, which is the reason why Zhong Cheng calmed down.

If teams like Sunderland and Ipswich Town win this round, Zhong Cheng will not let it go!

Now there are 4 rounds left in the league, and Leeds United is still 9 points ahead of the third-placed Ipswich Town. If both teams win the next round, Leeds United has not yet confirmed the top two, because The goal difference between the two teams is almost the same. However, if Leeds United wins the next round and both Ipswich Town and Wigan Athletic lose, Leeds United will be able to lock in a direct promotion spot three rounds in advance.

So the next forty-third round of the league is extremely important for Leeds United, they must win. However, the outside world is not very optimistic about Leeds United, because Leeds United have now lost two games in a row, and they seem to have lost the feeling of winning.

On April 16, 2005, Leeds United continued their away trip. They will challenge the Queens Park Rangers. They are a team in the middle of the league. So in this game, it should be easy for Leeds United to win.

However, Zhong Cheng was very serious. Moreover, in this game, Leeds United still played with a broken team. Leeds United was very cautious, and finally relied on Modric's long-range shot to break through the Queen's Park Rangers goal, winning 1-0. .

Leeds United finally ended their two-game losing streak and got the long-awaited three-pointer again!

After getting these three points, Leeds United's current points still reached 91 points, ranking first in the league. Sunderland, ranked second in this round, drew with their opponents, and the point difference was widened again. Sunderland currently has 85 points, and there is already a gap of two wins away from Leeds United.

Ranked third is Wigan Athletic. They completed their counterattack against Ipswich Town in this round. point. Ipswich Town now have 80 points.

There are still three rounds left in the league, and Leeds United is 9 points ahead of third-ranked Wigan Athletic. However, Wigan Athletic has a lot of goal difference, so Leeds United have not locked in the top two positions in advance.

However, as long as Leeds United remains unbeaten in the next round, Leeds United will lock in the top two positions in the league two rounds in advance, and obtain the qualification to upgrade to the Premier League in advance!

The next round of the game is really important for Leeds United. The whole team of Leeds United now feels an invisible pressure on them.

In the forty-fourth round of the league, Leeds United will return to their home court to face Ipswich Town!

Yes, in the next round, Leeds United will challenge the fourth-ranked Ipswich Town in the league. This team is very strong. Wigan Athletic and Sunderland naturally hope for Ipswich Town. The team can defeat Leeds United and slow down the pace of Leeds United's progress, so that they have a chance.

Similarly, Ipswich Town is also going to fight Leeds United, because they also want to get the top two positions and get the places for direct promotion.

Yes, the battle for the top two in the league is now in full swing.

On April 23, 2005, Leeds United will face Ipswich Town at Elland Road Stadium. The English Championship this season is coming to an end!