Episode [088]: Not Even the Newly Promoted Premier League

Hamburg is one of the third largest state-level cities in Germany and the second largest city in Germany.

It occupies a very important position in Germany. It is an important transportation hub in the north, one of the wealthiest cities in Europe, an important port and the largest foreign trade center in Germany, the second financial center in Germany, and the largest city in northern Germany. Economic and cultural center, known as "World Bridge City".

His geographical location is very important, known as "Germany's gate to the world".

It has a long history and has been plagued by many disasters. It has been occupied by many countries, so its cultural customs are diverse here, and it is a relatively special German city.

Tourists from all over the World Cup come here almost every day, which seems to have become a major feature.

Today Zhong Cheng led his players to Hamburg, Germany, obviously not for tourism.

The players of Leeds United have no intention of playing at all. They are here to participate in this season's UEFA Champions League group stage. This is the first time for Zhong Cheng's Leeds United team to participate in the UEFA Champions League, and it is also the first time for many Leeds United players to participate in the UEFA Champions League. They are a little nervous.

Really, they are very nervous.

The first time, it is often quite nervous!

However, fortunately, the weather in Hamburg is very good today, and the players of Leeds United were attracted by the beautiful scenery here.

However, when they came to the training ground, they were all more cautious.

The Hamburg team is a strong team in the Bundesliga football. Since the official start of the Bundesliga, to this season's position, the Hamburg team has never been relegated, and it can be called an evergreen tree in the Bundesliga.

This is a strong team, and it is still coming to their home court today. This game is also Leeds United's first UEFA Champions League game, which makes this game even more difficult.

Zhong Cheng led the Leeds United team to Hamburg for a day. There were many media reporters gathered outside the training ground, but they were all turned away. Zhong Cheng led the team in closed training, adjusting the mentality of the Leeds United players.

Originally, the state of the Leeds United players was not in the best state. If there are some problems with their mentality now, there will be no way to play this game.

During the training, Zhong Cheng kept saying: "Remember, this is just an ordinary game, don't have so much psychological pressure. Just follow our usual habits, just play according to our rhythm, Hamburg The team is nothing to worry about!"

This is indeed the case. Although many English media do not admit it, Leeds United can now be regarded as a strong team. It should not be Leeds United that is nervous now, but Hamburg.

After all, Leeds United was the double champion of the Premier League and the UEFA Cup last season, with strong strength.

Zhong Cheng also reminded: "Pay attention to protect yourself, don't get hurt at this time, otherwise, this is adding chaos to the club and yourself."

Injuries are a big problem for the players of Leeds United. You can see that the players of Leeds United are generally not injured very much. Once they are injured, they are seriously injured. This is actually very fatal.

Now Pique and Gourcuff are still recovering from their injuries. And Maniche, who joined on loan last season, also suffered a serious injury at the end of last season, and returned to his old club this season. Originally Zhong Cheng planned to buy him out, but unfortunately the injury came at an inopportune time. It is said that Maniche is still recovering from his injury.

However, it is said that Jose Mourinho of the Chelsea club has taken a fancy to Maniche, hoping to bring his former disciple to the Chelsea club.

Therefore, Zhong Cheng pays great attention to the injuries of the players now. The players of Leeds United are all very delicate, and no one can afford to be injured.

After training, the players of Leeds United boarded the bus one after another and prepared to go back to the hotel.

At this time, they were surrounded by media reporters waiting here. I really didn't expect so many media reporters to come today.

Zhong Cheng told the Leeds United players to get in the car quickly, and he dealt with these media reporters by himself.

Facing the interviews of media reporters, Zhong Cheng said: "Of course, Hamburg is a very nice city, the weather here is very good, very nice. Of course, we did not come to Hamburg for tourism, we are going to take three Divide!"

The local media reporters in Hamburg are not happy anymore. It seems that our Hamburg team is a garbage team. If you want to take away the victory, take the victory away? joke!

Zhong Cheng said: "The strength of the Hamburg team may be good, but I have to say that their problems are still very serious. To be honest, I am still very confident about this game. As long as there are no accidents, this game We will definitely win the game with Leeds United!"

As soon as Zhong Cheng spoke, a few German reporters behind him said: "Blowing!"

Zhong Cheng chuckled and said, "Are you bragging? Let's see you in the competition. Then, you will know if I'm bragging! Ha ha!"

Zhong Cheng also said: "Of course, you all know it. This is indeed my first UEFA Champions League game, but what does it matter? Isn't it the same as last season that I participated in the UEFA Cup for the first time? But What was the final result? Didn’t I still win the UEFA Cup?”

At this time, a German media reporter immediately said: "But you lost the European Super Cup!"

Yes, at the beginning of this season, Leeds United participated in a UEFA Super Cup match. Leeds United played against last season's UEFA Champions League champions Barcelona. In that game, Leeds United's players were uneven, and many of the main players were recovering from injuries. Zhong Cheng had a semi-main lineup, which was obviously no match for him. Barcelona.

In the end, Leeds United lost to the powerful Dream Team 0-3.

This match was the one that Zhong Cheng was least willing to mention. Now that the damn reporter mentioned it like this, Zhong Cheng was naturally in a very bad mood.

Zhong Cheng said directly and coldly: "Even so, our Leeds United team is still the champion of the UEFA Cup, and we only lost to the champion of the UEFA Champions League. In this way, we can also call it Champions League runners-up, and what did your Hamburg team have last season?"

This immediately blocked the mouths of the reporters, leaving him speechless.

Moreover, the faces of the media reporters were all blushing, and they stared fixedly at Zhong Cheng, their eyes were about to burst into flames.

Zhong Cheng said: "It's normal to lose one or two games, and they are still the famous Barcelona dream team. Their strength is indeed very strong. However, our loss is not ugly. If all the main players of our club were there at that time , How will this game go, is it still unknown?"

Of course, many media reporters now do not agree with Zhong Cheng's words, even if your Leeds United team is full of players, your Leeds United team will be beaten into a plug.

Zhong Cheng didn't want to appeal too much on this issue. He said directly: "The current Hamburg team is not the Hamburg team of last season. Because the core midfielder of the Hamburg team has been poached by the newly promoted Premier League. What does this mean? ? This shows that the attractiveness of the Hamburg team is not even comparable to that of the newly promoted Premier League!"

Many media reporters in Germany at the scene blushed and then turned pale. Zhong Cheng's slap in the face was really too ruthless. They hated this damn Zhong Cheng to death. This is a piece of rubbish.

Zhong Cheng also said: "The Hamburg team did not spend money to introduce a suitable replacement this season. To put it bluntly, the Hamburg team does not even have a core this season. How can she be competitive?" The game must be a game of loose sand, and we still can't win this game?"

The media reporters were silent, and some media reporters thought Zhong Cheng was right. The Hamburg team did not introduce Van der Vaart's successor this season, and it is difficult for the Hamburg team to attract players of Van der Vaart's level. With Van der Vaart's departure, the strength of the Hamburg team has dropped by many levels.

This is something that Hamburg fans have been worried about, and now the transfer door has been closed. The Hamburg team has no way to sign up, they have to wait for the winter break.

However, fans of the Hamburg team are now worried about the fate of the team.

Zhong Cheng also said: "We must have made a lot of preparations for this game. We attach great importance to this game. As you said, this is my first game for Leeds United. In the UEFA Champions League, we naturally hope to get a good start!"

The local German media reporters were very disgusted with Zhong Cheng at this time, what this guy said was very ugly. But they know that these are the truth.

Often, the most hurtful thing is the truth!

Zhong Cheng also said: "The most promising player in this Hamburg team is Guerrero, who is on loan from Bayern Munich. He is talented. But I think he is wasting his talent by staying in Hamburg. , I think he should go to the Premier League, for example, to the newly promoted Sheffield Wednesday team!"

The German media reporters are about to be blown up, this guy is belittling their Hamburg team again.

The fans of the Hamburg team are also very angry. Zhong Cheng's mouth is really too cheap. The fans of the Hamburg team gathered here are different. They originally came to inquire about the military situation. However, Leeds United did not let them see the closed training, and they were already very angry. Now that Zhong Cheng did this again, the fans of the Hamburg team were even more angry. The fans of the Hamburg team cursed Zhong Cheng frantically.

There were all kinds of vicious words, and there were not many people and their voices were very loud. Some extreme fans even poured beer on the midfield.

Drinking beer is very common in Germany, just like people buy drinks to drink everywhere else. These guys poured all the beer they bought and didn't drink a few sips on Zhong Cheng. But the distance was a bit far, and instead of splashing on Zhong Cheng, it splashed on many media reporters.

The scene was really chaotic, but Zhong Cheng looked a little funny, almost couldn't hold back, and laughed outright.

At this time, Zhong Cheng left the training ground directly under the protection of the security personnel, boarded the bus, and took his team to the hotel where he was staying.

Zhong Cheng is going to take his players back to the hotel to make final preparations.

Tomorrow evening, Leeds United will face Hamburg, their first opponent in the UEFA Champions League this season, at the People's Park Stadium, home of the Hamburg team.

After the Leeds United players returned to the hotel, they were all very serious, and then went to sleep early to raise their spirits for tomorrow's game and meet this crucial battle.