Episode [179]: Victory Is a Bit of a Fluke!
At the end of February, Leeds United won the 2006-2007 English League Cup.
Now, the time has come to the beginning of March, the twenty-ninth round of the Premier League, Leeds United will face Tottenham Hotspur at their home court.
Yes, Leeds United are back in the league.
Now Leeds United really can't afford to lose a league game. The league has entered the final stage. If they lose a game, it is very likely that they will lose this season's efforts.
Before this game, Zhong Cheng was very serious and serious. He said to the players of Leeds United: "This is a very important game, and I only have one goal and that is to win. How can you win this game?" Don't take it lightly, you know?"
The players of Leeds United can feel this extremely serious atmosphere, and they are very cautious.
Leeds United's starting lineup for this game is as follows:
Team: Leeds United, Head Coach: Zhong Cheng, Formation: 4-1-3-2
Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng
Back four [from left to right]: Gareth Bale, Vermaelen, Pique and Sagna
Single midfielder: Alexander Song
Three midfielders [from left to right]: Bresciano, Gourcuff and Joaquin
Forwards: Luca Toni and Carlos Tevez
This is the starting lineup of Leeds United today. This lineup has undergone a lot of changes. Zhong Cheng has carried out a large-scale rotation. It can be seen that Zhong Cheng is preparing for the eighth of the UEFA Champions League in the middle of next week. Preparing for the second round of the final.
Yes, three days later, Leeds United will face PSV Eindhoven at home.
This game is about the life and death of Leeds United in the UEFA Champions League. This is Zhong Cheng's Leeds United's first time participating in the Champions League. They don't have much experience. This game is really suspenseful. .
Therefore, at this time, Zhong Cheng chose to rotate.
Today, Leeds United's opponent Tottenham Hotspur made such a starting list:
Team: Tottenham Hotspur, Manager: Martin Jol, Formation: 4-4-2
Goalkeeper: Paul Robinson
Back four [from left to right]: Lee Young-pyo, Michael Dawson, Ledley King and Hector
The midfield four [from left to right]: Malblanc, Zokora, Huddlestone and Jenas
Forwards: Berbatov and Robbie Keane
This is Tottenham Hotspur's starting lineup for this game. This lineup still looks very strong, especially the combination of one high and one fast on the front line.
However, Berbatov's way of playing on this striker of Tottenham Hotspur is a bit lazy. He doesn't run too much, and he never participates in defense.
For Berbatov, Zhong Cheng still knows very well, after all, the name of "Brother Xiaosha" is very resounding in later generations.
At this time, the referee of the game directly blew the whistle for the official start of the game.
Zhong Cheng stood on the sidelines, staring at the stadium quietly. But the next quarter Zhong Cheng was not calm, because at the beginning of the game, Tottenham Hotspur scored a goal in the away game, and it was Berbatov who Zhong Cheng didn't care much about before.
Tottenham Hotspur's offense didn't look very threatening this time, even the Tottenham Hotspurs didn't expect them to be able to break through Leeds United's goal.
The ball was inadvertently passed by South Korean full-back Lee Young-pyo from the wing, and passed directly to Berbatov in the penalty area. Berbatov didn't stop the ball, and directly took advantage of the opportunity to volley sideways and slammed the football towards the goal.
To be honest, Berbatov himself did not have much confidence in this shot.
However, it was this shot, which no one cared much about, that achieved amazing results. The football flew quickly to the dead corner of the upper right corner of the goal.
Zhong Zheng's immediate reaction was that he didn't block the football, and the football flew directly into the goal of Leeds United.
Everyone on the scene was stunned. They really didn't expect that the ball could be scored. They were a little baffled.
Berbatov, who scored the goal, was also stunned, and then he shouted excitedly and jumped up excitedly.
The players of the Tottenham Hotspur team frantically rushed over, and started a crazy celebration for Berbatov, jumping excitedly.
Zhong Cheng was also a little dumbfounded, did the goal go in?
At this time, less than five minutes before the start of the game, Tottenham Hotspur scored a goal in the away game.
The players of Leeds United were also a little confused, why did the goal go in all of a sudden? This is the first shot for Tottenham Hotspur. It seems that today, Leeds United's luck is not very good.
On the sidelines, Martin Jol kept applauding and waving, signaling the Tottenham Hotspur players to continue their efforts.
After scoring a goal, Tottenham Hotspur attacked frantically and put pressure on Leeds United. When Zhong Cheng saw this, he crossed his arms on the sidelines. Since you have come out, then our Leeds United team is not afraid of you.
Zhong Cheng signaled the Leeds United players to retreat, to retreat a little deeper, to deceive the Tottenham Hotspurs.
The Tottenham Hotspurs are attacking crazily, rushing up quickly, there are so many opportunities, it feels like every attack can break through the goal of Leeds United.
However, in the 26th minute of the first half, midfielder Alexander Song suddenly stole the ball, and then slanted the football to Bresciano on the wing. Bresciano directly passed the ball alone. Lee Young-pyo lost the defense of Tottenham Hotspur's winger and went straight into Tottenham Hotspur's half.
At this time, Tottenham Hotspur's half was very empty, and Bresciano seemed to be Kaka incarnate at this time, striding the ball towards Tottenham Hotspur's penalty area at high speed.
The Leeds United fans cheered excitedly, chanting Bresciano's name.
The Tottenham Hotspurs were terrified, all screaming in horror.
Facing the center back Ledley King who jumped out, Bresciano suddenly crossed the football, and Carlos Tevez, who followed him, stopped and dribbled, and directly changed the football to the left side of the penalty area. Suddenly a reverse kick sent the football into the lower right corner of the goal.
Paul Robinson tried his best to save, but there was no way.
A goal was scored and Carlos Tevez scored again to level the score.
All the Leeds fans at the scene shouted Carlos Tevez's name excitedly, and frowned fiercely in the faces of the reporters. The faces of the media reporters were very ugly. Now who would dare to say that Carlos Tevez is a parallel importer?
At this time, these media reporters were ashamed.
One to one, Leeds United equalized the score.
The Tottenham Hotspurs obviously couldn't accept such a result. They continued to attack and besieged Leeds United frantically, wanting to expand the score again.
At this moment, Leeds United's full-back Sagna suddenly made a sliding tackle and shoveled the football off. Alexander Song ran over, and then directly pushed the football to the feet of Gourcuff in front.
Gourcuff felt someone rushing up from behind him. He didn't stop the ball, and he slid the football backwards. He quickly turned around, and a backside man came to pass the ball, and directly passed He. dlestone.
Leeds United fans applauded excitedly. Gourcuff's goal was really beautiful.
Zhong Cheng also kept nodding his head. This ball is really elegant, and it really looks like Zidane's shadow. No wonder many people in France now call him "Zidane's second".
After passing Huddlestone, Gourcuff dribbled the ball forward at high speed. Facing the defensive Zokola, he quickly passed the football diagonally to the side, and Joaquin, who followed up from the side, gently slid the football forward, and then directly kicked the pass.
With a bang, the football flew up rapidly and flew into Tottenham Hotspur's penalty area quickly. In the middle of the penalty area, Luca Toni jumped high, overwhelmed Michael Dawson, and smashed the football into the Tottenham Hotspur goal.
Paul Robinson touched the football, but the football was too strong, and he still couldn't stop the football from flying into his goal. Leeds United overtook the score, two to one.
The fans of Leeds United were naturally very excited, celebrating excitedly one by one.
But when the game just started in the second half, Tottenham Hotspur scored a goal and equalized the score. This is Leeds United made a mistake in the backcourt pass and gave a big gift. Robbie Keane intercepted the ball midway, passed the entire defense line of Leeds United with one acceleration, and went to the meeting alone.
Facing the attacking Zhong Zheng, Robbie Keane succeeded with a low shot, two to two.
Such a mistake is really very, very rare for Leeds United, and the fans of Leeds United are all in the circle.
And Tottenham Hotspur took advantage of the victory to pursue. After five minutes, Tottenham Hotspur got a corner kick. Jenas kicked the football into the Leeds United penalty area with an arc, and the football was pushed out of the penalty area by Pique. But Huddlestone shot at the ball from the front of the penalty area. The football hit the players in the penalty area and changed direction. It flew into the goal of Leeds United. 3-2, Tottenham Hotspur overtook the score.
Zhong Cheng's brows were tightly furrowed. It was very bad and dangerous to play the game like this.
In this game, Leeds United cannot lose.
Zhong Cheng immediately waved his hand, signaling Leeds United to attack across the board and besiege Tottenham Hotspur. Leeds United rushed out all of a sudden, which startled the Tottenham Hotspurs. Martin Jol shouted frantically, reminding the Tottenham Hotspurs players to defend.
However, in the face of Gourcuff's sudden long-range shot, Tottenham Hotspur's defense suddenly collapsed in an instant. The football flew into the Tottenham Hotspur goal, and Leeds United equalized the score.
Zhong Cheng breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he did not lose, but a draw would be very bad.
Just before the end of the game, Luca Toni received a strong shot from Tottenham Hotspur centre-back Ledley King and sent the ball into the Tottenham Hotspur goal. goal.
Four to three, Leeds United directly beat Tottenham Hotspur at the last moment.
Zhong Cheng jumped up in an instant, which was simply too pleasant a surprise.
The fans of Leeds United also jumped up happily and celebrated wildly in the stadium. This was an unexpected surprise, and everyone celebrated happily.
And the people of Tottenham Hotspur all looked at a loss, what happened to this game?
At the end of the game, Martin Jol looked dazed, obviously he hadn't accepted the final score yet.