Episode [393]: The Strength of Leeds United's Rotation Players

Now the outside world has been circulating the news that Benitez's coaching position is unstable and he is about to leave get out of class.

These news are naturally very bad things for the precarious Liverpool team, which will affect Leeds United's performance in the following games.

At this time, media reporters also interviewed Zhong Cheng and asked him his opinion on the game.

Zhong Cheng said: "To be honest, I don't think that Benitez's coaching position is unstable. Liverpool's top management still has a high degree of trust in him. I believe that Liverpool will definitely support Benitez at this time. After all, Benitez's leadership performance before is indeed very good. After all, Benitez is still the king of the cup!"

When the media reporters heard this, they immediately asked: "Mr. Loya, do you mean that Mr. Benitez led Liverpool to fail to win the league championship?"

Zhong Cheng chuckled: "It can be said that, because our Leeds United team will be the champion of the Premier League!"

When media reporters heard this, they really couldn't refute it.

After all, after Zhong Cheng accepted Leeds United and the team was promoted to the Premier League, Leeds United were all Premier League champions.

The media reporters also wanted to ask Zhong Cheng about the Liverpool team, Zhong Cheng shook his head and did not participate in these matters anymore.

To be honest, this matter has nothing to do with Leeds United.

The Liverpool team has indeed spent a lot of money this season and has introduced a lot of players, but the results of the Liverpool team this season are not very good, and they will not affect Leeds United, so Zhong Cheng does not pay much attention.

Moreover, Zhong Cheng firmly believes that the Liverpool team will not fire Benitez at this time. And in Zhong Cheng's memory, Benitez left the Liverpool team more than two years later. His lifespan in the Liverpool team is still very long, okay!

And not long after Zhong Cheng's interview came out, the top management of the Liverpool team stood up again.

The top management of the Liverpool team began to refute the rumors. They claimed that the team had no idea of ​​​​changing coaches. Benitez is now living very well in the Liverpool team, and the Liverpool team trusts Benitez very much. They firmly believe that Benitez can lead Liverpool to achieve good results.

Moreover, the senior management of the Liverpool club also made it clear that the Liverpool team has changed too many personnel this season, so the team needs a new run-in. Even if it does not win the Premier League championship this season, the Liverpool team can accept it. They hope that Benitez will prepare for next season and win the Premier League championship through this season's running-in.

At the same time, Benitez also stood up to speak: "I have a very good life in the Liverpool team. Although the team's current results are not very good, it is indeed my responsibility. But our Liverpool team has too many personnel changes, and we need more time to run in. Our Liverpool team will at least reach the top four in the Premier League this season, and we will go further in the UEFA Champions League!"

Yes, now Benitez attaches more importance to the UEFA Champions League.

Last season Liverpool won the UEFA Champions League, and last season they reached the final of the UEFA Champions League. Benitez has been coveting the UEFA Champions League for a long time. He wants to win the second UEFA Champions League trophy!

The Liverpool fans were naturally very happy when they heard Benitez's words. They are behind Benitez, they firmly believe that Benitez can lead Liverpool to glory.

Therefore, these crises of the Liverpool team have been gradually resolved, and everyone has turned their attention to other teams in the Premier League, and began to discuss the issues of other teams.

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After the match against Arsenal, Zhong Cheng directly led the Leeds United players back to Leeds.

Because they will usher in the third round of the FA Cup this season at their home court, the Premier League teams have fully entered the FA Cup. By the time of this round of competition, all teams participating in the FA Cup will make their debut.

In this game, Leeds United's opponent is Manchester City, also from the Premier League.

It can only be said that Leeds United's luck is not very good. Many Premier League teams still encounter teams from League One and League Two at this time, and Leeds United have encountered Premier League teams. This luck is indeed not sleeping.

Manchester City has also introduced a lot of players this season. They have acquired by a Middle East consortium, and it is even rumored that they want to introduce Real Madrid's Brazilian striker Robinho. However, they did not succeed, but they did not give up, and they are still chasing Robinho.

Manchester City's performance this season is still good. They are ranked seventh in the Premier League next year, with 39 points, behind the sixth-ranked Liverpool team.

Therefore, the strength of the Manchester City team is still quite strong!

However, this is a rare opportunity for the young players of Leeds United, because they rarely have the opportunity to play against the strong teams in the Premier League.

Meeting Manchester City is a bit of bad luck for Leeds United, but it is very good luck for the young players of Leeds United, because they can play with these masters, which will be great for their growth.

Of course, these young players of Leeds United also hope that Leeds United can beat Manchester City and go further in the FA Cup, so that they can get more opportunities to play.

Therefore, for this game, the young players and rotation players of Leeds United attach great importance to it. They hope that Leeds United can beat Manchester City.

Now, the weather in Leeds United is much better!

It has not snowed in Leeds for a few days. Although the weather is still very cold, it is much better than snow. Especially the venue conditions, so Leeds United are very confident in this game.

Before the game, Zhong Cheng was interviewed by media reporters. He said: "For this game, our Leeds United team will definitely make a rotation, because our Leeds United team will focus on the Premier League and the Champions League this season. In other cup games, we choose to use young players!"

The media reporters thought about it carefully, the past games were really like this!

The young players of Leeds United are also upbeat. They performed well in the English League Cup and directly reached the semi-finals. Just three days later, Leeds United face their rivals Chelsea in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final.

Therefore, the media reporters are very familiar with the strength of Leeds United's rotation players and youth players. For this game, the media reporters are a little undecided. I don't know who can win this game?

Before the game, in the forecast surveys made by the major media, it is obvious that 44% think that Leeds United will win, 12% think that they will draw, and 44% think that Manchester City will win. It is really half to half.

Therefore, many sports channels in England will broadcast this game England FA Cup!

This game has attracted much attention, and everyone is guessing who will win?

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On the day of the game, the weather in Leeds was not bad, with the scorching sun in the sky.

However, with the wind blowing, I still felt a little cold. This has a great impact on the players on both sides. I don't know who will adapt to this weather better.

Today Leeds United obviously has a rotation lineup, the starting lineup is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Simon Mignolet

Back four [left to right]: Gareth Bale, Mats Hummels, Gary Cahill and Glenn Johnson

Single midfielder: Mohamed Sissoko

Three midfielders [from left to right]: Franck Ribery, Yaya Toure and Shao Jiayi

Forwards: Robert Lewandowski and Aleksander Pato

This is Zhong Cheng's starting lineup today, except for Mohamed Sissoko and Frank Ribery, who are both rotation players. Because Mohamed Sissoko just came back from injury, and Franck Ribery came back from the world ban. In the last league game, they did not come off the bench. Zhong Cheng asked them to use this kind of game to regain their form and returned to Leeds United's main lineup earlier.

Manchester City played almost all the main players in this game, but occasionally made some adjustments and rotations. It can be seen that Manchester City also attaches great importance to this game, and they also have a desire to go further in the FA Cup.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester City launched a fierce attack and besieged Leeds United.

Leeds United is the same old style, defending and counterattacking. The first is to do a good job of their defense and not give the opponent any chance. Only after a solid defense can they play a better offense.

At this time, Zhong Cheng paid great attention to the importance of defense.

Sure enough, Manchester City's offense is very sharp, but when facing Leeds United's defense, they still don't know what to do?

In the 33rd minute of the first half, Leeds United launched a very quick counterattack. Simon Mignolet threw the ball quickly and launched a quick counterattack, and Leeds United just passed the ball in the middle of Shao Jiayi and Yaya Toure. Then football came to the feet of Alexandre Pato in the penalty area.

Alexander Pato saw the Manchester City goalkeeper, and then shot directly, and quickly shot the football into the far corner of the goal, one to zero.

Alexander Pato has shown his strength and his value. After Alexander Pato joined Leeds United, the number of goals has exceeded the volume, which exceeded the expectations of media reporters at the beginning of the season. Alexander Pato is indeed a new star with full potential.

The score of one to zero was maintained until the end of the halftime, and soon the halftime time came, and the players from both sides returned to the locker room to rest. It didn't take long to return to the court and start the second half of the game.

In the second half of the game, Leeds United was still defensively counterattacking, Manchester City was about to equalize the score, it was aggressively pressing, and the defense was full of loopholes.

In the 21st minute of the second half, Leeds United seized the opportunity.

This time Leeds United was still a counterattack, but the football was blocked by Manchester City's defensive players. Leeds United got a corner kick.

This time Franck Ribery stood in the corner, and he came to take the corner.

Shao Jiayi originally wanted to go, but seeing Franck Ribery go, he gave up the opportunity to Franck Ribery!

Franck Ribery kicked a beautiful arc directly and quickly sent the football into the back point of Manchester City's penalty area. Mats Hummels, who was at the back point, jumped high and hit the football hard, and the football flew towards Manchester City's goal quickly.

Manchester City's goalkeeper was unexpected, and the football flew into Manchester City's goal without any suspense.

Two to zero, Leeds United defeated Manchester City at home and advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup.