Episode [434]: Premier League Champions Defending in Sight

After the end with Liverpool, there was an interval of one day, and Leeds United ushered in another game.

Leeds United go away to challenge Barnsley!

Yes, Leeds United is exhausted, and this has a great impact on Leeds United.

The main players of Leeds United stayed in Leeds and did not go away.

Zhong Cheng led the young players of Leeds United to an away game against Barnsley.

Zhong Cheng's formation in this game is 4-1-3-2, and the starting lineup is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Simon Mignolet

Back four [left to right]: Danny Rose, Cahill, Hummels and Glenn Johnson

Single midfielder: Stephen Mbia

Three strikers [left to right] Gareth Bale, Yaya Toure and Eden Hazard

Forwards: Lewandowski and Aleksandar Pato

Yes, this is a very young starting lineup, and among them, Eden Hazard went directly to the right, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

Of course, in this game, everyone is most concerned about Lewandowski!

Lewandowski was wearing the hat of a super big parallel importer before, and was scolded bloody by fans and media reporters. It was not easy to shine in the League Cup final, helping the team win the honor of the League Cup champion, and get rid of the name of parallel imports.

Everyone has seen Lewandowski's potential, but whether the potential can be converted into strength depends on this guy's next performance. Now everyone is waiting for Lewandowski's amazing performance and continue to attack.

But in the next game, Lewandowski's performance was not outstanding, and no goals were scored.

Now everyone is staring at Lewandowski to see what kind of performance he has in this game? Can you score a goal?

At the beginning of the game, Leeds United adopted a defensive counterattack tactic, Lewandowski had no chance of winning, and Leeds United was slightly passive.

At this time, the players of Leeds United can only believe what Zhong Cheng said. If Barnsley can reach the top four of the FA Cup, they must have some strength. Now the young players of Leeds United are playing a bit awkwardly, and the defense seems a bit unstable.

Zhong Cheng frowned on the sidelines. It seemed that this group of lads were about to suffer a bit.

On the pitch, the Leeds United players let go of their lives. Mbia's performance was very good. If he hadn't carried it, Leeds United's defense would really have been broken.

In the game, Eden Hazard and Gareth Bale performed well. The two of them caused a lot of trouble for the Barnsley people on the two wings and threatened Barnsley's goal. However, Barnsley's luck was also good, and several good opportunities were resolved by them.

Of course, in this game, Lewandowski's performance was a bit disappointing, and his performance was not very good.

At the end of the first half, the two sides fought to a zero-to-zero tie.

During the intermission, Zhong Cheng reminded the players of Leeds United that they must not underestimate their opponents. The opponents still have some strength and must go all out.

But just after the start of the second half, Barnsley scored a goal.

This goal was a bit of an accident. After the opponent's forward fell into the heavy defense of Leeds United alone, he was about to lose the ball. He shot indiscriminately. The football hit two Leeds United defenders in a row. The football changed direction many times, and then flew into the goal of Leeds United.

One to zero, Barnsley took the lead.

It was an accident, a very, very accident.

However, it was this accident that caused Leeds United to lose the game. It is also a good lesson for this group of young players from Leeds United!

After the game, the players of Leeds United lowered their heads and looked down!

Looking at the reactions of these young players, Zhong Cheng knew that the result would be enough for them to digest for a while!

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Surprisingly, Leeds United lost the game against Barnsley when they were generally optimistic.

Everyone thought that Leeds United would win the FA Cup this season, but at this time, there was an accident and Leeds United was eliminated.

The young players of Leeds United can't accept it!

In their view, this season's FA Cup should be theirs. They could easily beat the remaining three opponents, but they actually lost.

The young players of Leeds United are very hurt!

Zhong Cheng didn't try to comfort these guys, he let these little guys experience and understand by themselves. This is also a part of their growth process, and it is a very important part. Zhong Cheng needs them to experience it by themselves, so that the impression will be deeper.

Now Zhong Cheng has set his sights on the weekend league.

In fact, it is the weekend, that is, two days later, Leeds United is really very busy this week. On the weekend, Leeds United ushered in the thirty-third round of the Premier League this season, and this game is almost coming to an end.

At this time, Leeds United leads the second-placed Manchester United by eight points, and eight points means more than two rounds of games. Now there are six rounds left in the Premier League, so Leeds United is likely to win the Premier League championship this season ahead of schedule.

However, so far, Leeds United have not won the championship, and Manchester United still have a chance, so Zhong Cheng is very careful. They don't want to be the Manchester United team last season, leading the whole season. After the last round of the game, they are the Premier League champions. They even had a problem in the last round of the game.

Zhong Cheng kept reminding the players of Leeds United that they must go all out and must not take it lightly. Any game must be played as a final.

In this game, Leeds United's opponent is Portsmouth.

Yes, Portsmouth, the team that reached the FA Cup semi-finals with Leeds United. Moreover, now that Portsmouth has reached the final of the FA Cup this season, they will compete with Barnsley for the FA Cup this season.

It can be seen that Portsmouth is still very strong.

However, in the middle of the week, it took a huge expenditure for Portsmouth to defeat their opponents West Bromwich Albion. Therefore, they should be powerless in the weekend league now.

But even under such circumstances, Zhong Cheng reminded the Leeds United players not to underestimate their opponents, and never to take it lightly.

In this game, Zhong Cheng did not have a full lineup, they did some rotations. Because he has to prepare for the second round match between Leeds United and Liverpool three days later, this game is very important, and Zhong Cheng must make sure nothing goes wrong.

In this game, Pique, Sedu Keita and Luca Tony, who were suspended for the next round, all started, and some other players almost all rotated.

The players of Leeds United devoted themselves to this game, they did not take it lightly, and went all out for this game.

In the second half, Luca Toni scored a goal each, helping the team beat Portsmouth 2-0. Having won the twenty-ninth consecutive victory of the Premier League this season, all the media reporters in England went crazy.

Leeds United is a giant this season, who else can stop Leeds United?

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The thirty-third round of the Premier League ended, and Leeds United won the twenty-ninth consecutive victory in the Premier League. Their points reached 87 points, ranking first in the Premier League.

In this round of the game, Leeds United opened the score very well, because many teams behind them had their own problems and failed to hold on.

Manchester United and Sheffield, who were originally ranked second and third in the league, had problems on Wednesday. Manchester United drew Middlesbrough two to two away and only scored one point. The Sheffield Wednesday team even lost the score without scoring a point.

Therefore, Manchester United is still ranked second in the Premier League, but their points are only 77 points, and they are now 10 points behind Leeds United. It is now only the last five rounds of the Premier League this season.

It appears that Leeds United are nowhere near defending the Premier League title.

Ranked third is Sheffield Wednesday. Their points are now 76 points, one point behind Manchester United. Ranked fourth is the Chelsea team. They have rushed up, and the Chelsea team has 71 points. Arsenal, who previously ranked fourth, had 70 points, one point behind Chelsea.

In this round of the game, Arsenal drew with their opponents, which led to being overtaken by Chelsea. Arsene Wenger is very angry. Will Arsenal miss the UEFA Champions League again this season?

Ranked sixth is Liverpool. They have 63 points. The difference is really too far. Ranked seventh is Everton, with 59 points.

This is the current situation in the Premier League. Leeds United are really not far away from the undefended Premier League champions. Now the media in England are all hyping, claiming that Leeds United will win the Premier League this season.

The whole Leeds United team is very happy and excited now.

However, Zhong Cheng was not happy. He is now focusing on the second round of the quarter-elimination round of the UEFA Champions League.

This round of the game is definitely not optimistic, because too many players of Leeds United have been suspended in this round of the game. Pique, the absolute core of the defense, Sedu Keita, the anchor of the midfielder, and Luca Toni, the top scorer of the Leeds United team.

Therefore, Zhong Cheng is very nervous now, and the opponent Liverpool is very strong.

Moreover, the opposing Liverpool team is now playing with all the main players, which is a big trouble for Leeds United.

And now the outside world naturally knows the current situation of Leeds United, so many main players of Leeds United are suspended. This is undoubtedly a fatal blow to Leeds United. Although Leeds United is now leading 3-0, but as far as the current situation of the two sides is concerned, Leeds United has already occupied the bottom peak.

Many people are giving advice to Leeds United, so that Leeds United can defend across the board, and it is enough to keep these three goals.

Even if the Liverpool team can score a goal or two, they will advance to Leeds United in the end.

Therefore, many people claim that Leeds United will stick to this game and stick to it to the end. And the Liverpool team will attack crazily, it will be a battle between the spear and the shield!