Episode 039: Leeds United's Trip to Portugal

Zhong Cheng looked at the left backs in the transfer market and still had some ideas. Claw Machine Bookstore

First of all, there are some left backs who performed well in the European Cup. There are still some dark horses emerging in this European Cup. The players in these dark horses still perform very well, and their worth is not very high.

For example, Russia, Turkey and others performed very well in this European Cup!

The full-backs Anyukov and Yanbayev in the Russian team performed very well. These two are also masters who can play left and right. It is because of them that Russia can achieve such good results.

Of course, Turkey, as the reversal king of this European Cup, their performance is also very good, and a group of good players have emerged, both defensive players and frontcourt players, such as his central defender Zan and Cetin, left back Hakan Balta, forward Semih Senturk and others.

The Turkish national team still won the fourth place in the European Cup, and its strength is really good.

To be honest, the left back Hakan Balta of the Turkish national team is very good. He has a strong assist ability, has speed, height and body, and has breakthroughs and crosses. He is really a good full-back.

Of course, Zhong Cheng is also looking at the German full-back Marcel Janssen. This guy has a good improvement and is very fast. Although there are still some problems in defensive positioning, his flaws are not hidden.

However, Leeds United has no shortage of other positions, so Zhong Cheng's primary goal is Hakan Balta!

Now, Hakan Balta is playing for Galatasaray, a wealthy club in Turkey. Leeds United may not be able to introduce this left back.

Zhong Cheng asked the team to make an offer to Galatasaray, and Galatasaray was very firm at the beginning, claiming that Hakan Balta was not for sale and would not be sold. Moreover, Hakan Balta does not seem to want to leave Türkiye.

Seeing this, what else can Zhong Cheng say?

Then there is no choice but to give up Hakan Balta!

Now the only way to bring in Marcel Janssen? Or go to Valencia to seduce a young Jordi Alba?

At this time, Zhong Cheng suddenly thought that Ivanovic can play left back, right?

Yes, Ivanovic is an all-rounder on the defensive line, able to play both left, center and right backs, so now Leeds United actually has no shortage of left backs.

Zhong Cheng was fooled by himself, there are so many things going on recently.

Zhong Cheng immediately told the transfer department to give up the plan to bring in a left back. Leeds United already has people in the team. Ivanovic can definitely step up when the team's left back is injured. Ivanovic's strength is very strong.

Albertini also said: "Yes, Ivan's strength is very good, and he must be able to top it!"

Ivanovic's full name is Branislav Ivanovic, whether he is called Branislav or Ivanovic, the name is too long. Therefore, the players of Leeds United gave Ivanovic a nickname, and they called Ivan.

Since then, Leeds United have called Ivanovic Ivan.

Zhong Cheng nodded and said: "Yes, Ivan is very good. Now I am disappointed that he will not be injured in the Beijing Olympics!"

Yes, now Ivanovic is following Seville to participate in the Beijing Olympics.

There are still some people in the Leeds United team who will participate in the Beijing Olympics, such as Kompany, David Luiz, Hulk, Ivanovic and Alexander Pato and others.

These people are afraid that they will not be able to come back until after the start of the Premier League.

Zhong Cheng hoped that they would not be injured, the Leeds United players couldn't afford to be injured.

These players must be exhausted when they come back, and they have to rest for a while before they can go into battle, so the beginning of the new season for Leeds United is a very difficult time period.

Zhong Cheng is ready to face all difficulties!

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Leeds United came to Lisbon, Portugal. They will train here for more than a week, and then return home directly.

Leeds United is preparing three warm-up matches here. The opponents of the warm-up match are Sporting Lisbon, Benfica and Bellamar.

Yes, all three teams are from Portugal!

Among these three teams, the first two teams are still very strong. After all, they are both Portuguese giants, and they are also frequent visitors to the UEFA Champions League. Their strength is very good.

First of all, Leeds United is facing Sporting Lisbon, which is Cristiano Ronaldo's old club. Everyone thought that this would be Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Lisbon, but now Cristiano Ronaldo is still on vacation. He didn't come to Lisbon with the team at all. This makes the Portuguese fans feel a little regretful.

This game still attracts a lot of attention, and the stadium of Sporting Lisbon is full of people.

Zhong Cheng's starting lineup for this game is like this, the formation is 4-1-3-2.

Goalkeeper: Simon Mignolet

Back four: Danny Rose, Gary Cahill, Hummels and Glenn Johnson

Single midfielder: Yaya Toure

Three forwards: Gareth Bale, Luka Modric and Marco Reus

Forwards: Diego Milito and Edinson Cavani

At the beginning of the game, Leeds United defended and counterattacked, while Sporting Lisbon started to attack, crazy attack. The strength of Sporting Lisbon is still very good, frequently threatening the goal of Leeds United. But Leeds United's defense is still very good, and it is still very difficult for Sporting Lisbon to break through Leeds United's goal.

In this game, the state of the Leeds United players has improved to a certain extent, but there are still many problems, and they are still not 100% devoted to their state. Zhong Cheng feels that Leeds United still need some time to adjust and adapt.

This is what Zhong Cheng is very worried about. The players on the team are not in the right shape now. Those who went to the Olympics did not train with the team. It must be very troublesome when they come back. Needless to say, at the beginning of the new season, Leeds United are still in a state of running-in and finding.

Zhong Cheng has some worries about the new season!

At the end of the first half, Diego Milito broke the deadlock by receiving a low pass from Marco Royce from the winger and directly strafing the goal.

In fact, the ion pair's goal in the first half of the game was still very dangerous, and Sporting Lisbon did not seize the opportunity completely.

Soon, the second half of the game began, and the situation of Leeds United was slightly better.

Lisbon's agent is getting more and more difficult to play, they feel the power of Leeds United. However, Sporting Lisbon scored a goal by virtue of luck. Simon Mignolet suddenly let go, gave the opponent's striker a chance, and scored a goal!

However, Leeds United quickly retaliated. Leeds United striker Edinson Cavani kicked a shot directly at the front of the penalty area and scored a world wave.

After that, Leeds United made a large-scale substitution. Players such as Pogba and Lukaku all played, and Lewandowski naturally got a chance.

However, neither of the latter two teams scored a goal. Leeds United defeated Sporting Lisbon 2-1.

In this game, Leeds United still found some problems. Zhong Cheng, Albertini and Canales are busy again, solving these problems.

Two days later, Leeds United ushered in another warm-up match. The opponent in this game was Bellamar.

Bellamar's strength is not very strong, Zhong Cheng arranged more substitute players and young players, and let them play this game.

Facing the relatively weak Bellamar team, the players of Leeds United performed very well. They scored three goals in the first half of the game and established a leading advantage early. Goals were scored by Lukaku, Gary Cahill and Marco Reus.

Gareth Bale scored twice in the second half, and Luka Modric added the icing on the cake as Leeds beat Bellamar 6-1.

Leeds United has achieved two consecutive victories in Portugal, but the victory is not happy, they still have many problems. Canales has been busy recently, and the players of Leeds United are also complaining.

Before leaving Portugal, Leeds United ushered in their last warm-up match in Portugal.

Leeds United's opponent in this warm-up match is Benfica. The strength of this team is very good. This can be regarded as an assessment for Leeds United before leaving Portugal.

The players of Leeds United are naturally very serious and serious about this game. Benfica seems to be paying more attention to this game.

However, Zhong Cheng saw a Chinese player in Benfica's bench.

When Wei Wei thought about it, Zhong Cheng knew who this Chinese player was? That is Yu Dabao!

Yu Dabao is currently playing for Benfica. Although he is playing for the youth team, he was even loaned out to play for a team in the Portuguese League at the beginning of the year. But now I have returned to Benfica, and now I am training with the first team.

When this guy came to the Benfica youth team, he performed very well and scored a lot of goals. Of course, his prospects in the Benfica first team are not good.

Of course, Zhong Cheng didn't pay too much attention to Yu Dabao, and his attention was still more on this game.

At the beginning of the game, Benfica's offense still caused a lot of trouble for Leeds United. Sure enough, Benfica's offensive strength is still very good. However, Zhong Zheng's performance is still very good. Benfica doesn't have much to do with Zhong Zheng.

The Leeds United players still haven't reached their peak state, but their performance is still very good. Before the end of the first half, Leeds United took a one-to-nil lead thanks to Diego Milito's goal.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, both sides replaced a large number of players in a very tacit understanding. The second half of the game is all about young players. This time the strength of the two sides seems to be much closer. Of course, Leeds United still have some advantages.

However, it is obvious that Benfica's momentum is now coming up, which means it is a bit unstoppable.

Leeds United is now completely defensive, allowing Benfica to attack. Benfica's young players don't seem to have many offensive methods, and the threat to Leeds United is not very great. This makes the Benfica players very anxious.

However, at the end of the second half, Benfica got a good chance.

The player on the side opened a gap and forced a cross. Yu Dabao, who was ambushing in the penalty area, leaned forward and headed the ball back. The football flew directly into the front of the goal. Simon Mignolet did not expect it. The football got under his arm and rolled into the goal.

One to one, the two sides finally reached a draw in this game.

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