Episode【211】: Relegation Teams Are More Difficult to Beat

Yes, Leeds United have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League three years in a row.

This result is actually very good. After all, after Zhong Cheng took over Leeds United, Leeds United has only participated in the UEFA Champions League three times in total, and the results are very good.

Of course, Zhong Cheng’s goal this season is not just as simple as reaching the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League.

After all, Leeds United have accumulated so many years of experience.

By this time, one-half of the knockout rounds of this season's UEFA Champions League has completely ended, the results of each game have also come out, and all the teams that have advanced to the quarterfinals have been produced.

First, Barcelona drew with Lyon 1-1 away from home and defeated Lyon 5-2 at home. In the end, they defeated their opponents with a total score of 6-3 and advanced to the quarterfinals. The second is that Porto tied with Atletico Madrid 2-2 in an away game and defeated Atletico Madrid 0-0 at home. With more away goals, they successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

The third was that Arsenal defeated Roma 1-0 at home and lost 0-1 away. The two teams went to a penalty shootout. Arsenal defeated their opponent 7-6 in the penalty shootout and the total score was 8-7. Opponent, advance to the quarterfinals.

Fourth, Manchester United drew with Inter Milan 0-0 away from home and defeated Inter Milan 2-0 at home. They defeated their opponents with a total score of 2-0 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. Fifth, Chelsea defeated Juventus 1-0 at home and drew 2-2 away from Juventus. They defeated their opponents with a total score of 3-2 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Sixth, Villarreal drew with its opponent 1-1 at home, defeated its opponent 2-1 away from home, and defeated its opponent 3-2 with a total score of 3-2 to advance to the quarterfinals. Seventh, Bayern Munich defeated Sporting Lisbon 5-0 away from home and 7-1 at home. In the end, Bayern Munich defeated Sporting Lisbon with a total score of 12-1 and successfully reached the quarterfinals of this season's UEFA Champions League.

The last one is of course Leeds United. Leeds United beat Real Madrid 1-0 away and 4-0 at home, with a total score of 5-0 and reached the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League.

The quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the 2008-2009 season were officially born. They are Barcelona, ​​Porto, Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Villarreal, Bayern Munich and Leeds United.

This top eight lineup is a bit scary. Four teams in the Premier League have reached the top eight. This has been the case for several consecutive seasons, which shows how powerful the Premier League is. No wonder the English media are always crazy about boasting that the Premier League is the best league in the world.

It is normal for the British mainland media to say this. After all, in the UEFA Champions League, Premier League teams have successfully occupied four seats for several consecutive years. As long as the Premier League participates in the Champions League, they have advanced to the quarterfinals in recent years.

The teams in the Premier League are really awesome, extremely awesome!

Many British mainland media started to mock UEFA crazily. Don't you want to blackmail the Premier League teams? The opponents arranged for the Premier League teams are all very, very powerful opponents, but what happens in the end? All Premier League teams have made it to the quarterfinals. What can you do with the Premier League teams?

To be honest, UEFA was indeed very angry when the British mainland media said these words, but they really had nothing to refute.

Premier League teams are awesome!

Look, who are the opponents of the top four teams in the Premier League this season? Roma, Inter Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid. Which team is easy to beat?

After seeing these opponents, who would not believe that UEFA is messing with Premier League teams?

Because the Premier League teams have been too outstanding in recent years, and they have been able to score first goals. And every year the Champions League is played by you guys. What else is there to see in this Champions League? For many, many reasons, UEFA wants to get rid of the Premier League teams!

It's a pity that UEFA has been so crazy this season, but there is still no high-profile Premier League team, which is really embarrassing.

Now UEFA has stopped saying anything. Obviously, in the following games, UEFA will arrange a civil war between the Premier League teams, at least a Premier League civil war, to ensure that the top four in the UEFA Champions League are not all Premier League teams. This is the only thing that European faces can do .

At this time, the media in the British mainland were naturally sarcastic and mocking UEFA. UEFA had no choice but to bite the bullet and endure.

At this time, everyone is guessing, which two Premier League teams will UEFA arrange to fight this time?

Yes, countless people are speculating on this issue.

Anyway, many people think that Leeds United should have a high chance of being drawn by a Premier League team, because in the first two seasons, Leeds United was drawn by a Premier League team, once by Liverpool and once by Chelsea. This season, he may still be drawn to Chelsea!

In the previous two times, Leeds United were eliminated by Premier League teams.

UEFA will definitely do something like this. Many media reporters from the British mainland are patting their chests and guaranteeing that the draw will definitely be like this.

Some British mainland media even claimed that the draw results for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League should be like this, with Leeds United playing Chelsea, Arsenal playing Barcelona, ​​Manchester United playing Bayern Munich and Villarreal playing Porto.

Because UEFA wants to kill the Premier League teams. This is already known to everyone.

Of course, there are also many people who claim that even if UEFA wants to kill the teams in the Premier League and the two leagues, it will not do it so obviously. However, there will definitely be a Premier League civil war.

Anyway, at this time, there are all kinds of speculations and all kinds of rumors flying everywhere.

At this time, Zhong Cheng received an interview from the beautiful reporter Bian Yuqing of the BBC. He said: "I am very calm about the upcoming draw ceremony. Because every team that has been able to reach this point is very powerful. , no one will be surprised if I win!”

However, Zhong Cheng still said: "Of course, it would be best to draw Villarreal or Porto. However, I don't think our Leeds United team will be so lucky!"

Yes, Zhong Cheng really felt like this. He really didn't think Leeds United would have any good luck. This is a very strange feeling, and Zhong Cheng feels that this feeling is very accurate.

After the game, Zhong Cheng took people directly back to Leeds, England.

Because the quarter-final draw of the UEFA Champions League in the 2008-2009 season will not be held until the end of the next round of the Premier League. So, there is no need to be so anxious this time.

After returning to Leeds, Leeds United ushered in the 29th round of the Premier League this season. Leeds United faced West Bromwich Albion at their home court.

In this game, Leeds United's opponents were very weak.

West Bromwich Albion is now ranked last in the Premier League and is the deputy squad leader of the Premier League. Their score is 22 points. It is 4 points behind the second to last place and 6 points behind the third and fourth place from the bottom. Although the gap is huge, the risk of West Bromwich Albion being relegated is still quite high.

Now is the time for West Bromwich Albion to fight hard. By this time, some relegation teams are actually more difficult to play than the top four teams in the league, because they are really going to fight you.

Therefore, when captaining West Bromwich Albion, Zhong Cheng was very serious. He also reminded the Leeds United players not to underestimate their opponents, but to play well and win these three points. It is also very important for Leeds United.

The players of Leeds United are aware of the importance of this game. They believe that they can easily defeat their opponents. After all, the opponents are not very strong.

But what surprised them was that this game was not as easy as they imagined. The players of West Bromwich Albion were very tenacious and caused them a lot of trouble, which made the players of Leeds United aware of the difficulty of this game.

Zhong Cheng stood on the sidelines and kept roaring loudly, something that had never happened before when teams such as Leeds United and Manchester United and Chelsea played.

Zhong Cheng was very anxious. Couldn't even such a team win?

Sure enough, in the final game, Leeds United was tied by West Bromwich Albion at their home stadium, the Crown Stadium, and Leeds United only scored one point.

After the game, Zhong Cheng shook his head helplessly. It seemed that Leeds United really missed the Premier League championship this season.

However, not long after their game ended, Zhong Cheng got good news.

Manchester United, currently at the top of the Premier League, also has problems. They lost 1-4 to Liverpool at their home stadium, Old Trafford, and did not score in this round. Manchester United did not take the opportunity to widen the point difference, but instead allowed Leeds United to chase one point.

However, seeing this result, Zhong Cheng regretted it very much. What a great opportunity for Leeds United to catch up? It's a pity that Leeds United wasted it in the end.

In the following leagues, it will be difficult for Leeds United to get such an opportunity again, extremely difficult.

The other games in this round were Arsenal's 4-0 victory over Blackburn Rovers and Chelsea's 1-0 victory over Manchester City. Aston Villa lost to Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 and Everton defeated Stoke City 3-1.

After the 29th round of the Premier League, the Red Devils Manchester United still rank first in the Premier League, with 64 points. The second-ranked team is the Red Army Liverpool, whose points have reached 60. At the same time, Chelsea's points are also 60 points. They are ranked third in the Premier League.

These three teams are all teams that have reached 60 points.

Next, ranked fourth in the Premier League is Leeds United, with 57 points. Seven points behind Manchester United and three points behind Liverpool and Chelsea. There is still a big gap between Leeds United and the previous teams. It is still very difficult for them to win the Premier League championship this season.

Ranking fifth in the Premier League is the Gunners Arsenal, with 52 points, 5 points behind Leeds United. Leeds United's current fourth position is relatively stable, so Leeds United will have more thoughts to consider the Champions League.

However, there are still 9 rounds of games left in the league, and Leeds United must bite the bullet. Otherwise, Leeds United may be in trouble in the end.

In the next round, Leeds United's opponent is Blackburn, which is also a relegation team. And now their situation is also very dangerous.

They are now ranked 15th, but they are one point ahead of Stoke City, which is third from the bottom and is 18th. In other words, the points from 16th to 18th are all 29 points.

Therefore, if you are not careful, Blackburn will fall into the relegation zone. They are definitely going to fight Leeds United, so this game is not easy to play!

At this time, Zhong Cheng led Albertini and others to leave Leeds and fly to Switzerland to participate in the quarter-final draw ceremony of this season's UEFA Champions League. This was also the last draw of this season's UEFA Champions League. .