Episode 【354】: Let’s Make the Winning Streak Even More Intense.

October 17, 2009, Britannia Stadium, Stoke, England.

What will be held here today is the ninth round of the Premier League this season. Leeds United will face Stoke City away from home.

Stoke City are currently ranked in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, in 14th place.

Their strength is naturally far behind Leeds United, but Stoke City still sees hope. Because during the international match day, Leeds United's players were exhausted a lot, and many of their main players were injured. Their Stoke City team was waiting for work, and they had a great chance of winning this game.

Reporters from outside media also believe that Stoke City has a high chance of remaining unbeaten, or even winning.

Leeds United's current state is indeed not good!

The international match day really interrupted Leeds United's previous hot state. Many people also complained about Leeds United. Without this international match day, Leeds United would definitely win one after another and gain points like crazy.

In this game, Leeds United is really hanging in the balance.

But Zhong Cheng doesn't believe it at all. Even if some of the main players are missing, Leeds United's strength cannot be matched by Stoke City.

However, in the 26th minute of the first half, Stoke City center back Shawcross headed the ball directly into the penalty area and smashed the football into the Leeds United goal, one to zero.

Shawcross is really awesome this time!

Shawcross came from Manchester United's youth training, but he has never played for Manchester United once. In 2008, he transferred to Stoke City for 2 million pounds, where he quickly became England's outstanding central defenders, and now it is said that Liverpool and Arsenal clubs are interested in these central defenders and hope to introduce this central defender in January.

However, Manchester United had the right of first refusal when they sold Shawcross, so Manchester United may not forcefully grab this outstanding young central defender in the winter.

Today, Shawcross showed his skill, which is really amazing.

Seeing this, the media reporters on the scene naturally believed that Stoke City could win this game, and Leeds United was indeed in poor condition.

But just three minutes later, Leeds United equalized the score.

The goal was scored by Diego Costa, who replaced the injured Lewandowski. Diego Costa swung his leg directly from the front of the penalty area and sent the football into the goal. Tok City goal.

Yes, Diego Costa started today and performed very well.

The media reporters all exclaimed that Zhong Cheng's vision was really great. Could it be that he had discovered another super forward? And in the eyes of media reporters, Diego Costa is more convincing than Lewandowski.

Yes, Diego Costa is more in the eyes of media reporters than Lewandowski.

At the end of the first half, Leeds United drew with Stoke City one to one, and in the second half, Leeds United took control of the situation. Leeds United had a big advantage in this game. Odds of winning.

In the tenth minute of the second half, Leeds United got a direct free kick in the frontcourt.

Cristiano Ronaldo did his part and stood in front of the football.

Facing the Stoke City goalkeeper, Cristiano Ronaldo directly hit an elevator ball. The ball flew up, down, left and right, directly causing the Stoke City goalkeeper to hit him. He was so stunned that he barely reacted as the football flew past his face and hit the goal he was guarding.

Two to one, Leeds United took the lead.

At this time, the Stoke City team gave up. Leeds United had too many attacking methods. They were really unable to defend themselves!

Although, the Stoke City team did not accept their fate. They attacked frantically and continued the siege. Unfortunately, these were of no use. On the contrary, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who came on the bench, almost succeeded in a sneak attack.

In the end, Leeds United reversed Stoke City 2-1 in the away game and won the game, taking three points.

Since Zhong Cheng returned to Leeds United, Leeds United has won three consecutive games.

After this round of competition, Zhong Cheng immediately led the team to fly to the Netherlands to prepare for the Eredivisie team AZ Alkmaar.

Yes, the third round of the UEFA Champions League group stage this season is here.

Leeds United is facing Alkmaar, which had one draw and one loss in the first two rounds. This game is very important for Leeds United. Leeds United must win!

Alkmaar still has some strength, but it is still very different from Leeds United.

There is really no team like Leeds United that can threaten Leeds United, so people outside say that Leeds United is extremely lucky this season, and this group is simply a walk-off!

Of course, the other three teams in this group were naturally very unhappy and unconvinced when they heard such words. They all wanted to compete with Leeds United. They also want to prove that their strength is not as bad as you think, and Leeds United is not as powerful as you think!

However, by this time both Standard Liege and Olympiacos were convinced.

Both teams lost to Leeds United in the previous games, and now Alkmaar is the only one left to be convinced.

In this game, Zhong Cheng also rotated and let some main players rest. For example, Kompany still did not play, and his replacement was still Gary Cahill. But the very unfortunate news is that Gary Cahill only played fifteen minutes in this game when he was injured and left the field.

Today, Kompany didn't even make the bench and didn't come to the Netherlands at all, so the one to replace Gary Cahill was Leonardo Bonucci, the young center back that Leeds United only introduced this season!

To be honest. Everyone thought that this guy would become Leeds United's weakness in this game, and Alkmaar would attack this weakness crazily.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Leonardo Bonucci performed well.

Although Leonardo Bonucci did not have any amazing performance, his performance was quite stable, and with the help of Mbia, his performance was still remarkable.

In the 39th minute of the first half, Leeds United broke the deadlock.

Leeds United's wide player Cristiano Ronaldo suddenly gave up the breakthrough and cut in, and directly kicked the ball from the wing. Ruud van Nistelrooy in the center jumped high to header the ball, and smashed the football into Al The goal of the club Kmar.

One to zero, Leeds United took the lead!

After the game started in the second half, Alkmaar Club pressed hard to make a comeback. Unfortunately, they were unlucky. They encountered Zhong Zheng, who was in full form. Zhong Zheng used a high pass to resist, and the Alkmaar Club was full of threats. All the shots were turned away.

In the end, Leeds United defeated AZ Alkmaar 1-0 away from home.

Leeds United got three points, but AZ Alkmaar was unconvinced. They had a chance in this game, but unfortunately they met a magical goalkeeper. They were unconvinced. They still had to compete with Leeds United. The team will fight another three hundred rounds to clear their name.

In the other match of this round in this group, Olympiacos played steadily, beating Standard Liege 2-1. Now they have six points with two wins and one loss, ranking second in the group, closely following Leeds United!

At this time, the situation of Alkmaar and Standard Liege is more critical. They only have one point now and are already far behind the previous teams. If they don't rise again, these two teams will really have to say goodbye to this UEFA Champions League.

Zhong Cheng ignored this. Now Leeds United's qualifying situation for the Champions League group is very good. As long as Leeds United wins the next round, they will definitely qualify two rounds in advance. And the next round of the game is against Alkmaar at home, which should not be difficult.

Zhong Cheng led the team back to Leeds, and the next step was to prepare for a very, very important game.

In the tenth round of the Premier League this season, Leeds United will return to their home court to face the Gunners Arsenal.

Yes, this is a fierce battle!

Arsenal's current record in the league has reached seven wins, two losses and 21 points. They are now closely behind the Red Devils Manchester United who have seven wins, one draw and one loss and 22 points, ranking in the Premier League. Second place in the league.

Yes, Arsenal have surpassed Chelsea ahead of them.

Chelsea and Arsenal have the same record and points. Due to goal difference, Chelsea is now in third place!

This is amazing. Arsenal came from behind and their momentum is very strong!

When Leeds United met Arsenal at this time, it did feel like they were on the receiving end of a gun, and Arsenal was still one of the four traditional giants in the Premier League. This season [Super Football Training System] has a task for Leeds United to double beat the Premier League giants at home and away. Therefore, this game must be won by Leeds United!

This is very difficult!

Before that, Leeds United had met Liverpool. At that time, Zhong Cheng had just returned from injury and appeared on the pitch, giving the Leeds United players a shot in the arm. In that game, Leeds United The team won the game without any danger, allowing this mission to continue without failure.

Now it is obvious that Zhong Cheng will not be happy to let this mission fail. Zhong Cheng will definitely try his best to win this game.

At this time, there is also good news for Zhong Cheng, that is, their main center back Kompany has returned from injury and is still in very good condition. The reason why Zhong Cheng didn't take him to the Netherlands was to let him have a good rest and prepare for this important event.

David Luiz's minor injury has also recovered. Leeds United's main center back combination will return, so Zhong Cheng will not worry about the team's defense. However, Lewandowski on the forward line has not returned and is still recovering from injury.

To be honest, Lewandowski is also a hard-working kid. He performed very poorly at the start of this season and was questioned and disliked by many people. After Zhong Cheng came back, his condition finally got better, and he scored goals one after another, which was finally the end of all the hardships. But now he was injured on a damn international match day, interrupting his good momentum. This is really a shame.

I don’t know when Lewandowski will be able to find his best form.