Episode [365]: Missed the Opportunity to Be in the Top Four

Leeds lost to Chelsea, but that was in the Carabao Cup, not the league.

Therefore, Zhong Cheng's mission of beating all the Premier League's giants home and away has not yet failed.

Of course, by losing the League Cup, Zhong Cheng will have one less championship to win, which is also a very bad thing.

However, Leeds United did have a problem with their own performance in this game.

Zhong Cheng didn't particularly care. After all, life requires looking forward.

Zhong Cheng no longer paid attention to this matter. Now Zhong Cheng's attention is on the league. Leeds United's goal this season is the Premier League championship.

Leeds United's current results are very good. Very high in the Premier League.

Now that the ten rounds of the Premier League have ended, the Premier League rankings have also undergone great changes. The top one now is not Manchester United or Arsenal, but Chelsea, who came from behind. Yes Chelsea are up again now.

After ten rounds of games, Chelsea has eight wins, two losses and 24 points, ranking first. Next is the Red Devils Manchester United, their record is seven wins, one draw, two losses and 22 points, and Sheffield Wednesday also has seven wins, one draw, two losses and 22 points, and they just lost to Leeds United. The Arsenal team is ranked fourth, with seven wins, one draw and two losses, with 22 points.

Leeds United's results are seven wins, three losses and 21 points, ranking fifth in the Premier League.

Yes, Leeds United really came up and reached the fifth position in the league in one fell swoop. This is beyond the expectations of many people.

Ranking sixth in the league is Leyton Orient. They have six wins, two draws and two losses, with 20 points.

Then Tottenham Hotspur has 19 points with six wins, one draw and three losses, then Liverpool has 18 points with six wins, four losses, and Manchester City has 18 points with five wins, three draws and two losses.

This is the current ranking situation of Leeds United. This is indeed beyond the expectations of many people. Zhong Cheng’s winning streak has directly pushed Leeds United into the top five, and is only one point away from the top four. Okay, this guy Zhong Cheng is really awesome.

Now no one can underestimate this guy Zhong Cheng. Leeds United can always explode with very strong power in his hands, and now it is really powerful.

Originally, everyone thought that it would be good for Leeds United to be in the middle and lower reaches this season. Unexpectedly, they were stupid enough to be ranked fifth, and they were one point behind the top four.

Zhong Cheng is really amazing.

Of course, at this time, there are also many wealthy Premier League clubs who want to poach Leeds United. The most convenient tactic to kill Leeds United is to poach them.

At this time, Leeds United ushered in the eleventh round of the Premier League this season.

In the eleventh round of the Premier League, Leeds United went away to face Sunderland.

Zhong Cheng has to have reservations about this game, because the UEFA Champions League will start again in the middle of next week, and Leeds United will face Alkmaar at their home court.

Therefore, Zhong Cheng has reservations in this round of the league. And in this round of games, Zhong Cheng started Alexander Pato, who was returning from injury.

In this game, Zhong Cheng’s formation is 4-1-3-2, and the list is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Simon Mignolet

Back four [from left to right]: Danny Rose, Gary Cahill, Mats Hummels and Kyle Walker

Single midfielder: Sami Khedira

Midfield three [from left to right]: Eden Hazard, Toni Kroos and Marco Reus

Double forward: Diego Costa and Alexandre Pato

In this game, Leeds United almost had a full substitute lineup. This is a big rotation. After all, Leeds United had just faced Arsenal and Chelsea before this, and Leeds United needed to make some adjustments.

But what Zhong Cheng didn't expect was that Leeds United fell behind 0-2 just fifteen minutes into the game. Is the current Manchester United second team so good?

Yes, Sunderland is now called Manchester United's second team because many of their players are loaned or introduced from Manchester United, such as forward Campbell and winger Richardson, etc.

At the beginning of the first half, Leeds United's foothold was not stable. Sunderland's winger Zenden directly passed the ball with a curve ball and sent the ball into the Leeds United penalty area. Campbell made a tackle from behind in the penalty area. Scored a goal.

Then in the 15th minute of the game, Richardson made a pass from the wing. Somehow it passed a strange arc, and the ball went directly past Leeds United goalkeeper Simon Meaney. Ole's head fell into the far corner of the goal.

This arc is really weird. This is obviously a pass from Richardson, but somehow it turned into a goal kick from the wing. Simon Mignolet can do something about it. None, just shaking his head and sighing.

Zhong Cheng was a little confused. What was going on?

The game has just started and Leeds United are trailing 2-0? Is this game about to end like this?

Zhong Cheng signaled the Leeds United players to strengthen their offense, especially on the wing.

At this time, Leeds United's wing players immediately attacked Sunderland frantically. Now Leeds United is in control of the game, and Sunderland is just tired of defending.

In the 39th minute of the second half, Marco Reus broke through from the wing and then entered the Sunderland penalty area. He was directly tripped to the ground by Sunderland goalkeeper Gordon. , the referee awarded a penalty kick.

However, Gordon only received one yellow card. The referee was really soft.

Marco Reus personally stepped up to the penalty spot and blasted Gordon's goal, giving Leeds United a point.

It's a pity that it's too late now, it's already forty-two minutes, and there's really not much time left for Leeds United.

Fortunately, Leeds United did not give up. In the first minute of stoppage time, Leeds United's winger Eden Hazard was blocked by Sunderland's center back in front of the penalty area. Da Silva was tripped and Leeds won a direct free kick from a good position up front.

Eden Hazard, Toni Kroos and Alexander Pato all stood in front of the football.

In the end, Eden Hazard made a quick run-up and made a beautiful arc. The football directly bypassed the Sunderland team's wall and flew into the Sunderland team's goal.

That's it, Leeds United held Sunderland to a difficult draw with two set pieces.

In this game, Leeds United was really bad and almost lost on the road.

After this round of competition, Chelsea is still at the top of the list. Their score is nine wins, two losses and 27 points. The second place is the Red Devils, Manchester United, eight wins, one draw and two losses, with 25 points. Arsenal is ranked second. The third team has eight wins, one draw and two losses, with 25 points. Leyton Orient is coming from behind with seven wins, two draws and two losses, with 22 points, ranking fourth in the Premier League.

Ranking fifth in the Premier League is Sheffield Wednesday, with seven wins, one draw, three losses and 22 points. Leeds United's current record is also seven wins, one draw, three losses and 22 points.

Now there are three teams that have lost 22 points. At this time, Zhong Cheng is a little depressed. If they really scored three points in this game, they would have made it by now. The top four in the Premier League, not this result now.

Really, Leeds United missed a very, very good opportunity.

Ranked seventh and eighth are Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, both with 19 points. Ranked ninth is Liverpool with 18 points. Aston Villa, ranked tenth, also has 10 points. Eight points.

Therefore, the life of Benitez, the head coach of Liverpool, is very difficult at this time. Now many Liverpool fans are dissatisfied with Benitez. They are very, very dissatisfied. This guy leads the team. The results are really bad, and now Benitez seems to be missing from everyone.

Many people claim that Benitez's style is no longer relevant in today's football world, and that Benitez has been eliminated by the times.

Liverpool fans are clamoring crazily, hoping that Liverpool Club can fire Benitez. Liverpool now needs fresh blood and tactics. It is time for a generation change.

Yes, Benitez is a meritorious coach of the Liverpool team, but this is the reality for everyone. And the flag they hold high is that they are for the good of Liverpool. As long as Liverpool can get better, they are willing to do anything.

Yes, at this time, Liverpool fans want to replace Benitez immediately.

To be honest, the reason why Liverpool's current performance is so poor is actually because of the injured and injured in their club. Liverpool's current injuries are relatively serious. Many main players are injured, such as Steven Gerra. de and Fernando Torres et al.

The current situation of the Liverpool team is really bad, and Benitez has no good solution.

And now the outside world is circulating news about Liverpool's new coach, such as the great coach Hodgson, the former coach of Real Madrid Schuster, Dalglish, etc., all of whom have become Liverpool coaches. team goal.

Of course, who do Liverpool fans most want to take over now? That is of course the former King of Liverpool Dalglish.

Dalglish once had a wonderful relationship with Liverpool, and now they hope to renew their relationship with Dalglish.

At this time, some Liverpool fans also claimed that the current Liverpool team should be looking for the head coach of Leyton Orient or Sheffield United. These two are coaches from Zhong Cheng, and their current results in leading the team are very good. Not to mention Sheffield United, they have been in the Premier League for so long, so it is conceivable that they have such results. On the contrary, the newly promoted Leyton Orient's current results are so sharp. The level of this head coach is very high.

Look at Brendan Rodgers and Di Matteo, Liverpool just needs these two coaches. They wanted to poach these two coaches mainly because they couldn't poach Zhong Cheng.

Yes, now Liverpool is really paying attention to Leeds United and Zhong Cheng.

However, Zhong Cheng didn't pay much attention to these.

As long as you don't poach Leeds United, you can play whatever you want, and it has nothing to do with me, Leeds United.

Now Zhong Cheng's attention is naturally focused on the upcoming UEFA Champions League game. After winning this game, Leeds United will be able to advance two rounds in advance.