Episode [144]: A Winning Streak During Christmas

The eighteenth round of the Premier League is over, and Manchester United is still at the top of the Premier League. Although they lost to Leeds United, they still have 44 points, topping the list.

Ranked second is not the victory over the leaders Leeds United, but Chelsea. Chelsea beat Everton 3-2 in this round with a penalty kick, and they managed to keep the second place in the league. position, with 40 points, four points behind Manchester United.

Leeds United, which defeated the Red Devils Manchester United, is now ranked third in the league. Their points are 39 points, only one point behind Chelsea and five points behind Manchester United.

This result of Leeds United is already very good. The victory of this game gave them hope of catching up with Manchester United.

Now ranked fourth in the Premier League is Arsenal. Their points are 30 points, which is still quite a bit behind the top three. Therefore, they are still far away from the Premier League championship this season. Now for Arsenal, their primary goal is to cling to the fourth position and ensure a Champions League seat next season.

This season, they will not qualify for the Champions League, which has already made them very upset. Next year's Champions League qualification, they must win, must!

Now following behind them is the Bolton team, and their points also reached 30 points. Next is Sheffield Wednesday and Portsmouth, both of whom have 29 points, and then Tottenham Hotspur, who have 28 points.

These teams are very close to Arsenal, and it is very likely that Arsenal will be pushed down from the fourth place in one game.

Now Leeds United is not in the mood to pay attention to the following things, their eyes are all looking forward, and now they are thinking about how to catch up with Manchester United later.

After defeating Manchester United, Zhong Cheng led the team back to Leeds United.

After returning to Leeds United, Zhong Cheng set off again and led the team directly to London, where they were going to challenge Tottenham Hotspur. This game was not a Premier League match, but English League Cup matches.

One of the quarter-finals of the English League, two League Cup quarter-finals had already been played the day before.

Charlton actually lost 0-1 to Wycombe. Wycombe is a second division team in England. Charlton actually lost to them. It was really a huge upset.

It seems that the English League Cup is really a hotbed of unpopularity!

In another game, Newcastle United lost 1-0 at home to the Blues Chelsea. In other words, Wycombe and Chelsea have now reached the semi-finals of the League Cup.

The other two final four games are Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United and Liverpool v Arsenal , both played on the same day.

Now Zhong Cheng led Leeds United to London to challenge Tottenham Hotspur away.

In this game, Zhong Cheng did not send all the main players to fight, but sent some substitutes. It's not that Zhong Cheng doesn't pay attention to this game, but that Leeds United have too many games this season, and some rotation players between the main force and the substitute also need opportunities to play.

In this game, the Tottenham Hotspur team attached great importance to it, and all the main players played.

Tottenham Hotspur still attach great importance to the English League Cup, but just after the game started, Leeds United gave them a head-on blow.

In the ninth minute of the first half, Leeds United's substitute forward Nicholas Bendtner received a cross from Gareth Bale from the wing and directly overwhelmed the Tottenham Hotspur centre-back with a header. Leeds United lead their opponents one to zero.

This goal exceeded the expectations of all Tottenham Hotspur fans, and the entire Tottenham Hotspur team was a little confused.

After conceding the goal, Tottenham Hotspur attacked frantically, all flocking to Leeds United's goal.

However, before the end of the first half, Yaya Toure received an inverted triangle return pass from the wing at the front of the penalty area, and then directly slammed his leg at the front of the penalty area and blasted the goal, and the football hit the net.

There is no other way, the people of Tottenham Hotspur don't even have much confidence.

At the beginning of the second half, Tottenham Hotspur quickly pulled back a goal. Then they saw hope, and immediately attacked frantically, besieging Leeds United.

Tottenham Hotspur was eager to score a goal, and the attack was a bit fierce. Leeds United directly seized the opportunity to counterattack. Edinson Cavani, who came off the bench, scored with a shovel, 3-1.

Leeds United also defeated Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 and reached the semi-finals of the League Cup.

At the same time, in another game, Arsenal defeated Liverpool 6-3 away and successfully entered the semi-finals of the English League Cup this season.

The English League Cup semi-finals have already been produced, and they are Wycombe, Chelsea, Leeds United and Arsenal. In this way, the semi-finals of the English League Cup also came out, Wycombe played against Chelsea, and Leeds United played against Arsenal.

The English League Cup has a home and away two-round system, and this is the only round of home and away games in the League Cup. This competition is going to be held in mid-January next year, and there are still about 20 days left.

Now that Christmas is getting closer, many players' minds are going with Christmas.

The sorrow of the Premier League players is reflected. There is no winter break in the Premier League. Players in other leagues are on vacation, and players in the Premier League have to play. And this game is more and more tiring than usual. This is the sad reminder of the Premier League players.

If there is no game task on Christmas, the team will play the game for one to two days. But some teams have game missions during the Christmas period, in order to celebrate Christmas for the fans, what kind of Christmas game or something?

This week, Leeds United's games are really full. There are three games a week, and an average of one game every two days. Two days later, Leeds United ushered in the nineteenth round of the Premier League this season. Leeds United played away against Fulham.

Fulham's performance is not bad, ranking thirteenth in the middle of the league.

For such an opponent, Zhong Cheng has only one goal, which is to beat Fulham and get three points. Because Leeds United have high ambitions, they want to get three points.

Because Zhong Cheng knew that Alex Ferguson's Manchester United team would not stop and wait for them. He had to ensure that he could win every game, keep up with Manchester United, and even surpass Manchester United.

In this game, Zhong Cheng still made some rotations, because after the three is too difficult, that is, on December 26th, Leeds United will have another game, which is also a league game.

So the task of Leeds United's game is very heavy recently. On December 26, almost all Premier League teams will play for the Christmas game.

Therefore, Zhong Cheng kept his strength in the game. And after this round of games, Leeds United will also take a short holiday to give players the opportunity to go back and spend Christmas with their families. Although this will distract the players and make many players unable to get back their minds after returning to the court, Zhong Cheng still wants to do this.

Often at this time of Christmas, there will be a lot of upsets, and it is for this reason.

In this game against Fulham, Zhong Cheng let Luca Toni, Joaquin and others take turns.

After many main players rested, Leeds United did not perform very well in this game. This game was driven by Fulham's rhythm. It seems that the minds of the Leeds United players have already flown to Christmas.

In this match, Zhong Cheng has been standing on the sidelines, frowning tightly. This match seems to be very close.

Is Zhong Cheng directing from the sidelines, telling the Leeds United players to be more serious and to be more strict in defense, absolutely not giving Fulham a chance.

If it wasn't for Zhong Zheng's good performance, Leeds United would have fallen behind 0-2 in the first half of this game.

Fulham saw the hope of winning. In the second half of the game, they attacked heavily and besieged Leeds United. Leeds United defended and counterattacked.

The state of Leeds United is really not good today, and they can't even fight back.

However, the luck of Leeds United was very good. At the end of the game, an inadvertent pass by Shao Jiayi from the wing was hit by the central defender of Fulham. With the goal, Leeds United defeated Fulham 1-0 and scored three points.

After the game, Leeds United had a day off, and the players of Leeds United went back for Christmas.

Zhong Cheng naturally went home with Zhong Zheng for Christmas.

After returning home, Lao Zhong still didn't give Zhong Cheng a good face, but Amelia George was kind to Zhong Cheng. This Christmas was not too bad, but with two little devils by his side, Zhong Cheng was very tricked.

After a decent Christmas, Zhong Cheng returned to the team.

After the players came back, Zhong Cheng clearly felt that the group of boys hadn't recovered their thoughts. It seems that they are still in the Christmas atmosphere.

During training, Zhong Cheng kept telling himself what to say, and hoped that the players of Leeds United would take their minds back, because the next game is also very important. Leeds United played against Portsmouth at home, and Portsmouth's strength is also very good.

Now Portsmouth is also ranked very high in the Premier League. It is now ranked in the top six in the league, and its strength is very strong.

At this time, the fans of Leeds United were very excited.

This is a Christmas game at their home court. Leeds United fans naturally hope that the team can win and let them have a very happy holiday.

In this game, Zhong Cheng still made some rotations. Some players were not in the best condition. In order to win, Zhong Cheng naturally had to let players in better condition play.

At the beginning of the game, Leeds United showed a very strong momentum and attacked as soon as they came up.

However, in the 15th minute of the first half, Portsmouth's offense had already broken the goal of Leeds United, which surprised Leeds United. No one expected such a demerit, Zhong Cheng was slightly taken aback.

Portsmouth was a little lucky in this attack. The goal had two sidelines before it crossed Zhong Zheng's ten fingers and became a goal.

After conceding the ball, the Leeds United players continued to attack and attacked crazily.

Leeds United showed all their strength and attacked crazily. At the end of the first half, Joaquin made a pass from the side, and Luca Toni in the center jumped high and scored with a header, sending the football to the goal. Goal for Portsmouth.

Leeds United leveled the score and then took advantage of a swift attack early in the second half to give Portsmouth a 2-1 lead thanks to a goal from Darren Bent.

Leeds United finally took the lead and overtook the score.

After that, Portsmouth wanted to counterattack, but they failed to break through Leeds United's goal again. Zhong Zheng maintained very well.

Two to one, Leeds United reversed the Portsmouth team at their home court and scored three points without any risk.