ASTNovels Chapter 218: Chelsea wants to change his way of life?
Chapter 218: Chelsea wants to change his way of life?
Boxing Day battle.
Rose Derby scored 10 goals in a single game.
It was an intense and thrilling goal feast with ups and downs from beginning to end.
Maybe except for the fans of the two teams, other fans watching this game will enjoy this process very much.
Ferguson looked gloomy after the game.
The Red Devils missed the chance to reach the top!
Shen Hao left the stage with a calm expression.
Leeds United is already in the recovery stage, and it is difficult for him to have too harsh demands on the team.
They started by relying on veterans, and naturally they have to respect the natural law that there are too many veterans and they need more time to breathe.
Facing reporters after the game, Shen Hao spoke concisely and to the point and walked away.
"It's a pity that Leeds United with 11 men didn't beat Manchester United with 12 men."
Fleet Street journalists went wild.
The Leeds tyrant opened fire on the referee team!
He didn't talk specifically about Rooney making points.
This sentence can also be interpreted in various ways.
Fans are always known as the team's No. 12 people.
Of course it can be understood as Manchester United's home field advantage.
But everyone knew that Shen Hao was targeting the referee team directly.
If the Football Association is sensitive, it will definitely punish Shen Hao.
But first they have to get their bearings.
Ferguson did not discuss Leeds United's performance after the game.
nothing to say.
He criticized United's performance.
Conceded 5 goals at home?
This is absolutely intolerable.
Manchester United failed to beat Leeds United to reach the top of the table.
Chelsea also missed an opportunity to cash in.
The gap between the top three in the standings has not changed.
Leeds United takes the lead, followed by Manchester United with 2 points, and Chelsea is 2 points behind Manchester United.
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Take two days to rest.
Less than 48 hours later, Leeds United faced Blackburn Rovers at home.
In terms of the starting lineup, Shen Hao made no other adjustments other than letting Ribery rest, Ze Roberto playing left winger, and Jamie Redknapp starting.
Blackburn, led by Mark Hughes, visited Elland Road with high spirits and a tough attitude.
The game was a passionate confrontation from the beginning.
Under the cover of the striker, Modric took the lead and broke in at the front of the penalty area to create a world-wide wave!
Leeds United took the lead.
Blackburn quickly retaliated. Heskey finally succeeded in grabbing the point during continuous attacks in the penalty area and scored with a header!
The scene was unrestrained and the confrontation was still fierce.
Blackburn certainly enjoys hand-to-hand combat.
But Leeds United can play more exciting coordination with stronger team skills.
Before the end of the first half, Modric moved the ball in the frontcourt, and Baynes, who came up with an assist, responded and cooperated with Ze Roberto in a short pass.
Cutting inside from the outside, he delivered a powerful cross into the penalty area.
Lopez made a flying tackle and sent the ball into Blackburn's goal.
Mark Hughes shook his head slightly.
Leeds United's combat effectiveness is much stronger than he imagined.
Even on the bench, the players are outstanding in terms of strength and characteristics.
Not long after the start of the second half, Deisler dribbled in at high speed from the right and then completed the pass and cut with Modric who was assisting him. He entered the right rib of the penalty area but was not greedy for credit and decisively passed the ball across to assist Lopez in the middle. Easy to eat cake scored twice.
Leeds United extended their lead to two goals.
Shen Hao, who was standing on the sidelines, was still looking forward to Blackburn playing some tricks.
But the overall style of the Premier League will not change easily.
Freezing three feet is not a day's cold.
If a Premier League team that advocates fast pace and confrontation cannot gain an advantage in pace, then facing a team with higher technical and tactical value may be equivalent to suffering a dimensionality reduction blow.
Mark Hughes certainly realizes that Blackburn are at a big disadvantage against Leeds United due to their brute force.
But what can he do?
Even if you want the team to play more patiently and delicately, how many players on the team have that skill?
This is inseparable from the style of the entire league and the deepest core of the youth training system.
As the game approached the 65th minute, Leeds United once again played exquisite cooperation in the frontcourt.
Ze Roberto went down from the wing and passed back in an inverted triangle.
Modric took the initiative and sent a diagonal overhead pass.
When everyone's attention turned, they saw Deisler countering offside and cutting in to the right rib area of the penalty area. Unmarked, he unloaded the ball on his chest and then volleyed!
The football was blasted into the near corner of the goal by him!
Leeds United lead Blackburn 4:1.
Shen Hao was satisfied.
Ming Jin withdraws his troops.
They will also visit Stamford Bridge three days later, and the contest with Chelsea will be the end of the Premier League's devilish schedule.
He replaced Modric, Deisler, and Lopez.
Batistuta, Rakitic and Carlisle appeared.
Mark Hughes looked at Leeds United's substitutions and felt as if he was being humiliated by Shen Hao one slap after another.
Leeds United originally sent a substitute lineup, but now they use the third line to replace the substitutes?
Mark Hughes had no way to vent his suppressed anger.
You can only give frequent signals to the team to ask them to strengthen their offensive.
In fact, Blackburn's rhythm and state have not changed.
After Leeds United's substitutions, the offensive threat was greatly reduced.
Blackburn's stance became even tougher.
Shen Hao frowned slightly when he saw this.
Even after falling behind by three goals, their fighting spirit was not broken.
It is enough to show that Blackburn's ranking in the middle of the Premier League is not luck.
Leeds United entered a state of resistance.
The further the game goes on, the worse the situation becomes.
Rakitic performed poorly as a substitute today.
Not only could they never find a rhythm, but they were bullied by Blackburn players in the confrontation.
As the game approached the 80th minute, Blackburn forward McCarthy seized the opportunity to score in the melee in the penalty area.
Blackburn pulled one back.
They continued to attack the Leeds defense.
Shen Hao couldn't help but become nervous.
If another goal is recovered before 90 minutes.
Then maybe Leeds United will give away the 3 points they got in the end.
He gestured on the sidelines to ask the team to delay and try to slow down the pace.
But Leeds United showed a side that was running out of gas.
In fact, the devilish schedule for most of the players in this lineup started before Christmas.
Many of these players were on the pitch when they lost to Tottenham in the Carabao Cup.
At this moment, my physical energy is exhausted, and I am just clenching my teeth and persisting with my will.
Blackburn didn't score another goal until striker McCarthy scored in stoppage time.
Mark Hughes suddenly lit up.
Leeds United 4:3 Blackburn!
Only one goal left, one more goal!
But there was no time.
Leeds United finally managed to secure victory at home.
After the game, Shen Hao said nothing about the victory, but instead praised Blackburn's tenacity.
It is very rare for a team to be three goals down and not give up.
Even with his "magic assist" of making substitutions and adjustments to give his opponents a chance.
Fortunately, the car didn't overturn in the end.
Otherwise, Shen Hao would feel that he was at a huge loss.
Mark Hughes said with great regret that Blackburn were unlucky.
Manchester United also narrowly defeated their opponents in this round.
But Chelsea bizarrely suffered another draw.
Mourinho's mentality is about to explode.
2:2 draw with Reading.
2:2 draw with Aston Villa.
Chelsea has no problem scoring goals. It can be said that averaging two goals per game is not a problem for a team that plays defensive counterattack. In Italy, it is still too much for those teams that are 1:0.
But the performance of conceding 2 goals per game is not at all the data that a team that is good at defensive counterattacks should expect.
Six points behind Leeds United and a gap of four points behind Manchester United made Mourinho's position begin to falter.
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There are only three days left in 2006.
Shen Hao went to see the hotel suite in the Leeds complex.
It is larger than the one he lives in now, with more luxurious decoration and more complete facilities.
Equivalent to two large bedrooms and one living room.
One bedroom, one study room.
The location on the second floor also allows him to stand in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and overlook the Elland Road Stadium, as well as take in most of the city.
He was very satisfied with both the environment and the facilities.
The shareholders of the complex came to Leeds one after another, and they were not here to watch the game.
Instead, they cut the ribbon for the opening of the complex.
Tang Jinyu received them. Shen Hao had a lot of personal matters recently.
In addition to continuously leading the team to fight, he also needs rest. More importantly, he has to call Shen Guoqiang every day to ask about his brother Shen Yao.
Although he knew that this destined son must be cared for in every possible way, and if there was any problem, he would not be able to help immediately, but his sense of responsibility as an elder brother still made him greet him every day.
Mike Ashley has finally completed his takeover of Newcastle United.
The Fleet Street side has just started doing special reports.
There was a situation over there in Leeds that caught everyone off guard.
Owen and his wife appear in Leeds.
And rented a small villa in Leeds that day.
"Owen went to Leeds? Will Newcastle United also follow the example of Bayern Munich? Give Owen to Leeds United for free?"
"Other teams avoid Owen, but Leeds United...they really dare to ask for it!"
"Leeds Tyrant wants to bring in Owen to put pressure on Ronaldo!"
Rumors are flying.
At the pre-game press conference for the last game of the Devils' schedule, Shen Hao was bombarded with topics about Irving.
He had to clarify.
"It's not that we want to loan Owen, it's that Newcastle United insists on loaning Owen to us. When the loan expires, Owen will return to Newcastle. This matter has not been finalized yet. Maybe Newcastle United will change their mind the day after tomorrow."
Owen has even rented a house.
This matter hasn't been finalized yet?
The reporters didn’t believe a word of it.
The next day, the media in Fleet Street revealed that Newcastle United and Leeds United would reach a loan agreement.
It’s just that this agreement is unreasonable to everyone!
"Leeds United loaned Owen from Newcastle United for half a year, and Newcastle United will bear the salary. In addition, Newcastle United will also have to pay Leeds United 600 million pounds?"
"Did I read that correctly? Does Ashley, the new owner of Newcastle United, not understand football? But as a businessman, he won't be short of ideas!"
"I have never seen such an outrageous deal in my life. Newcastle United loaned out their top star and paid the other party 600 million pounds..."
"What do you know? The 600 million pounds Newcastle United paid is the cost of Owen's treatment!"
"Yes, Owen went to Leeds United to recuperate. If his condition takes off after he recovers, will Newcastle United lose money? They will make a fortune!"
"Okay... Owen goes to Leeds United... plus Ronaldo, Rivaldo... the three Mr. Ballon d'Or, will Leeds United become the new Galacticos?"
...
Shen Hao was focused on nothing else.
The 600 million pounds delivered to your door should not be wasted.
As for Owen, even if he comes, he does not plan to use the injury clearance scroll on the opponent.
After all, it has to be sent back.
Will Irving be useful?
He has no expectations.
After all, he is not a greedy person.
The last night of 2006.
Leeds United came to Stamford Bridge as a guest to challenge Chelsea.
Los Blancos are not in ideal shape.
But Shen Hao looked at Chelsea coach Mourinho, whose face was terrifyingly gloomy.
The past two draws have caused Chelsea's title race to take a turn for the worse.
It is natural for a crisis of confidence to break out.
Shen Hao looked at Chelsea's starting lineup and cursed in his heart.
The FA really knows how to arrange the schedule.
In fact, throughout the month of December, Leeds United played 12 league games.
Starting from playing Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Chelsea.
There are 9 league games, 5 of which are BIG5 civil wars.
Counting the final round of the Champions League group stage and the quarter-finals of the League Cup.
In 30 days, they play their 11th game today.
Compared to the starting lineup that met Chelsea before Christmas.
The only changes today are Bridge replacing Ashley Cole and Paulo Ferreira replacing Bolla Luz.
Mourinho's cool move was to let Makelele play as a central defender!
The partner is still Ferreira.
This is obviously targeted to Leeds United.
They don't have a high center.
Better at ground passing and cutting.
Makelele's interception will be more useful.
After the game started, Shen Hao thought Chelsea would play steadily.
But what he didn't expect was that Chelsea would press forward like a stud and launch an indiscriminate bombardment!
Robben and Kalou flew together on both wings, and Drogba plunged into the penalty area without looking back.
Lampard and Ballack both organized and cooperated in dangerous areas in the frontcourt to try to create threats.
Essien is in the center circle, and the back line behind is pressing the mid-to-long line.
Moreover, the two full-backs Bridge and Paulo Ferreira took turns to advance forward.
When Leeds United fans saw this, they couldn't help but complain.
"Does Chelsea want to change her lifestyle?"
"Did Mourinho overturn his defensive counterattack tactics after two consecutive draws?"
"Maybe just for us."
Just after 10 minutes of the game, Leeds United's defense was in turmoil, but Chelsea had not yet fully activated their status.
The offensive is overwhelming, but the threat is not great.
In this case, Jamie Redknapp's long pass from the backcourt caused the Chelsea defense to suffer a thunderous blow!
Makelele defended Lopez, but he did not expect that the ball would be received by Deisler after cutting in against offside.
When Deisler went to the meeting alone, he faced the attacking Hilario and sent the ball into the Chelsea goal with a lob!
"Deisler! Scored consecutive goals!"
"Warning, warning, the new German bomber Deisler is taking off!"
"Chelsea pressed forward but revealed that they are not good at dealing with such defensive situations."
Leeds United fans were ecstatic.
Chelsea fans looked confused.
They didn't expect Chelsea to play so aggressively today.
If they had ever expected Chelsea to become the beautiful football representative that Abramovich envisioned.
So in the past two years, they have been satisfied with the fact that the team has been imprinted with Mourinho's defensive counterattack style.
But today's performance of giving up their own style and changing their playing style made them very puzzled.