4.010 The final suspense
Can Leeds beat Watford? This is hardly a surprise. One is the young Leeds United, who have the advantage of strength and have killed the red eyes for their first league title, and the other is the Premier League underdog, who has no desire, and no one thinks that Leeds United will miss out.
As it was, Watford, who were playing away, resisted at first, but after conceding the first goal, they gave up.
However, Leeds will not let them go, they are still attacking frantically, they not only want to win, but also fight for more goal difference. Leicester are now level on points with Leeds United with a goal difference of 29, while Leeds United have a goal difference of 24, which is not a small difference. If it does come time to decide the league title on goal difference, try to get as many goal difference as possible in this game.
The final score was 5-1, with Leeds United winning and levelling Leicester on points, with a goal difference of 27, two still behind, retaining their title hopes. However, there is not much hope, as long as Leicester wins, Leeds United will have to outscore their opponents by more than 3 goals if they want to win the title, which is not easy.
In the final round of the Premier League, except for Manchester United, which was postponed, the other matches were played at the same time. Leicester travels to Chelsea and Leeds United travels to Everton. The opponents of both teams are good, but the performance of this season is not good, and they have lost their European qualification for next season early, which can be regarded as no desire, and the only thing that supports them to fight is the dignity of the team, but this dignity is stronger than the desire to win the championship.
Maybe the hope of Leeds United this season is really not much, not only Li Chengfeng, but also the young people of Leeds United probably think the same. Although Li Chengfeng had tried his best to remove the pressure on the players before the game and let them put their minds into the game, the young people were too vulnerable to outside interference.
In this crucial game, Leeds United players were unable to concentrate, with the exception of some players, many of whom showed a lack of concentration and seemed to be half a beat slower to react.
Absent-mindedness is punishable, and Leeds quickly conceded a goal. Will Leeds be able to beat Watford in the 15th minute? This is hardly a surprise. One is the young Leeds United, who have the advantage of strength and have killed the red eyes for their first league title, and the other is the Premier League underdog, who has no desire, and no one thinks that Leeds United will miss out.
As it was, Watford, who were playing away, resisted at first, but after conceding the first goal, they gave up.
However, Leeds will not let them go, they are still attacking frantically, they not only want to win, but also fight for more goal difference. Leicester are now level on points with Leeds United with a goal difference of 29, while Leeds United have a goal difference of 24, which is not a small difference. If it does come time to decide the league title on goal difference, try to get as many goal difference as possible in this game.
The final score was 5-1, with Leeds United winning and levelling Leicester on points, with a goal difference of 27, two still behind, retaining their title hopes. However, there is not much hope, as long as Leicester wins, Leeds United will have to outscore their opponents by more than 3 goals if they want to win the title, which is not easy.
In the final round of the Premier League, except for Manchester United, which was postponed, the other matches were played at the same time. Leicester travels to Chelsea and Leeds United travels to Everton. The opponents of both teams are good, but the performance of this season is not good, and they have lost their European qualification for next season early, which can be regarded as no desire, and the only thing that supports them to fight is the dignity of the team, but this dignity is stronger than the desire to win the championship.
Maybe the hope of Leeds United this season is really not much, not only Li Chengfeng, but also the young people of Leeds United probably think the same. Although Li Chengfeng had tried his best to remove the pressure on the players before the game and let them put their minds into the game, the young people were too vulnerable to outside interference.
In this crucial game, Leeds United players were unable to concentrate, with the exception of some players, many of whom showed a lack of concentration and seemed to be half a beat slower to react.
Absent-mindedness is punishable, and Leeds quickly conceded a goal. In the 15th minute, Deulofeu crossed from the right side of the penalty area, and Lukaku nodded after the hammer, 1:0.
The goal almost destroyed Leeds United's title hopes. The Leeds players were clearly aware of the seriousness of the situation and were even more flustered, with Everton having a couple of chances in quick succession, and would have conceded more goals had it not been for the excellent performances of Virgil van Dijk and Ederson.
In the 39th minute, Everton missed the chance to extend their lead when Coleman crossed from the right side of the penalty area and Baines volleyed wide to the right post from the penalty spot. Leeds United escaped and retained a glimmer of hope.
Leeds United went into the break with a 1-0 deficit. Li Chengfeng did not criticize the players' erratic performance in the first half, he just told everyone that now in another venue, Chelsea and Leicester, the score was 0-0 at half-time.
"Now the opportunity is in front of us, and it's up to us to see if we can seize it." Li Chengfeng looked at his players, "Maybe we work hard, and we may not have a happy result, but if we don't work hard, it will definitely not have a good result." ”
"I hope that in the future everyone will look back on this season without regrets because we gave everything for it." Li Chengfeng instigated, "Let's forget everything, go on the court to win this game, so that we can end the season with our heads held high." ”
In the second half, Li Chengfeng replaced Robertson with Belotti, and Leeds United showed a completely different pressure than in the first half, and they started to attack aggressively. The Everton man was clearly unprepared for Leeds' change and was soon equalised.
In the 47th minute, Leeds United equalized, Kimmich crossed from the right corner, Orban's header was cleared by Barkley's goal line, and Belotti shot into the net from close range, 1-1! Leeds United have renewed hope.
Leeds United, who saw hope, attacked more ferociously, and Everton, who were suppressed for a while, could not pass the half and got the opportunity to shoot one after another.
In the 50th minute, Salah crossed from the right side of the arc of the penalty area, and Ali nodded the ball to the goal but Joel confiscated it.
In the 55th minute, Salah's free kick from the top of the penalty area was blocked by the human wall. Milner then crossed from a corner from the right and Van Dijk nodded over the crossbar. One minute later, Belotti crossed from the left side of the box and Salah headed it over the crossbar.
Leeds United's persistence finally paid off, in the 65th minute, Pennington pushed to Modeste in the penalty area, the referee pointed to 12 yards, Milner calmly hit the penalty, 2:1, Leeds United finally overtook the score.
As Leeds celebrated, there was good news from the assistant coach that Chelsea had been awarded a penalty at the other pitch.
Claudio Ranieri watched nervously as Cesc Fabregas walked towards the penalty spot, praying he would miss. Originally, everything was going well, Leeds United's aberrations in the first half made him think that the Premier League title was already in the bag, who knew that Leeds United would turn the tables in the second half, and it was only 20 minutes before the score was overtaken.
Not only that, but the Chelsea fans are also hateful, if it weren't for them shouting the news from the stands that Leeds United were already ahead, interfering with the Leicester players and making them in a trance, how could they have given the Chelsea people a chance to break through and give them a penalty in a hurry?
Damn it, Ranieri had a spell at Chelsea but it was clearly not pleasant, and he was always resentful of Abobou's sacking of him, believing that if he stayed there, he would have won the title and would have been no worse than Jose Mourinho.
This year was supposed to be a great opportunity for him to prove himself, but is it going to be lost again? Ranieri watched nervously as Cesc Fabregas started to run and slotted home the spot-kick.
It's been a long time since I've won a championship, so should I fail again this time? Ranieri is not reconciled, and he is not willing to be robbed of his hopes by Chelsea. You have to win this game and let everyone know that you are not a loser.
Ranieri's determination Li Chengfeng didn't know, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care, professional football only has wins and losses. Now the Chelsea have given Leeds a chance to win the title, and they have to take advantage of it.
There is not much time left, but more than 20 minutes is enough to change a lot, and isn't it just that Leeds United overtook Everton in 20 minutes? If they want to be more secure, it would be better to score two more goals so that Leicester can overtake Chelsea by one goal for the rest of the game and Leeds United can win the title by virtue of the goal difference.
Li Chengfeng's instructions were passed on to the players on the field, and they seemed to forget their fatigue for a while, and they ran more actively, and the hope of winning the title gave Leeds United's young players endless motivation.
Everton didn't want to be beaten into a sieve, they also had the dignity of a strong team and began to resist desperately.
It's always easier to defend than to attack, and it wasn't easy for Leeds to score against a hard-working Everton, although in the 78th minute, Alli's long-range shot extended the lead, but then failed to score another goal as Leeds United's stamina declined.
On the other hand, Leicester's match with Chelsea was also coming to an end, with the score at 1-1, with Leicester equalising in the 81st minute through midfielder Drinkwater's long-range shot.
If that's the final scoreline, then Leeds will win the Premier League, and if Leicester can win the game at the last minute, then they will win the Premier League on goal difference.
(End of chapter)
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