Heading into November, Leeds have a formidable opponent in the league: one of their immediate rivals, Middlesbrough. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Middlesbrough, or "Myburgh" for short, was founded in 1876 and has a longer history than 99.9% of football clubs in the world.

In Myburgh's 137-year history, there aren't too many trophies that can really be lifted, and they have never won the top flight.

Domestically, Myburgh have only won the Carabao Cup once, in 2004, when they beat Bolton Wanderers 2-1 in the final.

Myburgh is not a regular in European competitions, with a slight win being a runners-up finish in the Europa League in 2005.

But in the Championship, Myburgh are a serious team and they have much more experience than Leeds United.

In the 2005-2006 season, during the darkest period in Leeds United's history, Myburgh managed to be promoted to the Premier League.

Of course, when it comes to the Premier League, Myburgh is a weak team that everyone is bullying and bullying. They were soon back in the Championship.

All in all, Leeds United's team history is generally more glorious than Myburgh's, but the last decade has been much worse than Myburgh's.

This can actually be seen in a transfer. Leeds United were relegated from the Premier League in 2004 and are mired in debt. In order to settle the debt, the club had to sell their stars, including 24-year-old main centre-back Woodgate who was bought by Myburgh.

Now, nine years later, Woodgate is still in Myburgh and is in the squad for this game.

But Woodgate is famously a "bad boy" and there will always be more news off the field than on the pitch. Drinking and fighting were simply commonplace for him. More than half of his salary was taken by his lawyer because he had to deal with an almost endless number of court trials.

When Jonathan. Woodgate walked into Elland Road again, and it was already a matter of fact. In the past 9 years, this team has changed too much and too fast, and the speed of personnel changes has exceeded everyone's imagination. Not only the players, but also the coaching staff, management, and even the rank-and-file employees, no one has ever crossed paths with Woodgate.

Before the warm-up, Woodgate was left alone behind, observing and reminiscing about his youth.

A photo in the tunnel still caught Woodgate's attention. It was the main squad for Leeds United in 2000-2001 and represented the team's most recent success.

That year, Woodgate, who was only 20 years old, was already a stalwart at the back. Ferdinand is in the penalty area.

His talent amazed the world, and his heroic appearance has been admired by countless fans.

However, at the important juncture when the team was competing in the 2000-2001 Champions League and hitting the Champions League places in the 2001-2002 season, Woodgate was exposed to a scandal: beating Asian students after drinking alcohol!

Subsequently, the three-month trial made him unable to train and compete. And without Woodgate's support, Ferdinand is also difficult to support in defence. Leeds United suffered defeats in both the Premier League and the Champions League, not only stopping in the Champions League semi-finals, but also losing from the competition for the top four in the league and failing to qualify for the 2001-2002 European competition, resulting in a planned revenue of 36 million euros!

36 million euros, which happened to be Ferdinand's worth at that time. Since Leeds United desperately need the money, and since Manchester United happen to be in desperate need of Rio Ferdinand, the transfer was completed at the speed of light.

Rio Ferdinand is gone, but it's not the end of the world, because there is still Woodgate at the back, the star that Leeds United have cultivated themselves!

Jonathan. Woodgate, born in 1980, joined the Leeds Academy at the age of 13 and entered the first team at the age of 18 and quickly became the team's main centre-back. Smith, like that, was one of the core members of the 2,000-year-old Leeds Young Guard.

"20 years old! What a good age! Woodgate, who is 33 years old, quickly flashed in his mind the scenes of wearing white shirts and killing with his partners, his eyes couldn't help but be a little moist, and he muttered to himself, "It's me, it's me who dropped the chain at the most critical time, it's me who has burdened everyone, and it's me who hurt the team!" If I could turn back time, if I could do it all over again, I would never go astray, never! ”

As soon as Xu Yifei came out of the locker room, he saw Woodgate who looked a little excited.

"Hey, Jonathan!" Xu Yifei greeted him a few meters away, "Welcome home!" ”

"Home?" Woodgate looked back at Xu Yifei and said blankly.

"Yes, from 1993 to 2004, from 13 years old to 24 years old, the most important eleven years of a person have been spent here, isn't this your home?" Xu Yifei walked in a little, stretched out his right hand to Woodgate, and said with a smile.

"You're right, my teenage years, my youth, I spent it in Leeds. For more than 10 years, I would come to Elland Road every day to train or play. Woodgate held Xu Yifei's right hand, but his eyes scanned around aimlessly, "Everything here is extremely familiar to me, much more familiar than my own home. After I left here, I came back here countless times in my dreams. ”

"How's the dream?" Xu Yifei interjected.

"Very clear. It was a feeling as if I had never left here. "I'll tell you a secret, a secret I've never told anyone before." ”

"Please!" Xu Yifei said respectfully.

"I was 16 years old and I was in a relationship for the first time, and she came to the pitch with me to watch me train. And then, when the teammates were all gone, we did our first time in the locker room, oh, you know? Woodgate thought of something, and suddenly smiled, a little shyly.

"I know a little bit." Xu Yifei also smiled, "However, I haven't had it yet." ”

"Perhaps, it was after that that I began to fall." Woodgate suddenly put away his smile, and his voice became very low.

"Fallen? Is this also called the Fall? Xu Yifei was stunned, "Why not fall in love?" ”

"I'm talking about the occasion." Woodgate said coldly, "The locker room, the pitch, these should be sacred places for us, but I desecrated the locker room. To be precise, it was I who desecrated my ideals. As a result, I became bold and cynical. I deserve it! ”

"You deserve it?"

"Yes!" Woodgate turned and walked towards the court, "A person's greatest fault is often not committed against others, but against himself. Young people, cherish your talents, don't follow my ......"