Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Litmus Test

With great disappointment, the "Young Guards" set out on the road back to Leeds from London, and the team sat in the modified luxury bus looking very depressed, and few people spoke along the way.

Zach Thompson leaned on the sofa chair with his eyes closed and motionless, he did not fall asleep, but kept thinking about today's defeat in his heart, today's game brought a lot of impact to Zach Thompson, he originally thought that his "black foot" system with teammates bonus skill points, it would be able to help the team become strong quickly, when the "beast" and "black big man" they are also like good buddies Jonny Hausen and Ben Parker After getting the bonus, Leeds United can also become invincible, But he didn't expect the "gunner" to teach him a good lesson today, a football game...... It's really not a one-man game!

At the Emirates Stadium, Zach Thompson's performance was certainly his hardest-working game, if not his best game in the year since he played in the professional league, running a distance of 14.2 kilometers in a single race, which was absolutely desperate, and even Arteta and Ayew, who took turns to mark him, ran 13 kilometers.

However, Leeds United ultimately failed to win this crucial battle for the top spot, and it was no longer a problem for Zach Thompson alone, but Leeds United as a whole was inferior to Arsenal.

In terms of player quality, Arsenal is definitely above Leeds United, and even the coaching competition is a "professor" victory, the old and cunning Wenger came to Elland Road Stadium to scout before this game, and finally came up with a set of defensive measures for the surname, which allowed Arsenal to limit Leeds United's attack at the Emirates Stadium, so that Tevez and Ameobi The two forwards were surrounded by each other and could not create a threat, Arsenal's defensive strategy can obviously only be used on Leeds United, It doesn't work on other teams at all.

But in any case, this game was won by Arsenal after all, and after this game, Tottenham Hotspur rushed to the top of the table with a goal difference, followed by Arsenal, and Leeds United has fallen to third place.

At the time when Leeds United had not yet returned to Leeds, the online media had already made a major comment on the match at the Emirates Stadium, and everyone, including Leeds United fans, saw some problems with the "Young Guard".

Leeds United has been competing in the Super League as a promoted horse this season, and has been soaring all the way, surpassing many giants in the standings and ranking at the top of the table for several rounds, which is indeed very rare, but after all, a promoted horse is a promoted horse, even with excellent players such as "Shaq", Jonny Hausen, Ben Parker, Tevez, etc., but their overall strength is still not enough to compete with those really strong teams, and it is normal to lose to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

However, this defeat is not the end of the world for Leeds United, who as a promoted polo team should have only been aiming for relegation, and now they have even been able to have a big impact on the title of the season, which is enough to make fans happy across England.

Even a statement has been formed on the Internet, that is, if any team wants to finally lift the championship trophy this season, it must win the game with Leeds United, like the "Red Devils" Manchester United lost to Leeds United at the beginning of the season, and now even if the "old man" leads the team to catch up, they are only 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses and 19 points in the sixth place in the standings, and Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal have a six-point gap with the first and second places. If you take into account that these two teams have played one game less, the difference could have widened to nine points, and although the league has only just begun, the Red Devils' hopes of winning the title are already very slim.

After returning to Leeds, the players met their girlfriends or wives who were driving to pick them up in the parking lot of Thorpe's Arch training base, and they went back to their homes to find their mothers, trying to find some comfort in life.

After Zach Thompson got in the car, he felt as if his girlfriend had something to say to him, and the two of them had some conversations along the way, and this feeling became more and more intense, but Melissa never said anything, just praised Zach Thompson's performance at the Emirates Stadium and analyzed some reasons for Leeds United's loss.

Back at home, the two of them ate the steak Melissa had already prepared, and lay down on the bed together to play a game of two, but after the passion, Zach Thompson had a clear feeling, he felt ...... It seems that she is going to lose Melissa, because Melissa seems to cherish the moment when the two of them are together today, and there is no joy when the two of them are together in the past.

Listening to Melissa's soft snoring as she slept, Zach Thompson leaned on the pillow and couldn't sleep.

Don't...... Is it my delusion?

Or...... Well, it must be because we lost the game away from home, that's why she is so obedient to me, this should be her way of comforting me?

But...... Hehe, Lao Tzu needs any comfort, every game is just a step on Lao Tzu's path to the continent of success, after each game, Lao Tzu will be stronger, hum, when all Lao Tzu's surnames are full, see who can stop Lao Tzu from galloping on the green field!

Zach Thompson's frowning brow relaxed, and after kissing Melissa on the forehead beside him, he moved his body and lay down, Melissa seemed to be disturbed, and turned her body to the side, and in an angle that Zach Thompson couldn't see, a pair of beautiful eyes opened, and the tears in the sockets made these eyes become foggy......

The next day after the holiday, when Zach Thompson got up, Melissa had already left, and the breakfast she prepared for Zach Thompson was already on the table, eggs, ham, milk, bread, these high-calorie foods can help a football player quickly recover after the game.

Zach Thompson laughed and grabbed the milk cup and drank it, but suddenly saw that there was a white envelope on the table, he smeared the bread slice with cheese and took a bite of it in his mouth, picked up the envelope and took out a piece of paper inside, and after looking at it a few times, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide, and the bread slice fell on the table without knowing it.

On that piece of paper, Melissa wrote a message to him: Dear Shaq, I am sorry to lose yesterday's competition, I wanted to stay more to comfort you, but I have to go to the United States, I know a good agent in the modeling circle, he is a client of my father, he said that I have the potential to become the world's top model, and he wants to take me to the United States to see if there is a chance, so ...... I'm sorry, Shaq, I'm not leaving you, I'm just going to be away for a few days, maybe a week, maybe a month, I'm sorry, I left when you need me, wait for me to come back!

The signature is: Love you Merry!

Merry is Zach Thompson's nickname for his girlfriend.

"Holy!"

Zach Thompson smiled wryly: "Nima! Are all foreign girls so self-reliant? Don't tell Lao Tzu about such a big thing! This Yanma is really not easy to tame! ”

After a few curses, Zach Thompson began to eat breakfast again.

In fact, Zach Thompson already had a premonition in his heart, maybe Melissa may never go back to pursue his career this time, but he understands that this kind of thing is really unforgiving, and when Melissa met him, the now famous "Shaq" was just Zach Thompson at that time, just a young player in the Leeds academy, and the relationship between the two was still very sincere.

Melissa is completely different from those women who approach football stars for fame and fortune, which Zach Thompson can affirm, Melissa went to the United States to enter the modeling career, that is also her freedom, no one has the right to interfere, as for the relationship between the two people for more than a year...... Zach Thompson is too lazy to think about it, isn't it still broken?

After a leisurely rest, Zach Thompson read online novels in China on the Internet at home, and the time of the day passed quickly, and the British novels still could not arouse Zach Thompson's interest, but the novels such as fantasy fairy tales in China made him read them with relish.

On 5 November, the Leeds United players returned to training after their sabbatical, with three days before travelling to Fenerbahce for the fourth round of the Europa League group stage.

In fact, the loss to the "Gunners" Arsenal away did not cause too much trouble to Leeds United, and only Simon Grayson, the manager, was secretly adjusting his strategy, and the players still trained how they should train, and after losing to the "Gunners", the Leeds players could see themselves more clearly...... "Young Guards" is just a promotion horse with excellent performance.

Although it is a promoted horse, Leeds United with the "beast" and "Leeds Three Musketeers" is still very strong, and there is a feeling of standing out in Group G of the Europa League, on November 8, it easily defeated Fenerbahce with a score of 3:0 away from home, and won four consecutive wins in the group stage, with 12 points is already 5 points ahead of the second-ranked Dynamo Kiev, and 8 points more than the third-place Genk team, which also allowed Leeds United to enter the Europa League round of 32 in advance and enter the knockout stage.

After returning to Leeds, Leeds United began to go all out to prepare for the upcoming "Reds" Liverpool at Elland Road, although they no longer have any championship dreams, but Leeds United still feel that they have the quality to compete for next season's European competition, which requires them to finish in the top six in the table.

The Reds have been okay this season, currently sitting in fifth place with seven wins, one draw and two defeats, just two points less than Leeds United, which is quite good considering they have already played against Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea.

However, as the outside world has said, if you want to compete for the English Premier League title this season, the "Young Guards" level still has to pass.

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