Chapter 41: Unstoppable Leeds United!

The Young Guards beat Manchester City away with a second team, a result that caused a stir in English football......

The Mirror claims: Leeds United are getting stronger, Simon? Grayson and Shaq are ushering in their era once again!

The Post also predicted the future of Leeds United: Leeds United has made significant progress this season, the younger generation in the team is growing rapidly, and Leeds United will complete a seamless connection before the retirement of veterans such as Shaq, Jonny, Ben and Ashley, and it is foreseeable that a "Leeds dynasty" is being born!

The Times has always been known for its prudence and steadiness, but this time it is also very optimistic about the future of Leeds United: the future English football hegemons have shown their domineering, and the young people of Leeds United are like the "Red Devils" 92 golden generation, gradually provoking Leeds United and even the England team! At present, Leeds United have as many as six England internationals, Shaq, Jonny? Hausen, Ben? Parker, Ashley? Hood's selection was well anticipated, but the two eighteen-year-old Alex? Lens, Clegg? Richardson has not only been selected for the England team, but has also been a regular player in recent years, which is enough to prove that the future of Leeds United will be bright! Considering that Leeds United still have a number of young talents, it is entirely foreseeable that the future of English football will be Leeds United, if there are no surprises.

This time, even the "Gunners" coach Jose Mourinho had to admit the strength of the rivals in an interview with reporters: "Leeds now has a group of young people who are eye-catching, and I think the strength of these young people has the level to play the main team, but now Leeds obviously can't give them a better environment for growth, and I hope that these English football hopefuls can get more room for development as soon as possible...... Champion? Hehe, I think we still have hope of catching up with Leeds. What do you think? ”

Mourinho's words made the reporters who interviewed him laugh at the time, Arsenal is still six points behind Leeds United in the standings, although it is only two games, but the current "Young Guards" are too strong, even Leeds II can beat the powerful Manchester City 3-1 away. They really have enough strength to kill any opponent.

Arsenal!?

Hehe, don't be too naïve, okay!?

At this time, English football still thought that Mourinho was just a hard mouth, and no one believed that they still had a chance to catch up with Leeds, but things were not like that!

In the second leg of the first round of the Champions League, Leeds United drew 1:1 with Lyon at home and easily advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League with an aggregate score of 5:1, but the "Gunners" were beaten 2:0 by Real Madrid at home after a 1:1 draw with Real Madrid in the first leg. In the end, they were eliminated with an aggregate score of 1:3.

Arsenal then had no other fixtures outside the Premier League to distract them, with Jose Mourinho leading his side to a 4-0 home win over Derby County and then a 2-1 away win over West Ham United, narrowing the gap between themselves and Leeds United to three points with a game in hand.

Not to be outdone, Leeds United, on the other hand, drew 2-2 away at Bristol City in the sixth round of the FA Cup and needed another replay. Can it be at Simon? With Grayson's side, Leeds United also beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 at home and West Brom 2-0 away. They then beat Bristol City 4-0 in the FA Cup replay in the sixth round to maintain a six-point lead over Arsenal.

In the redraw of the Champions League quarterfinals, Leeds United drew their old rivals "Blues" Chelsea, and the other English team "Blue Moon" Manchester City in the quarterfinals encountered Real Madrid, who had just eliminated Arsenal.

Defending champions Barcelona were unlucky this time, as they were relied on by the "Blues" Chelsea on bus tactics. was eliminated from the tournament 2:4 over two legs.

Barcelona coach Luiz? Speaking after the knock-out, Enrique said: "We have a strong squad at the moment, but we lack a centre-forward like Shaq and now we need to make up for that in the summer. ”

Last season's Barcelona played as a virtual center forward with the "little pharaoh" Shaarawy, and through tactical suppression, they succeeded with a variant version of the strikerless tactic. But El Shaarawy's form this season has declined greatly, after all, he is also a 32-year-old veteran, he still can't compare with a pervert like Shaq, and it is reasonable that Barcelona will lose this season.

However, Barcelona is still the strongest team in La Liga this season, and they are currently 12 points ahead of their old rivals Real Madrid, and this season's title is within reach.

Before Leeds United went away to play the Champions League quarter-finals with Chelsea, they beat Fulham 2-0 in the 31st round of the Premier League, and the "Gunners" were forced to draw 2-2 by Liverpool away this time, so Leeds United extended their lead to 8 points in the standings, and with seven rounds of the league remaining, it is really difficult for the "Gunners" to catch up.

Simon now? Grayson, worthy of being a championship coach, has reached a point where his understanding of football tactics goes beyond the tactics themselves, and even invisibly integrates psychological warfare.

This season it was just renamed Terry Field in honor of John? John Terry's former Stamford Bridge pitch, Simon? Grayson gives Chelsea boss Michelle a good deal? Laudrup has learned a lesson.

After the start of the game, Leeds United's tactics surprised their opponents, and Chelsea, who were already familiar with the ferocious attack of the "Young Guards", were surprised to find that the opponents actually played a defensive counter-attack, and they did a very good job.

Leeds United gave Chelsea just one chance to shoot in the 45th minute of the first half, but it was Shaq who pushed Allen's pass into the bottom right-hand corner of the Chelsea goal on 46 minutes...... 1:0, Leeds United leads!

After the game entered the second half, the leading Leeds United still played a defensive counterattack, and had to attack the "Blues" who had to fight, and were scored by Shaq one after another, and Leeds United had relied on Shaq's "hat trick" to lead the opponent 3:0 in the 60th minute.

Afterwards. Leeds United took advantage of Chelsea's low morale and launched a furious attack. Allen netted a long-range strike in the 71st minute, Shaq headed in a 75th corner to complete the 'big four', and Chelsea pulled one back on 86 minutes through their Dutch striker Donny van der Heide.

In the end, Leeds United beat Chelsea 5-1 away. There is almost 99% certainty that we will reach the semi-finals of the Champions League!

Then, three days later, in the Premier League, Leeds United defeated Bolton Wanderers 4:1 away with "Leeds II", extending their lead over Arsenal to 11 points!

In the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals at Elland Road Stadium, Leeds United led Chelsea 5-1 on the road, but they were still unrelenting, and in front of 55,000 home fans, Shaq used a "hat-trick" to help the team beat the "Blues" 4-0 and eliminated Chelsea 9-1 on aggregate. Reached the semi-finals of the Champions League with his head held high.

This time they will be lucky against Ligue 1 giants Marseille who beat CSKA Moscow, while the other two teams are Italy's Inter Milan and Manchester City, with the Young Guard's hopes of winning the Champions League once again boosted.

Not only did they win the title again in Europe, but as the young players matured, Leeds United in England gradually developed the ability to push all opponents sideways, and they eliminated the "Magpies" Newcastle 4-0 in the FA Cup semi-finals.

Then in the 33rd round of the English Premier League at home, Leeds United beat Southampton 6-1 at home. After defeating the "Magpies" Newcastle 3-0 away again in the 34th round, they finally accumulated 91 points with 34 games, 30 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. As many as 14 points ahead of second-placed Arsenal, who successfully defended the Premier League title four rounds in advance, Arsenal's record is 25 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses in 34 games, accumulating 77 points.

After defending the league title, the "Young Guards" have already won the League Cup and the Premier League this season, and they still have a chance to win the Champions League and FA Cup, and "The Brutal Simon" also showed his "greed" at this time. With his team, he launched a non-stop charge for more championships.

In the two-legged clash with the French powerhouse Marseille, Leeds United still adopted the strategy of attacking at home and counterattacking away. Allen's goal gave him a 4-0 victory. Then they drew 1:1 with Marseille on the road with Shaq's goal, and reached the Champions League final with an aggregate score of 5:1 over the two legs.

Another team that reached the Champions League final is Italy Inter Milan, although only one of the current Inter Milan team has a center forward Savio who has cultivated himself is a star player, but the overall strength of this team is really strong, plus the head coach Baltini is a stubborn "chain defense" supporter, so this team actually defeated Manchester City 1:0 at home, 2:3 away by a small goal, and finally 3:3 relied on the advantage of away goals to enter the Champions League final.

However, the entire European football world is still more optimistic about the "Young Guards" winning the Champions League trophy for the third time in history, not only because Leeds United's attacking football is better, but also because of the "resurrection" of Leeds United's star Shaq.

Although Shaq "only" scored six goals in six group games, as the Champions League entered the knockout rounds, Shaq was in the middle of the Champions League. Grayson's rotation was well rested, and Shaq scored 12 goals in the next six knockout games and is now at the top of the Champions League scorers chart with 18 goals.

Inter Milan faced a "Young Guard" with a peak Shaq, plus Simon? Grayson, the champion coach, is in control, and the hope of winning is too slim!

However, Leeds United have an important game ahead of their Champions League final against Inter Milan, which is the FA Cup final and Arsenal.

This season, Arsenal is empty, the league can only be the runner-up again, the Champions League was eliminated by Real Madrid early, the League Cup is their own abandonment, and now there is only one FA Cup left to save face. (To be continued......)