Chapter 317 Super Kevin
Sometimes, a turbulent victory is more exciting than winning the game smoothly... It's that now.
When Edmunddo shook Emre, who was making up for the position, and then used a decisive left-foot shot to send the ball into the goal guarded by former Brazilian national teammate Tafarell, there were tides of cheers coming from the stands, and some fans even shed tears. This kind of scene may only be compared when Robbie Keane defeated Real Madrid in the final of the Champions League last season!
After the game started again, the cheers of the fans of Leiden Oriental did not stop. Leiden Oriental continued to control the situation on the court. Several main players of Galatasaray were physically declining. Haji was no longer able to run on the court. Jadel continued to rush in the frontcourt. Unfortunately, he was a pure shooter. When the midfielder could not provide enough support, the role he could play was very small - because his footwork was so rough that he was not like a Brazilian. When the striker partner of the Brazilian national team was he and Elber, he was sarcastically thought that this Brazilian team was like three teams of different styles playing together...
After falling behind, Galatasaray wanted to launch an attack but failed to attack. Instead, the defense in the backcourt was far less stringent than before. In the 86th minute, Jin Clarze cleverly divided the ball to the front of the penalty area after breaking through. Gerald, who inserted it, fell to the ground and shot to expand the score to three-to-one, and Leiden East completely locked in the victory!
After completely losing hope, Galatasaray lost the motivation to continue the game, and Leiden Oriental was not too aggressive. The remaining few minutes slowly walked over amid the cheers of Leiden Oriental fans. After one minute of stoppage time, the referee decisively blew the whistle to the end of the game!
"Congratulations to Leiden East! Congratulations to Xiao Ming! They defended the European Super Cup championship! After Ajax and AC Milan, they are the third team to defend the European Super Cup. The young head coach Xiao Ming has won enough honors and created enough miracles. In front of him, it seems that all the spells are not enough to become an obstacle! As the first League Cup winner to participate in the European Super Cup, Galatasaray performed tenaciously enough in the game. Unfortunately, they still failed to withstand Leiden East's offensive. After Liverpool, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United, the fourth red whirlwind from England began to sweep Europe!"
"In the past two seasons, the name Leiden Oriental has suddenly appeared in front of everyone and left a deep mark. England seems to have a tradition of dark horses that make people shine. There are Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa in front of it. However, Nottingham Forest has now been transferred to the League One, and Aston Villa has not appeared in the European arena for a long time. Let's wait and see how long the miracle of Leiden Oriental can last."
What happened next was similar to what happened at the Grand Stadium in France three months ago, awards, awards, cups, and celebrations...
The two consecutive European Super Cups have made all Leiden Oriental fans crazy. The most direct manifestation is that in the five Leiden Oriental fan supplies stores in London, almost all the products have been sold out, especially the recently launched Leiden Oriental Champions League commemorative scarf. It is obvious that the club's upcoming commemorative products for the defending European Super Cup will be enthusiastically sought after by countless people.
After returning to London, fans of Leiden Oriental gathered at Brisbane Road Stadium to hold a small welcome ceremony for the team. They won the Champions League and Super Cup championships in succession. Coupled with the transfer storm in the middle, Leiden Oriental immediately began to become popular in the European continent. The British bbc TV station even made a special program on Leiden Oriental's strong rise in recent seasons, and invited several football celebrities to study the so-called "Leden phenomenon". The topic of discussion is, can miracles like Leiden Oriental be replicated?
The rise of Leiden Oriental has always been a fan. In 1994, a local Chinese restaurant owner in Leiden acquired the ownership of the club from the bankrupt former chairman Tony Wood for five pounds. The Chinese had lived in Leiden for fifteen years and did not show any special place before. Although he saved up a pretty good fortune, the hundreds of thousands of pounds of property were nothing in the club. So even the hardest local fans in Leiden were very dissatisfied with the decision of former chairman Wood, believing that the wealthy and successfully promoted Sloke and Darts to the world. Hearn was the most suitable candidate. Therefore, when the new chairman Xiao Ming went to watch the game for the first time as the team chairman, he was attacked by fans and was injured and hospitalized...
But after that, Leiden East's future changed drastically, and Xiao Ming, who had been unknown before, began to show his extraordinary talent outside of business and coaching teams!
In the summer of 1994, the chairman acted as a gambler. He used all his belongings and all the club's working capital to gamble. Then he won a big victory after countless scattered bets, and he increased his assets almost twenty times in one breath. In the next few years, he coached the team to invest in the stock market. Several times of ruthless and accurate moves made his wealth rapidly expand to billions of dollars - this alone is a myth in everyone's eyes.
What's scary is that the chairman is also an absolutely shrewd person in terms of buying and selling players. When Leiden Oriental was still in the English-Class, he bought six players for less than 400,000 pounds, four of whom cost him 350,000 pounds, and the other two were introduced for free. In the following period, of these six, Georgian player Jin Kraze, who transferred from 250,000 pounds, has become one of the best left-fronters in the world. With the current price of the European transfer market, there will be no problem with his net worth of 30 million US dollars. Among the other people, forward Ward sold 700,000 pounds, defender Brin and forward Hackby sold 7 million pounds together...
It took three years for Leiden Oriental to be promoted to the Premier League. In these three years, Xiao Ming has built a strong team that can gain a foothold in the Premier League. What's even more terrifying is that he has made a profit in the transfer market every year within these three years! It was not until two seasons after he was promoted to the Premier League that Leiden Oriental became a regular investment in the transfer market. The money to buy people is more than the money to sell people...
This episode lasted for more than two hours, and the celebrities couldn't discuss anything. The final conclusion was that Xiao Ming was either a lucky person or a person who could accurately predict the future situation. At the same time, his vision of the players was extremely vicious. He almost didn't miss the players he bought, and they were all worthwhile acquisitions!
Xiao Ming also watched this episode, but he seemed very calm - no one would have thought that he actually knew a lot about what happened before 2010. Whether he thought he was lucky or thought he had great vision, it just gave him more halo and more halo on his body!
When Leiden Oriental participated in the UEFA Super Cup, the Premier League held the third round. Leeds United beat Middlesbrough away and topped the list with an excellent record of three consecutive victories. Leiden Oriental ranked second in one game in less games, and Arsenal unexpectedly lost to Sunderland, ranking third with a goal difference. The situation of defending champion Manchester United was not very good. They only won one game in three games and tied two games, only ranked sixth.
In the subsequent make-up matches, Leiden Oriental tied with Liverpool one-to-one away. German midfielder Harman's long-range shot was the first for Liverpool. However, Figo, who was in extremely outstanding form, broke into the penalty area and equalized the score through an excellent cooperation. This was Figo's third goal scored in four official games of Leiden Oriental. Although the first two were free kicks and penalty kicks, as a midfielder, such a high goal rate gradually eliminated many people's doubts about his transfer fee being too high.
Now Leiden East seems to be moving in an extremely right direction, the team is in its prime, and among the newly introduced players Figo has shown his value. Edmunddo is simply worth it. Djokav contributes his remaining energy, and Tovdin has no chance to perform, but everyone knows what the positioning of this Danish midfielder is. Even the young Klose has gained a lot of attention through an assist in the Super Cup...
However, Xiao Ming still had some hidden worries in his heart. After all, Phillips has not scored yet... He is not in a hurry, but he is afraid that Phillips will be in a hurry.
In the fourth round of the league, Leiden Oriental challenged Aston Villa away.
Villa's performance has been in the middle of the game in recent years and has made amazing moves, but their luck is not very good. They have ranked seventh in the league for two consecutive seasons, only half a step away from the European arena. In fact, if it weren't for the unexpected team of Leiden Oriental, they should have at least had the chance to qualify for the League Cup...
However, Aston Villa fans have no reason to resent Leiden Oriental, because they were still ranked seventh in the Premier League in the season before Leiden Oriental entered the Premier League...
In the past two seasons, Aston Villa's performance against Leiden East has not been bad. They met four times in the league, and Aston Villa was not completely at a disadvantage with three draws and one loss. This game was at their home court, so naturally they would not surrender.
In this game, Xiao Ming made fine adjustments to the starting lineup. Edmund, who was unable to keep up with the physical fitness in the continuous competition, took a rest. Xiao Ming sent Klose and Phillips to partner with the forward line, and his tactics returned to the double center style of play last season. At the same time, Garney also had some physical problems. Ashley Cole replaced him, and Deselli had some minor injuries after the last game, and Upson replaced him and Hepia to partner with the central defender.
This season, Aston Villa's main signings came from the offensive line. Former Eindhoven's scorer Nellis came from the free transfer. At the same time, they also bought Newcastle's French offensive Ginola for 3 million pounds. Another signing came from the back line. Turkish national team's central defender Alpay joined from Fenerbahce for $5.6 million. These three players are all powerful and have not left any outstanding players. Head coach John Gregory really wants to do a big game, but reality is always cruel. Since the beginning of the season, they have two draws and one loss, ranking second to the bottom. Aston Villa's fans are already quite dissatisfied. Their finger has even pointed at Chairman Ellis, believing that this chairman who has been in charge of the club for 18 years cannot bring any honor to the team at all.
However, in this case, Aston Villa burst out with powerful strength. Just five minutes into the game, Southgate, who had always been trying to transfer, received a corner kick from Ginola to beat Upson and headed the ball to score!
After leading by one goal, Aston Villa's morale was greatly boosted. Originally, their strength was not weak. With the help of home court advantage, they actually played comparable with Leiden East in the first half. They frequently threatened Leiden East's goal through quick counterattacks, and their defense was quite strong. Alpay's arrival increased the height and confrontation on their defense line. Although Leiden East could have an advantage in the midfield, it was difficult for them to directly hit their penalty area.
Before the end of the first half, Nellis received a pass from Brynn and shot a tricky shot. The ball flew past Hypia's crotch. Yasquelenen, whose vision was blocked, was caught off guard, and Aston Villa led two goals!
The previous dissatisfaction of Aston Villa fans was wiped out. They began to believe what Ellis said, "We are a strong team. Aston Villa is quite strong this season. His previous poor condition was just because of luck and the players need to be run-in." He was looking forward to the moment when the team defeated the recently glorious Leiden East and got on the right track...
Unfortunately, after last season's training, Leiden East was no longer so easily defeated by falling behind. After the second half, Leiden East, who had adjusted its mentality, began to launch a fierce counterattack.
Just as the second half began, Daniel, who assisted forward, received a pass from Figo, and then directly shot a long shot from the opponent's goalkeeper to make a wonderful save, directly announcing the resurrection of Leiden East!
Next, on both sides, Leiden East began to completely gain an advantage. Figo suppressed Barry so much that he couldn't breathe. Jin Kraze on the left had no opponent. After constantly breaking through, he sent a wonderful pass. The two forwards who ran back and forth in the penalty area began to disorient the central defenders of Aston Villa.
In the 67th minute, Ashley Cole, who assisted forward, forced a cross from the bottom. Klose, who rushed to the front point, attracted the attention of most Villa defenders, but the ball flew directly to the back point. Phillips, who had disappeared on the court for a long time, appeared ghostly at the landing point of the ball. Facing the flying ball and half of the empty goal, all he needed was to adjust his pace, and then swung his right foot to meet the ball and push it gently...
One to two! Leiden East scored a point back! This is a typical Phillips-style goal!
After scoring the goal, Phillips did not celebrate his first goal in the new season, but instead took the shot and ran forward two steps, reached out to grab the ball, and then immediately turned around and ran back.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Ming smiled sincerely. He was sure that Phillips was not affected by consecutive goals. He was thinking about the situation the team is facing now, rather than breaking the goal drought by himself!
Are you still afraid of not scoring goals if you have a shooter with this mentality? Last season’s “Super Kevin” will sooner or later return to us!
Twenty minutes later, Xiao Ming and the players on the bench jumped up at the same time!
Figo made a pick pass from the right, Klose headed the ball, and Phillips, who inserted quickly like a lightning bolt in the back row, scored twice!
"goal - Kevin - Phillips! Scored twice! Leiden Oriental equalized the score! Super Kevin is back! So what if there is no goal in four games? As long as he is given a chance, he can score! This is the European Golden Boot last season, and this is the Premier League scorer with the most goals last season!"
This time, Phillips couldn't help but feel excited. He avoided his teammates who were surrounding him to celebrate and rushed directly to the coach's seat, breaking the ban set by Xiao Ming that "no hugs the coach after scoring a goal", and jumped up and rushed towards Xiao Ming!
Although Phillips was only 1.7 meters tall and thin, the impact of the pounce still made Xiao Ming almost sit on the ground. Looking at the ecstatic Phillips, Xiao Ming laughed and patted Phillips on the back: "I knew you were OK, Kevin, you were not just lucky last season!"
"That's right, boss, I believe this too!" Phillips laughed.
"Since you scored two goals, I won't make things difficult for you. Go and continue to play." Xiao Ming gently kicked Phillips' butt, and Phillips ran onto the field with laughter and hugged his teammates.
"Look at this scene, see how harmonious Xiao Ming and his players are! There has never been any problem in the locker room of Leiden East in recent years, and even the beast is obedient under his hands. Edmunddo did not play today, but he did not look at all unhappy on the bench and smiled happily... Maybe a young and without any airs will be more likely to be accepted by players of similar age..."
In the subsequent games, Phillips still performed well, and Leiden East completely suppressed the home team. If they weren't lucky, they might have completed a beautiful big reversal. Phillips also had the chance to complete his hat trick, but unfortunately his shot in the penalty area was destroyed by Barry in front of the goal.
At the end of the game, Leiden Oriental drew Aston Villa 2-2 away, and suffered two consecutive draws in the league. However, with eight points, they are still ranked third in the league, but they are only one point behind Newcastle and Leeds United, which lost this round.
Chapter completed!