Chapter 178: League

The most watched game in the 33rd round of the league was not the one between Leeds City and Tramed. After all, Tramed, ranked third, could not pose any threat to the first Manchester Athletic-in the third. Before the thirteen rounds, Manchester Athletic led Tramed by more than 22 points, and Tramed has already lost the qualification to compete for the league championship.
It is the match between Manchester Athletic and Sopton that attracts attention.
As long as Manchester Athletic can score a point at home in this game, they will be able to win the league five rounds ahead of schedule.
Because before this round of the league, Manchester Athletic led the standings with an advantage of 18 points. Basically, the championship can be announced in advance.
Just for the purpose of respecting the opponent, some procedures still have to go.
So as long as Manchester Athletic does not lose at home in this round of the league, then no matter what the outcome of the second place Wigston and Sidham match is, Manchester Athletic will succeed in winning the championship.
In the end, Manchester Athletic over-fulfilled the task.
They play as stable as ever.
The top scorer Malvin Stones scored twice in the game and scored 27 goals in the league. There is basically no suspense to win the Premier League Golden Boot this season.
With his two goals, Manchester Athletic beat Thorpton 5-2 at home.
Although on the other side, Wigerston beat Sidham 2:1 at home, it cannot change the final result of this season's Premier League-they are 18 points behind Manchester Athletic regardless of the situation left in the league. It is impossible to come back again.
Manchester Athletic won the Premier League title by an absolute advantage at their home court.
The biggest suspense of the Premier League this season ended five rounds ahead of schedule.
At the same time, Atletico Manchester also eliminated Ruhr Rhein in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, broke into the Champions League semi-finals, and faced the veteran champions of the Champions League, the Madrid Kings.
This will also be a genius matchup between Kabangka and Meli.
Received the attention of countless people.
Because of the outstanding performance in the Premier League and the Champions League this season, some media and fans have already named the era after the "four kings" as the "peerless double pride" in advance.
They believe that as Francis retires, Caesar, Aylmer and Cerrados are gradually getting old, and the era of the "four kings" will eventually come to an end.
After them, the mainstream pattern of world football will be the battle for hegemony between Kabangka and Meli.
Regardless of how Hulai and Albertazzi became popular in the European media in the first two weeks, their "short-lived" will not be able to shake the general trend and pattern of future football.
Although Hu Lai performed amazing last season, but after all, he is in a small team like Leeds. It is not easy to say what the future will be. For example, his performance this season is far worse than last season.
Albertazzi is the same question. Whether he can still become a figure that cannot be ignored in world football in the future depends on his performance after moving to the giants Turin Bulls next season.
At present, Kabangka and Meli are two young talents who have proven their abilities and talents in all competitions. The head-on collision between the two of them in the Champions League is naturally something that everyone will pay attention to.
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Although it is said that all energy is put into the Europa League, it does not mean that Leeds City has completely abandoned the league.
There are some games that will not squeeze too much energy from the players and will not interfere with the Europa League. Clark will still try to make the strongest lineup play.
This is also the way to keep the main players in the game. After all, always protect the main players and prevent them from playing games, which will also cause them to gradually lose the feeling of the game.
When it comes to the important game, they will lose the game because they can't find the state for a long time.
So in the thirty-fourth round, because there was no Europa League match before and after, even if it was kick-off on Wednesday night, Clark still let Leeds play all the main players.
The team's performance did not disappoint Clark and Leeds fans.
They defeated the 16th ranked Abion 2-0 in the away game.
This is also the first victory in the last four rounds of the league.
Laski scored twice in this game and swept all the goals.
These two goals have allowed him to score 14 goals in all competitions this season, as well as eleven league goals.
If Clark did not increase the mission target, then the Leeds City team has now begun to celebrate that they have decided to go to the red pepper after the end of the season.
Now, they are six goals away from this goal.
There are at least six games, averaging one goal per game.
It's still very difficult.
However, the Leeds City team did not give up on this, they decided to give it a go.
And successfully helped Laski score another goal in the next round of the league!
Because the next round is the first leg of the Europa League semi-final against London Bridge, Clark did not send all the main players, but only used a half-main bench lineup to face the North London Rangers at home.
Although it was a home game, Leeds City failed to win in the end. They lost to the North London Rangers 2:3.
Laski opened the scoring for the team.
Hu Lai came off the bench and scored another goal.
With the last three rounds left in the league, Leeds is currently ranked tenth with 50 points.
The North London Rangers are still 11 points away from sixth in the league. Want to qualify for next season's European war through the league rankings, it is completely useless.
There is only one viable road ahead of them-to win the Europa League and then participate in the Champions League next season in this capacity.
This road is also very difficult to follow.
Although they have reached the semi-finals, first they have to eliminate their rivals in the league, London Bridge.
In the league this season, Leeds City has two games against London Bridge, one loss and one tie, without a win:
In the eleventh round of the league, they lost to London Bridge 2:3 away. That game was the first game of Pete Williams' comeback from injury. Although he scored in his comeback, he still failed to help the team beat London Bridge.
Hu Lai also scored goals, and it didn't help.
However, there was a reason for the failure of that game, because it was followed by the Champions League group stage, Leeds vs. Vesuvius at home. At that time, the whole team of Leeds City was thinking about the Champions League group stage next week.
So the strategy gave up the league.
Of course, Leeds City did not please in the Champions League either-they lost to Serie A powerhouse Vesuvius at home with the same score, and won the first game in four Champions League group matches, accumulating three points, and the hope of qualifying in the group is slim. .
Leeds City and London Bridge met for the second time in the 28th round of the league, and Leeds City returned to home.
There was no European game before and after this game, so Leeds is considered to be the main force.
As a result, the team was in average form, and finally shook hands with London Bridge 1:1 at home.
Hu Lai started and didn't score a goal.
Judging from the record of the confrontation between the two sides this season, Leeds can't take advantage of anything.
And the state of London Bridge this season is also very good. They are currently ranked fourth in the league and are very hopeful that they will qualify for the Champions League next season at the end of the season. This can be said to be a big step forward from last season. Although from the perspective of the league rankings, they are only one improvement from last season, but the fourth and fifth places for London Bridge are heaven and earth. The difference.
The fourth place participates in the Champions League, and the fifth place participates in the European Union.
In this round of league, London Bridge defeated Manchester Athletic 2:1 away. There is a reason for the team's slack after Manchester Athletic won the championship in advance, but the excellent state of London Bridge cannot be ignored.
Especially at this time, defeating the league champion can greatly boost the morale and confidence of the players, and it will naturally be harmless for the next Europa League semi-finals.
Park Chuntae is also in good shape after returning from injury, scoring goals again and again.
Against Manchester Athletic, he dedicated one assist and one goal. In addition, he also scored four consecutive games~EbookFREE.me~ Korean media generally believe that Park Chun-tae has the experience of winning the Europa League. His experience will definitely help London Bridge defeat Leeds in the semifinals. This is also the key battle for Park Chun-tae to regain the honor of "Asian Light".
Since Hu Lai helped Leeds to win the Premier League title last season, and at the same time he won the Premier League Golden Boot, Park Chun Tae's limelight has all been robbed by Hu Lai.
This has left many Korean media and most Korean fans on their minds. Everyone hopes that Park Chuntae can defeat his opponent in a direct dialogue with Hu Lai, whether it is team performance or personal performance...
However, Park Chun-tae appeared very calm when faced with the uproar of the Korean media:
"This is not my game against Hulai, this is London Bridge and Leeds City. I will do my best to help the team win. I believe Hulai will do the same...I think two Asian players can appear in In the semi-finals of the Europa League, it is already the glory of Asian football..."
Similarly, Hu Lai expressed almost the same meaning in interviews with Chinese media:
"This is a club game, not a national team game. I don't care about the ‘Asian Derby’, I only care about the team’s winning or losing."
The meanings of both sides are very clear. They are not willing to put their energy into individual disputes. If one of them scores more goals than the other, but is eliminated in the end, what is the point?
On Thursday, April 28th, after the Leeds City team finished their morning training, the team set off from Leeds by bus and headed south to London, the capital of England.
In the evening, they will go to Southfield Stadium, home of London Bridge, for warm-up training to adapt to the venue, and then return to the hotel for the night.
Prepare for the Europa League semi-finals to kick off tomorrow night at that stadium.
(End of this chapter)