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Chapter 230 The Days Without Kenny

Chapter 230 The Days Without Kenny

"What a wonderful goal! Robbie Keane, he opened the scoring for Leeds United in just 8 minutes, and now they are 1-0 at home to Celtic! It was a wonderful individual. The performance is also a masterpiece of teamwork by Leeds United!"

"Who would have thought that Keane would make a sudden arrow in this place! The Celtic goalkeeper did not expect such a situation at all!"

"No. 307 minutes, it was Robbie Keane again! A goal! It's a pity that it was slightly higher than the crossbar! Although this shot didn't score a goal, I have to say that Keane is really in hot form right now! So far three shots and two shots are on target, and the only one that is not in the goal is only a hair's breadth away!"

"The game entered the second half and the two sides changed sides to fight again! Leeds United has completely controlled the situation on the field, and the match between the two sides in the last round is simply different! Who would have thought that Leeds United could achieve such a big victory in this game. Where is the advantage of the scene!? No. 708 minutes Kewell took a corner kick, Viduka leaped high and scored the goal!!! goal!!!!"

"In the final minutes of the game, the Celtics, who fell behind by two goals, launched a fierce counterattack, but at this time, the Leeds United defense formed by Woodgate and Ferdinand firmly blocked all the Celtics' attacks. Outside the penalty area, goalkeeper Paul Robinson can be said to be very leisurely in this game!"

Elland Road, 2001 August 10.

No one thought that in the absence of Leeds United's most important firepower, Kenny, Leeds United relied on the outstanding performance of Keane and Viduka to successfully score three points in a 2-0 victory over the Celtics.And these three points are a timely help for Leeds United, because after four group matches, Leeds United only won the game against the Ball team before and only ranked last in the group with three points.

Therefore, after this victory over the Celtics, Leeds United finally ended their two-game losing streak in the Champions League again and ranked third with six points.

However, if you want to qualify for the group, you must score all six points in the next game against Juventus and Porto to ensure that you can enter the next round, and this is not easy.Because next they will usher in the schedule of strong rivals Manchester United, Chelsea and other teams in the league. What's more deadly is that in these few league games, Kenny was unable to represent Leeds United due to suspension, so it can be said During this period of time is the biggest test for Leeds United!

"Hoo hoo hoo!" He dribbled the ball, ran, at full speed, passed Hyypia and hit the goal with his left foot!The ball went in!

At this moment when Leeds United was winning the Champions League group stage, Kenny was training hard in the apartment alone.Although the club's training ground is a good place now, since he can play against Liverpool in the system, how can he refuse?Although due to various reasons at present, Kenny did not get the chance to play given by O'Reilly, but Jean did not relax his requirements, so he vented all his resentment and anger in the actual confrontation of the system.

In recent days, various media have taken the trouble to send their reporters to Kenny to conduct interviews. Although Kenny feels very headache, there is nothing he can do about it.Ups and downs, mediocre performance, league suspensions, cash penalties, it can be said that a bunch of things surround him, making him feel like a splitting headache, and he can hardly find anything else to do except the tireless training every day.

Even though his teammates still had a good relationship with him when he was training at the club, watching them train hard for the game gave Kenny a very strong feeling of being out of place.This also allowed him to continuously strengthen his training in secret. Although he was not selected for the game against the Celtics, Kenny knew that this was not coach O'Reilly's protection of himself in this turmoil. ?

Kenny knew that he had to seize the time to continuously strengthen himself, because the second round against Juventus in the near future would also be the best view for him to break the media's opinion.

After all, the shortage of football in the Champions League and the league is not good, and the increasing pressure made Kenny a little bit painful. Thinking back to this time last year, he was the best young player in Europe, and it was a pleasure to challenge Real Madrid to play Sparta.And now, my situation is the same as the ghost weather in the British Isles.

However, the only good news during this period is that it may be due to too much bearing. In the training mode, Kenny's inexplicable physical confrontation reached the third stage, and he added a little to 87 points.And this also gave Kenny a new idea.

At 10:21 on October 21st, it is still Elland Road Stadium, Leeds United will play against their rival Chelsea.

The confrontation between the two teams can be traced back to the violent clashes between the two teams in a series of games in the 60s. In the 1970 FA Cup final, the confrontation between the two teams reached its peak in history. This game is also regarded as the most brutal match in the history of English football.The very different styles of play fueled the hatred between the two teams. At the same time, the confrontation between Leeds United and Chelsea was once vividly known as "Yorkshire gravel vs. flashing Londoners".

What's more worth mentioning is that the hostility between the two teams even spread outside the court.The 70s and 80s were a time of hooliganism in English football, with violent incidents between Leeds United's "servants" and Chelsea's "headhunters".And according to the latest general survey of fans, Leeds United fans regard Chelsea as the second biggest enemy after Manchester United.In Chelsea's official biography, Leeds United is also listed as the main competitor.

Although Chelsea's performance was unsatisfactory in the past few years, when the Italian coach Ranieri took over, Chelsea has undergone considerable changes.Not only won the third place in the Premier League in the 99/00 season and entered the UEFA Champions League for the first time, but Chelsea also became the first British club to enter the quarter-finals for the first time in the Europa League.Exactly 20 years after experiencing the club's economic crisis, Chelsea bought goal machine Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink for a transfer fee of £1500 million, which equaled England's record, although this record was soon broken. But there is no doubt that Chelsea is not what it used to be.

Under the control of Ranieri, Chelsea did not have the upper hand in this game.

In the end, after 10 and [-] minutes of fierce fighting, the two sides scored a goalless draw, ending the first meeting of the season.

(End of this chapter)