Chapter 78: I’m here to catch it again!

After the fifth round of the English Premier League, there was a significant change in the standings. Leeds United rose to the second place in the standings with 4 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss and 1 loss. The one ahead of them was Liverpool, the "Red Army" with 4 wins, 1 draw, and the difference between the two teams was only one point.

However, Leeds United's second place in the standings are still a bit humid. Although they are indeed surpassing the defending champions "Blue Moon" Manchester City and "Blue Army" Chelsea, due to Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal's two teams only played four rounds and both won and 1 tie, they are likely to surpass the "Youth Guards" in their subsequent supplementary games.

But even so, Leeds fans are still proud of their team's performance. They originally thought that their team could only target relegation in the first year of returning to the Super League, but now it seems that it is not the case. The competitive state shown by Leeds United this season is really amazing. They can set their goals higher, and the top six European competition qualifications can still be looked forward to.

On the way back to Leeds from London, Zach Thompson played Zajinhua with Jonny Hausen, Ben Parker, Tevez, Ameobi and others. This time, even Red, Dawson, Ronegan and others joined in. The players had fun in the renovated luxury bus, and Simon Grayson was too lazy to care. Anyway, since Leeds won this game and won so beautifully, creating a bloody massacre of 8:0, it would be easy to say.

The players were playing very enthusiastically, and the coaches of the coaching staff held a temporary meeting. The theme of the meeting was around the next few games. Before Leeds United welcomed the sixth round of the league opponent Reading at home, they still had a third round of the League Cup. This time their opponent was Burnley from the English Championship. However, Simon Grayson still planned to not use the main lineup. The schedule of a season is so long. If you only rely on one lineup, you will definitely collapse in the end. The League Cup and the FA Cup can be used for training now. Unless it is necessary to use the main lineup after reaching the semi-finals, it is necessary to use the main lineup. However, the Europa League group stage should still try to qualify as much as possible, which is related to the team's recruitment funds for next season!

After a day of rest in Leeds, Leeds United re-entered training. After a day of training, Simon Grayson took the team to set off again. In the third round of the League Cup between them and Burnley, Leeds United won the away game and had to go to Burnley, Lancashire, in the northwest.

However, Burnley's strength is relatively weak. At present, Leeds United not only has the players becoming more and more tacit, but also has Zach Thompson's teammates to escort. Therefore, after using half of the main lineup and half of the substitute lineup, Leeds United still defeated Burnley 5:1 away and advanced to the next round easily.

After returning to Elland Road Stadium, Leeds United welcomed another team promoted to the Premier League with themselves and West Ham United.

Reading's strength is not as strong as Leeds United. The two teams' two rounds of confrontation last season ended with Leeds United winning. The "Youth Guards" defeated Reading 2:1 away and 4:0 at home respectively.

This season, after Leeds United introduced strong players such as Tevez and Bentley, their strength has increased by leaps and bounds. They naturally have even more confidence when they meet Reading again.

In this game that was highly anticipated by Leeds fans, Leeds United's performance did not disappoint them. With two goals from Tevez and a low shot from Zach Thompson, Leeds United easily won the fifth victory after the team was promoted to the Super League with a score of 3:0 at home.

After this game, because the "Reds" Liverpool lost to the "Gunners" Arsenal at home, Leeds United took the opportunity to top the standings!

Although the Gunners and the White Lily Tottenham Tottenham have the chance to surpass Leeds United in the standings, Leeds United has once again become the leader of the top league in England after 21 years, it still cheered Leeds fans and also triggered an "earthquake" in English football.

The Times performed the outstanding performance of the "Youth Guards" this season with great fanfare: There have always been only Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League, no wonder these six teams are far superior to other teams, but now we have the seventh strong team...Leeds United!

BBC Radio also made a program about Leeds United. They invited former Leeds star Lucas Radebe, a former representative of South African football, to comment on the current "Youth Guards".

For the only team he played for after he entered Europe, Lucas Radbey had a deep relationship with Leeds United. Even after he retired, he did not choose to return to his country to settle down, but stayed in Leeds.

"The current Leeds United team has been trained very well by Simon. They have rigorous tactical concepts and strong execution capabilities. With the joint efforts of the chairman and the head coach, the team has gained a lot in the transfer market. The signings this summer are very successful... The most critical figure? Well, I think the "Shaq" in this team is the core of the team. Although this little guy is still very young, his ability is really strong. He has extraordinary football talent. He is a genius! This season, "Shaq" has scored a lot less goals, but his role is more prominent. I think this should be regarded as a mature performance of a midfielder.

I can't imagine what this team will become without Shaq... Regarding the final ranking of the team, I think we should not have too much hope, because that will put a lot of pressure on the team. Although these guys are doing very well now, a season is very long and every player cannot always keep their form at their best. What's more, this is the first year after Leeds United returned to the Premier League. The overall strength of the team is not enough to support the team to always maintain such strength. So I think it would be a very amazing result when the season ends, it would be a very impressive result for us to be in the middle and upper reaches."

As one of the legendary figures in the history of Leeds United, especially as a representative of "loyal ministers", Lucas Radbey has a great influence, and no one dares to doubt the love of this black South African player for the "Peacock Legion". So his words calmed down the fanatical Leeds fans. These radical fans did not continue to shout slogans such as "win the championship" and "enter the Champions League". They all began to support the team with greater enthusiasm.

The fans' reaction was completely seen by Simon Gradeson, and he couldn't help but feel grateful to Lucas Radbey. Although the two had no intersection in their players' age, Simon Gradeson experienced the peak moment of the "Youth Guards" after growing up at Leeds United, and left. Three years later, Lucas Radbey came to Leeds United and always played for Leeds United. After playing for eleven years, he stayed in Leeds. However, this time the two of them cooperated inadvertently. The words of South African stars helped Simon Gradeson's team relieve the pressure.

The pressure from fans has been much less, but this does not mean that Leeds United has no ambition. Leeds United is currently in a strong morale. After winning one game after another, the whole team has a sense of morale.

On October 4, Leeds United went away to play the second round of the UEFA Europa League group stage with Belgium Genk. With Ameobi and Odi scored one goal in the first and second half, Leeds United easily won the away game.

Back in England, Leeds United ushered in the seventh round of the English Premier League, this time they will go away to play against Stoke City.

Leeds United is currently the top spot in the standings, while Stoke City ranks 16th. The strength and condition of the two teams can be seen from the ranking of points. The process of this game once again proves that the league standings are indeed a hard standard for testing a team's strength and condition.

At Britannia Stadium, just 7 minutes into the start of the game, "Beast" Tevez received a wonderful pass from Ameobi in the small penalty area, and a low shot from six meters in front of the goal broke through the home team's goal.

After leading, Leeds United played more patiently, and they also paid more attention to defense. Several counterattacks were very threatening, but it was not until the end of the first half that Zach Thompson pierced through Stoke City's defense with a straight pass. The "Beast" Tevez once again tapped his sword and used his fast speed and superb shooting skills to send the ball into Stoke City's goal again.

After leading two goals, Stoke City no longer had any chance to turn the tables, and "Beast" Tevez became even more aggressive. At 8 minutes of the second half, he formed a tacit understanding with Kongori through counter-running fake moves, and then he had a light shot to lock the score at 3:0.

After defeating Stoke City away, Leeds United continued to take the lead after seven rounds of the league. Although the record of 6 wins and 1 loss and 18 points is only one point higher than Manchester City, it is even very likely to be overtaken by Tottenham Hotspur in the third and fourth position, Arsenal is still at the top of the list.

After this game, Zach Thompson and Jonny Hausen did not return to Leeds with the team, but happily went to the training base in St. George's Park, London to report to Hodgson. Next, the "Three Lions" will start to compete in the World Cup qualifiers again. They will play two games with Poland and Montenegro on October 13 and October 17.

Along the way, Zach Thompson seemed very happy, making Jonny Hausen a little confused. When asked Zach Thompson, he couldn't get the answer. How could Zach Thompson tell him that I'm coming to make another money this time?
Chapter completed!