Legendary Broker

Elland Road, 1999 August 8.

Leeds United host Sparta Prague.This is the fourth round of the Champions League play-offs.Thomas Czerny, Rist, Zeman and other Sparta Prague all hope that Sparta Prague can play a Champions League match.

After all, Sparta Prague has been the overlord of Czech football in the past ten years, but they have not been able to perform in the Champions League.Not even being able to qualify for the Champions League is a pity and a shame for them.This time it finally came to the fourth round of the play-offs, so I really hope to enter the Champions League.But so did Sparta Prague's rivals, Leeds United.

Leeds United can be regarded as a traditional strong team in England and the league champion of the last generation of League One.But the results in the past ten years have been mediocre, let alone in the Champions League, even in the league.Now he has finally started to rise again by relying on the geniuses who came out of his youth training camp.Last season, he won No.3 in the Premier League and qualified for the Champions League play-offs.

So they are very happy, they think they can finally show up in Europe again.Even happier is that the opponent turned out to be Sparta Prague.What kind of team is Sparta Prague?Who are the stars among them?For Leeds United, Sparta Prague is a very strange opponent.In other words, the name of the club Sparta Prague is unfamiliar, let alone the players.

The most famous Sparta Prague now is Zeman. After all, Zeman used to be the head coach of Lazio and Roma, so he is a bit famous.But for the proud England fans, Zeman is nothing more than a small coach.What important titles does Zeman have?What champions are there?

Therefore, Leeds United fans feel very relaxed about this game.Because they are very confident.Confident that he can easily enter the Champions League.

"Hello."

Peter Ridsdale entered the box with a proud face, and shook hands briefly after seeing Thomas Czerny.For him, the name of the chairman of the Spartan Prague club doesn't matter at all.He only knew that the person in front of him was the chairman of the Spartan Club in Prague, so he just said hello.

Seeing the arrogance of Peter Ridsdale, Rist sneered beside him.Although Peter Ridsdale is the chairman of Leeds United, he is number one in English football.But he himself is not a rich man, and he will also be a sinner in hell for Leeds United in the future.Although Sparta Prague is indeed inferior to Leeds United, Thomas Czerny is his father.Rist was of course very angry at being so ignored by Ridsdale.

In the not-too-large box, Rist's sneer was clearly in everyone's ears.Only now did Peter Ridsdale look up at Rist who was standing next to Thomas Czerny.

"Hi, I'm Lister Czerny."

Rist greeted Peter Ridsdale casually.Peter Ridsdale paused for a moment when he heard Rist's name.Because the name Riester Czerny is no longer as unfamiliar as it was two or three years ago, on the contrary, the name of Riester is becoming more and more famous now.Although Riester has not yet fully entered English football.But Riester is no unknown in English football.

Especially after operating Manchester United and Lazio in China.Riester's name began to circulate among the European powerhouses.After all, many wealthy families are greedy for the Chinese market, but they don't have a good channel to promote themselves.Now is the time for Peter Ridsdale to be ambitious, thinking that Leeds United will surpass a strong team like Manchester United.So I also paid attention to this news, but I didn't care too much.

Thinking of this, he suddenly thought of seeing Lister's information at that time.It looks like this broker is a Czech broker.The chairman of the Czech giants Sparta Prague is his father.So he looked at Thomas Czerny again.After all, Thomas Czerny and Rist are father and son, and they have many similarities.

Ridsdale knew that he had offended Lister Czerny a little bit today.On other occasions, he might make peace with Rist.After all, according to others, Rist has a lot of players.Maybe one day there will be a possibility of cooperation.But today on such an occasion, both sides are accompanied by high-level officials from their respective clubs.

Not only that, Ridsdale is proud man.Asking him to apologize in public, even if it was a tactful apology, would be humiliating to him.So he nodded to Rister, and walked directly to his other position.

"Humph!"

Of course Thomas Czerny was angry.In Czech football, he can be regarded as a figure who can shake the Czech football with a sneeze, but he is so despised in European football.

"Father, watch the game. He must be the future sinner of Leeds United."

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"The fourth round of the UEFA Champions League qualifying round is about to begin. Let's look at the starting lineups of both sides. Let's first look at the starting lineup of the home team Leeds United. The goalkeeper is Martin, and the defense is Ian Hart, Radebe, Woodgate, Dan. Nicky Mills, Kewell, David Batty, Bowyer, Gary Kelly in midfield, Michael Bridges and Alan Smith up front."

The England commentator for the game was Mortensen.He is a famous commentator in England and is already very familiar with Leeds United.However, I don't know anything about Sparta Prague, so I can only interpret it according to the pre-match list.

"The visiting team Sparta Flamere Prague, the back line is Jankulovski, Materazzi, Ujfalusi, Xu Buschmann, Grigera, the midfielder Gilberto Silva, Ma Kos Senna, Thomas Rosicky, Klose and Baros up front."

"The composition of Sparta Prague is really interesting. I used to see that the Czech club is basically composed of Czech and Slovak players, and occasionally there are German players. But now Sparta Prague has Italian players and Brazilian players. , There are German players. And judging from their age, many Sparta Prague players are really young."

"From the pre-match analysis, all the media are unanimously optimistic about Leeds United."

Alan Hansen is Mortensen's partner. He said with a smile: "O'Reilly's thinking is right now. He vigorously promotes his own youth training talents, supplemented by some strong players. This season, he introduced Mills, Brown Ridges and others, although Hasselbaink has joined Atletico Madrid, but the strength of Leeds United has not diminished."

The public opinion before the game was overwhelming.Even the Leeds United players themselves think so. Although O'Reilly was not high-profile before the game, there is only one main reason.That is, he thinks that facing a club like Sparta Prague doesn't need any high profile.Sparta Prague is not in O'Reilly's eyes at all.

O'Reilly didn't analyze Sparta Prague well before the game.It's not that O'Reilly is such a person, the main reason is that now that the Premier League has started, he doesn't have much time to pay attention to Sparta Prague.

"Coach Zeman, hello."

"Hello, Coach O'Reilly."

Just a simple handshake, and O'Reilly went back to his place.Zeman shook his head, the young coach was too arrogant.Zeman has been studying this opponent these days, after all, this is a home and away knockout match.

"Dududu-"

"The game has begun. The fourth round of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League in the 99-00 season has begun. Leeds United is facing Sparta Prague at home. I believe that with the strength of Leeds United...Smith, he conceded a goal."

The game had just started, and Leeds United only had three passes before being intercepted by Sparta Prague.Alan Smith received Bowyer's pass and was about to turn around, but was intercepted by Gilberto Silva.

"It was Gilberto Silva, the NO.14 player of Sparta Prague, who stole the ball. He handed the ball to Thomas Rosicky, the number ten in front."

After all, Sparta Prague is a very unfamiliar club to Mortensen and Alan Hansen, and their players are not well understood.They couldn't tell the difference just by looking at their kicks and faces, so he could only judge players by their numbers.

"The No. 19 player of Sparta Prague is Thomas Rosicky, who will be [-] years old in more than a month. Rosicky, break through with the ball... His explosive power is very strong, and David Batty couldn't stop him."

Because the game has just started, Leeds United is not ready either.When Rosicky took the ball and suddenly accelerated, Leeds United were caught off guard.Rosicky's sudden breakthrough with the ball in the midfield is very good.It will drive the team's offensive speed in an instant, and Rosicky has such strength.

David Batty, as the defensive midfielder of Leeds United, was originally going to stick it up to directly withstand Rosicky.In the eyes of David Batty, Rosicky is weak, so it shouldn't be a problem as long as he makes an impact.But he suddenly realized that Rosicky's explosive power was too strong, and David Batty was caught off guard by his sudden acceleration.

Rosicky dribbles directly past David Batty and then flicks a light pass with his right foot.

"Rosicky, pick a pass... NO.11, NO.11 Barosch succeeded in countering offside. The speed is good, shoot!"

"Oops. The ball went flying."

Although he is an England commentator, Mortensen was still surprised by the ball.What a ball, how comfortable the pass is.Although the striker was good against offside, the final result was not very good.

The NO.11 player of Sparta Prague is Baros.Barosh's speed is still good, and this time's anti-offside is also good, but it's a pity that he missed the ball with his kick.Even he himself shook his head, and waved to Rosicky in embarrassment.

"14 seconds into the game, Sparta Prague, who were playing away from home, took the lead in taking a shot. Rosicky, the No. [-] player of Sparta Prague just now, made a breakthrough and passed very beautifully."

Although Barosh was sent flying, Rist still clapped his hands in the box.That's it, although Sparta Prague is the Czech team, Leeds United's Premier League team.But who said that Czech clubs must surrender when they encounter Premier League clubs.Not sure who can win this game. (To be continued..)