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Chapter 236 The Shooter Controversy
After winning two consecutive hard games at home and away, Leeds United ranked second in the standings, two points ahead of Milton Keynes, which has two games less, but still 2 points away from the top team Leicester City. Sturt City does not seem to be something that should be considered now.

On March 30th, the No.14 fifth round of the League One, Leeds United challenged the No.10 Bristol Rovers in an away game. This team, which has basically no danger of relegation and basically lost hope of promotion, did not easily spare Leeds United at home. They attacked Leeds United by surprise at the beginning of the game, and relied on Lambert's goal to score the first goal in the [-]th minute!
The Leeds United players who conceded a goal first did not panic-they survived at Oldham's home court, are you still afraid of Bristol Wanderers?What's more, Long Bisheng has scored five goals in the last three games and is in unbelievably good form. With him around, are you afraid that you won't be able to score?
Long Bisheng did not disappoint them, nor did he disappoint the fans of Leeds United. In No.203 minutes, he scored the No.17 league goal of the season. This was a symbolic header—Hausen crossed from the side, Long Bisheng took off from the middle of the penalty area, shook his head, and the ball went into the net.

The whole scoring process was as standard as a textbook, and this assist was also Howson's eighth direct assist this season - without Long Bisheng's strong ability to grab points, Howson, who has excellent crossing ability, would not be able to give full play to his characteristics.

Now he's just one goal behind the third-ranked shooter -- and his teammate Beckford -- which makes Beckford nervous for no apparent reason.

This season Beckford actually played better than last season-he only scored a total of [-] goals last season, and now there are [-] rounds before the end of the league, and he has already scored [-] goals-compared with last season, he is in better form this season.

However, Long Bisheng was six years younger than him. He played League One for the first time this season. At this time, he had already scored [-] goals, and his assists were definitely much more than him. Long Bisheng's main role on the field was not to score goals, but to create opportunities for his teammates to score goals by ferrying headers and pulling back and forth. What's more, Long Bisheng was rested for two months due to injury in the middle of the season. Compared with this, Long Bisheng's role in Leeds United's front line is undoubtedly much greater than that of Beckford.

This made Beckford a little bit unhappy-although he has always had a good relationship with Long Bisheng, it does not mean that he is willing to be taken away by Long Bisheng, a striker who only joined this season, as the top scorer in the team, which made him work harder in the next game.

10 minutes after the start of the second half, Beckford's efforts paid off. After receiving a pass from Delphi, he broke into the penalty area and overtook the score with a calm shot.

When Long Bisheng came up to celebrate with him, Beckford gave him a high-five, then blinked and said: "I will strive for the top scorer this season...so I will not easily let you surpass my goals. Of course, this is on the premise of striving for victory."

Long Bisheng was stunned for a moment, then he smiled, and Beckford's words aroused his pride: "Okay! But you have to be careful, I also want to be the top scorer... But don't worry, it's still yours to take penalty kicks. I'm not good at this."

The first penalty shooter in the Leeds United team is the left midfielder Kilkenny. In the previous games, neither Beckford nor Long Bisheng took a penalty. However, according to the usual practice, in the final stage of the league, the player with the most goals in the team must take the penalty.

"Okay!" Long Bisheng said briskly, and then clapped Beckford again: "That's it!"

In the remaining time of the game, Bristol Rovers launched a fierce attack, while Leeds United shrank their defense to secure the victory. Long Bisheng kept retreating into the penalty area to help defend. Catch up and surpass Milton Keynes with a three-point advantage, but they have one more game than Leeds United.

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"Have you heard? Jermaine is going to compete with Long, who has scored more goals this season!"

The news immediately spread around the Leeds training ground the next day.

Everyone is very interested in this news. So far, Leeds United have scored 36 goals in the league. Long Bisheng and Beckford have scored [-] goals together, accounting for more than half of the team's goals.

English players have two hobbies in their spare time. One is drinking, and the other is gambling. Needless to say, there are two seniors, George Best and Gascoigne, in the front of the wine. In terms of gambling, the English players are also not far behind. The former England golden boy Michael Owen once lost tens of thousands of pounds in one night. At this time, the players of Leeds United are also willing to make a bet for this game.

After the training that day, in the locker room, Captain Richardson yelled and started a bet—Beckford scored more goals now, but Long Bisheng was in better form recently, and it was hard to say who was more popular, and the odds were all [-]-to-[-].

Older players beat Beckford a little more, and there were several heavyweights who beat Long Bisheng—Huntington was on Long Bisheng's side, and Howson, the main force who gave Long Bisheng the most assists, also defeated Long Bisheng. Delphi, who just became the main player this season, also supported Long Bisheng.

The big guys bet only a few hundred pounds, and no one cared about the money, it was just a matter of fun—if someone bet tens of thousands of pounds, Richardson would not dare to accept it, what if someone deliberately made some actions during the game to affect the victory of the game for the sake of betting?Now is the critical moment for upgrading.

Three days later, in the sixth round of No.30 in League One, Leeds United played against No.20 Yeovil at Elland Road Stadium.

"GOOOOOOOOOAL! Jermaine--Beckford! A beautiful shot in front of the goal opened the scoring for Leeds United! No. 206 minutes, Beckford's goal opened the door to victory for Leeds United! This is his No. 20 league goal this season, tying his personal league goal record last season!"

"Powerful goal rush! Long Bisheng has scored No. 18 league goals this season! This £15 striker is one of the biggest achievements of Leeds United this season. Without him, maybe Leeds United would not be ranked so high today!"

"A quick shot in front of the goal! Beckford scored twice! Beckford is in excellent form today. Under his leadership, Leeds United lead 2-1 at home! In another game, Leicester City and Milton Keynes have not scored yet. It was a draw! Maybe after this game, Leeds United can completely consolidate their No.[-] position and narrow the gap with No.[-]!"

"GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! Hat-trick! Hat-trick! The great Beckford! Today he is the master of the field! After receiving a return pass from Long Bisheng from outside the penalty area, he bravely broke into the penalty area, got rid of two defenders, and scored a goal! Four to zero, even though the game is still half an hour away, no one can take away Leeds United's victory!"

"The game is over! Four to zero! Leeds United won a brilliant victory! In another game, Leicester City drew [-]-[-] with Milton Keynes in the away game. Leeds United are now six points ahead of Milton Keynes and eight points behind Leicester City with two more games! There are still ten rounds to the end of the league. Who said that we have no chance to win the League One championship while getting a direct promotion? Our ranking once dropped to eighth, and we were [-] points behind Leicester City But now we have hope again! Let's go! Let's go and win! Leeds! Leeds! Leeds!"

The fans at Elland Road Stadium were reluctant to disperse for a long time after the game, following the on-site commentator and shouting: "Leeds! Leeds! Leeds!"

The Leeds players did not enter the locker room immediately, and they also got the news from the coach that Leicester City had a draw with Milton Keynes, which means that they have secured their No.2 position—even if Milton Keynes wins all of these two make-up matches, they cannot surpass Leeds United—because Leeds United has a certain advantage in terms of goal difference, and with Milton Keynes’ recent state, they may not be able to win the two make-up matches—but Peterborough, which is now ranked third It is only one point away from Leeds United. They have won consecutive victories like Leeds United recently, and their form is also very good.

"Haha! Long, Jermaine scored a hat-trick today! Four goals ahead of you!" Douglas hooked Beckford's neck and smiled at Long Bisheng.

Long Bisheng smiled and said nothing, but Huntington came out to fight the injustice: "Don't forget, there are still ten rounds of the league! There is still a battle between these two shooters!"

(End of this chapter)