Football King Bale

Chapter 559 Crazy League Cup

During the period from the end of October to the beginning of November, Manchester United's schedule was extremely difficult.

After the international match day, from October 20th to November 10th, in this short 21 days, Manchester United will play a total of 7 games in the Champions League, Premier League and League Cup, with an average of 1 game in 3 days. Among them are 4 Premier League games, 2 Champions League games and 1 League Cup game.

Among them, the most difficult one is the week from October 28 to November 3. During this week, Manchester United will face Arsenal and Chelsea consecutively. Chelsea’s two games are back-to-back: on the afternoon of October 28 At four o'clock, in the ninth round of the Premier League, Manchester United challenged Chelsea away. Three days later, at 7:45 pm on October 31, in the fourth round of the League Cup, Manchester United challenged Chelsea again away from home. After that, on November 3, Manchester United faced Chelsea at home. Arsenal's 10th round match of the Premier League.

Just 74 hours after the ninth round of the Premier League over the weekend, Manchester United came to Stamford Bridge again.

This is the second meeting between the two clubs in four days. Last Sunday, Manchester United's controversial 4-2 victory over Chelsea in the league ended an embarrassing 10-and-a-half-year absence from the Premier League against the Blues.

This game is the fifth meeting between the two clubs in the League Cup. Manchester United previously had a slight advantage with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. The only meeting between the two clubs at Stamford Bridge in January 2005 ended in a goalless draw 0:0. end.

For Chelsea, Terry, Torres and Ivanovic were all punished and suspended. Lampard and Ashley Cole were exempted from the game due to injuries. The starting lineup has made 6 adjustments compared with last weekend. However, The central defender combination has been retained, and Mikel and Mata, who were recently rumored to have been verbally insulted by referee Clattenburg, also continue to start.

Relatively speaking, Ferguson made significantly more adjustments to the starting lineup. Compared with the weekend Premier League game, Manchester United only retained Rafael among the 11 starting players, and the rest were rotated, with Hernandez and Welbeck starting at the front. partner.

As for Bell, Van Persie, Rooney, Sneijder and Modric, they did not even make the team roster and stayed in Manchester to recuperate.

Obviously, Ferguson is saving his energy for the weekend's game against Arsenal.

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Shevchenko appeared in the stands at Stamford Bridge to watch the game with Abramovich.

At the beginning of the first half, Chelsea, who was aiming for revenge, took possession of the ball. However, it was Manchester United who scored first.

In the 22nd minute, Cech took a low kick and passed the ball to Romeu at the front of the penalty area. Manchester United defended in the frontcourt. Pogba poked the ball away from Romeu's feet. Giggs took the ball 16 meters away. His left foot shot into the left corner of the goal to give Manchester United a 1:0 lead. This was Giggs' 164th goal for Manchester United.

In the 30th minute, Moses was tripped by a Manchester United defensive player while dribbling the ball on the right side of the penalty area. Referee Mason blew the whistle and awarded a penalty kick. David Luiz shot hard into the lower left corner of the goal. Although Lindegaard judged the opponent's direction But unfortunately the ball had good speed and angle, and the ball still entered the net. Chelsea tied the score 1:1. David Luiz has scored goals every time he faced Manchester United at Stamford Bridge in the last four times, but one of them was an own goal.

However, Manchester United overtook the score again before the end of the first half. In the 42nd minute, David Luiz dribbled the ball and was intercepted just after half-time. Pogba got the ball and accurately sent it to the center of Chelsea. Hernandez calmly pushed with his left foot 11 meters away from the attacking Cech. The shot gave Manchester United a 2:1 lead.

The first half of the game,

Manchester United led Chelsea 2:1 into halftime.

At the beginning of the second half, both teams made substitution adjustments, with Ramirez and Powell replacing Mikel and Ashley Young respectively.

In the 52nd minute, Mata took a left corner kick and went to the goal. Wooton made a mistake in marking. Gary Cahill jumped high and jumped from the edge of the small penalty area with a powerful header to the right corner of the goal. Rafael scored from inside the goal. The ball was pushed out for a clearance, but the linesman clearly understood that the goal was valid, and Chelsea tied again at 2:2.

But only 7 minutes later, Manchester United scored their third goal of the game. In the 59th minute, Hernandez scored the ball from the edge of the penalty area. Pogba got the ball and Kante hit the wall and then entered the penalty area. He calmly shot the far corner with his right foot from 7 meters on the right to help Manchester United 3: 2 leads again.

However, Chelsea finally scored the third goal of the game. At 3 minutes and 08 seconds of stoppage time, Wooton knocked down Ramirez in the penalty area and was awarded a penalty kick. Hazard deceived Lindgard and scored with a low shot from the middle to tie the score at 3:3.

At the end of the 90 minutes, Chelsea and Manchester United were still tied and could only enter overtime.

In the 98th minute, Chelsea launched a quick attack with a long pass from the left in their own half, but was intercepted by Kante in front of the Manchester United penalty area. Kante then sent a long pass. Pogba drove the ball all the way past Cech. A shot from the left side of the penalty area helped Manchester United reverse the lead 4:3.

However, Chelsea is really too tenacious. They fell behind three times before and equalized three times. Now trailing for the fourth time, they still did not give up and quickly equalized the score.

In the 116th minute, after Manchester United's corner kick was destroyed, Chelsea launched a quick counterattack. Hazard took the ball and dunked the ball on the edge of the penalty area before crossing the ball. Ramirez passed Lindegaard and then sent the ball into the empty goal. The score was tied for the fourth time in this game.

However, Manchester United still had the last laugh. In the 119th minute, Azpilicueta knocked down Hernandez from behind in the penalty area and also sent a penalty kick. Giggs deceived Cech and then sent the ball into the lower left corner of the goal. The hornbeam blooms twice.

In the end, Manchester United defeated Chelsea 5:4 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the League Cup.

The biggest contributor to this game was none other than the young player Pogba. He first assisted Manchester United's first two goals, and then personally scored Manchester United's third and fourth goals. Moreover, Manchester United's final The winning penalty kick was also caused by his through ball.

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This passionate battle, in which both sides scored 9 goals together, was not the only crazy game in the fourth round of the League Cup, nor was it the craziest game.

In the 4th round of the English League Cup in the 2012-13 season, there were 4 cross-level duels, and only one Premier League team, Aston Villa, won. Whether this result is related to the Premier League team voluntarily giving up the League Cup to protect the league, this is The charm of each event is reflected in this round.

The former young guard Leeds United played against the Saints Southampton. In the 35th minute, Tonge scored the first goal for the home team. In the 88th minute, Diouf scored and Leeds United added the icing on the cake at the last minute of injury time. Even in such a game It wasn’t a game with many ups and downs, and the scoring time was so close to the final moment.

Sunderland in the Premier League played all the main players in the British Championship Middlesbrough. It is worth mentioning that the Black Cats made a full main lineup. Fletcher, Saha, O'Shea and other strong players all appeared, but Middlesbrough still relied on Mike Donald's goal sent Sunderland away 1:0 at the Stadium of Light.

The English League One team Swindon Town played against the Premier League team Aston Villa, which was also thrilling. Benteke and Agbonlahor scored two goals in a row in the first half. Just when everyone thought Villa had no worries about advancing, Swindon staged a "diaosi's counterattack." They scored two consecutive goals in the 78th and 81st minutes to chase the score to 2:2. Thanks to Vera Benteke, who was in good form, he succeeded with a push shot in stoppage time, and Vera defeated English League One team Swindon.

Bradford, the only League One team in the top 8 of the League Cup, also had a tortuous road win over Premier League team Wigan Athletic. The two teams fought hard for 120 minutes at the Whelan Stadium and tied 0:0. As a result, in the penalty shootout, Bradford, who was two levels below Wigan Athletic, made 4 of 4 free throws. The home team only made 2 of 4 free throws. Ford successfully advanced.

None of the above-mentioned 4 games was dull, and no game had no story. There will be more content to come.

Reading 5:7 Arsenal!

This was a battle that shocked the world on the first match day of the fourth round of the League Cup. 12 goals were scored in a single game, Arsenal was 4 goals behind and tied 4:4 in 90 minutes, and the opponent was defeated 7:5 in 120 minutes. These numbers are enough to carry the world. Enter the history of English football.

What is even more amazing is that in this game, Walcott scored 2 goals in stoppage time in the first and second half, Walcott and Schamacher scored 2 more goals in stoppage time in overtime, and both teams scored in stoppage time. He scored 4 goals, which is unheard of in the history of world football.

Moreover, Reading also created a disgraceful record. They are the only team in the history of the English Cup that scored 5 goals in a single game but failed to advance. Pogrebnyak once scored in injury time. Tied the score to 5:5...

There are simply endless legendary events.

Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger bluntly said after the game that their game against Reading was more like a tennis match.

The remaining two games were equally jaw-dropping.

The last time Liverpool and Swansea met in a cup was in the third round of the FA Cup in January 1990. At that time, the Red Army beat Swansea 8:0; given that Swansea only promoted to the Premier League and met the Red Army last season, Very rarely, the last time they scored at Anfield was in 1981, which means they haven't scored at Anfield in 31 years.

But Danish legend Michel Laudrup turned a series of humiliating records into ashes. They took control of the situation at Anfield in only 10 minutes. Checo opened the scoring with a header; when Liverpool replaced Suarez and Jayson After Ladd waited for the main force, the home team once had the advantage, but the visiting team used a counterattack to score 1 goal by Dyer. Even if Suarez pulled one back, it would be difficult for Liverpool to reverse the defeat. De Guzman scored another goal before the end, 1:3, and the English giant fell at the feet of the small Welsh club.

Tottenham played as a guest at Carrow Road. Harry Kane, who has performed well this season, took the lead for the visiting team in the 66th minute. But 6 minutes before the end of the game, Vertonghen scored an own goal to bring the two teams back to the same starting line. Just when everyone thought the game would enter overtime, Jackson scored another goal for the home team, and Tottenham was reversed and eliminated.

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