Football irons are burning

Chapter 321 Chelsea Strikes

In the middle of the week, the League Cup semi-finals begin.

Manchester United was a guest at Highbury Stadium. Because of the league, the two sides played very intensely.

Arsenal have abolished Ferguson, can Manchester United players get around them?

In the opening 8 minutes, Henry's free kick almost broke, Van der Sar saved the bottom line.

Looking back, Giggs was brought down for a breakthrough from the wing, and Li Tie's free kick was also slightly above the crossbar.

The two sides played well, but they were evenly matched.

However, the deadlock was broken in the 18th minute, and Simao swept the goal after flying to Xigan from the right.

Fran touched lightly in front of the goal, and the ball easily entered the net, 0:1!

Fran's ability to grab points was once again fully demonstrated.

Of course, Arsenal's defense line today also sent a substitute lineup. They obviously did not regard the League Cup as their main battlefield.

Veteran Keown couldn't keep up with Fran at all, and it could be seen that he was indeed old.

He was the only one of the five veterans of the defense back then, and he could no longer be a barrier for the defense.

After conceding the ball, Arsenal began to pounce. In any case, they must be crazy at home.

Parlor broke through the frontcourt several times, and they all caused threats. However, Van der Sar performed quite well today.

Especially in the 30th minute, he saved Henry's one-handed goal is even more amazing.

Before the end of halftime, Parlor took another long-range shot and was blocked by Van der Sar, then he threw the ball in his hand to launch an attack, and threw it directly to Forlan.

Keown knocked the Uruguayan star down 10 meters from the front of the penalty area for a pass with his back. The referee unceremoniously sent him off with a red card and gave Manchester United a free kick in the frontcourt.

On the sidelines, Wenger kept shaking his head. Keown's performance is indeed no longer good. It seems that the team should make timely adjustments.

In fact, Wenger already has a goal. He was very interested in Chinese defender Xu Yunlong, but he was a little slow before.

Now, he is eyeing another Chinese defender Dewey. This 21-year-old defender played very well in the Shanghai club last season.

The development is good, and it will be another Campbell in the future.

Wenger was a little hesitant before, but now, seeing Keown's performance, Wenger feels that he can no longer hesitate. Arsenal must add a qualified central defender as soon as possible to the position of central defender.

Li Tie did it himself, and he volleyed through the opponent's defense with a powerful volley, rewriting the score to 0:2!

This force was so fierce that the opponent's old goalkeeper Seaman didn't react at all.

Li Tie has too many tools to break the door, and it is difficult for ordinary people to guard against him.

This location is actually quite far away, but it is good to have great strength.

Two goals behind, Wenger has given up the game.

Soon, he began to replace the main players.

For most of the second half, although Arsenal's substitute players hadn't given up, the substitute lineup still couldn't fight Manchester United anyway.

In the end, Manchester United scored two more goals in the second half, beating Arsenal 4-0 and advancing to the League Cup final.

A day later, Arsenal announced that they would buy 500-year-old central defender Dewey of the Chinese Olympic team for £21 million.

This is also surprising. Although there are a large number of Chinese players in the five major leagues, Dewey, a 21-year-old central defender, is worth so much money, which has attracted the attention of many people.

However, the domestic media is naturally rejoicing, and the Chinese troops studying abroad are going on and on, which is worth exaggerating.

The value of the Chinese Super League is thus brought out. These are players trained by the Chinese Super League itself.

Now the number of registered football players in China has exceeded 800 million, which is a terrifying number.

Based on this base, it is of course no problem to choose a national team. Dewey's group of Olympic players are also good in strength, and Dewey's physical fitness is even more outstanding.

He is in the Shanghai club and is also the team's main central defender. Arsenal is not aimless when they take a fancy to him.

Many giants have scouts in the Chinese Super League to search for players with good potential.

And this year's Chinese Super League will once again expand to 20 teams, on par with the Premier League.

Although this step is a bit rushed, there are indeed more and more Chinese teams now. Without military expansion, the subsequent leagues are a bit bloated.

As the number of teams increases, more players will naturally be trained. In the future, there will be more and more players like Dewey.

The Chinese Super League has expanded to 20 teams, the Chinese First Division has expanded to 30 teams, and the Chinese Second Division has also expanded to 30 teams. The rest of the teams, after review, will participate in the Chinese Champions League. This team is very large.

Of course, the impact of football is also increasing now, not only for the competition itself, but also for economic development.

Far away.

Back in the Premier League, Manchester United is still in an absolute lead, with a lead of as much as 12 points, which makes Manchester United's game easier.

The main reason is that the schedule is favorable, the devil's schedule, Manchester United are dealing with rookie teams, and Manchester United did not make a mistake, they won all of them, and this advantage was consolidated.

In this regard, the coaches of other championship teams also have some sour water to pour out.

Chelsea, for example, believes that the FA's schedule for Manchester United is too loose and too harsh for them.

Devil's schedule, who doesn't want to touch a weak team?But only Manchester United encountered some weak teams, no wonder others are unhappy.

The FA is also a bit amateurish. If you want to have a level playing field, wouldn't it be enough to make some adjustments to the schedule?
Moreover, there is no need to engage in so many competitions. The League Cup and the FA Cup can be merged, which can reduce the number of games played by the rich teams and take into account both the league and the European arena.

In this case, everyone is fair and there will be no opinions.

Of course, no one can be the master of the FA. What will happen in the future, they are the only ones who decide.

In the next 24th round of the league, Manchester United will face Chelsea at home, which gives Chelsea a chance for revenge.

The opponent in the League Cup final is also Chelsea. They defeated Nottingham Forest and reached the final.

It seems that this season, there will be no fewer matches between Manchester United and Chelsea.

After adjusting the striker line, Chelsea also performed well in the last round. They defeated Charlton by a big score. After replacing the injured Drogba, Pauletta scored a hat-trick.

In the League Cup final, Chelsea also defeated Nottingham Forest. Pauletta assisted Ibrahimovic to score with a long shot before the end and defeated Nottingham Forest.

The role of Pauleta is obvious. The cooperation between him and Ibrahimovic is very clever, and both of them have good shooting ability.

After the expiration of Ibrahimovic's suspension, his state is also very hot. This guy's achievements in this time and space are probably higher than those in another time and space.

Now Chelsea's offensive tactics are all around Ibrahimovic.

Previously, Mutu and Robbie Keane were reluctant to serve as shields for Ibrahimovic, but Pauletta is similar to Drogba. He is used to being a cover for others. He is also a qualified second center forward.

However, the key to the game still depends on whether Chelsea can defend against Li Tie. If they cannot, then everything is nonsense.

At the press conference before the game, Mourinho said categorically this time that he had found a way to deal with Li Tie.

Queiroz scoffed at this.

The captains of the two teams, Li Tie and Zheng Zhi, were silent on the sidelines. Zheng Zhi's injuries have begun to increase this season. The intensity of the Premier League and Redondo's attributes are probably the reasons that affect Zheng Zhi.

In addition, he is in the position of the defensive midfielder, the rhythm of offensive and defensive transitions is very fast, and injuries are inevitable.

Match day is approaching, and Old Trafford is packed.

After the players from both sides came out, the fans of both teams applauded their favorite stars.

Of course, the home team undoubtedly has the absolute upper hand, and the away team has thousands of fans, so it is difficult to cause any big storms.

Li Tie looked at the opponent's lineup and was a little uncomfortable expressing his opinion.

This Mourinho's iron barrel formation is too iron, right?
Ferdinand, Cannavaro, Terry, Ashley Cole, and Wu Chengying form a five-back. Zheng Zhi and Wang Dong still have double midfielders, Alan Smith and Glenshire on both sides, and there is only one Ibrahimovic in front.

This guy really intends to come to defend him to the death.

Manchester United also carried out a rotation. Pepe and Zhang Heizi partnered as central defenders. Stam, who was in poor form, entered the rest list.

While Bridge and Glen Johnson were separated on both sides, Fletcher returned to the position of the midfielder, with Roten and Giggs on both sides, Li Tie as the midfielder, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Forlan as the two forwards.

The goalkeepers of the two teams are still Buffon and Van der Sar. These two people will not rotate under normal circumstances, and their state is very good.

Not long after the game started, an accident happened in the game.

During a Chelsea counterattack, Van der Sar struck out, collided with Pepe, and fell to the ground.

Queiroz on the sidelines couldn't help scolding hell, and then quickly let the substitute goalkeepers Carroll and Neuer warm up.

At this time, Li Tie also came over and said a few words to Queiroz.

Queiroz looked suspicious, but then it was Neuer who replaced Van der Sar.

(End of this chapter)