I am the king of football

Chapter 235 Round 2
Familiar route, familiar hotel. In order to make it convenient for the team to stay, the club booked the same hotel on the same day after the players said that they had a good stay the night before the league match.

When the entire Manchester United team once again arrived in London the day before the game, this time it took less time than any previous time. Everyone arrived at the hotel early and had a delicious dinner in the restaurant before returning to their respective rooms to rest.

It was a dreamless night. When the morning sun of the next day penetrated into the room through the gap in the curtains, Qin Hu woke up early and shook Rooney, who was still snoring. The two went to the hotel conference room for the final assembly.

After being equalized by the opponent in the previous few days, Ferguson began to arrange a lot of targeted tactics in training these days.

The defense line curbs Torres' movement, the midfield line uses stepped defense to stifle Hazard's breakthrough, and prevents Lampard, who is likely to return to Chelsea, from making long-range shots from the center.

Ferguson reiterated all of this after the team gathered in the conference room in the morning.

As for the offense, under his emphasis in this game, Qin Hu became the team's only option for penetrating the middle. He had to use flexible running positions to attract enough defensive attention for the team in the middle.

Then, the role of Rooney and Hernandez lies in their flexibility in passing the ball from the left or right flanks and suddenly cutting into the middle.

In addition to the cross from the bottom, Ferguson gave them the right to pull up a random player to form a temporary double striker with Qin Hu. The purpose was to suddenly insert this player to disrupt the Blues' defense.

In short, after the league match, Ferguson arranged corresponding tactics for all the problems exposed by Chelsea. This time it is not a league match. Only one winner from both sides can advance to the next round. The team must win!

After the last tactical arrangement, Ferguson led the Manchester United players to set off again. Along the way, the Blues fans gathered together and gave the Manchester United bus a huge boo as before.

However, unlike the last time, the Manchester United players did not shrink back this time. They all looked at the scene outside the window with full fighting spirit. When they saw someone put up posters of Torres' equalizer in the last game and held them high, the team's desire to defeat their opponents reached its peak.

"Dear audience, what you are seeing now is the grand scene outside Stamford Bridge. You can see that even in the League Cup, since the team's opponent is Manchester United, the attendance rate of Chelsea fans is quite high."

This time, Zhan Jun appeared outside Stamford Bridge with CCTV cameras in advance for the live broadcast, allowing fans to see what the perimeter of the Blues' stadium, which has created countless miracles, looks like.

Just when Zhan Jun wanted to say something, there was a commotion in the distance. It turned out that Manchester United's bus arrived. After the cameraman aimed, the fans saw a classic scene.

"The blue ocean of Chelsea fans almost drowned Manchester United's red bus. In peacetime, such a grand scene can only be seen before a football match~"

As many fans took screenshots, this clear and artistic scene became the most classic picture of the season selected by fans after the end of the season.

Arriving, entering the stadium, and starting to warm up, the Manchester United players were even more enthusiastic this time than in the match four days ago. When they saw the Chelsea players warming up in the stadium from afar, their murderous eyes almost condensed into entities.

The Chelsea players opposite them were in a similar situation. They almost lost at Stamford Bridge and were very excited at the moment of equalization. However, when they came to their senses, their inner pride made them feel that this was not a "victory" worth celebrating.

This is Stamford Bridge, their home ground, and they only managed to maintain their dignity by equalizing at the last second. This is hard for the Blues players to accept.

Therefore, when both teams finished their warm-ups and walked out of the locker room and stood side by side in the player tunnel, the players of both teams visibly exuded a fierce fighting spirit.

"Ahem, come in!"

The referee standing at the front was also on edge. He wasted no time and stepped into the court first. "Boom!!!"

As they stepped into the stadium from the dark and secluded player tunnel, a huge wave of noise swept over every player in an instant.

With such momentum and such a stage, both the home and away team players only want to do one thing - try their best to win!

"CCTV, CCTV, dear viewers, welcome to watch the fourth round of the 2012-2013 English League Cup, Chelsea vs. Manchester United at home. The captains of the two teams, Lampard and Vidic, are playing the captain's rock-paper-scissors game!"

Zhan Jun's voice came as expected. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, two players wearing captain's armbands and wearing clearly distinguished blue and red jerseys were holding hands.

"Okay, Manchester United chose the kick-off right in this game. Vidic passed the ball to Qin Hu. Qin Hu will serve as the team's starting center forward as the team's sole striker in this game."

The fans in front of the TV were already impatient. Looking at Qin Hu who stood quietly after putting the ball down steadily, everyone was looking forward to his performance in this game.

“Sh ...

A sharp whistle sounded the next second and the game officially began.

"Qin Hu kicked the ball out, Rooney took it and turned to pass it to Shinji Kagawa in the middle. Manchester United used a 4231 formation in this game. Their starting lineups were..."

The opening remarks were as usual. Zhan Jun took advantage of this time to quickly report on Manchester United's starting lineup and stared at Manchester United's movements on the field after the kick-off. With more power in the middle, they were obviously ready to control the ball and the rhythm on the field first.

Faced with Manchester United's actions, Chelsea, who also deployed a 4231 formation, did not panic at all. Their four players in the frontcourt slowly pressed forward and started to deal with the Red Devils.

In this way, Zhan Jun naturally had time to announce the starting lineup of the home team. Compared with Manchester United, the starting names of many positions in Chelsea's lineup were changed in this game.

"Goalkeeper Cech, back four David Luiz, Azpilicueta, Gary Cahill, Bertrand, double defensive midfielders Mikel and Romeu."

On the defensive line, the shaggy-haired David Luiz was arranged at the full-back position, while Azpilicueta, who came on as a substitute in the last game, became the starting central defender.

In the defensive midfielder position, Romeu replaced Ramirez who played in the last game. During the team's training in the past few days, his condition was obviously better than Ramirez who had played in the whole game before.

In addition, in the three midfielders, the king bomb combination of Mata and Hazard on the left and right remains unchanged, while the attacking midfielder position is directly replaced by the Blues leader Lampard. This top versatile midfielder can play both the defensive midfielder and the attacking midfielder.

As for the selection of striker, to everyone's surprise, Torres, who scored twice in the last match and equalized the game, did not start the game, and Sturridge became the team's lone striker.

"Torres, who has a slightly fragile body, seemed to have consumed too much energy in the last game. Di Matteo finally chose not to continue to use him in the starting lineup. It seems that he is likely to be used as a substitute in this game."

As Zhan Jun announced the starting lineups for both teams, Round 2 of the red and blue battle officially kicked off.

The first chapter is here! Thank you all for your support!!! I have too many things to do this month. I have no time to read the comments after I finish the manuscript and do a simple proofreading. I will still read and reply to your comments later~
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