I am the king of football

Chapter 280: Light Cavalry
The team galloped forward fearlessly. When Manchester City, the huge mountain standing in the way of Manchester United, was swept away, the team's confrontation with the Premier League BIG6 and new giants in the first half of the season was all over.

Although the schedule is still quite tight, they will not play against any overtly strong team in the entire December. It is not until the 12th round of the league that they will take revenge on every opponent they defeated in the first half of the season.

Until then, life goes on.

From the first day after resuming training, Qin Hu once again clearly felt the change in his teammates' attitude towards him.

If everyone was just curious about him when he first joined the team, and gradually regarded him as an indispensable part of the team after he began to show his brilliance, now the young Qin Hu feels special respect from his teammates.

This respect is not only about strength, but also about other things.

Manchester United players began to treat Qin Hu like some of the team's meritorious veterans. The reason was very simple. He helped the team successfully avenge Manchester City, which had snatched the championship from them last season, and gave the team a great vent for their anger.

For a while, Rooney and Hernandez, who already had a good relationship with Qin Hu, became even closer to him. Scholes, Giggs and others also smiled when they saw Qin Hu. Everyone was having a great time on the training ground, and Qin Hu was firmly placed in the core circle of the team every time.

In addition, Qin Hu's status in Manchester United's round table organization has also improved significantly. Before, he was a newly recruited younger brother, but now with a decisive goal, he has surpassed several players who have joined not long ago. Van Persie can only watch from behind.

With this change, Qin Hu's path at Manchester United has obviously become easier. He is rapidly developing towards the soul of the team at a speed that makes everyone sigh.

Four days after the team resumed training, Manchester United faced another league match at home, facing the Black Cats Sunderland with a heavily rotated lineup.

In this match, almost none of the players who started and played the full game were included in the roster. Ferguson did not take any risks for his players. A super battle like that would take at least two weeks to prepare.

So, the Manchester United rotation team led by Rooney and Hernandez faced the Black Cats at their home ground, and then they won the game with an overwhelming advantage.

Whether it is a substitute or a rotation, that is referring to the main players of the Red Devils. Players of the level of Rooney and Crouching Tigers are definitely the main stars in any mid-level team.

The game ended with a score of 3-1. Rooney scored twice, and the Little Pea found an opportunity through clever movement in the final stage of the game and scored the icing on the cake goal.

Manchester United's main players were enjoying the show from the sidelines. Being a member of a team fighting on multiple fronts for a season is very tiring. Everyone just hopes that they can have more opportunities to watch the team win without having to play.

Because of Qin Hu's heroic performance in this game, he did not even appear on the bench. He sat in the VIP box of Old Trafford with Lin Lan. Qin Hu also felt the excitement of witnessing the team's victory as a spectator.

After the match with Sunderland, Manchester United once again has a schedule of two games in one week. They will face the quarter-finals of the League Cup in the new week. This cup competition, which decides the champion before March every year, is definitely a must-fight for all teams that aspire to win the championship.

Unlike the last round against Chelsea, this time Manchester United's opponent is not strong. They will go to challenge Leeds United, which is now in the English Championship. Just like when Qin Hu played against them in Hull City last season, this team is still blowing its own storm of youth. After all the players of the team have been training for a few days, Ferguson finally took everyone into consideration when arranging the troops.

Compared to a League Cup match that determines the outcome, the weekend's away game against Swansea is relatively less important. Therefore, in choosing the starting players, Ferguson simply put several main players who were in good form in the starting lineup.

"Rooney, Qin and Robin are the three forwards."

The team directly used a 433 formation and was in a strong momentum. Facing a Championship team, Ferguson did not feel the need to adopt too many conservative tactics.

"Kagawa Shinji, Carrick, Cleverley three midfielders, Butner, Smalling, Vidic, Evra four defenders, goalkeeper Lindegaard."

Compared with the arrangement of all the main players in the midfield and frontcourt, there were some discrepancies in the defense and goalkeeper positions. Sir Alex Ferguson once again gave several substitute players opportunities. Manchester United's biggest problem now lies in the defense. He urgently needs to train several new players who can play as the team's main players.

"There is only one goal for tomorrow's game, and that is victory! Don't embarrass yourself in your opponent's home stadium. If you can't beat your opponent, I will doubt your qualifications as a Manchester United player!"

Ferguson's words in the final mobilization were also very harsh. The opponent was not even a Premier League team. After overcoming Chelsea, the biggest obstacle, they must not capsize in the ditch.

On the next day, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, Leeds United's home stadium, Elland Road, welcomed the team's most powerful opponent in the past decade, the Red Devils Manchester United.

Compared to the youth storm that once swept the Premier League, Leeds United has been sinking in the Championship for many years. Their fans have almost forgotten what it feels like to play against top teams in the top league.

Fortunately, Leeds United performed well in the League Cup this season. They started participating in the League Cup from the first round. They first defeated Shrews and Oxford United from the lower league in the first and second rounds, and then eliminated Southampton Saints in the third round.

In the fourth round of the League Cup, they played against Everton at home. They thought that their League Cup journey this season was over, but who could have thought that Leeds United relied on the explosive performance of their midfielder Reese and striker Byram to eventually eliminate the Toffees with a score of 2-1.

That day was a day of carnival for the city. Being able to defeat a BIG6 team was a great encouragement for Leeds United, who were in the Championship.

Now, they are facing the challenge of the Red Devils Manchester United at their home stadium. If, if they can make an upset and go one step further, this now silent former powerhouse might be noticed again and have a second spring.

Leeds United thought so, so they fielded an absolute starting lineup of all their main players. For this reason, their team, with its thin lineup, even chose to give up a heavyweight match in the Championship in order to focus on the visiting Manchester United team.

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