I am the king of football

Chapter 381 Gap
"CCTV, CCTV, good evening, dear audience friends. You are now watching the live footage from Wembley Stadium. The 2012-2013 English League Cup final is about to begin. The two teams facing each other are the Red Devils Manchester United and the Bantam Bradford City."

When Zhan Jun's voice appeared on the screen along with the live images, the two teams had already followed the referee into the stadium. The players of both teams stood beside the referee team with their hands behind their backs and were scanned by the camera one by one.

"The gap between the two teams in this match is unprecedentedly huge. Manchester United has basically secured the league title after defeating Manchester City in the last round, while Bradford is only ranked tenth in the English League Two this season. But even so, it does not prevent them from meeting in the League Cup final, which is open to all levels of English professional league teams."

What Zhan Jun wanted to express was actually very clear, but he did not say it directly. That is, the British football environment can support the creation of such a miracle. How could the football strength and seeds of football not take root and sprout?
You have to know that domestic football doesn’t even have a complete four-level league, so it can only be said that there is still a long way to go.

"Okay, the players from both teams spread out on the field, and Manchester United chose to kick off, which means they will have absolute initiative in the first half."

After placing the ball steadily on the kick-off point, Qin Hu and Hernandez stood opposite each other. When he raised his head and looked across, several Bradford forwards standing in the opponent's half actually smiled at him, which surprised Qin Hu a little but he also smiled back.

Little did they know that for the Bradford players who created the miracle of reaching the League Cup this season, Qin Hu, who started in the Championship and became an absolute main force of the top Premier League club in just one season, is also synonymous with miracles. Heroes appreciate heroes, which is why they have a good impression of Qin Hu.

However, once the game started, they were just opponents.

“Sh ...

"Okay, the game officially started with a whistle. Qin Hu pushed the ball to Little Pea and quickly rushed into the opponent's half. Manchester United lined up a 4132 formation for this game. The starting players from front to back are..."

At the beginning of the game, the starting lineups of both teams were introduced at a very fast pace. Zhan Jun didn't know how intense the game would be, so he did everything that needed to be done at the beginning as quickly as possible.

"Opposite them, Bradford, nicknamed the Bantams, unexpectedly lined up in a 442 formation. They did not adopt the 451 bus formation that they had deployed when facing strong teams before."

Zhan Jun was a little surprised when he saw Bradford's formation. It was already difficult for a League Two team to defeat the Premier League champions, and now Bradford didn't even park the bus. This...

"It seems that Parkinson is ready to let his team fully enjoy the game. If I remember correctly, their regular formation in the English League Two is 442. So let us remember the names of these players who created the biggest miracle in this season's League Cup."

Without thinking any more, Zhan Jun began to announce the names of the starting players of the English League Two team. At the same time, commentators broadcasting the game around the world were doing the same thing.

"Two strikers: Hansen and Wells; four midfielders: Thomson, Atkinson, G. Jones, and Doyle; four defenders: Darby, McHugh, McAdoo, and Goode; and goalkeeper Duke."

The starting eleven were all unknowns, but when this group of unknowns stood against the Red Devils Manchester United, which is now famous in the entire football world, they were destined to no longer be unknowns.

After the starting lineups of both teams were announced, Zhan Jun and the fans' attention returned completely to the game. No matter how difficult it was for Bradford to get to this point, a real confrontation was still inevitable. The gap between them and Manchester United quickly emerged shortly after the start of the game.

"Continuous passing and cutting cooperation penetrated into the opponent's midfield. The three players in the frontcourt of Manchester United cooperated very well. Carrick passed the ball to the front left, and Qin Hu carried Doyle and passed the ball to the right!"

In the seventh minute of the game, when the offense quickly penetrated the opponent's midfield, Carrick made a quick pass to Qin Hu. Qin Hu, who attracted the attention of three defensive players, kicked the ball out and the ball was stuffed behind the opponent's midfield defense line the next second. "Little Pea received the ball on the right side and tried to break into the penalty area from the opposite corner. His movements were too fast. Compared with him, Bradford's defender was completely out of his league!"

"Oh!"

He almost flashed into the penalty area and shot the ball. The ball flew out before the defender's hand even touched him.

"Boom!"

"Duke! He punched the ball out with a thrilling punch, and he was just about to score the first goal of the game~"

It was just a simple attack attempt, and even Little Pea didn't expect that he could break through so smoothly. Therefore, after the ball was blocked, he didn't even show an annoyed expression but spread his hands towards Qin Hu who was walking towards him happily.

"Qin, I think you can try working alone more often!"

Hernandez made suggestions directly to his partner. He had a sharp eye. With just one attack, he saw the insurmountable gap between the strength of the two sides.

However, before Qin Hu could adopt his suggestion, the score was changed in the subsequent corner kick attack.

"Carrick kicked the ball from the left corner flag area and the ball flew into the penalty area~"

As soon as Zhan Jun's voice sounded, Qin Hu's leaping figure appeared in the penalty area. Bradford's two defenders, McHugh and McAdoo, had never seen an opponent who could jump so high, not to mention that this opponent was as strong as a tiger.

"Oh!"

"Qin Hu! Scored with a header! Beautiful! He scored with a clean header. In the ninth minute of the game, the score was changed!"

1-0, the goal came so cleanly that there was nothing to fault with it. More than Manchester United fans at the entire Wembley Stadium instantly burst into huge cheers.

"Qin! Qin! Qin!"

They were well prepared. At the moment Qin Hu scored a goal, the stands with the largest number of home team fans also displayed a slightly smaller TIFO. It was the back of Qin Hu wearing the No. 19 jersey and a big sentence on it - We are the champions!

For a moment, 20,000 Bradford fans and their players fell silent. They knew that there was a big gap between the two sides, but they really didn't expect there would be such a gap.

Chapter 2 is here! Thank you all for your support!!! (Alas, sometimes when I see top domestic league teams disbanding all the time, I don’t know what to say…)
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