I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 60 Killing and Punishing the Heart

"You should be thankful that there is still a second round!"

When the referee Barry blew the whistle to end the game, as usual, Ferguson, who was playing at home, came to the visiting team's coaching bench and shook hands with Yang Cheng.

The game finally ended 0-0.

The Chinese in Bayswater played more actively and proactively throughout the second half and their advantage was more obvious.

Especially in the last period of time, Manchester United was put in a very embarrassing situation.

But in the end he failed to score.

What Ferguson meant was that if it came down to a single game, I would never let you walk out of Old Trafford alive.

Of course Yang Cheng understood.

In his previous life, he had often competed with Ferguson.

"Why do I feel like you're afraid of us?" Yang Cheng said with a chuckle.

His light-hearted joke deeply hurt Ferguson's heart.

The Scotsman's face suddenly turned very ugly.

In the FA Cup, being tied 0-0 by an amateur team was a shame.

Now, with all the main players out, they couldn't even beat a Championship team at home. How could Ferguson not be angry?
What made him even more furious was that Yang Cheng then leisurely stabbed him again.

"Before the game, I specifically told the players that Manchester United is a big club and a favorite, so winning is a matter of course. We walked into Old Trafford with a learning attitude."

"Our goal for this game is to win as little as possible. As long as it's not a crushing defeat, we can accept it."

"I didn't expect..."

Ferguson's face turned very ugly, and he was even on the verge of going berserk.

It’s heartbreaking to kill someone!

Yang Cheng's words were so fucking embarrassing!

"Don't be in a hurry, there is still the second round." Ferguson gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.

No matter how much you say, it’s useless if you don’t win the game.

You have to swallow all your resentment yourself.

"Of course." Yang Cheng still smiled.

But his smile really annoyed Ferguson.

"At half-time, I specifically asked Aaron Lennon and he told me again and again that he was not offside."

"Haha, I've heard that when playing at Old Trafford, you always suffer some inexplicable losses."

Ferguson couldn't bear it any longer and felt like the volcano in his chest was about to erupt.

You guys got away with it safely, and you're still bragging?

what's going on?

Do you think I, an old man, am easy to bully?

"But don't worry, our home court is rented, so there won't be so many boring things."

Yang Cheng stopped at the right time and took the initiative to extend his hand.

He didn't want to have a friendly fistfight with Ferguson on the spot.

Of course, if they really come to it, he will definitely not suffer any loss.

Ferguson still swallowed his anger. The old man's ability to endure is still very good.

He shook hands with Yang Cheng perfunctorily, and when he turned to leave, his eyes lingered on Brian Kidd for a moment.

It feels complicated.

Just like the love and hate between them.

Yang Cheng caught it, but ignored it.

When people reach their age, they are always full of complexity, regret and helplessness.

So, people like football.

Some people say that football is like life.

It is an art of turnovers, so goals are few and far between.

Every game, every player, is full of mistakes.

Because as long as you succeed once, it means you score a goal.

……

Bayswater Chinese drew 0-0 with Manchester United away from home!
The news spread across the UK immediately after the game.

All the media and fans were shocked by this.

Three days before this League Cup match, Manchester United drew 3-0 with lower-level Exeter at home.

But doesn't that mean playing with an all-substitute lineup?
Now it is the League Cup semi-final and Manchester United is fielding all their main players.

Are the Chinese in Bayswater really that strong?
If we say that last season, Bayswater Chinese's unexpected victory over Chelsea was an opportunity to make their mark.

This time in the League Cup semi-final, they drew 0-0 with Manchester United away from home, and especially throughout the game, they performed better than Manchester United, which made the Chinese in Bayswater famous.

As The Guardian commented after the game.

Their reporters were sitting in the stands at Old Trafford and kept hearing Manchester United fans exclaiming over there.

"Who is this kid?"

Manchester United fans don't know any of the Bayswater Chinese players at all, and they may never have even seen the team play.

But in this game at Old Trafford, the performance of several visiting team players left an extremely deep impression on Manchester United fans.

Whether it was Ribery’s best performance, Aaron Lennon who “broke” Manchester United’s goal, or Las Diarra who was everywhere in the midfield…

"Manchester United has also been continuously training youth players in recent years, such as Chris Eagles, David Jones, Phil Bardsley, and Gerard Pique who was poached from Barcelona..."

"Not to mention the young players such as Djemba, Bellion and Richardson that the team has developed over the past few years."

"But no United academy player has impressed them as much as Ribery and other young players have."

It is precisely because of this that Manchester United needs to introduce Rooney and Ronaldo.

"Over the past few years, all Manchester United fans have been thinking about one question."

“With Beckham’s departure, has the Class of 92 come to an end?”

"Through this game, when we saw that even the Championship team could beat Manchester United at Old Trafford, everyone should know the answer."

However, many media analysts believe that an important reason why Manchester United was tied at home in this game was the Manchester derby at the weekend.

After all, playing Liverpool every season is one of the most important games for Manchester United.

However, The Sun did reveal a piece of news.

Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea are all eyeing Bayswater Chinese player Ribery.

"After this game, Ferguson is more certain that Ribery is the best candidate to replace Giggs."

……

The outside media was in a frenzy, and Yang Cheng led the team back to London from Manchester to prepare for the game.

The first leg was 0-0 away from home, so the second leg at home will be more difficult.

Especially Ferguson.

He will definitely try his best in the second round.

Considering that after playing against the Chinese in Bayswater, Manchester United will immediately challenge Arsenal away.

If Yang Cheng were to think from Ferguson's perspective, he would definitely try every possible means to end the battle in the first half, which would help him avoid repeating the mistakes of the first round.

So, he and the team must be prepared for this.

The day after the game at Old Trafford, Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1 at home.

Although they won, Mourinho's team is still in danger in the second leg at Anfield.

Benítez has always been good at playing cup games, so the outcome is hard to predict now.

……

That weekend after returning from London, Bayswater Chinese went away to challenge Sheffield United.

This is the 29th round of the Championship.

Yang Cheng made a major rotation in the team, but ended up losing 1-2 away from home.

Kitson scored a goal for the team in the second half.

Sheffield United's two goals both occurred in the stoppage time, one in the first half and the other in the second half.

This actually exposes some problems of the Chinese in Bayswater.

Due to Wigan Athletic's away win, Bayswater Chinese's ranking dropped to third place.

That night, at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium, two teams that failed to achieve satisfactory results in the League Cup semi-finals staged a world-renowned Manchester derby.

In the 21st minute, Ronaldo assisted Rooney to score the only goal of the game.

But Manchester United also paid a heavy price.

Center back Wes Brown was sent off with a red card in the 65th minute.

Players on the team including Roy Keane, Rooney, Fortune and others also received yellow cards.

From the 65th minute, Ferguson replaced Ronaldo with O'Shea to strengthen the defense.

But the result is satisfactory.

……

Yang Cheng didn't think too much when he learned the result of the Anfield battle.

After the weekend league game, Yang Cheng gave the team a whole day off so that everyone could relax.

Because the team no longer has the pressure of the FA Cup.

After regrouping, Bayswater Chinese began preparing for the second leg of the League Cup.

Manchester United doesn't have it as easy as the Chinese in Bayswater.

After playing against Liverpool, they will travel to an away game in the middle of the week to play the FA Cup third round make-up match against Exeter.

The importance of the FA Cup is reflected in Ferguson's lineup.

C Ronaldo, Rooney, Giggs, Scholes, Sylvester, Heinze, O'Shea, Gary Neville, Phil Neville and others all started.

Nine minutes into the game, Scholes assisted Ronaldo to score.

But afterwards, Manchester United failed to further expand its victory.

It wasn't until the 87th minute that Rooney scored another goal.

After two consecutive FA Cup games, almost everyone saw the shortcomings of Manchester United's substitute lineup.

Ferguson's intention in forming the team is very clear, the young players are to serve as the team's substitute lineup.

But the problem is that it is difficult for Manchester United's young players, including Djemba and Fortune, to step up.

Not to mention competing with the main players, it is difficult to even play as a substitute and cope with the cup competition.

However, the good news is that Gary Neville is back.

In the 24th round of the Premier League at the weekend, Ferdinand also returned in the home game against Aston Villa.

This allowed Manchester United to beat Aston Villa 3-1 at home and easily won 3 points.

Bayswater Chinese drew 0-0 with Nottingham Forest at home.

Yang Cheng still did not send out all his main players in this game, but instead put all his energy and resources into the League Cup semi-final three days later.

The only commendable thing about this game was that Loftus Road was finally full.

Not only this league match, but also the tickets for the League Cup semi-final in the middle of the week were sold out early.

With the first leg tied at 0-0, everyone was expecting the two sides to put on a wonderful show in the second leg.

After the draw with Nottingham Forest, Bayswater Chinese were overtaken by Sunderland in the rankings.

Ipswich Town is at the top of the list with 59 points, followed by Wigan Athletic with 57 points, Sunderland with 56 points, and Bayswater Chinese with 55 points.

Next up are Reading with 50 points and Sheffield United with 48 points.

……

On the evening of March 1th, Loftus Road Stadium in London.

In the second leg of the League Cup semi-final, Bayswater Chinese will face Manchester United at home.

What no one expected was that Ferguson deployed the same 433 formation as Yang Cheng in this game.

Goalkeeper: Howard;

Defence: Heinze, Silvester, Ferdinand, Gary Neville;

Midfield: Roy Keane dropped back, with Scholes and Fletcher in the middle;

Forwards: Giggs, Saha and Ronaldo.

Young player Rooney was placed on the bench by Ferguson.

This is the strongest lineup Manchester United can currently put together.

Yang Cheng was also not careless.

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart;

Defence: Danny Collins, Jose Fonte, Laurent Koscielny and Kevin Fury;
Midfield: Huddlestone dropped back, Modric and Las Diarra in the middle;

Forwards: Ribery, Lambert and Aaron Lennon.

Both sides played 433, which to some extent was a competition between each other's player strength and more targeted tactical details.

It can be said that this is a real head-on collision!
From the beginning of the game, both sides showed no reservations and went straight into a fast-paced bayonet fight.

Just over a minute into the game, Huddlestone made a long diagonal pass from midfield to behind the defense line.

Aaron Lennon made a high-speed run forward, caught up with Huddlestone's long pass, and rushed to the right side of the penalty area to make a cross.

But Ferdinand used his body to suppress Lambert and clear the ball.

Manchester United immediately responded.

Soon after, Giggs crossed from the left and sent the ball behind the defense.

Joe Hart left the goal and caught the ball before Saha.

This made everyone break out in a cold sweat.

But the Bayswater Chinese quickly organized an attack in the frontcourt.

Ribery was once breaking through and was intercepted by Roy Keane. When he tried to steal the ball, he knocked down the Manchester United captain.

The tension between the players on both sides is getting stronger and stronger.

But in the 14th minute, Scholes made a wonderful pass, Saha got rid of Huddlestone and dribbled into the left side of the penalty area.

As Koscielny moved forward to double-team, Saha fell into the Bayswater Chinese penalty area.

Referee Rob Stiles blew his whistle and pointed in the direction of the penalty kick.

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