Chapter 201 The first half was violent

Another two-round match in the final of the English League Cup has ended ahead of schedule. The winner between Manchester United and Manchester City will compete with Villa for the final championship trophy.

After hearing the news, Li Yu did not have much surprise, or was simply indifferent. During the media interview, she said more about the second round of the semi-final Manchester City match.

"We will definitely try our best to win the game at home and turn the table? No, for Manchester United, at home is to defeat the opponent and score more goals than the opponent!"

When it comes to former teammate Tevez, Li Yu seems much more cautious. Now the topic around Argentines has not dissipated. "He is a shooter. His responsibility is to win goals for the team. It's the same as what I did. With such a high-level opponent, he has more motivation to play, plus the prize. The ** power of the cup, I think I will perform better, no matter who I face!"

Li Yu's expression before the game represented the ideas of other Manchester United players. Rooney also said the same thing. Manchester United will definitely advance to the finals.

Before the arrival of the key battle, at midnight on January 26, the Manchester United club finally got good news. Manchester United officially announced the first signing in winter. The Red Devils confirmed that they had reached an agreement with Fulham. The team's England U21 central defender Chris Smarin will officially join Manchester United next season. According to the Daily Mail, Smarling's transfer fee is £8 million.

According to the details revealed by the British Mirror, Manchester United's initial offer of 8 million pounds has been accepted by Fulham last weekend, but the two sides have also reached an agreement that other teams can only be allowed to contact Smarin himself if the price exceeds 10 million pounds. But this secret clause was leaked to Arsenal coach Wenger, who immediately offered 10 million pounds, hoping to intercept Smarin at the last minute.

In this case, Ferguson, who was eager to "replenish blood" for the defense, made a quick decision. On the one hand, he immediately increased the offer of Manchester United to 10 million pounds (the Times and the Mirror said it was 12 million pounds), and on the other hand, the Lord secretly flew to London on the eve of the semi-finals of the League Cup. Since meeting Smarling, who had just participated in the Fulham and Tottenham match, to show his sincerity, he finally disintegrated Wenger's plan to grab people. In June 2008, Manchester United announced on the official website that they had reached an agreement with Cardiff on Ramsey's transfer, but at the last moment, Ramsey was moved by Wenger's sincerity and finally chose to join the Emirates Stadium dramatically. Ferguson will not forget this humiliation, so this time he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money and never Allow similar embarrassment to happen again.

It is reported that the 20-year-old Smarling has gone to Old Trafford to complete a physical examination and is ready to watch the key match between his new teammate and Manchester City in the stands. However, it is worth noting that Manchester United's new players will continue to play for Fulham in the second half of the season and will officially join from this summer. Red Devil.

According to the agreement, Smalin is no longer qualified to represent Fulham against the new club Manchester United in the league on March 10. According to The Sun, Manchester United will first pay 10 million pounds for the transfer fee, and according to Smarin's performance and achievements at Old Trafford, the Red Devils will pay up to another 4 million pounds, so Smarin's worth will be up to 14 million pounds! Smarling's weekly salary at Manchester United will be five times higher than before, from 5,000 pounds to 25,000 pounds.

In June 2008, he had just joined Fulham from the English amateur team Maddstone United, with a transfer fee of only 10,000 pounds. Eighteen months later, Smarlin's value was incredibly soaring 1,400 times!

In the half-season with Fulham, Smarlin has only made four appearances for the team in the Premier League. His debut dates back to last season. In May 2009, in the 0-2 loss to Everton at home, Smarlin came on as a substitute for Alan Hughes in the 77th minute. In Fulham's last game in 2009, Smarling got the first chance to start in the Premier League against Chelsea, the leader of the Premier League. But this game did not leave a good memory for Smarin. He unfortunately scored an own goal in the 75th minute, resulting in the team's 1-2 defeat.

Even before Manchester United announced the agreement with Fulham on Manchester United's official website, Smarin only had three top league experience (after Manchester United's official announcement, Smarin started against Tottenham Hotspur, thus surpassing England for the fourth time), and two of them played as substitutes.

For a 20-year-old newcomer who has only started once in the Premier League and spent a lot of 14 million pounds, Ferguson's madness was unexpected by fans and the media, which can be regarded as his biggest adventure in 24 years of coaching Manchester United.

The transfer fee of 14 million pounds has also set a new high in the transfer window this winter. Previously, the new Argentine star Salvio signed by Atletico Madrid and Croatian defender Lovren acquired by Lyon, both of whom are worth 8 million euros, or about 7 million pounds.

If there is no miracle in the last few days, Smarlin, an unknown player, may become the 2009 Premier League winter champion, or even the European winter champion.

In addition, 1.62 metres tall central defender Smarlin was first selected to the England U20 national team in April 2009. Four months later, he became an England U21 international. Some media have even called it "New Ferdinand". From an unknown amateur player to a popular England national brand, it took Smarin less than a year to rise at a speed comparable to the Rockets.

As Smarling's teammate in Fulham, former Liverpool midfielder Murphy is also full of praise for the English star, and believes that Smalin has the same style of Hepia and Gerald and Carragher-like attitude.

"The first thing I noticed was his speed and desire to fight. His performance in training was as serious as a formal game, and he hoped to win every goal. I was lucky enough to see the performance of Owen and Gerrard at his age, and Smarin can be compared with them. His speed is very fast, which will become his great advantage. He is very calm in handling the ball and has a strong air control ability. For a central defender, what else can you ask for besides these? In my opinion, he is just like Haipia. Maybe he can't be so calm now, but after all, he is only 20 years old and is still learning. I don't want to put too much pressure on him with too much praise, but Smarin does have the potential to become a great player.

Li Yu was soon seized by the opportunity by the media and asked about the new aid. In the face of whether Ferguson would throw a lot of money thrown by the media, Li Yu clearly stood on Ferguson's side. "I believe in the boss's vision. No one has such courage as Ferguson. Let's wait and see. Come on, this young man will definitely shock you!"

At the same time, the FA officially accused Manchester United defender Ferdinand. The Manchester United captain had a very hidden elbow action in the last round against Hull City. Although he escaped the eyes of referee Bennett at that time, the FA still advanced it according to the game video. OK, the accusation. The FA said that Ferdinand can file an appeal before 6 p.m. local time on the 27th, and a hearing will be held on Thursday.

In the game with Huer City, Li Yu took three goals alone and became the absolute protagonist, but the other noteworthy figure in the game was Ferdinand. As the leader of the Red Devils, Ferdinand has been unable to play due to injury since he played against Liverpool at the end of October last year. However, in the game against Hull City, Ferdinand, who started as a captain, showed calm performance, which made the injured Red Devils' defense line again.

The shortcoming is that when the second half of the game was nearing the end, Ferdinand plotted the opponent with his elbow in the pull with the opponent's striker Fagan. Due to the remote position of the referee on duty, Ferdinand escaped the penalty, while the referee Bennet gave Fagan a yellow card instead. Although Leo escaped punishment, the well-in-noticed Football League accused him of his behavior based on the replay of the game.

Due to the friction between the first round with his former teammate Neville, Tevez was originally the focus of the game. In order to prevent his disciples from losing their composure in the game of returning to Old Trafford and causing a large-scale conflict, after Manchester police warned the two clubs before the game, Manchester City coach Mancini also deliberately cooled down the fans of both sides before the game. "We must keep calm in the second round, which is crucial. It's a decisive battle of life and death, but don't forget that it's just a football game." When it comes to the feud between Tevez and Neville, the Italians also stood up as peacemaker: "This kind of thing actually happens from time to time on the court. I believe that Tevez and Neville are still good friends. After all, they have been fighting side by side for two years."

God knows that such a derby war is related to the ownership of the final trophy, and there will be no more accidents.

In the second leg of the 2009/10 English League Cup semi-finals, a focus battle was fought at Old Trafford Stadium. This was the 154th Manchester derby, with Manchester United having the upper hand with 62 wins, 49 draws and 42 losses. Manchester City lost 1-2 away in the first leg, but Manchester United only lost once at home in nearly 30 derby, with 18 wins and 11 draws in the remaining 29 games. The two sides have played 4 games in the history of the League Cup, with Manchester City having the upper hand with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. In the third round of the 1974/75 season, Manchester United won at home; in the 1975/76 season, Manchester City won 4-0 at home. The confrontation between the two sides in the semi-finals in the 1969/70 season was even more impressive. After Manchester City won at home, they drew away and eliminated Manchester United. In the two seasons that eliminated Manchester United, Manchester City won the championship.

Manchester United rotated two people. Carrick and Giggs replaced Park Ji-sung and Owen respectively. Li Yu returned to the starting line-up. Unexpectedly, Manchester United played on the 9th, but Ferguson put No. 10 Rooney on the bench.

Will such a starting lineup seem a little offensive? The media is very confused about why Ferguson sent such a starting lineup, 4-5-1!

Manchester City sent the same starting lineup in the first round of the Derby, and Adebayor entered the bench.

The game will be played at 8 p.m. British local time, which means that Manchester United fans in China must stay up until 4 a.m. if they want to see the game!

Although it is late at night in China, many Chinese fans are still waiting for the start of the game in front of the live screen.

It's better to ask, there are no fans who support the visiting team at all. Red is the only theme, and many bars also define this night as the Night of the Red Devils.

The only shortcoming is that Chinese fans can only see Cantonese commentary, and there is no Mandarin commentary at all.

Chinese fans can only comfort themselves, "Who said that Li Yu is a Chinese Hong Kong player? Even the commentator speaks Cantonese!"

It can only show that the major local stations and online media in China have ignored the importance of this game and thought that there will not be too many people paying attention to the game at four o'clock in the middle of the night, and there is no need to spend money on pictures.

The opposite is true. It's not that no one pays attention, but that they don't pay too much attention. This is the Manchester derby!

Looking at Old Trafford Stadium, the police who are waiting will know that the security personnel of the three volleyball courts use human walls to separate the fans of the two teams, and police patrolling on tall horses can be seen everywhere outside the court. Whether they are on or off the court, the fans of the two teams must be separated.

When it comes to the stadium, the fans of the two teams have hardly stopped, but Manchester City fans are obviously at a low end. At Old Trafford, they can only be the weak side.

Many Manchester United fans have drunk Manchester United red and burp from time to time before the game starts. These fans have naturally become the focus of security personnel' care!

Weber, the referee of this game, has led the law enforcement referees to check the various facilities of the court, but the scene was so noisy that the communication between them could only shout loudly or cling to each other's ears.

Such a hot opening atmosphere is rare in the Manchester derby. In the past, the League Cup, which was relatively useless, was really so attractive. Perhaps it was Manchester City's continuous money to improve, which instantly raised several levels, especially Manchester City's fans, who won at home in the first round. After Manchester United, they saw the hope of double-killing their opponents.

Manchester United fans think of it, but they can't do it without being popular. In the view of the media, this is a new collision between new and old giants in Manchester City.

Before the game, in the relatively crowded player channel, the players of the two teams stood up and were ready to play. They were acquaintances, but no one communicated with the acquaintances of the opposing team and waited to enter the field honestly. Even if they talked to their teammates, they were definitely not as relaxed as other games in the past.

Under the leadership of referee Weber, the players of the two teams entered the field with young fans in their opponent's uniforms.

It is dignified before the game, so after the game starts, it can only be described as hot.

The mid-back meat grinder composed of Carrick, Fletcher and Scholes contained Manchester City's offensive from the first minute.

The defensive action of the three people is not small. Since the meat is ground, it will be crushed to powder.

Of course, Manchester City is not willing to show weakness. The back waist combination of No. 33 Compani, No. 34 De Jong and No. 18 Barry is also tit for tat.

After the game started, the people watching the game smelled the smell of gunpowder.

In the first 13 minutes, Kampani got a yellow card because he overturned Li Yu.

This is a complete pull-and-snap defense. And the action is obvious - it can't be obvious. If it's not obvious, you can't exert force. If you can't exert force, you can't think that you can stop Li Yu...

Although it was only not long after the middle circle, the referee on duty Webb still showed a yellow card to Compani very resolutely.

Compani went up to the referee and argued a few words, and then he turned back in embo.

Of course, he didn't want to get a yellow card so early, but if he didn't pull Li Yu just now, Manchester United No. 9 would have a single knife - now few people dare to despise Li Yu's single knife ball. That's really a few people in a row. Maybe even the last goalkeeper will be cleaned by Li Yu!

As long as Li Yu is on the field, she can't relax her vigilance at all times. Of course, Mancini is glad that Manchester United did not send Li Yu in the first round. Is it now? You must watch it closely. You can't leave him any chance. Of course, the Manchester City players who have received the arrangements from the head coach will be vigorously cut down.

Compani's tactical fouls are still correct, but some other fouls on both sides are not just tactical.

In the 20th minute, in the process of protecting the ball, Ferdinand first waved his right arm, and then hit Tevez with his left elbow. The Argentine beast fell to the ground immediately. Ferdinand ran away from the site of the incident, but Tevez's compatriot Saballeta ran over and complained to Webb. Webb shouted Ferdinand and said a few words. But he never showed a yellow card!

In the 25th minute, Li Yu waved in front of the opponent's penalty area and hit the Sabaleta with the ball, but he didn't seem to hit the opponent much. The Argentine national football team fell to the ground. The players from both sides gathered together. Li Yu explained something angrily. Ji Wen also ran over to talk to him. Weber called Li Yu and Saballeta over. In the end, the two shook hands and made peace.

In the 36th minute, Scholes flew to Little Wright and applied for a yellow card.

In the 41st minute, Rafael shoveled Bellamy and was verbally warned by referee Weber.

In the 48th minute, Tevez shoveled Raffaar in the full boos and got a yellow card. In the process, Bellamy and Ferdinand scolded each other on the court. Webb ran over and said a few words to the Manchester United central defender. Ferdinand smiled, and Webb immediately caught up with Bellamy and followed him. After a few words, no one is a good boy. Weber did almost only one thing in the first half, fighting the fire everywhere. The two teams had no decent attack at all. It was more like a fight than a football match.

Li Yu didn't have many opportunities. At the end of the first half, the total score was still 1:2 behind Manchester City!