Football King Bale

After beating Blackburn 7:1 in the league, Manchester United carried the remaining power of the victory to London to play in the League Cup quarter-finals against West Ham United.

Originally, Ferguson used the League Cup as a game to train the team's young players and give some marginal players a chance to play. However, at critical moments like the quarterfinals, Sir Alex gradually began to pay attention to the League Cup.

Especially now that the Red Devils have secured first place in the Champions League group in advance and are 10 points ahead of the second and third place in the league, Sir Alex Ferguson also has ideas about winning the League Cup.

After all, the League Cup final will be held at the end of February, when the Champions League knockout rounds have just begun, so winning the League Cup will not add too much burden to the team's schedule.

Of course, this is also related to the weakness of Manchester United's opponents in the quarterfinals. Their opponent in the quarterfinals is West Ham United, the deputy squad leader of the Premier League. Since the Hammers became the deputy squad leader of the Premier League in the seventh round of the league, they have been in the position of deputy squad leader for nine rounds!

Today, the Hammers have a pitiful record of 2 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, and only scored 12 points. Manchester United is the top team in the Premier League, with an unbeaten record of 12 wins and 3 draws in 15 rounds, leading the Premier League standings with a 10-point advantage. In fact, they have remained undefeated on all fronts this season, coupled with a 7-1 victory over Blackburn in the middle of the Premier League last weekend. Manchester United people do not feel that the Hammers, who are at the bottom of the Premier League, can pose any threat to them.

Of course Sir Alex would not let go of such an easy and enjoyable promotion. Therefore, at Upton Park Stadium, Sir Alex formed a half-main and half-substitute lineup. Goalkeeper Kuzczak, back four O'Shea, Smalling, Evans and Fabio, midfield four Obertan, Fletcher, Anderson and Giggs, and two forwards Hernand The combination of Si and teenager Ma Qeda.

In Sir Alex's opinion, this lineup is enough to take down the weak Hammer Gang.

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As the saying goes, an arrogant soldier must be defeated. The Hammers soon gave the arrogant Manchester United people a heavy blow!

In the 15th minute of the game, Specter made a cross from the left side of the penalty area. Ogbonna shot from the middle. The ball hit Specter's calf and changed the line, knocking Kushchak into the net.

Although the goal was ruled invalid as the linesman clearly noticed that Spector was offside, it did not attract the attention of Manchester United people.

The arrogant Manchester United players really paid the price after 7 minutes. In the 22nd minute of the game, Ogbonna passed the ball from the left side of the penalty area to the center. Spector beat Fletcher with a header 7 meters away and scored against his former club. .

Although Manchester United, which conceded a goal first, launched a counterattack, due to the lack of grasp of opportunities by the forward players, they were unable to tie the score. Instead, they suffered another heavy blow a quarter of an hour later.

In the 37th minute of the game, Fabio failed to clear the ball in the penalty area and slipped when he was about to start reprocessing. Specter got the ball and headed to the left, then hit the near corner with his left foot and scored twice.

Falling behind by two goals before the end of the first half made many Manchester United players panic. Although they tried their best to counterattack and hoped to get the score back before half-time, due to the lack of organization in the midfield, they failed again and again. All the attacks were in vain.

In the first half of the game, West Ham led Manchester United 2:0 into the halftime break.

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Before the first half was over, Ferguson returned to the locker room with a livid face. Before he left, he left an order for midfield substitutions to assistant coach Mike Phelan.

When Bell received Ferguson's order conveyed by Mike Phelan,

It's a bit confusing.

According to the original plan, Bell would get some playing opportunities after 60 minutes, or later, to find his game status, but now it seems that he will be replaced after the halftime break. It seems that the old Jazz I don’t want Manchester United’s journey in the League Cup to end.

Bell smiled bitterly, the old man's expectations for him were really high. He also felt tremendous pressure, because he remembered that in this game, Manchester United suffered the worst defeat this year. As the top team in the Premier League, they were eventually beaten 4:0 by the Premier League Vice Premier in the away game!

However, since the old man decided to replace him early, Bell will definitely go all out to change the final situation of this game.

After all, if he can win the League Cup, he will be able to get one more star experience card in the lottery next season.

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No one knows what happened in the visiting team's locker room during halftime, but considering the power of the old Sir Alex Ferguson hair dryer, everyone can think of something.

At the beginning of the second half, Bell was indeed substituted. The teenager Macheda, who seemed to be sleepwalking in the first half, was decisively won by the old man.

In the capital city of the East, Liu Xianer took the reluctant Zhang Liangjing back to the TV in the living room. The voice of Zhan Jun came from inside: "The two teams are back on the playing field. We saw West Ham United did not make any substitution adjustments, but Manchester United made one substitution during the halftime break, replacing young striker Macheda with No. 95 Bell."

"Macheda did not perform well in the first half and wasted many scoring opportunities in the frontcourt. Ferguson probably realized this and replaced him."

"Now Manchester United still plays a 4-4-2 formation. After Bell came on, he did not appear at the left midfielder position, but appeared at the right midfielder position. But this has no impact. The Welsh youngster is very balanced with his left and right feet. He plays in the right midfielder position. It also performed well.”

"The Manchester United fans in the stands were very excited when they saw Bale on the field. Many of them pulled out banners, shouted slogans, and shouted Bale's name. Although this 21-year-old youngster has only played in this season, He transferred to Manchester United, but he has already brought too many surprises to Manchester United. I don’t know if he can bring another wonderful performance tonight.”

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The two teams returned to the court, with Manchester United taking the lead.

The effect of Ferguson turning on his hairdryer in the midfield was very obvious. Manchester United launched a fierce attack at the beginning of the second half, and in less than a minute of the opening, Manchester United launched an offensive on the left.

Fabio quickly inserted into the left wing, received the ball from Anderson, and passed with his left foot. Hernandez grabbed the ball and nodded the ball. Obertan's subsequent shot in the penalty area was blocked by England goalkeeper Green. Fight hard to block.

After West Ham United got the ball, Manchester United immediately launched a counterattack in the frontcourt. The rhythm was very fast, forcing West Ham United to send the ball out of the dangerous area as soon as possible. As a result, the ball changed hands soon.

A minute later, Manchester United made a comeback again. Fletcher got the ball at the front of the penalty area and entered the penalty area. His left-footed shot was blocked by Green. Manchester United once again missed the opportunity.