Football King Bale

After playing the Club World Cup, the Manchester United team did not stay in Japan longer because they were about to usher in the busiest Christmas schedule of the year.

In fact, just 72 hours after the Club World Cup final, Manchester United will usher in a League Cup quarter-final. This game was originally held in the middle of last week, but because Manchester United came to the Far East to participate in the Club World Cup, Due to the reasons of the Cup, after many negotiations, the game was postponed for a week.

This League Cup quarter-final is between Leeds United and Manchester United. This is the second consecutive year that the two teams have met in the League Cup after meeting in the third round of the League Cup last season.

One of the three League Cup games played in the middle of last week was a big upset. The Premier League giants Arsenal challenged Bradford, fourth in League Two, away from home. As a result, the Gunners missed the goal at the center post and did not equalize with captain Vermaelen's header in the 88th minute. In overtime, Cazorla hit the crossbar with a long shot. In the penalty shootout, Cazorla, Chamakh and Vermaelen missed penalty kicks. Arsenal lost 2:3 and stopped in the quarterfinals of the League Cup for the fourth time in the past five seasons.

In the other two games, Norwich lost 1:4 at home to Villa, and Swansea, which eliminated Liverpool, defeated Middlesbrough 1:0 at home.

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Leeds United was once a mortal enemy of Manchester United, and the hatred between the two clubs goes back even further than the hatred against Liverpool.

The origins of the feud between Manchester United and Leeds United can be traced back to the War of the Roses in the 15th century. The two sides facing each other were Lancaster and Yorkshire, and their bases were Manchester and Leeds respectively. The emblems of the two sides were red roses and white roses respectively. The colors of the roses were just right. Corresponding to the uniforms of both teams.

The War of the Roses caused strong hostility between the citizens of the two places. Although Leeds and Manchester are 40 miles apart, the maintenance of tradition and strong feelings can still be reflected in the two football clubs.

Almost every encounter between the two teams would lead to conflict. However, after Leeds United fell into the Championship in 2004, there were fewer encounters between the two teams, and the flavor of confrontation became lighter.

However, for Ferguson, Leeds United is also an old rival, and he does not want Manchester United to lose to such an opponent away from home. Therefore, despite the long journey, Manchester United still did not field a semi-main lineup, and only a few main players such as Bell got a rotation.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with this year's upset loss in the League Cup. Since Arsenal was eliminated before, the only teams that have entered the top four of the League Cup are Aston Villa and Swansea, two mid-to-lower Premier League teams. If Manchester United can reach the top four, winning the championship will become relatively simple.

In the end, Ferguson's starting lineup was goalkeeper Lindegaard, four defenders Rafael, Evans, Smalling and Ashley Young, and four midfielders including Carrick, Kante, Pogba and Giggs' combination, the two forwards are Robin van Persie and Hernandez.

Such a Manchester United is enough to win the game even if it faces most teams in the Premier League. However, when the game started, Manchester United fans discovered that Leeds United's combat effectiveness was much stronger than imagined. They played back and forth with Manchester United, who played half the main force, and were not at a disadvantage in the slightest.

In this stalemate situation, Manchester United actually made a mistake first. In the 38th minute, Leeds United broke the deadlock at home. Evans made a mistake in assisting in the frontcourt. Leeds United stole the ball and beat more, Thomas crossed the goal from the left, and Bezio outflanked and pushed the ball to break the net, 1:0.

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Ferguson was very dissatisfied with Manchester United's performance in the first half.

The midfielder started the hair dryer in the locker room and sprayed the players on the field hard.

In the second half, the two sides changed places to fight again, and the performance of Manchester United players changed a lot. The players' concentration was obviously much stronger than in the first half.

In the 47th minute, Manchester United equalized the score. Giggs knocked in front of the penalty area. Sneijder in the middle followed up with a sweep shot. The ball went into the lower left corner of the goal. 1:1. This is Sneijder's first score in all competitions this season. The 10th goal.

Although both sides accelerated the offensive and defensive rhythm in the next 10 minutes of the game, they made many errors in passing and receiving, and failed to create a threat to the opponent's penalty area. In the 58th minute, Manchester United intercepted the ball in the midfield and counterattacked. Rafael received Sneijder's pass and passed it from the right. Van Persie's defender jumped up from the back post and headed the ball. The angle was too right and was blocked by the Leeds United goalkeeper.

A draw was not what Ferguson wanted to see. When the game reached the 60th minute, Manchester United made two substitutions in a row. Rooney replaced Giggs and Bale replaced Hernandez.

After Bell and Rooney came on the court, Manchester United completely suppressed Leeds United on the court.

In the 64th minute, Pogba and Bell cooperated continuously. Bell passed the ball diagonally in front of the goal. Van Persie outflanked the ball in the middle and failed to reach the ball.

In the 65th minute, Manchester United took the lead. Bell gave a corner kick from the left to the goal. Van Persie nodded in front of the goal. The ball bounced off the ground and entered the near corner, 2:1.

In the 66th minute, the Red Devils changed the score again. Pogba scored the ball in the frontcourt. Rooney adjusted with the ball and then shot a low shot from the penalty area line. The ball stuck to the turf and penetrated into the near corner of the door, 3:1.

Leeds United were also unwilling to lose at home. They made consecutive substitutions. White replaced Thomas, Norris replaced Brown, and McKeven replaced Diouf.

However, Leeds United had not yet scored a goal. Instead, Manchester United once again used a quick counterattack to break the city.

In the 81st minute, Leeds United's attack failed. Manchester United found Bell in the backcourt. Bell was unguarded and dribbled the ball into the penalty area. Facing the attacking goalkeeper, he pushed and broke the net.

A minute later, Manchester United scored again. Pogba's volley from outside the penalty area was blocked by the goalkeeper. Bell's fake shot from the penalty area was passed to Van Persie in front of the goal. Van Persie easily pushed the shot and broke the net, 5:1.

In the end, Manchester United relied on a crazy offensive in the second half to reverse Leeds United 5:1 away from home.

In the draw after the game, Manchester United drew Swansea, which had eliminated Liverpool, and Aston Villa will face Bradford, the English second team that eliminated Arsenal.

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At noon on December 23, Manchester United played its last game before Christmas, visiting Swansea City Liberty Stadium.

In another match of the 18th round of the Premier League yesterday afternoon, Manchester City defeated Reading 1:0 at home. In addition to their 17th round of the Premier League last weekend, they defeated Newcastle 3:1 away from home. This made Blue Moon The points reached 39 points, temporarily narrowing the points gap with Manchester United to within double digits, closely chasing Manchester United with a difference of 9 points.

In this game, Manchester United continued to carry out certain personnel rotations. Captain Vidic, who had been off for many games due to injury, returned and ushered in his 250th game with Manchester United.

Swansea's new head coach Laudrup continued Swansea's consistent high-intensity pressing style, focusing on footwork, control, and offense, and achieved a perfect record at the beginning of the 2012-2013 season. Swansea, which has 6 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses in the first 17 league rounds, is currently ranked 10th in the Premier League and is not an easy team to deal with.

In addition, Laudrup used his own network advantages to play an active role in player recruitment. Through keen observation and calm analysis, he introduced potential players suitable for Swansea to form a stronger team. Among the teams, Michu has to be mentioned.

In fact, the relationship between players and teams is like fish and water. They are indispensable and promote each other. It can be said that Michu has completed a huge jump and turn in Swansea, and Swansea has also achieved Michu's excellent record today. Today, Michu can be said to be a man of the hour in the Premier League. He currently ranks second in the Premier League scorer list with Robin van Persie with 12 goals, proving his worth.

When the game started, under the cheers of more than 16,000 home team fans, Laudrup's team competed well with Manchester United and did not fall behind at all.

In the 16th minute, Bell took a corner kick on the right side. Evra jumped 7 meters away and shook his head towards the goal while being guarded by two people. He sent the ball into the left corner of the goal to help Manchester United lead 1:0. This was also the French side. Wei's third goal of the season.

But after only 10 minutes, the home team equalized the score. Swansea played a wonderful teamwork on the right rib, Routledge made a direct pass, De Guzman succeeded in countering offside, and his shot from 6 meters on the right side of the penalty area was blocked by De Gea. Michu easily made up the right foot from the edge of the penalty area. He scored his 13th league goal of the season. While surpassing Robin van Persie to occupy the second place in the Premier League scorer list, he also helped Swansea chase the score to 1:1.

This score was maintained until the end of the first half.

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After the start of the second half, Manchester United took the initiative on the field, pressed heavily, and launched a strong attack. However, Laudrup's Swansea retreated completely and waited for opportunities to counterattack. This made it difficult for Manchester United's offense to break through Swansea. goal, and at the same time he repeatedly threatened Manchester United's goal.

However, Swansea's number one striker Michu was heavily targeted by Manchester United in this game, while the other offensive players' shots were very average, and many shots failed to threaten the goal guarded by De Gea.

At this time, on the court, Manchester United launched another offensive.

After Modric got the ball at the front of the penalty area, he tried to pass it into the penalty area, but was cleared by Chico. The ball fell to the left. Evra quickly rushed up and got ahead of Swansea's South Korean midfielder Ki Sung-yoon. He met the ball and kicked it again, trying to pass the ball back to the penalty area, looking for the ball that was still lingering near the penalty area. Manchester United striker Robin van Persie.

But unexpectedly, Evra's pass rubbed against Ki Sung-yong's foot, changed direction, and flew high to the left side of the penalty area.

At this time, Swansea's entire defensive posture was switching from offense to defense, and the defense line was pressed to the edge of the penalty area. With the joint action of Evra and Ki Sung-yong, the ball just passed over the defensive player's head and fell back into the small penalty area. left side.

Bell's reaction was very fast. Coupled with the effect of God's perspective, when the ball flew over, he had already predicted the trajectory and landing point of the ball. He suddenly turned around, threw away Tiendali, and exerted force with his legs. , the whole person jumped up like an arrow.

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