The biggest fanatic in football

March 7.

FA Cup sixth round.

According to the FA's practice, when a low-level league team is drawn together with a high-level team, the match venue will usually be arranged at the former's home court, and the high-level team will also give up ticket revenue in a tacit understanding.

Support the development of lower level teams.

Therefore, today's King's Lawn Stadium once again ushered in a full match day.

This was their first official game after winning the League Cup. The spectators in the stands were as dense as sardines, and the standing area was so crowded that it was almost impossible to breathe.

Due to insufficient security, the club had to contact the fans association and organized dozens of volunteers to maintain order and prevent crowding and stampedes.

Fortunately, Wimbledon is such a small town that most fans look up but not down. They are not only polite to each other, but also enthusiastic.

Before the game started, Barry Fuller, as the captain of the team, raised the championship trophy engraved with the team's name high and led the team players around the field for three weeks, directly bringing the atmosphere of the stadium to its peak.

Amid the enthusiastic expectations of the fans, the Kuang Gang players did not let any surprises occur in this game, defeated their opponents with a 2:0, and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.

In the other three games, Aston Villa also defeated West Bromwich Albion 2:0, and Bradford shook hands with Blackburn 0:0, and could only play another game a week later.

Play-offs.

As for this round of so-called strong dialogue between Manchester United and Arsenal, it was a bit disappointing.

Except for the injured Robin van Persie, both sides played their main players.

Van Gaal sent out Rooney, Di Maria, Fellaini and Herrera, with Falcao, Mata and Januzaj also sitting on the bench.

Wenger's side is not false at all. Sanchez, the number one player, continues to be in hot form. "Little Tiger" Walcott is still at his peak. Welbeck, who was bought from Manchester United, has an even more positive attitude. Coupled with Ramsey who is always on call,

Chamberlain and Giroud, the two sides played in a very stalemate.

Obviously there are so many star-level attackers, but it was Arsenal defender Monreal who opened the record. After Rooney equalized the score, Welbeck, not to be outdone, stabbed his old club in the chest with his backhand, changing the score to

1:2.

Van Gaal made personnel adjustments at halftime, but still did not change the final result, and could only regret the defeat.

Van Gaal spent a lot of money in the transfer window, but his Manchester United failed to turn around. At the beginning of the season, they were beaten by Wimbledon in the League Cup. Now they have stopped in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, and have lost the opportunity to compete for the championship in all competitions.

Maybe, it could almost be called a complete failure.

Red Devils fans have begun various activities to commemorate their former coach:

"Moyes has been wronged through the ages!"

Some experts even put an iron pot on the heads of the Kuang Gang:

"Being beaten by Wimbledon in the second round of the League Cup was the main culprit that caused Manchester United to lose all four majors throughout the season!"

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Three days later, on March 10, Wimbledon held its 28th round make-up match in midweek.

Their opponent was the 12th-ranked Morecambe, a mid-range bastard with no real hope of promotion and no worries about relegation. After 90 minutes of playing, they did not create a decent threat to the crazy gang. They politely gave up the three points with both hands.

and then send off the entire Wimbledon team.

Faced with such a polite opponent, Adre and his disciples could not bear to go on a killing spree, so they just let the veterans Akinfenwa, Fuller, Smith, and Phillips rotate, and Aziz, Li

Young people such as Weiss, Suitland, Olasca, and Sweeney were sent on the field to make their presence felt.

Originally, in such a rotation, Lee Polo would also get a rest, but today Adelai still let him start. It was not until he received a header from Sweeney in the 73rd minute that he scored a supplementary shot and was replaced by Goodman.

Come down.

After the game, the good man Cox revealed the coach’s intentions in private:

"Since you are destined to leave in the summer, the club certainly hopes that you can get a better price."

In other words, Adelai hopes that through more appearances and better data, Lipolo will increase his transfer value and bring greater benefits to the club!

At this time, whether the players' bodies will be overdrawn and whether it will affect the next season... it doesn't seem to be that important to the club.

——For example, many people like to mention when giving examples, Kaká was so overdrawn during the AC Milan period that injuries broke out during the Real Madrid period and he fell quickly.

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On March 14, the league ushered in the 36th round.

Wimbledon plays away games continuously, this time the opponent is Exeter City in southwest England.

Although Exeter City is ranked one place lower than Morecambe, they are obviously more sportsmanlike than the polite Morecambe, and once launched a fierce attack on their home court with the Mad Gang.

Adelai did not expect that his team would encounter such a fierce blockage, and the offensive-oriented 433 lineup he arranged quickly exposed his defensive deficiencies.

Akinfenwa, who had rested for a week, opened the scoring in the 4th minute, but the elderly Burman made a mistake 20 minutes later. His reckless foul earned him a red card and gave the opponent a goal.

Precious penalty kick...

Shea was still recovering from his injury, and Woerner failed to prevent his opponent from equalizing the score.

Wimbledon, who was short of one player on the field, had to shrink their formation, but the opponent scored two games in a row in the second half, and the score once became 3:1!

At the critical moment, Lee Polo had to step forward.

In the 71st minute, he successfully caused an "accident", causing the opponent's forward to suffer a slight injury.

Due to the overwhelming advantage of the home team, they did not make any substitutions immediately. They simply asked the forward to leave the field temporarily and receive treatment on the sidelines. There were only 10 players on the field for both sides.

In this short one minute, Lee Polo seized the opportunity again and successfully copied the wonderful drama of "clearing the siege in his own penalty area, running long distance, and heading the ball in the opponent's penalty area", narrowing the point difference to one goal.

And 6 minutes later, he took advantage of a corner kick opportunity and forced the opponent's defender to score an own goal!

Even in stoppage time, he still hoped to create a buzzer beater, but Lee Polo's physical fitness, which he played three consecutive games in seven days, finally turned on the red light. Especially in this game, in order to find opportunities to counterattack,

He made many long-distance, high-speed sprints, and even had some cramps in his legs.

The score of 3:3 was maintained until the end, and Wimbledon could only accept the draw.

However, due to the 3 points gained in the previous make-up game, their lead in the standings is still as much as 13 points. Burley, Shrewsbury, Wycombe Wanderers and other pursuers behind them can only see the madness.

Help the tail lights.

There are 10 rounds left in the league, and the lead is 13 points, which doesn't look very stable.

But... if you take into account that Wimbledon still has three make-up games to play, this makes those competitors a little desperate!

One hand of Wimbledon has already hugged the league championship trophy!

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After this round of league play, the draw results for the FA Cup semi-finals were also announced.

In that "novices pecking each other" play-offs, Bradford went through overtime and penalty shootouts, eliminated Blackburn with difficulty, and got the last ticket to the semi-finals.

Then... they met Wimbledon!

Seeing this result, Adele, the young marshal of the Kuang Gang, became even more ambitious:

"The script is all written, see you in the finals!"

"Whether it's Aston Villa or Arsenal, we are determined to knock them down!"

"Even if they are a Premier League team, can they still be as good as Chelsea?"

Mourinho was recovering from his injury in London when his wound suddenly burst!

After losing on March 1, Chelsea also faced a dangerous dilemma.

In the League Cup, they just missed the championship.

In the FA Cup, they were eliminated in the fourth round. Their opponent at that time was Bradford.

In the Champions League, which Mourinho values ​​most, they also had no luck. In the first round of the knockout round, they ran into a tough opponent - French Ligue 1 hegemon Paris Saint-Germain.

PSG, which has first-line stars such as Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Lavezzi, Verratti, Marquinhos, David Luiz, and David Silva, fully lived up to Chelsea. The two sides drew 3 in two rounds:

3 draws, but Paris Saint-Germain managed to pass with the advantage of away goals!

Therefore, Mourinho now only has one Premier League title to count on.

But history happened to take a turn here:

Due to Hazard being injured by Fuller in the League Cup final, Chelsea, which lacked core players, was then strongly tied by the "Hammer Gang" West Ham United. The original 5-point lead was reduced to 3 points.

Afterwards, Manchester City immediately smelled an opportunity.

In the week of the 3:3 draw at Wimbledon, Chelsea also failed to win. They were forced into a desperate situation by the "Saints" Southampton. Although Costa scored first, the Saints' winger Mane

Breaking into the penalty area and taking a penalty kick, the two sides could only shake hands and make peace.

Unfortunately, Manchester City failed to seize the opportunity and were defeated 1-0 by the relegation team Burnley. Not only did they fail to narrow the point difference, but instead allowed Chelsea to expand their lead to 4 points...

Football just likes to tease.