novelraw Chapter 394
Chapter 394
Chapter 394 Strong Dialogue
Manchester United did not even celebrate after winning a League Cup. On the one hand, the schedule is too dense and there is no time. On the other hand, it is also because Manchester United has won too many championship trophies in recent seasons, and a League Cup is nothing.
At 3 o'clock in the morning on March 1, Beijing time, within 4 hours of the end of the League Cup final, Manchester United ushered in the next game.
This is the 28th round of the Premier League. It was originally played on the weekend, but it was postponed because of the League Cup final.After repeated discussions between Manchester United and their opponent Chelsea, considering that both sides have very intensive schedules in the future, it was determined that it will be at 2:28 pm on February [-]th, British local time.
In the 28th round of the Premier League, Manchester United's rivals Arsenal in the League Cup final were also postponed. Their opponents in the 28th round of the Premier League were Manchester United's rivals Blue Moon Manchester City.The match between these two teams was determined to be at 3:1 pm local time on March 7, UK time.
The focus of the two Premier League games, and the two London teams and the two Manchester teams were postponed to the middle of the week, which is also a headache for the Premier League.
After all, for Premier League games, the weekend is the most suitable for fans to watch the game.
Fortunately, the four teams in the two games are all top European giants and have received a lot of attention.Even if it is moved to the middle of the week, the attention is still not low, compared to two heavyweight matches at the knockout level of the Champions League.
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Currently, Manchester United and Manchester City are in a fierce battle for the top of the league table, while Chelsea and Arsenal are vying for the Champions League place.
These two games, for the four teams, are games that cannot afford to lose.
In Manchester United's game, Ye Su played the main force, which is why he sent a full substitute lineup last weekend, not just because Manchester United's main lineup had a fierce battle with Sevilla last week.
Compared to competing with Manchester City in the league, Ye Su felt that competing for the League Cup with Arsenal could be placed in a secondary position.
The good news is that even Manchester United, who played on the bench, still defeated Arsenal 3-0 cleanly and won the League Cup trophy.
For this game, Chelsea also attaches great importance to it.Conte is the best, and because they didn't play last weekend, the physical fitness of the players has an advantage over Manchester United.
Of course, this advantage is almost zero, because Manchester United's main lineup did not play in the weekend games, and everyone was equivalent to a week of rest.
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"I'm already outside the Old Trafford Stadium now. There are still three hours before the start of the game. The scene is already far away from a large number of fans." Daniel, the front reporter of Sky TV, is conducting a live interview outside the Old Trafford Stadium.
"Daniel, let's interview the fans at the scene." The director said in the background.
"Got it." Daniel agreed, and took the microphone to a group of Manchester United fans.
"Hello--"
"Manchester United must win!"
"Damn Chelsea!"
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Before the reporter finished speaking, the Manchester United fans shouted excitedly, several of them were obviously drunk.
"Well, we've all seen it, the Manchester United fans are in high spirits," Daniel said loudly.He had to shout loudly, otherwise his voice would be suppressed by these fans.
Daniel led the camera team to find another group of Chelsea fans.
"Hello-"
"Fuck Manchester United!"
"Come on! Kill Manchester United!"
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Daniel shrugged: "It can be seen that the morale of Chelsea fans is also very high."
At this time, there was a roar in the air, and it was a helicopter hovering in the air, and the string lights flickered.
"Hi everyone, I'm BBC reporter Ruth. We're flying above Old Trafford. You can see that Old Trafford is already brightly lit and fans have gathered outside the stadium." The beautiful reporter shouted loudly. Dao, whirrrr is the sound, it is the wind.
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An hour and a half later, on the live signal, Chelsea and Manchester buses left the hotel respectively.Along the way, there were continuous fans driving to follow, and the scene was spectacular.
Manchester United is the host, their hotel is in a good location, closer to the stadium, and they arrived at Old Trafford earlier, which aroused huge cheers from the Manchester United fans.
The players got out of the car one by one, wearing headphones, with serious expressions, and no one was interviewed by the media.
Ye Su was surrounded by reporters, the young Chinese coach snorted, the reporter group was in a commotion, and some even took two steps back.
Successive championships allowed Ye Su to rise rapidly and become the most successful head coach in world football today, and his prestige is also growing day by day.
"Coach Ye, can you talk about your prediction for this game?" A reporter who knew Ye Su called out.
"Win the game! Our goal has always been the same!" Ye Su raised a finger and said, then strode away.
About ten minutes later, Chelsea's bus arrived.The players of the Blues got out of the car one by one, and under the organization of the assistant coach, they quickly passed through the mixed interview area, and also did not accept any interviews.
"Antonio!"
"Monsieur Conte!"
"Coach Conte, please say a few words."
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The reporters shouted from afar.
"We'll see you in nine or 10 minutes!" Conte said as he stopped and walked away.
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"Players from both sides are about to play, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides today."
"Compared to last weekend's Carabao Cup final with Arsenal, Manchester United rotated all the starting 11. But this is Manchester United's main lineup this season. The goalkeeper is Dean Henderson, and the back four are Luke Shaw. , Maguire, Van Dijk and Valencia, the three midfielders are Kanter, De Bruyne and Mata, Rooney, Harry Kane and Vardy form a striker trident. I really envy the thickness of Manchester United's lineup, Coach Ye Su was able to field two completely different starting lineups in one week!"
"Chelsea is also at the top of their game. Compared with the first round of the Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona in the middle of last week, Conte only made two personnel adjustments. Matic replaced Fabrega. S, and Lukaku replaced Pedro."
"Chelsea are still playing the 343 formation they used in the past two seasons. The goalkeeper Courtois, the three central defenders are Rudiger, Christensen and Azpilicueta, and the four midfielders stand in parallel. From left to right are Marcus Alonso, Drinkwater, Matic and Moses, in the striker trident, Lukaku stands alone in front, Hazard and Willian are separated on both sides."
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At this moment, Ye Su was already sitting in the coach's seat, and he was studying Chelsea's starting lineup.
Kong Er's stupid lineup has a lineup of 343, or 3421, or even 3241.
Among the few players in the midfield, Matic and Drinkwater are both offensive and defensive players. Moses and Marcus Alonso's offensive ability is also not weak. In addition, Alonso, who is known as the ball king Zall, the extremely fast William, and the bridgehead of Lukaku... This means to fight Manchester United.
"The competition between Manchester United and Manchester City is very fierce now. In the 27 rounds of the same match, Manchester United scored 23 points with 4 wins and 73 draws; Manchester City also performed very well, with 22 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses to get 69 points. Only 4 points behind Manchester United. This is the closest team to Manchester United after two-thirds of the schedule in recent seasons."
"Chelsea is currently tied with Tottenham on points. Both teams have scored 50 points, but Chelsea ranks fifth with a goal difference disadvantage. They are already 23 points behind Manchester United, which is the top of the list. Basically, they have lost the possibility of winning the league championship. I want to win the Champions League seat, and I am also facing the competition of Liverpool, Tottenham and Arsenal-Shoot! Henderson! Save it! Henderson has made a contribution!"
The commentator was still talking about the situation and background of the game, and saw that Chelsea took advantage of the opportunity of kick-off to launch an attack just after the game started.
Matic passed the ball to Hazard, who knocked it to Willian, and the Brazil international striker suddenly shot from long distance.The shot was strong and Dean Henderson saved the ball from the baseline.
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"Chelsea shot from the start and now they have the first corner."
Hazard took a corner kick, and Rudiger, who participated in the corner kick, shook his head and hit the goal. After the football was lifted by Dean Henderson, it bounced off the crossbar and Maguire pushed the football out.
Matic squeezed away Kante and tipped the ball to Hazard, and the Belgian midfielder fired at the ball.
"Block the hole!"
Hazard's national team teammate De Bruyne desperately blocked the shot with his body, the football was bored on De Bruyne, and the Manchester United midfielder fell down.
"Someone's hurt!" the Manchester United man yelled.
The Chelsea people ignored it at all. Moses, who followed up, shot towards the ball. The football was slightly higher than the crossbar. After finishing the shot, Moses was shoveled fiercely to the ground by Vardy. He was venting his anger on his teammates.
"Foul!" Conte roared from the sidelines.
Chelsea players also surrounded Vardy, asking for an explanation.
The Manchester United people were also very angry. They pointed at De Bruyne who fell to the ground, meaning that our people were all injured. If you don’t stop, you deserve to be shoveled!
The players on both sides were emotional and gathered together, chatting and cursing non-stop.
The referee's whistle sounded again and again, and he came up to intervene in the conflict.
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"Chelsea turned away at Old Trafford and shot consecutively. De Bruyne fell to the ground after being bored for a while. Moses was almost tackled by Vardy. There was a conflict between Chelsea and Manchester United." The commentator paused, Looking at the time, he said excitedly, "It's only been more than a minute since the game started, and the smell of gunpowder between the two sides is on the rise! This game is so good!"
The referee is the 33-year-old Premier League whistler Michael Oliver. He verbally warned Vardy, which caused strong dissatisfaction from Chelsea.
Conte shouted from the sidelines: "Black whistle!"
The fourth official had no choice but to come over and warn the emotionally agitated Kong Er: "Mr. Conti, please pay attention to your words."
"Am I wrong? Isn't such a penalty a black whistle?" Conte asked back.
The fourth official said with a dark face: "I will say it one last time, please calm down!"
"Very good, I'm very calm!" Seeing that the fourth official was about to lose his temper, Kong Er muttered and left.
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De Bruyne was just bored by the football at close range, and he was a little bit overwhelmed for a while. After a brief treatment, he returned to the court without any problems. Manchester United fans applauded for their favorite midfielder. .
Vardy tackled Moses and Chelsea got a free kick in a good position.
Hazard is a well-deserved core player in Chelsea's team, and his free kick is also very threatening, so he stood in front of the ball without humility.
The referee Oliver's whistle blew, Hazard ran up, shot, the football left the ground, successfully bypassed the wall, and flew towards the goal in an arc.
Dean Henderson made the right judgment and pounced. The football hit the lower edge of the crossbar and bounced to the ground, and then was pinned down by Dean Henderson, who reacted very quickly.
Lukaku rushed forward and originally wanted to make a supplementary shot, but he didn't expect to react a little slower, and the ball was first held down by Dean Henderson.In desperation, Lukaku stretched out his foot to poke the ball, but was pushed away by Maguire who followed.
Then, the players from both sides got entangled again. The Manchester United players accused Lukaku of having no sense of public morality and stretched out his feet to poke the ball when the Manchester United goalkeeper had already controlled the ball; the Chelsea players accused Maguire of pushing Lukaku too much. It's a foul.
The referee Michael Oliver is very busy. He has just dissuaded a entanglement between the two sides, and he will come again soon.
He wanted to use the method of distributing yellow cards to calm down both sides.
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It's not just the players on both sides who are restless, the two head coaches are also impatiently jumping on the sidelines.
Conte once again protested against the referee's unfair penalty. He believed that Maguire's pushing action should be a card.
Ye Su was also roaring angrily. Only a few minutes into the game, Manchester United's goals were subjected to huge tests one after another.This made him very angry.
How long has Manchester United not had such a passive scene?Still in the case of playing with all the main force.Aren't these guys too laid back to perform as well as their bench lineup did over the weekend?
The Manchester United players also saw the coach's unsightly expression on the sidelines. They knew that their performance in the past few minutes was a bit too weak, and they were beaten by Chelsea, which should not have been done.
When the game restarted, Manchester United played tough and directly pressed the opponent back.
The game has just started, Chelsea shot again and again, there were conflicts on the field, and some people were injured and received treatment on the sidelines.
"fantastic!"
"This is the peak duel between the best teams in world football today!"
"We would like to thank Chelsea for not entering the Champions League for the time being. Coach Conte is under a lot of pressure. He has missed the league title for two consecutive seasons. If he can't even guarantee the Champions League seat now, his time as Chelsea coach is over. Last stand Chelsea have to attack and that's what they do, attack like crazy and it's going to be a fantastic game!" Lineker yelled.
(End of this chapter)