"This will be a strong collision between the two teams in the best form in the Premier League"

The Premier League and European media generally gave high praise to the semi-finals of the League Cup.

The League Cup is a waste of money, and it is a pity to abandon it. But for teams that are determined to win the championship, for Manchester United this season, the League Cup is determined to win, because it is difficult for them to fantasize that Chelsea, who is so far ahead, will stop and rest like the stupid rabbit in the tortoise and hare race.

After leading Chelsea to win 14 almost crazy games and tied the Premier League record set by Arsenal that year, Ye Qiu defeated Portsmouth again at home in the first round, not only breaking the historical record set by the Gunners, but also tying Real Madrid's 15-game winning streak.

Real Madrid's 15 consecutive victories occurred more than 40 years ago. The Real Madrid team at that time had top superstars such as Distiffano and Puskas. They created a fantastic 15 consecutive victories that have never been broken in the U season. This record is also the best in the top five European leagues.

Now, Ye Qiu led his Blue Army chariot to catch up with this historical record, and it is only one step away from breaking it

Chelsea performed well, and Manchester United's recent performance is also not inferior.

Ferguson's Red Devils habitually make efforts in 1 month and month and winter break. Manchester United has achieved impressive record of 10 wins and 3 draws in the past 13 games, and the league ranking has been rising continuously. Now it has firmly ranked third in the league. Although it is unlikely to win the championship, at least the performance of the Red Devils is a hit.

Not only that, Ferguson has the title of King of Semi-finals in the Premier League, because he has played 10 semi-finals in the past 15 years. There is no doubt that the past 10 times ended with Manchester United's victory, and Ferguson has also won the reputation of King of Semi-finals. Many people think that as long as Manchester United enters the semi-finals, there is no possibility of losing.

The most typical example is the FA Cup semi-finals last season. Arsenal, who remained unbeaten at that time, was in good shape, while Manchester United was in a very embarrassing situation. However, the showdown between the two teams in the FA Cup semi-finals ended with Manchester United beating Arsenal 0.

In that game, Manchester United fired the first shot to end Arsenal's dream of a triple-champion

Ferguson first praised Ye Qiu before the game, and admitted that Manchester United was in a relatively unfavorable situation in the first leg of the League Cup, but he kept calling on Manchester United players to show the courage and determination he had when he played Arsenal last season's semi-finals and defeated Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Ye Qiu also fought back without any concession against the provocation from Ferguson, saying that the team will reach the League Cup final at Stamford Bridge Stadium because, "It is always a pleasant thing to win the championship, and as the head coach of a team, my responsibility is to lead the team to bring more joy to the fans."

The showdown between the two teams that were in the craziest and best performing in the past few months has naturally attracted great attention from the outside world. But what is depressing is that this matchup that should have been very exciting will eventually become extremely dull 00.

"Turning Tortoise"

After the game, Ferguson stood in front of the visiting team's coaching seat. When he watched Ye Qiu shaking his head and walked over, he deliberately muttered loudly, obviously saying it to Ye Qiu on purpose, deliberately using this to disgust him.

This is also Ferguson's usual style. You can beat me on the court, but you can't stop me from disgusting you off the court.

"Are you talking about you? Sir Ferguson, congratulations, you deserve the Times' Best Old Turtle Award of the Year." Ye Qiu smiled and stretched out his hand and held it with Ferguson.

The bickering between the two was heard by Manchester United's assistant coaches, but no one came forward to participate, including Queros.

This is a contest between Ye Qiu and Ferguson, and no one else is qualified to participate.

"This is your home court, Mr. Ye Qiu, but you guard it like a turtle. Is this what you call offensive football?" Ferguson naturally would not be angry at Ye Qiu at any time, or punch him, because he might not be able to beat this Chinese.

"Ha, Sir Ferguson, you're so funny. I'm going to play at home. Please, shouldn't you beating if you lose in the first round? Oh, I know, you didn't think about advancing at all. I'm so proud of you. I thought you would bombard me from the first minute of the game. Fortunately, I deliberately put on a defensive attitude to accommodate you."

When talking about this, Ye Qiu put on a picture of you, I'm so sorry for my sense of identity with you, Jazz

It's funny that Ye Qiu had already won away in the first leg, and in the second leg he wanted to try to adjust his tactics, because if he advanced from the semi-finals, the opponent in the finals would be Liverpool, so Ye Qiu wanted to try a defensive counterattack.

After all, Manchester United lost in the first leg, so it is natural to play away.

But unexpectedly, Ferguson was also very cautious. Not only did he not push forward after the game, but he even guarded like a turtle as the end of the game, and he did not make a small move until the last ten minutes, but what's the use?

"Is that so? Then you really don't have confidence in your defense." Ferguson sarcastically said.

Chelsea has conceded the least number of goals among the top five European leagues so far. Such defensive ability cannot satisfy Ye Qiu, and he still has to defend himself. Isn’t this conservative to the extreme?

"You are wrong, Jazz, I'm not that I don't have confidence in my own defense, but that I'm too high looking at your Manchester United's offense. I never thought that in such an important game, you would only shoot. Although we are playing defensive counterattacks, we have at least 13 shots, and we have also been on a lot of substitutes." Ye Qiu counterattacked.

"You only had U shots in your 13 shots, but I shot 5 shots in my shots. Who is more efficient? It can be seen that." Ferguson took the initiative. Although he lost the game, he could not lose verbally.

"Ha, Jazz, you are really efficient. You didn't score a goal in five shots. If Ferdinand and Howard hadn't performed well, I would have at least scored in the U-footed shot."

"Bah, are you dreaming?" Ferguson spat at his side.

Although the two were quarreling there, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Chelsea had three or four substitutes, and had already won the first round. Even if they were playing at home, it would be understandable to play a little conservatively. Manchester United's tactics are relatively negative. Ferguson obviously knew that once he pressed out, it would be difficult to ensure his defensive quality.

Of course, when the two quarreled, no one would use these things, but in fact, everyone knew very well.

"Congratulations, the king of the semi-finals, you will finally not need to be under pressure on this title in the future." Ye Qiu smiled and hit Ferguson, feeling a little proud.

Ferguson smiled proudly, "Will I care about this?"

But soon, Ferguson looked at Ye Qiu again and reminded him, "I think you are more pleasing to you, be careful Benitez. Liverpool's team is a bit like Chelsea last year, but it plays more conservatively than you. It's so fucking hell."

Last season, Chelsea formed three midfielders composed of Davis, Deco and Marklele, and Lampard and Drogba formed the front court, forming a strong midfield pressure, and the front-line pressure on the defense line can be used to press and defend and attack at the same time. Because they are all performed in the opponent's half, the offense and defense switches quickly.

But Liverpool is relatively conservative. The Reds' current tactic is actually to shrink their defense and then counterattack through long passes.

In other words, they only have oppressive defense, but do not have the oppressive attack of Chelsea. However, with the existence of Xavi Alonso and Gerrard, Liverpool's counterattack is very sharp. Coupled with Benitez's targeted defensive tactics, anyone who encounters such a team will have a headache.

It's not just Ye Qiu and Ferguson who are troublesome, but almost every team that meets Liverpool this season will have a headache.

It's like a hedgehog, you're posing for you to hit, you don't know where to hit

"If you don't tell the media that it's your reminder after I beat Liverpool, I will consider saying thank you." Ye Qiu smiled and reached out again.

Ferguson was also amused by Ye Qiu's words, and couldn't help laughing, and shook his hand with Ye Qiu.

Having an opponent, especially a very large opponent, is really a pleasant thing, because you will know clearly where you should work hard and work hard at any time and anywhere, so that you can always maintain a passion.

So, it's really good to have opponents

Ferguson saw Ye Qiu away, looked at his back and murmured in his heart, more or less worried about the young opponent, because he also had his own channels and heard some rumors.

Chelsea defeated the Red Devils and Manchester United with a total score of 1 in two rounds and successfully advanced to the League Cup final. The opponent was Liverpool who eliminated Watford. The Reds faced Watford in the Championship, and Benitez's tactics were really helpless.

After playing the League Cup, the FA Cup was immediately in the strong knockout round, with Birmingham.

Ye Qiu still adjusted the lineup for this game. Young player Messi replaced Ronaldinho and appeared at the left winger. Joe Cole played the front midfielder and Ribery played the right. The three became Chelsea's front-court attack combination, while Van Persie was on the front line.

Fabregas and Essin partnered with midfielder Evra, Galas, Terry and Sun Jihai formed the defense line, and the goalkeeper was substitute goalkeeper Kudicini.

Although he played in the Premier League this season, he basically came on as a substitute. Messi's home battlefield is more in cup games, such as the first few rounds of the League Cup and the two FA Cups. He played the starter and performed well. On the contrary, Fabregas has had experience in starting the league.

Messi failed to get a chance in the League Cup in Manchester United before, which made him very active in this game. He frequently created opportunities on the left. He first made a quick breakthrough on the left and passed the ball to Birmingham's goal, but Van Persie who inserted it was a little bit too much and didn't get enough to miss a very good scoring opportunity.

Then Joe Kerr received a pick pass from Ribery on the right, and kept volleying the ball and picked the ball to the left of Messi. The Argentine young player quickly inserted it and shot directly. The ball drew a diagonal line and slapped straight into the upper right corner of Birmingham goal, but the referee awarded Messi an offside foul, and the goal was not counted.

After that, Messi and Evra performed very actively on the left. In addition, Ribery on the right, the Chelsea 12th best man last season. Although his performance this season has declined a bit, his overall strength has been steady progress, and his performance on the court has become more and more confident, resulting in Chelsea's two wings playing very actively.

In the 57th minute of the second half, Fabregas passed the ball over the top in the backcourt. Messi quickly cut from the left to the ribs, with his back facing the opponent's goal. When he was not tall enough to threaten the opponent, he used his position and consciousness to intercept the ball in advance, and headed the ball to Van Persie not far away.

When the Dutch striker saw the ball, he raised his foot and stopped, stood firm, and then stepped forward without waiting for the ball to land. The whole process was like flowing clouds and water, very relaxed and pleasing to the eye.

The ball crossed Birmingham's defense line, and Messi, who was still competing for the ball just now, quickly passed through Birmingham's defense line. This time, he did not choose to turn around and stop the ball with his chest, but turned his head to see the ball's coming, and directly pulled out a kick in the air against the falling trend of the ball.

This shot was very light and not very strong, but the winning point was that the angle was tricky enough. Birmingham goalkeeper Mike Taylor was a little left because Messi received the ball from the left, but the shot was deliberately shot to the upper right corner. This was almost a blind spot for the goalkeeper who stood on the left.

The ball entered Birmingham's goal again, and this time, no one would say it was offside again

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL”

The broadcaster in charge of on-site commentary at Stamford Bridge Stadium pulled the goal very long, and lasted for more than ten seconds.

All the Chelsea fans rushed out of their seats frantically, giving the most warm applause and cheers to the Argentine young player's outstanding performance.

This is not his first goal for Chelsea, but it is definitely the most exciting game he has ever played for Chelsea

Messi quickly rushed to the bottom of the Chelsea fan stands on the sidelines, and his teammates rushed up one by one, surrounding him, and presented their congratulations to the Argentine young player.

After two years, the potential of Messi and Fabregas has dazzling everyone. Many people even believe that they are the golden treasures of Ye Qiu to Chelsea for the next ten years, and they will definitely become the core backbone of Chelsea's next ten years.

Because of this, the big guys in the team took great care of these two young players, especially Ribery, who is also a foreigner, after seeing Messi score a goal, he directly carried Messi on his back and ran quickly along the rostrum.

Perhaps because he was used to moving bricks back then, Ribery's speed did not slow down at all in such a hard work, but instead maintained his sharp sprint speed. The fans in the stands kept cheering the two of them.

But this is obviously just the beginning. In the RU minute, Messi made a quick breakthrough on the left, forming a foul by Birmingham players. Chelsea got a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt. Joe Kerr took the penalty himself, Terry headed the ball, further expanding the score for Chelsea. 0

Continuous goals completely hit Birmingham's morale. When Chelsea was in the dU minute, Messi and Evra formed a cooperation on the left, Evra hit the middle, Joe Kor made a pass on the right, Ribery quickly cut in the penalty area, and after receiving the ball, he directly pushed the ball, locking the score to 0

This is also the last goal in this game

Chelsea's substitutes and the outstanding performance of the youth team in this game completely conquered the picky Blues fans, Messi, Ribery, Joe Kerr, Van Persie and other players in the front charge, the midfielder Fabregas's strategic plan with a strong general style, and Essim's sweeping and running make people look forward to this young Chelsea player.

After the game, Ye Qiu also expressed that he was satisfied with the current situation of the team. He even shouted that Chelsea will no longer need to conduct large-scale signings in the next few years, but should work hard to promote the young players and youth training in his team

"We have a group of outstanding young players, full of potential and talent, and in the next two years, they will become the new force of the team. I have no doubt that players such as Leo Messi, Fabregas, Van Persie will all become the future of the team. I can't even wait for their outstanding performance."

With his outstanding performance in this game, Chelsea's youth team has also won unanimous praise from the English media, believing that Ye Qiu's team has a very good combination of old, middle-aged and young players, and he has spared no effort in promoting and cultivating young players in the past two years. I believe that under his leadership, these young players from Chelsea will soon take over.

"When the precocious Rooney has become a crucial member of Chelsea's offensive phalanx, Fabregas, Messi, Van Persie and others are working hard to improve their strength, and Ye Qiu also promised to give them more opportunities in the next two years so that they can fully display their strength."

"We can predict that the emergence of this group of young players will bring a new change to Chelsea, and they will make Chelsea more passionate and better."

"As Ye Qiu said, we are all looking forward to their future."

After playing the FA Cup, time finally left the 1 month of the winter break and entered the month.

With its outstanding performance, Chelsea once again won two Premier League Best Month Awards in 1 month, but after just entering the month, the best Month Curse seemed to appear again.

However, this time it wasn't on the court.
Chapter completed!