The days of playing football with Da Luo

Chapter 618 English League Cup Champion

After the start of the second half, the highlight shots in the game were significantly reduced.The two teams wrestled in the midfield and fouled frequently.And most of these fouls are far away from the penalty area, and they don't want to give the opponent a free kick in a good position.

In the 47th minute, Ashley Young made a cross, and Nani's header was confiscated by Courtois.

Five minutes later, QPR had their first shot in the second half. This was a long shot by Ricardo about 5 meters from the goal, which was slightly off.

In the 56th minute, Nani passed the ball and Hernandez took a curved ball on the left side of the penalty area, but Courtois moved quickly and hugged the ball firmly.

In the 62nd minute, Mourinho finally had a move, he replaced Hernandez with Rooney.

In the 64th minute, QPR almost rewritten the score. Neymar sent a diagonal pass after cutting in from the right. The football went over the defender and came to the left side of the penalty area.Ricardo raised his leg and unloaded the ball beautifully. Without making any adjustments, he took a cold shot with his left foot, but this powerful shot was bravely saved by De Gea.

Alex Sandro takes the corner and Miranda beats Vidic from the edge of the far wicket with a header just wide.

From the point of view of the situation, QPR still has a slight upper hand.They are more skilled in passing and receiving the ball, and they can often hit Manchester United's penalty area through smooth cooperation.Although Modric, who is a master of passing the deadly ball, is missing, Ricardo, Neymar, Nainggolan, Pogba, De Bruyne, etc. also have good passing skills, and Manchester United's front door is jittery.

After all, Ferdinand and Vidic are older. Although their experience is richer and their frontal defense ability has been enhanced, their turning speed is much slower. However, QPR's two speedy wingers Ricardo and Neymar frequently plug in. , hitting them behind, making them very embarrassed.

Mourinho made another substitution adjustment, replacing Ashley Young with Valencia, who has a better defensive ability, in order to strengthen the protection of the defense.

In the 69th minute, Pogba once again sent an over-the-top long pass. Ferdinand turned around a little slower. Ricardo cut in from the side and rushed to the landing point before Ferdinand and Rafael.

With a flick of his ankle, he stopped the football steadily like magic, and then took advantage of the trend to make a Marseille roundabout, passing Vidic who rushed to make up for it, forming a short gap in front of Manchester United.

Ricardo did not waste such an opportunity and immediately passed the ball to the middle. However, Vardy seemed to be too excited. After stopping the ball, he volleyed vigorously and sent the ball flying.

Ricardo shook his head.Vardy's psychological quality still needs to be improved.Could it be that he really won't be enlightened until 15 years?
In the 76th minute, Evra broke into the left side of the penalty area and passed back. Rooney's shot from close at hand was blocked by the defender.

Two minutes later, Rooney passed the ball, and Welbeck's shot from the left side of the restricted area hit the defender again.

QPR quickly retaliated. In the 80th minute, De Bruyne sent a direct pass. Ricardo, who succeeded in countering offside, pushed his left foot to the far corner from the left side of the penalty area.De Gea failed to touch the ball, but the football bounced off the post, and Evra, who was still in shock, returned to defend the big foot and ended it.

Simeone sighed heavily.

In the 82nd minute, Ricardo received a direct pass from Alex Sandro, passed Rafael and Ferdinand consecutively like a magic trick, broke into the penalty area, and tried to shoot.

De Gea immediately moved to save, but Ricardo flicked his ankle and passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area.

De Bruyne received a pass from Ricardo and kicked a lob shot. De Gea missed the ball. The football hit the crossbar and popped out. Vardy headed the ball from outside the small penalty area to make up for the empty goal, but the football was higher than the crossbar. , flew out of the bottom line.

Simeone shook his head, maybe this game really didn't win the game, two goalposts in 2 minutes, Vardy also wasted two golden opportunities, what else can I say?For now, focus on keeping the tie.He started to make substitutions, Fernandinho replaced De Bruyne, Coutinho replaced Ricardo.

Ricardo was slightly injured. In order to ensure that Ricardo could play in the next game, Simeone did not dare to squeeze Ricardo's physical fitness too much.

After these two substitutions, QPR focused more on possession of the ball and failed to play a threatening offense.

And Mourinho's team seems to be satisfied with scoring 1 point in the away game, and the two sides tacitly maintained the 1:1 score to the end.

After this round, Manchester United and QPR have the same 67 points, ranking first and second in the standings. QPR is only worse than Manchester United by only 2 goal difference.

For QPR, the future games must not only win, but also win more goals and get more goal difference.

With only 3 days off, QPR ushered in the final of the League Cup again.

The opponent in the final is not strong, it is Swansea.Swansea's record this season is mediocre, and there are no strong stars. They can reach the final of the Carabao Cup only because most teams have no interest in this award.

If you win the FA Cup, you can at least enter the Europa League; the winner of the English League Cup is useless except for a pitiful bonus of hundreds of thousands of pounds.

This little money may still be a bit tempting for semi-professional teams, but the Premier League teams really don't take this seriously.

Simeone discussed with Ricardo whether to give up the game strategically.

Licado thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's try our best. The other main players can rest, and I will play with young players."

Simeone was a little worried: "Your body is also very tired. If you get injured at this time, it will not be worth the candle to affect the next league and Champions League games."

Licado smiled and said, "I'll try to use halftime to establish the victory."

"It's not a fight, it's a certainty," Simeone said, "I'll replace you after the first half."

"Okay." Ricardo agreed to this condition.

So in this game, Simeone sent a mix of substitute players + youth players + Ricardo.

Goalkeeper Courtois, defenders Luke Shaw, Gary Cahill, Stones and Carvajal, midfielder is 16-year-old Dele Alli, 18-year-old Eric Dier, midfielder Germany Browne, left winger Coutinho, right winger 18-year-old Sterling, lone forward Ricardo.

Today he serves as a single arrow, which is to give full play to his offensive power.

Playing in the English League Cup final with this lineup with an average age of less than 20 years old, the media is not optimistic about the prospects of QPR.

However, in the 7th minute of the game...

"Sterling Goallllll! This goal is due to Ricardo. Ricardo alone attracted 4 Swansea defenders, and then accurately sent the ball to the unmarked Sterling. All Sterling had to do was push the ball into the empty net. Ricciardo continued his terror!"

In the 38th minute, the commentator's shout echoed again: "Riccardo Goalllll! This is an exquisite elevator ball. He expanded the lead for QPR! In this final, QPR has already led 2:0!"

Simeone also gently applauded Riccardo.

During the intermission, he replaced Ricardo as promised and replaced Icardi, who had just turned 20.The teenagers still firmly controlled the situation on the field. In the 72nd minute, Icardi finally opened his mouth. He succeeded in countering offside with De Bruyne's through ball and locked the score at 3:0 for QPR.

QPR won the second Carabao Cup in team history!
(End of this chapter)