The English League Cup has not been more interesting since the Reds' final against the Red Devils in March 2003——— with Chelsea vs Manchester United, with six points leading the league upstart challenging the former giants. The fame alone has firmly captured all the eyeballs, not to mention the all-main lineup of the two teams that is extremely rare in the "chicken rib" competition.

It was supposed to be a life-or-death battle, but the good expectations were likely to be disappointed. For that final ticket at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium in March, both giants are on the defensive, waiting for the other to make mistakes and "defend" the hope of the title.

Manchester United's starting line-up is:

Goalkeeper: Howard

Defenders: Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Silvestre, Heinze

Defenders: Cristiano Ronaldo, Keane, Scholes, Fletcher, Wayne Rooney

Forward: Dong Fangzhuo

Chelsea's starting line-up is:

Goalkeeper: Cech

Defenders: Johnson, Ferreira, Terry, Gala

Defenders: Frank Lampard, Claude Makelele, Thiago

Attacking avant-garde: Robben, Duff

Forward: Didier Drogba

In the first leg, United made changes to goalkeeper Howard and left-back Heinze, while Chelsea brought on goalkeeper Petr Cech, defender Johnson and striker Didier Drogba, while Arjen Robben, who returned from injury, replaced Joe Cole.

Alex Ferguson could have started with Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville, who had just returned from minor injuries, but he opted for insurance. Although the squad looks inferior to Chelsea, it is still very strong.

Both teams are heading for the final, neither wants to lose, either side loses and will be eliminated from the competition, if it is a draw, Manchester United can qualify without conceding two goals, while Chelsea will have to score at least three goals.

Unless they want to play a penalty shootout......

The two sides behaved very restrained in the players' tunnel, but when Drogba saw Dong Fangzhuo, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he seemed to be still worried about the first leg, but Dong Fangzhuo's mind was not there, but Terry, who was walking in front of Drogba.

It's been so quiet in the last week, and there's been no news about Terry and Bridge, which means that Bridge didn't have a showdown with Terry, or maybe Bridge doesn't believe in such a thing at all? Or maybe Bridget just put up with it?

Anyway, if you follow the normal development of the storyline, these two people should fight and make headlines in the news media!

Seeing Terry standing here in a dignified manner, Dong Fangzhuo felt that Bridges was not a man......

As both sides walked out of the tunnel, Old Trafford was buzzing with the crowd and welcoming the Chelsea players in their worst words.

Dong Fangzhuo was insulted by Chelsea fans when they were at Stamford Bridge in the first leg, and now Manchester United fans will not let the Chelsea players go.

First up was Drogba: "African monkeys! “

"Come, come, come, eat bananas! Gratuitous. “

The fans near the entrance of the players' tunnel looked ready and literally broke a banana and dangled next to Drogba.

Drogba's complexion was dark, and naturally he couldn't tell how dark his face was, but his clear eyes were full of murderous aura, and his broad shoulders were shaking slightly. It was, and he was clearly enraged. Still, he walked out of the pitch with a firm step.

As a professional player, if you can't control your emotions, going to any home stadium is a big problem, Drogba is restrained enough, although he is angry, he wants to put his anger on the field!

“……“

At the kick-off, Rooney and Ronaldo stood behind Dong Fangzhuo, and these two people were the biggest support. Ferguson has already tasted the sweetness, and these three men are the biggest reliance on Manchester United's attack.

However, Chelsea's front three is only strong, not weak, and the combination of Duff, Robben and Drogba has everything in terms of technique, shooting, height and speed......

"Judging from the line-up of the managers of both sides, I think it will be a battle of two wingers, Robben and Cristiano Ronaldo."

"Arjen Robben is a quality player with great vision and if you compare him to Cristiano Ronaldo, Robben is older, so the end result is his vision and the ability to make the right final pass. In two years' time, I'm sure C. Ronaldo will always be improving, but he's only 19 years old and United should give him more time to learn how to make the right decisions, especially the final pass. He still makes mistakes at times, but he has always been a lasting threat to United. ”

Lineker thinks that the gap between Ronaldo and Robben is only in vision, especially in the last pass, which is worse than Robben, but when he changed his words, it fell to Dong Fangzhuo again, "Chinese Dong has not scored in several consecutive games, he may be a more dangerous figure!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the referee blew the game.

Manchester United, like against Liverpool, have left a lot of space for Chelsea.

However, Chelsea did not press up, and also hoarded troops in the midfield, and it seemed that neither side dared to launch too much of an offensive first, lest they be attacked by the other side. For the first time this season, both sides have become very cautious! Or is it seducing the other party to attack?

The two sides were just kicking and running at the beginning, and didn't raise the tempo.

However, Chelsea were the first to get their chance.

Just two minutes into the game, Frank Lampard played a long pass to Duff on the right in midfield, and then suddenly rushed up himself!

By the time Duff got rid of Heinze, he had already rushed into the Manchester United penalty area.

This guy is an offensive maniac!

What's worse is that he actually grabbed the landing spot of Duff's cross. Frank Lampard scrambled a right-footed shot past Rio Ferdinand from 12 yards down the middle, but the ball went wide of the near corner.

Ferguson was immediately dissatisfied, and immediately shouted a few times from the sidelines.

Hell, how can you let Frank Lampard play like that! They passed the ball in midfield and ran into the box to grab a point, and if Frank Lampard had scored, everyone would have gone to the pig cage.

However, Ferguson didn't have time to get angry for long, and when Lampard hugged his head and was annoyed that his shot was missing, Manchester United immediately launched a counterattack, and American goalkeeper Howard immediately threw the ball to captain Keane, who did not transition the ball to Scholes or Rooney and Ronaldo on the wing, but directly behind the entire Chelsea defence!

What you want is to be resolute, decisive, and unexpected!

Quite bold!

Dong Fangzhuo moved like a rabbit near the midline, and when Keane kicked out, he also started at the same time.

The muscles of his legs gave him explosive start-up speed, and as soon as he was on his feet, he immediately got rid of the nearest Ferreira, leaving only one Terry alone.

Ferreira was careless, thinking that with Terry behind him, he could be less focused, who knew that the ball was really coming to his side, and Dong Fangzhuo started at a speed far beyond his imagination.

Bang –

Dong Fangzhuo and Terry bumped into each other firmly, and both of them fell.

Toot –

The referee's whistle sounded immediately.

As soon as the game started, Dong Fangzhuo and Terry got involved.

Terry is not Ferreira, he can't let Dong Fangzhuo rush over, and throughout the game, he only needs to focus on Dong Fangzhuo's body, just when Dong Fangzhuo just rushed up, he prevented Dong Fangzhuo from breaking through, so he simply collided with Dong Fangzhuo directly, without any superfluous movements.

If this collision can scare Dong Fangzhuo away, it will be a victory.

Unexpectedly, the rush of the two people was actually comparable!

Fack! This guy's bones are so hard......

He lay on the turf and felt the tough impact from Dong Fangzhuo.

And Dong Fangzhuo's expression was as painful as his, and his whole body seemed to fall apart......