Chapter 140: FA Cup and Champions League

Li Qingshan's record-breaking was not unexpected. Maybe after the last round of the league, the media has already concentrated on hyping once, and when this record really belongs to Li Qingshan alone, the heat has also been reduced a lot.

And after this round of the league, the things that make Manchester United happy are not only the record broken by Li Qingshan, but also the Leicester City, which is currently ranked second in the league, was forced to draw at home by West Bromwich Albion, so that Manchester United's lead has come to as much as fifteen points, and the cold light refracted on the metal trophy of the Premier League champion has appeared in the hot eyes of the players.

Four days later, on 7 March, United travelled to West Bromwich Albion, who had just drawn with Leicester City.

As Manchester United's game was the final kick-off of the 29th round of the Premier League, the rest of the games had already been played before the start of this game, with Leicester beating Watford away to temporarily reduce the gap to 12 points.

Manchester United's away match against West Bromwich Albion did give Leicester City hope that they could continue to bite Manchester United, and until the 88th minute of the game, the score was still 0-0.

West Bromwich Albion's stubborn defence at home did cause some problems for United, but just as the game was about to enter stoppage time, United scored from a corner!

Mata's corner kick was taken to the back point, because it was a little close to the bottom line, and the goalkeeper at the back point was also blocked very badly, Li Qingshan did not force a header to attack the goal, but the header was gentle, and the point back was back to the middle, and the central defender Hummels, who participated in the corner attack in the middle, pressed the defender and sent the ball into the goal of West Bromwich Albion.

"Hummels scored!! West Bromwich Albion defended almost the entire game, but in the final moments of the game, they were unable to withstand the onslaught of Manchester United!! 1 to 0!! ”

It is worth mentioning that people are always paying attention to Li Qingshan's thirty-five league goals, but in terms of assist data, Li Qingshan is also very dazzling, counting the assist just now, his number of assists in the league this season has reached seventeen!! This statistic is currently ranked first in the league, and Arsenal's Mesut Ozil is currently also 17 league assists, tied with Li Qingshan. ”

"Just from the statistics of goals and assists, you can see that Li Qingshan's huge role in the current Manchester United team, his improvement for Manchester United is almost all-round, his addition immediately made Manchester United stand out in the Premier League, which is almost the important role brought by a superstar!"

The score was also 1-0 at full-time, with United continuing to hold an absolute lead at the top of the table with a thrilling away thrashing of West Bromwich Albion, leaving no hope for their rivals.

With such a big advantage in the league, Carlo Ancelotti is no longer interested in the FA Cup, with substitutes and young players starting to think carefully about the possibility of winning the English domestic league plus the FA Cup double.

Now that Manchester United have reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, they will face West Ham United in the quarter-finals, and the draw will be drawn at home, so they can reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup by beating West Ham United at home.

It only takes three more FA Cup wins to lift a trophy and Ancelotti is willing to give it a try when there is not much pressure on the league.

Manchester United and West Ham United FA Cup quarter-finals take place on 15 March.

At their home stadium, Manchester United fielded their main line-up, with Li Qingshan, Di Maria and Juan Mata starting together.

Anyway, now that it's a game a week, Ancelotti doesn't have to worry about the team's fitness.

And West Ham United also sent their strongest lineup. West Ham United currently have 49 points in the league and are in sixth place, while the teams behind him are Liverpool, Stoke City and Chelsea, which can be said to be quite good in the league, but it seems unrealistic to finish in the top four, they are still four points behind Arsenal, and it is really difficult to compete with Arsenal for fourth place in the league.

However, it is still possible to achieve a breakthrough in the FA Cup and win a cup title, and the most powerful opponent in the current quarterfinals is undoubtedly Manchester United, as long as you pass through Manchester United, the next is the semi-finals, and the midstream team will win a cup title, which is not a big upset, which is very likely to happen.

West Ham are betting that United are not serious about the cup competition and that they may be able to make it past United and reach the semi-finals.

However, when Manchester United started the game, West Ham manager Bilic knew that the chances of West Ham winning the game were slim. After all, this is Manchester United's home turf.

However, despite the slim hope, Bilic allowed his team to do their best.

It was only in the 38th minute of the game that Di Maria sent the ball into the West Ham United goal through a direct free kick, allowing West Ham to maintain their efforts for 38 minutes.

In the second half, Li Qingshan's long-range shot from outside the penalty area hit the defender's outstretched arm, and then the referee awarded a penalty, and Li Qingshan personally took the penalty to hit, 2-0!!

Carlo Ancelotti did not appoint a penalty taker, and when United did take a penalty, it was negotiated by the three attackers up front.

Then, in the second minute of stoppage time, substitute Marcus Rashford cut inside from the flank to make it 3-0.

In the end, Manchester United eliminated West Ham United 3-0 at home and reached the FA Cup semi-finals!!

A breakthrough was made in the FA Cup, and then on March 18, the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League was also announced.

Manchester United didn't seem to have had a lot of luck in the quarter-finals draw, and they drew Real Madrid!

Real Madrid are undoubtedly strong and no team wants to meet them in the quarter-finals. However, Manchester United are not easy to mess with, so such a strong dialogue is undoubtedly the highlight of the Champions League quarter-finals.

However, when it comes to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, there are not many fish belly teams to choose from. Benfica, the only one that looked like a fish belly, was drawn by Bayern Munich.

In terms of other matchups, another Premier League team, Manchester City, drew Paris Saint-Germain, while the remaining group of fixtures is a La Liga civil war, with Barcelona taking on Li Qingshan's former club Atletico Madrid. When it comes to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, there is no evasion principle in the draw, it is completely a matter of luck.

"I love drawing Real Madrid!" When facing reporters' questions, Li Qingshan said with a smile.

Indeed, in La Liga, facing Li Qingshan's Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid has lost far more than they have won.

"He's going to try it!!" Ronaldo took it for granted that this was Li Qingshan's provocation to him, and when facing the camera, the Real Madrid star said with burning eyes.