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At a time when the Premier League has been pushed to the forefront of public opinion by fans around the world due to charity auctions during the winter break, it has been replaced by a cold winter for the entire European football environment. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This should be the bleakest winter break in recent years!

The mainstream media in Europe are all helpless about the cold transfer market during this season's winter break.

However, under the invasion of the financial crisis, the rest of the European leagues began to shrink into the silver during the winter break, and the Premier League has seen several expensive transfers one after another, among which Chelsea and Manchester City are still making a lot of recruitments.

After Carlo Ancelotti's departure, Abou was unable to find a real deal for Chelsea for a while, and Grant continued as interim head coach, but given the current situation at Chelsea, in the transfer market during the winter break, in addition to bringing in Anelka from Bolton for £15 million, he also brought in Branislav Ivanovic from Lokomotiv Moscow, a versatile player who can play at centre-back and right wing-back, for which Chelsea paid £9 million.

Manchester City's moves are not small, they have brought in Brazilian international Elano from Shakhtar Donetsk, and England defender Barry from Aston Villa, the two transfers cost Manchester City a total of 20 million pounds, which has also seen a lot of movement in the transfer market.

At present, Bolton is thinking about the transfer market with 15 million pounds of silver in order to be relegated, and Aston Villa values Middlesbrough's winger Downing, but wants this Martin? O'Neal's promising young rookie is bound to make them spit out Barry's transfer income.

In a year of deepening financial crisis, all clubs are starting to make careful calculations.

However, it was only at this time that everyone realized that the overall operation of the Premier League had become very healthy and not too affected by the financial crisis, including Middlesbrough, who bought last season's Dutch goalscorer Alphonso for 12 million pounds in order to be able to avoid relegation in the Premier League this season? Alves, the Heerenveen striker, scored 34 goals in 31 games in the Dutch league last season and 11 goals in eight league games this season.

Buying this hot goal machine, Middlesbrough's goal is clear, to achieve the desire to stay in the Premier League first, after all, in the context of the general rise of the Premier League's new strength, many traditional powerhouses including Newcastle and Middlesbrough have fallen into relegation worries.

In addition to Middlesbrough, several other Premier League clubs have also made moves during the winter break, either bringing in players to address the club's deficiencies, or buying the right stars and increasing the depth of the bench to better prepare for the second half of the season.

The European media have generally paid attention to the excitement of the Premier League's winter break transfers, and they believe that the financial health policy adhered to in the Premier League in recent seasons has largely helped clubs withstand the financial crisis, so that they can still have strong purchasing power even in the face of such difficult situations.

In addition, some media predict that this situation will become more obvious when it comes to summer transfers, after all, Premier League clubs can get a series of income such as bonuses and transfer fee sharing, which will make them more wealthy.

…………………… After a two-week winter break, the Premier League has rekindled its rivalry with the Carabao Cup semi-finals.

With only two days to go before this semi-final and the upcoming home game against Rodrisden, Mourinho decided to continue with the semi-main and semi-substitute squad for the upcoming fixtures.

The semi-finals of the English League Cup are played over two legs, with the Red Rebels taking on Everton in the first leg.

David Moyes' side have had a high start this season, and after a frantic start to the season, their results have slipped after entering a two-front battle, and they are now reduced to the same role as last season, and even the difficulty of competing in the League Cup is not small.

That's why David Moyes has his sights set on the Carabao Cup, having reached the semi-finals.

In fact, Moyes's calculation is not only the League Cup, in fact he has a bigger ambition, the Champions Cup!

This season's UEFA Cup reform saw Everton beat Norway's Blann 3-1 on aggregate over two legs in the round of 32 before Christmas to reach the round of 16.

After the reform of the League Cup, the champion and runner-up can get a ticket to the group stage of the Champions League next season, which is a great temptation for the middle and upper reaches of the major European leagues, so the competition in the round of 16 knockout rounds has also become very fierce and variable.

Moyes' idea is simple: win the Carabao Cup to secure qualification for next season's UEFA Cup, and then focus on attacking the UEFA Cup in the second half of the season to reach the final and qualify for next season's Champions League.

You know, for a mid-table team, reaching the Champions League is equivalent to more than 10 million pounds, which can allow Moyes to bring in another group of players in the summer transfer market and increase the team's bench strength.

As long as they win the League Cup and ensure qualification for the League Cup next season, no matter what the final league ranking is, Everton's task this season has been completed, after all, they can no longer compete with the top Red Rebels, Manchester United and other teams for the title, and the possibility of qualifying for the Champions League is very small, isn't it?

But David Moyes's plan is also risky, because with the Union Cup and Champions Cup linked, the League Cup qualification is also at a premium, and the attention of various Premier League clubs in the League Cup and FA Cup is also rising, especially the middle and lower teams, and even some Championship teams, are trying their best to reach the League Cup.

Imagine an FA Cup win the FA Cup in the Championship or lower, qualify for the League Cup next season, recreate the glory of the Red Rebels, and maybe even have an upset to reach the Champions League.

Of course, everyone knows that this is a dream, but dreams are the motivation of countless people!

Take a look at this season's Carabao Cup semi-finals, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Red Rebels and Everton, two teams that are provisionally in the top four of the Premier League, two teams that are already in danger of even reaching the UEFA Cup qualification zone.

And then look at the results of the first leg!

In the first leg of the Carabao Cup at home to the Red Rebels, David Moyes made his main force to try to win at home.

Although Jose Mourinho's side capitalised on a mistake by Everton in the 26th minute and Alexandha Arshavin assisted Theo Walcott to score the lead, Everton then took advantage of two mistakes in the Red Rebels backline to score two goals in a row to win the first leg at home.

As for Arsenal, it was also for the upcoming home game against Birmingham, and there were also a number of substitutes in the Carabao Cup, but it was a big heel against Tottenham, who played the main game, and if it wasn't for Benzema's equaliser for Arsenal after coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute, Arsenal would have lost at home.

Tottenham and Everton are in a similar situation, both desperately keen to make a difference in the Carabao Cup, especially with the league so competitive, and they clearly both believe that the cup has become the best way to get to Europe.

Then, in the 22nd round of the Premier League that followed, Everton and Tottenham both arranged a semi-main and semi-substitute line-up to play in the Premier League, and the result was a 0-1 defeat at home to Manchester City and a 2-0 defeat to Chelsea away.

The craziest in this round of the Premier League is Manchester United, after a winter break, Manchester United broke out again, slaughtering Newcastle 6-0 at home, Robinho successfully played the pinnacle of the game, scored a hat-trick, Rooney scored twice, Quaresma scored 1 goal, and won all the goals of Manchester United.

The Red Rebels sat at home against a tenacious De Roysden, who just six minutes into the game broke past Otamendi on the left and cut inside the box to find the back of the net to give the Red Rebels the lead, but eight minutes later, Dzeko headed in from outside the box and Forlan volleyed in from near the penalty spot to equalise for Droisden.

After that, both teams had their own attack and defense, and Mourinho and Pellegrini both strictly limited the opponent's tactics and refused to let the opponent take advantage of the slightest advantage.

As the game progressed, Mourinho eventually brought on key boy Ismael again, and the tactics returned to the old tradition of the magic quartet, but Aguero was placed more pressed, cruising next to Ismael.

This adjustment immediately gave rise to the Red rebels' offensive.

In the 76th minute, Ismael's header was ferried, and Messi burst into a cold arrow on the right side of the front of the penalty area. Hart was very focused and saved the ball, but Aguero, who was on the track, hit the follow-up shot, 2:1!

Less than five minutes later, substitute David Beckham came on for Michael? Johnson made a long pass over the top in the middle, Ismael pulled Jaguerka back, and Ronaldo cut into the gap smoothly, and after receiving the ball, he went straight into the penalty area to face Joe? Hart, calmly scored a single knife, 3:1!

In the end, the score did not change again and remained until the end of the game.

However, after this stalemate, the Red Rebels will soon face Portsmouth away again, so Mourinho finally arranged a semi-main and semi-substitute squad in the League Cup semi-finals, after all, for the Red Rebels, the league and the Champions League are the key, and nothing else matters.

That said, the Red Rebels' youngsters were still in excellent form in the second leg of the semi-final at home to Everton, with David Moyes' side defensively in mind from the start and they simply did not dare to let up at the Red Rebels.

Aron? Ramsey and Rodwell's double back helped the Red Rebels control the game very well, and planned wave after wave of attacks, and firmly suppressed Everton throughout the game, but helplessly, Moyes formulated a turtle tactic, stubbornly defended the penalty area and refused to go out, and finally dragged the score to 0:0.

In this way, the Red Rebels lost 2-1 on aggregate over two legs and were eliminated from the League Cup.

But in this game, Aaron? Ramsay, Rodwell, Thornton, Fabio and Rafael have all performed very well and eye-catchingly, which also shows the excellent star-making ability of the Red Rebels Academy.

The Red Rebels were held to a 0-0 draw by Everton, and although they were eliminated, they at least received a lot of praise, especially the outstanding performance of a group of young players, but Arsenal looked a little miserable.

Arsene Wenger also arranged a number of youngsters to play, but at Tottenham's White Hart Lane stadium, Arsenal was poured 5 goals in one breath, fortunately, at the last moment, Adebayo came on and pulled back 1 goal for Arsenal, otherwise, Wenger's face would have been even more ugly.

It is indeed surprising to give up the Premier League Cup, but after the reform of the League Cup, many Premier League teams have indeed seen the hope of entering the Champions Cup from the League Cup, and the League Cup qualification has become precious.

Besides, the league is 38 rounds, giving up 1 round is not a big problem, if you can get the League Cup qualification, it will be worth it!

It's not just the League Cup, it's the FA Cup.

In the 23rd round of the Premier League, after the Red Rebels won 1-4 away at Portsmouth, Mourinho sent a number of substitutes to play away to face Swindon.

As if feeling the temptation of the League Cup, Swindon also performed bravely at home, and even overpowered the Red Rebels in the game at one time, but the veteran central defender Thuram in the back line in this game taught this group of boys a vivid lesson.

In the 61st minute of the second half, Thuram took advantage of a corner kick to open the scoring for the Red Rebels at the front post, and his dry-ground goal made the Swindon goalkeeper unable to react and had to fish the ball out of the net in frustration.

After that, Thuram continued to encourage this group of young teammates in the game, so that they should not be afraid of Swinton's scramble, should not be afraid of Swinton's ruthlessness, and set an example for themselves, they are ruthless, we must be more ruthless than them!

Thuram's performance was infectious, and the Red Rebels' youngsters reacted quickly.

In the 83rd minute, Davide? After a link between Thornton and Theo Walcourt on the left, Walcourt slotted into the box and met the goalkeeper's cool cross to the back post, but Rafael, who played as a right winger, arrived in time to score his first goal since joining the Red Rebels.

But 2 minutes later, Aaron? Ramsey was also plugged in, showing his exquisite footwork at the edge of the penalty area, and when facing the opposition three-man scramble, he still calmly used his personal ability to avoid scrambling, and passed a delicate scalpel-like through ball in the gap to assist Pato to insert the third goal in the back row.

In this way, the Red Rebels defeated Swindon 3-0 away.

However, the two rivals of the Red Rebels, Manchester United and Manchester City, were not so lucky, with Manchester United beating Plymouth at the hands of a ruthless 3-1 defeat, Manchester City losing 2-0 to Sheffield United and Chelsea losing 4-1 at Vigan in Manchester.

In just the fourth round, the FA Cup has already staged a super upset, plus West Ham United, Blackburn, Bolton and many other Premier League teams who were eliminated in the third round.

This suddenly made people see the cruelty of the FA Cup, and the media throughout the United Kingdom were cheering, and the upset came to the FA Cup again!

(To be continued)