With Wembley Stadium on the rebuild, the FA has scheduled some of the most important games at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, while the Carabao Cup final between the new Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers is scheduled for 3pm on 24 February.

It rained throughout Wales on that day, and the Millennium Stadium was forced to close its roof, turning the League Cup final into an indoor football match, the first indoor final in English football history.

From a few days before the game, the British media began to hype this final, Blackburn Rovers because they are in the north of Manchester, so they were placed in the north dressing room, and the new Manchester United was placed in the south dressing room, before the game, this was hyped again, thinking that compared with the Blackburn Rovers team, which is also in poor recent form, the new Manchester United, a team from the English Second League, is afraid to confirm the South dressing room curse.

In all seven of the seven England games played at the Millennium Stadium, the teams that entered the North dressing room have won all of them, and the biggest profit has undoubtedly been Liverpool, who beat Steve Bruce's Birmingham City on penalties in last year's Carabao Cup final, then Arsenal in the FA Cup final, and Manchester United in the Charity Shield at the start of the season.

In addition to Liverpool, Bolton, Walsall, Haze and Port Vale have all benefited from the curse, with the first three teams winning the promotion play-offs and Port Vale winning a cup competition.

Now that we are in the back of a new cup final, the new Manchester United are undoubtedly the most underrated team from League Two, and even if they are good against Tottenham, they still can't compete with the Premier League side.

The match attracted a total of 80,000 fans, including more than 10,000 fans from Manchester who followed the team from Manchester, not counting other Red Rebels fans who had heard the news.

Blackburn fans also came, and the two sides split one side, creating a huge momentum in the indoor Millennium Stadium.

Xiao Yu took Eva Snow and Walsh and others to appear in the box of the Millennium Stadium, this stadium is no better than Manchester City Stadium, the organizing committee specially arranged a box for Xiao Yu, but he didn't want him to sit with the fans, Xiao Yu also understood, after all, in England, fans have repeatedly made trouble.

Although he was convinced that there were no football hooligans among the fans of the Red Rebels, Xiao Yu could not guarantee that the tens of thousands of other fans who entered the stadium today would be, and Eva Snow was also on the scene in person, so Xiao Yu naturally chose to enter the box.

Although the game has not yet started, the momentum of the scene is very huge, even in the box, you can clearly feel the strong atmosphere in the stadium, and the crowd is full of voices.

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Blackburn Rovers are missing a number of key players in this game, including the Turkish midfield core Tugaj, captain Croft, and defender Short will all be suspended, and the Turkish defender Yunsar, who they have just brought in a lot of money, will not be able to catch up with this game because of labor certification.

This has forced Blackburn Rovers to use a lot of substitutes, including 38-year-old veteran Mark Hughes, and speaking to the media before the game, the former Manchester United star felt it was meaningful to meet the Red Rebels in such a monumental game.

'I'm feeling a little overwhelmed, I want to retire at the end of the season, I've told Souness about it, he knows what I think, so he wants to put me on the pitch in this game, he knows I'm hungry to meet the Red Rebels, it's a team with a lot of charisma, no matter how it goes, hopefully they have a bright future!'

As for Mark Hughes, it is clear that all Manchester United will not forget this excellent lineage, and now he joins Andy Cole, also from Manchester United, against the Red Rebels, whose attacking partner was Matt Janssen, who was the biggest contributor to Blackburn's promotion last season.

Blackburn's two flanks are Gillespie and Duff, the latter of whom was Jose Mourinho's favourite at Chelsea, while Hughes in the middle will partner teenager Dunn, but he is not the heart of Manchester City's defence but a midfielder.

That said, Blackburn's attacking prowess is just as terrifying for the new United, who have scored more Premier League goals than Tottenham, showing their attacking prowess.

Coupled with the recent signing of Andy Cole, he is one of the two evils that once terrified the Premier League teams.

Especially before the game, Mourinho frequently released news through the media, he was most afraid of Andy Cole in this game, he thought that Hoddle may not be able to seize one of Andy Cole's five excellent chances, Mourinho refuted, he believes that Andy Cole is a world-class striker, his goal efficiency is very stable, I believe this game will bring great pressure to the new Manchester United defense.

For this reason, Andy Cole happily expressed in an interview with the media that he is eager to score goals for his new club and bring them a crucial victory to go down in the history of the club!

In this game, the new Manchester United were based on defence, but there were some changes to the starting line-up sent by Jose Mourinho.

The striker is still Drogba, Malouda and Hleb are also separated from the two wings, but the new Manchester United only arranged two midfielders for this game, Juninho Jr. and Senna played, the back line four did not change, the goalkeeper was Cech, and the only surprise was that Mourinho sent Palacio.

Mourinho has always used Palacio as a surprise team, often when he is in trouble on the pitch, only to suddenly replace him, using his speed and small skill to open up the situation, and it is the first time that he can be scheduled to start in such an important game.

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"Arrange Palacio to start, is it to play 442 instead?" John Mortenson asked his partner with a surprised smile.

Martin Taylor, who is the most familiar football commentator with the new Manchester United, appeared on the BBC's live broadcast, and he also had some confusion about Mourinho's strategy, so he could only guess.

"Palacio is a very fast player with very delicate skills, and I believe that when he is sent on the pitch, it should be more about thinking about letting him connect the gap between the front line and the midfield, reduce Drogba's dropback, and try to play his impact and impact the Blackburn defence."

"This is a bit unexpected, whether it will work or not, I'm afraid this will only be known until the field is practiced!"

Martin Taylor smiled and shook his head, "No, John, the new Manchester United will never fight uncertain battles, since they dare to send Palacio out, then they must be prepared, I believe that the Blackburn team will try to limit the echo of the new Manchester United forward line and midfield, and Palacio appeared for this purpose." ”

"Then we'll see!" John Mortenson laughed.

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The referee of the game was Bol, who later officiated at the World Cup, and he asked the captains of the opposing teams to come and guess the coin, and Blackburn Rovers got the kick-off first.

After the start of the game, Andy Cole, who was desperate to score, was very active, frequently appearing in the heart of the new Manchester United and running actively, including a back-row insertion in the third minute, but Bol was very accurate in the offside.

Jose Mourinho frequently signaled his players on the sidelines to concentrate and the two midfielders to hold on, especially Senna.

As a Premier League team, Blackburn Rovers controlled the situation from the beginning of the game, but they did not play impatiently like Tottenham, but played patiently under the combing of Hughes.

This is a very experienced player and he knows that the more critical moments like this, the more you should hold on.

Cole and Janssen were lively up front, but the two centre-backs didn't give them too many chances, with Cole up front, Janssen dropping back to get the ball, and Duff and Gillespie on both flanks also taking advantage of Toure and Abidal.

This makes the scene look a bit stalemate.

In the 12th minute, Cole suddenly stepped forward in the front, the anti-offside position was successful, Hughes's pass came to his feet, and then Janssen also plugged in, Cech was firmly staring at Cole, who was in the face of Janssen's empty goal, made a meritorious contribution, hurriedly got up, and was blocked by Cech from the bottom line.

"Curtis, watch your position, damn it!" Jose Mourinho shouted loudly from the sidelines.

After the shout, Mourinho criticized Senna by name, a player who often lost his position on the pitch, which allowed Hughes to get more room to move.

"Jim, I'm going to have to rehearse 4231 tactics in the future!" Jose Mourinho confessed to his assistant Cassel.

The risk of a temporary change of formation is that the players may not be very cooperative, and the new Manchester United have always played three central midfielders, at least two of whom are responsible for defense, but now there is only one Senna, which makes the players a little uncomfortable on the field.

As for Juninho Jr., he is also involved in defending, but certainly not as protective as the likes of Arau Diarra and Essien.

His requirement for the players is to hold the first 20 minutes, as long as they keep the past, then Blackburn's offense will be weakened, and he also told the players that Hughes is 38 years old, physical strength is a big drawback for him, he can't last long, and the central defense of the Blackburn team is a big problem in this game.

"As long as we hold for 20 minutes, we start to fight back!"

This is the tactic that Mourinho laid out for his players in the dressing room, and he also believes that as long as he follows his plan, the chances of winning this game are very high, because Blackburn Rovers are not strong, and Souness's team relies more on their hard work on the pitch.

And in the absence of a number of key players, the new Manchester United can beat them.

The key is that players can't make mistakes on the field!

In the 19th minute, Andy Cole made a comeback, after winning the ball in the left corner of the penalty area, he attracted Curtis's marking, dribbled the ball to the middle, and Jansen decisively cut into the position that Curtis had lost.

Jose Mourinho, who was on the sidelines, was shocked to see this.

Even Xiao Yu, who was sitting in the box, had his heart hung up!

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