After the start of the second half, there was a noticeable reduction in the highlights of the game. The two teams wrestled in midfield and committed frequent fouls. And most of these fouls are far from the box, and they don't want to give the opponent a well-placed free-kick.

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

It was five minutes before QPR had the first shot of the second half, which was a long-range shot attempted by Ricardo from around 28 yards out and went just wide.

In the 56th minute, Nani passed the ball and Hernandez curled a ball from the left side of the box, but Courtois moved quickly to hold the ball firmly.

In the 62nd minute, Mourinho finally made a move, replacing Hernandez with Wayne Rooney.

In the 64th minute, QPR almost changed the score when Neymar cut inside on the right and sent a diagonal pass, and the ball went past the defender and came to the left side of the penalty area. Ricardo lifted his leg beautifully to unload the ball, and without making any adjustments, he fired a cold left-footed shot straight away, but the powerful shot was brilliantly saved by De Gea.

Alex. Sandro whipped in a corner and Miranda headed in Nemanja Vidic on the edge of the six-yard box at the far post, just wide.

In terms of the situation, it is still QPR that has a slight upper hand. They are more adept at passing and receiving the ball, often playing well to the vicinity of United's penalty area. Although Modric is missing, a master of passing lethal balls, Ricardo, Neymar, Nainggran, Pogba, De Bruyne and others also have good passing skills, and Manchester United is in front of the goal.

Ferdinand and Vidic are older after all, although they have more experience and improved frontal defensive ability, but the speed of turning is much slower, and QPR's two speedy wingers Ricardo and Neymar frequently plug in and hit them behind, making them very embarrassed.

Jose Mourinho made another substitution, replacing Ashley with Valencia, who had the better defensive ability. Jan, intended to strengthen the protection of the line of defense.

In the 69th minute, Pogba sent another long ball over the top, Ferdinand turned a little slower, and Ricardo cut in from the wing to get to the spot before Ferdinand and Rafael.

With a flick of his ankle, he pulled the ball to a halt as if by magic, and then took a Marseille spin past Nemanja Vidic who pounced on him to fill in and create a brief void in front of the United goal.

Ricardo didn't waste such an opportunity and immediately played the ball down the middle, but Jamie Vardy seemed to be overly excited and he stopped the ball and volleyed it away.

Ricardo shook his head. Vardy's mental quality needs to be improved. Could it be that he won't be enlightened until 15 years?

In the 76th minute, Patrice Evra burst into the left side of the penalty area and returned the ball, and Rooney's close-range shot was blocked by a defender.

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

QPR soon returned the favor, and in the 80th minute, De Bruyne sent a through ball and Ricardo, who had successfully countered offside, fired a left-footed shot into the far corner from the left side of the penalty area. David De Gea couldn't get his hands on the ball, but the ball bounced off the post and a frightened Patrice Evra stepped back to finish the ball with a big foot.

Simeone sighed heavily.

In the 82nd minute, Ricardo picked up Alex. Sandro's through-ball, juggling past Rafael and Ferdinand, burst into the box and was about to shoot.

De Gea immediately moved to make a save, but Ricardo flicked his ankle and picked the ball up to the right side of the box.

De Bruyne received a pass from Ricardo and fired a lob with his feet, De Gea did not touch the ball, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced off the crossbar, and Jamie Vardy headed in the empty net from outside the six-yard box, but the ball flew over the crossbar and flew off the line.

Simeone shook his head, maybe there was really no win in this game, two posts in two minutes, Vardy wasted two golden chances, what else can be said? For now, let's focus on holding on to the draw. He started to make substitutions, with Fernandinho coming on for De Bruyne and Coutinho coming on for Ricardo.

Ricardo has a minor injury, and in order to ensure that Ricardo can play in the next game, Simeone does not dare to squeeze Ricardo's physical fitness too much.

After these two substitutions, QPR was more focused on possession and failed to play a threatening attack.

Jose Mourinho's side also seemed content to get a point away from home, and the two sides had a tacit understanding to maintain the 1-1 scoreline until the end.

At the end of this round, Manchester United and QPR have 67 points, ranking first and second in the standings, respectively, and QPR is worse than Manchester United, only 2 goal difference.

For QPR, the future games are not only about winning, but also about winning more games and getting more goal difference.

With only three days to rest, QPR ushered in the final of the EFL Cup.

The opponent in the final is not strong, it is Swansea. Swansea have had a mediocre season and have few strong stars, making it to the EFL Cup final only because most teams have no interest in the award.

If you win the FA Cup, you can at least qualify for the Europa League; The winner of the EFL Cup is of little use other than a pitiful prize money of hundreds of thousands of pounds.

This amount of money may be a bit tempting for a semi-professional team, but the Premier League team really doesn't take it seriously.

Simeone consulted with Ricardo about strategically abandoning the game.

Ricardo thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's fight for it." The other main players can rest, and I play with the young players. ”

Simeone was a little worried: "You're tired physically, and if you get injured at this time, it will affect the next league and Champions League games. ”

Ricardo laughed: "I'll try to use half-time to establish the victory. ”

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

"Okay." Ricardo agreed to this condition.

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

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, defender Luke. Shaw, Gary. Cahill, John Stones and Carvajal, with 16-year-old Dele in midfield. Ali, 18-year-old Erik. Dier, forward De Bruyne, left winger Coutinho, right winger 18-year-old Raheem Sterling, lone striker Licardo.

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

With this squad with an average age of less than 20 years old in the EFL Cup final, the media is not optimistic about the prospects of QPR.

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

"Stirling Goallllllll! The goal was scored thanks to Licardo, who single-handedly attracted four Swansea defenders and then accurately delivered the ball to the unmarked Sterling, who had to do to push the ball into the empty net. Ricardo continues to be in a state of terror! ”

In the 38th minute, the commentator's shout echoed again: "Licardo Goalllll!" It was a superb lift ball and he extended the lead for QPR! In this final, QPR is already 2:0 ahead! ”

Simeone also gave a gentle applause to Ricardo.

At half-time, he replaced Ricardo with Icardi, who had just turned 20. The youngsters were still firmly in control of the situation on the field, and in the 72nd minute, Icardi finally opened up, and he successfully received De Bruyne's through ball to counter offside, and sealed the score at 3-0 for QPR.

QPR wins the second EFL Cup in team history!

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