Chapter Seventy-Nine: All Substitutes Fight

"Hello to the spectators and friends of Leap Sports, this game will bring you a League Cup quarter-final match, against the 'Black Cats' Sunderland in the Premier League and the 'Magpies' Newcastle United, who are currently top of the Championship. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Sunderland, who are currently playing at home, have made a whirlwind in the Premier League under the leadership of our young coach Nan Xiao, and have been able to stabilize in the top eight after the halfway point of this season after a difficult relegation situation last season, which can be called a very magical performance in the Premier League, which is full of strong teams."

But the opponent he will face today is not an easy character, and Benitez created a great miracle in the 2005 Champions League that will forever be remembered in the world of football, and this miracle is called Istanbul Night. In the Champions League final that year, Benitez's Liverpool team fell behind the stronger AC Milan team 0-3 in the first half, just when everyone thought it would be the easiest final in the history of the Champions League, Liverpool showed great tenacity and perseverance in the second half, they scored three goals in a desperate situation, Gerrard's header, Smitchell's long-range shot, and Alonso's follow-up shot after the penalty was missed, creating a shocking reversal in football history......"

While Yu Lu introduced Istanbul, the two teams of this match also came out of the players' tunnel and lined up on both sides of the referee team.

"In this game, the Sunderland team strategically lined up all the substitutes, the formation is 343, the goalkeeper position is the young Englishman Pickford, the three central defenders from left to right are still Koné, O'Shea, and the 195cm tall Joakim who was temporarily called in from the youth team. Lantz; The two midfielders are captain Cattermole and Watmore, the left and right wings are Gucci and Zhang Xiuwei respectively, Borini is the center forward, and on his flanks are Danny Murphy and Swede Sebastian. Larson. ”

Newcastle United dominated the game from the start, but given that Sunderland were all on the bench, that was acceptable; Although the game was played on a non-rest day, there were still many fans who poured into the Stadium of Light, cheering on their favorite team with their physical strength, and although they were only young substitutes on the pitch, they still gave their fire as before.

"Sunderland, you will never give in to fight! Sunderland, I am your most loyal friend! Be brave and face ahead! There is the brightest flame there. Be strong! Let's welcome a better tomorrow together! ”

The singing of the home fans resounded in the Stadium of Light, and although the team was not very dominant on the field, the fans sang as loudly as ever.

In the 16th minute, Sunderland's goal was lost, and Newcastle's leading scorer Ameobi first relied on his individual ability to easily break through the defense of teenager Gucci, then shook off the slightly bulky Koné through a change of rhythm, and finally broke the goal of Jordan Pickford with a powerful shot just one step past the big penalty area.

Conceding a goal first did not have much impact on the Sunderland players, because they had been fully mentally prepared before the game, and there was a certain gap between them and the opponent, so there was nothing difficult to accept, and Nan Xiao also said to them that they should not care about the score on the field, as long as they played their own style.

Newcastle's one-goal lead did not slow down the tempo on the pitch, as they continued to attack Sunderland's two weak flanks, while Atsu, who partnered Ameoby up front, continued to tear apart Sunderland's backline.

Ten minutes after the first goal, Newcastle doubled their advantage again, this time by the fast-paced Ghanaian striker Atsu and the assist by his left wing-back Guflang.

"Guvlang sent a through ball, Atsu got the ball in the box, Lantz turned slowly, Atsu adjusted the ball to his right foot and the ball went in! Newcastle lead 2-0! Atsu scored, he received Guflang's hidden through ball, relied on speed to please the young man who was marking him Lantz, and played a crotch ball for Pickford on the edge of the small penalty area, this time the two players passed and ran very tacitly, and Sunderland's defenders seemed to become objective in an instant, completely unaware of Atsu's running! Now Sunderland's situation is a little difficult! ”

Newcastle's two strikers both scored, and Rafael Benitez had a faint smile on his face on the sidelines, and although the game had only been played for 25 minutes, he seemed certain that he would win the game comfortably; Newcastle's third goal just before half-time seemed to leave the game in suspense, when Ameoby's lion in the box shook his head and slotted the ball into the door of Jordan Pickford's goal. Although Sunderland's three centre-backs were not weak in the air, the obvious gaps in the ribs still allowed them to watch the opponent leap high and complete the wonderful goal.

At halftime, Nan Xiao did not make too many tactical arrangements, but focused his remarks on calming the emotions of the players, and he also did not make personnel adjustments, because he knew that no matter who was replaced at this time, it was a clear denial of his ability, so in the second half, Sunderland still used this starting lineup to continue to compete with Benitez's team.

At the start of the second half, Newcastle scored again, Ameobi was brought down by Koné in the box, and the referee saw Koné's hand very clearly, so he did not hesitate to point to the twelve-yard point after Ameobi fell to the ground.

"Newcastle get a penalty! Koné pulled the opponent's Ameobi in the penalty area, this action is obviously a lack of self-confidence, Ameobi does not have an absolute advantage, he can completely resolve this crisis through other methods! ”

England striker Ameoby, who sold his own home, scored his first hat-trick of the season against Jordan Pickford, who had already been penetrated twice, and smashed the ball into the bottom left corner of the net to make it 4-0.

Seeing that the Carabao Cup quarter-final is about to turn into a tragedy, some Sunderland fans seem to be unable to accept the scene and have begun to withdraw from the stadium.

The game was going on minute by minute, 50 minutes, 60 minutes, 70 minutes......

In the 71st minute of the game, Sunderland finally scored the first goal of the game in anticipation of the fans.

"Danny Murphy scores! Sunderland still had to rely on this incredibly fast England youngster, and it was the ...... to send him this long ball Zhang Xiuwei, a teenager from China, this long pass with an oblique 45 degrees seemed to let us see Xavi Alonso, and at the same time, Murphy's start was also just right, Newcastle's back line made an offside error, and Clarke dragged the team at the end to give Murphy a chance to score a one-on-one goal......"

Although Sunderland relied on Danny Murphy to score a goal, the fans only regarded it as a face-saving goal for the home team, but what they didn't expect at all was that Murphy's goal seemed to allow Sunderland's players to find their attacking rhythm again, and thus kicked off the Jedi counterattack......