Chapter 11: Finish in the top four
Dizzy, this is also possible?
Premier League teams generally join the game in the second round of the League Cup, and in this season's draw, Willingham's luck is good, the second round of byes, the third round of the top 32, there are fifteen Premier League teams, of which, only three games are "civil wars" between Premier League teams, and the others are obvious strong and weak dialogues, like Manchester City is facing Brentford in League One, and another Championship promotion team Birmingham City is facing even the biggest dark horse in the League Cup this season, English Two team Scusop United, Why did Willingham run into a strong Arsenal team?
"That's because the Emirates Stadium misses me," Wenger said slowly, "I thought the home defeat would be back in a few months, so it gave us a chance so quickly, Lao Liu, you said we should win this game." ”
Liu Lu was stunned for a moment, do you want to, then what else do you want, of course you have to win, now the question is whether you can win it, to be honest, through the loss at home, it can be clearly seen that the strength of Willimes is far from the Gunners' position, and their new players are also quickly entering the state, coming to the Emirates Stadium, Mateus has no reason why he can't win this League Cup.
"Yes, with the current comparison of the strength of our two sides, we may win one or two games at most in ten games, and they need to make mistakes, but let's not forget, this is not a league, just a League Cup game, Arsenal last won the League Cup back in 1993, and since the FA began to establish the League Cup in 1961, Arsenal has only won two titles, three runners-up, most of the seasons are eliminated very early, the League Cup is not too tempting for the Gunners." Arsene Wenger smiled, he never paid attention to the League Cup, and often used the time of the League Cup to arrange for the main players to rest, so that the reserve players went up to find a feeling, so the results have always been poor.
The FA Cup is completely different, Arsenal have won six FA Cup titles in the last 15 years, of which Arsene Wenger has lifted five of them.
"Then, Mateus is a newcomer, will there be dates without dates to play three poles, and he will also go all out in the League Cup?" Leboeuf asked a clearly inappropriate word.
"If that's the case, we don't have to be afraid, the brave one wins when the two strong meet?" Lao Liu's tenacious attitude is very contagious, "However, listening to what the professor said, I think we have to prepare well for the League Cup, maybe this year's dark horse is us." ”……
The third round of the League Cup away to Arsenal was scheduled for October 25, before Wellingham had three rounds of the Premier League, namely away to Bolton, away to Sunderland and home to West Ham United, the strength is at the middle and lower levels, and Wellingham is relatively close, so Wenger has no time to think about the League Cup match with Arsenal for the time being, only by playing these three games, Wellingham can stabilize his position in the Premier League standings, Lay the groundwork for the pre-season plan to enter Europe.
Allardeys' Bolton have had a good season, with new Swedish debutant centre-back Svensson and striker Hansen both showing a high standard, scoring seven goals in the first four games, with striker Kevin Davies and midfielder Portugal's Wattert scoring three each, while Hansen netted the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win over Birmingham.
But as soon as they met Willingham, the three cannons were dumb together, but Senegalese veteran Diouf burst onto the occasion, scoring two goals with an overhead kick, thanks to Huntelaar and Aguero also scored a point each in the second half, and it was only a thrilling point to bring back a point from Bolton.
Sunderland is one of the two Championship teams that directly qualified last season, and last season and Willingham were drawn in two meetings in the Championship, but in the second half of the season when Willingham was seriously injured, relying on a few youngsters to play pigs and eat tigers, he snatched a point from Sunderland, so that Keane is still haunted, but he also knows very well that the current Willingham is no longer Wuxia Amon, a lot of money has been invested, and now all positions are like clouds, The charm of Liu Luzhen is not comparable to his boss Irishman Quinn, and the seventh position of Wellingham and the sixteenth position of Sunderland also fully illustrates this, so Keane is also stable in the home game, hoping to wait for the opportunity to counterattack in the case of defense in place, for this point, Wenger has long been prepared, changing the formation to 352, strengthening the interception and control of the midfield, so that Sunderland's only striker Elliott has the support of the midfield at all, and finally Cabo and Aguero scored a goal each, With a 2-0 victory, there was no suspense for another victory.
Finally back at home, West Ham United are deep in the relegation zone, and if they can win, Wellingham may even be able to take advantage of the goal advantage to beat Chelsea, who drew 1-1 with Manchester United, to occupy fourth place in the table.
But at this time, the Wellingham club broke the news that the main players were seriously injured, Held, who was replaced due to injury in the game with Sunderland, and Van Den Boray, Richards, who were accidentally injured in training, Willingham actually had three main players who could not play, and West Ham United's head coach Alan Lampard saw that he had scored three points and was out of the relegation zone.
Sure enough, the three injured main players did not play, and they were replaced by Mark Carr, Rozenard and Mathieu, in addition, Diawara and Rob John were also on the bench for the first time in the league.
At the beginning of the game, Alan Lampard found his mistake, even without these three main players, Willingham is still ahead of him in terms of strength, the professor's brilliant strokes, so that the substitutes are also the same and send out huge energy, without Held's midfield scheduling, Willingham pays more attention to the overall style of play, but the most important thing is that West Ham United's weak offensive ability is simply unable to break through the defensive line led by Kompany, which gives Aguero and Huntelaar enough space to repeatedly impact the West Ham United defense.
Arsene Wenger finally fulfilled his dream of reaching the last four, and after a 3-1 win over West Ham United, the Premier League situation was as follows:
First, Manchester United: 6 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses, 20 points, 13 wins and 13 second wins, Arsenal: 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, 19 points, 10 wins 3rd, Liverpool: 4 wins, 4 draws and zero losses, 16 points, 12 wins 4th, Wellingham: 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, 15 points, 8 wins 5th, Chelsea: 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, 15 points, 6 wins
(To be continued)