241 League Cup
Six to four.
A crazy comeback made the entire Arsenal fans go crazy. It also excites the Arsenal players. After all, it was from 0 to 4, and finally overtook 6 to 4.
From any point of view, it's a very exciting game, and it's a game to brag about.
But after the climax, there is always a problem with the state.
The Arsenal players are too excited, but unfortunately after the passion is at its highest, it is natural to need to calm down. Therefore, when the player's form reaches a peak, it will definitely decline. Originally, because there was a major event, Wenger originally wanted to rest the absolute main force. That's why Kim Ming, Cazorla, Olivier Giroud, Mikel Arteta, Aaron Ramsey and Wilshere are all on the bench.
It's a pity that the game situation is unfavorable, so Jin Ming, Cazorla, and Giroud all played one after another.
The game was won, and it was passionate. It's a pity that it was too exciting, and the Arsenal players overdrew their passion.
The third day after the Carabao Cup knockout round is a match between Arsenal and Manchester United.
If you put it around the new century, the match between Manchester United and Arsenal is definitely the most anticipated game in the Premier League, and it is also the biggest highlight of the Premier League. There is no game like Manchester United or Arsenal. So much so that the Premier League's double red will be Manchester United and Liverpool, or the Premier League's traditional double red will be the match between Manchester United and Liverpool.
But around the turn of the new century, people even named the game between Manchester United and Arsenal as a double red club.
You can see the status of Manchester United and Arsenal in the Premier League at that time.
But times have changed, and the current Manchester United and Arsenal have long since lost the status they had in the past. Back then, the Premier League was a two-man rotation between Manchester United and Arsenal, but now it's different.
Arsenal have not won a title for many years and have slowly been reduced to a second-rate team.
Manchester United is Arsenal's biggest nemesis, and Arsene Wenger is known as Mann's contact director. The match between Manchester United and Arsenal is almost unconsidered, and Arsenal seem to have the absolute advantage, but the result of the game is always the victory of Manchester United.
This time too.
Arsenal were too passionate in the Carabao Cup knockout rounds. Playing against Manchester United, I used up my passion. In addition, Ferguson has a lot of experience in playing Arsenal, and it is very awkward to play Arsenal.
It looks like Arsenal have a lot of possession and shots, but they are not as threatening as Manchester United. Wilshere, who was not very good-tempered, was unable to control his temper in the game and received a red card shortly after the start of the second half.
Eleven to eleven, Arsenal are afraid of Manchester United, and there is no need to say that there is one less result.
In the end, Arsenal lost 2-1 away to Manchester United.
In the Premier League, it's really not easy to win the title in the Premier League. Especially if you don't beat these strong teams, then it will be difficult to win the championship. However, the defeat to Manchester United was followed by a draw by Everton. Arsenal are getting further and further away from the Premier League title.
However, this result also made Wenger slowly determined to make a breakthrough in the cup.
12.12.2012 League Cup quarter-finals.
Arsenal travel to Bradford.
Bradford, unexpectedly, came to the quarterfinals of the League Cup. Although the Premier League teams do not attach importance to the League Cup, the League Cup is still a cup competition that many mid-table teams in the Premier League attach more importance to.
Because for them, if they want to compete for some titles, they can only fight for the League Cup and the FA Cup. After all, the FA Cup has a higher gold content, and other strong teams also attach importance to it. Only the Carabao Cup is not valued by the big teams, so it is best suited to those in the middle of the Premier League.
So in the quarter-finals, there are teams such as Swansea, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Norwich. This is not surprising at all.
But what team is Bradford?
Teams in League Two. A team in the fourth division of England. Unexpectedly, Bradford went all the way to the quarterfinals of the League Cup.
In the face of such a team, on the former Arsene Wenger, it is definitely a group of youth team players on the field. Because he doesn't attach any importance to such an opponent.
But this time was different.
Arsene Wenger is also determined to change the current situation of not winning a title for many years.
Therefore, most of the main players all played, and Bradford was beaten 5-0 on the road.
Jin Ming continued to maintain his magical performance in the cup. Jin Ming was in the third round of the League Cup. It was a hat-trick. In the fourth round of the Carabao Cup, the substitute came on to complete another hat-trick.
In the fifth round of the League Cup, that is, in the quarter-knockout match, Jin Ming once again completed a hat trick.
So much so that after the game with Bradford. The English media praised Jin Ming, and even called Jin Ming "the king of hat tricks". Kim also broke a League Cup record, becoming the first player to score a hat-trick in three consecutive League Cup games since the start of the English League Cup.
There are also many media who believe that Jin Ming is the "king of the cup".
Since Jin Ming's debut. In the cup competitions, the performance far outperformed the league performance. He won so many cups when he was at Schalke and did well in the cup at Arsenal.
But Jin Ming's performance in the League Cup is not over.
On January 9, 2013, in the League Cup semi-finals, Arsenal faced Aston Villa.
In the Carabao Cup, it should be said that facing a team like Villa is the most difficult. Because of a second-rate team like Villa, they have no chance of qualifying for the Champions League and no chance of winning other titles. So you have to go all the way to the FA Cup and the League Cup.
But Arsenal up and down have been blindfolded by the League Cup winners.
There is only one goal.
League Cup final.
For Arsenal, ending years without a title is everyone's wish. Even if many Arsenal players have forgotten what it is like to win the title, when the Carabao Cup final is getting closer and closer, the Arsenal players are crazy.
At home, the Arsenal players were outstanding.
Jin Ming made one pass and one shot in the game, and Walcott scored two shots and one pass, and finally Arsenal won 4-1 against Villa. In four League Cup games, Jin Ming scored ten goals and is far ahead of the current League Cup scorer list.
The Carabao Cup semi-finals were played over two legs, home and away, and Arsenal's 4-1 home win over Villa all but sealed their place in the final.
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Arsenal's game is on January 9 and the other game is on January 10.
The other game is Chelsea hosting Swansea City. Jin Ming and Cazorla are watching this game together. After all, one of their two teams will be Arsenal's opponents in the League Cup final.
Completely different from what was imagined, Swansea was mainly anti-guest.
At the end of the first half, Swansea's Michu took advantage of a counter-attack to score the first goal. Jin Ming, who watched it, was excited.
"Well done. It's better to keep Chelsea down. ”
Jin Ming couldn't help but clap his hands.
Don't look at Jin Ming's desire for the championship and wants to help Arsenal end many years without a championship. But if he meets Chelsea, Jin Ming is really not very sure. After all, Chelsea are really strong.
The overall strength is definitely more than Arsenal's. After all, Chelsea have brought in so many powerful stars, which is completely different from Arsenal's loss of stars over the years.
In comparison, Jin Ming is of course more willing to meet Swansea.
"Miguel, come on."
The same goes for Cazorla.
Jin Ming turned to Cazorla and said, "Do you know him?" Yes, you are all Spanish players. ”
"You don't understand."
Cazorla shook his head and said: "Miguel and I were in the Academy when we were kids, and we played together for several years. ”
"Really?"
"Yes. We used to play at Real Orvieto. ”
"Haha, that's a coincidence, Santiago. You may not know that Swansea's midfielder, the South Korean midfielder Ji Seong-yong and I also came out of the academy. Both of us rose to the first team from the academy of a club in South Korea and then helped the club win a couple of titles. That's why I came to European football. ”
Unexpectedly.
Football is really not a big deal. Swansea's Ji Seong-yong and Kim Ming are also from the Seoul FC academy, while Cazorla and Michu are also from Real Oviedo's academy.
"Then we should all support Swansea, both public and private."
"Of course."
Chelsea were really out of shape, conceding a goal in each half before losing 2-0 at home to Swansea. made Jin Ming, who was watching the game, feel very happy. It's not that Jin Ming has any bad opinions about Chelsea.
It's because Chelsea are very strong opponents.
Swansea are easier to deal with than Chelsea. Kim Ming wants Chelsea to be knocked out of the competition.
Therefore, when the game ended, Jin Ming and Cazorla immediately smiled.
Half a month later, the second match of the League Cup semi-finals. Arsenal took on Aston Villa away and the final score was 2-2. Arsenal beat Aston Villa 6-3 on aggregate to reach the Carabao Cup final in the 12-13 season.
The result of the other game came back and the Arsenal players cheered.
Chelsea were unable to recover their scores against Swansea and ended the game 0-0. In other words, Swansea beat Chelsea 2-0 to reach the Carabao Cup final.
This kind of cheering of the Arsenal players is definitely not that the Arsenal players are not unproductive.
It's that Chelsea have put a lot of pressure on Arsenal over the years. Not having a title for too long and being suppressed by a strong team for too long has also made the confidence of Arsenal players drop a lot, and even left some shadows on Arsenal players.
This kind of thing is absolute. If one side is suppressed by the other for too long, then a shadow will be created. Every time you face him, you want to beat your opponent. And the more impatient you are, the more you will always fail. It's a kind of cycle.
To get out of this situation, Arsenal need some wins, they need titles.
Otherwise, Arsenal's confidence will continue to decline, and in the end they will completely forget that they are a strong team.
The League Cup, here we come.
Jin Ming shouted in his heart, the League Cup Arsenal is coming. (To be continued......)