Chapter 432: League Cup Champion
If Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson knew what Wan Sheng thought, he would have gritted his teeth even more.
But now, the Scots have nothing to do.
United are already two goals down, his hope that 'the team can perform better' has not materialised, and the forward combination of Saha and Fletcher has been disappointing, and he is even starting to worry about the next league game because the ban of Wayne Rooney and Tevez is not over yet, and even if Fletcher does not play in the front game, Saha must be played in the next game.
In addition, C-Ronaldo did not show his strength.
As Wembley Stadium commentator Wacopt said, "C-Ronaldo's genius seems to be out of fire in front of Manchester City......"
What else can I do now?
Ferguson was at a loss.
He could only walk to the sidelines and yell at the players with an angry face, hoping to cheer everyone up in this way, and after shouting so that all the United players knew his anger, Ferguson sat in the dugout.
That panting look lets people know that he is really old.
However, Ferguson remained calm.
As a manager, you need to be calm and rational at all times to make the right choices, and to be able to make adjustments and give the team hope of winning.
The old Scottish man glanced at the bench, his sharp eyes swept over the faces of every player, and every player he had seen couldn't help but bow his head.
At Manchester United, the old Scottish man has absolute authority.
In the end, Ferguson's eyes were fixed on a young face - Portuguese genius Nani.
Nani, whose full name is Luis Kunha Nani, is a Portuguese rookie winger who rose to prominence at Sporting Lisbon two years ago as a strong, creative man with excellent technique, speed and scrum ability.
As a teenager, Nani played street ball with Manuel-Fernandes in Amadora, the birthplace of the Lisbon border, which helped him develop better sense of the ball and small skills.
Nani then joined the Sporting Lisbon Academy, was quickly promoted to the first team and gradually became a regular player, before signing a contract with Sporting Lisbon until the summer of 2010, with a €25 million buy-out clause.
With his performances at Sporting Lisbon, Nani has attracted a lot of interest from clubs.
Manchester United have a strong interest in Nani.
Building on their long-standing relationship with Sporting Lisbon, United were given a first refusal to buy Nani and the talent last summer.
The transfer value of £20 million is enough to prove Nani's potential.
Manchester United fans see Nani as the future of Manchester United and he is seen as the successor to Ryan Giggs.
However, potential is only potential after all, Nani does not have enough experience to become a regular player for Manchester United, and the old Scottish man has no choice but to replace Nani because he has no other options.
Nani comes on, Fletcher comes off.
Fletcher's performance up front disappointed Ferguson.
Fletcher was once hailed as the best 'product' of Manchester United's academy, as early as the 03-04 season, he represented Manchester United's first team in the Premier League, but for several seasons, he could only sit on the bench as a player to supplement Manchester United's squad.
Now, due to his poor performance, his difficult chance to start the tournament has come to an end again.
When Fletcher came off the field, he was at a loss.
A few years ago, he also revered his future and believed he would become a big star, just like the main players of Manchester United's first team, but since coming to the first team, he has not improved much.
Is this their own reason? Or is it the team's fault?
Fletcher wasn't sure.
What he does know is that United's talented youth team-mates, such as Chadwick, Battier and others, have not been able to perform well in the first team of Manchester United, and he has performed well.
On the way out of the pitch, Fletcher couldn't help but look at the Manchester City dugout.
The Chinese is there, it is said that he is very good at developing players, two years ago, players such as David Silva, Ozil and other players, the reputation could not be compared with him, but now the situation is reversed, I can only look up to them.
Fletcher suddenly envied Manchester City's players, who were able to have a manager who was good at developing young players, while he had to face the brutal competition within Manchester United.
Manchester United has no one to help themselves, and the only thing that can grow up in the team's environment is young talents such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney.
They didn't do well when they first arrived, but manager Alex Ferguson will give them one chance after another.
And ...... for yourself No.
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Nani received a lot of applause when he appeared, and many commentators were also introducing Nani to the fans.
However, some were still puzzled by Nani's appearance, as Nani was a wide player and it was Fletcher who started as a striker.
As the game progressed, it soon became clear to everyone.
Nani played as a wing-back, not on the left side of the flank, which he is good at, but on the right side of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ferguson's choice to bring on Nani was deliberate.
He hopes that Nani can replace Cristiano Ronaldo as a right midfielder, so as to free up Cristiano Ronaldo and give him more opportunities to the front line.
Seeing C-Ronaldo on the front line and receiving passes again and again to threaten Manchester United's goal, Wan Sheng couldn't help but give Ferguson a thumbs up in his heart.
Now Manchester United don't have many options.
Rather than expecting the young Nani to perform, it is indeed better to put the chips on C-Ronaldo, who has been performing well, after this substitution adjustment, Manchester United has Saha and C-Ronaldo in the front, and the threat to Manchester City is very great.
But it's just a threat.
The threat doesn't mean a goal, let alone an equaliser, with City already two goals ahead and the game not changing with a single substitution.
Manchester City still have the advantage of the situation, using the team's skilful possession, Manchester City still attack more often than Manchester United, and more attacking opportunities also bring more threat.
In the game, Manchester City had a clear advantage.
It didn't take long for City to prove with their next goal that the game had not changed even though United had made substitutions.
It was a goal that occurred in the 76th minute.
Ivan Crewe sent in a tactical free-kick and the ball went straight to the middle of the box, Darren Bent stepped forward to push the ball out of the crowd, and Silva volleyed in the box to help Manchester City score again!
3 to 0!
“GOOOAL!!”
"David Silva! He scored the third goal for Manchester City! ”
"Manchester City are three goals ahead of Manchester United, with only 15 minutes to go, Manchester United want to score three goals in a row, and they have to work a miracle to ......"
Behind George Woodgate's coverage of the goal was a frantic cry from Manchester City fans.
At this point, there was little hope for United.
There may be Manchester United fans who are looking forward to a miracle, but Manchester City obviously will not give Manchester United room to create a miracle, and even many Manchester City players are still thinking about completing the task of "scoring more goals" as Wan Sheng said.
Manchester United probably wouldn't have imagined that Manchester City would not be satisfied with three goals.
There was not much time left in the game compared to three goals, and United were about to launch a stormy attack on the Manchester City goal, but Manchester City came under pressure and took advantage of the United to recover and Ivan Crewe played a pass to give Torres a chance on the right side of the box.
The Spanish phenom once again showed great footwork as he managed to get the ball over the head of goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar with a lob shot.
4 to 0!
Sky Sports commentator George Woodgate declared, "Winner or loser! The 2007-2008 English League Cup will belong to Manchester City! ”
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Manchester United were beaten by one goal after another.
By the time they came back to their senses, the score was 4-0 and City had a four-goal lead.
Manchester United have never been so desperate, they have forgotten the last time they were four goals down, and looking at the scoreboard on the scoreboard, everyone knows that United have lost, they have lost the Carabao Cup, and they have lost the fighting spirit to continue playing.
At this point in the game, the rest is often garbage time.
Some of the players also consciously slowed down the tempo, so much so that the tempo of United as a whole slowed down, and they felt as if they had given up on the game.
This situation made Ferguson even more annoyed!
In the old Scottish man's view, it doesn't matter if he loses the game, it's just a League Cup, but he must not lose his fighting spirit, not to mention, this is the Manchester derby, and the battle with Manchester City will always be until the last minute of the game, just like when they beat Manchester City, more than two years ago, they often beat Manchester City, but even if Manchester City loses the game, they will hold on until the last minute, until the last minute of the game.
Now Manchester United is behind and give up?
Could it be that Manchester United have been reduced to the point where they can easily give up the game and even fight their sworn enemies?
Ferguson was unwilling.
The only thing he's happy about is that there's a really hard-working player on the pitch.
Cristiano Ronaldo!
When most of the Manchester United players had given up, C-Ronaldo did not give up, taking advantage of a Manchester City negligent opportunity, C-Ronaldo ran with the ball for more than 30 meters, and then he squeezed Dunn and pressed the penalty line to complete the shot.
The soccer ball goes straight to the right corner of the goal!
Wang Xiaolei failed to stop the ball, and C-Ronaldo helped Manchester United rewrite the score.
4 to 1.
This is the end of the game.
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From C-Ronaldo's goal to the end of the game, Wan Sheng looked at C-Ronaldo's figure.
The colleagues and players next to him are celebrating the championship, but Wan Sheng is sighing in his heart for the genius of C-Ronaldo, Manchester United's goal just now has the factor of team negligence, but it is more of a demonstration of C-Ronaldo's skills, his ability is indeed beyond ordinary players.
So far in the game, many Manchester United players have given up, and C-Ronaldo has not given up.
He's really quite good.
It is safe to say that the introduction of C-Ronaldo is the most correct transfer made by Ferguson since 2000.
According to the original football history, these two seasons were the most glorious for Manchester United, C-Ronaldo's explosion helped Manchester United re-emerge, and at the same time, C-Ronaldo rose faster, and he soon became recognized as one of the top players in the world, and only the Argentine genius Messi who played for Barcelona can be compared.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi represent an era of football.
It's a pity that he came.
Wan Sheng is coming.
From the moment Wan Sheng chose to coach Manchester City, Manchester United's glory was not destined to come.
Now Manchester United must be very unwilling, this season their squad and strength have reached a peak, but it is still difficult to compete for the title in the domestic league, the Champions League? No, Manchester City are also competing for the Champions League!
Maybe the team will meet Manchester United again in the Champions League?
Hey.
That's really interesting.
At the same time, Wan Sheng also thought of C-Ronaldo, the Portuguese genius must be very unwilling to lose the championship, maybe this game is not important, and he can't win the league championship, which will make C-Ronaldo even more unwilling.
It is said that since he moved to Manchester United, he has never won a league title.
For the world's top players, salary is no longer what they are striving for, but they need honour to 'decorate' themselves, like Ballack, who went to Chelsea to win the title, and many stars who left their favorite team for the title and joined other teams.
C-Ronaldo must also want to win the championship, right?
The corners of Wan Sheng's mouth twitched, he knew what he should say after the game.
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The match at the new Wembley Stadium ended 4-1 as City won the Manchester derby and won the 2007-2008 English League Cup.
This is the first Carabao Cup title in two years.
Manchester City players and fans are still full of joy for the team to win this title.
However, for the outside world, Manchester City's defeat of Manchester United is no longer big news, the result is not unexpected, but the score is unexpected by many people.
If it weren't for C-Ronaldo's goal at the end, Manchester United wouldn't even be able to save face, and when the referee blew the final whistle, accompanied by the cheers of the Manchester City fans, the Manchester United players sat on the pitch in a daze, and they didn't fully accept the result.
However, the stadium already belongs to the champions, to Manchester City!
"Congratulations to Manchester City!"
"They won the 2007-2008 English League Cup!"
"It's a trophy with a lot of money, Manchester City are against Arsenal in the semi-finals and Manchester United in the final, so it's not easy for them to come all the way. Now they have won the championship and judging by the final, they deserve it too! ”
'4-1, four players scored, Silva and Darren Bent scored one each, Torres scored two, especially the penalty with the back heel, which left a lasting impression on the fans, and there was no doubt that the 'Golden Boy' would be the best player in the final. On the Manchester United side, Cristiano Ronaldo was the only player on the scoresheet, and perhaps he was the only player ......who performed well today." )