"It's going to be a big clash between two of the best teams in the Premier League"

For the Carabao Cup semi-finals, both the Premier League and the European media generally gave high praise.

The Carabao Cup is a shame to abandon, but that's for the teams aiming to win the title, and for Manchester United this season, the Carabao Cup is a must-win because it's hard to imagine that Chelsea, who are so far ahead, will stop and rest like the stupid rabbit in the tortoise-hare race.

After leading Chelsea to an almost insane 14 victories, tying Arsenal's all-time Premier League record that year, Ye Qiu beat Portsmouth again 0 at home in the first round, not only breaking the Gunners' all-time record, but also tying Real Madrid's 15-game winning streak.

Real Madrid's 15-game winning streak took place more than 40 years ago, when Real Madrid boasted top stars such as Di Stefano and Puskas who had a fantastic 15-game winning streak in the U-season that has never been broken, a record that also topped Europe's top five leagues.

Now, Ye Qiu is leading his Blue Army chariot to catch up with this historical record, and he is only one step away from breaking it

Chelsea have been in excellent form, and Manchester United have been just as good as they have been in lately.

Ferguson's Red Devils are accustomed to working hard in months and months and during the winter break, and the Reds have a proud record of 10 wins and three draws in the last 13 games, and the league table is also constantly rising, and now they are firmly in third place in the league, although the possibility of winning the title is unlikely, but at least the Red Devils' performance is impressive.

Not only that, Ferguson has the title of the king of the semi-finals in the Premier League, because he has played l0 semi-finals in the past 15 years, and there is no doubt that the past 10 times have ended in Manchester United winning, and Ferguson has won the reputation of the king of the semi-finals.

The most typical is the FA Cup semi-finals last season, when the unbeaten Arsenal was in good shape, while Manchester United was in a very embarrassing and embarrassing situation, but the two teams in the FA Cup semi-finals ended with Manchester United beating Arsenal 0.

It was in that game that United fired the first shot to end Arsenal's treble dream

Ferguson praised Ye Qiu before the game, and admitted by the way that the first leg of the League Cup put Manchester United in a relatively disadvantageous situation, but he kept calling on Manchester United's players to show the courage and determination that they had when they played Arsenal in the semi-finals last season, and beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in one fell swoop.

Ye Qiu also did not back down from Ferguson's provocation, saying that the team will reach the League Cup final at Stamford Bridge, because, "It's always a pleasure to win the title, and as the manager of a team, my responsibility is to lead the team to bring more joy to the fans"

The matchup between two teams that have been in the craziest form and the best performance in the past few months has naturally attracted a lot of attention from the outside world, but what makes people feel depressed is that this matchup, which should have been very exciting, turned out to be extremely dull 00 after the worst

"Shrunken Turtle"

When the game ended, Ferguson stood in front of the away team's coach's box, watching Ye Qiu keep shaking his head and walking over, he deliberately muttered loudly, obviously deliberately saying it to Ye Qiu, deliberately disgusting him.

That's what Alex Ferguson has always done, you can beat me on the pitch but you can't stop me from disgusting you off the pitch.

"Are you talking about you? Sir Alex Ferguson, congratulations, you deserve the Times' award for the best old turtle of the year" Ye Qiu smiled and stretched out his hand and shook hands with Ferguson.

The bickering between the two was heard by United's assistant coaches, but no one stepped forward, including Queiroz.

This is a contest between Ye Qiu and Ferguson, and no one else is qualified to participate.

"This is your home field, Mr. Ye Qiu, but you are guarding like a turtle, is this what you call offensive football?" Ferguson naturally would not be angry with Ye Qiu at every turn, or give him a punch, because he may not be able to beat this Chinese.

"Ha, Sir Alex Ferguson, you're so funny, I'm going to play at home, come on, shouldn't you press out if you lose the first leg? Oh, I know, you didn't even think about making the cut, I thought you were going to be bombarded from the first minute of the game, and I deliberately put on a stubborn attitude to accommodate you. ”

When he said this, Ye Qiu put on a picture that you are really sorry for my sense of identification with you, sir

It's funny to say, Ye Qiu has already won away in the first leg, and he wants to try to adjust his tactics in the second leg, because if he advances from the semi-finals, the opponent in the final will be Liverpool, so Ye Qiu wants to try to play defensive counterattack.

After all, Manchester United lost the first leg and it was a matter of course to press out away from home.

What I didn't expect was that Ferguson was also very cautious, not only did he not press up decisively after the opening, but even as the game approached the end, he guarded like a turtle, and he didn't make a little move until the last ten minutes, but what was the use?

"Really? Then you're really not confident in your defense," Ferguson sneered.

Chelsea have conceded the fewest goals in Europe's top five leagues so far, and this kind of defensive ability is not enough to satisfy Ye Qiu, and he has to put on a stubborn defense, isn't this extremely conservative?

"You're wrong, Jazz, it's not that I'm not confident in my defense, but I overestimated your Manchester United offense, I never imagined that in such an important game, you would only have shots, although we played defensive counter-attacks, but we had at least 13 shots on goal, and we had a lot of substitutes." Ye Qiu fought back.

"You only had a U shot on target out of 13 shots, while mine had five shots on target, so it's clear who is more efficient," Ferguson put on a swagger, losing the game, but verbally he couldn't lose.

"Heh, Jazz, you're really efficient, you didn't score with 5 shots on target, if it wasn't for Ferdinand and Howard, I would have scored in a U-foot shot"

"Phew, you're dreaming, aren't you?" Ferguson snorted to his side.

Although the two quarreled over there, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Chelsea had three or four substitutes, plus the first leg had been won, even if it was a home game, it was understandable to play a little conservatively, and Manchester United's tactics were relatively negative, and Ferguson was obviously very clear that once he pressed out to play, it would be difficult to ensure the quality of his defense.

Of course, when the two quarrel, no one will talk about this, but in fact, everyone knows it very well in their hearts.

"Congratulations, the king of the semi-finals, you finally don't need to put pressure on this title in the future" Ye Qiu slapped Ferguson with a smile, and he was a little proud in his heart.

Ferguson smiled proudly, "I'll care about this?" ”

But soon, Ferguson looked at Ye Qiu again and reminded, "I think you kid is more pleasing to the eye, be careful Benitez, Liverpool's team is a bit like last year's Chelsea, but it plays more conservatively than you, what the fuck"

Last season's Chelsea was composed of Davies, Deco and Makelelele with a back three, plus Frank Lampard and Drogba to form a strong midfield press, and the defensive front press, can ⊥ Chelsea to do both pressing defense and pressing attack, because they are all carried out in the opponent's half, so the switch between attack and defense is fast.

But Liverpool are more conservative, and the Reds' current tactic is actually to shrink the defense and then play counter-attacks through long passes.

In other words, they only have a pressing defense, but they don't have the kind of pressing attack that Chelsea has, but because of the presence of Xavi Alonso and Gerrard, Liverpool's counterattack is very sharp, coupled with Benitez's targeted defensive tactics, anyone who encounters such a team will feel a headache.

It's not just Ye Qiu and Ferguson who are feeling tricky, almost every team that has faced Liverpool this season has had a headache.

It's like a hedgehog, swinging a frame for you to fight, and you don't know where to fight

"If you don't say to the media that it's thanks to your reminder after I beat Liverpool, I'll consider saying thank you to you," Ye Qiu smiled and stretched out his hand again.

Ferguson was also amused by Ye Qiu's words, and couldn't help but laugh along with it, shaking Ye Qiu's hand.

It's really nice to have an opponent, especially one of those weights, because you know exactly where you want to go and work hard at all times, so that you can always maintain a passion.

So, it's really good to have opponents

Ferguson sent Ye Qiu away, looked at his back, and muttered to himself in his heart, more or less worried about this young opponent, because he also had his own channels and heard some rumors.

Chelsea beat the Red Devils on aggregate over two legs to advance to the Carabao Cup final against Liverpool, who eliminated Watford, while the Reds faced Watford in the Championship, and Benitez's tactics of 0 Benitez in both legs were indeed very helpless.

After playing the League Cup, it was immediately ushered in the FA Cup knockout round, and the opponent was Birmingham.

Ye Qiu still made lineup adjustments for this game, with the youngster Messi replacing Ronaldinho in the left winger position, Joe Cole playing in the front, and Ribery playing on the right, the three became Chelsea's attacking combination, and Van Persie on the front line.

Cesc Fabregas and Essien partnered in midfield, with Patrice Evra, Gallas, John Terry and Son Je-hae forming the backline, with the goalkeeper in goalkeeper Marc Cudicini in the back.

Although the number of appearances in the Premier League this season has reached double digits, but those are basically substitute appearances, Messi's main battlefield is more in the cup, such as the first few rounds of the League Cup, as well as the two rounds of the FA Cup, he played the starter, and the performance is also good, on the contrary, it is Cesc Fabregas, who has the experience of playing in the league starter.

Messi didn't get a chance in the Carabao Cup against Manchester United, which made him very active in this game, creating chances on the left flank, first after a quick break down the left and a flat cross, the ball was passed to the Birmingham City goal, but Van Persie, who was cut in behind, was almost enough, and missed a very good chance to score.

Then Joe Cole received a pass from Ribery on the right, volleyed directly without stopping the ball, and picked the ball to the left side of Messi, and the Argentine teenager quickly inserted it and shot directly, and the ball crossed a diagonal line and hung in the upper right corner of the Birmingham goal, but the referee ruled that Messi was offside and fouled, and the goal was not counted.

After that, Messi and Patrice Evra were very active on the left, plus Ribery on the right, the best 12th of Chelsea last season, although the performance of this season has declined a little, but the overall strength is in the steady progress, and the performance on the pitch is also becoming more and more confident, resulting in Chelsea's two wings playing very actively.

In the 57th minute of the second half, Cesc Fabregas made an overhead pass at the back, Messi quickly cut to the ribs from the left side, turned his back to the opponent's goal, and when he was not tall enough to threaten the opponent, he used his position and awareness to intercept the ball in advance, and his header was given to Van Persie, who was not far from his side.

As soon as the Dutch striker saw the coming of the ball, he raised his foot to stop, stood firm, did not wait for the ball to land, and then picked it up, the whole process was like flowing water, very hearty and free, very pleasing to the eye.

The ball crossed Birmingham's backline, and Messi, who was still fighting for the ball just now, quickly passed through Birmingham's defense at this moment, this time he did not choose to turn around and stop the ball on his chest, but turned his head sideways to see the direction of the ball, and directly pulled out a volley with his left foot to meet the fall of the ball.

This kick is very light, not very powerful, but the victory is in the pursuit of the angle is tricky enough, and Birmingham's goalkeeper Mike Taylor is because Messi receives the ball on the left, so the position is a little left, but the goal is deliberately hit to the upper right corner of the goal, which is almost a dead corner for the goalkeeper standing on the left.

The ball drilled into the Birmingham City goal again, and this time, no one was going to say offside again

“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL”

The announcer in charge of the live commentary at Stamford Bridge stretched the goal for a long time, lasting more than a dozen seconds.

The Chelsea fans rushed out of their seats to the most enthusiastic applause and cheers for the Argentinian's outstanding performance.

It wasn't his first goal for Chelsea, but it was definitely the best game he played for Chelsea

Messi quickly rushed to the bottom of the Chelsea fans' stand on the sidelines, and his teammates rushed up one by one, surrounding him, all of them to congratulate the Argentinian youngster.

After two years, the potential of Messi and Cesc Fabregas has dazzled everyone, and many even believe that they are the golden gems that Ye Qiu has brought to Chelsea for the next decade, and they will definitely be the core of Chelsea in the next decade.

Because of this, these big brothers in the team take great care of these two young players, especially Ribery, who is also an outsider, after seeing Messi's goal, he directly put Messi on his back and quickly ran all the way along the rostrum.

Perhaps because he was used to moving bricks and bricks, Ribery's speed did not slow down at all, but still maintained his sharp sprint speed, and the fans in the stands kept cheering for the two.

But this was obviously just the beginning, and in the RU minute, it was Messi's quick break on the left that formed a foul on the Birmingham players, and Chelsea got a free-kick opportunity in front, Joe Cole took it himself, and Terry hit the header to further extend the score for Chelsea, 0

The successive goals completely dampened Birmingham's morale, when Chelsea in the dU minute, Messi and Evra formed a combination on the left, Evra crossed the middle, Joe Cole picked up the right, Ribery quickly cut into the penalty area diagonally, received the ball and pushed it directly to lock the score at 0

It was also the last goal of the game

Chelsea's substitutes and youth teams performed well in this game, completely conquering the discerning Blues fans, Messi, Franck Ribery, Joe Cole, Van Persie and other players charging forward, midfielder Cesc Fabregas's big strategy, and Essien's sweeping and running, all make people look forward to this young generation of Chelsea players.

Ye Qiu also expressed his satisfaction with the current situation of the team after the game, and he even shouted that Chelsea will not need to make large-scale reinforcements in the next few years, but should work hard to promote the young players and youth players in his team

'We have a group of outstanding young players, they are full of potential and talent, they will be a new force in the team in the next two years, I have no doubt that players such as Leo Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Robin van Persie will be the future of the team and I can't even wait for their great performances"

With the excellent performance of this game, Chelsea's youth army has also won the unanimous praise of the English media, believing that Ye Qiu's team has a very good combination of old, middle and young, and he has spared no effort in promoting and cultivating young players in the past two years, I believe that under his leadership, this group of young players from Chelsea will soon take over.

"When the precocious Rooney has become a vital member of Chelsea's attacking formation, Cesc Fabregas, Messi, Robin van Persie and others are all working hard to improve their strengths, and Ye Qiu has also promised to give them more opportunities in the next two years to give them the full play of their strengths."

'We can predict that the emergence of this group of young players will bring a whole new wave of change to Chelsea, and they will make Chelsea more passionate and better.

"As Ye Qiu said, we are all equally full of expectations for their future."

After playing the FA Cup, time finally left the month of the winter break and entered the month.

Chelsea once again won the Premier League Monthly Awards for the month of L with their outstanding performances, but the curse of the Month seemed to be on the back of the month just after the start of the month.

This time it's not on the pitch, though.