Located in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, the Millennium Stadium is home to the Welsh national team and is the venue for the annual English Community Shield and League Cup finals. Because the old Wembley Stadium has been demolished in recent years, the new Wembley Stadium is still under construction, so it is also the venue for the FA Cup final.

Regarding the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, there has been another spell in recent years. Its south wing dressing room is shrouded in demons, with data showing that in past tournaments, any team that has used the south wing dressing room has not been able to win. For example, teams such as Chelsea, the runner-up of the FA Cup in 2002, Arsenal in 2001 and Preston North End in the play-offs. The North Wing locker room seems to be under God's favor.

Therefore, before the game, the officials of both clubs made all-round efforts on the selection of dressing rooms, for fear that their teams would be assigned to the south wing dressing room.

When Qiao Wanxian heard the news, he immediately sneered and said directly: "There is a curse in the South Wing locker room? Well, I'm here to break the curse! ”

Chelsea had only travelled to Wales on the day of the final, staying in a hotel near the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and not even doing acclimatisation training, but only finding a fast pitch and doing a two-hour recovery session before the game. The players looked very relaxed, and there was talk and laughter on the training ground, which was very different from the situation of Liverpool peeping into by reporters.

At 23 o'clock in the evening of February 27th, the final of the 04-05 English League Cup officially started at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff!

Seeing Liverpool's starting lineup, Boas's admiration for Qiao Wanxian is simply a five-body throw, and Liverpool's starting 11 are almost exactly the same as Qiao Wanxian expected!

Goalkeeper Dudek, defenders from right to left are Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Reese, Harvey Alonso, Gerrard, right winger Luis Garcia, forward Smitchell, left winger Villa, and Czech Barosh in the center.

After two defeats to Joovan Ian, Benitez decided to move away from a conservative line-up and instead of an aggressive formation, and it seems that he has sensed that no matter how strong a fortress is in the face of Chelsea attacks, it is useless. Against giants such as Manchester United and Arsenal, they may be able to withstand the opponent's firepower with a defensive line like Macedonia, but Chelsea's attackers are completely nuclear weapons, and uranium fission and TNT are completely two levels.

It's just that to Jovan's surprise, Benitez gave up the Australian Colwill and chose the Czech Smitchell to play as a striker. Is it to treat Smitchell, who has been injured this season and rarely played?

Smitchell is not fast, but his dribbling and passing are subtle, especially with Steven Gerrard over the years, who has been able to create a creative spark up front. Even if the speed is not fast, but with Villa and Barosh in the front, there is indeed a greater need for a scalpel pass.

On the pitch, the changes Smitchell brought to the Reds were indeed somewhat unexpected.

In the 6th minute of the opening game, Liverpool's two Spaniards, Xavi Alonso and Luis Garcia, successfully cut off the ball at the feet of compatriot Torres, and after receiving the ball, Alonso passed the ball to Smitchell without hesitation according to the training requirements of the past few days.

As a Czech, Smitchell has a super strong will and physique, and he resisted Roy Keane's physical collision, protected the ball at his feet, saw the right time, and at the moment of Villa's acceleration, he picked up a diagonal pass, which really tore through the Chelsea defense like a scalpel.

"Whew, Smitchell passes, well done! Villa and Ramos are two Spaniards vying for position, and it is clear that Villa, who started first, is better in terms of speed! ”

"Ramos pulled people behind his back...... Villa, Villa! Genius, he's definitely a genius, Benitez has a discerning eye, this small striker brought in from Spain in the winter is definitely a super bargain deal, Villa completely got rid of Ramos, he can't hold ......"

The camera swept over the stands, and the red and blue colors in the Millennium Stadium were extremely conspicuous and distinct, and the junction was separated by an iron fence, as if the Chu River and Han Boundary were isolating the fans on both sides.

Although they haven't scored yet, the fanatical Reds fans can't suppress their excitement and rush to scream at the camera, just after the game starts, give the mighty Chelsea a dismount, this is the glory of the Reds!

'John Terry stepped forward to block it, Gerrard rushed up and Villa had the option to pass the ball...... Oh my god, what a daring artist, he forced a shot through Terry! Curveball, far corner! Petr Cech...... Petr Cech flew to save ......"

"Buzz!"

The millennium stadium boiled like a fryer.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech unexpectedly saved Villa's inevitable shot, the football flew off the bottom line, and Chelsea saved the day!

In the stands, the exact opposite of what had just been seen, the Blues fans began to enthusiastically jump, jumping up and down the stands, waving their arms and venting their passion. The Red Army has glory, and our Blue Army has dignity!

Reds vs Blues.

Final.

From the very beginning of the competition, it is destined to be indispensable for blood and passion!

Torres, Van der Vaart, Lampard, Duff, Rooney, and another five-person group cheating, following the 5:0 sweep of Barcelona, Qiao Wanxian will definitely not let Liverpool go! Even though he and Benitez have a good friendship.

After a thrilling ride through Liverpool's spectatorship and a steady pace, the game was back on Chelsea's predetermined track without any suspense.

In the forward position, Van der Vaart and Kaka are obviously different, Kaka is like an extremely sharp knife, the knife is bloody; Van der Vaart is a pile of moving bricks, although there is rarely a fatal performance, but the emphasis is on moving a lot of bricks, smash you dizzy, smash twice you don't want to cry without tears?

Therefore, the forward combination of Van der Vaart and Frank Lampard can control the ball more and firmly grasp the rhythm of the field in the palm of his hand.

In the first 20 minutes of the game, Liverpool's most eye-catching performance was the wonder soldier Smitchell, who received bursts of applause from the Reds fans with a dangerous pass and a powerful long-range shot; In the Chelsea team, the most eye-catching performance is not Van der Vaart, not Frank Lampard, not Torres, not Rooney, who seems to be walking, but Irish fast Madhav!

Duff's every kick and cross was almost like a machete swing towards every Reds fan, and it scared people into a cold sweat! Benitez on the sidelines also shuddered: "Isn't it, in this game, Chelsea really focused on crosses from the right wing? It's unbelievable......"

Finally, in the 22nd minute of the game, Chelsea's hard-fought tactics finally paid off.

Van der Vaart broke through the middle and failed to pass back to Keane, who moved the ball to the right in a step-by-step manner. Norwegian Reeser has suffered many times in terms of speed, and he really doesn't know what brand of boots this Duff is wearing, and how to run fast? When Ya Laozi was caught cheating, he didn't run so fast.

With many previous experiences, Reeser didn't dare to stick it when defending Duff, for fear of being shaken by him again with an acceleration start.

This time, Duff saw Riese retreating cautiously, the corners of his mouth hooked, revealing a wicked smile, and he did not choose to cross on the ground again, but the moment he received the ball, he got up on the spot and crossed at a 45-degree angle! Reese's center of gravity was pressed back and it was impossible to lift his center of gravity to step forward to steal, only to see the ball slide over the court in a black and white curve.

"Duff went straight to the cross? It's rare, it's rare, it's almost impossible to see in a Chelsea game......"

"Chelsea have two points in the box, Torres in front and Frank Lampard in the back, but the ball is a bit floating, if Torres has Crouch's height, maybe he can top ......"

As the commentator said, Torres leaped high of the air, leaving only a blonde fluttering memory in the air, not even touching the edge of the football, as for Lampard...... He didn't even bother to jump.

"Stinky feet!"

"Stinkball!"

Almost everyone thought so, and Dudek, who was highly nervous, also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and took a few steps back along the trajectory of the football, intending to jump high in the air to get the ball.

Just as soon as he turned around, Dudek's eyes suddenly widened!

Almost instantly, the cold sweat on his back wet his jersey.

"Rooney! There was Rooney's third point at the back post! Didn't he just wander around outside the penalty area, why did he rush in? ”

Rooney leaped high and slammed his bald head into the ball, which bounced off the ground and into the net, while Dudek just jumped like an octopus and froze......

"Whoa, whoa, whoa...... Oh my God, what's going on? How did Rooney, who had been walking for more than 20 minutes, end up in that position? Isn't he chatting with the fans near the touchline? Not...... Let's take a look at the replay...... Duff passes, Rooney! Attention Rooney! He slumped in diagonally from the sideline, oh God, the way he bared his teeth and ran for his life, it was like stealing a neighbor's chicken and being chased by a dog! ”

"Haha, we scored first! Chelsea must win, Joe is invincible! Look at our hero, Rooney, huh? What about Rooney? Whew, he lowered his head and slammed into the fence on the sidelines, did he think he had practiced iron-headed kung fu? Haha, just kidding, he's doing a swooping celebratory move...... Worst! This kid didn't seem to be holding his feet, and he really bumped into it! ”

Rooney and Qiao Wan have been idle for a long time, and their childlike playfulness has become more prominent, and they have subtly learned a lot of tricks to pull the wind and pretend, only to hear the sound of "oops", and there was an exclamation on the court.

“haha……”

The Blues fans were still shouting and cheering from the stands, celebrating Rooney's goal, and seeing Rooney's hilarious scene, they all got up.

The Red Army was originally endlessly disappointed, and when they saw this scene, they couldn't help but smile.

England football hooligans are notorious, but the quality on the pitch is high, especially against the future of English football like Wayne Rooney.

Behavior like "national scolding" only belongs to football at the bottom.

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