No. 291: The English League Cup is expected to break through

The Chinese men's football team defeated the Lebanese national team twice and scored six points.

The Syrian national team, which has always been very good before, did not continue their strong performance, and ambiguously drew 0-0 with Vietnam at home.

However, the Syrian national team still tops the group with 10 points. The Chinese men's football team followed with a score of nine points, the Vietnamese team ranked third with four points, and the Lebanese national team ranked last with zero points.

With two rounds of fixtures remaining, the Syrian national team has already qualified from the group, but they have not secured the top spot in the group. The Chinese men's football team did not get the right to qualify, they are still a little close, but they are already in a very advantageous position.

After the national team competition, Dongfang Chen didn't stay in China for long, let alone go home to visit his mother, he flew back to England directly.

Because the league on the English side has resumed, the day before the Chinese men's football team's home game against the Lebanese national team, Birmingham City took on Fulham at their home stadium. Dongfang Chen is in China, and he will be suspended for this round and will not be able to play, and he watched the game in front of the TV.

Birmingham won 1-0 against Fulham thanks to Sturridge's goal and picked up the three points.

Dongfang Chen immediately rushed back to England to prepare for the next game. At this time, the FA completed an investigation into some of the events that occurred in the match between Birmingham City and Liverpool, and issued a penalty.

The FA has imposed the following penalties on Liverpool fans blocking Birmingham buses on the streets and outside the hotel, guiding Birminghames to continue their trips, and hitting the windows of Birmingham buses with stones, and Liverpool fans setting off fireworks in the middle of the night to harass Birmingham players, the FA has decided to close Anfield Stadium for two games, not allowing Liverpool fans to enter the stadium to watch the game, and leaving the club for 50,000 pounds as a warning.

The FA has investigated the referee Mark Clattenburg in the Birmingham City game against Liverpool, in which Mark Clattenburg was clearly biased in favour of Liverpool and the decision was problematic on a number of occasions. Of course, they found no evidence of Mark Clattenberg's bribery or that of the Liverpool team, and only attributed the problem to Mark Clattenburg, which was guided by Mark Clattenburg's personal will.

In the end, the FA handed down a selection penalty to Mark Clattenburg, suspended him for six games, reviewed it in writing and fined him £50,000. This penalty is relatively severe.

The FA has launched an investigation into the match, and they have also severely punished the Birmingham head coach for questioning and defaming the FA Referees Association, with a four-match suspension and a fine of £50,000.

Moreover, the FA also made a departure for Dongfang Chen, adding Dongfang Chen to suspend the game for one game. In other words, Dongfang Chen's Premier League suspension has reached two games, and Dongfang Chen will still not be able to play in the next round of the league.

This time, the FA did not show mercy, and the punishment was very large.

After returning to England, Dongfang Chen only knew about this, and he knew that he didn't have to run back in such a hurry if he wanted to continue to be suspended, he should at least go home to see his mother.

Now, though, it's clear that there's no chance of regret.

This time, the impact on the Birmingham team is very big, the manager has to suspend for four games, which is a very, very big impact on the team. And Dongfang Chen also has to suspend the game for one game, which still has a great impact.

However, with the help of this opportunity, Dongfang Chen took a break.

Recently, Dongfang Chen has been very tired, he is flying back and forth, he is about to circle the earth, and there is naturally a lot of fatigue in the competition, so it's not bad to take a rest now.

In the fourteenth round of the league, Dongfang Chen is still suspended, and the Birmingham team plays against their rival Wolves.

Last season, the two teams were in the same Championship and fought for the league title, but Birmingham still had to go ahead and win the league title.

This season, both teams have arrived in the Premier League, but the situation of the two teams is very different. Birmingham City are now third in the league and are a team in the UEFA Champions League region. Wolves, on the other hand, are in line with their status as promoted horses, as they sit second from bottom in the league.

The gap between the two teams is widening, with Wolves now battling relegation while Birmingham are battling for the title and Champions League qualification.

However, even so, Wolves will not give up on the game, they will fight Birmingham, they are convinced that Birmingham will not be better than them, and it is pure luck that Birmingham are in this position now, and they hope to find themselves in Birmingham and get rid of bad luck and soar into the sky.

Moreover, this opportunity is also very good now, because the situation of the Birmingham team is very bad, Dongfang Chen, who annoyed them very much last season, is suspended, and McLeish is also suspended, which is simply God helping them.

Wolves are full of confidence throughout the squad and are confident they can beat Birmingham.

Wolves did create more chances in the game and threatened the Birmingham goal many times, but they still couldn't break through the Birmingham team's goal, but allowed the Birmingham people to sneak into the goal, and South Korea's Lee Qinglong scored a goal to help the team win 1-0 against Wolves.

The Birmingham team won again, which made the whole Birmingham team breathe a sigh of relief, at this time they just want to hold on, if they all hold on at this time, what are they afraid of?

At this time, the players of the Birmingham team are full of confidence, they can still beat their opponents in such a difficult situation, they are full of confidence.

Next, Dongfang Chen is lifted, and McLeish is suspended for two more games, but this suspension is in the Premier League, which has no impact on the English League Cup.

The following week, Birmingham City play a double fixture, with midweek taking on their rivals Portsmouth in the Carabao Cup and Wigan Athletic in the league at the weekend.

This time the teams that have reached the quarter-finals of this season's English league are Birmingham, Portsmouth, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Blackburn.

The weaker of these eight teams should be Portsmouth and Blackburn, and Liverpool's opponent turned out to be one of these two teams, which is very lucky.

In the midweek game, Dongfang Chen and McLeish can both appear in the game, which is a release for them.

For the English League Cup, the Birmingham team is still very thoughtful, if they can win the League Cup, regardless of the Birmingham team's results in the league, they will be guaranteed to qualify for the Europa League, which is very attractive to the Birmingham team.

Birmingham City chairman Yang Jiacheng is very concerned about this European qualification, and he certainly hopes that the team can win the League Cup.

The Carabao Cup has reached the quarter-finals, and now Birmingham are not very strong opponents, they have a chance to qualify for the last four, or even chase the title, at this time, of course, they will go for the League Cup title without reservation.

So, in midweek, McLeish didn't think about the weekend's league game, he started the game and won the game.

Although Portsmouth are the weaker of the eight, Birmingham City are still not underestimating their opponents and they take this game very seriously.

Dongfang Chen has finally returned to the game after two suspensions, Dongfang Chen has been suffocated for a while, and now he can finally vent well.

At the beginning of the game, Dongfang Chen seemed to be very active, causing a lot of trouble for the Portsmouth team, making the Portsmouth people feel very bad and annoyed.

Finally, in the nineteenth minute of the first half of the game, Dongfang Chen's famous stunt appeared again, thirty-nine meters away from the goal, Dongfang Chen suddenly volleyed, and the football flew to Portsmouth's goal like a cannonball.

The ball bounced off the ball before the goalkeeper and flew straight past the Portsmouth goalkeeper's arm and into the Portsmouth goal, opening the door for Birmingham to win.

After scoring this goal, the Birmingham team was even more energetic, frantically besieging the Portsmouth team, and in the first half the Portsmouth team was completely parried, it was difficult to attack the Birmingham team's half. This came as a surprise to the Portsmouthns, who thought they would face the Premier League's traditional semi-finals.

In the first half, Birmingham led 1-0, and in the second half, Birmingham played more relaxed, putting more pressure on Portsmouth.

Sure enough, in the twentieth minute of the second half, Birmingham midfielder Kevin Boateng received a wonderful pass from Dongfang Chen, and sent the football into the door of Portsmouth with a volley, 2-0.

After 2-0, the Birmingham team still did not stop, attacking aggressively and crushing Portsmouth to death.

In the 34th and 40th minutes of the second half, Sturridge and James Collins each scored a goal in a 4-1 win over Portsmouth, who scored a face-saving goal in the final minute of the game.

Birmingham City managed to qualify for the last four of this season's English League Cup, which made the Birmingham fans very excited, very excited, as if they had won the championship, very happy.

After Birmingham's match against Portsmouth, the rest of the League Cup fixtures came to an end, and this season's English League Cup semi-finals were born: Birmingham, Blackburn, Manchester City and Manchester United.

Yes, both Manchester City have advanced to the final four, and now it seems that this League Cup final should be a duel between Manchester City's two giants.

However, the Carabao Cup semi-finals followed, and Birmingham's good fortune continued, as they shocked Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City faced to battle in the semi-finals.

The Carabao Cup semi-finals will be played over two legs, home and away, rather than a one-game fixture, so that both sides will have more chances.

At the end of this game, the people of Birmingham were naturally very happy, they saw the opportunity to advance to the final and win the championship, and Yang Jiacheng was also excited.

However, the players of the Birmingham team did not remain in this joy, and they ushered in the 15th round of the league, and the Birmingham team went to face Wigan Athletic away from home.

In this game, Dongfang Chen paid and played in the league, while McLeish continued to sit in the stands.

After the start of the game, the Birmingham team did not seem to be affected by McLeish's sitting in the stands at all, but scored at the beginning of the game, Dongfang Chen's powerful long-range shot again miraculous, the football flew into the Wigan Athletic goal, 1-0 lead.

After that, Birmingham played more smoothly and frequently threatened Wigan Athletic, giving Birmingham a 3-0 lead before the end of the game. However, in the final ten minutes, Wigan Athletic burst into a powerful burst of ability and launched a counter-attack, scoring twice in a row to make it 2-3 and almost equalis.

In the end, Birmingham won a thrilling victory over Wigan Athletic to get the three points.