Chapter 159, League Cup Semi-Final

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In the third round of the FA Cup on January 5, Manchester United will welcome Swansea at home.

In the Carabao Cup semi-final on January 7, Manchester United will go away to challenge Sunderland.

After the pre-match warm-up, in the locker room, Kintag was chatting with the players about the recent game.

"After playing the FA Cup on the 5th, and the League Cup on the 7th, do they think that Manchester United players are all iron men and don't need to rest?" Kintag complained, "Fortunately, I decided to give up the football at the beginning of the season. The Cup, if not, guys, if you gave your all in the FA Cup the day before yesterday, would you be able to run today?"

The players are also very resentful when they think about the time interval between the two games.

Because the two games are only two days apart, almost all the players who started the last game rested at home today, except for a few positions, and did not follow the away game. Today, Manchester United is still familiar with the 442 formation: the goalkeeper is De Gea, the defense is Ferdinand and Van Dijk partnering central defenders, Evra is on the left, Raphael is on the right, and Kanter and Carrick are in the midfield. Maher Reis and Martial are separated in the left and right center position is Van Persie, and Rooney is slightly behind. The seven substitute players are: Alisson, Smalling, Nainggolan, De Bruyne, Shinji Kagawa, Valencia and Icardi.

Sunderland is no stranger to Kim Teg, the opponent. In the seventh round of the league on October 5, Manchester United once visited Sunderland's Stadium of Light. , took away a 0-0 game from here, and now coming back here again, Manchester United is no longer the Manchester United team three months ago. There is still a bus in front of the gate today, and Jin Taige still has the confidence to take away a victory from here.

Although Sunderland was playing at home in this game, they still did not plan to fight against Manchester United. Manchester United's strong attack line continued to suppress Sunderland's defense line, while Sunderland's defense line was dominated by former Manchester United player O'Shea. Under the leadership of the team, they desperately resisted Manchester United's offensive.

This game was another Manchester United half-time offensive and defensive exercise. Sunderland had almost no decent offensive.

After 30 minutes of the game, the score between the two teams was still 0-0.

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At this time, the home fans at the Stadium of Light began to boo sporadically, expressing their dissatisfaction with their team's unprogressive attitude at home. The Manchester United fans who followed the team were also a little listless. Sunderland's negative style of play made them feel a little drowsy.

Even Raman, the commentator of Sky TV, has no energy: "The ratings of the League Cup have gone from bad to worse these years. If the FA can't find the reason, then please let them watch this boring game. This game It's like a tiger trying to bite a tortoise hiding in its shell, the tortoise is unscathed, and the tiger has nothing to do."

Morris looked at the situation on the field and said deeply: "There are only two outcomes of this game. Either the tortoise was bitten and its shell was crushed, or the tiger's teeth were broken."

Raman is listless: "I wish I could see the result before I fall asleep"

Just when the entire audience was drowsy, a sudden change occurred on the field. And Raman and Morris in the live broadcast room also immediately regained their spirits.

"This time it was Manchester United's attack again, Rooney took the ball, and he passed Sunderland's midfielder Cattermole!"

"Long-range Rooney was tackled!"

"Sunderland defender Roberto Rooney tackled Rooney from the side! The foul was on the penalty area line. Is it a penalty?"

At this time, the game progressed to the 42nd minute, and a foul on the field called out all the drowsy people, and the audience was boiling! The home fans chanted "strike" while the away fans chanted "foul".

In the midst of the chaos, Kintag anxiously called the team doctor to get them ready to enter the field to see how Rooney was injured.

The team doctor pointed to the field: "It looks like it should be fine."

Kintag looked at Rooney who was slowly standing up on the field, and he was relieved. At this stage, there is really no way to reduce the number of staff.

But something Kinteg did not expect happened: he watched Rooney stand up from outside the penalty area, came to the defender Roberge who had tackled him, and pushed him over, and Roberge exaggerated He fell backwards and rolled over and over on the ground, excruciating pain!

Jin Taige's heart suddenly turned cold: something will happen!

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Just saw Rooney was uprooted, and all the Manchester United players quit. Led by the third captain Carrick, they surrounded the referee to ask for a word and expressed their anger at the Sunderland players. The Sunderland players knew they were wrong, and hurried forward to explain, complaining to the referee that Roberge did not foul on purpose.

When Rooney pushed it out, the situation of the two teams changed immediately.

Sunderland was still at a disadvantage just now, but now he became a victim in an instant. They turned from defense to attack, mobbed the referee and accused Wayne Rooney of his behaviour, while the United players were dumbfounded. Such an obvious foul by Rooney can never escape the referee's penalty.

At this time, the referee was standing next to the scene of the incident, seeing clearly what happened in front of him. He just took out a yellow card in his hand, and was about to show a yellow card warning to the fouled Sunderland defender Roberge, but Rooney pushed it over, and the scene immediately became chaotic. The referee took out another red card, showed it directly to Rooney, and sent off the Manchester United striker!

This is bad!

Jin Taige hurriedly complained to the fourth official, but the fourth official ignored it at all. And Manchester United captain Carrick on the field also complained to the referee: "Rooney just retreated casually, and Roberge's fall to the ground is too exaggerated."

The referee looked at Carrick seriously: "This kind of malicious foul, a red card is inevitable, you don't need to explain."

The Manchester United players still did not give up. They surrounded the referee and tried to appeal. In the end, the referee showed a yellow card to Carrick, the leader, which stopped the chaos on the field.

After Rooney was sent off, the referee looked at Roberge who had gotten up again. He showed Robert a yellow card and awarded Manchester United a penalty.

Now the Sunderland player just made a few excuses before being pulled away by the captain O'Shea.

O'Shea said to his teammates: "Manchester United has sent off one player, and now we play 10 against 11, but there must be no unnecessary attrition."

Rooney didn't know what happened behind him. Now he was walking back from Sunderland's penalty area with his head down. At this time, Kim Tago was standing facing his direction, waiting for the end of his disciples (Red Devils) Heir)