Chapter 278, Stable

Van Persie stood calmly in front of the ball, watching the movement of the opponent's wall, observing the position of the opponent's goalkeeper, and waiting for the referee's penalty whistle.

Sunderland fumbled for a long time before stopping to stand up. Van Persie has been very calm, he stared at the people in front of him, expressionless.

The referee blew his whistle.

Van Persie steps back and Carrick stands in front of the ball. Sunderland goalkeeper Mannone is very headache.

I don't know who will take the penalty. If Carrick takes the penalty, his right foot is likely to hit the near corner of the goal; if Van Persie takes the penalty, his left foot is likely to go to the far corner.

At this time, Van Persie stepped back slowly, and Manno's heart moved: Van Persie should take the penalty.

But when Van Persie sprinted forward, Carrick took the ball forward with his foot, and Mannone was surprised: the original Van Persie was just a cover, Carrick who took the penalty!

Thinking of this, Mannone hurriedly shifted his center of gravity to the near corner, ready to defend.

But I didn't expect that Carrick just took a step forward, and then stepped on the ball under his feet. In this way, the ball moved a little to the left. Van Persie did not hesitate, and shot the ball with his left foot, and the ball went out He took a big arc, bypassed the wall, and flew straight to the goal.

At this time Mannone has lost his center of gravity, he jumped up to the far corner, stretching as far as possible in the air, trying to intercept the ball. But the arc of the ball was too big, and he couldn't do it at all.

In an instant, the Sky TV commentator Morris shouted: "Van Persie's free kick! Go in the far corner! The goal has been scored!!! Manchester United scored the second goal of the game! Their total score is 3 With a lead of 0, we have already stepped into the gate of the League Cup final with one foot!"

The moment the ball passed the goal, all the Manchester United fans in the stands cheered loudly!

"Robin is beautiful! The free kick is so handsome!"

"The Red Devils will win!"

The Manchester United players on the field were also extremely excited! This goal is scored, and Manchester United will have a three-goal advantage in the total score, and it is a sure bet to advance to the final!

Carrick and Van Persie hugged each other to celebrate, and the Manchester United players also stepped forward. Nainggolan hugged Van Persie tightly, squinted at Roberge, and yelled at him.

At this time, the Sunderland players were all dumbfounded on the spot. They didn't expect the game to be so sluggish.

In the opening 30 minutes, the game fell behind 0 to 2. It seems that the outcome of this game has been decided...

Roberge looked at the Manchester United players who were celebrating enthusiastically, and there were ten thousand mud horses galloping past in his heart.

Today he is really unlucky!

Martial passed by earlier, resulting in the first goal; then tackled Nainggolan, gave the opponent a free kick in a good position, and Van Persie scored from a free kick.

Both conceded goals are related to Roberge, but not all Roberge's responsibility. If it weren't for Sunderland's weak defense in the midfield, why would the central defender always let Roberge rush out to defend?

But no matter what, this pot is hot on Robert's back. He looked at the Manchester United players on the opposite side with a blank face, feeling extremely depressed...

After Manchester United scored this free kick, the field was very lively, but the coaches of the two teams were very calm.

Jin Taige was in a peaceful mood. After celebrating with two assistant coaches, he stood on the sidelines and looked at the players on the field. Because the game was stable, Jin Taige smiled and felt no pressure.

On the other side, Poyet didn't show any expression. Unlike the anger when he lost the first goal, Poyet stared blankly at the players on the field with a blank expression. There was no trace of emotion on his face, as if the conceded goal just now had nothing to do with Sunderland.

After a while, he turned around, sighed, and said to his assistant: "This game is over."

"It's just two goals lost, we still have a chance." The assistant persuaded.

Poyet shook his head: "This game has been lost from the very beginning. Since the first goal was lost, the whole team has lost energy. These two goals are actually not Roberge's responsibility. The former The field is out of touch, the midfielder is not defensive, how can we play this game..."

The assistant didn't know what to say: "Then...how should I kick it next?"

"You tell them for me, don't have to stick to it, let's give it a go."

After conceding the ball, the Sunderland players received instructions from the assistant coach: attack with all their strength and strive for goals.

But in front of them are the two stone pillars of Vidic and Smalling, and a beast like Nainggolan. It is not easy to score goals.

Seeing that Sunderland's offensive gradually became fiercer, although the total score led by three goals, Kintegger did not dare to underestimate the enemy. He told Nainggolan not to step forward easily, and retreated to form a double midfielder with Carrick , so as not to be attacked by Sunderland. You must know that most of Sunderland's goals this season are in the middle, so Manchester United's defense in the middle of this game is very important.

In the next 10 minutes or so, Sunderland's offense gradually improved. After the opening onslaught, Manchester United also began to control the situation on the field and distribute their physical strength reasonably.

At the end of the first half, the score was fixed at 2-0.

During the half-time break, in the dressing room of the visiting team, Poyet dispatched troops. He replaced two attacking midfielders in one breath, and replaced the scapegoat Roberge in the first half with a substitute defender. Three cards are played. Then, Poyet asked the players not to worry about anything in the second half, and to attack desperately and strive to create a miracle!

In fact, when Poyet uttered the word "creating a miracle", he had already pronounced the death penalty for the game from his heart. Why didn't the players understand? And even if it's a miracle, it's not something the current Sunderland team with no morale can do...

In the locker room of the home team, Kintag actually did the same thing as Poyet: he also played three cards during the intermission.

Due to the severe physical exhaustion of the players in the last game against Chelsea, when choosing the starting lineup, Kintag let some players rotate, but because this game is more important, Kintag did not easily let all the players in the previous game take turns; But after the 2-0 score in the first half, Kinteg got the bottom line in his heart. In the second half, Sunderland will definitely not be able to make a comeback, so he made a wide range of adjustments.

The starting center in the last game was Van Persie. After continuous fighting, he was a little tired. In the second half, Kintag replaced him with Icardi.

Mahrez and Valencia on the left and right wings also played the last game. Kintag replaced them with De Bruyne and Salah. De Bruyne leaned in slightly, playing the midfielder position, Martial came to the left, and Salah was still active on the right winger.

After substitutions and adjustments, the second half of the game began.

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