Seven Hundred and Eighty Sixth Big Upset

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On the evening of September 20th, Leeds United Elland Road Stadium.

In the third round of the League Cup, the White Roses played at home against rivals Manchester United.

If you want to say that Leeds United's biggest rival is definitely the Red Devils, the game between the two teams is called the "Rose Derby".

Some people say that football is a modern war without gunpowder.

The grievances between Leeds United and Manchester United can even be traced back to the War of the Roses that broke out between the Lancaster family and the York family. Later, during the Industrial Revolution, Manchester was rich in cotton, while Leeds was rich in wool. Add new enemies.

The two teams have become the continuation of the cultural genes of the two cities and inherited this hatred.

Every time Manchester United meets Leeds United, it is full of gunpowder.

The historical peak of Leeds United appeared in the 1960s and 1970s. In those years, Leeds United won two league championships, five runners-up, and also won the only two European championships in the history of the club, which is the International City Fair Cup. .

It is estimated that many people do not remember that there was such a competition in Europe, but they must have heard of his later name.

UEFA Cup.

Yes, the International City Fairs Cup is the predecessor of the UEFA Cup, which was restructured in 1971.

In the years when Leeds United won the Expo Cup twice, they won the runner-up twice, one of which was to defeat Juventus to win the championship, and the opponents of the two runner-ups were Dinamo Zagreb and Barcelona.

In addition, Leeds United also reached the Champions League final in 1975, but lost to Bayern Munich.

It can be said,

In the 1960s and 1970s, Leeds United was a powerful force in English football.

But in the 1980s, the most prosperous period of English football, Leeds United was relegated from the top league, and did not return to the then top league League One until 1990, and won the third top league championship in 1992.

Also in that year, the Premier League was established!

It can be said that since the 1980s, Leeds United and Manchester United have embarked on two completely different paths. After entering the Premier League era, the gap between the two sides has become wider and wider.

Leeds United was still a strength that should not be underestimated in the first ten years of the Premier League era, but it is no longer at the same level as Manchester United.

Even during the O'Reilly period at the turn of the century, Leeds United once broke into the semi-finals of the Champions League, but in the Premier League, it was still difficult to shake Manchester United's dominance, and even suffered relegation due to financial problems.

In the relegation in the 1980s, Leeds United stayed in the sub-level league for seven years, but this time it was obviously worse, and the team even fell into the third level.

They were relegated in 2004, and now, seven years have passed, and the team is still in the second level of the British Championship.

This made Leeds United's die-hard fans very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Gao Shen is here!

With his team, took over Leeds United.

This gave all Leeds United fans hope.

Especially in this season's British Championship.

In the seventh round, after defeating Bristol City 2-1 at home, Leeds United was the only team in the Championship to maintain a seven-game winning streak, and at the same time opened up a full three-point gap with the second-placed team.

This allowed Leeds United to become famous.

Everyone firmly believes that this team is the super favorite this season.

All fans are looking forward to the revival of Leeds United.

It was in this situation that Leeds United actually drew Manchester United in the League Cup.

The entire Elland Road stadium was packed, and more than 30,000 Leeds United fans poured into the stadium, cheering for the team.

The whole city is cheering for this game!

This is Derby!

This is a war!

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Ferguson never imagined that at Leeds United's Elland Road Stadium, he would be greeted with a blow to the head.

In this game, he played with a full rotation and a substitute lineup, and the goalkeeper arranged for Amos to start.

But there are still stars like Carrick, Giggs, Park Ji-sung, Valencia, Berbatov and Owen.

This makes Manchester United still star-studded.

But only one minute and forty-seven seconds into the game, Leeds United's opening wave of attack, the cooperation of Kurzawa and Adam Lallana on the left, Benteke's return pass from the left side of the penalty area, and the Boss who plugged in later. Geba shot through Amos' goal with an angry shot.

One to zero!

That's it?

Do not!

By the fourth minute, Leeds United made a breakthrough on the wing and created a corner kick opportunity.

Coulibaly headed the ball behind the goal, Berbatov blocked the ball on the goal line, Maguire stabbed a shot from close range, but was blocked by Berbatov in front of the goal line, Bolassi Ye missed a supplementary shot from close range and once again broke through Manchester United's goal.

Two to zero!

The whole Elland Road stadium is crazy!

All Leeds United fans can't believe it.

The leader of the English Championship actually beat the leader of the Premier League at the beginning of the game, and even broke the goal of Manchester United twice?

Even if Manchester United did not do their best, even if Ferguson played almost all the way off the bench in the defense, it was still Manchester United!

Manchester United reacted quickly.

In the 15th minute, Berbatov sent a direct pass, and Owen quickly inserted it. After receiving the ball, he passed Maguire one-on-one, scored with a low shot, and scored a goal for Manchester United.

One to two!

But in the 19th minute, Leeds United launched an offensive from the right. Klein rushed in at high speed, drove straight in, and crossed to the goal. Benteke beat Manchester United defender Ferrells and scored with a header.

Three to one!

Everyone couldn't believe their eyes.

But Manchester United is by no means a fuel-efficient lamp.

In the 36th minute, another pass from Berbatov, the unguarded Valencia kicked in the small penalty area and scored, bringing the score close again, two to three!

Before the end of the first half, Giggs suddenly dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area, and scored with a low shot, three to three!

draw!

...

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Manchester United began to control the game.

The midfield composed of Carrick, Park Ji-sung and Giggs is full of control.

But Leeds United also performed extremely tenaciously, launching waves of pressing and oppression against Manchester United, starting a war of attrition.

Ferguson replaced Giggs with Lingard in the 55th minute in an attempt to maintain the control and passing ability of the midfield.

Giggs' age is already there after all.

It was difficult for Leeds United to get chances at the beginning, and they were frequently attacked by Manchester United. However, Courtois changed the decline in the first half and performed more bravely. .

The two sides have always been deadlocked.

Until the second minute of stoppage time, Leeds United seized another opportunity and launched a quick counterattack.

Pogba made a diagonal pass and sent the ball from the left side of the midfield to the right side of the frontcourt.

The teenager Zaha, who came on as a substitute for Bolasier, formed a one-on-one in the right corner of the penalty area.

I saw the young teenager's continuous fake moves, the frequency was very fast, and he quickly spotted the opportunity to accelerate and start the bottom, rushing into the right side of Manchester United's penalty area.

Benteke ran over and wanted to respond, but Zaha did not pass the ball to the Belgian center forward. Instead, he made a sudden stop and then suddenly accelerated to pass from the bottom, sending the ball to the front of the small penalty area.

Paulinho, who was ambushing in the middle, jumped in at high speed, faced Zaha's cross, supported Carrick with his body, and easily pushed the ball into the Manchester United goal which was close at hand.

Before the referee's whistle sounded, Paulinho had rushed out of the court excitedly.

The screams of the Leeds United fans were heard throughout Elland Road.

Even the whole city seems to be shouting long live.

Four to three!

The live TV camera also firmly locked Ferguson on the sidelines.

The Manchester United coach also had a look of shock on his face.

Obviously, he did not expect that his team would be scored again by Leeds United in stoppage time.

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In the last two minutes or so, Manchester United almost went all out and launched a fierce attack towards Leeds United.

But two minutes passed quickly.

Manchester United have never been able to score again.

Four to three, Leeds United defeated Manchester United at home, breaking out a big upset!

You know, before the game, when the results of the draw came out, everyone concluded that Leeds United's road to the League Cup has come to an end.

Even if Manchester United played from the bench, even if Ferguson vigorously promoted young players, it was still Manchester United.

What's more, stars like Carrick, Berbatov and Irving all played.

Even if this kind of Manchester United is not the strongest, it is not something that the Championship team can fight against.

But now, Leeds United has won!

Unpopular!

This is definitely a big upset!

As soon as the game ended, the entire English football world was already fried.

Is there anything more shocking than that the Championship leaders upset the Premier League leaders at home?

What's more, this is the Rose Derby!

It is a war between Leeds United and Manchester United, the sworn enemies!

Ferguson refused to criticize his players after the game, and he even said that he was basically satisfied with the performance of the players.

It was the first time for the teenager Ferrells to represent Manchester United. He played as a central defender in this game and was scored four goals by Leeds United. Ferrells can be said to be "indispensible".

"He's been doing really well in training and he feels he's up to it, so when I needed to put a centre-back back in the Carabao Cup, he was the first to raise his hand."

Ferguson explained why he arranged for Ferrells to start.

In the game, Ferrells failed to limit Benteke, and Manchester United's overall defense was not ideal, which became a key factor for Leeds United to score four goals.

Ferguson declined to discuss the defence, but admitted that Leeds United were doing well.

"In fact, we have to admit that many teams will show unprecedented strength when facing Manchester United!"

The implication is that Leeds United performed exceptionally tonight.

As for the former Manchester United player Paul Pogba, who performed quite well in the game, Ferguson expressed his pleasure to see his progress in Leeds United, "I believe that he has the opportunity to return to Manchester United!"

But after Pogba was elected the best player of the game, he said in an interview with the Yorkshire Post, "Return to Manchester United? No, if I go back, it must be in the name of the opponent!"

The French midfielder said that he is very happy at Leeds United and has a good life.

"I will try my best to prove my strength to the world!"

Everyone can see that he is still brooding over what happened to him at Manchester United.

And this unpopularity is also spreading rapidly throughout the UK and even European football at an extremely fast speed.

Manchester United finally climbed to the league leader's throne, and was immediately eliminated in the League Cup. No matter how you look at it, Ferguson was ashamed.