Chapter 189, Advancing to the Finals

Kintag and Poyet each played all three cards in their hands, and the second half began.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Sunderland showed a completely different appearance from the first half. They changed their decadence in the first half and rushed forward at the beginning. It seemed that they wanted to learn from Manchester United's strategy at the beginning of the first half. Want to get ahead.

This is also what Poyet arranged at half-time. He thought to himself: Manchester United can start the attack, why can't I? If I can grab a goal in the opening game and hold an away goal, then the chances of a comeback will be greatly increased.

But Poyet underestimated Kintegger too much. Today Kintag was able to start the attack, so he must pay attention to Sunderland's offensive.

During the halftime break, Jin Taige asked his players to balance offense and defense in the second half and control the ball more. Sunderland, which is behind, will definitely push forward. At that time, we will take advantage of the emptiness of their rear defense, advance quickly, and sneak attack goals.

Kintag was able to achieve good results this season, thanks to his quick attack with one kick.

Therefore, in the opening 10 minutes of the second half, although Sunderland pressed heavily, they still did not have any chances.

Nainggolan, who gave up offense and concentrated on defense, was terrifying. He blocked Sunderland's offense continuously in the midfield, making several Sunderland midfield attacking players miserable. And when they bypassed Nainggolan through pass scheduling, Vidic and Smalling lay in front of them again, becoming an impenetrable wall.

When Sunderland had a corner kick, De Gea in front of the goal joked to Vidic: "Captain, can you give me a chance to perform?"

While directing the corner kick defense, Vidic waved to De Gea: "Keep the goal well, you will have a lot of opportunities to play in the future. Wait until the Champions League meets Real Madrid, Bayern and other teams to see your performance."

"Okay." Although De Gea was joking, he didn't care at all. Sunderland took a corner kick and Sunderland midfielder Colback headed the goal. De Gea blocked the ball out of the goal with his foot very steadily. Vidic stepped forward and drove into the front field. Found Salah who went forward quickly.

After Salah received the ball, he ran forward all the way towards the Sunderland penalty area. At this time, Martial on the left also galloped forward, and the two extremely fast wingers were like two steel knives, straight into Sunderland's penalty area.

At this time, Icardi was still in front of Manchester United's goal to help defend the corner kick. He couldn't attack for a while, and it was difficult for other players to keep up with the speed of the two, so Salah didn't pass the ball. He swayed to the left of Sunderland. Defender, face O'Shea directly to the last defender.

O'Shea looked at Salah who was coming with the ball in front of him, and then squinted at Martial who was driving into the penalty area behind him. He was under a lot of pressure. At this time, he stepped back slowly to block Salah's pass. The angle of the ball and the shot.

But how could O'Shea prevent Salah back then?

Salah's acceleration after a fake shot made O'Shea's center of gravity unstable. Salah evaded the angle to the left. At this time, another central defender was marking Martial and had no time to care about Salah. . At this time, Salah shot low and flat, and instantly pierced through Mannone's ten fingers.

3 to 0! Manchester United completely sealed the victory!

The entire Old Trafford stadium was boiling again, and the fans chanted Salah's name loudly, enjoying the joy of scoring.

At this time, everyone in Kintag off the field was also very happy.

Scholes said in admiration: "Salah's series of actions just now reminded me of Owen in his peak period. Especially the acceleration when he got rid of O'Shea at the end reminded me of Owen in the 1998 World Cup. famous work."

Kintag nodded and added: "Actually, compared to Irving, I think Salah's ball control and shooting are more like Messi. The same foot is extremely stable, and the same can change directions continuously in a small space and get rid of The shot after the pass is also very accurate. If Salah can continue to maintain this state and cooperate with his teammates more tacitly, he will definitely become a top star in world football."

After scoring this goal, Sunderland's counterattack idea in the second half was completely extinguished. The situation of falling behind by four goals is not something they can get back at all, and the powerful Manchester United in front of them is not something they can match. Therefore, the Sunderland players became more and more depressed, not only the offense began to be weak, but even the defense gradually relaxed.

In the 76th minute of the game, Manchester United scored again.

This time it was Carrick's pass and De Bruyne got the ball in the middle circle. He dribbled the ball all the way forward, passed Ki Sung-yong, and continued to walk into the penalty area. When several Sunderland defenders hesitated, he picked the ball into the penalty area, and Icardi quickly advanced forward with understanding , received the ball.

Icardi did not stop the ball, and directly pushed and shot to the far corner of the goal. Mannone once again became the background board of Manchester United's goal.

4 to 0! There is no suspense in the game!

The final result of this game was fixed at 4-0.

The whistle had just sounded for the end of the game, and Poyet hurried away from Old Trafford without shaking Kintegger's hand. His players rushed into the tunnel with their heads down, not wanting to stay here for a moment.

After winning this game, Manchester United has advanced to the final of the League Cup. In another Carabao Cup semi-final held in the same city at the same time, Manchester City beat West Ham United 6-0 at home and reached the final with a huge advantage of 9-0 in the two rounds.

The final of the League Cup will be held at Manchester City's home court on March 2, and it will definitely be a bloody fight.

The next day's major newspapers introduced the League Cup semi-final match.

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Times reporter Leslie published an article.

"In yesterday's Carabao Cup semi-finals, the Manchester City duo defeated their opponents by a large margin and successfully advanced to the final. The first important trophy of this season will be decided in early March."

"At present, in the league, the second-ranked Manchester United is getting closer and closer to the top Manchester City. From 13 points behind Manchester City at the beginning of the season, it is now only 5 points behind. It seems that this season's league championship trophy is 10. It will end up in Manchester City."

The Manchester Evening News reporter Hall, as always, supports Manchester United.

"At the beginning of the season, when Kintag said the goal of the treble, almost everyone laughed at him. And when the season is over halfway, how about now? Manchester United not only broke into the League Cup final, but also in the league. Manchester City, which is clinging to the top of the standings, is steadily marching towards the goal of the Triple Crown!"

Most of today's sports media are publishing articles related to yesterday's game, but there is a media that spread a big news

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