Chapter 189 Captain 3

"Jamie, he's yours." Benitez pushed up his glasses and stared seriously at Jamie Carragher.

No one else reassures him more than this titan. The 27-year-old Carragher will take on the important task of marking Dong Fangzhuo.

Now, no opponent dares to underestimate Dong Fangzhuo. Even though his reputation is almost limited to England, after the battle between Manchester United and Milan, Dong Fangzhuo's ability was once again valued.

Although it still looks really bad, this guy is really good at scoring goals!

What can you do?

The only thing you can do is to send a player to guard him around the clock and not let him move freely. Even if he goes to the toilet to pee, you have to follow him in hand in hand...

What's depressing is that players like him can be said to be strong or weak, but you have to keep an eye on them all the time and not be distracted...

After finalizing the candidate for the man-marking central defender, he turned his attention to other players.

"Harvey, Steven, you two must protect the center. Any one of those three guys may change direction and advance towards the center at any time."

He named Xabi Alonso and Steven Gerrard in one breath. These two Liverpool midfielders should be Liverpool's two most important players. Liverpool's offensive and defensive transitions are at their feet. Whether it is Alonso or Gerrard, both of them can be offensive or defensive players on the court. commander.

This is a final that determines the outcome, and the battle for the midfield is crucial. In order to prepare for this game, Benitez even abandoned the two-forward style of play, and even his Spanish favorite Morientes and French forward Cisse could only be thrown on the bench.

He knew with his heels that Ferguson would definitely use a 433 formation again, so he prepared a 451 formation to fight.

With up to five players in the midfield, Liverpool will never suffer in the midfield. Alonso, Gerrard, Riise, Garcia and Kewell are all on the field.

On the back line, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia and Traore all started.

He still trusts Baros more as a forward. The strong Baros can not be at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Ferdinand and Sylvester.

This season has already lost two games in a row to Manchester United. If they lose another game, Benitez will be embarrassed. Although he defeated Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League, Benitez will never forget Manchester United. He hopes that with his bravery in the Champions League, he can win Manchester United in one go.

Winning the first championship for Liverpool this season was also his first championship after taking over.

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For Ferguson, this League Cup championship is actually also very important. He won the FA Cup last season, which was still barely qualified. He has given an explanation to the fans. So far this season, he is also the most promising in the League Cup and FA Cup. , Ferguson did not want to be empty-handed at the end of the season. The feeling of not having a heavyweight championship in his hand for two consecutive seasons was intolerable. Manchester United fans agreed, but he himself did not agree.

His disciples were training, and he was watching from a distance with his arms crossed. He had already decided on the starting lineup in his mind, but he still had something to think about.

"Hey Dong, good job."

In the distance, he heard Ronaldo's voice. This guy gave Ronaldo an assist and helped Dong Fangzhuo score a goal in the match.

Within a few minutes, Rooney's voice also rang in the training ground.

"Beautiful," Rooney clapped softly and ran over to high-five Dong Fangzhuo.

Isn't it a bit early?

Ferguson squinted his eyes, and his eyes finally fell on Dong Fangzhuo. He wondered if his current approach was a bit too hasty.

Sometimes changes in some team appointments will affect a player's entire career. It may seem like a small change, but in fact the change is quite subtle.

After half a year of observation, he was convinced that there would be no mistakes in his judgment, and he could guarantee it with his own head.

Overall, the 20-year-old Dong Fangzhuo is already good enough, far beyond his expectations. At the beginning of the season, his focus was on Ronaldo and Rooney. Unexpectedly, Dong Fangzhuo suddenly came out, completely overturning his original idea.

Now, we have entered the final sprint phase of the season, a critical time for the success or failure of the season. He felt it was necessary to stimulate Dong Fangzhuo a little more, maybe he would get even more unexpected effects...

Maybe, after Keane and Gary Neville, it should be him. I shouldn't think too far...

The corners of Ferguson's mouth trembled slightly.

Just wait!

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"We're the boys in red and we're on our way to Wemberly!"

"Wemberly!"

"Wemberly!"

"We're the famous Man United and we're going to wemberly!"

We are red teenagers, we are on the road to Wembley!

Wembley!

Wembley!

We are the great Manchester United and we are on our way to Wembley!

Wembley, Wembley, Wembley is always heard in the Manchester United anthem. But this time, Manchester United fans still sang their team anthem to Wembley. Wembley Stadium in London was once again occupied by Manchester United fans, and the other half were kop fans.

Chelsea and Arsenal fans were not used to it when the fans of the two teams appeared in London, but there is no way, they are not the team in the League Cup final...

"Carol No. 1."

"Ferdinand No. 5."

"No. 16 Roy Keane."

"..."

"No. 7 Cristiano Ronaldo."

"No. 9 Wayne Rooney."

"No. 26 Fangzhuo Dong!"

On the radio, as the names of Manchester United players appeared, Manchester United fans cheered louder and louder.

Except for Gary Neville's absence due to injury, Ferguson once again fielded the strongest lineup.

Another change is that Giggs replaced Fletcher. He, Keane and Scholes formed the Manchester United midfield. It seemed that Manchester United was going to attack.

Benitez wants to defend, Ferguson wants to attack!

"Ah, damn it, look at your opponent, then look at yourself, Benitez is too conservative!"

"Why not go to Cisse?"

When the Kops saw Manchester United's starting lineup, they were a little dissatisfied with Benitez, thinking that he was too conservative. This was a big battle with Manchester United, and Benitez could never satisfy them.

The war is about to break out!

Soon, Benitez's formation responded to the fans' doubts.

Midfielder Garcia knocked down the starter Giggs on the right wing. Giggs was so miserable that after being carried off the field on a stretcher, he limped back to the locker room.

Manchester United got off to a bad start and lost one of its generals just four minutes into the game.

Ferguson was sweating heavily on his forehead. He had to keep Fletcher out of the game, and his dream of playing a fast break with Liverpool was shattered.

Damn Garcia and Benitez...Ferguson suddenly showed up, Liverpool played very tough today, and Manchester United was not fully prepared!

Giggs' injury will have a huge subsequent impact, and the subsequent Champions League and league must also be taken into consideration.

And his end once again caused players from both sides to start fighting in the midfield. It seemed that every double red meeting could not escape this routine...

It's just that Benitez was much more ruthless than Ferguson this time. Ferguson only thought about the League Cup championship, but never thought that Benitez only focused on making trouble in the midfield.

When has Manchester United suffered such a loss? The experienced Keane couldn't help but want to avenge Giggs.

In the 16th minute, he tackled Xabi Alonso fiercely in the midfield and received a yellow card directly.

"Phew, the storyline is like this again..." Lineker couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Should both sides send off one or two players to fit the plot?"

However, he was wrong. Keane, who tackled Xavi Alonso, didn't get up immediately? This style of painting is not like Keane's style.

"Is Keen injured?"

"Oh my god, this is really adding insult to injury for Manchester United. Being willful, the consequences of being willful..."

Fuck you! Ferguson finally cursed off the court. God has been so kind to Manchester United.

Losing two midfielders in the first 16 minutes? Keane and Giggs are gone, does Manchester United have anything to do?

Sure enough, Keane limped off the field and shook his head at Ferguson, indicating that he could not hold on.

It's really unlucky to tackle Xabi Alonso, but he was reversed.

Ferguson took a quick glance at the bench and immediately zeroed in on Kleberson, the only one who could take Keane's place.

At this moment, all Manchester United people should know that the League Cup champion seems to be moving away from Manchester United!

Keane took off the captain's armband on the sidelines.

Ferguson suddenly became alert. Could this be a destiny?

Farke!

“Dong!“

He rushed to the field and shouted, calling Dong Fangzhuo to come over...

"You will become Manchester United's third captain."