Chapter 116 Lingxi Card

With a big victory and the joy of entering the Champions League quarterfinals two rounds ahead of schedule, the whole Manchester United team flew back to Manchester and was preparing for the next game.

Just at 2 noon on March 2, local time in the UK, Manchester United will compete with their archenemy Liverpool for the first championship of the season - the League Cup championship at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff!

As England's second cup champion, the League Cup has always been suppressed by the FA Cup. Coupled with the intensive schedule of British teams, this event seems a bit useless for many giant teams.

As the overlord of the Premier League era, Manchester United has not performed well in the League Cup. In the past 42 events, Manchester United has reached the finals four times, but has only won the championship once.

The only time to win the championship was in the last season of the old English League One. This championship kicked off the prelude to Manchester United's crazy victory in England, and since then, Manchester United has become synonymous with the champion team.

11 years is not a short time for everyone. For football players with a shorter career life, 11 years is the entire professional life of most professional players: they start to emerge at around the age of 20, but around 31, they are already in their twilight years of their careers.

The Manchester United team 11 years ago has changed too much from the current Manchester United. Giggs is the only one who still plays in the team at the beginning of the championship. Others, such as Scholes, Neville brothers, Bart, etc., also played for the Manchester United youth team 11 years ago.

They are the world-famous Ferguson Class 92!

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However, Liverpool is the most successful team in this event, winning the most 6 championships among all teams. In the early 1980s, they even had a record of winning the championship in this event for four consecutive years (1980-1981 season to 1983-1984 season).

The period of four consecutive championships was also the peak period when Liverpool ruled Europe. With the Heisel tragedy, Liverpool fell into a trough. Especially after entering the Premier League era, Liverpool missed the championship for a long time.

Manchester United attaches great importance to this game, on the one hand, because the team has just experienced a season where all four are gone. Although there is hope for winning the championship in the new season in the league and the Champions League, relatively speaking, the League Cup, a champion close to each other, is undoubtedly the most realistic. On the other hand, it is because the opponent in this game is Liverpool. For Manchester United, no one can lose to this mortal enemy!

In order to prepare for this game, Ferguson even let the two players Fanny and Giggs rest in the frontcourt in the Champions League match against Juventus.

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Yin Jun also cared about this final because it was the first final he had reached after joining Manchester United, and even in his career. For him personally, Yin Jun hoped that he could perform well in this game and get a good start.

However, in Yin Jun's memory, Manchester United should have lost in this game. As a poor Manchester United fan, Yin Jun doesn't remember much of other things, but he still remembers what year the team won those major championships.

And this season, Yin Jun remembers that Manchester United only grabbed the league championship from Arsenal throughout the season, and the rest of the League Cup, the FA Cup and the Champions League failed to win the championship.

Now, although he has improved his strength to the team, Yin Jun has not been so arrogant that he believes that because of his joining, the team will definitely be able to defeat Liverpool and win this championship.

Fortunately, Yin Jun is not an ordinary player, but a junkie with a plug-in in his hands.

Yin Jun happened to have a way to deal with such a single-game decisive game: after entering 2003, the "host" system refreshed a new item - Lingxi Card!

This is a prop that can increase the tacit understanding between a certain teammate and himself. Once Yin Jun uses this prop on a certain teammate, the tacit understanding between the two will be greatly improved, creating a feeling of being in harmony.

For football games, this tacit understanding will often have magical effects. Especially Yin Jun, who now plays a role in the offensive organizational brain in Manchester United, controls the distribution of ball rights, which allows the role of this prop to be maximized.

Yin Jun was very happy with the appearance of this prop. Even though this prop has two obvious shortcomings, its validity period is only one game, it is a real one-time consumable. Moreover, this prop is relatively expensive, and a card requires 10 reputation points!

You know, the reputation that Yin Jun has now is only 200 points, which is enough to buy 20 Lingxi cards. If you use 1 card for his teammates on the court, he can clear his reputation in two games.

However, in order to ensure the victory of this game, Yin Jun gritted his teeth and took out 40 points of reputation and bought 4 Lingxi cards.

According to the 442 formation that Ferguson prefers to use, Yin Jun feels that he should appear in the middle of the midfield. In the game, as long as he uses Lingxi Card against the team's two forwards and two full-backs, the team will have no problems with offense.

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Just as Manchester United were waiting in the locker room to play, a news came that made Manchester United uncomfortable: Arsenal easily defeated Charlton 2-0 in the league, and the gap with Manchester United widened to 8 points.

Even if Manchester United plays one round less, for Premier League teams, no matter how many rounds you play, you cannot count if you don’t get points.

What's more, Manchester United's league opponent in this round is another mortal enemy, Leeds United!

At present, although Leeds United has encountered many crises, their strength is still good. In the derby, many times the opponents will burst out with extraordinary energy, and the outcome of the game is even more unpredictable.

For example, Manchester United has only achieved a record of 1 draw and 1 loss against Manchester City, a young brother in the same city this season.

The hope for the league is slim, and there are still many uncertainties in the Champions League. Manchester United's hope for winning the championship this season is increasingly heavy on the League Cup.

11 years ago, Ferguson consolidated his coaching position with the League Cup and laid the foundation for the Manchester United dynasty. Before the game, he specially put a red flower on his chest that represents victory, and his face was as bright as a groom. On the one hand, this was to convey his confidence to the outside world, give players a reassurance, and at the same time reduce pressure for the players.

Although Ferguson repeatedly issued a kill order to the players before the game, he also knew that the players' excessive psychological pressure was not conducive to the game.
Chapter completed!