Football King Bale

When Bell and two teammates left Wimbledon and drove back to Manchester, he received a call and learned of a bad news: Welsh national team coach Gary Speed ​​died!

　　Bearing this news, Bell was a little embarrassed.

　　 For Gary Speed, Bell still highly recognized, although the cooperation between the two sides is only one year, but they are also very happy to cooperate with each other. With the cooperation of the two, Wales was able to successfully advance to the European Cup finals next year.

　　 This is the first time Wales has advanced to the European Cup finals, and it is also the second time they have advanced to the World Series finals. Prior to this, Wales only advanced to the World Cup finals 53 years ago.

　　In the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland gathered together to know that there were only 16 teams in the World Cup.

　　 This year's World Cup stars shine, French legend Fontaine created a 13-goal single World Cup highest goal record, this record until now no one can break it.

　　It is worth mentioning that Wales also witnessed the first goal of the world champion Bailey in the World Cup, when the Brazilian legend was only 17 years old.

Bell still remembers that after Wales defeated the Czech Republic at home half a month ago and advanced to the European Cup finals, Speed ​​also took the hand of him and Ramsay and said that he will go to Poland and Ukraine next year to fight The world is dumbfounded for Wales.

　　But he only returned to Manchester United for two weeks, Speed ​​was dead!

　　Bell did not know if such a thing happened in another time and space, because he was just a Manchester United fan at the time, at most he looked at the game of the Three Meows, and he was not concerned about Wales where Bell was.

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　　 When Bell was stunned by the news of Gary Speed, the entire British Isles were shocked by the news. Not many people even paid attention to the fact that Manchester City were tied by Liverpool at Anfield at the same time, thus lagging Manchester United by 7 points in the Premier League standings.

According to British media, although the Welsh Football Association has not clearly announced the cause of Speed’s death, a Cheshire Police spokesman still interpreted Speed’s sudden death. According to the preliminary judgment of the British police, This time Speed's death did not show any signs of making money and killing lives, but it is likely that the Welsh coach hanged himself.

A police spokesman said: "On Sunday, November 27, at 7:08 am, the police received a report alleging a criminal case on Eldford Road in Huntington. When the responsible police officer arrived at the scene, they It was discovered that a 42-year-old man had also died, and there were no suspicious signs around him. Upon confirmation by relatives, the 42-year-old man, Welsh coach Gary Speed, will now undergo an autopsy on his body. To determine the final cause of death."

　　 As a generation of Premier League players, Speed, who has represented the Welsh national team with 85 appearances, is definitely a legend in British football. In his 22-year long career, Speed, who has won the top league championship with Leeds United, has also played for Everton, Bolton, Sheffield United and other teams, and became the first player to reach 500 games. .

　　After retiring in 2010, Speed ​​quickly took over the Welsh national team, led the team to a good record of 10 wins and 6 wins.

Especially in the European Cup qualifiers, under the support of Bell, Ramsey, Bellamy and others, Wales played a backhaul and scored 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, ranking only the G group in the disadvantage of the goal difference. Second, but in the subsequent play-offs to eliminate the Czech Republic, the first time in history to qualify for the finals, thus creating a new history of Welsh football.

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　　 It is conceivable that with Speed’s unexpected death, the flames that Welsh football has just ignited will inevitably be hit hard.

　　 Because of Bell's outstanding performance in Wales, in the next year's European Cup winning odds from major spinach companies, Wales is not considered a hot title, but it is also considered to be in the middle of the 16 teams. However, after the news of Speed’s death, the major spinach companies immediately lowered the odds of Wales’ championship in the European Cup, which made Wales fall from the original tenth place to the last place, becoming the least Optimistic about the winning team.

In the latest odds of the famous spinach company William Hill, Spain ranked first with 3.25 odds, Germany followed closely with 4.5. It is worth mentioning that England’s odds soared by 1 8. Beyond Italy and tied for third place with the Netherlands.

　　Wales' odds fell sharply to 1 for 150, which is much more miserable than the 101 in the penultimate Denmark. You know, before that, Wales’ odds of winning 1 were 40, which was a collapse.

　　 Even Bell felt a bit cold. Although he had no intention of leading Wales to win the European Cup, he still had such a lost hope. But now with Speed's death, he almost no longer has this last hope.

　　 It seems that to complete the three-year mission of the ball holy system, the hope of the national team to win the championship can only be placed on the Olympics next year.

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Three days later, Manchester United ushered in the quarter-finals of this season’s League Cup at Old Trafford. This is the first time this season that Manchester United have played at home in the League Cup. The previous third and fourth rounds In the game, Manchester United are fighting away.

Manchester United's signing in the League Cup this season has been good. The opponent in the third round was the British midfielder Leeds United, and the opponent in the fourth round was only the second half of the midfielder Aldershot, a quarter. The opponent Crystal Palace in the final was also of limited strength. After 18 rounds in the English Championship, they only ranked 10th.

　　 Against such a team, Ferguson is naturally confident to rotate, compared to last weekend and Newcastle United, only retaining Fabio and Sneijder, the remaining 9 positions are all rotated. Many of the team’s main players, including Bell, did not even make it into the roster.

　　Fabio also ushered in the 50th main game of wearing a Manchester United jersey, and Evans, who played for the 100th time on behalf of Manchester United, wore the captain's armband.

In the end, in Ferguson's starting lineup, the goalkeeper was the team's third goalkeeper Amos, the four guards were a combination of Raphael, Evans, Smalling and Fabio, and the midfielders were Valencia and Snei The combination of Germany, Pogba and Machida, Diouf and Berbatov on the front line.

　　 Ferguson's long-established idea of ​​letting Sneijder and Pogba partner in the middle, finally got a chance to practice.

　　 Before the game, the players from both sides performed a one-minute silent ceremony for Gary Speed.

　　 After the game started, because of the rotation of too many players, Manchester United did not perform well on the court. Instead, the Crystal Palace had an anti-guest posture in the away game, and it was very threatening to play at Old Trafford.

　　 However, the strength of the players in Crystal Palace is indeed limited, it is difficult to really threaten Manchester United's goal. On the contrary, in the 18th minute, Manchester United passed a fast attack, and Pogba played a super world wave at a distance of 30 meters from the goal in the middle of the midfield, helping Manchester United to open the record.

At the beginning of the second half, both sides made another adjustment. After the opening, Manchester United obviously accelerated the offensive rhythm, Ferguson obviously hopes to get the opponent sooner.

However, contrary to expectations, the first goal scored in the second half was the visiting team Crystal Palace. In the 65th minute, Zaha rolled in midfield and Ambrose made a trip, scoring the world wave with a right foot 30 meters away from the goal The ball was sent into the top left corner of the goal, which was a response to Pogba's world wave in the first half, and also helped Crystal Palace to equalize the score.

　　However, even if United played more than half of the bench, their strength was obviously stronger than Crystal Palace. After only three minutes, they again exceeded the score.

In the 68th minute, Diouf scored in the middle of the penalty area, and Machida was knocked down by McCarthy when he was about to break through on the left. Referee Foy whistled for a penalty kick. .

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　　Finally, the score of 2:1 was maintained to the end of the audience~www.readwn.com~ Manchester United also successfully advanced to the semifinals of the League Cup this season.

　　Although he made a promotion, Ferguson was actually not very satisfied with the result of this game. In particular, the combination of Sneijder and Pogba he wanted to investigate in the midfield is obviously different from his imagination.

　　 The reason is also very obvious. Both of these are types of offenses, and they are not willing to invest in defense. If they partner in midfield, Manchester United's defense will be very tight.

　　 Of course, if a professional defensive midfielder is arranged behind the two, so that both of them can concentrate on the offense, it should be a good match.

　　 Ferguson couldn't help but think of a small player in the reserve team. I heard that the little guy was Bell's agent Jonathan Barnett signed for Manchester United for free. This season, he performed very well in the reserve team.

　　 In addition, Ferguson also discovered a problem with Pogba, that is, this guy sometimes behaves very loosely on the court and can't devote himself to the game wholeheartedly. The Manchester United lost the ball, that is, his careless pass in the midfield was cut off by the Crystal Palace, and then quickly counterattacked the goal.

At this point, the quarter-finals of this season's League Cup are all determined, and the other three teams are Liverpool who defeated Chelsea 2:0 at home, Cardiff City defeated Blackburn 2:0 at home, and defeated Assen 1:0 at home Manchester City.

　　 In the semi-final draws that followed, Manchester United continued their good luck and once again drawn the weakest of the three opponents, the British crown team Cardiff City!

　　 However, compared to the three opponents Manchester United encountered before, Cardiff City is already very strong. They are currently ranked third in the English Championship and are very promising to advance to the Premier League next season.