"Of course, neither League Cup rivals Middlesbrough nor league rivals Crystal Palace can match Manchester United's on paper, but the adjacent matchdays will be a great test of Manchester United's rotation and adjustment."

'Let's start with Middlesbrough, a mid-table team playing in the Championship that has beaten back-to-back rivals in the League Cup this season to reach the quarterfinals.

"Middlesbrough is mainly defensive counter-attacking, their defense is very solid, and the counter-attack is very sharp, especially their center Garcia, who is really a Premier League level striker..."

Let's take a look at the situation of Crystal Palace, as an old Premier League team, although Crystal Palace have won 1 win, 1 draw and 4 defeats in their last 6 games against Manchester United, but no Premier League BIG6 team dares to take them lightly.

"Let's take a look at the signings of Crystal Palace this season, who took away their main midfielder Cabaye from Ligue 1 powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain for €13.9 million in the just-concluded summer transfer window.

"This is a versatile player in the midfield, and in addition to playing in the position of all-round midfield and defensive back, he has also excelled in cameo central defenders. Cabaye's arrival will directly strengthen Crystal Palace's central midfield hardness and the team's overall defensive strength. "

After Cabaye, the team brought in Sunderland's striker Wickham for 10 million euros, and the 22-year-old plays the role of centre-forward on the pitch and has the physical strength to play bridgehead and break the opponent's goal. Last season, he made a total of 36 appearances for Sunderland, including 31 starts, scoring five goals and one assist.

Chen Huan couldn't help but laugh softly when he read about 5 goals and 1 assist in 31 games.

That's not even a fraction of what he scored last season.

What Chen Huan doesn't know is that for the vast majority of Premier League team goalscorers, scoring goals in the season is considered a super striker, while Wickham making 6 goals a season is already above the passing line.

After the game at Crystal Palace, Manchester United will once again face their Champions League group stage opponents, Furry Bear giants Mo on November 4. Lokomotiv Sko. "

From United's intensive schedule this season, we can see how difficult the task is and the difficulties are unimaginable."

......

League Cup 1/8 final.

Pea field, heavy rain.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal stood on the sidelines and dragged Davis's shoulders and whispered: "After Chen took this free-kick, replace him.

"Yes, sir, who shall we replace him with?"

"Depay."

On the green field, Chen Huan raised his head, looked through the rain and fog, looked at the human wall in front of him, and looked at the goal of Middlesbrough.

Chen Huan didn't even know the name of the goalkeeper who had saved his shots in this game.

"Middlesbrough—"

Someone in the stands at Pea Field shouted this.

Immediately, fans responded with the yell: "Come on! "

Let the Manclan-

" "Get out of here!"

This is the shouting of the fans of Middlesbrough.

It's humble and can't compare to the one percent of the Theater of Dreams.

But the enthusiasm of the Pea Stadium fans is no less than that of the most loyal Reds.

The same is true of the enthusiasm of the Middlesbrough players, as is the 0-0 score shown at this moment.

And now it's the 62nd minute of the second half.

Yes, after another ten minutes at half-time, United still did not take the lead.

And this should have been Manchester United's unilateral massacre of Middlesbrough.

The reason why Van Gaal on the sidelines was so impatient was also because he only sent a semi-main squad, Rooney, Cavani, Mata did not play, only Chen Huan was on.

In Van Gaal's plan, United would have taken an early lead in the first half, and then he would replace Chen Huan at the start of the second half.

But this damn rainstorm ruined everything.

After a brief struggle and hesitation, Van Gaal still had to let Chen Huan retire to prepare for the next round of Premier League matches.

The status of the League Cup is not yet as good as the FA Cup, so it is natural to make way for the league.

......

"Chen, are you ready?"

The referee of this match looked at Chen Huan.

"Hmm." Chen Huan nodded.

The referee puts the whistle in his mouth and blows.

"Whew-"

Chen Huan exhaled a turbid breath hard, raised his hand, wiped the rain off his face and began to sprint.

A five-step run, followed by a powerful volley with your right foot.

The football flew into the air and drew a very arc in the rain curtain, turning towards the Middlesbrough goal and up the dead end.

"Wha-"

The fans exclaimed in the stands of Pea Stadium.

This shooting pose!

This arc!

This ball speed!

Too familiar, isn't this heartthrob David Beckham's full moon scimitar - Pei Arc?

Can you also rub a full moon scimitar on a rainy day?!

In the stunned eyes of the fans, the Middlesbrough goalkeeper, who played very bravely in this game, failed to touch the ball.

The football flew into the net and bounced to the ground.

Chen Huan waved his arms and rushed to the corner kick area, then he knelt on the ground and slid several meters with the help of the wet lawn.

A huge sense of satisfaction filled Chen Huan's heart, and he raised his arms and roared loudly.

It was supposed to be a devastating game, but he dragged it out for so long to finish the other side.

"Chen was very excited after scoring the goal, and he also staged a slide move." The commentator said: "I don't seem to have the impression that Chan doesn't slide very often, and it seems that this goal brought him more pleasure than the last goal against Manchester City.

Another commentator laughed "hahaha".

After the goal, Chen Huan was quickly replaced by Depay.

When Chen Huan passed by Van Gaal, the old man patted Chen Huan's shoulder hard and said, "Nice boy!"

And Chen Huan's goal from the full moon scimitar also seems to have killed the enthusiasm of the Middlesbrough players.

Depay scored another goal shortly after coming on to extend the score to 2-0. This is also the final score of the game.

The eighth final of the Premier League Cup ended up with Manchester United advancing to the next round.

In the player tunnel, the young players in the Middlesbrough team exchanged shirts with Chen Huan, but the number of people asked was too large, and Chen Huan did not know who to give the shirt to for a while.

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