The League Cup match against Wolves is just a small episode for Manchester United.

Except for Chen Qing who looked at the five additional honor points in the system, he felt like he was walking in the night in a bright clothes, not many people cared about this game.

Oh, except Pogba and Lingard.

Two 16-year-old young men obviously remember their debut. Although their performance is not very good, young players can make a goal and become famous after making their debut. After all, they are the few, right?

What's more, the two got their idol Chen Qing's jersey.

After the game, the two young men refused to give in to each other because of the ownership of Chen Qing's jersey. Until Chen Qing took a spare jersey from the staff and signed his own name.

For Pogba and Lingard, the first team may be a bit far away for them for the time being. Manchester United's midfielder is definitely full of talents. The main battlefield between the two is currently in Manchester United's U18 youth team.

After the League Cup, Manchester United took a half-day vacation and then began preparing for Saturday's league.

Manchester United's seventh round league opponent is Stoke City, which is also a focus game.

Well, by the way, no matter who Manchester United plays, it can be considered a focus battle. The top club's control over traffic is so domineering.

Manchester is about 71 kilometers away from Stoke-on-Trent, just an hour's drive away, so Manchester United did not go to stay in advance, but went directly on the day of the game day.

Founded in 1863, Stoke City is regarded as the second oldest football league club in the world after Notts County and is also a founding member of the English Football League.

It’s just that the world of football does not depend on qualifications.

As the second oldest football club, Stoke City has not appeared in the top league for a long time. It was not until last season that Stoke City first appeared in the Premier League.

Although the record is not good, Stoke City has a very nice nickname called "City of the Sky".

The name originated from their team's core, Irish midfielder Lori Drap.

Before joining Stoke City, Drapp has been to Carlisle United, Derby County, Southampton, Sunderland and other teams. From the League Two to the Premier League, although he has made leaps in his career, his role in the team has always been very mediocre.

As a three-no player who has no speed, no technology, and no consciousness, players like Drapp, who have British Isles household registration, can be considered a lot in the football circle.

I knew that Drapp joined Stoke City, which was in the Championship at the time, and met his own Burletoni Priss.

Before becoming a football player, Drapp once practiced javelin for a period of time, with arm strength and throwing accuracy that ordinary people do not have.

After reviewing Drapp's resume, Pulis tailored an outbound ball tactic called "grenade".

In order to match Drapp's strengths, Pulis introduced a large number of tall players above 1.90 meters to allow Drappu's hand throw when needed.

And this is the origin of the City of Sky.

Of course, Pulis did more than that for Drapp.

In order to provide Drapp with sufficient running space, Britannia Stadium, which is Stoke City's home court, all the billboards outside the court moved backwards.

In addition, Stoke City is also the first special coach in the history of the Premier League to throw balls, equipped with towel service, and wipe off sweat stains from football.

This crazy arrangement has a really good effect.

Last season, Stoke City scored 7 of its 13 league goals at one time, from Drapp's grenades.

Drapp's peak battle was against Arsenal. He threw two grenades in one game, and Teacher Wenger called him an expert.

Everton coach Moyes once sighed, "When playing against Stoke City, we were like we were being ravaged by human trespasses."

Many times, Stoke City's opponent would rather give the opponent a corner kick than an outbound ball.

However, this human trencher is not unfavorable.

Chelsea's former coach Scolari once gave a cracking speech on Stoke City's tactics. For such a player, a high-level and high-level central defender with strong will, strong body, and no fear of challenges is needed to complete the marking action. At Chelsea, captain Terry is such a person.

Manchester United is also not short of such people. The two current central defenders, Ferdinand and Vidic, are both players of this type.

Under the protection of these two Hum and Ha generals, Manchester United's defense is solid.

However, it is not easy for Manchester United to break through Stoke City's goal.

In addition to grenade tactics, Stoke City is based in the Premier League, and they also have a rough defense they rely on for their living.

As a team that has fallen and rolled up from the low-level league, Stoke City has a strong defense and can also save face.

Just like in this game with Manchester United, Stoke City lined up 8 defensive players to huddle in the 30-yard area of ​​the backcourt. It is rare to be able to do this at the start of the Premier League.

I can only say that Stoke City never thought of winning this game.

Cracking intensive defense has always been a major problem in football games.

Even in the first half, it almost became Manchester United's half-court offensive and defensive drill, Manchester United still failed to break through the opponent's goal before the midfield whistle sounded.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought, and Stoke City seemed to plan to continue doing this.

But this idea was eventually disintegrated by Sneider's heavy artillery in the frontcourt.

In the 57th minute of the second half, at the center of the court, about 37 yards away from the goal, the Dutch midfielder scored a shocking long shot.

This is Sneijder's first goal scored after joining Manchester United, but it is so critical.

Sneijder's goal means that Stoke City's previous 56 minutes of efforts have gone into vanish.

For the league, there is no difference between losing one goal and losing three goals. They fail to get points, while the opponent can get 3 points.

So, Stoke City dispersed its formation, as if it was a counterattack.

But Stoke's desperate attempt did not bring about a draw or a victory.

It's Giggs' galloping on the side.

In the 66th minute of the game, Giggs sent a cross from the left side of the penalty area, and Chen Qing easily pushed the shot into the net from the edge of the small penalty area.

In the 77th minute of the game, Giggs moved to the right and used a 45-degree long pass to complete Rooney's header.

Giggs is a tree blooming, and he has performed well in two consecutive rounds of competitions.

Manchester United 3:0 Stoke City.

This is the final result of this game.
Chapter completed!