After beating Coventry, Sunderland will play in the second round of the League Cup./.qΒ5\\
The first round of the League Cup was already over in August.
Sunderland's opponent at that time was York City from the English League Two. Sunderland easily defeated York City in two rounds and entered the second round of the English League Cup.
The League Cup has very little value in England.
Among the various competitions in England, the English League Cup is at the bottom. It may only be slightly more influential than the Community Shield.
But in Su Yun's eyes, the League Cup has a different meaning.
Su Yun was able to coach at Sunderland because of his outstanding performance in the League Cup, which shocked the British football world. Especially when he defeated the giant Manchester United at Old Trafford, Su Yun was recognized by the British football world. It was also the league
The dark horse journey in the cup brought Su Yun into the sight of Sunderland's board of directors.
Therefore, Su Yun has an unusual enthusiasm for the League Cup.
This is where I made my name.
Sunderland's opponent in the second round of the League Cup is Chester City from League Three.
This is also an old club with a history of more than 100 years.
It’s a pity that they have never played in the top league in England since their establishment. They have not even played in the second level of England. The highest they have been in the third level of England. What is even more embarrassing is that they have played in the third level of England.
The days add up to less than ten years.
You can say that.
Chester City spend most of their time playing in England's fourth tier and lower leagues.
Su Yun, an opponent like Miandu, made a large rotation.
Almost all the main players took a rest. Only one person came from outer space and did not need this kind of rotation at all. That was Williams, who successfully marked McAllister in the last game.
According to the original arrangement, Williams needs to rest.
But Su Yun appeared these days.
Williams is in a very strange state.
Su Yun could see this in training. On the court, Williams was less impulsive than before, but more thoughtful. Even when passing the ball, he was more concealed than before.
It is precisely because of this that Su Yun continues to send Williams.
When he was in middle school, Su Yun studied Ma Zhe. There is a saying in it that quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes.
And Su Yun feels that Williams is at this point now.
If he fails to survive, he can only become mediocre. Or he may be a good player based on his talent. But once he breaks through this point, his future may be bright.
In addition to his excellent physical strength, Su Yun arranged for Williams to continue playing.
Behind him was Gareth Barry.
To be honest, Gareth Barry is not very tough, nor is he very fast. He has never played in the defensive midfield position before. However, Su Yun arranged for Barry to play as a defensive midfielder mainly because of his positional sense. Barry is a player
The sense of location is very good.
The current Barry is completely inferior to Robbie Savage in terms of sweeping ability. Therefore, the defensive area is very small.
But the protection of the back line is very good.
As long as he stays in position, he can cooperate very closely with the defense.
This was the reason why Su Yun fell in love with him.
Sure enough, Chester City from the English League Three did not have the strength to upset Dagenham. Facing Sunderland's offense, they had no defensive ability at all. Williams even lost McAleese in the English game.
Even Ted can be frozen, let alone a player from Chester City.
But Williams was hardly a midfielder in this game.
Because Chester City is not an English team. Their style of play is much simpler. Long pass to find the center.
Therefore, Williams did not tangle with them in the midfield and rushed directly to the front. If it was the first time to watch the game, they would even think that Williams was Sunderland's center forward.
But the effect is very good.
Thomason, who has not yet broken his fast in the English game, is completely addicted to football in front of Chester City.
He scored two goals with his head and kick. In addition to Bellamy's goal, he easily defeated Chester City 3-0 at home. Although there is still an away game, there should be no problem in advancing to the next round.
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On October 3, the eighth round of the English Premier League begins.
Sunderland faced Nottingham Forest away from home.
Sunderland and Nottingham Forest came to the English League together this season. Unfortunately, the fate of the two newly promoted teams was completely different.
At the end of the seventh round of English football, Sunderland shocked the entire English football world as a dark horse. Although there was a downturn in the middle, after winning the last round, Sunderland once again became the biggest dark horse in English football this season.
The situation at Nottingham Forest is much more difficult.
In seven rounds, they had one win, one draw and five losses, and only accumulated four points.
Currently ranked at the bottom of the British relegation zone. It is the most popular team in the UK to be relegated this season.
The two teams in English League One know each other well.
If there is any change in Nottingham Forest, it is that their coaching staff has changed. I don’t know what the nerves of Nottingham Forest’s board of directors are, but before the start of this English season, they actually announced that Bassett and Ron Atkinson will jointly coach Nottingham Forest.
Bassett is the meritorious coach who led Nottingham Forest back to the English League.
It is too much for them to treat others like this.
As expected, Nottingham Forest's results were disastrous. There were even reports that there were many conflicts within the coaching staff.
Although they were away from home, Sunderland performed vigorously.
They actually overpowered Nottingham Forest at the City Stadium. With Quinn's goal, they defeated Nottingham Forest 1-0.
With the end of the eighth round of the British match, Sunderland once again ascended to the top of the British standings.
Liverpool, which originally occupied the top spot, began to decline significantly in these two rounds. In the last round, they lost to Manchester United 0-2 away from home. In this round, they were tied 1-1 at home by Chelsea. After eight rounds of games, they had four wins, three draws and one loss.
, accumulated fifteen points and gave up the position on the list.
Sunderland miraculously rose to the top of the English League table again.
surprise!
All the English media were now left in shock.
This is a dark horse.
A real dark horse.
Even if Sunderland cannot maintain its current strength, they are already certain that Sunderland will definitely be a dark horse in England this season.
In eight rounds, Sunderland has already won five, drawn one and lost two, taking their total to 16 points.
Arsenal, the British champion last season, currently only has three wins, three draws and two losses, and only has 12 points. Manchester United, the long-standing hegemon in England, has played seven rounds and scored four wins, two draws and one loss, with 14 points.
point.
Behind them, Chelsea played seven games and got three wins, three draws and one loss. Behind them, West Ham United had three wins, three draws and two losses. Their points were all tied with Arsenal and had 12 points. Leeds United, whose performance had improved significantly,
Two wins, five draws and one loss. The points reached 11 points.
Sunderland is first, Liverpool is second, Manchester United is third, Arsenal, Chelsea and West Ham United have the same points, and Leeds United is seventh.
This is the current British ranking.
In this ranking, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, and Chelsea are all teams that have performed very well in recent years. It is not surprising at all to be ranked at the top. In fact, what is more surprising is West Ham United, whose performance this season has improved.
Developed by leaps and bounds.
West Ham United deserve a lot of praise.
Especially Redknapp. Before Redknapp, West Ham United's results were average. But Redknapp spent three years building West Ham United into a team that cannot be underestimated.
It's a pity that there is a team that is more surprising than West Ham this season.
After joining Sunderland, Redknapp's results at West Ham United were not eye-catching at all.
Even after Sunderland, O'Reilly's youth storm at Leeds United was not enough.
Because all the limelight was stolen by Sunderland.
The Daily Telegraph also did a special feature on this.
"Dark Horse Coach!"
"Ancient China has endless myths. Sunderland fans praised Su Yun as a magician from ancient China. Not only them, I also think that Su Yun is a magician. Coming to English football began to release
Your own magic."
"Su Yun came into everyone's attention for the first time. It was because he led Dagenham to create too many upsets in the League Cup. Especially at Old Trafford, he defeated Manchester United in one battle and created the 9697th league season.
The biggest myth of the Cup. Dagenham was also the biggest dark horse in the League Cup that year."
"This season, Su Yun has once again created a dark horse myth. Although we don't know where Sunderland will ultimately rank in the English League, I can guarantee here that Sunderland is definitely the biggest dark horse in England this season. The eight rounds of English games are over.
, it’s actually still ranked in the English league table.”
"Dark horse! Real dark horse!"
"Su Yun came to English football just to create miracles."
This is not only the opinion of the "Daily Telegraph". The "Sun" even hired a Feng Shui expert to analyze Su Yun's birth date and Sunderland, and talk about how Su Yun can make Sunderland prosperous.
This is the current mainstream of English football.
After the sixth round of the game in England, many media outlets who began to badmouth Sunderland's results began to change their voices.
At that time, many media even believed that Sunderland was the favorite for relegation.
But now he started to sing loudly about how awesome Su Yun is.
That's what the media is like.
Ethics, getting the media to stick to their ethics is more difficult than asking men to not want women.
Modern media has long forgotten what ethics is.
For the sake of newspaper sales, they can forget what they said a day ago and immediately forget it.
But their eyes are now focused on the next game. Sunderland's away game against Chelsea. If they defeat Chelsea, then Sunderland will really win. Everyone in English football wants to watch it.
Let’s see if Sunderland will really go all out.
If Sunderland defeats Chelsea again, then Sunderland will really go against the odds.
But it's not impossible.
After all, Sunderland has also defeated Arsenal and Newcastle. Who said it would be impossible to defeat Chelsea. Therefore, the eyes of the British football world have focused on Stamford Bridge...)
