"Manchester United lost the ball!"
"It's Kai again, pressing in midfield with pinpoint precision!"
"The one dispossessed is Paul Pogba! Could this be one of Sir Alex Ferguson's mistakes tonight? The young Pogba seems completely unprepared for a high-intensity final of this magnitude!"
Wembley Stadium!
With the commentators' incredulous shouts echoing through the arena,
Kai read Pogba's passing intent with perfect anticipation,
intercepting the United youngster's lateral pass with ease!
The stands erupted in a noisy mix of cheers and gasps!
Pogba froze for just a moment after losing the ball.
But there was no time to think.
He stretched out his long legs and lunged back toward Kai to recover!
Yet once again, when faced with Kai directly,
the United starlet was ruthlessly toyed with!
A subtle change of rhythm—
Kai dropped his shoulder ever so slightly, shifting Pogba's balance.
Then with the outside of his right foot, he tapped the ball deftly forward.
The ball shot straight through Pogba's legs.
A nutmeg!
Kai had completely neutralized Pogba's attempted counter-press.
Arsenal fans roared with excitement in the stands!
"Hold your positions! Damn it, stop ball-watching! Stay sharp!"
On the sideline, Ferguson abandoned his usual calm.
Standing at the technical area, he shouted hoarsely.
Kai once again led Arsenal in a wave of tidal attacking pressure!
Even the godfather-like Sir Alex Ferguson couldn't keep his composure!
United's formation quickly fell back.
Meanwhile, Arsenal's attacking lines spread out methodically.
Kai, with full vision of the pitch,
lifted the ball high with a bold, audacious long pass!
United fans in the stands widened their eyes in horror.
They'd seen this pass many times before—
every single time, it became a nightmare!
The long ball instantly tore through United's right-sided defensive channel.
It floated neatly over Evra and Ferdinand's heads,
dropping perfectly into Arsenal's left wing.
A lofted through ball—
with the timing of a direct pass included!
Waiting at the drop point,
Walcott burst forward at full speed.
His pace was electric!
Kai's long pass had just the right weight.
Walcott cushioned it off his thigh,
then pushed it toward the byline in stride.
Evra, chasing from behind, couldn't catch him.
Ferdinand, from the center, decisively abandoned his post,
sliding over to the wing to close down Walcott hard,
locking off the space for a cross.
But Walcott simply flicked with the outside of his boot,
creating room to cut inside toward the United penalty area!
Arsenal's attacking shape was layered and dynamic.
Kai drifted off the ball toward the edge of the box.
On the far side, Gervinho angled his run into the channel.
The off-ball movement of Arsenal's front line was three-dimensional and relentless!
United fans in the stands knitted their brows tight.
On Arsenal's left flank,
Van Persie and Walcott switched positions in a sharp crossover.
Walcott drove straight into the middle.
At the top of the United box,
Kai's forward run drew the eyes of three United defenders at once!
Carrick and the young Pogba tracked back desperately,
throwing themselves into their own penalty area.
Even off the ball,
the pressure Kai brought to United was overwhelming!
On the pitch!
Walcott feinted a shot after cutting inside.
He quickly pulled his leg back,
then squared the ball directly to Kai at the edge of the box!
Kai met the pass in stride.
And under the stunned gazes of the crowd,
he spun smoothly with a Cruyff turn,
leaving the tight-marking Carrick in the dust!
Too smooth!
The stadium was dumbfounded.
Whether passing or dribbling,
Kai always seemed to make the perfect decision in an instant!
With the feverish roars echoing around Wembley,
Kai lifted the ball delicately with the inside of his foot.
The ball arced gracefully into the air above the penalty area.
Inside the United box,
Vidić instinctively locked onto Giroud,
the two tall, long-legged strikers wrestling for position!
The younger Giroud had the edge this time.
He got the slightest flick with his head.
The ball looped away toward the side of the box!
Suddenly—
United fans stared in horror!
After delivering that delicate chip into the box,
Kai charged forward at full speed!
With Gervinho already waiting on the wing,
the two formed a deadly double-pronged strike!
Phil Jones rushed over to cover the inside channel.
But Gervinho, even without the ball, locked him in place with his positioning.
Kai burst straight into the box!
He unleashed a thunderous strike toward the far corner!
The ball rocketed toward goal with terrifying power!
De Gea launched himself into a desperate dive—
but he was still an inch too short!
The young Spanish goalkeeper could only watch,
eyes wide with shock,
as Kai's cannon shot tore through his defenses once again!
The ball smashed into the back of the net!
In an instant—
Wembley erupted with a deafening roar!
"GOALLLL!!!"
"WTF! Another one!"
"2–0!!"
"What a flawless combination! United's penalty area has been ripped apart!"
"Kai's long pass split the defense wide open! United's defenders were scrambling, desperate to stop it—but helpless!"
"Arsenal's attack is like a tidal wave! The coordination is pure art!"
"The captain finishes it with a thunderbolt! A decisive strike!"
The commentators clutched their heads in disbelief.
The commentary box itself shook with shock.
2–0!
A blistering move, flowing like liquid silver, carved United apart!
For a full minute, their penalty area was under siege—
completely unprotected!
United fans in the stands fell into despair.
Less than twenty minutes played, and they were already two goals down!
Under Kai's orchestration,
Arsenal's attack was frighteningly multidimensional and efficient!
On the touchline, Ferguson looked rattled and overwhelmed.
From his perspective,
none of United's defenders had made a glaring mistake—
yet they were being dragged around by Kai's every move!
On the pitch!
Arsenal players swarmed their captain in celebration,
all of them rushing toward the stands to rejoice beneath their supporters!
The Manchester media scrambled in chaos.
Reporters exchanged stunned glances.
How had the game spun out of control so quickly?
Two goals conceded in under twenty minutes!
Were United truly this powerless against Arsenal?
Inside the United penalty area, tempers flared.
Ferdinand, Vidić, and De Gea shouted at one another in frustration.
On the sideline, Ferguson's face darkened.
The entire coaching staff huddled around,
expressions tight with anxiety.
There was simply no way to stop it.
In duels, they were outmatched.
In pace, they were outrun.
How do you limit a player like this?
Arsenal's entire attack and defense
were being brought to life by Kai alone!
This Arsenal looked like a true united force.
While Manchester United seemed scattered, like loose sand!
For a fleeting moment, the aging Ferguson felt dazed.
The pressure this Arsenal side put on him
was even greater than the so-called "Galáctico" Barcelona in last year's Champions League final!
No—this Arsenal deserved to be called the real "team of the universe!"
And Kai was its helmsman,
leading them with flawless command.
No weaknesses.
No flaws.
"This is a final! Keep your heads up, no infighting!"
"We still have a chance!"
United's most diehard fans shouted bravely toward the pitch.
But their voices were quickly drowned out
by the deafening waves of Arsenal chants rolling across Wembley.
As both teams reset for the restart,
United's players, demoralized by yet another blow,
looked across the pitch in disbelief.
On the other side, every Arsenal player's eyes burned like flames—
their hunger for the trophy unmatched!
Two goals down in under twenty minutes,
United were already teetering on the edge of a cliff in this League Cup final!
Beep!
The referee's whistle blew once more.
The game restarted from the center circle.
Rooney and Hernández sent the ball rolling,
but under the suffocating pressure,
they trudged forward with heavy steps,
pushing into Arsenal's half.
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