Manchester City couldn't go on the attack, but Manchester United took advantage of a counter-attacking opportunity to break the goal.

Now that the score is 3-1 and United are two more goals ahead, it is a very bad situation for Manchester City, who have a smaller numerical advantage as time goes on.

Therefore, after Valencia's goal, Mancini replaced the defender De Jong in a desperate gamble, and sent the flu-stricken striker Dzeko on the field to launch a more fierce attack on Manchester United.

Because of the tight schedule, Manchester City did not have time to play slow work, and after a few cooperations, they could not penetrate Manchester United's defense, and immediately made long passes.

Dzeko, Balotelli, and Yaya Toure all have a height advantage, while Manchester City's midfielders Carrick, Park Ji-sung, and Gao Xiaodong have no height advantage and cannot intercept Manchester City's high-altitude balls, and the two central defenders Vidic and Ferdinand can't all go up to grab the landing point, and Manchester City's long pass landing point is almost all grabbed by Dzeko and Balotelli.

With Dzeko's header ferry, City's attack has a fulcrum, and the impact on United's penalty area is simpler and more frequent.

Manchester United's defense is certainly not bad, but they play one man less, they can't control the ball in the front, the back line is constantly hit by the opponent, and no matter how good the defense is, there will be problems.

After Dzeko came on, City had a number of chances to shoot, while the United penalty area was so dangerous that everyone returning to their 30-metre area could not completely limit City's rush.

Ferguson will look at the bench, look at the stadium for a while, full of anxiety, although the time has now reached 80 minutes, although Manchester United is still two goals ahead, but as long as Manchester City scores another goal, the final result can only be left to fate, in the current situation, Manchester United wants to hold too difficult, for two strong teams, one less person is almost equivalent to a downgrade.

Now there is nothing subtle about Manchester City's attack, because Manchester United is forced to shrink the defense, Manchester City's penetration and breakthrough can't play, and they don't have the patience and ability to play, just pass a few balls, and immediately make a long pass to the front of the penalty area, so that Dzeko, Balotelli and Yaya Toure who is in front of the court compete for the top ferry, and then attack.

This kind of offensive tactics are very English and extensive, and now they are almost eliminated by the giants of the Premier League, but they are very effective when the personnel characteristics are right, and Manchester United can't prevent it.

Manchester United is not without "masters", such as Smalling, but Smalling is a central defender, not a midfielder, his passing ability is very poor, and he is frizzy, and if something goes wrong at this time, it will be troublesome.

Manchester United is in a crisis, Ferguson did not make adjustments for a while, Gao Xiaodong was anxious, he said to Ferdinand: "Brother Leo, or let's change positions, you come up, I will make up for your position, the opponent's long pass is too disgusting." ”

Ferdinand knows that Gao Xiaodong is very comprehensive and can also play as a central defender, but Gao Xiaodong is still short after all, and he is more likely to be bullied with a header when he exchanges places with him.

Just as Rio Ferdinand hesitated, Ferguson made a shocking change, with 18-year-old Pogba coming on for wing-back Nani.

It's a shocking substitution, it's an FA Cup semi-final, the opponent is still the same city rival Manchester City, the key is that Manchester United haven't sealed the win yet, the scene is precarious, at this time to replace an 18-year-old furry boy, even if he is an authentic midfielder, even if he is taller than almost everyone at Manchester United.

"Oh my God, is Ferguson crazy?"

"How can you go to Pogba at this time, even if you want to fight for air supremacy, you should go to Smarin?"

"Smarin is the big colander, what are you doing with him. ”

"Who is this Pogba?"

"The newcomers of the second team, the heroes of the FA Cup. ”

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There was a lot of talk among the fans, and the Manchester United players were staring at each other, knowing that Ferguson would definitely adjust, but it was a bit too unexpected for an 18-year-old to come up, and some fans even wondered if Ferguson wanted to give up the FA Cup.

The on-site commentator He Hui said in surprise: "This is really unexpected, the lord is the lord, no one knows what he will do next, now only Smarin and Pogba can break free from the opponent's air supremacy, Smarin is not a midfielder, and can not play three central defenders, maybe this is also the reason why the lord chose Pogba, but for Pogba, this is also an opportunity, if he can perform well in such a duel, the hope of the future is great." ”

As the focus of attention, Pogba's excited brain went blank when he came on the pitch, this is Wembley Stadium, this is a city derby, even if it is an FA Cup game, but to the semi-finals, this is better than an ordinary league.

Gao Xiaodong saw Pogba's nervousness and excitement, he took the lead in patting the little guy on the shoulder, and said in the tone of the person who came over and the big brother: "Don't be nervous, relax and kick, you go to Dzeko, grab the header, it doesn't matter if you lose it, and me." ”

Pogba stammered: "I know Brother Gao, the coach also asked me to tell you that at the last time, not only to consume time, but also to fight back boldly." ”

The instructions brought by Pogba surprised and admired Gao Xiaodong, and at this time he also considered counterattacking, except for Ferguson, there are really few coaches who have the courage to do so.

Pogba came on and brought energy and height to United's defence.

Although Pogba is the least experienced of everyone on the field, he has a lot of energy and height to keep up, and he can't keep up with Dzeko, but it will be difficult for Dzeko to easily grab the ball in the air and ferry it to his teammates.

Gao Xiaodong knows what this game means for Pogba, and he is worried that Pogba will make a mistake and then be scored by the opponent, so that he will definitely be sprayed by reporters and fans after the game, which will affect the confidence of the players behind him.

So Gao Xiaodong tried to get as close to Pogba as possible, and once Pogba made a mistake, he could immediately help Pogba solve it.

Gao Xiaodong's preparation was not wrong, Pogba grabbed two headers in a row after coming on the field, and his mood was a little relaxed, but then Manchester City passed a half-high ball, Pogba made a mistake, he intercepted the mistake, and Balotelli took the ball down.

However, just as Balotelli dunked Vidic and was about to shoot, Gao Xiaodong caught up from behind and stretched out his foot to kick the ball out of the bottom line.

Manchester City sent a corner, the ball was pushed out, the landing point was still controlled by Manchester City's players, and when he hoisted into the penalty area, Pogba grabbed the landing point, gave the header to Gao Xiaodong, and ran over to meet Gao Xiaodong.

Manchester City paid attention to the defense of players like Gao Xiaodong who could hold the ball when sending corner kicks, and the ball was passed to Gao Xiaodong, and three players immediately rushed up, and two more people went to block Gao Xiaodong's passing line.

Gao Xiaodong saw the tall Pogba under the encirclement of the opponent, he picked up the instep of his foot, passed the ball to Pogba, and ran forward quickly, trying to break out of the encirclement laid by the opponent.

But how could Manchester City give him the opportunity to pick up Pogba, Barry reached out and grabbed Gao Xiaodong, who was running without the ball, and Silva stretched his foot and stumbled again, putting Gao Xiaodong to the ground.

However, at this time, the referee did not see Gao Xiaodong without the ball, and his eyes were on Pogba.

Pogba headed the ball to Gao Xiaodong and stepped forward, he was a nobody, and no one defended him, until Gao Xiaodong picked the ball to Pogba, Zabaleta pounced and stealed.

Zabaleta didn't take Pogba to heart, pounced too hard, and was easily picked up by Pogba over the top, and then Pogba stopped the ball steadily, and then shook it past Wright.

Pogba's two attempts to get rid of the ball were very eye-catching, and the United fans in the stands applauded.

"Okay!" Ferguson was almost wet on the sidelines, beautiful, this is the midfielder I want, two years of training, it will become a great tool.

Pogba protected the ball and was not tackled by the opponent, and at this time Gao Xiaodong had already gotten up and ran over.

"Paul, give me the ball. ”

Gao Xiaodong shouted to Pogba.

Pogba heard Gao Xiaodong shouting at him, he didn't stick to the ball, quickly distributed the ball to Gao Xiaodong, and continued to cut forward to meet Gao Xiaodong.