Chapter 929 - Reaching the Final 4 of the FA Cup

At 70 minutes, the second goal was almost enough to seal the win.

Seeing the ball enter the net, Gao Xiaodong lifted his jersey, and there was a line of words written on the jersey: Nani, recuperate with peace of mind.

The applause rang out like thunder, and tens of thousands of fans shouted Gao Xiaodong's name like a tsunami.

On-site commentator Andy Grey praised: "This is a typical Gao Xiaodong-style goal, swift, powerful, deadly! Arsenal made a careful arrangement in defending Gao Xiaodong, but unfortunately they just did useless work, most of the game Gao Xiaodong was on the defensive, but once the opponent's defense was negligent, Gao Xiaodong would give the opponent a fatal blow! Gao Xiaodong is difficult to defend because he is too versatile, even if he does not attack, he can play a major role......

Arsenal manager Professor Arsene Wenger was unhappy with Djuroud's clearance, muttering a few words at the pitch before making a substitution, with Ramsey coming on for Diaby.

It was Ramsey's first appearance for Arsenal's first team since he was seriously injured on 27 February 2010.

It was Arsenal's second substitution, and after two substitutions, both of Arsenal's midfielders were substituted, showing how unhappy Arsene Wenger was with the team's defence.

Without a midfielder, Arsenal is all about attacking instead of defending.

Against a team like Manchester United, attacking instead of defending is almost called bravery, but death.

But Wenger has no choice, it is possible to pull back a goal in 20 minutes, the difficulty of pulling back two goals is not ordinary, this is a knockout game, if you don't win, you will be eliminated, he can only let go.

The effect of Arsenal's desperate attack was evident, and in the following period, Arsenal had a series of chances on goal.

In the 72nd minute, Brown's header cleared the ball to the top of the arc, Nasri followed up with a right-footed shot and hit a rebound ball, and Van der Sar was in a good position to get the ball.

In the 75th minute, Ramsey hit the stands with a right-footed volley from outside the box under the interference of Pogba.

In the 76th minute, Sagna crossed to the back post, Van Persie's header was crossed to the goal, and Wilshere stopped the ball two meters and was about to volley when Gao Xiaodong poked the ball away from behind.

One minute later, Chamak's right-footed volley from the line of the box was met by Van der Sar.

In the 78th minute, Rooney crossed from the right, but the ball hit Djulu and went wide of the post.

In the 79th minute, Wilshere's left-footed volley from the left side of the penalty area hit the side netting.

Seeing Arsenal shooting, Ferguson felt the pressure, and he made another substitution adjustment, this time, Ferguson's substitution once again surprised Wenger and the fans, he not only did not replace the defender with such a lot of defensive pressure, but replaced Fabio and replaced Ryan Giggs to strengthen the attack.

Ferguson's substitution was once again praised by Andy Grede, "The old man is really majestic, two substitutions, one old and one young, are unexpected, although 2:0 is already very stable, but it is really a big heart to be able to make such a substitution, but the lord probably does not want Giggs's side attack, but to use his experience to control the rhythm." Now Manchester United's midfielders are two old Ryan Giggs and Scholes with two little Gao Xiaodong and Pogba, of course, although Gao Xiaodong is not very old, he has a lot of experience and cannot be called a newcomer. Hopefully Pogba can take advantage of this opportunity to perform. ”

In fact, Pogba has always wanted to be able to perform in the attack, but his teammates don't take him as a small character in their eyes, and the pass is only looking for old people who often cooperate, Pogba can only run back and forth, and he didn't get a shot on goal.

With Ryan Giggs on the pitch, Pogba felt he had a heavier defensive task and less time to step forward.

In the 82nd minute, when Gao Xiaodong attacked with the ball after receiving Smarin's pass, he found that Pogba stayed in the backfield and immediately shouted: "Keep up!"

Pogba woke up like a dream and hurried towards the Arsenal half.

Gao Xiaodong was fast, and when Pogba came to Arsenal's half, Gao Xiaodong had already played a wall-hitting cooperation with Giggs, and gave the ball to Rooney on the side in the 30-meter area.

Rooney crossed from the side, Gao Xiaodong and Hernandez grabbed the point in the middle, but the ball was taken by goalkeeper Almunia.

Back in his own half, Gao Xiaodong said to Pogba: "When attacking, what are you doing in the backfield? Do you want the two big brothers to step forward, or can't you run?"

Pogba said: "I'm afraid that I will be beaten back after attacking. ”

Gao Xiaodong said in an old-fashioned manner: "Run back when you counterattack, what are you afraid of, there are guards and two big brothers in the back, look at the change of the leader, do you really want to defend it?" is only 18 years old, just scared, what's the point!"

Pogba, who Gao Xiaodong said, was red-faced, and secretly swore that no matter if he lost the ball, he would definitely step forward next time.

After this counter-attack by Manchester United, Arsene Wenger saw that he was still unable to score, and he made another substitution, replacing Arshavin and replacing Rosicky.

Wenger's substitution was ridiculed by the on-site commentator Andy Greid, "At this time, the professor is still a substitution, shouldn't he replace a defender? Compared with the professor, the lord is inferior to this bit of courage, so the achievement is also far from the same." ”

Although Arsene Wenger's substitutions were a little too conservative, Arsenal's players were already red-eyed, and the defenders also let go of assists, and the attack was more fierce than before.

In the 85th minute, Sagna crossed from the right, Chamak's header in front of the small penalty area rebounded and was hit by Van der Sar's flying hands, and Nasri's long-range shot hit Chamak in front of the goal and bounced off the bottom line.

In the 86th minute, Van der Sar's big kick-off was intercepted and Arsenal went on the attack.

Rosicky won the ball on the flank and cut quickly and fired a powerful right-footed shot from outside the box that was blocked by Van der Sar.

In the 88th minute, Manchester United launched a quick counterattack after breaking the ball, Rooney dribbled the ball down the right side, Gao Xiaodong, Pogba, and Hernandez shot three arrows together, and pounced on Arsenal's penalty area together.

Julu was colliding with teammate Sania on the defensive side and leaked the ball past Hernandez from a tight angle that was blocked by Almunia on the goal line.

Gao Xiaodong and Koscielny ran to the ball at the same time, Gao Xiaodong was quick to move, and he flicked the ball first and tolerated the ball to Pogba on the other side.

Gao Xiaodong was knocked down by Koscielny, but Pogba easily pushed the empty goal to rewrite the score to 3:0.

After the goal, Pogba was so excited that he even forgot to thank Gao Xiaodong for making the ball for him, he took off his shirt and ran to the stands with a roar.

The win was decided, the potential youngster scored, and the United fans were equally happy, standing up and clapping at Pogba and cheering: "Good job! Paul, you're going to be the new Scholes! Come on, boy!

Ferguson also stood up and applauded, he was satisfied with the performance of this tall, capable of attacking and defending, and very technical, and he felt that if Pogba could continue to perform like this, he could be allowed to play in the league, after all, Scholes is 37 years old.

United's counter-attack resulted in more than just a goal conceded for Arsenal, as Sagna and Djulu collided and dislocated his shoulder just as they were defending, and Djolu was stretchered away as the United celebrated. With the substitutions running out, Arsenal were limited to 10 men.

Because it took some time for Djulu to treat his injuries on the field, referee Foy gave five minutes of stoppage time.

Arsenal, who were 10 men, had not given up and tried to save some face, but United took advantage of the numerical advantage to firmly control the ball and did not give Arsenal a chance to shoot in the five minutes of stoppage time, and finally the game ended at full-time, Manchester United eliminated Arsenal 3-0 and reached the FA Cup semi-finals.