After a short break, the Manchester United and Blackpool players came out of the dressing room under the guidance of the referee.

Seeing the captain's armband on Van der Sar's arm, the Manchester United fans at the scene were a little surprised and puzzled, because Van der Sar was not even the vice-captain.

However, the on-site commentator quickly revealed the mystery that the 41-year-old Van der Sar would retire at the end of the season, and in order to show respect for the veteran, Ferguson let Van der Sar captain Manchester United in his final league game.

After shaking hands and taking photos to exchange the team flag and team emblem, the game officially kicked off, and the first kick-off was the visiting team Blackpool.

Although Blackpool's strength is one notch lower than Manchester United, and they are playing away from home, they were not conservative at all today, pressing forward aggressively at the beginning, and the first three strikers pressed Manchester United's backline.

Blackpool are second from bottom, with Wigan Athletic and Birmingham City on 39 points, while fifth-to-last Wolves are only one point above Blackpool, who must win if they want to be relegated.

According to Blackpool's situation, Blackpool will definitely not defend this game, but Manchester United's players did not expect that Blackpool would be so brave and dare to press in the frontcourt, and it is not one or two people pressing, it is the whole team pressing.

The weak team plays the strong team, and it is not without the tactics of full-court pressing, but the risk is very high, once the strong team counterattacks, there is so much space behind, with Manchester United's ability to grasp the opportunity, it is almost a dozen accurate.

Is Blackpool tired of it?

The thought almost unanimately rose in the minds of Manchester United players and fans alike.

Manchester United is an experienced team, and when they saw Blackpool attacking, they were not in a hurry, so they fought hard in the midfield and waited to play Blackpool's counter-attack.

Blackpool's strength could not be compared to Manchester United, pressing for five minutes, although they also cut off Manchester United's ball in midfield, but Manchester United's defense was strong, and Blackpool's attacks were defused by Manchester United on both occasions.

In the 6th minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong retreated to the front of his penalty area to assist his teammates to control the ball, and he used his speed to get rid of the pressing of two Blackpool players in a row and pass the ball to Scholes.

Scholes saw Rounira cut in behind the defender and immediately fired a long ball behind the defender.

The long ball was very precise and Rooney easily got the ball in his hands before it flew off the line.

Without waiting for the defenders to catch up, Rooney glanced at the box and crossed the ball to the edge of the box.

Rooney's kick was not passed to Berbatov, but to Gao Xiaodong, who was inserted into the penalty area.

However, Blackpool's players were very tight on Gao Xiaodong's marking, and seeing Rooney's cross, Charlie stood in front of Gao Xiaodong, forcing Gao Xiaodong to go around.

The grabbing points in front of the penalty area are all racing against time, and after Gao Xiaodong made an arc, the ball flew in front of him.

Gao Xiaodong subconsciously stretched out his foot to reach, but he was not able to touch the ball.

However, Manchester United also invested a lot of troops in the counterattack, and at this time defender Rafael also rushed to the ball, and he met the ball with a furious shot.

There is a big gap between the defender's footwork and the striker's, Rafael's judgment of the landing point of the ball is very accurate, but the footwork is not used well, and the ball flies directly into the air.

In seven or eight minutes, United played two counter-attacks, although they did not create much of a threat, but they also penetrated the entire Blackpool defence, normally speaking, Blackpool should be recycled to relieve the pressure on the backline.

But now Blackpool are in desperate need of three points, knowing that it is very dangerous to play like this, but they can't help but attack, they just hope to be one step ahead of Manchester United to score and take the initiative in the game.

Blackpool's idea is good, but their quality is limited, and even if they grab the ball and attack directly in front, they still can't get past Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic.

In the 13th minute, Manchester United, which was originally in a defensive state, suddenly broke out, they launched a ferocious press in the midfield, Blackpool never thought that Manchester United would suddenly attack, and was caught off guard, and the defender was a little blindsided when he passed the ball, and Gao Xiaodong judged the passing line and stole the ball.

The success rate of attacking from midfield is much higher than that of attacking from the back.

After Manchester United grabbed the ball this time, Gao Xiaodong quickly dribbled the ball straight into the Blackpool penalty area.

Gao Xiaodong is fast and has a good vision, he saw the stitches, continuously dodged Blackpool's interceptions, and brought the ball to Blackpool's 30-meter area, but he was forced to deviate from the middle and almost reached the side.

Obviously, if Gao Xiaodong continues to dribble the ball, he will delay the fighter, and he must pass the ball out, or directly to his frontcourt players.

However, Manchester United's midfielder Paul Scholes was watched, Nani didn't kill it, Gao Xiaodong had no choice but to risk a diagonal pass and pass the ball to Berbatov, who was at the home of Manchester United at the front of the penalty area.

Gao Xiaodong actually has a chance to pass to other players, but Blackpool has a lot of people in the backfield and the distance between people is short, Gao Xiaodong is worried that others will not be able to handle the ball well, and only Berbatov's skills are more trustworthy.

Berbatov has been roaming the Blackpool backline, but never got a good chance, this time Gao Xiaodong passed the ball, Berbatov was very happy, he stopped the ball on the line of the penalty area and turned past Evatt, without waiting for other players to pounce, directly left foot volley.

Although Berbatov's stoppage was quick and his movements were hidden, Blackpool goalkeeper Gilkes was excited today, and Kirks fell to the ground to save the ball in the face of Berbatov's shot.

The ball was grabbed by a Blackpool defender, who passed the ball to Charlie Adam, cut forward quickly, and combined with Campbell on the flank, quickly cracked the Manchester United counter-attack, and hit the ball into the 30-metre area of Manchester United.

Don't look at Blackpool's ranking and strength is very poor, but they are mainly poor in defense, the attack is really good, they continued to cooperate in front of the penalty area, after attracting Manchester United's front of the penalty area, Campbell saw that there was no one on the left side of the Manchester United penalty area, and he quickly crossed to find his full-back Kleney.

Cleney was overjoyed, he took the ball into the box and slotted into it, creating a situation of facing the goalkeeper alone.

If Kleney's trip to the ball is adjusted, he can shoot directly when he enters the penalty area, but when Kleney enters the penalty area, he can take a step forward and shoot.

It's just a little bigger, Kleney was slow when he shot again, Gao Xiaodong caught up quickly from behind, fell to the ground and put a shovel, and shoveled the ball out of the bottom line before Kleney.

Blackpool were awarded a corner, which was important for Blackpool, and the deadlock was unbreakable, and when the corners were taken, Blackpool's attackers came into the box to fight for headers.

Wohan, who took the corner, curled the ball into the front of goal and found his team-mate.

This time Berbatov made a contribution, clearing the ball with a header and deflecting a Blackpool corner.