Wembley Stadium

One of the greatest courses in the world.

Home of the England team and home to the final of all the domestic cups, it was the home of England's triumph in 1966 and was dubbed the centre and church of world football by the great Pele.

Entering the stadium through the 133-metre-high arch and seeing the 52-metre-high roof, the newcomers who came to Wembley Stadium for the first time were all in awe and a sense of solemnity. At this time, they finally understood what Bailey meant by the church.

"It's so majestic! I can score a goal here, I can blow it for the rest of my life. ”

During the warm-up, Pogba excitedly muttered to himself beside Gao Xiaodong.

Due to his poor performance in training, Pogba did not play in the league against Fulham, Pogba thought that he had no hope of playing in the FA Cup semi-finals, but he did not expect Ferguson to put him in the 18-man squad, which made Pogba surprised and delighted, although he felt that he had little hope of playing, but being in the derby squad was enough to make him happy, after all, there was hope.

Gao Xiaodong heard Pogba say this, and said in an old-fashioned lesson: "Paul, you are a midfielder, don't always think about scoring, in the eyes of the coach, the role of the midfielder is not to score." ”

Don't look at Gao Xiaodong is only three years older than Pogba, but Gao Xiaodong is already Mr. Golden Ball, Pogba is convinced by Gao Xiaodong, he hurriedly laughed and said: "Brother Gao, I thought wrong, if I have a chance to play, I must defend well." ”

Gao Xiaodong nodded and said: "If you have the opportunity, you can also step forward to assist, and the back waist who can assist is also an advantage, I scored a lot of goals when I played the back midfield." ”

After Pogba heard this, his black face became even darker, and he said in his heart, you just didn't let me think about scoring goals, and now you say that you have scored a lot of goals in the back, this is what I should do, but he only dared to slander, but he didn't dare to say it, so he had to continue to laugh and say: "I understand, I understand." ”

Gao Xiaodong continued to explain: "You definitely don't have a chance to start, but you have to be prepared, once you have the opportunity to come on as a substitute, you have to seize it, the Manchester derby, and the Wembley Stadium, the world's attention, if you play well, you can become famous in one fell swoop." ”

"Understood, I'll be ready at all times. Pogba nodded like a chick pecking rice, a look of extreme longing in his eyes.

After 10 minutes of warm-up, the United players went back to the dressing room to rest and prepare for the game.

In the mixed channel, Gao Xiaodong bumped into Balotelli, Ba Shen was very honest before the game this time, and did not make any jokes, seeing Gao Xiaodong, Ba Shen ran over, hugged Gao Xiaodong's neck, and said: "Gao, I want to beat you, the league and the Champions League are yours, and the FA Cup is ours." ”

Gao Xiaodong was speechless, and said in his heart, these championship trophies are produced by your family, and you can give them to whoever you want? But Gao Xiaodong knew that Balotelli was something that was chattering, and he didn't mind, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your blessings, but we also want the FA Cup." ”

Balotelli let go of Gao Xiaodong, clenched his fists and said, "Gao, you can't pass my level." ”

Gao Xiaodong hammered Balotelli's chest with his fist, "Then let's see you on the field." ”

"See you on the field. Balotelli and Gao Xiaodong waved their hands, and the two walked into their dressing rooms.

By the time Manchester United and Manchester City players made final preparations in the dressing room, Wembley Stadium, which has a capacity of 90,000 people, was almost full.

Manchester United are winless this season and have great hopes of winning the treble, Manchester City are in a tight air, there is not much suspense about reaching the Champions League, both teams are very popular, and this semi-final is almost equivalent to an early FA Cup final, and the fans who come to watch the game are even higher than the focus of the league.

The game also attracted about three to four hundred journalists and dozens of commentators.

At this moment, the commentators have already got the starting lists of both sides and are introducing them to the fans.

Manchester City are Mancini's favoured 4-2-3-1 formation today, with 25-Joe Hart in goal, four in the back: 5-Zabaleta, 4-Kompany, 19-Lescott, 13-Kolarov, two midfielders: 18-Bari, 34-De Jong, three forward 21-David Silva, 42-Yaya Toure, 11-Adam Johnson, and a single striker: 45-Balotelli

Manchester City's main striker, captain Tevez was abandoned and did not surprise fans, before the game Tevez took the lead in attacking coach Mancini, on the eve of the big game, this is Mancini said that he could not bear it, especially now that Balotelli is in good shape, Mancini has more confidence to suppress the unruly Tevez.

Manchester City's lineup is relatively conservative, the two big beasts De Jong and Barry are mainly defensive, Yaya Toure and Johnson in the three front midfielders also have strong defensive ability, and only Silva and Balotelli are full-time attackers.

Manchester United started today in a 4-3-3 formation: goalkeeper 1 Van der Sar, back four: 22 O'Shea, 5 Ferdinand, 15 Vidic, 3 Patrice Evra, 3 midfielders: 16 Carrick, 18 Scholes, 10 Gao Xiaodong, 25 Valencia, 9 Berbatov, 17 Nani.

In addition to the suspension of Rooney and Fletcher, except for O'Shea's unstable position, the other positions are Manchester United's main positions, and Manchester United's starting is very aggressive, Carrick, Scholes and Gao Xiaodong in the midfield are all players who can step forward to assist, and the two full-backs Valencia and Nani are even stronger in attack and weaker in defense, using such a starting lineup to deal with Manchester City, which really makes people sigh at the courage of the old man Ferguson.

In the luxurious VIP box, two deputy directors of Manchester United, that is, the two sons of owner Glazer, Everam and Edward, also came, and the two of them waited for the game to start while discussing the renewal of Gao Xiaodong's contract.

Efram does not agree to give Gao Xiaodong too high an annual salary, let alone set liquidated damages for Gao Xiaodong, he is afraid that Manchester United will repeat the mistakes of Inter and suffer a big loss.

Edward thinks that Gao Xiaodong is one of the best players in the world, comparable to Messi, and has potential, he feels that Gao Xiaodong's requirements should be met, Gao Xiaodong's heart should be retained, and Gao Xiaodong should help Manchester United build a dynasty.

In another VIP box, Mendes sat with Manchester United manager Dawei Gil, and the two did not discuss Gao Xiaodong, but Nani and Anderson.

Nani is in good shape, Mendes is not worried about his future, but Anderson's situation is not very good, he has been in the hospital bed for half a year because of injury, and after returning from injury, he is in no form at all, and the main position is gone, Manchester United has an ambiguous attitude towards the renewal of Anderson's contract, which makes Mendes have to come to the scene to watch the game and talk to David Gill about the future of Gao Xiaodong, Anderson and Nani.

After the Manchester United and Manchester City players warmed up, they took a short break in the dressing room to familiarize themselves with the issues to pay attention to in today's game, and then walked to Wembley Stadium under the leadership of referee Quinn.