Chapter 736: A Moment of Classic Memories!
The new Wembley Stadium was packed.
Players from both sides came out to warm up.
The fans in the stands also started to get excited.
Manchester City FC arranged a small show where their captain Yang Fan kicked ten footballs to the stands of Manchester City fans during the warm-up to repay the fans' support.
This caused cheers in the stands, and the fans who were lucky enough to grab the football suddenly became the envy of all fans.
"I didn't think Manchester City would have such a spring. In the media seat, a reporter sighed.
In the league, Manchester City are four points ahead of Manchester United and are on track to win the title.
In the Champions League, Manchester City reached the semi-finals, although they fell to Barcelona in the end, but the problem of that game is well known, Manchester City did not lose in strength.
In the League Cup, Manchester City has won the trophy and a title in hand.
Now, in this FA Cup final, Manchester City is also working hard for the FA Cup title!
After the warm-up of the players from both sides, they went back to the locker room one after another.
Manchester United's godfather Alex Ferguson stood at the entrance of the player's corridor, watching his disciple come over, and the old man was about to turn around and walk into the player's corridor, when he saw a person coming.
Yang Fan walked to the player's Yongdaokou, he had just been interviewed by BBC5 on the pitch, so he was the last player to return to the dressing room, but he didn't expect to meet Ferguson here.
Yang Fan walked up, he hugged the old man, and said in the old man's ear, "Dad, take care of your body." ”
The old man who was suddenly hugged was first stunned, then moved, and the old man patted the young man on the shoulder and said nothing.
The camera caught the scene that was about to sink into the player's tunnel.
The United fans in the stands were stunned for a moment, then erupted in loud cheers.
Red Devils fans are reminded of those bygone years.
The boy named Yang Fan, he and Alex Ferguson were like father and son, and that season was the most beautiful season for Manchester United.
The Manchester City fans applauded.
At this moment, they need not be jealous.
Manchester United fans own Yang Fan's past, and they own Yang Fan's present and future!
This photo is the most classic shot in the history of the FA Cup.
It is also one of the most touching shots of Yang Fan's career.
It is also one of Sir Alex Ferguson's memoirs, one of the old man's favorite photographs.
After the start of the game, these warm veins and touching were temporarily put aside.
It's a fight!
For the sake of honor!
A season of hard work!
At the beginning of the game, it was Manchester City who kicked off, and it stands to reason that Manchester City should take advantage of this opportunity to keep the football at their feet, and then launch wave after wave of attacks to threaten Manchester United's goal, score the right goal, and drag the game into the familiar track of Manchester City.
But. Before they could get close to United's goal, they were intercepted by Park Ji-sung and Michael Carrick. Next, Manchester City were hoping to regain possession of the ball in midfield----- Yaya Toure and Gareth Barry were central midfielders, closer to the opposition penalty area. The adjustment in this position shows the intention of Manchester City, who intend to completely suppress Manchester United with attack in this game, and the ideal result is that Manchester United will not even get out of the half.
This is actually the reason why Manchester City have been successful so far, and Manchester City's midfield defense has improved significantly compared to the past, with two strong interception midfield positions in advance. Making Manchester City's attack more pressing, making it easier to counter-attack on the spot, and encountering teams that are not strong or ill-prepared, they can really play a decisive role.
It's a pity that they met a scrappy and well-prepared Manchester United today.
It's a big game for Manchester United. In the league, although Alex Ferguson did not concede defeat, the fact that they are four points behind Manchester City with two games remaining in the league basically means how slim the chances of United trying to come back and win the title are.
Therefore, at present, for Manchester United, the only championship honor that can still be fought for is this FA Cup title, and because the opponent is a sworn enemy of the same city and Manchester City, who is likely to steal the league title from their own hands, this game, Manchester United's players are full of combat effectiveness.
They want to go through a final like this and show everyone that they are better than Manchester City!
They're Manchester United!
It's the Red Devils Manchester United!
After seeing Carrick get the ball, Gareth Barry pounced on it to intercept it.
Carrick saw Gareth Barry lunge at him. He passed the football to Park Ji-sung not far away.
Almost at the same time as he passed the ball. Yaya Toure also moved. Like a panther, he pounced on Park Ji-sung, who was about to catch the ball. He intends to break the ball at the same time as Park Ji-sung's catch. At that time, Park Ji-sung was not on a stable footing. It's an opportunity.
Yaya Toure stepped forward to defend Park Ji-sung...... Beautiful!" the narrator exclaimed excitedly.
Park Ji-sung pounced on Yaya Toure at the same time. But he used his heel to knock Carrick's pass directly to Ferdinand in the back. Yaya Toure pounced, and it didn't matter. Importantly, after he and Gareth Barry both rushed up. Manchester City are disconnected in midfield.
There's a wide blank space in between! You know, Manchester City's two interceptors are already very far forward......
This is obviously before the start of the game, Ferguson specially pulled Park Ji-sung and specially advised: to be good at taking advantage of the opponent's formation to press up and then the loophole.
The old and spicy Ferguson seized the holes in this formation and tactics of the Manchester City team.
Ferdinand didn't waste any time, and directly passed the long ball to the feet of Scholes, who had already rushed to the front!
"Manchester United attack quickly!"
Paul Scholes stopped the ball with only three Manchester City defenders in front of him. Two of United's strikers and another wing-back, Nani, have rushed to the edge of the box. Carrick rushed up after passing the football to Park Ji-sung again. However, Park Ji-sung stayed in midfield after passing the ball back to Rio Ferdinand to guard against Manchester City's counter-attack.
In this game, Ferguson expected Manchester City to press hard. Trying to score first, the most important thing in the attack is not possession, but speed. Therefore, the old lord placed special emphasis on the suddenness and speed requirements in the counterattack.
Scholes didn't stop long after receiving the ball, but passed it sideways. Rooney, who was withdrawn later, received the ball and distributed it to Nani. Just now, Manchester City's left wing-back Kolarov rushed up to participate in the attack, and at this time he was still running wildly to return to the defense.
Nani was also not polite, after receiving the ball, he cut directly into the penalty area!
Manchester City's central defenders were defending Fletcher and Wayne Rooney, but they didn't expect Manchester United to quickly move the football to the other side, and they didn't want to play Nani so firmly into the penalty area, without even the slightest hesitation......
Nani rushed into the net and slammed his foot to shoot, but Kompany flew to block it, but passed the ball sideways to Berbatov in the six-yard box......
"Bulgarian! he's unmarked now...... He shot ......"
The ball flew straight towards goal, goalkeeper Lloris flew to save, but it was too close, and Berbatov's shot was full of all his strength. No matter how powerful the goalkeeper is, there is nothing he can do at this time......
The "!!" Manchester United radio commentator jumped up to cheer for the goal.
He was probably the first to react, because when Berbatov's soccer ball hit the net, neither the fans in the stands nor the spectators in front of the TV had their brains come to their senses--- what was going on?
Also surprised were all the members of the Manchester City team, those who were sitting in the dugout, and those Manchester City players who were still desperately trying to defend on the pitch just now. At this moment, they are all stunned to look at their goal. There's a soccer ball spinning, rubbing against the net.
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