14 May 2011, afternoon, Wembley Stadium, London.

Seventy minutes into the FA Cup final, the score is still 0-0.

Neither Gao Han nor Ferguson made any substitutions, and they were clearly maintaining the situation on the field.

City, as always, controlled possession and tempo, launching wave after wave of attacks towards Manchester United's goal.

The Red Devils also showed great tenacity in this game, with the centre-back combination of Rio Ferdinand and Pepe, as well as the old goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, helping Manchester United to defuse the crisis again and again, especially Van der Sar.

As early as the first half, when Manchester City launched a barrage of bombardment, Van der Sar made a number of crucial saves.

In the 23rd minute, Cristiano Ronaldo had a chance to kick on the left side of the penalty area, almost straight into the corner, but Van der Sar saved the ball with one hand to defuse a crisis.

But the most dangerous thing was in the 35th minute, a through ball from Modric, Benzema quickly inserted, and in an unguarded state, he barely unloaded, and at the critical moment when Benzema was about to kick the goal, Van der Sar decisively abandoned the goal and saved Benzema's volley.

It was also a very dangerous attack, and if it wasn't for Benzema's quick enough reaction and timely stopping, Van der Sar would have been able to take a solid shot.

However, the ball did not fly far after the save, but fell at the feet of David Silva at the edge of the box, and the Spaniard stopped the ball in the box and volleyed to hit an empty goal, but it was Van der Sar who saved the ball, jumped up from the ground, opened his arms and blocked Silva's shot again.

Two successive saves earned the 40-year-old a full house of applause, and even the Manchester City fans who came to the away stadium gave the Dutch goalkeeper a round of applause.

It was also under the courage of Van der Sar, coupled with the unity of Manchester United, that finally stubbornly blocked Manchester City's attack.

Manchester City, on the other hand, did not play impatiently, still controlling the ball methodically and patiently looking for opportunities.

Especially in the second half, Manchester United's players are becoming more and more physically exhausted, although they can occasionally seize the opportunity to counterattack, but they also frequently show flaws, and cracks continue to appear in the copper wall.

In the 73rd minute, Alexis Sanchez forced a break down the right and took the ball to the right side of the United penalty area, but Layton Bynes and Nemanja Matic combined at the same time, forcing him to return the ball.

Luka Modric ran to the right to pick up and moved to the feet of David Silva in the middle.

The Spaniard received the ball and Manchester United's Fletcher pounced on him first, but before he could get closer, David Silva had already passed the ball to the feet of Benzema in the box.

In the penalty area, the French center leaned on Ferdinand with his body, received a pass from David Silva, and then saw the Spaniard quickly insert the ball after passing the ball, and immediately understood it, and passed the ball to the bottom line with his heel without thinking.

Sure enough, David Silva cut into the box at high speed, shook off Fletcher, cut diagonally behind Ferdinand, caught up with the ball before Pepe, stopped the ball with a quick buckle, turned around, and just saw Cristiano Ronaldo raising his hand at the edge of the box.

The Spaniard played the ball back and Cristiano Ronaldo stopped and fired a straight shot.

Only a bang was heard, and the ball went straight to the goal with lightning speed.

At this time, Manchester United's penalty area was full of people, Ferdinand instinctively reacted to block his foot and directly blocked the Portuguese's shot, but just when everyone thought that Manchester City's offensive was going to be futile again, Kaka suddenly appeared on the right side of the penalty spot, and without waiting for Ferdinand's ball to land, he pulled out his leg directly and volleyed.

This sudden shot made Van der Sar unable to react, but instinctively raised his hands and leaned to pounce, but he couldn't save the slightest, and the ball crashed directly into the goal behind Van der Sar.

1 to 0!

Kaka was so excited that he raised his hands all the way, kept running, kept praying, rushed to the sidelines, and lay directly on the ground, as if bowing to his God, but was soon stacked one by one by the Manchester City players who caught up behind him, and firmly pressed the Brazilian superstar under him.

It's a deadly lore!

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After seeing Kaka score the winning goal, Ferguson was not as excited or furious as the outside world expected.

He looked at it calmly and accepted the result, turned and walked back to the dugout.

In fact, he can be said to have been mentally prepared for conceding the ball.

With Manchester United's current strength, it is not at all at the level of challenging Manchester City, not to mention that the current manager of Manchester City is still cold.

He has agreed with the management that as long as Gao Han leaves Manchester City, the management will increase the investment of the club, so that he can lead the team to the Premier League and Champions League titles again, so that he can retire with honor.

But as long as Gao Han is still in Manchester City, including Manchester United and Chelsea, there is not much desire to burn money.

The reason is very simple, no matter how much you burn, you can't win Manchester City, rather than this, it is better to keep the money and wait for the opportunity.

It's the same year, and in the eyes of the players, the manager and the club leaders, it's three very different concepts.

Ferguson and Gao Han are very good friends and good neighbors, but he still sincerely hopes that Gao Han can win the Champions League this season and then leave the Premier League as soon as possible, because he can't wait any longer.

His players couldn't wait any longer.

At the end of the season, the veteran quartet of Van der Sar, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville and Owen have all decided to retire.

Unconsciously, Scholes and Gary Neville are about to run for four, the former wind-chasing boy Owen is also thirty-one, and the old Van der Sar has unknowingly passed the age of confusion, which makes Ferguson extremely emotional.

Since the news of Van der Sar's retirement, United fans have reacted violently, with almost everyone hoping that Van der Sar will stay and continue to play for the team, because even at the age of 40, Van der Sar is still one of the most eye-catching and outstanding goalkeepers in Europe.

Thirty-two league games, 14 clean sheets, 80 dangerous saves, and a terrifying 72.7 per cent save success rate, this statistic makes him second only to Manchester City's Petr Cech and can be called the second goalkeeper in the Premier League.

And to know is that Petr Cech is in the prime of his career, but Van der Sar is already forty years old.

The years have hardly left any traces on Van der Sar, solid goal-line skills, accurate anticipation and selection, stable and calm psychological quality, all of which have made Van der Sar the most reassuring and desperate presence in front of Manchester United's goal.

Let's just say that in this game, in the face of the indiscriminate bombardment of Manchester City's superstars, Van der Sar tried his best to keep the goal from conceding again and again, if it weren't for him, Manchester United would have conceded more than three goals by now.

It can be said that Van der Sar, who has passed the age of confusion, is still the most indispensable key member of the Manchester United team, and his departure has caused Ferguson to panic and not know how to deal with the crisis in front of goal next season.

Arsene Wenger said publicly after the Manchester United game, "Next season, Ferguson will definitely miss Van der Sar very much." ”

In fact, without Wenger saying it, Ferguson himself knows it.

It will be the final of Van der Sar, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville and Michael Owen.

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Eighty minutes into the game, the score was still 1-0, and Manchester City took the lead for the time being thanks to Kaka's goal.

After conceding the goal, Manchester United once thought about fighting back, but they were never able to break through Manchester City's defense, but Manchester City's counter-attacks repeatedly threatened Manchester United's goal, which made the Red Devils feel very depressed.

Ferguson made his first substitution in the 81st minute when Paul Scholes came on to replace Mkhitaryan.

Just four minutes later, Ferguson made a second substitution, with Michael Owen coming on for Tevez.

All the fans who came to the scene finally understood that the United boss had given up on the game, and was more just replacing the players who were retiring this season and letting them accept the cheers of the fans.

In the stands, whether it was Manchester United or Manchester City, fans from both sides stood up from their seats and saw off the soon-to-be-retired veterans with extremely warm applause, which will be the last final of their careers.

Especially in the 89th minute, when Gary Neville came on as a substitute, the audience applauded even more.

The legendary Manchester United captain has made a lot of contributions to the team, he is the banner man of the 92 class, has been playing less and less in recent years, and is now retiring.

With each substitution, Manchester City's coaching staff and bench players, including Gao Han, also walked to the sidelines to applaud them, while Manchester United fans in the stands had already unfurled a huge banner.

"Goodbye, Legend!"

It was undoubtedly a tearful scene, and it also minimized the competitive atmosphere of the entire FA Cup final.

Especially at the end of the game, Manchester United's 92 class walked out of the player tunnel one after another and appeared at Wembley Stadium, including former superstars David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Bart, Phil Neville and others, all appeared on the sidelines.

When the referee blew the whistle, the students of the 92 class suddenly rushed into the court, surrounded Gary Neville, Scholes and others, or formed a circle like when they were on the field, and their heads touched each other, which made people extremely emotional.

The professional league is brutal and full of icy calculations, but football has a temperature, and it brings together the feelings and friendships of countless coaches, players and fans.

Once again, all the fans in the stadium stood up from their seats and gave Manchester United's Class of 92 the warmest applause since the opening of the game, which did not stop for a long time.

Today, at Wembley Stadium, there were no wins or losses.

Gao Han believes that fans all over the world will be moved when they see this scene.

Countless years from now, people may forget that Manchester City won the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium that evening, but they will surely remember that on this evening, in the presence of 90,000 fans and fans from all over the world who watched live on television, European football sent a legend away.

Suddenly, Gao Han was very envious of Ferguson.

He has won more championships, achieved higher honors, and even produced more players, but he does not have a group of proud disciples like the class of 92.

It was also at this moment that Gao Han completely understood and saw clearly what kind of road he was going to take.

Thinking of this, Gao Han's heart suddenly moved, and he strode into the court.

"Eh, what are you going to do?" Bryan Kidd was taken aback.

Gao Han waved his hand without looking back, "Sign, group photo." ”

Everyone was completely dumbfounded.

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