Because there is a full 7-day break between the end of the Premier League and the FA Cup final, and the opponent is the old rival Manchester City, the two sides can be said to know each other, so Dai Zhiwei can participate in some other things in addition to daily training.

For example, participated in the variety show "The Deep Night Show of James Corden".

In fact, Dai Zhiwei does not like to participate in these talk shows in Europe and the United States, mainly because of cultural concepts and other reasons, and he and the thinking of European and American hosts are always incompatible.

But because the guest of this episode of "James Corden's Deep Night Show" is Carla Delevei, at the invitation of Carla Deleving, Dai Zhiwei reluctantly participated in the recording of this episode.

Although Dai Zhiwei and Carla Delevei had already broken up peacefully last year, there is still a connection between the two, and there will be occasional "friendship movements", but Carla Delevei's personality is too strong, and Dai Zhiwei is also a person who does not like to bow his head, and the two are destined to not last long.

Dai Zhiwei didn't know much about "James Corden's Deep Night Show" before, and he felt pretty good during the recording process, chatting with the hosts James Corden and Carla Delevei while eating, full of variety show.

During the Truth or Dare session, Dai Zhiwei finally encountered a problem and was asked to answer questions, and if he didn't answer, he would need to eat all kinds of strange foods.

The first question, James Corden's question is more sharp, "Dai, if you want to rank, yourself, Messi and Ronaldo, according to the best, how do you rank?" ”

"Huh?" After Dai Zhiwei glanced at the food that needed to be eaten to answer this question - beef tongue, he almost didn't think about it, and answered directly: "I am first, Messi is second, and Cristiano is third!" ”

If you want to be in China, Dai Zhiwei will definitely be modest, but in Europe and the United States, modesty in many cases is a manifestation of lack of self-confidence.

And, from the bottom of his heart, he is sure that he is better than Messi and Ronaldo!

"Wow!" Apparently James Corden was very satisfied with Dai Zhiwei's answer.

"So, the second question." James Corden's apparently just question was just the appetizer, "Which star you don't want to have your phone number?" ”

Dai Zhiwei smiled, "All the stars of Liverpool and Manchester City. ”

Liverpool and Manchester City are both mortal enemies of Manchester United, so James Corden was very dissatisfied with Dai Zhiwei's somewhat opportunistic answer, and the third question directly released a big move, "Who do you think is the most beautiful among your ex-girlfriends?" ”

Obviously, James Corden communicated with Carla Delevei about this question beforehand, so after asking this question, Carla Delevei also had a good posture.

"Hah!" Dai Zhiwei laughed dryly, struggled for a while, and directly chose to escape and ate the water scorpion in front of him......

The show didn't take long to record, and the "battle" ended within two hours, and the following night was naturally the time for Dai Zhiwei and Carla Dilevue to relive old dreams.

As soon as he woke up and experienced another "morning luck", Dai Zhiwei received a piece of news that could not be said to be good or bad-

Just this morning, the South Korean Football Association announced on its official website that it would withdraw from the bid for the 2023 Men's Asian Cup, which means that Huaxia won the right to host the 2023 Asian Cup in advance.

Previously, it was reported that the AFC will announce the ownership of the 2023 Asian Cup in the summer of this year, and only South Korea and China have confirmed their bids.

The South Korean Football Association said on its official website that they have sent a letter to the AFC announcing their withdrawal from the bid for the 2023 Asian Cup, "We have informed the AFC that the bid request will be withdrawn." ”

The secretary general of the South Korean Football Association then explained the abandonment of the bid, "We needed to choose between bidding for the Asian Cup and bidding for the Women's World Cup, and in the end, we decided to focus on the bid for the Women's World Cup. If the bid is to host the Women's World Cup, then FIFA and the government will actively push South Korea and North Korea to co-host it. ”

At the AFC General Assembly in April this year, the South Korean Football Association was completely defeated, and then at the General Assembly held by the South Korean Football Association, the President of the South Korean Football Association, Zheng Mengkui, has revealed in his words that South Korea will give up its bid for the 2023 Asian Cup, "As far as the 2023 Asian Cup is concerned, Huaxia can provide three times the financial assistance originally planned, and they are indeed in a good position." We want to be able to run the tournament with a low and easy investment, and we think that is a big possibility. ”

Previously, the AFC official had stated that it would decide who would host the 2023 Asian Cup in the summer of this year.

It is good news, naturally because the 2023 Asian Cup can further promote the development of Chinese football.

But for Dai Zhiwei, there is also a fly in the ointment.

Originally, he planned not to participate in the 2023 Asian Cup and get a full summer break, but at the moment it looks like he is doomed.

If the 2023 Asian Cup is held in South Korea, the Chinese Football Association will still be able to train and not forcibly recruit Dai Zhiwei, just like many neon players staying abroad are absent from this year's Asian Cup, but now that it will be held in China in 2023, the Chinese Football Association will not let the only face of Chinese football be absent.

Because once the Chinese team's Asian Cup record is not good, then some people's "seats" may not be guaranteed.

Fortunately, Dai Zhiwei did not have much resistance, after joining Villarreal, he played in China only a handful of times, and he more or less wanted to give back to the lovely domestic fans.

However, the 2023 Asian Cup is still 4 years later, and Dai Zhiwei is temporarily putting it aside for the time being and is still preparing for the last two games of the season.

Just one day before the FA Cup final, Manchester City suddenly broke the news - after 11 seasons for Manchester City, Blue Moon captain Vincent Kompany released an open letter on the official website, announcing his decision to leave the club and thanking the fans for their loyalty and inspiration.

During his time at the Etihad, Kompany won more than a dozen major honours, including three Premier League titles, one FA Cup and three League Cups, as well as the Community Shield.

He was named Premier League Player of the Season when Manchester City won their first title in 2011/12 and was named in the PFA Team of the Year three times.

The 33-year-old thanked the club's fans and key figures, including manager Pep Guardiola, owner Mansour and chairman Hosni Mubarak, who brought back the centre-back after buying Hamburg in 2008.

Kompany wrote: "Dear all, my 11-year journey for Manchester City is coming to an end. It's hard to believe I'm writing a farewell letter...... But it was really my last season for Manchester City.

"I've imagined this day countless times. After all, after years of fighting, my career is coming to an end, but it still doesn't feel real. Man City gave me everything. I leaned in and gave back as much as I could. I hope that I can write an immortal chapter with glory, with perfect tradition and achievements, and then retire with ...... success."

After failing to win the Premier League title and being eliminated from the Champions League by Barcelona, Manchester City is very turbulent within the club, and there have been many rumours that Pep Guardiola is about to be sacked and many stars are going to be cleaned up.

Even, the outside world unanimously believes that this FA Cup is the "Baogua Cup", as long as Manchester City can't win this FA Cup, and Guardiola gets another season with all four empty results, then the class is inevitable.

And Pep Guardiola's departure also means that the new signings he has vigorously introduced and the veterans who have not performed well this season are very likely to be swept away.

Perhaps realizing that according to the current situation, Manchester City will still have to return home in the FA Cup final, so Kompany used a public farewell letter to bring Manchester City together.

He knows that in the face of Manchester United led by Dai Zhiwei, Manchester City can only fight to win the championship trophy.

From Manchester City's point of view, Dai Zhiwei is like Thanos, and they are the Avengers, and only by making a desperate bet can they have the only chance to win!

It was City's 11th FA Cup final, having won the FA Cup five times before. Pep Guardiola is also unreserved, the main force is all-out, and even De Bruyne, who has just returned from injury, is in the starting lineup.

He is also in ruins, and he doesn't care if De Bruyne will play in the game just after returning from injury and the old injury will come back - if he can't win the FA Cup, Pep Guardiola, who left Manchester City after class, will no longer have anything to do with De Bruyne.

There is no choice!

Manchester City's starting line-up –

Goalkeeper: Edson

Defenders: Walker, Kompany, Laporte, Zinchenko

Midfielders: Bernardo, Gundogan, De Bruyne

Forwards: Mahrez, Aguero, Raheem Sterling

In contrast to Pep Guardiola's decision, Mourinho has to think about the Champions League final in 10 days, and in addition to Romero continuing to hold the position of the top goalkeeper in the domestic cup, he still chose to rotate a number of players.

Manchester United's starting line-up –

Goalkeeper: Romero

Defenders: Ricardo Pereira, Harry Maguire, Eric Bailly, Luke Shaw

Midfielders: Mata, Nemanja Matic, Kroos, McTominay

Forwards: Marcus Rashford, Dai Zhiwei

It is worth mentioning that in this FA Cup final, VAR replay footage will be shown on the screen at Wembley Stadium, which is also a new attempt by the Premier League to do this.

Next season, the Premier League will popularize the use of VAR, and the league is also hoping to have VAR replayed on the screen on the pitch.

In fact, in the semi-finals of the FA Cup, the FA gave the green light to such an attempt, but VAR was not used in either game. Whether VAR will be allowed on the big screen in next season's Premier League will have to wait until next month's meeting.

The referee officiating this FA Cup final was Michael Oliver. In 2010, at the age of 25, Oliver began officiating in the Premier League and became an international referee in 2012.

Last season, Oliver was the referee in the second leg of Real Madrid's Champions League final against Juventus at the Bernabeu. He awarded Real Madrid a late penalty and fouled a protesting Gianluigi Buffon, which caused quite a bit of controversy after the game.

In the cheers of the fans, Michael Oliver took the lead and led the players of both teams out of the players' tunnel, and Wembley Stadium erupted in a tsunami of cheers at this moment!

Manchester United fans are looking forward to an unprecedented quadruple victory, while Manchester City fans are desperate for solace from the FA Cup trophy.

The Manchester United players and Manchester City players walked out of the players' tunnel with serious faces, and the Manchester United players were still talking and laughing, but under the influence of the quiet atmosphere of the Manchester City players, they also became serious.

The line-ups of both teams can be said to be quite luxurious, and at this time no one will think that there is any flaw in the line-up of both teams, because they both look so strong.

Dai Zhiwei, who captained Manchester United in this game, lost again - in this regard, he really has little talent.

"Is this skill, or is it pure luck?" When Dai Zhiwei was about to kick off, he was still thinking about this problem.

Originally, the pre-match "side-picking" process stipulated that the side that guessed the coin chose the direction of attack, and the loser kicked off in the first half of the game.

And from June this year, "claiming the ball" after guessing the coin will become a power of the captains. This is one of the new rules that have been improved at the 133rd meeting of the International Football Council.

In the new rules, the captain who guesses the correct coin can choose the direction of attack, or he can choose to tee off in the first half of the game and give the opponent the right to choose the direction of attack. In this way, the captain who guesses the coin has a lot more decision-making power than before.

This is one of the reasons why Dai Zhiwei began to pay attention to the ability to guess coins.

Because Dai Zhiwei didn't guess the coin, Manchester United kicked off first.

As soon as the game opened, the two teams were close to each other and fought actively.

There was no temptation on both sides at all, it was just a hard confrontation between the tip of the needle and Mai Mang.

Manchester City's style of play is destined to be based on ball control, passing the ball is very technical and tactical, and it is a very beautiful style of play, even Dai Zhiwei, who is an opponent, appreciates and likes this style of play very much.

If they have a Dai Zhiwei or Messi, Manchester City will definitely be able to match or even surpass the Universe team that Pep Guardiola once built.

Comparatively speaking, Manchester United's style of play is somewhat utilitarian, and Manchester United is now completely Mourinho-style football: tough, fast, efficient, unpretentious, counter-attacking and direct.

There are many bricks who criticize Mourinho's football for being implemented in the times and "anti-football", Dai Zhiwei doesn't know if what he said makes sense, but this style of rapid counterattack is particularly suitable for him to "brush goals".

Once he hits the back with the ball and soars wildly, there is no one to stop and no team to beat in today's football.

Manchester United and Manchester City are two teams with diametrically opposed football philosophies, and with the fact that they are rivals in the same city, it seems that they are naturally opposites.

And the two teams were clearly constrained by the FA Cup final, with more than intense and less aggressive at the start of the game, more conservative in attack and more on the defensive footing.

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