FA Cup matchday. Manchester United vs Coventry.

For Manchester United fans, there wasn't much to watch in this game. Mourinho has already released words to the media before the game, and this game is mainly about training newcomers. The implication is very clear, how to kill with a cattle slaughtering knife?

It stands to reason that Coventry City, although only a League One team, are the defending champions of the FA Cup. After a number of big upsets in the FA Cup last season, knocking out a number of Premier League giants to lift the trophy, Mourinho should not be taken lightly.

However, Mourinho's idea is very simple. In the FA Cup last season, Coventry was able to pull off miracles because they had their old lieutenant Liu Yun. This season, Liu Yun sided with Manchester United. It's a simple addition and subtraction.

The game lacked excitement and it was Thursday again, so the attendance of Manchester United fans at the Theatre of Dreams was not high. Instead, a large number of Coventry City fans poured into Manchester City. Manchester United officials did a good thing, selling all the unsold tickets that belonged to the home fans to the Coventry people.

If you have to find a highlight in this game, it is none other than Manchester United's old lieutenant Liu Yun against his old club Coventry. You must know that to this day, Coventry people still regard Liu Yun as a city hero.

If there is one team that Manchester United fans are most friendly to these days. That has to be Coventry. If there's one team that Coventry fans are the friendliest to right now, it's Manchester United.

The old lieutenant Liu Yun is like a bridge of friendship, connecting the Premier League giants Manchester United and the League One underdog Coventry.

Before the game, Manchester's bars were almost a sea of red and blue. Manchester United fans enthusiastically invite Coventry fans to beer. They walked down the street in groups of three or five.

It was perhaps the most intimate match in the history of the FA Cup in the past 100 years.

Liu Xiaoyan, the little princess of Manchester United, now doesn't know which team to support on Twitter.

She simply tweeted before the game: Uncle Alexander, Big Foodie Manla, and stupid apprentices Pogba, Uncle Ibrahimovic, Lukaku, Rashford。。。。。 Of course, the most important thing is my wisest and greatest father, you must do your best!

Foodie, literally translated into Chinese, means foodie. As a person who ate more than 80 dumplings and made it to the hospital, Manla definitely deserves the title of foodie.

Liu Xiaoyan's tweet blessed both teams. There is quite a bit of the golden mean in traditional Chinese culture.

Theater of Dreams, the game is about to start in 10 minutes.

The big-mouthed Dunphy and Fat Bob are now SKY TV's exclusive commentators for Manchester United's games. This game is naturally also narrated by the two.

The big-mouthed Dunphy began to introduce the starting line-up: "Manchester United started the line-up, goalkeeper Sergio Romero, Lindelof, Bailly, Rojo and Bailly in the back line. Midfielders Pereira, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Rashford. The front line is the old lieutenant Liu and Martial. ”

Fat Bob interjected: "In addition to Bailly and old lieutenants Liu and Rashford, Manchester United played with an all-substitute lineup in this game. ”

The big-mouthed Dunphy smiled and said, "yes." However, the depth of United's bench is well known. If Manchester United's bench form a team to play in the Premier League, they can definitely compete for the title! ”

Fat Bob said: "Coventry is doing its best. Unlike the starting line-up for last season's FA Cup final, goalkeeper Ru An at the time, striker old lieutenant Liu, and striker Qu have all transferred. He has signed a contract with Manchester United and has been loaned to the Belgian league by Manchester United. God, looking at it this way, Coventry, a lower-league side, actually sent two players to Manchester United in the transfer window. ”

The fourth round of the FA Cup has always been inadequate, with the Theatre of Dreams having only half the attendance today. Of those, 20,000 seats are occupied by Red Devils fans, while the other 20,000 seats are for Sky Blues fans in Coventry.

Mrs. Hudson's son, Alger, and his family, all dressed in sky blue jerseys, went to the Theatre of Dreams to cheer on Coventry.

Before the start of the game, Manchester United fans sang the song "Glory Glory Man United".

Sky Blues fans then sang "Onward, Coventry".

Unlike other FA Cup games, fans from both sides did not exchange swear words before kick-off.

Players from both sides enter. The DJ at the Theater of Dreams introduces the players one by one.

When Liu Yun's photo appeared on the big screen of the Dream Theater, the fans of the home and away teams gave a standing ovation at the same time!

Liu Yun stretched out his hand and greeted the Sky Blues and Red Devils fans.

The handshake session between the players of both sides. The Coventry players shook hands with other Manchester United players, but when they walked up to Liu Yun, they hugged one by one.

Liu Yun returned to the pitch in his 40s and joined Coventry at the halfway point of the season. With his indomitable spirit and admirable perseverance, he led Coventry City to League One and won the FA Cup. The old lieutenant Liu Yun has now become a spiritual symbol deeply rooted in the bones of the Coventry team.

The big-mouthed Dunphy couldn't help but sigh: "The FA Cup has been a single-game elimination system for a century. Therefore, before the start of every FA Cup game, there is a strong smell of gunpowder on the field. But today's game is more friendly than a friendly match. The smell of friendship fills the sky over the Dream Theater! ”

Fat Bob agreed: "That's right! The old lieutenant is the hero of the Theatre of Dreams, and at the same time the hero of Coventry. Two groups of people who worship the same hero will naturally not be hostile to each other. ”

The referee blew the whistle and the game began.

After all, there are several notches of gap between the giants Manchester United and the small team Coventry. As soon as the game started, Coventry was pressed by Manchester United.

However, the Coventry players are very tenacious. Fight aggressively, run at the expense of physical strength. They withstood United's three-pronged axe. For the first 20 minutes, the door was kept open.

However, the gap in strength is always too great. In the 21st minute, Pereira played the ball to Liu Yun at the edge of the penalty area. After receiving the ball, Liu Yun decisively kicked up at the edge of the penalty area. It's a boccia ball with just the right angle, and it's heavy. The ball flew into the bottom right corner of the Coventry City goal.

1:0！ Manchester United leads Coventry City 1-0!

After the old lieutenant Liu Yun scored, Pereira took the initiative to run over to hug Liu Yun to celebrate. Liu Yun shook his head and signaled not to make any celebratory moves.

If it were the usual Red Devils Manchester United goal, the fans at the Theatre of Dreams would immediately burst into a sea of cheers. But today they did not cheer, but applauded.

Who would have thought that after the old lieutenant Liu Yun scored a goal, the people who applauded the Dream Theater were not only 20,000 Red Devils fans, but also 20,000 Coventry fans!

For these Coventry City fans, Liu Yun's switch to Manchester United was not because of money. Coventry, which has little influence in the FA, could not afford to apply for a labour certification for an old lieutenant. Therefore, Liu Yun's transfer is not a "mutiny" in the tradition of English football.

Manchester United is strong and has an old lieutenant Liu Yun. Coventry City fans didn't expect the team to beat Manchester United at the Theatre of Dreams to advance to the fifth round. In their opinion, being able to play Manchester United in the first three rounds is already the greatest blessing. As long as you can play Coventry's spirit of never admitting defeat in this game, it will be the biggest victory!

And Coventry's City Hero Old Lieutenant Liu's goal, no matter what team he plays for, deserves applause!

40,000 people applauded in the sky above the Dream Theater..