Chapter 1278: I Didn't Say I Wanted to Give Up
After the goal, Welbeck ran all the way to the corner flag area and then gestured to the City fans in the stands to shut up.
In fact, there were not many boos for him and Manchester City in this game, because Manchester City conceded the goal in the first ten minutes of the game, and then there was one less person in the twelfth minute, and the Manchester City fans were stunned, and they couldn't care about booing their rivals in the same city.
So Welbeck didn't actually make such a move for this game, he was for Manchester City fans outside the game.
Because before this game, Manchester City fans took selfies with the score of 6:1 and then put it on the Internet to mock Manchester United.
Manchester City's players and staff also repeatedly referred to the game in interviews, and they were mocking Manchester United.
At the time, United remained calm and restrained.
But now, with a three-goal lead, there is no need for United to remain silent and low-key.
Welbeck used this way to shut up the whole of Manchester City!
After the initial stunned, the Manchester City fans let out a huge boo.
But Welbeck didn't care, he turned and opened his arms to his team-mates, giving the angry City fans a back.
The long-suppressed feelings of the Manchester United people can finally be vented.
They are convinced that a three-goal lead will be enough for them to win this game.
The Manchester City players looked completely stunned, with confused eyes and dull expressions.
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Just five minutes after Welbeck's goal, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.
The United players seemed a little unhappy when they came off the pitch – and if they had been given a few more minutes, they might have been able to score their fourth goal of the game.
The City players walked off the pitch with their heads bowed and dejected.
They themselves don't know what's going on.
Obviously, the opponent who had beaten 6:1 in the league, how did they suddenly change their appearance and beat them without the power to fight back?
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At half-time, in the Manchester City dressing room, all the players had their heads down, and nothing could be heard in the dressing room except for heavy gasps.
Everyone was frustrated.
When Benitez came in, he looked around the stadium and said: "Even if we are going to lose the FA Cup, I want to lose it in a dignified way, not like this!" ”
His tone was serious, and his expression was stern.
He then criticised the team mercilessly before making adjustments for the second half.
In fact, there is nothing to adjust, the game is played like this is not a matter of technique and tactics, but a gap in the team's mental will. Such a first half is not normal.
Because there was nothing to adjust, the fifteen-minute halftime took only six minutes.
With that, Benitez left the locker room.
He doesn't want to stay in the dressing room and the players need a little bit of a chance to relax. If they continue to be there, it will add stress to them.
And next door, in the dressing room at Manchester United, the atmosphere is relatively relaxed.
Only Ferguson was reminding his players that the second half should not be taken lightly. "Don't think it's all over with a three-goal lead. Don't relax until the last second of the game. Think about how Manchester City scored our six goals in the first place. We have to do the same! ”
His words aroused a strong resonance among the Manchester United players, who howled and expressed their determination, vowing to completely bury Manchester City and completely wash away the 1:6 blood feud in the first half of the season.
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After Benitez left the locker room, the atmosphere in the locker room did not become much lighter, and the air was still solemn and suffocating.
Everyone was silent, as if preoccupied.
Nobody knows what other people are thinking, they didn't discuss the first half, they didn't discuss the second half, they didn't even talk about what the manager just said.
It seems that he has resigned himself to his fate.
If you think this way, it's normal.
After all, that's three goals behind.
A score of 3:0 was enough for a team to win 90 minutes of play, let alone half-time.
In such a situation, it is indeed difficult to make any strong counterattack.
Just as halftime was about to end, Rongguang stood up.
As the captain, he was always the first to get up every time he played.
So he got up and didn't even let many people look up at him.
But he didn't step through the door.
He stood up and said to his teammates, "There's something I want to confess to everyone. ”
Hearing him say this, everyone raised their heads strangely.
What does Glory have to confess to them?
'Even though I was three goals down in the first half, I wasn't going to give up the FA Cup. I don't want to be knocked out in the first FA Cup game of the season. ”
Glory said categorically.
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At the start of the second half, it was observed that City did not make any substitutions.
Although the team's performance in the first half was not good, Benitez had no intention of replacing anyone.
After all, he had already used up one substitution, and now he had two more in his hands, and if he had used one at the beginning of the second half, he would have only one last substitution in the end, which was too dangerous, and if there was any accident, he could only stare dryly.
There were no substitutions for Manchester United.
Manchester United didn't need to make any substitutions, they had a good first half.
'Perhaps the impact of this FA Cup game will be far more profound than we thought.' John Mortensen said at the start of the half. "If Manchester United can beat Manchester City by a big score, it will be a huge boost to Manchester United's morale and confidence, and in turn, it will be devastating to Manchester City's morale and confidence. Perhaps Manchester City and Manchester United will also have a reversal in the league table. ”
"Quite possibly, John. This race could be a watershed moment for the season! ”
The telecast turned the camera on the glory. As Manchester City's captain, Glory had a mediocre first-half appearance, and he was only able to watch the United players celebrate the goal again and again.
This is a rare occurrence for him.
"What will Rong do in the second half? That's what we care about, too. It's just too rare to have nothing to show for the whole game......"
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At the start of the second half, United had another wave of about five minutes in attack. However, their offensive campaign failed to get on the scoresheet.
And it can be seen that after a fifteen-minute break at half-time, the United players' appearance was a little different from the first half, as if their good form was really interrupted by the break.
However, with United's ability to adjust and Ferguson's on-the-spot command, it may take another ten minutes for them to regain their sense and continue to press Manchester City......
But someone won't let them get their wish.
After this wave of Manchester United's attack, possession fell to Manchester City, who launched an attack.
Once the offensive is pushed past the center circle, it is difficult to keep going.
Manchester United scored three goals in this game, but their defense should not be ignored either.
The last time they met, they collapsed because they had one less defender. And this time their backline is complete, the whole team is united, and the defense is solid, Manchester City really can't find any good offensive methods when they are stunned.
After a turn, the football returned to Sneijder's feet, and Sneijder's position on the field did not change, he was still in the center circle.
United weren't going to give Sneijder a chance to look up, and their men followed the ball and pounced on Sneijder.
If Sneijder had stopped the ball and looked up again, he wouldn't have been able to pass the ball right away.
So Sneijder didn't look any further, and in this case, he knew what to do, because there was a backup rule that he would always keep in mind. That is, "If you don't know what to do on the pitch, pass the football to Sakae"!
He had been keeping an eye on the location of the glory.
After receiving the ball again, he didn't need to make a second observation, and just passed the ball over.
In that direction, the glory is definitely there.
Sure enough, Glory retreated to answer and received a pass from Sneijder.
Manchester United is very strict about the glory of the guard, almost an inch away.
Glory retreated, then there must be a Manchester United player behind him to defend him closely, so that he could not turn around lightly.
But Glory didn't plan to turn around with the ball.
After receiving a pass from Sneijder, he did not stop the ball, but directly flicked the ball sideways.
Gave Kaka not far from him.
Next, he turned without the ball and ran forward.
Kaka was also facing away from the offensive direction at the time, he also did not stop to control the ball, but used the outside instep to move the football behind him, he passed the football back, and made a two-by-one collision with Rongguang!
After passing the ball, Kaka also turned and ran forward.
Glory has accelerated to catch up with football.
As long as he is put in front of goal, his threat level will rise quickly.
Now Manchester United's entire backline is on the lookout, guarding to the death, and never allowing Glory to burst in with the ball.
But what if Rongguang didn't plan to burst in with the ball at all?
Just caught up with Kaka's glory of passing the ball to himself, and did not want to continue to dribble, but directly picked up his right leg in the run, and then shot a very sudden long shot!
Whether it was Carrick chasing him from behind, or the entire Manchester United backline in front of him, no one expected that Glory would shoot directly from 35 meters away from the goal!
When Rongguang's right foot hit the football, there was a muffled sound, which was clearly heard in the noisy stadium.
The next thing everyone saw was that the soccer ball drew a silver line in the air, like a white trail left in the air after the missile crossed the sky.
Then the ball grazed the underside of the crossbar and flew into the goal! Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea was in the air, but his hands couldn't touch the football.
The missile hits the target accurately!