There was a moment of silence at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, a moment when time seemed to have stopped.

The players on the pitch, the people on the bench for both teams, the fans in the crowd, the reporters in the media box, all the staff at the stadium, even the fans watching the game in front of the TV, all of them, they were all staring in the direction of the United goal.

Many of them had a blank mind, and after this moment, they reacted, and with it, there was joy, loss, disbelief, and all kinds of emotions were vented.

For the on-site narrator, after the surprise, it is time to move on to his work.

But after being stunned for a moment, he stared at the screen and forgot the name of the goal-scorer for a while. He has watched the players of Derby County a few times, but there will still be a few names that he can't remember, especially the full-back Leiton Baines, compared with Morris, Ribery and others, the table is really not eye-catching, but the on-site commentator is also experienced, when he found that he couldn't call out the player's name, he immediately let out a long roar -

“”

The voice seemed to stop every time, showing the commentator's excitement about the goal, but at the same time, his hands were busy, looking for the list of players, and after finding the corresponding number, he stopped yelling, and then shouted a few times in a row, "Layton Baines!" Layton Bynes! ”

The Derby County fans in the audience couldn't have been more than fond of the live commentator. Listening to his tone, it seems that he is the purest Derby County fan, and they are all happy to be like this for Derby's goal.

"Layton Bynes!"

The on-site narrator exhaled a long breath, and his voice finally adjusted. Close and shouted, "The ball is in!" Derby County full-back Leyton Bynes scored a goal for Derby County with a long-range shot, and they took a 1-0 lead over Manchester United! ”

At the same time, the media commentators of various TV stations are also commenting on the goals for the fans.

"This is the 2003-2004 season, the FA Cup final. Derby youngster Layton Bynes scored the first goal for Derby County, who took a one-goal lead over Manchester United at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium! ”

"The ball is in! Layton Bynes! Derby County are ahead! ”

"It was a brilliant long-range shot! It was Leyton Baines who scored the goal. Derby County lead Manchester United! ”

"Manchester United goalkeeper Howard couldn't save the ball and Layton Bynes gave Derby County the lead, which was a surprise, probably a lot of people would never have thought that it would be Derby County who scored first"

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It's like the TV announcer said. No one expected that it would be Derby County who would score first, not Manchester United, who were attacking around the Derby County half!

This is something that many people can't imagine, but this scene really happened right in front of their eyes.

Until this time, many Manli Na fans were still staring at this scene with wide eyes, they couldn't believe their eyes, and even suspected that they were dreaming, but the facts were in front of them, the score on the scoreboard of the Millennium Stadium had been rewritten, and it was really Derby County who scored first. The score for Manchester United is still '0'.

Derby County fans can't wait to get started!

Layton Bynes didn't expect the ball to go in, he just cut in and found the opportunity, as the coach said. went directly to the front court to shoot, he even thought about it, and immediately retreated to prepare to defend after the shot, but he didn't expect the ball to be kicked quite well, the strength was enough, and the angle was found. Then the ball flew into the United goal.

Until the moment he scored, he himself couldn't believe it.

Did I score?

Did I kick the ball into the Manchester United goal?

Layton-Baines was stunned. He immediately raised his two arms in front of him, let out an excited roar from his mouth, and then he jumped up and shook his fist fiercely, like a normal time, it would be like a mental disorder, but at this moment, everyone can understand him.

Because he scored!

He put the ball in the Manchester United goal!

Who could have imagined that?

A season ago, Layton Bynes was a very ordinary player at Wigan Athletic, having just been promoted from the youth team to the first team, and there are such young players in every team, and often half of them can adapt quickly to the professional scene.

Who could have imagined that Leiton Bynes would be able to score the ball against Manchester United a year later?

Definitely not!

Not to mention scoring the ball in the Manchester United goal, even against Manchester United is not easy, after all, Wigan Athletic is only a League One team, and Manchester United is a top flight giant, but in the summer Baines came to Derby County and began to rise step by step, he has a solid main position in the team, excellent in the league, and started in this FA Cup final.

He defended well, got the occasional assist, and took chances to score the ball!

If everyone in the stadium were asked to pick the best player in the table so far, Manchester United and Derby County combined, it would undoubtedly be Layton Baines, because he scored the only goal of the game, and more importantly, he represented the poor Derby County, not the strong Manchester United!

Derby County were still celebrating the goal, and a number of commentators began to introduce Layton Bynes to the fans.

The names of the Derby County players are somewhat unfamiliar to non-Derby County fans.

To say that the most famous player in Derby County is Cahill, who has been in League One for several years, he has shone this season, winning the League One Golden Boot without any suspense, and the number of goals alone is enough to attract attention. In addition to Cahill, it was Ribery, who was very good on the wing, and the Frenchman's skill at his feet was enough to make many fans who watched him remember his name.

As for Layton Bynes, it's really obscure.

Defenders are essential to any team. But it's really hard for a defender to grab the attention of the fans, unless it's a defensive guru who is always mentioned, or if the table is very shiny. Otherwise, a game is mentioned twice by the commentator, and it is estimated that it is called by name when passing.

So Layton-Bynes can be said to be out of nowhere to be seen.

But everyone believed it was enough to make the young man in his early twenties famous, because it was an FA Cup final, and because Derby County were against Manchester United!

If Derby County do win the game, I am afraid that the name of Leyton Bynes will become a household name the next day, and that is the influence of the FA Cup final

Layton Bynes has been overwhelmed by his teammates.

Every teammate ran over to him and hugged him. Everyone sent him their blessings, and Bynes only had a smile on his face. He couldn't stop laughing, and his heart was extremely excited.

This continued until the referee got Derby County ready to restart.

But there was still celebration in the dugout.

Wansheng hugged everyone, including assistant coaches, team doctors, and substitute players, and everyone else hugged them as well. The situation of leading Manchester United at the moment makes everyone excited.

It's a temporary play, but it's also the result of everyone's efforts.

For more than 20 days, the whole of Derby County has been preparing for this game.

Wansheng threw out a new tactic, all the players have to adapt to the new tactics, then the assistant coach has to guide the training, naturally to have a deep understanding of the tactics, at the same time, the team doctor and other club staff are also arranging various things for the training of the players. The whole club is working hard and that's why it's time for the team to adapt. in order to exert the power of tactics.

Leiden Baines' goal was a makeshift goal, but it was also the result of the team's efforts.

Even so, everyone is still excited, after all, hard work does not necessarily pay off, and temporary play is also quite important. To play against a team like Manchester United, let alone prepare for more than 20 days. Even if you prepare for a year or two, when you get to the game, it still depends on luck to score goals.

But now their luck seems to be good, and they have reason to rejoice.

At the same time, they felt pride - everyone said Derby didn't have a chance, but now we weren't ahead!?

While Derby County cheered, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson had a somewhat somber face.

He just thought that the team would not have any problems if they didn't score for a long time, and it would be a big deal to make adjustments at halftime, but suddenly Derby County scored, and after 40 minutes of play, he naturally knew the way of Derby County - that is, relying on continuous long-range shots, the more shots on goal, the greater the possibility of gains.

However, Ferguson did not think that the other side would come to the harvest, after all, I have not heard of any player in Derby County who is good at shooting from distance.

But all of a sudden, the ball went in

It made him feel a hot pain in his cheeks, but fortunately no one else knew what was going on in his mind, but it was just the situation of falling behind the scoreline, which Ferguson couldn't tolerate.

His Manchester United, against the young Chinese Derby County, actually fell behind in the score?

Not to mention anything else, just face alone can't say that he is the manager of Manchester United and a big man in English football, but what about the other party? A hairy boy.

It's okay if the two don't know each other, the key is that the two have a fierce conflict.

After two contacts, Ferguson was very annoyed with Wan Sheng, he originally wanted to teach this young man who didn't know how to respect his predecessors in the game, but he didn't expect that now he seemed to be being taught a lesson?

So, at this moment, Ferguson's face was gloomy and terrible.

It was like a sign that a storm was coming, the Manchester United substitutes next to him, and even the assistant coach, didn't dare to speak when they looked at Ferguson, Ferguson has absolute majesty at Manchester United, no one dared to annoy him, and now that he was angry, no one dared to speak.

Fortunately, Ferguson's anger was not directed at them.

Ferguson knows very well that the current situation is caused by the team's inability to adapt to Derby's tactics, which is not to say that Manchester United can't play Derby, but the game is different from what he imagined, he also introduced Derby to the players before the game, and the whole team also watched some Derby County game videos, but now this Derby County is completely different from what he said.

He had expected Derby County to continue to play with 'attacking football'.

But it was clear that he had guessed wrong.

He couldn't imagine why a team that had always been good at playing 'offensive football' could change their tactical style in such a short period of time and play quite well, and he admitted in his heart that this was the ability of the young Chinese, but when the real situation was in front of him, he still felt annoyed.

It's an exasperation of being humiliated by an opponent

But he is Alex Ferguson, the 'godfather' of Manchester United, the team he leads is Manchester United, it can't be just because of this one goal, it's just a goal, and he believes the team can come back.

The only regret is that there is not much time left in the first half.

It could only be the second half

It was already 40 minutes of the first half after the Derby goal, and the first half was almost over, and after the game resumed, Manchester United tried to play several waves of push to find opportunities, but Derby County defended tightly, they were still troubled by this kind of defense, and as a result, successive attacks failed to find opportunities.

The final first half ended 1-0.

Players from both teams return to the locker room in a variety of ways.

The looks of the players of the two teams were completely different, the players of Derby County all walked off the pitch with a smile, and some of them talked excitedly about the goal, and the whole team showed a joyful and relaxed atmosphere; The Manchester United players didn't say a word, they walked off the pitch slowly, in fact, many players have a headache when they think about the manager, every Manchester United player is afraid of Ferguson's roar, it's really scary, but they have to face it...... It felt like going to the execution ground, and when they thought about the fact that they were a goal behind in the first half, against a League One side like Derby, they couldn't imagine how angry Ferguson would be, but they had to go back to the dressing room and every player was ready for it.

After the players of both teams went off the field, various media also talked about the game.

They were talking about nothing more than a first-half goal from Leyton Baines, but they were also surprised by the scoreline, with some professional commentators or guests talking about Derby's defensive tactics.

For example, Lineker, a guest invited by Sky TV, is a legend in England who has been working as a football commentator since retiring.

'In the first half, we could see that Derby defended very well, they were a bit of a mess but the defence was very well divided, it was like a zone defence, but obviously the young managers of Derby County improved their tactics a little bit and they used constant running to make up for the lack of individual quality of the players......

“…… So when the United players go up front, they are likely to face two or more players in the middle of the line, and if they are not careful, they will concede the goal......

“…… All in all, Derby County defended successfully. ”

This kind of commentary is very professional, but most fans don't care about any tactics or anything like that, they care about the score, it's the spectacle, it's the final result, Derby County unexpectedly took the lead over Manchester United, so they were all interested, and they used this break to talk about the situation of Derby County, talking about which players in Derby County are famous and so on.

A fifteen-minute half-time break was enough for them to get to know Derby County for a while. (To be continued)