For the FA Cup semi-final between York City and Manchester United, English football is of course generally optimistic about Manchester United.

Manchester United is also a giant, a Premier League team led by Jose Mourinho, and Mourinho is famous for being good at playing cup games.

Although York City is the League One champion and has a "record" of beating Tottenham and Arsenal, this team is not on the same level as Manchester United after all.

In the eyes of many, they are a Championship team that will cause upsets at best, and they are not much different from the likes of Fulham before them.

And in such an atmosphere, Pan Yi was interviewed by the English media and directly opened the embarrassing mode for Mourinho's Manchester United.

How to blow?

There was no mention of their sixth-place finish in the Premier League, only about United's Carabao Cup triumph and, in particular, their run to the quarter-finals of the Europa League.

In Pan Yi's mouth, Manchester United's performance in Europe is super competitive, almost the face of the Premier League in Europe, and Chelsea has to throw me aside.

This is actually provoking Mourinho again.

Pan Yi almost didn't tell Mourinho clearly: Dude, a strong team like yours should boldly let go of its hands and feet to attack when it goes to Wembley Stadium to play a small League One team like us!

The purpose of this is to let Mourinho press out and attack.

If a strong team like Manchester United is determined to play defensive counter-attack, how can York City play?

To be honest, with the current strength of York City, it can win against Tottenham and Arsenal, two strong teams, all relying on counterattacks after solid defense.

If there are so many good players from Manchester United to defend and let York City attack, then it will be really difficult to rely on players like Baker and Aman.

In addition, the current Manchester United, after a year of Mourinho's training, is really something to defend and counterattack, but the positional battle after controlling the ball is still almost meaningless.

So of course, Pan Yi just hopes that Manchester United can focus on attack, so that York City will have a chance!

Pan Yi once provoked Mu Shuai so much when he was in Milan, and in the end, Mourinho led Real Madrid to play offensive football at the San Siro, and the result was Pan Yi's way.

Now it's the same old trick......

Maybe it's still useful.

Mu Shuai is such a person, that's it, sometimes it's more emotional.

Besides, now as Pan Yi said, York City is just a League One team, and Manchester United is putting on a defensive posture against such a team, like words?

In the end, Pan Yi still encouraged his team, and by the way, PUA Mu Shuai:

"Yes, Manchester United are a team with a glorious history and it could take a hundred years for York City to catch up with them."

"But we're not afraid of such opponents. I've spoken to my players and they're excited to meet Manchester United at Wembley Stadium and they're looking forward to having a good game against Manchester United! ”

"York City is ready and together with Manchester United, we will give the fans a great game!"

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On the other hand, York City is preparing for the game in an orderly manner.

Having already won the title in League One, all the focus of the team has now shifted to the FA Cup.

And Pan Yi also came to the training base in person as a temporary assistant coach, discussing tactical play with Scaloni and De Zelbi.

They are already clear about Manchester United's basic style of play and the characteristics of the players.

Now it's just a matter of what tactics Mourinho will use at Wembley Stadium.

Although Pan Yi used a radical tactic before the game, he was not sure whether Mu Shuai would really take the bait, so they still had to be as cautious as possible and prepared for everything.

For example, for the opening of the game, the coaching staff prepared a number of different possibilities, including whether Manchester United will use attacking tactics? Or do you choose anti-anti-anti from the start? Or maybe it's just controlling the ball?

In fact, in terms of Manchester United's strength advantage over York City, even if Mu Shuai chooses to focus on defensive counterattacks, they can still grab a wave of attacks at the beginning.

The purpose is not necessarily to score goals, but to disrupt the rhythm of the opponent's game and test the opponent for the rest of the game.

Not to mention anything else, Pan Yi often made such a move when he was coaching, so he also had to prevent Mu Shuai from suddenly coming like this.

It's just that when the two teams came to Wembley Stadium on April 23, and Pan Yi also got Manchester United's starting lineup, he was still slightly surprised.

Jose Mourinho turned out to be in a 3-5-2 formation instead of the 4-2-3-1 he originally preferred.

Here's what the starters look like:

Goalkeeper: No. 1 David De Gea.

Defenders: No. 3 Bailly, No. 5 Rojo, No. 36 Dalmian.

Midfielders: No. 25 Valencia, No. 21 Herrera, No. 6 Pogba, No. 27 Fellaini, No. 18 Ashley Young.

Forwards: No. 19 Rashford, No. 9 Ibrahimovic.

It feels like a remake of the 3-5-2 that Pan Yi used at Chelsea last season.

However, Pan Yi can also understand Mourinho, mainly because the current Manchester United does not have a really good forward midfielder, but there are a few good central midfielders and midfielders.

In particular, Herrera, a fierce player who can run hard, when beating Chelsea, simply executed the man-to-man tactics in basketball extremely well, preventing Hazard from suffering words.

Combined with Fellaini's high point and Pogba's organizational scheduling, Manchester United's midfield is truly orderly in attack and defense.

On the forward line, the combination of Rashford + Ibrahimovic can also ensure offensive firepower.

In this way, it is basically confirmed that Mourinho is still going to play attacking football in today's game.

And this can be regarded as Pan Yi's expectation.

Come on, Yorktown is ready for a long time!

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"Friends, watch the 2016-2017 FA Cup semi-finals."

"Tonight, we're at Wembley Stadium and we're broadcasting it live. The two teams are League One champions York City and Manchester United from the Premier League! ”

'Both teams have been in good form lately, with Manchester United going well in all cup competitions and having recovered from a disappointing start to the league and have just beaten leaders Chelsea and are in high spirits.

"And York City has locked a place in the Championship early next season, and has also eliminated Tottenham, Arsenal, Swansea and other Premier League teams in the FA Cup, and the momentum is also very strong."

"A lot of people say that although York City is only a League One team, they are actually at the level of the Premier League, otherwise they would not have been promoted to the Championship so easily. There are also many people who are optimistic that they can enter the Premier League in one fell swoop next season and achieve three consecutive promotions! ”

"Of course, the most important reason why York City can give everyone so much confidence is the existence of Pan Yi. The most football-savvy owner in the world will always give the team's coaching staff the greatest support when it matters most. ”

When he was a technical advisor to the Dragons national team, he also helped the Dragons rise from the bottom of the group all the way, and after three consecutive wins, there was also hope of qualifying. The success of both fronts really made everyone marvel at Pan Yi's extraordinary ability! ”

"Okay, now that both sides are in their respective halves, the referee is about to blow the whistle."

"York City today still lined up their usual 4-3-3 formation, with Isaksen in goal and ...... at the back."

"Manchester United, on the other hand, responded 3-5-2 and it looked like a fight between the two sides. Their starting goalkeeper was David De Gea and the back three were ......"

"The game officially started and Manchester United kicked off first."

"Sure enough, York City took the initiative to press forward as soon as it started, which is still relatively bold, after all, it is Manchester United on the other side!"

"United, on the other hand, Ibrahimovic played the ball back to centre-back Marcos Rojo after kick-off. Marcos Rojo was a wing-back but played to his passing accuracy under Jose Mourinho and played at centre-back. Now he directly made a long pass to the front. ”

"However, York City had already prepared for this goal, and the two midfielders, Rice and Alonso, made a scramble against Rashford one after the other, and the ball was at the feet of the York City players."

'And United didn't stay in their own half, all their players pressed forward quickly, and it looked like they were going to press all over the pitch.

"It seems that as Pan Yi said in his interview before the game, today will be a good match!"

At this time, Pan Yi was sitting in the stands watching the game.

Seeing that Manchester United chose to press forward and try to press in the frontcourt, Pan Yi also nodded gently.

Jose Mourinho really wants to eat York City in one bite.

But York City was prepared for it.

I saw Alphonso Davies, Westerman, De Ligt, and Tomiyasu Kenhiro these four defenders lined up and began to make skillful passes.

At the same time, the midfield trio of Declan Rice, Marcos Alonso and Kulusevski are also actively using their positions to create enough routes for the back.

In this way, in order to be able to get the ball back quickly, Manchester United can only launch more fierce pressing pressures, whether it is the striker or the midfielder, all pressed up, in order to block as many York City points as possible.

York City was pressed by Manchester United, and the ball did not find a way forward when it reached the midfield, and immediately passed back to De Ligt at the back.

On Manchester United's side, the fast Rashford also rushed over immediately.

But De Ligt was calm, and he stopped the ball in front of him unhurriedly, his eyes staring straight ahead, as if waiting for something.

As Marcus Rashford was about to get close to De Ligt, the Dutch centre-back suddenly lifted his leg and delivered a long ball with a big foot.

The ball quickly crossed the pitch of York City's penalty area in a graceful arc across a large field of pitch and directly behind United's defence.

Mourinho on the sidelines couldn't help but exclaim: "Behind you! Behind the right side! ”

I saw that the right side of Manchester United, that is, the left side of York City, quickly swept a black lightning bolt next to wingback Valencia.

Cameroonian winger Thomas Armand was sprinting at breakneck speed, soon catching up to De Ligt's pass and stried-in-depth into United's box.

Baker in the middle has already followed, and Lin Liangming, who played on the right side today, was a little slower, but he was also cutting forward quickly.

'York City's counter-attack was very fast and very layered, and Rice was also plugged in.

'That's the style of York City, it's all defense and crazy on offense.

"Let's see how this offense goes......"

At this time, Bailly was at the back of the defence and was the first to return to position when York City launched this long ball attack.

Facing Armand who came over with the ball, Bailly did not dare to kick easily, so he could only retreat again and again to avoid being directly broken by him with speed.

But Armand got faster and closer, and when he rushed into the penalty area, Armand chose to poke the ball to the bottom line, and after avoiding Bailly, he accelerated to chase it.

Bailly turned to chase for the first time, but Armand hit head-on, faster, and had already taken the lead to catch up on the left side of the small penalty area, and before the ball went out of bounds, he crossed the ball horizontally.

Straight in front of the goal, Baker was like a heavy tank, rushing through Dalmien's block, slapping his horse to the goal, facing Armand's cross, and pushing with his feet.

The ball goes into the net!

It wasn't until this moment that Wembley Stadium erupted in fan exclamations, followed by a revelry.

“Goallllllllllllll！！！！！”

"Just one minute into the game, York City scored against Manchester United! This is amazing!! ”

"It's only been a minute!! York City's quick counter-attack was a brilliant one. ”

'De Ligt's long ball was just right, Armand's dribble break was quite threatening, and then it was the easy push of the League One Golden Boot Baker.

"All three youngsters have made great strides since they arrived at York City, especially Armand, who no longer seems to be the striker who can only dribble with his head and like to shoot waves."

"York City leads Manchester United 1-0! This makes Mourinho a little uncomfortable. ”

"The 3-5-2 formation he deployed today was supposed to keep York City at bay in the opening stages, and then use his midfield advantage to control the game and eventually win."

"But he never expected that York City would actually fight back against them for a start!"

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After Pan Yi scored Baker's goal in the stands, he also jumped up with excitement and cheered with the surrounding York City fans to celebrate the goal.

"Well done, boys!" Regardless of whether the players on the field could hear it or not, Pan Yi shouted happily.

The tactic that was specially prepared for Manchester United today worked, and of course he was happy.

It was calculated that Mourinho would start the attack, so after they pressed out, they used De Ligt's long pass to quickly hit behind him.

If fans are just watching the live broadcast, they may not be able to see the whole development process of this goal clearly, and they will just think "Wow, why are there so many people all of a sudden?" ”

After all, York City was suppressed by Manchester United at the beginning, and it felt like almost all the players were in their own half, so why did they suddenly hit the opponent's penalty area? Still scored?

This was because they were limited by the live camera, which was focused on De Ligt with the ball.

In fact, when De Ligt stopped the ball, Aman, Baker and Lin Liangming all stepped forward at the first time to hit Manchester United's back.

As for which side it is, it is not as detailed as the drill, that is, whoever rushes the fastest will pass to whose side.

Outcome...... Of course, Armand is the fastest!

De Ligt's task is to get the ball right in front of the man.

As the best centre-back in the team, De Ligt also did his job perfectly, otherwise there would be no Armand with the ball.

At this time, the camera of the live broadcast was also aimed at the coach's seat.

On the York City side, Scaloni was excitedly hugging and celebrating with De Zerbi, Kaski and others behind him;

On Manchester United's side, Mourinho's face showed a hint of shock.

When he was a guest at Wembley Stadium, he thought of many possibilities and imagined that the team would concede the goal first, but he never imagined that the team would concede the goal in the first minute, which is also outrageous!

This counterattack is really sharp!

A very fast winger, a center forward who grabs points in the middle...... Why is it so much like the kind of routine you are best at?

But the problem is, it's just a League One team! Why is the tactical execution so strong, and the speed of switching from defense to offense is so fast?

Pan Yi, this stinky boy, is really powerful, even if he is the boss, the team has such a deep imprint on him!

Mourinho turned around and looked up at the stands, but Pan Yi couldn't be found for a while.

Today's stadium is all red, because the traditional shirt is red for both Manchester United and York City.

"It's not going to be another double red in the future, is it?"

Mourinho inexplicably thought of such a possibility, but his mind quickly returned to the pitch.

The top priority now is how to equalize as soon as possible!

He immediately took out the tactical board and made a few strokes on it.

Of course, he also saw the holes in the backfield of the United who conceded this time, so he wanted the two wing-backs of Valencia and Ashley Young to drop back a little, but the pressure of the two strikers and three midfielders remained the same.

This will keep the pressure on York City and will allow the defence to be more solid and avoid further problems.

However, by this time, the game had restarted, and the United players seemed a little hesitant.

According to the team's pre-game plan, they should have grabbed a wave to score a goal, but unexpectedly, York City scored first.

So, what now?

Continue to rush tactics, or slow down a little and defend for a while?

Opinions among the players are starting to get a little bit out of agreement, with many people looking to the sidelines to see what Mourinho thinks.

But Mourinho is still preparing the tactical board at this time, and will wait for some details to be confirmed before conveying it to the field!

It was just that little time, but it quickly led to disagreements between Manchester United's players on the pitch.

On a quick counter-attack after a break, Fellaini made a mistake in passing.

After Alonso steals the ball, he quickly passes to Rice to instigate a counter-attack.

Rice stops the ball and turns around and passes forward.

Baker received the ball sideways, immediately rushed forward with the ball, tried to burst into the box between the two central defenders of Eric Bailly and Rojo, attracted the attention of the defence, and sent a behind-the-back ball.

I saw Armand decisively diagonally behind Bailly, grabbed in front of the goalkeeper, and pushed the ball into the Manchester United goal again.

In just over five minutes, York City is on the next level!

The whole Wembley Stadium, everyone was confused.

Needless to say, Manchester United fans, some of them have not yet found a seat, and they are already two goals behind, how can this be reasonable?

And Yorktown was also stunned by the instantaneous happiness, and one by one opened their mouths wide, and even forgot about the cheers at once.

It wasn't until Armand rushed to the stands of the York City fans to celebrate that they erupted in thunderous cheers and frantically shouted Armand's name.

Jose Mourinho was even more confused.

He looked at the tactical board in his hand, and then at the York City players who were celebrating on the field, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

This...... Could it be a little too fast? ——

Pan Yi in the stands was really happy!

He originally thought that it would be great to grab a goal, but he didn't expect that Manchester United would buy one get one free and give another one directly.

With a two-goal lead in the opening five minutes, what better start than that?

At this time, the York City coach's seat, Scaloni, De Zerbi and others were also confused.

They didn't expect the game to go so smoothly!

So now...... Take it when you see it!

Make the line of defense first.

At this time, Mourinho's latest instructions were finally passed on to the field, and Manchester United played a more balanced offensive and defensive game, and it was not so easy to attack again.

It's Manchester United after all! The individual quality of the players is still above that of York City.

When they defend with their hearts, York City will really not be able to break through the opponent's defense for a while.

Of course, now that York City are two goals ahead, they are not in a hurry, and there has been a stalemate between the two sides for a while.

And such a stalemate was a stalemate until the end of the half.

After the first half, Scaloni did not ask his players to continue to increase their attacking intensity at half-time.

One word is: steady, don't wave!

After the rematch in the second half, York City really still sought stability, and did not dare to press out easily, but waited for the opportunity to counterattack.

Manchester United, on the other hand, kept trying, kept trying to attack from all angles and from all directions, but they were unsuccessful.

By the 60th minute, Mourinho had replaced Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata to strengthen the team's attacking intensity.

Three minutes later, he brought on Anthony Martial and launched an onslaught at York City's position almost as a striker.

However, at this time, Manchester United's defense was a little loose, and the York City players on the pitch once again kicked a wave of fast-paced onslaught, and began to frequently create danger inside and outside the United penalty area.

Baker and Rice both had a good chance to score, but both had shots that went just wide of the net and failed to convert into goals, much to the disappointment of the York City fans at the scene.

If these two goals are scored, then the game will be completely out of suspense.

The game was a stalemate, and although the game was intense, neither side could win anything in the end.

In the end, York City defeated Manchester United 2-0 at Wembley Stadium and successfully reached the final of this season's FA Cup! ——

The moment the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Pan Yi raised his hands and cheered with his fists!

Then he stepped out of the stands and went to his own dugout, where he shook hands and hugged the coaches and players one by one to celebrate.

This is the first time in York City's history that they have been able to reach the final of such a heavyweight competition!

On the other hand, Mourinho's face was full of two words: disappointment.

But when he saw Pan Yi coming over, he still squeezed out a polite smile and greeted Pan Yi.

He was clearly unhappy with the game, and he felt his team had just been disrupted by the two goals they had conceded in the opening kick-off, if all was going well......

'If I had been given another chance, we wouldn't have conceded a goal, let alone lost.' Mourinho said a little indignantly.

"Then next season, or next season." Pan Yi smiled.

Anyway, today he won, whatever you say.

It will not be easy for York City to meet Manchester United in the Championship next season, but it will be easy to reach the Premier League next season, so let's talk about it then.

Anyway, Mourinho will always have to pull one back after the game!

But now, it's time for York City to celebrate its victory.

FA Cup Final!

Here we go!!!