Chapter 1023

In the dressing room, Manchester United's players were all scolding Stoke City. In an FA Cup final that attracted the attention of football fans all over the world, they even put on the iron barrel from the beginning. They didn't even have a decent attack in the half-time game. They were not afraid of humiliation at all. They were shameless to the extreme.

"What's the use of saying that?" Ferguson said! Football depends on the results. If you can win, you are a hero. If you can't, you are a coward. "

Facing a team like Stoke City, it's not a shame that they didn't score in the half-time game. The main reason is that the process of the game was too frustrating. Manchester United were like a tiger against a hedgehog and didn't have a place to talk. They played very awkward.

Ferdinand explained: "we were a bit out of luck in the first half or we would have scored."

Ferguson is still calm face, "play Stoke City have to rely on luck to win?"

Ferdinand said: "I don't mean that. It's hard for anyone to fight when the opponent is in an iron bucket array."

Scholes, Giggs and Ferdinand have a good relationship, and they all come forward to say that the iron barrel formation is really difficult to play. If there is no good way to attack, Stoke City may not be able to break the gate in the second half.

Ferguson just wanted to beat his disciples and didn't want to spend 15 precious minutes on criticism. However, in the face of Stoke City's insistence, even the experienced Ferguson didn't have a good idea.

In the first half of the game, Ferguson and several people in the coaching staff had been discussing how to score.

If the two sides open to play, any team will have weaknesses. It's good to seize the weaknesses and attack. But all the stoke players have shrunk to close to the penalty area to defend. In the case of little space, all the weaknesses have been covered up and can only attack.

Ferguson has been in charge for several decades. In terms of experience, no one is richer than him. After thinking about it, Ferguson decided to play a long-term game.

The final of the FA Cup is a decisive game. If you can't tell the difference in 90 minutes, you play 30 minutes extra time. If you still can't tell the difference, you play a penalty.

Manchester United certainly don't want to play a penalty shoot out with stoke, but Stoke's morale is high now, and it's a bit difficult to win the game in 90 minutes. Therefore, Ferguson hopes to keep pressure in the regular time, to score better, and to wait until the extra time to launch a fierce attack.

In another dressing room, Stoke's players and coaches are very excited. Although it's only half-time Manchester United, it's enough to make them happy. The opponent is Manchester United, one of the most powerful teams in the world, and they are just a relegation team.

It's hard to see the iron barrel array. Everyone wants to play the same full attack and full defense as flowing water. But a relegation team and a rich team can't win.

The first half's zero seal also brought Stoke City strong confidence. Since they can seal Manchester United for 45 minutes, according to such tactics, they can seal Manchester United for another 45 minutes. If they are lucky, they may be able to steal one.

Stoke manager Pulis thinks that Manchester United will not let themselves drag the game into extra time. That is too unstable. In the second half, Manchester United should try their best to attack. Maybe at that time, Manchester United's flaws will be revealed. As long as stoke can give a fatal blow, Stoke's dream of winning Manchester United may come true.

In the second half, Manchester United and stoke didn't change players. They went to Wembley again with different thoughts.

As in the first half, stoke didn't even have a tentative attack, so they shrunk in their own half and waited for Manchester United to attack.

Manchester United's players were ordered by Ferguson at half-time and knew that they didn't have to score in the second half. Their main task was to oppress, consume the opponent's physical strength and spirit and make them make mistakes.

It has to be said that Ferguson's experience still works. His arrangement has fundamentally eliminated the anxiety of Manchester United players, so that they can siege Stoke City's goal with a relatively calm mind.

It's a worldwide problem to break through the dense defense. The tactics are long-range set pieces and heading bombing. In the first half, Manchester United had tried these tactics several times, but they didn't work very well. It's easy to have two fatal shots, but they hit the post again.

Without Ferguson's reassuring and inspiring work at half-time, the mentality of Manchester United's players would have collapsed if there had been no progress in the second half.

Now, although Manchester United's attack is still ineffective, the players have a stable mentality. They believe in Ferguson's tactics and that Stoke City's players will not be able to withstand constant pressure.

Fifteen minutes into the second half, United had a chance to score.

Gao Xiaodong pulls to Nani's side, two people launch the strong attack in the flank.

Nani and Gao Xiaodong are both players with one-on-one passing ability. They attack from the side, and Stoke City can't defend by the full back and avant-garde.

However, Stoke City is also dirty enough, right-wing crisis, their defensive players in the middle did not help to defend to the side, but is responsible for forward Jones back to the side.Three defenses and two defenses must be good defenses, but Gao Xiaodong, whose breakthrough ability is always not good, suddenly broke out. He cheated Jones with his fake action, then ate Wilson with his crotch and cut into the penalty area from the side with the ball.

Gao Xiaodong's long-range ability is very afraid, let him into the restricted area, goalkeeper Sorensen's test can be big.

This sudden change of circumstances, the originally calm and flat situation suddenly became tense.

Stoke's midfield players don't care about the midfield defense either. Centre back Huth and midfield Whelan make up for the flank at the first time, one preventing Gao Xiaodong from shooting and the other preventing Gao Xiaodong from passing.

As soon as Gao Xiaodong entered the restricted area, Huth arrived. Gao Xiaodong bullied Huth because he was too tall and inflexible. He tried to shoot. When Huth wanted to block it, Gao Xiaodong buckled the ball and passed Huth.

Huth's biggest problem is that he turns slowly, others are very powerful, but this is finally used by Gao Xiaodong.

However, Stoke City has no shortage of defenders. Before Gao Xiaodong has time to shoot again, Whelan will arrive.

There was no chance to shoot. Gao Xiaodong had no choice but to pass the ball back to the front of the penalty area.

At the front of the penalty area this time is Rooney.

Just when Gao Xiaodong broke through from the side, Rooney saw so many people in the restricted area and took the initiative to withdraw to the front of the restricted area to wait for the chance.

This opportunity came, Rooney rushed over like a gust of wind and played to meet the ball. He didn't give stoke players any chance to block it.

Rooney played decisively, but goalkeeper Sorensen was in good shape. He had just been attracted to the side by Gao Xiaodong, but he still moved quickly and blocked the ball.

Hernandez has been swimming in the penalty area, the ball just bounced to his feet, Hernandez's side of Europe is a man, he did not stop time, in a hurry to push the arch of his foot.

The goalkeeper has fallen to the ground. It's only necessary to hit the ball within the frame. Unfortunately, Hernandez hit the ball on the post in a hurry.