I am the king of football

Chapter 403 The final mission
It is April now. After the Champions League has subsided, Manchester United still has to face the league and FA Cup competitions. The whole season has entered its final stage. Having already won the league title, the Red Devils made a quick rotation choice when the new week arrived.

As a result, the team's main players who were competing in the Champions League were able to rest, and the team's second team substitutes were once again arranged into the starting lineup to face the challenging Aston Villa at their home ground.

The two forwards are Andersen and Welbeck, behind them are the four midfielders of Anderson, Shinji Kagawa, Fletcher and Valencia, the four defenders are Buttner, Evans, Ferdinand and Rafael, and the goalkeeper is Lindegaard.

Such a starting lineup may not be good enough against strong teams, but it is enough to face Aston Villa, which has completely lost its momentum in the league.

From the start of the game, the Red Devils' second team took control of the situation in a completely suppressive manner. Many of the players who became substitutes were once the main players of the team. Now they have the opportunity to start and prove themselves, there is no reason not to try their best. Shinji Kagawa kept dispatching the ball in the middle, and Fletcher also demonstrated his ability as a B2B midfielder.

Just after 20 minutes, Hernandez received a through pass from Shinji Kagawa and successfully broke into the penalty area and scored after being offside. The source of Kagawa's ball was the pass that Fletcher had just intercepted from the opponent's midfield.

Twenty minutes later, this time Welbeck had room to play. After the opponents' attention was attracted by Hernandez who had just scored a goal, the young player with good speed dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area from the right. Then he made an inverted triangle pass to Shinji Kagawa who was in the middle. Naturally, Shinji Kagawa would not miss this great opportunity.

With a volley, although the power was not as strong as Qin Hu's, the Japanese midfielder with good footwork still kicked an almost perfect arc ball and sent the ball into the upper left corner of the opponent's goal.

So, the Red Devils led 2-0 at halftime.

There was no suspense in the second half. Aston Villa played a series of wonderful offensive combinations shortly after the start of the game. Unfortunately, the defenders and Lindegaard standing in front of Manchester United's goal obviously would not miss the opportunity to perform. No matter how wonderful and smooth the opponent's pass was, as long as it reached the threatening area of ​​the penalty area, it would be blocked.

After several consecutive times of being intercepted by the opponent before they could even shoot, Aston Villa's offensive players were completely deflated, and the momentum that had been finally boosted by the head coach in the midfield also died down.

Therefore, when Valencia's cross from the bottom of the wing was headed into the goal by Hernandez in the 73rd minute of the game, Aston Villa's morale was not even further affected.

3-0, this was the result of the game. Villa ultimately failed to score a face-saving goal and left the Theatre of Dreams in disgrace after losing miserably.

Ferguson was naturally very satisfied with the performance of the starting players, and he praised the level of these players after the game, especially Hernandez. Every time the team needed to rotate him to take the lead, he would always have an amazing performance, worthy of the title of super substitute.

After finishing this league game, a real big showdown appeared in front of Manchester United again, the FA Cup semi-final, which is also the last step to the final. An opponent that is not unfamiliar to Manchester United players appeared in front of everyone again - it is the team's city rivals Manchester City.

In the two league matches this season, Manchester United defeated their opponents by a large margin. Qin Hu, who scored a hat trick in both matches, was called the Blue Moon Killer.

And now, it can only be said that enemies often meet. After being eliminated from the Champions League group stage, the league championship was locked up by their city rivals early on, and Manchester City gave up the League Cup early on, in the FA Cup, the only trophy that Manchester City has a chance of winning, Manchester United has once again become a huge mountain standing in front of them.

"Even God is giving Manchester United a chance for revenge this season, but on the other hand it is also a chance for Manchester City to wash away the shame of being defeated twice by their arch-rivals this season." Zhan Jun expressed his views on social media with emotion. In the past, the two Manchester derby games each season did attract a lot of attention, but this season he did not expect that Manchester City and Manchester United would face off for the third time, and in the FA Cup, the only track where Manchester City could win the trophy.

"Besides that, after having no hope of winning any other competitions, this FA Cup means much more to Manchester City. The huge amount of money that continues to be injected into the team is for results. If the Blue Moon fails to win any of the four major titles this season, it will be a huge blow to the rise of money-driven football."

This statement is correct from every angle. If Manchester City loses, the momentum of money-driven football will inevitably be hit, and those who uphold traditional ideas about football development will inevitably breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, in recent years, both Chelsea and Manchester City have really subverted the previous way of playing football, especially when Manchester City miraculously won the championship last season, I don’t know how many people shouted that the world of football has changed.

However, these off-field things are not important to the players of both teams. After two consecutive fierce battles, the hostility of the players on both sides towards their opponents has long been self-evident.

After the end of the league, Ferguson led the team into high-intensity training, and the same was true for the Blue Moon led by Pellegrini at another training base in the city.

As there was nothing left to fight for in the league, Manchester City gave up the game against Tottenham at White Hart Lane in the recent league, where they lost 1-3.

There is no need to explain the reason. As the championship is only one step away, the entire Manchester City team has put all their energy into it.

Even if they are not facing Manchester United, they will try their best to defeat their opponent, not to mention that the one standing in front of them is their city rival who has humiliated them twice in a row this season.

On Manchester City's training ground, both the forwards and the midfielders held their breath during training. The ball made a banging sound when they kicked it. These players strived to do their best in every event.

These mercenaries who were thought to have no team spirit were completely brought together because of the same goal and opponent. Looking at this scene, Pellegrini, who was standing aside with a calm face, was also quite emotional in his heart.

"It turns out that only the same enemy can create the most united alliance."

Turning around, on the bulletin board next to Manchester City's training ground, Pellegrini has pinned the information of Manchester United's stars on it, and every Manchester City player can study and watch it at any time.

This season, Manchester City’s final mission may be to take revenge on Manchester United in this FA Cup.

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