On April 6, Villa Park Stadium ushered in a stunning FA Cup semi-final - Manchester United vs. Arsenal.n∈

The semi-finals were the day before Derbyshire and Millwall, and both games were played at Villa Park Stadium. However, compared with this, it is obvious that the match between Manchester United and Arsenal will receive great attention. One of the two teams is England's overlords, and the other is Manchester United's only competitor in ten years. Arsenal's strength has continued since last season and they are still unbeaten in the league.

Before the game, the media reported crazy about the two teams and they analyzed a lot of data.

Arsenal's advantage is the number of times they entered the FA Cup. They are the first team to be shortlisted for the FA Cup 24 times, followed by Manchester United and Everton, both with 23 times. They are also the sixth time in the past seven seasons and the fourth consecutive time they have advanced to the FA Cup semi-finals.

Manchester United's most recent advance to the semi-finals was in 1999, when they re-eliminated Arsenal.

However, Manchester United has the advantage in history. They have won all the last 10 FA Cup semi-finals, 6 of which were rematches. Manchester United has played 10 matches with Arsenal in the FA Cup, with a record of 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. Two of the semi-finals were in 1983 and 1999, and both of them were Manchester United. Manchester United played 9 FA Cup semi-finals at Villa Park Stadium and never lost.

Just as the media reported vigorously, the game was disappointing.

Relying on Scholes' goal, Manchester United finally defeated Arsenal 1-0 and entered the final, preventing Arsenal from entering the FA Cup final for the fourth consecutive time.

Arsenal's dream of winning the triple crown this season has also been shattered.

The result seemed very enthusiastic, but in fact, Wenger placed Henry and Reyes on the bench at the same time before the game, it can be seen that he did not attach much importance to the game, because in the league they only led Chelsea by 7 points and wanted to break through the fate of never entering the semi-finals of the Champions League. In this case, the French chose to give up the FA Cup.

Before this game, Wenger criticized the English football team's schedule. It was crazy that Arsenal had to face a strong opponent every three days.

For Ferguson, the FA Cup championship was the last fig leaf.

Because Fanny was missing due to a knee injury at the last game, Ferguson asked Solskjaer to replace him, and C-Ronaldo replaced Jemba who played against Arsenal last Sunday, Scholes and Keane were in front and back midfielder.

After Carol repeatedly rejected shots from Borgkamp, ​​young player Aliadire and others, in the 32nd minute, Giggs took advantage of Arsenal's negligence in the back line and passed it back to Scholes who followed in time on the right side of the penalty area. The latter shot and scored the only goal in the game.

Now is the most criticized period of Ferguson's reign. Manchester United soldiers supported the Lord with a firm victory.

The failure is bad news for Arsenal, and even worse news is that two Arsenal players, Lungberg and Reyes, are injured and will definitely miss the second leg of the Champions League match with Chelsea next week.

Loneberg suffered a hand injury during the game. The preliminary result of the post-match examination was a broken hand bone and he would miss the game for at least 4 weeks. Reyes was tackled by Scholes in the game and was seriously injured in the joint of the left knee, and may be out for 3 weeks.

Manchester United coach Ferguson praised the players' efforts after eliminating Arsenal in the FA Cup.

Ferguson believes that such a victory is very important to the team, which preserves the team's hope of winning a championship this season.

"Van Nie is not here, it was a blow for us, but Solskjaer completed the mission well." Ferguson also admitted that Arsenal did create many opportunities, and Edu's scooter hit the crossbar. Carol then saved Toure's fill-up shot, which became the turning point of the game. "This save gave us the luck we needed, and Carol performed very well."

Another highlight of Manchester United in this game was C-Ronaldo. Ferguson said when commenting on C-Ronaldo. "He always creates a threat when fighting back, he is really our ace."

Arsenal coach Wenger said, 'We shouldn't have lost', "I'm very disappointed. We shouldn't have lost this game. We have a lot of opportunities, especially in the second half, we have always had the advantage. Overall we are not lucky, but Manchester United are strong and their defense plays at the highest level. They have been tenaciously holding this lead after Scholes scored."

Regarding Henry being replaced in the second half, Wenger explained: "Henry just finished the French team game and was very tired after coming back. We had 4 games in 8 days. He was excellent, but he was an ordinary person after all, and our focus was on the Champions League and the Premier League."

But no matter whether the two coaches are happy or sad, for others, only one game result is needed.

This is true for Derby County and Millwall, who knows that Manchester United will be the opponent of the FA Cup final and then face the competition to compete with Manchester United.

The next day is coming soon.

Derby County and Millwall have both come to Birmingham, and the match between them will also be played at Villa Park Stadium, which is the home court of Premier League team Aston Villa and is designated by the FA Cup semi-finals by the FA. Since Aston Villa was eliminated in the FA Cup early, there is naturally no home and away problem.

With the arrival of the two teams, media to interview the game also flocked.

This game has attracted much less attention than yesterday's one, but after all, it was the semi-final of the FA Cup, and there were still many media reporters coming to Birmingham. The two teams who came to Birmingham with the team also had a large number of fans. The FA gave the two teams a total of 8,000 fans respectively, but this still cannot meet the fans' requirements. Many fans squeezed into the small square of Villa Park Stadium and watched the game from close range through the large screen of the square.

In this atmosphere, the competition is about to begin.

A few days before the game, Derby County seemed very low-key. On the contrary, Millwall kept emphasizing the words of fighting spirit and victory. Their head coach Wise stood up and their players stood up. So the media reported news about Millwall, and Derby County had very little news about the FA Cup.

The media all felt incredible. When did that Chinese man become so low-key?

So they all squeezed into the press conference and planned to do the final interview before the competition to see what the Chinese person was going to say specifically.

The press conference was a bit overcrowded.

Wan Sheng didn't know what the media thought. In fact, for several days, he had asked the team to do closed training without contacting external media. This actually had nothing to do with low-key, and there was no way to do it. The team had just completed the advance upgrade, and the outside media were all reporting, and all players were also affected. Wan Sheng was worried that this would affect their status, so he only did closed training for a few days to help everyone get back the feeling of daily training and competition.

This works very well.

Many players were a little impatient before. They were influenced by the remarks of the media and fans, and they were visiting various interviews, TV stations, etc. Their spirits were affected, so it was difficult for them to re-enter the training.

This state is definitely not possible.

After several days of adjustment, the team returned to its previous state. Wan Sheng was relieved and was in the mood to deal with media reporters. When he walked into the press conference, many media "kindly" told him what Millwall said before the game.

When Wan Sheng heard the other party keep talking about victory, fighting spirit and even miracles, he just smiled and said, "They have fighting spirit? They want to create miracles? It's really interesting."

"I just want to say one thing, in the face of the absolute gap in strength, the spark of miracles is destined to be annihilated. As for fighting spirit? Do you think we don't have fighting spirit?"

Many people laughed.

It’s hard to say about fighting spirit. Millwall publicly showed fighting spirit. But who can clearly explain the specific fighting spirit? This game is very important to both teams, and both sides will fight for victory with all their might. So in terms of fighting spirit, both sides have it.

On the contrary, Wan Sheng's previous sentence became the focus of attention. Wan Sheng said it very well, and it translated it as - in the face of the absolute gap in strength. Miracle does not exist. What is very clear is to say that Mirwall does not have the ability to create miracles in front of Derby County... Media reporters recalled and found that the power of this sentence was really more effective than Mirwall said so much.

It's true that it's a win!

This Chinese person doesn’t speak, and it’s amazing when he speaks!

After Wan Sheng left the press conference, Millwall coach Wise soon came to make a move. Media reporters "kindly" passed on what Wan Sheng said to Wise. Wise's face turned black and raised his fist and said, "If we have the strength in detail, let's see it on the game field!"

In this way, the atmosphere between the two teams fell into tension.

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In the Derby County locker room, Wan Sheng gave the final advice to the players. He did not say any tactical issues and said directly, "Before playing, I want to tell you, forget the advance upgrade, forget the league, forget the results we have achieved! Now we are facing a game that must be won!"

"As long as we win this game, we will be in the European arena next year! Tell me, do you want to participate in European events? Do you want to play against other national leagues!?"

Everyone did not respond, but their eyes were full of expectations.

Wan Sheng looked at everyone's expressions and nodded with satisfaction, "Now, when you go to the game, I hope to see you fully show your state and strength, kill all the suspense of the game, and we must win cleanly!"

After hearing this, everyone came out of the door of the locker room and lined up to enter the player passage.

The game is ready.

The fans in the audience started to shout. The fans of the two teams sang team songs to support their favorite teams. There were also many neutral fans who came to the scene. They all came to enjoy the FA Cup semi-finals, but they did not participate in the hot shouts. They were quietly waiting for the game to begin.

Most of these neutral fans have not yet decided which team to support. For them, naturally, which team performs well will support which team to support.

They can't wait for the game to begin.
Chapter completed!