The strongest waist king of the Red Devils

Chapter 24 FA Cup Semi-Final

At the gathering at Yuepeng Chinese Restaurant, Sun Qi has been observing several people in a low-key manner, and has a more intuitive understanding of them.

With the system, the favorability of these big brothers towards him is clearly displayed, without any concealment.

Even if there is a hidden knife in a smile, no matter how well you pretend, there is nothing to hide.

However, the gathering this time did not cause too much disturbance to Sun Qi.

Sun Qi has said what should be said, and as for whether they believe it or not, Sun Qi will not deliberately explain it.

After resting for a day, Sun Qi devoted himself to intense training again.

At present, his biggest task is to continue to improve his ability and strive for a better performance in the game.

As long as he has good grades, then his words will be more convincing.

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A few days later, at 4:14 on April 17th, Manchester United was a guest at Villa Park and played Watford in the semi-final of the FA Cup.

This season, Manchester United has won two wins against Watford in the league, and in the last 21 years, Manchester United has maintained a 9-game winning streak against Watford, and Manchester United has the upper hand.

However, today's game is, after all, related to whether it can enter the FA Cup final. Manchester United still wants to compete and win the FA Cup. In the game, they sent a full-force lineup.

Among them, Scholes, the core midfielder, returned and continued to sit in Manchester United's midfield with Carrick, while Fletcher entered the bench.

Evra, on the other hand, replaced O'Shea with a calf injury.

On the front line, Rooney's partner Alan Smith, who has been in good form recently, Giggs and Ronaldo are separated from each other.

As for Sun Qi, Dong Fangxuan also entered the substitute list.

For this match, Sun Qi had nothing to be nervous about.

The strength of the two sides is quite different. If there is no accident, Manchester United will successfully win this game.

What he needs to care about now is whether he can get a chance to play today after the team takes the lead.

Playing more games is what he hopes most at present.

Today, Manchester United's luck is very good.

In the 7th minute, after midfielder Carrick got the ball, he saw the big space in Watford's backcourt and gave a direct pass.

For this ball, although Giggs and Alan Smith failed to get to the position, Rooney, who sprinted from the left, was like a tank running at full speed, fiercely killing Watford's penalty area. come over.

Using his strong body and explosive power, Rooney successfully got rid of the continuous entanglement of Watford defender Mariappa, squeezed out the space, and directly volleyed vigorously with his right foot.

The ball was very fast and the angle was tricky. Although Watford goalkeeper Richard Lee had already made a save, Rooney's shot was too violent and Richard Lee failed to touch the ball. , could only watch helplessly as the ball broke through the gate he was guarding.

In this regard, Richard Lee can only look at the ball and sigh.

Although he is a Manchester United fan, it doesn't feel very good to be scored by Manchester United.

With Rooney's goal, Manchester United led Watford 1-0 away.

In the next game time, Manchester United pursued the victory and continued to bombard Watford's goal indiscriminately.

In the 9th minute, Rooney's header was blocked by Watford defender Carlisle.

Giggs took a left corner kick, and Ronaldo headed over the goal.

In the 12th minute, Alan Smith's long-range shot from 24 yards went wide.

In the 17th minute, Ronaldo received a free kick and the header went over the crossbar again.

In the 20th minute, Ronaldo hit the goal directly from a free kick and missed the far corner.

In the 22nd minute, Scholes plugged in from the back row and took a direct shot from Giggs' cross pass. The ball hit the post and popped out of the baseline.

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Unable to attack for a long time, Manchester United had to suspend the offensive, began to control the rhythm, conserve energy, and hoped to stabilize the situation first.

However, as soon as Manchester United slowed down, it immediately gave Watford a chance to counterattack.

In the 26th minute of the game, Watford seized a chance of a penalty kick, and striker Boaza scored a pass from Tommy Smith to equalize the score.

Manchester United coach Ferguson, who was watching from the sidelines, immediately turned black.

Fortunately, Manchester United was superior in the end and did not make Watford happy for too long.

Just 2 minutes later, Rooney successfully intercepted the ball on the right and completed a cross. Watford goalkeeper Richard Lee made a mistake and failed to get the ball. Instead, the ball was refracted to the back point.

At this time, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was quick to catch up, directly pushed the empty goal in the small penalty area and succeeded.

Manchester United overtook Watford 2:1.

However, as the game progressed, something happened to Manchester United.

In the 41st minute of the game, Rio Ferdinand, the core of Manchester United's defense, was injured in the fight and was unable to persist and was replaced by Fletcher.

Seeing that such a scene still happened, Sun Qi lowered his eyes slightly.

When warming up before the game, Sun Qi had already reminded Rio Ferdinand to pay attention to the collision of the opponent's players.

Unfortunately, what Rio Ferdinand said to him did not take him too seriously.

At this moment, Rio Ferdinand was really injured, and Sun Qi could only sigh helplessly.

Due to Rio Ferdinand's injury, Manchester United's defense had to change, with Fletcher playing right back, Evra playing left back, Wes Brown and Heinze partnering at center back.

On the bench, Manchester United only has Cathcart of the youth team as a defender.

Manchester United's defense suffered such a major blow, the head coach Ferguson looked very ugly, and began to complain to the referee.

After all, without Rio Ferdinand, the stalwart of defense, Manchester United's defense is unstable. It is not good news for the league championship and the European championship.

Now, Ferguson can only hope that Rio Ferdinand's injury will not be too serious.

Not long after, the first half ended and Manchester United led Watford 2:1, but Ferguson still had a dark face and went straight back to the locker room.

And because of Rio Ferdinand's injury exit, Manchester United players' emotions have also been affected.

Following everyone back to the locker room, Sun Qi remained silent the whole time, and began to think about the possibility of playing central defender or fullback.

Manchester United's defense has a big problem, and there are too many injuries. If he plays the guard position during this period of time, he may be able to grab the opportunity to start.

(End of this chapter)