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Chapter 983 The FA Cup advances to the final

For this semi-final, Wenger is fully prepared. Most importantly, he is sure that Ferguson will not play the main force. After all, four days later is the life-and-death battle with Marseille in the second round of the Champions League. That is the most important thing for Manchester United. On the battlefield, there is no reason to "sacrifice the root and chase the end".

This is why Wenger's team attacked aggressively from the start.As he expected, in this game, many of Manchester United's main players sat on the bench. The only thing that disappointed Wenger was that the arrow figures such as Van Bizhuang, Rooney and Kaka still started.

But Wenger doesn't care. He doesn't deny the excellence of these stars, but in his football philosophy, football is always a team sport, and the overall strength is the real strength. The team's defense has caused a lot of trouble, but as long as his team can suppress the opponent as a whole, then Arsenal's hope of winning will undoubtedly be greater.

Wenger's determined idea is to use Arsenal to pass the football skillfully and smoothly, focus on the away side, and strive to score the first goal-Manchester United does not have all the main players on the field, this is Arsenal's opportunity, as long as they can take the lead in grasping the advantage, Then knocking Manchester United out is not impossible.

For more than ten minutes after the start of the game, the script was indeed going on as Wenger expected. Arsenal actively launched an offensive and quickly gained a considerable upper hand on the scene, while Manchester United was obviously caught off guard and failed to organize effectively. The counterattack was temporarily suppressed by the visiting team.

But the situation changed quickly. The goal was continuously threatened. Manchester United gradually came back to their senses. While defending solidly, the strong midfield also showed their power. The home team gradually regained their disadvantage. The scene began to maintain a balance.

This made Wenger very disappointed. The best opportunity to score a goal was missed. In a tough battle with Manchester United, Arsenal could not have much advantage.

This is also where Wenger is most helpless at the moment. His tactical arrangements are fine, but the players who execute them often fail to meet his expectations. In many cases, Arsenal clearly have the advantage, but they are late in scoring. It was too late to gain something, which brought the game to a stalemate.And the more stalemate, the more prone to various accidents. In the past few seasons, because of this, Arsenal has lost many points that should not be lost.

To put it bluntly, because of the construction of a new stadium and the repayment of loans, Arsenal sold their captains and main players every year, and the strength of the team was unstoppably weakened. The shortcomings of the class are also exposed from time to time.

Even though Wenger is known for discovering and cultivating young rookies, it is inevitable to pay tuition for these young players to truly grow up.

Just like this game, in the nearly half an hour that has passed, Arsenal still has the upper hand in general, and created many chances to score goals, but they had opportunities, but they still failed to seize them , His players always deal with a little frizz when it comes to the final shot.

Van Persie is above the standard, but his shooting luck today is obviously very average, and he also failed to grasp the scoring opportunity.

So Wenger is very envious of his old rival Ferguson for having many star disciples, Rooney, Kaka, Carrick... These people are very stable in their performances. They always perform well in their respective positions, and generally they rarely show their status. Excessive ups and downs occur.

Of course, as for Fan Bizhuang, he is even more envious and jealous. Not only can he shoot and pass, he is always in a stable state and has a strong spiritual attribute. Wenger believes that if Fan Bizhuang is under his command, I'm afraid Arsenal's road to recovery will be smoother.Instead of being like now, you can only lead a group of veterans and recruits, struggling hard.

While Wenger bemoaned his team's missed scoring opportunities, the situation on the field changed.

Manchester United, who had always been tepid, suddenly sped up their offensive rhythm, passing three passes and two reverses past the midfield, and finally Scholes passed the football to the front of the penalty area with a precise overhead ball.

A red figure flew past quickly, raised his foot, and the man and the ball entered the penalty area at the same time!
Wenger's pupils constricted uncontrollably, and he was sighing in his heart why he didn't have a player like Fan Bizhuang under his command. The next moment, someone else's "Fan Bizhuang" rushed out and gave him a blow to the head!
On the field.

Fan Bizhuang rushed into the penalty area with a lightning-like posture. With extremely fast strides and spikes, he dodged the central defender Vermaelen who was lying in front of him, and kicked directly without the slightest hesitation. The football went straight to the goal upper right corner.

With such a short distance and such a powerful shot, Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia didn't react at all, he just felt a strong wind blowing around him, and when he looked back, the football had already rushed into the goal!

1: 0!

Manchester United broke the deadlock and scored the first goal!
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! The goal was scored by... Fan! He opened the scoring for Manchester United, 1:0, Manchester United lead!"

"Manchester United had a bad start, but they still persevered and withstood Arsenal's offensive. And Manchester United, who had slowed down, quickly showed the strength of the league leaders. Their fast break easily tore Break the gunner's line of defense!"

"Manchester United this season is indeed a frightening and invincible team. Even if it is only half of the main force, it is still enough to destroy any enemy's defense!"

There were bursts of cheers at Old Trafford, Ferguson clapped excitedly on the sidelines, and then walked back to the coach's bench with a leisurely demeanor.

At the beginning of the game, Arsenal's anti-customer attack made him worry, but as the team gradually stabilized, and Fan Bizhuang's goal at the moment, he immediately felt at ease.Arsenal is no longer the invincible Gunners of the past, and Manchester United is not the previous Manchester United-one is gradually declining, while the other is stronger. Facts have proved that these two teams that once divided the Premier League world, Now the gap is gradually widening.

Fan Bizhuang and his teammates ran and celebrated on the field, while on the other side, Wenger looked helpless watching this scene. He had already arranged what could be arranged, and he had done everything that could be done, but it was When they had the upper hand, they also failed to score, and Manchester United immediately took the lead as soon as they recovered.

Is this the most direct gap between the two teams now?

Wenger's eyes were a little gloomy, but he quickly restrained himself. The French old man was not willing to admit that his team had lost the chain in the competition with Ferguson. He clenched his hands into fists, and Wenger shouted at the disciples on the field. Roar to signal.

"Hold on! Don't be discouraged! There is still time, we still have a chance!"

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Wenger's encouragement restored a lot of fighting spirit to his players. Think about it, Arsenal is also a traditional giant in the Premier League after all. Even if they sell their captains and main players every year, their strength is still good. Lost Manchester United, they can also break their wrists.It's just one goal behind, and Arsenal are capable of recovering it.

Just when the Arsenal players regrouped and prepared to launch a counterattack against adversity, no one expected that only 2 minutes after the last goal, Manchester United broke Arsenal's goal again.

Arsenal originally wanted to stabilize the rhythm by passing the ball. After all, the team has just lost the ball, and the team will inevitably be a little confused. At this time, it is not wise to counterattack blindly. Only by losing the ball can we talk about the counterattack later.

This is a common practice of a mature team, but what the Arsenal players did not expect was that Manchester United's central and frontcourt players were extremely active in running and fighting, and surrounded them ferociously, which made it rare for Arsenal to pass the ball mistake.And such a mistake in the backcourt is extremely fatal.

Facing Carrick's fierce attack, the young England midfielder Wilshere chose to pass the ball back, but the pass was too weak, which forced the full-back Clichy to get up and chase, but Fan Bi Zhuang accelerated at the same time, and unexpectedly served first, stabbed the ball away first, and then did not stick to the ball. He passed the ball with one foot on the ground and knocked the football back into the middle.

Kaka, who followed up, received the football, which immediately caused a panic in Arsenal's defense.The Brazilian superstar raised his foot to shoot, but he secretly pushed the ball diagonally into the penalty area. Rooney successfully reversed offside. He faced the goalkeeper single-handedly. With a light push, the football fell into the net again, and the score became 2:0 .

Old Trafford once again burst into warm applause and cheers.

Before the end of the first half, the team had already led by two goals. This is already a huge advantage. If there are no accidents, Manchester United's entry into the FA Cup final of the season is almost an established fact.

Ferguson got up from the coach's bench, raised his fists and cheered twice, clapped his hands, and then sat down again.

He didn't have much emotional ups and downs. In his opinion, it was unnecessary. In this game, he will defeat his old rival Wenger again.

On the other side, Wenger's face was ashen.He knew exactly how conceding two goals in a row within 2 minutes was a heavy blow to the team, especially the second conceding goal was caused by his own pass error, which was even more unacceptable and frustrating.

Wenger wanted to yell loudly, or roar angrily on the sidelines, but his self-cultivation and demeanor that he had formed for a long time prevented him from doing such behavior, especially when he saw his disciples hanging their heads in a daze on the court. At the scene, Wenger's fists were clenched tightly again, but in the end it turned into a helpless sigh, and then he couldn't sit down.

Back then, Manchester United had the golden generation of 92 and Ruud van Nistelrooy, while Arsenal had Henry, Vieira, and Pettit... The two teams were indistinguishable and evenly matched.

But now, Manchester United has Van Bizhuang, Kaka, and Rooney... and his Arsenal has no players who can compete with it...

"Is it really time for Manchester United to dominate the Premier League?"

Wenger raised his head, looked at his old rival not far away, and at the enthusiastic and excited Manchester United players, and finally lowered his head powerlessly.

(End of this chapter)