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On April 6, Villa Park ushered in an eye-catching FA Cup semi-final - Manchester United v Arsenal.

The semi-final time was the day before Derby County and Millwall played. Both games were played at Villa Park, but in comparison, it is clear that Manchester United and Arsenal will receive a lot of attention. One team is the hegemon of England, and the other team is Manchester United's only rival for ten years. Arsenal's strength has continued from last season to the present, 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 have entered the FA Cup. They are the first team to qualify for the last 4 of the FA Cup 24 times, followed by Manchester United and Everton, both with 23 times. They are also the first team in the last seven seasons. The sixth and fourth consecutive FA Cup semi-final.

Manchester United last reached the semi-finals in 1999, when they knocked out Arsenal in a replay.

However, Manchester United's historical record is dominant. They have won their last 10 FA Cup semi-finals, six of which have been replays. Manchester United have played against Arsenal 10 times in the FA Cup, with a record of 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. The two semi-final clashes were in 1983 and 1999, both of which were won by Manchester United. Manchester United have played nine FA Cup semi-finals at Villa Park and have never lost.

In the vigorous media coverage, the game was disappointing.

Relying on Scholes' goal, Manchester United finally entered the final after beating Arsenal 1-0, and prevented Arsenal from entering the FA Cup final for the fourth time in a row.

Arsenal's treble dream this season has also been dashed.

The result seems to be very enthusiastic, but in fact, from Wenger putting Henry and Reyes on the bench at the same time before the game, it can be seen that he does not pay much attention to the game, because they are only 7 points ahead of Chelsea in the league. I also want to break through the fate of never making it to the top 4 of the Champions League, under such circumstances. The French chose to forgo the FA Cup.

Before the game, Wenger criticized the English football schedule, Arsenal face a strong enemy every three days is crazy.

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

As Ruud was sidelined with a knee injury, Ferguson replaced him with Solskjaer. C-Ronaldo replaces Djemba, who played against Arsenal last week. Scholes and Keane partnered in the front and back midfielders.

After Carroll repeatedly rejected shots from Bergkamp and teenager Aliadiere and others, in the 32nd minute, Ryan Giggs took advantage of the negligence of Arsenal's back line to pass back to the right side of the penalty area in time to keep up with Sri Lanka. Coles, the latter shot and scored the only goal of the game.

Now, in the most maligned period of Ferguson's reign, United's men backed up Sir Alex with a resolute victory.

Defeat is bad news for Arsenal, and worse news. Arsenal's two generals, Ljungberg and Reyes, were injured. Will definitely miss next week's Champions League second leg against Chelsea.

Ljungberg injured his hand during the game, and the preliminary result of the post-match inspection was a fractured hand bone and will miss at least 4 weeks of the game. Reyes was tackled by Scholes in the back of the game, and the joint of his left knee was seriously injured, and he may be out for three weeks.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has praised his players for their efforts after the FA Cup knockout of Arsenal.

Ferguson believes that such a victory is very important for the team, and it keeps the team's hopes of winning a championship this season.

It was a blow to us that Ruud van Nistelrooy wasn't there. But Solskjaer did an excellent job. Then Carroll saved Toure's supplementary shot, which became the turning point of the game. This save gave us the luck we needed, and Carroll performed very well.

Another highlight of Manchester United in this game is C-Ronaldo. Ferguson said of C-Ronaldo, He is always a threat when he counterattacks. He is really our ace.

Arsenal coach Wenger said 'we should not have lost', I am very disappointed, we should not have lost this game. We have a lot of opportunities, especially in the second half, we have been dominant. Overall we have No luck, but United were strong and they played at the top of their defense. They held onto that lead tenaciously after Scholes scored.

As for Henry being replaced in the second half, Wenger explained: Henry has just played in the French team and is very tired after coming back. We have 4 games in 8 days. He is very good, but after all, he is an ordinary person, our focus It's the Champions League and the Premier League.

But whether the two coaches are happy or sad, for others, only one game result is needed.

That was the case against Derby County and Millwall, who knew that Manchester United would be their opponents in the FA Cup final, and then faced competition and a chance to play Manchester United.

The next day came soon.

Derby County and Millwall have both come to Birmingham, and the game between them will also be played at Villa Park, the home of the Premier League team Aston Villa and designated by the FA as the FA Cup In the semi-final stadium, since Aston Villa was out in the FA Cup early, there is naturally no home and away problem.

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

This game attracted a lot less attention than yesterday's game, but after all, it was the FA Cup semi-final, and there were still many media reporters coming. The number of fans of the two teams who came to Birmingham with the team was also very large. A total of 8,000 fans were allocated to the two teams, but this still could not meet the fans' requirements. Many fans crowded in the small square of the Villa Park stadium and watched the game from a close distance on the big screen in the square.

In this atmosphere, the game is about to start.

In the days before the game, Derby County seemed to be very low-key, but Millwall kept emphasizing words such as fighting spirit and victory. Their head coach Wise stood up, and their players stood up, so the media reported. It's all about Millwall, and very little about Derby about the FA Cup.

The media felt incredible, when did the Chinese become so low-key?

So they all crowded into the press conference, planning to do a final interview before the game to see what the Chinese had to say.

The press conference was a bit crowded.

Wan Sheng didn't know what the media was thinking. In fact, he had let the team do closed training for a few days. Not contacting the outside media, this has nothing to do with low-key, and there is no way. The team has just completed the advance upgrade, and the outside media are all reporting. Individual players are also affected. Wansheng is worried that this will affect their state, so they only do closed training for a few days, so that everyone can regain the feeling of training and competition on weekdays.

This works fine.

Many players were a little impetuous before. They were influenced by the media and fans' remarks, visiting various interviews, TV stations, etc., which affected their spirits, so it was difficult for them to return to training.

Such a situation is definitely not acceptable.

After a few days of adjustment. The team is back to normal. Only then did Wan Sheng feel relieved and in the mood to deal with the media reporters. When he walked into the press conference, many media kindly told him what Millwall said before the game.

Hearing the other party kept talking about victory, fighting spirit and even miracles, Wan Sheng 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 strength gap. The spark of miracles is destined to be annihilated. As for fighting spirit? Do you think we have no fighting spirit?

Many people laughed along.

Fighting spirit is really hard to say, Millwall publicly expressed his fighting spirit. But who can say clearly about the specific fighting spirit? This game is very important for both teams. Both sides will work hard to win the victory. In terms of fighting spirit, both sides have it.

On the contrary, Wan Sheng's previous sentence became the focus of the attack. Wan Sheng said it very 'literally', and the translation is - in the face of absolute strength gaps, miracles do not exist, and the meaning is very clear. Er did not have the ability to create miracles in front of Derby County... Media reporters looked back and found that the power of this sentence is really more effective than Millwall said so much.

It is indeed Wansheng!

If this Chinese person doesn't speak up, it's amazing when he speaks!

Soon after Wan Sheng left the press conference, Millwall coach Wise also came to the scene, and the media reporter 'kindly' relayed what Wan Sheng said to Wise. With a fist, he said, Whether we have the strength or not, let's see it on the field!

In this way, the atmosphere of the two teams became tense.

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In Derby County's locker room, Wan Sheng gave his final instructions to the players. He didn't say any tactical questions, and said directly, Before playing, I want to tell you, forget the previous promotion, forget the league, Forget what we've achieved! Now we have a game we have to win!

As long as we win this game, we will be able to appear in Europe next year! Tell me, do you want to participate in European competitions!? Do you want to play against the strong teams of other national leagues!?

Everyone didn't answer, but there was hope in their eyes.

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

After listening, everyone filed out of the locker room door and lined up into the player tunnel.

The game is ready to go.

The fans in the audience have already started shouting. The fans of both teams sang their team songs to support their favorite teams. There were also many neutral fans who came to enjoy the FA Cup semi-finals. Participate in the fiery shouts, which are quietly waiting for the game to start.

Most of these neutral fans have not yet figured out which team to support. For them, it is natural for them to support which team performs well.

They can't wait for the game to start.

Finally, the referee signaled the players of the two teams to play. After taking a group photo before the game, guessing coins, lining up, and seeing that it was almost time, the referee blew the whistle to announce the official start of the game. (To be continued ~^~)