Standing in front of the coaching bench at Wembley Stadium, Ferguson watched the game on the court and let out a long sigh.
Another Manchester United corner kick was pushed out of bounds by Vidic.
This was Manchester United's sixth corner kick of the game, but only two shots were made, neither of which hit Manchester City's goal.
Ferguson could clearly feel Manchester United's disadvantages and pressure on the field. He knew that his players had tried their best, but they still failed to cause a blow to Manchester City on the field.
In the final analysis, it is still a question of strength.
Manchester City not only has the advantage of passing and controlling the ball, but also is obviously slightly better than Manchester United in terms of the overall strength of the players.
Ferguson had actually thought of this situation a long time ago.
Previously, a very important reason why he chose to attack after the opening was because he knew that once the situation was controlled by Manchester City, it would be difficult for Manchester United to reverse the situation and could only counterattack.
But this passive approach is not what Ferguson wants.
But facts have also proven that even if you take the initiative, it is difficult to win.
That's what strength is like.
If you have it, you may not be able to win, but if you don’t have it, you are destined to not win.
"I'm afraid the Premier League will belong to Manchester City from now on!" Ferguson sighed and said.
This reminded him of what Gao Shen said back then.
He said that when he came to the Premier League, his most important task was to knock Manchester United off the Premier League throne!
This was what Ferguson said when he evaluated Liverpool, but now, Gao Shen has given him back to Ferguson.
Talented people emerge from generation to generation, and Ferguson has to admit that he is indeed getting old.
Young people always cannot understand the state of mind of the elderly, just like the young Ferguson could not understand his seniors.
When he could understand it, he found that he had become an object that young people could not understand.
Now, when he looks at Gao Shen, he looks exactly like himself back then.
No, Gao Shen did better and more outstandingly than he did back then.
His heart was full of melancholy, but for some reason, Ferguson couldn't help but feel disgusted.
Once, he swore that he would never live like those old-timers; once, he swore that one day, when he was old, he would be as energetic and enterprising as when he was young; once, he swore...
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Gradually, Ferguson's cloudy and confused eyes became firm again.
He doesn't want to live like what he once hated!
He wants to live differently from others!
Because he is Ferguson!
Thinking of this, he took a deep breath, shook off all the random thoughts, walked straight to the bench, glanced at the players on the bench, and finally his eyes fell on Scholes.
"Paul, warm up, come on!"
After speaking, Ferguson turned around without hesitation and walked back to the sidelines.
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"Manchester United is going to be the first to make substitutions."
"It is now the 65th minute of the second half, and we see that Manchester United is preparing to replace the veteran Scholes."
"Scholes is currently the source of creativity in Manchester United's midfield. When Ferguson replaces him at this time, he definitely still wants to strengthen the offense, reverse the situation of being behind zero to one, and also strengthen the team's frontcourt offense."
"But we must also see that Manchester United's defense is not strong tonight. Once the Red Devils choose to press out, Manchester City's counterattack is likely to create a greater threat. I wonder what Ferguson will choose?"
"It's O'Shea!"
"Scholes was replaced by O'Shea."
"Oh my god, are Manchester United going to play with a back three?"
"Ferguson's substitution is very risky. We must say that Manchester United is taking a big gamble."
"We saw that Ferguson was adjusting the team. Valencia returned to the defense and served as the team's right back. This was also a very bold adjustment. The winger was brought back to play full back and replaced with an offensive midfielder.
field, strengthen the passing creativity and ball control ability in the midfield and frontcourt.”
"Ferguson's move shows his determination."
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Gao Shen didn't know what the commentator was talking about, but that was basically what he was thinking.
At the same time, he was more impressed.
When both the situation and the score were lagging behind, having the courage to bring on Scholes to attack and replace O'Shea was definitely a very bold decision, but it was also in line with Ferguson's usual personality.
The Godfather of Manchester United has never been a good person, and what he doesn't like the most is to be passively beaten.
If he were given a choice, he would definitely choose to die standing instead of living an ignoble existence.
"This old man is so tough!" Sari also said with admiration.
Who says it's not?
Being able to make such substitution adjustments in such a final when falling behind is enough to be admired.
What's more, after the substitutions, Manchester United's midfield has indeed improved greatly.
Sneijder is both offensive and defensive, and has been the core of Manchester United since joining. Scholes is older, but his passing and creativity are excellent. After the two teamed up, Lass Diarra was forced to give up the center.
, appeared on the right.
This is obviously also to protect Valencia and be wary of Gareth Bale.
In Ferguson's mind, Gareth Bale still poses a considerable threat, not even inferior to Robben.
After the substitutions, the combination of Scholes and Sneijder greatly improved Manchester United's midfield operation, and even launched a wave of offensive attacks.
In the 72nd minute, it was Scholes who sent a direct pass. After Rooney got rid of Jerome Boateng, he kicked the shot from the ribs of the penalty area. Neuer was able to hit the ball in time.
The ball is sealed.
Sneijder's subsequent shot was also blocked in time by Fernandinho.
This is definitely Manchester United's most threatening attack in the entire game!
Gao Shen also realized the danger and made his first substitution adjustment, replacing Hazard with Henderson.
This is actually Manchester City's main lineup in the cup competition.
Henderson has performed well in Manchester City's lineup and has made obvious progress.
After joining Henderson and forming a three-midfielder with Fernandinho and Yaya Toure, it seemed that he was getting a Hazard, but in fact he was liberating Yaya Toure.
Usually in this configuration, Yaya Toure's offensive firepower can be released to the maximum extent, especially his post-attack.
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Gao Shen's substitution seemed conservative, but in fact it stabilized the midfield position, allowing Manchester United to suppress Manchester City's offensive that finally took off.
But Ferguson was not willing to give in, and immediately made a second substitution, replacing Park Ji-sung with Berbatov, and switched to 4-4-2, allowing Berbatov and Rooney to form a double forward.
This substitution was really a risk-taking effort.
After the substitutions, Manchester United's entire offense and defense became more interesting.
When attacking, Sneijder and Scholes pressed forward. When defending, Carrick and Lars Diarra almost retreated to the back line, standing in a line at the front of the penalty area.
, only Sneijder and Scholes are left in the midfield, Rooney often retreats, forming a midfield similar to three, with Berbatov remaining in front.
But when counterattacking, Valencia will rush all the way from the right, inserting behind the wing, taking advantage of its speed.
This style of play still posed a certain threat to Manchester City, but Gao Shen quickly came up with countermeasures.
In the 84th minute, Valencia quickly came in from the wing. As soon as it received Scholes' pass, before it could accelerate forward, it was entangled by Henderson.
The two got together on the wing and the ball eventually went out of bounds.
Valencia wanted to serve a throw-in, but the referee signaled that it was Manchester City's ball, and Valencia was the last one to touch it.
Felipe quickly stepped forward, picked up the ball, wiped it clean, and quickly threw it to Gareth Bale in front.
The latter leaned on Las Diarra who was defending him, stopped the ball, and passed it back to Felipe, who then passed it to Henderson in the middle and then to Fernandinho.
The Brazilian midfielder saw Robben retreating from the front and immediately passed the ball over.
After Robben received the ball in his ribs, he turned around and took the ball towards the penalty area.
At this time, Van Persie had already moved to the right side of the arc, blocked Vidic with his body, and raised his hand to ask for the ball.
Robben passed the ball to Van Persie, and he immediately moved forward as quickly as possible, straight into the top area of the arc.
Robin van Persie also understood the situation and sent the ball directly without stopping. It happened to be on the path of Robben, allowing the Dutchman to dribble the ball into the penalty area and directly into Vidic's defense zone just now.
But Manchester City's offensive coordination has long been noticed by Ferdinand. He tightly entangled Robben all the way, forcing him to not face the goal directly and had to make an emergency stop and pass the ball back.
Van Persie has also completed his turn, inserted into the penalty area, met Robben's pass, and shot directly.
But Vidic reacted faster, took the lead, and flew to block the eye-catching shot.
Van Persie's shot hit Vidic and bounced near the penalty spot.
At this moment, the restricted area was in chaos.
Everything happened in an instant. Even when Carrick was still looking for traces of the football, Yaya Toure had already quickly stepped in and rushed to the penalty kick before everyone else.
Click, hit the falling football, and shoot straight away.
Van der Sar opened his arms and fell to the ground sideways, trying to block the shooting angle, but the ball was hit too fast.
Yaya Toure's shot was as if he had used all his strength to blast the ball straight into the Manchester United goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In the 84th minute, Manchester City scored another goal!"
"Yaya Toure! This is a goal from Yaya Toure!"
"We saw that Manchester City players rushed forward one after another. Yaya Toure pulled up his jersey. The white shirt inside had the Arabic numeral twenty-eight written on it."
"This is the birthday gift he gave himself, one day late!"
"Just yesterday, Yaya Toure celebrated his 28th birthday with the congratulations of everyone in the team, and today, he scored a goal for Manchester City with a heavy shot at Wembley Stadium.
Win this FA Cup title!”
"Two to zero! There should be no suspense in this game until now!"
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