Manchester City faces Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium.
On this rainy night in Manchester, the Manchester derby is played in the FA Cup knockout round, which undoubtedly has a special meaning.
Although Manchester City has made extensive rotations, with even Su Dong sitting on the bench, the overall strength is still very good, and the team is in good condition. From the beginning of the game, they showed a concerted effort to kill Manchester United.
momentum.
In front of Manchester City, the Red Devils no longer have the spirit of a Premier League king.
Ferguson's team fell into a passive position at the beginning, but still defended very tenaciously.
What is even more encouraging to many Manchester United fans is that Scholes, after a long absence, is back on the bench for Manchester United.
This was the day before the game. Manchester United suddenly announced that Scholes was back, and Ferguson immediately included him in the squad for the match against Manchester City. This shows how urgently they want Scholes.
Rainy days in themselves have limitations on Manchester City's passing and possession play, but tonight, Manchester City's enemy is not only the weather, not only the opposite Manchester United, but also the referee Chris Foy.
The 50-year-old Foy is a very experienced referee, but he is beginning to be unable to keep up with the rhythm and pace of Premier League games.
Especially this season, he has frequently made serious law enforcement mistakes.
For example, in the ninth round of the Premier League, Chelsea lost 0-1 away to Queens Park Rangers.
Why lose?
Because in the first half of the game, Chris Foy sent off two players, Bosingwa and Drogba, and gave Queens Park Rangers a penalty kick, which helped Queens Park Rangers defeat Chelsea.
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Not long ago, in the fifteenth round of the Premier League, Stoke City faced Tottenham Hotspur at home.
Chris Foy ignored the home team's two handball fouls in the penalty area, the hugging of center defender Shawcross, and various fouls by Woodgate, but he blew away Tottenham Hotspur center Adebayor.
The goal helped Stoke City "narrowly beat" Tottenham Hotspur 2-1, ending Tottenham Hotspur's unbeaten record.
These two games have made Chris Foy the target of public criticism. Premier League teams and the media have questioned his ability to enforce the law. They believe that at the age of 50, he has begun to make many mistakes and has obviously failed to meet the requirements of the Premier League.
But this time, the FA still arranged for Chris Foy to officiate the Manchester derby in the FA Cup.
Before the game, Ferguson jokingly said that he did not want Chris Foy to favor the home team's poor officiating twice before this season, but hoped that he could balance the game situation more fairly.
But I don’t know if Chris Foy misunderstood Ferguson’s meaning, or he felt that Manchester City was too strong this season, and Foy wanted to cause some trouble for Manchester City.
So less than ten minutes into the first half, Manchester City central defender Kompany, who was wearing the captain's armband, missed the first tackle when defending Nani, but successfully tackled the ball the second time.
Both feet are on the ground, which is a beautiful defense no matter how you look at it.
But Chris Foy didn't think so, and ran over directly, calling Kompany a foul, a penalty kick, and a red card!
Everyone in the audience was stunned!
Damn, what kind of cool operation is this?
Su Dong was sitting on the bench. When he saw this scene, he stood up and looked at everything that happened on the court in disbelief. Even from such a distance, he felt that this was not a foul.
How does the referee add a penalty to a red card?
Turning his head, Su Dong looked at Ferguson in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, and found that the godfather of Manchester United also looked confused.
Damn, how much did you pay him? To make him fight so hard for you? Even risking his life's honor and future?
Su Dong's eyes seemed to be spitting fire.
Ferguson smiled bitterly and shook his head, as if to say: If I say no, you won’t believe it either.
I believe you are stupid!
Su Dong turned his head angrily and walked back to the bench.
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Needless to say, the final result was a red card and a penalty. Kompany was sent off and Rooney scored a penalty.
But this is just the beginning.
Manchester City suffered such a blow at the beginning, and the team immediately fell into chaos, acting somewhat leaderless on the court.
Although the team still has an advantage in passing and controlling the ball, Manchester United's counterattack was also impressive.
In the 30th minute, Evra's cross from the left hit Hazard's legs. Welbeck took a shot near the penalty spot and gave Manchester United another victory, 2-0.
Ten minutes later, Welbeck dribbled the ball into the penalty area. After being tripped by Leighton Baines, referee Chris Foy awarded another penalty kick. Rooney once again calmly took the penalty and made it three to zero.
Now the Manchester City fans at the Etihad Stadium are quitting!
Damn, how much did Manchester United charge you?
One red card and two penalties, you might as well hand over the promotion right to Manchester United directly, saving us the effort of playing another game.
Even when Rooney scored the penalty kick, there was a burst of warm applause, full of irony.
Every time Chris Foy blew the whistle thereafter, whether it was in favor of Manchester City or not, he was met with overwhelming boos.
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Before the first half was over, assistant coach Torrent had already walked to the bench, told Sudong and Pepe to prepare, and replaced them during the halftime break.
The two best friends looked at each other, stood up helplessly, and ran out to warm up.
At this time, if they go up, the answer is self-evident, in fact, they still want to attack.
Pepe's role is to stabilize the defense, and Su Dong's role is only one, and that is to score goals.
Three goals behind and yet to give up, it seems that Guardiola is also irritated.
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"In the second half, our tactics were very simple, control the ball, organize, and score goals!"
Guardiola withdrew the two wingers and asked Sudong and Aguero to partner as a double forward. He also asked Pepe to partner with David Luiz as a central defender. The captain's armband was put back on Sudong's arm.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Everyone, what I want to say is, trailing 0 to 3, we have never been so embarrassed so far this season, even since last season.
We have never suffered a rout like this."
"If the opponent relied on their strength and scored our goal openly on the court, then I would accept such a goal. But now, our opponent relied on the referee's relationship to score through two penalty kicks and a red card.
I can't accept such a lead!"
Guardiola has always looked polite, rarely like this now, like an angry lion.
Of course, he had reason to be upset, because no one would be able to accept such a way of losing the ball.
"In the second half, we will not be conservative. We will score goals and continue to score goals. We will equalize the score or even reverse it."
"They want to take away the right to advance from us, but we won't give it to them!"
At the end, the way Guardiola gritted his teeth was really completely different from the past, but it also stimulated the players.
Su Dong was the first to stand up and support Guardiola.
"We scored three goals in the half. It's not like we don't have such experience. I believe that even if we have one less player than our opponents, we can still control the game and kill our opponents."
"This is our home court, and we just want to show our indomitable momentum. We just want to tell Manchester United and tell the world that even if we send off one of our players, even if we have one less player than our opponents for a long time, we can still suppress our opponents and defeat them.
The other team’s defense.”
"We can definitely do it!"
Su Dong shouted loudly and received support from his teammates.
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Before the second half of the game even started, the Manchester United players sensed something was wrong.
Su Dong actually appeared!
Is this a life-and-death struggle?
One person is missing, but you still go to Su Dong. Are you trying to counterattack?
When Ferguson saw him on the sidelines, he felt a sudden change in his heart. He looked at Guardiola in front of the home team's coach's bench, clearly showing admiration, worry and other complex emotions.
The shadow Su Dong cast on him was really too great.
But what made Ferguson even more unexpected was that just over a minute into the second half, and even Manchester United had not touched the ball a few times, David Silva moved forward to the left side of the penalty area, dribbling the ball and cutting inside.
He caused a foul on Smalling and won Manchester City a very well-positioned free kick in the frontcourt.
Su Dong stood at the penalty spot without hesitation, placed the ball, and slowly stepped back. He saw Manchester United setting up a wall in the penalty area. He wanted to go up and tell them, stop it, it's useless.
Over the years, he has taken countless free kicks like this. In this position, his shooting percentage is the highest.
David Silva knew this, so in the left corner of the penalty area just now, he didn't fall to the ground, he was brought directly to this area before falling, earning a valuable free kick opportunity for Manchester City.
After the wall was set up, Su Dong looked at the referee Chris Foy.
Anyway, regardless of whether he takes money from Manchester United or whether he wants to help Manchester United win, everyone in Manchester City treats him as someone.
After Chris Foy blew the whistle, Su Dong quickly took a run forward.
The only sound heard at the scene was a bang, and the ball was seen flying out quickly, almost over the top of the wall, hanging directly on the top of the near corner of the goal, and almost grazing the crossbar and entering the net.
Goalkeeper Lindegaard looked confused.
He never expected that Su Dong's free kick would come so quickly, so decisively, and so helpless for him.
The entire Etihad Stadium burst into thunderous cheers and applause, and all Manchester City fans were shouting Su Dong's name.
After Su Dong scored the free kick, he did not run to the sidelines to celebrate, but rushed straight to the Manchester United goal. Before anyone could react, he directly picked up the football on the goal line, turned around and ran quickly.
He moved toward the center circle, placed the ball at the center point, and then ran out of the center circle.
At this time, everyone in Manchester City had returned to their positions, set up their formations, and looked like they were facing a formidable enemy, waiting for Manchester United to come over and kick off.
At this moment, this scene not only made all the fans at the scene exclaim, but also surprised Ferguson on the sidelines.
Today's Manchester City is no longer the primitive mercenaries of the past, but an iron army tightly surrounding Su Dong, with great cohesion and terrifying combat effectiveness!
