There is a dream called football

Chapter 505

Old Trafford.

In the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, Ferguson never expected that he would be cornered by Portsmouth.

Portsmouth this season is not a weak team. Under the leadership of Redknapp, this team has exploded with amazing energy. After 30 rounds of the league, Portsmouth is now ranked sixth in the league and can still participate in the UEFA Cup next season.

The reason for such good results is closely related to Lao Lei's level. Lao Lei's reputation in the UK is no less than that of Ferguson. Later, he also coached the England national team.

Old Ray, Hodgson, these are the big names in England.

And Lao Lei relied on the African Legion, look at the composition of the old Repsmouth players.

The forward line is two Nigerians - Utaka, Kanu.

There are two great players in the midfield, one is Muntari and the other is Diarra, the one who went to Real Madrid later.

So Portsmouth's performance this season should be good, but it is still beyond many people's expectations that they can beat Manchester United so embarrassingly at Old Trafford.

After Muntari made a penalty kick in the first half, Portsmouth has been leading 1-0, and Portsmouth's defense under the old Lei's training is also first-class.

So in this case, Manchester United just can't open it.

Trident has nothing to do.

After Li Qiao got the ball, he faced Muntari. This guy's defense was too strong. He was basically a player of the same level as Makelele, who couldn't run in the midfield. Li Qiao was also very helpless and could only avoid him.

Ronaldo was also fought by Diarra, and Redknapp dismembered Manchester United's trident with two iron gates. I have to say that Lao Lei's tricks are quite powerful against Manchester United's trident.

Ferguson turned on the hair dryer mode on the sidelines. He asked his players to strengthen their running, because the opportunities came out of running. Since there are no passing opportunities, it proves that the running in the midfield is not enough.

But I have to say that Manchester United was passive at the beginning of this game because of the relaxation of mentality.

People have a mindset, Portsmouth?

Looking at these people, although Muntari became famous later, Manchester United really didn't know who he was at this time. As for Kanu, he was completely abandoned by Arsenal, and he was not in the eyes of Manchester United at all.

The so-called arrogant soldiers must be defeated, this is not just talk, Li Qiao understands it, and Redknapp is waiting for such an opportunity.

Queiroz walked to Ferguson's side, "Carlos, you'd better come up with a good idea for me."

"Ha ha."

"Head, what I want to say is that I don't have any good ideas. Our strongest people are all on the court. What else can I say?"

"But this is Old Trafford, maybe we will lose. I'm thinking about the Triple Crown."

Queiroz chuckled, "There is no way."

"Tell me."

Queiroz pointed to Portsmouth's goalkeeper, England's national goalkeeper James.

Until South Africa, this was still England's national gate, but England's national gate has a characteristic, that is, it is unreliable.

This is probably something that the English themselves admit. After all, the English have been cheated by the goalkeeper not once or twice.

"Boss, you also know that England's goalkeeper is not very reliable."

Ferguson chuckled, "If the English media hear what you say, they will beat you up."

"hey-hey."

Ferguson felt that this might be a good way, so he asked the players to strengthen long-range shots, even from 30 meters away.

Of course, Lao Lei has noticed the new situation of Manchester United, but he thinks that it is probably because Manchester United is really unable to open, it can only be like this, in other words, it is a helpless choice.

But soon, Lao Lei will find that he may be too confident in the players under his hands, because James' performance will give him a blow.

Scholes shot furiously in front of the penalty area, and the ball flew towards James like a shell, and he stretched out his hand to block it. Everything seemed to be fine, but there was something wrong with the shape of James' hand blocking the ball.

The basic skill of the goalkeeper to practice hitting the ball is the shape of the hand, because the shape of the hand is related to the direction of the ball, and the problem of James' hand shape directly caused the ball to be thrown into the goal.

Lao Lei was dumbfounded, such a ball was thrown into his own gate by James.

The fans at Old Trafford were overjoyed, it was like being hit by 500 million when they went out.

1 to 1.
This is too important for Manchester United. The players can relax quickly, because at least such a score will not lose, and the worst is to fight again.

But soon, Manchester United found that things were better than they had imagined. After conceding the ball, Portsmouth seemed to be stimulated by something, and the formation became loose. Manchester United seized the opportunity, and Li Qiao completed a breakthrough cross from the right.

The ball flew close to the ground and rolled quickly. Rooney in the front point was pushed by the Portsmouth player and didn't touch the ball. Just when Manchester United was looking for the referee up and down for a penalty kick, Ronaldo arrived at the back point and pushed with his left foot to score the ball.

The referee did not blow the whistle based on the favorable principle. In this way, Manchester United overtook, and all this was caused by James' mistake. Therefore, it is not just talk to say that a goalkeeper is worth half of the team.

Speaking of this, I still have to mention one person very unkindly-Karius.

And today James is almost such a role.

Redknapp's face was already ashen. He didn't feel that he had lost to Manchester United, but to the goalkeeper. His tactics were very good and he restrained Manchester United, but he didn't expect the goalkeeper to make such a low-level mistake.

And Portsmouth does not have the ability to attack, so Portsmouth has nothing to do after falling behind, and it is the same in the league. Portsmouth can basically win the leading games, and Portsmouth will lose most of the difficult games.

After several ineffective attacks, Portsmouth accepted the fate of losing at Old Trafford. After Manchester United gnawed the hard bone of Portsmouth, they went one step further in the FA Cup and reached the semi-finals.

In the three lines, Manchester United is still advancing, and Ferguson's team can still replicate the glory of 1999.

In an interview after the game, Ferguson praised Portsmouth and Redknapp.

"Harry is one of the greatest managers in England. He caused us a lot of trouble. We almost stopped in the quarter-finals. Fortunately, we were lucky today, but we will make a good summary when we go back. It can't be like this in the future, because luck is not always so good."

Redknapp was very disappointed. He left the court directly after the game and did not accept an interview.

(End of this chapter)