The days of playing football with Da Luo

Chapter 534
After 10 minutes of slow-paced play, Chelsea suddenly picked up speed after the 40th minute.

They started to play a very direct attack, taking advantage of Drogba's height and strength, directly hitting the ball into the penalty area, Anelka, Kalou and Malouda competed for the second spot.

Since Manchester United's defenders Vidic and Smalling are not small, they don't seem to be at a disadvantage in the face of this style of play, while Carrick and Hargreaves both returned to the front of the penalty area to protect the second. Drop point, defending Lampard, Ballack rushed up and shot long.

Chelsea hung the ball into the penalty area time and time again, and returned without success time and time again.Manchester United successfully withstood Chelsea's crazy offensive for a few minutes and brought the score 1:0 into the intermission.

Sir Alex Ferguson did not hesitate to praise and expressed his satisfaction with Manchester United's first half game.

He especially praised Ricardo's wonderful goal, and expressed regret that Ricardo didn't have more performances.

Since Ricardo scored that goal, he never tried to break through with the ball. He always kicked the ball out, like a slippery loach, and he didn't even give Ballack a chance to foul.

Ricardo shrugged and said with a smile: "As long as you can win, isn't it?"

After the start of the second half, Chelsea stormed for another five minutes before slowing down.

Manchester United's style of play has not changed much, but Nani has more ball breakthroughs, while Park Ji-sung uses his tireless running to complete the frontcourt press.

Ferguson is here, as long as the situation remains the same, Manchester United can win, and he is not in a hurry to make adjustments.

But in the 57th minute of the game, Chelsea launched an offensive from the left, Lampard plugged the ball to Ashley Cole who was plugging in, Ashley Cole passed into the penalty area, Vidic and Didier Drogba He was half a beat late in the fight for the landing point, and he had to push Drogba.

Drogba lost his balance and missed the ball, but the referee blew his whistle without hesitation and pointed to the penalty spot.

After a routine protest, the Manchester United players backed away and Lampard took the ball to the penalty spot.

He put down the ball, took a deep breath, took a few steps back, and after the referee blew his whistle, he started a run-up.

Moments before his kick hit the ball, Van der Sar made a save.And the ball kicked by Lampard tends to fly into Van der Sar's arms actively.

The football bounced off Van der Sar's body, but it didn't bounce very far. Van der Sar immediately made a dog grabbing action and threw the ball under him.

Manchester United escaped a catastrophe!Ferguson calmly applauded Van der Sar.

Ancelotti couldn't sit still.He took the lead in making adjustments, replacing the mediocre Kalu with Zhirkov.

Zhirkov's appearance brought vitality to Chelsea's wing attack. They took the ball from the wing more frequently, leaving Drogba and Anelka to compete for headers.

But Manchester United is not afraid of this trick!Vidic is currently one of the best central defenders in the world. Although Smalling is a little tender, he also has a good header ability.As the transfer bid king of the Premier League during the winter break, his strength and potential have been widely recognized.

Although there are not many opportunities to play, he has made some progress under the influence of the two top central defenders, Vidic and Ferdinand.

After consideration, Ferguson withdrew Valencia and put Neville, who had a more stable defense and more experience.

Although Neville is old, he needs speed but no speed, and he needs confrontation and no confrontation, but he has too much experience and knows very well what he should do on the court to make Manchester United's defense more stable.

Ancelotti had to change his tactics again, replacing Malouda with Joe Cole, trying to enhance the creativity of the midfield and strive to open the situation from the center.

Old Hargreaves can't keep up with Joe Cole's dance steps.

In the 68th minute, Ballack passed the ball, Joe Cole deftly pulled the ball and turned around to pass Hargreaves, and then sent a through ball into the penalty area.

Drogba was like a panther tank, unstoppable, dribbling straight for the ball, then hard-pressed to shoot under the combined defense of Vidic and Smalling.

The ball hit Smalling's leg and changed lanes, causing Van der Sar to jump in the wrong direction and the ball rolled slowly across the goal line.

"Drogba Goalllll! He equalized the score for Chelsea! He really deserves to be a monster. Watching his goal always makes people's blood rush!" The commentator was full of praise, "The two sides have returned to the same starting line."

"This score basically reflects the situation on the field. The two teams are evenly matched and each has some good attacks. After entering the second half, the game was a bit stalemate, but Drogba's goal has broken the balance. Next Manchester United will choose to attack, or I will be more conservative and drag the game into overtime, let's see Ferguson's choice."

Ferguson quickly gave the answer.Giggs came on, replacing Park Ji-sung!

This is a signal to strengthen the attack!

The appearance of Giggs has made Manchester United's frontcourt more dynamic.

He sent a precise cross just after his debut, but Rooney missed the goal.

Ancelotti immediately signaled Ivanovic to reduce assists and increase the marking of Giggs.

Yes, Giggs is indeed old, and his speed and impact are not as good as before, but he can still often score goals or assists at critical moments, becoming Manchester United's savior time and time again.

After some thought, in the 77th minute, Ferguson used up the last substitution spot, and the teenager Welbeck came on, replacing Nani.

This is to rush at the last moment!
Ferguson's deadly blow paid off.

In the 81st minute, Ricardo sent a through ball to Welbeck's feet accurately. Welbeck broke into the small penalty area and forced a shot. The football bounced off Petr Cech.Welbeck kicked again, this time he passed the ball to the back point, and the unmarked Giggs easily pushed the football into the goal.

"Giggs Goalllll! This veteran has once again contributed to Manchester United! Manchester United once again took the lead, now the score is 2:1, can Chelsea equalize in the last 10 minutes?"

Ancelotti doesn't have too many cards left to play either.

In the 85th minute, he replaced Ballack with the teenager Sturridge, making a last-ditch effort.

Sturridge's speed is very fast, but he was surrounded by Manchester United players and could not take advantage of his speed.

In the last few minutes, Chelsea resumed the long-passing tactic, hoping that Drogba could once again perform a miracle.

In the 2nd minute of stoppage time, when he was closest to the miracle, Zhirkov forced a cross, the football bounced high on Neville's leg, Drogba rushed to the landing point, jumped high, and headed the ball ferry.

Anelka volleyed the ball in the air, and the football bounced back, hitting the crossbar hard.The Manchester United defender immediately made a big-foot clearance.

This was also Chelsea's last threatening attack.

The 2:1 score was maintained until the end, and Manchester United won the FA Cup this season as they wished.

Now, they are only one Champions League trophy away from consummation.

(End of this chapter)