Manchester United legend

Chapter 75
The league is over, but Manchester United's arduous journey of the season continues.A week after the league ended, Manchester United ushered in the FA Cup final, which was Ferguson's second chance to challenge for the trophy this season.

Gary Neville was in trouble before the game - the guy was likely to be suspended for accumulating too many yellow cards.

But the club and the player himself appealed the ban.Then the FA studied and allowed Neville to play, although Gary had to pay a huge fine.

This was Neville's first hearing before the FA Disciplinary Committee, and Gary felt they were fair at the time. "Gary Neville has started many times in the FA Cup. He is eager to become a one-man full-back. Even if some fights are very dangerous, Gary, wearing the No. 27 jersey, is desperate and even a little crazy. That's why he became a "professional player".

Before the game, Ferguson told Neville to make a difference, and Neville, as always, took it to heart.Work harder to express yourself after playing.

This is also the reason why Gary Neville was able to run 12000 meters in a game after the game.

Neville knew he had to take his chances and make an impression.It's often said that mortals have no place at Manchester United and don't expect to last long.

Neville felt that he was a mortal, and he was particularly panicked because of it, and maybe the urgent desire went to his head. "

Gary and Jost both made it to the final, Giggs also got a chance to play, and Scholes was also lucky to play, but Coyne played for Newcastle United in the third round of the FA Cup and could not represent Manchester United in the final.

In addition, Mark Hughes did not get the chance to start the game-the media predicted that there was a great contradiction between Hughes and Ferguson. At the press conference before the game, Ferguson said that the starting and substitute arrangements were determined based on the status of the players, or they trusted the new players.

The FA Cup final was held at Wembley Stadium, and Manchester United's opponent was Everton. The Toffees did not seem invincible. In fact, Everton was more like struggling to survive that season.

Therefore, it looks like Manchester United are the favourites.Of course, despite losing the league title, Manchester United is still full of confidence in the FA Cup.

However, the development of things was unimaginable. Although Manchester United gained the advantage on the scene very early, and the ball possession rate was as high as 70% at one point, the opponent continued to shrink the defense line and endured Manchester United's continuous offensive.

However, after a long attack, Manchester United could not get a better chance to score. The opponent relied on a sneak attack to take the lead. Manchester United lost the ball near the top of the opponent's penalty zone. Everton immediately launched a counterattack.
Three-on-two or even four-on-two Everton tore through Manchester United's defense with a tacit pass. Rideout scored easily and Everton led 1-0. This score shocked Wembley.

During the intermission, Ferguson was furious at the players because of Manchester United's backward situation. "Do you know that this is a final? Why is there such a performance?" Scotland's red nose roared through the lounge, "You must be worthy of this red jersey.

In the second half, Manchester United picked up their mood, strengthened their offense, and continued to attack the opponent's hinterland bravely.

With the ball in hand, Everton fully shrunk their defense and played a back-and-forth tactic.

Giggs is still very sharp, Everton can do nothing about his defense, the defense line is almost paralyzed, but the door has been kept intact, Manchester United's goal has never appeared.

Giggs first made a successful breakthrough near the bottom line on the left, and made a strong cross. McClair actually pushed the perfect opportunity to the opponent's goalkeeper, was lifted and hit the crossbar.

Another time, Giggs rode through the barrier alone and successfully attracted five opponents to siege intensively. After that, he passed the ball obliquely to Scholes who was inserted at the top of the arc of the penalty area.Scholes formed a one-shot, but the Manchester United teenager's shot was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper. Scholes grabbed the second point and wanted to cross, but was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper's fallen foot. Mark Hughes, who came off the bench, had no chance to make a supplementary shot and missed the goal.

Scholes regretted that chance years later, recalling, "I can't forget the FA Cup final against Everton in 1995, when I came off the bench.

The old man (Ferguson) told me that the only mission is to score goals. He asked me to be an attacker, looking for more opportunities to insert into the penalty area and shoot.We were down 0-1 and I had a chance to equalize from close range towards the end of the game, I went diagonally into the box and got a pass from Giggs less than 8 yards from the goal, only the goalkeeper in front of me!
But my shot was miraculously blocked by the goalkeeper with his foot, and the goalkeeper actually defended the goal like this.

I still regret why I didn't calm down at that time and chose a more reliable angle instead of a bloody big kick.If I had scored, it would have gone to extra-time and Everton looked tired, their defense was broken and I think we would have won the game.That wasted opportunity made me think about it for a long time afterwards, and I still haven't forgotten it. "

Manchester United still had a lot of chances to come close to scoring. Pallister received a cross from Scholes in the penalty area and almost beat the opponent's goalkeeper with a very angled header. Unfortunately, it was only a little bit.

In addition, Manchester United's offensives organized into the penalty area many times almost broke the goal, but in the end Everton's defense still killed all Manchester United's efforts, and they won the FA Cup with a score of 1-0.

Ferguson and a group of Manchester United players could only watch their opponents cheering once again, and watched their almost crazy opponents wantonly celebrate their victory.

Because the honor has gone away from them at that moment.When Ferguson called the players back to the locker room, before the awards ceremony, many players were already crying with grief.

After the game, Ince, who started the game, performed very poorly throughout the game, but he didn't reflect on himself. Instead, he quarreled with Ferguson in the locker room.

Ferguson was so angry that he was shaking all over, and roared in front of all the players, "Paul, you are a fucking mess! Is there anyone who plays football like you?"

Ince responded even louder, "I've never seen such a SB coach like you, I can play as I like!"

After hearing what Ince said, Jost stepped forward and grabbed Ince's jersey: "If you fucking dare to mess with the coach, I'll beat you up."

At this time, the captain Bruce and Schmeichel were playing the original field, and the atmosphere would not be too bad, but Ince was so angry that he slammed the door and left.

The incident marked a public break between Ferguson and Ince.

After a while, Ferguson calmed down.

There was no emotion on his silent face, but to comfort his players, he said to the players, "This is not our night, that's all. We have tried our best, but God didn't give us a little luck."

He waved his hand, like the commander who won everything, "It's nothing, you have worked hard, I am very grateful to you, I just have a little regret for the result."

It is indeed a pity that from the scene of this final, Manchester United was the team that performed better, but the result of the game was that the opponent won the cup.

Just like the league championship, Manchester United double-killed Blackburn at home and away, and there were countless opportunities to end the game in the final game, but the final result was that Blackburn had the last laugh.

Manchester United lost Cantona improbably throughout the season, and the team also faced the whole league like a lone hero.As a result, the Red Devils not only lost the league, but also lost the FA Cup to the underdogs.

It was a heartbreaking season, with the championship trophies that were already within reach flying away. Manchester United ended up empty-handed, not only losing the league title, but also the FA Cup, and the League Cup was eliminated early.This is the result of Ferguson and his team fighting all season.

This result is extremely cold.But that's football.

(End of this chapter)