I am the king of football

Chapter 394: All Conquered
The battle with Stoke City was by no means exhausting, but due to its significance, Ferguson still let a group of main players play almost the entire game, which did consume the team's physical strength to a certain extent as the season was approaching its end.

In addition, the team will have three games in the new week, so it is almost certain that Manchester United will make major rotations.

However, before that, the first of the three games, the FA Cup quarter-final, must be won first. Ferguson cannot use a large number of substitutes to make the team unstable.

Therefore, three days after the team resumed training, Manchester United lined up the starting lineup for the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Iron man Qin Hu appeared in the team's forward list, and his partner became the fat man Rooney. Behind them, Ferguson arranged a single attacking midfielder lineup, and Shinji Kagawa got the chance to start again.

In the defensive midfield position, Scholes, Fletcher and Giggs started at the same time, which was a combination that had never been seen before. Obviously, Ferguson chose the midfield layout strategy of two veterans protecting one in order to allow the team's other main midfielders to recover their strength.

In the back four, Butner once again played as a full-back, the combination of Evans and Phil Jones was excluded, and the right-back was still the veteran Evra. The team currently does not have a particularly good full-back substitute except Butner.

In the goalkeeper position, Lindegaard got the chance to start again. He was very excited when he heard his name appeared in the starting list.

The next day, this starting team faced Blackburn in the FA Cup.

The FA Cup has always been a distinctive cup competition of the English Football Association, because before the quarter-finals, if the two teams are tied, they must replay. It is not until after the quarter-finals that replays are no longer required and the winner is decided by overtime and penalties. It is worth mentioning that the quarter-finals and semi-finals are decided in one game.

Therefore, no matter how the Manchester United match goes in regular time, in the end only one team will successfully advance, rather than having a second encounter.

When the game started at Old Trafford, Blackburn, who chose to serve, played very steadily after the kick-off. Although they did not use all their strength on ball possession and defense in a 4321 formation, they were not far behind.

Opposite them, Manchester United did not launch a fierce attack. Under Ferguson's arrangement, the team could save as much energy as possible to win the game, without having to charge towards the opponent in a big way.

This directly led to the first half of the game being very dull for both sides. There was no attempt at any risk. Except for Qin Hu and Rooney who created a small climax with their personal abilities of breakthroughs and shots, the fans watching the game almost fell asleep.

The same thing happened in the first twenty minutes of the second half. The two teams were like two dumbfounded people, ready to go. During this period, Blackburn seized a gap in Manchester United's rhythm and launched a counterattack, but it was eventually resolved by Phil Jones' fierce attack.

Then, a sudden attack occurred. In the 70th minute of the game, the Manchester United players who had been shrinking once again intercepted the ball sent forward by Blackburn.

Scholes, who was dribbling the ball, did not continue to organize the ball after making a pass and cut with Fletcher, but suddenly kicked the ball forward and increased the speed.

This action was like pressing a switch, and almost all the players in Manchester United's midfield and frontcourt began to accelerate forward. There is no doubt that this was a classic rhythm change by the Red Devils.

"With continuous passing and cutting with Shinji Kagawa, Scholes dribbled the ball very quickly. With his full strength, he pushed forward without any loss to the Blackburn midfielder. He passed the ball diagonally to the right! After crossing the half court, he passed it directly to Rooney. Rooney headed the ball with his back to the goal and the ball flew to the front of the penalty area!"

Blackburn's tight formation had gaps as early as after they launched this attack. When the entire Manchester United team suddenly accelerated, those players who had launched the attack had no time to return to defense.

Therefore, when Qin Hu suddenly changed direction and rushed out like a tiger, no one could stop him.

"Oh!"

"Half-moon slash on the penalty area line!!! Qin Hu kicked the falling ball!" "Shua~"

There was no suspense. When the ball was distributed to that position and Qin Hu happened to rush out, everything was doomed. Qin Hu, who had inherited the legacy of the God of War and was already far ahead at the superstar level, had already engraved the super explosive shot into his bones.

"It's a goal! In the 1nd minute of the game, Qin Hu scored a goal that changed the score. 0-, Manchester United is leading!"

Zhan Jun's passionate commentary finally sounded at this moment, and the fans who had been waiting for a long time finally saw the change in the situation.

This goal was the first and last goal of the game. When the game started again, Manchester United, with a one-goal lead, played more conservatively and steadily. The two veterans Scholes and Giggs controlled the team's rhythm in a relaxed manner.

Although Blackburn launched a fierce attack in the remaining time, they were eventually blocked by Manchester United's solid defense. The defender combination of Evans and Phil Jones did not even play much of a role, and many attacks were blocked in the midfield line of Scholes and three others.

After the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the FA Cup quarter-final with a huge gap in strength between the two sides also came to an end.

1-0, Manchester United defeated their cup opponents and advanced to the FA Cup semi-finals. According to the FA Cup arrangement, both the semi-finals and the final will be held at Wembley Stadium. Manchester United, who once lifted the League Cup trophy there, will have to revisit the old place.

After winning the FA Cup knockout match, Ferguson completely let go of the burden in his heart and made major rotations in the league the next day.

Hernandez and Welbeck form a double striker, Nani, Anderson, Fletcher and Valencia form a four-man midfield, Butner, Vidic, Maguire and Rafael form a four-man defense, and De Gea is the goalkeeper.

The team used this starting lineup to face Aston Villa at home. Facing the Premier League team that had already won the championship, Villa, who had been stuck in the relegation quagmire for a long time, tried their best. They scored the first goal in the first half.

Unfortunately, in the 52nd minute of the second half, the Red Devils' counterattack horn was sounded after the Little Pea made a smart move and received Nani's pass and shot directly to equalize the score.

In the 64th minute of the game, Blackbeck, who has gradually become the last player in the team's forward line this season, took the ball on the right side of the center and used his body strength to fight against the defender and broke into the penalty area and shot directly.

The ball hit the leg of the defender next to Welbeck and refracted. Villa's goalkeeper was unable to react and the ball refracted into the goal, 2-1.

Then, facing the situation of being reversed by the opponent, Aston Villa burst into unwillingness. After the restart, they began to press forward in an attempt to equalize the score.

But the result was that their over-pressuring attack exposed more of their loopholes. In the 78th minute of the game, after Valencia ran all the way to the bottom with the ball and made a successful inverted triangle pass, Welbeck received the ball and made a diagonal pass, and the Little Pea got another chance to shoot in the penalty area.

With a flat push, the ball brushed the left goal post and rolled into the goal, 3-1, the Red Devils won the game at home.

In the following time, Aston Villa's resistance could only be described as a desperate struggle of a trapped beast, and it posed no threat to Manchester United at all. After the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the Red Devils defeated their opponent 3-1 at home with a substitute lineup.

So far, Manchester United has won both games before the Champions League knockout stage, and their main players have also had enough rest.

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