"Sir, you're the Triple Crown now." After the game, familiar media reporters congratulated Ferguson.

"Yes, but there is still a most brilliant pearl missing from the crown, and a gold edge."

Ferguson laughed.

'Yes, one of the most important Champions League trophies and an FA Cup is missing.

The reporters laughed as well.

The so-called Triple Crown is nothing more than the Community Shield, the League Cup and the League Championship. The FA Cup and the all-important Champions League are yet to be reached.

Of course, even if you don't win those two trophies in the end, this season is quite successful, but if you do, it will be the most successful season in history.

"If you achieve an unprecedented five-time title, will you end your tenure and retire early?"

The Sun reporter suddenly asked such an anachronistic question.

Ferguson's face was visibly stunned for several seconds, the question really hit him to the point, and he didn't think about it.

The corners of his mouth twitched indistinctly, and then he smiled a little awkwardly, "I'll tell you when I really want to retire." ”

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'It's still here after all, and Ferguson's success this season has been built on the pain of the Chelsea people. The Times began to look ahead to the FA Cup final, saying: "If Jose Mourinho can't win the FA Cup, then this season will be too bad. ”

'The tragedy is that Chelsea have had so many injuries that they have to play in the squad, not even the centre-backs, and Bridge, who has returned from loan this season but has not been reused, has also been given a chance to start.

On the evening of May 20, Beijing time, the FA Cup final will be played at the new Wembley Stadium, and the starting points of both sides have been announced.

Chelsea: 433

Goalkeeper: Cech

Defenders: Pacos Ferreira, John Terry, Essien, Bridge

Defenders: Claude Makelele, Mikel, Frank Lampard

Forwards: Wright Phillips, Didier Drogba, Joe Cole

Subs: Cudicini, Kalou, Robben, Diarra, Ashley Cole

Manchester United: 443

Goalkeeper: Edwin van der Sar

Defenders: Neville, Nemanja, Nemanja, Ferdinand, Heinze

Defenders: Carrick, Luka Modric, Paul Scholes

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Dong Fangzhuo, Rooney

Subs: Kutsak, Pique, Fletcher, Giggs, Richardson

Referee: Bennett

When Mourinho attended the press conference, he immediately took out the referee to make a fuss, the last time he played against Manchester United, because the league no longer has any meaning, he rarely stopped once, but this time it was different, it was related to whether to win the championship, so the referee was taken out again.

'Everybody knows what happened to Chelsea in the Champions League and I hope it won't happen again.'

It's not much, but the meaning is simple and clear, Chelsea was yin in the Champions League, and don't be yin in the FA Cup!

Psychological warfare, war of words, this is what Mourinho and Ferguson are good at, before the FA Cup final, the two inevitably launched a new round of competition, and then the topic quickly burned to Dong Fangzhuo.

Mourinho made a public appeal, hoping that Dong Fangzhuo would not fake any more falls: "The game should go on normally, if someone fakes a fall and provokes, and tries to get the opponent to get a red card, I will be very disappointed." ”

'Dong is a very good player and I want him to play well, enjoy the game and play a good game, but in a normal way.

"I want him to be a superstar, which means you have to be respectful of your opponents and play fairly. I'd be very, very sad if the FA Cup final goes bad, it's supposed to be a real final and the new Wembley deserve that and the end result should be a brilliant winner and a proud loser. ”

Ferguson reacted immediately to Mourinho's pressure: "Who else has been fouled more than Dong? But this lad has a lot of courage. He was kicked to the ground, then he got up and went back to the fight, and he was definitely the best player of the season. ”

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In the live broadcast room, Lineker and Martin Taylor have already quarreled. Martin Taylor is adamantly against fake falls, and Lineker says that sometimes it's unavoidable.

"Dong is now nicknamed in the Premier League, called 'The Little Prince of Fake Falls', he can obviously rely on technology to eat, why should he rely on fake falls?"

"Fake falls are also a skill, and not everyone can fall." Lineker scoffed, "After a season in the Premier League, you don't know how many penalty mistakes there are, you can't always dwell on that. ”

"You may have a point, but the best fake fall in the Premier League? How to explain this. ”

"Sometimes, you can't think about it that much......"

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On May 20, Beijing time, the 126th English FA Cup was contested at the new Wembley Stadium.

After six years of wandering at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, the FA Cup final 'home' was played at the newly completed Wembley Stadium.

The match was the 11th meeting between Manchester United, who reached a record 20 FA Cup finals, and Chelsea, who reached eight finals, after the Red Devils were overwhelmingly dominant with eight wins, one draw and one defeat, and the last time the two sides met in the FA Cup was in the quarter-finals of the 1998/99 season, when United eliminated Chelsea in a replay and completed the treble feat that season. As for the FA Cup final, there was a summit meeting between the two teams in the 1993/94 season, which resulted in a 4-0 victory for the Red Devils.

Chelsea are still suffering from injuries. Carvalho, Ballack and Shevchenko, the core of the third line, were all exempted due to injury, Robben, who had just recovered from a knee injury, and Ashley Cole, who had recently suffered an ankle injury, were on the bench at the beginning, Mikel continued to start with a thigh injury, and Essien played a cameo in central defence with John Terry. Manchester United fielded their strongest squad and had a good advantage in the starting line-up before the game even began......

Before the game, the stadium replayed the promotion process of the two clubs on the big screen, and Bob Gerdorf, Henry Cooper and Geoff Hirst, who had made great achievements at the old Wembley Stadium, were also on hand to cheer, and the invited Prince William personally put the FA Cup trophy on the podium and announced the official opening of the new Wembley.

Beep –

The 126th FA Cup final has begun.

Both teams are steady, and the pace of the game is not fast, after all, both sides want to win this championship.

Chelsea first attacked Manchester United's big penalty area, Bridge, who had not started for a long time, crossed from the left, Drogba rarely did not fight in the middle, but gave the middle to Terry and Mikel, who pressed in, and moved to the back post to beat Heinze's header, but the top was a little reluctant, and the ball flew high out of the post.

"Drogba has been very good this season, if it weren't for Dong, he would have competed with Cristiano Ronaldo for the best player, but it's a pity ......"

Five minutes later, Joe Cole's cross from the right flank was met by Neville and Rio Ferdinand, only for Wright Phillips to shoot from a tight angle at the far end, but the ball was deflected wide.

'Chelsea played a little bit more aggressively than Manchester United, but the strikers didn't have the ability to take chances. Don't look at Manchester United at the moment, but they are actually more dangerous up front. ”

Sure enough, Manchester United launched a counterattack, Ronaldo broke through with the ball on the right side, Rooney and Dong Fangzhuo crossed at the same time, Ronaldo quickly crossed on the right, although Rooney failed to touch the ball in the scramble with Terry, but the ball cleared by Terry was waited by Dong Fangzhuo from the side, and the shot from 28 meters away with his right foot instantly tested Cech!

Knock –

The ball slammed into the goal like a cannonball!

Cech clenched his fists and didn't even think about it, his fists went out, and he didn't dare to slack off at all.

Hey, that guy! After Cech got up again, he glared at Dong Fangzhuo, and Dong Fangzhuo had fought a lot of times, and he always felt that this guy could shoot from any angle and anywhere, so he couldn't let him move inside and outside the penalty area, and they were extremely uncomfortable when they entered the shooting range!

'The angle is not enough, otherwise the two Cech would not have saved the ball.'

"Is Dong telling Mourinho that they are not going into the box? Looking for an opportunity on the edge of the box? Lineker couldn't help but quip.

"Dong has a lot more flexibility and he has a lot more area than Drogba."

In the next 10 minutes, although the competition on the field became more and more intense, there were still not many wonderful offensive shots.

It wasn't until the 22nd minute that Didier Drogba hit a right-footed drop from 26 yards out in the middle of the United that deflected wide of the left-hand post. A few minutes later, Pacos Ferreira cut inside on the right and slotted in for Frank Lampard to cut in from nine yards and shoot a diagonal shot that found it past Ferdinand and then saved by Edwin van der Sar. Two minutes later, Wright Phillips swept wide from the middle.

Chelsea played a couple of pretty good attacks, but the final shot went too far and United played more cautiously and it wasn't until the 35th minute that another great chance was awarded.

Scholes made a long pass in the midfield, Dong Fangzhuo put Trika behind him, and the header in the middle was ferried, and Ronaldo, who was wearing a Manchester United shirt to usher in his 150th start game, took the ball and accelerated to shake off Ferreira, and forced his foot to hit the goal on the left side of the penalty area, but the ball shot into the side netting.

bah

Terry spat and spitted, and he didn't have a problem with Dong Fangzhuo. He found that he was helpless against Dong Fangzhuo's defense now.

He turned his head to look at Essien, signaling that Esin should be closer to him, and should not let himself fight against Dong Fangzhuo alone.

A minute later, Chelsea played the ball in front of United's penalty area and Frank Lampard met Bridge's cross and fired just over from 28 yards out on the left flank.

As the 40 minutes passed, Manchester United and Chelsea had few attacking chances, and neither could stand each other.

In stoppage time, Luka Modric suddenly accelerated with the ball at the back, and Mikel in the middle tripped over the new turf at Wembley Stadium, only to see Modric whizzing past, Frank Lampard rushed to block, but Modric passed the ball first.

Dong Fangzhuo made a hidden knock on the heel of her right foot with her back to Terry and Essien, and the ball passed between Terry and Essien.

Cristiano Ronaldo came in from the right and faced Cech, who opted to push a shot at the back post, only to graze the post.

"Oh, almost!"

"Precision, shooting accuracy is insufficient!"

"If Cristiano pushes the angle and adjusts it again, Cech really can't do anything."

Finally, the first half of the game ended, and the two teams maintained a 0:0 tie and entered the halftime break.

'Did you notice that Manchester United were playing at a very slow pace today? Twice as slow as usual? If it had been in the league, United would have launched a devastating attack long ago. If it were in the Champions League, United would have played better than they would have attacked, but against Chelsea they had more patience than usual. ”

"But although he didn't score for the time being, Dong actually played very well in the game, his performance was much better than Drogba, he was able to hold the ball, and sent the ball to the feet of his teammates very clearly, several confrontations, Terry and Essien had no way, and Terry They were obviously worried that Dong would fall at any time, and they didn't dare to kick out."

"But that's not enough, no matter how good he is, his team-mates still can't score, and he has a few threatening passes to Rooney and Ronaldo. At a critical time, it is estimated that he will have to stand up. ”

At the start of the second half, Jose Mourinho made the first change, replacing Joe Cole with Arjen Robben. Ferguson, on the other hand, did not make any changes except for deepening the tactics of the first half in the dressing room, and still focused on stability.

The game just resumed, Chelsea took the lead, Mikel tried to cut inside with the ball, but was recognized by Heinze and kicked the ball away, and quickly handed it to Modric, Modric dribbled the ball through the midfield, Makelele slid Modric in the middle and failed, the latter handed the ball to Dong Fangzhuo, Dong Fangzhuo won the ball and the horizontal belt shook continuously, Terry and Essien were only blocked, but Dong Fangzhuo found the angle and pushed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal with the instep of his right foot 22 meters away!

Smack-

Cech was as light as a swallow, fell on the turf to save the ball, and Ronaldo intercepted the ball on the right side for the first time.

Beep!

Offside.

"Hey, the way this ball is handled is a bit like Henry!"

"Constantly shaking in front of goal, looking for space to shoot, then blocking the goalkeeper's view with the defender's body, and finally pushing into the corner, the whole process is full of wisdom, which is not something that ordinary players can do......"

'It's certainly not something that a normal striker can do, but Henry? No, no, no, now Dong is the top scorer in the Premier League, he doesn't need to learn from Henry, it's his inherent personal ability, it's his personal level. He doesn't have to learn from any of the players anymore. Lineker wagged his fingers and objected to Martin Taylor's analysis.

"You mean, he's up to Henry's level?"

'No, no, no, Thierry Henry hasn't won the World Cup top scorer and hasn't scored 33 league goals. How can it be reached or exceeded? ”

"And what do you mean?" Martin Taylor really didn't understand what Lineker was trying to say.

"Obviously, the logic of your comparison is wrong, you should say that, Henry has a gap with him, you can even say that Henry's dribbling is like him......"

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