The game against Birmingham City has come to an end in January, and Manchester United only have one game left in the month.

On the 30th of the month, Manchester United travelled to play the Saints Southampton in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

The final result of the game was 2:1, and Manchester United, who were also half-substitutes and half-main players, took a two-goal lead in the first half, with Van Bizhuang and Hernandez contributing to the team respectively. Although he was scored in stoppage time, it did not affect the big picture in the slightest.

Manchester United successfully advanced to the sixth round of the FA Cup. If they can go any further, United will reach the semi-finals, and the final is just a stone's throw away.

In the past January, Manchester United's performances have been up and down, but the worst result was a draw by Tottenham, and the rest of the games have been victorious, and the Reds have shown that even if they occasionally nap, when they wake up, they are still fierce tigers who can not be stopped. As for the situation where the first half is as strong as a tiger and the second half is as weak as a cat, no one will happen to Manchester United.

This kind of strength is actually very desperate for the rivals who are struggling to catch up behind them, and Manchester United this season is too stable, they have tried their best, but they can't catch up - let alone narrow the points gap, it is fortunate not to be pulled bigger and bigger. After all, no one is so cruel as Manchester United that they can win crazy games without losing a single game.

It's like Manchester United was forced to draw by Tottenham before, which is a good opportunity to chase points, and Chelsea, Liverpool and other teams behind them also took advantage of the situation to narrow some gaps, but in the next round, Manchester United returned to normal and continued to win, while individual strong teams dropped the chain. The difference was widened again.

Therefore, there is no team that will always win and undefeated, this is a wise saying, the difference is who can win more and grab more points. At the start of the season, Manchester United has been on a frantic quest for points, and the rest of the strong teams can only watch the Red Devils ride into the dust.

It can be said that although there are still more than three months before the end of the league, everyone knows that if there are no accidents, there is almost no suspense about the ownership of the league championship this season.

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At a time when many of the biggest names have lost faith in this season's league title, Manchester United continue to cement their lead at the top of the table.

In February, Manchester United knocked out Aston Villa with a crisp 3-1 to get off to a good start to the new month.

They then traveled to Wolfhampton in the Midwest and beat Wolves 2-1.

However, United's run of three wins in a row soon came to a halt when United were unexpectedly held to a 0-0 draw by away Manchester City in the Manchester derby against Manchester City in mid-month.

Not being able to beat their city rivals twice this season is indeed a regret for the whole of Manchester United, but it has little impact on the overall league situation.

This was followed by the sixth round of the FA Cup, where Manchester United faced Crawley away.

The Crowley team is one of the big dark horses in this year's FA Cup, and this team is very new to many, including British fans, because although they have a long enough history, they are not a professional team before, and even turned semi-professional after almost 70 years of existence.

It was only this year that they were promoted to the English Second Division after winning the All England League.

It is such a semi-professional and half-amateur team that has stumbled all the way to the present and become the first non-professional league team in 17 years to qualify for the sixth round of the FA Cup.

But it's normal to think about it, the FA Cup is an event that teams at all levels of the country can participate in, and in the case that the teams in the higher leagues don't pay much attention to this event, many low-level teams have the opportunity to show their faces, they don't have to achieve any good results, for them, it is satisfying to be able to brush a wave of presence in the cup, let people recognize them, know their names, and even have the opportunity to play against strong teams.

In the history of the FA Cup, there are many examples of dark horse teams going all the way through and even reaching the semi-finals and even finals.

But in any case, this is a "fish belly" that is not even a professional team, and with such an opponent, Ferguson naturally will not let his team "go all out".

Therefore, in this game, Ferguson sent almost a starting lineup dominated by substitutes, and even Fan Bizhuang, who currently has the highest attendance rate in the team, sat on the bench, as for Kaka, Scholes and other main players of the team, they stayed directly in Manchester City and did not come with the team at all.

Speaking of which, Crowley is also a very interesting team, and he can barely relate to the two teams in Manchester - Manchester United is nicknamed the Red Devils, and the Crowley team is also in red, and their nickname is "The Red Devils", which is only a word different from Manchester United.

Similar to Manchester City, Crowley also has a "nickname", called "Amateur Manchester City" - because of the huge amount of money injected by the UAE consortium, Manchester City is now swaying a lot of money in the transfer market, and Crowley is an amateur team, but in the past two years, there has also been a huge investment by the giants, and it is also a big recruitment. Of course, their recruitment is not as strong as Manchester City, and they can't attract football stars, but the quality is not enough to make up the quantity, anyway, the Crowley team is happy to buy people, and the local tyrants are chasing Manchester City - so it has become Manchester City's second, known as "non-professional Manchester City".

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To be able to get to this point in the domestic cup, the Crowley team is not too bad except for being lucky enough, at least in terms of Ferguson's observation in the game, the Crowley team has the ability to establish themselves in the lower leagues.

But that's the end of it.

Now that we've come to this point, and the semi-finals are the next step, Ferguson and his team will not give up this trophy easily.

Although it is a full substitute, but the strength is still obviously better than the Crowley team, in other words, in the top league, Manchester City, a big tycoon, has been suppressed by Manchester United and has little power to fight back, let alone this "Manchester City second"?

The game was almost one-sided, with United taking full control of the pitch and scoring early, with Hernandez taking the lead with a header from Owen in the 12th minute of the first half.

In the following time, although Manchester United was attacking like a tide, almost beating around the home team's half, but there was always a lack of kicks in the goal, and the attack was lively, but no more goals were born, and the final result of the game was fixed at 1:0.

Manchester United won by a narrow goal to reach the FA Cup semi-finals.

And the Crowley team was not discouraged by the loss, and the small-town team was mentally prepared for such a result, in fact, they were already very satisfied to be able to go all the way to now. And it is the overlord of the top league that eliminated them, so it can be said that they lost, and they also lost with a lot of face.

After the game, the home fans cheered and applauded the travelling Manchester United stars, while Crawley's players gathered around to exchange shirts and ask for autographs.

After the game, almost half of the players of Crowley's team approached him and made a request to exchange jerseys, there was only one jersey, and Fan Bizhuang could only meet the request of one player, but Fan Bizhuang gave his autograph to the opponents who did not get the jersey.

It was unexpected that a football match turned into a "fan meeting" with a relaxed and harmonious atmosphere.

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With a clear advantage in league points and a successful semi-final in the domestic cup competition, Manchester United can be said to have peace of mind at home on the domestic stage, allowing them to focus on the upcoming Champions League for the time being.

It's late February, and the European schedule is finally rekindled.

Manchester United, who qualified as group winners, finished second in Group B in the semi-finals, from Marseille, a veteran of the French league.

Marseille is indeed the traditional giants of the French league, this team was founded in 1899 and has a history of more than 100 years. In Marseille's Hall of Fame, there are nine Ligue 1 titles, ten French Cup titles, and a UEFA Champions League trophy.

In terms of the number of league trophies, Marseille are the second-most top-flight team in the whole of France, behind Saint-Etienne who have won ten league titles, and in terms of the number of trophies, Marseille deserves to be the first.

In terms of the honors obtained, Marseille is the No.1 in the French league.

However, in recent years, with the decline of the French league, the name of the five top European leagues is somewhat unworthy of the name, and the Marseille team has gradually gone downhill, not only in the "foreign war" there is not much competitiveness, even the domestic base camp, there is a trend that can not be held, with the rise of Lyon, the status of the domestic leader is no longer guaranteed, and even the position of the second can not be held - the rise of Paris Saint-Germain, as well as the impact of Saint-Etienne and Monaco, in the current Ligue 1 field, Marseille can only be regarded as a team with the ability to compete for the title.

Nowadays, the French league is not considered to be the first-class level of European football, let alone the top team in this "pseudo-first-class" league, so when the draw results were announced, Ferguson can be said to be smiling, this is really a team on the top, with the strength of Manchester United and the current excellent form, it is almost proper to reach the Champions League quarterfinals.